Kisses.

Its good to be home. :)

Currently how my house looks like, kinda. As in, SO CHRISTMASSY! Apparently my family had a party at my house the other day. Without me. T.T Which explains all the decorations. Oh and even though I didnt bring my camera back, (slaps face) I can still take pics cos I'm using my dad's camera. Woots. :)

Haul from my mum when they went on vacation. Again, WITHOUT ME. T.T But to compensate my mum got me a bunch of cool stuff. :) I actually asked for only a T shirt but she got me other cutesy stuff and lip balm  and even a pair of really gorgeous tights cos she knew I was upset when my old pair got lost in my hostel. -.-


AND TODAY I WENT SHOPPING! :)

Gosh, it felt so good. :) I'd forgotten what its like to shop in malaysia, but seriously its AWESOME. :D I got a bunch of pretty stuff and the best part is its CHEAP! Cos of the christmas sales no doubt.

Vain pics coming up cos I haven't posted pics of myself in awhile. ;p

Gorgeous white lace top in mng. Loved it but didn't get it cos I decided it was still too expensive even after discount. :(

Top and miniskirt from padini. Almost bought the skirt but didn't for now. Might still wanna get it though. ;)

Pretty christmas decor of 1B. So festive!

AND the best thing is, my favourite makeup shop in the world FINALLY has an outlet in sabah! :D *squeals and hyperventilates*

I spent half a day shopping and still haven't attacked ALL the shops yet. :P Like I haven't been in cotton on yet. Maybe next time, after all I do have lots of time left here.. :) But I wasn't completely selfish! I did manage to get gifts for my parents for Christmas. ;p

I can't believe tomorrow's Christmas eve already! How time flies. :)

Merry Christmas everyone! ♥♥

xoxo

LESS THAN A WEEK TO GO :(

*sadface*

On the bright side I finished my translations, CV, and photocopies yesterday :) I even got my 40 pictures printed already. :)

Everything settled, end of story, byebye. ;)

Now to feel depressed because I'm leaving in three days. :(

xoxo

A week before I leave home again. D: haha I just realised I haven't really posted anything good recently so I'm gonna think and write NOW. :) So yeah. A week to go. I haven't packed yet, not even a bit, because I'm much too lazy. I probably will pack in a few days.

I'm gonna miss the comfort of bring home. :( Hot water in the shower. Awesome, porkgasmic KK food. My dogs. My own bed, my own room, and INTERNET. (in KTT, nothing comes free. Internet is expensive and SLOW.) and my awesome blinged guitar (which I won't be bringing.)

*sad face*

I know three months of lazing ain't good for the brain. :P Looking back, I guess I spent the past three months on:

reading, (not just chick-lit, I'm learning to read brainy things. :P)

photography. (i think THIS is what it feels like to be passionate about something)

guitar and piano. (because i love both.)

I have also been lazing around, eating, and going out. :D Anyway, I can't wait to start KI. I can't wait to see my friends again. :) Although.. Learning languages is probably going to be challenging. :| But it sure is better than sitting around, bored. I wish I was around to celebrate my birthday though. :| oh wells. My thoughts are spinning around in dizzy little circles.

On a totally unrelated note, my mum and I raided her closet today, as in, the bags of old clothes we didn't know existed. :P AND I found a few AMAZING GORGEOUS vintage clothes. :) and I can fit into them hehehe. YAY! I was super excited at the discovery. I wonder if my mum has some vintage shoes hiding around somewhere. :P

On another totally unrelated note,

TATIANNA CHIANG, CONGRATULATIONS~! <3

I'm so happy for you, babe. :)

Also, I am forever alone. ;)

xoxo, karen.

WHY i love sabah.

because it's pretty. ♥

I'm baaaaack!

