After so much consideration, it finally came to this decision that I’ll be back to university and continuing my degree. Hopefully at the end of July’s intake, when I will be studying while continue freelancing to afford my living cost yadayada.

I’ve made 2 trip to the university, with the second trip on last Saturday when I went there early morning 8am something with boyfriend, settled the registration thing and waited until he was off from the office at 2pm something

No, it isn’t the campus but the cafetaria and offices

Something to be noted here, I was waiting in the marketing department and having a conversation with a lady whom also waiting there. We talked in Malay mixing with English. She asked about my status or something like that, in which I replied,”I dah graduate” (read: I already graduated). But she heard it as,”Eh? I takde duit?” (read: I have no money?) lol. My pronunciation s*cks, results in a misleading. Bleh.

It will took me another one and a half year (3 semesters) to finish the degree. Tuition fee is sky high, I almost fainted down when seeing the numbers. Foundation fee (in 2004) used to be RM10,000 only for 1 year and now it is RM16,500 for 1 year foundie. Whew..

To continue degree, 1 semester is at RM9,775. Total 3 semesters = RM29,325 excluding additional fees such as personal bond (refundable), security deposit (refundable), medical fee, resources fee, admin fee, yadayada. I regret that I have taken out all those refundable fee otherwise I wouldn’t need to pay those anymore.

This time around, I’ll be paying everything myself as my parents still have to prepare for my brother’s education on next year. Besides tuition fee, there is a few things that I’m worrying about such as accommodation and laptop. Obviously I can’t bring my Dell PC from hometown to here. The only choice is to use the old-five-years-old-Acer laptop first until I can afford a better one. I might need to upgrade the notebook computer memory since it is only 512RAM. Open a huge file in Photoshop and doing another stuff in Illustrator, it will crash and lag. Sigh.

As a help, I will be applying for scholarship. The normal scholarship (open for all) will be opened on June, while the scholarship specifically for Indonesian, 10% to 50% – of course I’m aiming for 50%, is opened now. It is not just submitting documents but applicants are required to create an artwork with certain theme on A2 board with deadline in the middle of May. No 3D artwork but 2D. Gotta get my hands dirty with drawing and painting!

Lady luck, please stand on my side. Santa, please fulfill my early Christmas wish, you know how I want to get this (at least) 50% scholarship so badly.

Wish me luck!

Besides chicken rice ball in Melaka, there is one place that I die die also must go which is Full House, a Lifestyle Store & Cafe in NZX Ara Damansara.

NZX stands for ???- Niu Ze Xui, don’t ask why the 2nd word is read as Ze instead of Che. Literally translated as Cow Car Water, an open air shopping area with roof covering it up. Sort of like Multatuli area in Medan except that NZX is so much nicer. People said that it is the imitation of Chinatown in Singapore. Whatever.

I’ve read about Full House, open in 2008 if I not mistaken, from several blogs and the pictures of super beautiful white interior really caught my attention. That’s why die die also must visit it this time although we (boyfriend and I) are not familiar with PJ and Damansara area, wtf is Ara Damansara huh?

How we were lost 3 times while looking for NZX

So, based on a little direction from his colleague, we started the journey of finding the hidden gem, Full House, on last Sunday night. First, we made a turn after the St. Ignatius Catholic Church in Kelana Jaya, based on the little direction from his colleague, and landed in some unfamiliar place with no sign of NZX. We tried to make a way back to Kelana Jaya, managed to get some direction from friend (Thanks Max!), and found out that we should turn left after the medical center or before the church.

So, here we went with second attempt, made the correct turn, followed the tunnel, came into housing area in which we were lost again. Drove to we-don’t-know-where-it-was and suddenly there was a freaking toll with no U-turn! wtf, gimme a Ctrl+Z can? And we followed the flow, saw ‘Petaling Jaya’ and ‘Damansara’ on the sign board, came out from the toll (thanks G it was only RM1), saw an unfamiliar place again but he just drove following the sign board. We were so damn relieved when we finally saw that it was the road to Kelana Jaya. Woohoo!

