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Life Update (For Those Who Cares)

I haven’t update my blog for so many months! The summer holiday was awesome and now that the semester starts, I’ve been busy again. I was working on a new design for my blog but I didn’t get the time to finish it; got carried away during the summer and I just got lazy and was busy with other stuff. So what did I do when I am not blogging? I travelled, I read, and I gamed on my computer and also my iPad (Final Fantasy Dimensions; previously FF3).

Travelling
Summer Vacation: Bangkok
I travelled to Bangkok this summer. I have never actually explore Bangkok before; my holiday destinations have always been Phuket or Krabi whenever I visit Thailand. It is mainly because of the beach. This time, I managed to explore the city life. I love the malls in Bangkok but the street is rather smelly though. Most of the time, I travelled around Bangkok with the BTS Skytrain; It is a cheaper way to go from one city to another.

Bangkok is an interesting place. The tourists are pretty interesting too. When I was riding the Skytrain, I can’t help but hear 2 tourists arguing to each other about “ladyboys” (Thailand has a lot of Ladyboys and they are hotter than me. You really can’t tell sometimes).

Boy #1: Oh, that is definitely a “tranny”. I can tell one just by looking at them!
Girl #1: Well, how can you tell?
Boy #1: Trust me, I am an expert when it comes to ladyboys!
Girl #1: Oh…? Are you implying that you’ve been with one before? And that is why you are an expert?
Boy #1: No! I am just good at telling who’s a ladyboy and who’s not!
Girl #1: Well, it seems to me like you’re calling yourself a connoisseur of ladyboys! A connoisseur of coffee cannot truly be called a connoisseur without tasting coffees… *laughs*
*Debate Ensues*

And then, there are also tourists who talks about bikini waxing and how they want to wax their Forest of Dean or their botanical gardens. Riding the Skytrain could be terribly boring; eaves dropping other tourists is my favorite pastime whenever I am on the Skytrain.

Conference & Research Paper Presentation: Portugal
I went to Portugal earlier this month to attend a conference where I get to present a research paper that I had worked on with my professor and 2 other students. I went to a district called Faro for 3 days and I ended up playing at the beach after the presentation. I stayed next to the atlantic ocean; so pretty much everyday was beach time for me! And the seafood there is just delicious! Being in Portugal for 3 days is not enough. I definitely need more than a week if I travel. :P However, it is definitely a good 3-day escape from school…

School
School is hectic as usual. I am not enjoying most of the classes that I am taking this semester; I should’ve pick my courses a little bit more wisely. I am taking my final core course this semester and I’ll be done with my core courses. This semester, we have to work with a client. One of my tasks is to develop a WordPress plugin in order to allow the administrator to send SMS to all the registered users. I am also taking a database course which I enjoy; I think I am definitely learning something in this class. Those are the 2 courses that I truly enjoy this semester: the database course and my senior project.

Blogging
I want to blog more often now; abandoning my blog for the past 4 months is just not cool… Sometimes I just feel like getting a new domain and start over; but then I don’t see the point of doing that since I am going to blog mostly about my personal life and some technical stuff. I was thinking that if I want to buy a new domain or start a new blog, it should focus only on one thing, either personal updates or my thoughts on everything technical. My blog is pretty much a mix of personal life and my ramblings on WordPress and my coding woes. Currently, I like it that way. I don’t think so I need a new domain or a new blog; all I need is to blog more often.

Mr. Cutie Pie
Dating life has been quite awesome and Mr. Cutie Pie is a real darling; he has been spoiling me way too much. :P He gave me a teddy bear as my birthday gift. When I showed him a picture of my room back in Malaysia, he noticed that I didn’t have any plushies, teddy bears, or toys. I told him that my mother does not like to get toys or teddy bears for her children; she prefers to get us story books – yes, a typical tiger mother. :P Mr. Cutie Pie decides to make me a teddy bear instead; he got me this when he went to the States:

Winter Break Travel Plans
I just can’t wait for the winter break; I am planning my next holiday and I need to search for cheap tickets. I am going to leave Mr. Cutie Pie for 3 weeks in December in order to travel to some mysterious island this time. Alright, it is not mysterious; I might check out Boracay island in the Philippines. Mr. Cutie Pie can come if he wants; but I have my mommy there with me. He must behave… :P

My Pet Peeves: Bragging About Rich Friends

I don’t mind people who brag about themselves given whatever they brag about is worth bragging about. What I don’t understand is some people love to brag about their “rich” friends. Should I be happy for this friend of yours? Should I be jealous? But why would I feel jealous or happy towards someone I don’t even know about or have never met in the first place? I don’t even know their names!

