The Malaysian Studies' Curse

I am a 101% sure that I've been cursed by the subject Malaysian Studies. Every Malaysian only needs to study the subject ONCE in their lifetime but here I am, taking it twice already. Mind you, it's compulsory to all Malaysian. So unless you're a Malaysian, you confirm need to take Malaysian Studies either in your foundation years or your diploma days. Generally, Malaysian Studies = History where we learn the formation of Malaysia. Yup! All those Malayan Union, the Education System, etc. I would think Malaysian Studies as a free subject to rise my pointer higher. Hah! There's good after all.

It went back to last week when I'm supposed to present my presentation topic on The Strategies to Strengthening the Unity alone. This is the reason to why I said I'm being cursed. Whilst the other groups of Malaysian Studies did their presentation and assignments in GROUPS, we, the Group A here on the other hand need to do it INDIVIDUALLY! The reason is because they are only the 9 of us in the class. As if it's my fault there's only 9 in the class. Well, the lecturer insisted. I think she's just being lazy, inconsiderate and unfair. Why others can do it in groups but we need to do it individually? Can't you put us in groups of 2? Trust me, jobs would be much easier with an extra helping hand. Oh, I forget. There's a total of 10 topics. So with us all present, she does not need to teach. Presentation, for me is just a way for lecture like her to get away openly without teaching. You know, being lazy and nobody knows.

Anyway, to make a dramatic presentation, virtual virus decided to hack my pendrive. While I was presenting, the next moment the whole presentation file is gone. Literally everything. My previous assignments and lab reports of my days in KBU, the presentation slide itself. All gone. Like 'puff' in the air. Urghh. Was so frustrated. Deep down, I know why I am frustrated. Firstly, it is because of my own fault. Wanting to put animated pictures on the slide to make it more eye-catching, I went to various sites to find it when I unconsciously pressed on something that I'm not aware with. I was waiting my antivirus system to tell me that there's virus invading my lappy and I need to get it out. But there's nothing. So I resume my job and save everything. All the time, the pendrive was attached to the lappy. My second frustration is that my AVG virus was expired at that time. LOL! I've never bought any antivirus system before and I think this is some kind of payback for using their antivirus illegally. =P On the lappy itself, I have the free installed Avira. But we're more than aware that it's lousy. Well, at least I think it's lousy. So I have another one which is AVG. My bestie, Dylan taught me some tricks on this one. He taught me how to find the free activation code online to get the paid version of AVG. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Till that day, it works perfectly fine before it decided to go haywire on me. Payback is such a bitch! And so I lost my protection. It just happen to be the right timing for me to go find for those animated pictures giving the viruses an opportunity to invade my laptop.

Where do all these irritating viruses came from? Can't think of a better answer than the one I have right now. I guess they came from the antivirus company itself. I mean, you see, they released the antivirus, they created a programme to delete the virus and earn millions from there. That's what business is all about. You released, treated and earned! Seems legit right? Go think about it!

I guess it hits me so much that I'm so disappointed in myself because I knew I don't have another copy for the slide and all my lab reports whist I'm studying at KBU are all gone for god's sake! I have the habit of saving everything in my pendrive because it's the safest place in the world. No viruses can enter the pendrive!! I am ready to do it all again when luck seems to be on my side. Apparently, I managed to save the hard copy of my slide. So I just need to do some edit and it's ready to be presented!

The next week (which is this week) I am all cheered up to finish my presentation when my shoe decided to break on me while I'm about to enter the Uni. Just great! The soles of my shoes fell off, leaving me in nothing but misery. I love that shoe so much that I wear it for every of my presentation since I got it from FOS two years back. It is still brand new as I only wore it for presentation. =( Sad!! Thank god everything went smoothly after that.

