Berjaya Redang, Day 1 Part II

Finally Grace and I settled ourselves in the room and we started camwhoring and grace imitated a lot of poses from some Korean artistes. Remember I said how much she love about Korean culture. *She's currently learning the language as well, one of the toughest language on earth aside Japanese, Mandarin, Cantonese and Arabic - According to Times Magazine, June issue*

And by the way, during our boat ride to Redang, she too imitated a number of poses. Let me show you how silly and crazy she can be.

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After we unpacked our stuffs in the room, she started posing again and poor me I have to keep taking pictures for her..

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Apart from imitating poses, she also like to fake some.

This one she totally faked it! She just kept trying different styles I have to keep snapping pictures and at the same time try to balance myself on the boat. Notice the guy behind laughing at her. She looked so stupid! lol..

Right, back to Room 3009..

Like I said many many times before, Berjaya Redang is just luxurious compared to economical Redang Bay. The room has nice comfy beds with pillows that smelled of detergent and not some saliva stain! Besides, we managed to get a room with a nice view across the balcony rather than facing the entrance like my mom's. Hehe.

When we were done, we went to the beach. At first we wanted to sunbathe knowing that we won't have much time on the second day since we'll be out snorkeling. Too bad, it was already near 5pm so we just walked around the beach, soaked our legs into the clear cool water and watched the kids running and playing.

It wasn't long before night and we had to get ready for dinner. There was buffet dinner but we decided to go for the a la carte instead because the buffet line wasn't interesting. The theme for the buffet was mamak style and they served normal food like Mee Mamak, Roti Canai, Rendang Beef and etc. And it was damn expensive summore! About RM 50+++ per person for that kinda food. Not worth it..

Even so, the a la carte was just OK OK. They even have weird names for the kids menu. I ordered for Hainanese Chicken Rice because I've always loved chicken rice and that time I was really hungry. Bah...

But I was so disappointed after I had the first bite of the chicken. It was hard as rock! Konon-nya Hainanese Chicken Rice, I think is ayam panggang la! The rice was nice. Anyhow I still finished it because I'm too hungry.

The soup for the chicken rice? Hurr...

It tasted like salt water mixed with ajinamoto. I was half suspecting they use the sea water to cook it. So saltish.. Bleak..

Grace had The Little Mermaid from the kids menu. She always order from the kids menu because she don't really eat much and the food in kids menu are relatively cheaper. lol.

The Little Mermaid is actually Fish & Chips. Anna order Casper which is actually Spagnetti. I can still understand Little Mermaid to Fish & Chips, but Casper to Spaghetti??? But it was quite yummy.

The garlic bread look very delicious right? Actually it was..haha! I also don't know what to say about the restaurant. The service was OK and the food was also OK.

Palms Restaurant, just like the one in Sunway Lagoon Club. With the same standard of service but a slightly better quality of food.

After dinner, everyone went back to their rooms and rest. Grace and I was still very energetic so we went to play a few rounds of pool. We even wanted to play Mahjong but we were short of one player. It was about 10:30pm when we left the pool room and we heard the band singing.

They were not bad, really. But there wasn't anyone at the restaurant except for a table of Angmohs. So basically the band was just entertaining the Angmohs. They really loved her because they were all dancing to her singing and boy! they danced well. Grace and I went back to the restaurant and watched them dance. It was really nice.

That night I can say I had the most embarassing moment ever in my life thus far! I was sitting at one of the tables at the side watching them dance while snapping a few pictures of them. I was trying to adjust my position to take a clearer view so I was basically sliding myself towards my right to avoid the chair opposite me.

I thought the bench I sat on was a long bench that stretched across the four tables beside me so when I slided, I didn't notice I was at the edge of one bench and I fell FLAT on my buttock! Damn PAIN ok!! The damn bench was single, each for one table. When I fell, I was trying to grab on to ANYTHING at all to hold myself up but I didn't get to hold myself, instead pulling the table down with me.

Damn right I know I looked like a bloody fool and I was saying to myself, Thank God no one was at the restaurant. But little did I know when I finally sat well on my buttock and I lifted my head, ONLY to find the Angmoh STARING at me and he was GRINNING ok! I'm sure he was trying his best not to laugh out loud but damn Grace tak bagi muka langsung, she laughed until stomache, can! She was even tearing, worse than me who was suffering from pain on my butt and my knee and everywhere else. HUR!!!

