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2007-02-10T23:40:00.000Z

hello.... auntie sera and i were too bored, click here click there and then came to familybridge. see see mei mei posted something in november wo... not bad ar mei mei, still rmb the password. we nearly forgot already the password, then suddenly remembered. LOL. anyway, we all miss the old times la, back in cambridge and all.... i also dunno what i'm typing la actually... we both just came back from the UCL malaysian night and we really enjoyed it. adrenaline still pumping... anyway, to everyone from familybridge, keep in touch and take care.... muaxxx...=D

message from mei mei

2006-11-25T12:53:00.000Z

hi family, hows everyone? i don't think you guys will read this bloggie anymore but oh well, theres no harm writing in this anyway. do update me about yourself thru mail or here alright? *hoping that you guys will still remember our password for this!* i actually took 5 mins to figure out this password of ours! :)
take care and i love you guys.

Graduation and May Ball, 26 May 2006

2006-05-28T13:47:00.000+01:00

It was a blast! Too lazy to post stuff here. For pics, please visit Sze-Ryn's multiply or Phoebe's MSN space! Cheers!! Muaxx...

Photos from Bellerbys Photo Day, 2 May 2006

2006-05-14T21:21:00.000+01:00

It's Spring 2006 and nice flowers are everywhere!!!

2006-05-14T21:15:00.000+01:00

Mother's Day

2006-05-14T13:35:00.000+01:00

Today is Mother's Day, not here in the UK but back in Malaysia. My 2 beautiful daughters surprised me with flowers and chocolates. Very touching! Didn't expected it. My two daughters so filial, I was so surprised I didn't know what to say. Aiyah, so sweet la... Thanks you two!!!!!
On another note, it's been quite awhile since anyone blogged and I guess everyone's busy with their respective stuff to do. Maybe we'll blog more after all the exams and stuff. Time's flying by too quickly for all of us, it just doesn't seem like it has been nearly a year and a half since we all met. Oh ya, as I'm typing away, I suddenly remember that we all forgot this blog's one year anniversary. LOLS. We started this blog on 11 May 2005... Ooops, forgot all about it. So, Happy Belated 1st Birthday Blog!!!! Hahaha.... So yea, I guess posts will be infrequent until maybe end of June when our exam finally ends! Also, I would like to extend a warm welcome to the new member of Familybridge : Xing, my new son-in-law. For more information about him, please email dr_srchung@yahoo.co.uk. LOLS.
Upcoming events of this month include 3 practical exams!!! (some lucky people have 2 only), graduation day and the graduation ball. We might all decide to cam-whore during the graduation ball and post some pictures. We'll see about that. Anyway, before I sign off, thanks again, che che and mei mei for the wonderful surprise! Hehehe.... Ciao! Muaxxx...

in the fun fair

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Che che & mei mei

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Valentine's Day @ Peilin's birthday

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2006-02-02T19:08:00.000Z

Some guy gave this to Phoebs for her birthday

CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!

2006-01-29T20:45:00.000Z

First of all, happy chinese new year everyone!!! It's the second year we're celebrating CNY here in the UK and I must say that we had more fun this year as CNY happened to fall on a weekend. Co-incidentally, today was Phoebe's bday as well, so it's sort of like a double celebration. On Saturday (CNY eve), Phoebe, Bill, Sze-Ryn and I went to London. We went over to have a look at King's College before setting off on our shopping spree at the usual places i.e. Oxford Street and Covent Garden. We had lunch at Chinatown and the place was full of people. Everywhere you turn, there would be a sea of people and it really didn't feel as if we were in the UK (apart from the exceptionally cold weather...haha...=P). So, yea, we had a fine lunch and continued shopping again, and I met up with my cousin at Covent Garden. We decided not to go back to Chinatown for dinner, as we were sure the place would be bustling full with people so we had a simple dinner at McDonalds, before continuing shopping again and finally went home and reached Cambridge at 11. On Chinese New Year day, we went out for lunch at a chinese restaurant in Cambridge and then walked around the city centre. As it was Phoebe's bday, her uncle (who happened to be in London) sent her a bday cake, flowers, fruits and an IPOD NANO!!! for her bday! Lucky girl!!!=P We sang her a bday song and ate the bday cake which was delicious! Although away from home and family, we managed to have a happy and fun-filled weekend, and then its back to school tomorrow again.... That's all for now.. Enjoy the pics that are going to be posted and peace out.... Muaxx....

EXAMS ARE FINALLY OVER!!!!!!

