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family Thursday, February 26, 2009

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I am done with finals! Okay, so I was actually done on Friday, 12:50 p.m., but yeah, you get the idea. Went to DFO with Serena after that, and shopped till our heart's desire. I bought a $4.95 bag. *is proud*

We cooked nasi lemak, with chicken rendang on Saturday, with honeydew sago for dessert. Yum. Sunday was more shopping, this time at Bridge Road. Pretty disappointing. Nothing much unlike the beginning of the year when we practically raided the shops there. Lol.

Today was a collapse-at-home-day. Mopping floor, cleaning room, stacking up all my over-and-done-with textbooks and notes. Lazing around and eating nasi lemak leftovers.

Oh, apparently there was a shooting this morning at Flinder's in the city. I had no idea till Caryn told me. Scary shit. I've always thought Australia was a safe place, compared to the US where you hear of school shootings once in maybe two years. Case in point, Virginia Tech. You can't walk into say, Target, and purchase a gun like you might be able to in the States. And yet, this morning, there was a gun-wielding guy, letting off 6-7 shots in the CBD. Pretty scary stuff. Any one of us could've easily been there. Friends living in the city could've been easily walking down the street.

Let's hope this is not the first of more to come in Melbourne. May the one victim rest in peace, and the other two heal as quickly as possible.

Okay, this was not meant to be a depressing post. Sorry.

OTH Season 4 finale was possibly the smiley-est, happiest episode EVER. The way it all ended. Damn sweet. Damn nice. Baby James Lucas Scott. Obsessive adorable Nathan & Haley. Brooke and OMG-so-awesome-Chase. The BFF-ness of Lucas and Haley. Brotherhood. The Rivercourt. Dance routine to Spice Girls. I've been watching it a few times over. Lol. Jasmine and I might have spent an hour this afternoon obsessing about OTH and Season 5. Hah! :D

Serena's going home on the 20th and I am going to be so bored. Lucky thing Ching finishes after that, and we are going to go ~~eat~~ ~~shop~~ have fun!

My stupid work permit STILL hasn't arrived. I'm so annoyed. At the rate this stupid thing is going, I'm only going to be able to work for about two weeks, one week of which I want to volunteer at the Monash Abroad orientation for Semester 2. Grrr. Why is the stupid immigration taking so long? I hope they haven't rejected my application. Joachim got his easily, I remember. Please come tomorrow, work permit.

I am going to completely die for Semester 2. I'm taking two third-year units because of the exchange - all the units have been screwed up because not everything is available in Caulfield and yada yada. Don't want to bore you with the inside works of the Monash curricular system. Long story short, I'm doing two third-year units next semester and might possibly die. That is, if I don't already die on the 13th of July, aka results day.

Ehhh. This post is heading back down the depressing lane. Better end it now. Love you all! xoxo.

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Scorch the Skin.

australia Friday, March 23, 2007

The Internet is co-operating today. It's not up to optimum speed, but it's being slightly better today. So, random thoughts, here we come.

It is damn bloody hot today. Omg. You would think I would be completely used to the heat, being a Malaysian and all, but it is crazily unbearable today.

I think I'm going to melt soon, and that my clothes drying in the backyard will soon start a bonfire. It is THAT hot.

I miss fans and air-cons and my house's marble floor downstairs, where no matter how hot it was outside, it would still be cold. :(

HOT. It was so effing cold on Tuesday and I was in shorts and five minutes into the walk to class, it RAINED. And now, just a few days later, it is hotter than Malaysia.

I swear, the weather here PMS-es very regularly.

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Eve, a.k.a. the Tai Soh, told me that she sold the Honda Civic. *throws a tantrum*

The super sexy black Honda Civic which all the guys, without fail, drool over everytime they come to my house. Which she said she would keep for me to drive when I came back.

SOLD. SOLD. How cannnnnnnnnn?

Bye bye, Honda Civic. It was fun while it lasted. :'(

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Looks can be deceiving. Do not judge a book by it's cover. Nothing is ever what it seems.

And... I am a bigger bitch than you think I can be. Do NOT push my buttons. Friends back home can vouch for this.

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YAY, going to go see Ching tonight! Gone are the days when I could just pop next door. So it's to the Melb Uni night market first, with Serena and the rest, and then over to Ching's place. *is excited*

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Do you all find Patrick Dempsey-slash-Dr. Derek Shepherd-slash-McDreamy on Grey's Anatomy hot? I... am kinda mehhh about him. I was watching Entertainment Tonight on our crappy, fuzzy tv yesterday and apparently he topped their list of sexiest men on TV.

Dr. McDreamy.

I mean, he's ooooooookay.

But I can probably list you five actors off the top of my head who are sexier than he is.

Justin Chambers who plays Alex Karev, also on Grey's.

Give me Dr. Alex Karev anyday.

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I cooked spaghetti last night. :D

And the night before, we had lemongrass chicken and stir-fried veggies.

It was too good, that I didn't have any time to take any pictures. :D

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I have Money and Capital Markets presentation next week. And it's so hot that I can't even bring myself to open the textbook. How is anyone expected to STUDY in this heat?

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Random new song recommendations:

Landon Pigg - Great Companion
Stefy - Orange County
Youngbloodz - Imma Shine
The Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies)
The Spill Canvas - Sunsets and Car Crashes
Secondhand Serenade - Awake
Anything by Chris Daughtry :P

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Some of you might remember that I used to write for the school mag and the college mag. ~~Some of you~~ Sharm might remember that I used to write fics. Hee. Some of you will also probably remember me wanting to be a journalist before I chose business and commerce.

The point is, I used to love writing. But now, I can just open up a posting window in Blogger and stare at it for ages, the blinking cursor mocking me.

Have I lost what little flair I once possessed for writing? Stringing words into sentences that do not sound like they have been written by a ten-year-old seems like a chore sometimes. I sent in an application for a spot on the student union committee, which I probably won't get anyway, and just answering 'Do you have any previous experience in student representation?' took me a whole twenty minutes.

Inspiration for little stories used to come to me, but it doesn't visit anymore.

