I feel so tired and sore from just now. I feel so useless, really. How come I just can't stop myself, pick up some fallen pieces and maybe take a few deep breaths and stand up for myself? Why do I always have to be the one to hold it in? To choose the path where I don't shout and scream and throw a tantrum and just silently cry?
Hate it.
Sudden rain.. There's thunder and lightning. Going off. Bye people.
Hope my eyes won't look like they have been crying.
If people like Edward existed, they would explode reading my mind.
9/10 ANYWAY, refer to above post. So A was angry and A scolded me. A said I always use A, that I don't care about what A has to do as long as A can drive me, and that I always say that A is fat. 'Who do you think you are? Princess ah?' A said.
So sad. But you know why? It is because it is true. I was so sad, cried but for a different reason this time. What I felt was very confusing. It IS true. What A said is true. I always ask A to drive me. Sometimes, because of miscommunication, A had to leave in the middle of yam cha with A's friends. And as I said in the post above, I do tease A about things, but because I'm tired of A saying A will change, but not doing anything. I'm ok with A being the way A is now, but it's the fact that A says A will change, but does not. So... I feel so sad about this. So many unsaid things. No one brought it up again.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Oh Ya! TOTAL SURPRISE!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! THANKS JESSIE FOR THE FAREWELL GIFT.
BUT.
I haven't opened it yet. I'm SO EXCITED!!!!! I'm not allowing myself to open it until Friday!!! I hope I can resist! (Angela! That's why I don't want you to give me your farewell gift first. I only want to open on Friday and I'm not sure whether I can resist.) So anyway. I'm seriously excited about what both of you are giving me.
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BUT.
I haven't opened it yet. I'm SO EXCITED!!!!! I'm not allowing myself to open it until Friday!!! I hope I can resist! (Angela! That's why I don't want you to give me your farewell gift first. I only want to open on Friday and I'm not sure whether I can resist.) So anyway. I'm seriously excited about what both of you are giving me.
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Freaking Me Out
The Taking really is!!!!! I was just reading it alone and because of my wild imagination and tendency to totally immerse myself in the story, IT'S SO SCARY! It's seriously so descriptive, the vocabulary abit out of my league though, but seriously, SCARY!!!! I'm scared that I'll start thinking too much when I'm alone and when it's dark. *SCREAM!!!!!!!!!!*
Anyway! Can't wait to get further into the story!!!!! =D =D
Anyway! Can't wait to get further into the story!!!!! =D =D
Monday, September 28, 2009
Speechless
Tomorrow is Tuesday! There's piano lesson and I have no idea where my books are. They are seriously not in the house and I just cross my fingers that they are in my teacher's house.
GAH!
How far have I come? <- coming post. But I still have drafts waiting to be finished. Hahahaha.
GAH!
How far have I come? <- coming post. But I still have drafts waiting to be finished. Hahahaha.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
The Best
Yesterday.
Went to school as usual and Crys seemed really upset (has been for a few days) that I was going to leave soon. She was so intent on me going out together with her, the last chance, she said. So she texted Kev to bring clothes for me to school, then I was to follow her to lunch and stuff after school. Haha. So after school I went with Crys to her house, took a bath and we went off to 1B with her mum. We ate Kenny Rogers (KL's is better!) and me and Crys went for a movie. Because the time was right for us, we watched Where Got Ghost, the Singaporean movie. I totally didn't think that it was a 'scary' movie and that Crys doesn't watch scary movies. I just thought about it being a funny movie. Oh well. Crys bought me Twisties, my going away present. Hahahaha. So anwyay, the movie was not that good. It was funny, but I was seriously sleepy halfway through. First time that's happened. Maybe I was just really, really tired from volleyball on Friday and sleeping late too. So we got through the movie then went to F.O.S. to get some cheap shirts. Haha. Crys had to get XL. Oh well. A reminder of why we need to lose weight, we're so unhealthy!!! =D I'll start tomorrow! =P Anyway, I found a nice long sleeved shirt I could use in Aus for only RM10! Crys bought it for me. She said it was the 'real' going away present. Thanks Crys!!!! Everytime I wear it I'll think of you! Haha.
So then we walked around, went to Harris (one of my heavens!!!) and spent some time there looking at magazines (Rob Patt and Kris Stewart) Hahahahaha. Then it was about time to go home so we waited for her car to arrive. So we were in her house, waiting for 7.30pm to arrive because that was when her dad would send me back. So I was in Crys' room reading The Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton (I LOVE THAT BOOK!) and then Crys came in and said she wanted to bath. So as she was gathering her clothes, she said, Hey I'm going to your house k. Then it became a sleepover. I was actually kind of shocked because it was so sudden. But it was really okay with me. So at 7.30pm, we left with Crys' cloth bag full of things and her Doggy and her Blanket thing. Haha. Crys' mum wished me good luck with everything. What an early goodbye!
So we arrived home and her dad wished me good luck and stuff too. Then when I walked onto the porch, I was kind of confused. The old, old wooden table had a tablecloth on it and was laden with food. Seriously, nothing went through my mind and I didn't feel anything different, but confusion I guess. There was a place set out for me, an empty plate and cutlery. On the plate was a piece of white paper written on it 'This is what you want. NO party, NO friends, NO 'fan''. Fan as in frustration. I was abit shocked because I didn't want NO friends. This was the result of me telling Pei, Tur and Steph that I did not want them to plan a surprise farewell party I KNEW they were planning behind my back. I didn't want them to do it because I had alot of friends I wanted to invite, and some I didn't want to too. It was just very complicated, in my mind, though it might not actually be complicated. That will be another post. Haha. So I just stood there and asked Kev what it meant. He just said that my friends set it up at 3pm-ish for me. So I was like.. Okkaayyy. I seriously didn't know what to think. So me and Crys just went into the house. In the living room (which is just after the front door) I saw on the table alot of plates and bowls and cutleries. After that second, they came out from the dad's study, 'SURPRISE!!!!!!' they shouted. I was so shocked! I seriously did not think for a second that they would do something like that for me. Ok, maybe at the second when I saw the stacks of plates and bowls on the table I did think of it, but I coulnd't ponder on it because that's when they all came out.
I think that if Kev had said things like, 'Oh, because you said you didn't want a farewell party, so they said maybe you could celebrate it by yourself. They just borught you your favourite food from all around KK. They wanted you to celebrate your farewell by yourself with all the KK food you are going to be missing.', it would have been better and I would feel sad. But he didn't, and that's ok too.
after they surprised me and stuff, I went up to change because I was dying in my jeans (gained weight). When I was alone upstairs it really hit me and I was so touched! I wanted to cry, but didn't. What did I do to deserve such great friends? Pei, Tur, Steph, Crys, Pitza, Liau, Sim Ying, and Angela were there. SO BLESSED! So anyway, we ate after that. The food that they brought was Siew Mai from Emperor, Chicken Wings from don't-know-where, Soto from Sri Dewi I think, Bak Kut Teh from don't-know-where, Wo Tie and Shui Jiao, Kon Lau Mian, Chao Kueh Tiao from Bukit Padang, Ngiu Char Kueh from BP (British Petrol?!), and some other stuff I think. Kev bought a Black Forest Cake from Hyatt, but unfortunately I don't really like cakes. So anyway, everyone was really full. They also bought ABC from BP, and ice cream from Ananas. So kakak brought out the ABC and we started eating. Then after that there was durian (!!!) and talap! But again, unfortunately I don't eat those fruits. Hehe. But it really was fun watching them eat the talap and spitting the seeds out, seeing who could spit the furthest. There was a spider hanging on its thread beside the table we were sitting (outside) and they tried to hit it with the seeds. Hahahaha.
So then we just chatted and everyone started complaining about mosquitoes so we went inside. We just chatted and watched TV and then everyones car started to arrive. LeePei and Crystal were sleeping over. We were all so, so tired so we went up to bed. We didn't do the customary before-sleep chat we always have at sleep overs, I guess we were just so exhausted. I was tired because of walking around the whole afternoon with CRYSTAL! And of course also because of the continuous late nights before. So we only lasted until about 1am? I don't know. Only chatted for a while then we succumbed to sleep. Pei's mum said she'll be picking her at 9. We were all groaning at the early hour. But we got up at about 8 in the end. Haha.
Today.
We woke up and struggled to get ourselves out of bed. Then went downstairs to fix breakfast (YAY). We had toast (thanks Crys!) and Crys was introduced to WeetBix and Nestum Bubur (Pei's recipe Hahaha). I love fixing my own breakfast. So it was fun for me, hopefully for them too. Then after a while Pei had to go. Then Kev and Dad came home from church and they wanted to go for breakfast. Crys called for her mum to pick her up and after a while I was going out with Kev and Dad to Sandakan Noodles! Yum! Then after that we went to CP to get my tailored pants for school. We parked at Warisan and walked over. Well, it was too tight. SIGHHHHH. Crystal! We seriously need to do something about ourselves!!! =P (At least you are! T-T). So we asked them to alter it. So anyway, after that we walked around CP, spent some time in those electronic shops, looking at motion-flow demos on Bravia plasmas, spent some time in Times (my heaven!!). It hit my dad that it was the last Sunday I had left in KK (of course, I'll have more when I get back. NOT MIGRATING!). I could tell he was making an effort to spend time with me! =D So we left after getting Mao's Last Dancer (Kel's request) and Dad got an architecture magazine. Haha.
Then we went home, and me and Dad took a nap. I was really tired. So there I was, napping while Crys was in the gym (ROAR!!). Then when I woke up Dad had bought some Paos for me. I LOVE PAOS. Paos as in those tau sah paos/ ca sao paos those PAO. So he bought tau sah and zhu rou. YAY. He woke me up and we ate in the kitchen. (His effort!!! =D) and then after that we sort of did our own stuff, I think. And then me and Kev bathed (me in parents bathroom. I LOVE THEIR BATHROOM!) and went for dinner. Actually Dad had a wedding. He thought he had two weddings, so he RSVPed one saying he couldn't go, and went to the another one. But turns out the one he went to was actually next month. Hah. Trust my dad to mix these things up. So he went home and we all left for dinner. I was actually thinking about Fish N Co because I've had this craving for fish and chips for a few days already (Crys was supposed to take me yesterday but we ended up at Kenny Rogers). We ended up in Hyatt (Dad's effort!!!). It was a nice dinner I guess, but I unfortunately had gastric. Probably from the dinner last night and the paos. Haha. So we went home and that was the end of our day together.