Third attempt, we went through the same route like in second attempt, went straight in the housing area, turn left on the junction there, and found out that we were in the same place like the second attempt (before we proceed to toll). Wtf? Super duper frustrating can? Made a phone call again for direction (Thanks C&M! ) and somewhat realized that we should turn right instead of left at junction there. We went all the way, came across rows of flats and apartments, wondering how could a shopping/hang out place located so deep inside resident area and did we just lost again. Soon we saw the NZX sign board and were showered with joy. Finally!

It took us 1 1/2 hour and 3 times lost to get to NZX, which is located somewhere inside the rows of flats and apartments. A hidden gem indeed. They might have lost two customers if we weren’t that determined to visit Full House. Really, no wonder the place is not so crowded and many shops have closed down or not yet opened. Overall, it was a pretty frustrating journey but amazingly, boyfriend was patient enough to try for the 3rd time and not scolding me.

Everything is white in Full House

We were oh so hungry, so we rushed into Full House as soon as we arrived. The ambience is very nice indeed, but the cafe is not as large as what I imagine. Besides serving foods, Full House also sells clothes, accessories, shoes, cutie stuffs, etc. The concept is like Gudang Stock in Medan but thousand times better and nicer. A great place for hanging out with the girls and take endless pictures. Not so great for paktor-ing place.

We had fried chicken chop, quite nice, and spaghetti with 4 shrimp, RM17++, not worthy cause of the small portion and boyfriend said it tasted like Char Mee Hun. lol. And wtf with the leaves on top of the spaghetti?

Had chocolate ice blended something like that and some vanilla coconut ice. Both taste nice.

I just have one complain which is the menu book. It was torn here and there, 100 times worse than the menu book in Gelato Bar (Medan). As if it was bitten by some hungry mice. Euy.. Can’t they print new menu books and throw away the old one?

I know, it looks blur. But whatever, must put our picture, that’s it.

I might pay a visit to Full House again in the future. Not for dinner but lunch since they have lunch set and I suppose the place will be less crowded during weekday lunch time? Which means I can take more pictures of the ambience and myself.

Ah yes, boyfriend and I went down to Melaka/Malacca on yesterday afternoon with the help of GPS from Nokie E71, our very own road-guide. Thanks G we didn’t get lost though we went to a wrong direction once.

It was an extremely short trip. We started the journey at 4.30pm and arrived Melaka town, Jonker Walk to be exact, at 6pm. Spend about two and half hours there before we headed home at 8.30pm. Return toll ticket was around RM25.

We walked through the long lane of Jonker Walk, also known as Jonker street or Jalan Hang Jebat, an open air night market that looks like Petaling Street (read: Chinatown in KL) but is more exciting cause of the old buildings along the lane. My first time there as Jonker Walk didn’t open when I went to Melaka on Chinese New Year Eve 2008.

Next, we walked to Stadhuys, the reddish building, which is located at the opposite side of Jonker Walk. A quick sightseeing before we headed off for dinner at some dimsum restaurant, that we came across after driving through a confusing road of Melaka town. Wanting to go to Dataran Pahlawan shopping complex but couldn’t find the parking lot. Besides, it was so wtf if we went to shopping complex there since Melaka is known as a historical town instead of a shopping town. Enough of shopping complex, we can find a bigger one in KL.

I was craving for the chicken rice ball but the famous Chung Wah kopitiam was closed already and so did Hoe Kee chicken rice ball. Left only Famosa chicken rice ball which (people said) is expensive and doesn’t taste nice. You could see the word disappointment being stamped on my forehead. What is going to Melaka mean if I don’t get to eat the very famous chicken rice ball? Both restaurants didn’t open too during my 2008 CNY trip. I thought I would be able to try it this time, but no, they didn’t open for dinner. Now you can see the word disappointment falls onto my head and breaks me into pieces.

