Announcements

Feeling : tired ahhh

Listening to : Radio.. Chris Brown ft T-Pain – Kiss Kiss. I think.

Charm sings : She want that lovey dovey… That kiss-kiss... In her mind she fantasize bout getting with me...

First of all, I wanna wish my friends a very HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR ~ whooopp !

I am gonna miss all those CNY partay-ing, ang pau collecting & cookies galore, that's for sure… U all have fun without me kiez… Sobz… Neways I have couple of announcements to make over here, so yea…

1. As many of u might already know, due to last minute change of plans, I am not going home for the CNY celebration. My flight was post-poned to mid April. Let me explain ya. U see, if I go back for good during CNY, I have too little time to settle my stuff here. U know, box up stuff to ship home, rental, accounts, (farewell parties?), etc etc, u get the idea… If I fly back to London after CNY and then back to Penang again in April, it's a bit costly and not practical… So… best solution is to delay the flight and so yup I'm still here in the UK.

Sorry for not being able to inform about the last min change of plans. Thank you so much for the texts to my digi num and calling up my house phone in Penang to make plans hehe… sorry ahhh I'm not back yet… and lou poh shing ying I got your msg… you're the sweetest lou poh =) sorry I cant teman u and the gang coming weekend... ahhhhh u all make me regret not being able to be there nia...

Hmm I warn all u Pg guys ahhh dun steal my lou poh, fei zi & darlings k =P

2. Great Grandma still hanging on strong and has accepted Christ. YAY !! Praise the Lord =)

3. Mom's chest pains (suspected of TB or sumtin sumtin culosis, gosh these jargons!) has subsided. So far, so good. Thank you AMOS for fetching my mom to GH and my siblings to tuition/school. Mom is still too busy with work to go seek 2^nd opinion. If I'm back home, I would have dragged her to Loh Guan Lai, Adventist or Gleneagles I don't care how much they charge as long as they heal her.

4. I am going back for good in mid April (date to be confirmed later on) for interns and job in KL. I wont mention the place from now onwards for privacy reasons. And I hope u all understand and also help in not mentioning about my whole job thingy. Thank you =)

5. Apologies for the late blog updates. And sorry to my blogger friends, namely Trish, Jess, Prem, Amit, Jono, Janice, Grace, Kuria, in fact everyone in my list. No time to visit your pages… Been kinda busy lately.. I just got back from work & showered. Gonna hit the sack soon so yea…

6. Oh right… lately… I started working in a restaurant in Clapham. Only thing I don't like is, getting home at midnite. Today there's this freaky deranged guy who kepts arguing with the driver and threatens to shoot him. Who just got off 1 stop before me. Don't worry, Amman's gonna follow me home tmr onwards. But this thing cant keep going on coz I seriously don't like troubling people and also putting their lives at stake. He'll come after work and wait till I finish church evening service, out with frens etc or send me till where the train stops. I've gotta get 'em pepper spray pronto.

7. Remember how I used to say I have a boyfriend to ward off people? It doesn't really work. So now I say I'M MARRIED. HAHAHA. I'm not joking. Like that time I got home at 3.30am after a birthday party, 2 guys in a car stopped to approach me on my way home. I GOT SO TOTALLY FREAKED OUT and walked the opposite direction towards the main road fast. They drove their car beside me and was like.. "hey lady… u seemed lonely… wanna come inside (their car) for a chat?"

I kept shaking my head and walk faster. They were kinda persistent so I juz said in a stern voice, "Look, I'm married. I have 2 kids waiting for me at home."

They were like, "alright… sorry ma'am" and drove off. Pheww I guess u wont like srewing round with someone else's mom right… coz then u know… u'll be a mother-ahem-toooot hahahahah… Ok stop it charm. This is not funny. N Thank you Lord for keeping me safe alwiz =)

8. London can be pretty scary at nite huh. No actually, anywhere in the world, it's not safe when it gets dark. ESPECIALLY after midnite. SO PLEASE BE ALERT AND CAREFUL AT ALL TIMES. PLUS TRY NOT TO GET HOME SO LATE, ok?

9. Well I guess that's all. Have a good week ahead, and if you're celebrating CNY, HAPPY NEW YEAR once again. Drive safely. U know how it's like during festive seasons.. Take care of your belongings, again BE ALERT at all times. Wear proper clothing gosh I know the girls back home are wearing skimpy-ier by the day, even primary school ones. And the boys... haiz... getting more wild and perverted. What has this world become?

Ok, ok... nagging mom is going to sleep now. Ahem. Mom with 2 kids. So yea lights out in 3…….2…....1…..

Good News

Feeling : bubbly =D

Listening to : McFly – All About You

Charm says : God works miracles

There's a bunch of good news on the way…

1. First up, my great grandmother ( dad's father's mother) is not in critical condition anymore. She would be discharged soon, but still needs care 24/7, coz she might only have 1 or 2 months more… The left side of her body is paralysed coz of the severity of the internal brain bleeding and her age.. Despite all this, she is still very strong and know what is happening... I cant thank God enough for working miracles and I wanna thank all my friends too for the prayers & support =) HUGS..

Since both parents are working, sherleen started college, joycelyn n thomason schooling, plus we have no maid, we would have to put her in a nursing home. My parents plan to put her in the one next to Convent Green Lane Primary School (my alma mater), so it's closer to home.