I'm so blessed! Blessed that I have friends who care about me, and that I have a family that makes an effort. =D
Sigh... Thanks guys!!!!! SERIOUSLY! =D I love you guys!!! WILL MISS YOU GUYS SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!! =(
Gone too far <- another coming post... eventually! =P
Went to school as usual and Crys seemed really upset (has been for a few days) that I was going to leave soon. She was so intent on me going out together with her, the last chance, she said. So she texted Kev to bring clothes for me to school, then I was to follow her to lunch and stuff after school. Haha. So after school I went with Crys to her house, took a bath and we went off to 1B with her mum. We ate Kenny Rogers (KL's is better!) and me and Crys went for a movie. Because the time was right for us, we watched Where Got Ghost, the Singaporean movie. I totally didn't think that it was a 'scary' movie and that Crys doesn't watch scary movies. I just thought about it being a funny movie. Oh well. Crys bought me Twisties, my going away present. Hahahaha. So anwyay, the movie was not that good. It was funny, but I was seriously sleepy halfway through. First time that's happened. Maybe I was just really, really tired from volleyball on Friday and sleeping late too. So we got through the movie then went to F.O.S. to get some cheap shirts. Haha. Crys had to get XL. Oh well. A reminder of why we need to lose weight, we're so unhealthy!!! =D I'll start tomorrow! =P Anyway, I found a nice long sleeved shirt I could use in Aus for only RM10! Crys bought it for me. She said it was the 'real' going away present. Thanks Crys!!!! Everytime I wear it I'll think of you! Haha.
So then we walked around, went to Harris (one of my heavens!!!) and spent some time there looking at magazines (Rob Patt and Kris Stewart) Hahahahaha. Then it was about time to go home so we waited for her car to arrive. So we were in her house, waiting for 7.30pm to arrive because that was when her dad would send me back. So I was in Crys' room reading The Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton (I LOVE THAT BOOK!) and then Crys came in and said she wanted to bath. So as she was gathering her clothes, she said, Hey I'm going to your house k. Then it became a sleepover. I was actually kind of shocked because it was so sudden. But it was really okay with me. So at 7.30pm, we left with Crys' cloth bag full of things and her Doggy and her Blanket thing. Haha. Crys' mum wished me good luck with everything. What an early goodbye!
So we arrived home and her dad wished me good luck and stuff too. Then when I walked onto the porch, I was kind of confused. The old, old wooden table had a tablecloth on it and was laden with food. Seriously, nothing went through my mind and I didn't feel anything different, but confusion I guess. There was a place set out for me, an empty plate and cutlery. On the plate was a piece of white paper written on it 'This is what you want. NO party, NO friends, NO 'fan''. Fan as in frustration. I was abit shocked because I didn't want NO friends. This was the result of me telling Pei, Tur and Steph that I did not want them to plan a surprise farewell party I KNEW they were planning behind my back. I didn't want them to do it because I had alot of friends I wanted to invite, and some I didn't want to too. It was just very complicated, in my mind, though it might not actually be complicated. That will be another post. Haha. So I just stood there and asked Kev what it meant. He just said that my friends set it up at 3pm-ish for me. So I was like.. Okkaayyy. I seriously didn't know what to think. So me and Crys just went into the house. In the living room (which is just after the front door) I saw on the table alot of plates and bowls and cutleries. After that second, they came out from the dad's study, 'SURPRISE!!!!!!' they shouted. I was so shocked! I seriously did not think for a second that they would do something like that for me. Ok, maybe at the second when I saw the stacks of plates and bowls on the table I did think of it, but I coulnd't ponder on it because that's when they all came out.
I think that if Kev had said things like, 'Oh, because you said you didn't want a farewell party, so they said maybe you could celebrate it by yourself. They just borught you your favourite food from all around KK. They wanted you to celebrate your farewell by yourself with all the KK food you are going to be missing.', it would have been better and I would feel sad. But he didn't, and that's ok too.
after they surprised me and stuff, I went up to change because I was dying in my jeans (gained weight). When I was alone upstairs it really hit me and I was so touched! I wanted to cry, but didn't. What did I do to deserve such great friends? Pei, Tur, Steph, Crys, Pitza, Liau, Sim Ying, and Angela were there. SO BLESSED! So anyway, we ate after that. The food that they brought was Siew Mai from Emperor, Chicken Wings from don't-know-where, Soto from Sri Dewi I think, Bak Kut Teh from don't-know-where, Wo Tie and Shui Jiao, Kon Lau Mian, Chao Kueh Tiao from Bukit Padang, Ngiu Char Kueh from BP (British Petrol?!), and some other stuff I think. Kev bought a Black Forest Cake from Hyatt, but unfortunately I don't really like cakes. So anyway, everyone was really full. They also bought ABC from BP, and ice cream from Ananas. So kakak brought out the ABC and we started eating. Then after that there was durian (!!!) and talap! But again, unfortunately I don't eat those fruits. Hehe. But it really was fun watching them eat the talap and spitting the seeds out, seeing who could spit the furthest. There was a spider hanging on its thread beside the table we were sitting (outside) and they tried to hit it with the seeds. Hahahaha.
So then we just chatted and everyone started complaining about mosquitoes so we went inside. We just chatted and watched TV and then everyones car started to arrive. LeePei and Crystal were sleeping over. We were all so, so tired so we went up to bed. We didn't do the customary before-sleep chat we always have at sleep overs, I guess we were just so exhausted. I was tired because of walking around the whole afternoon with CRYSTAL! And of course also because of the continuous late nights before. So we only lasted until about 1am? I don't know. Only chatted for a while then we succumbed to sleep. Pei's mum said she'll be picking her at 9. We were all groaning at the early hour. But we got up at about 8 in the end. Haha.
Today.
We woke up and struggled to get ourselves out of bed. Then went downstairs to fix breakfast (YAY). We had toast (thanks Crys!) and Crys was introduced to WeetBix and Nestum Bubur (Pei's recipe Hahaha). I love fixing my own breakfast. So it was fun for me, hopefully for them too. Then after a while Pei had to go. Then Kev and Dad came home from church and they wanted to go for breakfast. Crys called for her mum to pick her up and after a while I was going out with Kev and Dad to Sandakan Noodles! Yum! Then after that we went to CP to get my tailored pants for school. We parked at Warisan and walked over. Well, it was too tight. SIGHHHHH. Crystal! We seriously need to do something about ourselves!!! =P (At least you are! T-T). So we asked them to alter it. So anyway, after that we walked around CP, spent some time in those electronic shops, looking at motion-flow demos on Bravia plasmas, spent some time in Times (my heaven!!). It hit my dad that it was the last Sunday I had left in KK (of course, I'll have more when I get back. NOT MIGRATING!). I could tell he was making an effort to spend time with me! =D So we left after getting Mao's Last Dancer (Kel's request) and Dad got an architecture magazine. Haha.
Then we went home, and me and Dad took a nap. I was really tired. So there I was, napping while Crys was in the gym (ROAR!!). Then when I woke up Dad had bought some Paos for me. I LOVE PAOS. Paos as in those tau sah paos/ ca sao paos those PAO. So he bought tau sah and zhu rou. YAY. He woke me up and we ate in the kitchen. (His effort!!! =D) and then after that we sort of did our own stuff, I think. And then me and Kev bathed (me in parents bathroom. I LOVE THEIR BATHROOM!) and went for dinner. Actually Dad had a wedding. He thought he had two weddings, so he RSVPed one saying he couldn't go, and went to the another one. But turns out the one he went to was actually next month. Hah. Trust my dad to mix these things up. So he went home and we all left for dinner. I was actually thinking about Fish N Co because I've had this craving for fish and chips for a few days already (Crys was supposed to take me yesterday but we ended up at Kenny Rogers). We ended up in Hyatt (Dad's effort!!!). It was a nice dinner I guess, but I unfortunately had gastric. Probably from the dinner last night and the paos. Haha. So we went home and that was the end of our day together.
I'm so blessed! Blessed that I have friends who care about me, and that I have a family that makes an effort. =D
Sigh... Thanks guys!!!!! SERIOUSLY! =D I love you guys!!! WILL MISS YOU GUYS SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!! =(
Gone too far <- another coming post... eventually! =P
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Sunday
Today is my last Sunday here in KK before I leave. Of course, I'll be back and will be spending more Sundays here I guess.
How sad. The population of our dogs just keep getting less and less. But I don't feel as sad as when Lobs went. Because I guess it was really, really heartbreaking to see Lobs suffer like that. See her slipping when she walked, struggling to get up or lie down, refusing to eat or drink and when she did, seeing her vomit it out again, stroking her and feeling only bones beneath her skin. =( I spent so, so much time sitting beside her, stroking her, scared to leave her alone in case she FELT abandoned, wiping her vomit up, trying to make her drink glucose water, and wiping her vomit up again. The living room stank of her sourish vomit, all the gastric juices that had nothing to digest. =( Sad that Lobs had to literally starve to death, even sadder that she didn't die at home.
I knew something was wrong with Twinkles one day when I came home from school. I stroked him and could see and feel that he was as thin as when Lobs was sick. Then at night I walked to the living room and thought I smelled the lingering scent of Lobs' vomit smell. I thought that the smell just hadn't disappeared yet and I just hadn't noticed until then, but in the morning I found out it was Twinkles vomit. I wondered at that time, as I still do now, whether it's a bug going around and was hitting my dogs one by one. But they were really old, so I'm not sure. Anyway, I wanted to suggest putting him down, end his suffering you know? =( I didn't want him to starve to death. But well, he's gone now. SIGH.
So the last Sunday, the last Sunday I have before I begin a new chapter of my life, it was pretty normal. Just that I'm really, really, really sleepy, and am going to take a nap efore blogging about it and yesterday.
I'm so blessed. Thank God, seriously! =D
How sad. The population of our dogs just keep getting less and less. But I don't feel as sad as when Lobs went. Because I guess it was really, really heartbreaking to see Lobs suffer like that. See her slipping when she walked, struggling to get up or lie down, refusing to eat or drink and when she did, seeing her vomit it out again, stroking her and feeling only bones beneath her skin. =( I spent so, so much time sitting beside her, stroking her, scared to leave her alone in case she FELT abandoned, wiping her vomit up, trying to make her drink glucose water, and wiping her vomit up again. The living room stank of her sourish vomit, all the gastric juices that had nothing to digest. =( Sad that Lobs had to literally starve to death, even sadder that she didn't die at home.
I knew something was wrong with Twinkles one day when I came home from school. I stroked him and could see and feel that he was as thin as when Lobs was sick. Then at night I walked to the living room and thought I smelled the lingering scent of Lobs' vomit smell. I thought that the smell just hadn't disappeared yet and I just hadn't noticed until then, but in the morning I found out it was Twinkles vomit. I wondered at that time, as I still do now, whether it's a bug going around and was hitting my dogs one by one. But they were really old, so I'm not sure. Anyway, I wanted to suggest putting him down, end his suffering you know? =( I didn't want him to starve to death. But well, he's gone now. SIGH.
So the last Sunday, the last Sunday I have before I begin a new chapter of my life, it was pretty normal. Just that I'm really, really, really sleepy, and am going to take a nap efore blogging about it and yesterday.
I'm so blessed. Thank God, seriously! =D
27.9.09
27.9.09 Sunday Early Morning
Rest In Peace
Twinkles
With your blue eyes that awed many of my friends.
