Featuring Christine

Adieu.

2010-02-22T06:43:00.000+08:00

I found out that I upload pictures more than writing. So i shifted to Tumblr muahaha. Had an account since last year but used it once. Click here.

Byebye blogspot.

Occupée comme une abeille.

2010-01-18T03:52:00.000+08:00

This week, it's just going to be such a killer week. From tomorrow, Monday till Friday, classes from 8 or 9am till 5pm. Also how can I forget, will have to attend four hours of Chemistry class every Saturday morning at 8am. And to add on, we'll be having two new subjects this week, Geometry and Electricity. And Geometry class ends at 6pm on Wednesday. Gawd, four hours of Geometry, four hours of Analyse (an exam this week), four hours of Chemistry, three hours of Electricity, three hours of Mécanique, 18 hours of french classes this week. I'm afraid of the Analyse's test this week, bet it's going to be real tough piece this time. And the fact that I've been really, really exhausted. I just need some rest. Need a break. Kitkat is not enough. And yeah, there're kitkat chocolates in France.

La nouvelle année, les nouvelles résolutions!

2010-01-03T08:38:00.002+08:00

Happiness is a state of mind or feeling characterized by love or joy.
Sadness is an emotion characterized by feelings of loss and helplessness.

Joy

Sorrow

Memories

Experiences

Anger

Fun

Moments

Love

and much more to be apart of my 2010.

Going to live up the year 2010 to the very fullest!

What would Christmas be like?

2009-12-27T05:55:00.119+08:00

People say there're twelve days of Christmas...really?

First day of Christmas, 251209.

The ten of us were invited by our professor, Nicole to have Christmas lunch with her family. So we met up with her and Vincent at the gare around 12.30pm. Sat their cars and off we went to a little village nearby. Met her big family, with her parents, sisters, brothers-in-law, cousins, nieces, nephews and etc. Apparently, my professor is half-Italian! So her parents spoke French in a total sexy Italian way hahaha. (I wonder how Toefl would sound when he talks in Italian) So, we had juices and small pizza tarts as starters. I was pretty hungry so I hentam down quite alot. The menu of the day was, lasagna with minced pork as l'entrée, beef steak or a freaking fish for each person as le plat principal, cheese with bread and salades as the extras, le buche de Noël which is a traditional French Christmas cake here, many types of fruits and lots of wine wine wine. I didn't drink even a sip, but someone definitely drank without caution (I hope this would not happen again, yeah?). But overall, it was fun eating and talking at the same time, catching up with the seniors. We stayed there till 7pm. Nicole liked the handbag that we got her for present! Hopefully she'll finally add another different colour to her handbags collection. She rocks la, I mean which proff is as kind as her to invite us to celebrate Christmas along with her family :D Vincent drove us back home, and I came back home...feeling hungry. Gosh when will I stop feeling hungry...

That's me with the delicious fish.

Kreshna, Shah, Danial et Shan!

All copycat my trademark...

Le buche de Noël

Nicole et moi :)

Going abit crazy without Vincent in the car.

Second day of Christmas, 261209.
Another professor invited us over to her house for lunch! We walked to her house, the eleven of us. Once we arrived, we gave her the present that we've got for her and hahaha we got her a bag for jungle trekking, because she looooooves jungle trekking all the time. She loved it too. *beams* And we sat in a table, like a big family, only that we all have different mothers. We had salade as l'entrée, a big turkey as le plat principal, le buche de Noël as the traditional Christmas cake in France! Along with tea, coffee and Christmas biscuits. It was my first Christmas turkey I ever had in my life, aww thanks Patricia! We played two games together and haha it was hilarious watching Patricia and her son, Arnold arguing all the way and Arnold being the Mr-Know-It-All with the questionnaires hehe. Went back around 8pm. It was fun alright. :)

Patricia with her new randonnée bag.

L'entrée

Our Christmas turkey!

And I was the only girl, so the first one being served :)

Nithes et moi.

Four types of cheeses. And they stink :P

Le buche de Noël

Thina's first attempt to block me out from the photo. FAILED.