U know what last night my mom gave me a miscall abruptly and I thought u know… dot dot dot… I was about to burst into tears and my hands were shaking when I dial the calling card pin num n then number home… whoa my mom really gave me a scare man. When she picked up I straight ask bout ah phak and she told me the good news. Pheww…

N she said the most touching thing… my ah phak requested her to help buy kuih kah pek aka love letters (a Chinese biscuit usually eaten in Chinese new year I think) for her to distribute, and remember to get a whole tin for ah mun (Me! Pui Mun is my Cantonese name). And she said, must save lots of nice cookies for ah mun, coz she must be missing these food a lot. Tears roll down super banyak wei… Sobzzz ah phak ur the sweetest person on earth… I miss u a lot…

2. I AM FLYING HOME FOR CHINESE NEW YEAR ON THE 31^ST JAN =) !! Thanks to Roshan's dad Uncle Murli, he got the extension for my open return ticket so yup, I'ma going home to see my great grandma!

3. PwC puts me for internship in May for 2 months, and if I am ready to work for them, I'll be transferred to being an associate, starting work in Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia, on July 1. Yippie, if u guys have read my previous blog, u know what a blunder I had made, turning down the job offer. But God turned things around and I'm still on the list with this great firm, so yeap this is a miracle!

4. My sis sher is blending very well with her coursemates in college. At 1st, she was unsure which college to go to, which path to choose, and after enrolling, got worried coz most of them are chinese speaking, and she cant speak chinese to save her life lol… Btw she's in PTPL (The new name for IPG and yes that's my previous college). In Annexe C, taking A Levels. To all my PTPL friends, please help me look out for her, kiez… thankxx =)

5. The friendship between my best friend in London and I had gone better and we no longer have conflicts at the moment. He also stopped putting me as a source of teasing and sarcasm, mainly coz I'll be going back for good. =)

Last time, for example, if I point out the obvious, he would sarcastically go, "wow thanks for enlightening us miss tung, I didn't know bout that"

If I mis pronounced a word, like situation - "sit-too-ay-shen" instead of "sit-choo-way-shen", he'll call me tweety.

Or if I lose to him in running up the stairs, figuring out puzzles, staring game, any game, he would exclaim, "4 time champion!" and turned to me and smirk, "can u smell what The Rock is cooking ?"

Usually, walking around Leicester Square, our usual hang out place, we'll be girl watching, for example, 12 o'clock hottie heading ur way, 2 o'clock sexy brunette with smoky eyes. And since I don't watch guys, he'll go, 9 o'clock tall guy with suit, oriental guy 3 o'clock checking you out. Thing is, I don't respond much, so he'll hit me with, "seriously man your turning to a lesbian." I would smack him and he would go, "ouch your gigantic palm just landed on me" I would return with a, "FYI I'm as straight as can be, just not as 'hamsap' as u. N c'mon, you're so weak for a guy I could take u down any moment". N he would show his muscles and I would be like whatever...

(I had thought him that hamsap is pervert)

But he's a nice guy ok don't get me wrong. For example, just last week, when we're walking out of the restaurant, I was complaining cold and he was like, "just take my coat"… I went, "yarr don't be pagal k it's freakin cold" N he literally took off his winter coat and put on me. Everyone on the street was looking and I was kinda embarrassed but glad I have a bro like him, despite all the bickering. Dun get me wrong k, we're just good frenz.

So ladies… there's a good candidate here… QC-ed by Charm =).

6. What else? Yup I guess that's it.. Great grandma not in critical condition anymore, flying home soon, interns & job offer, great sis, great best friend… what more could I ask for?

N PS thanks for reading all the way till this point =). Hope your day is even better… Love ya !

My Great Grandmother

Feeling : depressed

Listening to : room-mate snoring amidst the cold winter loneliness

Charm says : Pls pray for my great grandmother… sobzz

My great grandmother was admitted to the hospital today coz of stroke due to internal brain bleeding. She's 90 plus so it's dangerous to undergo surgery. The doctor said that now all we could do is hope for a miracle and that the bleeding stops and she'll recover soon. For someone who has internal bleeding, her responses to stimulations and surroundings are still good and she knows what is going on. But the doctor continued saying that we should contact all relatives to come visit her… just in case… you know…

Noooo… I'm the only one not being able to be there by her side… I feel so hopeless being so far away and not being able to contribute anything… Sobzz

Ah phak ( what I call her ) is a really strong lady and she has been the one come rushing and stopping my dad from hitting me or pushing me out of the house whenever I'm being naughty back then… she alwiz give us red packets for blessing, whenever we have exams, going for a trip, or any celebration whatsoever… although I do try to tell her that blessing comes from Christ…(she's still a Buddhist)

When she was much stronger few years back, she even cooks for my siblings and I when our parents are not around. Yes I'm not kidding... She's prolly in her late 80S or early 90s that time… She alwiz tells me to study hard and would like to see me wear the graduation robe someday. That would have been my Certified Accounting Technician grad ceremony if it wasn't for IPG who incidentally forgot my whole batch and our graduation.

I dunno if I can pass my final papers this sitting and have my ACCA graduation pictures to show her…

Stupid stupid IPG. Sobz I cant believe I'm having tears now. How can u people just forgot our graduation and said if we wanna have it the next year, we should write a letter. Such irresponsibility personified…

Sobbzzz sorry ah phak I cant even show u me graduating… I cant even return to see u soon….

I NEED TO GET A PLANE TICKET HOME TO SEE HER.

Sobzz… We have to pray for a miracle and I really need all of your prayers and support… I really do wanna see her for not only one last time, but many more along the road…

With worrying about this and my future in the UK, I dunno whether I should fly home in Feb and start working straight away for PwC and at the same time be closer to my great granny since KL and Penang is only 5 hours away by bus.