2006-01-18T21:25:00.000Z

I guess the title says it all! Hehehehe.....=P

XMas Holidays

2006-01-02T13:39:00.000Z

This is the first time I'm spending Christmas away from my family, in a foreign country but fortunately I'm surrounded by many good friends. It's a good experience, and unfortunately, we did not have a white Christmas as the snow only came a few days later. All the same, the holidays were a blast. The holidays kicked off to a start with Sera going to Glasgow with her mum while Z-Ryn and I went to the Medlink course in Nottingham together with Quan, Raymond and Samuel. The Medlink course was really fun and we met a really cool girl from Hong Kong called Maria. We returned to Cambridge after that, to our new host family for the holidays. The host dad is British, while his wife is Spanish, and an excellent cook. We live in a bungalow behind their bungalow and they only come sporadically, which gives us lots of freedom. Hehehe... On the whole, they are really nice people, even giving us presents for Christmas! Mr. Tim, our Bio teacher came over on Christmas Eve and brought the three of us to Ely together with his family to attend the Carol Service. It was a definite experience, as the three of us had never attended one before, and to attend a carol service in Ely Cathedral (the third largest cathedral in England, and extremely large with exquisite architecture!) was amazing!!! On Christmas Day, Sera and I cooked for the whole day! - a definite first in my life!!!! We made an apple crumble, after which we loved it so much, we made another banana crumble! Hahaha... We roasted a big fat turkey and did a variety of dishes. We also ate a traditional Christmas pudding, even pouring brandy over it and setting it alight (courtesy of Mr. Tim=D). After Christmas, Sera and I went down to London for the big sale that was held. I didn't buy anything-was put off by the enormous crowds and the extremely long queues at the cashier. But after that, I went to China Town to eat (haha) and boy, do I miss Chinese food!!! We didn't do much on New Year's eve, nor New Year's day, except to gather around the telly and watch episodes after episodes of Hong Kong dramas. These things are addictive, I tell you!!! We managed to finish like 8-9 episodes in a night!!! We finally had internet connection after the other boy from Taiwan who stays at the host family came back and found the password for us. So now, here I am, blogging when I'm supposed to be studying for the exams that are coming up next week. Sigh.... Phoebe and Carol will be coming back tomorrow. The house will be bursting with people. Haha...... Peace out. Muaxx.............

HOLIDAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2005-12-11T20:26:00.000Z

Yes, we're all still alive even though the blog hasn't been updated for quite sometime. Mei mei posted some pictures today, which we took when we went out for dinner and a movie yesterday night. The movie was great, and we all enjoyed our girl's night out enormously. Hehe... Anyway, holidays are just around the corner and everyone's excited about it. We're gonna have a three week break, after which we'll have to sit for our exams in early January.... Sigh.... Phoebe and Anne'll be going back for the holidays, but Sera, Sze-Ryn and I will be stuck here, and we'll be staying together in a host family as the Tower will be closed for renovations. Next weekend, mei mei and I will be going to Nottingham and we'll be back on the following Wednesday, while Sera will be off to Glasgow but will return on the same day as us. We're all looking forward to spending Xmas here and hope that it'll be a white christmas!!!! Muaxx....

WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2005-11-20T19:37:00.000Z

This blog's kinda dead......again....... Everyone's caught up with their own things and too lazy to blog/post pictures.... Was kinda, bored, so thought that I'll write a lil post in a last botch attempt to save this sleepy blog. Hehe.... Anyway, there hasn't been much happening lately, I guess. Anne and Phoebe are the only ones going home for Christmas - the rest of us are stuck here, left to endure the dreadfully cold and unforgiving British weather. Someone said that this winter is gonna be exceptionally cold.... Yikes! We (the ones who are left in Cambridge) will be staying in a host family as the Tower will be closed for renovations.... Wonder what they are gonna do to our rooms.... Hope they paint it a nicer colour than the boring white walls that we have now:D Oh yeah, we managed to get tickets to watch the latest installation of the Harry Potter movie last night. We had dinner at Nandos before that and then went off to catch the 8.30 movie. Generally, in my opinion, the movie was nice, and I liked the special effects and stuff, but I still find the book more enjoyable than the movie. Nevertheless, it was a great night. The movie ended at about eleven something and we had to wait for like half an hour for the bus, in the bloody cold (it was -4 degrees!!!!!!). Looks like we're gonna have a white christmas........=D

Guy Fawkes and Bonfire Night

2005-11-08T13:23:00.000Z

In 1605, Guy Fawkes (also known as Guido - yes, really) and a group of conspirators attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament.

After Queen Elizabeth I died in 1603, English Catholics who had been persecuted under her rule had hoped that her successor, James I, would be more tolerant of their religion. James I had, after all, had a Catholic mother. Unfortunately, James did not turn out to be more tolerant than Elizabeth and a number of young men, 13 to be exact, decided that violent action was the answer.

