First of all, Salam Maulidur Rasul to every Muslim readers of my blog!

Hello, how's your day going on? Good? Fun? Or just a plain Thursday with nothing to do?

Mine is perfectly... plain. I spent hours for sleeping and resting and I began to sub for a Korean show. Yeah, I continued subbing, again, since a kind sister wanted to sub along so this actually motivated me to continue subbing. You know, translating and subbing are actually a difficult task for an average human being like me.

As a full-time student, I have to juggle my time for study, rest, and subbing. But at certain times when the subbing process became so enjoyable and interesting, I could be subbing for the whole night. Which, well, if there's no classes on the next day, I'll be sleeping for the whole day. I know it's wrong to stay up all night and sleep during the day but that's how I like it. I mean, I love working at night.

Okay so maybe that's just a lame reason to defend myself, haha.

But seriously, after experiencing the subbing process by myself, I knew now why people couldn't bug the translators and subbers to work faster. It's a tricky work; to translate is one different thing and to set the timing for the subtitles is another different thing. We want a perfect subbed videos to be released for international audiences; we want people to fully understood the entire story of that particular video.

To achieve this, we have to spend more time just to produce a high-quality of subbed videos. It will be way easier if you have more people for subbing and timing team but imagine if you're working alone. Struggling to translate each sentence correctly and fighting with your sleepy eyes to set the correct timing for each line being spoken.

It was a tough work, but when it's done, and when people anticipate for your work, it's something. For me, I'll feel happy when people anticipate for the next episodes. Sometimes, the kind audiences will leave you some kind words and those words will actually keep you motivated for God knows how many hours. It works like a magic. Trust me, because I've been there.

Okay so, I didn't plan on typing an entry on subbing, besides, I had a completely different topic pinned in my head while waiting for blogger to load. It switched unintentionally when I started to type ;~; So pardon me if this is a really boring entry or if you think I was bragging about my part-time job (forever considered subbing as my part-time job).

I will try harder on subbing and translating; hoping it will polish my skills and talents (if I have any). Thank you for reading my blog, it's an honour to have guests visiting this blog :')

Hello earthlings, it's currently 5:51AM when I'm typing this sentence.

Not really a lengthy update or anything important, but this going to be a really cheesy post. Spare some time to read something ewww so lovey dovey from me, because I won't be updating posts like this for a long time ;~;

I was about to sleep.

I really do but then, moments of us together

began to play continuously in my mind.

I begged for it to stop; it's torturing my soul.

I can't see you, not now, because of certain situations.

I miss you, I miss you badly.

I need you to be by my side,

so we will be perfect as we used to be.

The hero with his reliable sidekick.

I might be wrong but you are the one I'm looking for.

Perfect fit. In and out.

You are mine, for eternity!

Get well soon, sayang. It is so weird to see you being bed-ridden :(

I love arts.

I really do love paintings or drawings or graphic designs from talented people, and I am secretly wishing to be blessed with talents in arts as well but... I guess I lack of creativity in terms of being artistic, then.

I can't draw, well at least I think I was good in drawing in school days but I stopped drawing for almost 4 years already. I used to draw every day; because I was surrounded by artistic friends so I was influenced to draw as well. How I wish I could show you my previous drawings. It's sad that I lost every copy of them because honestly, I think those drawings were my best masterpiece ever! Hahaha okay self-praising.

In 2010, I began to try graphic design. Not really designing, I guess, since I just edited few pictures here and there and ta-dahh, it became a new picture. Sigh, pathetic Kimmy trying to be artistic when she knew she has no talent at all :/

This was the second banner I created back in 2010, okay so it was sucks to the max haha. Made it using pixlr as I was not that good in Photoshop and, well, since I was a beginner. I made a banner for my friend, Iqqa and she liked it so much even though it was not that pretty ;o; Thank you, Iqqa! /cries/

Colouring black and white picture

A poster for fanfic

Plain wallpaper for myself, hahaha

And then I began to try other things, like editing icons, colouring black and white pictures, editing raw pictures to somewhat pretty (in my point of view, of course) and etc. Last semester, for subject CSC248 (Multimedia), we had to create a movie poster using Photoshop. And I was pretty excited for that, though it turned out plain and not that impressive.

And I deleted the picture, hahaha because I was not happy with the results as I know I can do way better than that. My last time working with Photoshop was few months ago; I left it abandoned and refused to edit anything since I felt like I'm wasting my time for nothing.

But then, a boring evening came (few hours ago, haha) so I was viewing the pictures I saved in my laptop and my eyes were glued on this not-so-current picture of Yong Junhyung, the rapper of BEAST, which is Iqqa's favourite person in Kpop.

