More to come!

2011-11-24T21:30:00.000-08:00

because I have U !

H A P P Y N I N E M O N T H S A R Y B A B Y !

Thanksgiving'2011

2011-11-24T12:12:00.000-08:00

Current mood: extremely sleepy yet happy at the same time

Happy Thanksgiving people!

Thanksgiving holidays have been good so far, had a whole day of shopping and good food in Knoxville yesterday and a great thanksgiving lunch with my uncle, aunt, cousins and some of their friends at the Cumberlands Fall. Its kinda like the American's Chinese New Year, people celebrate together by eating awesome food with their love ones just like what Chinese's Reunion dinner.

Buffet lunch @ Cumberlands Fall

I'm not sure about the others, but we had a thoughts sharing session about what we are thankful for. Having to speak in front of so many ang mors makes me nervous ~~sometimes~~, i mean most of the time LOL, but it's getting better and better as time goes by. I said something like that, " I am thankful for my family and friends in Malaysia, aunt in Singapore, uncle, aunt and cousins that take care of me in the burgs, I'm thankful for having an opportunity to study in the States and having an awesome lunch with everyone here today!"

Guess who's left out from my list? I would love to say that this person is one of the most important people in my life, I am thankful to have him in my life, thanks for loving me for who I am, thanks for staying up late and thank to me every single day, thanks for taking in all my shits when I'm down, thanks for being so tolerate to me whenever I'm having my pms mood...etc and lastly, thanks for being such an awesome boyfriend, I must had do a lot of good things during my past life!

I ❤ B e n j a m i n T a n !

Now back to thanksgiving, my other aunt in Lexington will be dropping by tonight and we'll gonna have a so called "thanksgiving dinner" with Malaysian food, hopefully my uncle is going to cook nasi lemak tonight! miss it! and highlight of the day, Christmas tree! oh boy oh boy, gonna hang all the ornaments on the Christmas tree and probably a little pre-black Friday shopping in Walmart. I'm invited to go to my friend's house for a thanksgiving dinner tomorrow! so i guess i shall pick up something small for her family members as a thankyou gift!

Some pictures that were taken in the Cumberlands Fall,

Cousin brothers, William & Chris

Yours truly

and i guess that's all for today, time for some nap!

X.O, Sherlyn. T

The one that got away

2011-11-12T20:54:00.000-08:00

Listening to : The one that got away - Katy Perry

Trying to: Study for my Monday's test, Financial Management is the pain in the ass!

Just want to share a video of Katy Perry's new song!

Thoughts: Darling, trust me, it wouldn't be that painful seeing you leave the world before me than seeing you leaving in pain when I was not there.

Third months in the burg

2011-11-07T20:46:00.000-08:00

It has been almost the 90th days i left Malaysia, somewhere I used to call home. At first I thought what I will miss the most would be the food since I still couldn't really see myself in eating cafeteria's food everyday, but I was wrong. After a few months of training, I'm beginning to like the cafeteria's breakfast; what about lunch and dinner?! Never! It's just too different from the ones back home. Even though I don't really show my inner emotional feelings to anyone but deep down inside I clearly know that I miss home, all my family members, friends and of course the sweetest guy in the world, my boyfriend.

Culture shock was pretty much the first thing i experienced during the first month in Williamsburg, Kentucky. I remember the first time that i ever said whenever i reached UC (University of Cumberlands) was something like that: " I think I like this place, it's so beautiful and it seems so peace, People here are so friendly like Oh My God, Gosh I love Walmart..." etc. Do I sound like I'm kidding? NO! Indeed, I still feel the same except the fact that a minority of the people here are kind of racists? and I'm always busy and I never had a peaceful mind ever since class starts. My pimples just popped more than usual, especially the forehead part! Stress perhaps?

Talk about the Americans, and just to clarify, I'm just stating my point of view from what I've observed these months. Firstly, the university that I'm currently studying is a Baptist school, there are a number of hardcore Christians in my school, while I'm just a normal human being that respect every religions, typically Buddhism, Taoism, Four Faced Buddha & Christianity. I'm glad that I met a lot of open minded people that are willing to accept who I am when they know I'm not a Christian. At the same time, there are also people that came up to me and tell me, I can only have one God while respecting so many other religions are wrong, because we only have one God, that's what I've been told by some of them. Christians' events are basically kinda boring for me mainly because I don't share the same value with them. As much as i tried, it is just too hard for me to be a part of them sometimes. I've also met some racist people over here and whenever this happened, I'll always have to deal with a kind of unpleasant emotions that I have in my mind. There are times that I just feel like going back home or just go in front of that person and give them a sucker punch! Nahhhhh I wouldn't do that. Instead I'm trying to look on a brighter side as some of the Americans they have been in their country for the whole life, they never really exposed to people from other culture, maybe they just need a little more time in communicating with the international students.

and just making a point, Malaysian speak English!

Other than improving my English by having American friend, I do have to say that my Chinese improved like A LOT! my China friends are just awesome especially few girls and they know who they are. They are like the ones that I can associated with, and not feeling lonely whenever I'm around them. I don't think is because of the common language that we know, but the similar personality that we share. I guess my Chinese slang is so much like a real Chinese now, I hope I'll still be able to speak my Manglish or Mangnese whenever I'm back, LOL! Besides, I'm trying to pick up some Japanese words from my roomie and the other Japanese as well! Learning language is just so fun!

and just making another point, Malaysian can speak Chinese too!

Seriously, as much as i hate the politic problems from my country, I couldn't deny that growing up in a multicultural country like Malaysia make myself a better person in terms of being more understanding and more knowledgeable. I am able to speak different languages and different dialects, it will definitely be an advantage for myself in the future! I just can't stop being so proud of myself :P

Did I also mention that I'm living in a freshmen dorm for some sort of reason even though I'm transferred as a Junior? Yes? No? Whatever! Let me tell you that what advantages my two and a half years in Inti College, Malaysia have made a difference in me. I personally think that I'm no longer the jumpy type of young lady that complains about everything and anything 24/7, I'm more independent than the rest of them and I don't see myself in doing something I don't like just to fit into a certain group. Social needs are not the main thing i need at this moment, I had that moment during my first two years in college, guess that this might be a good thing? And one thing about some of the girls i met over here, like they are really nice to me and stuff but sometimes all they need is a listener that doesn't speak at all, face expressions like "oh, I know that!, Are you serious?..."etc are enough. They want you to listen to their problems and whenever you want to talk about your problem, it will just be like OH SNAP! back to their topic again. You guys just have to trust me, their problems are more dramatic than the ones you watch from the movie or TV show, like seriously!

They even asked me to get an American boyfriend here -.-lll, hey girlie! I have an awesome boyfriend you know! I don't really find American guys attractive over here whereas the ones from France are kinda good looking LOL just saying! :P

Another thing I don't get to experience when i was in Malaysia is the weather. It's already freezing cold over here! Cameron Highlands will never be this cold! However, I still can't wait for winter! Everything will be white so so so soon! I'm pretty excited thou!

One last thing i would like to share is that,

We got to learn to accept others in order for them to accept us. Friendship is a two way thing, same goes to my friendship with the ones in Malaysia, I miss everyone and love you guys too! <3 Write on my facebook wall even it's just a smiley face, at least I know there are someone that still cares! :)

Alright, shall continue about more stories if I have the time! Let's just hope for the best and no homework and assignments even if we know is impossible?!

P/s: Engage 2011 was a blast, I met more than 40 person from different countries! Travel plan maybe?

Signing off with love,

Sherlyn

triple-extralarge

More to come!

Thanksgiving'2011

The one that got away

Third months in the burg