Spot a man that was camwhoring with his phone camera.

I don’t mind not having the chance to eat the ‘satay celup’ and ‘cendol’ cause all I want is chicken rice ball! You know, the feeling of wanting to try something (that everyone has been talking about) so much but after several attempt you still not able to try it. It s*cks big time. But never mind, I’m in the acceptance stage now which means I have somewhat overcame the disappointment and able to accept it now.

Put aside that chicken-rice-ball disappointment, it was a great trip. A quick escape from a busy city to a historical city with the love one is priceless. Really.

So, it’s Friday.

I need to go outside and print out my passport-size-photograph. But it is so hot, I just working in front of the computer and sweat so much (the misery of having no air-con) as if I’ve been running on treadmill for one hour or so. It makes me feel lazy to step out from the house and walk under the sun. And worse, there is no umbrella..ella..ella.. (get it? Rihanna’s song) at home. I don’t wanna get darker, how?

I just watched the latest episode of MDG – Malaysian Dreamgirl. That’s ep17 part 6, the elimination time. And, guess what, Natasha was voted out. Yay! Yippie! Hooraay! Woohoo! Yeehaaa! Sorry, I can’t hide the excitement. I think that she should be eliminated long long time ago or as soon as she was caught for sneaking in a mobile phone on the show. Breaking the ground rule, what kind of attitude from a model-wannabe is that?

But again, I might be prejudiced, just like what boyfriend said. I only read it from people’s blogs, I don’t watch the show (not until today) and I’m not in the house with the other participants.

Now it left 4 participants – Ming, Dawn, Pinky and Juanita. I can’t wait to see who will win the the title of Malaysian Dreamgirl this time. Too bad the grand finale at The Curve is on 15th May and I’ll be leaving on a jet plane (and board one on the month after that).

screenshot from MDG ep17 part6, post elimination moment

I really like Ming (left side, purple dress) and Juanita (right side, white dress) alot. But I don’t know why Juanita looks fugly here. Not just her face but also her body posture like hunchback one. Bleh.

Woohoo! I am in a super-duper-happy mood as I finally get my pink LG ice cream phone (RM799) last night. Not only that, the weather isn’t as hot as yesterday but cloudy and windy. Ah, nice!

My old Nokia 1208 and the new pink LG ice cream

I always being skeptical when it comes to gadget and brand. I mean, I believe that one particular brand is strong in one area hence I won’t go for other brands, like how I always stand at Canon side when it comes to digicam. I don’t even want to look at Sony, Nikon, Olympus, etc. Just how strong Canon branding is (for me). But for other things like office furniture, brand doesn’t really matter to me. I won’t insist to go Ikea to buy a white working table. Any furniture shop will do cause it’s just a working table. I’m weird.

When it comes to mobile phone, I also kinda believe that Nokia is the best to go for. But this time I give it an exemption and allow myself to go for the non-popular brand in Indonesia which is LG. But this LG ice cream isn’t sold in Indonesia yet (at least it wasn’t sold in Medan when I asked 3 weeks ago), luckily it is released in KL already. I don’t care if people say it is lagging, battery can’t last long yadayada. The pastel pink color is enough to blind my eyes and catch my heart. Hehe..

I actually planned to do a complete review of this pink ice cream phone. But laziness took over it.

The keypad’s light is in sweet pink.

The LED light or whatever it is called. Besides time, it can show smiley face or phone number when there is a call.

For now, this is the best-est phone that I ever get, from the price to color to features, everything. Thanks to boyfriend for driving me around and accompany me to hunt for the pink LG ice cream. He fulfills whatever I want. My very own genie in the bottle indeed.

P.S. Wootz… I am listed in 25 Hot Female Web Designers Part 2, by Lee Munroe! *big smile along with big wet eyes*