It looked like it's easy to be edited and so, I opened Photoshop and started to edit the picture. At first, I wanted to make a new wallpaper for Iqqa but changed my mind afterwards as I'm not confident in making wallpapers yet. So I made a... banner, I guess?

Another banner

The picture above was the result of my /bad/ editing. I was having a severe headache and my whole body was trembling due to caffeine, I guess so, because I've been drinking cappucino most of the times ;o; Anyway, I uploaded the picture on twitter and mentioned Iqqa, it seems like she's happy with it :')

She even make it as her Facebook's header, gosh I was that touched since I edited the picture while thinking her reaction to it XD I was that sentimental, okay, especially to those that I love so much. Hehehe. Kantoi :P

So yeah, this is a pointless entry. Enjoy my not-so-pretty artworks, okay xD

I will be graduating from diploma most probably in this October, probably and hopefully it will be in this year. I know I still have around 9 more months to think of where should I go for degree, but you see, I've been worrying about my future so much that I've went surveying best universities that put my course as their priority.

After days of sleepless night (because I was too immersed in researching), for local university, I will choose Multimedia University (MMU) as the one that I want to be apart of. It's been said that MMU provides the best facilities for anyone who wants to advance in faculty of engineering and technology and also faculty of computing and informatics. MMU is Malaysia's first private university which was set up through Universiti Telekom Sdn Bhd, a wholly owned subsidiary of TM. 

Since it's a private university, the fees is quite high for an average human being like me. Hearing rumours that alumni and even current students of MMU have been calling it as "Money Making University" since they used students' money quite a lot...? And truth be told, I heard bad rumours about MMU despite its high achievement in education. Sometimes, I feel hesitant about my choice to be in MMU for degree because of those weird rumours going around but I guess I should not feel that way, as the reason why I diligently study now is to be admitted to MMU.

But it's never wrong to make plan B, so I thought of surveying overseas universities as well.

Being the child of alumni of Acadia University, I began to do my research on my desired course there. Seems interesting, since it's located in Canada. Earlier this month, I e-mailed one of the university's representative and asked about scholarship and the award for alumni's child and I got the reply this morning and guess what? Since I was born in Canada, I am still considered as a Canadian. Which means, I only need to pay for fees in the same amount of other Canadians and will not be charged as a foreigner. Looks good, right?

Everything looked as fluffy as cotton candy but my imagination was ruined after I converted Canadian Dollar to Ringgit Malaysia. My dream, my hope, they crushed into pieces, literally. The tuition fees alone reached tens of thousands, I can't imagine the total I had to pay including airplane tickets, dormitory fees, meal fees, registration fees, etc. No, I would rather go elsewhere and let go of my dream to go back to my birthplace. Sorry, Acadia University :(

So I heard that studying in Asian countries are way cheaper so I went lurking around the sites of famous universities in Korea. I've been doing that since 2010, but my heart is really fond of Yonsei University for an unknown reason. To compare being accepted by MMU and Yonsei, I will say that I'm dying to be known as one of Yonsei students :( I tried to convert the tuition fees from Korean Won to Ringgit Malaysia, and I can say that somehow it is cheap. Well, at least still cheaper than Acadia's. That was tuition fees alone so I don't know how much the total fees will be.

...so I was on Google Image for Yonsei and Acadia images and wow, they were located on such beautiful landscapes! My photographer heart, please keep calm :'( Look at Yonsei! Look at how delicious-looking autumn colours painted the whole campus! So beautiful, mother of nature. But then, I was reminded that Acadia University was first established on year 1838 and it is said that Yonsei was one of the oldest university in Korea. Hmmm, older universities with beautiful landscape... /eyeing the somewhat new MMU/

So, well yeah. I've narrowed down my choice to this 3 universities. I talked to my parents about MMU and it seems like they're okay with that, let's see what is their reaction if I voiced out my opinion about studying in either Acadia and Yonsei. Hmm.

Have you guys read the poem entitled The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost? If not, click here to read it and here for the analysis of the poem.

I first read the poem in 2009 as it was in our English's subject's syllabus. It caught my attention at my first glance. It was a deep poem to me; and to think that I always chose the most unexpected decision in my life, I guess, I have been walking on the road not taken for quite a while.

One of the best example was when I decided to quit being an MRSM student and began to study in a normal school. MRSM (Maktab Rendah Sains MARA or MARA Junior Science College (MJSC)) is an elite boarding school, placing mostly top scorers in national examinations. After spending 4 years in boarding school, I have the wildest thought of schooling in a normal high school and I was like, why not?

My parents were against of my decision, of course, as they thought it was not the best choice for me. I was stubborn; I rebel just to show that I decided what's best for me which... turned out to be wrong. I thought I could be better in terms of education, because of tuitions that I could go but no, it's not. I thought I could overcome the challenges I will face if I stay at home but no, I failed big time. I scored straight As for previous national examinations; UPSR and PMR, but I only managed to get 5As and 4Cs for SPM.

