MakNae

Hmm, writing about you is going to be very interesting.

I thought as I started to type in my Word document

Unlike the ones before you who had their birthdays earlier this year, I had to write yours a few days earlier because I think I’m going to have quite a lot to say about you, but then again I’m not very sure.
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Seo JooHyun or more popularly known by her stage name, SeoHyun, is turning 19 (20 Korean age) today! She’s the youngest in the group, making her the MakNae and also one of the tallest members in the group.

SeoHyun has characteristics befitting a good role model; she is not only health conscious but also loves to read! She encouraged her make-believe husband, Jung YongHwa, to read more and even write a book report after he’s done with it. She is also one of the few idols which I know that still attends school/college. Awesome, isn’t she? Usually composed and rarely show her emotions, she’s really matured though she’s only 19. ^^ and did I mention she could play the piano as well? haha

Through years of training, SeoHyun has strong vocals and is one heck of a dancer. Her first solo was released a few days ago, It’s Ok Even If It Hurts. By comparing this song, together with Run Devil Run, to Into The New World, SeoHyun has improved a lot and is getting better day by day!

Happy Birthday, SeoHyun!

Wishing you all the best in your career and in your virtual marriage to Jung YongHwa! Kekeke. Our MakNae is growing up. ^^ also wishing you good health and tones of happiness along the way.

Noraebang

‘I will stand by you FOREVER!’

‘Not yet la!’

The whole room burst into laughter as the two of them debated over when to stress the word ‘forever’.

It was a long awaited meeting between five friends, friends which have not seen each other for quite some time; well at least for those who where outstation. I started planning for this outing since a month back and was supposed to go out a month back but many things got in the way and we had to constantly push the date of our outing further and further until last weekend when we finally were able to go out together.

To be honest, it was fun even though there were only 5 of us.

You see, in my perspective, a fun gathering need not consist of many attendees. It needs to be attended by people who share a common interest. In our case, our common interest was songs. We love the songs we chose and we love to sing, though we are no professionals, we had fun.

‘Ok, ok! It’s the next song! Get ready!’

We were all excited as the song we have long a waited for was finally next in line in the playlist.

every day and night with you…

The room echoed with the voices of 4 as we proceeded to finish the song, with hilarious off-timing entries, this song and many others.

you’re my pretty, pretty…

'eh? Not yet ar? Paiseh!'

I don’t want to let go girl, I don’t wanna run away..

'Not yet la!'

'Paiseh..'

I just wanna die in your arms….here tonight…(not yet la!)..here tonight

It was hilarious, of course I was the one who went out of timing most of the time.

But who cares, as long as we’re having fun.

I Want To Dream Forever With You

Hi, you must be wondering why I am writing this to you; considering the fact that the both of us have never meet before. At first I thought your friend misses you a whole lot, for she has been kinda moody since yesterday. Something wasn’t right, out of curiosity I asked, only to find out that she has lost you in a car crash.
It’s shocking when you learn that one of your close personal friends are involved in this, though I myself am yet to experience this, but I have experience losses in my life.

First of all, I want to thank you. I want to thank you for helping her out when you guys first started your first semester. I read the notes she wrote about you on FB and am very thankful that she had meet a friend such as yourself in college.

Then, I also found out (from her notes) that you were the one who turned her into a Cassie (she hates it when I call her this by the way, kekeke) thank you! You have no idea how long it took me to even get her to watch anime, and you managed to turn her into a Cassie in just a few weeks! How you do it man? Salute you!

I know this is nothing much compared to what your housemates and friends might have wrote but I somehow felt that I had to write at least a little on you, considering how much my friend adores you.

Rest In Peace, a friend who I never knew.

