i realized i hadn't thank everybody that sent me off. so here's a BIG FAT THANK YOU!
i'm not prepared to share pictures of my room just yet, not because it's messy, just that it's not personalized yet, so everything's kinda dull.
here's what my dorm sorta looks like though.
our campus is right behind these mighty mountains.
people keep asking me how's the beach. well it's pretty and all, but right now it's winter. though hawaii supposedly has tropical climate, during winter it gets sorta chilly. there's constant strong winds, and it rains crickets and ladybugs most of the time. sometimes cats and dogs, and then there's the occasional hippos and elephants. that happened last night.
so yeah you wouldn't wanna go to the beach when it's cold and rainy like that. see the stormy clouds? don't they look just so ready to pee?
today when i went to foodland(a smaller walmart) to get stuff, i saw a maltese on my way, made me miss cassie so much!
i could've swear that i stuffed her in my luggage but i guess she escaped.
i don't think i'll be going to the dance tonight. there's a dance to welcome new students and also to welcome the new year's. i think i'll just let the new year's seep in quietly while talking to my baby on skype.
seeing all those couples doing couply stuff makes me emo. and thanks for your new year's wishes though they came to me at like 3am my time. sorry to the rest that keeps missing me on msn. i promise i'll reply!
it's my first sunday in BYUH today. they talked about new year's resolution.
one speaker said that in their family their goal is to better themselves everyday. so a new year's resolution would basically to be better than last year. and that it would be easier to achieve long term goals by creating and first achieving short term ones.
the second speaker went on and on and on till i forgot what was the core of her speech. sorry! my attention span is this short |-----| but i think she said something about always being positive.
the third speaker mentioned that his resolution would not only be about perfecting himself, but also helping others around him perfect themselves as well. for example don't gossip so that your friends won't gossip with you. this would be an amazing feat for me.
the fourth has limited time, so she challenged us each to put serious thought and effort into our resolutions.
church is very different without the kids. i miss them. they may be rowdy but they breathe life into my sundays. i miss them calling me 'teacher melody!' i still remember their hugs.
i haven't come up with my list of resolutions yet. but by me studying abroad i think i'm already taking huge leaps towards independence, maturity and responsibility no?
meikhoon called me yesterday and we talked for 2 hours. she made me miss lunch! haha but felt heaps better after that. thanks babe. <3> it's already eve's at malaysia. here it's still the eve's eve. adam, as joel would put it. -_-"
have a great one, everybody! i'm just trying not to miss home so much.
if you use italk it's only 15cents per min. damn cheap okay!
you guys better call me!
umm by the way if you hear a message left by another girl it's cos the noob that i am don't know how to change the voicemail message! but it is my number okay. call me call me call me!!!!!!!!!
and... if you wanna mail me currypuffs, charsiew gai fan or MONEY, my add is
Yi Yean Ting ID#2043575 BYU-H #1014 55-220 Kulanui St. Laie, HI. 96762
follow that EXACTLY. okay now i'll be waiting for my money!
You have grown up and you are now leaving us to be on your own to begin your life away from Dad & Mum. It pains me to see you going away. Dad has given his best to try and provide all of you with all means possible to give all of you a head start in life. My best may not be good enough but certainly I can't be accused for want of trying.
Many people my age have retired but I still put in long hours everyday. Now has come the time for you to assume your own responsibility in life. Whether you succeed or not much will depend on how you conduct yourself in the next few years. So darling, please take good care of yourself. Try your very best to strife for excellence.This is the duty you owe to Dad & Mum and no less to yourself. Please remember this at all times and these are my words.
just a quick one to tell everybody that i'm safe and well here in laie.
to sms me from malaysia would cost an inexpensive 20 cents only. so message me okay! so lonely la really.
and i would most probably be online most of the time so do drop a line. i don't have a room yet. have to crash at the lounge temporarily. it's not too bad.
hawaii is always windy. lots of wind. lost of wind and rain!
the time difference is 18 hours. so yeah. having jetlag now.
okay that's all for now. i miss you guys so so sooooo incredibly much!
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after vowing not to step another TOE back into indonesia, i ended up there again 2 months later. why? invitations from the rents' business friends. that's why.
if you've been to Bali, you can't entirely say you've been to indonesia. because it's so commercialized everything's different inland.
i could walk you through the whole trip, but it would be boring cos the actual trip was painstakingly boring.
after bingeing on these, it was a 5 hour drive on a very very sinuous road up to Berastagi. took a wicked toll on me, hurled all of it out. to this day, everytime i pass by a donut store, i can still taste the foul puke. YUCK!
this would be the main attraction at Berastagi. it's equivalent to our cameron highlands. well known for its agricultural products. locals go there every weekends for the weather. temperature is around 17-20(c) at day, much lower at night.
passion fruit looks like this, if you didn't know.
the market place doesn't only sell fruits & veg, they sell souvenirs and pets too!
janelle enjoying the satay i was too sick to devour.
the following day we headed further upwards to Lake Toba. i *think* i learned about Lake Toba in form 3's geography. journey was another torturous 5 hours or so. by the time we reached our hotel i was so konked i didn't enjoy any of the scenic views we had. this was the only picture i took.
the next night was spent at our hostess' home. i helped her 8 year old anak bongsu with his coloring. normally his driver and his maid does.
they took us out that night for food and i ordered indomie goreng. the best dish i had (or was it because it was the only one i was healthy enough to enjoy?) with my passion fruit drink. shhyummy! portion too small!
shopping there was lousy. every thing's more expensive when converted. and i had to do all this math! 10000rp = rm3.7; 325,000rp = rm???
being there made me realize how good we malaysians have it. so people, APPRECIATE! p/s: janelle told be to blog about how awesome her chicken soup was. there you go. it's awesome. would have seconds if you didn't finish it first.