ta kero kero turns twenty-one!

~24/01/2008~

On Thursday, Carolyn Lee Jia Yin turned 21 years old!!!!

She is from Penang, a former STPM student from PCGHS.

The eldest from our group, thus we called her "ta jie" (big sister).

Hanson send me to Setapak to get the cake. Took me a long time to decide which cake to buy but finally decided on the 1/2 kg Blueberry Cream Cheese.

Very yummy:)

Tze Im lured Jia Yin to Janice and Mei Chieng's room.

We turned off all the lights.

When Jia Yin opened the door and saw the room pitch dark, Janice sprayed her.


Needless to say, Jia Yin was shocked and disgusted by the slimy stuff. She was also surprised and happy that we did this for her.

We played with the spray till we messed up Janice and Mei Chieng's room:D

Jia Yin turns 21!!! The very significant age in Chinese tradition!!!

Excuse the messy desk. It is a hostel room, after all.

Making a wish. Wish hard, Jia Yin!

Moi with the birthday gal.

Excuse the cheesy pose.

Really regret doing that pose now:(

We chatted till midnight but decided to go back to our respective rooms because we were making so much noise and disturbing others.

Wei Wei spoke the loudest so we had to punish her.

She had to faced the wall and reflect on her mistake.

Sorry Wei Wei, it is for your own good:P

Hehe..that was just a joke.

The group pic of the culprits behind the surprise birthday mini party.

The pic was taken by Yong Xin, Wei Wei's roommate.

Please ignore the fact we are all dressed so plain and fugly.

It is a hostel room, after all.

3rd row: Mei Chieng (SMK Sacred Heart, Sibu, Swak)

2nd row: Fiona (VI, Cheras, KL); Jia Yin (PCGHS, Penang); Tze Im (Chung Ling High School, Penang), and Ai Li (KML, KK, Sabah)

1st row: Wei Wei (KML, Kapit, S'wak) and Janice (SMK St Joseph, Kuching, S'wak)

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and we all met in Pharmacy UKM:)

p.a.p. people in miniscule photos

The Part II of PAP continues with more photos that I took with the people involved in this major event:)

Without the active participation of all first-years, this event would not be what it is...

Moi posing with one of the posters done by our Publicity Dept

Pharmacy frens - Ai Li, Tze Im, Wei Wei and Janice

Year of the Rat 2008!!!

Janice aka Ni-Tze (Protocol). All AJK Protocols had to wear pink shirt with silver scarves (girls) and silver ties (guys)

Talented singer - Kah Hang. He sang a Cantonese duet with another student from Speech Therapy

Ex-classmate who ventured into acting - Hanson Chu

KK people - Carolyn and Suzane

Talented actor Hanson and talented er hu player Sui Teng

Jen Yun from PDR - my friend back in 3M

Beng Beng (Protocol)

Wei Han (Protocol)

Yong Xin the dancer

Wai Kuan (Exco Souvenirs)

Our two Publicity Excos - Yong Haw and Liu Yen

Hui Ling (Publicity)

Pharmacy people - Yan Xia, Mei Chieng, Tze Im, Janice, Moi and Ai Li

AJK Marketing - Mei Chieng and Yan Xia

Wei Wei (PR) and Ai Li (Props)

Zhi Yun, my coursemate, who was in the drama as the second son's domineering wife

Su sang, BB and fei2

Xin Wei the dancer and Suet Yin

Jia Wei (Props), Pasta, Cousin It and Yan Xia

Carrie was the stage protocol, so she has to wear cheongsam/qipao

Yan Ying (Exco External) and Aun Ni

Jiann Cherng (Publicity) and Boon Yan - fellow coursemates

Poh Ling (Exco Costumes and Make-up)

Strawberry (Exco Costumes and Make-up)

Stephanie (stage protocol) and Shiau Mei

Ke Xin (Exhibition) and photo-crasher (LOL)

Chiat (Marketing)

BB with her Exco Protocol, Kah Pieng

It's All Mine!!!

Cherh Yun, Janice and Tze Im

Jia Yin (Welfare)

Drama cast members - Xin Ni and Hanson

The odd one out is Wei Ping, a talented singer who sang two songs. The first is "Gei Wo Ni De Ai" (a song by Tank) and the second is a duet with a girl from Dietetics

The Protocol Boys

Comments: Oh, I definitely think I like my photos better without my glasses. Contact lens really helps to make my eyes looked more definitive! Towards the end of the photos, I did not use any flash. Thank goodness...otherwise, my shiny face would have blinded the camera!

