1. That Cream Crackers n Rendang are a fabulous combination( SERIOUSLY)
2.That it IS possible to go days without a decent stretch of sleep
3. That it IS possible to get shooed out of the library nt cos ur making noise.. but because its closing
4. That you can sleep anywhere anytime
5. That sleeping during lectures is your only form of sleep
6.That it IS possible to cook an ENTIRE meal on a hot plate, in the confined spaces of your hostel room, with limited resources
7. That is is possible to make a slightly burnt toasted cheese on a hot plate
8. That you can go days without giving/taking laundry because you wear the same thing the whole day cos u dont hv time to shower
9. That is it possible to have 100% attendance for every class
10. That is it NORMAL to have 100% attendance for every class
11. That people can be two different people at the same time, and wfool everybody at t
12. That textbooks are the best sleeping pill, even better then domicom
13. That there is more then one kind of Diarrhea
14. That different coloured stools have different meanings
15. That cyanosis does not occur at very low temperatures
16. That the place that when u first arrived here, u swore u would never eat at, is not your fav hangout, cos the food is cheap
17. That Charaka has the best tea in the world
18. That Panggals has the best dosa in the world
19. That there is something to a guy on a bike :P
20. That there is nothing to a girl on a scooter:P
21. That when you say youre tired of it all, its not life
22. That when you think it just cant get any worse... IT CAN
that is all
Missing all of u back home... cant wait till i get back.., we shall have FUNNN!!!
PS: text me what u guys want fr here k... like sweets or something... or whatever...[G] please dont say deepika padukone...
:D
that is really all
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Friday, January 9, 2009
08-09
I was thinking the other day bout the past year, and how it has changed my perception, my outlook of life. 2008. A year of many events, many happenings. Both good and bad
The year started off great. Room 502,KDU college penang campus.Ah the memories. I made some of my best friends there, and renewed some very precious friendships. People like Leena, Shobina, Gajen, Nigel, Vanessa, and all of room 502, are very dear to me. They will always be the people who i know i can turn to in times of need. There was my much awaited 18th. My parents threw me a huge party on the beach of the Tanjung Bungah Beach Resort. Everyone room 502 came, and even some doinks like My kutu boy,who despite being and irritationg doink, is one of the nicest people i ever met.
Sharmeen. Sharmeen is one person whom I love. No matter what happens, shes always there. Always supportive,always encouraging. Shes the one who tolerated me for 2 years as desk-mate in secondary school, and shes the one whom ive confided in over the years.
Leena. Leena's the person who's got the most commen sense. Even thought that common sense might ( more often then not) come in the form of the lyrics of a beatles song(:P),shes the one who fetched me to n fro college soo many times last year, and shes the one whos always been there... my fellow debater since school days, the numerous conversations we've had over the years... i'll always treasure those.
Shobi.WOOBY. what would i have done throughout A-Levels if she wasnt there? from thinking of ways to skip class(but enver actually doing it) to keeping me awake in class. Shobi did it all. N now, were in the same country :P
Gajen. Even though he was irritating... with his " MALEH u know what i saw on the way to college today???!!!"...even though wat he saw was a CAR.. yes a CAR.albeit a special car.. but its got 4 wheels and an engine... :P I still cant imagine surviving 18mths in KDU without him LOL
there are so many more from KDU .... each n every one of them having a different impact on my life. Nigel, Janine, Vanessa, Misha... all of them important.. :)
FASTFORWARD.
It was the 14th of September 2008. A day of my life that i will never ever forget. I left home. I left my comfort zone. I left it all behind. I came to a new land, a new place, to study a new course. I took tht great leap.
As I sit here now typing this, I realised tha i worried in vain. I came here, I'm surviving. I adapt, I adopt new ways of life. Im living by myself now, and the independance is at once fulfilling and daunting. I realise the true meaning of the word responsibility.
