2010

Work..Work..Never-ending work..

Attended my school's Administrative meeting a few days ago followed by several mini meetings (Pusat Sumber Sekolah and Panitia).  Therefore, the couple of days had been ruled by meetings...endless meetings.  After X'mas,  have got to make preparations for school...Year 1 Orientation Day, gotong-royong to rearrange the desks/chairs, updating the relevant files, ...etc.

Groggy

Feeling groggy the past days. Blame it on “hormone imbalance”. Perhaps it’s that time of the month !

Fairy Tales & Truth

Ah Peks and Uncles...

Life is no fairy tales, therefore don't confuse with the truth....

Interesting Letter

Someone emailed me this and I think it's good to share it in my blog.  Enjoy.

A young and pretty lady posted this on a popular forum:
Title: What should I do to marry a rich guy?

Oh..Ah Pek

Ah Pek worked hard all his life and managed to accumulate a substantial amount of cash for his golden years. He worked part time too to make sure he has enough to sustain a meaningful life after his retirement. He makes sure that is life time savings plus his EPF and others are adequate to sustain his after 55 days !

On the dot of his 55 birthday, Ah Pek starts to enjoy his retirement life.

Gold Miner

A woman …a good looking woman marries a rich man old enough to be her father or even grandfather….does love exists in that marriage? For a moment, let’s be cynical. Do you believe that she really have feelings for her old husband ? Hmmm…is it love or money ?

Merry Christmas

For years I hated and disliked X'mas as it brought nasty memories to me.  But not now.  This year, I decided to turn the table.  This year's Christmas is gonna be have a happy ending.
Hereby wishing all the readers of Ann's Lil World blogspot....

Wonderful History

Feeling nostalgic these few days....recalling my childhood days.  Ya..I did have pleasant moments in the past which I seldom talk about.  The painful ones had overshadowed the good.  My troublesome.... hmmmm must had clouded my happy memories.  But today...I only want to talk about the happiness....

Childhood Song

Just thinking about a particular song can evoke vivid memories of the past or special events in your life. You've already known the song and you're hearing it in your mind.

Yesterday Memories

Letting me know that I could cry and I would.  Childhood memories is all that I could have….My fondest memories of Ah Pa..my beloved Ah Pa…my late Ah Pa. He was my inspirations, my hero, my guiding stars, my knight in shinning amour…

Mend a broken heart

Sunday morn....was up pretty early 5`ish.  Fine-tune my system for school (2 weeks from now)....need to return to that schedule soon.  Morning rush, sleepy eyes, tired body..I don't want that to happen, therefore am gradually allowing my body to get used to that kind of working zone.  

Just did the laundry and sweeping.  Planning for brunch later today as Ah Boy won't be up till 10am.  While awaiting for him, I shall blog something here. 

ZJ's last comments  triggered me to write this post.  So I hope you're reading this....

Happy B'day Ah Pa

Tribute to dear Ah Pa...

Special Song

This song had found a place in my heart. I liked the song since I first listened to it but recent events in my life have put a real perspective to it. It held significant meanings to the series of events I had gone through over the years.

What's cooking?

Another pictorial post.  Enjoy......


Today's menu..... sandwich.

Nostalgic Song

Last Christmas...I gave you my heart.
But the very next day...you gave it away..

Sounds familiar ? 

I loved this song. Very much.  Never grew tired listening to it over and again. And the two handsome singer which I adore.....

This Year and I

Without realising, the year 2009 is

A Holiday Album

Faith - A Holiday Album album by Kenny G

Sayonara

Goodbye to another collection of my uni modules (September 2009).

Makan-Makan

After the last paper of my exams [hooray], I decided

HOORAY

Alright....masa telahpun cukup.  Sila berhenti

Our PM says...

Our PM commented on the code of ethics for bloggers. 

2nd Anniversary

Still have one more paper to go which is this Sunday @ HBHE 3103.  Am preparing for it but

Exams in Progress

Will be temporary off from blogging writing. 

Be right back.

Phew...some relieve

What a taxing day was today ? My brain was almost crushed into ice kacang.....having to answer two exams papers in one day with only 1 hour interval in between. Sitting in the cold exam room for more than 3 hours in a stretch .....my entire body went freezing. For the first time...my brain worked to the maximum ...need to replenish it with ikan haruan soup and chicken herbs or pig's brain..hahaaa.

My poor fingers....had been writing non stop for 7 long hours today.  There're sore on the lil index fingers on my left...looks like blister...perhaps I could had press it too hard while writing. 