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I want to dream forever with you

Following the happy breeze, beneath that bright sky that blinds me
Beautiful melodies and fresh air fills this road that I'm walking with you
Do you remember? Those awkward and unfamiliar times when we firsth met
I'm thankful to you for silently taking care of me when I was hesitant and young

My exhausted heart beats once again
My weak heart has found light again
I want to hold your hand and walk like this forever
Together with the person I love in a world just for the two of us

Those unforgettable memories during that long time
Throughout the laughter and the tears, the one who always believed in me was you

My exhausted heart beats once again
My weak heart has found light again
I want to hold your hand and walk like this forever
Together with the person I love in a world just for the two of us

No one will bother us
There's not even a reason to waste any time
(Sometimes) We could be far from each other
(With the same heart) The same heart as one, dreaming the same dream

Even if a very long time passes (A long time passes)
Even if you and I become a bit different (A bit different)
I want to dream forever with you like this
The one who fulfilled my wishes, the one who became my faith, with you

Even if a very long time passes (A long time passes)
Even if you and I become a bit different (A bit different)
I want to dream forever with you like this
The one who became my miracle, the one who dreamed with me, with you

Even a long time passes, I want to dream forever with you

Goodbye Days

this song is from the musical 'Midnight Sun'. it's awesome ^^ seriously! (both the musical and this song).




So I’ll go to you now, I’ve made up my mind
I want to play you the song in my pocket

I quietly turned up the volume to make sure

Oh good-bye days
I feel like things are changing now
So long yesterday and before
I have a clumsy tenderness by my side
La la la la la
~With you

I pass you one earphone
And in that moment, it plays slowly

I am, I'm loving you, right? Sometimes I get confused

Oh good-bye days
Now what’s in my heart has begun to change, alright
I have a clumsy tenderness by my side
La la la la la
~With you

I don’t want to have sad thoughts if I can help it
But they’re bound to come, right?
When they do, I’ll smile and say
"Yeah, hello!" I hope I can call you
My friend...

When we sing the same song
Be by my side, I wish
I’m glad I found that clumsy tenderness

La la la la la

epic laugh

Let’s see, semester 2 started around a couple of weeks ago and I think I’m not getting the ‘study’ feel yet. Maybe it’s partly because of the huge number of new additions in the student body, and when I say huge, I really do mean HUGE! The whole campus is crawling with new additions and is making life very pek chek for us.

Anyways, not everything about semester 2 is horrible and unbearable, I just found my new favourite subject for this semester. ^^ Effective Communication Skills.

Why that subject? Well, I can tell you very frankly I can, no wait scratch that, we can practically laugh until we are reduced to tears in that class, may it be in lecture or tutorials! The lecturers are just so damn funny and lively. and not to forget my lively and equally sakai classmates who always add to the ‘fun’ feel of the class ^^ we can laugh at practically anything, as long as it is reasonably funny and the whole class is laughing together.

But then again, one thing not nice about ECS lecture is that, the lecture hall is damn, freaking cold! We’re practically freezing our butts off in DDK2! It wasn’t even that cold in there last semester and I wonder how can one month of absence make it so cold!

If

Have you ever wondered about those ‘what if..’ questions?

If I never met you,

If I never enrolled in the school which I graduated from,

If I were a boy, *now that’s an interesting question*

If I were taller,

If I were shorter,

If I had no sense of humour what-so-ever,

If I had my best friend as my sibling,

If I weren’t a Malaysian,

If I were a Korean or Japanese instead *another interesting thought*

What IF the world turned out as those thoughts?

It would be interesting, wouldn’t it?

^^

pls go study!

Semester 2 started a couple of weeks ago and frankly speaking, I’m not in the study mood yet. I promised myself that this semester, I was going to study really hard and surpass a certain somebody in my class. I think I can, for the difference in my CGPA and hers isn’t much at all and I barely studied for my previous exams. I can do it! I know I can. I just don’t know how am I going to do it.

Perhaps by taking more time off from what I like to refer to as ‘my first love story’, my laptop. *kekeke* It’s not my fault that I treat the machine well, it’s my first personal computer and I seriously do take good care of it!

Anyways, I spend a lot of time online, I’m sure most of you would have noticed that by now. If I’m not on facebook, I’ll be at youtube, browsing through any random video that catches my eye. Either those or I’ll be at SSF or at allkpop.

