What happened that first month of year 2010 is something almost close to magical. I know it might sound stupid, but the four months we were going to have together was something beyond what we all expected. The first few days, no doubt Haliunaa was close to her roommates Huei and Nicole aspeacially Nicole since they were both in the same course and are studying in the same class. Roommates and classmates, sounds really comfortable when you came all the way from another country all alone and you don't really know anybody. Hooi Ling had no problem socializing and knows how to speak mandarin, so it was easier for her to befriend Nicole and Huei. I didn't know how to socialize and had to force myself to be more talkative but everything that came out from my mouth was either stupid questions or just total nonsense. However, they didn't seem to mind it that much compared to my classmates in college that allienate me because I'm different.
Then, came the night where Huei decided to bring Haliunaa to do some evening sigh seeing along with Nicole. No doubt I felt left out for not being included in the party at first, but it would be so inappropriate to ask to be included in an event where you are clearly not wanted. Furthermore, it was Huei's bf who was driving and it won't be that nice to suprise him with the last minute additional members. One thing led to another, Huei's bf did get suprised with the additional members and we went to Gurney drive.
We took pictures, talked and just sat on the devider that acted as a wall seperating the road from the sea. The sound of the waves crashing onto the rocks was mindblowing and very captivating. The waves seem to crash into your inner mind and take along all the pain back to the sea. We hung around there for a very long time and decided to go to another place that is similar when it was time to go. We went there and had loads of fun! We took more pictures together and even had a trishaw ride around the place. We only know each other for barely a week and we are already out having fun together, something I have never experienced before during my college life.
During the first weekend, Nicole and Huei went back to their hometown. I and Hooi Ling usually stay for the weekends since the journey back to Taiping won't be worth it if its just for 2 days, so during that weekend, we took Haliunaa to Prangin Mall. It was the first time she took the Rapid bus and we took few pictures in the bus. It was fun shopping except for the part where Haliunaa likes to dissapear into thin air and get me worrying. Haha...
Weeks pass and our friendship grew stronger. Haliunaa and Nicole seem to always mention about their mongolian classmates who happend to be twins. I didn't give much thought about them but curious to know how this twins looked like cause I'm always interested to see how similar two person can be since they literally share the same DNA in their body.
Our next big outing was withough Huei because it she went back for the weekend but Nicole decided to stay since she was excited to watch AVATAR in Gurney. I've already seen it in Taiping but I wanted to watch it in 3D. Sadly, there was only 2 tickets left and Hooi Ling and I decided it's best if Nicole and Haliunaa had those tickets since both of them havent watched the movie yet. During that 2 hours, I and Hooi Ling played at the arcade and it was my first time since so many years I played in the arcade, therefore we still had loads of fun eventhough we didn't get to watch the movie. It was near Chinese New Year that time, and Gurney PLaza had this huge stage as a decoration. We took some pistures together and hung around gurney drive where I met a cute little dauchshund named Candy. Took some more pictures and it was time for us to go.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
If only life is fair... -The beginning-
The Insomniac dreamer is back and here lies the birth of another post by the creature of the night. I'm sure everyone knows and agrees that life on planet earth is never fair cause nothing is ever perfect and justice will never be served. There will always be evil in this world and good to counter the evil. Life is always full of ups and downs, like a roller coaster ride that can end up like final destination 4.
If only life is fair, I won't be feeling this hopeless and lost tonight. Friends come and go, but never forgotten. Therefore, I will never ever forget about the good times I had with my first international friends. I remember the first time I met Haliunaa... It was the start of my 3rd semester in college and on one memorable night in the hostel, we had our first international student that will stay in our hostel. I was so excited about it when I heard about it through Miss Dayana in facebook and I was waiting to open the door and welcome her. Two new girls already came in and I was so shy to talk to them since they were chinese educated and I can't speak Mandarin. I noticed Nicole was shy too and we just smiled at each other whenever we saw each other.
When I opened the door, I smiled at the new girl but she wasn't looking my way, so when she entered and pass me, I just smile again and say hi. I think I must have scared her there because that friendliness came out too enthusiastic and it must have seem really fake. She was only planning to stay in the hostel for a week. I don't know where I got the courage from that night to actually hold a house meeting. No doubt my housemates saw the bossy side of me that night which was something they have never expected to see coming out from me cause I'm always so timid and shy, but I had to do it since I want it to be a new begining. I had everyone introduce themselves and I had to clearify the rules of the house. Halfway through the meeting, I noticed that the new girl looked really anxious, so I dissmised her politely by saying she must have a long and tiring journey all the way from Mongolia and let her freshen up and settle in. Stupid SSD didn't give her a pillow and bedsheet, so I borrowed her a bedsheet along with an extra blanket I have and Hooi Ling borrowed her an extra pillow she had. It was that night our beautiful friendship began. Ice was broken and everyone seems to be comfortable with each other. The other chinese girl, Huei didn't come back till really late, so we didn't really get the chance to know her yet but after we did, we were a family.
If only life is fair, I won't be feeling this hopeless and lost tonight. Friends come and go, but never forgotten. Therefore, I will never ever forget about the good times I had with my first international friends. I remember the first time I met Haliunaa... It was the start of my 3rd semester in college and on one memorable night in the hostel, we had our first international student that will stay in our hostel. I was so excited about it when I heard about it through Miss Dayana in facebook and I was waiting to open the door and welcome her. Two new girls already came in and I was so shy to talk to them since they were chinese educated and I can't speak Mandarin. I noticed Nicole was shy too and we just smiled at each other whenever we saw each other.
When I opened the door, I smiled at the new girl but she wasn't looking my way, so when she entered and pass me, I just smile again and say hi. I think I must have scared her there because that friendliness came out too enthusiastic and it must have seem really fake. She was only planning to stay in the hostel for a week. I don't know where I got the courage from that night to actually hold a house meeting. No doubt my housemates saw the bossy side of me that night which was something they have never expected to see coming out from me cause I'm always so timid and shy, but I had to do it since I want it to be a new begining. I had everyone introduce themselves and I had to clearify the rules of the house. Halfway through the meeting, I noticed that the new girl looked really anxious, so I dissmised her politely by saying she must have a long and tiring journey all the way from Mongolia and let her freshen up and settle in. Stupid SSD didn't give her a pillow and bedsheet, so I borrowed her a bedsheet along with an extra blanket I have and Hooi Ling borrowed her an extra pillow she had. It was that night our beautiful friendship began. Ice was broken and everyone seems to be comfortable with each other. The other chinese girl, Huei didn't come back till really late, so we didn't really get the chance to know her yet but after we did, we were a family.
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