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Now, if you have looked at all the photos and reached this stage, I would like to congratulate you for bearing with my cam-whoring manners. So, as a reward, I will present my fave pic of the night:

Presenting:

Hate to say this boys, but that look very gayish, ok? :D But it is nice that the both of you really got into the feel of the song:)

chow kit pizza, giant lantern, insurance card and blurry pics!!!

Every time I come back home during the weekends, I cannot resist blogging. Especially these past few weeks where there were so many events happening. Somehow, I feel like I need to control this addiction of mine. I am sure spending hours blogging is not a very healthy habit.

~22/01/2008~

On Tuesday, nothing much happened. I wanted to photostat a book at Chow Kit so Suz M agreed to accompany me. We decided to call BB as well so we can all eat lunch together. Now, usually in Chow Kit, there is not many places to go to eat at. Most UKM students go to the mixed rice shop so of course, we headed there after dropping my book at the photostat shop.

On the way, however, we saw BB's coursemates, who told us that that mixed rice shop in Chow Kit was closed. Feeling disappointed, we decided to head back towards UKM and eat elsewhere but BB suggested that since we were already in Chow Kit, we might as well walk a bit further more to...yup, you can guess from the title above, to Pizza Hut!

Who knew? Chow Kit has a Pizza Hut as well. I guess you learn new things every time you are placed in a new environment. We had the lunch express - 2 personal pizzas, plus a Round Hut's Platter of fried stuff:) We were very pleased in the end eventhough it felt like we burn off our calories walking back to our faculty. It felt so FAR under the scorching heat of the afternoon.

That night was the full dress rehearsal for PAP. Again, Suz M and I went to check out the rehearsal at DSG.

Things were pretty chaotic when we reached the hall. Decor people were hard at work prepping the place. There were CNY-inspired decor at every nook and cranny of the hall. I must say, I was very impressed at how great the hall looks like. It definitely captured the very essence of Chinese New Year celebrations:)

Here are some random pics that I took:

This is actually my coursemate, Boon Yan, sitting at the pedestal, waiting for instructions to hang up the giant lantern (which is seen in the previous post)

The UKM boys hard at work preparing the ceiling decor

Janice and I were talking to Wei Han, who showed us the cracker party poppers that they were planning to use during the "perasmian" event. (Shit, I cannot remember what is the English word for perasmian!)

I took this pic after I read the instructions on the poppers. Pull up insurance card? Ohhh-kaayy *rolls eyes* Is this supposed to be some kind of lame joke? Ha-ha-ha......-.-

~23/01/2008~

Everyone was so relieved that Wednesday turned out to be a public holiday because they were so much last minute preparations going on.

Since I took a lot of pics that night, I decided to split them into 2 posts to avoid any eye strains (LOL)...

To keep a long story short, I went to the hall late, got "halau" twice because there were not enough seats for the visitors, and ended up running around the whole hall during the whole event just taking photos:)

PESTA ANG POW KE-9 IS OFFICIALLY HERE!!!

The event we have all been anticipating for...

God of Wealth

The VIPs - Datuk Ng Yen Yen (Timbalan Menteri Kewangan I) "merasmikan" our PAP and she gave a very good speech. The lady in pink is our UKM's own Naib Canselor, who came all the way from UKM Bangi!

The lion dance that greeted our VIPs

I like this pic because of the beautiful ceiling decor. The decor dept really put a lot of hard work into it!

There were a great number of my coursemates who were involved in the performances that night. Turns out Pharmacy people have a lot of hidden talent. LOL...

Sorry that the pics turned out to be so blur. As I mentioned above, I did not have any seats so I tried my best to move to the front to get some clearer pics. Needless to say, it did not work:(

Among the events that night were:

The hot dance - They shake their stuff to a Tata Young song:)

The lion dance

"Gendang 24 Musim" by UPM students - Fantastic show!

Chinese fan dance

The Beautiful Gate Foundation for the Disabled performed 2 dances for us

Chinese Classical Orchestra

A performance by the children from a welfare foundation. So cute:P

Scenes from the drama about the Potato family depicting the importance of UNITY and RESPECT in a family

TO BE CONTINUED...