I think I seriously need to change the way I’ve been handling my time alone here on campus, alone as in alone in my own little room, i.e. my own little world behind that grey door on the first floor of 1262. In this room, I do practically everything, eating, sleeping, reading, toilet, online, do homework, chat, basically anything. It really does feel like I’m in my own little world when I’m in my room.

Back to the main point of this post, gosh, Teh Zhi Ying, would you please stop procrastinating and go hit the books? Goodness gracious, you’re seriously very good at wasting time! Where on earth did you learn such skills and techniques? *LOL*

My dear girl, it’s time to hit the books. Seriously, I’m not joking! Does this face tell you that I’m joking? Of course it does not! Ah girl-ah, go study!!

~I can do it! I can do it! I can do it!~
Kim TaeYeon
Girls Go To School episode 1 (2007)

RT3: Cavemen Generation

As soon as we went off trail, I knew that the rest of the journey ahead was not going to be as pleasant as it had been earlier. No more steps for us to climb and no more railings for us to hold on to, there were only rocks and pebbles awaiting us in the dark of the cave and with the few torches that we had, it really does feel as though we went back in time to the cavemen era.

I seriously did not anticipate rock climbing when we first went into the cave, I can’t remember climbing anything back when I was a kid. It was only after our trip ended that I realized that I didn’t take tour4 on my last visit. We had to climb up a slope with little support, other than our limbs and the guide, we also had our friends to help us hold our stuff while we climb and then threw them up later when they are about to climb. This system worked well with the 10 of us, we took turns climbing and it was at the first slope which I felt very grateful to my parents for having exposed me to outdoor activities like rock climbing when I was younger. The climbing tricks I learnt at OBS proved to be very handy as I slowly made my way up the slope. My friend was slightly shaky on the slope as she slipped and almost fell into the darkness below. Luckily the guide was there to block the path and she landed quite safely. The rest of us were rooted in our positions, each letting the shock settle in before going to her and checking for bruises and such.

We stepped into the river for the first time after all the rock climbing and the cool water was such a relief for our sore legs. We walked in the dark for who knows how long and the stalactites are sharp and it really hurts if you bump your head at it. Thank goodness I’m not very tall. Kekeke

We reached an open area somewhere in the jungle as our half way mark. After resting and taking photos, we went into the dark again, this time, the real challenge starts.

After wading through the water, we had to climb up again and then slide down a slope. After that, we had to go into a hole in the ground. Literally! Like going into a manhole. I had nightmares about this part after my last visit. When all of us had safely descended into the whole, we continued our cave exploration and the darkness was unbearable! I seriously felt as though I was blind if it weren’t for the torch lights.

We had to crawl in the water military style due to the lowness of the stalactites. It was a painful experience, the river bed were filled with sharp rocks and pebbles and putting your whole weight on your knees and elbows generated excruciating pain. The worst part was, we had to do it 5 times!! The horror! After the first, we didn’t want to crawl again but we were forced to for it was our only way out from the cave! But there was one part where we crawled on a big slab of marble stone, now that was painless and rather enjoyable. ^^

Our tour ended as soon as we saw sunlight and the shadows of the rocks in front of us. You have no idea how relieved we were at that sight. The guide let us rest for a little while before taking us out from the cave, but not before having a little splash with us.

The overall experience was awesome and fun! But all 5 of us agreed that this was a one-time thing and we are most definitely going back there anytime soon. We all came to a conclusion that, cavemen were awesome to have lived in caves.

Hate

I hate getting lost.

I hate getting blamed when we’re lost.

I hate getting blamed when we overshot a junction.

I hate the fact that I easily succumbed to motion sickness.

I hate the fact that I have to be the navigator.

I hate it when the atmosphere becomes heavy when we’re lost.

I hate it when people start yelling at each other.

I hate it when people start to panic.

I hate people who are indecisive on which road to take when lost.

I hate people who are not fully prepared to get lost.

I hate people who are impatient when lost.

I hate it to death.