Inspiration has forgotten all about me. :(

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Evermore performed at the Australian GP last weekend. John Mayer is coming in April. Ben Kweller is performing soon, I think. Nikola Sarcevic just played a couple of weeks ago. and according to Cath, Rachael Yamagata will be in Singapore soon. Okay, not that it really affects me in any way since I'm all the way here, but I just wanted to throw in that little fact. Lol.

So many musical acts, so little money.

I am broke. POKAI. Empty-walleted.

Why oh why, did I go buy those two dresses?

My little voice in my head says: Because they are really pretty and you will be kicking yourself if you don't buy them.

I hate you, little voice in my head who justifies shopping.

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That's enough random-ness for the time-being, no? :) Send my love to everyone, guys.

Edit: Spoke too soon; the Internet is now misbehaving again. Bluek.

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Technology Woes.

birthdays Tuesday, March 20, 2007

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Omgyay; New House

australia Monday, March 05, 2007

...what a difference two doors away makes.

The new house is awesome and I am loving it. :)

I have a huge, heee-uge wardrobe with ceiling to floor mirrors which bring out the narcissist in me. I will undoubtedly spend an entire ten minutes twirling in front of the mirror every morning. Eek.

I have a bigger-than-usual, soft bed. Now all I need are pretty linens. Uh oh. Maybe I shouldn't have bought that pretty jumper yesterday because I need to buy my sheets and quilt. Ack. Please don't tell my daddy I bought it.

I adore the fact that there is Internet. I am a net-whore. I cannot do without it for long. I mean, I did without it, but I was bored down to my toes for the whole month. Thank God for my external hard drive crammed full with shows. Jo is my hero for giving me ANTM and Heroes to keep my company through boredom. Omg, Heroes is officially my newest obsession. Fantastic stuff.

There's a swimming pool at the back of the house. It ain't that big, but it certainly looks pretty. Never mind the fact that I can't swim. I can tell people I once lived in a house with a swimming pool in the backyard. Chewah.

I feel so much more comfy in this house. Although, this house will never beat home. Know what I mean? It's a gazillion times better than the previous house with red wooden floors I was staying in, but it still falls short of Jalan SS2/something-something. Bleh. Why is this sounding like an emo-post?

Pics will be up soon-ish, hopefully?

I have an MSN date with darling chi muis later so I really should be doing work for my 9 a.m. Money and Capital Markets tute like the good student I want to be, but I haven't bought the textbook so I can't. Pout. There goes my resolution of being hardworking in Australia. Never mind the fact that I have already skipped half of a lecture. Twice. *ahem*

Quick question - how do people study and still maintain an active social life? Tough.

Never mind. I should at least try to read the notes. Right? Right.

Unless One Tree Hill finishes downloading before then. Hee.

I love you all.

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I Lack Grace.

friends Wednesday, November 15, 2006

I am a clumsy oaf.

Went out for dinner with Manda (for some reason I kept on typing Mandy and had to erase that, like five times), Sharm and Karen at Food Foundry and THANK GOD they were showing Amazing Race Asia because I haven't watched the first ep, and I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world.

It is effing funny. The production is surprisingly awesome and just like the US version, thank God. The fact that they started off in Malaysia, and you see curious Malaysians staring, and weird cabbies is even funnier. They didn't really have sound there, so we had to watch the show with subtitles courtesy of AXN which SUCKS.

One contestant after paying a taxi driver: Rip-off!
Subtitles: Pencekik darah!

WTF?

Thank God we have two pretty good Malaysian teams or else we'd all be embarassed. They really seem like they can go far, so good on them. The Singaporean girls seem okay, and the Indonesian brothers are so damn funny. That team with the guy who's afraid of heights, deep water and freaking public toilets? Please don't last another week. Seriously. Buff dude from Hong Kong with a singlet seven times smaller? Please. Screw up again next week and go home. Either than, or get a bigger singlet. You know, I wonder what the locals in Thailand and HK think about having expatriates representing their country.

Anyway, left soon after the show, and a few minutes of 'The Making of Casino Royale' where we had the torture of seeing Daniel Craig in tight baby blue swimming trunks (I mean, seriously. Metrosexuality and all that, but James Bond in skin tight baby blue trunks? What happened to black?), and made our way to McDs for ice-cream. Went to the park near Siokkwan's house, better known as Sahara to all PBSM marchers, where we spent many an awful day under the hot afternoon sun; to enjoy the icecreams.

Now this park, is below road level. Meaning, we have to step down into the park using logs and stones near the edge.

In flip-flops and not even heels, being the incredibly graceful and poised creature that I am, I stepped off a log and right into this hole which...didn't look like a hole. Blah. My ankle sorta landed in an awkward position and it was so bloody painful at first. The pain kinda subsided after awhile, thank God. Typically, the first thing that ran through my mind was 'Fuck, I hope I didn't sprain my ankle'. Only, uhh, I kinda kept that in, because there were aunties going home from line-dancing class, and well, I shouldn't surprise them with my foul mouth.

Hung out at the park for about an hour. Karen tried to steal this dog which she thought was a stray, and in that case, it wouldn't have been 'steal', but 'take', but the dog actually belonged to some dude standing at the other side of the field which we weren't aware of at the beginning, so it would have been 'steal'. Heh.

Thank God my ankle doesn't look like the size of Columbia in the morning. It actually didn't swell, but it still kinda hurts.

Let's work on being graceful the next time round.

Quote of the day:

*Guy appears on TV screen*
Sharm: (rather loudly) Sean Connery!
*Name appears under guy - Michael something, producer of something something*

*Sitting on the bench right after falling, Amanda next to me*
Manda: At least you didn't drop your ice-cream weih.

=D!

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Catch Up With Me.

christmas Wednesday, November 08, 2006

I am smelling the air of freedom and non-existent classes and exams. Hee!

Quick, quick update on what I've been doing thus far:

Sleeping. You just cannot get enough of this after exams. I'm paying my pillow back for all the lost hours of sleep. It has missed me dearly.

Precious TV time. One Tree Hill. Grey's Anatomy. Both of which have amazing new seasons. Should go watch. I'm trying to burn OTH for you, Mary and Suki, but there's something wrong with my craptulent CD burner. Healing Hands III! Heh. Amazing Race. I'm going to try to download Veronica Mars and Prison Break because everyone tells me it's oh-so-fantastic, but we'll see, because I'm kinda running out of disk space.

