Recap of my journey in Year 2014

2014 has clearly been an interesting and challenging year because that year taught me alot of things that made me grew into a more mature and responsible person.

I would insert a few pictures to recap what I did each month:

1. January 2014

(The beginning of the final degree year)

2. February 2014

(Decorating my side of the room for self-motivation purpose)

3. March 2014 (practicum month)

(love taking their pictures while they're doing their work)

4. April 2014 (practicum month)

5. May 2014 (final practicum month)

(Year 2 class which my friend and I have taught for 3 months, saying goodbye to them was never easy, miss them so much)

(one of my pupils who loved me to read aloud to him, he's one special boy)

(This is the society which I was put into, Senamrobik, I didn't contribute much but these children taught me a lot, such as how to have fun!!)

6. June 2014 (holiday season)

(the hotel which i stayed in had  marvelous view of the KL twin tower, plus with the full moon.. majestic view)

(At i-city, enjoying the trip while I was in KL, it was a rare trip after all, sending my sister off to her new university, so proud of her)

(A two storey carousel, it was huge!!! Felt like a small child again)

(Artificial sunflowers, it was even more pretty at night as it was glowing with lights)

(Yup, that's me, riding the merry-go-round, don't judge please, I didn't had a pleasant childhood so it's redeeming what I should've done a long time ago) ^-^

(A night view of i-city, filled with coloured lights, it was so beautiful)

(My dad and I standing in front of this huge Xmas tree that was actually a lighted electric pole)

7. July 2014 (5th class anniversary)

(Our final class anniversary, eating buffet dinner)

(One of my favourite were the chocolate fondue with the marshmallow)

(Our cake, same thing every year)

(My pals, the beautiful ladies)

(the girls in our class with our tutor)

8. August 2014 (A trip to Lok Kawi Zoo)

9. September 2014 ( Baby Evans)

(Just arrived from the airport for a one week holiday and carried him for the first time. He was soooo small, but now, as big as a sack of rice) >_<

(His smile could melt anything)

10. October 2014 (Action research seminar and Trips around Sabah)

(Action research seminar picture, we got first prize for the banner display and the seminar went smoothly, what a memorable thing to remember)

(Going for an island trip, this was at Manukan Island..)

(At Sapi Island, taking photos where the scenery was so pretty with the water so blue)

(Me and my pal, freshly out of the shower after playing for a while in the water, snorkeling) 

(Outside the parking lot..gotta love the view!!)

(At Desa Cattle Farm, beautiful scenery)

(Ranau town)

(At poring-poring hotspring)

(At the entrance of poring-poring hotspring)

(A picture before we continued our trip)

(another scenery at Ranau town)

(At the big rock in front of Desa cattle farm)

The next day I went up to Mount Kinabalu!!! What a memorable october!!

Then after that straight away attended the SPP interview!!

(In front of the IPG Kent's Hall)

After all the fun adventure, the final thing was my final examination.. :)

11. November 2014 (Final month in Kota Kinabalu)

(celebrated our final month together, booked a hotel room and had tons of fun talking about old stuffs and how much we had grown up.. :) )

(Love them so much. Exchanging gifts and later snuggling in bed watching cartoon until the hotel people cut off the TV line, was it because we were too noisy or because it was past 1am already? oh well) ^-^

(Celebrated two of my friends birthday in advanced because there won't be another chance as we were about to part ways..) 

(My pal and I, our last day in KK, took the bus to church liked we used to and walked down memory lane. Missing KK a lot and also all the fun we had together)

12. December 2014 (At home finally!! and towards 2015)

(outing with my loving sisters.. at Sushi King) ^-^

(Pretty decor..)

(with youngest sis)

(One of my delayed work and now i have the time to do it, also my hobby, knitting)

(This is a very childish drawing, but I really love drawing and coloring, despite my lack of skill and talent)

(And here's my baby nephew, yup, crocheting hats for him as well)

(One of the hardest job, baby sitting!!! But when he's asleep, you would wish you were a mother too)

(Christmas visiting to my aunt's house in Serian, haven't seen her in awhile, my cousin even mistook me for my elder sister, well, i am very chubby now so .... no comment) >_<

Well, that's all for my recap of 2014.. God bless~~

Happy new year 2015

Happy new year to everyone.
It's another new year. A lot of people would have come up with a new resolution as they do every year. I don't know, maybe it's to motivate them to do better for that year and to achieve their dreams.
I did a resolution list once. Until this very day, I never finish what I had listed.
For this year, my resolution is so simple that I don't have to make a long list. All I want to achieve this year is to get a job, save money and travel the world, that's my ultimate dream. And later, perhaps, I would plan to further my studies, and hopefully I would be funded. :)

Now I am still waiting for my job posting and I could only pray to have one soon. I don't want to be cooped up at home for too long..

Here's some picture of how I spent the last day of 2014 and also the new year!!

(Yummy BBQ pork and Mee Hoon from my aunties) Yum yum... 