*I'm typing this now and Grace is STILL laughing....*

You reading this are probably laughing as well, yea go ahead because this wasn't the only embarassing moment. After that incident, I wanted to dig a hole and bury myself to to disappear so I just told Grace, lets leave the restaurant now. When we were at the corridor, we heard someone calling, "Mademoiselle". When we turned, the same Angmoh who was grinning came and called us to their table.

Apparently they were celebrating one of the lady's birthday and they invited us to join in the celebration. We were given a slice of cake each and when I took the plate from the grinning Angmoh, the stupid fork slided off the plate. URGH! So blooooody embarassing, as though falling flat on my buttock wasn't bad enough. Sigh..

Anyway, we sat down with them and they were very generous and friendly. They kept asking us if we wanted any drinks and we started chatting. Just the normal chat on how long have they been here and stuffs like that. They were in Malaysia for the past 2 months, touring through states and this was their first time in Malaysia. They loved our country, perhaps because they only get to see the beautiful side of Malaysia.

When they asked Grace and I if we dance, we shook our heads and said it's not a norm for Malaysians to do proper ballroom dancing or any sort of that. We went on to explain that people in Malaysia usually take up lessons for dancing if not they don't. Gosh their facial expression towards our responds was priceless! It was a mixture of shock, disappointment, question marks and unbelievable.

Then they started speaking French among themselves and later in English, saying that they couldn't believe it. "Dancing is such a wonderful thing. Malaysians, no dance? Dancing, No??" Being so determine and passionate towards dancing, they insisted on dragging Grace and I into the dance floor and started teaching us line dancing. I had a hard time following the steps and matching the rhythm. They didn't stop at line dancing and the two gentlemen went on to lead us for another dance, I don't know what it's called but it's what we usually see on movies how they dance la.

Normally I thought it should be easy because they just kept moving in circles in the same spot but heck, I had to keep looking at me feet fearing that I will step onto the Angmoh's feet.

They were really friendly and nice people. We had a great time chatting with them though the language barrier as they do not really speak fluent English and neither Grace not I speaking any bit of French, except for Excusez moi and merci. After we said goodbye to the Frenchs, we went off to bed.

Australia vs Japan

This is BY FAR! the most dramatic and of course the most hilarious match ever!

I could barely stop laughing!

Australia hasn't been into the World Cup finals since 32 years ago but I'm sure that cannot be the reason for them keep on losing possession of the ball!

I just stoned everytime they lose possession of the ball. It was total drama. I imagined it being playback on slow-mo, oh gosh! They had the ball at first but just suddenly they realized they lost the ball and it's already with the Japanese.

I'm not really siding any team for this match because Japan did as badly. They too kept losing possession of the ball. Worse still there were times when the ball was heading their direction and they were trying to kick it and THEY MISSED it... WAHAHAHA! Not just one time, that could be excused but so many times.

Grace and I would just look at each other and "-_- .....Total Swt!

The first goal by Japan was blardy funny! So was the first goal of the aussies. Adrian and I called it the chicken goal. In cantonese, "chicken".. If I were to say it in simple English, it would be complete luck!

The final 2 goals for the Aussies were beyond words. I thought Japan would win the match since the Aussies haven't striked any goal even long after half time. Little did I know Australia loves giving surprises last minute.

3 goals in the last 9 minutes. How unbelievable! When the first goal went in by Cahill at 84', I thought, "Ok la, the match finishing soon. At least both teams have points." Then the drama starts! Just 5 minutes later the same Cahill scored another goal.

I think at this point of time those people betting on this match, siding Japan can jump from KLCC already.

But the drama didn't stop, 92' another one! OMFG...

Imagine those people who might have lost half when the score was at Australia 2-1 Japan, they would be slamming their heads on wall now.

Damn potong steam wey !!



P/S/1: Nakata's hair, I like. Irrelevant I know but still...

P/S/2: Kenny Sia so supports Australia, he creamed his pants thrice. He is a very happy man now. lol.

FIFA, jinxed?

+++++ Update +++++

My predictions all went wrong!

Trinidad & Tobago 0-0 Sweden

Argentina 2-1 Ivory Coast

I missed Argentina's match because I was down with fever, flu, cough and everything else when Grace woke me up at 3am. Sigh..