I wonder why these people brag about their “rich” friends instead of bragging about themselves. I rather brag about myself than bragging about my rich friends or acquaintances.

Friend: You know, one of my friends has a Bugatti! I met him today and it looks awesome!
Ren: Oh, okay. Interesting.
Friend: Oh, I wanna tell you about this friend of mine. He is the grandchild of a former prime minister of [insert country here]. He is [bla.. bla.. bla]
Ren: Oh, yeah. Pretty cool. *Spacing out, big time!*
Friend: My other friend has [insert some so-called cool stuff here] and [that and this and that]

I should have been more specific on that dialog. However, I spaced out a lot whenever she started talking about her friends. So, I forgot most of the things that she told me about her friends. Sometimes, I could tell that these people are just using their friends to upstage me or my friends. For example,

Friend 1: Yay! I finally got a car!
Ren: Congratz! So, when will you take me on this new ride of yours?
Friend 2 (the dumb one): What car is it?
Friend 1: Nothing fancy. Just a Honda Accord.
Friend 2 (the dumb one): Honda is boring! My friend recently got a car and it is a Porsche Cayenne!

I wonder why these people use their friends’ stature or achievements in order to upstage other people’s personal achievements. Is it because they do not have their own significant achievements to brag about? I am not pissed at these types of people. I just want to understand them more since I have encountered many of them and I find them rather pathetic because they seem like they do not have any personal achievements to be proud of.

If the dialog had ended this way instead,

Honda is boring! I recently got a Porsche Cayenne! It is definitely better than your new car! *prance around*

It sounded more tolerable and less pathetic.

Mom’s Birthday and 22 Fun Facts

Today is my mother’s birthday (Happy birthday, mommy!). Speaking of birthdays, I was suppose to write a post on my birthday, wishing myself a very happy birthday and writing down 22 fun facts about me or 22 life updates. I didn’t write them because I had a presentation on my birthday, ended up partying and also I was stuck at the airport waiting for my flight to go back to Singapore. It is never too late to write down 22 fun facts down during my mother’s birthday, is it?

1. 16 hours of labor to get me here
Mom was telling me that it took 16 hours to get me here into this world. Apparently, it was really hard giving birth to me. Mom said she would do it all over again though. Well, she should! She is so lucky to have such an obedient daughter like me! She keeps on complaining that I am such a spoilt brat for demanding travelling tickets and new gadgets! Well, I deserve it, you know! I make her proud and she has all the bragging rights!

2. No matter what, I am always 18
Whenever people ask how old I am, I would say that I am 18. Even when I am 80 years old and will be shitting in my own pants most of the time, I would still say that I am 18. Some people are so innocent and they would believe that I am still 18. Thanks to my flawless Asian genes, I do look 18! Ha!

3. I am getting a bit girly nowadays
People usually say that whenever a girl starts dating, she usually becomes more girly. I usually disagree with that because it is never true in my case. Well, it WAS never true in my case. However, Mr. Cutie Pie is making me so girly. I am going out more in skinny jeans, blouse, sexy shirts and leggings. I do not like it! But I like it at the same time. So bipolar of me. I was never this girly when I was dating my exes. I don’t really give a shit about how I dress or my appearance in general. But now, I actually do care! :( It is torturous! I am starting to wear more accessories too! Choker, necklace, bracelets, etc. Mom is rather happy with this transformation of mine though. She always wanted me to be more feminine.

4. I have three cats
I have three cats at home and I have never posted their pics here before. Originally, I have 5. But we lost Sasuke; he left one evening and never come home. And we lost Yachiru this year because she was infected with the Parvovirus. She still got infected even though we vaccinated her. :( We are only left with 3 now; they are: Sakura, Aki and Yoda. I’ll post their pictures some other time.

5. My hair depends on my mood
You can tell my mood pretty easily through my hair. If you see it tied up, it means I am in my working mode. If you see me letting my hair down, it means I am pretty much laid back and ready to have fun. But I would be tying my hair up from time to time just so that I can see you better and to keep the hair out of my eyes. If it is messy, it means I am not in a good mood. If it is less glossy than usual, it means I forgot to take a shower.

