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JL — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 10:30:29 -0000

Hi pinkpau's makcik, can we send sea mail through Pos Malaysia (Post Offices)? If not, any good recommendation? Thank you!!!

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naeboo — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:36:10 -0000

hahahahahaha

pp's makcik so cutes one.

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Hanna Razif — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:10:34 -0000

ooh, I buy most of my books from home! or sometimes amazon or ebay :)

In London, the tap water tastes weird, I filter it before drinking!

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Chen Chow — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:59:36 -0000

For buying online, you can get a debit card too from any bank. that would be good enough.. :)

On books, yeah, it is very very expensive over there... Guess after semester, you can sell it (although it only bring you back very little money)...

When you buy at half.com, do take care of the international version. If you accidentally got it, then you can't get it sold for much online (unless you cheat others)... i got cheated once by some unethical people...

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pinkyboo — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:10:31 -0000

hi pinkpau. I commented earlier on #35 but I feel like commenting again because u're such a sweetie for replying everyone's comment! :)

Im sorry to have read your most recent post, I know it must be difficult. I was in your position too, only this time, I was the only leaving NY while he's still there (he lives there permanently). It sucked big time....and it still sucks. I dont know what else to say, because like you mentioned in your post, no words can describe how you feel. Hang in there, because time heals the pain. Know that when u're thinking about him, he's thinking about you too. Look forward to classes each day and keep yourself busy with schoolwork. Plus, columbia and nyc is so much fun. Don't idle yourself. Go out, take a walk, go to central park, take a subway down chinatown and eat yummy hongkong noodles at Wonton Garden, go shopping at 34th st/5th ave......u get the drift. Keeping yourself busy is the best way to forget about the pain.

Speaking of shopping, I realized you mention about having to walk alot in your campus. Here's a tip.....go buy a pair of ballet flats from ALDO. They will be yr best friend. I tried many many ballet flats but the most comfy ones are from ALDO. I bought one at ALDO at 34th & 5th for about USD 39 on sale, and it was the best investment EVER! :)

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Simon Seow — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 07:23:41 -0000

The bloody tap water must be overloaded with chlorine. Tipping of 10% to 15% of the bill is the practice there, that's how the waiters earn their living.

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thegeekinpink — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:42:33 -0000

oh babe... read your newest post. just wanna give you a hug. been thru it and it sucked a lot. my heart really goes out to you... when tingang first left, it was for four years too.

but it'll be all over in a flash... just as you lived your last two years. be strong :)

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nickie — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:05:22 -0000

aihh i wish im back at school. enjoy dahling! :) make us proud! ;)

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Anonymous — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 02:04:08 -0000

Welcome to America. Wake up, we're not in happy old Malaysia anymore where everyone is friendly and asian. Life living by yourself, is a cold, cruel world, yet also one where you will grow the most. Thank god you still have you aunt around at least. You will make new friends, don't worry. They might not be the same kinda people you used to hang out with though. White America is competitive and bureaucratic... different. Mind you, beware of Yellow Fever, aka: white guys who love asian girls because they are exotically asian.

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ddd — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:16:12 -0000

the malaysian government thinks we are well developing-not backwards, economic strengthen, better lifestyle balablabla... until the people witness for themselves what a malaysian ringgit could do oversea... 200USD for a book could just be 'normal' if not cheap, whilst for a malaysian, how many of them could afford a book which cost them RM700? probably 2 out of 20 of them. sorry might sound harsh, MALAYSIAN PLEASE WAKE UP. (this is not for you pinkpau cause i know you are awake by now).

on the other hand, pinkpau are u really sure is 5000 miles?? i dont know if its a typo but its way exagerating!!! 5000 miles == 8000 kilometres == 8 Million metres?? that is 1000 times more than school marathon leh...

is the moon alot bigger than malaysia? i personally think it is! have a nice 4 yrs there... avoid the cheerleader cause they might get too bitchy.. haha

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pinkpau's makcik kepoh — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:39:18 -0000

@ 70 naebo

on second thought maybe ur question is meant for pinkpau to answer. i was too eager to help out as i overwhelmingly emphatize with anak msia deprived of m'sian food. anyway, good luck wherever you are.

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LifeForRent — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:12:52 -0000

Time to buy urself one of those "I HEART NY" T-shirts mate....

Make all us asian tourist back home proud....hahaha

Oh a buddy of mine in LA when i was back there told me he once went to NY, saw someone chain his bike to a pole outside a store. My buddy went in the store and came back out 5 minutes later and noticed that the wheels were stolen off the bike.....hilarious...at the time it seemed so...hahaha....cos shit like that didn't happen in Chino....hehehe

And i think if u dont already have MySpace you better get one....its like the american friendster...

