Stonehenge & London

Last Saturday, me and my friends go to Stonehenge and London trip. It is an enjoyable trip and I like Stonehenge trip better. We went on Saturday midnight and reach Stonehenge around four something in the morning.

This is taken in front of Charlotte Court before we went to the trip.

The sky was still dark when we arrive. The weather there was cold and wind blew strongly.



The second picture was taken under supervisory of four engineer students (This is what my friends say). Haha..

These stones look like 'fa choy mao'. Left side is the head and the hand is on the right.

How little we are when we stand together with the stones. The world is big enough to fit all of us in.

After few hours of ride, finally we reached London. This picture is taken with the Tower Bridge behind.

Taken in front of the Historic Royal Palace.



Behind is the London Eye. It is bigger than the one Malaysia has. There was a long queue of people on the spot. We also take picture with the performer not far away from the London Eye.

Taken in front of a church.



There is a long walk and run before we have the chance to take picture in front of the parade.

It's raining. This is the first time we took picture together wearing the wind breaker.



Taken from the palace. Due to the rain, there is no guard change ceremony on that day.

This is taken in the tube. I'm eating sniker.



On the way to chinatown. There are a lots of restaurants in the chinatown.



We are at the London Bridge.

These two buildings are amazingly different from other buildings around them. Nice..

Before went to the Oxford Street, where there are many shopping complexes and shopping heaven for girls, we had a rest and take pictures.

The Stonehenge and London trip is a tiring trip for me. I just can sleep on the bus and there were a lot of walks. I like Stonehenge the most as this is the place I want to go the most. Finally, I got the chance to go.

25 July 08 1:45 pm

Touching...

This is a story I just read from my mail. It is very touching and make me think how amazing mum's love is. So miss my mum..

The story...

My mom only had one eye. I hated her... She was such an embarrassment.
She cooked for students & teachers to support the family.
There was this one day during elementary school where my mom came to say hello to me.
I was so embarrassed.
How could she do this to me?
I ignored her, threw her a hateful look and ran out.
The next day at school one of my classmates said, 'EEEE, your mom only has one eye!'
I wanted to bury myself.
I also wanted my mom to just disappear.
I confronted her that day and said, ' If you're only goanna make me a laughing stock, why don't you just die?'
My mom did not respond...
I didn't even stop to think for a second about what I had said, because
I was full of anger.
I was oblivious to her feelings.
I wanted out of that house, and have nothing to do with her.
So I studied real hard, got a chance to go abroad to study.
Then, I got married.
I bought a house of my own.
I had kids of my own.
I was happy with my life, my kids and the comforts, Then one day, my mother came to visit me.
She hadn't seen me in years and she didn't even meet her grandchildren.
When she stood by the door, my children laughed at her, and I yelled at her for coming over uninvited.
I screamed at her, 'How dare you come to my house and scare my children!'
GET OUT OF HERE! NOW!!!'
And to this, my mother quietly answered, 'Oh, I'm so sorry. I may have gotten the wrong address,'
And she disappeared out of sight.
One day, a letter regarding a school reunion came to my house.
So I lied to my wife that I was going on a business trip.
After the reunion, I went to the old shack just out of curiosity.
My neighbors said that she died.
I did not shed a single tear.
They handed me a letter that she had wanted me to have.

'My dearest son,
I think of you all the time. I'm sorry that I came to your house and scared your children.
I was so glad when I heard you were coming for the reunion.
But I may not be able to even get out of bed to see you.
I'm sorry that I was a constant embarrassment to you when you were growing up.
You see........when you were very little, you got into an accident, and lost your eye.
As a mother, I couldn't stand watching you having to grow up with one eye.
So I gave you mine.
I was so proud of my son who was seeing a whole new world for me, in my place, with that eye.
With all my love to you,
Your mother.


