Tan Wei Yi is Currently...

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My mum bought a SONY ERICSSON without even consulting me.

FREAK! I know it's her money but the least she could do was CHECK WITH ME since she's been asking me to look up for phones. I went looking around for phones today, trying to find the market price for a few phones. I was about to tell her about the phones today but nooo... she doesn't need it anymore. Just because some stupid sales girl told her it was the latest model. AND THE AMOUNT SHE PAID WAS LIKE MORE THAN 1K FOR A STUPID SONY ERICSSON! SHE COULD FRIGGIN' GOTTEN THE iPHONE OR AT LEAST THE NOKIA!

FREAK!!!

And to almost go to bed thinking that today was a close to superb day. =_=

PS. Sorry Sony peeps, but I'm just really pissed. It goes beyond my mum getting an iPhone 3G S just so I can swop.

PPS. Don't you dare tell me I'm overreacting. I'll bite your head off. Besides, only I can tell myself that.

Phones.

When the new iPhone was announced, the price was US$199 (S$289) and US$299 (S$433) for the 16GB and 32GB versions respectively. However, contracts of the earliest SingTel iPhone customers are shy of a year. To get a new phone, they would have to break their contracts and pay full price for a new phone or they would have to add two extra years to the contract and pay a subsidised hardware fee. This may cause SingTel to lose a few customers. So instead, SingTel will offer iPhone 3G users who have been its customers for at least six months to upgrade their handsets. They will have to pay between $200 and $738, depending on plan and the handset. Sounds attractive, no? Nevertheless, their contract lengths will also be 'reset' to 24 months. Not so pretty now, huh?

Yes, the upgrade in the hardware is pretty tempting and my mum IS thinking of getting a new phone. It's pretty good timing. She's thinking of the iPhone so I thought she could get the 3G S and then I'd trade it with her since she wouldn't even feel the difference and mine's brand new anyways. 4 month old to be exact. I remember I got it near Valentine's. Dammit. If only I waited 4 months... With my current plan, I could have gotten the 32GB and I need that! My 16GB is full already. Full of songs. I need more songs! Just think about the hardware... autofocus camera, video recording capabilities, voice control, bigger harddisk! Not something you can get from the iPhone Software 3.0 update. But anyway, Apple's prolly coming up with a new handset next year... should I bother chasing these phones? I mean... If my mum weren't looking for one then I wouldn't even bother. But now that she is... I'm not so sure. I know my mum's not gonna wait long to get herSELF a new phone 'cause she lost THE HP THAT I BOUGHT HER! =_= and she's gonna need a replacement REAL soon. If she doesn't get the iPhone, she'll get the Nokia N97 @ $1050 or N86 @ $758, without contract.

Dammit. What do you see?

I see the iPhone. Any SingTel customers gonna end their contracts soon? =D I'm not eligible for re-contract. I need at least 6 months. Dammmmmn.

Short Apple Updates.

Sorry for the slowness and randomness but I was just looking thru apple.com after dunno how many centuries and I just realised that Macs finally come with a memory card slot! (Refer to picture below.)

I remember writing in a comment just last year to Apple about not having a memory card slot. I told myself that when Macs finally come with a memory card slot and a touchscreen uh... interface(?), I'd get myself a new Mac. Prolly upgrade to the Pro if the price is reasonable, which would most prolly (or rather hopefully) be the case. Who knows, I'll prolly be in the states doing my u or something sooooo, getting my allowance x3.78 will mean that I can prolly afford a new MacBook PRO! XD

Well, that's what I told myself about a new IXUS just before I came to Singapore.

Digressing.

Back to affording a Mac.

I heard that Apple's Leopard OS X now runs with normal PCs. So yeah... people will start buying just the Mac OS for PCs and the price of Macs would prolly drop and finally, more people would start going for Macs. (Dammit. Apple should keep Mac OS for themselves (and for us Mac-ers). I wanted to be special. LoL.)

People used to ask me why would I (or rather my mum) pay so much $$$ for a Mac.