(The famous Babi Kasam, love it so much, also from my beloved uncle) ^^

(My baby nephew sleeping peacefully, he was so good because the weather was cool, not hot like always as compared to the city life)

(My homemade chicken pie, gone in a blink of an eye)

(Yup, that's me. Nerdy me, knitting a pair of socks for my grandpa, passing the time, waiting for midnight for 2015 and watching anime with my sister)

(My dad and uncles, they were 'lepaking' outside, there was a gathering to celebrate the new year together)

(This was the multipurpose hall where the gathering was taking place, one of the event was karaoke singing)

(Finally, its the new year!!!! This was taken from my house, my auntie's house was filled with the noise of firecrackers to welcome the new year!!) Silently praying that it would be a good and prosperous year) 

Here I would like to wish you all a Happy New Year and may God bless you.. :)

Absence makes the heart grows fonder, really?

I guess it doesn't apply to everyone we know.
Sometimes its better NOT to be in someone's life or be far away from that person especially if all that person has done is to hurt you, unless you're a sadistic person, so I have no further comment.

Sometimes, this quote could be somewhat true, as most of the time it applies to our loved ones, especially when we are far away from them. So when we meet them again, we love them and appreciate them even more.

For my part, I would say this quote doesn't really make sense in my life. I guess I never really like someone till being away from them would only make me love them more. One could say I am a very heartless person. Oh well, I won't deny it. Throughout my life, no one really earned that position, you could say they misuse it. At first, I thought I would miss them when we were going to be apart, but things just change so rapidly.
In a blink of an eye, they have found a NEW best friend and they act as if they do not know me at all.
Welcome to my life. I am still searching for that special someone though. My heart yearns for that feeling, I don't really know what it's like to miss someone so badly.

A good authentic example was during a class farewell dinner. Everyone was sobbing and near tears, as we were never going to meet each other again. I tried, believe me, to be touched and cry, but no tears came out. Personally, I don't feel that i will miss any of them. True, they are friends, but that's that. Anyway, I feel that absence from someone's life is a good thing. It gives you time to think things through, whether that person is really worth missing or not. So far, I don't think anyone is worth my tears, after all they've put me through, I say ADIOS!!

I don't care if I don't have anyone near me because I prefer a sincere friend than people who try to be my friend just to get something out of it.

(Me... waiting for that someone) ^-^

(I do have people who I am missing right now, and those are friends, though a few but they have been with me through thick and thin, and indeed, Absence DO makes the heart grows fonder) ^-^

completed knitting project

So previously I had wanted to knit socks as presents for my family. Finally I have finished all four pairs of them. Oh well, I hope they would like it. I love the colours, though. I haven't knitted one for myself and I am thinking of knitting more as I am starting to have other people in mind. :)

Have a blessed holiday season and God bless ~.~

Place of interest: Celeste, Texas

Actually I've never been there, but I love writing stories and I randomly thought of writing a story where the setting was in Texas. I searched for small towns and found this!

I chose this place, because believe it or not, the main character in the story was also named Celeste!! So, i checked the internet and this was what I got.
 Celeste is a town just outside Dallas. I discovered that there was this really neat quilt shop there. I also obtained some pictures of the town. It was quite old but how should I know because I never visited that place anyway. Although given the chance I would really love to go there so that I could get more hands-on information.

(This is the quilt shop i was talking about, this picture is not mine and no copyright intended)

I've always loved writing stories. Sadly, none of them were ever published. I could never finish the stories I've started and also I lose the inspiration to write quite quickly. Now that I have finished my studies and all I have is time, I would really like to start writing again. So far, I've come up with a storyline and characters.

The place would definitely be in Texas, but I guess I have to change the name so that it wouldn't get me in trouble. However, the place would still be somewhat like Celeste. I'm not a real writer after all, I'm just someone who loves to write because it's what I love doing most.

Brynhildr in the Darkness review

This is another anime that i have watched with my sister. It is about witches that have super power. I was thinking they were better suited with super humans, but why the term "witches"??

(This is the girl with the blue hair, her name is Kuroneko)

Anyway, the story is about a group of witches that were running away from a lab which they were created from.

The graphics were quite gory too.. Because when the witches ran out of a certain pill, they would start to bleed and eventually melt and die.

(A witch which was paralysed because of too many experiments)

The main character, which was a guy, could be said to be very lucky because all of the witches were girls. However, he only had feelings for the girl with the blue hair. This was because she looked like his childhood friend that passed away when he was young, which of course was true. The girl denied knowing him because she often lost her memories when she used too much of her powers.

(Her superpower is being able to manipulate technology things so she could hack into any system)

In the end, the girl remembered but it was only for a while as she used too much of her powers.

Deadman Wonderland review

Since I watched Tokyo ghouls, I remembered an anime i watched quite a while ago that seems to be a bit similar: Deadman wonderland.
The ending of this anime also left me hanging.
It was a story of a boy who was sentenced to death because of something he did not commit: Mass killing.

Why i said it's the same, it's because it had some connection to blood.
At first i thought he was just lucky to be alive, but then it got suspicious. He was alive because the person that killed the others knew him. That person was known as "Wretched Egg".

He started to have this super ability to do awesome things with his blood. But when he used too much of it, he would get anemic.

It was called "Deadman wonderland" because it indeed was a wonderland and the performers were those that were facing death-roll sentence. It was quite scary and of course involved a lot of blood.

(Apparently, not all of them that were in the death-roll had that ability, they would be tested and those that disappear all of a sudden was actually taken away. The boy, which was the main character was in fact very powerful because he had the power of the "wretched egg" in him. The picture above are some of the important characters, some good some bad. The good ones then made plans to escape the living hellhole for good).