Always tell someone that you love them because you never know what day will be their last, or your own.
Always seek to resolve your problems or disagreements with loved ones
Because if either of you should pass on before, the one who is left alive will have the rest of their life to ponder those unresolved
feelings but will never find closure. And closure usually brings Peace...

'I asked God, 'How do I get the best out of life?'
God said, 'Face your past without regrets.
Handle your present with confidence. And prepare for the future without fear!''

24 July 08 4:55pm

Stress week...

This few days my flatmate, also my team mate for BSMA is very very stress. He keeps on walking in my room and calling my name. If not, he will show me his face full of expression that 'he is very stress'. Besides, he will also ask me a question:' Pei Fen, you know ma?' No need ask I just know that he is stress. When he stress, I will be stress.

My flatmates also stress because of him. He will show different style of stress expression to different people. For me, is like the above what I have just said. As for Pik Kay, he will look at her with his 'stress' eyes. As for Soke Yee, he will go to her room and sing. See, different people different show of expression. This few days really make me freaking stress.


This is the 'bao bei' of Kah Wai. Sok Ling calls her 'Babi'. When we go into his room, 'Babi' will sleep on his bed and cover by the mattress. We can see her head only. She was kidnapped by me yesterday after the class and Kah Wai was busy finding her.

Last few days, I also kidnapped her and Kah Wai didn't know. I put the 'Babi' on top of my laptop as shown like the picture. When he walked inside and looked at my laptop he didn't see her. I was so surprised. I think he was very stress at that time til didn't see her. Haha..

Still got two more days we just free. Then we will have an enjoyable weekend. Waiting for the time we pass up the assignment... Waiting...

I'm Yours

Today is a tiring day for me. Just now slept for a while then received this song from May. The song quite soft and I like it. It makes me feel a little free and will go along with the song. I enjoy listening to it.

I'm Yours

Performed by: Jason Mraz

Well you done done me and you better felt it
I tried to be chill but you so hot that I melted
I fell right through the cracks and I’m tryin to get back
before the cool done run out I’ll be givin it my bestest
and nothin's gonna stop me but divine intervention
I reckon it's again my turn to win some or learn some
I won't hesitate no more,
no more, it cannot wait I’m yours
Well open up your mind and see like me
open up your plans and damn you're free
look into your heart and you'll find love love love
listen to the music of the moment maybe seen with me
Ah, la peaceful melody
It's your god forsaken right to be loved loved loved loved Loved
So, I won't hesitate no more,
no more, it cannot wait I’m sure
there's no need to complicate our time is short
this is our fate, I’m yours
I've been spendin' way too long checkin' my tongue in the mirror
and bendin' over backwards just to try to see it clearer
my breath fogged up the glass
and so I drew a new face and laughed
I guess what I'm a sayin'is there ain't no better reason
to rid yourself of vanity and just go with the seasons
it's what we aim to do
our name is our virtue
I won't hesitate no more, no more
it cannot wait, I’m sure
there's no need to complicate
our time is short
it cannot wait , I’m yours
I won't hesitate no more, no more
it cannot wait, I’m sure
there's no need to complicate
our time is short
this is our fate , I’m yours
no please don't complicate, our time is short
this is our faith, I’m yours.
No please don't hesitate no more, no more
it cannot wait, the sky is yours...

15 July 08 9.55pm

Noodle Inn

Last Sunday, me, Pik Kay, Sok Ling and Kah Wai went to London Road to have our dinner. This is our first time to eat outside since we are at Sheffield. We decided to go to Noodle Inn since some of our friends suggest us to go there to have a try. Along the way, we can see many chinese shops and restaurants. Me and Pik Kay so attracted to the shops since we were so hungry.

When we arrived at the Noodle Inn, there were a lot of people there. It was almost full and we had to wait for our turn to have seats. At there, we saw Rebecca and the others. They were also having their dinner there. After waiting for some times, we got the chance to sit beside the window.

There are a lot of foods to eat in the shop. Rice, mee, soup, vegetables and so on. It was hard for us to choose the food that we wanted to eat since we had our budget. We have ordered 3 meals.