My morning paper HBEL 3103 _Teaching of writing..hmmmmm can answer but doubt I could score coz I myself wasn't sure what I had written ! The afternoon paper HBME 3103_ Pendidikan Moral 4...another disastrous paper, I supposed. Anyway..let bygone be. One more paper to go this 13th and I'll be FREE like a bird..haha..temporary la.

Alright..I needed a good night rest.  Calling off early today.

Blessings N Luck

Need the lots of blessing today....TONS of it.  Will be sitting for my
HBEL 3103 ~ Teaching of writing @ 9.00 am - 12.30 pm
HBME 3103 ~ Morale Education Year 4 @ 2.00pm  - 5.30 pm

It's gonna be a long taxing day. 

SMS

Received this short texts message (SMS) from my coursemate a while ago.  It does get on my nerves for awhile.  On the other hand, it also reduces the tension I'm experiencing at this moment. 

Congratulations!

Good news for all OUM students.
Final exams have been postponed.
To confirm go to site
http://www.stopmimpi&bacabukula.com
 
Hey kawan...it's the eve of my exams......don't disturb.  Send la...'soalan bocor'..not la SMS like this.

Blueey Gooeey Exams

Under normal circumstances I believe a person would at least feel a slight tension days before an exam. The weird thing..... I do not feel any at all. As you can see, the time I am writing this post .....now is 15 minutes to 12am two days before my HBEL 3103 and HBME 3103 papers. Both papers fallen on the same day. 3 and 1/2 hours each. It's gonna take a toll on my brain cells..... Wonder if a dozen of Chicken Essence could replenish the lost !
Sitting for such long duration....OMG......my back, my buttock....!  Minyak Cap Kapak ada ?

No doubt the people who have memorized the facts in the whole module have the possibility of having no tension but I have not even complete reading all the chapters. It’s amazing that I can still relax as I continue typing this post.

Well, why is it that I can still be so relaxed then ?

In this year I began to have self confidence, no doubt about that. The thing is because of having this high confidence.... I began to become more arrogant as well. I started to realize that recently. However, I feel there’s no point shutting off my arrogance. In fact, I believe that there’s possibility that being humble might shake my confidence.

As I reach this paragraph it’s already 12 o’clock. In one of my previous post I have said confidence do not come from nothing. Without effort.... confidence will not exist.

Until now no effort has been made on my HBEL 3103. That means I can’t have confidence in passing the exam. Does that mean I’m just aiming to fail ?

No way is that going to happen to me. The reason I can still relax is because of this night.
Last minute effort is definitely not advisable and the effectiveness of it has a limit.

For the past few semesters, I have been doing last minute revisions and overburnt the midnight oil .....Definitely to get an A for exams with that kind of effort is near 0%. And for this semester, I reminded myself not to over stress myself before the exams. Relax and enter the exams hall with clear conscience. Avoid panicky moments which causes mental blockage.

It’s about time for me to end my post and start to read my short notes. I still have another 24 hours to absorb as much as I could contain. No matter how is my emotion and feeling....it doesn’t matter at all. My self-confidence will still remain even if I’m super sad. But then again, even though I have confidence I may not be behaving like usual. Well, I don’t think that matters. My point is, take exam without tension. Just be chilling like me

Exams are nice if you look at it in the right way.

We're at Jusco..

Time out for Jalan & Relax session.....

Wow....

All I want for X'mas is a big big......

Took a short break from my exams books.....kepala pusing     headache dizzy..... release some heat .!  Hopefully the stress I'm enduring won't increase the greys on my head.  hahhhh

All I want for X'mas is my crowning glory to look glorified

                                                            

Blog`off

Taking a couple of days off from blogging. 

E  X  A  M  S

Grey Factors

Just the other day......

"Someone as young as mummy trying hard to cover up the greys by dyeing it !  And grandma and Ee Poh have head full of silver ....differs from their old photographs.....why eh ?", lamented Ah Boy over dinner.

Hmmmm....good question my dear son. 

My explanations....

"Hmm.....Getting grey, silver or white hair is a natural process of growing old.  This phenomena happens when the hair follicle or pigment cells reduced or stopped producing melanin.  Melanin gives the hair a colour of brown (for us Asians) and other colours like blonde, red to westerners. 

The dark colour of our hair depends solely on how much melanin each hair contains.

Now...as one gets older, the pigment cells in our hair follicles slowly die.  This reduced the melanin which makes the hair follicle transparent like grey, silver or white. 