I'll miss those eyes and your yucky fur coat. =(
Monday, September 21, 2009
Papar
You know, it's so weird. On Monday, me, dad and Kev went down to Papar for a open house. Hari Raya you know. It was quite a long drive, when we left the open house after about two hours, I think, we saw speeding sports cars. Torrents of them. Fine, so not THAT many, but about 7 or 6 cars you know! How amazing was that? So the first car was a black Porsche, and the second was MAYBE a Benz. Mind you they were driving really fast, so we're all not sure whether or not it was a sports car Benz or just a normal silver car. They were way up front. Then there were TWO Lotus sports cars. One was YELLOW, brilliant colour, and one was grey. There was a white BMW, not really a sports car but it looked kind of nice and it was driving really fast too. There were TWO Nissan sports cars. Don't remember the colours. Yup. They were all driving really fast, I was so amused. They were swerving in and out of the lanes with awesome engine sounds. Then a while after they were long gone, we saw a torrnet of bikes. Not those normal, cheap motorbikes you see in KK, but not those 'leather jackets, sunglasses, big, burly men with long beards' very, very awesome bikes either. It was in between, but quite nice too. They were 7 of them. How interesting. Then after that we saw 2 Porsches, I think. Isn't that so awesome? In a matter of a few hours we saw the amount of shiny vehicles you don't ever see in KK. And it was in Papar! Amongst the cows and goats and paddy fields. Hahaha.
When we reached the main road and passed the NEW, big and nice Burger King, we saw some of the first batch of sports cars parked there. Hahaha.
I like Papar. I like Burger King.
When we reached the main road and passed the NEW, big and nice Burger King, we saw some of the first batch of sports cars parked there. Hahaha.
I like Papar. I like Burger King.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
BUAHAHAHAHAHA
I TOTALLY deserve that laugh! I spent many, many, many hours cleaning up my email inbox. Seriousoly there were so many junk mails, forwarded emails, and of course, normal emails. I had been ignoring my email for so long, so there were HUNDREDS of unread mail waiting for me. I want to change my email, so I decided to get to clearing it. Haha, I ran into some old forwarded emails that I saved up. Some are really funny and really meaningful. Posting some phrases here. Hehe. But there are actually many forwarded stories that made me stop and think. Hopefully I'll remember them. I also ran through so many old emails to and from my friends. Sigh. So many regrets I have. 'People who are afraid to die are people who have regrets.' This phrase was in an email too. But I think it's talking about people who regret NOT doing something. What if you have done something and you regret? In that case, how would you be able to take it back? Sigh. I've been so, so, undeniably foolish at times. Oh well. I have to think positive. Life really is made up of choices. So here, I choose to move on and make it up whenever I have the chance to. =) Thanks especially to my MUM, to all my friends and sisters who have replied my emails giving advice and stuff. Especially, especially, especially my mum who had to endure all the stupid things I've done, that she's had to clean up for me. Gah. Regrets, regrets..... moving on.
'Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.' ROAR!!!
'Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.' ROAR!!!
'Be kinder than necessary; for everyone you meet isfighting some kind of battle.' I seriously believe in this. You don't know the true story behind someone's actions, the reason for it, the feelings others might be experiencing under that mask. So always be kinder than necessary! =)
'Good friends are like stars... You don't always see them, but you know they are always there.' I hope my friends will know this. Especially now when I'm leaving (Jesse McCartney) hahaha.
So. Yes. I'm FINALLY DONE!!!!!! I'm really tired, had to entertain Marco today too. So anyway.. am going to create my new hotmail, for msn purposes, because so many people use it.
Regarding the VMA issue, I'm just so surprised. It seriously amazes me that there really are people like this living today. Watched Kayne West on Jay Leno, it's so ridiculous. You can tell he's not really sorry that he did it, only sorry that it was bad publicity. As for Taylor Swift, well, should she have said something after Kayne West gave the mic back to her? Hmmm.. I'm not sure.
So moving on. Watched Year One with my dad yesterday night. Hahahahahaha. Seriously funny. But, really, watch it with an open mind and you'll enjoy it. It's Jack Black! What's not to enjoy? Michael Cera was so funny (from Juno, remember?). His small remarks are just so funny! The same goes to The Ugly Truth. Open minds people! It's Gerard Butler! What's not to enjoy (of course, he gained weight. He looked MUCH better in P.S. I Love You)? =D Would watch again if given the chance. Ooooh. Tropic Thunder too. An awesome movie! Really funny!!! It's Robert Downey Jr.! What's not to enjoy? Haha. Actually the whole cast was great. Really funny, but you have to wait to the end. HAHA. Thinking back just makes me laugh out loud. Literally.
Went to Times Bookstore today at Warisan. Have you guys been lately? I was so shocked! You know how much the average price of a book is now? Those general fiction types. RM39! Seriously! I'm not sure about the other bookstores. There was one old Sophie Kinsella book for RM54! Hmm, maybe they priced it wrong or something. Big shocker, didn't get anything.
Hmmmmmm. It's true though, you know. Some people really have the power to make other people smile, even if they don't know it. So always wear a smile for everyone okay?
Keep praying for you! Yes, you! Be strong!
Friday, September 18, 2009
Haha. Check it out.
I think it's quite weird, at some places. See for yourself and let me know what you think! =D =D
New Moon Trailer. Hahahahahahhahahaha. Enjoy!! (HAHAHA Check out his lipstick. Sorry. The movie is erm.. not good at all compared to the book.)
New Moon Trailer. Hahahahahahhahahaha. Enjoy!! (HAHAHA Check out his lipstick. Sorry. The movie is erm.. not good at all compared to the book.)
Bazaar
So here's a recount on the quite huge bazaar my school held this year to raise funds for our new school compund, down near 1Sulaman. So anyway, our class decided to open a stall during the bazaar. It was discussed months ago, I don't even remember when it was held. So what were we going to sell? We thought of asking shops to sell their food in our stall (eg Big Apple), or making homemade cakes and stuff, it went round and round. In the end we decided to make homemade food like lasagne and spaghetti and stuff like that. In the end what we sold was the peanut kueh, the one that is sort of like a muazhi, butter cakes, both by Shelia; lasagne and spaghetti by me, macaroni in white sauce by Malina, and cheap cocktails by Crystal and Sabina.
I know, you must think I'm crazy, that lasagne and spaghetti is so much work and stuff. But it was what they decided, and because no one wanted to do the lasagne so I took up the job. Thanks mum. And I say cheap cocktails because it's not the kind you get in a bar, not those Pimm's Cocktails and stuff like that. We also had some small side earnings like my totally all time favourite chocolate cake made by my mum and Kev's durian cake.
So for preparation, everyone in class put up small amounts of money, and we got some sponsors from some classmates or friends. Our chairperson for this bazaar thingy, Bubble discussedwith the organiser, Mary Liau and it was decided that the earnings would be split into 3:7, we would get 30% of what we earned. So we were all excited but some of us were really worried because the school's goal for every stall is about RM3000. So we bought the ingrediens, confirmed who was going to be sponsoring their food and who wasn't and stuff like that. Then I asked my mum whether she would do the lasagne, she was quite reluctant, because for those of you who have made it from scratch before, it is quite time-consuming. So anyway in the end my mum agreed and she agreed to do the spaghetti too. I felt and still feel quite bad for asking her to do so much work when she didn't really want to. She says it's really ok and that she doesn't want to take back any money but I know better. But she got her way anyway.
The bazaar was on a Sunday. On Friday I came home and found my mum already cooking some sauce or something. I was worried because at that time I thought it was too early. I was afraid that the sauce would dry up or something. I had a church camp to go to, it was for the weekend. So I left and on Saturday when I came home, I found my mum already in the kitchen , having done about 2 lots of lasagne, or more. I was so anxious throughout the whole camp, wondering whether they did all the last minute check ups and confirmations on Saturday during school. Let me tell you, to be able to sell about RM3000, we had to make about 300 boxes of each I guess. That's sort of what we targeted. 300 boxes more or less. So I started helpng out and finally LeePei and her sister came. It really got easier. We had to pack everything in each container that Qiing bought and sponsored (thanks!), make sure that every serving is equal. And by that I mean that we weighed each container to make sure that had an equal serving. The lasagne was harder. Had to bake it, cut it, put it in the boxes, weigh it and price it. We had different prices according to the weight of the serving. The cheapest was RM10, the most expensive coming up to RM28. But there were only 3 boxes or so of RM28s. It really was hard work. Steph came later, much later and she helped out too. We made a poster, with the help of Pei's sis (thanks!) and eveyrone helped colour it in. Thank goodness my house is full of junk, that we could find a huge manila card at that time. We packed everything in plastic bags and a huge box the containers came in. We had to bring a microwave that next door didn't want and which was lying outside my house, waiting to be discarded. We needed microwaves to heat up the food for those who wanted to eat straight away. I packed an extension cord too. It was stressful because I kept worrying whether I had missed anything. We got to bed at abot 2am? I'm not that sure. We were bushed. And when we went to bed, my mum still hadn't finished up in the kitchen. Kev was baking cakes. Gah. I remember worrying so much I got quiet. Steph was so scared because it was the first time she saw me like that.
So we planned to wake up at about 6 the next day. Everyone going to prepare our stall was going at that time. But guess what? We woke up late. Haha. 6.30? 7? I really don't remember. Really. So we rushed and we packed everything in the car, we sped of to school. The bazaar hadn't started but there were many people there, mainly students, doing up their stalls and evertyhing. There were still packets of spaghetti hadn't used, spaghetti sauce in the fridge and unbaked lasagne in the fridge. The planned was that we would call if we needed more. Originally we had these set menus planned, with the help of Pei's sis. Like if you buy 2 of these and 2 of these, you get how much discount and stuff like that. But it was so hectic. We had to pour sauce into the spaghettis and heat them up and stuff, it really was a headache. Sometimes you put a packet of lasagne in the microwave, and when it's done someone else takes it and gives it to another customer. It was very confusing. So we didn't do the set menus thing. Sorry Gwen!!! It was quite funny too. Malina was shouting and shouting, trying to attract people to come. Steph too. They were like shoutng things like 'ARE YOU HUNGRY?' and we were supposed to shout 'YES' (in chinese of course) and they would say 'THEN COME TO OUR STALL WHERE WE HAVE HOMEMADE FOOD WAITING FOR YOU!' and stuff like that. Hahaha. They were so loud. The stall next to us was selling leong cha and drinks like that. They were all laughing at us.
So after a whole day of selling and shouting and heating things up in our two microwaves. (The other microwave was Raymond's very, vey good friend's microwave. Thanks!) So when the bazaar was coming to an end and everyone was scrambling to finish up their coupons, to finish selling everything, we still had alot of kueh to sell. So we dropped the price quite low and in the end managed to sell everything. We had to get extra containers (thanks Qiing's mum) and call for more spaghetti and lasagne. It was really tiring. I did not leave the stall for one minute at all, and just stood there, selling and stuff. I didn't even want to stand by the end. It was the most tiring to finish selling the last big of kueh. Sure we dropped the price quite alot, but I'm just glad the main food stuff didn't need its prices to be dropped. We had fun with the leong cha stall. We were like 'BUY SPAGHETTI HERE FOR RM10! THEN GET A lEONG CHA AFTER!' and stuff like that. We were all anxious to count the coupons we earned. So guess how much we earned? We earned a whopping RM6800++! So our 30% was RM2000+! My gosh, it was definitely worth it. The feeling of accomplishment and stuff. I was absoutely bushed. Not to mention LeePei, who went home in midday beacuse she was nauseas and dizzy. Lack of sleep probably. Thanks!
