Been watching the Royal Wedding on TV, and getting more and more jealous as I watch it. Diamond tiara, horse drawn carriage, Prince Charming... I want a Royal Wedding too! Apparently Europe has several monarchies (albeit smaller ones) still around- shall take advantage of my 5 years here to sniff my Prince out hahaha.

Went mad shopping in town today- I think I must have spent close to 200 euros. And I took an impulse walk into Eason's and GUESS WHAT I FOUND!!!!


 






It was 9.25 euros, damn ex, but it's Sweet Valley!!! 10 years on!!! I haven't read it yet, but as any other normal reader I flipped to the back of the book to read the ending and there were quite a few huge shockers! Will tell you more about them when I've finished the book, but I think only SV readers will know what I'm talking about.


Super tired now, after chiong-ing for renal last night. Chris' birthday is this Sunday, we are planning a surprise for him! Geraldine bought his present and a card for him today. And since Chris is so horny, I decided to draw him a sexy babe:



Jessica Rabbit! Of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" fame. Chrissy-poo is the most manja nickname I could manipulate from his name haha.

ONE MORE MONTH AND I'M HOME:)

Renal finals tomorrow, why am I still blogging!!! Mad sian now of studying.

If my daddy sees this, he'll kill me.

@Amy Lyn: I wonder which posting you are talking about haha:) anyway, thanks for the compliment!
@Talia: Hey girl, glad you enjoy my blog so much! Your comment really made my day:)

I'm going to change my blog template soon- blogger has come up with lots of nice, new ones, so much better than what they used to have. And you can customise alot of it to your own liking, without having to worry about all the html shit which techo-noobs like me have trouble dealing with.

Saw this great picture today:




I'm facing so many personal struggles now that sometimes, I wonder where to get motivation from to keep fighting. And in my darkest hours, it sometimes feels like even the Lord isn't there for me (which is silly because He is always there). Don't you find it difficult sometimes to even trust and believe in God's will? Even when you know He is always watching over you and doing things for the best of your interests, you'll sometimes wonder why He isn't helping you to conquer this battle. And that's where the above picture with its lovely quote comes in. God has equipped you with the necessary 'weapons' to fight whatever wars that are raging in your life right now. He isn't helping because he doesn't need to. You have it in you to WIN. And there is no LOSING when God is there- your perceived failures are in fact, BLESSINGS in disguise. And that's what will make you a stronger person.

Saying all these is so easy- I often have to struggle to remember them myself.

We can't see the future- we can only comprehend the present and ponder the past, and that's why we can only place our complete trust in Him, that all things will work out well in the end.

This blog post may be too pro-Christianity for some people, but I choose to seek God for my source of motivation. Motivation abounds everywhere, and different sources work for different people, but most importantly, find one that works for you, that will never falter in its purpose. And for the athetists and agnostics amongst my readers, I share with you this quote that is my wallpaper right now:

So our crazy Dunaras decided, NO! Dunaras test was not enough to fuck up our wireless connection, it better fuck it up more, so up came Dan's Network!

FUCK YOU DAN, whoever you are. Because of you, my skype afternoons with my parents often degenerate rapidly into frustration hell. Grrrrr. I take forever to load web pages sometimes, I can't download torrents, and please not let me remind you of my skype connection.

Anyway, onto a lighter topic.

The Portugal/Spain Summer Holidays 2011 tour group came together for the first time last night to discuss our trip. I finally managed to book ALL the accomodation! *proud of self haha* Hopefully they will turn out good. We are going to watch a bullfight too!:) so exciting. I can't wait to eat the food there- I love mediterranean cuisine!

Home in slightly more than a month- looking forward to it:) I can't wait to eat all my lovely local delights. I am soooooo gonna grow fatter than I'm already now.

P.S. I dunno who you are Aifa, but MORNING!:)

Today on skype, my mother told me an interesting bit of news from home. My younger sister had (dunno what she was doing at that time though) swore aloud, "FUCK!" My younger brother heard her and of course, being the big mouth that he is haha, went to casually let slip to my mother about it. My shocked mommy went to berate my sister, admonishing her for swearing, while my brother the hypocritical two-faced one turned around and said, "Aiyah, why you so shocked, she scold me also use fuck everytime what." which of course, only made matters worse.

Awwwww my lil sister is growing up! But just as I was basking in the warm feeling of knowing that my baby sister wasn't a baby anymore, my mother continued, "She say you also always use fuck."

WHAT THE FUCK?!!!

Now okay, even though I admit that I use the word fuck, I use it only for 2 occasions: in my blog writings and in my thoughts. I NEVER SAY FUCK TO ANYONE. Not in arguments, not in complaints, and definitely not in daily conversations. The worst swear word I say aloud is SHIT. As furious as anyone can make me, even though in my mind I go "KAN NI NA you fucking bitch/bastard, how the fuck dare you do this kind of stupid fucking thing where the fuck is your stupid fucking brain", out loud I will say "What the hell! Why you do this kind of thing?!! Aiyah, haiz, never mind lah..." *ZOMG damn proud of my internal self-censor*

Anyways, off topic already, after my sister so blatantly told such a HUMONGOUS lie to my mother about me to redeem herself, I got abit mad at her and didn't want to speak to her on skype. I told my mother that I NEVER EVER used the word fuck in front of her, she probably picked it up from my brother (though that I didn't tell mommy cause I don't tattle on my siblings one okay). Luckily my mother said, "I know, I remember you always like to swear 'idiot' alot." Yes, Mommy.