Hold on there ah phak… I'll figure out a way to see u soon… I love u sobzzz….

I really really hope she accepts Christ before u know… That way, I'll know her soul is saved. I'm sorry if any of you get offended but really, the only way to get salvation and eternal life after death is to believe that For God so love the world that He gave His only begotten son that whosoever should believe in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life, John 3:16

Lord please open up her heart Lord, let her accept you into her life. And Lord I know no doctors on earth could match ur omnipotent healing powers Lord. Take away this internal bleeding and pain in her, restore her and give her a new life again Lord. Lord also help me make the decision on my future career Lord. I leave it all unto your hands… I pray all this in the name of your son Jesus Christ and for his sake, Amen.

Charmster is Back

Feeling : All mixed up I guess

Listening to : 2 clocks in my room ticking… tickety tick

Study : Did I mention I had my last paper today? Make that yesterday!

Phew… it's all over… ACCA exams are all finished! At least until the results are out anyway... ( Fingers crossed ).

Moving on to my next move : MASS COMM !!

Hobby la I mean. I got hellova nagging from dad when I told him I had wanted or maybe just thought of contemplate switching fields.

Neway, post-exams fun fun fun begins! Typical of Charm to plan a whole list of stuff to do after the exams… Which she never even bother doing from past experience XD. Ok la now it's different coz she's a big girl now. And when u plan something, you have to work on it and not just sit around waitin' for the idea to collect dust, drifting away to never-land…

• Wed 12^th Dec : dinner with Malaysian friends ( pics up soon in Facebook if I ever get hold of 'em )
  
• Thu 13^th Dec : trip to Oxford ( a town outside of London where Oxford Uni is )
  
• Fri 14^th Dec : send Pei Sian to Heathrow, dinner with friends again, then X-mas partay with Esen
  
• Sat 15^th Dec : morn - Assessment with PwC, evening - PwC interview (gulp)
  
• Sun 16^th Dec : whole day church
  
• Mon 17^th – 22^nd Dec : Travel to Sunderland & Newcastle woohoo
  
• After 22^nd : lots of Christmas plans but no confirmation YET
  

I should be excited but now I'm so worn out due to only 5 hours of sleep for the past week. I just opened my inbox and got 3 replies from PwC. One stating I got the call-back for an interview this sat. It was from PwC Human Capital Centre, asking me to scan my ACCA, CAT & SPM (O Levels) results and send to her wo...

Hmm wish me all the best fellas... coz i know too little about interviews and too much about un-related stuff... =D

Okiez me go pack now.. Oxford is waiting for me...

Hmm I should be rejoicing a lot for everything but today, I'm just a bit annoyed, a bit frustated, a bit confused, a lot of burden, a really whole lot of tiredness and an even much more lot of wanting-to-go-home-coz-my-church-is-organizing-a-Christmas-ball-where-u-get-to-dress-up-as-a-celebrity-and-there's-gonna-be-emmy-awards-etc-so-it's-gonna-be-so-friggin-fun-coz-my-youth-so-rock-the-world.

Other than that, I'm alright... Sleepy... Nitezz

Time Off

Feeling : Stressed like siao

Listening to : Vanessa Anne Hudgens – Say OK (But I'm not sobz)

Study : Realised I'm way behind than where I thought I was

Dear beloved readers….

Charm is gonna take a break from blogging…. For about 2 weeks…. Make that 1 n a half…

By then, exams will all be over n we can kiss ACCA goodbye! Hopefully la for my case. N those taking the final ones.

Today was Question Based Day for P2 Corporate Reporting. It was friggin bad I almost had tears at the end of the day. ( Ok I actually did when I finally reached home n collapsed on the bed ).

Amit was here for the QBD as well. Thank God he was here to chat with me bout other stuff to get my mind off studies a bit. Boogie woogie dance ( hope I get the spelling right ) seems cool =) . He was such a great big help in advising what I should do at last minutes like these and which questions I should try out n about time discipline. Thanks heaps =) If only we had this discussion on say, Aug or Sept. Or even Oct. Maybe things would turn out better. But now… sigh… Neways thanks once again for the pointers!

Ok I'm staying online much longer than I've allowed myself. Better go now… to all my bloggie friends…. Esp trish & jess… see u peeps after zee exams…. Woooop

Muakx love ya all

P.S. To ACCA students! Pia ahead! Gambate n jia you! See u lot after Dec 12.

Happy Birthday Yingz & Danz!

Feeling : Exhausted after 1 whole day of house chores
Song In Head : Happy Birthday song
Study : I'm not ready for P1 & P3 mock exams yet!

To my 2 beloved friends on their special day…

HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!

Ying Yi on 24^th & Daniel on 25^th.

HUGSS XD

Yingz, glad ur back from Aust!

Danz, must strive hard for ACCA exams!

Since I'm here wishing both of u, might as well wish everyone born in Nov!

E-Jian 4^th

Cheng Kim 5^th

Amanda G. 6^th

Eunice A. 14^th

Grassy my vid-making-partner-to-be 17^th

Rachel 20th

Joel Vergis 22^nd

Lany & Victoria 23^rd

Malar 28th

Zi Hur my best pal in Manchester, Yen Sun, Cynthia my 2 lou pohs 29^th

Thanusia my darling, Andrew my Chad Michael Murray 30^th

Ok la back to studying.

Btw.

This new style is suggested by none other than my 2 super-cool-sisters.

Bleh aku mau muntah ni.