And I still am! I guess I'll just have to miss college tomorrow. Yikes!

Oh, I sound like a man, after all the coughing and sorethroat.. Bah..

+++++ Update +++++

Of course everyone knows World Cup started today 0000 hr in Germany but something is really going on.

This season's World Cup seems to like to get people on their nerve, not allowing people to warm their benches eh!

First game of the season between Germany and Costa Rica was unbelievable! Germany 4-2 Costa Rica. WOot!

I was just sms-ing Adrian telling him the game just kicked off and 6 minutes later Germany scored! I didn't even have enough time to react to the start of the game! My butt hasn't even really rested comfortably onto my chair before I have to jump for Germany's goal.

Just when I was about to sms Adrian, Costa Rica scored another goal in just like another 6 minutes later. Goodness me. I couldn't breathe! What a start..

Another few minutes later, Germany scored yet another one!

Goodness gracious ME! I know Germany is playing on home soil but do they really need to score so quickly?

The result was even more outrageous! When the results got Germany 2-1 Costa Rica, I was just predicting perhaps it might end with that. But 4-2 ?! My eyes just popped at all the subsequent goals. Grrr...

I slept at 3am this morning and I have replacement class at 8am, and with my mid-term exam. What a lecturer to choose to replace his class on a Saturday and the day World Cup starts! But sure enough, many people looked sleepy this morning. Heck I even overslept.

I set my alarm at 6:30am and I eventually did wakeup to switch off the alarm but I went back to sleep. When I opened my eyes again, "7:47am" came into my eyes and I tell you, I straight away JUMPED from the bed, HOPPED into the bathroom. I drove 120kph all the way to Cheras. Thank goodness for the smooth traffic. Anyhow, I was still late. Sheeesh.

As usual, discussions during class break about the previous matches. Well, we were all saying that the second goal of Costa Rica was suspiciously an off-side. Still, since the result has been finalized and no big headlines and pictures showing arguments between the coach and the referee, I suppose it's not. lol.

All in all, it was a nice one to watch. Adrian and I just kept texting each other with "SHIT!" and "FUCK" when Germany scored. Yea, we sided Costa Rica because we didn't want Germany to keep scoring goals. Because more goals to Germany = byebye money.

Well, England vs Paraguay just ended with yet another scary start.

I was just starting to feel the game and suddenly, GOAL! Just 3 minutes into the game and England scored. I was so frustrated! Why can't these people just let me sit well into my chair with my drink and slowly start off? URGH!

Though Beckham has always been famous for his freekicks but this time goal was sent in by Gamarra of Paraguay. When I saw the replay in a closer angle, I just laughed. Wot! Own goaled?

Through the whole match with it eventually ended with England 1-0 Paraguay, I only see how good England's defence was. Seriously. Paraguay didn't even get to be actively in England's penalty box. Every time when the ball entered the penalty box, it will be sent out again without Paraguay having the chance to pass to another player. It was funny!

And I don't like the referee! What was his problem with Crouch? He was so obviously picking on him! I kind of feel that the referee was siding Paraguay. He was so fussy against England but to Paraguay he didn't really punish them. Hmph!

Whatever, good news England won..

Not watching Sweden vs Trinidad and Tobago. But I suppose Sweden will win with 1-0?

Staying up for 3am match though, Argentina vs Ivory Coast. Grace's a fan of Argentina, though I doubt for technical reason. Oh crap! Now she's not sure whether it's Argentina or Italy...HAHA!

My prediction would be Argentina 2-0 Ivory Coast since Argentina has lifted the Cup twice and this is the first time Ivory Coast is appearing in the World Cup finals. We'll see then.

Sidenote, I'm not feeling well. My throat itches like 10,000 ants walking up and down my throat! Totally unbearable and I can't scratch it. I drank a lot of water and I kept running to the washroom. [Gross stuff ahead] I even feel the heat from my PEE! [Highlight at own risk].

From my experience, this is the start of fever. If I stop the itch, not letting it develope into sorethroat, I will not get fever. I'll just have to keep drinking water I suppose.

What do you think?

I kind of like this blog template. Uhm..I know it's still the same as the previous one but how about the color?

Is this better than the dark one?

