Cheesy Post #713

Been a little over an entire year since this blog was last updated! Oh man. Just had the sudden urge to blog over here since I just had an all-too-short mamak session with high school friends I haven't caught up with in ages. Will be leaving to the States next week to complete my degree and a small gathering with people who matter was very much called for. Had the greatest time hanging out with dearly missed high school friends. What a feeling it is to be chatting with incredible friends you have known for years but haven't met in months! Ate delicious maggi mee goreng tak mau sayur tambah pedas, drank milo kosong ais and best of all -had the company of irreplaceable friends.

I truly believe that there are many kinds of awesomeness in friends, but high school ones possess a special kind. And that will remain cherished forever.

Shout-out to the friends who made it tonight: Teressa, Audrey, Jo Lin, Sindhu, Kayelvili, Mei Yi, Christine and Rashvinder. Thanks for making my week. It's been such a long time since I had such ease and fun times doing absolutely nothing but conversing. Always a pleasure to spend time with you happy lot!

And to the rest of my high school friends who contributed to the best teenage experience I've ever had: Thanks for lighting up my life. Studying isn't such a pain in the butt when people like you are around.

Until...next year? The horror! Take care, MGS-ians!

Can You Say Toothache?

From my blog posted yesterday. Enjoy:

Today didn't turn out to be sucky. It turned out to be hellish. A combination of the five years of dental pain I had gone through back in high school couldn't compare to the ninety minutes of dental torment I underwent this afternoon. Thanks to the unexpectedly huge size of the ingrown tooth, the dentist had to extract it in four broken pieces. And the agony I had felt during those four moments had no precedent. My gum had to be injected about fourteen times throughout the surgery to (barely) numb the pain because it was that excruciating. Twice, I had thrashed and writhed in pain on the chair of doom. Twice, I went deaf and couldn't hear the heart-racing songs -bad idea- I had been listening to on my iPod. Twice, I stopped thinking. Twice, tears threatened to overflow but they couldn't because I was lying down on the chair of doom. So I came home and cried instead...for a total of three minutes since my naturally empty tear ducts didn't have many teardrops to spare. They are now drier.

When pieces of the monster tooth were finally out, the dentist began stitching my gum. I have about eight or more stitches on my gum currently and was given two types of painkillers -which is the best part of the whole procedure, really. I had to swallow salivated blood for two hours after the surgery and couldn't talk at all. My father had come home for a short ten minutes to check on me since my mother had gone out for a while and found me sprawled in front of the TV, lifeless and emotionless. The dentist cautioned that it is going to take me one month for the gum to be completely healed. And that I was going to have to eat soft foods during that one month. Because if it doesn't heal as it should, I am going to have to go for a nerve treatment inwhich a hole would have to be drilled in my gum. After today, I would fast for life if it meant I would never have to go through that kind of brutal pain again. OK, maybe not. But I am praying and hoping that my gum will heal in His time. I truly can't thank God enough for seeing me through this harrowing and unimaginable ordeal. And the people who have expressed their concern, especially my family -who, at first, hadn't a clue that the surgery wasn't as painless as they thought it would be. I am blessed. And glad that this is behind me. For now, at least.

In the meantime, I am going to have to smile less, talk less, complain (about food) less and sleep more. Brilliant. I am now traumatized for life.

The bloody tooth, literally.

Sign to end Fur Trading

Pledge to go fur-free at PETA.org.

http://www.peta.org/feat/ChineseFurFarms/index.asp

GUYS, please please visit the link above and sign the petition to end fur trading in China. They tortured the animals like foxes, raccoons, etc, skinning them alive and dumping their bodies in the cold, leaving them to die. U can watch the vid to know what I mean. I am now too distraught with the vid to really help describe it for u guys. Really sorry.

You can skip the muvee, but plz plz help sign the petition. To those whom I sent the email where you can sign on it straightaway, du pass it on to everyone else you knw.

Please help these poor animals. It wouldnt cost you a thing except five minutes of your time. Thanks so much to those whu signed *bows*

Blog Status: Revived (for Now)

Note #1: Deathly long post ahead. Note #2: If you wish to contribute in the blog, please give me your Gmail/Blogger email address via Facebook email or drop a line over at the Chatbox on the right panel of the blog. Sorry if you have actually done any of the above but received no response. As everyone knows, the blog was in the grave for a while. Note #3: This note is already incredibly long. Pardon me.

