OSU campus is still closed for Wednesday!

That's 5 days of holiday straight! American rocks! Chinese New Year Rocks! Americans know that we need to celebrate CNY and so they give us so many days of holiday! Wooohooo!
Thick snow coated outside and everything from the tree to the grasses has freezed!
They will continue to monitor the weather and determine the schedule on thursday ONCE AGAIN! hahaha! Great stuffs here man! Chillll..........

OSU Campus Remained Close on Tuesday

WTF???!!! Gooood stuffs... Hibernation time! Chiaoz!

Looks like a good year ahead!

OSU campus officially closed for the rest of the day at 2.00pm due to feezing temperature! What a "good" first day of CNY and as if the sky knew that we should take a break to welcome the new year! So all classes are canceled!

What a scene to see people walk around and fell down! hahaa.. sounds evil but it's a pretty scene ! lol... the bus that i rode in was stuck on a slope cause the road is coated with ice and the bus just could not move! It just skates on the road! haha. Lucky my house was just few steps away and i Skated home! lol

Looks like it's gonna be a really wonderful year ahead of us all! Good luck people! :) lol

Reunion Dinner

So tomorrow is the first day of Chinese New Year and i got up early (1130am) get ready to clean up our house to welcome the year of OX! Well, it's been a long time since we last have a major clean up for our home!

So this is the new look of our home! This is my room..

where all the cooking is done

Later then, i invited 4 of my friends for dinner at my home! This is the first time i will be having my reunion dinner away from home so i figure it is good to have all the close friends over to celebrate it together! However, i volunteered to do the cooking!

Cooking is really an art that is without boundary of creativity! I found out i have fallen in love with cooking especially when someone appreciate and loves the dish that you prepare! Yes i know, it's Lame and girl-ish that i love cooking but who give a damn!

Prepared these dishes for 4 hours and it is really a tiring processsss..... Photos says better than words here are them: Steam Eggs with 3 different Mushrooms..( 1 hour time)

Abalone and herbal chicken soup... (3 hours time)

Fried Tillapia with teriyaki (1 hour)

"Siu Bak Choi" with mushrooms and rice wine (30 minutes)

Finally done!! :) Peacee...

These guys took only 30 minutes to finish everything! Damn! lol Tosss ! Yee Sang!

Wooo Hoo!

So it's been a pretty fun time and well spend reunion dinner although no poker card around here and families away. But no regrets spending these time to prepare the dinner cause there's self satisfaction filling me! haha :)

Anyway Gong Xi Fa Cai to everyone and may the year of OX brings you abundant joy, health and wealth!

Huggies to my families...! :)

Chinese New Year Celebration

I just had an early Chinese New Year celebration in my Chinese Church with few of my buddies! When i got there, first thing on hand is to make DUMPLINGS!! I have eaten a lot of dumplings before, but to actually make it myself??! Oh NO! I'm sure you dont want to have a look at any of those i have made so.... i decided to not take any photos of them!! Muahahaha.... :)

Then we had a great dinner with lots of food prepared by the church. It was great!

Can you spot the ugliest one? :P

I had 2 American buddies who actually came with me too cause they wanted to experience the chinese new year celebration and upon entrance we're given a name tag where we needed to write our name on it! Of course i wrote mine down in chinese and both of them wrote their name in english obviously but then, later i thought, how can they blend in with us if they dont have a chinese name? So... this is what they get!

Pretty accurate huh? :)

and this is mine!! :)

For sure they liked their name! It's a pretty nice drawing to them... lol

Then, we had a short chinese service in which my two friend doesnt understand a word but they got a translator upstairs who translate every single word and then transmit it through FM and they heard it with a receiever or a radio! Cool stuufs huh..?

Thats Curt who is looking over listening to the translator.

Then at the end of the service, the elders were invited out to give angpou to the younger ones. It was initially only for all the little kiddie who is under 15 years old. But then later they have some extras and they extend it to under 18. Nobody went out. Under 20.. Yahoo! I got it i got it!! hahaha.. i'm the only one who is in college and still under 20! Man.. little kiddie i am... But who caresss! I got an angpou! Yeah!!! :)

Then under 21, under 22, under 23 and all my friends manage to get it! yahoo! It is a half dollar coin which has stop production long time ago. I have never seen such a coin as far as i am concern and according to my buddy, they're worth some money cause it's pretty precious and old type of coin! Cooooool....

Jon, me, Joel, Curt
Cute little kiddie with another Kiddie behind! lol

Curt with kiddies..

and after that we manage to catch some "Nian Gao" before we leave the church! It's pretty fun there and especially without family around here, friends makes a difference..

So.. It's Chinese New Year and this is going to be the first time i am celebrating it without any of my family members around with me! It's sad to think about the reunion dinner that we use to have at home or the vacation that we used to go for during this time of the year with all my family members. Playing Poker, Blackjack, Drinking and gaining weight and most importantly having a laugh on every single thing because it is just so great to be with them!