Buddies. I have missed hanging out with everyone so much. I spent over three hours just sitting with Siokkwan at a mamak and catching up with just about everything under the sun. How many people can you just sit with for a long, long time and still not run out of things to say? (Don't roll your eyes and say that I could never run out of things to say, okay? Heh. I can, too.)And then, we went out after that with Jo and Mary and Nick, got a couple of beers and just chilled. I'm going to miss little things like this if I go to Australia next year.

More buddies. Caught up with Sharmo, Manda, Karen and Mun Fong a few days after that. We went to watch this play at KLPAC. It's called 'The Odd Couple' and it stars Bernie Chan, Samantha Schubert and Elaine Daly, and a few other people which I'm ignorantly unaware of in the Malaysian performing arts scene. If you haven't been to KLPAC, it's actually a very pretty place. It's in the Sentul Park, which is a really gorgeous big landscaped park. It was raining, or else there would be pictures, but really, go check it out. It's really gorgeous at night, all lighted up. The insides of the centre is really pretty as well, very cost-minimal (words out of Mun Fong, the Limkokwing design student, so you know it's correct-lah) and very modern-looking.

I enjoy watching plays and musicals and stuff like this, so it was good to be able to go. It was just okay, IMO. The ending was just rather strange, and abrupt, and could have been different, I suppose. Elaine Daly was rather good, I must say. And before you look at the poster and think 'oh, how lesbo-looking', let me clarify and say that it's not! LOL.

Karaoke. Zhen Han, Mel, Bryan and I left straight to Pyramid after the Law paper for lunch. Went to this place, whose name kinda eludes me right now, but they have really good authentic Indian food. Almost like the stuff I had in India. Atmosphere's quite good. Comfy cushions and water running down one wall, and invert-comma salt and pepper shakers. Heh. Don't ask. Met up with Aaron after that and we went to Red Box. I have converted these people into Red Box lovers. Hee. We are a muhibah bunch. Everyone sings English songs. Zhen Han and Aaron can sing Mandarin songs. I sing Malay songs. Mel sings Japanese songs. Bryan, to round things up, put on some Bollywood song. LMAO. So, on the 2nd of November, there were five sesat people geleng-ing our heads to some Hindi song called 'Hey Brother!'. Omg. Hilarious stuff. The best songs to sing in a karaoke are the old school type though. You know, Backstreet Boys, Westlife, Spice Girls, Boyzone, stuff like that. Singalong classics. Everyone knows those. This time it was Aaron's turn to solo (When he wasn't too busy looking at the pictures behind the words, that it. you know what I mean!), because Darren was still having exams. :D

Clubbing. Went to let loose in Maison's after our last paper. It was like a Monash reunion there, let me tell you. Saw Pohyee, Caryn and gang outside, and inside we met Shawn, Kar Wai, Joy and more Monash people. Met Diane and Eugene, who was having his 19th birthday on that day, there too. And a lot of other familiar faces. Always seem to bump into Diane at clubs, actually, come to think of it. =P Awesome fun. It always is. Ladies night too. Came home, bathed, and just collapsed.

Babysitting. Little Amelia is so adorable. Her hair's grown longer, so it's not as spiky as before, and is all curly and pretty now. Hee. Have been playing board games with the boys. Their favourite is 'Who's the Boss', which a little like Monopoly. I don't think they quite mastered the whole idea of giving money and receiving change.

Me: Okay, you give me 50, 000, so I have to give you back 5,000, okay, Joshua?
Joel: Yerr, why Joshua so good one? Give money and can get back money one?
Me: (goes into a long-assed explanation about change)

*ten minutes later*

Joel: Nah, Wen Kor. 30,000.
Me: But it's only 10,000, boy. (tries to take 10,000 dollar note from him)
Joel: Dowanlah. Give you this one, because I want to get back money. So good.
Me: -_-"

*goes on until my bank runs out of small change*

Entertaining, I tell you.

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My dad is being anal about letting me use the car. I don't understand why. I had a huge fight with him that other night over driving. Why is it that he doesn't let me take the car out? Why is it that he doesn't let me drive to college? He always gives me lame-assed excuses about needing the car, or some other crap and it's honestly bullshit. My sister has this theory about him wanting to still be involved in my life, and him possibly feeling left out or something like that. I mean, I can try to understand that. I have possibly a lot of freedom when it comes to going out compared to a number of people, but all I'm asking for is the ability to get around myself sometimes. During the freaking day. I'm not even asking to drive at midnight, because I know my mother will be worried sick. Just in the day. I'm tired of asking people to give me lifts here and there. I feel bad for always hitching rides from Jo, Ching, Siokkwan, Sharm, Manda, Zhen Han, Darren and everyone else. I feel bad, and I'm sorry.

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I am a dork... because it isn't even mid-November and I'm already in the Christmas mood. Heh. Listening to Christmassy songs make me all happy. Let me spread the joy with some songs; uploaded some Christmas songs by some mainstream & indie artists.

Copeland - Do You Hear What I Hear
Jack Johnson - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Avril Lavigne & Chantal Kreviazuk - O Holy Night
Bright Eyes - Blue Christmas
Eisley - The Christmas Song
Mandy Moore - Walking In a Winter Wonderland
Ron Sexsmith - Maybe This Christmas
Low - Just Like Christmas
The Used - Alone This Holiday
Emery - The Last Christmas
Plain White T's - Seasons of a Lifetime
Leona Naess - Christmas
Kelly Clarkson - O Holy Night
The Ravonettes - The Christmas Song
Barenaked Ladies & Sarah McLachlan - Christmas Medley
Smashing Pumpkins - Christmas Time
Aly & AJ - The First Noel
Aly & AJ - We Three Kings
Eve 6 - Noel
Relient K – I Celebrate the Day
Sufjan Stevens - We Three Kings
Dandy Warhols - Little Drummer Boy
Dido - Christmas Day
Jewel - Hark! the Herald Angels Sing
Sixpence None the Richer - It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Something Corporate – Forget Christmas
Death Cab For Cutie - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
Hem - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Gavin DeGraw - Silver Bells
Gavin DeGraw - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Jimmy Eat World – Last Christmas
The Perishers – Blue Christmas
Tyler Hilton – Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Rachael Yamagata – River
U2 – Christmas (Please Come Home)
Keane - White Christmas
Matthew Ryan - Little Drummer Boy
Fall Out Boy - Yule Shoot Your Eye Out
Coldplay - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Sense Field - Happy Christmas (War Is Over)
Switchfoot - Evergreen
Vanessa Carlton - Greensleeves
Eels - Everything's Gonna Be Cool This Christmas
Sheryl Crow - Run Rudolph Run
Sheryl Crow - Blue Christmas
Phantom Planet - Winter Wonderland
Jimmy Eat World - 12.23.95
Pilate - Fairytale in New York
Jack's Mannequin - The Lights and Buzz
Belle and Sebastian - O Come, O Come Emmanuel
Snow Patrol - When I Get Home For Christmas
Rooney - Merry Xmas Everybody

Sarah McLachlan also has a gorgeous Christmas album out called Wintersong. Try getting it.

