Offenburgers...

Liebe XXXXXXXXXXX,

schönen Dank für Ihre Anmeldung. Der späte Zeitpunkt ist kein Problem! Wir haben nun genug Teilnehmer und werden den Kurs sicher durchführen. Über die Details wegen der Kaution etc. informiere ich Sie demnächst per Mail.

Es freut mich, dass sich alle Studierenden von Offenburg für den Kurs angemeldet haben. Das ist bei keiner anderen FH der Fall. Die Offenburger sind halt besonders engagiert....

Liebe Grüße,

X. XXXXX


haha... names are not shown to protect the pricacy of the ppl involved...

why am i second?

because there's someone in my life who is first...

are you second? i know i am second!

nice

gosh i miss CA after reading the latest post in CA new blog... i read it like over 10 times since this morning n i find new things to miss everytime i finish reading... i can totally understand u seniors! haha... and to be honest, i don feel sad at all during my farewell (who can feel sad in a CA meeting??) but the feeling seeps in before and AFTER it... haha... so be prepare!

hiking at blackforest...

the most beautiful place and i felt as if i were in paradise, the different greens of the trees were juz so beautiful, indicating tat new life begins from now onwards... it was raining the whole day on friday n saturday n i nearly pull out of the hike for the fear of getting sick... it doesn't help when i woke up on sunday morning only to find out tat it was fogging outside, which was quite thick, but i went anyway... the trip was organized by the senior service of my uni and it is open to all international students, the group was really big, there were 30 international students from all over the world n 20 ppl from senior service... this is the first time i went hiking in germany and together wif so many ppl... we took a train and literally pack the whole train up... it was quite interesting to hear so many languages spoken at one time and in a train... ppl juz automatically strike a conversation like it is so normal, unlike in ehem class coughs wif hem germans... haha... and i was even amazed when i met a former malaysian student who works wif the uni branch now... we went like "malaysia!!!" n start talking bullet-train-malaysian-english... we also manage to converse in german wif the other member of senior services, although most of them were kind enough to explain more detailed stuff in english... i learn a lot about plants from them, i learn how to differentciate different fruit tress by the colour of the flowers and also by the shape of the tree bark... since coming to germany, i've grown a passion for plants here, esp since it's spring now n it is juz so inspring to see so many colours lighting the whole place up... we also manage to make friends wif other international students and to be able to understand jokes that they make is simply wonderful... for the first time i can actually join in the joke no matter how lame they are and laugh my head off...

now you might be wondering y this post is all words til now... n u might think that they might be photos posted up real soon... no, u r wrong!!!

because being a smarty pant *as always, i forgot to bring my camera!!!!!!!!!!!! n to make things worse, i even forgot to bring my handphone... seriously i feel like jumping down to every river tat i pass by n freeze myself to death or jump down from every slope tat i climb or knock my head agains all the beautiful trees... haih...

France...

the place which i've heard so much of but never actually been there and the place i nearly applied to instead of germany... well, from my point of view, i do think tat language is not a barrier there, so much for wat ppl say bout France, english actually can be accepted if u got the oriental looks... haha... here are some pics of Strasbourg, the capital of Europen Union... the architecture is totally mind blowing

p/s : it is juz 30 mins away from Offenburg...

New PM n new ministry...

Energy, green technology and water...

flippo, there's future for environmentalists in Malaysia eh... jom join politics! haha

well, changes are good... keeping my finger crossed for malaysia!

This is love...

Easter holiday is just around the corner and easter is quite a big thing in Germany because of the religious background of this country but i guess many ppl dunno the reason behind easter anymore... now it's all about the bunnies n chocolates n colourful eggs...

although i might not be religious on the outside and i do not fast during lent, one thing i know... that thousands of years ago, love came n conquer sin, tat all who believe shall not perish n live eternally...

click here if u r wan to know wat easter means to me...

anyway, one question here... is easter meant to be celebrated? got ppl die wat... can celebrate meh? haha... typical chinese thinking...

it's a brand new day

a fren once wrote

"all these hardships on earth are only going to make us treasure heaven more"

it encourage me so much tat i decide to share it here wif u all... thanks fren! for ur weekly encouragements, really learn a lot from u... and all ur experiences also reminded me tat i m not alone, i hav known ppl who are going thru the same thing, worse even but if they can make it thru, sure can i...

