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Will be back on 27/11 after my nationals. Wish me luck and see ya! :) 

Graduation Night 2013 (Part 2~ The Journey to Graduation)

Hi guys, I am back with another post! :)

With the class teacher, Mr Dilip

So my graduation was at the Grand Ballroom of Impiana Hotel, Ipoh. :) Though it may not be the biggest or grandest but I'm contented with the decided venue especially after it had been totally transformed by the lovely grad night crew :)

This post is all about my journey in Methodist Girls School.  It has been a great eleven years; being there since seven and now I'm seventeen!

Despite being in an all girls' school, I have found many many great friends and teachers here! I know a lot of people think it is really dull and boring to live my life, seeing all girls every day for so many years. I get that a lot. :/ But I am proud to say that I have never one second regretted it! :)

With Miss Chee, the very awesome Accounts teacher.
I always thought she was quite a hot tempered teacher, but it turns out she is such a kind and friendly one! :)

These whole bunch of friends I found; they are my angels! ❤ They never let me do stupid things alone; we always do them together! :') 

People usually get this idea that if we place too many girls/ females together there will sure be drama! Hmm up till now, there haven't been anything dramatic in my school! Of course, as friends, we do quarrel and argue at times, but all those are just for the sake of entertaining ourselves; over petty problems like stepping on each other shoes; and ending up laughing at one anothers' stupidity. And drama? We do have this awesome school drama team made up of awesome casts, is that what you mean by drama? No? Um then I've never experienced anything else besides from that kind of drama in this school of mine ❤

With Meihan, Minhui and Minghuey! Just realized all your names has the initials MH.
Founder of MH hotel I'm guessing? :P

Foo, or do you prefer JingYi, don't ever feel bad for being yourself because thats what make each and every one of us unique. Don't get hurt so easily by what other people think of you, you are who you are. Besides, if we didn't have you, we wouldn't have anyone to complain about, so you will always be remembered :)
P.S. Maybe you should just try and control a TINY BIT of your raging hormones la.

Furthermore, being in an all girls' means that we ,or maybe it's just me, can do a lot of silly things and go all barmy in front of my bunch of friends without feeling shy or embarrassed. 

With Karhuey! The very kind girl, always there for me, lending a helping hand! Love you!

Eewen. Please don't get angry at me, but the only word i can use to describe you would be feisty! You can be so angry at someone so much but in the end, you would always forgive them.  You can never be bullied (or is it just me who can never bully you?) You can also turn out to be really funny and lively at times. Love you! 

Eewen, yours truly, Sabrina and Jack!

These friends of mine, they have been through thick and thin, storm and rain with me. We support and encourage each other in whatever we do! I cant possibly ask for more because they are my kind of perfect! ❤ 

Chandrika, Nathiya! I am so jealous of her huge round eyesss!

Shuwei :)

Fiona :) A great friend, so willing to jump in and help other friends that are in need :)

Mrs Wu. (Kristal?) Lol. Such a pretty egg! I am really glad I got to know you. You can be so straightforward, so funny, so unique, so Tan, I sometimes wished I had your bravery to say the things on my mind! Love you! 

They try their best not to get any of their friends hurt. We protect each other. We care for each other. And if one of us ever gets hurt, we are always there to help her heal her wounds. We are one another's source of strength and refuge. 

The Class Monitor, Liang! A running man fan; often sleeps in class. But when she's awake, you don't even have to look. You can hear her voice even from the other end of the class! :)
By the way, you lied about wearing a dress to graduation! Grr. Anyway, you looked cool in that suit, I bet a lot of girls fell for you if they didn't know you were liang lol. Such a heart breaker tsk.

Cheralyn :) A great listener, I miss all our heart to heart sessions together!

With them, I can never be certified insane because the asylum would not have enough space for such a great bunch would they? Even if they do, we can all go as a cool group. They never fail to make me laugh. Sometimes my tummy hurts so much, it's probably helping me burn all the calories in there.

Viann. I think I inherited your skills of saying lame stuff. I don't know why I couldn't control myself from saying things that doesn't make sense at all gosh. Its all your fault! Anyway, I love you to pieces! Stay awesome la ok. Give me all your lameness. Then maybe i give kc la haha

All these beautiful memories created and carefully stored in my mind are all thanks to my awesome gorgeous friends. Each and every single one of you. You know who you are :) no matter we come from the same class or we don't. I am really glad we got to cross paths with each other! :) I owe it every single one of you ❤❤❤

Finally! Did I tell you guys how much I loveeee this photo? But its not as deep as the love I have for you guys! Kamen and Fungxin, thanks for being my best friend (since you girls are 2 in 1). You have always been there for me during my bad times, I sometimes wonder if I am doing enough to repay how you treat me. You girls make me feel like a princess at times, so lucky to have you both! I sound like your mother now gosh. I love you all so so much, gorgeous ladies!