Everyone had a high expectation on me, and I spoiled the fun. Now, not even one of them expect I will get high scores like I used to. At first I was like, it was my fault because I was being completely lazy in my SPM days. But to think of it in another point of view, if I was still in MRSM, my friends might encourage me to join them studying, which actually will help me to study rather than being a lazy student with big dream.

That was one of the disadvantages choosing the road less taken by people.

After SPM ends, came the day where we, school leavers, had to fill a form with 8 desired courses for university. I still remember that on that period of time, I was into engineering, which explained that I chose mostly engineering-related courses. My first choice was TESL (Teaching English as Second Language) because I believe my English was impressive back then. Second choice was mechanical engineering, third choice was electrical engineering and fourth choice was computer science. The other four were filled with electrical engineering courses offered by different universities.

I was called for TESL's interview - but my application for it was turned down. It was something that I expected as I lack of self confidence. A teacher needs to be confident, especially when it comes to speaking in front of others, right? I was feeling sad, no joke, because I was too confident that I will be picked to be one of the TESL students. Finally getting a grip on reality, I let go my dream to be an English teacher (or lecturer) and focused on my UPU application.

Since 6 of 8 of my desired courses were engineering, I became over-confident that I will be accepted for it. The result day came out, and, it seemed like the world of engineering hates me. I was picked to study Computer Science, the course which I expect the least to get accepted, to be very honest. I felt reluctant, I thought of giving up, too.

I talked to my dad at how I want to be an engineer; following his footsteps, and I talked to my mother if I can ask to be in any engineering-related course. I was hoping that they will let me choose what I want but no, they encouraged me to follow the flow and try to be a student of Computer Science. If I still couldn't love Computer Science in one semester, they will ask for a transfer for me. 

And so, with a reluctant heart, I went to UiTM Arau, went through a hectic orientation week, and started to learn the basic of computer science. Surprisingly, I like it so much. My love for programming was too much, that I ditch my favourite Science subject, Physics, for it. Days passed by, and on this one day, I laid on my bed, wondering what will happen if I was an electrical engineering student. Will I still love Physics or will I continue learning it half-heartedly?

As much as I love Physics, I rarely get an A for it. As much as I despise to be known as a Computer Science before, I managed to score A for programming subjects for 2 semesters. (I got a B- for last semester) I don't know if this can be considered as the road less taken by people, or if this is considered as destined by Allah but all I know is, I finally know where my life is heading to. I get a picture of my future, I know which course I want to take for degree, I know what I want to be later on.

I know that it felt like a gamble; since we got picked randomly based on our results. Sometimes, we were offered by the least expected course, the one that we felt like we barely can pass with flying colours. But not all the course picked by the government (was it them who put us in which course? I don't really know) suit us, though.

Life is all about gamble. If you know how to handle the flow, then you win.

Wow, such a long post from a person who couldn't write well. I hope you enjoy this long writing of mine without any pictures to entertain the poor heart of yours. Cheers and good luck!

Why couldn't I be the lucky one even for a short moment?

Why people around me gets to experience the best thing in their lives?

She got to make money online just by writing entries for blog.

While I applied to be a Korean-English translators everywhere and was rejected by everyone.

"I want someone with experience."

How can I get any experiences if you won't let me to try first?

"You're over-qualified."

And how can you judge that when you didn't even know my Korean level?

Depressed with my own life.

Money, why are you so important in this world?

Why can't you multiply by yourselves?

Why can't you appear whenever a person needs money?

Why?

And why I can't discover the best point that I have in me?

I thought I'm good in writing but no one reads it.

I thought I'm good in programming but no one asks me questions on it.

Was I born with no talents in me?

The same question I've been asking for years.

It's not like I didn't try to explore my own limits.

I tried everything.

I know I didn't fit in sports.

I know I was not born for arts.

Useless.

I'm pretty much useless with no outstanding talents.

I have no luck, either.

I am just a plain homo sapien, working hard just to earn money.

Last Friday, my friends and I went to Padang Besar, Perlis. First of all, what Padang Besar is all about and where does Padang Besar situated at?

credit: Wikipedia

It was my first time ever going to Padang Besar, so I couldn't help but to feel excited and anticipated for the journey to the border of Thailand. Around 2.30pm, Aida, who is my roommate and also classmate, together with myself, departed to Cengal 7 and waited for the guys before we finally went to Padang Besar.