When the good food that i have here appear, the images of my family is blinking in my mind. How i wish they could somehow be here to celebrate with me and to share my joy, sorrow and everything with me.

However as what my friend once said to me: Far in place, near in heart! That's what really matters!

It is sad to think of some people who always have their family members around them and take it for granted! They always thought that freedom is what they strive for. Until one day, when they regreted it, it's too late! Never only appreciate something after it is gone. You will never know it will be gone so NEVER TAKE THEM FOR GRANTED!

Anyway, to welcome the new year Henry and i will be cleaning up our house and put up some New year decoration around the home to make up for the lost atmosphere here!

Nothing much here after that.. Just some gathering with friends and back to school. Pretty sad case huh... Well, i never thought it's so tough to be away from home...Now i know.... lol

So... Happy Chinese New Year everyone! and to my family : Love you all lots! :)

Obama Inauguration

When Rev. Martin Luther King gave his speech "I have a dream" decades ago, he has envisioned American to look pass the skin color and unite as one. He said " i have a dream that all American will come together", and that day is now here.

2 million people from all over the nations and even other countries flew in to the capitol of United States, Washington D.C. in the chilly weather just to catch a glimpse of President-elect Obama taking the oath knowing very well that they might not even have the chance to see him in person for a fraction of seconds. To be part of the historical moment is what their main goal is. To storied it to the next generation of this monumental event is the thing tinkering in the minds of millions.

"The change has come" was indeed a pleasant quote by Obama and it brings hope to the nations that more prosperity will come given the plunging economy that the US is facing.

The people of America, like it or not, will now trust the administration of Obama at this much needed moment. Obama administration will be more active in catering to the needs of American leaving the Republican / Bush administration in the back of the mind.

This historical moment was redeemed by the heroes of America with their bloods and soul and now being changed to the tears of millions. United States has come such a long way in getting every folks together and i believe the nations has more to be proved to the world.

Will Obama administration bring 4 or 8 years of prosperity? or will his administration be much of the Bush administration has yet to be seen.

What American can be sure now is that "Change has come"

Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)"

Amazing grace How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me

I once was lost, but now I'm found Was blind, but now I see'

Twas grace that taught my heart to fear And grace my fears relieved

How precious did that grace appear The hour I first believed

My chains are gone I've been set free My God, my Savior has ransomed me

And like a flood His mercy rains Unending love,

Amazing grace The Lord has promised good to me

His word my hope secures He will my shield and portion be

As long as life endures The earth shall soon dissolve like snow

The sun forbear to shine But God, Who called me here below

Will be forever mine Will be forever mine You are forever mine

Just another day

A string of spears went through my heart...
A strong flame burn through my soul...
A bad hit felt on my head....

The old feelings of uneasiness revived in me!
That same feeling which flooded me years ago!
Never thought that it would be here again.

It's just another day.
One of those days...

Carry on.. March on... cause it's time to MOVE On...

Thought for the day

He who knows not and knows not that he knows not is a fool, shun him;
He who knows not and knows that he knows not is uneducated, teach him;
He who knows and knows not that he knows is asleep, awaken him; but - -
He who knows and knows that he knows is wise, follow him. - - Steven R.Mamchak

Fall out Boys

Suddenly fell in love with this song - America's Suiteheart by Fall Out Boys

Reviving post :P

After such a long period of time, it seems like my blog has been abandoned and so! i'm here again to revive it!

First of all, Happy thanksgiving, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone! It's 2009 and we have left 2008 a wonderful memory behind but strive to create a better one this year.

Some updates about myself since the last time i ever talked about myself! lol.
(1) I survived the 6 subjects semester and will never do it again!
(2) I got back to Malaysia right after my finals and got back to US on the first day of class ( Will not be back in Malaysia again for the entire 2009 for sure )
(3) My sister gotten married FINALLY! :p and it was a blast! Check the photos out on my facebook!
(4) Stuffed myself with Dim Sum, Roti Canai, Sushi-s, Bak Kut Teh.....
(5) Enlisted in the President's Honor Roll cause gotten a 4.0 GPA last semester
(6) Gotten an internship with Halliburton for summer 2009 from 18th of May to 7th of Aug with a starting salary of USD 16.00. Wooohooo! ;)
(7) Gotten the oppurtunity to be a tutor and earn some money on campus! :)
(8) Feeling so lazy this semester because of the winter ( hibernating)
(9) Still as boring person as usual

So well, i guess thats all about myself but do check out my facebook for all the interesting photos of Malaysia. Wonderful and lovely country... (Bullshit!)

Back to School!!

It's back to school time again and honestly i felt like the way i feel when i was 5years old reluctantly being forced to school by my parents. The difference now is that i am away from my family and i am 19! :)

I know i should be feeling really excited about going to school again but the thoughts of being independent once again after being pampered in Malaysia for the past 18 years terrified me, at least to some extent.

Motivationsss! I need some of those before it goes depleted! Hopefully i could find some from the Law of Attraction...? :P

Wish me luck and God bless me! :)