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a learner — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:29:21 -0000

moral lessons learnt from reading blogs
- if u are not even sure of what the hell someone is talking, it makes you an empty vessel to curse
- worse if you spew garbage when you yourself implied wrongly from the written lines that getting a tan in new york means the sun is hotter in usa.
- ben franklin is awesome but a "statue of it with pee" owns only misguided shit
- being one of the 8 millions or more new yorkers doesn’t qualify you as the SINGLE authority on safety in new york, least of all rest of the cities.

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skyler — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:06:43 -0000

excuse me while i fight with him on msn

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skyler — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:03:25 -0000

slater was reading this over my shoulder I don't know what he is talking about

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slater — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:50:16 -0000

skyler showed me this update. As a former New Yorker, I'll clarify:

1. I'm not sure what the hell you're talking about with the boiled water. The water in NYC comes from the finger lakes and it kicks ass.
2. The sun is somehow hotter in the US? What garbage is this. How? Maybe in AZ. Else, you're crazy.
3. You can text internationally with AT&T, my brother's texted me a few times and he has AT&T (and he lives in brooklyn).
4. don't talk shit about ben franklin, he owns you.
5. tipping is an American thing, not just an NYC thing. And yes, you look like a tool if you don't tip at least 12%
6. Not safe?? New York City has many times in recent years been the safest large city in North America. (That includes Canada and Mexico, as well as the caribbean). Unless you're hanging around the graveyard in the bronx or el barrio/east harlem you'll be fine. Rule of thumb: if there's RAZORWIRE on the fences in a neighborhood, stay out of that neighborhood. EZ PZ.
For the most part It's safer than KL for sure. If you want an unsafe north american city, visit camden, NJ; Philadelphia, PA; compton, CA; detroit, MI or even Edmonton, AB. You'll notice a dramatic difference.

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joiz3 — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:26:04 -0000

"it’s not fair (literally!!! haha.. ha.. ha..), "

lol. love the pun. xD glad to hear that everything's fine and well. btw don't mind if i ask, but what exactly are you taking? degree? i can't tell from the subjects. -.- maybe you mentioned it in other posts but i forgot. heee. oops.

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cheryl — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:25:56 -0000

pinkpau I love your blog...it's so cute...haha
and OMG I'm so friggin jealous of you!!! I lovelovelove NYC!!! probably due to all those tv shows and movies and books and travel guides but oh well...hehe I wanna live there!!!
lol anyway...I wanna wish you all the best there =D studying in NYC sound so fun..hehe. take care yea
all the best =)

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pinkpau's makcik — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:25:13 -0000

dont send sth like 11 kg, they will charge u as 20 kg!! so logically u send sth like 19.9 kg!! m'sia post office DOIES NOT do pro-rated charges. and that was in 2007. u got to go to the particular post office you wanna use to get the exact rates for the diff destinations intended too.

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pinkpau's makcik — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:15:49 -0000

@ 70 naebo
yes, done it numerous times – to ensure safe delivery/arrival, u check the box for “hadiah” and in the keterangan write in english “GIFTS”. if the sender put ‘FOOD” the usa custom will open all “food’ parcels for inspection, so if u put ‘gifts’ they may not open and even if they open, no violation as they are “food gifts”. the custom will confiscate any food item that is not cooked or they're not sure. so make sure you relabel all the individual food items in simple english clearly and wrap it around the individual item. the custom will take your words as labelled and no fuss. eg belacan, just label as ‘dried shrimp paste’. and shipping is the best way to go. from PJ to NY - Air Mail ( 7 to 10 days ) 2.84kg = RM 160.30 (it was the first and last time i sent by air!)

Sea Mail (1 to 3months)
3 kg = RM 34.40
5 kg = RM 54.70
10 kg = RM 102.40
20 kg = RM 200.70 (Max load per parcel/box allowed is 20 kg)

good luck.

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LJY — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:39:10 -0000

College sounds so incredibly fun, I cannot wait for my turn. :)

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sheon — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:26:16 -0000

wow! the test books are damn kao lat expensive lor!!! craziness!!! anybody there knows you are a celebrity blogger in back in malaysia?? hahaha.....

and sounds like you need to get yourself a bicycle!!!

hey girl.....becareful and dun walk around the city alone at night ok??

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whimsicaljottings — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:27:27 -0000

Ooooh, ITALIAN!!! Molto bene!! I'm starting my Italian lessons very soon too, I hope I don't get some garang Italiano as a teacher. What books will you be using?

I tell you, I envy you to no end, I just read your plurk, you just had ^*_@#$(*%^$(^*$ DIM SUM! I would give an arm, a leg and my NOSE for some Asian food. BAH!!!

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sieutheng — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:14:26 -0000

wei whr's my postcard and the email u said u were writing?

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Valerie — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:56:59 -0000

Hi Su Ann,

I'm glad you're taking Italian! It always seem to lose out to Spanish but personally I like the sound of its pronunciations- it's a bit more refined as the latter was just too latino for my taste. I live in Italy now, but would love to move to NY someday definitely!

In bocca al lupo! (break a leg)