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Sunday, November 30, 2008

Playing Santa etc.

It's XMas soon, and I suddenly found myself asking people if I could send them presents. My friend pointed out that I was like Santa Clause. Then I thought, well why not play santa? I sure wouldn't mind people sending me stuff. :/ I'm practically sending a whole minibar in a box to this particular friend.

Anyway, I'm currently in Kuching, but tomorrow I'm going back to KL to continue my Japanese class. No more Beginner. Now it's Intermediate 1. And yes, I'm damn proud of myself. No more swallowing Hiragana and Katakana, but no Kanji yet either. That's for the advanced level. How far away is the Advance class you wonder? Well, from here on out I have to finish Intermediate 1, 2, and 3 before I will get to Advance 1. I've stopped comparing my Japanese course to what people have at school because it has a different emphasis. I wanted to keep having the same teacher and the same classmates that's why I'm following up my classes continuously. If not I would love to restart in January and just spend my holiday at home, rather than staying in KL going to classes twice a week for 2 hours each and then doing nothing in between. But still, shopping is not nothing. XD

Since both Kujong (my ps2) and Mull (my psp) are in KL, I have no games to play, so I spend my days (just one, actually) reading, and the other days sleeping, and writing a story. One of those sagas that will just not finish. I found this classic exercise book and decided I will fill it with crap. Thus, you have it.

After all, I need something to distract me from my lack of porns, what with all my slaves left to their own devices in KL. Our house is not exactly empty at the moment. My relatives arrived yesterday from their holiday and are stopping over our place. It was a good thing I thoroughly cleaned the place. I swept, I mopped, and swept again. I need to dust it when I go back. KL dust is notorious. They are all thick and black. But still, the bulbs in the ktichen has completely blown out and the living rooms are just waiting for their moment to die. Daddyo needs to come by soon.
I am not good with bulbs.

I'm coming back for Raya Haji of course, just for the heck of it, since it's on Monday, and that means my class will be canceled and I have the whole week off, until Thursday comes along. But that is okay, because Totchi will come to KL too and we can go shopping and do stuff. xD It's been sad because I have no friends. sighs.

Right now I'm currently working out my European tour plan. Tickets to London are cheap. Cheaper than an almost-direct flight to Norway. I should consider this. o_O Studying abroad plans can go get stuffed. For now. :D

Ta'ra!

Saturday, November 22, 2008

Tea Mania

I have the worst timing when it comes to getting out of the house. Not only is today Saturday (The day when Sekibang-like highschool brats hang out at BB displaying their Sekibangness) but it was pouring!

I originally wanted to go to KLCC today to check out some porn at Kinokuniya for Watashiwa-san, but also to get souvenirs. I'm free, so I thought I should spread the love. So anyway, since it was pouring and only got worse and worse as I exited the apartment, I didn't immediately hailed a cab to go to KLCC because I didn't want to stand in the rain. So I walked all the way to Sg. Wang because Giant is the cheapest supermarket in the area.

I bought a buttload of tea, inducing some amusing comments from a woman who was browsing the tea aisle beside me. xD My spoils for the day turned out to be only tea and some wrapping papers.

I have a couple of these boxes so I decided to fill it to the brim with tea. Watashiwa-san, this is for you. A lovely little package isn't it? XD



I mentioned before that I might try the gold blend, so here they are. I took out about a third of this into that other box. Have yet to try it though. But they make such nice gifts. I never thought of giving people tea as gifts before. Especially Malaysian tea. BOH is freakingly cheap for a Malaysian gift item. One box of Earl Grey is about 7.50, and the pack 100g is about 2.30. Compare that to some KLCC pewter junk. This one actually taste good!



I got a cab at Sg. Wang after much persuasion (damn you taxi drivers! Is that meter just there for decoration?!) I only stayed in KLCC for dinner, after which I made my way back to Times Square and then to Sg. Wang. I spent less than RM100 today. I'm amazed at myself.

Ta'ra!

Friday, November 21, 2008

Reeling Back

Hello. I am finally done with finals, but I am still in KL. I have my Japanese test next Monday, so I'll be going back on Tuesday. Even so, I'll be back on the 1st to accomodate my next Japanese class. Pending there will be one, and there are enough people to join. Well, cross your fingers!

