Recap. Long entry.

Whoa.

It has been a while since I last blogged. Internet has been really shitty, so pardon me. Since my last entry, many things have taken place and by now, I might have forgotten some.

Note to self: Draft the blog on Word, Ctrl+C, and Ctrl+V on Blogger!

Forgetting ideas is not fun, really. I don't like writer's block. Thank God for pictures; they help improve my memory. I think I've been consuming too much mono sodium glutamate.

To begin with, I shall describe the second Pesta Ria of my life; and first one for my sisters. Due to the limited span of time, I didn’t really experience a whole lot. There were still kiosks selling stupid things like balloons for freaking RM 2.50. Really, it’s a waste of money. I was glad my sisters didn’t force me to buy them. “Tak mau la. Buat ape la beli angin RM 2.50. Angin free je. Buang duit. Nanti ibu marah.” They nodded, “Betul, betul. Kita beli aiskrim je la. Boleh makan.”

The school has changed a lot since the last time I was there. More primped than before. Classy konon la. The new Pesta Ria as well lasted for 2 days; and the first day lasted until nighttime. Sau Chi texted me, asking me to follow her and the rest to the school fashion show but I had to decline. I was there the morning and with Opah around, I can’t go out at night or she will start the World War II for the consecutive time. Pesta Ria '09 was okay for me, so to say. Met some old teachers, significant ones. My sisters were so into the Ghost House, which would only be launched at 2pm that they proposed I let them skip school and I blatantly rejected. “Amboi. Mana boleh ponteng-ponteng.” The so-called ‘ghosts’ made their first appearance at the canteen, walking around clad in black, wearing ghost masks, and Bata school shoes.

Back in KL, there was a week where I felt like I lived in Japan. The Geek and Miss Kedah took me to Sakae Sushi (that one with the green frog logo, and looked like Miss Kedah herself), and I loved the experience; the computerized ordering system and all. Sakae Sushi has much more variety though, compared to Sushi King. I ordered Enoki Niku Maki; a dish of Enoki mushrooms wrapped in beef rolls and smeared with Teriyaki sauce. It tasted okay but what made the dish terrible was the fact that the beef was not friendly to chew. Memang sah-sah kena maki lepas tu.

The next day, we went to Berjaya Times Square and ate at Teppanyaki. DAMN THAT BLOODY PARTICULAR RESTAURANT. I SWEAR I WILL NOT GO THERE ANYMORE. I ordered for Niku Soba and they gave me the noodle that is clearly not soba. It’s the noodle for Wanton Mee for God’s sake! BAAAAAAAAAAAADDDDD MANAGEMENT OF QUALITY. That turned me off for a while, until Miss Kedah's Salmon Teppanyaki caught my attention. Really, really terrible, weh.

I’m sure Limkokwing students were aware of the news of my African housemate’s death. No, if you ask me, she did not pass away in the apartment we all lived in. She passed away in Africa, just after arriving there. During her memorial service at the university’s Hall of Fame, I learned that she had been terribly ill for weeks and didn’t look too happy after returning from Lesotho for this semester. No idea why she got sick; they said she lacked iron but she ate with full appetite though. I’m sorry for her family back home, knowing she had two daughters who are still growing up. I know she and I had rough moments back then due to cultural differences, but she was one of the nicest people I have met.

My faculty recently held a meeting at the Hall of Fame too, with all the students. I appreciated their effort to actually hold such a meeting to discuss about any problems that students were experiencing and taking steps to improve. Some students gave remarkable comments that I couldn’t help but to just agree. Some were just complaining as if they know everything, when they obviously don’t. They complained about the usage of Windows Vista in the campus lab and my, my; SINCE WHEN THERE IS WINDOWS VISTA IN THE LAB? The lab has been loyal users of Windows XP. MACINTOSH is not VISTA la. Aiyooo. To complain about Photoshop and design study is even worse. These foreign students probably were too often spoon-fed that they think everything should be easy peasy for them. Poor Mitchell Liong (the head of the faculty); after distributing his phone number and having the courage to take personal comments from students, THIS really shouldn’t be done. Whoever did this is just plain pathetic.