Here, There, Everywhere

It's good to be back home and stay put in KL until the new year. :) Not like I'm going anywhere after new year though but it's still good to be back home. I went to Alor Setar last Sunday with my family and stayed a night at my uncle's home before going to Langkawi for three days and then stayed two more nights at my uncle's place back at Alor Setar and traveled home yesterday.

So, I practically spent half of Christmas day traveling approx. 434km back to KL. We even listened to carols in the car on the way home. Christmas was good, though I think this is one of the few times my family didn't spend Christmas in church. Usually, we will still attend service, wherever we were for the holidays. Anyhow, I still enjoyed Christmas though I was so tired from all the traveling. I still was able to spend time with my family, my relatives in Kedah and Shah Alam and also to spend good time with my boyfriend all in one day. Christmas couldn't be better. :)

I thank God for His protection over my family while we traveled and also over our house while we were away. We were stilll able to celebrate Christmas though differently this time around.

I'll probably post more about Langkawi when I'm not so lazy. :) Meanwhile enjoy the pictures below.

Pantai Airport
-why? cause it's just beside the airport.

First meal in Langkawi.
Asam Laksa and Coconut

Mummy enjoying her second coconut.

Daddy and his little girl.

Pantai Kok

Eagles soaring high.
Kilim Geopark.

Riding out to Andaman Sea


I hope you all had a blessed Christmas.


Good night!

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Stuck

I don't like to take naps. When I was a little girl, probably 5 or 6 years old, I would always pretend to take naps. But I never liked taking naps cause it wasn't as interesting as watching The Little Mermaid. Mom would ask me to sleep on my matress that was in her room and so I would lie down, hug my pillow, close my eyes and pretend to sleep. When it feels like forever already (which was maybe only 5 minutes), I would get up, tell my mom that I've 'slept' and go on to play with my dolls or watch cartoons.

For the past 20 years of my short life, 16 would be the age where I took naps almost everyday. 16 was a tiring year. 17 not so much. 18 hectic year. 19 was the longest. 20, I take naps on Sunday afternoons. I only started the habit of taking naps in high school.

Back to why I don't like naps, it's cause it makes me more tired after waking up. But the most scary thing about naps for me is when I wake up, open my eyes, close them, then realise that I'm falling back to sleep but I don't want to but everything else already went to sleep mode except my mind. I can't move, I can't talk, I can't open my eyes but I want to wake up. It's scary. Being stuck in your own body that doesn't do what you want to do. Have you ever had that feeling? I'm sure I'm not the only one.

Another reason why I don't like naps, especially ones later in the afternoon is because when I wake up, I won't feel like eating. I lose my appetite for dinner. It's as though my stomach is still asleep. Really spoils the mood for eating. It's not that I don't like sleeping, I love to sleep at night, but not so much during the day unless I'm sick or couldn't sleep the night before.

I now I just got up from another terrible nap. If I didn't have a paper tomorrow I'll sleep longer and then maybe that wouldn't be called a nap anyway. My head feels heavy. The weather is too hot for comfort. I ate ice cream and boy, I don't feel like studying. :((((


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Friday Evening

This is what I've been doing everyday: eat, sleep, pee, study, get distracted, eat, sleep, pee, study, get distracted again, and it goes on. More or less. Life can never be more mundane. Exams be gone!

It was a very, very gloomy day yesterday. It rained from early morning till late afternoon. The sky was very grey and there didn't seem to be a drop of sunshine anywhere.

So anyway, after taking a shower in the evening I went out to get some fresh air. I wanted to take some photos but the sky was still so gloomy, so I took pictures of the gloomy sky

Though it was so gloomy, I enjoyed the cool air.

This is what I saw when I first looked up to the sky.

Then I saw a rainbow. :)
And I remembered God's promise.
Genesis 9:12-17

Since the weather was so dull, it's as though God wanted to add some colour to it and brighten up my day. Though it wasn't a full rainbow, spotting it at anytime can definitely lift up my mood and make me go all :)

If you looked at the second picture (again) hard enough, you can see that I caught a glimpse of the rainbow. Scroll up and look upper left.

After taking the sky, I went on to take cats. Got quite many shots of them. One male, one female. Purrr....

hello kitty kitty kitty...

Oh, back to studying now and then snooze off!

Good night.

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Vanilla Twilight

The stars lean down to kiss you,
And I lie awake I miss you,
Pour me a heavy dose of atmosphere.
Cause I'll doze off safe and soundly,
But I'll miss your arms around me
I'll send a postcard to you dear,
Cause I wish you were here.

I watch the night turn light blue,
But it's not the same without you,
Because it takes two to whisper quietly,
The silence isn't so bad,
Till I look at my hands and feel sad,
Cause the spaces between my fingers
Are right where yours fit perfectly.

I'll find opposing new ways,
Though I haven't slept in two days,
Cause cold nostalgia chills me to the bone.
But drenched in Vanilla twilight,
I'll sit on the front porch all night,
Waist deep in thought because when I think of you.
I don't feel so alone.
I don't feel so alone.
I don't feel so alone.

As many times as I blink I'll think of you... tonight.
I'll think of you tonight.

When violet eyes get brighter,
And heavy wings grow lighter,
I'll taste the sky and feel alive again.
And I'll forget the world that I knew,
But I swear I won't forget you,
Oh if my voice could reach back through the past,
I'd whisper in your ear,
Oh darling I wish you were here.

owl city

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Everybody needs a Saviour

I heart candy canes.

Christmas is just around the corner.

Christmas isn't just a good time to shop around, dress up, have reunions with family & friends, exchange gifts, take nice photos of nice decoration and be happy. It's something more. Much more. Why do people rave over the nice lights, big huge trees and wish for snow when they might not even know what Christmas is really about. Yeah, sure it has something to do with Christianity, Jesus and all but do you know what it really means?

Christmas is a celebration of the birth of Jesus. God's only Son, the Saviour. And why is his birth so important? 1 Timothy 2:5-6 says, "For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all men - the testimony given in its proper time." Jesus died on the cross for your sins so that you may be forgiven and be free from the bondage sin. John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." Because of what Jesus did for us on the cross we are able to go back to God, our Creator.

Everybody needs a Saviour. Even if you didn't understand what I wrote up there, remember there's truth behind Christmas and it isn't just a season to have year end sales and what nots. There is something more than all that commercialized buzz.

Anyhow, if you are wishing for snow in KL this christmas, head over to Pavilion at 8pm from now till 26th December and look out for the snow. Apparently global warming has really worsen. Hehe.. All jokes aside, be there or keep on wishing! ;)

Click it if you can't read it.


Good night and have a blessed month ahead before the new year!



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a dustland fairytale

My dad is so cool.

He smsed me last Saturday while he was out shopping in Hong Kong.

Dad: Do you have The Killers Hot Fuss?
Daughter: Yes. Is there ... .... ..... ....... ..........

Anyway after texting each other for about 5mins, he said that there's The Killers Live from The Royal Albert Hall. He got me that and Duffy's album too.

Last Christmas, KJ got me The Killers Day and Age album, this Christmas dad got me this. When I put them together, they're so matching. Lazy to snap pic, just imagine okay?

I cannot wait to watch it. ;D Nice motivation to study for exams now, cause I'm not gonna watch it till I'm free and that will be after YP camp.


Good night!


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let love in

To my cousin, Happy 19th Birthday.

Be strong and courageous.
Do not be afraid or terrified because of them,
for the LORD your God goes with you;
He will never leave you, nor forsake you.

Deuteronomy 31:6

Time flies -click!-

Air hugs and flying kisses!


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