Love triangle?! Oops!

If only I could freeze time, I would freeze this period. The time of my life is the years I had in MGS. And it's coming to an end. I will definitely miss you all! Friends, teachers. Even the empty building. ❤❤❤ 

I can never thank you people enough; and I dont want this post to be too long because we all know it would take forever.

 P.S Being in an all girls' also mean that we would never have to fight over the hottest guy in school! ;)

P.S.S The pictures aren't arranged in any order at all. Because every single on of you mean as much to me! And if your picture isn't here, I will put it up on the next post unless I missed it :/ Its on Facebook though! I love all of you! ❤

XOXO

Graduation Night 2013 (Preparations!)

HOW CAN I NOT BLOG ABOUT THE BIGGEST EVENT OF THE YEAR?!

Last Friday (29/09/2013) marked my first and last dinner with all my schoolmates.  It has been a great eleven years in an all girls school; if you don't know already.  Methodist Girls' School has definitely nurtured me and transformed me into who I am today. :)

Every big event will start off with preparations! So here we go! (P.S. I am going to split up the blog posts just because I am always on the go and I am only blogging when I really can spare some time to do so :/)

1) Skin care

I have been attacked by acne! The case was a moderate one; not too severe or not a mild one either. So I have been testing out this routine where I apply Nuteen's Sleeping Mask every two nights.  This routine did not really make all my acne disappear but it definitely made my skin feel softer :)

2) Research on hairdo

I have been looking around for really pretty hairdos but i could not decide on which one to go with and in the end; I just thought that maybe an updo would be the most ideal; the hairstylist decided for me and out comes... tada! What do you think about it? Leave a comment below! :)

3) Makeup inspiration

Yes. I believe that if you had a rough idea on what you wanted then it would make things easier and then you would not have to feel all jittery when the results does not come out the way you would like it to be. :)

For instance:

HAHAHA SURPRISED?! No lah i didn't try any of the above makeup inspiration. :P

4) Gown Searching

I have been driving round town with lovely mummy and I am like; wow so many nice dresses! Honestly, I had a really hard time deciding on the perfect one. So many different colors to choose from; what else design?! I always wanted a gown with a striking color but guess what? In the end, guess which one I went with? ;)

Guess which one I chose? ;)

Those were just some stuff I did before the big day. If you have anything else to ask about me, do drop me a question on ask.fm (http://ask.fm/joyimok) or leave a comment below :)

XOXO

Thoughts and Resolutions #2: Just do your best :)

"Just do your best, and there will be no regrets!"

These words are the words I was told by someone very dear to me. But ever since then, I felt like I embarked on this journey to find out how true is the truth. Human beings like myself can never be contented by what we have, no matter how big or small. We strive our best but we will always think again if we really gave our all to it. At some points, yes, there will be this sudden thought of just throwing in the towel and quit. It's so tiring to be in the rigours of this rat race. Can't we just take a chill pill and relax for a bit? Then we try to play truant and go spend time doing things we love but we also realise it's not good for us ~ procrastinate. Suddenly this force pulls us back to reality and have us taking part in this long long run again! We were fed with hope and in return, we were EXPECTED to win this race. 

"Once you place high hopes, you will be given greater disappointment," said my friend. Then, what exactly is hope for? Is it there to drive and motivate you to do better or is it there to cause you pain? Well, that's another thing I have to figure out. You see, life often hands you a lot of challenges/obstacles but you will always feel this sense of pride whenever you are able to rise above these circumstances. The thing is are you willing to be challenged or are you just going to give up? Life is like a roller coaster we all have our ups and downs, be it a reunion or a break up . We just have to continue striving our best. Do not ever give up! Stay strong and you will be able to do it! ❤

P.S. Random thoughts so.. 

Xoxo

A short message :)

XOXO

Thoughts and Resolutions #1

Disclaimer: This whole chain of posts are entirely my thoughts (which can be really random or even clash with your chain of thoughts).