2008 was a good year. The things that at first seemed to be incredibly horrible, the things that made life seem so bleak, turned out to be positive. It showed me that life often throws the hardest challenges your way, only to enable you to receive the fruit that is truly wonderful. So on a happy note, I bid 2008 farewell and welcome 2009 :)
that is all
The year started off great. Room 502,KDU college penang campus.Ah the memories. I made some of my best friends there, and renewed some very precious friendships. People like Leena, Shobina, Gajen, Nigel, Vanessa, and all of room 502, are very dear to me. They will always be the people who i know i can turn to in times of need. There was my much awaited 18th. My parents threw me a huge party on the beach of the Tanjung Bungah Beach Resort. Everyone room 502 came, and even some doinks like My kutu boy,who despite being and irritationg doink, is one of the nicest people i ever met.
Sharmeen. Sharmeen is one person whom I love. No matter what happens, shes always there. Always supportive,always encouraging. Shes the one who tolerated me for 2 years as desk-mate in secondary school, and shes the one whom ive confided in over the years.
Leena. Leena's the person who's got the most commen sense. Even thought that common sense might ( more often then not) come in the form of the lyrics of a beatles song(:P),shes the one who fetched me to n fro college soo many times last year, and shes the one whos always been there... my fellow debater since school days, the numerous conversations we've had over the years... i'll always treasure those.
Shobi.WOOBY. what would i have done throughout A-Levels if she wasnt there? from thinking of ways to skip class(but enver actually doing it) to keeping me awake in class. Shobi did it all. N now, were in the same country :P
Gajen. Even though he was irritating... with his " MALEH u know what i saw on the way to college today???!!!"...even though wat he saw was a CAR.. yes a CAR.albeit a special car.. but its got 4 wheels and an engine... :P I still cant imagine surviving 18mths in KDU without him LOL
there are so many more from KDU .... each n every one of them having a different impact on my life. Nigel, Janine, Vanessa, Misha... all of them important.. :)
FASTFORWARD.
It was the 14th of September 2008. A day of my life that i will never ever forget. I left home. I left my comfort zone. I left it all behind. I came to a new land, a new place, to study a new course. I took tht great leap.
As I sit here now typing this, I realised tha i worried in vain. I came here, I'm surviving. I adapt, I adopt new ways of life. Im living by myself now, and the independance is at once fulfilling and daunting. I realise the true meaning of the word responsibility.
2008 was a good year. The things that at first seemed to be incredibly horrible, the things that made life seem so bleak, turned out to be positive. It showed me that life often throws the hardest challenges your way, only to enable you to receive the fruit that is truly wonderful. So on a happy note, I bid 2008 farewell and welcome 2009 :)
that is all
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
the day the auto ran out of petrol on the way back to manipal from udupi
So today.. we went to Udupi after class... my friends wanted tog et some stuff to bring back home ( YESSS WE ARE HEADING HOME IN EXACTLY MONTH!)... and i wanted to get a hot plate/cooker.. cos im so sick of having loads of MASALA in my food. I want simple things.. like steamed fish,basic chicken... things like that.
And the only way to get food like that is to cook it. So thats what im going to do. Cook my own food.
So naturally after shopping, we were laden with bags.. tons n tons of BAGS.
So after dinner we get into this auto, with a very friendly unicle driver. He tells us he will drop each of us back at out respective hostels!
So we go. His auto is old. It is noisy. We laugh. We talk. We joke.
SUDDENLY.
Then engine gurgles. It coughs. It dies.
Sandhya: "uncle no petrol ah????!!!"
AUD(auto-driver uncle): " Yaar No petrol yaar"
Kat: How now uncle?? You go buy petrol n leave us here later someone kidnap!
Lin: Kat.. ppl see the number of bags we have... they also will run away!
AUD:*SPITS??BLOWS???Into ppetrol tank,,manages to start engine
Kat,San, Lin:" GO GO GO AUTO GOO!!!"
AUD:* grins*
we then head to the petrol station.n fill up
San,kat,Lin: *proceed to cheer all the way back to manipal*
AUD:GRINS
:D
fun times
that is all
And the only way to get food like that is to cook it. So thats what im going to do. Cook my own food.
