This is 100% pure shit.

Yesterday, marked my first step into the casino. The main reason I went into the casino was because I heard it was opened by Lim Goh Tong. Yes! That old bugger that own the only casino in Malaysia!

And so, I step into the casino. Oh btw, the casino is called Circus. Funny name for a casino eh? Anyway, the first step I took into the entrance was quite nice. I mean as in how it was presented. But the moment I step into the casino area, where the games begin. It was a dissappointment. I was expecting much of a... Las Vegas casino style.

I sat there watching my coursemates bet on the roulette. Btw, I thought roulette was a Russian thing right?! They call it the Russian Roulette right? But on the table they said it was American Roulette. Anyhow, that game is such a rip off. You either loose way too much. Or you win. But I guess the rate of losing is much higher. First they give you confidence by letting you win quite a lot. And then...POOOFF!!! You loose double, triple, quadraple, pendrable, hexdraple whatever!! The point is...You LOOSE REALLY REALLY A LOT!

We then head for the BlackJack table. My hands started to itch, because I'm more familiar with blackjack than any other casino games. The heck, I know...Call me pussy or whatever. I'm not the gambling type aights?! I'm a dummy in gambling okay! Back to topic... My hand itched so I set myself a budget of £20. Yes, that is a lot in Malaysia Ringgit. But its quite small in the UK. And the minimum bet is £2. So £20 should be quite fine.

The round started of with me losing. Then I started to win again. And I lose. And I win. And I lose. And I win. You see? The game keep getting me stucked at £20. After a few more rounds, my luck started to change. I am winning! It was all luck really. I win everytime I feel like raising my bet. Not everytime though, most of the time. I was winning more than £20.

It was at that moment. A friend of mine saw me winning and he feels like in the mood of playing as well. So he asked £10 worth of chip from me. Before that, I owed him about £30. It was because the other day I needed money to pay for the school trip to Coniston and I haven't got my account set up yet. And so he took the £10 worth of chip, now I owe him £20. My luck was still quite alright. The balance in my hand kept staying at about £30. He then needed another £10, because the card he was betting on, he split the card and so he needed to bet more. So this leaves me about £20 chips on my hand, and me oweing him £10!!!

After he took the money from me, my luck started to change. I keep loosing and loosing. Till all £20 chips on my hand were sucked clean. No wait, I have one more 50pence chips! But that was no good. Because minimum bet is £2. So I kept the chip as souvenier instead! But fuck, when I think about converting the 50pence into Malaysian Ringgit, it worth a plate of fucking Chicken Rice to me! And I haven't eaten my dinner yet! I was fucking hungry.

Anyhooss... I won 50penny from the casino. Ya I know, quite sad right? But I go there just for experience. I didn't loose any money, so I don't feel bad. It more like me taking out the money to pay back my friend really. Oh, I was really hungry. And I hated the casino, it smells like crap! I hate this kind of places. I don't like smoke smells, or to be exact, cigarettes smokes, it gives me headaches. I went out for a walk around the city and for fresh air. Seriously, the city here has fresher air than Malaysia. I mean Birmingham city, not London. London is fucking polluted. Oh, I was hungry right? So I went alone to the only Malaysian restaurant in Birmingham. As I have a strong crave for Malaysian food + I'm really hungry. So I ordered claypot chicken rice! YUMMY! and also TEH TARIK!. I feel so like I'm back in Malaysia already. But it cost me a bomb. Claypot chicken rice at £7.20 and teh tarik at £1.50. Oh, this come the pist off side of me.

A while after I've ordered my food. A few guys who were still in the casino called me up asking where am I. And so they came and joined me for my dinner/supper. One guy came in and was like.. "Woah! You damn rich hurh come here and eat?!". That fucking set me on fire, but I didn't scold him. I was like whatever to him. But like fucking seriously?! Is spending money on food better or...losing your money in a fucking casino?. And for goodness sake, I'm not that greedy till I go to the casino for the free fucking food. I know you're trying to save money by going to casino and eat their free food. But don't you fucking judge me, because I know I am better than anyone in those casino. I don't mean better in studies, I suck in my studies. You know what I mean when I say I'm better than them.