But.. Of course, with my luck, nothing good ever comes my way. So we kept the money we earned and planned to use it for a celebratory dinner after exams which were in a few weeks. We planned to only ask those who came to help at the stall, those who sort of helped out. But then some people complained because they said it was not fair, that we should include everyone in the class. Their argument was that this was a class activity, that we did it as a class, and although some people did almost nothing, those who did make a big effort made t by their own choice. I thought that this was slighly unfair, though it is true that it's our own choice. Because there were some people who really did nothing except come up with RM5. And compared to us who cooked and stuff, those who sponsored hundreds of ringgit.. I'm not sure. Give me your opinions on this matter k. But in the end it didn't matter. As I was saying, with my luck, nothing good ever comes my way. Or at least, it does, then it's taken away.
One day Mr. Chia came in and told us that a problem came up with our principle, Mr. Hiew and the board of directors. Someone apparenty complained how and why some of us could earn money using Tshung Tsin's name. Which means us. How could we earn that 30% using Tshung Tsin's name.. etc. I'm not that sure. So they said, claim the cost price and give back the remaining money to the school. This was to get Mr. Hiew out of the trouble he was in, though according to Mr. Chia, the damage had been done. Some entertained the idea of faking our cost price so we could keep part of the money, but then some said that the bazaar was to help out our school, so we should give it back. The problem was that most of our food was sponsored by those who prepared it (like my mum!) and so only Shelia claimed her cost price (which she originally wanted to) and we gave back the rest. Sigh. So that's the end of this bazaar chapter. I think it was fun, a good experience. With Leepei and Steph. And my class overall.. I guess. I won't forget selling all those things, shouting and laughing and burning our hands by transferring the container from the microwave to the table. Hahaha.
So yup. This happened back when my hair was really long. In case you didn't notice, it's short now (been for a couple of weeks now). Haha. So yup.. Hope there is a next time.....?
I know, you must think I'm crazy, that lasagne and spaghetti is so much work and stuff. But it was what they decided, and because no one wanted to do the lasagne so I took up the job. Thanks mum. And I say cheap cocktails because it's not the kind you get in a bar, not those Pimm's Cocktails and stuff like that. We also had some small side earnings like my totally all time favourite chocolate cake made by my mum and Kev's durian cake.
So for preparation, everyone in class put up small amounts of money, and we got some sponsors from some classmates or friends. Our chairperson for this bazaar thingy, Bubble discussedwith the organiser, Mary Liau and it was decided that the earnings would be split into 3:7, we would get 30% of what we earned. So we were all excited but some of us were really worried because the school's goal for every stall is about RM3000. So we bought the ingrediens, confirmed who was going to be sponsoring their food and who wasn't and stuff like that. Then I asked my mum whether she would do the lasagne, she was quite reluctant, because for those of you who have made it from scratch before, it is quite time-consuming. So anyway in the end my mum agreed and she agreed to do the spaghetti too. I felt and still feel quite bad for asking her to do so much work when she didn't really want to. She says it's really ok and that she doesn't want to take back any money but I know better. But she got her way anyway.
The bazaar was on a Sunday. On Friday I came home and found my mum already cooking some sauce or something. I was worried because at that time I thought it was too early. I was afraid that the sauce would dry up or something. I had a church camp to go to, it was for the weekend. So I left and on Saturday when I came home, I found my mum already in the kitchen , having done about 2 lots of lasagne, or more. I was so anxious throughout the whole camp, wondering whether they did all the last minute check ups and confirmations on Saturday during school. Let me tell you, to be able to sell about RM3000, we had to make about 300 boxes of each I guess. That's sort of what we targeted. 300 boxes more or less. So I started helpng out and finally LeePei and her sister came. It really got easier. We had to pack everything in each container that Qiing bought and sponsored (thanks!), make sure that every serving is equal. And by that I mean that we weighed each container to make sure that had an equal serving. The lasagne was harder. Had to bake it, cut it, put it in the boxes, weigh it and price it. We had different prices according to the weight of the serving. The cheapest was RM10, the most expensive coming up to RM28. But there were only 3 boxes or so of RM28s. It really was hard work. Steph came later, much later and she helped out too. We made a poster, with the help of Pei's sis (thanks!) and eveyrone helped colour it in. Thank goodness my house is full of junk, that we could find a huge manila card at that time. We packed everything in plastic bags and a huge box the containers came in. We had to bring a microwave that next door didn't want and which was lying outside my house, waiting to be discarded. We needed microwaves to heat up the food for those who wanted to eat straight away. I packed an extension cord too. It was stressful because I kept worrying whether I had missed anything. We got to bed at abot 2am? I'm not that sure. We were bushed. And when we went to bed, my mum still hadn't finished up in the kitchen. Kev was baking cakes. Gah. I remember worrying so much I got quiet. Steph was so scared because it was the first time she saw me like that.
So we planned to wake up at about 6 the next day. Everyone going to prepare our stall was going at that time. But guess what? We woke up late. Haha. 6.30? 7? I really don't remember. Really. So we rushed and we packed everything in the car, we sped of to school. The bazaar hadn't started but there were many people there, mainly students, doing up their stalls and evertyhing. There were still packets of spaghetti hadn't used, spaghetti sauce in the fridge and unbaked lasagne in the fridge. The planned was that we would call if we needed more. Originally we had these set menus planned, with the help of Pei's sis. Like if you buy 2 of these and 2 of these, you get how much discount and stuff like that. But it was so hectic. We had to pour sauce into the spaghettis and heat them up and stuff, it really was a headache. Sometimes you put a packet of lasagne in the microwave, and when it's done someone else takes it and gives it to another customer. It was very confusing. So we didn't do the set menus thing. Sorry Gwen!!! It was quite funny too. Malina was shouting and shouting, trying to attract people to come. Steph too. They were like shoutng things like 'ARE YOU HUNGRY?' and we were supposed to shout 'YES' (in chinese of course) and they would say 'THEN COME TO OUR STALL WHERE WE HAVE HOMEMADE FOOD WAITING FOR YOU!' and stuff like that. Hahaha. They were so loud. The stall next to us was selling leong cha and drinks like that. They were all laughing at us.
So after a whole day of selling and shouting and heating things up in our two microwaves. (The other microwave was Raymond's very, vey good friend's microwave. Thanks!) So when the bazaar was coming to an end and everyone was scrambling to finish up their coupons, to finish selling everything, we still had alot of kueh to sell. So we dropped the price quite low and in the end managed to sell everything. We had to get extra containers (thanks Qiing's mum) and call for more spaghetti and lasagne. It was really tiring. I did not leave the stall for one minute at all, and just stood there, selling and stuff. I didn't even want to stand by the end. It was the most tiring to finish selling the last big of kueh. Sure we dropped the price quite alot, but I'm just glad the main food stuff didn't need its prices to be dropped. We had fun with the leong cha stall. We were like 'BUY SPAGHETTI HERE FOR RM10! THEN GET A lEONG CHA AFTER!' and stuff like that. We were all anxious to count the coupons we earned. So guess how much we earned? We earned a whopping RM6800++! So our 30% was RM2000+! My gosh, it was definitely worth it. The feeling of accomplishment and stuff. I was absoutely bushed. Not to mention LeePei, who went home in midday beacuse she was nauseas and dizzy. Lack of sleep probably. Thanks!
But.. Of course, with my luck, nothing good ever comes my way. So we kept the money we earned and planned to use it for a celebratory dinner after exams which were in a few weeks. We planned to only ask those who came to help at the stall, those who sort of helped out. But then some people complained because they said it was not fair, that we should include everyone in the class. Their argument was that this was a class activity, that we did it as a class, and although some people did almost nothing, those who did make a big effort made t by their own choice. I thought that this was slighly unfair, though it is true that it's our own choice. Because there were some people who really did nothing except come up with RM5. And compared to us who cooked and stuff, those who sponsored hundreds of ringgit.. I'm not sure. Give me your opinions on this matter k. But in the end it didn't matter. As I was saying, with my luck, nothing good ever comes my way. Or at least, it does, then it's taken away.
One day Mr. Chia came in and told us that a problem came up with our principle, Mr. Hiew and the board of directors. Someone apparenty complained how and why some of us could earn money using Tshung Tsin's name. Which means us. How could we earn that 30% using Tshung Tsin's name.. etc. I'm not that sure. So they said, claim the cost price and give back the remaining money to the school. This was to get Mr. Hiew out of the trouble he was in, though according to Mr. Chia, the damage had been done. Some entertained the idea of faking our cost price so we could keep part of the money, but then some said that the bazaar was to help out our school, so we should give it back. The problem was that most of our food was sponsored by those who prepared it (like my mum!) and so only Shelia claimed her cost price (which she originally wanted to) and we gave back the rest. Sigh. So that's the end of this bazaar chapter. I think it was fun, a good experience. With Leepei and Steph. And my class overall.. I guess. I won't forget selling all those things, shouting and laughing and burning our hands by transferring the container from the microwave to the table. Hahaha.
So yup. This happened back when my hair was really long. In case you didn't notice, it's short now (been for a couple of weeks now). Haha. So yup.. Hope there is a next time.....?
Thursday, September 17, 2009
The Taking! ROAR!
You know I have this small memory where I've searched for pictures of all the Den Koontz books I bought last year in Du Zhong. But when I search 'Dean Koontz' in my blog it doesn't come out. So please, enlighten me if you know whether I have indeed blogged about it before. =D So anyway, I'm just going to blog about it.
Currently reading:
The Taking- Dean Koontz
On the morning that will mark the end of the world they have known, Molly and Niel Sloan awaken to the drumbeat of rain on their roof. It has haunted their sleep, invaded their dreams, and now they rise to find a luminous silvery downpour drenching their small California mountain town. A strange scent hangs faintly in the air, and the young couple cannot shake the sense of something wrong. As hours pass and the rain continues to fall, Molly and Niel listen to disturbing news of extreme weather phenomena across the globe. Before evening, their little town loses television and radio reception. Then telephone and the Internet are gone. With the ceaseless rain now comes an obscuring fog that transforms the once-friendly village into a ghostly labyrinth. By nightfall the Sloans have gathered with some of their neighbors to deal with community damage...but also because they feel the need to band together against some unknown threat, some enemy they cannot identify or even imagine. In the night, strange noises arise, and at a distance, in the rain and the mist, mysterious lights are seen drifting among the trees. The rain diminishes with the dawn, but a moody gray-purple twilight prevails. Soon Molly, Niel, and their small band of friends will be forced to draw on reserves of strength, courage, and humanity they never knew they had. For within the misty gloom they will encounter something that reveals in a terrifying instant what is happening to their world—something that is hunting them with ruthless efficiency.