Since I was doing my presentation on Unity, I was asked, "Will the racial riot on 13 May 1969 happen again?" Well, to those ignorant Malaysians that are wondering what happen during 13 May 1969, I hope you failed your HISTORY! 13 May 1969 is such a historical event for the whole nation and for you to not have any single idea about it, it is such a disgrace to even called yourself a Malaysian. So please take into consideration to change your citizenship! 13 May 1969 will be a date to be remembered where the Malays killed the Chinese, the Chinese killed the Malays and such. Many innocent lives were taken away. I think it is because a young Chinese was killed in the fight against the police before the 1969 elections. It is actually a burial parade lead by Datuk Harun Idris, the Selangor Chief Minister at that time. Fights  and riots broke out and military were needed to control the situation since the police failed to do so. I dare not think nor imagine what the situation would be like. It would be a sad case to see if my Malays friends are killed or my Chinese friends are killed by my Malays friends. The total number of deaths that were recorded was 193 but we don't really know the exact value.

At the end, I confidently answered, "No. It will happen again as we are more united now than we are in the past." I guess it reflects me. Growing up, studying in a kebangsaan or what you called it 'multiracial' schools, I definitely have more Malay friends than Chinese since we just  minority in Terengganu. We, the Chinese, Malay and Indians can sit in a table together during our lunch. Hell, even the Malay and Indians have learnt our language. I think I miss my multiracial friends right now. And seeing from the answers from my classmates which are from Penang, KL and Johor, I would say that I'm the lucky one. Nope. They don't have the luxury to be friend with the Malay and Indians. Such a pity. Well during festivals, thou I do not visit them, but we definitely do wish others that are celebrating. Hell, we even shared kuih raya. I guess this is the advantages for being in such a small town. A small yet united town. What is there to be in a big yet un-united city? No joy in it.

And then I stumbled on this pictures being shared on my wall yesterday on Facebook. Take a look at it. It was being shared by a page called Boikot Barangan DAP Cina.

Basically it urge people to stop buying things that are from the Chinese and support the Malay's franchise. Well, actually it has no harms to promote your own races franchise but then at least don't go boycott those other races franchise. It is just so low of you. Haven't you forget that there are your races too that work in that franchise? If you go boycott, what will happen to them? What about their salary and income? Did they need not to support their family? This is just a reckless act of a person that has an IQ no higher than a kid. I would said dog but then you know la, people would probably create issues from it saying that I compare them with dog or whatsoever. People these days are just too free that they need a little chaos here and there for their entertainment.

Seriously la, it's sick to see all these racial stuff online. So does that mean that the Chinese have to boycott Pizzahut too? Damn! I'm a fan of Pizzahut! So back to the question to whether is the eventful racial riot gonna happen again. My answer is if there are more people like this guy who created the page living here in Malaysia, then it would probably happen again. Rather than setting up people's mindset to be negative towards other races, why not spreading the love around. For all I know, I have friends from all. I'm proud to be friend with Madu, Aina, Farhain (my childhood friend), Miriam (my childhood friend too), Hazim (the big taukeh who owns a Mercedes but still love Choki Choki) etc. Too much to be named every single of them out.

Well, just so let you know that the government had gone through so much to built the harmonious environment that we're living in today. So are we gonna give up the good that we have today for something that is not worth our attention? My answer is NO! I would never turns against my friends nor have my childhood the other way round by going to a Chinese school. Yep. It is sad to think that I'm a banana as you called it but I'm proud to have a multiracial friends. Heck! Even my Sikh friend, Jasteen can speak better Chinese than I am. >.<

With that, I raised my case. Time to sleep. And just in case if tomorrow I'm awaken by the sound of police knocking down my room's door. Here's the prove to where I obtained the picture from!

 

And I wondered why is this guy still not in the prison for creating such a racial issue which would lead to chaos later.

Huh?
 

XOXO~

 

Sending my love too

Just in case I woke up in prison and can never blog again.

That would be a sad case coz I love blogging

Hahaha

Mean KAREN!!