So when one continues to age, the pigment cells produce less melanin. Eventually, the hair will look grey or whitish....just like grandma and Ee Poh.

Nevertheless, people can get grey hair at any age. Some greys at a young age - as early as teenage - whereas others may be in their 30s or 40s....just like mummy.  It is determined by our genes. This means that most of us will start having grey hairs around the same age that our parents or grandparents first did.  Look at Kong-Kong, he was all whites...remember ?  That's why mummy also inherits some of  Kong-Kong's genes. 

And you, my dear son....you too inherit mummy's gene and soon develop greys at young age just like mummy. 

I explained to Ah Boy and hopefully he understood. 

The end of my story.  Hah...that's just the intro of today's post.  Actually I wanted to discuss about the dilemma of grey hairs.  And I've no time to do a thorough research on it (exams ma..!).  However. you can get the answers by clicking on the adverts on this website.  Just like what I did. 

Dying to dye my hair

Intending to dye my hair as the unsightly grey is driving my crazy. Felt a bit self conscious nowadays when people commented on my appearance. The scattered greys gave me a kind of dirty look. I tend look old and sickly (self imagining) !  Hey...I haven't reach the big 4 !


This morning, I bought this pack of herbal hair colourant @ natural brown black.  The ingredients are Henna, Shou Wu and Ginseng. All these are the major traditional remedy to black silky hair. The best part, it is said to be freed of ammonia and lead.  (Believe or not..).  Smells good even from the outer box....some kind of medicated herbs aroma.  And it guaranteed perfect grey coverage. (I hope so).

Read through the instruction leaflet and think it’s easy to apply. Just mix well all the content in the sachet (thoroughly) and gently massage onto hair concentrating on the grey areas before proceeding to the rest of the head. How’s the result like..? Am gonna experiment with it after my exams. Worrisome about contacting allergic reactions as this is my maiden attempt ! To be on the safe side, will do that after my exams.

Hmmmmm…stay tune to my next post.

In each box are two sets of colourants and conditioner.  As I've short hair, I only use one sachet at a time (sounds economically huh..).   There's also one small packet of tester which I need to apply at the hairline somewhere behind my ears to see the reaction (after 48 hours).  It's vital to perform a test before using the product. Not a bad choice and the entire package costed me RM24.90.  By the way...I'm not performing any free advertisement for this product.

Note, I had not mentioned the manufacturer or company in any of this post BUT I would very much oblige if you could click in any of the advertisement in my website to gain more knowledge on solving your 'grey matter' dilemma.  

Share your experience with me..if any ?

Camwhoring Ann

Though my nose is buried between books but I didn't isolate myself from blogosphere...my passion.

Took some time off from studying to 'camwhore ownself '.  Release stress...hahh ! 

Using my ol faithful Canon A400, I made myself a model for today's post.  Enjoy...

Note the eyebag underneath my eyes....lack of sleep & stress.

                                                            

Ya....showing to the world for the 1st time....the ugly me.

Loved this pic as it camouflages my greys.

My twin....

A ghostly shot....very eerie kind. 

Blushing Ann !

What a shameless self-promotion...hahh

What say you ?

Grey Matters

Just realised..the culprit of the greys on my head is due to STRESS.  Am developing hundreds strand of blonde up there....and when I look backward at the mirror...Oh Gosh...Ugly...awful...getting old.  (Tears rolling down my cheeks)
Huhhhhuuuhuuuu...my crowning glory is no longer glory but ugly ! What happened to my youthful colour ?
The greys make their presense at the most obvious @ the top portion exactly where my brain is!.  Does an over-worked brain affects the colour of the hair ? 

I reckon the greys sticking out and it's extremely unsightly. Approaching the big 4  ...does that mean I have to accept the greying matter ? I don't deny the fact that I do get depressed and embarrassed over this greys !  Can't help it....this is natural feeling !

Hmmmm....Guess there's no need for me to feel negative of aging.  It's a process everyone has to go through some day ......(pacifying ownself..hah)


Being older can mean all sorts of NICE things @ being wiser (true) , more experienced (definitely), more mellow (sure I am) and more tolerant (of course). It can also means not fretting over trivial things I used to be paranoid about when younger. Hah....am dwelling on the good good memories.

Coming back to the greys..

Hair colour is truly a personal matter, for many as well as for me.  I can't handle the thought of losing my natural colour.  It can be pretty depressing many a times whenever I find those first fews greys.  I hope it would go off in no time but I was wrong.  They kept increasing and now there's a small greyish patch ...noticeable with bare eyes.  Sigh !

