Personal Taste ♥

i ♥ this series. The first ever korean series i actually like. :p

LEE MIN HO IS SO HAWT!

update!

So Christmas has come and gone, and this year, although I wasn't expecting it, I got a DSLR!(wasn't expecting, because of my little accident with the car ;p) The Canon EOS 550D to be exact. ;D So the past couple of days involve me sitting around at home trying out the camera and actually learning to take photos. Its so hard! Especially to understand all the terms and blahblahblah but I'm determined to learn so yeah. :D

Pictures!

TINY Starbucks cup! Looks exactly like the real thing though. (:

And oh yeah, I blinged my guitar.

And the puppy next door has amazing blue eyes! :)

xoxo ♥

Jingle bells. :3

Headed to church in awhile. Must go crazy early to ensure that I don't sit outside. Sabahan Catholics are a kiasu bunch I swear. ;p anyways, merry Xmas everyone! Although I'm a couple of hours early. ;)

Xoxo Karen

Rant.

Soooo.. I smashed the back light of my car today. (not to mention the hugeeeee scratch along the side of the car)

Oh and dad doesn't know yet.

Damn. :p

*edit*

I told dad about the car. He was like "Ohhhh, well be careful next time you drive la.. blahblahblah". And then when all was forgiven, I sat on his glasses and broke them.

F.M.L.

shopaholics. ♥

How i spend my days.

Re-read books I've read a million times. *sighs.

Of random updates.

And thats why carolling is awesome. (: (i got the muffin from someone's house heheh.)

Okay so I've been super lazy. I didn't even continue my 30 day challenge. D:

*forcing myself to THINK and type something of substance.*

Oh and Tatianna's back. I can't wait to see you honey! :D and I was over at Derek's last night watching the guys play DJ Hero. Hmm. It was amusing. Although I refused to play for fear of making a TOTAL fool of myself. :|

Oh yeah. Caroling lasted 6 nights in a row, I was beyond exhausted after that. :( But it was very different from my high school caroling. I didn't enjoy myself AS MUCH. And didn't have the confidence to play guitar. Maybe next year, hmm? :) And anyway, our guitarist Michael (he's OLDDDD got wife and 2 kids my age okay) is AMAZING and learnt ALL BY HIMSELF since the age of 18. Inspiring! And he's crazy. Like he tells the most retarded jokes. And sings Muppet songs to himself. Needless to say he gets on well with my dad *rolls eyes*

a group pic.

Mid-song. LAST HOUSE, LAST DAY. no wonder I look disheveled. All the carefully applied makeup melt of my face already. :|

WE ARE AWESHUMM. ♥

karen ♥

spongebobs.

ZOMG. ♥

Sejarah. :O

I know its tiny and hard to read but click to enlarge (i think) or make the page bigger so can read. Its just too funny to pass up. XD

This takes sejarah to a whole new level of retardedness. ;P

The Kitteh

I seriously am obsessed with all things Hello Kitty. :O

2 guitar picks and a pair of earphones. ;D

xoxo

P/S Lusting over the Maybelline Hello Kitty mascara. *sighs

sesame street ♥

i ♥ oscar.

Day 5.

Dear dreams.

While there are many of you in my head, I think you are not as complicated as most people perceive you to be. Some of you have finally, painstakingly become a reality while others are still floating about only in my mind.

People tell me to dream big. Have huge, outta this world dreams. But my real dreams are somewhat disappointing, maybe. ;p

I dream of becoming a doctor. To save lives because life is altogether too short and in saving others' lives, I feel like I am doing something meaningful with my own.

I dream of FINALLY visiting my birthplace in Nottingham, cause I'd like to see for myself if it really is as pretty as in the pictures.

I dream of visiting the Galapagos Islands (near South America) to pet a giant tortoise. :D

I wish that there would be no more cruelty to animals. At all.

Maybe a family someday? Or whatever God decides for me. I leave it all up to Him. (:

Most of all, I just want to be happy.

xoxo

All I want for Christmas.

• fly to India next year.

