we were entertained by a few performances that night. songs and dances.

US =D. I just love Feeq’s fisheye. it’s awesome on how it can fit so many people.

some of the Silat performance. perhaps the most interesting one. seeing kids fight against each other is really pretty entertaining xD.

lunch and breakfast! we had food they brought back from some kenduri (malay ceremonies) for lunch. they had RAISINS in the rice. very interesting, never had rice like that before. and it is YUMMY! for breakfast, we had nasi goreng kampung, which is the best nasi goreng/fried rice I’ve ever had. I think I shall start ordering nasi goreng at mamaks. =P. alongside with some curry puff, kuih and milo =D.

early that morning we went over to the padi field and we actually learned how to SKIN RICE. =P. in the traditional way, which is said to be better because we won’t lose the nutrients at the end of each rice. rice processed by factories have already lost these nutrients they said.

that long plank of wood is INDEED very heavy. and it is not an easy thing to do, requires skill to hit on the rice. if not, your rice will run EVERYWHERE!

before and after. =D.

and later on, we went to the GOATS PLACE!

I’ve never knew, goat have weird pupil. it’s long and it’s horizontal. like a rotated version of an evil cat eye. it’s like.. a horizontal line.

the beauty of life — my first time experiencing the birth of.. the birth! I have never even seen hamster give birth pfft. it’s really wonderful despite all gooey things. those gooey things don’t seem gooey anymore!

MEEEEEHHH. baby kids are super cute when the MEH. =P.

mother eating (I KNOW, IMAGINE YOU EAT) the placenta on her baby’s body. damn loving moment awww. but don’t you do that if not the doctor die of shock. =D.

have no idea what this is >_>”. I was wondering, maybe an empty placenta omg. maybe there was an extra egg fertilized by some ant’s sperm and this is what it produced. ok perhaps ants don’t have sperms. dunno lah!

lastly, MY FOSTER MOM : THE GREAT COOK! she already have 12 grandchildren. oldest one is as old as me. maybe she should be called my foster grandma T_T. but she is very nice and funny. =D. I like listening to grandma stories. mm.

great experience really, to all who don’t have a kampung, you should really consider joining this! and I am waiting for another kampung homestay to come about, hope it’ll be some chinese/hakka/nonya one or something! would love to learn more about my own heritage =X. I am not nonya, just saying. =D. 100% Hakka. how often do you find that?!

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at Nikko Hotel. it is AWESOME. I have heard their songs months back and fell in love with their songs instantly but if you know me well, my korean song list is so long, I won’t even bother looking up for their faces. UNTIL, I have this opportunity to go to their press conference and showcase (thank you Nigel, Advertlets), I looked up for their video. and I thought, they are not bad looking!

PS : this shall be a short post! MORE PRESS CON PIX TO COME!

but the thing was, THEY ALL LOOK BETTER THAN I THOUGHT. they were all so hot. SO SO SO HOT.

I almost went crazy when I saw Do Joon and Jun Hyung walking pass me to the toilet with his body guards. Jonathan told me to LOOK on my left and I practically went gawking at him openly. worst was, HE NOTICED! and he was looking at me the entire time when I was gawking at him with my jaw dropped. it was.. a rather funny situation. T_T. SUPER EMBARRASSING!

Jun Hyung (rapper. VERY CAPTIVATING LOOKING! he rapped with Do Joon for a while and it really DID prove that he could rap very well. loveeee him.)

Do Joon (my favourite, he said his talent is sports! leader. I like guys that looks similar like that, like.. TOP too. heh. very adorable, does many funny things! EXAMPLE OF HIS FUNNYNESSS : they said he kept disturbing other members during their interview. and next, Hyun Seung whose sharing the same room as him said that earlier this morning he thought Do Joon is still sleeping so he asked him to wake up but later he found him still sleeping so he attempted to pull Do Joon’s leg to find that it was all pillows while Do Joon is hiding behind the curtains laughing. HAHAHA xD.)

Gi Kwang (I thought he was the most good looking at first. very korean and all. =D. and very good voice! his looks ranking would be around 3rd! he showed off his abs! not sure if I have the picture. but Jason Goh has it!)

Hyun Seung (they kept mentioning about how nice his hairband was and that was his biggest impression! HAHA. and he’s also a great dancer =P.)

Yo Seob ( very childish looking guy. although not the youngest but very cute. ahhaha. forgot his talents T_T. singing I think. kekeke. cute voice.)

Dong Woon! (the MOST GOOD LOOKING OF THEM ALL! very Eurasian.) and since he’s the most good looking guy, I’d zoom in for you. hehehe. and he said his talents are playing the piano but there was no piano so it’s a pity =(. BTW, he is only NINETEEN this year! omg. almost the same age as me. T_T.