Okiez my darling P1 is waitin for me.. I'm coming babehhh!

You’re Missed By Charm

After countless complaints, I hereby am putting down more friends that I do miss as well but couldn't fit into my previous blog. Which makes this a VERY LONG BLOGPOST. I am so gonna smack all of u for making me do this amidst my tension for exams. Nevertheless, I really do miss u all so this is justified...

P.S. The list are usually in an alphabetical order, so pleeasssee… don't luan-luan think somebody is more superior than another… coz charm love u all just as much !

IPG Annexe B

My Gang

• Chia Lee
  
• Clarissa
  
• Cynthia
  
• Ivy
  
• Kevin
  
• May
  
• Shing Ying
  
• Yen Sun
  
• Yong Beng
  

You guys are alwiz the unforgotten ones in my list… Miss all our crazy escapades!

BAS

• Adrian
  
• Ai Lin
  
• Boon Chien
  
• Gary
  
• Jacqueline
  
• Jin Sern
  
• Kim Tee
  
• Leng Hin
  
• Lilian
  
• Lin Seang
  
• Mei Phing
  
• Mervyn
  
• Michelle C.
  
• Sam JW
  
• Shantina
  
• Sui Ching
  
• Sze Rin
  
• Sze Yeng
  
• Tiffany
  
• Wai Yuin
  
• Wei Xin
  
• Yng Siew
  
  

Every past, current and new members. I cant list 'em all down… but u know I really do miss u guys and all our projects and parties and hang-outs…

Other IPGians

• Amelia
  
• Amy
  
• Boon Sin
  
• Chin Siang
• Choun Chang
• Daniel
  
• Jacqueline
• Jaryn
  
• Jason
  
• Jaycus
• Jean
  
• Jessie
  
• Jing Jing
  
• Jun Sim
  
• Kelly
  
• Khairul
  
• Lany
  
• Marvin E.
  
• Meng Yee
  
• Michelle O
  
• Pei Woon
  
• Penny
  
• Phoebe
  
• Sam
• Sue Ming
  
• Tony
  
• Trish
  
• Victoria
  
• Vivian
• Ying Ying
• plus u whole lots in UK... in the next lists below...
  

OMG there's too much… basically everyone in IPG main campus, Annexe B & Annexe C, all the society members, all my library hang-out kaki, all the ponteng n no-do-homework fellas, all admin staff, every lecturers esp Ms Choong n Ms Cheah, and even the canteen lady ! Auntie I miss your nasi lemak and curry puff ! Plus not forgetting the nearby coffee shop uncles, aunties, pak cik n mak cik… I miss all your cooking !

Most of all, I miss IPG Prom !! How can they crown the new queen without me stepping down after 2 years.. OMG I'm so perasan. Sorry. I don't even deserve it….it's u my friends that made it possible ! Thank you so much for making my life in college so colourful! Muah Muah Muah

Convent Green Lane babes…

My 3 lou pohs.. Janice, Ying Yi and Joanna… All our wacky moments… Just one day is not enough to tell of our adventures… For now I wanna pick out the 1^st time we had movie together… Hilary Duff's Movie. "Why not… take a crazy chance? Why not… do a crazy dance? If u lose a moment, U might lose a lot, so why not?" Now, wasn't that suitable to describe our lives!

Every single girl in 5 Science 1… yes everyone of us kiasu fellas in 5 Arif… I miss u all! I'm gonna attempt the feat of naming everyone of u... Here goes... Audrey, Ying Yi, Hui Ann, Kiran Sonia, Mandy, Ju Bee, the smart asses who alwiz get top 6 in the form. Leaving Charmine, Khaiteri , Felicia Tan to fight for no. 7 LOL. We were so effing competitive it’s hilarious. Moving on to the other classmates… Janice & Joanna my besties, Samantha, Eunice, Khai Ven, Jo Ween my good friends who sat near me and we did all sorts of crazy and naughty stuff, Cheah Yin the monitor, OMG I forgot our asst’s name, pretty babes Amanda, Grace Yen, Winnie, Yen Li, Li Lynn, Wen Yen, Wei Phing, Soo Peng, May Swee, Sabrina, Sharon, Paulynn, Aina , who alwiz gets all the guys’ attention, and not forgetting Loshna the beauty queen as well, Chee Mei zee golden girl, Pei Yi the swimmer, Who else have I missed out?

Will blog more about our CGL life next time… But for now… Remember how we alwiz reign as the most powerful class in CGL? Muahaha… Senior ma…. Not forgetting our "War Against Drugs" choral speaking and how we beat the silly ass of Penang Free School and got CHAMPION ! Woo hoo yes them PFS BOYS lost to us. Or how we beat them in debate and science quizzes as well? But we still hang out with them in McD every Fri after school and join 'em for camps LOL

Every other schoolmates in other classes… Grassy, Hwei Huey, Atiqah, Vishali, Yamunah, Ee Lis, Phaik Zin, Melissa, Jocelyn, E-Jian, Tracy, Pauleen Lim, Thanusia, Jau Yeh, Shea Ling, Yee Lin, everyone ! Even Elaine in KL! Not forgetting every single senior… Sue Mae, Cheng Kim, Tabitha, the whole lot! Every junior… Jessica, Phaik Yen… the list goes on…

I MISS CGL ! Girls.. u rock hardcore ! Woo hoooo…
"Kami bangga dapat nama murid sekolah Convent Green Lane…"

N to all my Girl Guides, Rangers & Scouts patrol members… I miss our camp days and patrol meetings! Every campfire, every gathering…

My old childhood friend Audrey Quah. You're my 1st bestie in primary school and i'll never forget u... send my regards to your family ! I do miss the times when i used to go to ur house and play computer and bathe together haha... N we even have our own bestie dance!