Thank you!

happy or not happy?

"eh, u look very happy there hoh?" (there as in Germany lah)

tat is a question i found really hard to answer sometimes when ppl keep asking me over n over again... the problem is, it is really hard to see my unhappiness wif all the facebook pics circulating around... even during cny, when there r relatives visiting my house, my siblings will automatically click onto my facebook profile n show them my pics...(i famous mah, so ppl will ask about me naturally... ahaha) and of course, all the pics will depict happiness in a more visual way, which is more impacting... usually, the reaction wud be like "wah, so fun there, visit mercedes benz museum, go munich drink beer n eat pork leg, wah so nice..." of couse it wud be nice when u were treated like kings (queens) with all ur needs being taken care of... but that is only the first month, i repeat FIRST month ONLY in germany, then slowly n gradually, the excitement fades n confusion starts to seep in...

i wud be really n truly happy if -
i can understand whatever my lecturer taught in class
my lecturer can understand the questions that i try to ask in class
my classmates start talking to me
i dare to step out of my comfort zone
i manage to overcome the fear of both my german guy housemates
i can express myself freely without worrying bout vocabs n grammar mistakes
my allowance comes in april instead of may

those, u can't see in my facebook pics...

p/s : i lost count of how many times i edited this post... yer... so many grammar mistakes... it is bad enough wif my german, now my english... sigh

another accident tat nearly took my life...

after the stupid-big-german-shepherd-tat-bit-me-in-my-waist-n-now-i-cannot-wear-bikini-incident, this is the second accident tat make me realise -- boy, m i glad to be alive! the big paper bin below my hostel nearly got burned, if not for the stupid arson who decide to burn the paper bin of the other building first...

the whole green paper bin melted weh!

kesian rumah nih!

if this were my bicycle, i will cry!

the arson din manage to burn the paper bin of my hostel... but there's traces of burned papers... he/she even laid out the papers evenly so tat he/she can burn it...

only first 3 weeks n i've already witness 2 accidents... first it was the car accident during my first day in offenburg, the bus tat we took wham into a car, causing the rear window mirror to break into pieces...

Gossip girl is back...

Gossip girl here, your one and only source into the scandalous lives of the east side elites...

Gossip girl here welcomes you to the new life of shah alam elites in Germany. When the shah alamites flew to Germany to study, means I have a lot of catching up to do. Word is, with everyone in different places, Gossip girl never fails to bring you the latest happening around south Germany.

They say, love surpasses everything, even time n space. One thing about being in a land so far away from home, it brings 2 ppl closer together. Pop quiz, who are they?
Just a lil hint. Greed n black. Looks like L is not lonely n homesick anymore in Germany. When fate throw 2 lovers together, it simply works in the most unexpected or expected way. Signing off.

XOXO
Gossip Girl

bumi putera/i

i m all out for bumiputera rights if they r really given to the 'real' bumiputera (princes n princesses of the earth)... they deserve it! not because they are being pitied at!

pfft! politics!

Germany part 1

amazing facts about germany:

1. everyone in class seems to noe wat r those shiny little things shown on the pics above...

2. und? (and?) is like a secret questions among germans... the first thing they see each other every morning is asking this secret question, n the conversation goes on for hours....

3. everyone in germany seems to hav to same handwriting... (since they r all unreadable, so i assume tat they're the same)

4. germany's exam pad is in brackets instead of lines...

