Korean BBQ with friends and family... <3

It was great yesterday night.

Despite the fact that it was very hot,
the fans were working but the fans inside were NOT MOVING.
So it was rather funny yet scary looking at the fans moving side to side without the fan spinning inside, weird.


Wheee.... :D


Chloe, BK's daughter....


We had fun anyways.. :))
It was so nice to see all my friends again, didn't hang out for a very long time already...

******

Well, I just got back from band practice earlier...
Hahaa, dunno why so tired.
Baaahhh...

Hmm, anyways...
Dad helped me apply for Citibank, hopefully I'll get the job.. :))
Will work hard and get some money in the mean time.

Regarding my future, I've made up my mind to take up nursing.
Yes, nursing.
"MELISSA YAP?? A NURSE???!"
No, I'm not kidding.



People just CAN'T seem to accept the fact that I'm gonna be a nurse.
They expected me to go into mass com, business...
more into the creative line because of my God-given talents.
"Be a singer, actress, DJ, business woman..."
Anything but a nurse, lol.

I'm gonna try my best to have enough $$$$ to go to Singapore poly...
Well, nurses in S'pore are high on demand and they get well-paid, wee!
Hahaa, it's not entirely about the money lar, I know I CAN be a nurse.
I like helping people, patient and kind. I've personally know I've got what it takes.
Zinvi told me I've got a kind face, at least I won't scare the patients off, lol.


..... I guess being a nurse isn't bad at all, don't you agree? XD
Yeah yeah... I can see all the boys nodding. Get a grip, lol.


Watch your back...


Lame doctors like this boleh... boleh BLAH!
Miang gilerr... *barfs*

I'm glad to hear that nurses in Singapore don't have to wear that ridiculous hat.
They believe that it's not practical.
I couldn't agree more.

Pathetic. Annoying... Urrggh.

Mmm... mutual today.


That's beautiful...


God bless y'all.
*huggs*

I'm satisfied... I think.

Hahaa...
I think I've done much as a new start on Blogspot.

Also coming to realise that I don't need all those fancy designs,
it's nice the way it is here.

And I just can't tahan some of those layouts that are only take up 1/2 or 1/4 of the page...
with UBER small fonts.

What kind of blog is that??
Wanna read what?
LOL...


Slept like a baby yesterday, so nice....

Family and I will be going to a Korean BBQ later, hope it'll be fun! :)
A dear sister of mine in UK has a Scottish boyfriend now! He looks alright...
Hahaa, I wish them all the best.... :)


Men in kilts, watch out...

Anyways, siblings are all back to school while I'm just sleeping, help mum with some house chores, going online... wee!!
They're all fretting, why?
Simply because of this...

Benroy = UPSR
Celine = PMR
Benson = SPM


I'll just go LMAO in their faces...
WAHAHAHAAAA....! XD

PADAN!!!
All of 'em cakap besar in my face when I was struggling for SPM...
Banyak korang...! Hmph!
Tengok tengok! Who's laughing now??
ME! XD

*clears throat*
Weii... as your ELDEST sister arr... I tell you all to urrm... study haarrd....
UPSR, PMR and SPM all kacang only..... *ho ho banyak tu!*
Anyways, don't lemme see your butts at the computer.... XD

Aihh, school's over...
I'm not really missing it yet, except the people
but I know that "missing-feeling" will come to me eventually.
Just not yet. *wrinkles nose*


Our class t-shirt's not all great though... :(
I gave the idea of the unbreakable circle, but didn't expect it to be like this.
The names are supposed to be in a fingerprint form with "The Unbreakable Circle" in the middle...



5 SCIENCE 2006 ROCKS MY SOCKS!!
WHOO!!!

In the mean time...
Let's look at some student's great work shall we? :D


Blondes, sighs.


Terrer arr this person.


Right... lol.


LOL... Yeah, in malay is "had".


This boy nak cari pasal ni.... as if he tak evil pulak!

And the best one here.....


Have a good day y'all!
*huggs*

"Do you wanna go out on a date?"

Wednesday, January 03, 2007
Yeap, it's an import from my xanga blog...


Hahaa...
Well, yesterday my best friend, Josh* [identity protected]
invited me out for a new year movie, so he says.

Lol, honestly...
I wasn't even sure if my dad would even let me go out despite the fact that school's over and all.
In fact, I was quite sure that dad would say NO.
So, I just told him that I'll give my dad a ring and will get back to him as soon as possible.

So there I went...
"Hello Pa, Josh wants to treat me out to a movie..."
"Oh when?"
"Today"
"What time?"
"7PM"
"Just you?"
"Yeah"
"JUST you?"
"Yeah"
*asks mum in background, Mum: Go lar..*
"Go lar, okay" - hangs up.