This is prawn seasoned with satay sauce. (if I'm not mistaken) The prawns are quite big and tasted good. It has onions, green and red chillies.

The second dish is special mee (that's what I call). There are many things inside this dish. Prawns, duck meat, mushrooms, vegetables and so on. It tastes nice and I like the soup. I like this dish.

As for this, this is fried mee with 3 roasties. It has 'cha shao', 'shao rou' and 'shao ji'. Long time haven eat these since I am here. I like it. Satisfy also.



This is our smile on our faces when we saw the food. Finally got chance to eat 'Big Meal'. And one more thing. This is our first time to use chopsticks since we arrived at Sheffield.



Photos taken inside the shop and outside the shop. The four bowls contained red bean soup inside. It was nice as they put santan in it. That day we were all full and satisfy.

I got take pictures using my hp. But when I transfer the photoes into my laptop I lost it. Wanna cry.....

15 July 08 3:23 am

很有意義的十句話‏

第一句
沒有一百分的另一半　只有五十分的兩個人

第二句
付出真心　才會得到真心　卻也可能傷得徹底
保持距離　就能保護自己　卻也註定永遠寂寞

第三句
通常願意留下來跟你爭吵的人　才是真正愛你的人

第四句
有時候　不是對方不在乎你　而是你把對方看得太重

第五句
冷漠　有時候並不是無情　只是一種避免被傷害的工具

第六句
如果我們之間有 1000 步的距離　你只要跨出第1步
我就會朝你的方向走其餘的 999 步


第七句
為你的難過而快樂的　是敵人
為你的快樂而快樂的　是朋友
為你的難過而難過的　就是那些　該放進心裡的人

第八句
就算是 believe　中間也藏了一個 lie

第九句
真正的好朋友　並不是在一起就有聊不完的話題
而是在一起　就算不說話　也不會感到尷尬

第十句
朋友就是被你看透了　還能喜歡你的人

14 Jul 08 4:18am

Food I'm Having in Sheffield (Part 1)

It almost one month I have been in Sheffield. There are a lot of food that me and my friends have tried to cook. We have take some pictures on them.

This dinner is cooked by Soke Yee and Kah Wai. The above is bak kut teh and the below is cabbage. That day we all very full and satisfy with the meals.

This dinner is prepared by Pik Kay and Sok Ling. This is the first time they cook this meal. It looks good and taste delicious. Well done to both of them.. Bean sprouts and chicken. I think the chicken is Pit Kay's secret recipe.

This lunch is cooked by Soke Yee and Kah Wai. It's spaghetti with the vegetables that we have in our fridge. It is delicious..

This is the first seafood that we buy during the time we are here. When me, Pik Kay and Kah Wai saw it we totally give up the fishball we decide to buy to buy this. So gan dong..

Kah wai with the seafood that he divide into 3 boxes. So that we can eat for 3 times. You should see the way he arrange the seafood into the boxes. You can't imagine it.



The above video is the process of Kah Wai arranging the seafood.

This is cooked by Sok Ling for today's dinner. Potatoes with mushrooms and carrots.

Actually, there are a lot of meals that we have prepared. But, we just take some of the picture only. We know how to cook good meals with all the ingredients that we have in the fridge. Not bad. I think we have to come out with some new recipes during our time here. All we have is creativity.....

12 July 08 10:53pm

Short Stories

Growing Good Corn

There was a Nebraska farmer who grew award-winning corn. Each year he entered his corn in the state fair where it won a blue ribbon...

One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something interesting about how he grew it. The reporter discovered that the farmer shared his seed corn with his neighbors.

"How can you afford to share your best seed corn with your neighbors when they are entering corn in competition with yours each year?" the reporter asked.

"Why sir," said the farmer, "didn't you know? The wind picks up pollen from the ripening corn and swirls it from field to field. If my neighbors grow inferior corn, cross-pollination will steadily degrade the quality of my corn. If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors grow good corn."

