This is the first time I celebrate my birthday abroad with friends all over the country.
At first, I was kinda surprised well not really surprised cox I know that these guys are planning something.

It all started on Sunday, September 18, 2011 where we have Gospel Forum. I didn't expect they would come out with such surprise. We were all listening to the professor talking and then few of my Korean friends came in and I know there is something wrong but I wasn't paying too much attention that time. When the gospel forum ended, suddenly they showed me a video made by my Korean friends. It was so funny and I was watching with my sister, suddenly they turned off the light again which totally caught me off. This time, with fire on the candles and them singing Happy birthday to me. This was on Sunday.

On Tuesday, September 20, 2011, I had my day off and I wasn't working that time. Guess what I was doing on my birthday? I was sleeping. This time, it was really my first time in my entire life being so blur. I lost my wallet and I found it back (Lucky me) I forgot it was my birthday (I thought it was other date).

I am a very simple guy. I don't ask more for my birthday and I know my friends will come out with something. I will not complain or dislike whatever they do. I will just appreciate and thank them. And once again, thank you everyone!  The best gift I had is not expensive presents or whatever. It is that thing that I cannot but it anywhere else with a price. It is the power of friendship and it is priceless.

To Beatrice if you happen to read this,
I knew your surprise a week before my birthday. How do I know? Well, Eddy forgot to signed out his Facebook account on my iPod and I happen to read the message that you sent out to everyone. I was talking to myself, why would Beatrice send me such message if it is a surprise for me. So I left a comment, remember I said I would be the first one to record the movie? And I ended up with "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA". That is so my style and Eddy wouldn't do that. And moment after posting the comment I notice that it wasn't my profile picture but Eddy's profile picture. So I told Eddy that I accidentally read the surprise party message. Guess what he told me? He told me to pretend to be surprised. I was laughing so hard that time. Anyway, thank you so much beatrice. You know I think I like you!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! Just kidding! :) (That's secret between me and her)

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Thank you Leo for these image sequences. 

"To learn to succeed, you must first learn to fail"

                                                                 -Michael Jordan

"Do or do not. There is no try" 

                                                 -Yoda

"For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness"

                                                                             -Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Mistakes are part of being human"

                                                           -Annie Chiu

"If you want something to change, change the way you look at it"

                                                             -Jake Adams

"When one door of happiness closes, another opens, 

but often we look so long at the closed door that 

we do not see the one that has been opened for us"

                                                              -Helen Keller

By Kelvin Tan

This is the first time I celebrate Malaysia Independence Day in a foreign country, so we actually came out with a plan to cycle to Kahuku to have some shrimp for our dinner. The map below actually show you how far it is. Well, since we are cycling, it is so much faster and its only 19minutes ride.

Source: Google Map

MALAYSIA BOLEH! 

MALAYSIA BOLEH AGAIN! 

On our way to Kahuku. 

Thats my bike. Its a pretty cool bike :D 

We saw some students pulling down Malaysia flag so we decided to take picture with it. We just won't stop taking picture and its gonna take forever to reach Kahuku. 

FINALLY we are making our move now!

YB Samantha on the move escorted by Celeste and me. 

Our shinning bikes. 

I look so happy, I don't know why.  

Posting again. My sister is being so patriotic on that day, she just won't stop salute. 

I guess they really hate me that they really wanted to hit me so badly. 

We finish eating and we cycled back to campus. Actually we planned to go to the beach

but one of our friends needs to finish his painting for the following exhibition that he has. So, 

we ended up going back to the campus. 

Moment ago, I was holding her hand to let her demonstrate some
Aikido and I ended up landing on the ground. My leg hit the water pumper
thingy and I was laughing. 

This is what Malaysians normally do, they stand there and look at you.
What the heckkk!! I was laughing and shouting for help.
Can't blame them for not able to differentiate am I playing or serious. 

Thats what I got for messing with Korean Aikido. They ended up using alcohol
to clean my wound. Thank you so much! :)  

Guess it wasn't a good day for me. 

Anyway, Malaysians in Hawaii wish Malaysia Happy Independence Day!!

By Kelvin Tan.

September 2, 2011

This is the date I officially declare end of the First Term and I am officially done with my finals.
Looking at the calendar reminds me that I'd been away from home for 9 months already. This is the
first time I'd been away from home for so long. I can't really describe what is my feeling now but I am definitely feeling enthusiastic.

Looking back really reminds me how determined I am in going through all the difficulties and trials.
I am really really grateful for the friends I have here for guiding me and showing me the right path.
In my entire life, I never felt so determined before. For instance, I think I am a left brain thinker because
I love math and I love cracking my head finding for solution. And this term, I can really see how hard I work to get good grades. This is the first time I work so hard for good grades. I really see changes in me. I wanna be smart, creative and most important I wanna be different and think differently from ordinary people. I think I start to love studying and enjoy studying. I gain knowledge every time I study. I need more knowledge. Next semester would be my last semester, I promise I definitely gonna give it all to get good grades.

On the other hand, when it comes to work, my manager or supervisors always has high hope on me. Maybe because I am a hard workers or they love working with me. I have no idea. Well, I never know in a blink of an eye, I'd been working in this restaurant for 9 months and every things seems to past very fast.
I learnt a lot working with different peoples from different countries. I used to get pissed off in things really easy when they don't do it in my way and I would treat them as my enemy if they don't do it my way. I learnt that, my goal is not to make more enemies but to make more friends to expand my connection. Thus, I start to treat people I think that were my enemies into my friends. And that is really fun because non of them are the one that you dislike.

Three months from now I am heading back to Malaysia. I remembered one year back, I was waiting to come to Hawaii but now I am going back to Malaysia.

And for now, time to enjoy my break and work hard again.

Thank you so much friends for being there all the time.

By Kelvin Tan.