So, well I decided to start this chain of all my thoughts and resolutions. More to thoughts. You know, how girls being girls, think a lot more; sometimes too much and hence we resolve to letting it all out. For instance, I am not only sharing my thoughts, through this post I can also let it all out and have you (blog and readers) be here with me. :) 

This post is a bit on the down side so if you are really happy today, come back tomorrow. :) Better not let me bring you down. Believe me, it's not really a moody post. Just some random thoughts.

Just on Tuesday, it was my late granduncle's birthday. To be really honest, I really really miss him a lot. Life is really fragile. One day you see him and the next moment you see him suffering on the hospital bed, trying to gasp for air. It was really heart rending. Just a few months ago, he was still fetching me to extra ballet classes and tuition. He's been there my whole life, since birth. He was my grandpa (well don't get too confused; he's my grandma's elder brother /but I treat him like my own grandpa just because.. its pretty complicated/). 

'Jo Yi, today your 'Kau Kung' has been admitted to the hospital cause he had fever few days already. Maybe tonight we visit him la ok? He should be up and about soon,'

'Jo Yi, 'Kau Kung' will be back to work on Monday. He just called.'

And I didn't think that it would be so quick. Things would escalate so fast. I never knew. That night, when we arrived at the hospital, I felt teary. I was afraid. When the lift doors opened, it confirmed my fears. Everyone's eyes were burning red; effects from continuous crying. As I approached him, he was there, struggling, hanging onto his life, tears started pouring down my face like an uncontrollable tap. He was having cramps. I tried holding it in, I tried staying strong just so the other family members didn't have to feel sad for me; and themselves. The doctors haven't arrived. It's been a few hours. Why aren't they efficient? Don't they realise that someone's life is at stake right now? Or are they too used to people getting sick?

My grandmother was launched into tremendous despair. You know how depressing it is to feel so sad inside and yet you see your other family members crying so much? So we decided to go home. Once at home, we got THE CALL. He was declared to have left us all. :'(

Believe me, I understand how it feels to lose someone. Losing someone is really heart breaking. Especially for eternity. Through time, we will realise we are only left with memories. As the saying goes, though we are far apart, you are always in my heart! ❤  

P.S 'Kau Kung' is used to refer our grandmother's (maternal) brother in Cantonese. 

Hence, my resolution today is that I must cherish and treasure all my dearest family and friends. I love you all! ❤ 

Xoxo

Raya holidays! ❤

Holla! I know it's been ages since I last blogged :( It's just that I can't find the right time to put a good blogpost in here so no point doing it right? Sigh. After my examinations end of this year, I promise to come back more often okay! ;) hmm will try la to blog about my holidays (IF time permits).

Shall do a short update. First and foremost, a very Selamat Hari Raya and Eid Mubarak  to all Muslims out there (this is a little belated but I guess it's alright?) First off, let me bring you on a journey to the capital city of Malaysia, the famous Kuala Lumpur with all the tall and scary skyscrapers looming above. The cityscape is pretty piece to admire and view especially if you're living in a hotel in the centre of such a bustling city. Yep, you're right. I stayed in Best Western Premier Hotel, placed exactly in the centre of Kuala Lumpur, there's nothing you can miss when you glance out the window.

Living Room

Just a tip: The carpark here is a bit tricky. Unless you have an amazing driving skill, I highly recommend you don't drive a huge car here. The last time I came, car got a scratch. The price is definitely cheaper than most hotels and the rooms are pretty spacious as well. 

Room No.1

Room No.2

Washroom :)

What did I do in Kuala Lumpur:

I am pretty sorry but I don't really turn to become an adventurous tourist when I go to KL instead I turn into a horrible shopaholic. I visit malls more than ever. Since you know we kind of lack malls here in my hometown, Ipoh (if you haven't paid Ipoh a visit, you should! It's not that rundown and all, in fact it's a great place to be around ~ just like a more touristy place and less skyscrapers ~ perfect for people that wants to make a short getaway from the bustling city to a more serene place) 

So I visited Paradigm Mall on the very day I arrived. This mall is more on the branded side. It has brands like H&M which sells perfect attire for teenagers like me :) it also has brands like Zara (I would really love to buy everything in that store which is highly unlikely to be happening anytime soon sadly). Maybe I should just start working already. Any vacancy? Haha anyway I got myself some pretty good deals that day :) Currently I am really into cool tops with cool wordings. Any suggestions where I could get them? :) 

Then, to be very honest, that practically wraps up my journey. Since the next day, I went to Mid Valley and got myself practically nothing. Been pretty good at saving up these days. :)

Shall do a food post next. :) stay tuned! I won't be gone so



quick this time I promise. 

Xoxo