My ex-neighbour, ex-tuition mate, ex-classmate, and childhood friend Khaiteri Raghunathan. I heart you ! Miss having u as my next-door buddy! Remember all our silly games and cyclings with all those neighbourhood kids? We would terrorize the playground with our game of 44, iceman, police n thieves, monkey bars, even climbing trees. Yes we girls climb trees in Cheeseman Road, k? Or even play football with them boys but alwiz kena halau coz we kick like girls! Oh yes slipper games, skipping ropes and OMG my fav –KALITOI !! Ahhh I would kill to play it again !

Kalitoi is like u have 2 teams of equal numbers, Team 1 being the wall, and Team 2 the escapees. Team 2 have to run pass every wall made up of Team 1 members and escape without being "touched". Ok it sounds complicated here but I'll explain to u next time with a diagram.

Hillside Baptist Church's X+Alt Youths… Ahh how could I forget the most happening Christian Youths ever… Wooo hooo…

• Pastor Amos Eng
  
• Adeline
  
• Aloysius
  
• Brenda
  
• Cat
  
• Christina
  
• Danielle
  
• Grace
  
• Honey
  
• Jeremiah
  
• Jewel
  
• Joanna C
  
• Joanna K
  
• Joash
  
• Jody C
  
• Jono
  
• Joshua K
  
• Joshua T
  
• Josiah
  
• Juanna
  
• Judah
  
• Kenny C
  
• Kenny Y
  
• Louis
  
• Malar
  
• Malcolm
  
• Megan
  
• Natalie
  
• Paul
  
• Rachel
  
• Ray C.
  
• Suan Hui
  
• Valerine
  
• Wee Nee
  
• Wee Wern
  
• Zechariah
  
• Zelia
  

I missed out some old and new members… hope u guys forgive me… I still do miss u all… N to those migrated… Natalie in the States and Janice in Aussie… I miss both of u like crazeeee….sobzzz

My friends everywhere in the UK but London. How ironic. U guys choosed everywhere else except where poor lil charm is…

• Felicia Tan – Sunderland
  
• Daph, Raghu, Alyssa, Junnie, Diana, Vishznu, and the whole LAW dudes in Northumbria Uni – Newcastle
  
• My bestie Zi Hur, Wei Pin, Pei Yann, Sam, Eric – Manchester
  
• Mandie – Cranley
  
• Melissa & Jocelyn – Liverpool
• Kok Leong & Chi Hoe - Birmingham
  
• Everyone else in the UK if I had missed u out….
  
  

Friends from everywhere !

So many of u individual friends I dunno where to start nor end….

• Ian Khoo & Nicholas Tan my long lost church friends which till now I never get to rekindle our friendship.. mana lu 2 pi?
  
• James & Asher, another 2 long lost church friends whom I re-met months back
  
• Eu Jin who taught me so much in Christ and opened up my eyes to loads of stuff
  
• Darvin the slick and suave international cricket player
  
• Kam Hoe the huggable beary whom I used to lean on

• CH my phi. Nong kid theung phi makkk makkk
  
• Joanise, Ee Ling, Audrey and our late nite missions ! Woohoo we sure did show them who's the boss, right?
  
• Michelle my secret stories buddy
  
• Yee Ping & Kit Yin my 2 babes
  
• Andrew the scuba diver and my chad michael murray
• Kar Keong zee magnificent piano player

• Capt James sailing to Korea & Japan alwiz
• Andy the cycling king who thinks no pain no gain
  
• Daniel aka danzz the crapper
• Jeffery in South Africa at the mo
• Murphy in California
• ok Zaim the dota king ur also missed =P

• Yew San my chess club sifu
  
• Kenzo the photography dude
  
• Dinesh, Wei Keat and the rest of the gang
• Charles zee computer genius who helped me get this laptop o' mine
  
• Li Tinh in Germany
  
• Wai Kwan, Rachael, Sara, Saik Su, Lee Hong my tuition mates from Mr & Mrs Low

• Everyone from Jason Ngan's physics & chem tuition… there's too many of u !
  
• In fact, all of my tuition friends!
  
• All my friends in MSN that I chat a lot with…
  
• Every other youths in other churches... gosh I miss all those youth waves, youth concert and happening stuff !
  

• All Georgians
• CPT, CLS, CDK babes
• Peng Hwa, Union girls
• All Xaverians
• All PFS fellas
• Not forgetting Chung Ling
• Or Hamid Khan
• Even MBS n MGS
• Aiya, every school in Penang la !!
• College le?
• Inti, KDU, Disted, TAR, Segi, Central, Kemayan
• Practically every college that has my friends in it.
• And every uni…
• In fact, the whole of Malaysia ! And the earth !
  

CHARM MISS YOU ALL LIKE CRAZY !!!!!!! wooo hoooo….

Finally… again I would like to say that I miss my family a lot lot lot lot.

• Dad, Mom, Sher, Joy, Thom, grandpa, great-grandma, ahh eee.
  
• Kuche, Kucheong, cousins Jia Wei & Jia Chern
  
• My grandmother in Thailand whom I honestly misss so so so much. She knits winter clothes for me, like so sweet!
  
• Aunties and uncles and cousins in Thailand… P Palm, P Point, P Oat, Nong Tiew, Nong Boat, Nong Book.
  
