Come to the dark side, we have cookies!

  I am back from the dark side! (I was supposed to say this 6 days ago, but I faced some 'technical' difficulties...) Now I am horribly homesick, no, not the I-miss-home kind of homesick, but the I-am-at-home-feeling-sick kind. I went to KL for a week on the 17th of December with my school band (which explains why I am back), it was really fun though tiring and involved lots of bad weather and horrible cleanliness topped with perpetual haze. I wouldn't want to blog about the whole trip bit by bit, so I'll just blog about some interesting stuff.

  We had 4 music exchange programs during the first 3 days. One memorable thing was that I met a guy who looked like Vicky's brother at the Confucian Private Secondary School (the school which we were also staying at), haha, he was younger though.


  We went shopping after all our official business was done, haha. I went to Times Square on the 19th. They had a Borders outlet there! It was so big and there's even a Starbucks in there! But unfortunately I didn't have much time to walk around and frolic so I just walked past it in favor of getting my dinner! I can't believe I just walked past a huge bookstore without even peeking past the windows... That night we went to the stadium (don't know the name... XD) to watch the World Marching Band Competition 2009. It was boring at first but then it got really awesome, haha. We didn't manage to watch it till the end because it was getting really late. That competition was totally an eye opener, I never expected Malaysia to be that good and is actually in the run for the top 3 spots. Hah...

  

  We went to KLCC on the 20th (?), I think it was the 20th... I went to Kinokuniya there, and it was HUGE! Books as far eye can see... They mostly sold novels and fictions and almost every genre you could imagine, except for textbooks and school reference books. I picked up 4 books there but unfortunately the line at the cashier was extremely long and I didn't have time to wait. Darn! Luckily, I got the chance to go back to Times Square and actually have the chance to enter Borders! My friends and I spent most of our time there, just sitting and reading. I bought 2 books there - The Lovely Bones and The Graveyard Book... If I had more financial support I would have bought a pile of books...

  Next we went to Genting Highlands on the 21st and 22nd. It was freaking cold up there, sometimes I could even see my breath (not my own breath actually, I saw other people's breath since I didn't know how to do it, haha). The whole place was covered in fog most of the time and it was really windy outside. We rode the cable car (gondola actually) to go up to Genting Highlands since our bus couldn't go up. We waited for hours at the cable car station, everyone was queued in an 'S' shape, haha.  I spent my time (window) shopping at Genting, I didn't have the guts to go on any thrill rides and I didn't have the patience to go on kiddie rides. Let's just say that the hotel there is 'not the best option'.

  We went to Mid Valley and Pavilion on the 22nd. I only got the chance to have lunch at Mid Valley, again, didn't have time to look around. Frankly I must say that I totally hate Pavilion. It's absolutely the place for those richest of the rich, I couldn't even get dinner without checking my wallet twice. Almost everything there has a 3-digit price tag...

  That's about it for my trip. On the flight back, I still didn't get a window seat. But I was really tired so I didn't bother to change seats...

Merry Very Belated Christmas everyone! And Happy Second-To-Last Day of 2009!

Abnormality test

  I found this today while going through random websites, haha. Somehow, I'd have to say credits go to alfred (I don't know alfred is, that was what the author wrote).


At the end of this message, you are asked a question.

Answer it immediately. Don't stop and think about it.

Just say the first thing that pops into your mind.

This is a fun 'test'... AND kind of spooky at the same time! Give it a
try and you'll see how many people you know fall into the same percentage as you. 

Now - just follow the instructions as quickly as possible.

Do not go to the next calculation before you have finished the previous one..

You do not ever need to write or remember the answers, just do it
using your mind.

You'll be surprised.

Start:

How much is:

15 + 6









3 + 56

























89 + 2











12 + 53






























75 + 26



























25 + 52




















63 + 32


























I know! Calculations are hard work, but it's nearly over..

Come on, one more!














123 + 5
































QUICK! THINK ABOUT A COLOR AND A TOOL!
































Scroll further to the bottom!















A bit more...












You just thought about a red hammer , didn't you?

If this is not your answer, you are among 2% of people who have a
different, if not abnormal, mind.

98% of the folks would answer a red hammer while doing this exercise.