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Till next, Wen loves you. =)

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Oh Snap.

friends Saturday, September 30, 2006

Jo and Ching told me that there was something off with my blog and that they couldn't access it on Thursday.

I finally remembered that today, and went to check it out and it said- Blogger 404 Not Found or something like that.

*heart starts beating damn fast*

Hopefully I've fixed it.

I know I only tend to blog in little spurts, but I've spent so much time on this blog, and have jotted down too many memories over the past year and a half that if anything happens to it, I'd be really disappointed. Really, there are so many things as I go, that I write down in here. I was reading back on old posts the other day, and I realised that I couldn't even remember some of the little details that had happened.

I backup my HTML templates and stuff, but I don't really know how to do it to the posts, so hopefully Blogger just kinda stops being bitchy on me and works soon enough.

So, a week's holidays has passed. Goddammit. I usually only have three days of classes a week, and this week, I went back to college for two entire nine-to-five days to work on the idiotic-screw-your-mind-up Happy Potter MYOB Accounting Software shit with Eve. Happy my ass lah. Thank God for Eve, because I don't think I could have completed the whole thing myself because there were things that she spotted that I would never have. Ever. And it was good to do it with someone because we kinda drive each other on to finish it. I don't think I could have sat at the foyer for so many hours with my butt aching on the uncomfortable seats if someone wasn't with me.

Also, we need to buy Serena a big, big meal because she's like the invisible third person with us. Anytime we got stuck, we gave her a call, because the girl has already finished it since like way long ago. And she could still remember, and explain everything to Eve and I slowly. Respect.

Last Thursday was Paul's farewell before he left for the UK. He got 4As for A-Levels and got a scholarship to the London School of Economics which is such an amazing place to study. Like, wow. It's one of the top-ranked schools in the world, and so many people can't even get in, let alone get a scholarship there. I think Paul is one of the genuinely nicest people I know. I've known him since primary school and we used to compete against each other in story-telling competitions. Imagine that. And then we did choral speaking together, and I played the part of his mother and had to whack him with a newspaper vacuum cleaner. It seems like eons ago.

But of course, we didn't have the wonders of digital cameras in primary school, so I can only show you flashbacks of secondary school.

Andrew and Paul posing for the Moral project. Check out the acting on Paul's face. He looks so concerned about the rubbish.

In the Bio lab while Puan Yip's yapping in front. Paul, Sat and Andrew doing some stoning at the side. :D

Paul and Joseph at the benteng, making Joseph look so strong.

The guys and I. Look at him, posing at the side there.

The things we do in school.

En. Kamal was teaching sastera in class, but it was so damn windy. We went out and started taking pictures. Imagine that.

My birthday last year.

I have come to the conclusion that all my guy friends are posers.

His sweet mom threw him a surprise party and was so worried about the entire thing, but the party went on really well. About fifty or sixty of his friends turned up, and hid inside the toilet and kitchen to surprise him. We got the better deal and squished behind this wall. At least there was air-con outside and we didn't have to steam like sardines inside the toilet like the other poor people. It was actually quite exciting, hee. I've never surprised anyone before, so waiting in the dark, getting false alarms, watching people get tickled, anticipating the exact moment to yell Surprise!, was quite fun.

Andrew, Paul and Sat.

Me, Diane and Mary.

Our table. He made every table do a presentation for him, so we sang Auld Lang Syne, which was a pretty amazing feat in itself since Sat and Andrew only knew up to "Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind..." and that was it. :D

A shot of the party.

All of us with the man of the night in the middle.

We went to Karma in Hartamas for Yohan's birthday; he's one of Manda's college mates. I think I drank way too much than I usually did. Bumped into Michelle there, whom I haven't seen in ages. Suddenly, someone came and hug me from behind and all and squealed into my ear. LOL. It felt good to catch up with her, because I haven't seen her in ages, and her phone got barred again because she didn't pay her bills. -_-"

Last Sunday was Nick's birthday, and we were initially supposed to go to a club but everyone wasn't in the mood. Sorry ya, kawan. Ended up at Nook's chilling and watching the Man U v Reading match, which they drew 1-1 because of a supposed handball by the awesome Gary Neville when in actual fact it wasn't. It was a ball to the hand, come on! Idiot referee. I still haven't gotten Nick a present, and he just told me last night that you can buy McDonalds vouchers as birthday presents. Is he giving me a hint, do you think? :D

At the same time, it was also Chris' birthday. Happy birthday Crispy! We've sure come a long way since our day-long Sejarah studying marathons.

It was Darren's birthday on Tuesday, and we went to Victoria's Station in Jalan Ampang to celebrate. They were playing Backstreet Boys all the while in the background, and it was funny since we forced Darren to karaoke to one of the songs a while back in Red Box.

Mel and I! Everyone says Mel reminds them of Sook Ping.

Group pic. Bryan looks like he's wearing a skirt, hee.

Happy birthday Darren!

They put Darren-chan on the cake, not because it's his surname, because that's how you address a girl in Japanese.

I so cannot believe he's 21.

Later at Darren's house.

Had a council reunion the following Thursday at a steamboat place in Puchong. Only about half of the council came, but it was still fun nonetheless. Should have taken some pictures. We finally got the video of the Sunway Ball, thanks to Wilson, after exactly ONE year. If I can figure out how to cut the video, I might embed it on my blog. If.