• a new pair MANY pairs of Nine Wests. ;p

• For 2011 to be a better year than 2010 was. (:

• Lose 8kg.

• a boyfriend? :)

xoxo karen ♥

oh i love ♥

Langkawi *kiss kiss

Day 4.

Dear sibling.

As I type this I can hear you singing to yourself while you strum your guitar. Totally off-key. No doubt, you're doing it on purpose to annoy me. *rolls eyes.

When I saw you in KL the other day I was shocked. I don't know what I was expecting, but certainly not this. You're HUGE. As in tall and built. I mean I know you're not a skinny 5 year old anymore, but to my head that's how you'll always be depicted. When you're all old and married one day perhaps I'll still look at you as the skinny kid you used to be.

My little brother.

You're OLD now! And I know for a fact that you've got a girlfriend. (a fact that baffles me ;P) but anyways. We don't have a touchy- feely relationship (ours is more like, you touch me and I punch your FACE!) but well, erm, I'llalwaysbethereforyouifyouneedme. OK? :)

hehe.

I ♥ you ton ton. :D

xoxo

*yawn.

Out with Sam, Derek, Kim and Clarissa.

KK is sooooo erm, boring. compared to KL shopping malls. Where are the people?? And the shoe shops?? :(

Haha don't get me wrong, I love KK to bits. Its my home and always will be. But the shopping malls are undeniably, not as nice as KL's. :)

Anyways. Night 3 of caroling is tonight!

*crosses fingers and hope got food. I skipped lunch and am gonna skip dinner heheh.*

p/s no, i don't care if i get fat cause i'm not fat now anyways. just sayin'. ;)

xoxo ♥

YAY :)

I've changed my blog template!

I was gonna customize it even more, like put pictures and stuff but I got too lazy. Oh and I'm hungry.

I quite like this template though.

:) xoxo karen

p/s will tambah more posts later. After I eat. Wheeeee.

day 3.

dear parents.

Let me start by saying a humongous thank you.

My whole life, I have been sheltered and protected. I used to feel that you guys were being overprotective but after I started college and had to live on my own and face problems by myself did I realise how much I had taken you guys for granted.

Freedom meant everything to me when I was in high school. Freedom to drink into oblivion, to stay out all night and to do anything I wanted, just like my friends. And while it used to be a pain in the ass, now I am so grateful that you did not allow me to do so. Thank you for setting boundaries and in the process helping me to be where I am today.

Dad, thank you for being around. I know you work hard to provide for us. But thank you for still being a family man in the process. Taking time to sit around and play with the dogs with me. It means a lot because I know not everyone has the privilege of having a father around.

Mom. Thank you teaching me to be strong. The year when you got sick was the worst year in my life so far. Watching you become thin and pale, puking after your chemo sessions was more than I could take at times. It was that year we began going back to church, remember? God plans everything to happen for a reason. And thank you, mom, for staying strong and surviving. You know we could not have been able to cope without a mother in our lives. I love you. ♥

I'm sorry for the times I was a monster. I really was. I remember. And I won't elaborate because some things are best left forgotten, yes? :)

i love you both!

love, karen

did you get me a present? Its christmas :DD..n i don wan gula gula

TAK TAU MALU.

:P

Ask me anything

graduation. ♥

so i uploaded on fb but here, i tried choosing those i didn't uploas on fb. :3

:)

i still think we look unnaturally WHITE here. D:

camwhore thru mirror, didn't realise sasa was behind. XD

ALU8 girls. ♥

i miss nader. :(

♥

i miss the monkeys already.

xoxo ♥

day 2.

so, this refers to the thirty day challenge. (i've already done day 1, the best friend one.)

Dear crush.

I think I have not met you yet. I wonder when I will. I wonder if I have already met you, except my scarred little heart can't comprehend it and doesn't know it yet. Dramatic, I know. You're gonna have to get used to that, you know. I am a drama queen.

Anyways, back to what I was saying. Oh yeah. Assuming I have already met you, I'd just like to say that I may be difficult at times, and I find it hard to trust guys. I have this feeling that all guys are retards out to make me fall in love, and then trample on my heart. (The last one broke it pretty bad, blame him, its all his fault bwahahaha). If you're really the one for me, you will be patient and bear with me.

