A taste like no other

I love Malaysian junk food.

I LOVE Malaysian junk food.

I SERIOUSLY LOVE MALAYSIAN junk food.

Has that gotten through? Excellent.

My sister and bro came back recently,  with the lil sis bringing Malaysian junk food. I am talking about two types in particular which ARE MY ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE:

OMNOMNOMNOMNOM.

Ohh babeh.

Oh the nostalgia. I remember gorging myself on these after school. Gosh, RM1 sounded like so much money, I felt so guilty buying 3 packets of Roller Coasters at once for RM1.80, then promptly consuming it in the car. And 3 Lee Fah Mee for 60/90 cents? Oh, the delicious memories.

So currently my plans for Malaysia are this...

As far as I know Roller Coasters and Lee Fah Mee snacks are only available in Kuching. I bet they're available in Miri too, but I'm not going there and I don't know for certain @_@. I will be packing a half empty bag, cause I will be buying things as I go. Kuching is in the first leg of my journey. So my days there will be spent buying up roller coaster packets, as well as lee fah mee snacks to totally fill my bag. And as I buy things, and I require more bag space I will eat the snacks to provide more room for my new things!

Savvy no?

I am already dangerously close to finishing my lee fah mee noodles lil sis brought from Kuching. T_______T is there anyway I can procure these overseas? Anyone kind enough to send them over? And of course, you will be reimbursed! Or I can send a product back for you instead. It'll be like penpals, except foodpals. Nom.

These are my plans so far. Apart from deciding between buying either a Canon sx130is and a Lumix ZS7.

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A new sport

I got my longboard (half paid for as part of my birthday present - thanks D!!).

So here is my baby.

I managed to sustain two bruises on my legs, bruising on my hand and a strained neck on the first day I rode it. This was due to me riding it down a hill(ish) bit of the park. I did actually manage to ride it on my first time longboarding with my friend's board but her board was a lot less responsive, and more stable. So I crashed at high speed and barrel rolled. I hope no one was looking.

I also get looks from the curious. It's not so common yet to see longboarders, and much less female boarders. Let alone an Asian female boarder.

Then later that night two friends came over and 'helped' me break in my board....by messing with the kickflips and denting both ends of my new board. &*^$%^$#$%

It's getting really addictive, I can't help but imagine myself on the board. Will be making slide gloves so I can start learning how to slide, kneepads so... I don't bust my knees falling over again.

Exhilarating stuff! We'll see where this leads, but I predict an interesting year :).

This, good sirs, is what a slide looks like. Nom.

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Bring it!

A short recap of my 2010, and what I've done...it was in reality a huge year of 'firsts' for me.

• Been VP of the Malaysian club on campus, chairing the Kopitiam event! ....slightly more divisive than usual, but we lived. :)
• Lived through an earthquake of the magnitude which devastated Haiti....a miracle that EVERYONE in Christchurch survived. 
• Captain and coached a netball team and later won in the inter-M'sian games (among other sports we played) :) so proud of my girls! And overall champions, big cheers to our chef de mission!!!!
• Lept from and screamed from 4km high in the sky. And was audible to people on the ground >_>.
• Took a solo national flight (yes, a milestone for me)
• Got my 4 wisdom teeth extracted :'(. I still have tooth holes in my bottom gum. 
• MC-ed! With an awesome funny as co-host! 
• Bought, and wore a sari XD. 
• Wore baju kebaya for the first time...and performed an inang and joget wearing it :D
• Picked up longboarding and surfing....may it continue!
• Kayaking around Golden Bay, Marahau. Oh, the golden sands....not smooth at all, but it was freaking sparkly!
• Invited to hons for both my Arts subjects
• Finished my degree. 
• Booked my ticket back to Malaysia!!!

:) I suppose it has been a good year for all its ups and downs. And a list definitely helps in remembering!

And ah, the memories...

Memories:

• Singing "We are the Champions" at the award ceremony up in Akl. Picking up the medals on my team's behalf. XD coming close to winning best female athelete.
• Finding out that I would be skydiving, and freaking out. >_> see, I was not feeling particularly adventurous on that day...and thought we would be having a picnic instead.
• Falling from a plane. @_@
• Spamming my phone several thousand times to obtain two free phones. = =
• The annoyance prior to club events (many reasons...) and the relief and jubilation after a job well done :)
• Committee dinner!! Freaking heck awesome
• Kayaking around Marahau. Exploring Nelson. Disturbing and getting barked at by a big seal while kayaking. They sound a lot like dogs eh. Getting hot chocolate made by our good-looking and gentlemanly guide. And oh, the sparkly glittery sand
• Met some forever friends. Not bffl, but people I can always meet up with and celebrate the past, present and future with :)
• Learning about the court system. Was not aware there were THAT many forms to fill out, or even where to find them. 
• Bought and acquired make up. That I have not yet used. =/ hmmmm.
• And oh. Learning hard lessons. Will not be elaborated on.

I think that 2011 will be an interesting year. Not just fun, but challenging. It may be a struggle for me to find a job, but....I suppose it'll be worth it.

In the course of the year, I have come to realise that I do not need to sacrifice myself for my job. I will continue longboarding as a 23 year old (gosh, do I sound old), and if need be I can always pick up things. Like parkour! :) but this time I have to stick with things. Even if they are crappy, because they are useful. Like jogging. Jogging sucks big time, but I don't want to get puffy when I sprint up a silly short hill!

Final note from me: May your 2011 be blessed with challenges that show you just how awesome you are!

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