an overdose of Shakespeare can make me go bonkers

after poring over Hamlet over classes,
Here's my lame attempt:

hillo ho ho,
shakespeare o' shakespeare,
why art thou's language
so hard to comprehend,
n thus doubts me,
if thy poems are meant to
be as a code deciphered it,
or kept as a mere diary.

Time o' time,
why art thou such a scarcity,
8 hours lost to maiden's sleep,
9 to lectures,
4 hours to assignments,
what's left for my leisure?
so many things to accomplish,
yet so little time.

tagged by evonne: 5 facts about myself

1.I get lost easily even in places I'm supposed to be familiar with

2. i am a bookworm( u can find me often engrossed within story books, NOT TEXT BOOKS, i am no nerd)

3. i have a scar on my brows because i knocked into the wall when i was small.

4. i am a forgetful person(especially with people's names, so forgive me if i forget your name...he he.. )

5.i have a crush on Draco Malfoy(Tom Felton)

A different beauty in old cities(Montreal,17 june)

Once I step foot onto the Basilica of Notre Dame, my mouth went agog. The interior of the basilica is breathtaking. I wish I could post all the photos of it so that you could share my excitement too, but this post can’t contain too many unfortunately. This music-miracle-sounding organ consists of a remarkable amount of 7000 pipes. The melodious tunes it played soothes the ear of even a music-illiterate like me would admire.

It is too bad that it has turned into a tourist hot spot instead of solely being a place of worship where Christians celebrate mass.



Since writing this blog requires a bit of a general knowledge about the old Montreal city, i did a little research. Forgive me, bro..i wasn't listening when you were explaining about Montreal's attractions. I found out one shocking revelation. Based on Wiki travel, Montreal is an extremely inviting destination for gay and lesbian tourists and it is arguably the most gay-friendly city in North America other than San Francisco. So, heterosexuals, be careful you don’t give out the wrong signals. U might find a homosexual chasing after you instead.



Next, we drove all the way to park opposite Biodome De Montreal. FYI, Biodome De Montreal was constructed to host judo and cycling events for 1976 Olympic games. It’s an honor indeed to be there to witness the stadium myself which now stands as a visitors witness place to four replicas of different ecosystems in America.




Following Aunt Marie’s suggestion, determined we were to taste Montreal’s most famous smoked meat. As for its recipe? Can’t tell you, because I only know how to enjoy good food,not cook them. its not like a beef steak but truly juicy and you could taste herbs' fragrance while feasting through it.

This good Samaritan local here pointed to us the best smoked meat establishment in Montreal: Schwartz Hebrew Delicatessen. Wikipedia says Smoked meat, also known as salt beef in London, is cured, spiced, and flavored in ways similar to corned beef. Difference in meat cut and spicing mean that smoked meat's taste is different from either of these, and even varies among recipes.

a cute little squirrel munching on some food.

Never Knew Objective questions could come in 'fill in the blanks' form

Wow! Datin Nadarajah can really change the rules of things sometimes. She told us we're having an objective test, and WA LA..a big 50 fill in the blanks questions.. amazing that no one even complaint(predictable actually).

In english literature class today, i finally had a chance to show people what i'm made out of..Speaking so wonderfully about what the poet is putting across, and suddenly, madame CUT ME OFF..wat?!?!?! she seriously interrupted my moment of glory!!

Speaking of literature, let me tell u about a metaphysical poem i read about, titled the flea by john dunne. Basically metaphysical poetry which sounds cool is a mind-boggling poetry that creates absurd parallel between two different things. just like this one: the flea is compared to a sexual union. Let your imaginations run wild with this.

Marke but this flea, and marke in this,
How little that which thou deny'st me is;
Me it suck'd first, and now sucks thee,
And in this flea our two bloods mingled bee;

gross right? The persona actually writes a poem just to convince his partner to have sex with him. Such a desperado. When a flea sucks ur blood n then my blood, our blood fuses in it and u're no longer a virgin, that's so absurd. A flea is a parasite, goodness me, and a sexual union, something so sacred is being degraded to this extent. I feel so disgusted by him.

New Semester, New challenges

A few shocks shook the earth Caryn stood on when the new semester recommences:

1st bomb: Economics Unit 2 will compose of 100% subjective questions(dead meat!)

2nd bomb: Datin Nadarajah(the fierce tigress)is teaching us Malaysian Studies(unlucky!)

My first impression of her when she walked into our class?An authoritative figure in which her eyes alone can silence the crowd. Dun ever be late!! Even a minute past class time, U can Kiss your lesson goodbye and spent it moulding at the library. If you're absent, better equip yourself with a reasonable excuse when she asks.

3rd minor bomb: I have to write a thesis Essay about Hamlet and the Duchess of Malfi comprising of 2000 words(although I'm good at crapping, but a sound meaningful crap for 2000 words?unbelievable!not to mention impossible..but its indeed a challenge I'd like to embark upon)

crossing The United States border

niagara on the lake
niagara park's floral clock

a farm we passed

its 9pm but the sun just set..pretty.. i

Torronto, canada, 15th june-16thjune

ho ho!! We finally crossed the border. Canada, here i come!! Another few more hours to travel till we reach torronto, my dad's cousin sis's place. Omg, its pretty, their house i mean...no gates no alarm system, nothing.. unlike malaysia.. lol..guess they dun have any snatch thefts or burglars at all. which is true, those crime perpetrators are the teeenagers looking for fun. i would like to live in a neighbourhood like that. and their garden is so wide you can even fit a swimming pool in it. sigh..such luxury...

if u're an arhitect, u'll love torronto. each houses u pass have different styles and features. every house is unique in its own way reflecting each owner's tastes. although some looks abit quaint, i love them the way they are and how they maintain it. i can promise you, stroll along or drive through the whole neighbourhood, u can find no houses the same.