A small group took shape, under the leadership of Robert Catesby. Catesby felt that violent action was warranted. Indeed, the thing to do was to blow up the Houses of Parliament. In doing so, they would kill the King, maybe even the Prince of Wales, and the Members of Parliament who were making life difficult for the Catholics. Today these conspirators would be known as extremists, or terrorists.
To carry out their plan, the conspirators got hold of 36 barrels of gunpowder - and stored them in a cellar, just under the House of Lords.

But as the group worked on the plot, it became clear that innocent people would be hurt or killed in the attack, including some people who even fought for more rights for Catholics. Some of the plotters started having second thoughts. One of the group members even sent an anonymous letter warning his friend, Lord Monteagle, to stay away from the Parliament on November 5th. Was the letter real?

The warning letter reached the King, and the King's forces made plans to stop the conspirators.

Guy Fawkes, who was in the cellar of the parliament with the 36 barrels of gunpowder when the authorities stormed it in the early hours of November 5th, was caught, tortured and executed.

It's unclear if the conspirators would ever have been able to pull off their plan to blow up the Parliament even if they had not been betrayed. Some have suggested that the gunpowder itself was so old as to be useless. Since Guy Fawkes and the other conspirators got caught before trying to ignite the powder, we'll never know for certain.

Even for the period which was notoriously unstable, the Gunpowder Plot struck a very profound chord for the people of England. In fact, even today, the reigning monarch only enters the Parliament once a year, on what is called "the State Opening of Parliament". Prior to the Opening, and according to custom, the Yeomen of the Guard search the cellars of the Palace of Westminster. Nowadays, the Queen and Parliament still observe this tradition.

On the very night that the Gunpowder Plot was foiled, on November 5th, 1605, bonfires were set alight to celebrate the safety of the King. Since then, November 5th has become known as Bonfire Night. The event is commemorated every year with fireworks and burning effigies of Guy Fawkes on a bonfire.

Some of the English have been known to wonder, in a tongue in cheek kind of way, whether they are celebrating Fawkes' execution or honoring his attempt to do away with the government.

The tradition of Guy Fawkes-related bonfires actually began the very same year as the failed coup. The Plot was foiled in the night between the 4th and 5th of November 1605. Already on the 5th, agitated Londoners who knew little more than that their King had been saved, joyfully lit bonfires in thanksgiving. As years progressed, however, the ritual became more elaborate.

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On Bonfire Night, we went to a fair that was held in Cambridge where we all had great fun. Some of us didn't want to try out the rides while others did. The rides were really cool. We tried out two of the rides, mainly the Terminator and Daredevil. The fireworks started at 7.30p.m and it was a magnificent show which we all thoroughly enjoyed. To cut things short, it was a MAGICAL night and a night to remember for all. Enjoy some of the pictures that mei mei is gonna post up later. Cheers. Muaxx...

