Twenty years old girl! So old dy.. =P

I guess when one turns older, he or she will think less of their birthday. Because to me, there are a lot of things in my life that are also as special as my birthday and everyday is a blessing to me. As for this year, there wasn’t much celebration. My dear friends planning a surprise cake for me at twelve midnight when I was already asleep. So sweet of them because I know it wasn’t that easy to find and buy a cake here in Yin-du. And, I was so happy to get a guitar tuner which I have been wanting to have from my two crazy girls, HuiHui and YuanYuan. Not forgetting, an awesome Lush facial mask from roommate which I have tried and love it.

My birthday cake. Thank you, girls! (Didn’t realise they put my Chinese name, DiDi, on the cake too)

Besides the surprise, we went out for a simple dinner. It didn’t meet my expectations as I had been hearing good things about it. Food was just alright but, it’s the people and atmosphere that made my evening wonderful.

The two crazy girls! Thank you a lot, YuanYuan and HuiHui!

Thank you all so much for the text messages and on FB too. If you have noticed, I removed my birthday from my profile. Just wanted to see how many people remember my birthday without the reminder. But, I am still quite surprised to see that some of my friends remembered. And, also some who saw all the birthday wishes on my wall and realised it’s my birthday too. Thank you all very much. May God bless all of you.

Thank you again, everyone. Sorry, I looked pale and sleepy because I was asleep when they barged into my room with a cake.

Thank you, uni a.k.a the Harvard of Yin-du. Lol!

OK, it’s not as good as a Macbook or what-so-ever but, at least it’s provided and I got it for free. PTL~ I like it because it’s new and it’s it’s running on Windows7. The keyboard is so nice to type and the screen is so clean. The whole weight of the laptop is so light too! This is making me feel bad for abandoning my old beloved laptop. No, I shall develop no feelings towards this new laptop! I shall not!

At least they are best friends… =S

Btw, wierd sister, this is to introduce your future new laptop to you. Hope you like it!

Dajie, please meet your new buddy, Acer TravelMate 4740!

Me, friends and seniors at a recent party=)

I am sorry but, it’s always either the domain cannot be loaded that there’ll be an error when I try to open the page or… I am just lack of inspirations to write. Frankly, there are nothing much interesting here and all I did and am doing here are just studying and eating. Nothing much exciting but,I am really enjoying my life here. Loving what I am studying and I am just very thankful that I chose dentistry because I really like the dental subjects very much.

Me eating, eating and eating…

Talking about eating, I am very much reminded of my weight control here in Yin-du. I was worried before that I will gain a few kgs due to all the oily food they serve in mess (canteen) and also outside. And, not forgetting the amount of desserts I am having frequently nowadays. Sorry but, desserts here are really cheap compared to back home. For a price of a McFlurry, I can get about two fancy desserts from the most famous ice-cream parlour here. And they taste better than McFlurry.

Yummy dessert but, it’s not from our favourite ice-cream parlour though..

Yes, back to my weight diary, I was worried previously about gaining weight here in Yin-du. But, so far, I haven’t been gaining weight. Instead, I am losing weight. And my mum is worried about me losing weight. She is banning me from losing weight nowe because she thinks that I’ll look ugly if I lose more weight. Ugly as in, sharp face with wrinkles(?). True but, I am not trying to just lose weight, I want to be healthy fit. So, I joined a gym membership at Talwalkars, where the trainer commented that I am fat and that I needed to lose five more kilos. Crazy trainer, I ignore them most of the time because they can be quite nosy sometimes.

With the 1Msian girls!

By the way, my mum is just worried that I’ll get carried away by losing weight that I’ll starve myself and lose my body immunity. But, thinking back, it’s just so ironic that last time, she was pestering me to lose weight because I was just too obese. And now, she is banning me from losing weight. However, I feel thankful that I managed to shed away those unnecessary kilos before coming to Yin-du. A lot of my friends are telling me that I look slimmer everytime they see me and one of them even call me anorexic! Lol.

With YuanYuan a.k.a Scapula girl. Btw, I don’t really look like I’ve lost weight actually...

But yes, my aim is not just to lose weight but to maintain a healthy life. I cannot afford to gain weight and I also cannot afford to be a lazy pig who doesn’t exercise and stays in the room the whole time eating. No way, people. Not only will I have to do my best in my studies, I will also have to do my best in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. At least that’s what I should do for my whole five years here in Yin-du. 

Applying my Himalaya lip balm=)

By the way, I am doing good. Even with braces, I am enjoying every bit of it. I must admit, no pain no gain. I was basically swallowing all the food I put into my mouth because I just couldn’t bite. But, worry not for I did not starve and I am not starving. I am eating very well and also in fear of gaining weight because food here is surprisingly great and I am always hungry. That is why I splurged on the gym membership.