And Mum said I was so bad for not helping the new housemate. *sobs sobs I was sleeping!!! Mum said karma will hit me one day. Just pray I do not need to ask help from her lo. Ignore those grammar mistake. English is getting more terrible here since there's no English class. Wahahaha. Miss Ms Wan and her English class. Oh, and her sarcasm too. Well, who do I miss the most? It would definitely be Ms Jaclyn, my ex-Chem lecture in KBU. LOL!! And Ms Kong too la. I actually forget her name that I need to find it at FB. Haih. Getting old liao. No choice. Can't help.

Tomorrow would be a busy day. Straight from 9.30 am till 3.30 pm non-stop and Bio later at 5.00 till 6.30 pm. Confirm at the end of the day, I'll lay flat on the floor. Tired die me le. Gonna use broken English so bear with it. So not looking forward for tomorrow le. It's 1 am here already but I still need to update my Physic lecture notes for tomorrow lecture. Can't stand messy notes leh.

Am I getting mean-er here? Mum said I was so mean and bad towards the new housemate. And today while on the way back, a Malaysian Chinese girl (I think) was asking me to help her to enter the condo, saying that she forgot to do her resident card. Not that I don't wanna help, it's just that I don't know you. What if you're a criminal or something? LOL! My imagination very good hor at times like this. Hahaha. Okay la. I feel so bad after that but I keep walking coz I just have an hour and 30 minutes break. Chasing time, man!!

If there's one thing that I like about the condo, it would be their security. Sipek tight lo. There's no way strangers can enter. Salute them ah. Few days ago, one of the security guard asked me, "Ah Moi, tak takut ah (Not afraid ah?). And I was like, "Huh? Takut? Kenapa? (Afraid? Why?) And he said, "Itu Negro tak takut ah? (You're not afraid of Negro?). Actually deep down afraid also la but then if I was gonna be racist and see them as Ooh Lang/ Ooh Lu then I think I better pack and go home. Everywhere there's Negro. You just gotta live with it. And why the discrimination? I believe in all those bad guys, there are also good ones. Thou my first encounter with the Negro/ Africans/ Nigerian was bad. I was shocked when he pointed his finger at me while saying he knows me. Super creepy lo. But then, NEVER NEVER enter the lift alone with them la. Just as precautions. Better safe than sorry, right?

And again, to whoever that girl is, I feel so so sorry. It's not that I don't wanna help, but I don't really trust people here in KL. Everything can happen if I let my guard down. Perhaps if you're in KT, I might lend you a hand without doubt. So sorry.

And also today is a happy day. Bought my flight home on the my study break at super cheap price. Tralala. *sing the happy song So to those of you guys that wanna go home too, go check Malindo Air now! Like straight away! I got my flight for only RM 39! Can you believe it? Like super super cheap. Even cheaper than bus ticket. So while it's on promotion, faster go buy. Only stupid one will sit bus if there's flight ticket so much cheaper than bus ticket. Bus ticket nowadays is RM 42++. Hah? Safe RM 3 and 7 hours journey! Aah. Can't wait to be back.

Ooh, it's 1.30 am already. Gotta go. Physic still waiting, staring intensely at me. Till next time!

 

SO SORRY!!!!

 

From the very mean girl

XOXO~

And also good nitez~

**Sweet dreams**

Watery Eyes in Dogs

Spent my Saturday just like any other typical teens. Woke up when the sun is going to balik kampong already. Hihihi. I was once asked, "Can a person sleep 12 hours straight ah?" Well, I don't have the ability to sleep 12 hours straight since I'm a light sleeper. That is why I hate morning phone calls so much. I can't really go back to sleep after the idiot woke me up. And apparently, there's this one idiot that decided to disturb me this morning. -.- Bloody new keling housemate called at 10 am just becoz she can't passed the guard house down below. Stupid girl left her whatever documents that allowed her to pass the guard house in her room here and expect me to give kiss her feet and go down to sambut her. Need to lay the red carpet ma?? Why must I be disturb for something that clearly because of your stupidity??! Sipek annoying lo. Yesterday I have to purposely do gown just to pass her the keys and documents so she can enter the condo but then she left the documents here. I'm asking myself, if that's the case, why the trouble of me going down to give you the things to have you leave it here. IDIOT!! Really beh tahan. And after the call, thou I refused to be separated from my bed, my conscience is eating me. Took me almost 2 hours to find another distraction to sleep back. Urghh.. And now I'm still feeling bad about it. Keep telling myself, it's not my fault that she left her documents here. I don't owe her anything!! Go figure out yourself how to enter the condo or called me at times that I don't sleep!