He is very much aware of the connectedness of life. His corn cannot improve unless his neighbor's corn also improves.

So it is in other dimensions. Those who choose to be at peace must help their neighbors to be at peace. Those who choose to live well must help others to live well, for the value of a life is measured by the lives it touches. And those who choose to be happy must help others to find happiness for the welfare of each is bound up with the welfare of all.

The lesson for each of us is this: if we are to grow good corn, we must help our neighbors grow good corn.

Bad Temper

There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.

The first day, the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.

Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. The days passed and the boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone.

The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, "You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry the wound is still there. A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one."

12 July 08 7:52pm

Love Eating

I eat a lot in Sheffield. It almost 5 meals per day. Breakfast, lunch, tea-time, dinner and supper. Hoh.. Really gonna be fat. I have increased my weight, I think.

These two days got friends come here for dinner and they all bring things here for us when they come. Chocolates, ice-cream, biscuits, jelly and so on. So much things for us to eat. All the food they bring are nice to eat. I like it. Yesterday i finished more than half the ice-cream, I think. I was said by Soke Yee and Soon that I keep on eating after the dinner. Haii.. So cham.. Maybe too stress till have to eat something to be filling in. Thanks to them for the food they bring.. I got chance to taste different and new food.

Yesterday went Netto with Pik Kay and Kah Wai. We bought muller rice so that we can have new dessert to eat. It's not bad. This is the first time I eat something like that. Really special.

So miss my hometown dishes, especially my mum's cooking. Sarawak laksa, curry rice, 'gan lao mee', ais kacang, rojak, kueh tiao shi........... So long don't eat them. Almost 4 months since February, after the semester break.. So miss the food.

Now got a bit hungry. Can't think and write anymore. Ciao..

12 July 08 2:43 am

Inspire

Building Your House

An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer-contractor of his plans to leave the house-building business to live a more leisurely life with his wife and enjoy his extended family. He would miss the paycheck each week, but he wanted to retire. They could get by.

The contractor was sorry to see his good worker go & asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes, but over time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He resorted to shoddy workmanship and used inferior materials. It was an unfortunate way to end a dedicated career.

When the carpenter finished his work, his employer came to inspect the house. Then he handed the front-door key to the carpenter and said, "This is your house... my gift to you."

The carpenter was shocked!

What a shame! If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently.

So it is with us. We build our lives, a day at a time, often putting less than our best into the building. Then, with a shock, we realize we have to live in the house we have built. If we could do it over, we would do it much differently.

But, you cannot go back. You are the carpenter, and every day you hammer a nail, place a board, or erect a wall.

Someone once said, "Life is a do-it-yourself project." Your attitude, and the choices you make today, help build the "house" you will live in tomorrow. Therefore, Build wisely!

Presentation--Meeting

Yesterday I have my presentation for FDM with my new group members. This time our presentation is about meeting with the two directors, John and Martin. Before the presentation start we all very scare and don't know what situation that we will be facing during the meeting. We heard from our friends that both John and Martin will fight and argue in front of us. By the way, we are the first two groups to have our presentation.

John is the first one who come in first and we try to stay calm to start the meeting. However, when John see our agenda that we projected on the screen, he begin to pointed out the issues we have and argued with us. When our chairman call John's mother 'Gladys', John suddenly turn to him and ask him to respect his mother by calling her 'Ms. Senior'. We all totally shock and stunned during the time.

During the meeting, we try to point out our issues. But, we all are being control and lead to the other ways and agree with what John and Martin have said. The reasons say by them look reasonable for us at that time. During that time, we try to agree their points and are all praise by them. However, for me, I think we are being control and not the one who lead the meeting.