Buahaha. Just started so I have no comments. Except that I think the vocabulary used is quite hard, I remember trying to read it after I bought it then giving up because I didn't understand what he was trying to describe or the way he was describing it. So now, with my handy dictionary in my hp (though it's not such a great one), I have started to read The Taking. Oh ya, as always, the cover on the left is the one I've got, the one on the right is the original one. Can't wait for the suspense! =D
Am currently in Ray's house on Ray's bed. Went to City Mall to eat Sushi King, quite nice. There's this Big Bowl contest going on. Finish this huge bowl of noodles (you get few choices of noodles) in 10 minutes and get it free, failure to do so, you have to pay for it, and it's about RM38.80. Haha. They should pay me for free advertising (just kidding). So guys who want to show how man they are (or just want to get a free meal), head on down there! Went to Ananas after, as usual, had the Karamel Almondo (or something like that). Highly recommended!!!!! Very, very nice ice cream there, and the drinks are not bad too, especially the yoghurt drinks. Ray is currently half asleep with the Chem text book on her lap. Should I wake her? HMM.
Oh. She's not asleep.
Random Stuff
Took those forwarding email quizzes about what cartoon character you are most alike. I am aparently like Spongebob. This is the description. What do you think? Hahaha.
You are the classic person that everyone loves. You are the best friend that anyone could ever have and never wants to lose. You never cause harm to anyone and they would never not understand your feelings. Life is a journey, it' s funny and calm for the most part. Stay away from traitors and jealous people and you will be stress free.
Is life complicated? Is love complicated? To me, I guess it isn't, really. I GUESS. I think if you aren't a lazy person (like me) and just see things simply (unlike me), I guess it really could be simple. You read about how those famous people strive to be content, or some who already are content (eg Jason Mraz), how they say they just live in the moment, that life for them IS simple. Well, of course it is for them. I used to marvel at how Jason Mraz can be so content with his life, to live it simply and enjoy it by its small moments. But now I get it. These people have already succeeded in life, they have no real troubles like financial troubles or school problems or work problems. They have gotten what they ultimately wanted already. ..... Hmm.. I think that we still can live life happily, if not simply, if we just want it to be. Sometimes we get masochistic and WANT to feel miserable and feel that life is so hard and stuff like that, at least for that time being. I guess we have to be more positive. I know some people who are happy everyday and when they are faced with troubles or failures, they just get up and say, well, there's nothing I can do about it, try harder next time. Seriously. I was so amazed! For love? It's the same I guess. Of course the other side has to be loyal too, then if you treat everything simply and be kind of honest (this applies to both sides), it could be simple and happy. I don't know. Hahahaha. I don't really know what I'm saying. There are really so many factors and variables (ahhahahah). Oh well.. All the best? I guess...
Waiting for Ray to pick me up for breakfast!!!!
You are the classic person that everyone loves. You are the best friend that anyone could ever have and never wants to lose. You never cause harm to anyone and they would never not understand your feelings. Life is a journey, it' s funny and calm for the most part. Stay away from traitors and jealous people and you will be stress free.
Is life complicated? Is love complicated? To me, I guess it isn't, really. I GUESS. I think if you aren't a lazy person (like me) and just see things simply (unlike me), I guess it really could be simple. You read about how those famous people strive to be content, or some who already are content (eg Jason Mraz), how they say they just live in the moment, that life for them IS simple. Well, of course it is for them. I used to marvel at how Jason Mraz can be so content with his life, to live it simply and enjoy it by its small moments. But now I get it. These people have already succeeded in life, they have no real troubles like financial troubles or school problems or work problems. They have gotten what they ultimately wanted already. ..... Hmm.. I think that we still can live life happily, if not simply, if we just want it to be. Sometimes we get masochistic and WANT to feel miserable and feel that life is so hard and stuff like that, at least for that time being. I guess we have to be more positive. I know some people who are happy everyday and when they are faced with troubles or failures, they just get up and say, well, there's nothing I can do about it, try harder next time. Seriously. I was so amazed! For love? It's the same I guess. Of course the other side has to be loyal too, then if you treat everything simply and be kind of honest (this applies to both sides), it could be simple and happy. I don't know. Hahahaha. I don't really know what I'm saying. There are really so many factors and variables (ahhahahah). Oh well.. All the best? I guess...
Waiting for Ray to pick me up for breakfast!!!!
Happy Hahahaha
Only some of you would know why! =D HAHAHAHAHA. Seriously it's just laugh out loud happiness. But some might say it's a foolish kind. Oh well. Enjoy it while it lasts.
Anyway. Yesterday went out with Crys, Steph and Qoo. Ate Wagamama, which was fun! =D Then went for a movie. Because, sadly, I'm so unwanted (just kidding), no one wanted to pick me up from 1B, so went to Crys' house. Watched Twilight (hahahahahahahahah) and ate dinner and just chatted. Fun! =D And still, I was unwanted, and in the end Crys' dad sent me home at 10pm. All in all in was a busy, but enjoyable day! Sugar crackers Crys! =D
I'm so tired now and feel very hot, all because of today's P.E. My legs are aching and I am slightly red from the sun. Seriously! From P.E.! Today was a fun day I guess, because we suddenly found out that tomorrow is a HOLIDAY! Yay! I was so oblivious to it all. I mean, I knew that tomorrow is a holiday, but it never hit me that Sat would be a holiday (yes, we have school on Sat) because of the Primary Six's entrance exams, and then it would be the Hari Raya holidays. So basically, I don't need to go to school until WEDNESDAY! And I have no idea why but I'm so happy and excited.
Today was a happy day. And also a productive day! =D I FINALLY DID UP MY BOOKSHELF. Of course there are still so many books that have not been put on MY bookshelf. Anyway. It rained today. Big rain! Though I couldn't finish the show I was watching, it made me go upstairs to do my bookshelf. I also did my homework. Huahuahua. So I have no school stuff to worry about this holiday! =D
Anyway... I started a new book! Oh ya, finished Keeping Faith. Awesome book! Read it people! So, since I've had a huge dose of fantasy books, and a few more serious books, I decided on reading a thriller. Yes. Dean Koontz! =D (Haha. Jessie. I'm only reading it now even though I bought it way long ago!!!) So you can imagine how many many books are waiting to be read. Sigh. And it's probably the last book I'm going to read here before leaving.
Yes people. I'm leaving. To Aus. Soon. Very soon. As to when, you'll find out soon. Unless of course, I've told you before.. which is possible. Haha.
Ok.. Things I need to do!!! Find the Faraway Tree story book by Enid Blyton!!! Pack? Buy stuff that I need to buy! Get my photos sorted out, my pendrive!! Testimonial!!!
So many things piling to the back of my mind. Especially whether or not I can survive over there, with the huge workload. I hope so. I hope so. I hope so.
I'm so worried about so many things....... I hope you'll be okay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes, you!
Anyway. Yesterday went out with Crys, Steph and Qoo. Ate Wagamama, which was fun! =D Then went for a movie. Because, sadly, I'm so unwanted (just kidding), no one wanted to pick me up from 1B, so went to Crys' house. Watched Twilight (hahahahahahahahah) and ate dinner and just chatted. Fun! =D And still, I was unwanted, and in the end Crys' dad sent me home at 10pm. All in all in was a busy, but enjoyable day! Sugar crackers Crys! =D
I'm so tired now and feel very hot, all because of today's P.E. My legs are aching and I am slightly red from the sun. Seriously! From P.E.! Today was a fun day I guess, because we suddenly found out that tomorrow is a HOLIDAY! Yay! I was so oblivious to it all. I mean, I knew that tomorrow is a holiday, but it never hit me that Sat would be a holiday (yes, we have school on Sat) because of the Primary Six's entrance exams, and then it would be the Hari Raya holidays. So basically, I don't need to go to school until WEDNESDAY! And I have no idea why but I'm so happy and excited.
Today was a happy day. And also a productive day! =D I FINALLY DID UP MY BOOKSHELF. Of course there are still so many books that have not been put on MY bookshelf. Anyway. It rained today. Big rain! Though I couldn't finish the show I was watching, it made me go upstairs to do my bookshelf. I also did my homework. Huahuahua. So I have no school stuff to worry about this holiday! =D
Anyway... I started a new book! Oh ya, finished Keeping Faith. Awesome book! Read it people! So, since I've had a huge dose of fantasy books, and a few more serious books, I decided on reading a thriller. Yes. Dean Koontz! =D (Haha. Jessie. I'm only reading it now even though I bought it way long ago!!!) So you can imagine how many many books are waiting to be read. Sigh. And it's probably the last book I'm going to read here before leaving.
Yes people. I'm leaving. To Aus. Soon. Very soon. As to when, you'll find out soon. Unless of course, I've told you before.. which is possible. Haha.
Ok.. Things I need to do!!! Find the Faraway Tree story book by Enid Blyton!!! Pack? Buy stuff that I need to buy! Get my photos sorted out, my pendrive!! Testimonial!!!
So many things piling to the back of my mind. Especially whether or not I can survive over there, with the huge workload. I hope so. I hope so. I hope so.
I'm so worried about so many things....... I hope you'll be okay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes, you!
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Lonely
I suddenly feel so lonely. Because my anger has faded, and I'm just left here. Chatting to a person I don't really consider as a friend on MSN now, looking at other people's blogs that they have not updated, waiting for Kel to read the comments I've given her, texting with my friend but getting the feeling she's unenthusiastic about tomorrow's outing. Sigh. I suddenly feel like skipping the outing we were so excited about today and just being a couch potato again and watching DVDs and eating. I so feel like going to Crys' house to watch Twilight and eat Mee Hun.
So lonely. I think my life is full of regrets. Seriously. It's undeniable....................
Don't say it isn't.
So lonely. I think my life is full of regrets. Seriously. It's undeniable....................
Don't say it isn't.
Here I Was
So here I was, in a good mood after I posted about yesterday, and I was really hot. Sweating because even though the fan was on, I didn't feel it at all since the computer isn't even under the fan. Anyway, so there I was in a good mood, I was ready to start blogging about everyday stuff, finally you know! And then my bro comes back and gah. A series of things happened that makes me so mad. Seriously! So angry!
So yes, you are right. because of this mood I am in, I'm not going to blog anymore. Thus the end of the post comes here. Would like to talk about the things that made me mad, but... not here. Ever.
The Ugly Truth.
So yes, you are right. because of this mood I am in, I'm not going to blog anymore. Thus the end of the post comes here. Would like to talk about the things that made me mad, but... not here. Ever.
The Ugly Truth.
14.9.09 Monday
Here goes my post about YESTERDAY!