I hope you accept my flaws and inspire me to improve, not change me into a clone of the girl you wish you have.

I hope you will love animals just like me. (:

I hope you understand my love for shoes. (:

Most of all I hope, in my heart, you won't give up halfway like all those before you.

:)

xoxo karen

*finally got my laptop back am super in a good mood gonna upload all my photos*

Whole bunch of pictures but due to laziness, i'm gonna slowly upload in parts lol.

genting, with Sasa, Shana and Michelle. ♥

i'm so sorry sarah darling, it was too funny to resist uploading. :D

we all super lazy to take pics. having too much fun i guess? ;p

xoxo karen.

2 days to sabah. :)

Back in KL! I'm so tired la hate KL, wanna go back to Sabah.

Sighs. :(

But sg was ok la. So many many nice shoes!!!! :D

Xoxo Karen

Playing with the iPad again :)

So I shamefully admit, I gave in to temptation and bought yet another pair of shoes. D:

They are everlast sneakers, my fave. :) I loved my last pair so much, I used them till the bottom berlubang and I was considering taping the bottom just so I can continue using them. :/ *embarrassed.

Anyways! The shoes were 60% off, so, whatever la. :D am gonna get a job in Sabah to earn back wat I spent this hols. :p any suggestions what kinda job I should look for? (:

Oh and Jeremy called today, for awhile. It felt good to hear from him. :) I think he's an idiot who picks on me way too much, but I do miss him loads. ;p

And today, well.. The weirdest thing. I think so many things still do remind me of him, just flashes of things I mean. I try not to think but memories have an annoying way of sneaking up on you at the most unexpected times. :p but I know there are no more feelings, there haven't been since months ago. It's just a matter of forgetting it all. The best way, go back to Sabah where there are no reminders. :)

On the plus side, despite the remembering, I felt happy this morning. Not going to elaborate, it's hard to say, but.. thank you. :). I have days when I feel crappy about myself, and today you chased those feelings away. (:

Xoxo.

:)

Am finally in my own blog againnnn! :) and I'm typing with my (stealing it from my dad) iPad!! :D

I didn't think an iPad would be this awesome. If I know earlier I would have demanded one ages ago! :D

Oh, but now still ain't too late ;)

Soooo, after graduating I've been moving non stop. Langkawi, which was so pretty omg, and then penang which was so butt-numbingly boring I dunno why I decided to go in the first place. My parents and brother flew over to kl last night and we're just lepaking around kl at the moment, then Singapore, and finally balik Sabah. Aish. I seriously tak sabar nak balik. :3

Okayy. Going to go out wandering around bukit bintang now. Bye darlings. :)

Xoxo Karen

Ps. I miss my ktt friends already.

Day 1.

Dear best friend.

Lemme just say, it amazes me to realise that I haven't seen you in over a year. Cliched as it sounds, I think time really does fly by.

We've known each other for years now, and I think my favourite thing about you is the fact that you NEVER judge me. I may make decisions you don't particularly like, but at the end of the day, you give me space to decide things on my own.

Best of all, you NEVER say you're fine with a decision i make and then secretly resent it or hope i change my mind. I love that you're honest and sincere. :) I think it's the basis of every friendship, and probably the reason why ours lasted so long.

You probably already know this, but this year at the birthday party my college friends planned for me, i wasn't SO touched by the party that i cried, but the thing that DID reduce me to tears was watching a skype video of you wishing me happy birthday. :) *awwww. ;p

I'm sorry i've been so crappy at keeping in touch. :P but thank you, thank you

for being the one friend i can always count on. The constant in my life. I know I can go to you no matter what's going with me, and you'll understand.

I'll see you in december, darling, I can hardly wait. ;)

xoxo ♥

less than 6 hours sleep. Later today I'm going to regret it. :P

Am listening to Vanilla Twilight. AND its on replay. A totally ngam song if I'm in love, which I'm not, but what to do. :P Its super pretty. (:

I decided to start my 30 days challenge la, cos I'm bored and cos I want to. ;p

xoxo

So, I have NOT stopped moving since 10 am today.