  Haha, I though of a green spanner (though I've never seen a spanner that is green...)

Fifty! Fifty passages of 'diligence'!

  This is my 50th post! Cool! I didn't think I would last this long, let's sing a song to celebrate! Hahaha... Be prepared, this is gonna be a long post.

I will follow him~
Follow him wherever he~ may go

There isn't an ocean too deep

A mountain so high it could keep~
Keep me away~


-The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack

  The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack is a really weird cartoon, so weird I can compare it to the likes of Invader Zim. But I love The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack and also Invader Zim, haha. I guess I have a thing for weird stuff (trust me...). 

Flapjack is so adorable! Hahaha

Gir! Is not useful AT ALL

   Today I went bowling for the first time during this holidays, haha, and I ended up watching A Christmas Carol somehow. It was alright, like the dozens of remakes before it *unintended sarcasm*. The graphics were really good and some parts of the movie kept me at the edge of my seat, mainly because the graphics were so good, the ghosts were scary. Not to mention the sound effect were really creepy! A Christmas Carol is so totally the scariest 3D movie I have ever seen. A funny thing was, when i watched the commercial for it on TV, I actually thought it was made by real life actors and stuff, I did NOT expect that it was 3D... Hahaha... I think I'm going to watch New Moon tomorrow (movie day at most cinemas!). Can't believe I'm actually gonna watch New Moon but what the heck... Haha.

  It's December already, time passes so quick it kinds freaked me out. I'm gonna be in senior 2 next year, which happens to just be next month, which also may or may not be a good thing. I'm getting a real big headache thinking about the future... and beyond... Haha. For once I've really felt the pressure of having a 'plan' for my life... I don't even know if I'm staying for senior 3 yet! Seriously, I gotta make up my mind. Everyone (not exactly) says that I have to decide where I'm gonna go to study and what I'm gonna study and blah blah blah, the usual. If only things were simple like choosing which primary school you're gonna go or choosing a better high school... *sigh* I can't even tell the difference between foundation program and pre-u, or are they the same? GAH! I guess this will be my last 'carefree' holidays...

  The main point is... this is my 50th post! Hahaha...

World domination can wait!

Condolences

  Due to some unfortunate event, my computer screen can only display colourful stripes (whee!) that change colours!! Isn't that great?! *twitching* So, I now pronounce my computer unfit to function and dead, cause of death: old age, crappy hardware and colourful striped screen, a moment of silence please... Hahaha. Now I'm forced to use the laptop, which is actually faster and works better than my crappy computer.

  I went to watch 2012 a few days ago and it was AWESOME!! I meant the special effects, haha. I've never seen any movie with that much explosions and collapsing building and tsunamis and etc., ever. Though some parts weren't really realistic but it's still awesome, haha.


  I'm feeling pretty lazy to blog... Haha

10 minutes gone by typing this

 My dog issue is finally solved. No, it doesn't mean they don't fight anymore, it's just that they fight in silence. Haha. They are really two big idiots, it's amusing to watch their weird antics. I just realized that they've got jealousy issues, haha. 

  Time really flies, it's already November 28th. School's gonna reopen in a month's time, which is 36 days to be exact, which is 864 hours, which is 51840 minutes and so on, but who's counting? Hahah. I'm not really looking forward to the school reopening, it just means there'll be lots of work to do and butts to study off. Haha. I'm still spending my holidays in a meaningless fashion, not doing anything worthwhile. I wish I could get a job, then I'd actually gain something out of all this wasted time. 

  I guess I don't really have anything to post about huh... Hahaha. I'll post again when I find something good to talk about...

Bori and Pooh, respectively

  Okay, I think I have a traumatized puppy at hand. I didn't mention this before but three weeks ago, I got a puppy (technically, it's not mine but whatever). She's a really funny dog (yes, she), she stumbles alot and she'll chase the broom round and round in circles when my mom sweeps the floor, haha. So, yesterday, I got another puppy (how many do we need??!) and both of them are fighting like two lunatics. The other puppy is male but he sleeps alot, and I mean 23-hours-a-day kind of alot. He was whimpering and screaming and crying and yelling (or at least that's what it sounds like) all night because he was attacked, literally, and bitten by the other puppy. I should also mention that he's autophobic, and no, it doesn't mean he's afraid of cars or auto parts, it means he's terrified of being left alone. I just close the door for one moment and he'll be crying like it's the end of the world, and we're speaking of dogs in this case, haha. Well, I think he's now badly traumatized since he won't voluntarily go or sleep within 10 feet of the other puppy.