Chew Ling told me after that that JPA had agreed for her to go to UK instead of New Zealand, and that she had made up her mind to go. It'll be really, really soon, like in the space of the next two weeks. I've known Chew Ling since Form 4 through district Leo stuff, but got to really know her a lot better in council last year. She sounds so excited, and I'm so happy for her. I'm going to miss her and her bouncy-ness so much. :) Pasar malam on Monday, Chew Ling?

Chew Ling, me, Xue, Alan and Ching in Genting.

Hung out with the usual gang that night at mamak and it was so nice, because ALL of us hardly ever get to sit down and talk much anymore. Someone's always missing, because we all have such different schedules, so it was fun.

On the other hand, One Tree Hill season 4 just premiered. *dum de dum de dum*

Yes, my favourite show is back. And the premiere was so good. It's going to be such a good season.

Eek. Next week is going to be even more exciting.

All righty then, I'm off to go get some studying done, because I'm way behind my supposed schedule which I made for myself. My time management sucks.

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Miss Me.

holidays Wednesday, July 12, 2006

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My Lil Bubble.

fangirl moment Tuesday, May 09, 2006

Okay, so I decided to take five mins off from assignment work-duty to blog. Sue me.

You know what I realised today? I think I'm not blur. I have my *snapsfingers* super sharp moments at times, y'know. So, I came to the conclusion that I just retract into my own little bubble at times.

Hey you, why are you laughing at that statement? Yes, you!

:D

Like today, for instance.

I walked past the SanFran Coffee booth in the cafeteria, and the coffee smell had me craving coffee. Sooooo, since I'm already as broke as I am, I couldn't possibly fork out an extra penny for the indulgences of an ice-blended coffee, I went in search of Nescafe in cans.

I walked round and round and round the drink fridges but I couldn't find one. So, that's not possible, right? I remember Bryan buying one yesterday with Kimi Raikkonen on the can. I don't think the student body of Sunway gulps down Nescafe that fast. So where the heck did the Nescafes go?

I don't know. It's still a mystery for me.

In the end, I had to buy the Dutch Lady Vienna Coffee to fulfill my craving, which is IMO, not as satisfying as Nescafe and has higher digits on its price tag. Sigh.

Woe is me.

Up I went to the labs to get some work done on my assignment. Replied Suki's text while I waited for the comp to load up.

I wanted to type the word 'stutter', but I couldn't get it right. Even after seven times. Only then did I realise that the word 'stutter' does not exist in the handphone dictionary.

See, not my fault. Double sigh.

After typing some nonsense into my Stats assignment, I needed to insert some math equations into Microsoft Word. Off I went to the MathType Equation Wizard [where you can get all those fancy matrices, alpha/beta, integration signs etc. done] and spent, like, forever looking for the 'less than' sign. You know, this one: <.

I practically searched every function, looking for the damn sign in the programme, thinking that there's no possible way that they didn't have it.

And then I realised. The bloody sign's already on the damn keyboard. Ish.

Triple sigh.

So yeah, today's definitely a thick bubble day.

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The song of the mo- Nada Surf's Always Love.

Thought of the minute- I really should get back to work now.

Wish(es) of the day- To go to sleep tonight and to wake up tomorrow morning, only to find that my fairy godmother has completed my assignment for me. =P

Thing(s) I should do- Oh, I so need to go shopping. You know I'm pathetic when I say that I miss the malls.

Thing(s) you should do- Buy me some even prettier stuff :) How bout it, guys and girls?

Favourite quotes since the last I blogged:

Nil. Zilch. I'm all quoted out from that last post. So, I'll leave you with a few from the best ever show to grace the planet.

Mouth to Rachel, in Ep3x13: "But, I'm not that guy, and I don't want to be. So, maybe the elite girls just aren't for me then. One of these days, I'm gonna meet a girl who really loves me, and maybe she won't be what you call hot, but I'll think she's beautiful... and I'll tell her so. I won't be mean to her 'cause I won't have to play games with her. I'll just be the guy that she can always count on, and that'll be enough... because she'll be elite to me."

Coach Whitey on the time capsule, in Ep3x15: "The important thing is not to be bitter over life's disappointments. Learn to let go of the past. And recognize that every day won't be sunny, and when you find yourself lost in the darkness and despair remember it's only in the black of night you see the stars. And those stars will lead you back home. So don't be afraid to make mistakes, or stumble and fall, cause most of the time the greatest rewards come from doing the things that scare you the most. Maybe you'll get everything you wish for. Maybe you'll get more than you ever could have imagined. Who knows where life will take you. The road is long and in the end, the journey is the destination."

Nathan's voiceover, in Ep3x20: "You know, it's been said that we just don't recognize the significant moments in our lives while they're happening, that we grow complacent with ideas or things or people, and we take them for granted, and it's usually not until that thing is about to be taken away from you, that you realize how wrong you've been, that you realize how much you really need it, how much you love it."

Nathan's voiceover, in Ep3x20: "Life is funny sometimes. It can push pretty hard, but if you look close enough, you can find hope in the words of children, in the bars of a song, and in the eyes of someone you love. And if you're lucky; if you're the luckiest person on this entire planet, the person you love decides to love you back."

I so can't wait for the season finale! *squeeee*
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Monday Blues.

blogging Monday, March 27, 2006

As usual, it takes a lot more to drag myself out from bed on Mondays. Psychologically, Mondays seem to be one hell of a day, and I mean that in the worse possible way.

Monday is the day where I have two hours of a Business and Econs Stats tutorial sitting in the cold, cold computer lab with Mel, not understanding much that comes out from our tutor's mouth, while Bryan and Zhen Han play Yahoo! Pool.

Monday is the day where I feel like I'm carrying weights because I have to carry two heavy, heavy textbooks to class.

Monday is the day where I always fail to wake up on time because my body miraculously adjusts to sleeping in late during weekends, but miraculously resists waking up early on weekdays.

Monday is the day where I have to be in uni from 9 in the morning till 5:30 in the evening.

Monday is the day where the roads are jammed up.

Monday is the day where there are most people around on campus, causing the comp labs to be even more packed than usual.

Monday is the day where... ugh. Let's just stop.

Well, like they say, every cloud has a silver lining, so let's look at Monday's silvery lining.