Berjaya Redang, Day 1 Part I

This post is sooo long overdue! Adrian has been nagging me for weeks so in the end I just post up pictures in my multiply page for him to view, and later deleted. Hehe!

Grace and I took so many photos for this Redang trip so I decided to break it into parts.

Extremely long post with 42 pictures for Part I of Day 1. LOL!

The first and only time I went to Redang was with my classmates 2 years ago. We stayed in Redang Bay Resort which I quite liked.

When mom suddenly asked me if I will be free on 11th, 12th and 13th of May, I was shocked! Firstly because she was asking me if I want to go to Redang. Secondly, 12th May was Adrian's birthday and it was going to be the first birthday I am going to celebrate with him.

Anyhow I went of course.

It was a 3D/2N stay in Berjaya Resort Hotel. From what I know from Adrian, Berjaya Resort is on a privately owned island. I was disappointed when I know I won't be staying at the same island as Redang Bay because I liked the beach there. Long, wide, sandy white beach.

On 11th May morning, we left house at 6:30am. Yes! We drove all the way up to Kuala Terengganu. Seriously, 9 hours drive, sitting in a car not doing anything can make someone go crazy! For example, taking silly photos with grace.

This is one of the more serious ones. Of course those extreme siao-ness pictures cannot show la-r..haha!

In that 9 hours journey, there weren't many things we can see from the car except for a never ending stretch of road lined with trees and occassionally some cows.

When we reached Terengganu state, it was even worse! It was a Friday and in Terengganu, it is like the weekend for them. Terengganu's weekend is on Friday and Saturday; that makes Sunday the first day of the week for them. Basically all shops were closed, streets were emptied and everything looked peaceful and still. Also, Terengganu looked so kampong compared to Kuala Lumpur. It looked 10 years behind K.L.

When we reached Terengganu city, I saw more mosques than human! I know it's a Muslim dominted state but do they really need so many mosques? They have like one every 100m or something. After every one traffic stop you see another mosque. Bah!

Let me show you.. Serious!

Presenting to you...

Crazy right?

But I was even more crazy la. I was frantically looking left and right searching for Mosques to take picture. Anna was very helpful too. She would just shout, "Da Jie! Here's another one..!!"

There were more but I thought 6 should be enough. Besides, I got bored taking picture of mosques..

About an hour later, we reached China Town! Finally a sense of familarity after all the mosques. Was starting to feel a bit Arabic already. Geez!

There we saw HUMAN! and cars too. FINALLY! But of course, chinese are more hardworking. They go out and they work on Fridays too. Shops were opened and it was about time for us to fill our stomachs.

So we parked our cars and waited for a friend to bring us for lunch.

Maybe because Kuala Terengganu is located so closely to its coastline, the weather was extremely hot! Grace lipbalm melted..

When I said Terengganu was 10 years behind KL, I meant it! Look at this!

It was still working alright. I don't think I can find this type of parking meter here in KL. Heck the ones here are working on solar power already!

We met up with mom's colleague who is staying in Terengganu and he brought us to this famous cafe, with no name! I cannot find any sign showing the cafe's name so.. yea..

Anyway, on our way to the cafe, I saw this really old looking lot. It was in between shop lots but the owner used it as their home.

Look!

Ok! Around that time all of us really "beh-tahan" (cannot stand any longer). We were VERY hungry!

Though lunch was simple but the food was awesome! The cafe's most famous dish was the bun. It's a must to eat it with their famous soy milk drink.

Now, let me show you the best part of the lunch! Their famous bun, so tasty and so yummy we ordered 12 plates or even MORE! we couldn't remember.

The Kaya is by far the most tasty kaya I've ever taste! So original. Definitely home made!

Shall I explain the steps for you.

First of all, you have to cut the butter slice into four pieces. Then you place the butter nicely at each corner so you can have equal sized butter after you cut the bun. Of course, spread all the kaya onto the bun. I should advise you not to waste any bit of the kaya! Use 'em all!!

Then of course you close the bun. You see the shape of each 4 sections of the bun? Cut it down, precisely! That will give you this..

So in fact one bun can be split into 4 sections to feed 4 mouths. Imagine 12 buns, multiply with 4 sections, that will be 48 sections! And most of it went into Grace and mine stomach. Bwahahahaahhaha!

Look at Grace's contented face, caught on camera! WAhaha..