Well, one of the reasons, I figure, is prolly Mac's OS. I honestly think it's the best out there. In fact, when you pay for a Mac, you're also paying for an ORIGINAL operating system, which costs quite a lot. Unlike a PC which would most probably use a pirated operating system, Macs and their original operating system provides lots of nifty updates and it comes with good security. I like that... besides, the hardware's good. With the software being good... everything just works. Together. Just think about the graphics and Intel multicore processors. Oh, the RAM and processing speed, iHeart. Battery life too... Oh! Mutli-touch trackpad! So close to the touchscreen dream! XD (PS. I'm aware of the fact that other companies like Sony, for example, has the touchscreen already but their sensitivity is crap, or rather would be crap, when compared to Apple. Just compare Xperia and iPhone for instance. Besides, Sony has always been following Apple's footsteps and this releasing the touchscreen (does not include tablet) first doesn't mean Apple's copying Sony this time. It's so obvious Sony wants to be "first" while Apple wants to perfect it before releasing it.) (PPS. I actually like Sony. O.O) (PPPS. I suppose I like Apple better... Exdee!) (PPPPS. I imagine Apple's touchscreen interface to be like Jeff Han's, not those normal tablet kinds. Google him. =D) (PPPPPS. Oh, lord. I sound like a kid.)

Oh, btw, back to security, you do realise you hardly see viruses on Macs, right?

“Connecting a PC to the Internet using factory settings is like leaving your front door wide open with your valuables out on the coffee table. A Mac, on the other hand, shuts and locks the door, hides the key, and stores your valuables in a safe with a combination known only to you. You have to buy, configure, and maintain such basic protection on a PC.”

But heck, hackers / malware developers would prolly start attacking Macs once the masses start flooding in like crazy. With Apple's "Come on geeks, we dare you - bet you can't crack a Mac!" ad campaign... us Mac users are in for a rideee. T_T

Smooth move Apple.

With Mac being slowly downgraded in that sense to just another PC, Macs will be substitutable and Steve Jobs will have to lower his prices to actually start competing against Bill Gates and some other random people.

Conclusion: The headlines done the road will read "Mac Users On The Rise".

But you know what, Steve Jobs? I prefer being a consumer in the smaller market in this industry. We get exclusive goods. ^^

Sure, there will be a heavier price to pay. Sure, it is conflicted with a consumers conventional tendencies to share less of what's in his pockets with the entrepreneur's bank account. I know... a firm's aim is to maximize profit. It's an elastic demand out there. Lowering price (and gaining a more than proportionate increase in quantity demanded) as opposed to the opposite is more profitable. BUT YOU CAN MAKE IT LESS SUBSTITUTABLE!

Bahhh! Econs suck.

Okay. Maybe not. The fact that I (kinda) love Apple so much that I'm crapping such crap sucks too. XP

Ahhh. I think me being so contradicting sucks most. I annoy myself. T_T

PS. I really didn't mean it when I said Econs suck, I prolly meant mine. So God of Econs, please give me the knowledge (while I sleep) to equip me with the power to ace Econs (and the other subjects if possible) for my A Levels. =D

PPS. I prolly said Econs suck cause I'm not doing very well with my studies now... =/ CTs were crap. =//

PPPS. I tagged it as a lot of things because I am not decisive right now. XD Brain's messed up. Prolly as usual. =S

Wei Yi is Currently...

refreshing Google every 5 seconds to find out what's the score between Roger Federer and Andy Roddick because she doesn't have a telly in S'pore.

WTF.

PS. Wei Yi wants Andy Roddick to win 'cause she likes Pete Sampras better and she doesn't want Roger Federer to beat his all time Grand Slam record!

PPS. Roger Federer and Andy Roddick are playing in the Wimbledon Finals, info just in case you have been living under a rock.

Quarantine.

Pay close attention to the poster for what it contains as it pretty much summarizes what I'm about to write. Saves your time. ^^

Okay. Not 11 March 2008 but 28 June 2009.

Raffles Institution Boarding. Lockdown.

The residents were never seen again, for now.

But got details lah. H1N1. XD

I was kinda lucky tho... I was supposed to stay in boarding yesterday night, which was the night RIB announced, but since my mum was still in Singapore after she dropped me, she thought I should stay with her and so I did. Thank god I did if not I'd be stuck in that godforsaken place for lord knows how long. Okay. I do know how long. 7 days ny. But still long k? Imagine cannot come out sure die inside with not ny pig fly but mental illness as well.