I like Malaysia, I'm proud to be Malaysian. But, the Malaysians here make me fucking embarassed to be a Malaysian. They act like a anti-social, not that I'm very sociable. But definitely a gazzilion time more sociable than them. They act like a fucking JAKUN (someone from the jungle who haven't seen the world). I even got comments from people from other country about my Malaysian counterparts. This is what I get "Arrogant", "Rude", "Assholes"...

Just for notice, I'm not saying all Malaysians here are acting like those I was mentioning. There are a FEW nice ones out there. But mostly are not. And I'm not saying that I'm nice or bad either. I don't care what you think about me. I don't fucking care who you are. I don't judge you. You don't judge me. The only people I care about how they think about me is my close friends. And friends that is worth being friends.


Oh...stop being in a frantic mode already. Oh, last thursday. I tried one new yummylicous recipe. I got the recipe from Jamie Oliver though. Did you know that he is my favourite cook? I'll give anything to be like him. Oh, since I told you guys he's my favourite cook. You should know what to get me for christmas right? Well..for a notice to you, I already have two book of his. "Jamie's Dinner" and also the latest "Cook With Jamie". I really want Jamie's Italy though. ekekekke. Or, maybe his Tefal series cooking utencils? Nyak Nyak Nyak!

Here, a pict for you to drool on...

Its a mushroom, potato and chicken cooked with wine. Looks yummy? And it really do taste yummy! According to my flatmate Omar. :)

toodles!!

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This hasn't been easy for me.
It had been long.
I still can't believe it.
The smell of betrayal is still in the air.
The trust given was mis-used.

I gave my full trust.
I trusted you even I haven't know you for long.
But you take my trust for granted.
It hurts me.
I decide to forgive and forget.
But I realised I can't do it.

They say "there's a silver lining in the dark clouds".
Yes, your betrayal indeed made me realised something else important.
But, it is your betrayal that cause me to lose something important as well.

Maybe it is time.
It is time for me to learn not to trust.

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Its been quite some time. Hmmm.

*thinking*

Yes, it has been quite some time since I updated my about what's going around me.

Well, I did not think then! Someone made me think.

I haven't really post about what's going on here in Birmingham since I came over. I mean I did post a little on another blog, but I forgot not everyone reads the other blog other than my ex-S.A.M classmates. I'm sorry guys if you couldn't catch up with me, and if I haven't been able to catch up with you guys. The time difference is quite hard to catch up with anyone crossing over eight time zones. Anyhow, I'll try to make up by going thru what I could remember since I came here aight? Why the hell am I asking the reader's question? Not like its some instant messaging where the reader will reply a.s.a.p. Silly Me...

Oh! I haven't been really showing you guys my campus did I? To be honest, I can't believe I'm in love with the campus you know. Its so "green". As in there's trees, grass, flowers, squirells, birds, and more trees around the campus. Its as thought I'm in a university that is major in Ecology. Oh, my university is also called the Fair Trade University (http://www.fairtrade.org.uk). Why? Its because they sell fair trade items around campus, and they're promoting/encouraging fair trade among the students & staffs alike. Okay, less talk and more picts!


This is the main campus building. Its called as the Aston Webb Building. This is where all the main events are being held and also the administrative works going on. Argh! Damn! I forgot to take the interior on this building! The main reception looks like a 5 fucking star rated hotel. Okay, maybe 6 fucking stars. But I'll show you one day when I too the pict.



This is the view of a small part of the campus. See the building on the left? Its the law building. And if you can see the building hidden behind those trees, that's the main library. I was told that there's 7 library owned by the university. One is the main library, another one is in Selly Oak Campus(about half a mile away), one is in the city(the School of Dentistry), and another is in the Medical Building. I can't figure out where is the other 3 more library. The main library would suffice me as the main library is as big as Taylor's College, not the library of Taylor's College.


