three.

This is probably my last post before I go back home :)
So, I just want to start with summarizing my bday weekend
It was a great one! So many people made it very special and I can't thank God enough for all the blessings!
It feels great to read and hear all the wishes coming from the people I met in my life; everyone has made some impact on it and I will always remember them and cherish the memories we shared.
Love my Family and my Friends! And I pray that they will always be next to me just the way they are now :)

But of course, life isn't all about love, butterflies, rainbows and sugar. Some things come with a price ;)
In my case, I got cold :(
Yes, it's just a cold, get over it, Joy!
well, not really! I know it will be over within few days, but it is a real struggle!
I am blessed with a good health, In my whole life, I can count the number of times I've been for a check-up. I had an easy childhood, went trough normal sicknesses that every child should go trough, even living in a rather cold country, hardly caused me getting ill. My average is once to twice (extreme lol) per year. But once it does strike me - bang! It is not easy at all.
And since I don't take drugs (well, sometimes I need a painkiller for my headaches, and I would drink some meds for high fever) I usually go for natural, home-treatment.
I always believed that taking chemicals just makes your body weaker and less protected for another illness, which will cause taking the drugs again and again just to 'survive'.
(My private research, lol, shows that people who were taking lots of drugs during childhood, now are in big need of them and they get sick more often, I promise!)

But yea, I'm talking about small illnesses!! cold, flue, fever and such. Of course, for more serious cases you need to be treated in a right way, often need drugs and so on. So but, people were getting sick since centuries! Before they knew what a doctor is (although there were some specialists, right?) and still, they survived!
okay I'm not sure what I'm talking about, it's probably that sweat of mine because of my brain being boiled from the heat ( one of my method is to sweat all the toxins out! It really helps! ) It comes more naturally in such countries as Malaysia :)

Aaaah I want to get better by tomorrow! Need to write one mega assignment and one smaller one, to finally get over this semester! (I am not counting in the final exams which are in a month time from now)
And I need to start packing! It seems I don't even have time to get too excited ;)
But that's good! I can't be bothered :)
I will take it as it comes!!
Okay, whom am I bullcrapping!! I AM SO EFFING EXCITED!

okay, bye for now before I faint :D

two.

London and Warsaw's tickets purchased!! :)))

Haven't felt so excited and nervous at the same time for a  looong time!
My head now is just filled with ideas, plans and things to do!
I am just so scared that there will be not enough time..

main list (21 days):

see all my close friends (the number is a way bigger than the number of days, ooops)
see all the babies that were born while I was away :)
visit my auntie who lives in a different city
put flowers and light a candle on my late Grandpa's grave..
attend every (that is 3, lol) Sunday Mass
attend the Filipino monthly Mass
visit my favorite clubs at least twice a week
go around Warsaw to reminisce the ol' good times :)
go to the bowling alley to see my buddies
get online from time to time lol
spend as much time possible with Baby Ceska!!
throw a bday party (I think I have to join it with the welcoming party)
throw a farewell party (every occasion is good to celebrate!)
visit my friend's Sushi restaurant (or even 3 actually)
do something spontaneous and crazy!

and many many more.

Warsaw list seems so much easier than the London list (3 days):

see my friend no 1.
see my friend no 2.
see my friend no 3.
see my little Princess Reya and her Baby Brother that I have yet to see for the very first time
see my Aunties
spend as much time possible with Ewelina and her fam
am I forgetting something?
oh, I wish I went to FM.

The painful thing? Bruno Mars will be performing with Travy McCoy on October 25th in London - I'm gonna miss it!
Then the following days he will be in Germany! I will be just few miles away. Life is so unfair!
lol
okay, I am thankful for having the chance to go back. I promise, I won't complain (except for the lack of time)

I know, I consider myself lucky! Every thing fell to the right place!
Going back was a hopeless dream, as I just paid my school fees, and I am still paying down my Joyride. My Mom got her ticket to KL for December. Money for my ticket was nowhere to be found.

But since I never give up, I checked the tickets to find a great promotion!! It's almost half price! Didn't think long, especially after the past months of my miserable life and particular situations on the same day I decided to buy the ticket :)

I believe I deserve a break!
Every holiday, every break, all my classmates and friends kept going back, asking me whether I am going back as well. It was so overwhelming sitting two weeks (once in a while during the whole year) etc just at home, alone, doing homeworks and cleaning the house, while every body else was spending time with their families, their friends, being back home and so on.
I missed my Grandpa's funeral, which wasn't easy to deal with, I missed my own Brother's wedding, I am about to miss my only cousin in Poland's wedding (an the opportunity to see all my relatives I haven't seen for many years!)
With all the stress I've been going trough it was just too much at some points.
I prayed so hard, and here I am, with tickets in my mail :)

Making my besties cry over the fact that I am finally coming back :)
I know I'm so blessed!

only not looking forward to the long-butt flight! sigh

have a great weekend! I'm back to my assignments, oh joy!

one.