Anywho, as some of you should know, I'm having my CTs, and obviously, so are the rest of the boarders. So how are they gonna sit for their mid term exams? Some of the serious cases will be taking their papers isolated in a specially assigned room with an invigilator, the rest - in the time dining hall. Before that, I thought they'd be skipping it and at that moment I was wishing I'd be quarantined. Kinda cool also wei... food sent to the room. So good service right? So speciaaal...

But. I have better. I'm staying in a hotel. They make my bed and wash my towels. XD

PS. Thank you, mummy!

PPS. Jia Yan, Yee Won, Olie, Jac, etc., help yourself to my milk... if you see this. Which you prolly might if you're that bored being quarantined. XD

PPPS. Like I told Yee Won, don't finish my choc milk! XP

PW HELP!

Hey guys... Project work here to terrorize us JC students again. We're doing this project on Racial Harmony and we need to gather some info so we can uh... fine tune and improve our proposed strategies. I'm really hoping you could just spare some of your time to help us fill in this survey. 10 questions only. Not much brain juice needed. =D

Click here to take the survey (to save Wei Yi's ass) if you're a student/someone in your youth!

Click here to take the survey (to save Wei Yi's bottom) if you're a parent/adult!

PS. Thank you!!!

WTF! iPhone 3G S!!!

More like iPhone 3G aSshole! The new iPhone 3G S has auto focus, vid recording, voice recording, cut and paste, MMS and SO MUCH MORE!

WTF!

Did I just my phone 4 months too early???

OMFG!

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Okay. I did some slight research. Like I mentioned earlier, iPhone 3.0 OS update will be coming out 17 June 2009. Some comparisons with the iPhone 3G + software update and the iPhone 3G S.

	iPhone 3G with Software Update	iPhone 3G S
Processor	412MHz ARM 11	Unknown, "on average up to twice as fast"
Graphics capability	OpenGL ES 2.0	OpenGL ES 2.0
Camera	2.0 megapixel fixed focus	3.0 megapixel autofocus with macro mode and auto white balance
Video recording	None	30fps VGA with on-device editing capability
Voice control	None	Dialing, music control
Nike+ support	No	Yes
Wireless technologies	3.6Mbps HSDPA, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR	7.2Mbps HSDPA, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
Water and oil-resistant finish	No	Yes
Integrated magnetic compass	No	Yes
Included headphones	Standard	Inline remote for music control
Battery life	Up to 5 hours talk time / data on 3G, 10 hours on 2G	Up to 5 hours talk time / data on 3G, 12 hours on 2G
	Up to 6 hours data on WiFi	Up to 9 hours data on WiFi
	Up to 24 hours audio	Up to 30 hours audio
	Up to 7 hours video	Up to 10 hours video
Dimensions	115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3mm	115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3mm
Weight	133 grams / 4.69 oz.	135 grams / 4.76 oz.
Extra Features:
Cut, Copy and Paste	Yes	Yes
Landscape Keyboard	Yes	Yes
MMS	Yes	Yes
Spotlight Search	Yes	Yes
Voice Memos	Yes	Yes
Improved Calender	Yes	Yes
Shake To Shuffle	Yes	Yes
Internet Tethering	Yes	Yes

So basically, what i'm missing out is the auto focus 3 MP camera with macro, the vid, the better battery life and the faster internet and some other random stuff. Sounds like that's not much and maybe it isn't but stilllll! It has the 32GB model as well. F you iPhone manufacturer!!!

*Runs Away and Cries*

RIB Night!

Just some quotes during RIB Night I wanna remember (and uh... tributize). =)

"Let's give a warm round of applause for Wei Yi who will be performing How Do I Live Underneath Your Clothes! *Moments later...* Ooops! I meant..."
-Sivananda Rajananda who meant it as a joke.

"Like she (one of the other judges) said, when you go for higher level of competitions like... well, Singapore Idol *hint hint* perhaps, song choice is really important. In fact, you could transpose your songs a note or two higher to fully exploit your vocal range. With proper training, you can go really far."

- One Of The Judges

"I like the confidence in you. We can obviously see it from your (introductory) video."

- One Of The Other Judges

"It's amazing how you can sing with just the accompaniment of the piano and still sound so good."

- One Of The Other Other Judges

"We love you Wei Yi!"

- Jia Yan, Olie, Jac, Christina, Valerie Djie, etc.? (I only heard Jia Yan's voice though... XD) from the audience.