HALF TERM BREAK AT DUBLIN, IRELAND

2005-11-04T08:52:00.000Z

It was half term last week and we decided to go on a trip to Dublin. Actually this trip had been in the works since quite a few weeks ago. The original plan was that there would be 8 of us going – me, Z-Ryn, Anne, Sera, Phoebe, Sam, Bill and Quan. Unfortunately, Quan’s parents didn’t allow him to go on the trip, so it was just the 7 of us. We booked ourselves places on the Stena Line ferry from Holyhead, Wales to Dun Laoghaire, Dublin. The tickets were booked and all when we found out that Phoebe and Bill needed visas to get into Ireland! So we frantically tried to obtain visas for them and we realized that there was no possible way of obtaining visas so quickly without having them to personally make a trip to the Irish Embassy in London. So anyway, someone had the brilliant idea to call the people at Stena Line up to ask for advice. Funnily enough, we were told that there was no need for visas. Overjoyed, we decided to take their words for granted and decided to push ahead with the trip.
Time flew by and soon it was half term. We were scheduled to catch the 0649 train to Nuneaton and then take a connecting train to Crewe and from there to Holyhead where we were supposed to board the 1345 ferry to Dun Laoghaire. We grouped together at school “dark” and early and took a taxi to the train station with plenty of time to spare. 0649 came and passed but still there was no sign of the train about to move. Then we were told that there would be a delay as the train didn’t have enough air to release the brakes or something along those lines! Imagine that! Anyway, fortunately for us, the temperamental train decided to move its lazy ass at about 0730 and this caused us to miss all our following trains, forcing us to spend lots of time waiting for the next trains e.t.c. Fortunately for us, we had card and board games (courtesy of Z-Ryn and Anne) to while the time away. Anyway, we succeeded in reaching Holyhead and boarding the 1830 ferry to Dun Laoghaire. The ferry journey was pretty rough, and everybody threw up except for two strong sisters and their mother. I guess I won’t bore you all with the gory details but we all managed to get there in one piece.
We reached Dun Laoghaire at about 8.20pm and we used the DART train to the hostel where we were supposed to stay in. It was a short walk from the DART station to our hostel and we were all amazed by how beautiful Dublin was at night. However, we were all too bushed to do much that night, and we all retired early, but not before Sam, Sera and I decided to take a night walk in search of drinking water cos the cheap hostel didn’t provide us with any! Haha…. Anyway, that was all before some of our attention was distracted by a certain HOT SWEDISH GUY WITH “SIX PACKS AND *damn* :P!!
The next morning dawned bright and early and we developed a system of taking our baths with Sera waking up first to bathe and then she would wake me up to take my shower after which I would proceed to wake another person up and so on. After a meagre breakfast, we set off for the city. Armed with maps and our street smart sense of direction(=P), our first stop was Trinity College Dublin. Trinity College Dublin was really nice with lotsa old buildings. Anne and I went to the old library there to have a look at the Book of Kells. We also saw the old Trinity library which was filled from floor to ceiling with tons of old dusty books and also original versions of book written by famous people like Charles Darwin and Isaac Newton, just to name a few. After that, we set off for the Temple Bar area, which is like the cultural centre of Dublin. We visited Dublin Castle and then went for lunch at a yummy Japanese restaurant. After lunch, we walked down Grafton Street which is the main shopping area of Dublin. Sera, Phoebe, Sam and Bill went shopping while Z-Ryn, Anne and I went to have a look at Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (RCSI). The admin people there were really nice and they brought us on a tour of the property. RCSI is a really grand and majestic looking place, and we found out that all new students were given a free Apple iBook by the school! After that, we went back to Grafton Street to meet up with the rest and we did a bit of window shopping at the mall near St. Stephen’s Green. After dinner, we went back to our hostel where we played cards and games and did what we enjoyed best – talked about life.
On the second day, I had arranged to meet my friend Angeline who’s studying medicine at University College Dublin (UCD). We met her and she brought us on a whirlwind tour of her university which was totally different from Trinity College Dublin. After that, we went back to the city centre where we had lunch before we went to Dundrum where we went shopping at a really huge and nice shopping centre. After exhausting our finances we went for dinner at McDonalds (told u our finances were exhausted) before heading back to the hostel where we again played games and chatted the night away. This time, there was no more HOT SWEDISH GUY but instead there were two guys from Belgium who shared the 10-bedded hostel room with us. They were quite nice and all, and they thought we were from Japan!
On our final day in Dublin, 6 of us, excluding Anne decided to take a last walk in Dublin. We woke up early for our walk, but it started to rain so we headed back to the hostel to check-out before we took the DART to Dun Laoghaire to board the ferry back to Holyhead. The ferry ride this time was not as bad, I guess, because precautionary measures were taken (haha). It was a long journey back to Cambridge because somehow or other (don’t ask how! Haha…..) we managed to miss two trains at Holyhead. We finally arrived back in Cambridge late at night, tired but happy. I had an enjoyable trip and Dublin’s a really nice place. I wouldn’t mind braving the seas and going back there again. =D

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We're Baaaack!

2005-10-21T19:53:00.000+01:00

After a three month long summer break, we're now back and settling into our old routine life in Cambridge. Lots of things have happened during our long long long absence, and we've just gotta admit that we've been too lazy to restart our blog. But, to cut a long story short, we're back. However, school life is getting busier and more demanding so posts might be slow and infrequent. How time flies. We've been back in Cambridge for over a month already! What else to say ar? I have no idea.... Blogger's block. Haha..... Oh ya, I think mei mei will post a picture or two later. We took it just now as we were on our way back from Budgens (the supermarket across the road). We suddenly decided to pose like Charlie's Angels like that, except that there were four of us instead of three. Haha..... Guess that's all for now. Till next time, cheers!=D

Something Nice To Share.....

2005-10-21T19:45:00.000+01:00

'TRUE FRIENDSHIP'

Once in a lifetime,
you find a friend,
who touches not only your heart
but also your soul.

Once in a lifetime,
you discover someone
who stands beside you,
not over you.

Once in a lifetime,
if you are lucky,
you find someone
as I have found you.

Very special people,
We can be ourselves with,
talk with, laugh with,
hope with and believe with.

Thanks for being great friends!

Sayonara....

2005-06-17T10:06:00.000+01:00

Dear all, I'll be going back to Penang today and I'll miss u all. Remember to contact me at 012-4829000. That's all. Bye!=P

Goodbye...

