I wish I could speak to you.

I miss you.

sigh...

I am a loudspeaker

I was absolutely delighted when I was nominated for 3 awards the past Saturday during Legal Practice class.

The first was for best opinion writing assignment (group), second was for best mooter and third was for best speaker.

It came as a surprise to me because I really thought that some others would have beaten me to it, such that I would not have stood a realistic chance of even being nominated, let alone win any of those awards.

Nonetheless, it happened and I was very grateful for it. I guess all the hard work, although fairly late, paid off.

Yes, at that time, I was starting to feel that my 3-hour effort in paginating my bundle of authorities did not go to waste. In fact, the temporary back pain which I had after that marathon was probably even worth it.

Jengjeng, I was awarded "best speaker". yay.

Although I did not make a clean sweep of all 3 awards, which in retrospect probably wasn't very possible anyway, I still  thought that ErnNi@n deserved the best mooter award for his steadfast dedication to Buns, Cleanliness, his fanclub and Human Rights.

Sukhdev's group deserved the award for best opinion writing. They are a hardworking bunch. Hands down. Oh, but I do have a sneaky suspicion that her nearly 1 decade-long tenure at Tommy Thom@s may have given her an edge over us greenhorns when it comes to letter writing and correspondence matters.

All in all, I am still grateful for the prize, which is an envelope containing two RM50 book vouchers from Borders. Moar books for Danis Wan now, it seems. 

I hope that this encouragement will remind me of the need to be diligent and to work hard, never to give up on my dreams and to always persevere in the course of working towards success.

Thank God and everyone for everything.

found some random artwork which I did on my CP1 General Medicine & General Surgery module booklet

Milo

This is a cup of Milo Dinosaur.

A pumped up version of the nation's favourite malted chocolate drink.

Okay, forget the word dinosaur... which refers to the extra spoons of Milo powder

sitting on top of the drink.

Milo is the undisputed household name of drinks in Malaysia.

It is so popular that, loosely, if you don't know Milo, you are definitely not Malaysian.

I had this beverage since I was a kid, and everytime I have one again... 

it reminds me of:

1. exactly why I am proud to be a Malaysian
2. my childhood days

3. why life is worth living

4. the wonders of chocolate and the happiness it brings

5. why I don't need Swiss hot chocolate drinks in my life

I am not joking (lol)

Shown above is the famous Milo van. Everybody's favourite van.

As a kid I used to jump up everytime I saw one of these drive into the school courtyard.

It was like Smeagol seeing The Ring.

I would literally think "my preciouss".

The effect of that green vehicle is that bad. Then again, I think I'm not the worst one around...

And then, we would all line up like this!

No, I was never patient. 

C'mon, which kid in the right mind could wait patiently for his cup of FREE Milo?!

The wait for my cup of Milo felt like a thousand years.

It's almost as though time had just slowed down so greatly.

Ergh.

Yes. All that long wait was for this... a cup of FREE Milo.

As far as I remember, I downed it in about under 2 seconds.

Hah. Olympic record? Maybe World Record.

Okay... I appreciate that, at this juncture, many Malaysian readers will jump up their seat

and challenge my record, claiming theirs to be under 1 second or something.

But really, it was 2 seconds of paradise.

One of the best feelings that a kid in school will ever have.

Now, let's check out the competition.

I've never actually tried Vico but rumour has it that

Milo is still King of Choco drinks... by a huge margin.

That about says enough for me.

Okay. Ovaltine had this cool advertisement about

a bunch of youngsters skateboarding and drinking Ovaltine afterwards.

But no, the drink still didn't cut it for me.

Milo still rocks my socks... and floats my boats.

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You can forget anything chocolate-y which you've ever drank.

Anything.

There is, to me at least, nothing in the world...

which is as good as Milo.

Nothing. Haha.

I am a Milo fan. For life.

"A very fine line separates the good from the great.

Yet, it is so difficult to see this line."

I don't just want to be good in what I do, I want to be great.

Everything has to start somewhere,

I just need to find the right starting point to begin with.

"Serenity comes when you trade expectations for acceptance"