God, I've missed home. :)

Okay so.. Japan was good, kinda. Damn hot, like OMG 40 degrees, ie hotter than Malaysia but still I enjoyed myself looking at all the cute guys. *wink* but I'll post pictures laaater (cos now I still feel super duper exhausted. :P)

Spent the day with my dad! My brother being the budak bandar that he is, was too lazy to go to the kampung with us and my mum masuk hospital again, so yeah. :( But it was a good day! We went to Papar, for Raya of course, and the whole day was a food fest, OMG the food is awesome. :) I only just found out today that I have like a TON of Muslim relatives, lol. Just goes to show that I don't spend enough time with my extended family, just my Kadazan ones. :P

It was cool, being surrounded by the cacophony of Sabahan malay chatter and I think I pretty much laughed at like, everything. :P EVERYONE was there, my older cousins, the super young ones (3 years old and already able to terrify me and call me BIAWAK. :P) and aunties, uncles, granduncles, and tons of old people I don't know how to address. :P HAHA.

It was a good day! Although, I probably should like.. try to study later tonight. :P

xoxo!

There's something intensely satisfying about hearing the pilot go "Tuan2 & puan2, kita akan mendarat sebentar lagi." ;P

I'm home! Back to the most beautiful place in the world. ;)

but unfortunately I won't be staying long. :( I'm flying off again tomorrow to Japan, omg its like I don't even have to unpack.

xoxo

I probably won't get to blog for like a week *groan* ;P

Pinky! :)

I woke up at 6 am today. Freakishly early!

All in the name of charity. (:

Pink ribbons- the international symbol of breast cancer awareness. (:

Seriously I couldn't even think of a worthier cause to support. But thats just my opinion. (: I support this because.. well, I'm doing it in a way for my darling mum who was diagnosed a couple of years ago.

And here she is now, healthy and strong as ever thanks to early detection. (:

I ♥ her.

So basically what I did today was attempt to sell stuff to raise money for organisations in Sabah to carry out more projects to raise awareness of breast cancer. And also for the society who organised this, its sorta a fundraiser. And together with other volunteers we kinda went around pinning on pink ribbons to unsuspecting people, to show support for breast cancer patients. :D

Like THIS. ;P

Pretty right? :) Even the charity organisation I choose to support has to be pink. :P Shows what a pink-freak I am, haha.

Some stuff a whole group of other people were selling. Totally cool island tribal type stuff handmade by the Filipino people selling them. (: SO GORGEOUS! I got a pretty pink bracelet from this one kinda hot, super buff Filipino island-guy. *wink* The bracelet I'm wearing in the previous pic. ;)

And finally, a group photo of the amazing beautiful women, all of whom have gone through cancer and survived, or have had people they love go through it. How I admire them all. (:

I'm dead tired but feel kinda good about myself. ;)

xoxo karen

Things I did today.

Woke up early, Samson picked me up, went for breakfast. Alot more perverted than he used to be. (sorry honey, I just couldn't resist, hehe. :D) But he's great company and I love him as much as always. (:

Went to Suria where we wandered around aimlessly for like, forever, and then watched Toy Story 3! Okay so initially I wasn't planning on watching it cause it seemed so.. childish? Then I realised its in 3D and KK FINALLY has a 3D cinema so it was like, okay, I'll just watch it and see how it goes.

And IT WAS AWESOME! Like OMG best cartoon in forever. Freaking adorable! i could just go on and on and on.

Oh but the uncool thing about 3D glasses if you already have glasses (like samson and I both) is that you wear TWO glasses. Which just looks retarded. :P

And then i went umm.. boat-rowing. Where I managed to cut myself and get salt water all over it and OMG it still stings. :(

But I did cam-whore alot. :P

I'm always gonna be a daddy's girl. (:

And oh my retarded brother is now SO MUCH TALLER than me. :P

Went home and watched the Argentina-Korea match. YAAAAY 4-1! :D Screamed at the TV excitedly. Drooled at Messi omg I don't care if he didn't score, he's still the hottest player in the WORLD and omg I loooove him. Oh yeah. He's even Catholic which officially makes him the perfect male specimen. :)

And I also realised the other Argentine footballers are seriously not half bad-looking. Except Tevez who looks somewhat like a caveman. But anyways. The rest are cuuute! And even their NAMES are cute like the goalkeeper Romero (OMG that sounds so... sexy. :P)

I kept nudging my dad and saying things like "OMG daddy he's SOOOO hot!" :P

And then we went out to eat after the match cos all I ate today was breakfast at 10 and half a bag of popcorn while watching movie in the morning. :P

Stingray! Been craving this since forever.