NOT EXAGGERATING! Right after exam, rushed upstairs to grab Pinkie and Peanut (now got new names, lol, Thistle and Dandelion.)

Then shower and go KTM at 11.

KL Sentral to check out train tickets to Kedah.

Midvalley. Eat.

WALK NONSTOP SEARCHING FOR THE PERFECT CLUTCH (but couldn't find, boo hoo.)

Eat dinner. Walk again.

Took the 10pm train.

Sampai KTT jam 11 plus plus.

CLEAN THE HOUSE AND PACK ALL MY CRAP TO GIVE MY FRIEND TOMORROW.

I'm so tired! But I switched on my laptop anyways cos tommorow I'm giving it to a friend. And I won't be touching it til DECEMBER when I'm back in Sabah. Thats ages away! So yeah, no updating this blog til december, lol.

I saw TWO awesome pairs of shoes today but couldn't buy them, i'm so sad. One pair of SUPER fluffy slippers from La Senza (thats right, they make shoes, not just lingerie, LOL) and another pair of shoes with FREAKING BLING ON IT! from Playboy. SIGHS.

I'm NEVER gonna have enough shoes, NEVER EVER EVER.

okay too tired to think any more. XD

xoxo karen

So. A Levels are officially over. (:

I feel SORTA free? but still there's a heavy weight on me, and there it stays until results come out in February. Do you know, I've already started getting nightmares? I dreamt of failing my statistics paper. And I freaking love maths, so it made me feel depressed dreaming it. sighs again.

So now I kinda can't wait to go back to Sabah. Like OMG its been a year and a half since I came here and now its all over!

I'm feeling a tiny little bit.. um.. sad? HAHA. I'm going to miss my classmates. I really am. Oh and to show how much I love them, I'm going to post a WHOLE BUNCH of pictures. ;) (I have a whole folder in my laptop, of class pictures, haha, alu8 are cam-whores.)

<3

My best friend. ;)

Oh I remember this. The monkeys bullied me cos I dunno how to eat with my hands. :(

:) aren't we cute, haha. mmg mcm monkey.

ICS event.

This is not the prettiest pic but its my fave cos there's a very clear picture of the three monkeys. ;D

oh God please let me meet the cut off point, i wanna come back next year. :(

xoxo

"What" and "If" are two words as non-threatening as words can be, but put them together side by side, and they have the power to haunt you for the rest of your life. "What if?" I don't know how your story ended, but if what you felt then was true love, then its never too late. If it was true then, why wouldn't it be true now? You need only the courage to follow your heart. I don't know what a love like Juliet's feels like, a love to leave loved ones for, a love to cross oceans for, but I'd like to believe if I ever were to feel it, that I would have the courage to seize it.

-LETTERS TO JULIET-

I cried til my eyes bengkak. ;P

xoxo

PHYSICS p5.

such an annoying paper. sighs.

left hand fingertips hurt so much its hard to type. But last night was super fun, eyra. ;D

oh and i've been so accident prone recently. woke up few days ago with a HUGE red slash on my face. Its painful and swollen til today, I think I scratched myself in my sleep, sigh. I FEEL SO UGLY.

And woke up this morning with insect bites on my arm. fml.

xoxo

GONNA DO THIS AFTER EXAM

Write a letter to these people:

1. Your best friend

2. Your crush

3. Your parents

4. Your sibling

5. Your dreams

6. A stranger

7. Your ex-boyfriend

8. Your favourite Internet friend

9. Someone you wish you could meet

10. Someone you don't talk to as much as you'd like to

11. A deceased person you wish you could talk to

12. A person who caused you alot of pain

13. Someone you wish could forgive you

14. Someone you drifted away from

15. The person you miss the most

16. Someone thats not in your state/country

17. Someone from your childhood

18. The person you wish you could be

19. Someone that pesters your mind- good or bad

20. The one that broke your heart the hardest

21. Someone you judged by their first impression

22. Someone you want to give a second chance to

23. The person that gave you your favorite memory

24. The person that you know is going through the worst of times

25. The friendliest person you knew for only one day

26. Someone that changed your life

27. The person that you want to tell everything to, but too afraid to

28. The last person you kissed

29. The last person you made a promise to

30. Your reflection in the mirror.

:) betcha cant wait to see what i write ;D

xoxo

chemistry was soooo bad, time for me to cry. :(

And to make things worse? Right after the paper can't terus go home and be depressed (haha), a JPA officer came and talked to us about the ahem, consequences, of not passing the cut-off point- have to pay back JPA everything :PPP.

HAHA so comforting, right after the crappiest paper she go tell us like that :P

I dunno la. WHY CHEM SO DAMN SUSAH WAN? :(

Or maybe I'm just being a drama queen. Ah whatever.

2 more to go.

xoxo

PHYSICS PAPER 4, DONE.

(i kinda think it was ok-ish but im still scared wth.)

8 more days, peoples, and we shall be free! :)

on the plus side, my charger finally arrived! yaaaay. was gonna camwhore, but ahhh after chem paper lah. malas pula.

walnut i miss you xoxoxoxo.

love karat.

p/s nader dear, (if you read this) i seriously cannot wait to go shopping man. this exam is killing me.

back to sabah: 11th december. *smiles

i haven't been online in ages, and thats because my broadband decided to die on me. T.T

NEVER EVER USE CELCOM BROADBAND. IT IS TERRIBLE, I SWEAR.

ended up buying ktt wifi. quote sjp in sex and the city 2, oh, how the mighty have fallen. :P

My papers the other day went alright. math was easier than expected, bio was a bit harder than i'd braced myself for, but I know God was by my side, and i think i'm going to be just fine. :)

Chem p5 tomorrow and Stats. I HATE chem p5. its usually super hard but oh how i pray it'll be easy just this once.

okays then, off to cook. These days its like i'm CONSTANTLY hungry and I'm CONSTANTLY eating, i'm gonna be a whale soon, seriously.

xoxo!

I can't do this without Him.

I'm scared.

-karen

Why was Snow White given a poisoned apple?
 - to show us that not everyone is gonna be kind & not everyone is really who they say they are. Why did Cinderella run away at midnight? - to remind us that everything does have its limitations, even dreams. Why did Ariel exchange her fins for feet? - to show us that people are willing to give up anything to be with who they love & to just be happy. Why did Aurora sleep for 100 years? - to tell us that you might have to wait for quite some time for your true love to come along, sometimes very long, but it’s worth it. Why did Princess Jasmine fall for Aladdin? - to let us know that what the heart wants, it wants it no matter what. Why was Belle in love with a Beast? - to remind us that you can’t really help what’s on the outside, but if the inside is beautiful, then nothing will stand in the way of your love.
 ♥

i normally hate fairy tales because they give girls unrealistic expectations on love. i mean seriously. do you honestly believe in "happily ever after"? if you do then please grow up, there's a reason why only LITTLE GIRLS like disney fairy tales.

except.. now that i read this quote i actually think its kinda right. (: i guess, to an extent, fairy tales are kiiiiinda okay. ish.

xoxo!

i was doing maths. :D

thats the only reason my laptop was on, i swear! I was searching online for exam papers. ;)

And then i was on fb and he talked to me! it was so sudden and unexpected, i dunno why, i giggled, lol. haven't heard from him in months.

and as i was typing isaac (whom i ALSO haven't heard from in months) just texted. Today is so surprising, lol.