next day moving on, we woke up early in the morning, i chose to bathe at the wrong hour..its freezing like hell..whole body got numb from the shower. the sprinklers were watering the plants then and the whole house has only one water source, so yeah!

niagara on the lake was the first place we got to. and camwhore time comes:> its beautiful but the picture did little justice to its beauty. niagara falls next is more breathtaking.we hunted through the wineries around to get some gifts for my auntie marie and alas, iced wines made the best. we felt a little intimidated they actually had a wine cellar at their house.

my brother finally graduated..

i'm so sorry for not introducing why i'm blogging only recently. so rude of me. it's my brother's idea for me to actually record our events during our three week holiday in US and Canada. although at the rate of how i'm writing now, i do not know how am i even gonna manage to finish sharing with u guys my experience all those days.



chicago,14th june:

its ironic we missed two masses on sundays to church and manage to visit 3 churches on the weekdays. forgive me, god..

because of my mom's ambition to attend my brother's graduation mass? we ended up with our whole day gone in church.. later, we rushed to Aurora premium outlet mall for another shopping spree. wee hoo! girls can really go crazy shopping. even guys too i hope? sob..after one hour there? it closed...at 6..how can they be so cruel?unfortunately its a sunday, and they close early on sundays...sob sob..

hehe...at least we got three Coach handbags... i got one for myself too for quarter its price, not bad right? for 50us dollars.. that gave me a smile even though i din get myself any clothes:>

sigh..a win without playing

I had high hopes to play against the july batch in the inter-cohort games for netball in MCKl. Unfortunately, the july batch had not enough players.. thus, we won without even playing. Sob sob.. I really wanted to exert myself on the field to improve my-long-time-karat skills. next time then!!

All we did was just a few random goal shooting at the goal posts with vanessa, tanuja and ying ying UNDER THE BLAZING HOT SUN. Yes, u heard right.. sigh..i seriously need some tan for my legs...it looks so ghostly..

Gosh, the education department really has nothing else to tamper with? Teaching science and mathematics in BM? No offence, i have no hatred nor contempt for our national language. But comitting such an act will just bring us further backwards since the world is more familiar in english. I sympathise with all those juniors. thank god, my secondary school studying days have gone by.

Chicago,13th june

outside all state arena,chicago

Millenium park


chicago's skyline on the reflection

the artist's ingenius painting of The Bean and chicago's skyline

my brother and my parents



chicago's icon:the bean

Millenium Park came next. We had a chance to witness chicago's icon: The Bean. Its highly polished stainless steel surface gives the look of liquid mercury.Up close, the highly reflective nature of the sculpture captures the beautiful skyline of Chicago.

Its pretty cool the artist is able to draw out the skyline exactly continuos from the reflection of The Bean.

Because of my mom's insistence, we all wake up at 11 in the morning to attend my brother's graduation mass at the church of De Paul. The ceremony is so grand,added with the orchestra music playing along as the graduates came in the entrance. It was certainly worth the lost sleep at home :P

When the mass ended, we went for a lunch at chipotle, mexican food, yummy. My mom had a burrito wrap, while i had the same fillings in taco chips served with salsa sauce.

I now learnt one thing about American's tipping system.

For restaurants that no one serves you, no waitress, you do not need to pay tips. If u're served, its a tradition to pay tips. 15%of your whole bill if u're very satisfied.. 10% means you're not.

And if you don't pay any tips?U have to clean up after yourselves. Meaning: cleaning the table and throwing your wrappers away. Cool right? 1 more thing, Americans love to do things their way:

1.the driver's seat is on the left

2.u choose your ingredients when u order for food

3. you can turn right on red light

4.the motorcycles have their own lane just like a car. That means no mat rempit, cuz they can't swerve between lanes.

At the end of the day, we went to watch the blue man group perform. They're a bunch of vivacious and creative man trying to create music with rubber pipes and plastic pails. Its pretty cool they could engage the audience attention and get them to engage in some rock moves. Besides, different sounds are created by these pipes.. according to their length and width. All performance ticket collection even goes to charity.

Chicago,12th-15th of june

When our plane touched down at o'hare airport, the only familiar person i saw was my brother. He hasn't changed 1 bit since i last saw him, but the 1st thing i notice? his haircut sucks. according to him, this is the only haircut chicago has for guys. uh oh, nightmare!!














Chicago's skyline

12th june:
Presented here is chicago's skyline, this picture was taken when my family and i took the cruise under chicago's most famous rivers at sunset. The air is pretty chilly there(its 10 degrees celcius) while the tour guide explained to us about the history of chicago.

Wrigley's building

Wrigley's originial product is not the famous chewing gums we know nowadays. But their original plan was to produce soaps and add a chewing gum on top as an added attraction. However, the Wrigleys soon discovered that their customers buy their products just to enjoy the taste of the chewing gum, whereas the soap is thrown aside. Thus, ta da! wrigley's chewing gum is now their major product.

Could u believe that? and i never knew Navy pier from a distance

The other buidings she talked about?I forgot.

reason: 1.It is too dark to see the building she's talking about.

2. I'm shivering from the cold winds blowing at my face(p.s:i'm wearing three layers already).

3.Im half asleep(jet lag) while she rambles on and on.

4.My stomach is already rumbling and its 8pm.

This brings me to food in The Cheesecake Factory, a very posh restaurant my smart brother brought us to. Since the specialty is cheesecake, we all ordered different taste and each bite we took, our plate is passed on to another family member. The cheesecake is pure indulgence and as i took each bite greedily, a guilty conscience pops up:this is fattening, but i don't care..its delicious.. guess which plate is mine? With my greedy nature, of course it's the one bitten most. what a good way to end the day:pure indulgence for the stomach.:>