Die ...shall I ? Opps..I mean DYE. It that a good solution ? Well...colouring only solve the tip of the iceberg. What about the baby hair that's emerging from inside ? Dyeing...the chemicals...am sure there's side effects...maybe cancerous too.  And it's gonna cost a bomb to seek professional's help.  How effective is the treatment is another question.  


The debate of allowing my hair to grey naturally or opt for treatment (dye) ?

What say you ?



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Quote this..
 
 

"Older wines are the most valuable wines - and so our value increases too in many ways as we age and turn grey".

My Cute Boy

Stressed & Desserts

Feeling so S_T_R_E_S_S_E_D....today ! Am totally not interested 100%  in this semester's papers especially my HBME 3103 Moral. One thousand and one theories and all of them say the same concept. I understood the theories but seem hard to apply them when I need to answer higher synthesis questions next week. Usually the questions asked are of higher thinking order. Disliked these kinds of questions @ applying various psychological theories to real life situation in the classroom. Have difficulty elaborating factual stuff.

Note the word S_T_R_E_S_S_E_D   ?

Well if you spell it from the back....it's D_E_S_S_E_R_T_S ! 

Mmmmmm..I luv ice cream , how about you ?

Self Motivation

A gentle reminder for Ann Lim.  Exams in on the 9th and 13th.  And you have two papers on the 9th.  It's ain't easy but if you work hard from now, everything would breeze through. With so much to read and remember, fatique is inevitable. Take ample rest in between.  Hopefully this post will give you a lil of a push to study hard.    Ann BOLEH !

And this is your exam schedule.

Human Brain

Human brain is the most outstanding object in the universe.

It functions 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

It functions right from the time we are born,

and stop only when we enter the examination hall.  

 

Hope this doesn't happen to me.  Mine is extraordinary.....it works from birth till my last breath. 
Oh..no....8 days left...... 

The Buttock

Since I was blogging on "Butt Tales" a day ago, I think it's nice to share this.  Got it in my mailbox this morning.  Enjoy !

The Buttock

A married couple was in a terrible accident where the man's face was severely burnt.
The doc told the husband that they couldn't graft any skin from his body because he was too skinny.



So the wife offered to donate some of her own skin. However, the only skin on her body that the doctor felt was suitable would have to come from her buttock.



The husband and wife agreed that they would tell no one about where the skin came from and they requested that the doctor also honour their secret.



After all, this was a very delicate matter. After the surgery was completed, everyone was astounded at the man's new face.  He looked more handsome than he ever had before! All his friends and relatives just went on and on about his youthful beauty!



One day, he was alone with his wife and he was overcome with emotion at her sacrifice.



He said, 'Dear, I just want to thank you for everything you did for me. How can I possibly repay you?'



'My darling,' she replied, 'I get all the thanks I need every time I see your mother kiss you on the cheek.



                                                                             SEXY

Seeing is Believing

Double vision ?

I see doubles.

I strained my eyes due to too much readings

And you ?

Don't tell me your eye sights are blur too ?

Gotcha.

Eye strain occurs when we over-use our eye muscles. The muscles that were held in one position for too long tend to get strained. 

Like my case, I had been studying reading too much the past days.  The fragile eyes muscles have over-worked as I concentrate on the reading task in long duration.  Moreover, my eyes had just recovered from a terrible conjuctivitis.  My inner eye muscles got tighten up causing me some discomfort.  It irritates my vision and they're feeling rather dry and uncomfortable now.

Am trying this simple remedy.

First, close my eyes... Shutting them for a few minutes will refocus them and ease the strain.

Second, blink a lot. Each blink soothes and moistens the eyes and eases tight eye muscles.

Third, use artificial tears. Eyes tend to get dry when they're strained and dryness can cause eyestrain. Next to blinking, artificial tears are the easiest way to remoisten eyes and ease strains. (Eye-Mo)

However, I tried to avoid using chemicals @ artificial solutions.  Think that's not a wise action. 

I give my eyes a chance to refocus, once or twice an hour, take a five-minute break from reading.  I took a breather at the nearby playground field.  By looking at the greens willl soothe my eyes muscles.  And  it works.  BINGO.

Am hitting the sack now..... after having done a thorough reading of another few chapters of my HBME 3103 module~Pendidikan Moral Tahun 4....hmmm... lots of theories, need to remember a lot of facts.  Tomorrow..opps..I mean later today, I'll proceed to another module HBEL 3103 ~Writing and teaching of Writing which is also full of theories.   So much to remember....wonder how do all of them fit into my 120GB b-Pod (brain-Pod) ?