• Ur probably gonna laugh at their names. And if u do, we wont be friends anymore. Thai people have very long, beautiful and unique names. We therefore each have a nick name for our family to call us. Phi and Nong is a formality where P is for older ppl and Nong for younger ones.
  

I think I've listed out everyone I could think of. If I did miss you out, you're probably in one list or another. I'm so tired now I wanna toh liao… nitezz ppl

Once again, if ur reading this, do know that I love u and miss u. HUGS!

Happy Birthday Charm

Lookin at the clock, it's 4am. 4 hours into my special day... Funny I don't feel anything special at all. Bahh. I'm such a dope. Friends online in MSN wishing well wishes and asking what's my plan for the day. Malaysia's awake now while some crazy Londoners are still up at this hour. Hmm sounds familiar.

Anyway. Basically. I have no plan. Well I did. If u read my previous blog, I had loads of birthday plans. Trip to Newcastle, Manchester, York, dinner etc. But I absolutely have no mood to melaksanakan any of it now. I cant be a spoiled brat and demand this-that since I'm very low on liquidity. I cancelled everything once I found out I cant receive my allowance on time. Besides, I cant go home in Dec anymore and I'm officially virtually broke.

I found out Pei Sian & Jun Li had wanted to get a birthday cake n surprise me but I busted their plan. At 1st I agreed on a dinner with some other classmates which PS had planned secretly but nahh... since not everyone can make it, and I'm not in the mood anyway, let's just cancel the plan. Stay at home n be miserable. Wait. START STUDYING. Eew study on my birthday? Start studying at all? Finals less than 2 months wo. If I really wanna graduate this Dec and be an ACCA graduate at 20, I have to.

What happened 4 hrs ago from my last post? Ok this sounds mysteriously weird. I duno about you, but the question freaked me out. Prob coz I'm alone in the kitchen right now in the middle of a cold foggy nite. With weird cat moanings and water running outside. I wondered what happened. N time had passed so mysteriously fast. Calm down Charm. Chill baby.

Let's think straight.... U had talked to God. Chat with people. Friends calling in. Texts. MSN. The whole usual lot. Ok ok I got my memory back. Again I had offers of help from my 2 exs Billy & Darvin. Thanks guys. Darv even wanted to email his guardian in the UK to help me out. Darv used to study high school here so he knows some ppl. Thankxx Darv. I really appreciate everything. N to zee wonderful readers, sorry if I had sounded like I'm trying to brag or stg. It's not like that. Really wan la...

4am. Reminds me of the song 4 In The Morning by Gwen Stefani. One of my favs. Sad ballad. "Stayed up till 4 in the morning & the tears are pouring & I want to make it worth the fight..." How suitable huh.

Wait now it's almost 4.30am. Which brings me to another fav song. Come To Me by P Diddy & Nicole Sherzinger of Pussycat Dolls. Yeah I think you all can recognise as my ringtone for the Summer Hols in Pg.

The video clip was like..
Alarm rings "It's 4.30am. Please wake up."
Nokia ringtone on P Diddy's hp.
Girlfriend picks up.
"Hello? Yeah... He'll be there"
Music starts.
"It's bad boy b*tch... Do it to it.."

What am I doing? I should be memorising ACCA notes. Not MTV clips.
Plus I should go to sleep. But I'm not sleepy. Maybe I'll just go lie in bed. Yeah I should. Nitez. Or Good Morning Malaysia.

The Ultimatum - Charm Won't Be Back For Christmas Or CNY

Yes u heard it right. I can't go home this Winter 07/08 coz my family cant afford it.

I actually have an open ticket which I could use to come home before 31st Dec. But if I DO fly home, I would need to buy another ticket back to London, which is about RM 3k plus. The open ticket is already a sunk cost, i.e. past expenditure so my parents had decided to forgo it, so they wouldn't have to dig out another RM 3k for the flight back. =(

I admit I had went back to Penang twice this year, so I shouldn't be such a spoiled brat demanding to fly home I guess...

My 1st flight home in March was to attend my CAT Foundation Graduation ( which IPG had conveniently missed out my sem's batch, and even postponed the ceremony till April, when I'm already back in London ). Although I had managed to buy really cheap air ticks for this one, but still... You can imagine my frustations at the wasted flight.

2nd flight home during Summer Hols, was made in an impulse coz of personal reasons. I literally worked like mad to save money for this flight home. My close friends would know how I agree to almost every job offer, even on late night shifts just to earn the cash for my flight. Wei when I said I'd accept almost anything, pls don't luan-luan think k? I have my own PRINCIPLES and I won't go that far just to get some money.

Anyway... it's not like I don't have any friends here to enjoy with. But it's just not the same. I came to London not knowing anybody. No relatives, No friends. Nobody. I started everything from scratch. I DO have friends in other parts of England but they're all so far away from London, the capital city.

I made plenty of new friends here, from all over the world. N my new life here begins. I've gone through ups and downs, mostly by myself. N God. I was so naive with life before this. Not fully grasping at the fact that there's such a WHOLE BIG WORLD out there and lots of different kinds of people. Tell u honestly, guys here just wanna bed u, esp those u meet in clubs. How lucky I was to escape again and again. I never did learn my lesson last time but now I do. God was gracious and faithful to protect me from harm. He made me wiser, more alert. Don't worry, nothing awful happened to me.