TADA! many people commented he looked like my Nichkhun! (okay, I still love Nichkhun the best out of all korean singers. BUT HE IS THAI MIXED CHINESE!)

here’s a picture for you to compare Dong Woon and Nichkhun. LOOK ALIKE MEH?! but many people think that Dong Woon looks more of a thai compared to Nichkhun. HAHAHA. which is very funny because errr, it’s true.

MY FAVOURITEEEE DO JOON!  HE POSED FOR MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. YAYS! *cannot sleep tonight, now you know why I am blogging. heh.*

TEEHEE <3 the lucky girl. =D.

my assignments are killing me now and I think I will have no time even to sleep tomorrow. GREAT. T_T.

minus the dinner part. too many pictures! 500 pictures in 2 days without major camwhoring is a LOT.

Kem Modal Insan – the name of the place is to tell you they’d make you a better person haha. but by the first sight of the name you might think it’s some sort of NS camp haha like mine, it was Kem Tegas Mesra. it’s 3 words and it starts with a KEM. =X. anyways, thanks Agrotourism and NewsZapped Media. =D.

some people might like it, some won’t. if you’re a high class-person-who-only-loves-city-life, skip this post. haha. I liked how the road is so narrow with rows of houses along it. it’s.. warm. they are like a big family, everybody knowing each other, sharing food and fruits.

we were welcomed by a group of people in kompangs @@”. but they were in uniform that doesn’t look very traditional actually. hahaa.

TEA! it was some malay chocolate kuih (not a fan of kuihs.) and awesome curry puffs with FABULOUS DURIAN. at first sight, the durian is really pale. I didn’t expect it to be nice at all. so I took one little bite. and IT IS SO HEAVENLY. THE MILKY, BITTER, SWEET TASTE. it’s heaven. for those who doesn’t appreciate durians.. well, LESS MEN MORE SHARE!

and since it’s kampung, nobody really needs make up =X.

ADIK ZOE! we were divided into pairs/groups along with our foster parents. and my roomate’s ZoePorcelainSkin.

FIRST MEAL OF THE DAY! thats sambal fish, fried fish, sambal (they used the traditional way to make it! the stone thing? ) and the last and THE BEST, ubi kayu leaves with pumpkin + coconut milk. it’s HEAVENLY. some people got tempoyak as well T_T. but I consider myself lucky, mine’s really really good. =3.

FIRST ACTIVITY OF THE DAY!

menoreh getah. I’ve heard this a zillion times from my grandma about how huge orang utans and elephants walk pass her while she hides behind the trees. but this is the first time doing it. it isn’t really difficult! =X. needs more practice only. =/.

the hardened latex. DON’T TOUCH. it’s really smelly and I heard if you touch it with your bare hands, it’ll stay for DAYSSS. =X.

latex dripping down! I MENOREH-ED THIS TREE!

ACTIVITY TWO.

white faced monkey eating rambutan. according to them, this isn’t a monyet. it’s a beruk. which means a bigger version of monyet whom is more tamed and humanlike? I kind of pity the monkey. it doesn’t get to run around the forest =(. and according to the guy, it’s trained in a BERUK SCHOOL in Thai, who trains beruk to pluck coconuts @@.

and this monkey plucks 300 coconuts a day! amazing much. my condo say wanna pluck coconuts also need 1k HAHHA. and the number of coconut trees are….. what, 10? or less. dunno. =X.

A NICE MONKEY PICTURE NO? =P.

getah seed, satay sticks = kids entertainment in the kampung. it’s pretty fun but I got bored after 1minute. guess I am no longer a kid! =P.

the kampung’s nenek whom menoreh’s the whole field of getah trees ON HER OWN teaching us how to stitch the jackfruit’s protection. apparently, it’ll expand as the jackfruit expands. and she also mentioned that a jackfruit will always be “invaded” by worms if it is not protected. it doesn’t matter if it has holes, as long as there’s a layer of something.

made by 2 pieces of 3 paired leaves coconut leaf.

beautiful, isn’t it?

my kampung house! it might not be the best looking kampung house, but it really gave me an experience on WHAT IF I had a kampung home. my grandma stays with me and I am born in KL. never been to a kampung =(.

one thing lah, the weather is unbearable in the afternoon inside the house. but at night, FRIGGIN COLD.

ACTIVITY THREE!

making your own century duck egg?

I never knew it’s wrapped with MUD+salt. really. and that black thingy is the skin of rice! fried.

me and Tian Chad making our century eggs! my finger then smell of mud T_T. and salt. those mud are DAMNNNNN sticky. same reason why they used it to cover the egg. FULL COVERAGE AH.