This is my feeble attempt to revive this blog which is currently buried six feet under the World Wide Web ground. It is amazing to think that half a year has already gone by since we’ve left high school. Some of us have begun college. Some of us have yet to begin college. Some of us are in the sixth form in school. Some of us have gone or are going abroad. Some of us have gone or are going to different states in the country. Some of us are working. Some of us have survived National Service. Some of us are diabolically escaping from it. (Ahem.) Some of us are toiling under the desk lamp in preparation for the examination. Some of us are rotting away during the semester break -such as, uh, me. And one thing’s for sure: All of us have moved on.

It goes without saying that the beginning of my college life was not pleasant. At all. The transition was unbearably difficult in the first few months and I had missed high school a whole ton that every single day in college seemed like a dread to me. I still do miss school now, when I reminisce about the good ol’ times spent with spectacular friends, but I don’t miss it as much anymore because I have grown to love college. And the friends in college I have come to know and trust also keep me going each day. Truly, I am very thankful that God has blessed me with the greatest friends in college because I can’t imagine befriending anyone as awesome as the friends I have now. But of course, the feeling is subjective and differs with each individual in college. I am just feeling very blessed, that is all.

But more importantly, I know that the friends I have obtained throughout my schooling years have made the greatest impact on me. Since high school has been a formative period in my adolescence, I can say with conviction that I am who I am now thanks to the people I was surrounded with during my first form right until my fifth form in school. Sadly, I know I won’t be the same a few years or even months down the road from where I am now. Because as I delve into a whole new environment with new people, I will change. But I am willing for the change to be a good one. And that I will never stop growing and learning, not only academically, but mentally, emotionally and spiritually. And physically, of course. Ha-ha.

There are moments when I daydream about being in an MGS classroom -paying attention to the teacher in front, or sleeping in plain sight, or both- surrounded by familiar friends I am comfortable with and have known for eons. But these moments are slowly vanishing. But the blissful memories I have of high school and everything that came with it -friends, teachers, uniform, tuitions, exams, canteen food, fixed schedules, school rules, daily assembly, nightmarish toilet, i-can-go-on-and-on- will forever be etched in my head. Although I am now living in the moment and embracing my college life, the life I had had as a schooling student will always be missed. College has taught me a lot about myself in a way. I realized that I don’t deal very well with change…and that I am not always as strong as I think I am…and that sometimes the most unexpected people can turn out to matter a lot in your life. And though I have moved on now, I am still looking back to the past every now and then; just to keep the memories fresh and to find undiluted joy in them.

I honestly hope that the friends I have made in high school will remain in my life for a very long time despite the separate ways many of us are taking. Keeping in touch, I have discovered, is not such an easy task. At all. I apologize for not making time to catch up with some of you when I always could but just didn’t take the effort. I hope you are all coping well with college/work/sixth form in general and make the right decisions in everything you do. I am going into my third semester of college next month and still marvel at how insanely fast time sprints. Pretty soon we’d all be graduating/working/married/all three/a combination of the three. Oy. That is a daunting prospect. But as always, every phase in life has something marvelous to offer…and after having an amazing adolescence, I am ready for what’s next.

There you go. A superbly long post for the revival of this blog. I truly hope some of you can post once in a while about how life is going for you, just to catch up indirectly and never lose touch with each other. I am only now looking forward to a high school reunion in the future, when we are no longer kids in the physique but kids at heart. Or maybe a couple of reunions prior to that, too.

P/S: I am still crazy for David Archuleta. I still love reading good books and writing nonsensical ramblings. I do not have a significant other in college, only really good friends. I am still the Yeo Jian Ju you know…with a bit of sanity removed. But just a bit. Ha-ha, just kidding.

Till…the next semester break? Aiyaya. Will post here as often as I can. Signing off now. Take care always!

Hot Movie, Transformer 2

The battle of the Autobots and Decepticons continues!! Hahaha.. I know. I am currently in the Transformer mood. I watched this show yesterday and i have to say it.. THE MOVIE ROCKS!!

This is a must watch movie!! The graphics are BRILLIANT and the plot was so extravagant. LOL.. Mayb i'm over rating it but seriously, it's a good movie!!! Watch if you have not!!