Yesterday was Steph's birthday! We (me, Shelia and LeePei) organised a surprise birthday party at her house yesterday night. It was my idea for a surprise, and LeePei's to have it on her actual birthday. This was because they all had Mr. Lim tuition that day until 6.30pm, so it was a convenient time to have dinner and thus, it was put into planning. But, yes, being the last minute people we were, we only started on Friday I think. The first thing we had to do was to get permission from her parents. So on Friday I was to keep Steph's company while Shelia and Pei went to Pei's shop to call her mum. They were just going to call a 012 number that Steph called using Pei's hp before, without knowing for sure who it was. Unfortunately nobody answered. On Saturday, while we were 'chilling' in Pei's shop Pei casually asked for Steph's hp, saying she wanted to bluetooth a song for her. It was true, she did bluetooth the song, but she also got her mum's number.
After school that day (yes! We HAVE school on Sat) me and Shelia went to 1B to look for Steph's and hopefully Liau's present, while Pei went off to her guitar lesson. So on the way we called Steph's mum and explained roughly what we wanted to do for Steph. Her mum said it was ok and so we discussed details like food preparation and time arrangement. We got to 1B and walked around. Our idea, contributed by me, was to get her heels. Those heels that she would never choose for herself. But we were open for other options. Because she recently bought a wallet and a pair of shoes, and because she likes her pencil box very much, and beacuse she has a reasonable bag, there weren't really alot of choices for us. So after a refreshing KFC lunch (where my and Shelia's skirts were blown upwards by the air-blowing machine thingy that is supposed to keep the floor around the wash-basin dry. Haha) we went back to our hunting. In the end we were deciding between a Charles and Keith black heels, and 2 Vincci heels, one sea green and one orange. They were about 3 and a half inches tall? I guess.. not too sure. So we ruled out the C and K one because it would be too old for her. So we took a long time going back and forth with the green and the orange. The green was very nice, but we weren't sure that the colour would suit her. The orange was younger, but, well, we weren't sure that the colour would suit her skin tone. Haha. We kept MMS-ing pics of the heels to Pei, and she was so unhelpful (COUGH!!!!!!!!!) because apparently she was napping and she just kept saying, Hmm, up to you guys, both are nice. So in the end we just chose the green one, because it made your feet look really thin. Haha. We rushed through looking for Liau's present. Also my idea, we wanted to get her a jacket because she only had that Giordano one that everyone else has too. So we bought her the Padini 'jacket', also sea-green for her, which is supposed to be for guys. But oh well, it was very nice. I wanted one too! I wanted the heels too! Hahaha. But oh well, I was happy with what we chose. =D
So on the way to dropping Shelia off to tuition, we talked about the money splitting and how much it all amounted to, and how much we had to come up with if we were to buy a cake for her. We decided that it was too expensive, so we asked her mum to prepare the cake.
On Sunday, we started confirming the guest list. We already invited some friends, now we just had to confirm everything, including the food. So I discussed with Shelia and Pei who else we wanted to invite. We thought about 10 people would be good enough. So after deciding, we started calling them up. And let me tell you, did I call up many of them. I asked Alexis, Joway, QOO, and Crystal. I asked Pei to confirm with Nick and Qiao Wei. Asked many people for KJR's number, and gave it to Pei. Asked Shelia to confirm with And and ask Joey. Asked Alexis to ask Ting Fung. La di da di daaaaaa... My heart was aching seriously! Crystal!!!!!!!! Kept texting you!!!!! Kept calling and texting and calling. Then confirmed with Shelia that she was doing spaghetti, that I was doing Mee Hun (I know, so irrelevant right?) that QOO was doing the drinks, that Steph's mum was preparing the cake, chicken wings and 3 pizzas. Sigh.. I was really stressed and ANXIOUS. Worried that something will go wrong, that someone will be late, or something like that. Half dead. So I went to bed after telling dad and Kev my plans for THE DAY, after asking kakak to cook the mee hun at about 5pm. I dreamt about the surprise. I don't remember the dream now, whether it was successful or not, but I know I dreamt about it, and it was a stressful dream. Haha.
So school on Monday was usual. Wished her happy birthday, did not ask how she was celebrating, did not give her any presents. She told us about how her church friends helped her celebrate on Sunday with surprising her with a cake at Wagamama. She was like '.. and they surprised me with a cake. It's the second year that they've done this you know! Another SURPRISE cake!' And I was like totally cringing inwardly, Ohmygoshwhatwouldshethinkofanothersurprisefromus? Nick asked Steph how she was going to celebrate that night and she said 'I don't want to celebrate.' And we were all cringing inwardly, Ohmygoshwhatwouldshethinkofasurprisefromus? HHHHHHAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So I was seriously worried all day at the edge of my seat, repeating myself to Crystal about how things could go wrong. Haha. (Sorry and thanks Crys =P). So end of school came and we gave our 'last' wishes to Steph and went home.
Against my instinct that said no, I could not resist Keeping Faith. So I picked up the book and started reading. When I finally put it down, it was 4.30pm. !!!!!!!!!! I hastily bathed and asked my kakak whether she cooked the mee hun already. I also told her to take out a box of lasagne my mum made before she left for Aus to give to Steph because I know she loves it very much. Then I started texting people and calling people to remind them not to be late. Asked QOO whether she bought the drinks already. Asked Shelia if she was done with her spaghetti. Was really very restless and nervous. To increase my already hyperventilating self, Shelia said she was rushing. The spaghetti was not done, she still hadn't bathed yet. Until now I don't know what made her so slow. I think she just arrived late back home as it's just so far. So I just kept texting her 'FAST!'. By 5.30pm, Kev came back from the course thingy and he ate a fast dinner and by 5.45pm I left home. With a bag full with DVDs and Steph and Liau's present, Keeping Faith and my hp. The DVDs were just in case everyone wanted to watch a movie. I was restless in the car. And when we turned into the main road I was Oh.My.Gosh. It was so jammed! I totally forgot that it was rush hour, and that it was close to the Buka Puasa time! I texted Shelia telling her it was really jammed that she better get a move on. So after 15 minutes of calling and texting people directions and stuff, I arrived. T-T Not long after me was QOO and Crystal. Played the piano with Crys, we played grade one duets and we were kind of lousy (well, I was!). And my heart repeatedly jumped out of my chest about 3 times when I thought the person coming through the door was Steph. Actually it was the others. T-T
So we all discussed how we were going to do the surprise. It went from, hide and let her see the food on the table and she'll be like hey why is there so much food and we spring, to stay right at the door and scare her when she comes in, to ask one of the boys to stay at the door and offer to get her bag as soon as she steps in the door then we spring, back to the food, back to the stay-right-at-the-door, and guess what? We ended up with the classic hide and when she walks in, let her take a few steps in and we spring on her. It was so hectic. Her younger sisters were there watching Up on DVD, and at around 7, the youngest sis, Gwen called the dad to ask where they were. They were 'amost there'. So we got ready. A camera on top of a shelf to be turned on when the car arrives to record everything and just.. tensed ourselves. The youngest sister kept watch outside. After a while, she said THEY'RE HERE and we all scrambled, literally to our respective places. So the girls (most of us) were behind a folding door (those that fold sideways, like those metal sliding-folding doors in coffee shops) with the upper half of it fixed with glass btu.. erm.. like it's those rough ones, where you can't see through it clearly. But there were tiny slits of partitions so we could sort of look out. The guys (only 3 of them) and one or two girls hid opposite us, behind a half-wall where the aquarium was. They were on all fours to hide themselves.
So Steph comes in, and her sis shouts HI SIS. She's out of sight now, with us behind the door, and finally she comes into view, in her uniform, carrying her school bag and holding a plate with raw salmon on it. So she walks past us, means that she walks past the guys. And they are exposed, not hidden like us. I think we were all so nervous our brains weren't responding properly. AND YOU KNOW WHAT SHE DID? She waved a hi at them, Nick was the closest to her and he had his mouth open and was shocked and just.. didn't do anything but looked at her. It was a passing wave, LUCKILY, and she just put the salmon on the table in front of her, which was just beside the guys, between both our hiding places. After that second after she put her salmon down, we slammed the door open and SURPRISE!!!! The guys stood up too! We didn't intentionally slam the door, it got stuck halfway and we put too much force on it. So it slammed. Opps. Steph was really shocked. She didn't say anything. We were all like Happy Birthday! Surprise surprise and stuff. She covered her mouth with her hands and started crying. !!!!!!! It was perfect!
I think alot of thanks goes into her mum, for preparing the food and the cake, and her dad for delaying her arrival. They went to get the salmon and picked up the pizza, which was supposed to be delivered but the guy couldn't find the house. I don't blame him. The dad just said that Steph's younger guy cousins were over for dinner for her birthday. So THAT'S why she just sort of waved at the guys without looking at them, she thought they were her cousins. So really, the dad literally saved the surprise. Haha. So we went on the eat dinner and took loads of pictures. We sang the birthday song and cut the cake and took more pictures. Then we played a fun game that required coordination (CRYSTAL! AHAHHA). It was fun. Then everyone started going home. I asked her to open our present to her. She didn't really jump out of her seat, but she said she liked it, I'm just going to take her word! =) I was the last one there. Chatted with her mum and stuff. Sighhhhhhhh...... I'm just so totally un-stressed now. The relief was so great. Before Steph arrived we were all talking about her reaction. Worried about it. Scared that she would go like 'I KNEW it!' or something like that. But it all turned out ok! Thanks to her little sister Gwen too! =D
So thanks to everyone who came. Hopefully we gave her a memorable birthday, and that she knows it was out of sincerity from us! =D Happy birthday Steph! You're 16!!!!
You know the great thing about it? It was the very first real surprise party we've organised, those at the home of the subject. So it was a success, I think it's safe to say.
Haha. Sorry about the seriously, seriously, long long long post. @@ Yay to us!!!
Monday, September 14, 2009
SCREAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Literally)
It's almost time!!!
EVERYONE! CROSS YOUR FINGERS AND HOPE FOR THE BEST!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Funny!
Stick humour! Please note, this is totally not of my own creation. Would just like to share with everyone the intelligent humour. Hahahaha. Enjoy! For more, go to http://www.joe-ks.com/archives_feb2007/StickHumour.htm.
And to those fighting for something worth fighting for, for those thinking of giving up, for those finding it hard to strive strong, here's something that I really like.
From the Outside
Haha. Here is an interesting, amusing point of view I've been thinking about for quite some time.
So picture yourself sitting in the passenger seat of your car, stopped at a traffic light junction, and a song you know so well and love so much comes on the radio (eg. Bohemian Rhapsody) and you start singing along. And your favourite part, the peak of the whole song arrives and you sing your heart out with hand gestures and the works. Then out of the corner of your eye you see the driver of the car beside you peering at you.
So, the driver looking in at you from the outside, what is running through his mind as he stares at this weird girl singing along oh-so-dramatically to a song he can't hear? Will he be scrutinizing your facial features? 'Oh no! Look at her nose!' ' What's wrong with her face?' 'Her teeth are so crooked, she needs braces!' 'Hey look! She HAS braces!' Of course it could be positive too. Hahaha (pessimist! KELLY!). Or could he be wondering what song this girl is singing along to, so passionately. 'Hmm, maybe it could be a song I like too.' 'Hmm, could it be Bohemian Rhapsody?' 'Hmm, could it be the F.U.N. Song by Spongebob Squarepants?' (Check it out guys, it's cool.) Or maybe he could be a hu-
SIGH. I stopped there and did something else that lasted for a few hours, and now I totally don't know what I wanted to say with that sentence. Hahahahahaha..........