Monday is the day where SS2 has pasar malam.

Monday is the day where I have three break hours in between classes, which very thankfully clashes with Ching's, Ming's and Xue's.

Monday is the day where... hmmm... I think that's all.

So yeah, I'm not fond of Mondays.

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Now, Fridays, there's a day I absolutely enjoy.

Especially Friday nights.

Went out with Manda, Sk, Elaine, Sharmo and her student-exchange friends, Izra, Chong Ern [I don't know if that's the spelling but Sharm calls her Chongers] and Sharon; and Marie, an exchange student from Greenland.

Or in Sharmin's terms: "That's me, The Lainey, The Mando, The Wenders and The Siokers, Kak Izzy (Swiss Jakun 1), Marie (AFS Exchange Student from Greenland), Kak Share (Swiss Jakun 2) and Chongers (Swiss Jakun 3)."

Notice how everyone has nicknames. I'm liking 'The Wenders'. Lol. Maybe I should use it from now on.

We went out for a night of let-loose in Bangsar which I so totally needed after stressing out about my management assignment for the entire week.

Did not spend a single cent. That's the best part. No cover-charge and free drinks; gin, whiskey, vodka; for ladies all night long. Aaaah. Not to mention that Castle always plays good music to booty-shake to. And the couple of vv-cute white guys standing around. Phwoar.

I always like dancing to RnB music minus all the meraba-rabaing shit from some guys who just do NOT get that we don't want to be touched. Esp that weirdo Thai guy who kept on using two very recycled pickup lines on Sioki and scary looking Indian/African dudes; that aside, it was a great night out, ladies. And as usual, mamak afterwards in the middle of the morning was fun too.

It's ALWAYS Sharmin's fault for making us idiots. I don't even remember why we were doing Rasa Sayang in the middle of the club, or why we were singing patriotic songs in the middle of the mamak. We just were. *covers face* Hopefully nobody recognises us!

It was great, great fun. It always is. Manda, next round soon, kay.

Thankfully, no discriminating pictures of us being intoxicated this time.

Psst!: Darling Sharmin left to NS today. She will come back more patriotic, nation-loving and... dark. And we will miss her so.

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Went to Leo IU on Saturday with the board of directors of our year. Ching, Sioki, Jo, Sheng. It was fun. I really enjoyed myself, and it's very nice to see them achieve something which we didn't get to do. All credit to them, but somehow, I would still like to think that we laid the foundation for the club that's helping it to rise. But of course, I'm terribly biased. :D

They put on a pretty good show: dances, bands, singing, a sketch, and shuffling, which we so liked. Lol. It was really impressive, DIFFERENT, which is key. Fantastic turn out too.

I'm really, really, really proud of them [and I also feel really, really, really old saying that]. I know how much effort goes into putting on a show like this. I've been there, I've done that. Of course there were glitches, of course there were flaws, but they did a great job, nonetheless. Although I didn't like some one/thing in particular and Sheng knows what :D

One downside? Seniors had to pay. They made their past president pay. What man.

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On my entertainment note: there's this new TVB drama coming out on Astro soon that I wanna watch. Bad timing. Being the horrible idiot-tube addict that I am, I will definitely watch every single episode of it.

It's called 'The Last Breakthrough', and it's about doctors who travel to underdeveloped, poverty-strickened countries to save people. Very different storyline by TVB's standards.

Plus, it stars this actor called Nick Cheung [I can hear Mary screaming already] in his comeback performance, and another guy called Raymond Lam [I can hear myself screaming already]. :D

Bad, baaaaad Astro. Not good for health.

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I can't NOT post about Malaysia's great performance, overall, in the Commonwealth Games. I love watching sports, and rooting for our own country. My entire family does. I remember watching weightlifting [yeah, I know, who watches weightlifting, right?] with my entire family and all fourteen of us were cheering. Imagine what noise that would be. We were ALL cheering for the skinny Malaysian dude who can carry weights that weigh more than 15 sacks of rice or 1 of my father. I personally thought he was going to snap, because he's a stick, like this --> !

But, he won, and we all went nuts in front of the TV.

Sports brings people together. As corny as that sounds.

And Malaysia has seven gold medals to show for their effort. Kudos. Four from badminton, two from lawn bowls [I didn't even know we had a lawn bowling team, let alone a gold winning lawn bowling team.], and one from weightlifting. Quite a number of silvers and bronzes. Not bad, eh?

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I know I don't blog that often, and I don't blog systematically, with only one set thing in mind. I only blog when and because I want to, because I can't force myself to write when I don't want to. I don't want this blog to become JUST a recap of my daily activities, just another 'I woke up at 8 today, and pulled on my jeans, and packed my books in a hurry' kind of blog. Who cares, right? If I had my own personal, manual write-down journal, do you think I'd write about what makeup I slapped onto my face and which shoes I wore to class on a Wednesday? No way. Big waste of ink.

My system just shuts down when I'm not in the mood. So, forgive me if this post is rather random and sketchy, I'm blogging partically because Wenxue claims that he needs his entertainment from my blog. What type of entertainment he could possibly get from this, I don't ever know. So Wenxue? Nah, one sentence for you. And I also said if I get a daughter next time, I'll name her Xue Wen after Wenxue. We'll see if I keep to it. Although, what caused me to say that I don't know. I plead temporary insanity. Although, thank god, Xue Wen does sound nice, so I may be keeping to my word after all.

And also, another reason this may be awfully boring: I'm blogging with dry contacts on so my eyesight isn't the sharpest. Well, actually it's not usually sharp anyway, but it's less sharp. Right. Ignore me if you didn't get that.

And: My gigi-biru device cracked. Sigh. He was my best computer-thingy friend for awhile there. So, no pics for you guys.

In short, excuse this post if it was terribly boring. Unless of course, all my posts are boring.

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The song of the mo- Delta Goodrem's Last Night on Earth.

Thought of the minute- Must remove contact lenses. Now.

Wish(es) of the day- For uni to ease up a little on me. And to get a better tutor for Biz and Econs Stats.

Thing(s) I should do- You know what I should do if you've been reading all this while. Lol.

Thing(s) you should do- Try checking out this band called Jack's Mannequin.

