Wednesday the 27th

On a rainy day, sipping hot chocolate with a cookie, wrapped under a warm blanket, and watching this girly movie on my laptop.

:D

Oh, it feels like HOME

On a cold Saturday late afternoon, I just had to make these wonderful little fried wantons !

Mommy, I miss these when you make food for all of us even though you are tired from work.
You have nuuu idea how tough it is to work, cook, clean the house and babysit the family as a mummy !
Ahah ! Now I'm experiencing it. Except for the babysitting. Little Derrick has grown up already. He's turning 13 ! Ahhh ! :D

And then I made waffles for my roomie this week.

She was happy! I'm happy :D

To share food with people.

Especially sharing half, so that I don't get so bulat ! :PP

Food tastes better when we share.

Ooh, I made dim sum too this morning.

But the picture is in my room mate's phone.

With salted egg on the tip of the dim sums.

This morning, I cooked hot chicken noodle soup for breakfast reminded me of daddy who used to cook for  the three hungry children at home.

Ginger, garlic, red onions... they are the best !

I am not alone (edited)

This is... so not an emo post. Alrighty? :)

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You know what? As I was packing (started) packing all my stuffs to move out (omgosh moving in Boston is such such such a hassle and it is my first experience ! The Boston Dump will happen soon on the 31 Aug. I can't imagine what the city will look like. Embrrrraaacccceeee myself! ) Yeah, so as I was packing, I realized that I am actually doing things on my own without mom dad, Derrick (oh man, he does eberything I ask him to help me, without complaining, for that I appreciate his patience on me, he is the BEST!) and Esther to help me around. This feels like... Smells like... I'm being independent !!

Everything here is a first time for me.

The streets are flooded with walking students and parents today. The Fall semester is starting soon. Orientation week is next week ! Also, not to forget, U Haul trucks and vans and biggerrrr trucks are almost on every corner of the road. Parking permit is needed to park the trucks.

So, I am doing things without my family. Finally. This is college. This is studying abroad.
And like I wrote, I am not alone. It is the friends that I prayed so hard earlier on, that I would meet, and have a good time with them, whether in school, or the hang outs, to move stuffs and everything else during my college years. More good and genuine friends will come I hope. They are rare, but they are out there. These guys have been a great blessing, like seriouslyy. I want to be a blessing to more people too, because I have been... blessed la ! In so many ways. From furniture buying, to good grades, to having settle down in church, to have awesome friends around (looking forward for the Fall to meet new people !) and discovereing new good food !

Today's weather is colddd brrr ! Sweaters up! :)

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Besides the physical part- moving and packing and studying, I am also learning how make some decisions.

Mega Alarm Clock and some other random stuffs

To wake up early here is kinda difficult for me. And I don't know why! At home, it's pretty easy. The alarm rings, and then whoosh!- I'm out of my bed. Maybe, it's the early morning air in Boston, wonderful 'texture' for sleepers to continue snuggling in bed, warming inside the blanket.

So, instead of depending on the annoying alarm from my very backdated at&t phone (which I love using it, it's so simple!), I have a super mega annoying 'alarm' coming out from the construction site, righttt in front of my apartment, evvvvveryday at 7.50am ! Yesss, it never fails from 7.45am-ish onwards.

Thaaaaanks! Very annoying but very helpful hahaha! :)

But the thing is, it can't be snoozed or stopped and it goes on and on and on the whole morning. Super irritating. 

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I bought this sesame pao from a chinese supermarket, gosh the sesame paste literally burst and melt once you give it a bite! Awesomeeee. 

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Mom said I'm a bit round. @.@ Gosh the horror of listening to that statement. What am I gonna do about it? Am I gonna run along the Charles river? Am I gonna eat lesser? Am I gonna eat more fruits and veges (I did lah!) ? It's just the food content and portion here that my body is going through right now. Yikes, the pressure! Okayy, so, eat smaller portion then.

It's a weekenddddd! Go out and enjoy the sun and breeze! Go play frisbee or something! Or stay at home and watch a movie from any DVDs hahhaha :D and sip Milo. I wonder if a kid's name is Milo. So kewl. "Milo, come here ! Milo, don't eat that" Lolol :P Milo don't eat whattt? But you're a food too!

One, Two, Three, Four... Wait there's Five too. And Six, and Seven!