Enough of that keling story. Because of her, my timetable for the day all disrupted. I was suppose to wake up at 12 and cook my lunch and dinner and continue my Physic revision at 3. But then I ended waking up at 4 and barely managed to do my revision. I hate when my plans fails. Lets just say that I a person who plans ahead. I hate the clueless feeling. So I always make sure I plan my activities. Well, the only thing I fail to plan is my sleeping time. I can never plan what time to sleep at night. I think I'm having insomnia lo. Every night after hours of tossing on the bed, I managed to get roughly 3 hours of sleep before waking up to lectures. The feeling of not able to sleep is really stressing. I even used to cry becoz I can't sleep when I have school the next day.

Why am I talking about my sleeping habit when I'm suppose to note down my extra info on watery eyes in dogs?

Still remember Xiao Ai? My darling boy?

 

Well, if there is one tiny thing that I dislike about him would be his watery eyes. Not me only, Tigress too find it super hard to clean his watery discharge. The fact that he has long furs make things much difficult coz they often stuck at his fur around his eyes area. I hate the fact that I have to pull the discharge out, knowing that I would hurt him. If the discharge is left unattended, it would become hard and is super difficult to pull out. Our vet do tell us that it is infection and that the watery discharge needs to clean daily. But then again, what cause the watery discharge as none of the other dogs have it as badly as Xiao Ai? Perhaps Kiko and Tiger have but I've never seen watery discharge on Jacky, our old lab or even Lucky, our obese Golden.

 

While I was finding some answers on something, I stumbled upon this fact. "Epiphora is a condition that causes an abnormal overflow of tears." It is due to the eyes shape in some particular breeds. The most commonly affected are the young shelties, shih tzus, Lhasa apos (had no idea what kind of breed this is), cocker spaniels, Pekingese, bulldogs, dachunds (the hotdog dog) and miniature poodles. Well, the overproduction of the tears can be congenital (abnormality since birth) due to distichiasis (a condition where the eyelashes arise from an abnormal spot on the eyelid. It is a type of mutation).

 

It is obvious with overflow of tears, tear drainage and/or staining on face. Other signs include:

 

1. Squinting

 

2. Redness and irritation

 

3. Inflammation

 

4. Discharge from the eyes

 

5. Ulcers of the cornea

 

6. Skin around eyes are loose/ sagging

 

Conditions acquired by a dog can lead to epiphora. These conditions include rhinitis/sinusitis, which causes swelling adjacent to the tear drainage system; trauma or fractures of the bones in the face; foreign bodies in the eyes (e.g., grass, seeds, sand, parasites). Tumors of the third eyelid, the conjunctiva of the eye, eyelids, nasal cavity, maxillary bone in the face, or in the sinuses located around the eyes will also be considered. A condition which causes the nasolacrimal duct (tear duct) to be obstructed, whether through inflammation due to an acquired condition, or because of a congenital abnormality, may also cause an overflow of tears.

Blockage of the nasolacrimal drainage system can be caused by congenital lack of normal openings on the eyelids into the tear drainage system, as seen in cocker spaniels, bulldogs, and poodles. Extra openings can also form into the tear drainage system in abnormal positions, such as openings along the side of the face below the corner of the eye, closest to the nose. Other possibilities include lack of openings from the tear drainage system into the nose.