And my favourite dumplings. In KL I've been searching everywhere but NONE are as good as the ones in Sabah *wink*

And that was my Thursday. Few more days and I'm going back to prison. :( I hate KL now that I'm home.

Am off to bed. Have to wake up early tomorrow for my hospital appointment! sighs.

xoxo karen

sabah day3

Its been a long day. :P

Watched the Karate Kid last night! OMG jaden smith is so cute ;D And the movie.. wasn't half bad really. (: Bumped into Samson at the cinema. As handsome and huggable as always. :D hehe. Aww I can practically see you smiling as you read this. :P

Anyways. Its day 3 of being home and how I wish so badly that days spent in Sabah are 48 hours each rather than 24. Yeah thats how much I adore being home. (: Kinda wish that I can stay longer, and all. Its not like I'm doing anything anyone would call interesting, exactly, but personally for me spending as much time with my family as possible makes me happy. (: Like all I did all evening was cook (that constitutes alot of yelling and making fun of my mum, lol) and bumming in front of the TV with my daddy, yelling at footballers on TV. (you know that lame tired old joke about how the footballers on tv can't hear you yelling? Yeah well my dad and I don't seem to care. :P)

And playing with my pets! Even the turtles (they're so neglected, I feel bad. :S)

I've had this one since form 1, isn't he adorable. :D

Anyways. Am meeting Shana for shopping tomorrow. ;)

Although horrible as it sounds, the sad truth is, Sabah shopping malls feel SO BORING after you've been walking around in KL ones for so long. :P *sighs. But still I love my hometown. :D All the people I love are HERE and I really wish I don't have to leave. :(

I'm such a baby. :P

xoxo rusty

p/s I still look through my old phone once in a while. :P

It was probably around 4am when I finally fell asleep last night. :P

Months on a super hard bed with a super think mattress makes you forget what a comfortable bed feels like. I lay in bed literally unable to get comfortable. It was too quiet. :P

And then I woke up at 8 something this morning. Sent my brother to church of all things. Had breakfast with him first, laughed like hell at his stupid jokes, but honestly I kinda can't believe my brother is now so......... mature. :P Hell no, I don't mean mature as in he's MATURE, I mean he looks mature. :P He doesn't look like the little brother used top fight with and yell at, he looks.. Like a GUY. A Nike-shirt-Quiksilver jeans-Guess watch-Converse-shoes-wearing GUY. Oh goodness. Dare I say this? MY BROTHER ACTUALLY LOOKS HANDSOME. O_o OMG I never thought it'd be possible. To me he'll always be the obnoxious little boy who threw one of my Barbie dolls on the roof. :P

xoxo rusty

SABAH BAH! :)

There's nothing quite as nice as knowing you're finally home. (:

I was on the plane, window seat, my fave, and then I was looking out of the window when the pilot announced that we were gonna land. And OMG it surprised me, there were like, millions of stars. MILLIONS, I'm not exaggerating, I promise. It was.... so freaking beautiful it made me want to cry. :') And the plane was pretty much on level with the stars, or so it seems. (: So pretty!

Anyways.

I'm in my own pink room again, but everything feels just a little bit foreign, like my room doesn't smell like me. My comforter DEFINITELY doesn't smell like me. Even my clothes (from my closet, not my suitcase obviously) feel like they belong to someone else.

And worst of all my room is overrun with my brother's stuff. -.-

But still, I'm so happy to be home. :)

xoxo karen

p/s I miss him a little bit today.

