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scooping up cooked food!



bc cooking!!



sotong, mushrooms, spring onions!



room-turned kitchen ( just look at the smoke..)

teppanyaki experience: once in a life time

of all events dat happened, i MUST blog abt dis, brag abt dis, complain abt dis, laugh abt dis....

it was the first time, N DEFINITELY THE ONLY N LAST TIME, dis E.V.E.N.T. happenED in my room...

guess wat???

we hd teppanyaki, in MY SMALL EN-SUITE ROOM.. yes.. room.. ( mind, not pantry.. it's R.O.O.M., ROOM, 睡房，la camera da letto, bilik tidur...)

it was the greatest risk, ever.. in the history of freshers yr @ notts..

we were using a teppanyaki cooker, roughly 30cm x 20cm... it was HUGE.. well.. bigger than wat i've expected. n u hv to c wat mike brought! i didnt manage to grab photos of wat he brought.. damn.. oh well.. nvm.. he brought like 30 tomatoes，20 carrots, one box ( standard tissue box size) of marinated mutton, one box of chicken, one box of shrimps, one box of sotong, vegetables, onions, chopped garlic n spring onion, 锅贴，teppanyaki sauce, soy sauce etc etc..N he was soooo SMART to bring along his mighty chopping board n mighty chinese chopping knife.. woooo...

OK. fine. me, suz n him went to pantry to start chopping stuff, while waiting others (rachel, jing, liyen) to come back..

mike chopped out those onions, carrots etc.. n u can feel as if the pantry is moving.. mini earth quake.. we gather all the culteries n plates dat we hv.. sadly.. mostly.. plastic tupperwares? WAT! not our fault ok? newark hall is not meant for cooking in the 1st place!

then.. cooking finally started.. mike installed the brand-new teppanyaki machine.. (well, dat's y he was sooo excited to come up to notts to try it.. er..ok..). we waited.. n waited..

"hmm.. smth's wrong.. the pan isnt hot yet.."

"er.. there is no light signal on the switch.."

"is it? but i turned to max already.."

"oh.. really? let me c........... ER MIKE.. U DIDN'T SWITCH ON THE MAIN..."

by now.. u shud now the BRILLIANT one was obviously MIKE TAN. i sweated, even though my room was freezing cold..

ok.. cookiing started.. thank god they came back.. WE NEEDED HUMAN FAN... (as how mike described poor us, sigh) thanks jing for being our chef.. n thanks all for volunteering as the human fanss.. n shud i even thank mike for motivating us to continue fanning in case the smoke triggers the fire alarm?

oh, yes, the fire alarm. i tied a plastic bag using my pink hair-tie onto the fire alarm.

the smoke was spectacular... for a second, i tot i was in a jap restaurant... but the next, i woke up n realise my tiny room has turned into a live kitchen.. where ppl r trying to cook teppanyaki, in a bbq manner... 1 and a half ppl cooking ( mike was the half.. ), 3 ppl fanning the smoke towards the window.. or somewhere away from the smoke alarm..

here r some abstract from our adventure:

a) ppl looking from my window

i think they were brits.. THEY CERTAINLY must hv smelt the strong aroma.. or rather.. hazard.. ahah.. let's just hope they didnt complain us.. it was scary man.. we quickly close the curtains.. n mike tried to use his big ass to block the guys from peeping into my room..

b）loud knocking by ah hang n ah zak

"TOK TOK TOK TOK"

the whole room went silent, while the sizzling pan continue to sizzle.

i intuitively block the teppanyaki pan from the sight of whoever dat will appear at my very doorstep... thank god.. it was just them... WE ALL TOT IT WAS THE PORTER! scary man! we were all thinking.. wat shud we do wat shud we do wat shud we do... dis is the consequence of taking illegal actions... haha..

c) food-cooking hazzard (not smoke hazzard)

i bet my whole corridor is filled with teppanyaki.. my neighbours must be really pissed.. sorry peeps.!!
well, was more worried abt porter, warden etc.. wat if they smelt it n come searching for us? thank god. we were efficient enough.. we try cooking everything asap.. so dat dis hazzard can end asap.. phew..

we finished cooking all the meat.. n half of the vege dat we prepared.. not to mention dat we only prepared less than half of wat he brought.. frankly, the food were yummy.. thx to the sauce.. n jing again! for helping out, though she didnt eat much act..

great. my room is full of teppanyaki. i smelt it in my jacket. i hv to wipe my clean face with teppanyaki-smell towel. i hv to sleep in my teppanyaki bed. haha.. actually it wasnt dat bad. maybe.. cos u r in there for such a long time dat u just cldn't smell it anymore..

YET.. IT WAS FUN. ppl must be thinking, shean is crazy..

but it was really excited u noe! i mean.. no one must hv done it b4! even if the smoke alarm went off, it wld become such a hot topic of discussion!

imagine...

senior warden: the fire alarm was triggered, by teppanyaki cooking in the room.

hhahaa..

ok..TOUCH WOOD..

phew~ thank god we r safe n sound.