Acquired conditions involving corneal or conjunctival foreign bodies are seen usually in young, active, large-breed dogs. Inflammation of the eyelids and conjunctiva can be due to infectious or immune-mediated causes. Disorders of the cornea are characterized by the presence of scratches/ulcers with or without inflammation. Inflammation of the front part of the eye, including the iris, can be present. Glaucoma is a condition in which the pressure within the eye is increased. Eyelid tumors are typically seen in older dogs of all breeds.

 

Unfortunately, there is no treatment for Epiphora. The best solution being stated is surgery where the eyelids are tacked into a normal position and allowed to readjust.

 

You know ther's a possibility of your fido having Epiphora when your fido's eyes are like this,

 

 

 

 

 

(Xiao Ai's one not that bad la compare to the ones in the pictures)

 

But then, some breeds of dogs naturally have hair in their eyes which occasionally causes irritation. Hairs from the face can angle into the eyes. Keep eyelashes in check too coz they can grow in odd places like the corner of the eye or under the eyelid, or they can curve into the eye rather than away from it. In long haired breeds, fur can actually 'wick' or pull tears from the eyes to the skin. This is especially prevalent in breeds that grow hair on the caruncle of the eye (the moist, pink area, easily seen in the inner corner of the eyelid) closet to the nose.

 

Well, I guess, in Xiao Ai's case, it is the fur that is poking his eyes which causes irritation becox I noticed that after grooming which include trimming the fur around the eye areas, the watery discharge is less. That keeps me relieved for a moment. Huhuhu.. At least, I know more about this watery discharge thing to help me keep in check of my dogs in future.

 

For the love of our furkids!

XOXO~

Happy Valentine !!

Happy Valentine Day and Happy Chap Goh Meh peeps! Isn't it ironic that this year the Chinese and the Americans are gonna celebrate their love day together? *smirks I'm so gonna find a river tomorrow to throw my oranges in there, hoping that my prince charming would collect it. I et there would be lots of free oranges in the river tomorrow. So to the tam xin people, get ready your nets at the end of the river!!!

Whoa. I was gone for so long that I missed my free blogging days badly till the extent that I'm finding a solution to at least blog a little a day. I was thinking that maybe I can blog at Insta or even Dayre. I just need a place to release my daily frustration! Heh. Why is life so difficult? I barely even have time to relax anymore. Too busy with those hectic schedules of mine. Sometimes, I asked myself, why the heck did I insist to take another year of foundation studies knowing that it would be a hell stressful. My original plan was to finish my degree as fast as possible but as for now, it's not that fast already. Hell. I'm so back from all my friends. Some had even started their degree. Haihh. Getting old leh. Sipek paiseh wanna tell my friends here that I'm 20 already. -.- Sometimes I even wished that they don't popped out the question. Not that I mind but when you're in a group of people that are all younger than you, being older a year does really matters! Tell me, who wanna grow old? The only time we're thinking of getting older is when we're kids. Aahh.. Those kids days when seeing your parents going for work seems so cool that you can't wait to grow up faster. I TAKE BACK MY WORDS!!!
This week is so damn packed with mid-terms and test. Heh. Sad to say, I did badly for my Physic test that I don't even wanna know my results. Hope Mr Teng lost my paper so he can't marked and asked me to do once again. Keep dreaming, Karen. That would never happen. I hate Physic. I hate Newton. Why he gotta be an ang moh? Why didn't he born in Malaysia? So instead of apple fell on his head, a durian dropped and killed him instantly. That would save me lots of troubles with Physic. Why he gotta be so kepoh? Urghh. I think those angmohs like to question why this or why something happen. Like in class, I find it very annoying lo since they almost asked everything the teacher taught. Well, sometimes it can be a very stupid question to ask but still they are brave enough to ask without fearing that people would laugh them off. We, Malaysians, sit tiam-tiam at the back there, accepting everything the teachers taught without questioning anything. LOL. Even if the teachers taught the wrong thing, we still accept it but later complaining the teachers stupid after the class ended. You know you're Malaysians when you do that.