So naturally after shopping, we were laden with bags.. tons n tons of BAGS.
So after dinner we get into this auto, with a very friendly unicle driver. He tells us he will drop each of us back at out respective hostels!
So we go. His auto is old. It is noisy. We laugh. We talk. We joke.
SUDDENLY.
Then engine gurgles. It coughs. It dies.
Sandhya: "uncle no petrol ah????!!!"
AUD(auto-driver uncle): " Yaar No petrol yaar"
Kat: How now uncle?? You go buy petrol n leave us here later someone kidnap!
Lin: Kat.. ppl see the number of bags we have... they also will run away!
AUD:*SPITS??BLOWS???Into ppetrol tank,,manages to start engine
Kat,San, Lin:" GO GO GO AUTO GOO!!!"
AUD:* grins*
we then head to the petrol station.n fill up
San,kat,Lin: *proceed to cheer all the way back to manipal*
AUD:GRINS
:D
fun times
that is all
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Shudders of the night..
So i had another( not so nice) experience in Manipal. It all started out on tuesady morning at 10.15am. I was STARVING after the mornings lectures. So as usual, we all headed down to the CBS canteen to get their oh-so-addictive pastries. And so we ate.
Fastforward. Its 1.00 pm. We head to chef inn for lunch. My stomach churns. This is not normal. So i decide to skip lunch,for fear that what i might hv eaten might have ended up outside my tummy. More churning
Fast-forward. It's now 7.00pm. SMS: dinner at 7.15.... got bbq tonight!... and funnily enough, instead of being appetized, i feel sick. Rush to the toilet. Throw my guts up. This continues for about 8 times... untill what comes up is netiher food nor water. It is.... HEPATIC Bile... es. The alkaline stuff that is excreted from the liver and stored in the gall bladder. At a pH of 7.3-8.something. That yellow liquid that from personal experience i can tell u tastes disgusting.
Then it starts again!! but this time from the other end( if u know what i mean). They call. I say no. No way am i going to KMC. NO WAY.
They come. They insist. They drag me away.
There i stayed. Charaka 2. N15. From tuesday night, untill now whne i write this...... another truely Manipal-ian experience :)
Fastforward. Its 1.00 pm. We head to chef inn for lunch. My stomach churns. This is not normal. So i decide to skip lunch,for fear that what i might hv eaten might have ended up outside my tummy. More churning
Fast-forward. It's now 7.00pm. SMS: dinner at 7.15.... got bbq tonight!... and funnily enough, instead of being appetized, i feel sick. Rush to the toilet. Throw my guts up. This continues for about 8 times... untill what comes up is netiher food nor water. It is.... HEPATIC Bile... es. The alkaline stuff that is excreted from the liver and stored in the gall bladder. At a pH of 7.3-8.something. That yellow liquid that from personal experience i can tell u tastes disgusting.
Then it starts again!! but this time from the other end( if u know what i mean). They call. I say no. No way am i going to KMC. NO WAY.
They come. They insist. They drag me away.
There i stayed. Charaka 2. N15. From tuesday night, untill now whne i write this...... another truely Manipal-ian experience :)
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Silent Night
Christmas.
We celebrated it our own way here in Manipal. Our very own way. First off, We cooked. Yes you heard right.We cooked, in our little hostel rooms, with our Littler rice cookers, we cooked. Kathy, Linda, Me and Nevi. All in my room. We made Spaghetti and Mac n Cheese, enough to feed about 20 people. Then The guys got chicken from Chef Inn( the BBQ'ed it for us) and we all went to KMC Greens and had our very own christmas eve dinner. We said grace, we ate, we talked , we laughed. This has to be one of the most memorable christmas's ever. Not only for me.
At home, it is the first christmas(in many years) that my grandparents and parents and aunts n uncles are celebrating with NONE of us kids around. :)
It is the first time that me Vic and Sub are all away from home for Christmas.