Even the highest storage iPod available is a 120 GB iPod which able to hold up to 30K songs, 150 hours of video or 25K photos.  No bad already...since my b-Pod is equivalent to that amount.  hahhh

Another post of rubbish.  In the coming few days, this blog will be overflowed with rubbish post.  Need to post rubish in order to de-stress !  So bear with me. 

                                

Butt Tales

Female readers

Which butt do you prefer ?

Male readers
Which butt arouse your libido ?




Haha...I wish my exam questions would sound like this...!

The Swim Suit Story

Talking about "swim suit blues" ......everyone knows what I mean.

• Big butt exposure.
• Overhanging flab.
• Unsightly varicose veins.
• Bulging tummy
• Sagging breast

I've heard the tales of this woman who said she hated wearing a bathing suit in public so much that she built a swimming in her home compound. Another is still haunted by the memory of a photo taken of her lounging in a beach chair, her thighs filling the lower half of the picture. 

I was at the 'water theme park' yesterday.  And I observed the surroundings....not a single sight of obese ladies parading in bikini.... I salute the brave ones who have the guts to catwalk along the pool side in their swim suits. 

Am I experiencing some kind of inferiority complex .....self conscious about my body statistic ?  Am too worry about the embarrassment I would I get if I wear a swim suit.  Hey....what happened to the confident Ann ?  What has gone wrong ?  Examination tension ah ?   

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Splashing Moments

Nice weather on a Saturday evening. My boy is feeling agitated due to boredom. And me bloated with stress ! What to do...Need a break, need a breather, need to rid this mad mad world. 

Shrieking on top of our lungs..." WE WANNA A BREATHER !" (lame excuse for me to escape from my current hmmmm...revision

Boy.."Get out from home ! "
Me...."Away from my books !"

Both looking forward for a change from the norm...
SIMILAR THOUGHTS IN MIND ONLY DIFFER NEEDS

Idea...idea...idea...

Brought my boy and nephews to the local Municipal Theme Park near home. Let the kids have a splashing time. RM1 per entry. You may ask about the quality of the place @ a public pool. All I can say ....it's well maintained (kudos to the present Government..Thumbs-up to YAB Mr. Lim G.E).


The boys had a splendid time in the water. Diving, sliding, chasing each other. Reflected in their laughter and screams. Almost two hours of fun. Meanwhile, I found a shady corner and laid my bum on the wooden bench. Managed to read a chapter of my module but how much absorption....haha..can't tell. Subjected to my brain capability ! But at least I read something...felt secured a lil bit knowingly I did not ignore my revision.  Different environment creates wonders...!  Mood also changed.  haha...

Took a stroll along the jogging track nearby.  The foot reflexology path made of little pebbles stones of vary sizes was beneficial to release stress.  Removed my sandals, placed my feet on the surface@ thick, flat, rounded, sharp and thin.  I walked rather slowly paying attention to the sharp-edged pebbles.  As I paced up the speed, I felt a strong stimulation to my feet...a massaging sensation of sort and painful at times.  One moment, I felt ticklish when it hit the sensitive part.  Haha...my G-Spot !  Opps...excuse me for that language !

Ooo..ahh...oh...oh...the sounds of me moaning as the pebbles arouse my feet...the pleasure I felt despite the pain.  Ouch...  I continued to walk a few rounds till I was fully satisfied.  Exploded with a bang....the feelings of completeness.   

Hey.. over-statement of exaggeration !  Baru ada ommph..!   

On another story...

Swimming is essentially a good form of exercise.

Flashback to my younger days, I used to be an avid swimmer in college. Was actively involved in swimming events (inter-college competition....no intention of blowing my own trumpet). However..that was more than a decade ago. In my 20s, young energetic, slim and pretty. Those were days where my body would fit in just any swim suit..any fashion and even two piece.

BUT...today...sigh ! Wonder if I could make heads turn if I were to parade down the aisle in my swimming costume ? Maybe yes...as this aunty hasn't changed much...still 'maintained' except for a lil unsightly bulge exposed from the middle.. Those wrinkles and fine lines are merely assessorial that comes with age. The beauty comes from within…. Hmmmmm...look who's talking ?


Will attempt to get wet in the pool one of these days (probably after my exams). Need some exercise to burn out the extra calories. Swimming is an ideal choice.

There you are..”Aunty in bikini”.