For me, that was unbelievable. Dad has been restricting me from movies eventhough SPM was over. Heh, perhaps it was just the fact that Josh was the last person dad would ever worry about. So I called Josh up to tell him that said yes, he told me when he'd pick me up, 7PM, it was done.

"Oooh jie!!! YOU'RE GOING ON A DATE!!", my siblings would tease me non-stop.
"What are you gonna do if he holds your hand??", my youngest brother getting all excited too. Mum's getting hyped on teasing too.
Alright, that's it.

Hah, a date? No, this is NOT a date.
More like a best friend outing.. yeah, that's what it is.
Anything BUT a date.

Nevertheless, got ready and dressed up.
No pics, lol. I didn't think it was necessary.
Hahaa... XD

Sis was getting all excited and thrilled at the idea of me going out with the guy who HAD a crush on me since primary school, but I simply didn't feel the same for him which was sadly heart heartbreaking for him but he eventually got over it. There she being so confident that he would come out with an umbrella for me because it was pouring cats and dogs outside..

Boy, she couldn't be psychic enough.
"I know Josh", she claimed. "You know he would too".
Damn, fine.

There he was standing outside my gates under the pouring rain with a red umbrella, dressed REALLY casual. Mum handed me over to him and he was being a gentlemen opening the car door for me and stuff.
I felt... awkward, lol.

His mum sent us to Tebrau City and after she left, Josh couldn't help but notice how I was dressed that night.
"High heels..?", he smiled as if I was not for real.
"Well, this would be my first seeing you like this..".
Hahaa, he felt so intimidated.
Apparently to him, "we weren't compatible", LOL.

I wanted to watch Eragon cause I didn't get the chance to. But Josh wanted to watch some comedy, so I was fine with that.
Indecisively, he said what about "Love Wrecked"?
Ooh, all I knew that Amanda Bynes was in it, should be fun, so Love Wrecked it was.
Just so you know, I knew nothing about the movie, its sypnosis and all, nothing.

Time was planned in such a way that everything was just smooth, the minute we bought the tickets without any hustle of any queues at all, it was apparently only 4 minutes to showtime.We got our popcorn and drinks and up we went to Hall 4. Hey, we had the best seats in the house, right in the middle and there was hardly anyone around.

"You know, you're one lucky man cause my dad wouldn't allow me with anyone else when I asked.."
"Oh wow... God has favour with me then..!"
"Ohh shut up.. lol"

We talked a lil during the long previews of trailers and then it started. Alright, in case you've watched the show or either read a review about it, perhaps you would understand what I was going through. It was just too awkward for Josh and I cause it was as if we were watching our lives flash through that huge screen.

There were just simply too many similiarities, very cliché for us both.
Too cliché as a matter of fact.

"God, what are you trying to do? What are you trying to tell me..??"
As I adjusted myself in my seat and Josh shared his popcorn with me.

Some of the very cliché scenes...

"What about Ryan?", Jenny's mum asked.
"Eww, kissing him would be like kissing my own brother...", Jenny replied.
I laughed in my heart cause I couldn't agree more.

"Umm, I hope that you're not worried about the fact that...", Ryan said nervously.
"What? About you and Jenny being roomies?", said Jenny's dad completing Ryan's sentence.
"Well, umm.. yeah.."
"Ryan, you're the last person I'm worried about. I'm more worried about that boy Lenny..."
I snorted.

For the sake of those who were like myself and knew nothing about the show,
it's about this 2 best friends [urgh, of all things] Jenny (Amanda Bynes) and Ryan (Jonathan Bennett) just ended high school [oh, what a coincidence] and they're working at this same inn before furthering their studies. In the process she meets her oh-most-adored popstar Jason Masters (Chris Carmack) and tries her luck getting his attention and his love, leaving Ryan on the sides.
IN the end, the best friends ended up as lovers.

After the movie, hahaa... we just started talking about what we were experiencing in our hot seats earlier on.
"It was... awkward", I said.
"Yeah, it's just that... the ending wasn't the same", Josh replied.
I could just look at Josh to see if I could really read what he was thinking.
Heh, 7 years of friendship now.

We were very open to one another cause we were the best of friends, so we shared what we felt and thought. Well, true enough, he has really gotten over me and has already accepted that fact.

After buying a couple of Papa Rotis, we just sat down and catched up on each others' lives.
At 10.30PM, we walked out to the other exit and waited after Josh's mum called to say she's coming.There we were under the starry sky and a full moon after the rain.
Yes, the setting was romantic enough I have to say.
It's just that we were just... best friends.

I asked Josh how he'd feel if he hadn't confessed that early 2006.
"I'd be flying...", that's all he said.
I knew what he meant because the entire night was simply... perfect.
Everything fell into place, planned in an early agenda.

When the familiar vehicle approached, Josh once again being a gentlemen opened the car door and this time he didn't sit infront but followed in after me.
I was wondering why until I saw that there were two people infront now.
Both his parents.

