Travelling

Urgh. I have my exams coming up real soon, which is also why I haven't been posting lately :P However, this also means that I have been procrastinating...a lot.. xD

Anyway. I have recently found out about this travel blogger, Brooke Saward, who is pretty much just travelling all around the world for a living. As travelling is one of my interests, I was intrigued! So, I added her on Snapchat and followed her on Facebook and Instagram, and even read her blog posts. (Too stalkerish? :P) And her travelling experience is simply amazing! She is one of those people who is able to see the beauty in the little things and in random places. The way she perceives the world is truly inspiring. I admire her strength and courage to be able to leave her life behind, just to travel around the world, and visit new places and see new things. Not only does she blog about the places she has been to, she also includes travelling tips, she also writes inspirational and motivational posts, and even fashion tips! I highly recommend her blog to those who like travelling as well - World Of Wanderlust

I really do wish I can travel more. My biggest restrain is my father -.- He still sees me as a little girl haha.. Even though I'm studying in England! Whilst I do understand his worries and concerns, it is quite annoying and I do wish he would lighten up a little. I understand that there are a million horrible things that could happen to me when I'm travelling in a foreign country, whether or not I'm travelling alone or with my friend(s). But being able to see a new country, or even a new city, is simply amazing! The excitement of going to a place that I have never stepped foot in, experiencing the life there, even for a day, brings a thrill down my spine.

Anyway, Evon and I have made a pact (quite some time ago) that we will start travelling together more :) Maybe in a few years xD and that whenever we go somewhere new, we would get each other something nice from that place. Anything but a keychain though ;)

-D-

从来不放闪的原因

Let me post a madanrin post....Because I felt like I can express this better in mandarin.

放闪， 顾名思义就是po上你和伴侣的恩爱的照片在网路上，简称秀恩爱！

现在的面子书和随手拍上都充满着一些放闪的人，似乎放闪成为了他们的使命，他们向世界向彼此证明他们很爱对方的管道。

最近当我在跟一名友人吃饭时，他对我说他有些不明白那些放闪的人是怎么思考，有必要把自己和伴侣的点点滴滴都宣告于全世界吗？ 在当下我就问了他一句，人家在放闪有什么错的吗？ 他就问我，那为什么你从来不放闪？

这是一个很好的问题。。。
我回家想了想，觉得我没试过放闪的原因就是我很害怕受伤吧！
说真的，我很羡慕那些放闪的人，我觉得他们好有勇气。
难道不是吗？

在网络上公开彼此的恩爱史，意味着他们在宣告于全世界：我现在和伴侣很高兴，如果有一天我们不再放闪就代表有问题了！
如果是我的话，我会害怕，我总在想万一不美好的结局发生， 这些“曾经”在网络上停留，会无时无刻提醒我那些回忆， 逐渐加深已造成的伤疤。

我最害怕的还是当全世界知道我那破碎的恋情， 会过来询问我，安慰我，不给我喘口气和自疗的时间和空间。

所以放闪是一个大胆说爱的行为， 举动本身没错，可是你准备好了结局吗？

Expectation vs Reality --- Well dressed mean NOTHING

Hey Peeps!!! Is me, the wicked one, Evon!

I was really busy in the past few weeks especially with trips, tests, assignments and events going on (which I will write a review on it later). Yea, that was the reason behind my absence in this blog. P.S: sorry bestie, I still love you dearly and dedications will still be given to this blog. 

Recently, I have been participating in a Charity Sale at Jonker Walk, Malacca. (Held by Sales and Marketing division of MULS) What we did was selling cookies to help raise donations for the mentally disabled children. Overall the experience was great. But through this event, I realized I had a misconception that has not been corrected untill I went all out in this event, trying to raise fund. ( Damn, education of 20 years.... I learned shit)

I know along this time that we should not judge a book by its cover. We saw and read this quote everywhere, but does it really hit in your mind? Interestingly, I thought I was quite open- minded and not judgemental, but this event made me realized.... Nope, I am only the naive little girl  that think she is very open and not judgy towards people.... BULLSHIT, right?