My favourite quotes since the last time I blogged:

At Leo IU-

Emcee 1: So, what song are you going to sing for us?

Singer: Erm, I'm Feeling You?

Emcee 2; Chee Kong: [very softly into the mic, sounding deadpan] She's feeling me?

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At lunch today in Pizza Hut:

*Things you'll need to understand before understanding the conversation:
Note 1 for the sane: Ming and Wenxue have a deluded notion that I'll one day marry a guy with the surname 'Kok'. Don't ask why. It's not an interesting theory.

Note 2 for the ignorant: Gary Neville and Phil Neville are two footballers who play in the English Premier League. Gary Neville is this blogger's favourite football player.

Note 3 for the very ignorant: Lucas and Nathan are two characters from this blogger's favourite TV show, One Tree Hill.

Last note for the extremely ignorant: Kimi Raikkonen is this blogger's favourite F1 driver and also the most gorgeous F1 driver to walk the face of this earth.

There, you're all set now for the quote, lol.*

Ming: If you have kids, I think you'll name them Gary and Phil.

Me: Oh yeah. Not bad. Either that or Lucas and Nathan *laughs* Too bad Kimi's a terrible name for a guy.

Ming: Haha! Imagine if it's Kimi Kok!

Wenxue: Kimi Kok! *laughs hysterically* Gimme...Kok!

Everyone: *laughs like a bunch of lunatics in the middle of Pizza Hut*

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Sweaty Socks.

day out Wednesday, January 11, 2006

I cannot play tennis.

Seriously.

I tend to play it like badminton. So, I'm constantly scooping the ball up, which makes the lil green tennis ball zoom and bounce like crazy from one end of the tennis court to the other.

But well, it was a good try. And I learnt that I like to watch tennis more than I like to play it. So far, anyway. I'd like to learn to play it properly though. One day.

Woke up at what seemed like the crack of dawn to me, [Okay, so it was 7:50 a.m.] and made my way to college with Ching. Met up with a bunch of college friends: Kai Han, Zhen Han, Melissa and Uncle Darren. Both of us had our first sort-of-slash-unofficial tennis lesson, and promptly spent more time picking up tennis balls than actually hitting tennis balls.

Although, there was this super-shot which Ching hit out of our fenced tennis court into the football field. Heh.

PS: I also think I'm getting a little better at basketball. Maybe that's just because ~~the hoops at college seem a little lower~~ I've grew taller. Hmpf.

For some reason, we were both in such a semangat sporting mood, that we called up the rest of the gang and went to play badminton in the evening. Badminton was fun; we watched Sukkwan do her Shaolin-cum-ballet badminton moves, Siokkwan's 'smashes', Jo's and my miscommunications on court, and of course, Ching whacking me on the head with the badminton racquet.

Owch. That hurt. And I heard some ringing noises in my ears and saw a few stars. Reminds me of the time she kicked the volleyball into my face when she was aiming for something else far away from where I was standing. Hazardous to my health, I tell you.

That was a lot of sweat for one day. That, and the fact that we went to Ming Tien after that and probably ate off all our hard work. What was meant to be an innocent trip to get some fresh fruit juice after our TWO HOUR badminton session, turned out to be an eating session. I guess we can't resist ikan bakar and deep fried mushrooms. Slurping-ly sinful.

Oh well, it's to work again tomorrow at Bristol-Myers Squibb to fill in for their receptionist for another time because it's their company annual trip to Sabah. So, it'll be two full days of answering phone calls for me.

"Bristol-Myers Squibb, good afternoon; how may I help you?"

Just try saying that really fast a few times and see if you get tongue-twisted. Lol.

And then, come Friday evening, it's off to Melaka with the council. Road trip!!!! It's not the full council going, but nevertheless, it's gonna be tons of fun, I'm sure. I've missed spending crazy times with them, hanging around and bullshitting in the council room with nothing better to do. Probably the last official outing of our council.

Been watching tons of TV lately, and oh no, I think I've gotten hooked onto some new series: Grey's Anatomy and The O.C.

I know I'm a bit late to be jumping on the O.C. bandwagon, since the second or third season's already showing on 8TV but I've been watching the first few episodes of the first season because they're showing it on Astro, and it's pretty interesting. I still like One Tree Hill better of course, but well, Orange County's not too bad either; love the scenery and the houses, and well, Seth's pretty cute in a geeky way. Lol.

Song of the day: Michael Tolcher's Bad Habits.

And one more thing. Daniel, our current not-quite Malaysian Idol is overrated. Ugh. Was watching the repeat of the season 2 finale, and EVERYONE can sing Daniel out of the water. Seriously. I want my Ashhhhh to be Malaysian Idol. I want anyone else to be Malaysian Idol. Okay, errrr, on the other hand, maybe not Faizull.

Ouch. My entire body's still hurting from our hard-core tennis/badminton session. Huff huff. Puff puff. We should really do this more often.

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Catching Up.

family Monday, December 05, 2005

Aaaaah. Finally, it's been a few days of not bumming around at home. Got off my bum and up to meet up with friends.

First, it was Friday night at Mun Fong's McClients. Six of us: Mun Fong, Manda, Karen, Kvin, Ching and I; sat around a tiny lil table out in the garden of her shop at about 10 in the night and reminisced. A big big super thank you to Mun Fong for so generously making her famous potato salad for us, and getting all the other stuff for the get-together ready. I had so much fun, I hadn't seen Manda and Mun Fong since July, I think. All the grandmother stories emerged. You know how we usually talk about things that happened in secondary school or Form Five? Things like that? We just started reminiscing about our good old primary days for some reason. How we used to bully Pn. Chai, who was a very nice lady but a big old softie at heart. We didn't bully her because we didn't like her, but because she was so fun to bully. And then stupid immature things we did way back in those days. And the dumb stories En. Azmi used to tell [he apparently once cut open a cat, and healed it by stapling it back together], but we thought they were damn funny then. Sigh. Those really were the days. Little kids in Standard Six, running around, thinking we were so big, just because we were the oldest in the school. Sat around and laughed our heads off, stuffed our stomachs, and got bitten by mosquitoes; left about midnight.