With our dear proff, loves.

Thina's second attempt. SUCCESSFUL.

Danial, Shah, Amirul and Nithes.

All of us with Patricia :)

That was my Christmas.

How about yours?

Christmas is finally here.

2009-12-25T08:33:00.002+08:00

Grow up right?

Hello there.. Out there far away back in my homeland, Merry Christmas to all of you! I'm missing you guys dearly.. Seriously, it's so weird to be celebrating Christmas this year without my very dearly missed family and my friends whom I love back in Malaysia. Every single year, I took it for granted that I would always get to celebrate it with my family, or rather my family would always be there for me. But now, being in France for my studies haha, things changed. I have to grow up, I can't be the little daughter that held on too tight on her parents, depended on them of nearly everything. Whether I like it or not, I have to grow up hahaha.

But no matter what, Christmas is all worth to be celebrated. The birth of the most important person of my life. That is Jesus, my savior and best friend :)

Wishing all of you whom dropped by my blog,
Merry Christmas and Joyeux Noël!

Headache fever.

2009-12-23T23:03:00.004+08:00

I've been MIA, missing in action from my blog haha. Hey y'all! I'm doing just fine here, not really feeling well due to the weird weather here. It either gets very chilly or too cold or... plain weird. Still not used to winter. Currently having my two weeks holidays till the first week of January and the crazy schedule of classes starts all over again with more new subjects. Such as Electricity, pergh. Past few days totally just lazing around and just set up my new speakers. Haha would love the subwoofer but my head seems banging the whole day, so the bass bang bang is not really my friend to my headache right now. Barely finished those homework given for the holidays. I think it's just the gloomy weather here that's making me so, lazy. Yeah, I miss the sun. Totally.

Even when the waves are coming through.

2009-12-14T05:09:00.000+08:00

Is there anyone...
whom really understands me?
whom knows how am I feeling?
whom will just be there for me?

In this world, nothing is permanent. All will fade away and all will cost nothing in the end.
But even when the waves are coming through, I hold on to your love.
Thank you, Jesus.

Quelques fois.

2009-12-02T04:23:00.005+08:00


Do we have what it takes when hope and clarity melt away 
To rise above our mistakes
If we don’'t know any other way 
And we're just too scared to try

Sometimes there can be so much more beyond what we see 
Sometimes I'm amazed how we see the world in different ways

Sometimes I'm afraid of what I might not get to say 
And we're just too scared to try

 
When it feels like there is nothing left 
It feels like this is as good as it gets 
It feels that way sometimes
So let's take a second and catch our breath
And realize this isn't over yet 
It just feels that way sometimes.

Hope, keeps me going.

First trip down memory lane...

2009-11-11T07:46:00.007+08:00

When the clock strikes 12am, it marks a new day, a new morning, and... it's a public holiday in France! Hehe I mean, how often I get an off day just like that out of the packed schedule of classes, so I'm glad even if it's just a day. And as usual, when I got alittle free time, I like to look back those old pictures in my many computer folders. Guess what I found in just ONE folder?

I miss them all :'(

All or Nothing.

2009-11-08T22:26:00.001+08:00

It's either I want it all...or nothing at all.

Geography, will you be my friend?

2009-11-02T05:07:00.003+08:00

On a cold and freezing Sunday morning, I stepped into the church sanctuary. Today was one of those days when I could only understand un moitié, a part. We had a special speaker today, and he talked about Daniel and his three friends whom were thrown into the fire. After service, I slipped through the crowd and headed for the door, when suddenly a woman and a man came to greet me and ask how was I doing. They were kind and friendly. I hope the time will come soon when I can understand fully and talk to them fluently. For now, I just need to hang in there right?

Tomorrow, there's no morning class! Yet in the noon, we'll have a Geography test, based on France map. A huge BOOHOO for me, when Mr. Geography has been mean to me all these years. The terms and names of the places just seemed so.... tough to me. Once I made such a silly mistake on the countries till now I'm being laughed by my friends here. Mr. Geography, will you be my friend?