In Manipal, it was great to see all of us, just coming together in the spirit of Christmas. Some of you know bout the problems ive been having here, the problems showed up to. Im so sorry, I let it affect me for a while. But i got over it. I swear i did. I understand now that its not my loss. Its theirs.
Christmas has always held a very very special place in my heart. It brings back memories of scrapping off Icing and Marzipan from grandma's christmas cake, Of Nasi Minya and Turkey for lunch, Of rendang, and Fried chicken, of Opening presents with Pam n Mandy, the two boys, Viack and Sub, Cassie n Heather, of being together all of us in Grandma's house, eating talking laughing.. Of us watching Home Alone 1 n 2, of love and happiness..
So being away from home this christmas, means alot to me. But here in Manipal, my friends and i managed to capture taht essence of christmas. It is a time of giving and forgiving, a time of sharing and caring, a time of love and a time of joy. I think I spent christmas in a meaningufl way this year. I hope the next one will be too
Blessed Christmas to all!!!
that is all
We celebrated it our own way here in Manipal. Our very own way. First off, We cooked. Yes you heard right.We cooked, in our little hostel rooms, with our Littler rice cookers, we cooked. Kathy, Linda, Me and Nevi. All in my room. We made Spaghetti and Mac n Cheese, enough to feed about 20 people. Then The guys got chicken from Chef Inn( the BBQ'ed it for us) and we all went to KMC Greens and had our very own christmas eve dinner. We said grace, we ate, we talked , we laughed. This has to be one of the most memorable christmas's ever. Not only for me.
At home, it is the first christmas(in many years) that my grandparents and parents and aunts n uncles are celebrating with NONE of us kids around. :)
It is the first time that me Vic and Sub are all away from home for Christmas.
In Manipal, it was great to see all of us, just coming together in the spirit of Christmas. Some of you know bout the problems ive been having here, the problems showed up to. Im so sorry, I let it affect me for a while. But i got over it. I swear i did. I understand now that its not my loss. Its theirs.
Christmas has always held a very very special place in my heart. It brings back memories of scrapping off Icing and Marzipan from grandma's christmas cake, Of Nasi Minya and Turkey for lunch, Of rendang, and Fried chicken, of Opening presents with Pam n Mandy, the two boys, Viack and Sub, Cassie n Heather, of being together all of us in Grandma's house, eating talking laughing.. Of us watching Home Alone 1 n 2, of love and happiness..
So being away from home this christmas, means alot to me. But here in Manipal, my friends and i managed to capture taht essence of christmas. It is a time of giving and forgiving, a time of sharing and caring, a time of love and a time of joy. I think I spent christmas in a meaningufl way this year. I hope the next one will be too
Blessed Christmas to all!!!
that is all
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Rain
Its been a TRYING weekend.. im THIS close to blowing my top at people. Im going nuts. Life sucks..
Im getting impatient. Im getting angry. I dont want to be. I cant help. it. Its not that i dont wanna help, its that i have to get my priorities straight. And for me being here, that means studying first. I know I wont be able to cope if I dont read tonihgt. so im sorry. I really really am.
Im getting impatient. Im getting angry. I dont want to be. I cant help. it. Its not that i dont wanna help, its that i have to get my priorities straight. And for me being here, that means studying first. I know I wont be able to cope if I dont read tonihgt. so im sorry. I really really am.
Friday, December 12, 2008
A picture play
Brush!!
All got new toothbrushes n colgate!! :DA picture play
Huluran Kasih Outreach project.. teaching kids to brush teeth.. such cute kids!!
Hungry.. waiting for food.....
Udupi's equivalent of Gurnye.. Sai Ram textiles...
Girls day out in UDUPI... at Saai Parivars... good good lunch!
Helena( Aka Rempit's) birthday... From the left: Sepet, Kathy, Me , Syahmi, Joe( Danial) and Rempit
Rashidi( AKA Dato) Me n Hafiez
Rempits Birthday at Guzzlers inn..
All the girls... MMMC Annual Nite... :D
Some of the people of my batch during the annual nite
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