And while we there, this guy came to the shop. And even though the shop was closed, he urgently needed to buy a single stalked rose. Poor guy probably forgot an anniversary. =P

Came home, stayed up till 2 in the morning to catch the repeat of the finale of War and Beauty. Sigh. My favourite character died. Damn. What an ending. At least she died sacrificing for the man she loved and in his arms. Man, chinese dramas are so full of drama, but I'm a sucker for them, anyway.

Saturday was a blast. Siokkwan had finished her exams, so we went off to 1Utama for serious shopping. Four females in 1Utama, what else would you expect? We managed to get Siokkwan her belated birthday present, she chose a gorgeous pair of white and red Skechers.

So, Mary and Pekwah, if you're reading this: You owe Ching money for the present. The amount shall not be enclosed here. Lol.

Bought another two pairs of heels. Yes, yes, I'm guilty. But one pair was 50% off, and I really needed them anyway! I can wear them to uni next year. Hehe.

Ohh, and I got another piercing in my right ear that day. This time it's on the upper part of the ear, not the earlobe. Big no thank you to Ching, Siokkwan and Suki who were absolutely NO help while I was getting it done. They were standing right at the other end of the shop, staring and laughing as I got my ear pierced. Geez. THANK YOU. So, now I've got five piercings on my ears altogether. It looks good, and thankfully, it was way less painful than I expected.

My...err.. ear. Haha.

Rushed back home, because Dad called and said that we were having a family dinner. No occasion, but just a gathering, I suppose. My family's so big, that we all hardly get a chance to sit down together on usual weekdays and weekends, so it's nice to see everyone make an effort to spend some time together. After the rush home, guess where they decided to go for dinner?! 1Utama. Omg. Where I had just rushed home from. Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh. So off I went AGAIN.

Thankfully, dinner at Chili's was good. And I got to go shopping again, not at the expense of my own wallet this time! Haha. Mum bought me a new top, only because she could borrow it from me. Lol.

Aaron, who flicked a piece of his daddy's Fajitas at Chili's. Lol.

I've got my driving exam on Thursday. I'm so nervous. Hopefully nothing, and I repeat, NOTHING, goes wrong. Keep your fingers crossed for me!

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Child Abuse Is Over.

college days Monday, November 14, 2005

GUESS WHO'S BACK

Guess who's back... back again... Shady's back... whoops, wrong track.

Haha. Just exactly how lame was that?

For those of you who did not understand that, that was my attempt at a joke-lah. It's all a result from :-
Too much brain usage during exams + Mind-boggling questions + Three hours of squirming uncomfortably around in the super cold exam hall - mamak sessions - social life = Overheating of brain = Extra lame than ever.

ABUSE (FINALLY) OVER

After 13 long years of education, including those kindy years, I have seriously come to the conclusion that final exams are a form of child abuse. Not by inflicting pain, but mental disorder. Lol. Exams are over for the year! Never thought the day would come for me to say that. Dramatic, I know, but seriously. Maths B was the final paper today, and well, we do not expect anything less from a Maths B paper. Left the whole killer 15-mark question blank. BLANK. Ms. Lee actually came by my table and I must've have looked pretty lost because she attempted to drop a few hints... BUT *drum roll* I still couldn't get it. I couldn't for the life of me understand what she was trying to tell me. How bad is that?

Oh well. My happy after-exam smile. =)

DETOUR

So, first event after exams: we were supposed to go for a few rounds of badminton at Megah. We didn't make any bookings, 'cause well, usually we just walk in and get a court without any difficulty. This time, all courts are booked till the end of the year on weekdays after 6 p.m.! Can you believe it? Good business. So, we ended up at Williams. Another place with good business and good food. Slurp. Ate so much. Headed home after that, Suki stayed a little while longer at Ching's and managed to book us tickets for the premiere of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire on Thursday! Wheeeee. Hope the movie isn't a total letdown because Goblet of Fire is my favorite book of the series. But then again, these movies adapted from books are always letdowns. [*cough* Charlie and the *cough* Chocolate Factory]

OTHER BITS of TOTAL RANDOM-NESS

Aaron. Also known as the 'Rambutan Tree' of our family. He eats SO MUCH. One rambutan after another.

It feels good to be blogging again. Yes, weird, I know.

But, it took me almost an hour to open up the 'New Blog Post' page. Sheesh. My dial-up connection is getting slower as we speak.

Omg. College is OVER. OVER. OVER.

I am very fascinated by toys. Innovative. They have little jigsaw puzzle pieces in plastic instead of conventional cardboard. See? That's my work of art. It's a horse, in case you couldn't tell. Hmpf.

Ching, Suki and I are going to bake 'Chewy Choc Cookies' tomorrow morning. Yay.

Siokkwan's birthday is coming up this Friday! Can't wait.

This was weeks ago, but the Gaghan family got eliminated from the Amazing Race, and I'm so heartbroken. Bah. Little Carissa Gaghan is nine years old and she's racing there, everyday, tougher than some of the idiots on the race. And I salute both her parents for being so strong and carrying the weight of the team, travelling with two kids. It's definitely not easy. Look at her trying so hard not to cry when they were eliminated. Sigh.

That Backstreet Boys' video, I don't remember what the title is, but it's just weird. The one where they're so 'rock and roll' and old school. It's WEIRD.

I just realized I can name all the Backstreet Boys offhand: Nick, Brian, Kevin, AJ and Howie. Gosh, I'm a freak.

I don't like tauge.

Man, I have to wake up early to walk Joel to school tomorrow. Darling Joel is taking his first steps into the world of primary school. Awww. It's a big moment for him.

I feel like eating potato chips at past midnight. Right now.

I absolutely CANNOT stand ~~bitchy and slutty~~ unpleasant-looking Paula Malai Ali. Ugh.

Mini Cornetto's are not worth it. I can down one in three bites.

The mounds of papers I've used for all five subjects this year are all stacked up on the very bottom-est rung of my book shelf. Imagine how many trees the MUFY program kills every year? A lot.

I need sleep.

Yeah, so, that's that then. Good night (or rather, morning) ! Not much has been going on in my life to blog about, and I doubt you want to hear all about my final exams either. But that will change hopefully soon, lol. I need some fun.

Oh and before I go, here's a quote.

Optimism: Every dark cloud has a silver lining...
Pessimism: ...but lightning kills hundreds of people each year who are trying to find it.

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