2 days ago, Teressa and myself made way to Aeon Bukit Tinggi to buy advance ticket. Since it's new and currently labled HOT show of the season, i kinda figured if we buy on the day we wanted to watch together, we'll end up at the BOTTOM of the theater.

When we reached the place, there was a super LONG line cuing up to buy tickets. I have no patience to actually wait in THAT long line. Then i saw this lable pointing to a new line. It says "Transformer 2: Revenge of the Fallen (advance ticket)" and it was empty. Happily, i skipped my way through a few teens who are unsure to line up here or with the long line.

I was right. it was only for people to buy advance ticket for the movie. When we were choosing the place, middle line was fully booked and i was kind of unhappy that we have to settle with the side seats but it was at least higher than the empty middle lane.

When we turn around to leave the place, the former "empty line" was then FILLED with people and it was as long as the other line. I told Teressa that we were lucky to be the first. LOL!

Watched the movie with Mei Shen, Teressa, and Kayel.. LOL!!

Honestly, i have not watched such good movie for a LOONNGGG time. Yea, even Terminator Salvation didn't leave much effect in me. Somehow this movie has more fight scenes than the previous Transformer. There are even additional funny and adorable new Transformers around.


I LOVE the twin Autobots!!! They are the new additional to the movie and they are soooo cute and funny!! hahaha.. If you have watched the movie, you'll know what i'm talking about.. The movie has it's funny parts and a few sarcastic moments.. overall, you'll feel all sorts of emotions during the movie.

i sat beside Kayel during the movie.. she laugh SOOO loud during funny moments that i had to constantly tell her to chill.. LOL..

BYE BYE BITCHES! :P

(firstly, i dont really mean it(the title) its just eye grabbing:P)

College: Raffles International College
Course: Advance Diploma in Fashion Designing
Location: Ampang, KL
Duration: 2&1/2 years (as of July 2009)

I saw my apartment!!(last sun) awefully(not sure how to spell that) excited about moving out:) :) :) freedommmm!!!! but it also means i gotta do my own laundry(bad) and i'm gonna miss home cooked food(sad)... :(

So on to the apartment, its awesome! its a 6-7 people sharing apartment. i'll be sharign the master bedroom along with two other girls. and master bedroom tenants get a personal bathroom equipped with a bath tub! (jackpot!) hahah! it comes with a kitchen and washing machine! [note to self-gotta figure out how both works] xD oh, oh and the whole apartment is air conditioned! candy sweet! xP oh, no astro however. hah!

You are all welcome to crash whenever! Its DIRECTLY behing raffles so go google raffles location and there it is! :)

lydia misses u. xoxoxoox!

p/s: was never a genuis at spelling so yyeah! ignore spelling errors :P

Distributing 2008 Photos

Hello there! Kok Yen's here. Recently, I uploaded my collection of formal photos taken in school from 2007-2008 in Facebook since I had the soft copies of them. Upon uploading, Joe Jian requested for the soft copies. I realized that I still have the soft copies of some photos taken for school magazine in 2008 so I thought of distributing them here since I'm very free to dig out photos for you guys - I have another one to two weeks left before my college resumes in June. If your picture was published in the magazine, I probably have it (provided I did a back up for that event). Below is the list of events where the photographs are still available:

For Class of 2007:
SPM Result Day

For Class of 2008:
Bengkel Teknik Belajar SPM
Mesyuarat Agong Koperasi
Merentas Desa
Gotong-Royong
Majlis Anugerah Kecemerlangan (2008)
IU Day
Majlis Graduasi Restumu Kejayaanku
(the picture of us going up the stage)

I'm really sorry for not keeping photos of formal pictures. I did not make a back up copy for big folders so I only have some smaller events. For formal pictures, I only have some of those with me in the pictures. By the way, they are all uploaded on my Facebook. Tag yourself there if you want to.

2007:
4 Pintar
Prefectorial Board
Hazel/Red House
Ping Pong Club
School Band

2008:
5 Dedikasi
Prefectorial Board
Editorial Board
Ping Pong Club
Choir Club
School Band

And of course, I don't mind sharing my personal collection of photos too. I still keep photos of events like trips, holiday, camp, party, gathering, etc.

Feel free to contact me online. You can find me easily at my blog, Facebook, Friendster, MSN. You can make your request through my email too: kyension@hotmail.com.