As a child, I have been raised to obey to the simplest of orders and instructions. I never once turned down a favor from my friends or family when I was young. Anything requested shall be done and anything demanded will be handed in. I think somehow this has led to my ‘kind’ nature to help anybody who asked for my assistance, may it be in daily tasks or in the academic field.

During my schooling days, I have lost count on how many separate occasions in which I have lend a hand to a friend in need. Some of which sincerely needed my help while others were merely taking advantage of it. It is my nature to help anybody who asks politely and to help those whom I have known for a very long time.

A close friend of mine warned me from time to time to stop saying yes to every request I get and to learn to say no. I found it very difficult to say so because it is not easy to change after a person had been saying yes for her entire life. She even gave me a short lecture on how I cannot continue to say yes to people when I grow up.

Now that I’m in college, I fully understand what my friend meant. Leeches are everywhere, looking for an opportunity to stick to you and make use of you until the day that you’re not needed anymore. I have grown to hate this kind of people, not only are they insincere in their friendship, but they are also very unsociable.
So this is how I learnt to say no, through a very thoughtful friend.

Thank you ^^

I Am Very Annoyed (very long post)

Ok, I’m a bit upset, no wait, upset is too big of a word to describe my current situation. I’m a bit annoyed. Why you may ask? Well, as all of you may know, I have new housemates. And they are not exactly the friendliest of people neither are they the ones with much common sense. Does it really make sense to sun ones clothes by putting them near the window with the shirts dripping water onto the floor and making a mess of the place with your foot prints? It doesn’t, does it? and that person has access to the balcony as well. Why wouldn’t she open her window? Well, she has a mini portable air conditioner inside her room. So she doesn’t need/want to open the window and let all that cool air escape.

Some are quite anti social, or maybe that is just my perception on them. I’m also not the friendliest of people, I must admit. But at least I have enough common sense to let the seniors in the house take their seats at the table before the newbies find their own seats. The same concept is used when you enter a new tuition class. You let the old students take their seats first before you find your own. Simple concept isn’t it? However, our new additions seem not to comprehend the simplicity of it. heck, some not even belonging to the floor come to the first floor and chat until who-knows what time. As I’m writing this, they only just finished their chatting session which started around 6-7 pm, somewhere during dinner.

New additions are not the only thing I am annoyed about. I have a new classmate today, and I don’t like this situation. Boku no kurasumeito wa boku no hausumeito desu. And I’m not criticizing her or anything, I just don’t like the way she gets things done. She just transferred into our stream from the social science class. And she already made up her mind to switch since before the final exams last semester. The part that annoyed me the most is that she didn’t even bothered to study for her exams, saying that ‘I’m not going to study this anymore, so why bother?’ How can you have that kind of perception when you are a student? As a student, we must always try our best to get the best possible results we can during exams and tests. She didn’t even bother to study for it, even during the midterm exams! The rest of us will be busy cramming for the next paper together in the living room while she just excused herself half way through to go to bed. What kind of an attitude is that? I mean, I am quite accustomed to the ‘tidak apa’ attitude that we have. Heck, even I have it but mine is not as serious as hers. Sometimes, instead of studying, she would be reading storybooks. Time used on reading the storybook could’ve been used to study for tests! Ugh, I shall not go further. This post is already long enough.

I know I said on FB it’s bad to rant online. So, yes, I, Teh Zhi Ying, am using my blog for ranting purposes. I just really beh tahan already! Seriously! I seriously hate it when people keep asking me to do stuff for them or to lend them my stuff. Can’t you just find your own way to get it done instead of asking somebody and bothering them? If I have history with you, I would do it without hesitation, for instance, blood relatives or ex school mates. I would be more than happy to do things for you, however, those which I just knew less than a year and am not quite close with, I think more than twice before I answer to your favour, with exception of the ones I have grown fond of, like my course mates ^^. I will do anything for them, provided they don’t have any attitude problem.

So this concludes my ranting for now. Knowing myself, I’m sure to rant again. Thank you for your attention and I’m not even sure if you read it until the last line. *nervous laugh* I just needed to let go of some steam before I burst and start finding fault with everybody around me.