  Another thing is I'm horribly terrified of dogs, seriously, mostly their saliva, eww... Oh no, I've got two puppies running loose in my backyard and I'm absolutely terrified of them. Which explains why I didn't break up the fight between the puppies. Dogs give me a rash... And there they go again, picking on each other like fleas...

What's on my mind, not yours

  It might seem weird for me to post another entry 2 minutes after I posted one, but I have a perfectly valid reason for posting this post. I don't really like the updated editor which I use to compose my posts or entries or whatever you like to call them. The spacing is wayy too wide, everything looks so out of place. Or maybe I'm just weird, which in that case, you can skip this post. Haha. Goodnight everyone.

p.s. I mentioned the word 'post' 6 times in this post or entry or whatever, and including this sentence makes it 8. Just ignore me, my mind quite bumbled and fumbled and jumbled and mumbled at this moment. 

An Epic Expedition

   So, I'm back (though it's not like I left or anything), or 'out from prison' in someone else's context. I was actually at camp for the past three days which was Wednesday to Friday, find the date yourself, if you bother to... It's safe to say that this camp was one of the most unforgettable camps, ever. The B5 brass quintet flew over from Singapore to tutor the band and also to give an awesome recital, haha. Oh, and they're from Thailand by the way. They're really, REALLY good, and one of them is really, REALLY tall. Haha. Awesome.

  Nothing important happened, or it's better to say nothing actually happened. Holidays still going on, without me as usual, but I'm pretty much used to it. The KL tour with the band is coming up, real soon, I'm still pretty blurry on many things. How am I gonna make it? Cross my fingers and hope I don't die. I didn't go for bowling training this week, I really hope I'm not back to square one again, again and again since the past few months. My class reunion (J3 Zhong 08') is on the coming Tuesday night. I didn't actually wanted to go since I'm feeling totally beat but I guess 'a twist of events' happened. Haha, or so you could say.

  Does anyone think this post is confusing and weird? I kinda think so. Maybe it's because I need to rewire my brain again, and I'm really, REALLY tired and horribly down with the flu. Darn, showering with cold water on a rainy day with an open window, then walking in the rain, not a very good thing, especially when the water supply is limited.

Pointless much

  Hmmm... I haven't posted in a while, well, not exactly. I don't have much stuff to blog about recently. For one thing, the holidays are officially here, as in senior one has ended. That's too bad, pity... I suddenly feel old, ugh, gotta shake that feeling... So now I'm just gonna recap on what happened since my last post:

Nothing happened

  Seriously, this holiday is getting really boring. All I do is practice, bowl, practice, bowl some more and repeat the cycle all over again. I actually had a goal for this holiday, which is to write a story or essay or whatever, but it's still nowhere near completion. Haha. I thought of taking taekwondo lessons which my parents agreed but haven't started yet, maybe I never will. I think you get the idea of how boring my holidays are...

Out of luck, and also books

I think I just broke my all time record of blog updating speed, wow, I must have ran out of things to do. The inter-class bowling competition is now long over though it's just been 24 hours. It was fun watching my ball slide in the opposite way I meant it to, feeling the ball suddenly slip off my hand too soon and the best part was seeing my ball roll down the ditch, whee... No more talk about that, it's all over now, finally. Haha.