Went out again today!

I can't believe I'm going back to KL the day after tomorrow. :( can't I just stay in Sabah for another month or so? please please? *puppy dog eyes*

Sighs. Totally love it here lor. Really wish KL is as lovely as Sabah :P haha. I like being home and sleeping in my own bed. (despite my dad waking me up early every morning. =.= grr.)

I'm hugging Brownie as I type this. :)

I've been so content here! Been out practically every day, but still. :P

I havent met many friends la, just the people who I am really close to, example Samson. Lunched with Kim and Melvin and Sam today. And.. it wasn't awkward, thank God. Well maybe a tiny bit. Just a bit. I don't know how to put down in words. :P

People grow up and change and eventually, inevitably, drift apart. I think its about time I start to learn to accept the fact. (:

Although I'm just so glad Samson and I are still as close as we always used to be. :) AWWWWW! I can practically sense you smiling as you read this Sam! IF you read this. You must be busy with that new *ahem vibrating thing you just bought. *shudder*

:D

xoxo karen

8 more freaking days! :D

I spent the day with my brother today!

I spent the morning debating whether to text a friend and ask her to go out, but totally backed out last minute because I was scared. :( Really I was. sighs. So I brought my brother out instead supposed to watch movie but nothing good's on at the moment.

Oh and yeah he was NOT terrified of my driving, ohkays.. :P In fact he complimented me! *YAY!*

It was kinda fun although I was forced to teman him at the arcade where he played some racing game with a bunch of strangers. =.=

Yeah, bro-sis bonding time. *sticks out tongue*

This, dear lovely people reading my blog, is my very smart, yet very weird younger brother. :D

At least he cam-whored with me. :D Retardedly, but still. :)

Oh! Oh! I find this COOOOOOOL! It was taken through a whole tiled wall. So its like the refection of ur through the tiles. Yeah. :D

Under the sun pun sempat cam-whore. haha!

OH! And THIS. I was walking through a section which displayed fugly Crocs right, and I COULD NOT RESIST! I TRIED A PAIR ON! Just to see how fugly it would look. Extremely, apparently. ARGH. First and last time I'm putting Crocs on my feet. Never again. :P

Sorry, couldnt RESIST taking another photo of my gorgeous blinged phone. *wink*

xoxo Rusty. *wink* again.

P/S I shall go out with Nat, Sarah and Tan Tan soon! :D

P/P/S Oh and I miss you. (:

Kudat Kodak Moments.

Went to Kudat yesterday. Its even more gorgeous than I remembered! The awesome beaches on the way, plus Sempang Mengayau, the tip of Borneo is just simply breathtaking. :) But sadly I couldn't walk down on the rocks, cos the wind was sooooo strong. :( (and because I'm clumsy, I might just injure myself :S)

Beach number 1 i stopped at. I can't remember what it's called. D: But these walls are actually ALL corals. Extremely sharp and slippery corals. And true to nature, look what happened.

I cut myself on the corals! :( The mixture of salt water with the wound is NOT pleasant. :( It still stings, by the way. :P HAHA.

(Oh yes, I was cam-whoring again. :D The wind was like torturing my hair!! D: )

EHEH. My darling little brother and I posing. :P ISH.

Tip of Borneo. :)

2nd totally gorgeous beach I stopped at. :)

I love this picture so much that it's now my facebook profile picture, LOL! :D

xoxo karen

My holiday :D

Went up to Kundasang today with my mum and dad. I miss Sabahan nature and everything so I decided to take a trip up there.. its as awesome as ever. Cold and pretty. :)

While we sometimes give Sabah a hard time for being slightly backward, and kampung, and blah, blah, blah,.. we've gotta admit the nature aspect of Sabah is pretty awesome. :)

I took lots and lots of photos and cam-whored like CRAZY! :D

haha. I think cos in KTT I couldn't really cam-whore very much. :P

I really love it up there. I mean I seem like such a shopaholic and such a city girl, but truth be told, I do love nature. ONCE IN A WHILE. :P haha. And hopefully if Felicia my roommate ever decides to come to Sabah, she'll like it there. In Kundasang, I mean. :P Here are some pictures.