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too tired to blog abt wednesday.

(to be continue...)

warwick + post cny

**to all frens: thx for ur concern, i am fine now, just the usual me being emotional n perhaps over-sensitive at some point. anyway, thx again**

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Warwick M-Nite~*

i hv to say the performance was really good! I liked the play, feels like a fusion of modern elements n symbolism into a traditional story-line, n the story of Batik and Songket was really touching and sad as well.. job well done Warwick! hmm.. now i wonder if Notts can do as good.. or perhaps..better?? well, i'll be looking fwd to the cocktail-party-style dinner! ooo!!

Steph was in the play n some dances too! good job steph! especially the feminist Cyndi! haha.. though.. i dunno y u r Cyndi! i think u must hv been chosen due to ur manjaness.. it IS　becoming worse.. haha...　

n oh yes, the singing was great! ok.. not all.. but mostly! Sarah n the one gay n gal who sang during Dikir Barat.. ooo!! the Dikir Barat was sooo good!! i wld say they made a good start with the play n a good ending with Dikir Barat! the group was huuumuunnggoouuss.... n when i say humungous, i really mean it.. gigantic! the stage was spilling with ppl in red n black.. all those tepukan that r so uniformed n the singing that rock the whole Butterworth Hall.. i like the word Butterworth.. it's an unusual place name to use.. but it sounds good.. hehe..

That day was thankfully not as cold...but still i was wearing a dress that was up to my kneecap... thank god the tights helped.. but still.. it was zazaza... we went back after M-Nite to change for after part dat will take place in AV4.. Arthur Vick 4.. we hd pizzas and chicken and kebabs.. but too bad.. the tutor chased us away due to the noise... oh well.. wat a waste..

poor steph was so exhausted.. we ended up sleeping at like 4am.. n woke up at 12 smth.. by my mum's phone call..

“璇！”

“HELLOO 咪!” （i was trying to raise my voice up, so dat mummy wont find out i actually just woke up.. hehe..)

今天是十五啊！我们现在在河边啊，等一下有10分钟的烟花...”

(geez.. thx for telling me...)

They hd a special form of lou-sang at an indo-thai cuisine restaurant.. cool yea! facing sg river.. n all those nice views.. darn... i was wondering wat my chap goh mei is gonna be like.. but nvtherless.. already hd loads of fun..

i was at noodle bar for lunch with steph.. n all her fellow frens came.. she must hv felt happy n sad @ the same time.. post M-Nite reunion.. n perhaps nv again... aww.. dun worry steph! things need to past.. n we hv to move on.. so long as we enjoyed the process! rite?

the lunch was extremely huge @ noodle bar.. din want to or hv to eat crappy atrium dinner.. phew~ i almost did not make it to the last coach back.. it was really the last minute only did i got on dat bus..

back at notts.. went for tangyuan gathering @ kath's.. suddenly.. could feel a massive difference in atmosphere.. compared to the noisy-ness back at Warwick.. haha.. dunno y but gathering @ kath's seem to be quite quiet sometimes.. btw..thx for the tangyuan kath.. n ur neengou! ur cute neengou! hehe..

back at newark, my fellow hall mates were hving tang yuan as well.. when i went there, they were watching 霍元甲。 as like all heroic movies.. the storyline is almost the same.. but it's nice to watch the action.. yet, i still like 凄美的《英雄》better。

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last nite.. we hd a post cny gathering..

we hd lou-sang.. 迟来的捞生.. it's like a msian-chinese tradition.. (god, dis made me proud.. just like how 24节令鼓 did.. ;p) 捞生is just abt 团圆 n a way of gathering good fortunes to all ppl ard the table.. aaa.. shud hv taken pictures.. ops! anyways.. memories will there.. inside our brains..

~signing off~
shean.

self actualisation 2

am i over-concern with ppl's perception? I think i am..
for many times.. i try to be like others..
i dun like myself to become the ultimate imitator.. but it seems to be dat.. i often reacted dis way..

ok.. put it dis way.. i am easily influenced..
how ppl do things n c things can influence my actions/response..
a group of ppl discussing subject X.. i somehow seem to follow the majority's point of view.. n.. y is dis so..
dat's y.. sometimes i hate myself..for being an imitator..
i think.. i just do not want to be indifferent.. i want to b accepted.. n feel accepted..

but i think... i am growing tired.. i suddenly feel myself becoming so.. so cool.. not making intereaction with ppl when i dun feel like it.. n i dunno if dat is normal.. n i try to observe how others deal with their problems.. n then once again.. i try to imitate wat i think is best..
but.. a contrasting gut feeling often burns inside me... shudn't i just react n do watever my true self feels like doing?
But then again.. wat is a true self..? in philosophical terms.. there is not ultimate true self.. self ..can be form by society.. ok.. not going to go into the deep down philo stuff..