After lunch, it was about time for us to report at the jetty.

Before we left home, I told mom to wear shorts because based on my one experience to Redang, I got all soaked in salty sea water on the speed boat. Not only that, I had to jump from the speed boat and walk towards the shore. Though quite shallow but I still got all wet till my thighs.

To my surprise, the jetty this time around didn't look like the one I went, AT ALL!

Look at this!

The one I waited the last time was made out of papan ok! It was so warm we had to fan ourselves and we kept our eyes onto our bags. But look at this one. Grr!

Got air-con waiting room leh, don't pray-pray. Speaking of which, the room looked like some departure lounge. With digital boards showing the arrival and departure time of the boats.

While boarding the boat, we were given each a bottle of mineral water. What a service! I have no nothing when I boarded the speed boat last time.

As though the jetty wasn't enough to impress me, look at the interior of the boat. I almost fainted, compared to the one I took last time.

Got first class! But anyway everyone wanted to go into first class so we actually waited for quite some time before we could actually board the boat. What's so special about first class? It's not like there will be someone serving you champagne or wine with first class meal. Ish..

So all of us went on to the "Economy Class". Compared to the speed boat I took last time, this was still very much First Class!

This one has nice comfortable cushioned seats, air-conditioned and carpeted floor. The one I took last time has nothing! I was totally exposed to the sun throughout the 45 minutes journey and I got sun-burned already before I even reach the beach.

The boat ride took a little longer than the one I took because Berjaya Resort is slightly further than the main island, or casually known as the Long Beach.

Anyhow we were being entertained with The Longest Yard. Funny movie! Watched it in cinema and loved it.

Looking out from my seat, the sea looked terrible. It was muddy GREEN!

Having nothing to do for the one hour boat ride, Grace and I did what we do best.

Camwhoring!

Love the forth picture best! Love the color.. We were snapping pictures of ourselves non-stop and other passengers much have thought we're insane!

Of course, I sms-ed to my baby telling him I'm on the boat already. Didn't get to sms him much on the road because Maxis kept going out of coverage area.

When all was said and done, Grace and I went up to the upper deck.

Look at the sea now.

So beautiful, I meant the sea.

Too bad there wasn't any place on the upper deck that we could sat on so we went back in. But thanks to the comfortable environment I was able to take a much needed nap.

About an hour later, we finally reached Berjaya Island. It was totally unexpected. There was this concrete, well built jetty with stairs that we could get onto the island without getting wet at all, not even a drop.

Our bags were handled nicely and will be sent to the hotel directly. How nice! We were asked to board a shutter bus that will take us to the hotel.

It took approximately 20 minutes to reach Berjaya Resort from the jetty. Along the way we saw small villages and they had sheeps, cows and goats. It's rather common to see cows in KL or sheeps on TV, but not goats. I have never really seen a real one before, let alone Anna.

She was so excited whenever she saw one and she kept making the "Ekk" sound trying to imitate the goat. Sitting right in front of us was a British couple and they were very fascinated by Anna's imitation and they just laughed. Haha!

20 minutes later I saw this.

Our bags were already at the lobby. What a nice resort. Tiled floors, nice environment and we were even served with honey herb welcome drink.

Redang Bay that I stayed in last time had sand everywhere up till our chalet and into the pool. We didn't even have a proper registration lobby!

After getting our room keys, we were driven to our rooms by a buggy! We didn't have to take our bags nor walk to our room. Perfect after a long tiring day.

Grace and I had a room all to ourselves and it was just great, with a capital G!

Stay tuned for Day 1, Part II where I had my first ballroom dancing lesson, taught by a French!

Grr..

I am very hungry...!!!!

Expectations

Previous post I mentioned about something exciting to share. It was something exciting at first, only it turned sour after having so much expectations on it and later failed.

I was browsing through Maybelline's website when I got to know about the "Beauty In Us" contest through a blog. Then I found out about this Maybelline Dream Team.

Maybelline Dream Team is about a mission to show young Malaysian women the power of make-up, and to bring out the beauty in each and every one of them.

It is a campaign that runs from June - Dec 2006. 10 young Malaysian women aged between 18-23 will be chosen to be part of the Dream Team where they will receive trainnings through the 6 months. Evaluation will be judged based on their progress of improvement and the winner among the 10 people will stand a once-in-a-life time chance for an all expense paid trip to New York to be trainned under the Master Makeup Artist of Maybelline.