The everyday day-to-day chores are never ending. As a college student living independently on own, so much is needed to be done, it must be done. 1. Wash your dishes after evvvery meal like it or not by hook or by crook, knowing that there will be nobody to do that for you, and if you don't do, nobody will, and pests like rats and cockroaches will pay a visit, and there might be some weird stuffs growing out of nowhere and that will be even more... grosssss! Ew. 2. Stock groceries when it runs out. 3. Find your own food when hungry. Mom and dad are not here anymore to make food for everyone when we come home. We, find and make our own food. 4. And then there's HOMEWORK to finish!

Today, I just wanted to get away from all these and so I watched Princess Diaries 2. And shopped a little. And then, now it's like 730pm I've done the dishes, 5. make sure I eat my fruits before they get rotten, keep up with all the food I bought before they expired. It's hard not having to share food. Every weekend, 6. one must make sure that the laundry is done too!

And then my water ran out. Even after boiling tap water to drink, it still doesn't taste right. So, off to get some more Poland Spring. Also, 7. keep track on my spending! That is the very most important thing to manage. So, there are 7 things to keep up with everyday.

Number four needs to keep up... right now.
Princess Diaries 2 took up my whole afternoon, together with the shopping and cooking.
(What in the world did I just do to let my afternoon go by like that?)
I feel so lameee now. Better start getting homework done.

So very happy and I don't know why

Everyday, waves of new information keep coming in. I keep learning new things!

Loving and enjoying every single bit of this process!- The whole thing!

I'm so very happy today I don't know why.

My friend said that "you're so happy on the fact that you're happy"

Hahaha, geddit?

:D

Was it the weather? Was it because I did my homework? Was it because of the music? Was it because of the grocery shopping? The cooking? The eating? Movies borrowed? God? Hahah evvvverything I guess!

Teehee!

Such a great feeling.

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WAIT I think I know why! It was my first 8-hour sleep yesterday after a week of not having an 8-hour sleep!! Ohh! Hehhee :))

I think it's also mainly because I had a great time of worship this Sunday too, that has lifted up my spirit. I needed that moment.

This morning

Onion cheese omelette, cereal and milk for breakfast. And then tea and peaches for homework time.
What a greatt morning to start with!
While some Christian songs are played this morning on the laptop.
Okay,  I lovee the morning rain and its cool chilly weather. But the construction site RIGHT in front of my apartment, is going on (every. single. day) and I'm kinda irritated with the sound pollution. Ah wells, I'll try to make it as "musical" as possible. Or shut my window :3

Don't everyone look forward to weekends? :D

From Pictures to Words

These days I kept writing and writing music. Only slept for like 4 hours per night for a whole week already. Crazy! Ideas just roll in and my creativity comes from God.

No time to blog! No time to get angry at people too! Only spending my time on tapping into so many resources I could get (I also started my collections on soundtracks already wheepie!).

I'm going bonkers ! SO many things to learn. So much fun! I love writing music! Such experience of a lifetime to have! How to sleep??

I've also missed out taking so many pictures on what I did, what I saw omgosh not having my iPhone with me is so cacat ! :( So I verbally tell you what I did-

• I went and helped out with my friend's wedding decoration  and we joked about her, said that thank God she is not a bridezilla hahaha soo funnie! :D Really nice and friendly people. We had falafels !! It was my first time having a falafel! :D

• And then I had Tonal Writing class today, studied one of Dvorak's works (this dude is one heck of a composer), wanted to screen shot the analysis done by teacher and mark there on my Instagram : "I will stick with Haydn's Sonatina". Coz, we're supposed to compose a Sonatina for final projects. I definitely am choosing from the classical period! 

• I also went a couple of times to the Boston Public Library (Sheesh I owed them like 8 bucks because I overlooked on the due dates, cwrap!) and saw these stacks of DVDs in Tagalok ! I so so wanted to snap a picture to show my Filipino friends in church at home (I miss them!).

You know, I read somewhere someone saying that composers' main instrument is no longer the piano, violin, drums etc. Their main instrument is the Mac hahahah! Composers spend a lott of time using softwares to write music. Hence, the skill of using softwares and technologies must be acquired as a composer. From notation to sequencing. Whoosh!

Weekend is comingg! I've set it apart for watching movies and listening to soundtracks and READ on Saturday! And then church on Sunday! But first, there's this Homework day on Friday to get over it first. Ohh wait, Friday morning is CG Skyping time!

I lovee what I'm doing! I love the classes, the courses and the environment here! Also, today I've figured out what my new season is right now. It's good to know the seasons of life.

Oh, this side of the city has been raining a lot. It feels like home. Cool weather!