Studying abroad does widen your perspective and outlook on life huh... You cant stay forever in a nutshell. So many stuff still goes on around you everywhere in the world so you cant be an ignorant dong-dong like I was. But don't worry, I'm still the same ol' Charm, just that : -

• more matured but not fully
• more of the confidence touch
• more cheeky =)
• more aware of my surroundings
• more simple towards life
• wiser? I hope
• less childish ( Nooooo I want the kid in me back... )
• less logging on to Friendster ( Please for goodness sake it's over-rated! )
• less Facebook-ing as well
• less fussy ( Was I ever one? Hehe... )
• no more Prison Break
• no more Heroes
• no more movies

Haha... That's about it all I guess. Anyway i gotta go now... laundry awaits charm... catcha later!

Back in London pulak

Yup Charm's back in summer London... woo hoo !

Seems that everytime i update my blog, there is a wide span of time in between each posts. My average blog turnover (not sure if it's the right word to use) is 1 every few months, n the longest was half a year's span. Adui ! My resolution never made it further than when it was stated.

Lots of people, esp those i promise to put their pics up, have been asking about my blog n i kept saying no time, busy, later... Sorry guys ! Dui bu chui ! Will try my best to post it all slowly 1 by 1 !

Meanwhile, charm wanna update her friends on what's been going on since her last blog.

Ok, I went back to penang on 16th June for a month's summer hols. My main aim this time was to spend time with people that meant a lot to me, was ALWAYS THERE for me and LOVED ME for who I AM - My Family. N also some really good friends of mine.

Question is, did i really fulfill my aim? Honestly, no. I tried spending a lot of time with them, but it is not enough. I dislike it when some people mention, "why u alwiz have to spend time with your family wan?" To me, family comes 1st. I advise u guys to start spending quality time with your parents, your siblings, your grandparents as much as possible. You'll never know how much you'll miss them until you're away from them. Like me lor... sigh...

Anyway, my hols back home was indeed a great one. Went out with lots of friends... took lots of pics...have lots of siao/funny/over-the-top escapades, from roller blading mania to amazing race pg edition to midnite missions to movie pa-pa-lang to basketball showdowns to birthdays to clubbin (oops!) to food food food... hehe... wanna express a BIG Thank You to all my friends who made my holiday a memorable one ! Jan hai dai sek.. mmmuakkxx !

Sadly, i have to leave beloved penang on the 12th July, barely even make up a 4 week's hols. I felt it's like God calling me back to Him. When i'm in London, all i depend on was God. There's not much tangible stuff i could rely on, unlike back home where u have mummy n daddy to the rescue. During that 1 month's hols i neglect God a lot. Now it's time for repentance.

Neway I flew back to London with Pei Sian, my old coursemate frm IPG. She's also taking her final year ACCA here. Class starts the week after we've arrived. Managed to take Pei Sian round-round London sikit. Hmm anytime any of u head on here, just let me know. Charm's a good tour guide now ! Hopefully she wont bring u guys to Holland. (an old chinese saying - dai lei dei fan Ho Lan).. hahaha...

Oh ya i'm hit by the Prison Break mania now. Instead of unpacking my stuff. Yea i havent fully unpack my luggage or my moving hse stuff. (I had moved to a new place). Kept watching non-stop how the plan of breaking out of prison unfolds. Lol.

Still never attempt homeworks.
Typically charm.
Still refusing to trust guys.
Still remisniscing stuff she shouldn't.

What else?
Still into Johny Depp & Orlando Bloom.
So's chocolates.
Developed a new fond for flowers.
N music video clip producing.
Thinking of switching career to mass comm.
Or become a director.
As in movie director.
But realised i'll get smack by my dad if i do.

Hmm what else?
Did i mention chocolates.
Hahaha.. like duh countless times...
Or Hrithik Roshan?
As in that cute Bollywood actor.
Still havent watch latest Harry Potter movie.
Or Simpsons' latest movie.

Oh ya i'm sharing a room with a nice Turkish girl. She sometimes makes for me Turkish food. I lend her my laptop. She hangs the laundry for me. I tidy her bed n table for her. Instead of my own stuff. Ya even Pei Sian also asking me why. Guess it's easier to clean other people's mess than your own. Hahaha...

Ok la better stop here now. Again i crap too much. Thanks for reading !

Charm Is Back !

Hmm my 1st come-back blog ~~ whoopie !


Well i must say, it's really good to be back ! After all the flight delays, and being up-down-up-down again n again, i'm glad i make it home safely. The London flight was delayed so by the time i reached Singapore, i missed the connecting flight to Penang. Luckily SIA was quick to issue me another boarding pass for the next flight to KL, and then i have to take MAS from KL to Pg. Darn. Made me miss the Shuffle Competition in G Hotel. Summore have to experience flight take off and landing so many times. Anyway i made a new fren who's also in the same situation so the whole experience wasn't so lonely. And SIA gave us free fon cards to call home from Singapore to tell our parents bout the delay. Blek i used it to chat too. It's not everyday u get these free fon cards ya know. *winkx*


Ok wait. STOP. u might think "wua... she so rich can fly back home after 6 months". NO. Its not like that. I have 3 jobs in London working my ass off just to buy plane tickets home.. with exams breathing down my neck. My parents never send me extra money for the flight. The sponsorship doesn't pay for my air ticks either. N after buying stuff back home for my family, i'm broke. Basically if i don't find new jobs soon when i'm back there i'll be digging dumspter for food. Yeerrrr... N like what zi hur sometimes say... probably sell my blood to get money. Ok now it sounds scary... lol...