"I love you too!"

- Me to them on stage! =DD

"Congrats congrats! I'm glad it turned out well. You can prepare an encore d. XD"

- Boyle? when I just got off the stage. He did a lot for me. =D

"Well done, well done! You sing very well lehhh! You're my new idol now!!! Can you sign my back??? =D"

- Christina Lui who previously "huh? you can sing"-ed me and also the one who bet $10,000 that i'll lose. Well, the odds were quite high during semis. XD

"You were awesomeee! I told you you could do it! *Hugs*"

- Elys/Anas? who received so many "Omg omg omg. I'm so nervous... =/"s from me.

"Wow... The ugly duckling has finally transformed into a swan."

- Jonathan Ch'ng

"You've literally come from zero to hero."

- Jonathan Ch'ng

Yes. I had my bad start. I'm so glad everything turned out fine eventually. There were moments I really felt like not going through with it. But I'm glad I didn't call it quits. Of course, I'm even more glad I didn't screw up anymore. Teehee~ 

After the rain comes the rainbow. =)

By the way, one of the judges is a homegrown, local recording artist, Bevlyn Koo and the other 3 judges are music teachers. From somewhere. I'm not sure who said what though... I can't remember. I was nervous! XD 

And last but not least! A huge "thank you" goes out to all the "you were awesome!"s and "well done!"s from like... James, David, Sue En, Amanda, Cuong, etc. =D (PS. Thanks for all the flowers guysss + Moor block! ^^)

Swiss Army Knife comes with a flash drive now. Amazing.

I missed being on stage.

Before today, I was wondering what I got myself into again this time. RIB (Raffles Institution Boarding) Idol didn't start out very well for me. The whole journey started with an audition in which I decide to forget the lyrics to Reflections. But thankfully, they just wanted to listen to our voices so yeah, I got through. 26++ down to 13. But the semifinals didn't get any better. I was so worried about playing the guitar for the first time in front of everyone so doing what I do best, I choked, forgot the lyrics for the first song, I'll Be (Your Crying Shoulder) and subsequently forgetting how the chords for More Than Words.

So how in the world did I get into the finals?

That, I have to thank a lot of people. That, I have to thank Boyle for. I have this feeling in my gut, telling me that he devised this whole special round that I went to after the semis, just to help me. Apparently 3 of us tied. But anywho, that went slightly better. I remembered my lyrics and the rest just went along and I got into the finals. Someday by Nickelback was what I sang. By the way, Elysia was with me all the way. She's by far the most talented person I've met. In fact, most of the Indons are really talented too. But anywho, Elys plays the piano, the guitar, she sings, she's smart and if I keep going, I'd prolly cause a hang in the Internet. By the way, when I say she plays the piano, she's not just some amateur. She can listen to a song and then play it out for you right on the spot. She's really musically inclined and she can tell you what note you're singing in. She friggin' doesn't need a tuner to tune her guitar. She doesn't need ultimate-guitar.com, she's got it all in her. I'm bemazed. Beyond amazed.

When I first stepped into RIB, I thought I'd be stuck with a bunch of nerds for 2 years. I was sad 'cause Asha the singing partner and Stef the dancing partner wasn't with me anymore. But little did I know, I was about to experience something even... bigger. RIB has more talent than IJC times 5. Mind you, RIB only has a population of prolly less than half of IJC. (So technically it's a tenfold of IJC's talent.) We have singers, dancers, breakers, beatboxers, athletes, leaders and uh... the largest source of brain power in this region(?) (Well, prolly at least in Singapore. xD) And ya know wha the best part is? The rest is still yet to be discovered. It's like a friggin' School of Talents lah.

I recall first coming to RI(JC), watching those concerts, being apart of the audience, I felt so helpless, somehow. So yes, it felt good to be on the stage again. Honestly, I'm still shocked... this whole RIB Idol thing. All the other 5 finalists were so good. They have an amazing voice and they really had range. I'm really surprised I turned up on top. I suppose what separated me from the rest was the inner confidence, the one that I didn't realise I have. Of course, there was the support from all my friends that harnessed the faith in myself. Jia Yan, Jac, Olie, Yee Won, Anas, David, Christian, Vanessa, Ben, Jack, Jimmy, ELYSIA, and the list goes on. There were some pretty uh... constructive comments that really helped me too. Boyle, Johnathan, Tay Tay... =) Boyle told me I threw it all away during the semis. And I realised I did by not preparing... And that woke me up. On an irrelevant note, Tay Tay kept buggin' me to get a dress. LoL. But I didn't. Obviously. Not prepared for that yet. Converse, jeans, random tee, tie, vest, hat - that was what I wore.

