melacca part 2

=) more pics! lol

after cendol walked around melacca a bit and bought some stuff. then headed back to the hotel to check in and rest before dinner. =)

shared this room with karen and meiyih. =). totally had fun.

since everybody was cleaning up before heading out for dinner, decided to have this impromptu photo session. roflmao.

btw, our room had awesome lighting. check this out!. lol

dinner consisted of normal dishes. was too hungry so didn’t take many photos. haha. but dessert was durian cendol! yes super awesomes. btw, check out the amount of cameras brought for the trip. hahaha. =)

ok, lazy to blog liao. stay tuned for part 3! =)

xoxo

Joanna

to you. =)

happe belated birthday to long! (i have this sudden urge to call u long long la. roflmao)

the dude who used to spent ages on msn helping me study a month before spm. (btw, i used to watch tv while waiting for u to type. =p )

the dude who used to hang out and wait with me in the library after college until like 5 or 6pm till my mum comes and ur dad comes.

the dude who helps me restraint from facebook and twitter and changes the password during exam time so i won’t distract myself, as well as encourages me to study more.

the dude who gives me annoyingly objective but logical advice when i ask for it when i have problems to deal with.

the dude who lets me bully him so much all the time whenever i ask for it. unless it involves heights and whatever phobias u have. o.-

thank you so much for being such a big part of my life! your a great friend! happee birthday. =)

xoxo

Joanna

btw. my card was uber cute! admit it admit it. =)

melacca part 1

went on an awesome 2D 1N trip with the P3 classmates to melacca on wednesday and thursday. totally had fun with all the classmates.=). we all hadn’t seen each other since the end of our exams so i sorta missed all of them. =)

it started off with a 2hr bus ride to melacca on the transnasional bus. one person got lost looking for the bus station, so she had to take a later bus. while waiting for her, the peeps gorged themselves with mcD’s. =p

we arrived at the hotel which is courtyard@heeren but check in time was only at 2pm, and our rooms weren’t ready yet. so we dumped our bags in one of the ready rooms and headed down the streets of jonker in search of some chicken ball rice.

where we stayed. 3 people to a room. slightly pricey but it was a clean and new place, so thumbs up. =)

 

 

 

 

 

 

we headed over to the red building (stadhuys?) to do some touristy stuff. lol.

then being in melacca. it was cendol time! note, we just had lunch 15mins before cendol. lmao.

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stay tuned. more to come in the next post! =)

xoxo

Joanna

P.S. some pics stolen from meiyih, jinli and karen. =D.

Stop Child Abuse

Being a psychology student this year, part of our syllabus was to learn Freud’s theory on personality development. According to Freud, our personality is built based on childhood experiences and parental influence.

A child when born, newly experiences everything. They are innocent and naive and perceive the world as a bright and happy place. Then, the child starts growing up. This is when parental influence plays an important role of building a child’s personality.

Child Abuse is word that can be used to describe different forms of abuse against a child. in my personal opinion, i feel that even giving up a child for adoption is a form of child abuse. If a person isn’t ready to have a child, don’t have sex. It’s as simple as that. Of course a person could argue that by adoption, many families who are unable to have children have a chance to have children. But this isn’t a good reason, it doesn’t excuse those who give up their child.

Child Abuse can be split into two forms, physical abuse and mental abuse.

Physical abuse would be abuse directed to a child through physical means. this includes hitting with things or with hands, kicking, sexual assault, rape, not providing the basic needs for a child such as food, shelter and education and other forms of causing physical harm to a child. physical abuse towards a child can be carried out by people other than the parents of the child themselves as well.

Mental abuse would be abuse through mental means. Ever felt put down by your parent? Your parent calling you stupid, or always scolding you for no reason at all? or they laugh at your achievements? etc. that is mental abuse. mental abuse can even include abuse by other people such as teachers, the community and relatives as well as friends. mental abuse for a child basically covers all the words spoken or facial expressions against the child that causes the child to feel hurt or discomfort.

i would love to see all forms of child abuse cease, physical and mental abuse. as well as a decrease in the rate of children given up for adoption. in school, secondary school expecially, we are taught a line in Bahasa Malaysia to start or end our essays. when translated to English, it’s “children are the future of our nation, we should protect them and provide them with all their basic needs to ensure a good future.” Then we would proceed with this sentence “everybody has to work together to make this future come true and become reality”.