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We actually went through Chuping, the hottest place and the biggest sugarcane plantation in Malaysia. It took around 1 hour to arrive at Arked Niaga Padang Besar, but wow, the scenery throughout the journey wow-ed the inner photographer in me. It's sad that I don't bring any cameras along, because the nature beauty caught my eyes the most.

I was welcomed with shops selling various kinds of outfits, shoes, bags, jewellery... you name it. I was actually confused whether we're in the Malaysia side or the Thailand side because when I checked in on foursquare, it said that it was my first time in Thailand. Hahaha maybe I checked in on the wrong border XD


I noticed that the Thais are fond of scooters (as shown in picture above) and there were lots of scooters around the arcade. Our main objective going to Padang Besar was to buy jerseys, and so we set foot in shops that sell mainly jerseys. I bought 4 jerseys overall; 1 Malaysia's newest jersey in blue for my youngest brother, 1 Chelsea's jersey for myself, 2 Manchester United's jerseys for him and myself. 4 jerseys for RM110, I don't know if it's consider as cheap but that's affordable compared to buying jerseys from other places.


The guys bought lots of jerseys to be very honest, and the total jerseys bought by us on that day was 22! I was really shocked to see how shopaholic the guys are when it comes to jerseys. On the way back, we stopped at Dataran Terinai, Perlis which is situated near to Empangan Timah Tasoh. Beautiful sceneries, again, but I only managed to take only 1 picture because of my phone died quite a few times throughout the journey. Scumbag phone...


We stopped by at Aida's house in Kangar as she wanted to take few things from her home, and we were invited to have cekodok pisang and tea. The guys acted all shy and giddy, I couldn't believe that they are the same guys I've known for almost 2 years and counting. Haha.

We then continued our journey to Kuala Perlis for dinner. As it's already Maghrib, we stopped to pray at Masjid al-Hussain, Kuala Perlis. I've went there for few times but its beauty shines the best each time I went there.

credit: google

We had our dinner at the KOMALAUT, or Kompleks Makanan Laut, situated nearby. Good foods, good service, I guess, since we went there on Friday. Hence, less people visits Kuala Perlis on that day.

Overall, I had fun. I enjoyed myself, and though how tiring it was, going for a trip with my friends never makes me feel disappointed. I'm seeking for future trips with you guys, or even more people. Thank you Irfan, Luqman, Aida, Farhan, Nazri and Ammar!

Hello.

These few days, I feel like making money in any ways. I thought of working, but due to some reasons, I can't. I thought of selling stuffs, but I don't have anything to sell. I even thought of creating an account on adf.ly, but I have no links to be shorten nor I have many viewers on my blog. Sad life, Kimmy.

I decided to try to apply for this though.

Hoping lady luck will be on me.

Hello,

I've changed my blog template, yay! Featuring the oh-so-handsome Tomoe-kun the kitsune yokai, or in English, fox demon, from Kamisama Hajimemashita. I'm an anime freak, and lately, I've been indulging myself with awesome anime all day long.

I've changed my blog's URL as well. From wjddbs.blogspot.com to kitsunedaisuki.blogspot.com. The new URL means "I really like fox", literally. Hahaha blame those anime involving fox spirits. They look so good and handsome and I've been drooling over them! Yikes, drool?

Ending this entry with a wonderful screencap of Tomoe. It's 7:30am and I still haven't sleep yet. Guess whose sleep time has finally arrived? ^-^

I don't know why, and I don't know how, but it has been since before, since back then, from 2am until 6am, is my peak hour of missing you. That feeling came without being called. I just... I just miss you for no reason. Being the nocturnal me, staying up all night; trying to do other things but ended up feeling a bit lonely. Did you cast a spell on me? Why do I have you all over my mind, each night, each hour, each minute and each fucking second I tried to live my life normally?

I love you, yes, and I know you love me too. We're separated by almost 500km! How can I meet you whenever I want to? You're from north of Malaysia but was thrown to south of Malaysia for study while I, who proudly came from south, went to north of Malaysia to study. So it's like, you're coming to my place when I'm going to (well actually, passing by) your place and it became a darn routine.

This is sick.

Lovesick is sick, okay, I've had enough of lovesick.

But actually I'm a bit grateful that somehow you came here (to meet your friends, of course, you love them more, don't you?) and decided to meet me as well. I felt grateful that you still want to spend your time with me, even if you're dead tired on that day. I'm sorry to be so demanding, wanting to meet you so badly, without giving fucks about how you'd feel. Nah, you're actually happy that you got to meet me too, right? :P

Suddenly feeling so hungry so I uploaded the evidence I ate McD during my journey to Alor Setar. I'm going to stare at this picture (stolen from my own instagram hahahaha how shameless is that) and think how terrible a Prosperity burger tastes like. Seriously, kids, Prosperity burger can never beat the glorious double cheese burger! Never!