Pretty gals in HCMC!

Yup! Princess Shin is in Vietnam again. I have to admit, its kinda fun living as an expatriate in a foreign country. Not only do I get to experience a totally different culture, but I can do it and then return to the comforts of my own home, instead of always returning to the hotel.

Though I kinda miss Malaysia too... Ah.. I'm such a confuse gal.

After staying at home a few days watching Alias, and Charmed... =.= I finally went out into the city to walk around. I know its terrible of me but I have been to Ho Chi Minh like a million times! Even though I'm still very much a tourist here.

Couldn't blame my mum for not taking her sweet daughter-who-is-back-from-states out because she herself has been living in HCMC for like over a year! No wonder she doesn't wanna be tourist again. Finally after lots of argument and getting angry at her, she finally brought me into the city.

I know I know.. I could always go out myself. But I was lazy. =) Its hard to maneuver around especially if you have no idea how to speak their language and they to yours.

We went shopping around the streets of HCMC and after a long day of walk, went into Sheraton Hotel to use their restroom!

And guess who we saw?



Miss Universe contestants!!! Who would have thought that the organizers of this pageant will hold this event in HCMC! This was definitely the first time for me seeing sooo many tall slim pretty girls at one setting.



Seriously gave me a little confidence shake. Princess Shin being this short and stumpy girl. Boohoo..



Ah well.. Just have to accept who I am right?



Miss El Salvador was cute though. As in she was kinda short! =P Maybe I have a chance too!



I even saw Miss Malaysia! Din really like her though. Sorry..


Can u spot her? The black dress girl 3rd from the right.

So many pretty girls. Sad la I tell you..


I never really liked Miss Universe though. Always prefer Miss World. Though I never know the difference. Hmm...

Does Miss Universe involve the aliens too?

A definition of a Home

I know its been a long time since I last truly blog about what I feel. My recent post has been more about updates or just merely picture post. Maybe its because of my busy lifestyle or my brain has stopped producing meaningful stuff, whatever the reason, I apologize for not keeping this blog up to standard. Hopefully I still have imaginary readers dropping by once in a while hopping to catch something interesting from this blog. Though from the looks of it, I think I can post nude pictures for all I care and nobody would notice anything.

Not that Princess Shin would do that! What did u think? =.=

Maybe if I were truly desperate... you never know...

Wahhahah.. ignore me!

Anyway.. I just had an argument with my mum last night. As you guys know, my family has recently moved to Vietnam last August. And before I came back for the summer holidays, I had a big fight with my mum on where to spend my summer holidays. She wanted me to go straight to Vietnam but I wanted to return to Malaysia first. Malaysia is my home and I miss it to bits!!! Not to mention the fact that Cody is there too.. Of course I wanna return to Malaysia first. She went on about how the family is not important anymore and blablabla.. the usual stuff.. making me feel all guilty for not being a filial daughter.

But anyway.. all was resolved and I went back to Malaysia first for 2 weeks and now I'm in Vietnam. But last night, the topic about where is my home came up and I didn't agree that Vietnam is now my home.

She got mad and told me that though its "a hard pill to swallow," Vietnam is my home whether I like it or not. According to her, "home is where your parents are" (I feel like I'm writing a paper), no matter where it is. I don't know about you but I just cannot accept that this foreign place is now my home, even though my whole family is now here.

What exactly does home mean anyway?

People say "home is where the heart is".

What the hell does that mean? Where is the heart?

I always feel that Malaysia is my home. I don't know whether it is the fact that Cody is there or that I really feel Malaysia is my home because I have lived there for 20 years of my life. But to me right now, Malaysia IS my home.

I can set up a family or work in any country in the world, but Malaysia will always be my home.

My brother, who's studying in an international school right now, is starting to lose his Malaysian-ess! Just last week he was asking me what is "wat tan ho" (scrambled egg noodles)! And he keeps putting down Malaysia, saying how low the standard of English is in Malaysia, bla bla bla.. sounding like a spoiled "foreigner". I can't blame him though. He's fifteen right now mixing with all the so called "rich" expatriates! To him, I'm sure Malaysia is not his home anymore. Home is where all his friends are and right now, he has plenty of friends in Vietnam.

Where does that live me then? I'm not back for 3 months in a year. And for that 3 months, I'm torn between staying in Malaysia and Vietnam. This is just my first holiday and I'm sure for the next 3 years, my mum is gonna give me a hard time choosing between Malaysia and Vietnam.

What the hell does home mean anyway?

Cody blogs!

Haha.. did u realize anything different from the previous 3 post? Or probably I have no more readers reading my blog anymore! Boohoo.. Traffic over here in Princess Shin blog has been kinda low lately. Maybe because I myself have been lazy going to other people's blog. Bad Karma is striking me now! Bluek!