Had bengkel today, as i had for the past three days. YUMMY FLUFFEH-HAIRED EYE CANDY! ;D

ok, enough sounding like a bimbo. Baaack to maths. i'm gonna try so hard to score an A, that I WILL. you'll see. ;)

i miss you, daddy. i miss you, mum. things are so different during exams these days, not being able to hear reassurance from you guys before i enter the exam hall. i miss that. i'll try my best to make you guys proud, i promise.

xoxo karat. XD

Almost 1am. Have been totally frustrated cos i cant freaking find my camera charger. :(

And without my camera i can't take pictures (like OBVIOUSLY) :P

Anyways. Exactly 10 days to A2. I am.. idk. a bit anxious i guess. i mean like, cmonnn, its my future! but yeah im gonna like study and all and then let God handle everything else. (:

omg even my creativity to blog is totally DEAD, lol.

nobody should read this anymore! i've become BORING!!

xoxo the fluffeh monstah! ;D

i stole this. I tried telling people this but nobody fell for it! :(

me: what do you use to catch a shark?

them: i dunno, fish?

me: NO. Shark bait. Okay now try this one. what do you use to catch a snake?

them: Oh, snake bait.

me: yes. Now what do you use to catch a giraffe?

them: giraffe bait.

me: okay. what do you use to catch an eye master?

them: what the hell is an eye master?

me: just answer the question!

them: okay, fine! whatever. Eye master b-

GO ON! FINISH IT! I KNOW YOU WANT TO! XD

THIS IS FOR PEOPLE WITH BEIBER FEVER XD

seriously i laughed like hell at this one.

xoxo

Mark Salling, oh I LOVE YOU.

the sexiest man on earth :D

in 2 weeks and two days, i am gonna sit for my FIRST A2 paper.

This is the exam that decides on my future.

OHMYGOSH. D:

xoxo karen

sorry i haven't blogged in forever and ever.

i've been too exhausted with the constant studying and blah blah blah. i think i hate a-levels. :( only two more months in this horrible place and i get to go HOME, yay. :)

one must continually think happy thoughts in order to prevent insanity, lol.

oh and this is long overdue, but,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my two gorgeous friends, SASA and SHANA. Their birthdays were only DAYS apart, and were both celebrated with LOADS of flour, water, cake and FOOD. XD

finally, a pic of all three of us together. :)

THINGS TO DO.

1. i'm thinking of getting contacts! (cos i wanna wear awesome eye makeup for graduation and actually be able to SEE it, lol)

2. study! day and night. everyday. all the time.

3. and then puke.

4. cheer up by thinking about holiday plan after a2. :D

5. be firm and not let the devil's tests and temptations sway me in any way. (:

i will be blogging less and less from now on. because a2 is like, a month away and I NEED TO MAKE IT TO INDIA!

pray for me, oh people who0 still bother reading this? i'll love you forever, i promiseeee. :D

xoxo karen.

I don't know but I think this formspring thing is abit public. Some people might use the information being shown here in a bad way. If you do want to answer, don't give away specifics. Seriously. Think about your answers CAREFULLY. What do you think?

i'll keep it in mind, thanks :)

Ask me anything

Ahhh, You've been busy recently eyh! How you been? How have you been spending your holidays?

been enjoying myself, not busy really, more like LAZY :D im good though :)

Ask me anything

Finally got over my laziness!

Pictures, pictures. :) and its taking forever to upload, PLUS I took around.. oh, idk. 600 plus pictures? So I only chose a few, randomly. :D

I know, weird pic to start :P But its pretty :)

Tokyo's railway map! Much more complicated than KL's, lol.

View of Tokyo from the window of the train. :)

SHO CUTEEEE. :D Disneyland.

Harajuku, Tokyo. This place is faaaaab. :D I spent a whole day wandering here and wasn't even halfway done looking at everything. :)

THEY EVEN HAVE A BRAND CALLED RUSTY, ♥.

And I found a stall selling these. Like Kadazan bracelets, OMG! :D

I'm in bling heaven. :) OHMYGOSH and the phone above with the butterflies, is not even up to RM370. SO EFFING CHEAP. :)

d

The streets of Nagoya. :D I went here after Tokyo.

Feeding pigeons in Osaka.

Its like a SUPER CUTE ARMY OF ELMOS! :DD

AND a parade with Elmo and Cookie monster, (loool I'm so childish. :P)

Was gonna upload more but got too lazy, oh wells. :)

xoxo rusty