So, in the mid of this event, when I was selling the cookies, I automatically went and promote the cookies to people who seem nice, well kept and well dressed. It was like natural instinct that well dressed people equal nice and financially maintained peeps. However the plot twist was the people that donated and brought the cookies are mostly people that care less about the way they dress and some had tattoos, hairstyles that are far beyond my level (I suck, I know). I remebered having this guy with his hand around his girlfriend, he dressed like an 90s gangsta, with all the tattoos and amount of hair gel on his hair; I did not expect him to buy the cookies, did not bother to ask, merely shouted cookies for charity however the guy just walked to me and staight taking his money out to buy the cookies.... Same goes to many more other people that I thought would not buy the cookies. On another hand, some girls and guys that look so dashing and nicely dress turned out to be rude or ignorant peeps. (Do not get me wrong, not all people that are well-dressed are these people, but the moral of this story is well dressed can mean nothing at all, outer beauty do not reflect the inner one)

It got me thinking, how shitty I am as a person to ever judge people silently, the shittiest part is without knowingly. I have this weird and unrealistic expectations on people based on how they look?! Thanks to this event, it got me thinking... how can I stop all these nonsense in my head?

I cannot figure a better way than really go out and meet people... Be more interactive, talk to people, know their stories before I have any stupid imaginations about them.... So what do you think? Have you judge someone ever before based on their looks? Tell me and share your stories (If you bother to watse a little bit of your time to finish reading this....LOL)


- E -

Bestie = soulmate

'Nuff said. <3

http://elitedaily.com/women/your-bff-your-soulmate/1008949/

-D-

Warner Brother's Studio - The Making of Harry Potter

So, recently, I went to the Warner Brother's Studio in London with two of my middle/high school friends - Jacelyn & Maya - both of which are studying in England as well.

I had taken a lot of pictures on this tour, and I did not post all of them as you guys would be scrolling through this post for ages xD

For those who are Harry Potter fans - THIS PLACE IS MAGICAL. 

We spent a few hours at the tour, marvelling at how amazing everything is. We saw many of the real props and costumes that were used in the movies. 

 Harry Potter's bedroom under the cupboard

The dining hall 

 Recognise these costumes?? :D 

 The wands.. 

 Dumblerdore's gargoyle 

 Hagrid's bike 

Umbridge's sickening pink office xD 

Behold! The beautiful Hogwarts express at platform 9 3/4 <3 This is their newest attraction, and has only been added a few weeks ago :) 

Inside the train, on our way to Hogwarts! ;) 

After that, we took a short break and had some delicious butterbeer :D 

 We then proceeded outdoors for a short while, where it was beautifully sunny when we arrived at Privet Drive xD 

The Knight Bus~

We also took some pictures with Hagrid's motorbike and the Weasley's car :D  

Dobby :( 

The basilisk.. Rawr!  

Tiny Voldemort 

Buckbeak! It could bow his head and all that :D

Diagon Alley~ 

I want a wand from Ollivander's! 

Last but not least, this is the sight that took my breath away.. 

This is a massive model of the Hogwarts castle.. 

This model has been used as the close up shots in the movies

It is so detailed, and just so beautiful...

The night view, with tiny sparkling lights :) 

Ah yes, the souvenir shop is quite spectacular as well! 

Yes, they had a Hedwig plushie..  I was so tempted to buy that, but it was insanely expensive :( 



In overall, my experience at the Warner Brother's Studio was AMAZING. It was everything that I had expected, and even more! I would definitely recommend any and all Harry Potter fans to go there. Whilst it is a bit pricey, it is definitely worth it! Plus, it's one of those things that you probably won't go again (unless you're wealthy). Anyway, they let you stay until their closing time, so if you go there early in the morning (the earliest tour starts at 9am, I think), you can stay there for hours and hours! Apparently, the longest that people have stayed there for is for 13 hours!!

In case people want to know, the best way to get there is to take the train (London Midlands) or tube to Watford Junction. From there, there's a bus right outside the train station that will take you directly to the place, for £2 (to and fro), or £1.50 for a one-way trip.

Be prepared to bring extra money, as you should definitely try the butterbeer, and you would mostly likely splurge a bit at their gift store :P just saying. However, no matter whether you are on a tight budget (as we were) or not, definitely save a few pounds to buy their butterbeer! This is one of the three places that sells butterbeer!

-D-

Home - The Movie

(Note: a bit of a spoiler alert here..)

So, a friend of ours who used to go to our international school, Jacelyn, is staying over at my place for a few days. She's also studying in England, but in the North. Anyway, we decided to watch 'Home' yesterday - and it was a really adorable movie!!