Well, I arrived here on the 24th of September. Its a Sunday night I remember. I first hated my accommodation. But now I have come to love it. Well, not really loving it. But am glad to get a good one secured. Although I would prefer to go to other accommodation. I don't have any pict of my accommodation, so you all have to wonder how it looks like. Just go to Google Earth and type in "B5 7QF". That is exactly where I am staying. Its called Hunter Court.

Few weeks after I arrived here, I joined the Singaporean Society to go to Warwick and have a tour around the castle. Its a really nice and old medievil castle. Nicely preserved.


This is the view of one side of the castle. Its really nice and calm, but at the same time...creepy like shits!!!


There...Madame I don't know who the fucking hell is that. Ahahaha!!! I can't remember what it said about this lady. I'm just taking for the sake of taking pictures. This picture was taken in Madame Tussaud(I think that's how they spell it) of Warwick castle.


Its the view from inside the castle, a wax model of maid overlooking the garden of the castle from inside.


This is another view of the magnificent garden in the castle. I forgot what is it called! The view from top of the garden is certainly breathtaking.


I guess the picture speaks for itself.

Oh, if you haven't been talking to me lately. I joined quite a number of society in the uni as well. I joined, Far Eastern Connection, Malaysian Society, Jazz and Blues Society, Singapore Society, and also Photography Society. But I am more involved in Photography Society. PhotoSoc usually have quite a number of socials and also trips to take pictures around. I went for one last week, doing some night shots in the city. These few are my work I reckon the best I've taken out of hundreds over shots.


There's nothing much to shout about this. Its taken outside a cafe called Costa. The cafe was closed, and so I took the picture of the logo and the reflection of a christmas tree. If you notice, a stupid head ruined the shot.


Mushrooms!!! Nah...Its just a building's arcitechture. This part of the section in Bullring belongs to Selfridges(The 2nd most expensive stores in the UK, after Harolds).


This has gotta be my favourite shot taken in the city. Its taken at the stairs down The Birmingham Symphony Hall. I choose the pict to be B&W because it presents better in B&W rather than coloured.

Well, that's all the picture taken in the city worth showing. Others is just plain rubish. Oh btw, if you are going to call me a geek for being in photography club. Think again. Because I was thinking the same thing as well. But the club turns out to be whole bunch of cool people! And for the guys, there is about 70% of members are girls. And they're real HOT girls. Something I wouldn't expect. Lucky ME!

Oh! Some of you might already know. But last saturday, I went to Cadbury World! Yes! The BIG FUCKING CHOCOLATE FACTORY! It was hell lots of chocs around. We got pretty sick of chocs at the end of the day though.


Yes, this is the biggest Cadbury shop in the world. Selling only Cadbury's product. All range of chocolates from Cadbury. *Singing to the song, what a wonderful world....*


We get to play with chocolates! Everyone were writting down their initials and drawings on a marble table with chocolates.


Free chocolates treats! We get a cup full of liquify chocolates with any toppings we want. This one is with marshmallow!

Well, I want to show more picts taken in Cadbury world. But I'm too lazy and I'm concern about my reader dehydrating from saliva dripping all over their keyboard because of the picts. Ahahahahha!!!

Oh, I also found out that Frakfurt Christmas Market was in town as well! So few of us went over for some PORKS!!!


Look at this...Get what it mean? No? I'll show you what it is then...


It means its good for one Pork Steak Burger!!! Yummylicous!!!


This german guy cooking the pork steak was kind enough to pose in the picture for me! Look at the pork steaks on the grill...Looks delicous hurh?! Damn, I'm hungry now.


Do you get what this means then? No? I'll show you again!


German Sausages!!! Its a pict of a bunch of us eating away the juicy and succulent sausages!

Anyhow, I wish I could continue writing. But I couldn't. I'm getting headache already. I'll try to post more soon. Till then...

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