One of the meals where I literally swallowed everything…

I just signed up for a gym membership here because I really need a good place to exercise and work out. To be honest, I am feeling a little regret because it’s quite costly for me (although compared to gyms of the same standard like, Fitness First in Malaysia, it’s much cheaper). Oh well, what is done is done. What I can do now is to make good use of this membership. And according to the trainer, I need to lose another five more kilograms. Just five more. I had lost four times of that so, why not another five. I hope I can do it despite the hectic syllabus and class schedule. “I can do all things in Him who strengthens me” Philippians 4:13.

At Diesel Cafe, one of my favourites so far!

Right now, I need to catch up with a lot of things. Catch up with the syllabus, catch up with the assignments and not forgetting, catch up with blogging. I promise I will write frequently. Nobody likes visiting a site all the time seeing the same old posts without new ones. No way LynthiaWong.com will end up like that. I promise… 

My carvings.. They look bad because I’d handed in all the good ones=)

The separators. Btw, please don’t comment on my fillings (cavities). Those are more than ten years ago!

Lol. But, since I got the green light from Mummy when I was back home, I decided to go for it. And yes, I am going to have gigi besi soon. Very soon since I am already wearing separators between my teeth. I’m excited. Roommate says she has never seen someone who is so happy to wear braces. I guess I am just so ridiculous. Or, shall I say, special? Lol!

With friends from Manipal, in front of my hostel

Classes have started and it’s quite interesting to just start everything from beginning in a whole new place. I think that’s what I need after one and half years of torture in college. Please don’t take me wrongly. That one and half years in college was one of my best times in life but, studying there is a torture. However, I thank God for guiding me to make it this far. Food here is awesome. But, unfortunately, not all food here is that awesome. Mess food (mess = cafeteria) is unappetising because they are the same everyday. Just in case you are wondering what they serve, it’s curry. Vegetable curry, dhal curry, potato curry and everything curry. I summarise the food here as the food with the same shade of colour.

One of the awesome food I’ve tried, Sizzler Ranch

American Chopsuey, Cherry Square

However, thank God for the awesome food. I eat out with my friends sometimes when we are free. We’d been to a few places to try the food including a hotel which is not expensive at all. However, nothing beats home-cooked meals. I miss the food I eat back home but, still I am strong and food will definitely not make me feel homesick.

Chinese food! Me love… (This pic is to prove to you all that even I’m in India, it doesn’t mean that my skin will get dark OK? It’s the genes that control how fair we are. Lol)

But, there is still one thing that makes me feel like going home now…

Shoo shoo! And HeiQ too!

I’ll try to avoid traveling alone next time. 

Church service was wonderful because I feel as if I am home again, despite being surrounded by all Yin-du people. The pastor has not accent that I could understand very well what he was saying. The sharing by a church member was simple yet, strong that it really touched my heart. The songs we sang were all the songs I love singing.

It just feels great to be in God’s presence.

This Sunday is the best day I have ever had in Mangalore since the first day I arrived. Praise the Lord!

P/s: Sorry, no pictures at the moment to reflect my feelings today, because it’s indescribable!

At Bangalore International Airport, weather was cooling like in Genting Highlands!

Thank you all for your prayers and wishes, I had arrived in India last week. So, today is actually my sixth day here. I didn’t get to go online because the Wifi which is provided by the hostel was not on till few days ago. However, I couldn’t access the internet because I need an access card with the password which I heard we wouldn’t be getting anytime soon. One week is long enough for me to not go online so, I went to subscribe a broadband. Long story short, here I am, back here at LynthiaWong.com!

First meal in Mangalore, I only ate one quarter of it. Lol.

Yin-du is so far so good for me. Seriously, Yin-du is better than I expected. Except for some of the locals, wet weather and muddy place. The word dirty is no longer foreign to me here. But, fear not because my hostel here is all new and clean. Same goes to the shopping malls here too.

Going out shopping with umbrellas, we can’t risk getting drenched all the time.

So far, I am not feeling homesick. But, I definitely miss family and friends back home loads. Classes will officially start next week. This week’s are just orientations on respective subjects. I can’t wait to start learning something new. Something that I know I will be doing for the rest of my life.

My comfy bed!

Welcome to Yin-du, welcome to university life, welcome to dentistry.

The founder of Manipal

Welcome to the new chapter of my life.

I’m going to look this happy in India too!

Soon, a new chapter awaits me in the land of India. It’s not going to be easy but I know God is there for me all the time.

I will not be distracted of what I am supposed to do in India. I will do my best there!

Farewell to my beloved family and friends. I will miss all of you back home. Worry not for I will take care of myself. God will take good care of me in India. I pray that God will be with you all always and watch over you all. Take care and God bless!