There were moments when I felt that I was really lost. I really had no idea what I was doing up there. Why was I putting myself through so much mental pain? Trust me, it wasn't that easy. Being on stage can be really scary sometimes and that will probably cause you to choke. When you choke, you screw things up. You're afraid people start talking about you, criticizing your abilities and all. But eventually I tried to put that aside and just give myself a chance to enjoy meself and that's prolly why things turned out better for the special round and the rehearsals and finally, the finals. I grew pretty comfy on stage after awhile. (PS. I'm hungry nowww! I didn't eat before the finals. Was nervous as hell. The dance floor didn't help conserve my energy. xD) I missed being on stage. I'm glad I had a chance again, whether or not I prevailed as the Idol.

Wait. How did I get here in the first place? Cause it's real funny. Back in sec school, I didn't do very well with singing competitions. It was never my thing. I always came in something other than first. (Sudden primary school memory restoration: my music teacher asked me to take part in singing competitions after hearing me sing but I refused.) (PS. Sometimes I wish I continued going for piano lessons. I knew this day would come but I just didn't like piano back then. Note to self: Get kids, if any, to start piano/ballet/tennis as early as possible, like Isabelle / Elys who started at 3 (like OMG!), so they don't rebel and complain.)

I think it was all in the song choice. Prior to this, I wasn't the exactly the one who dared to take chances. I was always keeping my music (and prolly lot of other things) on the safer side.Westlife, S Club, Elton John... Those were my usuals. Easy. Safe. But this time, I wrote myself a whole new path. I went for songs I never thought I'd go for, for the finals at least.

All the other contestants were so good. If I were to do what I usually do, I would have been better off not singing. I performed Underneath Your Clothes and How Do I Live for the finals. I'm still shocked I pulled it off. Those, especially the latter, was the kinda songs I would usually stay away from. I never thought I could pulled it off. But when I did it today, oh God, it felt so good. It's just that kinda satisfaction, ya know? Imagine... The kinda songs I would usually steer away from cause I'd have to falsetto, I sang without having to falsetto. It felt so good to discover a new area in my vocal range. (Imagine what I could have done with it for IJC Idol. Dammit. xD) I guess it all comes down to how it's so important to step out of your comfort zone every once in awhile cause you never know what you'd get. Sometimes, you'd find something you don't like. But other times, you'll find something so great that it'll make all those times of disappointment, or defeat as you might call it, worth it.

Thomas Edison once said, "I didn't fail, I found out 2000 ways how to not make a lightbulb; I only need to find one way to make it work."

It's quite something to see the weeks of preparation coming down to one final day (that started out slow cause I had to wait for my turn and fast when my turn was over). RIB Night. The tutors really did a good job. It was pretty well organized. Prolly from all the rehearsals. So yeah, I guess the hours past midnight were really worth it after all. All the stressing up and worrying and nervousness and all the friends I met along the way... All worth it. The discovery of a part of me I obviously never knew, totally worth it.

It's all about doing whatever you wanna do while you still have the chance to do so, all at this very given moment in time.

Seize the day, live it up!

David aka Bimbo! =)

Muzhi and I

Trung - Anas - Me!

First Row From Top: Ben Lo - Me - Anas

Second Row From Top: Jonathan

Third Row From Top: Chan Mint - Jack

The Talented and Beautiful Elysia and I =D

All in a day's week's work! *SMiLES*

PS. Astronomy Club had a stargazing event yester yesterday. I missed Saturn but I did see the moon. It's so pretty.

PPS. We had King and Queen of RIB today as well. King is Trung from Viet and Queen is Muzhi from Shanghai.

PPPS. I just realised the Idol's from Malaysia. Yay! Go Malaysia! =D

PPPPS. It's 5.30 am now. I have a game of tennis tomro. xD

PPPPPS. It's 6.20 am now and I'm playing tennis in a couple of hours! =)

A meal to die for.