5. be very very careful when u took a train in germany... they actually seperate halfway n go different places...

to be continue... (hopefully)

Spring oh spring...

one of the things offenburg offers is the sunshine, which germany really lacks of... but do not equal it with heat, u will still feel cold into the bones irregardless of the brightness outside... this misapprehension leads to less layer of clothes u wear every morning when u r deciding wat to wear to class...

finally we r here...

compare to the jakunness when we first pass by offenburg to frankfurt...

no doubt

no doubt ...
i look oriental
i speak no dialect
i talk differently
i wear t-shirt n jeans
my hair is black
my skin is yellow
i use a dictionary in class
i don understand a thing in class sometimes
and i hav to ask my neighbour everytime
whether there's tutorial the next day...

but i never give up trying to get to noe you...
would u plz be my fren n sit beside me?

base on a true Malaysian story...

one day, in a place far far away covered wif snow...

indian : Tolong! Tolong! (Help! Help)
cina : what happen?
malay : come and see this!
(open the door n went into a room wif 3 cubicles)
everyone : arghhhh!!!
cina : we must do sth!
indian : y shud we? it is not our fault?

nonetheless, everyone walk in together as one... malay took the brush, indian took the water, cina keep the door open and the british took the liquid detergent...

malay : argh!
indian : shaisst!
cina : ewwwwww!
british : hehehe

5 minutes later... maruah malaysia berjaya diselamatkan!

(u don't wanna noe wat happen exactly!)

the unity among the malaysians, irregardless of race n language n skin colour, saves the day... the end...

You make all things new...

Walking, stumbling on these shadowfeet
Toward home, a land that I've never seen
I am changing
Less and less asleep
Made of different stuff than when I began
And I have sensed it all along
Fast approaching is the day

When the world has fallen out from under me
I'll be found in you, still standing
When the sky rolls up and mountains fall on their knees
When time and space are through
I'll be found in you

There's distraction buzzing in my head
Saying in the shadows it's easier to stay
But I've heard rumours of true reality
Whispers of a well-lit way

You make all things new

Brooke Fraser - Shadowfeetpics of sigmaringen...

freundschaft

well, it simply means 'friendship' in german... it is also a short form of 'the principle of conservation of friendship' which consist of ALG10C... all goes well until ppl who don't understand the whole concept of it start to question the motive behind it... well, sorry to dissappoint u (those names whom i shall not name here) there's none! just pure friendship bond among 15 (now 14) ppl... and being part of this friendship, we hav our own tradition, namely birthday treats from the birthtee (if ever such word exists) and sorry if i offended anyone by trying to continue this tradition even in germany... i am greatly distressed by the fact tat there's ppl (who i think from the other class) who try to influence other ppl to go against this friendship... which, in one way of another, stopped me from treating ppl for my birthday as part of the tradition... sorry i could not treat EVERYONE bcoz of financial reason... it's not like i treat ppl because of the present i m going to get, it is merely a tradition...

i.am.dissappointed.fullstop

this is my blog n i shall write whatever however whichever wherever.

settling down

i was always wondering y on earth did i choose offenburg in the first place? usually when ppl ask, i will juz simply giv them the answers which pop ups in my mind during tat time, and to different ppl i will giv different answers, although deep down inside me i doubt whether my 'answers' are real or i am juz giving excuses for choosing offenburg... complicated eh...

but since i arrived here, it all seems so clear... it is a nice place! and seeing seniors graduating really add a bonus to it... if they can do it, sure can i! (of coz got other reason such as free tv and spices from malaysia... haha)

oh... and the senior who will be graduating is performing for a gig this friday evening... those who are free, do drop by n support our very own malaysian performer in a german pub...

p/s : i seriously prefer swäbish than badish...

21

21st birthday

and thanks to facebook, i was reminded again n again tat i m 21 yesterday... and thanks to facebook, i got wishes n blessings from all over the world in a place so far away from home... u guys surely made my day, even those who din actually wrote on my facebook wall but who seen it and thought, 'oh, it's pat's birthday today!' thank you too!

n esp to the sigmaringen group and others, u noe who u are... thanks for the present! not sure whether i will use to frequently but i really like it~