OH! Or maybe he could be a humourous guy and think it was totally funny. Picture it guys, it IS funny!
I seriously lost my train of thought. So, on to the next section!
So imgaine, if you were in the car yawning or trying to pick your nose, and someone caught you by looking in from the outside. How funny would that be. Or you were argueing with someone else in the car, or you were doing your hair. I think it's a very funny perspective, looking in from the outside. Of course, some people would think that would be a very lonely thing, if you're seriously looking in from the outside at your friends or family, wihtout you being a part of it. It is a sad thing. But for me, I just try to watch and stay open-minded. That's why you can see me smiling for no reason quite often. Hahaha.
Oh well. This is a hasty end to a post I started with my head still on my shoulders. So yup, bye!
So picture yourself sitting in the passenger seat of your car, stopped at a traffic light junction, and a song you know so well and love so much comes on the radio (eg. Bohemian Rhapsody) and you start singing along. And your favourite part, the peak of the whole song arrives and you sing your heart out with hand gestures and the works. Then out of the corner of your eye you see the driver of the car beside you peering at you.
So, the driver looking in at you from the outside, what is running through his mind as he stares at this weird girl singing along oh-so-dramatically to a song he can't hear? Will he be scrutinizing your facial features? 'Oh no! Look at her nose!' ' What's wrong with her face?' 'Her teeth are so crooked, she needs braces!' 'Hey look! She HAS braces!' Of course it could be positive too. Hahaha (pessimist! KELLY!). Or could he be wondering what song this girl is singing along to, so passionately. 'Hmm, maybe it could be a song I like too.' 'Hmm, could it be Bohemian Rhapsody?' 'Hmm, could it be the F.U.N. Song by Spongebob Squarepants?' (Check it out guys, it's cool.) Or maybe he could be a hu-
SIGH. I stopped there and did something else that lasted for a few hours, and now I totally don't know what I wanted to say with that sentence. Hahahahahaha..........
OH! Or maybe he could be a humourous guy and think it was totally funny. Picture it guys, it IS funny!
I seriously lost my train of thought. So, on to the next section!
So imgaine, if you were in the car yawning or trying to pick your nose, and someone caught you by looking in from the outside. How funny would that be. Or you were argueing with someone else in the car, or you were doing your hair. I think it's a very funny perspective, looking in from the outside. Of course, some people would think that would be a very lonely thing, if you're seriously looking in from the outside at your friends or family, wihtout you being a part of it. It is a sad thing. But for me, I just try to watch and stay open-minded. That's why you can see me smiling for no reason quite often. Hahaha.
Oh well. This is a hasty end to a post I started with my head still on my shoulders. So yup, bye!
Saturday, September 12, 2009
I Know!
Here are some books I missed out. I don't remember whether I've posted about this book before, but oh well, you can just skip this post anyway.
Ways To Live Forever- Sally Nicholls
My name is Sam. I am eleven years old. I collect stories and fantastic facts. By the time you read this, I will probably be dead.
Sam loves facts. He wants to know about UFOs and horror movies and airships and ghosts and scientists, and how it feels to kiss a girl. And because he has leukaemia, he wants to know the facts about dying. Sam needs answers to the questions nobody answers- all of them.
Ways to Live Forever is the first novel from an extraordinarily talented young writer. Funny and honest, it is the most powerful and uplifting book you will ever read.
For a first book, it is a very good one. Angela lent me this book to read, and I think it is written very well. It really shows everything in the views of a young child, a young child who knows his time is limited. It's just really straightforward. It's kind of sad, in a good way, yet funny and amusing. Really gives you something to think about. it's so true and realistic. Yes! Recommended! A 5/5 for me! =D
Currently reading:
Keeping Faith- Jodi Picoult
When Mariah White catches her husband with another woman, her life starts to fall apart. And when her daughter, Faith, begins to confide in an imaginary friend, her own brush with insanity starts to take on a darker meaning.
Then Faith appears to start performing miracles, and all at once this situation is spiralling out of Mariah's control. Is Faith truly seeing God? Or is she just a troubled little girl seeking refuge from her parent's divorce?
When it comes to matters of faith, it's hard to know who to believe.
I got the one on the left, but I want the one on the right. Or something like that. It's been republished many times, so I don't know which is the original cover. I'm reaching the end and it's totally awesome! It is written with a seriously open mind, with views from so many different points, and that takes lots of research and brain-storming. It questions alot of things about religion, and truth be told, it has got me thinking too. I even had this seriously weird dream about some confession thing at school after reading it before bed. Haha. It's a really good story, and very well-written. But I think you would have to be quite familiar with different types of religion. There's alot of different ones mentioned in the book and some I have never even heard of. BUT!!! I have a horrible feeling that the daughter is going to die! NO!!!!! I'm going to read the end soon! And on that note, 5/5! =D
Thursday, September 10, 2009
It's that time again!
Today's Dilbert is so funny! The pointy-haired boss tells Ted,
'Ted, your new responsibility is to keep the pidgeons from defiling our ledges.'
'Are you hoping this awful assignment will cause me to quit?'
'Not at all.'
'Are you hoping I'll fall out a window?'
'Maybe you should stop guessing now.'
Haha! Anyway. Yes! It's that time again where I update YOU on the books I'VE read! Hehe. Yes, which also means you can just skip this post. And of course, the pictures, the books, the sypnosis, I do not own.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince- J.K.Rowling
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows- J.K. Rowling
I reread the 6th book for the movie that came out I-forgot-when this year, and couldn't stop myself from then rereading the 7th book as well. The Harry Potter Series is undoubtedly a fantastic, inventive series. Whenever I put down a HP book, I always feel like I'm living amongst so many unknown things, that I'm actually living in a world where wizards and magic really exists. Haha. I always have to stop myself short and tell myself I'm living in reality (same goes with all fantasy books I read) and these things do not exist. Although I am sure of myself that I would not mind at all if it turns out that they actually do. Haha. The plot is so amazing and definitely unpredictable (sort of). I am so amazed, seriously, by how J.K. Rowling can think of a plot so imaginative, sourcing from nothing but her thoughts and ideas, starting from scratch, creating an entirely different world! From the 6th book onwards, I thought that everything became much more serious, especially in the 7th book with so much conflict going on. But it's really awesome. For the movie, I think that the movies for this series were done reasonably well, but the 6th was kind of disappointing for me. It was 3 hours long, but I felt that everything was just so rushed. Every scene had no proper introduction and ending, it just kept changing from scene to scene. And I didn't like the castle they 'used', I still think they one they 'used' in the 1st movie was the best, I guess, maybe because it was the first image of the castle given. Hmm. But the 6th was also disappointing because they cut out really good parts that I was anticipating to watch on screen, or because they didn't do those parts well. I don't really blame them, with them rushing on like they did and still taking 3 hours, I can't imagine how long the movie would have taken if they took their time on certain scenes. I was really looking forward to these scenes: of course, the big fight in Hogwarts towards the end, when Harry used Sectumsempra for the first time, when Katy Bell touched the cursed necklace, and of course the part in the lake in the cave, the Inferi. They didn't do these parts up to my expectations. When I read the book, I was seriously creeped out by some of these scenes, but in the movie it wasn't so. But oh well. I still say the best movie they did was Order of the Phoenix. Haha. Awaiting the Deathly Hallows movie. Another neverending applause for J.K. Rowling for how she put together the puzzle pieces so perfectly together, even pieces from the first book fall together in the 7th book. Clap clap clap! Need I say? 5/5 for me! Hehe, some cooly pics I like, some I've only just seen just now when searching. I guess I just really like those taglines they put on the top/bottom of the pics! I like Malfoy! Love Bellatrix! 
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief- Rick Riordan
This book is based on Greek Mythology in modern day. I really, really like this book, as I do with all books that talk about super powers and stuff. Haha. And OMGosh OMGosh!!! I just found out the movie is in the making! Coming out next year in Feb! AAAAHHHH!! And guess when? My BIRTHDAY! I can't wait. Seriously, this book has made me interested in taking Greek Mythology (an empty wish I'm sure, one that would not be). This book is all adventures and discovery, and very interesting even to someone who doesn't know anything about Greek Mythology, only that Herculus and the flying unicorn (what's its name?) and Hades and Zeus and I-can't-remember-who-else were all in a cartoon in Astro. Hmm. But it does get confusing sometimes, because I don't know the story behind the gods, so I sometimes have to take time to figure out what was going on. There are five books and I've only read the first! I read the hard-cover book I borrowed from my friend. The pics (from left) are, I presume, the original book (I think, it's the one in the site), the hardcover I read, and the republished one (I think!). Hmm, which one should I get? 5/5!
'Ted, your new responsibility is to keep the pidgeons from defiling our ledges.'
'Are you hoping this awful assignment will cause me to quit?'
'Not at all.'
'Are you hoping I'll fall out a window?'
'Maybe you should stop guessing now.'
Haha! Anyway. Yes! It's that time again where I update YOU on the books I'VE read! Hehe. Yes, which also means you can just skip this post. And of course, the pictures, the books, the sypnosis, I do not own.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince- J.K.Rowling
It is the middle of the summer, but there is an unseasonal mist pressing against the windowpanes. Harry Potter is waiting nervously in his bedroom at the Dursleys' house in Privet Drive for a visit from Professor Dumbledore himself. One of the last times he saw the Headmaster was in a fierce one-to-one duel with Lord Voldermort, and Harry can't quite believe that Professor Dumbledore will actually appear at the Dursleys' of all places. Why is the Professor coming to visit him now? What is it that cannot wait until Harry retuns to Hogwarts in a few weeks' time? Harry's sixth year at Hogwarts has already got off to an unusual start, as the worlds of Muggle and magic start to intertwine...
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows- J.K. Rowling
Harry has been burdened with a dark, dangerous and seemingly impossible task: that of locating and destroying Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes. Never has Harry felt so alone, or faced a future so full of shardows. But Harry must somehow find wintin himself the strength to complete the task he has been given. He must leave the warmth, safety and companionship of The Burrow and follow without fear or hesitation the inexorable path laid out for him...
