Hold on tight and stay in touch

Was chatting with a good friend who went back to Malaysia for good.
It is true that distance is a barrier to maintaining friendships but that doesn't mean distance should hinder friendships. It is how you deal with it that really matters.

When you meet someone special that is precious to you, it is your choice if you want to be part of their life. Make an effort to keep your friendships alive by staying in touch.

Don't let go of what is important to you, because if you do, you'll lose them, and might never get them back.

First day back to uni

Coffee on the first day back. What a start.

Organising wardrobe

So I was organizing my wardrobe today, I realize throughout the years I have only increase my waredrobe contents without decreasing it. The last time I actually had a major clean out was when I had to move to New Zealand from my comfy home in Malaysia, even then i brought along with me stuff that I've never worn after 5 years of living here.

The problem is, when i go through my wardrobe, I always feel the need to keep my clothing even though some I have not worn for years... Not knowing how to get rid of what, i googled 'How many clothes does a woman need?' And I was surprised at how popular that question was.

It is true I only wear 20% of what I have, and I really didn't know you should only have one winter coat, i have like 10, but never ever wear them.
I am stepping into the professional world soon, that means all my track suits, all my 100 t-shirts should really go, and from some help from google, i now know how many i can keep, or more accurately, how many i should get rid of. No more buying clothes for a while, and bye bye to my childhood t-shirts.

Back from hiatus

I have been gone for too long...

After i got back from States, I went down to New Plymouth to celebrate Valentine's day with Frank, and when i got back it's busy sorting out uni stuff (orientation in 2 days) and do the rest of unpacking...

Frank hand made me a bouquet of ferrero rocher, similiar to the one he made me 4 years ago on our first valentine's day together, but this time it's much bigger, he made 41 ferrero because I was gone for 41 days.. aww melts*

 I still keep the stalk from the bouquet he gave me 4 years ago, they don't look pretty at all without the ferrero..I'm not going to eat it all up this time, but what if they start rotting?? :-S

 

Don't mind my messy hair, I had a hair cut when i got back and my curls are pretty much gone, except when i just showered, as shown in the picture. On Valentine's day, we made lobster... mmm

Frank did the hard work, cutting up the lobsters

Just a quick update on the damage done by my  USA shopping, aka my coach collection. I don't even know what to do with them.... The black bag's actually juicy couture, finally something not from coach!

It's back to uni next week, my final year... what an exciting year ahead! 

Bad luck

This year seems to be a bad luck year for me.

First, my travel card got hacked, and i lost 1.5k NZD while in USA because somebody used my card number and withdrawn money.
Bank is still investigating the case, but they are not refunding money just yet. I hope they do even though chances are slim.

Second, my SD card died during my trip and all the pictures i took in LA, Las Vegas, Disneyland, Universal studio..... all of my first 3 weeks of stay in USA are gone. Words can't explain how sad I am, in disneyland, everyone else didn't bring camera because it was inconvenient so they depended on me to take picture for them, and now my memory card is busted.

Third, I had a car accident today. My first crash ever. I was reversing my car from parking lot and this other car was stopping behind me cause there was pedestrian crossing, I didn't see the car cause it was dark and I was in a hurry to get home, so i crashed into this old couple's car.

I felt terrible right now. Why are all these bad things happening to me.

I spent the day today talking about planning the wedding with friends. And now I'm really stressed up about planning a big wedding in my final year of uni, aka the most important year of my education life.

I really hope this year don't turn out to be worse than right now, cause it's certainly not looking good at the moment.

Whatever happens, just let me pass my exams and graduate smoothly. I hope none of this major event will affect my studies.

Just a summary of the events happening this year:

Wedding planning (location, dates, dress, guest list...blabla balala) This takes a whole year, feel like just hiring a wedding planner.
Final year dissertation
Mid year Msia/Taiwan trip
Final year community placement
Internship application
Interview for internship
Ball
Pubcrawl
First Aid course
Final exam!! Lots of oral exams!!
Graduation trip
Completion ceremony

And then next year:

Starting internship
Wedding!!! in NZ
Wedding!!! in Msia
Wedding!!! in HK
(no place for honeymoon will have to push to the following year, too busy!)
Spain trip
Final internship Exam!!!!!!!! = pharmacist registration!!! Biggest day of my career!!

If my bad luck continues on, i really don't know if i can survive this year and then next.
I'm so stressed up just thinking about it.
:(

But first, have to sort out the compensation of the damage i made to the old ladies' car.
FML.

Home

Home from the states, i spent almost all of my summer holiday away from home, first New Plymouth then Fiji then USA and this Sunday I'll be going to New Plymouth again.

This is my final summer as a student afterall, and I am making used of it.
But this is also my final summer living at home with my parents.. i'll make up to it by staying home more during uni time, will try to camp less in uni.

Updates have been done on facebook during my travelling in the states, so i'm not repeating it here, i have zero energy left anyway, but overall it was a memorable experience.

Home sweet home, i miss my bed so much.