Okaaayy.
So, his parents were watching both us walking down towards them, mm hmm.In that car, I somehow felt interrogated eventhough we didn't talk much.
Hahaa, perhaps it was because Josh did tell me that his mum felt that it wasn't really alright going out alone with me.
She said it wasn't right, lol. That it wasn't time yet and all.
Josh had fun and enjoyed himself anyway.

And before I reached home, I passed Josh a belated christmas and new year present that I've prepared for him.
Well yeah he felt guilty, but it was his night that night.
He had a rough holiday, things didn't go his way...But that night, I guess it made up for everything else. Well, I hope so.
He was very happy.. :))

Hmm, I could just think to myself that perhaps Josh deserved this...
He had always being seeking for my attention, being so ever caring, leaving me hints..lol...
Honestly, I knew that Josh liked me since primary but I kept our relationship as best friends and that's as far as it went. I knew that he had to come clean and during a phonecall after Planetshakers' Conference 2005, he confessed. With much love, I lovingly told him that I didn't have the same feelings for him and I could just see him as my best friend and brother. He kept quiet for the past 6 years because of the fear of rejection and that I would be an aquaintance to him. Hahaa, I assured him that things would not change between us best friends and I'd never avoid him and be an aquaintance. He was relieved that I reacted in that matter but he took quite sometime to sink in the facts and now, he has moved on.

So right before I get on with my working life and furthering my studies,
he had the perfect opportunity given by God...
A date with me.
"This would be my first date..", Josh said smiling.

I'm sure it meant a lot to him, one way or another.
God is good. He really is.
I guess it's a good start for Josh this 2007.

I reached home at 11PM and my parents didn't lecture me or anything cause I kept them updated with phonecalls.
Hahaa, showing responsibility alright... ;))

Right after dad went to sleep...
Here comes the rest of my family members.
"How did it go??"
"Did he hold your hand??"
"Did anything happen??"
"What happened???"

Urrggh.
"No, no, no...!"
In fact, we didn't have much body contact except when we passed the popcorn, that's it.During our walks, we weren't close either, rather far apart in fact.

Well, I had fun. It was great.
It was a date with my best friend.

******

Anyways, today my OTHER bestie Sue and I went on a..........
JOB HUNT!

Sue and mum came and pick me up at about 2PM to Tebrau City [recalls last night's date, lol]Hahaa...

Urrmmms, after this whole hunt thingy,
I just realise how racist some Malaysians are...
Sighs, saddenning lar right?
We're supposed to live in HARMONY...
Hello, you're in MALAYSIA for goodness sake!

We walked into some shops and the minute they saw me with Sue, they instantly gave a no.
Down right RACIST.
Beh tahan betul.
I wouldn't even want the job if they accepted me and kicked Sue one side because of racism.

Well, Sue doesn't wanna say it but... I know she felt very a little bad...
Sniffx... they're mean!
Sue was glad that I was with her, she was SOOO nervous!
I'm glad that I was there with her too...

Anyways, thank goodness that NOT ALL Malaysians are that sort...
We've applied in... [according to preferences, ahaks!]

1) Tanjung Golden Village! *whoo!*
2) Pizza Hut
3) Sushi King
4) ... The arcade? *lol, we won't go even if we were accepted! I'll have a migrain sitting there for 8 hours...*

The pays are not bad at all! Well, for us fresh graduates of course... hahaa.Well, the procedure in Tebrau City is we've gotta fill in these forms and then wait for their phone call, so yeah.As for Pizza Hut, we'll have to go there on Monday.

We wanted to work in HARRIS, but it's FULL, sighs.
Giordano was gonna pay anyone RM1400 but they're what I've said earlier on, so they said NO.
*snorts*

Kenny Rogers were paying good, but it's FULL too.I guess that we were sorta contented with what we've applied for, so we'll wait and see.It was about 6.30PM when we left.


iloveyoumydardardarlinggg!!! *mwarcksmwarcks!* <3

Urrgh, had a bad sleep yesterday nigth due to very bad headache...Hopefully tonight wouldn't be the same.Ah well...The past 2 days have been good.No wait, they're great! :))
They make up for the tears at night, ahaks!



Thank you God...
You're amazing.

Farewell 2006....

Monday, January 01, 2007

Doing some entry-importing from xanga... bleh.

In another one hour, 2006 will be another chapter at its end.
How was 2006?
Well for me, it was bittersweet, mixed and jumbled up with so many things...
"Just like ice-kacang" quoting Benson, my brother.
I had some today, hahaa.

It's the year I went through SPM, ended my high school life and realized that my lightyears are getting short. Lol, time passes by us so quickly we hardly noticed it. Making us live behind times.