ACTIVITY FOUR

our minyak kelapa sawit! at first I thought it is a coconut wth. it’s actually really really small OILY seeds. by the way, I heard kelapa sawits are considered as FATS not OIL. so consume it more to become fat =D.

ACTIVITY FIVE

our catch the eel activity. I don’t know if its an inheritance from my dad who can’t even take the snakes showing on tv, I AM SCARED OF EELS. they are long and slimey T_T. JUST LIKE SNAKES. I yelled as if its a poisonous snake when somebody dropped it and it was slithering towards my direction. *shivers*

ACTIVITY SIX the best part.

DURIANS! EVERYWHERE! FREE FOR EVERYONE! you see a durian on the floor, grab it. it’s yours to eat. the durian tree’s belongs to NOBODY and it tastes better than D24.+

LOOK! this is what they call the Kampung Durian. rich, fragrant, smooth… and found everywhere!

and look at it’s texture! MM YUM YUM.

it was like a durian buffet. I had so much durian I got a huge pimple on my nose that very night T_T.

LOTUS! I thought this is a cinapek flower only found in cinapek places. but to my surprise, lotuses there are abundant!

I’ll leave rest of the night and the next day (another half-day =D) for my next post. I shall sleep! TOODLES!

PS : end of sem = finals = stress = hectic = oil glands secretes more oil = pimples = FML.

Kem Modal Insan homestay contact

did you know the new cheat for the Sims 3? hold shift+ctrl+c and type in motherlode and 50k there you go! but the unfortunate thing is that my desktop computer doesn’t have a graphic card. I NEED ONE. T_T.

before I forget. HAPPY ZHONG DAY! as in the triangle thingy with rice inside it. I think it is called the gluttonous rice dumpling? anyway, I love those yellow ones to go with kaya. I hear FATS.

I saw one of the most beautiful things that had ever happened in front of me. and I saw it during my homestay at Malacca. will post more pictures of it later when I am more freeeeee. had 6 extra assignments just for Monday. great? editing the whole post will be a pain at the moment. will get it done in a week or so! =D.

nothing is more beautiful than the birth of a new life. it tried to stand up but couldn’t; having parallel holes on the floor only makes it worst. its mother with love, slowly bites of the placenta layer of her baby, licking its body and caring for it. it’s so sweet T_T. but one thing. goats give birth like as if they felt no pain. hmm? it doesn’t yell. at least the baby makes noise.

this is the last part of our homestay where it was burning hot and most people just run into the bus. but also, me, David, James and Tian Chad ran over to the opposite side where there was this beautiful kampung house and took some pictures. =D. yays? hehe.

so much for a photograph, now I am two shades tanner. T___T.

and also, I would like to talk about how imperfect we are. really, nobody is perfect. one might think being imperfect physically is OK white mentally isn’t. they expect some other people to do stuff and give a respond that sounds normal to them. but without the flaws, where does a good sense of humour, or even a person’s attitude come? sometimes people say the wrong things, think differently (eg. childish thinking), and you hate it. but the thing is, you do that too, you make the mistakes but sometimes you couldn’t see it because nobody tells you. and vice versa, they do not know it because they are unaware and it doesn’t help by disliking them. you’d just feel even more tensed because you’re hating somebody. I’ve come to learn this fact recently when I felt drama’s going around my college mates and also among some people that I know. not like I am involved, since I am the alien whom people communicate to me like as if they were speaking korean to me, but the whole disliking thing is really too much. for me, I would only dislike a person or HATE somebody if that person does a direct damage towards me. like creating stories of me for an example. I wouldn’t dislike people who passes on the message because it is just their friend’s they trust. likewise, I felt that sometimes we need to take some time to think about it, to think whether it is worth it to even treat somebody badly. I was just wondering, why can’t people look at the better side of people. if they aren’t any gangster or somebody who is most likely to be the rapist/thief/abuser in your circle of friends, it’s alright. if you dislike a person you can just ignore them. you don;t have to SHOW it out. it only brings sorrow to the mood.

(I have to admit I have a face problem with people who dresses up like a complete lala. also with those who looks horny. and even with those who aren’t friendly.)

but coming to think of it, perhaps we can change our thinking as much as we can because that leads to being happy! =D.

PS : I was also influenced by Andrew Matthews’ book called “Being a Happy Teenager”. very helpful.

PSS : SEX AND THE CITY 2 WAS AWESOME. it’s a perfect blend of fashion and humour. =D. also, if you’re sensitive on racial issues then I would suggest you not to watch. the part where they talk about the Abu Dhabi people is a little errr, offensive to the conservative people in my opinion.