Chern rambles ... What I Want for Christmas..!

What I want for Christmas ....?

Certainly not my two front teeth! I've got them!

(1) I plan to get myself a new laptop, my Macbook is dying on me. I was thinking of getting the Macbook Pro. It will definitely make my life easier in terms of processing documents, projects and all.

(2) I hope to do well for my GMAT exam! I need to ace it... hmm on that note I really should start studying for it. Santa gives out presents.... he doesn't fulfill far-fetched wishes so I better put in some effort.

(3) I am planning to get my hair re-dyed. It's horrendous looking now - refer to the Madame Tussaud's photos. It's half brown and half black. I look like a discolored broom!

(4) I am aiming to do well for my winter session class - Anthropology : language and culture. Which once again means I should start studying.

(5) I wish for good food (yum yum) throughout the festive season!!!

Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum!

Here are some photos from the Hollywood Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum. Now you too can experience it vicariously!

To be truthful, and completely honest (not ditzy), I didn't even know who were some of the wax figurings. I guess there's a plus side to looking like Shrek! People will definitely recognize you a mile away!

Oh Shrek! My green monster-friend! Loves ya!

I am being bossy, giving my orders! Star trek!

Presenting at the Awards!

Honestly, I did chop that board! ;)

I love Audrey Hepburn - oh so classic!

My first time on a camel! A wax one that is!

Colin Farrell! *yum* With a gun! *yum yum yum*

Woohoo! We could walk on ceilings!

Jim Carrey *laughs*

C'mon baby, cycle cycle.. you're ahead of Lance Armstrong!

Will Smith ! =)

The late Michael Jackson!

Jennifer Aniston ...

and last but not least - President Obama

What have I been up to lately???

Alrities! So now it is time to fill you in on what I have been up to.

Warning : I have not been up to anything all that fun! So brace yourself for a lil boredom and bare with me.

(1) I've been preparing for my finals. Immersing myself in books, texts, papers and preparing for presentations. This past Fall '09 I took 6 classes

- Rhetoric

- Principles of Management

- Macroeconomics

- Intercultural Communication

- Interpersonal Communication

- Theories of Persuasion

It has been a wonderful semester and my hard work paid off! I got a perfect 4.0! Totally gleeful! Christmas came early for me!

(2) I've also been preparing to head back home to Malaysia. Will be flying home on the 26th of December and will be arriving on the 28th of December. Funny how one whole day is lost just like that - it got sucked into some time-eating monster's mouth! I'm bringing Whiskey home, so it was pretty hectic getting his health certificates done and purchasing his airline approved crate, which may be even more comfortable that my cabin seat as it has aromatherapy built into it!

(3) Prior to Christmas, Chris and I headed to the Christmas parade on 2nd street. It was very festive. Completely loved the vibe and all the merry cheer. There were big floats, nicely decorated cars (even fire trucks and police cars!) and just tuneful music!

(4) I also headed to Hollywood with Chris to have a look at Madame Tussaud's wax museum. We have been to the one in Las Vegas but we have a wax fetish so we just had to go. Plus the tickets were free courtesy of Universal Studios! I gotta say that I enjoyed it so much more than the one in Vegas... I somehow feel like there were just more things to see!!! As for the photos - the next post alrights!

Hey ya'll!!!

A big hello to all of you out there! *warm hug*

I have missed blogging and lost all my mojo to do so thanks to all the work and late nights that finals demanded from me. It has been hectic but now it's over - Fall 2009 term is officially done! What a huge relief! But secretly, deep down, I miss the stress. *sigh* It's okay though, I guess I have Winter term 2009/2010 to stress about now.

This statement/quote sums up how I truly feel about stress :

I've tried yoga, but i just find stress 'less boring'.

I have been contemplating if I should keep this blog.... It seems a little too old and boring for next year 2010. Hence, I may say bye bye to 'Chern xoxo' once we hit the new year... I am still thinking about it though.