At the same time besides the ups and downs, I've learnt many life lessons, be it tough, easy, delightful, painful - experiences in life. It's part and parcel of life, having no regrets but accepting that it's a lesson well learnt to prepare us for something more ahead.

HIGHLIGHTS 2006
- Many great achievements in school academically and leaving a "legacy" before leaving, lol..
- Delirious Concert in Singapore
- Festival of Arts
- First mission trip to Banting
- THE CORE performing at Jusco Tebrau City
- Nights of Fire, JB
- Volunteered at MS Doulos
- SPM- Planetshakers' KL Conference
- Packed schedule Christmas
- and sweet memories :))

LOWLIGHTS 2006
- SUPER HECTIC!
- manyak-manyak stress and pressure
- My pathetic lonesome 17th birthday, lol..
- Freedom on a halt
- Often misunderstood by others
- Dull and boring New Year event
- and simply bitter and painful memories :((

Oh well, anyway....I can just hope that 2007 will be sooo much better.This year was okay, yeap.Hmm, well... I still love "Sweet 16" :))

RESOLUTIONS 2007
- Figure out what the heck I wanna be in the future ASAP! [ so lost... :(( ]
- Get my driving license early January
- Get a job till I continue my studies, earn some $$$$- Do well in my studies
- Lose the fats...? LOL...

Can't seem to think now... Sighs, the pain in my mouth is hurting like nonsense man.It's swollen and all.. hard to talk, hard to think [serious], hard to drink, hard to eat [can be a good thing, lol].. Simply moving my jaw hurts the crap out of it.Thanks to that nurse who forced that metal into my mouth, hurting the insides of my mouth, causing my wisdom teeth to be having a lot of friction with the walls of my mouth, making it swollen with excess skin. Yeap, ouch. Plus, it sends "PAIN" waves to my brain...So, I'm just... in pain. Help.Just for the record, just because I'm going for braces, the pain is NOT supposed to even start YET! Sighs, dumb government nurse.

*****

Yesterday, we were at Steffi's place for a pot bless and also to celebrate the new year in a way. Hahaa no, it's not a new year party, just a pot bless.We had fun. So sad I couldn't really enjoy the food there... my mouth was still in agony.At least it was WAAAYYY better than last year..I was tormented at the fact that the youths we having a blast while I was at an adults' dull new year gathering... Siblings and I could just stare at the stars while rocking in the swing, not bothered if 2006 arrived or not, it was so sad.. :((Our hearts were longing to be there but due to come complications, we could not.Sighs, another teary end but it's past.
OH well.. :))Thank goodness for this year's end then, hahaa!

Before going over to Steffi's place, we were still busy with the Red Cross Flood Relief Donations at church... was there practically the whole day, tired kay... We're done finally!! Wee.. For practically one week doing this. Hey, hey! BBQ! Mel hearts marshmellows like this... <3 Oh look! We end up at the swing under the stars again... :)) My darlings...! :DI'm tired already, lol... sighs.

Thanks to Steffi and family for being such good hosts and good food... that I can't enjoy much.*sniffx* but hey, it's great! :))

*****

At church today, we had a great worship...Great to end the year with, very spirit-filled.After church service, I stayed on cause we had Mighty Kids, church's children's programme. Went back at about 5PM something though it ended at 4.30PM cause we were waiting for Andrea's mum to come... hahaa.


Andrea and I... yes, she's a cutie.


And yes, my mouth's cacat-ed cause it REALLY HURTS... *sniffx*
Tormenting.

After that, we went to Makro to have some ice-kacang.Parents love the ice-kacang there, it's really nice.And then we went to Tebrau City to watch Night At The Museum.Hahaa, it's a REALLY GOOD movie! You should catch it!Funny part was, my family and I sat at different seats in the theater, lol.Parents didn't want the later one at 9.15PM, went for dinner nearby after the movie.

So, here I am... Waiting for 2007 to arrive.
Lord, I commit 2007 into Your hands cause I know You've got great plans for me.

"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD,"plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future..."- Jeremiah 29:11 [NIV]

To that, I'll hold on to.
Cheers!

Farewell 2006.
Hello 2007.

I'M BACK!

Yes...
Melissa's back.

With the new layouts and all, I have returned.
I've always had blogspot but I never really used it.
Well, cause that *toot* Modblog shut down with all my posts GONE... :((
I better get my archives back! Grrr...

And well, I left my xanga because they're rather racist...
ONLY xanga users get to comment, ONLY xanga users can be subscribed to your links.
Sound racist enough to me.
Heh.
Sighs, but I've uploaded all my photos in Xanga...
thinking about it makes me wanna barf.

Nevermind, it is not the end! I'll keep on moving...
...... Wee.


I'll go see how I can do some imports here...
Que la pases bien! See you soon.

Besos por you! *mwarcks*
Ciao!