P/s: I'm glad I had good conversations today. My family back in Msia, Ah Ker, my friends...you know who you are :)

Robert Soh punye anak perempuan.

2009-11-01T05:28:00.001+08:00

Autumn is leaving, winter is coming. In other words, it's getting so much colder nowadays and I need a new wardrobe of winter clothings. I've been wearing layers and layers of clothes just to keep myself warm, and it's rather tough especially when my blouses are shrinking or it's just I'm gaining weight and they looked pretty tight on me. I think the second reason is the truth. I've been gaining weight since I came here, so attention to everyone back in Malaysia, Christine is no longer the slim tiny little girl.

Early this morning, my friends and I went to Freiburg, Germany to shop. And yeap, my hands were itching to shop since I went to Paris with my parents. Yet today was a beautiful day with a wonderful weather, shopped for some of my winter stuff and pretty satisfied with what I bought. Everytime when I go shopping, I will tell myself, it's okay if it's not that cheap, as long as I will always use it and make it worth it as much as I've paid for it. Arrived back in Colmar around 6pm, still early but yet it was all dark already. Winter is coming, what do we expect right.

And the one thing that I'm touched by today, is my dad. He actually waited for me till 2am in Malaysia and called me to make sure I'm back home in my studio safely. I....I'm just really touched.

That's my awesome dad :)

SI TU LE VEUX, tu peux me rendre pur.

2009-10-26T05:11:00.004+08:00

I told myself, I need a refreshing. I really need a refreshing. Honestly been dry these few weeks. Today, with 25 hours for the first time in my life, I went to church on an early Sunday morning. A friend of mine told me there was a possibility that there'll be no service today due to a big church gathering, but I told myself, I have to go. I have to go. And indeed, I really was blessed by today's church service.

During the early days, I could barely understand those songs, sermons, and even what were the annoucements! Imagine, sitting down on the bench, looking up the person talking on the pulpit, completely...BLANK! Back in Malaysia, we may find it hard to stay focus if we found the sermon the 'oldschool version', uninteresting or whatsoever. But when I'm here in France, my strength and desire were really challenged. It's tough to continue going every week when I don't feel belonged, I don't understand. That was what I thought. Sang the lyrics without completely understanding the meaning. So different from where I grew to be commited in church.

But today, I thank and praise God. I was glad that I'm beginning to understand more. And I could relate to the sermon well today, thank God. I needed an encouragement, I really needed one, and through the sermon, I knew I can stand back on my feet again. The pastor today shared about the leper in the Book of Mark. When a leper came to Jesus and asked "If You are willing, You can make me clean." And I was moved by how Jesus reacted after that phrase; He was moved with compassion and He stretched out His hand and touched him, a leper, whom was unclean. It shows how much Jesus loves us, even if we were filled with uncleanliness, sins, so much sin, that He is right there willing to forgive us.

Forgive me Lord...

And Lord, thank you for a new start.

Je les aime!

2009-10-23T04:37:00.001+08:00

Hey you, my blog whom I miss writing to. It's been centuries since my last post, never been able to find the time to write a complete post. Either I wrote half way or just the title. So many things happened since I last wrote. Many places I've went, awesome things I've seen and experienced! For instant, my parents came over to France for 10days to visit their little girl here. It was really sweet and heart-warming gesture that they made for me. Thank you Paps Moms! I really had a great superb time with them both, although ten days was just more than a week, it will always be my good memories. Before my parents arrived, I was all gittering in happiness and butterflies in my stomach. Bought loads of groceries, cleaned my whole studio and added an extra bed and a table. All set for my parents.

On Saturday morning, Shahidan and Shan are such great friends, that they willingly came along with me to Strasbourg to meet my parents. My heart screamed in joy when I saw papa and mommy in the train and I ran towards it even before the train stops. Like a little girl, I hugged them for the first time in four months since I came to Colmar. It made me feel like home, haha just forgive me if I'm making all these like a drama. I'm just still a homesick girl. We took the boat/le bateau around the ville and it was such a good sight, with those ancient buildings all over. My parents finally saw how big is the food portion per person here. So, really...that's the main reason why I gained weight! By night, we came back to Colmar and it felt so good that my studio was filled with their voices, their little scoldings...