Dream Team members will be featured on Magazines and the TV Show "3R".

It was like a dream come true for me because I have always had a passion for make up and I thought this will serve as a great opportunity. I have never really gotten myself into anything like this but somehow I gathered enough strength and courage and finally registered myself into Maybelline Dream Team.

In the website, it was stated that shortlisted candidates will be notified through phone within 2 weeks.

Soon enough, I got a call from Maybelline when I was on my way to RedBox and I was practically hopping in joy. The feeling, knowing that I got chosen was beyond words.

I never got lucky enough to win anything in any contest; just like how I tried to send in every entry forms for free gifts in a magazine and there were like 20 of them, and every 20 of them went unheard of.

My mind went blank when the lady on the phone was explaining the Dream Team details to me. Well, she didn't have to because I have very details in my head because I remembered it so perfectly clear. How can I not? It was something I really wanted.

I was required to attend a selection event at Loreal headquaters in Uptown 2, Damansara Uptown.

It was yesterday.

I was excited and nervous as hell! The night before I packed my make up tools because I'm required to do an on-spot make up during the selection event.

That night I couldn't sleep.

10:30am, I went up to Floor 13A and girls were already there. Very young looking girls. I had my attendance taken and drew a number for my sequence for interview later. I was numbered 9.

When all 20 of the shortlisted candidates arrived, we were sent into a briefing room and Rob, the Marketing Manager of Maybelline briefed us on Maybelline, the brand, and also the Dream Team. After which, we were given 15 minutes to apply make-up of our choice before the interview.

I did my usual make up. The one I do best.

I was satisfied with the outcome of my make-up. I thought my daily practises didn't let me down.

Even though my heart was pumping so hard that I could even hear it in my ears. Even though my hands were shaking and sweaty and the air-con only made it worst.

We waited at the lounge for our individual interview. When it was my turn, I could feel my heart beating so loudly as if my body couldn't hold it any longer. I was so nervous my heart went down to my stomach, butterflies flying all around it and it was going to pop out of my body anytime soon!

I took a deep breathe, went into the room and there it was. 3 of the interviewers including Rob the Marketing Manager along with 2 ladies, one of which is the make-up trainner for Maybelline Malaysia, all sitting at the other end of the table.

It was like The Apprentice with Donald Trump, except Rob didn't have the biggest side-comb of the universe.

I was asked some simple questions, i.e. to tell something about myself; what I understand about this campaign; the reason why I joined the campaign and finally what I think of beauty.

Frankly, I thought I did pretty well considering how nervous I was. I was half afraid that I wouldn't be able to say a word even!

After everything was done, I was given a door gift consisting of Maybelline products such as their latest foundation, 3D color shine lipstick and the 100% smudge proof unstoppable mascara. Then, I left.

The final 10 will be notified by phone, today.

And I didn't get it.

Out of 400 applications, 40 were shortlisted to the selection event. I was one of them and I should consider myself very lucky. But I really wanted to be the final 10 so badly and I was hoping I could really get it.

It was a golden opportunity for me, to be able to gain the experience, exposure and the chance to be trainned under a professional makeup artist, also not forgetting the fact that I could stand a chance to go New York. That is the biggest apple I ever wanted and I guess it was just too big for me.

I waited for their call the whole morning. It was plain torture to be expecting a call and just kept looking at the phone. Checking it every few seconds to ensure that I didn't miss any calls or being out of the coverage area.

Looking at my watch seeing time clicking by every second, my hope diminished every time it ticked. Still I kept hoping and expecting. I kept praying that luck will be on my side this time.

3:00pm and still nothing. I called Loreal office to make sure once and for all but nobody picked up.

I reached home at 3:30pm and I called Samantha on her mobile. She was the coordinator of the event.

"Hi Samantha, I was wondering if you guys have announced the final 10 Dream Team already?"

"Oh yes we have. I'm really sorry Christine."

Tears rolled down my cheeks and I started sobbing. I couldn't stop.

I realized how much I really wanted this and yet again I couldn't have it. I went through the process and tried to find any fault at all of what I did. To find any reason at all to make me feel better, and I couldn't. I did my best and I gave all that I have.