Proof that shopping is universal. :D Even in kampung also can shop, lol. I managed to buy a pario buckle for a FREAKING RM6!!! (In KL, in civilization, in shopping malls, its RM35, by the way. :D) WHAT A STEAL. ;D

I look crazy don't I? XD haha. A squid on my head! :D (and two more in my hands) XD

My adorable mummy and me. :D (PS, she doesnt know I posted this :D)

The pretty craft market there. :) hahaha. So rural! :P

A bit of cam-whoring. It was through this photo that I realised that my eyes are sepet and my teeth are SO NOT AWESOME. :( (I never wore braces) Thank God I ain't doing Dentistry. :D haha. Who'd wanna be treated by a dentist with fugly teeth like mine? :P LOL! and also, I look like i'm grimacing, not smiling. :P HAHA! I only posted this picture because it shows my teeth and how crooked they look. O_o LOL!

Cam-whoring knows no bounds. I'm cam-whoring under the sun! O_o Hence, the squinting eyes and the pained smile. :D ehehe. PS, my face is fat. :((

I have a lot more pictures, but unfortunately its taking WAY TOO FREAKING LONG to upload. :( So i give up and shall do it another day. :P HAHA!

xoxo karen. :)

Is 1.20PM and I'm sleepy. Like really sleepy. :P haha. Holidays always make me lazy, lazy, lazy. :P I dunno. I swear, I shall study extra extra hard beck in KTT. :) haha.

I went shopping with Kim yesterday.. was awesome!! We talked and bitched and just pretty much walked around til we were exhausted. :P Kim is so my best friend! I know that because we've barely spoken for like one-and-a-half-months and yet yesterday we have SO much to talk about. :D haha. Its nice, seriously. I know I can like tell her anything and she just won't judge me.

I scratched my dad's- no, MY car yesterday really horribly. :( rammed the side against a pillar while parking. :P HAHA but thank God my license didn't get taken away and burnt. :D haha.

I spent almost RM200 but still haven't bought all I wanted to buy. :( (AWESOME FLATS IN NINE WEST I WANTED TO BUY. T.T)

Ah, well. Maybe during raya I'll shop more... when i'm in KL with my roommate-slash-mum Felicia. :D HAHA!

I am confused again!! But i'm not gonna say anything about that here. :S haha. Again, my favourite phrase, some things are better left unsaid. :P HAHA.

More about that some other time. :)

xoxo karen

WOO HOO!!

I'm home! Sabah is complete again. *wink* :D

I love it here. Happily laze around all day and talk to my two dogs. :P I think Brownie got skinnier. :( but but Fluffy looks healthier. :)

I don't know what I'm gonna do all week. I know I should study abit..

Sorry. No photos, (havent uploaded :P) and I don't seem to be very creative with my post.. I don't know why :P HAHA.

xoxo karen :)

Ahem, so... its past midnight, and..

I'M GOING BACK TODAY!!! IN A MATTER OF HOURS!!! :)

Okay, enough excitement.

*depressed*.

Why? Because. When a girl is depressed, there are only a few reasons why.

1. There's an awesome sale going on and she has no money.

2. There's an awesome sale going on and its a few hundred miles away. D:

3. She spots a GORGEOUS, to-die-for pair of heels, but NO SIZE. D:

4. A GUY.

And my problem?

Number 4. DUH.. 0_o

HAIHHHHHHHH.

I often wish my dreams would come true. But then when they FINALLY do come true, there's ALWAYS A CATCH.

But just for the record, I FEEL SO TORN. :(

But seriously speaking, some things are just better left unsaid.

(I know people actually read my grumblings. :P)

xoxo, karen