Okay.

Laterr! :D

Photos not uploaded on my Facebook

Some of Boston city in Boston Commons,

where Outside the Box Music and Arts festival is taking place.

My volunteer shifts ended!

Pretty right, the city?

Very hot.

My feet had sun burn.

So funny, different color with my ankle.

I did what Asians normally do under hot hot weather- Umbrellas up!

Only Asians do this here, so far in my observation.

;P

The Alternate Route band

Sarah Blacker and her band performing

I had her autograph and bought her latest album for $12

Weekend is comingg!

Friday is my homework day. Wheepie!

I SKype with my CG in the morning Boston time, they will be at my place.

Once in two weeks.

I miss them LOADS.

Every single one of them.

In the afternoon is where I start to dissect my homework.

Yesss, surgery !

On all my books, papers and notes.

Btw, so this was the interesting note my classmate wrote.

Hahaha it rhymess, note, wrote.

Omgosh super cool.

Syok sendiri.

;P

And then I'd hang in the park with Someone.

Talking to Him, trying not to look like a hobo.

With Bible, snacks, water and highlighters on the round table, can see?

And there will be birds all over the place!

It's pretty cool like they are not scared of you.

They will come near to your feet like puppies coming close up to you.

Winkie wink. I love you birdies :D

I attended Berklee CF today. Went and brought a friend to Five Guys Burgers.

I passed this time.

Time to lose some weight man.

I don't wanna be a chubby bunny.

Bulat!

And tonight, tropical fruits (I know, I bought the cut fruits again. Mama told me not to get those, get the fresh ones, but I'm... err... lazy to cut them myself. So I bought the knife-cut fruits ;P)

And bam! 3 movies in a row tonight! Not gonna sleep. I hope.

I still have my movie assignment not done yet. Due Monday. But I'll do it. On Sunday. Hahaha hehe!

Weekend feelin' woohoo :)

Sundayy is comingg ! Whee! I get to Skype with my family for prayer time!!

Ahhh I miss it so so much!

Too many 'I's in this post. I'm sorry :D :P How're you?

Crazy Thursday

Every Thursday, for the rest of the summer semester, there will be three classes back to back non stop from 10am to 6pm. On top of that, I attended a workshop today about sounds for film and video games, and later got to hang out with berklee friends, was so fun!

Super exhausted.

It would be so cool if I don't need sleep. But health is still very important.

Crazy learning environment here.

I had a lady bug in my hair today and this random guy classmate wrote me a note to tell me that. He is so funny haha! He just didn't want to cause a scene while the teaching was teaching in class. So I swallowed my scream and told him to remove the bug quietly. In a calm manner. Such calm chaos. Eheh!

Time management

Literally... exhausted for the day.
Maybe I should run by the Charles River one day.
And spend a good evening with my Best Friend.
Admire all His work and creation. The vast beauty of nature and greenery.
I'm so looking forward to go to the beach soon.
Anchor Church picnic and water baptism are coming up next.
We'll be having a second concert-in-the-park on 20th July.

Now, I just want to close my day with Proverbs and ODB.
If we want to be an encourager, speak good, wise and uplifting words, we need to be equipped with the Word and be consistent with our quiet time.
Manage time well.
By hook or by crook, QT is a must!
*Telling self.

Time management man. Something that I'm learning rightt... now.

I can't make a title out of this, smiley!

Always keep your Bible and Journal close to you.

Keep your dreams and goals in your heart.

Tell God how you feel.

Align your heart with His heart.

Know His will.

Spend a lott of time with Him. The more time you spend with a person,

the more you will be like that person,

same frequency, same wavelength.

Share the same passion.

So I am this uber lousy multitasker. I can't eat raisins and study a paragraph. Not even close to reading two lines! Test is tomorrow. Wheepiee for me. It's mid term.
Raisins help in memory. They are healthy snacks!

OKay, I will put up pictures about Boston city hahaha, in my blog. It's just that they are all inside my Facebook. Okay, we'll see.

Eat raisins! All you who are students, hee :D

Little little updates

Snippets of updates :

The settling down period is soon to pass. It's coming to an end soon. I just know it in my heart.

Thank YOUU for the amzaaiiinggg heat in Boston. It feels like home.

My stomach is getting used to Boston food, but not the tap waters... yet.

I told my tongue not to forget what Malaysian food tastes like and be patient. We'll have Malaysian food again, ... later.

There were ups and downs. Definitely.

In every moments, thank God. Like, really. Really thank God.