i am tired.. mentally..
lately.. mentally tired can be linked to physical tiredness..
n all these.. made me numbed..YES.. I AM IN A STATE OF NUMBNESS..
i lost sense of feeling sad over bad exam results.. feeling extremely happy, feeling extremely sad.. i am just.. N.U.M.B.E.D.

for the 1st time.. i continously sleep till 9 smth during term time..
it's indeed a bad sign.. i need to correct dis..
it's 12.30am.. i better sleep.. my aim is to get up for breakfast n go to school earlier tmr... i just want to prove to myself.. dat i can do better.. i can..

i need self motivation.. n my blog always do me dis favor..
i miss the times when i update my blog so regularly.. i hate to think dat maybe no one visits my blog.. but wth.. who cares rite? I mean.. dis is MY blog.. n i can just write wtv i want.. who cares!! rmb! B urself!

ok.. feeling better now... which means i can stop babbling n go to find zhou gong.. yes.. n i will continue my journey on.. to a path where i belong..

a reminder: b urself

once in awhile, i need to remind myself..

提醒自己，关于一些应该放弃却经常不经意犯的陋习……

i need to rmb my priority.. wat am i suppose to do, wat i need to do..

做自己.. 我几乎要忘记了……

i nearly forget, who i really am...

问自己，最深处的内心世界...

where is my true self....

我应该给予这个世界什么样的反应..

wat i giv to others shud be true from my heart..

而不是一些虚情假意或不属于我的表示..

maybe..

是时候封闭自己...

in order to think deep into my heart..

整理自己..

in preparation for tmr's battle..

为每一天的挑战作准备..

to win a battle, is to first win over myself..

了解自己，方可取得胜利...

time's up!

TIME'S UP!

i need motivation + determination to re-enter a life of a bookworm. a life dat has no life. a life dat i used to be familiar with.. a life dat revolves ard academic stuff.. a life dat sacrifices a lot of fun for academic stuff..

since when did i become so layed back? attending lectures just for the sake of attending them. going to school just bcos i need to. is dis me? i am lost.

today, i hope it was a good start to a new semester. a new beginning. a new realisation. self-realisation. realising dat, i hv long abandon my deepest potentials, my best efforts, my true self. but, wat n where is my true self? i could not answer, perhaps forever.

i had been too comfortable. studying in the slowest pace that i could i ever imagine. i thought i studied a lot, but reality tells me, dat isnt true. In fact, you did not studied enough. yes, n u shud feel sorry for wat u hv done, how much time n money u hv wasted, for the past half yr of a 3-yr-life in university.

do not be mistaken, i do not want to be a bookworm dat oni noes abt studying. yes, i try to improve myself in interacting with ppl ard me. yet, r those efforts fruitful? or shud i hv really spend more time, looking over words dat i do not know in a book, making notes that i should hv made, borrowing and actually reading books dat i should hv read? i dunno. perhaps wat has happened, is wat can happen best.

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wat, in the world, is university life suppose to be?

***

i dunno wat happen to me today. i suddenly feel the need to blurt some thoughts out. perhaps, they hv been accumulating, unconsciously, in the unsconscious state of mind. Now, it has finally reach its limit, or smth has trigger the eruption of dis silent volcano, hence finally, i need to express them, all out.

well, still unanswered is the question, wat uni is abt..

is it abt, knowing more ppl from diff places? abt getting a degree? abt socialising, studying, and in essence building a pathway to the near future that we r supposedly controlling with our bare hands?

***

was i all this while, living in a state of irrational/unconscious? was i really doing wat i shud do?

i rmb a fren once told me, once u've done wat u want to do, it's time to do wat u should do. n i believe, the time has come. the time has come to seriously discipline myself. yes, i voluntarily raise all 2 hands up high into the sky and admit that i hv all dis while been lack of discipline.

rmb how did u study for IB? rmb? yes, u shud do the same, n perhaps, even more.

i hv been so long-witted. no readers could bear to dis point i guess. well, anyway, i am just trying to talk myself through. at the least, i felt i am more conscious now. more aware of wat my next action is going to be. i am serious dis time.

priority 1st. always rmb.


*~self-actualisation~* @ 01:37, 070206.

week one of semester ended.. time to get back into the momentum of uni life..

i have been seriously slacking a lot dis week.. cant be bothered to go to the lib, cant be bothered to organise my time, my table.. i am in deep mess.. n yet.. i am still sitting in front of my comp..doing.. nth..

k..relax.. *breath-in.. breath-out*

next week! ok.. getting serious now.. hv to get back to dat momentum again.. i need to quickly get starting with my workload dat will pile up during one 1st week of march.. hving 2essays to due in.. n 3 nites of dance performance.. my god.. i can faint..

well.. tmr will start planning..for now, i am still deep inside a holiday mood.. hehe..

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