What's been happening?

my msn nick says "so much had happened within 24 hrs"

just felt overwhelmed last night after i got back from Taiping. already the entire trip was brought forward that i could not finish my case study assignment as i had arranged my timing to be. then had to end up stuck in the car for 5 hrs just traveling back from Taiping to KL

ok lets rewind abit...

last month i found out that my family was going back to Taiping for Ching Ming and Grandma's bday celebration, and i was looking forward to it cos my late grandpa meant alot to me, and also i would wanna be there with dearest grandma at her bday lunch.

so when i found out that the date clashed with Psych Colloquim i was devastated. a very horrible feeling. Dear made me feel so much better when he promised to drive me all the way back the week after Colloquim, so i could still visit Grandma. he really is super sweet...he completely healed my disappointment...

then i found out that mom managed to postpone the prayer and bday celebration a day later, meaning i could go back together with my family on Sunday early morning, bout 3am in order to reach on time for prayer at 7am. that was great! so i arranged my timing, to attend Colloquim, then come home and stay up to finish case study (due Monday) until time to drive back Taiping.

but when i got back from Colloquim, i discovered that Dad wanted to leave at 9pm. which meant i only had 3hrs to do my work. to make things tougher, there were ppl servicing my aircon, which means my room and study desk was unavailable. ok nvm i got some work done on dining table. but how much can i do when i need to pack my stuff and rush thru dinner?

so i packed my laptop, and as soon as we reached Taiping, i got busy again. my stress level went up another notch, when there was no study lamp in Taiping room, and all 5 of us share a room. wah lau...i read and wrote just using my ipod lighting kekeke

so i slept only 3hrs that night, and woke up to a whole long prayer prayer prayer. like Dear said before, the things Chinese do! burning incense and paper, offering food, chanting to the dead. i understand that behind all these actions, to keep those who had passed away close to heart, but it hurts to see the amount of pollution those smoke had harmed the environment. for me, rituals are just rituals created by man to feel peace within themselves that something had been done. i am there bcos i respect relatives who had passed on, bcos its a great chance to reunite with other family members, and bcos i feel good being near my late grandpa, but im not one who is keen over spiritual practices

after prayers, we had Granny's bday lunch. wow...love the food! especially since i've lost some weight i happily eat without controlling! butter prawn especially...YUM~ but just didnt like the fact that they had shark fin's soup. it has never been proven scientifically that shark's fin has health benefits. its simply a sign of luxury, for Chinese to jaga muka by saying they can afford to serve others this luxury dish. but how can such superficial reason be compared to the suffering of those sharks who had their fin sawed off, then thrown back into the sea, left to die a slow painful death? and c'mon...one shark has only that one fin...how many sharks do human have to torture just to serve a banquet of people? seriously, it hurts NO ONE by banning that dish, and it saves damn many sharks, who deserve to live their lives pain-free on this planet man share with them

i've already decided that next time, in MY wedding, there will NOT be shark fin's soup. people can say i'm stingy, but i would feel happier knowing that i've caused less sufferings, and also maybe create an awareness bout this animal cruelty issue.

anyway, after lunch, we drove back to KL. and it was CRAZINESS. i reached home almost 11pm...and i got hit by several news. was initially planning to get busy with assignment as soon as i could, but 2 friends were having problems. and i was hit with a shocking news before that. i was just so overwhelmed i dunno where to put my thoughts into. i also managed to chat with Dear after going through 2 weeks of 5 SMSes a day, but chat content weren't as happifying as i expected

well, in the end, i finished my work, had a good end to my chat with Dear, and only had ONE hour left to sleep before i had to wake up and go college.

well, only one thing worries me now. i'll only be fully relieved tmr...crossing my fingers and praying (not literally) that everything will be fine...