Pen-ning down..shtuffs :)

Ah well, I've been terribly busy so screw me.

Busy handling a bunch of Mat Salleh's from Duke (Uni!!). Busy working for Petronas. Busy giving talks.

Worst thing is, I'll be like, 'OOOH-kaay, I'll HAVE to post today's activities up my blog. It's gonna be sooooooooooo interesting.'

Yeah right.

No V, this isn't your taggage bloggedy post. This is just some random shyts to make up for not posting anything 'incredible' up the past few weeks.

So I just got back from Selai and it was far by the best program EVER.

It was based in my favourite place in the entire world.
Participants were of ppl my age.
They love the environment, all degree-holders and doing their masters in Environment Management :D (That means no brats, nor ppl trekking with freaking JEANS and cute little TOTES with spangly ballet shoes to match.)
So's all good. There's Dan (the Prof for Duke University in Environment Management) and his friend Stan (a Child Psychologist) and I was like, overWHELMED cuz it's my life's passion to do either one in LIFE (or both). Mother Nature and helping kids. Majorr indecisive moment. Had a talk with Stan and he's telling me all sorts of things, his views in helping children, bout changing 70 years of life down the road when we start early intervention. It's true. You get so much out of it. AND you work at your own pace.

And he told Dan bout me wanting to do both.

So Dan came by me after washing his dishes and languidly retorted,' Oh, Gary has my email so if you're interested to do Environment studies just email me. We've got this aid for Malaysians who're interesting in doing the course so yeah,'*does typing gesture* In his funny North Carolinian accent.

And I just stared at him open-mouthed and said, 'But I'm not Malaysian.'

'Oh' *Remorseful expression* 'Wait, but you ARE Malay right?'

'Yes I am.'

'Well that's the main requirement'*Smiles*

'Oh. *And my face just broke into a smile* ' I like your hat.'

Sooo.......................... I skipped my finals for this program and it was kinda worth it don't you think?

HAHAHAHA.

Haven't decided anything yet but we'll see.

Oh I taught the Mat Salleh's on how to play congkak and apparently they have THEIR own version called 'Manacala' and the African version called 'Bao' (which takes AGES to finish playing one round of game) but they all ended up playing Congkak anyway. *shrugs*

And I met this Taiwanese guy called Pen and he is just the weirdest, sweetest thing ever. He's the 'black sheep' in the group I suppose, most of the time by himself taking pictures. One might thing he's got some mental problem but........ I honestly have crushes on the weirdest ppl. HAHAH. Yes, I did have a mini tiny itsy bitsy teeny weeny crush on him. He's an individual. I was intrigued by the sincerity in everything he does; the way he talks, walks, everything. You notice this in him. He does things with deliberate care. He articulates real slow and clear. I ended up teaching him how to play Congkak and he...he makes you laugh.

*droopy smile on my face*

And when he heard bout what Dan told me he's like,' Oh then we can go to SCHOOL together!' with this apparent excitement on his face. Like a little kid.

I can't help laughing. He doesn't hide anything, he doesn't need to pretend to be cool or whatever. He is the jantung to my hati.

LOL. Ok I'll stop. Of all the Mat Salleh's that came, I HAD to fall for the Asian dude. Seriously.

(Actually there WAS did dude called Zan (Alxander, that's how his name was spelt in his passport. I had ALL their passports. Nyehehe) and he never had the guts to come talk to me even though he's around me all the time and we ended up talking on the last day but whatever, I had my eyes on Pen since he said 'Hi' or 'Excuse me' whenever he passes by) Oh yes, I had my eye on Zan for awhile but he's the typical guy you know, main-main mata but unsure. Sheesh.

Lovely curls though.

Didn't take pictures cuz Kakak brought the camera to Malacca but Pen's gonna Flickr some photos (yes, we're keeping in touch, DUH)

He's 21 but doesn't act like one. He can pass off as someone younger. He's an environmentalist. He's got a sister doing her Masters in those Chinese Soap Opera thingies. He's earnest, he's sensitive, he's a weird individual who stands on his own and walks around taking pictures, swinging himself on the swing beside the river caressing his own thoughts. He doesn't mind laughing at himself, he's just so................sweeeeeeeet. Terribly sweet. San would say he made me diabetic. HAHAHA.

He gave me a hug before they got on the train :)