For those who watch 'The Big Bang Theory', the actor that plays Sheldon Cooper voices the main character of the movie, 'Oh' (an alien). Rihanna voices the other main character, 'Tip' (a human). Oh and Tip did not get off on a very good start, but after some time, they became good friends. Tip taught Oh about family and friendship, and the value of things that are important to you. In the end, not only did Oh witness the beautiful act of a daughter trying to be reunited with her mother (and vice versa), he had also learnt the importance of not leaving your friend behind. As the Boovs (the alien race) have learnt to run away from..everything, it is not surprising that Oh is used to running away too. However, after he had ran away to save himself, he came back for Tip. With this valuable lesson, Oh has also gained a friend that would not run away and leave him behind as well.

This movie portrays the theme of friendship and family (oh god, my English Literature mindset is surfacing o.0), and I believe that it is so important and precious for people to know about it. Not to say that every teenager is guilty of this, but there are many youngsters that do not truly understand the importance of friendship, or even of their families. Guys, this is important. Value your family - they are the only people that will stick by you no matter what, and will always be by your side! Value your friends - as the ones that you truly care about, and the ones that are your true friends, will be your non-biological family.

And it is safe for me to say that Evon is my non-biological family :) 

-D-

Planning Well & Playing Safe?

For quite some time that I did not update anything on the blog.... ( Class started and I am busy)

Recently I came across a trailer about a story that sould be very well known to the group of peeps that like "The Fault in Our Stars". This story based on a novel written by John Green, "Paper Town".

Well I did some digging, Paper town... technically it means a place/town that does not exist but is put in maps as a way to protect each copy right. [ If you copy the maps completely, you ended up with the same paper town that obviously does not exist, thus prove that you COPY ]

Paper Town actually has quite a few concepts behind it...but the reason I write about this is not because of the love, the imagination of this perfect girl, the fake/real idea... I wanted to write about it because of a sentence I heard over the trailer: "Take a risk, stop planning so safe" 

It got me thinking, what adventerous things that I have done to tell others, to make my heart beat, to maky my life interesting? I realized not much.... We have been taught since we were young that we have to obey rules and regulations to fit in to any circles in the society; to maintain peace and harmony. I do agree that rules and regulations are necessary to keep the world in order, but however I also think we are so constructed in the box that we are starting to blend in too much and lose individuality. 

To be honest, things in real world are getting fake and we are actually happy about it! The actress and actors we adore so much, sometimes deep down we know that they are acting or pretending to be someone that we will like; but we just never want to admit that. The friends around us, we call them friends while actually they are just faking to be friendly and to like you. We do not want to be outcast so we try hard to ignore what's real and embrace what's fake. That is the underlying rule on the street, the 'Social Rule'. 

As individual, we  do not have the courage to stand out. We are obliged to the enactments made and to the social obligations. Looking from the big picture, this is actually the right situation to be in, because there cannot be peace and harmony when people are not working and tolerating each other due to strong individuality. 

But that is not my final conclusion. I believe that everyone deserve to go out of the frame a little once in a while. To feel like you actually live and you actually do something that make you feel... YOU. I am lucky I have Diana by my side; whenever I decide to do something crazy or inaproppriate, I know someone is going to be punished together with me. That make me feel better and more courageous. 

So my final thought is... we should find a buddy, and do something spontaneous without planning. 

TEEHEE...... just some random thoughts, sorry for wasting your precious time and living moements. =D

P.S: Diana, you are in a lot of troubles next time we meet. 

- E -

Things That Besties Do~

This blog is not only about our adventures (separately and together), but also about friendship :) And... food. C'mon, we all know that's super important xD Anyway, I've put together a few links about best friends. 

Now, whilst Evon and I do comply to a majority of these things, one size does not fit all! Even if you and your best friend do not do all of these things, it does not mean that your friendship is not real or is not strong enough! Every friendship is unique by its own standards - what's the fun if every friendship is exactly the same?! With that in mind, I hope that you guys will enjoy the following links :P 

- http://www.seventeen.com/life/friends-family/a29764/things-you-only-do-with-your-best-friend/?src=spr_FBPAGE&spr_id=1442_165753517 

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvZijyb51-w

- http://www.storypick.com/close-friend-things/

- http://www.seventeen.com/life/friends-family/a23979/best-friend-rules/?click=pp 

- https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=453970338113121

I will continue to post more of such links if I ever come across them :D 

- D -