The title says it all.

Shoutouts, that aren't very shoutout-like.

It's been awhile. I've been busy so I didn't have much time to blog. I'm lagging in tutorials and tennis season has been... well, despite the wearing out effect I get on most days (which sorta in a way, added on to my laziness, causes the "lag in tutorials" scenario), amazing. 

We concluded our season today, bagging the double gold. Yes, both girls and guys. It was a closeee shave. By the way, Han Ren's (our new guy's captain) match was simply just amazing. He was reallllllly good. His match was like the Federer and Hewitt match, really make you cannot breathe. He was up against one of the best players in the country (yes, i know Singapore is a really small country but that doesn't mean his opponent was anywhere near incompetency) and WON, despite the fact that his opponent had a few match points, mind you. 

Anywho, Ms. Lio showed us some videos before our match to ermmm... inspire us and uh... coach us. XD She was like, "Oh, here you watch the forehand, you hit it like that, and watch that backhand. See how they're so determined? Just look at the way they keep going!" LoL. Of course she was joking but anywho, aside from her "coaching", her motivation talk was quite good too. There was something about tennis being an awesome game where you won't run out the clock. As long as you're still playing, you're in it and you still have a chance. I think that was quoted from Sampras or Agassi. It's amazing how you can gain so much from sports, simply just by applying what you've learnt from games/matches/training sessions to real life situations. The thing is, you won't understand the intensity of it until you experience it yourself. 

Oh, by the way, the MOTIVATION TALK ironically concluded with a quote by Andre Agassi saying that being number two sucks. Mrs. Lio followed up by saying, "no pressure though..." xD

Anywhos, I just came by today to announce some rather good news. So I should prolly get along with it cause I have to read up for my GP Common Test tomorrow. =/ 

1. Yes, there's the double gold for Tennis Nationals. =)
2. I got into tennis EXCO. Secretary. Quite sad about not getting vice capt but people tell me I should be happy. Anyway, looking at who's above me (Jia Li - ex RGS Tennis Capt and Tessa -ex RGS Head Girl), I guess it's not so bad. (PS. RGS is Raffles Girls School.)
3. I just got awarded a scholarship from Raffles. It's not as great as ASEAN but it does cover my tuition fees, which does come up to quite a bit. About $3500 (RM8400) a year ? Not as much compared to ASEAN (which  I blew) though but it works too. It's subjected to re-contract next year though... Ahhh... I'll just do my best.

Anyway, I wanna end by saying that life here ain't easy... Wherever you are, I'm pretty sure it's much tougher than secondary school cause right now, you can only count on yourself. A bit on your tutor, but not as much as before. We were spoon fed. Of course, back then, we had to deal with other situations that might have been tough for us. Like... learning to let go of friends or something something lah. I don't have very good examples but i'm pretty sure times weren't THAT smooth. After all, we only knew so much and we were only able to do so much. Different abilities we're talking about here. I'm sure uni days will come with lotsa new lessons as well. 

Anywho, you know how is it like when people always say or act as if they got it easy? I dunno about you, but most times, I think it's just a front. It's just a front to fool the whole world into thinking how capable they themselves are and just so that the world will look up to them... admire them. Studies, for example. They tell people they don't study at all. Like hell they don't, friggin' closet muggers. And on top of that, these people think that if you find it tough, it's simply because of the very fact that you're inept. The sad thing is, they fail to realise that they themselves didn't have it easy too.

I'm not going to succumb to that anymore. From now, I'm not going to worry about people finding me incompetent and I'm going to at least TRY not to trivialize things because I realise how I sometimes find hope in knowing that I'm not in this alone. Besides, Pete Sampras had a really neat way of looking at it.

"I made it look so easy on court all those years. No one realized how hard I had to work. No one realized how much I had to put into it. They underestimated my intensity."

- Pete Sampras

Cloned specimen, raving fan or simply just another great mind (who happens to think like me)?

I was just looking through Friendster (for lord knows what reason) and this sorta caught my eye! =D

My Friendster Profile

His/Her/Its Friendster Profile

Notice how the arrangement of my hobbies and his/her/its hobbies are so similar? Even the formatting! Haha... I edited my profile was AGES ago so I'm pretty sure I did it first. So the question now is, who is this amazing person? xD

PS. Real updates will come sooooon. But i dunno when. =PP

Just when everything was going so well...