The finals for the Golden Mic competition was held at the school hall today. Too bad I didn't get to watch it one bit, or maybe it's not a bad thing, hmmm. Most of my friends told me it was so boring and everyone was falling asleep, haha, more like the Golden Lullaby instead of Golden Mic. Well, tomorrow's the Tshung Tsin Star finals. I don't have band practice on Tuesdays so I guess I'm gonna be stuck in the hall with everyone else. Just hope that it's not as bad as last year... *nightmares* I remember that I was hanging around the classroom when the competition was going on last year, didn't exactly figure out how I was able to do that with a group of friends... But I did went to the hall for about 20 minutes and saw 2 shows which made me leave, at top notch speed. Haha

One fine Sunday afternoon (it was yesterday and it's actually not fine at all, it was hot and humid), I got really bored, like really extremely over-the-top pure boredom bored. I was just sitting at home after the bowling competition, the Internet was down (AGAIN) so I was friend-less and Internet-less (as in web-less, hahaha, okayy, that was a terrible pun). Thank goodness I have one last book (WHAT, the last one?!), 'Outside Beauty' by Cynthia Kadohata, so I finished it in the afternoon. It's generally a book of mixed emotions, some parts just made me mad and some were pretty touching, but not tear-jerking kind of touching... Well, off to find 'The Time Traveler's Wife' that doesn't have a glossy cover. Haha.

Oooh, a nerdy post

I have finished reading Season of Secrets on Thursday night, finally. I kept putting it off since the few chapters in the beginning were a little boring but I made myself read it during the few hours which I was not able to sleep and the good stuff starting coming around the middle. It's a nice book but not as good as 'Ways to Live Forever' which is also by Sally Nicholls. I didn't really get the story at first, I kept thinking: what about him? what about her? so what the seasons are changing? But then I had a moment of epiphany, which I sort of get a lot nowadays, and the puzzle is complete! Haha.

Well, I TRIED to read the other two books I ordered, namely 'The Heartbreakers' and 'This Book is not Fat, it's Fabulous'. Note the word 'tried', which means I attempted to read them but they just didn't spark my interest and 'reading mind' so I quit after 10 pages. No offence to anyone but I sort of hate those two books... One of them had kissing all over the first chapter and I just don't get the humor of the other (was it trying to be funny? Or maybe not...). So because of this slight predicament, I started on 'Outside Beauty' by Cynthia Kadohata, which happens to be the LAST unread book in my cabinet, (besides the other two mentioned earlier), oh no... Popular is having a 20% percent discount on certain books for members, I must get 'The Time-Traveler's Wife'!!

Okay, so I guess this is gonna be a long post. Today I went to Citymall for a seminar (wow, that's rare). My friend invited me to go and I just thought: What the heck, I'll just go and sit there then. Who ever thought it was a seminar about sales and ways you can earn 300k a month ( I was kinda skeptic about it), at least I never thought it was... Well, anyone can tell I'm not a 'sales' kind of person and the lecturer said lots of sales terms which I just sat there and listened, searching my brain for the meaning of those words, information that I never found since it never existed. Haha, I don't think I'm cut out for the business world but who cares... As for the product we were 'supposed' to sell, it was actually some kind of bar (in simpler words, it's soap, without the soap's properties, huh...). I'm not gonna mention the name of it, since I'm pretty skeptic about everything... Haha.

Tomorrow's the inter-class bowling competition and I'm still sitting here blogging past midnight, I guess I really am a night-owl. I'm a little worried and nervous, more about not being able to find a ball that actually fits my hand than about the scoreboard. They really should make 9 and 10 pound balls for smaller fingers, whoever even gave them the idea that people who use heavier balls would have an insanely huge palm and large fingers. Sometimes they are just so unpractical, I could fit two thumbs into the thumb hole of a 14 pound ball, haha. I think I'd better go early so I could try ALL the balls, I must get the good ones! Haha.

I just thought of something interesting to post but I guess I'll save it for some other time. This is a really long post and I wouldn't want it to be as long as a novella, or even worse, a novel. Well, goodnight everyone!

Bowling has nothing to do with bowls

As most people should know, or not, my posts are usually a day late. Okayy, so that was just some random fact that isn't really important. And the post title has nothing to do with this post.

Yesterday was a Tuesday which makes it the-day-I-usually-go-bowling or simply said, bowling day. The inter-class bowling competition is right around the corner, a very tight corner, so I went with Tham, Vicky and Elsa to 'train'. We played 3 games at first but then it was addicting, haha, sounds so wrong, so we added another 3 games, and 3+3 is 6. I really should consider getting my own bowling equipment. CPS has really horrible equipment, and by that I mean absolutely terrible, awful and beyond your imagination. Some important things you should remember when going bowling there:

1. You MUST wear socks unless you want to get your feet decomposed inside the decomposing shoe. This could be lethal.

2. You MUST cut your nails before you go there, unless you like grime and would prefer them being in your nails than in the bowling balls.