After 20 minutes of the meeting is the time of listening to the comment given by the two lecturers. We all said by them and ask by them. During this 20 minutes of feedback time, me and my team members learn a lot from there. Now we just know that we are being used by the John and Martin along the way and during the meeting. They lead the meeting which we are supposed to lead and control. We should stand firm on what we wanna say to the people in the company and should not be 'carry away' by the directors. We also can find some suitable reasons to leave the meeting if the meeting is not on the right track.

The presentation style at here is not same as the one I used to have at the college. At here, I can get the feedback from the lecturers and keep on improving my skill. Although the feedback I get maybe not that I expected from, I still can learn from it and improve it. Besides, it can also prepare me for the future when I graduate and work. I learn a lot.

Today wisdom of quote:

"When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one that has opened for us."

- Alexander Graham Bell

3:32am 11 July 08

My Weekends

Saturday, 5 July 08

Today when I wake up in the morning, the outside is raining. The plan of going Castleton make me worry and got the feeling of not going. When we reach the bus station, me and my friends decide not to go. Instead, we go to Meadawholl for shopping using the tram.
This is the first time I am using the tram. It's like the ktm in Malaysia. However, there are also some differences.

The mall there is big and got many shops to go. All of us buy things and I buy a wind breaker. Finally I buy it. The things there are quite cheap as there are summer sales. There are a lot of people. I got the chance to have the ice cream call Ben & Jerry's. It is very nice and I like it. We also buy the biscuits there. They are also nice. They are different from the one we use to eat.

Me and my friends have our dinner in our friend's house. The meal is nice and delicious. We use tram to go back to our place. There is a funny thing that happen during that time. When the tram stop at the station where we suppose to get off from the tram, during the time we all stand up and deciding to go down, the tram continue to move on. We all stunned and everyone looking at us. Then we just remember that we all forget to press the button to stop at the station and we need to press the button to open the door. Then, we just noticed that there is a difference on the tram and ktm.

So, we decide to stop at the next stop to get another tram. When we get out from the tram, we see the doublelineof the railway and we just wait at the station where we just get out from and waiting for another tram. Finally, the tram we are waiting for is coming. We all happy and waiting for the tram to stop. However, the tram pass by in front of us. We all stunned again and wonder why. Then we see the tram stop at the front station that are not far from us and we just realise we are waiting at thewrong direction. We quickly run to the stop and wait for 10 minutes for the tram to come.

The rain start to fall again. When we reach our place, four of us who have the wind breaker, wear the jacket and have our head cover with the cap of the jacket. When we walk back home, along the way, my other two friends laugh at us and they say the people walk pass us are looking at us.

Finally, we all reach home safe and have the rest. After bathing, we all gather at Sok LIng bedroom and have pillow talk. It's nice and we chat for a long time. Knowing each other better.


Sunday, 6 July 08

Today I go to church with Rebecca and Sok Ling. This is the first time I go to the church here. The church we are going are so far that we need to walk for 30 minutes just to reach the destination. The church call HopeCity Church.

It is a nice church and the culture of the church is not same with the church that I go at my hometown. It is totally different. There is a live band there. It's like a mini concert and everyone stand up and sing. Some of them even lift up their hands during the service.

Today got the special event that 1 couple having their marriage blessing in the church. It is romantic when they say out their promise, exchange rings and kiss each other. It's like the real marriage having in front of me.

The culture of this church is good. The people there are nice and care each other. They are spiritual and caring. I got a welcome pack before I go back and a cup of coffee too. I think I will continue to go there and enjoy the culture of the church.

'Mental illness is worse than the physical illness'..

Believe in God and He as our father will always be there for us and care for us. Remember He is our father. He is not the one who will leave us. But the Sheppard that will go around to search for us who are the lost sheeps. Seek for Him whenever we need Him.

7 July 08 2:58 am

真正的浪漫是？

浪漫是早上醒來，枕邊人輕吻自己的面頰。
浪漫是病到床上，情人煲來一碗難吃的粥。
浪漫是做菜時，情人在身旁囉囉嗦嗦。
浪漫是洗碗碟時，情人輕輕從後抱著自己，談著一天所發生的事。
浪漫是聽著悅耳的音樂，和情人擁著起舞。

以上全部都不完全正確......