Anyway.. Cody was the one that blogged the previous 3 post! My guest blogger of the century! This will probably be his first and only time blogging. He's soooo lazy!

He and he's silly piercing! =.=

I guess better than nothing. So any bad stuff that he say about me.. That's not me typing. Especially when I sound like a bimbo! That's Cody speaking! Terrible him! Dunno what he thinks about me!!! Bluek!

Speaking of which.. my mum gave me a white gold key pendant as my 21st birthday present. I knew I was gonna get a key pendant on my 21st birthday coz that's what she has been telling me for my whole life every time we do see one. Its pretty cute! Super tiny! Not sure if its a good thing because you have to go super near to even catch that it is a key pendant but I should appreciate anything I get right? Hehe.. Its sooo weird to finally receive this as it always seemed soo far away.. me turning 21! And now I'm officially 21! Like 3 months ago!!! WTF!!! =.=

Next stop... Diamond rings!!! Whahaahah.. I promise I only one a few. Not a lot! Wahaha.. though I think I'll definitely feel even older when I do finally get one. Hopefully it will be for a bigger event! Shhhhh... >.o

Bored & Broke =(

The long holidays are kind of taking it's toll on me, I have nothing to do whatsoever! Plus Cody is like so poor now so we can't go anywhere or do anything. I kind of feel like doing some part time work, but I'm too much of a princess for that. I'd probably just work for 2 days and quit. I wouldn't mind doing some small business of my own though, that I can do preferably from the house. Maybe something to do with selling stuff online. I can do that really well, though I'd probably end up buying all the pretty glittery stuff! I found alot of great sites online which offer chances for franchise opportunity. It'd be great if I could find a franchise which totally fits my personality & working schedule! I love this site!

I'm so fat!

Argh! I'm so fat now I tell you... I tried so hard to maintain my weight at a maximum of 50kgs when I was in the States and I managed to do it, partly through swimming every alternate day, but now once I'm back, I just keep eating & eating & I can't stop myself! Someone help me!!!

It's so hard to resist all the delicious food in Msia that I've missed so much for the past year, so I can't seem to gather up enough willpower to stop myself from eating, plus Cody is too lazy to bring me swimming so I guess I'm gonna stay fat for awhile =(

A friend of mine recommended Phentermine to me though, says it really works when you're trying to slim down. I may just give it a try!

Trip to Sabah !

Sorry for not posting for such a long time! I've been away on a trip to my hometown, Sabah! I haven't been back there for such a long time, and so much has changed, especially the roads! The food's still great though... Will post up more pics when I have the time to =)

Cody & I traveled by AirAsia and it was actually quite a comfy flight. The only problem was with my check-in luggage. As usual, I packed wayyyyyyy too much crap in my bag, so I was kind of worried that it'd be overweight. Luckily it wasn't! There were so many Rimowa bags & luggages at the baggage counter when I was claiming my bag though, guess it's kind of popular nowadays.

That's all for this short update, will upload all my pics when I have the time to!

I hate packing!!!

Oh my god... packing is absolutely terrible! Its totally amazing how many things I have accumulated in just one short year. I was totally panicking just sitting in the middle of all my mess thinking of how to start putting all my stuff into storage. The amount of clothes that I have bought is so many that I totally shocked myself!!! Argh!!! I sooo need to go into therapy to curb my excessive shopping!!!

What's worst!!! I miss my room!!! My 4th floor overlooking the canyon room!!! Next year I'm gonna move to the second floor with absolutely no view whatsoever. Boohoo.. I miss my room already..

Yeah red stuff! =)

Mi cuartro!


Argh.. Messy!


Charmaine helping me clean up! ^.^


Boxes and boxes of stuff!

We had to clean the room before we left. That means cleaning the bathroom and vacuuming the room. It was kinda sad that only after I left was my room spotless clean. Luckily one of my classmates lent had one of those cool Sebo vacuums. My room was unrecognizable after that. I came to my room in this condition 8 months ago and now 8 months have left.

Original empty lifeless room!

Time passed sooo fast.. Bye bye my lovely room.

Health and Wellness

One of the required class that all students have to take in my university is Health and Wellness class. Its a class that all students hate but are forced to take it or else they can't graduate. I thought it was going to be a really terrible and boring class but surprisingly it was kinda interesting. I learned that a guy has around 1 million sperms and 10,000 is already considered low sperm count. And though I have already learned about progesterone and the menstrual cycle back in high school and form six, it was kinda nice seeing the others learn about it the very first time at the age of 21!!! Asian people are really better in Science and Maths!

I guess what I loved most about the class was that the longest penis is 11 inches. Too bad I dunno how long inches are!