Anyway... reached Pg at 11.30pm... and when i saw my family at the airport... i ran n hug everyone... mom, dad, sherleen, joycelyn, thomason... and its so cute that they all pakat to wear the same colour to greet me. Coolest family on earth =P They bought yummy supper for me too - nasi lemak, satay, roti canai, ban chang kueh.. yummy msian food!


Reached home n started giving out the stuff i bought for them. Didn't bring much clothes back, just presents for family and frens. N some stuff other frens ask me to bring back to pass to their families. So glad to see my grandfather and great grandmother again too. Families are the best.


Next day - church ! Ooh it feels so good to be back in the House of the Lord. And to meet everyone again, esp the youths! They are super rocking fellas i tell ye ! We had frisbee together in the evening - like omg my fav sports... i was actually dead beat tired coz i only have 5 hrs of sleep thanks to jet lag. But hey i wont sit around while a frisbee game is on!


Oh it was father's day too so our family had dinner outside. My siblings and i didn't know wat else to buy for my dad n grandpa so we decided to belanja the dinner. When i said 'we' its actually me paying for everything. (though they are richer than me coz they never get to pay for anything!). Yea yea eldest sis' responsiblity...

Lalala i think i crap too much... its 3:20am now. Better sleep d. Tmr morn gotta wake up fetch those 3 monkeys to school n back again. Yes the driver has resume her job now. Mom n dad can relax. Grrrrr

Nitezz folks

I'm Not Dead

Ok that line was the cover title of Pink's 2006 album.
Yea the one on the right. It's also for affirmation that The Charmster is back ! As in back to the blogging erm... momentum and also back in Penang! Woo hoo ~~


Sorry for not being able to update bout stuff for soo soo long. Just that i realise blogging isn't really my thing. For last time, that is. I seriously didn't have all those free time writing stuff down n nicely decorating n designing blog pages. I was really busy the past 6 months. Hmm will slowly update u guys about everything, including my trip to Newcastle to catch the Pussycat Dolls & Rihanna Concert !! *Screams*


Meanwhile... i'll update current stuff 1st. N yes, Charm is back to blogging. For now la. I hope this is not another one of my "melepaskan batuk di tangga" thingy.


Ok apparently batuk is a coconut shell thingy that olden days kampung folks used to bathed with from the perigi. N after bathing, they'll go up the tangga to their kampung, sometimes leaving the batuk behind, being lazy n all, letting it to be subject to theft. So it basically means doing things half-heartedly n half-way through. I'll try not to be that kinda person though i wonder how far this resolution's gonna get. LOL !


Cant wait to start on my 1st come-back blog... whoop de doop... thanks for reading my blog !

Goodbye Penang, Hello London !

NEW YEAR, NEW BEGINNING for me ! Not forgetting a NEW BLOGGING SANCTUARY =)

Arrived in London Heathrow on 1st Jan. Cant believe I actly get to study here. In London. On a scholarship. Wow. Last time I wouldn’t even dare apply for a JPA or Petronas scholar coz I noe I would never reach their standard. Its amazing how things turn out in the end ;-)

Anyway, my mom’s here with me for 9 days to help sort out stuff and all. We reached at 4pm UK time, after 13 hrs of flight ! ( duduk hingga punggung sudah tarak feel ). Then I had to go tru the medical dept.

Walau when I went inside the room its full of the middle-east ppl… I guess coz of the 9/11 incident & London bombings, these ppl have to go tru extra screening. Luckily I had my x-rays done in Pg as advised by Raghu =) I get to skip the med check-up part n hurried on to get my passports stamp n stuff… Thanz ragx !

Aunt Julia, Jonathan’s mom have a brother, Uncle Peng living in London who picked us up from the airport. Jono & Aunt Julia, thank you very much ! As we drove along… he explained bout certain landmarks and places.

Yippee for me I’ve studied the map of London n read bout some historical stuff b4 coming… so I more or less noe wat he’s talking about… haha… Ok la i admit tat it was my Dad who FORCED me to study the map. Sshh dun tell him he's right... Anyway we went for dinner in Chinatown n then off to Dover Castle to sign the contract and then go search for my hse.

Ok when I reached my home, Ada Road, the place was like OMG. In a bad way. I dun mean the neighbourhood. I was talking about the hse.

My roommate, a French girl had 2,3 guys smoking n drinking in our room. She hogs the best spot in the room n dominated the dressing table n cupboard. Leaving me with a dilapidated bed facing the door. N the room has this weird stench. N she have all these gypsy-like decoration n all those candles n mambo-jambos in the room. The other ppl in the hse also like tat type.

Like WTH… Macam mana aku nak belajar (as if I would) kat rumah ni?

My mom was furious bout this so we went back to Dover Castle to complain to get a new hse. One of the staff, David showed us 2 more houses, 1 in Hashmere Road n another in Flodden Road. I finally picked the latter. It turns out David stays here too. Well I guess I met my 1st hsemate !

My room is big n nice. Yippe ! I have a whole room to myself. MY BED IS QUEEN SIZE !! muahahaha… I have a cupboard, a big table n a mini fridge in my room. Not to forget the ever essential heater and the lovely red curtains =)

My kitchen looks homely n nice. It pretty equip, with lots of cooking utensils and a washing machine. There’s sofa, tv, 2 fridges. N we have a garden at the back of the hse. It looks not bad, has a BBQ set n stuff…

The bathroom is my fav part. It lookz like a hotel bathroom, with bath tub n all… Hehe… but 1 thing. The shower isn’t working very well. The water pressure’s too low. Maybe coz winter time kua. But it’ll be cool to soak inside n have a nice bubble bath =)

Well tatz about wrap up my 1st day in London…