2005-06-17T10:01:00.000+01:00

I'll be leaving today, together with Mei Mei and Sera.... We'll be back in Malaysia for 3 months and posts will be slow I gues... Hahaha..... Not a lot of group pictures anymore cos we'll all be scattered all over the place. Anyway, just wanted to say goodbye and take care to all, especially to Yati who'll be leaving us all this September. My Malaysian house phone number is 082-240986 and mobile number is 016-8962239. So, do keep in touch regularly ar. Enjoy yourselves and have a nice summer holiday! Will miss u all loads. Hugzzz... Muaxx..... Peace out.=D

Farewell BBQ

2005-06-15T16:45:00.000+01:00

End of term's this Friday and we'll all be heading home for the three month long summer break, well most of us, that is. Anyway, because we won't be seeing each other for 3 long months, we decided to have a farewell BBQ last night. The whole class attended, except for great grannie who went out for a movie. We actually wanted to have the BBQ on Wednesday night but because it was forecasted that it would rain tonight, we decided to have the BBQ one day earlier. The BBQ was a blast, by our standards as none of us have really BBQ-ed before. Sure, we've attended lots but all we did was eat. We'd never organized and BBQ-ed ourselves before. It took quite sometime to get the fire going but once it started, there was no stopping us. We BBQ-ed chicken drumsticks, chicken wings, corn, sweet potatoes, garlic bread, lamb kebabs, lamb chops and sausages. It was not a totally incident-free night, though. We were approached by two community officers who said they were not sure if we were allowed to BBQ there or not, but later on they allowed us too, provided that we took care not to make too much of a ruckus in case the people living in the vicinity complained to the police or something. Later that night as some of our classmates were fiddling with the BBQ set, they accidentally tipped the whole set over and all the charcoals fell onto the grass, creating a mini fire. Fortunately we acted quickly to douse the fire or else we might have ended up setting the whole park on fire. Accidents aside, we had a relatively fun night, playing at the playground like small children and sitting in a huge circle, chatting about life and playing truth or dare. I think the food was great too, as I haven't heard't about any diarrhoea cases among our classmates as yet. Hahahahahaha=D It was a fun and interesting experience and this will definitely be one of the moments I will miss most when I go back to Malaysia. I hope we can have more fun gatherings like this in the near future. Happy summer hols to all, take care and do keep in touch! Will miss u all loads!Hugs!Muaxx..

Exams are finally over!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2005-06-10T21:33:00.000+01:00

The title of today's post says it all.... Exams are finally over!!!!!!!!!!!! It has been quite a while since any of us posted anything, so thanks to all the readers who stuck around patiently enough to await our return. Hahahahaha...... Not a lot of interesting things have happened lately, due to our exams....After our terrible Physics paper this morning, we went to Pickfords to have a look at the place where we were going to store our stuff over the summer. Surprisingly, the prices were reasonable and we were satisfied with the storage space. After that, we went to Pizza Hut for lunch and then we headed to the arcade at Cineworld where mei mei(Z-Ryn) really enjoyed herself, I could see that=D. Later, we went to watch Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Its a really awesome movie, that one. Really cool, not to be missed. After the movie, we went to the large Tesco outside town to buy food and stuff for our barbeque before heading back to the tower where mei mei and I did our laundry. Being the careless person that I was, I left the two brand new laundry cards (which cost us 6 pounds for the two cards) hidden under some plastic bags. I thought I had hidden them well enough, but apparently not. For, after we came back from our jog with Cheh Cheh(Phoebe) and Sera, the two cards had just vanished into thin air! Some thieving fella must have stolen the two cards! We then sought Pat's(warden) help, but her husband was unable to replay the CCTV video. Then he gave us two brand new cards! Hahahaha.... How kind of him! So here I am now, in between my laundry runs, blogging. There's so many clothes that we have to wash, cos we haven't been washing our clothes for ages! Hahahaha..... And we still have to pack our stuff that we want to store at Pickfords and also the stuff that we want to bring back to Malaysia next week. Oh yea, we'll be going to London tomorrow to just chill after our much hyped about exams. Salmi will be leaving for Malaysia on Sunday. I just wanna wish her happie birthday in advance (her bday's on Tuesday). See, Salmi, I tak lupa!=D. I better go now to check on the laundry. Hope everything's dry by now.Stay tuned for more action......Muaxx..............=P.Oh crap, just realized that I forgot to sign in under my own name for this post..... Sigh..... Nvm la, keep guessing who this is......=D

My Two Cents Worth.....

