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Sunday, December 25

May you have the gladness of Christmas
which is hope;
The spirit of Christmas
which is peace;
The heart of Christmas
which is love.

& Happy New Year 2006!

- Words of Love, Shir Li -

Tuesday, December 20

Your Blogging Type is Confident and Insightful

You've got a ton of brain power, and you leverage it into brilliant blog.
Both creative and logical, you come up with amazing ideas and insights.
A total perfectionist, you find yourself revising and rewriting posts a lot of the time.
You blog for yourself - and you don't care how popular (or unpopular) your blog is!

I first laid my ears on the word blog last year. At that time, I was totally clueless but was lucky enough to be exposed into the blogging community by my lecturer who is also a blogger himself. Like a 4 year old kid who was curious to explore new things, I decided to set up a blog for myself too.

It had been one year since I started blogging and I actually enjoyed doing it. Blogging allowed me to express my mind and thoughts freely online, thus allowing me to share with it other bloggers from all over the world. Since than, my old fashion dairy had been substituted by my online journal. Not only had that blogging maximised my free time to the fullest but I also did make a lot of new acquittances from the blogging community itself.

Flashed back to December 2004, I can still remember that the very first time I stared blogging, my blog was just darn plain. However as time goes by, I had learnt a lot and started improvising by putting in pictures, tag board, music, video and many more web design tools. Moreover, learning the subject computing in my foundation studies also gave me an advantage in my blogging skills. Html codes anyone? =)

By the end of the day, setting up a blog is not just about competing with other bloggers but it is the satisfaction and hard work that we feel happy to share it with everyone online.

Happy 1st Birthday Mr Blog and many more to come!

- Words of Love, Shir Li -

Sunday, December 11

Here is to the friend that you have outgrown,
The one whose name is left unknown.
The one who wiped away your tears,
And sought to hold your hand,
When others turned the other way,
No beginning, just an end.

She is the one you turned to,
The one that you called friend.
She laughed with you, she cried with you,
And felt it was her duty,
To remind you of your worth,
And all your inner beauty.

When others eyes could only dwell,
Upon your exposed outer shell.
They saw a girl steeped in braces,
Not seeing you they turned their faces.
But she was there to whisper,
When others did not care.

She held your secrets in her heart,
That friends like you could share.
You never had to be alone,
But now she is, cause you have outgrown
Her for those others whose laughs you share,
As you run carefree through the air.

Time has eased your form and face,
But she is the one who knew your grace
When those who you now call your friend
Saw no beginning. Only end

C.S.Dweck

This poem is specially dedicated to all my friends in KDU. It was great knowing you guys. 1 years and 6 months in college had come to an end and it was definitely the most enjoyable moment. Sad to say that everyone will be going on their separate ways. Good luck and all the best in Australia and New Zealand. Hope to keep in touch. Happy holidays! See ya in KDU graduation.

- Words of Love, Shir Li -

Saturday, December 10

Time flies! 1 year and 6 months just went by like a bullet train. It felt like I just moved into KDU hostel yesterday but now I am already out.

Apartment 205, Room 1 really placed an impact in my college life. I still remembered that the first time when I stepped into KDU hostel, I hated that place so much. Far from home and civilisation, bad internet connection, huge food problem, lousy facilities and definitely a boring place to stay for the weekends. But amazingly, I did survive and I actually fall in love with KDU hostel.

So many found memories and fun times with my friends. Watching TV with Siew Sian especially during finals =), hanging out with juniors, having dinner at Sayang Salhah and many more to be written down. Apartment205 really rocks! It was great having Vivienne, Han Nee and Hsin Yee as my housemates and not forgetting both of my china housemates too.

Studying in KL really taught me to be independent and widen my perspective to all different kind of people. I still remembered that the first few days in KL, I cried and cried, wanting to go back home in Malacca. Thinking back, I just wanted to laugh. Now I had already completed my UNSW foundation will be going to Australia soon. Sad to say, 8 December 2005 was the last time I saw my room, my apartment and KDU Hostel. Sayonara!

- Words of Love, Shir Li -

Thursday, December 1

28th of November: We went to psychology camp at Selayang Sports Centre. Do not get me wrong, it is not for nutz people like us :) Actually JPA arranged this psycho camp to prepare us for overseas study next year. Whew! I thought I had gone crazy.

Woke up as early as 5.30am coz the jpa bus will be arriving at kdu college around 7am. Glad that jpa provided us a very cozy bus. We are one of the earliest to reach selayang sports centre but unfortunately had to wait until 9am. Can you imagine? 1 hour and 45 minutes standing!

Anyway camp was fun. Got to meet lots of people from sunway, taylor and kbu but so sad none was doing accounting. My counsellor, kak Ju discussed with us our psycho test results. She was very nice but a bit slow. All the group had done their results and we are the last one. It took hours for her to finish. Luckily I did not miss the bus home. However a few of us had to stand coz we are sharing one bus with the kbu students.

Hehe! Want to know my results? Hmm, actually it was quite accurate. They wrote that I got a high depression: Do I look depressed? quiet and a self discipline person.

To sum it up, 1 day c-a-m-p was a pleasure!

@ Happy KDU family

Smile! 4 pretty girls.
from left: fran, sakin, me n sian

Enoch! I found my long lost friend and
neighbour from melaka at camp

4 Leng Chai of KDU College. Cool Poses!
from left: syafiq, khairi, tim n yazid

- Words of Love, Shir Li -