12:35 AM

After much self reflection

Posted by Yuinyi |

I need to:


1.) Make a point to go to the gym at least 3 times a week because now I can swim 1.5 km (I have to keep it up before I become too lazy!)
2.) Put aside some cash every time allowance comes in so that I don't have to go through the same shit I put myself through every three months
3.) Work hard and focus on my goals so that I don't have to go back to Malaysia anytime soon.
4.) Grow up
5.) Stop making excuses for myself
6.) DO something
7.) Stop feeling sorry for myself
8.) Stop being naive and stupid. Grow up.
9.) Get a back-up plan

I've talked to people and learnt some harsh realities. I believe I'm the kinda person who knows exactly what is wrong with herself, eventually. When I do something wrong, I usually know. When I am being taken over by the 7 deadly sins, I know and I feel the guilt afterwards. I just need to start being the person who actually does something to right the wrong. My wrong. For the past few weeks, I've been through a lot of self reflection moments, cried, pondered, cried somemore. I think it's time for me to get up and stop crying.

I'm working on it.




5:05 AM

Strayed.

Posted by Yuinyi |

In all those words of advice, she only saw the imperfections in her life and how far she is straying away from her plan. She knows what's been said is nothing but the truth, yet she wished she was understood more and not shoved with facts about life. All these things that life is throwing at her, she can't figure out. But perhaps she's just being petty. Well, what would you expect? Everything she has always believed in and has been proud of suddenly hits her in the face that it might not be as wonderful as she thinks it is. Really, she doesn't really know what she's upset about.


She just is. At everything, perhaps even herself.



4:28 AM

Slow dance with me :)

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Rod Stewart has the most amazing voice. :)

Aaaand I'm supposed to be studying kthxbye. :P

2:31 PM

Cookies and Cream :D

Posted by Yuinyi |


Baking attempt 2 - succeeded!


I'm happy. The first time I tried to bake those soft big cookies (you know the ones you can find in Subways and everywhere in the US), it failed miserably. I am wondering if it is the oven. *pouts* That was a lot of delicious dough wasted there. So I decided to try on an easier one, chocolate chip cookies that are actually not soft. I've done some back in Malaysia, so I thought this should be easier than the soft ones. I even went to another friend's house to bake just in case my oven is faulty. It took me a few tries to get it right, but I succeeded! :D

Baking is not easy. The whole mixing and blending part was easy, the hardest part was actually timing and adjusting the temperature. And trying not to get it burnt. >.<

You see, that's why I like cooking. I can do it any way I want. I usually don't even need a recipe. :D

Anywaaayyysss.

Finals are in a MONTH. Did not realize how fast time passed at all. Wtf. And my hour exam 2 is this coming Wednesday. I really need to get it going and do better. Right now, I am going to need to focus, and then when all is over, I'm a happy girl! And I get to visit the boyfriend again! We just had a really sudden planning and I bought the tickets right away. :D

By the way. WHAT is with Paul the Octopus? And Mani the Parakeet? World Cup and the animals prediction. What. The. Hell. As interesting as it is with all the World Cup side entertainment nowadays, it's a bit wtf-ing also right. Malaysia should produce a prediction with orang utan maybe. XD

Final game tomorrow! Woo!




10:49 AM

Stupid

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How much more stupid can this become.

4:55 AM

Back-Up Plan

Posted by Yuinyi |


Do you remember the last time we watched fireworks together? At the strike of midnight, we were right beneath it, and I was just looking right up at the fireworks, but really, I was looking at you.


It was the Independence Day, and it was really fantastic - the fireworks I mean. That was one of the best shots I had last night. Lovely.

I had a conversation with a friend, and asked him what he would do if he fails and gets himself expelled from school. He told me he would start playing pool professionally and if all else fails, he would just open a tuition center in Malaysia and teach math. That's his backup plan.

I realized I don't have any back up plan.

Studying to be an engineer WAS my back-up plan. I wanted to be an interior designer, I wanted to be an artist, I wanted to be a photographer. And engineering was the backup plan, in case those do not work out. But now I am under academic probation, and I am at the risk of getting expelled. Well I am pretty confident I can get out of it, but really, who knows. What IF I don't make it? What do I do?

I have no idea. All those talk about studying art, isn't really an option, because I will need the finances to support me through it, I will need creativity which I think I still lack, I will need to pay back JPA the scholarship that supported me in the US till now. So, has all those dreams turned into some sort of fragile back-up plans for my back-up plan?

I can do some comics - something I am exploring now. I can do some painting. I can take some photos. I can do some cooking. But I am not exceptionally good at any of it.

So, do I have a back-up plan?

3:44 AM

Lullaby

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I have escaped to Blogger for a while to try to take my mind off some very frustrating units conversions that I SHOULD be able to do but it's messing with my mind right now. I feel like I am getting the hang of the concepts, and if I only practice a bit more I would be able to do it, but the only thing that I can't seem to be able to do is, surprisingly, the units conversions, most basic stuff of all. I am frustrated.


Priscilla Ahn's music is playing and it is bringing back some memories. I remember loving "Dream" so much although the lyrics are somewhat suicidal. Her voice is simply too soothing. Yet it brought back so much memories of tears, loneliness, and fighting back to stand up.