2005-05-29T21:53:00.000+01:00

Friends

What makes a friend? Why is it that it is easier to tell people that a certain person is our foe but it is harder to tell people that a certain people is our friend? Why is it easier to lose a friend than to gain one? Why is it that people say that friends can be as abundant as autumn leaves but good friends are as rare as diamonds in the rough. Friends are harder to make than foes. Everyone wants to have friends in life, and it is always nice to have someone to call a friend at the end of the day.
Friends are an essential part of everyone’s lives. Some people may be fortunate enough to have very good friends who will stick with you through thick and thin, while others may just have another one of those ordinary everyday friends that we can just classify as acquaintances. Whatever it might be, we should all be very glad that we have people to call as friends to accompany us through life on this place called Earth.
True friends are the ones who will be there for us when we are in trouble; the ones who are always willing to lend us a helping hand when we are in need of one; the ones who will listen to all our problems and help us sort through them no matter how impossible to solve our problems seems; the ones who are willing to lend us a shoulder to cry on in times of sadness; the ones who will obligingly sacrifice an afternoon of fun just to accompany us when we just need silent company; the ones who will laugh together with us when we are happy and cry together with us when we are sad; the ones who will laugh at all our jokes no matter how lame they sound; the ones who will cheer us up when we are down and lonely; and the ones who are always willing to act as a sounding board when we need a place to vent. The list goes on, but it’s almost impossible to find a person who can fulfill all these criteria. However, if you only fulfill even one of these criteria, you can consider yourself as a good and true friend. There is no doubt that it is extremely hard to find a good and true friend, but we must also consider this question: Are we ourselves, in our capacity as human beings, being good and true friends as well? We expect our friends to be good to us, but are we good to them as well? Now, that is a question that will definitely set all of us pondering…..=p
Friends come and go like the wind. We may forget a foe that has hurt us physically or emotionally, but we will definitely not forget a friend who has touched our hearts in other ways. Even when we are oceans apart, we will never forget the kind word, gentle touch or genuine smile from a friend. It is up to us in our course of life to keep in touch with our friends, no matter how busy we are with our everyday lives.
I am happy to say that I have met a lot of true friends both in my ex-school in Kuching and now here in Cambridge. There have been a lot of ups and downs in our friendships but no matter what happens, I just want to say thank you to all my friends for just being my friends, and true ones at that. Once a friend, always a friend. =D

God and the pope

2005-05-27T12:51:00.002+01:00

God and the Pope

After getting all of Pope Benedict's luggage loaded into the limo, (and he doesn't travel light), the driver notices that the Pope is still standing on the curb.

"Excuse me, Your Holiness," says the driver, "Would you please take your seat so we can leave?"

Well, to tell you the truth," says the Pope, "they never let me drive at the Vatican, and I'd really like to drive today."

"I'm sorry but I cannot let you do that. I'd lose my job! And what if something should happen?" protests the driver, wishing he'd never gone to work that morning.

"There might be something extra in it for you," says the Pope.

Reluctantly, the driver gets in the back as the Pope climbs in behind the wheel. The driver quickly regrets his decision when, after exiting the airport, the Pontiff floors it, accelerating
the limo to 105 mph.

"Please slow down, Your Holiness!!!" pleads the worried driver, but the Pope keeps the pedal to the metal until they hear sirens.

"Oh, dear God, I'm gonna lose my license," moans the driver.

The Pope pulls over and rolls down the window as the cop approaches, but the cop takes one look at him, goes back to his motorcycle, and gets on the radio.

"I need to talk to the Chief," he says to the dispatcher.

The Chief gets on the radio and the cop tells him that he's stopped a limo going a hundred and five.

"So bust him," says the Chief.

"I don't think we want to do that, he's really important," said the cop.

The Chief exclaimed, "All the more reason!"

"No, I mean really important," said the cop.

The Chief then asked, "Who ya got there, the Mayor?"

Cop: "Bigger."

Chief: "Governor?"

Cop: "Bigger."

"Well," said the Chief, "Who is it?"

Cop: "I think it's God!"

Chief: "What makes you think it's God?"

Cop: "He's got the f***ing Pope as a chauffeur!!"

2005-05-24T19:15:00.000+01:00

YeayY! LooK! Hope this clears things up. :D

2005-05-24T17:05:00.000+01:00

This is a public service announcement. For those of you who didn't know... this is... Grannie and Granpa! Yeay!

2005-05-23T19:47:00.000+01:00

Haloscan commenting and trackback have been added to this blog.

Familybridge

2005-05-20T12:14:00.000+01:00

Dear all, I think its time someone clarified about this family thingie. I've been receiving comments from a lot of ppl asking abt our family and how it works e.t.c. Anyway, so here's how it started, I guess. Probably we were all feeling lonely cos we're all so far away from our family and stuff. As time passed and we all grew closer, we started putting together a "family" to help us to adapt better to life here without our family members back home. Although there is nothing in this world that can replace our real family back home, I hope that this unique "family" we have here will continue to live in peace and harmony together for the short while we have together=). So now for the name "familybridge".... How did that come up?? Well, it was a moment of inspiration(ahem ahem...) for some of us when we were creating this blog... We decided to have a name which can symbolize our family and at the same time got to do with cambridge which is where we met and are currently at. So, after much brain-storming, we finally came up with the idea "familybridge". Family means family and bridge can mean cambridge or as a bridge where we are linked to each other... if u get the drift... lol... Ok, so now time to explain the structure of the family. We have:
anne who is great-grandma whose daughter is
yati who is grandma who has three daughters (sera, yong and salmi) and one son (quan).
sera has two daughters, shirley and pei lin
yong has two daughters, phoebe and sze-ryn....
So that's how the family tree goes. Hope i don't end up confusing u all more... hehehehe... Oh yea, and even though some of the members seem to have 'daughters' already, that doesn't mean that we are unavailable. We're still young and single.... Hehehehehe.....=p Ok, guess that's all for now. Posts may be slow these few weeks as we are all having exams and stuff. So till nxt time, muaxx.