I fell in love.
truly madly and deeply
:)
with.. A MOVIE!
yes, a movie, in fact a Bollywood movie that I've watched with Bahasa Melayu subtitles, so except for some occasional English words spoken by the actors, and few words in BM that I know, I did dont understand the words, dialogues etc BUT I feel like I understand that movie more than any other movies I've seen in my life!!

It's called Taare Zameen Par: Every Child is Special, which was named in English: Like Stars on Earth.

I'm sending you to wikipedia if you want to know more about the plot etc Taare_Zameen_Par <- click!

Okay, but how and why did I fell in love with this movie, especially when I did not understand the words? yea, sounds ridiculous. Anyhow, because it touches my heart! I've watched it twice (the second time, I wanted to see whether I was just in some kind of 'crying-mood' before or does it really make me cry like a baby). And so it wasn't just my mood. It really does make me cry. To be honest I teared troughout 60% of the movie, and the movie is more than 2hrs long. So imagine.

Few weeks ago, the most passionate and inspiring teacher of mine showed us a clip from this movie:
Bum Bum Bole <- click!
my very first-second-thought was *Palmface* but as the clip goes on, the song is nice for the ears (very catchy, too), the teacher is cute and love the moves! and of course children.. the one thing that makes me weak, always! Now everytime I see/hear this one, I have a big joker-smile on my face, Like it literally makes me happy :)

So my friend downloaded the movie, and after a while the teacher said that they will show it on TV, so I waited patiently to watch it on the bigger screen than my 12'1'' lappy :)

From the very first scenes I kept getting all tearry and stuff. Like as in 'what's wrong with you joy?'. Till the very last scene I shed at least 50 tears!
And I know an avarrage person would say "okay, it was nice, but what to cry about?" but for me, and I bet for many other sensetive people (as I read a lot of reviews and comments, thank God I wasn't the only one crying *blush*) this movie was very inspirational and touching.

The best thing about this movie is that there is no corniness, no love-drama, no deaths etc just a simple plot, of which thusand of people in this world face every day. Parents, Children and Teachers (it's just like the Holy Trinity, Father, Son and the Spirit). And another great thing about it is the acting itself where I didn't have to understand the language to know what is going on. It felt like watching someone's life. The emotion.. ugh really brilliant (especially the young boy).

I keep going around, sorry, why it touched me so deeply is because it tells about lack of knowledge of some people, of their lack of sensitivity ,and problems that people face, from their very first years. It shows how to make a better place, starting with the children as they are our future. Of how there are people out there with big hearts that can motivate and change one's life in a simple way. They can make a better life for many out there, with just a pinch of will and open-mind, loving and caring heart. And I know there are people like that teacher somehwere out there, I can easily say that the lecturer who introduced us this movie is someone very similar to the one in that film.

Another thing why it catches me so deeply because, except for my passion to kids, I am a teacher in making. And it's my time now to catch the characteristics of my personality that will make me a good teacher in the future (if so..). And I can easily observe that troughout my life teachers were lacking passion, sometimes even attitude. Even right now, in the University, I am shocked with how some lecturers (fine, just one so far) are concidered experienced, professional and GOOD lecturers, while everytime I see that person and hear the words coming out of x throat, I pray hard to chase away my thoughts of harming x. (x = he/her/she/his etc, I know many people knows who I am refering to).
So even if x teaches well the subject, why should I even listen to such a person who will insult us few times per class, and who claims that we will produce 'stupid students' while if I were to take her as my role model, I think I'd sooner kill all people for them being 'idiots, stupid, brainless and with no knowledge' than even try teaching. I guess my classmates who would read this note would perfectly know who I am talking about, well I don't care. I am actually surprised that some people like that attitude and will probably follow x style. God bless, I would never bring my children any close to such people. I believe in being polite and having good mannaers.

Well okay, I went really around this time, but that is because that lecturer always makes my blood pressure jump so high.. And I could write a book about it and still, it wouldn't take out my anger I have towards that person :)
So like yea, where was I? oh I just wanted to say, it's a shame that there are less teachers out there who with their attitude would encourage the students to learn, to enjoy, to listen and to be a good person. Real shame.

So yea, I'm not going to write more. Just wanted to share some thoughts. I might even watch it for the third time (maybe I will learn the language? hmm toink.)

I just think that every (future) parent and every (future) teacher should watch this movie to learn how to understand and help children with problems they face in their early lives.
Make this worlda better place!

Bum Bum Bole..