I reread the 6th book for the movie that came out I-forgot-when this year, and couldn't stop myself from then rereading the 7th book as well. The Harry Potter Series is undoubtedly a fantastic, inventive series. Whenever I put down a HP book, I always feel like I'm living amongst so many unknown things, that I'm actually living in a world where wizards and magic really exists. Haha. I always have to stop myself short and tell myself I'm living in reality (same goes with all fantasy books I read) and these things do not exist. Although I am sure of myself that I would not mind at all if it turns out that they actually do. Haha. The plot is so amazing and definitely unpredictable (sort of). I am so amazed, seriously, by how J.K. Rowling can think of a plot so imaginative, sourcing from nothing but her thoughts and ideas, starting from scratch, creating an entirely different world! From the 6th book onwards, I thought that everything became much more serious, especially in the 7th book with so much conflict going on. But it's really awesome. For the movie, I think that the movies for this series were done reasonably well, but the 6th was kind of disappointing for me. It was 3 hours long, but I felt that everything was just so rushed. Every scene had no proper introduction and ending, it just kept changing from scene to scene. And I didn't like the castle they 'used', I still think they one they 'used' in the 1st movie was the best, I guess, maybe because it was the first image of the castle given. Hmm. But the 6th was also disappointing because they cut out really good parts that I was anticipating to watch on screen, or because they didn't do those parts well. I don't really blame them, with them rushing on like they did and still taking 3 hours, I can't imagine how long the movie would have taken if they took their time on certain scenes. I was really looking forward to these scenes: of course, the big fight in Hogwarts towards the end, when Harry used Sectumsempra for the first time, when Katy Bell touched the cursed necklace, and of course the part in the lake in the cave, the Inferi. They didn't do these parts up to my expectations. When I read the book, I was seriously creeped out by some of these scenes, but in the movie it wasn't so. But oh well. I still say the best movie they did was Order of the Phoenix. Haha. Awaiting the Deathly Hallows movie. Another neverending applause for J.K. Rowling for how she put together the puzzle pieces so perfectly together, even pieces from the first book fall together in the 7th book. Clap clap clap! Need I say? 5/5 for me! Hehe, some cooly pics I like, some I've only just seen just now when searching. I guess I just really like those taglines they put on the top/bottom of the pics! I like Malfoy! Love Bellatrix!
LOOK AT BELLATRIX!!!!!!!
I know! I'm crazy! I'm a geek!
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief- Rick Riordan
Look, I didn't want to be a half-blood. I never asked to be the son of a Greek God. I was just a normal kid, going to school, playing basketball, skateboarding. The usual. Until I accidentally vaporized my maths teacher. That's when things started really going wrong. Now I spend my time fighting with swords, battling monsters with my friends, and generally trying to stay alive. This is the one where Zeus, God of the Sky, thinks I've stolen his lightning bolt - and making Zeus angry is a very bad idea. Can Percy find the lightning bolt before a fully-fledged war of the Gods erupts?
This book is based on Greek Mythology in modern day. I really, really like this book, as I do with all books that talk about super powers and stuff. Haha. And OMGosh OMGosh!!! I just found out the movie is in the making! Coming out next year in Feb! AAAAHHHH!! And guess when? My BIRTHDAY! I can't wait. Seriously, this book has made me interested in taking Greek Mythology (an empty wish I'm sure, one that would not be). This book is all adventures and discovery, and very interesting even to someone who doesn't know anything about Greek Mythology, only that Herculus and the flying unicorn (what's its name?) and Hades and Zeus and I-can't-remember-who-else were all in a cartoon in Astro. Hmm. But it does get confusing sometimes, because I don't know the story behind the gods, so I sometimes have to take time to figure out what was going on. There are five books and I've only read the first! I read the hard-cover book I borrowed from my friend. The pics (from left) are, I presume, the original book (I think, it's the one in the site), the hardcover I read, and the republished one (I think!). Hmm, which one should I get? 5/5!
Trailer! Wow, director of HP 1 and 2! I think those movies are not bad, really! My birthday, 2010! Can't wait!!!
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Random Memories- Love Bug!
Haha. No, I haven't caught it yet (fortunately? unfortunately?).
This is one of those moments that when I think of it, I just smile to myself, smile at that sweet memory which is slowly slipping from my mind!
LoveBug by The Jonas Brothers just started getting popular in M'sia. And it was so catchy! Everyone who listened to English radios were humming it. It was so catchy because of its beat, that makes you just snap your fingers and bob your head along with it.
So we were in twos, jogging around the basketball courts and volleyball courts as warm up for P.E., and I was like, hey let's sing a song everyone knows! And me and LeePei and Shelia and others, we just started snapping our fingers to the beat and sang 'Now I'm speechless, over the edge and just breathless...'. It was so funny. Because we were huffing and puffing from jogging, and laughing and just totally out of breath. It was seriously a laugh out loud moment!
Miss those times. We hardly warm up now. Haha.
One other random memory is when 6 of us Chius, before anyone started leaving to study, drove up to Kundasang for a holiday. It was so totally fun! With the weather so cool and nice, it just boosted up everyone's mood and happiness. And I was young (youngER) and did not get car sick easily. So I always was the one in the boot, with blankets and pillows, and our luggage and my story books. I just laid there reading books when I wasn't crammed up with everyone else. There was once when we were going on a steady uphill, it was cool and we had so much junkfood. The car was dirty with koropok wrappings and tissues and plastic bags. We stopped by to get some fruits sold on the road side and we were eating bananas. There was a plastic bag hung on one of the handles on the top side of the car, used to throw rubbish into. So we were all laughing and eating those bananas, and we tried to throw the peels into that plastic bag. And we were like, Strike 1/2/3 for everytime you missed. And there was another time, on the same trip I think, we were quite high and were driving amongst clouds, and Kev opened the sun roof and stood up so that his head sticked out and was like, woah it's so cool and fresh! Awesome! And then we drove by loads of piles of cow dung! It stank! He immediately sat down and closed the sun roof, coughing and expressing his disbelief of how bad cow dung could smell.
Haha. Badly composed post, I know. =S
But memories, I will always cherish! =D
This is one of those moments that when I think of it, I just smile to myself, smile at that sweet memory which is slowly slipping from my mind!
LoveBug by The Jonas Brothers just started getting popular in M'sia. And it was so catchy! Everyone who listened to English radios were humming it. It was so catchy because of its beat, that makes you just snap your fingers and bob your head along with it.
So we were in twos, jogging around the basketball courts and volleyball courts as warm up for P.E., and I was like, hey let's sing a song everyone knows! And me and LeePei and Shelia and others, we just started snapping our fingers to the beat and sang 'Now I'm speechless, over the edge and just breathless...'. It was so funny. Because we were huffing and puffing from jogging, and laughing and just totally out of breath. It was seriously a laugh out loud moment!
Miss those times. We hardly warm up now. Haha.
One other random memory is when 6 of us Chius, before anyone started leaving to study, drove up to Kundasang for a holiday. It was so totally fun! With the weather so cool and nice, it just boosted up everyone's mood and happiness. And I was young (youngER) and did not get car sick easily. So I always was the one in the boot, with blankets and pillows, and our luggage and my story books. I just laid there reading books when I wasn't crammed up with everyone else. There was once when we were going on a steady uphill, it was cool and we had so much junkfood. The car was dirty with koropok wrappings and tissues and plastic bags. We stopped by to get some fruits sold on the road side and we were eating bananas. There was a plastic bag hung on one of the handles on the top side of the car, used to throw rubbish into. So we were all laughing and eating those bananas, and we tried to throw the peels into that plastic bag. And we were like, Strike 1/2/3 for everytime you missed. And there was another time, on the same trip I think, we were quite high and were driving amongst clouds, and Kev opened the sun roof and stood up so that his head sticked out and was like, woah it's so cool and fresh! Awesome! And then we drove by loads of piles of cow dung! It stank! He immediately sat down and closed the sun roof, coughing and expressing his disbelief of how bad cow dung could smell.
Haha. Badly composed post, I know. =S
But memories, I will always cherish! =D
Basics
Since there is so much, so much to catch up on, so much I have not blogged about, I just figured that it would be better to take it one memory at a time, but of course there's the risk of it not becoming a memory, because we forget easily. Edward Cullen "The human's memories are like a sieve." HAHAHAHA! Just some random part that got stuck in my memory.
Dance Delight by Synergy Dance Studio KK. 4.7.09 at Foo Chow Association at 7.30pm. Lee Pei gave me the ticket without asking, RM25. And without question, me, Steph and Shelia went to watch Lee Pei perform. We also watched Liau perform (wolf whistle!). It was quite an enjoyable performance, there were some very impressive dancers. The choreography for some dances were awesome! And then after we went for yam cha at 88. Haha. We cheered out loud for Liau during her break dancing, and lots of times for Lee Pei throughout.
What struck me was how some people could have so many friends, know so many people, but then don't have any close friends, those you can really call friends, those that come and support you and cheer for you and care for you. So I consider myself really lucky and blessed that I have loads of acquaintances, have many friends, and a handful of people who I can really call friends.
Sigh, it's so sad that some people just don't appreciate the friends they have, or have hundreds of them, but none that you can trust and lean on.
So much to think of, so complicated, when it's not.
Ok. I'm going to tell you tomorrow.
Let's brace ourselves. Breathe in!
Dance Delight by Synergy Dance Studio KK. 4.7.09 at Foo Chow Association at 7.30pm. Lee Pei gave me the ticket without asking, RM25. And without question, me, Steph and Shelia went to watch Lee Pei perform. We also watched Liau perform (wolf whistle!). It was quite an enjoyable performance, there were some very impressive dancers. The choreography for some dances were awesome! And then after we went for yam cha at 88. Haha. We cheered out loud for Liau during her break dancing, and lots of times for Lee Pei throughout.
What struck me was how some people could have so many friends, know so many people, but then don't have any close friends, those you can really call friends, those that come and support you and cheer for you and care for you. So I consider myself really lucky and blessed that I have loads of acquaintances, have many friends, and a handful of people who I can really call friends.
Sigh, it's so sad that some people just don't appreciate the friends they have, or have hundreds of them, but none that you can trust and lean on.
So much to think of, so complicated, when it's not.
Ok. I'm going to tell you tomorrow.
Let's brace ourselves. Breathe in!
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Wrapping Tonight
This is how much of a geek I am! As you know, we study literature in school. And these are exerts of some short poems that I really, really like. Some which I want to learn from.
If - Rudyard Kipling
If you can dream- and not make dreams your master;
If you can think- and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools;
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and never and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings- nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
WIth sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yous is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And- which is more- you'll be a Man, my son!
Aku Menjadi Lebih Berani- Latifah Haji Shebli
Kali ini
kau berbaju biru
dan bajuku ungu.
Sayang, hanya aku tahu
hatimu
tidak setulus hatiku
yang berbaju ungu.
Bila begini,
sebilah pisaumu aku tidak gentar
sepatah kata
bisa,
aku merasa.
Hati dan rasa mengajarku
aku menjadi lebih berani.
Don't act surprise. I think too much.
If - Rudyard Kipling
If you can dream- and not make dreams your master;
If you can think- and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools;
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and never and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings- nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
WIth sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yous is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And- which is more- you'll be a Man, my son!
Aku Menjadi Lebih Berani- Latifah Haji Shebli
Kali ini
kau berbaju biru
dan bajuku ungu.
Sayang, hanya aku tahu
hatimu
tidak setulus hatiku
yang berbaju ungu.
Bila begini,
sebilah pisaumu aku tidak gentar
sepatah kata
bisa,
aku merasa.
Hati dan rasa mengajarku
aku menjadi lebih berani.
Don't act surprise. I think too much.
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