I was Made for Sunny Days

So the snow has allowed me to build two snowmen this winter season. I present you my (joined effort with my friends of course) masterpieces.

Yeah, they actually kind look a lil creepy don't they.. 

I built these two snowmen with 2 different group of friends but I'm not quite sure why both groups insisted on the snowmen having boobs. I insisted on the snowmen having butts, which unfortunately possess no traces of visual proof :( I built fantastic glorious snowbutts, if I may say so.

But it's finally spring now! As much ''fun''(barely any) as I had, I'm glad winter is over and the snow is melting.

I certainly don't miss having to walk through this

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So 2 weeks of spring break has passed.

I spent the first week in Manistique, Michigan with Habitat for Humanity, which for a while, felt like a silly move cause people usually head to warmer places for spring break and I headed north instead.

But definitely no regrets.

The other students who came on the trip were fantastic people to be spending those 7 days with.

We visited an ice cave which I thought was reallyy cool.

But we also narrowly escaped injury cause this LARGE ice piece (see the missing gap in the middle?) just came CRASHING down and everyone were only a few feet away. 

We left the place immediately.

But what was hilarious was that my friend, Min, was right about to take a picture of me and when she finally counted to ''3'' was also the exact moment the ice fell. And she clicked.

Did she take a photo of the falling ice? No.

But she captured my facial reaction the moment it happened.

This photo became the group's go to photo for laughter. And here it is.

No shame.

Then, I spent 4 days of my second week in Orlando, Florida.

Visited an old school friend, Taoufik, back from the IB days.

And as much as I appreciated his hospitality, I must've forgotten how much of a kid this guy is because at the end of it, I was just mentally exhausted from using up all my tolerance. 

But it was still nice, seeing him again after 2 years. 

We spent the last night at his friend's place in Tampa which turned into a small party - I only finally ''slept'' at 8 in the morning & I had a flight at 11.30am, which I thankfully didn't miss.

Everyone I met that night were soo friendly and they were all international kids - Kazakhstan, Russia, Africa, Nigeria, Morocco, India.

Now school's kicked off to what I expect to be my busiest half-semester yet.

I'mma try be on top of my sh*t but guess we'll see how things turn out. 

I miss the heat. 

The Situation

I need to stop this sinking ship.

Start

Another snowstorm today. 

Nice.

Nasty.

(though actually she's really nice)

Very nice. Professor Schneider (my German prof) provided us with German breakfast on Monday.

Oh man I love this class (though I overslept this morning and missed it)

Feel Again

Finally, I had a really good week (:

General Chem, German, Squash, Film and Psychology - I'm really enjoying all my classes so far this semester.

Also, here's a snippet of a conversation between my friends over dinner that I'll slip in here so it's eternalised.

''Let me finish my story!''

''Is it a sex story?''

''..no''

''then you don't get to finish it''

To end this on a good vibe, here's my current feel good song.

Heyyy we're gonna have a good day.

Let It Snow

Heaviest snowfall so far. See how buried that bench is?

I'm still deciding how I feel about snow.

Was talking to my classmate, Ben, this morning about it. I think his optimism about this whole ''snow is great'' is rubbing off me a little. Just a tiny wee bit though. Cause my first instinct when I see that it's start snowing is to hiss at the clouds and curse at the world a little.

It's not even 10am and I'm already thinking ''well, that's a wrap! Let's go to bed''

Woke up at 7am to have breakfast (having breakfast by myself before my 8am German class has become one of my favourite things, I don't understand why cause I used to hate being alone. But I think some alone time early in the morning is rather refreshing.)

But I also lost my V-card this morning. I bet it's buried in the snow somewhere, never to be seen until I get a new card and don't need it anymore. That, is my luck.

Went to German class all prepared for our quiz.

But instead spent the first 20 minutes with the rest of the class trying to get our professor's car un-stuck. That was actually pretty fun. Somewhat a bonding experience, especially for me, cause I'm the only new kid in this class. 

And then the professor drove home.

And Chem class is also cancelled. 

WOOOOO.

Yeah, I'm not leaving my room for the rest of the day.

Until rugby practice I guess. Mehh.

On a side note, DJ Earworm's United State of Pop 2013 is out ! :D
Well it's been out for a while now.. but I only just found out.

Dawn

Hello, February.

Sorry to be blunt.

I know you just got here but I kinda already want you to go.

But maybe you can stay awhile. 28 days doesn't sound that bad.

Just, be nice to me.

Please?

Ring a Ling

Mmm yes, look at me, blogging two days in a row. Overachiever.

I'm a big fan of lists cause it keeps my thoughts organized. So here's a list of things that are ''new'' with me ever since coming here to Vassar.

i) I play rugby now. Contact rugby, that is, not touch rugby.

I wish I had action shots. but NOHP. All I have is a selfie.  Jue Wern was right.. my cheekbones do look like boobs.

Yeah, it's not exactly the gentlest sport out there.

We're currently off season and cause of the horribly unfriendly weather, we now have 3 gym sessions and 3 rugby practices per week. I'mma get so ripped! Kidding. I can think of at least 5 people back home who wouldn't let that happen.

I absolutely love the girls on the team though.

ii) I'm used to being on the can/showering when a male is in the same toilet(same toilet, not same cubicle). Why? Most of the toilets on campus are gender neutral. 

But what if you need to pooooop, Jyen?

Well, I don't know if other girls try to find a time when the toilet is empty, but for me, when I need to poop, I need to poop. I am only human.

iii) I'm in a hiphop dance crew on campus. HYPE

Some girls on the crew are soooo amazing. Sometimes instead of practicing in the studio, I just wanna watch them and clap my hands.

iv) The side of head is shaaaaved.

It's something that I've always wanted to do ever since graduating from SMK USJ 8. 

But my mum's always been like, not under my roof.

Was she mad when I finally did it?

No, not really. She's cool like that.

She's just been calling me ''botak'' alot. Meh.

v) I'm seeing someone now.

Funny thing is I've known him for years and I never saw this coming. 

Well I don't think anyone did, cause everyone I know who knows are still trying to get used to it.

I guess to be honest, I'm trying to get used to it myself.

Been a while since I got involved like this.

And long distance (especially this amount of fcking distance) sucks.

It's not the easiest thing to try work out.

But he makes me happy (: 

My boy, he ain't the one that I saw coming

And some have said his heart's too hot to hold

And it takes a little time

But you should see him when he shines

Cause you never wanna let that feeling go