Then I resort to thinking what the final 10 have that I do not have. The other girls who were at the selection event behaved like fresh college kids. They spoke and behaved to impress because they particular mentioned that they like Maybelline brand and were blinking their eyes at Rob.

Adrian tried his best to make me feel better. He said I did my best and I should not blame myself over it. Perhaps I am just not what they are looking for. Perhaps they are looking for young, cheerful and energetic girls and I am too mature.

"Since when maturity became a weakness?", I said.

"It is not a weakness. It is just a different target market for Maybelline. Maybe they want youthful and energetic girls so that's why they chose the others. You look mature and you behave like one. You look more like a career lady and Maybelline is targetting young girls. Don't blame yourself ok.."

Yes, maturity should not be a weakness.

Irregard how many people thought I was older than I actually am, I should be proud of myself.

I am 20 but I can give the impression that I am 24 and above should not be a bad thing, at all. I am 20 but I can make people feel that I have gone through more than people of my age. I am 20 but what I speak can be convincing enough to make people older than me to believe in me. I am 20 but I have experience in life that makes me stronger and bolder.

20 is just a figure. I should be proud of what I can make out of myself.

Maybelline Dream Team though a failure but it taught me valuable lessons.

I learnt how to pick up and let go.
I learnt how to be easier on myself; to not blame myself over something I have already given my best shot at. I learnt how to enjoy a process but not the outcome.
I learnt to appreacite myself as who I am.

I learnt how to learn.

Yes, I have notice...

That I have not been blogging for the past 15 days. Though 15 days for a holiday (No, I'm not having any) is not very long but it seems to be a rather long period in the blogosphere. Anyway, my sincere apologies for people out there who have constantly been clicking into my page only to find the same 'ol post dated back to 18th May.

Yes, I have been extremely busy with school work and family.

Grandma went off to China for the past 10 days and the house was practically in a mess! Seems like the family will not be able to survive without grandma. Everything just went wrong!

Mom has to go work, as usual. With that, everything is left to me.

For the first few days when grandma was away, Anna was still having school. Though mom will send her to class in the afternoon, I will have to fetch her back on Monday and Wednesday when I have class till 6pm, sometimes later.

The past 10 days were just crazy!

I have to send Anna tuition in the morning, buy lunch, get her ready for class, send her off. Get back home and start sweeping, mopping, cleaning the house. In the evening, I'll bring the girls out to dinner.

While doing all these, I have to do my assignments and go to classes and at the same time try not to forget important things such as dates of the Orientation Luncheon I organized for the SSLA Association. *special thanks to YingHan who has been great, always reminding me stuffs that I will usually forget!*

The dogs too started getting very naughty and shit and pee all over the kitchen!

The house just smells, feels and looks weird even though I sweep and mop the floor just like how my grandma did. Anyway, now that she is back from China, things became normal again.

Thank God she is back too! I don't know how many more days can I handle doing all those things alone. Yikes!

I have recently discovered the power of Photoshop since having the chance to learn from my Design & Layout class. I have been experimenting with it at home and I can always get a good laugh out of it.

No, I won't be showing any of those pictures I used for my experimentation, tee hee hee! But boy! Photoshop can really make someone picture perfect or either very horrible.

During one of our Visual Communication class, we are required to create a design using the 5 design elements, i.e. lines, shaps, color, texture and value.

YingHan drew a barcode for lines, as lines function as a source of information in barcode.

And speaking of barcode, it reminded me of something.

I once saw someone in Jusco, One Utama where she had a barcode tattooed on the back of the neck.

"Why would someone permanently have a barcode on themselves?", I ask Adrian.

To which Adrian answered so brilliantly he made me laugh!

"Well, they think they have a price. But for people like you and me, we are priceless. Mastercard."

Ain't he CUTE ?? That's why I love him.. and we just celebrated our 9th month anniversary few days ago.

I am still in the process of editing my Redang trip picture. Not that I have to do a lot of modification on it but I didn't get to spend enough time in front of the pc doing it. Adrian been rushing me about it and yes I know it has been sooooo long! It'll be up sometime soon! Very soon..

Also, I have something exciting to share but not yet. The timing is not right yet. Perhaps after tomorrow I will be able to tell.. Anyway, I was really excited when I knew about it!

Alright~! I'm off...