NO EXCUSES PPL!

2005-05-16T12:06:00.000+01:00

Heya ppl.... Managed to get the blog up and running again... So, no excuses for not posting anything anymore. Start posting liao.... I think I will be posting somthing about the making of our family shortly, cos ppl who visit this blog might think our family is quite funny, not to mention wierd. A post to clarify things might be a good idea, don ya think so? I'm open to any ideas from anyone... Lol. Till then, muaxx.

2005-05-13T18:51:00.000+01:00

Heya.... had a particularly boring day today..... felt like sleeping in all the classes. lol.... anyway, we first had the dreaded key skills class before mei mei and I teman forgetful che che to go get her chem file....=p We came back for bio (Shit! Got test on Mon!) and then me, mei mei, che che, great granny and shirley went out for chinese take-away. After lunch, had chem and then 3 hrs of phy. Lucky mr chris let us off early. Today was particularly uneventful, not that i would have preferred it to be full of fights or smthg.... hehehe..... Oh ya, got funny thing happened... Mei mei suddenly got high... someone must have spiked her drink or smthg. She was climbing the stairs behind great granny, then suddenly at the landing, she collapsed in a heap on the floor, literally collapsed, then burst out laughing like crazy!!!!! How's that for craziness?!? LOL! Then salmi told me that mom (yati) won't be coming over tonite (she sed she would come le) cos she wans to go to london tomorrow... Abandon us wo! Leave us all in cambridge and she go and enjoy la! This mother ar.... Lol..... Jangan marah,ya, mak...=p To wrap up an otherwise rather uneventful day, I was rather upset when I heard some back-stabbing comment by a certain someone. But after I read one of my friend's blog, I learned one of life's greatest lessons... That is to forgive and forget....It is impossible for us not to be angry at someone, somewhere, at some point in our lifetime. Our automatic reaction then would be to rant and rave and to let a deep hatred for that someone grow in our hearts. But, in doing so we are making a foolish mistake. We are letting that certain someone succed in making us angry and in the process, we are the one who will lose out. Instead, we should find a way around this by doing constructive activities....blogging, for example...=pOnce u have realized that getting angry won't solve the problem but only make matters worse, then we have succeded in getting back at the certain someone who wanted to anger us! Hahahaha.... Pearls of wisdom from me.... Getting my two cents worth. Lol. Ok la, later u ppl say i loso..... Sign off now.... Till next time, cheers ppl!Muaxx.

maths???

2005-05-13T14:59:00.000+01:00

uwa........ today maths test was damn hard! i'm gonna fail that test! but nah.. its occay coz its only a test! not an exam.. but actually, i mind coz the mark is counted! fack!
first: my daddy will kill me!
second: i have to stadi like mad! no play2...
third: enjoy!
:)~ dis is a real life!
gotcha!
'hyatee razac' ( most cutes gal in da world)

it is time.

2005-05-13T13:29:00.000+01:00

lol. i'm here. weeee! not to sure whether this is going to be a long one or a short one. we'll see how it goes. i spoze time is an important factor and since we have chemistry in like 10 mins this will probably be a short one. right. am gonna stop my rambling and start with the post.

just want to say that i'm really greatful for you guys. all of this would not be "IT" without you people. and for that i really am very greatful. thank you all for always being there and always "ajak-ing" me here and there. its been really fun. i hope we'll have loads more!

may we all find our shooting stars! (hopefully they'll be prettier than the ones up there in the banner... lol... :D)

2005-05-12T18:59:00.000+01:00

aunt salmi and mom

2005-05-12T18:57:00.000+01:00

a meaningful toy

2005-05-12T18:56:00.000+01:00

familybridge band... (represent our love&care for each other)

2005-05-12T18:54:00.000+01:00

mom & aunt sera!!! (look at the 2 monkeys behind)

2005-05-12T18:51:00.000+01:00

ooo...mr chris!! our COOL physics teacher! psst!! he does gym... :P

2005-05-12T13:18:00.000+01:00

phoebe & sze-ryn :)

2005-05-12T11:29:00.000+01:00

Haloscan commenting and trackback have been added to this blog.