As a wrap up for this year (and to sort of make up for the lack of blog entries the past few months), I am going to have short little snippets of entries. It will be random, yet important - fine, I just want to have it on record :

My blog is like a collection of my thoughts and memories which are all to be remembered. My personal diary.

Love you all.

Long Hiatus!

Hey there! This blogging thing ain't going so well huh?! what do you think with all the sporadic updates. I gotta admit I am pretty disappointed with myself.

Anyways, there's always excuses to follow. College assignments have been a pain - preparing for speeches and exams with papers due : complete chaos!!!

I've had time to squeeze in some fun though. This shall be a short post to remind you all that I am still alive and that I still have a life (or that's what I like to think)

1) Chris and I went to a Halloween dog parade where all the poochies were dolled up! Uber cute!

2) Went to Universal Studios for Halloween with Chris and Christian - had no time to put together a costume : maybe next year!

3) Spent nights cuddling Whiskey : my stress ball after studying

That's all for now! Will update more soon! *fingers crossed*

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A brief update after 1 month

I have been really neglecting my blog. It would be great to say that I have been busy with such exciting activities that I lack the time to post anything.

The truth : I have been stuck in a vicious cycle of school + assignments + research papers

On th bright side, I have half way through the semester! I am super excited because I just got my tickets to fly back home to Malaysia on the 26 of December.

Christmas in LA.

New Year in KL.

Absolutely wonderful!

I don't really miss home all that much actually. It feels the same here in LA. If you changed the side people drive on, tweak the roads signs and sign boards - you will have me fooled! The thing which is such a 'sell out' is the food. Having a McDonalds. KFC, Pizza Hut, etc... every freaking block is not normal. Well not normal to me. Then again, throw in capitalism and gluttony = there you go, a fast food nation! *utterly disgusting*

I made that comment, because that is what I rationally feel (when I am not hungry). Just as soon as my greediness kicks in, I will stuff fries, burgers and grease in my face - guiltless! Sue me! It is not as though eating nasi lemak, curry laksa and char kuay teow is the new healthy fad diet : it probably is just as bad. I would like to think that hawker food is made with more tender loving 'kitchen + culinary' care than what you get at drive-thrus. Mind you, by tender loving kitchen care I did not mean hygiene or cleanliness. ;)

I am wrecking my brain now ingesting formulas, economic theories and a bunch of graphs. I am suffering from knowledge indigestion right now. The knowledge goes in just to face barriers from distraction and temptation of procrastination. Not all that great.

Okay, time to get back to eating my economics text. Not delicious. But a mandatory meal for tonight to get through the week!

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Random questions???

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I have a whole list of random question in my head right now ... completely irrelevant to the reader but a needed release for me

Could an average cook like myself ever learn to be the next Martha Stewart even when I am plagued by time constraints and not much of an interest in cooking. I merely want to cook well just because I love to eat. Does it make sense?

Does my hair color make me look ditzy? Does it relect too light under the sun? Even worse, does it make me look like I ain't proud to be Asian and have black hair? If that is the case I would dye it back to black instantly.

Is procrastination a genetic trait? I swear to some degree it is.I know for sure my sister procrastinates. My mom doesn't though. Could it have skipped a generation? Let me know because I don't want to wait on my laziness any longer.

For people who I have talked to often or people who I have held a conversation of some sort with : am I intimidating? Really I get feedback that I am scary to approach and that my words are so blunt that ironically they are sharp and they cut.

How long do you think it will take for the next social network to come about? Like a life changing one. We had our Friendster. And then we all switched to Facebook. Now we merely tweet. I need to know so I can pay less attention to Facebook and Twitter just based on the notion they will soon be replaced.

Is there any benefits from reading magazines? Or is it purely for leisure and filling spare time? There are good articles aren't there? But are they sufficient in numbers and quality that magazine reading can constitute as a good enough past time? On the flip side, does reading magazines leave one more vulnerable to advertisements and a whole host of persuasive messages?

Life is full of questions, gimme the answers even if my ??? are trivial. I need some sort of peace of mind.

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