6. Speaking of hair, I refuse to brush my hair
I don’t like brushing my hair. It irritates my mom and my sister so much. It irritates my uncle too! I just walk around the house looking like a homeless person and still thinking that I am sexy as hell. My sister always combs my hair for me whenever I am sitting still in front of my laptop. :P

7. Either pants or panties
I have a very weird habit. If I am at home where no one can see me except my family members, I would either wear a long pants or just panties. It has to be either one of them. I cannot wear panties or underwear if I am wearing pants (or shorts). I also do not like to wear any pants (or shorts) if I am already wearing panties. Very Lady Gaga of me. So, please remember my preference: either pants without any panties (or underwear) or just panties with no pants. :P

8. Fun fact number 7 does not apply in public
I am not a total weirdo. ;)

9. Either baggy clothes or less clothings
The less clothes the better when I am at home relaxing in my room. Or I would wear baggy clothes because it feels like I am not wearing anything. I just like to feel comfortable when I am at home. I always wear my mom’s or my uncle’s clothes because they are baggy and it is very comfortable to wear them. Again, this fact does not apply when I am in public. :P

10. I have a love-hate relationship with the rain
I love it when it is raining. I love the moodiness of the weather. However, I also hate it when it rains because there would be thunder and lightning. The lightning would fuck with my internet because my modem would be struck by lightning and it will not work anymore. So whenever it rains and whenever we hear lightning, we have to switch the modem off. Lightning doesn’t always occur in other countries though but in Malaysia, lightning is pretty frequent.

11. If I like a song, I would listen to it over and over again
I would listen to it until I am bored. I can listen to the same song for over a week on repeat if I really like it. This habit has its own disadvantage: once I am bored of a song, I would never listen to it unless if I truly miss it or the song has a timeless tune itself.

12. I am afraid of butterflies
I hate butterflies! I don’t like them and I am scared of them! My uncle loves to threaten me by telling me that he will take me to the butterfly farm one of these days. Butterflies are beautiful creatures but I don’t like them flying around me.

13. I can’t stand girls
I have a few female close friends. The reason why I don’t have much female friends is because I just can’t stand them. Sometimes, you just wish that they are like mobile phones: you can put them on silent mode whenever you want. I can’t stand them because they tend to complain too much on the littlest things. They can’t be straight forward and if they are pissed at you, they just act bitchy but they don’t really say WHY they are angry at you. I don’t get why it is hard for them to just be honest. If you are angry or dissatisfied about something, tell me so. Don’t be extra bitchy and expect me to read your mind. I am not talking about ALL girls here. I am talking about some of the general stuff that most girls tend to do.

14. I wanna live in Canada, Australia or New Zealand
I love Malaysia but I don’t want to live and settle down here forever. I don’t think so it is the ideal place for me. If I can’t get Canada, Australia or New Zealand, I don’t mind settling down in Singapore. That is one of the best places to live in too. For now, I don’t see myself living in Malaysia or the Middle East forever.

15. It is either my way or no way
I could be very stubborn sometimes. It really depends on the situation. I do look at the situation and see if I can afford to be stubborn. If I can afford to be stubborn, I’ll do so at my own will. So there was this competition that I want to join by submitting one of my own ideas. Unfortunately, I don’t like one of my team members since she is annoying as fuck. I ask the organizer if I can replace my team member but the organizer said no. Long story short, I decided to pull the plug immediately and not join the competition at all. I would only participate without this dumb bitch. Plus, I am not losing anything by not participating anyway. I won a competition already. Ha!

16. I can’t stand people who try to fit in
Wanna be my friend? Don’t try to fit in around me. Just be yourself. Don’t follow me around like a puppy dog. Instead, be memorable so that I’ll follow you around instead. Don’t try to fit in and don’t try too hard. Just be yourself.

17. My bra and panties should match
This is not a trait that adopt after dating Mr. Cutie Pie. It is a trait that I have ever since I hit puberty. I like to wear matching bras and panties. If they don’t match, I’ll wear them with a heavy heart. I would feel that something is missing…

18. I have one younger sister
I call her fatty while she calls me a skinny lizard.

19. I sleep in the same room as my mom and my sister
I wonder why I don’t have my own room. We have 10 rooms in our house! So weird! This only applies in Malaysia or when we are travelling. :P

20. Bayonetta & Dante are NOT my parents
Some poor souls actually think that Bayonetta & Dante are the real names of my parents. I find this really amusing!

21. I have really sensitive skin
You know those annoying things called pimples that pops up once in a while? I have those and it is fucking annoying. It used to be really bad when I just hit puberty. Thank god it is not as bad now. It started to get better two years ago when I started to take care of my diet and started exercising. It is not completely gone since it pops up once in a while but it only comes back once in a while now and not as frequent as before. It also started getting better after I eat garlic pills and evening primrose oil religiously.

22. I get hungry very easily
I have a huge appetite whenever I am in Malaysia. The food here is so delicious. I also gained 3KG recently. Yikes! :P