A while back I saw this on Wiki. A Sarawakian dollar note! xD How cool is that? We have our own currency! And I think it was the same value as Bruneian dollar. Imagine if we hadn't joined Malaysia, we would have our own currency and who's to say our currency won't be higher than the current ringgit eh?? We'll still be a colony and we would be getting our independence later, but who cares, eh? Look at how Hong Kong turned out! XD XD XD

Anyway, since exams finished, I've been sitting back, relaxing and drinking tea. It's amazing the amount of tea I've been downing these past weeks. I consume an average of 2 bags every day and a half. A funny coincidence is that, my sugar cubes, creamer and tea bags all come in a pack of 50. So if I start consuming them at the same time, they will finish at the same rate! Hahaha! Well except for the sugar cubes, since I take two at a time.

Anyway, I recently replenished my stock of tea and bought this: Earl Grey with Tangerine. My dad ordered Earl Grey at TGI Fridays and they served this. It was so nice I decided to try it myself.

And I am hooked! There's no going back for me now. D: It is that nice (And I'm not just talking about the packaging). It's nicely frangranted, subtly flavored and rich. I thought Earl Greys were just for stuffy old men, but I was wrong. I took this tea with my usual sugar and creamer and they taste just as nice. My dad takes them with honey. I would very much like to try it with lemon. I am not a big fan of flavored tea to start with because they always use artificial coloring and flavors, but this tea is 92% tea leaves and 8% flavorings which of course, consists mostly of citrus oil. Yum!

Anybody wants them for a christmas present maybe? I have this habit of sharing everything that I found awesome xD and finding out what I can mail out and what I can't. Even though I've already mailed out something that shouldn't be able to be mailed out. xD xD xD
Of course, I bought the regular tea too, just for variety. There is a variance of the regular BOH tea, called the Gold Blend. I haven't bothered with it yet. Maybe I should. I am going crazy over tea D: ever since I stopped drinking Lipton. That tea is not nice. I drank Lipton again after I found BOH and I nearly gagged. It was that bad. I had been drinking bad tea up till then. No wonder I didn't like tea much then.

I think I will play FF12 again, since the holiday season has started. xD Yes, I have become a regular vegetable, minus the nutrients.

Ta'ra!

Friday, November 14, 2008

Proud Purchases

Hello. It's been a while. I'm in the middle of my exam season and I have a feeling I may be repeating some paper. But that is thought for another day. For now, it is the weekend and my next paper will be on Monday, so let me relax and gush about my latest purchases.
This is the best moisturizer ever. The L'Occitane's Ultra Moisturizing Fluid with SPF20. I like things that are 2-in-1 like this. It is a moisturizer+sunscreen. Preferably I'd like a toner+moisturizer+sunscreen but this is sufficient enough :D. According to the law of Price is an indicator of Quality, this thing is a gem. It moisturizers well, and is non-sticky like some moisturizers tend to be, and it's a sunscreen but not all hot and thick that covers your sckin like a layer of plastic. It gives a slight white tint after application, but once it dries which is about a minute, there is no sticky feeling at all. Even after I walk outside for a while, it was not dilluted by the sweat and does not make your skin shine. It even left a matte-like porcelain finish to your skin. So nice!

It really blends in well. I am so in love with it. XD

It's important to keep your skin hydrated and protected at the same time. I always take day skin care for granted because I wear tudong and only get the occasional sunlight touching my face. But I usually dont feel it and I don't want my ignorance to bite me back in the future.

Next, I got a watch. My watch fell and died. Now the people I sent it to for repairs said that it's "condemned". I dont know what she meant, but that watch is not working right at all.



I didnt plan to get one today, but it just sort of happened. It's terrible going to exams without a watch since you cant look at your phone. I haven't been browsing much, but I know that there isn't any that I would currently want from the usual Casio. I'm a dedicated fan of Baby-G you see. So I looked at Swatch. Up until then I didn't realize that all Swatch watches are analog. You can't find a digital Swatch watch at all. The one I got is part of the 007 Villain series, Le Chiffre from Casino Royale. The card theme goes well with the movie name huh?

I haven't used an analog watch in a while. I need to get used to the constant ticking on my wrist now. But the black strap contrasts nicely on my skin. xD It's so nice! I love!

Well that's all to gush about for now. I only had 3 hours of sleep the night before, so I need to make up for my lack of sleep. And I do wish Get Smart would come out in DVD soon. I love that movie.

Ta'ra!