Monday, January 19, 2009

Introductory Piece


The most common of all first-encounter practices is to introduce oneself. Not wanting to disrupt this centuries-old tradition, I, too, shall begin my entries in this blog by telling you about myself.

My official name is Hah Hui Ying. I call it official because it is what stated on my birth certificate. It is by no means the only name I have, but is by all means the name everyone who knows me knows I have. I'm 22 going on 23, and my hometown is Ipoh, Perak.

I'm the middle among three siblings brought up in unconventional ways by my Malaysian father and Indonesion mother. The result is a contradictory person who seeks to see things the way normal persons are oblivious to. My bunch of crazy friends are a combination of strange personalities and weird interests, all of whom are among my favourite people. For some inexplicable reasons, me and my siblings are not very good at Mandarin despite being chinese educated all the way to Form 6. >_<.


Topping my list of interests are languages and wordplay. However, like the fate that befalls many a Malaysian student, I am currently pursuing a field that was not my dream. This doesn't mean I regret my choice. In fact, I am far from regretting my choice, as I see now that I can go far with it. Writing, however, remains one of my most beloved hobbies, because I don't think that not pursuing a writing degree means the end of my writing dream. Other than the usual love for music, movies and books, I appreciate art and puzzles. I backpack once in a while and do many random things when opportunity arise.

On the internet, my top hobby is chatting with my friends, especially those in foreign places where financial concerns don't allow me to call or visit. I also keep in touch with my friends via friends network websites like Friendster and Facebook. Other than that, I contribute to a writing community called Fiction Press where amatuer authors like myself review each others' works to learn and improve.

I also am a member of the Angelworld forum, where I exchange views on everything and anything with people my age in other parts of the world. Angelworld also happens to be the most beautiful website I've ever seen. However, it takes a long time to load as it is a heavily graphical site and TMNet is never famous for speed.


Of course, checking emails can never escape as anyone's top internet activites, so I visit Gmail and Hotmail a lot. YouTube is also among my frequent haunts because I need to familiarise myself with cinematic trailers lest the customers where I work part-time at a local cinema find me incapable of explaining the plots of certain movies. Also, to satisfy my hunger for certain art, I visit Deviantart.

Lastly, I visit The Hunger Site to do some online charity, because one should always try to help others in need, and this site is suitable for busy (actually, lazy) students like me who can never find time to do proper charity work.


Thus, for the reasons stated above, the websites I visit the most are as follows:
  • www.aw8.net
  • www.fictionpress.com
  • www.youtube.com
  • www.deviantart.com
  • www.thehungersite.com
Well, that's it from me for the time being. The next time you hear from me would be the time to get down to business, or in this case, the subset of electronic business - e-commerce.





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