Today sipek embarrassing. My lecture ended at 9.30 am but then I have tutorial of the same subject at 11.00. So when I saw the lecture entered the class for the tutorial, I straight away entered the class too with a grin that I have a place to sit while waiting for 11.30. Of course I'm not that lucky, it happens that the lecture has a class there. LOL!!! Everybody was staring at me like I have ketchup all over my face. So I went finding other empty class to sit to finish off my tutorial exercises and keep reminding myself that I have class at 11.30. When it was time, I went back to see that the teacher haven't finished teaching so I ran again but it feels weird. Took my phone out and checked my timetable. Guess what? It stated there that my tutorial starts at 11.00 am!!! Ahh. Went into the class with a very embarrassing face, looking down, finding for a seat. Not wanting to see everyone at the moment. They must be laughing their ass off inside their heads! The first time went to early and the second time, went late to class. Great, Karen!! Just great!! The day can't be any better!

Came back with the landlord in the house, cleaning the other room. We're gonna have a roommate tomorrow *gloomy face It is not the idea of having a new housemate that make me sad but the fact that we gonna stay with an Indian girl make me sad. I not being racist or whatever but let just say that I have very bad experiences of having Indians as my neighbors. Pray hard that this Indian gonna be a good one.

It's already Chap Goh May, the 15th day of Chinese New Year which is also the last day. Well, I did have a nice CNY thou I'm back here on the 4th day of CNY. It's not because of the angpaus I received but it's the time spent with my family and Xiao Ai. Have lots of fun with him. Kinda miss him now. My angpaus? I don't even opened it and checked how much I got. Really. No lie. I guess it would be around RM 200 since I heard Goaty counted his. 200 is like our maximum every year. Sipek little hor? My friends all get more than 500 ones. Sipek jealous. Being a money wise girl, heck I don't even gamble my ass off this year. Totally no time. If there's any spare time, you would spotted me with Xiao Ai at every corners of the house with ball in his mouth and a phone in my hands to take photos of him. Hehehee

My CNY first day outfit

Bought it in Bangkok

Still fat leh.. Haihhhh

 

With Mousy!!

 

Cewahhh! Goaty did his signature pose

 

Snakey really look like Dad.

Kinda weird to type the animals name out now. It feels like forever since I used them.

 

Tigress, Alice and me!

 

Second day outfit

 

So glad that I made the bet with Great Tiger. I never ever worn dresses for CNY ever since 14 coz I can't find my size but this year I not only wear one but 2 dresses for CNY. To add to that, they are all my choice not because I don't have choice and was forced to wear them. I super happy lo!! =D

 

My boy!!

A cheap singlet ought at Chatuchak at 50 THB!!

 

And here's the time to spam my entries with lovely photos of Xiao Ai!!!

 

Super fluffy hor?

Was snapped just after I groomed him.

Loa beh Tigress didn't even groom him for CNY

Xiao Ai wanna look nice too...

 

My date every afternoon!! <3

 

Xiao Ai's sleepy face

Hahahaha So cute

He was accompanying me thru the night while I finish off my lab report

 

Me and Mami!

LOL! Didn't even have a decent selfie picture with Mum in our CNY attire

Saddddd....

 

Without realizing, my 4 days home flew by just like that. Planned so much to do but get so little done. This CNY I don't really feast on food ad tidbits leh. Come to think about it, I have none, not even a single bite while at home. Thank god Mum packed some for me to bring back. Haha. More like I remind her. =D Even before going back, I asked Mum to stock up oranges, snacks and drinks but I eat none. From the 4 boxes of oranges at home, I only at 4 oranges. Sadd right. I know. That is the sacrifice made by me, a uni student.

 

So while on this very Valentine day, to all singles out there, don't cry your heart out. Keep calm and feast on the love letters!!

 

Happy Valentine!!!

<3 <3 <3

 

Sending lots of love and kisses!

XOXO~

 

MUAKS!!!