During the whole ten days, I planned an agenda for them muahaha. I know I was alittle bad, to plan all these by myself even when they said it wasn't necessary. Hehe thank God for sporting parents like them!

Saturday: Visit Strasbourg.
Sunday: Visit Le Haut-Kœnigsbourg, an old, gigantic, historical castle.
Monday: Visit CEL (the place where I'm studying the langauge) and le centre ville in Colmar.
Tuesday: Visit Bale, Switzerland.
Wednesday: Visit Mulhouse.
Thursday: Rest in Colmar.
Friday: ~~Visit Freiburg, Germany~~.
Saturday till Monday: In Paris!

Many pictures taken, but I'll upload them the next time aite. All in all, it was such a great time that all these will always be in my heart and a part of me in France right now :D

Air yang dicincang tidak akan putus akhirnya. PART 1.

2009-09-04T02:49:00.003+08:00

That's a phrase that can be used in a family tree. Whom consist of the father, the mother, the brothers and the sister. I really miss them and I can't find a perfect word to describe how much I've missed them. Living alone in a foreign country is such a challenge for me, especially when it comes to being alone in my own studio and handling my own matters. Life in Malaysia was so much easier back then, less stress, more company, more close ones, more familiarity. Whenever I felt really down or needed company, my family has always been there. My daddy, whom always advice me when I was discouraged and to comfort me when I'm crushed in spirit. My mommy, whom was 100% to aide me in whatever matters I have and cared for me with all her love.

My big brother, whom really took care of me as his dear little sister. My sister, whom was always there to share secrets together and slept in the same room throughout my teenage years. My second brother, whom was there for me to look up to and understands me. My little brother, whom was there to accompany me when I needed someone and listens alot to her sister's craps. I knew when I made the choice to come to France to study, I would have to be apart from my family and friends for a really long time. It hurts, really hurts because I have no idea it would this hard, the fact suddenly sinked in so deep, that I still have six more years to go on without my family here. Whether I might sound like a big baby here, I don't care. Because I really love my family, love them so much and I wouldn't be what I am now without them.

So, to those back in Malaysia, seriously, literally, mentally, emotionally, really, frankly, honestly, reality, for real, treasure those moments you have with your family. Because we don't know how much time we have to spend together as a big happy family.

Joyeux Anniversaire!

2009-08-30T01:31:00.002+08:00

To my darling sister, Debbie...

And my best friend, Sandra...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Not so typical after all, ain't it?

2009-08-29T23:40:00.001+08:00

Slept around 3am last night, finally replied the mails that I've received since I came here. Thank you so much for my dear family and friends whom still care! I really appreciate you all =D

Swept, mopped my whole studio and did some housekeeping. What was bothering me, the lift is not working! The fact that I'm staying in the 5th floor, it's not that pleasant to walk down and up the stairs for THREE times in the morning (and all you wanted to do was send your clothes for laundry). Long story short, I did some forced exercise this morning. Hopefully the lift will function well by Monday, if not... I would have to carry my bicycle down and up throughout the five tall loooooong floooooooors! Hopefully, hopefully not...

Continued on with my planning for my parents in October, oh fyi, they're coming to France in October! Uncle Robert and Aunty Linda coming to Europe! Although it'll only be 10 days, mais heureusement, ils iront ici! Hope I can plan an awesome trip for them.

A typical weekend?

2009-08-29T07:41:00.002+08:00

Will it be the typical weekend I used to have back in Malaysia? I miss those times. Youth Alive, family and friends. To those who went for In.Love Retreat, hope you guys are blessed much!

Literally, this is my desktop background. I miss you six, seven, eight, nine, ten!

Salut, mes amis!

2009-08-28T04:08:00.002+08:00

Tout le monde... I'm back! Hehe, sorry my blog has been dead and apparently my pictures all went missing from my blog. Thus, I decided to delete my whole blog and restart all over again. Will be back with more details when I have the time to blog. Salut!