I thought the first 2 months here were wasted. But no, I learnt some, a lott of stuffs. Maybe not academically and musically, but stuffs like being independent, people relationship, adjusting to new environment, I found a church wheepiee, and my apartment search has ended. I'm moving (omgaah moving? For a 20-yr-old girlie like me, to move all by herself is so so such a challenge) in 2 months time. And and, guess what? In October there will be my first American wedding :D :D Weddings are so pretty! Teehee! My friend was doing a little 'briefing' about American weddings haha, like Bridal shower, Bachelor's night, what to do, what to bring whatever not. Soo fuunnn ;)

Mmh, lets see. I gotta start working towards my goals that I've written down in my career notebook. Every college students are encouraged to have one. After writing it, include God in. We can plan all we want, ultimately God will determine which is best for us. So excitingg right?!

Keep thanking God day and night. If we feel discouraged, tell God to encourage our spirit. I tell youu, prayer can change things man.

Snap out of it

Actually right, once you start doing work, your brain stops to think emotional related stuffs.
Coz, that's when you start to realize... that there's SO MANY THINGS to study! And it gets fun :D
Wheepiee!
And when you look back what it seems to be 'sad' or 'lowest ebb' moments, it was a silly moment.
#Picksupselfagain
#Onlyprayercanchangethings

But it is also good to take a moment and think. To see where are we at.
;)

I guess I was just cranking and yappy about unproductive day where I don't seem to learn something but wasted my time, a.k.a. procrastinate.
I only have about 2 years!! *Reminds self.

Collections

A few of my collections. Vintage, cream colored, pretty flowers, hairbands, nail polish, favorite colors, Forever21ish. I had to start collecting all over again in Boston.

Shopping can help a person to get away with things inside the head, sometimes.

Shop reasonably. Not splashing money.
Money don't grow on trees.

Summer time here is freakishly hott!

Bought so many new clothes at really good deals! Coz of the 4th of July sales.
Babes and girls.
*Shades up.

I havent's showed you all my ear rings and clothes yet. Hah! :) And... shoes.

Run! Or cover up haha!

So right, I'm feeling a little blissful today hahaha.

Coz right, got lah, haha.

So this super cute guy, student working I met yesterday at one of the counters in school.

And he remembers me today when I went back to the counter.

So shyy 

;P

Hey, cute guy remembers you!

And when I walked out of that place, he looked at me and smiled!

I obviously smiled back and... run! Hahaha.

Basically, I just didn't know what to do. I just cover up ;P

Okay now back to liberal arts paper

;S

Tomorrow's 4th of July!

My first 4th of July!

Looking forward to spending time with my friends :D

A little preparation

I only started reading the yellow ones. I haven't begun the blue, green, what purple, and red omgosh.

There's so many things to learn.

These papers of information are only the tip of an ice berg!

Overwhelmed.

The beginning is always the toughest.

Once we get the ball rolling, it should be pretty exciting.

#Cannotgiveup #startofmymusicjourney #prepsforworkingworld

:O

Teehee!

How can one not like to watch movies??

A person could only borrow max 10 DVDs from the BPL.

When I got home, and watched the first movie with my roomie,

T\the next day she came back and showed me her 8 DVDs hahahahahahahaha!

So funniieeeee!

Watchiing movies is one of my hobbies besides shopping and eating (my whole family is a foodie).

One day, I wanna sit in a cinema and watch the movie with the soundtrack that I've composed for it.

By God's grace, I can dream bigg!

;)

PS: If I keep practicing hard like today, and reward myself with one movie after my hard work, and if I keep doing this, it's the best plan everr that I could come out with!

And reward myself with a hot chocolate from Pavements and maybe some ice cream.

Lifeee! So fuun!

*Stares at the other side of my desk that I labelled : ASSIGNMENTS.

Omgosh gotta start doing soon man!

:O :O

Semangat

When I was in the practice building, I can hear different pianists playing their songs.
So muchh to catch upp!! So fuunnn! I'm gonna work REAL HARDD !
I wanna level up my skills!

Semangat betul ni.
2 years is not long at all. So much to catch up. So much to learn!

:D

I'm feeling it. I'm feeling the good pressure to do well.
I guess the whole settling down part is going to pass soon.
Now's the time to shift my focus on work and being a diligent musician.
No time to worry unnecessaries. There'e only time for work and practice.

In all of those, include JESUS in. I can't possibly do all this on my own!

Yayys.

I also fell in love with x19 piano.