3. You MUST NEVER put/ hold/ place/ rub the bowling ball anywhere near your clothes. If you would like to know where the ball has been and how long since it was last wiped, then by all means, go for it.

Tham was having troubles keeping his arm straight during the throw and we have devised the phrase 'Think Straight', haha, it sort of sounds wrong at the same time. Well, after the 6 games yesterday, I have won the prize of having sore arms and knees, oh goodie... So now I am just gonna hope I don't embarrass myself this Sunday and get this over with.

'It is very unnerving to be proven wrong, particularly when you are right and the person who is really wrong is proving you wrong and proving himself, wrongly, right." - Lemony Snicket

THIS IS IT

I went to watch 'This Is It' today at 1Borneo! It's a really long movie or behind-the-scenes look, whichever appeals to you more, about 2 hours long. It would have been a great concert if he had lived long enough to perform in it. Though, he seems kinda tired and exhausted during the rehearsals, pity... Well, it was totally awesome! Funny how the world all turned their eyes on MJ for all the wrong reasons. People can have a pretty wild imagination sometimes, especially the media. There was a video circulating on the web that shows MJ alive, being escorted out of a coroner's van, but the funny thing is you never got even a glimpse of his face... Hah, might be just another scam like the videos of his ghost moonwalking =.= What can I say...

So, I visited the (newly opened?) Harris Bookstore at 1Borneo while I was there. They've got lots of books, especially English fiction and literature, which is a good thing. Apparently, Popular Bookstore doesn't have enough books for me and most of them are weird. I saw an MJ unauthorized biography 'Unmasked' written by some guy named Ian Halperin who is (claims, is a more suited word) MJ's friend who predicted MJ's death. Come on, you could have or should have done something about it instead of writing a book about it now saying he was a goner... Oh, and I saw another book, it's more of a graphic or picture book, titled 'The Dangerous Alphabet'. It was written by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by some Grimly guy. Neil Gaiman is a really great author (he's the author of 'Stardust' but I didn't read that one), haha, his books are really interesting and they have their own charm. (Oh no, I'm speaking gibberish...) In conclusion, Michael Jackson totally rocks! and Neil Gaiman rocks too, in second place of course.

Bummer

School opened today, well, for one day only. It's pretty pointless having to go to school today. We just sat around in class and talk, at least until it was 1.50pm. All of the test papers were returned before it was even lunch break, didn't have much to do. One good thing was that the scholastic books which I ordered 2 MONTHS or more ago arrived but I realized I ordered all the wrong books. I had 5 books, 2 of which were cheesy romance novels which I am seriously getting tired of and 2 more weird books which I don't think you should know what it contains. At least I got another book by Sally Nicholls, who is a pretty good author^^

As the title implies, today was also a bummer due to quite a few contributing factors. I got bad, as in where-the-heck-did-the-rest-of-my-brain-go and I-broke-the-low-records-and-was-given-a-spot-in-the-idiot's-hall-of-fame kind of bad, horrible, disappointing, crappy, terrible, depressing, wallpaper-peeling, [insert word(s) with similar context here] etc. exam results. This is so not a good year, it's like one of the worst in my life, or most likely is. I am not entirely in a good mood right now, feels like I'm gonna snap at the next person who talks to me.

In a totally separate situation, it's just a wonder that 26 alphabets could spell so many words, that have so many different meanings. And the words, when put together, could mean so much...

- To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks -

In the middle

The title of this post has many meanings, if you know what I mean (I know you don't, which is a good thing). Well, it might mean that I am in the middle of my exams, or I am in the middle of slacking again, or I am in the middle of 'studying' maths and etc.

I think I forgot what I was about to say. Oh yeah, MJ's 'THIS IS IT' tickets go on sale today! YAY! I must go and watch it, I waited for a long time for it... Thank goodness the exams will be over by then^^ Haha, I'm getting carried away now... Now, back to my discreet panicking for tomorrow's additional maths exam (seriously, can't I just learn maths instead of 'additional' ones) and my futile attempts to 'study' and 'memorize' maths.

