HELLO SUNSHINE!

Manchester, December 2009. oh and look at my giant cheeks. damn.

coping with matlab this full day and yesterday, and this whole week ahead makes me a little bit crazy and dizzy, literally. but no worry because the assessment is 100% coursework. woohoo! i can’t imagine myself in a matlab examination room, a problem sheet, in front of computer, more or less 3 hours, and nobody i can ask for help. that’s indeed my doom’s day. haha. anyway, I think I miss writing little letters. it’s been awhile and i currently have several things pop in my mind. i know you wouldn’t mind.

dear matlab (hey, it comes first! haha),
i know someday we’ll hit it off. someday i’ll never know.

dear hair,
i’m still contemplating on cutting you. should I?

dear black coffee i bought in the chinese market,
goodbye.

dear my blackberry’s trackball,
i hate you. you make life difficult.

dear spring,
please step closer, come sooner. please. please.

dear holland,
i can wait to be thereeeeee!

dear boyfriend,
bring me macaroons on your next visit. ok ok?

dear mom and dad,
please stop asking me that question. ah but i love you both!

dear topshop,
i am poor. don’t attract me.

dear polaroid company,
please please continue on producing 600 film. i’m getting crazy looking for places that sell them for cheap.

dear assignments,
i’ll come just in minutes. oops i mean several hours. haha. i need a bit space.

dear all the foods in my home country,
you just have no idea how much i’ve missed you.

dear myself,
i often found you’re my biggest enemy. (ok, that sounds strange but so true! haha)

ok, the end. xoxo.

I think I’m quite advanced in internet world lately. haha. I bring some more companions to this blog, where you can also find me. call  them getaways. please take a peek at these places below. believe me, they are as lovely as this blog.

• hannasyalala’s tumblr
• hannasyalala’s flickr

I found tumblr is very nice for short posts (interesting pictures, quotes, music). so there I created an account. For the flickr, yes I made a new one because I kinda need spaces for my so-called artworks of photography and travel junks, rather than my face in all pictures as in the old flickr account. haha. the old flickr is account is still available though. anyway, I’d love to put all the links more excitingly (interesting logo) in this blog and re-decorate this blog but my private web-designer is very busy with his college stuffs right now. and this web designing thingy is not my cup of tea. and I won’t bother to learn any further (knowing the fact that MATLAB doesn’t make me any better. enough is enough). so I better be patient.

p.s. dear blog, don’t worry I won’t leave you. you will still have my complete stories. xx

Oh no, it snowed again this afternoon. Have I told you I’m now sick of snow? Ok, now I tell you. As for me, winter only belongs to December for the sake white Christmas. But it seemingly loves to stay longer. I want spring, please.

backyard’s view from my room

anyway, I am over the moon today. I got my marks and they turned out not that bad. For me , it is even surprising. Thank God. but next term must be better. much much better. I promised myself to work harder!

(please disregard my weirdness. i don’t know what i was doing there. haha)

For God’s sake there are couple of serious bits I am currently working on. which are:

• keep all my clothes neatly folded or hung on the hangers (seriously).
• no munching on chocolate and stuffs (i.am.suffering), well twice a month as an excuse.
• save one pound a day to afford shopping life, apart from food or daily needs.
• apply cleanser before soap and face cream.
• turn off the light before sleeping as I often fell asleep first.
• not let things in the fridge exceed the expiry date.
• think of “first thing first”,  dear me procrastinator!
• be at church and (all) classes ON TIME.
• no snoozing when the alarm has on.
• do the bed everytime  before leaving house.
• drink more water and eat an apple everyday!

the end.

I don’t know if you would interested in my idea of outfit posts, which i’m about to do in this blog. haha. To be honest, be more dressed up (and stylish. oh so embarrassing to spill it here) has become one of my resolutions for this year. I know I’m lousy at dressing up that’s why I think I have to change a bit. and I’ve been reading fashion blogs a lot (bad student) for some inspirations. click here and here if you care to know my favourites.

dear winter, i have had you enough. let the spring come!

(dress  – miss selfridge, grey long cardigan – H&M,  belt – H&M, tights – new look, boots – Dune, bag – topshop)

I was so tired of wearing coat that I dare to not wear coat in such bloody cold weather. I’m desperately longing for spring.

image from here.

but the thing is, at some points we might feel tired. all we need are rest, drink something, or eat, lay down on the green grass then continue biking. argh i’m soooooo crazy lately. well, no it’s not just about the campus thingy. it’s the whole things happening to my life lately.

but no matter what, i need to balance my bike. i’m the only one who can ride my own bike of life. ok. i’ll deal with it. J’ai besoin de Dieu.

I have been living here in UK for 5 months by now!

So happy when I got this cutely wrapped package arrived at my house. I didn’t really expect it would be this soon as they said they were pretty busy with Christmas orders. Good job they did it unexpectedly fast! well, this is my very first tatty devine’s necklace. I visited their Covent Garden store in London couple weeks ago. Can’t resist them! I really want all of the collections! sigh. Some of them are quite expensive for poor student like me. Guess I need to do some hard works first and reward myself with that kind of fancy thing just right after.

I’m in love!!!

anyway, i’ll make another order for my sister’s upcoming birthday gift.

A good year is coming. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

(pic by me, taken from Edinburgh’s Hogmanay opening 2009)

there has been ups and downs in 2009. A lot of surprises (good and bad), a lot of life lessons. But i’m grateful for all those things.

By faith I’ll say, next year is gonna be a great fabulous year for us all, no matter what.

keep hoping, praying, struggling!

These pictures were taken in Buckingham Palace while I was there for a trip with friends. I know i should have taken more pictures with my polaroid. But the weather was not friendly at all. On the other hand, polaroid won’t work its best under very least sunshine. errr. but anyway, these two photos below are ok, don’t you think?

I hope weather (and sunshine) are our bestfriend for next couple of days because my sister and brother are coming! and I want to take lots and lots of pictures with my baby pola

anyway, white christmas is here! how lovely. hope it gets thicker. LOL!