I can't really remember where I picked up swearing (in my head), but I do know that I use it to vent out my frustrations against people and situations whom and where I cannot or don't want to openly speak up against. It's sort of my internal escape. So as vulgar as my thoughts are, my words are however incredibly PG. Maybe it's because I don't want to make any ememies, or I don't want people to think badly of me, but I can't bring myself to say the word fuck. Maybe I don't use the word because it doesn't go together with my sweet nature lol! Haha kiddinggggg.

Terrence and I were chatting on skype and talking about this coming Tuesday's CVS finals, and I said that I needed all the good luck I needed, and he replied that I didn't need luck- I needed skills and GOD'S WISDOM. He went on to say that we should pray for everything, and when doing so, to have the right heart, ask for the right thing, and to not have any hidden sin- we'll have a powerful prayer then.

I bemoaned the fact that my nightly prayers always don't seem so powerful- I always pray for good health for my family and friends, happiness, world peace, a better world, and for God to bless all those who have helped me in one way or another. And Terrence replied, "You should also bless your enemies, people that you hate or do not like. They (enemies) will be happy, and God will be happy."

And it struck me, there and then, that I have never, in the 9 years since I started doing nightly prayers, asked God to BLESS MY ENEMIES. By "enemies" I mean people I do not like, or who have wronged me in one way or another. Have I, up till now, still never truly forgive those who have made me unhappy, or who have wronged me before? Deep down, do I still bear grudges for the way they treated me? Or am I just simply just a bitter person?

I would hate to think of myself as a bitter person, and when I think about it, I don't feel any contempt for those who have hurt me before. So why not bless these people too? From tonight, my enemies will be included in my prayers. I will ask God to bless them too.

"But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;"    - Matthew 5:44
 

Thank you Terrence, for showing me how to become a better Christian!

                  

NABEH I can't deal with the stupid Dunaras internet anymore, it's pissing me off so bad. They keep doing some stupid "Dunaras test" thingy which fricking slows down the internet so that I either take forever to load something like facebook or I can't even access the internet. And the torrential downpour that seems to be happening every night makes the whole situation worse. It took me forever to load this blog post page, but I needed a place to vent my frustrations zomg. My vocab normally does not resemble one who was brought up in a longkang, but damnit, I'm super frustrated at the slow internet speed. THIS IS ELEVEN YEARS INTO THE 21ST CENTURY C'MON, I DON'T HAVE TO WAIT ONE MINUTE FOR MY WEB PAGE TO LOAD!!!

Dunno what shit you are testing.

I'm addicted to 2 songs right now- Wang Lee Hom's "你不知道的事" and Taeyang's "Wedding Dress". You can check them out at the links below:



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                                                           Taeyang's "Wedding Dress"

So after slacking 10 days away, I'm back to my books:( hopefully I can do well for finals, but seeing as I screwed up the past 2 times I took the exam on this new format, my hopes aren't high. 

HOLIDAYS QUICKLY COME!!!

I recently went to Tesco's and this drink below was on offer at 1.80 euros:

It's Apple Mint juice from Tymbark and I was intrigued by the flavour so I went ahead and bought it. And lo and behold, it tasted like COUGH SYRUP!!! Horrors! It's not bad a drink cause the taste of cough syrup isn't repelling, but I expected something refreshing and sweet. 1.75L more to go :X

The silver lining in the black cloud that my computer created when it decided to break down on me last week is that I have become more daring in my technology endeavors. I downloaded free trials for AVG, Microsoft Office and I'm even attempting to download a torrent!!! It actually started but Dunaras blocked torrent downloads KNN so it's going very very very slowly >:/ I downloaded Photoshop but it was incomplete so I uninstalled it.

Anyways, the 6 of us went out on Friday to Kappa-ya for dinner and GUESS WHO WE SAWWWWW:) It's a certain somebody out with his on-agin-off-again girlfriend! They were obviously out on a secret date and didn't expect to see anyone familiar. When we walked into Kappa-ya and saw them, there was an awkward 2 seconds of silence and eyeballing. Luckily we were abit late for our 8pm reservation and they were just about to go, so the situation wasn't as bad as it could have been haha.

Less than 2 months before I go home!:)

My laptop broke down last Friday, and I spent 4 days without the use of a computer (and survived hahaha). I almost gave up hope on it ever being repaired- I was too cheap to go to the pros and had my senior CR try and fix it for me. Even then he was skeptical about its success, so I readied myself for 2 months without a laptop until I went back to Singapore where I can get it fix at a Sony dealer for free under warranty (told you I was cheap).

THEN CR GOT IT FIXED.

Haha HAPPINESSSSSSS:))) I'm so grateful to him, he even cycled to Dunaras at 2am to drop it off at Terrence's place. Maybe to him these actions mean nothing, but to me, the effort made to help me meant a lot to me, and irregardless of what stuffs people here have been saying about him, to me at least, he's been a good friend!:)

Anyways..... SPRING IS OFFICIALLY HERE!:D






Gorgeousness:) pictures taken from around school!

Hello, I'm Mylene.

I love God, my family, my close friends, chocolate, Nutella, Nugatti, yam paste, Nonya kueh, baking, desserts, crunchy peanut butter, trying out new food places, books, travelling, airplane food, snail mail, vintage anything, medicine, wearing blood-red clothes, The Desiderata, stickers, hearts, making cards and origami, watching comedies, reading mystery/detective novels, playing mystery/detective games, mocha, yoghurt with fruits and muesli, dogs, quirky bags, soft & fluffy towels, pretty lingerie, Christmas, heels I cannot walk in, polka dots, smiles.

I try not to hate on anyone or anything because it's a waste of my time and energy. If I don't like it, I'll either try to change it or just ignore it.

I'm trying to live my life to the fullest, and be the best person that I can be.