今天見到一個很浪漫的情境。

地鐵車廂內不很擠迫。一對年過八十的公公婆婆坐在車頭其中的一張長椅上。

「是不是下一個站？」婆婆瞇起雙眼看著高高的路線圖，帶點迷惘的說。

公公猶豫了一會，表現肯定的說：「是，沒錯！」

儘管他的臉上也帶著不肯定。就像男孩子要挺身而出保護小女孩，儘管心中有點膽 怯，但也硬撐著一樣。

列車快到站，婆婆站起來。明顯地，婆婆的雙腳是有毛病的，她一柺一柺的在顛簸的車廂內向車門走去。公公立即站起來去幫婆婆，但其實自己也站得不穩。

「停定才起來吧。」婆婆努力扶著，一邊望著地上 ，一邊對公公說。

車停了，人潮陸續離開車廂，唯有婆婆仍努力的走向車門，而公公則靜靜扶著她

車卡與月台之間有一條大空隙，對於婆婆來說是一個難題。即將關門的信號響起，公公忽然一個箭步，一腳踏在月台，一腳站在車廂，手緊緊的抓著婆婆的手，讓婆婆走上月台。月台上，公公的手依然緊握著婆婆，瞇起眼睛四處張望，找到了要走的方向便蹣跚地帶著婆婆，一步步慢慢走著。

公公沒有說一句話，但就好像已告訴了婆婆：「不用擔心，我會打點一切，保護著你。」

婆婆沒有說一句話，袛是望著地上的路走著：「一切都依你的C」

原來……

浪漫是我雖有缺陷，但你總對我不離不棄。
浪漫是遇到困難，你總會抓緊我。
浪漫是多難走的路，你總在旁照料著我。
浪漫是人生將到盡頭，仍有你牽著我的手。
浪漫是能執子之手，與子偕老.....

I like this.....

APOLOGISE
Performed by: Timbaland ft. OneRepublic

I'm holding on your rope,
Got me ten feet off the ground
I'm hearin what you say but I just can't make a sound
You tell me that you need me
Then you go and cut me down, but wait
You tell me that you're sorry
Didn't think I'd turn around, and say...
It's too late to apologize, it's too late
I said it's too late to apologize, it's too late
I'd take another chance, take a fall
Take a shot for you
And I need you like a heart needs a beat
But it's nothin new
I loved you with a fire red-
Now it's turning blue, and you say...
"Sorry" like the angel heaven let me think was you
But I'm afraid...
It's too late to apologize, it's too late
I said it's too late to apologize, it's too late
It's too late to apologize, it's too late
I said it's too late to apologize, it's too late
It's too late to apologize, yeah
I said it's too late to apologize, yeah-

When doing something bad, it's maybe too late for us to apologise and say sorry to others. Think before we act. It may change the situation.

*If wanna hear the song, just play it on my blog. It's under my blog list.

3:11 am 3 July 08

How Can A New Strategy Change??

This is a story that I just read today. Read it and learn the lesson.

The Blind Man

One day, there was a blind man sitting on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet and a sign that read:" I'm blind, please help."

A creative publicist was walking by and stopped to observe. He saw that the blind man had only a few coins in his hat. he dropped in more coins and, without asking for permission, read the sign and rewrote it. He returned the sign to the blind man and left.

That afternoon the publicist returned to the blind man and noticed that his hat was full of bills and coins. The blind man recognised his footsteps and asked if it was he who had rewritten his sign and wanted to know what he had written on it.

The publicist responded:" Nothing that was not true. I just wrote the message a little differently." He smiled and went on his way.

The new sign read:" Today is Spring and I cannot see it."


Sometimes we need to change our strategy. If we always do what we've always done, we'll always get what we've always got.

Try to change. We may get things that we may not have before.

2:31 am 3 July 08