Today I succeeded in completing 30 laps (30x50meters = 1.5 km) of swimming and am a very proud girl. Even the boyfriend was amazed. :D Bikini body, here I come! :D After the great workout, we went to this Japanese restaurant called Ko-Fusion, which looks REALLY high class and NICE. The food to me was more creative than it was delicious. Well, it was delicious because it was creative. They were really creative with their sushi, and I was really excited and amazed, but it was a little too expensive for me. :/ Poor people eat cheap sushi one. And today, my love for Creme Brulee was rekindled! It is such a wonderful creation! I remember having it once back in Melaka when the boyfriend of a close friend who was working in quite a high-ended restaurant made it, and it was the best thing I have ever tasted. I am just really excited to try making it on my own! :D I get so excited about cooking and baking these days. ^^

And has everyone seen the Harry Potter trailer yet? It is BREATHTAKING. Please go watch it if you haven't! What's even better is that the movie will be available in 3D! Yay! Can you tell I am truly excited? :))))

Okay I'm going to stop wasting time thinking about HP and Creme Brulee. And continue getting frustrated at those damn unit conversions.

Oh yea. Someone please tell me if I should get my hands on those Polaroids. They look so good, don't they!



3:28 AM

Dreams

Posted by Yuinyi |

Dreams are fading fast the older I become. It seems to me that I remembered almost all of my dreams when I was still a little girl, and I never understood why my sisters could forget their dreams. But for the past few years, I've been slowly forgetting a lot of my dreams. I would be fully aware that I've had a dream the night before but details are just too blurred and hazy. I try to remember nice ones though, like when he appears in my dreams and we're just having a wonderful time, holding hands and everything seems to be perfect. Still, sometimes I can't remember all of it. Today's dream was awfully weird and a little scary. I was in the Union and walking back when I saw firetrucks lining up in front of the building, and people were shouting that there was a fire in the building. I peeked into the building and I saw fire, and for some weird reasons, gun shots. Like those flashes of gun shots you see in the movies. I ran back and I see flying dinasours from far. There was also something about a neighbour who had a crazy boyfriend and rescuing her from him. I remember being very afraid that she was going to turn evil because I saw it in her eyes. I woke up with my heart beating really fast.


It happens a lot when I nap in the evening. When every slight noise would wake me up and cause those rapid heartbeats. He said my dreams are like Disney movies. I don't remember Disney movies being so weird and disturbing. Well, he never liked Disney anyway. But it felt good and not so scary anymore talking to him, and listening to his lame riddles that made me laugh so much. When we hung up, it made me miss him so much. It happens all the time. Too many times, I would remember all the things I wanted to ask him or tell him that I didn't get to say or remember to say when I was actually talking to him, after hanging up. It sucks because I need to constantly remind myself to tell him the next time we talk, and then when we talk again, I always forget again.

Today was also one of those days where everything happens. Confused by what I might have been causing some other people to feel, thinking if I have did anything wrong, yet I was the one giving the silent treatment. Somehow I guess I already knew the problem. Sometimes I think I have to think about everyone that I am getting close with. I get comfortable and close with people so easily sometimes, that I often worry if I might have sent off the wrong signals. I need to stop doing that because I need to care about the feelings of others, and the world isn't so perfect. But sometimes life is just awfully lonely without these people that you can really get close with without worrying about anything.

On the other hand, I am also glad that some other things are still getting back on track and looks perfectly happy and hopeful for me. I would say that it doesn't matter anymore that others can't understand. They simply don't.

Today, I am a mixture of happy and a lot of other mixed emotions. Exams are coming up this week, and I really need to ace it this time. I am really scared, and pressured with all the probation stuff. (My dad already freaked out seeing the letter, which I knew would happen sooner or later) I am scared, frustrated, happy, and confused about everything today.

And I miss him so very much.

3:40 AM

Really?

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I can't believe I am staying up to finish up my homework during Summer.

This goes to show how much I have procrastinated. And I have a LOOOOOONNNGGG day tomorrow! T.T

And! I think I have started a new project, just for fun.

Idea came from a friend who suggested I draw comics out of my own super bimbo self. (Bimboness has peaked during summer apparently) :D


10:55 PM

Empty

Posted by Yuinyi |

Summer has been well, summer. It's really warm, reminding me of Malaysia all the time. And people are not around. I have no classes, no work, nothing to do everyday. This always gets the worst of me.

I'm hanging on and spending a lot of time with the remaining friends here. Spending too much time and money in the recreation room. Spending too much time in the room. I need to get out of this place. It's empty, vacant, quiet, and warm. I sometimes feel like I am living alone here.

The most I can do is cook and make people come. The one thing I really hate about living away from home is when there's no one around and I am stuck in the house with absolutely nothing to do. I am a person who needs company, and I need to hear and see people around me.

I have a living room which is almost all the time abandoned. There's no TV. No one eats out on the dining table. Everyone stays in the room. I have a room all to myself. And a double bed with no one to share with and wake up to.

So I spend my days hanging around, trying to get out as much as possible. Going to the rec room almost every night, even though there's really nothing for me to do there that doesn't involve money. Spending my days thinking how to make things right. What to say. Filling the empty space. Holding on. Wondering what really, is right.

I haven't been blogging a lot lately. I'm always waiting for the right words to describe exactly how I am feeling. The right words never seem to come. It's getting so hard to blog. And it's hard to sleep when it feels so empty, yet I can't be sure what I am feeling. I don't know what I want.

What is this that I am feeling?

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