Another Poem from me.... muaxx

2005-05-12T11:04:00.000+01:00

Heya ppl.... We all jus had a particularly blardy chemistry practical (well, in my opinion, that is) and now it's blogging time. Hiaks hiaks.... Found this poem on the net.... Seemed preety meaningful and inspirational to me....=p Have a read. - Moms-

May all your dreams come true,
Lean against a tree and dream your world of dreams.
Work hard at what you like to do and try to overcome all obstacles.
Laugh at your mistakes and praise yourself for learning from them.
Pick some flowers and appreciate the beauty of nature.
Say hello to strangers and enjoy the people you know.
Don't be afraid to show your emotions,
Laughing and crying makes you feel better.
Love your friends and family with your entire being,
They are the most important part of your life.
Feel the calmness on a quiet sunny day and plan what you want to accomplish in life.
Find a rainbow and live your world of dreams.

2005-05-12T07:36:00.000+01:00

from left:big mama yong,cute aunt sera,adorable bigsis phoebe,innocent small sis zryn,cool greatgranny anneliz!!

2005-05-11T23:35:00.000+01:00

i want u to know..how much i love u..hello everybodyy..now its my turn to write the blog...
firstly..im big mei mei..mei mei(szeryn)unty..and yong sista..
call me..big mei..well..i'm from malaysia...all of us is from asia..
ASIA RULEZZZZ..im proud to be ASIA....
....actually..like mei mei..i also want to take this opportunity..to said..i love u all..
all my families...my niece..my sibling..my grand ma..and my mama..
my life in bellerbys..at the day i first step to the college is so sad experience..
coz..in the same time..somebody in my life..pass away...
this give me very bad impact..till now..but..i can manage it now..becozz
i have u all...my families..:((...i cant tell how sad am i..if one day..all of us will be apart from each other..i mean..after a lvels...not all of us will be in the same place..anyway..that's something that we cant change..although we try not to...sad right..i hope ...
one day..all of us can go for holiday..touring europe..maybe..after our final exam...next year..im so sad now.....

although sometimes we fight..but..actually fight is part of our love..and care..fight makes us realise that what is our weakness and our strenght in something and we should take this opportunity to change and understand each other better...(mind my language..im not good in essay).....maybe..because i always came back late ...i seems..not to be with u gurls often..but...trust me..actually i am..i dunno..but i just feel attach with all of u...till then..this is my pic...all for one..one for all..

2005-05-11T21:27:00.000+01:00

silly old granny in the mid!~!

2005-05-11T21:23:00.000+01:00

2005-05-11T21:20:00.000+01:00

our preeety familybridge members!~!

a short message to my familybridge members..

2005-05-11T20:41:00.000+01:00

hey dudes! dis is mei mei sze-ryn!~!yeah..taking the opportunity to post my msg to you guys here...
am pretty happy and excited about our family blog, thnks to greatgrandma!! muaks!!
mom, your poem was beautiful...aWwW....
the main reason i post this is just to thank you guys for being my friend, and family of course!
you guys have been a great bunch of friends of mine and am taking this opportunity to say i love you as well...
eventhough i've only known you guys for about half a year.... to me,it seems like i've known you guys since the day i was born....
i'm happy...really very happy to have you guys...
on the very first day i came to this college in cambridge, i thought to myself that i will never gonna meet nice and good friends here as most of you doesnt really seem to be friendly.... (well, except for yong-big mama) lol... i bet u guys are like.... hElLo??! look who's talking ere dude?!? ahha...i know i wasnt friendly as well ok!!?! but now, we are sooo close... :) that's good!~!
i'm the type of person who appreciates friends alot... (well, depends on which friends)
but i'll definately appreciate you guys... :)
I LOVE YOUUU!!! MMUAAAKKSS!!!

here's a beautiful pic of our family...well,not all of the members are in ere...but we'll add more pics as soon as possible!

Friendship Poems.... Dedicated to all members of the family and all true friends out there....muaxx.....=p

2005-05-11T20:29:00.000+01:00

Choose friends wisely, the portrait they paint,
Is who you are and who you aren't.
Friendship is life's great support
When friends are of the right sort.
For all your dreams do they make room,
Or bring you down with doom and gloom?
You will know a friendship is true
When it brings out the best in you.

A friend is someone who brightens your day with a smile,
a warm hello, or gentle words from the heart.
A friend is a precious gift to be cherished
and nurtured. A friend is a treasure beyond worth.
I am so grateful to call you all my friends!!

Stay Tuned....

2005-05-11T13:50:00.000+01:00

We will be posting new pictures shortly. Stay tuned.....=p

The Family Has Landed!!!

2005-05-11T11:23:00.000+01:00

We are a bunch of fun-loving girls n 1 guy who happened to come to Bellerbys College Cambridge to study and so the story unfolds.