'That' surely brings back the memories, thanks alot~

More blabber from me

I can't believe it, I had more posts in this week than I ever had. Curse you Distraction and Procrastination, now I spend more time updating my silly blog than working my butt off for the exam... >.> Ah, what the heck, I've got nothing to lose anyway... except my future? Guess I'm condemned to a life of slacking and dreaming. 

Twenty-Two

Twenty-two is the lucky number

As wonderful as can be

Though you've been getting dumber

Twenty-two, can't you see?!

When are you gonna wake up

I can tell that you're really slow

Twenty-two is here to see you

Wrapped with a big red bow

I know you're dumb and stupid

I know your hobby is slacking

But before your brain turns rancid

You better start thinking

Please save yourself I beg of you

Though hope is frail like your brain

Maybe your dreams will come true

If you stop dancing in the rain

Stand up and work really really hard

Fake a smile and look like a card

And pray real hard nobody knows

That you've been visited by twenty-two

Seriously crazy

I know I should be studying right now and studying is the right thing to do now (what am I saying...), but I am horribly bored and bored to horrible bits. I can't concentrate at all and I'm not even done studying for the biology exam tomorrow, darn... Guess writing this was just another way for me to avoid studying. I hate studying, very much, and I am sure studying also hates me which doesn't really make much sense. Told you I lost my mind...

This was a conversation between me and Sabina this noon.

Sabina : Give me another word for happiness

Me : Holiday

Sabina : Please la...

And now I will attempt to face the demons of studying and procrastination and at the same time keep my friend, Laziness, away. But the good TV shows are on right now... aww man... Well, gotta keep my head on the exam instead of double posting for the sake of my own amusement and hope that I come out alive and sane.

I lost my mind, figuratively and literally

I have lost something and I need to find it back, fast. Never have I been so lost and full of questions other people would regard as stupid and pointless. What the heck anyway, not like someone’s going to walk this road with you. My point is, if anyone stumbles upon my mind or if you happen to have it, please give it back, I desperately need it. It’s small and practically useless with or without my head and its highly likely to exhibit bipolar or insanity symptoms. Well, there’s still a possibility that it has just evaporated out my ears… Hmmm… In which case I would suffer the consequences greatly…

Solitary Confinement

'Solus Ipse'

There never will be a darker day than That Day, at least that is what I hope. I did not realise this was a sad occasion. It seems some things never get easier the second time, and whoever coined that phrase probably never thought it through.

Time and time again I keep repeating my mistakes, placing a heavy burden upon myself, inflicted only by myself. Maybe Fate was getting tired of me never learning and left no mercy in its actions. But still I wish I could do it all over again, something I should have done, something I should have said, somewhere I should have been. Nevertheless, the fact has hit me right in the face, like how a car on the highway would.

I am sorry I have left another soul lonely and I would give anything to change it, change that very moment, that very sentence I said. Now, I am alone in my own dismal situation, surely someone would understand but not someone I know of this moment. The silence is cold and unforgiving, it is the kind of silence many fear and dread. The sickly lurch I feel with each footstep, the trailing misery with each passing day, it may just be enough to drive me insane... But I'm still perfectly sane, completely able to feel every pin-pricked second and all I can do is apologize, to that person or perhaps to myself?

The solemn atmosphere and silent raindrops continues on and I don't think I want to change it. I am tired, for once, I am completely worn-out and beat. I have nothing to say to defend myself, for I am guilty as charged. My guilt is like my shadow now, it lives alongside me and walks with me though I cannot see it. All because of the wrong turns I made, I have condemned myself to a life of regret and I have to walk to road of guilt alone.

Never again will I look at things by the same perspective. Perhaps this was just another series of unfortunate events or perhaps it's just life taking its course. Every things will be different now, from the very sights I see down to the very steps I take. There's an empty feeling in the air, where something should have been and always have been, only that I have always been taking it for granted. A thousand apologies would never make up for the hole in my heart and shadow in my soul.

'He's there in my heart, He's there in the dark

He waits in the wings, He's gotta play a part' - Lenka