Sadly, how many of us are actually aware of this social issue? how many of us are taking a stand against it? and how many of us are showing support for the actions carried out by Unicef in the hopes of stopping child abuse from happening.

Personally, i had a blessed childhood. not only was i provided with the basic needs, i have a loving family and other aspects that make me the person i am today. i would want all the children in the world to have the blessed childhood that i had. sadly, what i want doesn’t always come true, but we can help unicef in its effort right? so i encourage all the readers to sign up with unicef today! i can’t find the original link that i signed up with but you can go through here. http://malaysia.youthsays.com/joannay/unicef or http://uniteagainstabuse.my/joanna-yap

if i can do it, why can’t you?

xoxo

Joanna

HP vs EC

so how many people here subscribe for astro? *raises hand*

and how many people here who subscribes to astro knows that an astro guide is sent to your house every mid month *raises hand*

and now how many lifeless people read the astro guide sometimes *raises hand*

ok, don’t misunderstand, i don’t like read one by one what tv programme is gonna be played on each channel and all. == what i’m referring to is the articles/short stories usually at the back or in front of the astro guide. lol

so i got the december issue of astro guide the other day, and since i had nothing to do, i decided to flip through it. and stumbled across this uber funny short extract. its called when harry meets edward

basically what it did was compare harry potter and edward cullen to see who is better.

so there was three criteria, first is chick magnet which edward cullen won. a hero in the making won by Harry potter, ready, set, fight! won by harry potter. therefore *drumrolls* harry potter wins! expected no? =p

so i thought ok, imma make my own list. =D. i’ll explain the ones in the guide as well

Chick Magnet : harry potter is the epitome of cute with his preppy uniform and signature round-framed specs. however there is just something about forbidden lust that gives bad boys the upper hand with ladies.

Harry :0 , Edward : 1

A Hero in the Making : edward’s vegetarianism and willingness to protect Bella makes him a hero in many female’s eyes. but his heroism is limited to Bella only, while Harry potter is wiling to risk his life for anyone in need.

Harry : 1, Edward : 0

Ready,set,fight! : if they’re both thrown into a boxing ring, harry would probably win if he had a wand and his invisibility cloak with him.

Harry : 1, Edward : 0

vocabulary : when u type it out, u get red squiggly lines beneath edward cullen, but if you type harry potter, u don’t get red squiggly lines! =)

Harry : 1, Edward : 0

Speed : Edward can run everywhere really fast like The Flash! while Harry has to walk everywhere normally or apparate. or if he had his Firebolt he could ride the broomstick and travel really fast.

Harry : 1 Edward :0

Education ; Edward has been living for i don’t know, hundred over years? so in that time he has studied a lot and knows a lotta stuff. while Harry isn’t too good with his studies except for his Defence against the Dark Arts.

Harry : 0, Edward :1

wealth : ka-chingg. harry’s inheritance is huge, but then edward has a family to fall back on if he faces any financial probs. *super big if*

Harry : 0, Edward : 1

so basically, harry rocks socks more than edward, in my personal opinion. =D.

xoxo

Joanna

P.S this is a long overdue post. lol. sorrys for the lack of updates, been having blogging block.

P.P.S. no offence to anybody kays. =)., i just prefer harry more. =)

gorgeous

was web surfing just now, stumbled cross Shih Xuan’s blog. there was this entry about camera bags. and omg, this is uber gorgeous max! aaaaaa. can i have it for christmas pretty pretty please. or at least a farewell present for me. *winks*

so nice right?? too bad i can’t afford it. =(. it costs more than 200 bucks, and i would be slaughtered alive if i spent that much on a bag i think since i could find cheaper not so nice looking ones at low yatt. but i can still look right =p

btw, i like both the browns, but then it would be easier to match if i got the dark brown one. *thinking of possibility of ever getting the camera bag*

http://cthree.my/brown-women-camera-bag/

website if you wanna go drool over the pictures of the bags like i did.

btw, free next week except thurs and fri i think. and mayb tues, so im free on monday and wednesday, anybody wanna do anything? =)

xoxo

Joanna

P/S i don’t seem to miss you as much as i thought i would. hmms.

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xoxo

Joanna