I had to screw up.

I'm damn pissed at myself right now. I think I just got myself my 4th white slip. What exactly is a white slip? It's a warning slip you get in RJ for bad conduct. I got 1 for wearing my skirt too short while other people with even shorter skirts didn't get it, 1 on the first time I was late to school cause I got carried away when I was studying in the morning, 1 cause I missed the elective I signed up for cause and even though I told the teacher i had tennis trials I didn't foresee and now, 1 for being late to class cause I friggin went to the canteen!

Ohhh gawddd... Having 4 white slips means your conduct gets downgraded from "good" to "fair", and that means no scholarship and well, I can very well just kiss my tennis exco goodbye. I thought I did pretty well in the interview yesterday but I just had to screw up!

Some of it was just bad timing, but mostly, I blame myself.

I wish I could just turn back time... =(

Quote Of The Day!

"Today was effin hot like the sun was PMS-ing or something!"

- Kylie Chee

It's amazing how 2 places (Malacca and Singapore) so far apart can share the same temperature and I quote Kylie Chee, today damn blardy hot siut! I'm starting to look like an indian d... BUT! It doesn't matter! You know why? Cause I loooooove tennis and hence, it doesn't matter. xD 

It's an amazing feeling i never really felt before. Back home, I thought i liked tennis but i never liked it as much as now. Tennis training is like my drug right now... I go crazy without it. It's amazing how tennis can take your mind off things (ie. studies and missing home) COMPLETELY, although temporary. And the people.... oh GAWD! I LOVE MY TEAM! Things have been going pretty well these days. =)

Anywhos, come to think about it, I've learnt a lot from tennis in these few months, more than what i've ever learnt in all my years of tennis, to be used in life. Some i adopted from basketball last year... but that's beside the point. I realise that we tend to learn a lot from losing something we really cherish (ie. my last basketball match last year) or simply just something that reallllly means a lot to us. It's a nice feeling, appreciating what you have and I guess sometimes you just gotta ask yourself whether you really want IT or do you just think you want it. No one says it was gonna be easy and well, wishful thinking is useless; most times, you just gotta keep on going even when you feel like you can't 'cause you'll eventually pull thru and you will be UBER HAPPY. =)

Well, i shan't explain myself right now 'cause i've been deprived of sleep trying to finish my project work, ergo, i'mma go sleep now!

GOOD NIGHT, WORLD! And SMILE! SOMEONE LOVES YOU!

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Regarding the Malay-speaking thing, yeash! It's damn cool 'cause no one else can understand what you're talking about among fellow Malaysians! PS. I'm dropping Chinese... and not taking Malay.

Anywho, this is a little something most of you have prolly seen this before 'cause it's prolly been circulating on the internet for a while now... But anywho, (for my homies who understand Malay...) Enjoy!

From: xxxxxxxxxx@gmail.com

Subject: FW: karangan terbaik UPSR 2008.. check it out!!! damn funny..

Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:52:26 +0800

Pagi itu pagi minggu. Cuaca cukup sejuk sehingga mencapai takat suhu beku. Sebab itu saya tidak mandi pagi sebab air kolah jadi air batu dan air paip tidak mahu keluar sebab beku di dalam batang paip. Pagi itu saya bersarapan dengan keluarga di dalam unggun api kerana tidak tahan sejuk. Selepas itu emak saya mengajak saya menemaninya ke pasar. Tetapi saya tidak mahu.

 

Selepas emak menikam perut saya berkali-kali dengan garpu barulah saya bersetuju untuk mengikutnya. Kami berjalan sejauh 120 kilometer kerana pasar itu letaknya 128 kilometer dari rumah. Lagi 8 kilometer nak sampai pasar saya ternampak sebuah lori kontena meluru dengan laju dari arah belakang.

 

Dia melanggar emak saya. Emak saya tercampak ke dalam gaung. Dia menjerit “Adoi!”. Lepas itu emak saya naik semula dan mengejar lori tersebut. Saya pun turut berlari di belakang emak saya kerana takut emak saya melanggar lori itu pula. Pemandu lori itu nampak kami mengejarnya. Dia pun memecut lebih laju iaitu sama dengan kelajuan cahaya. Kami pula terpaksa mengejar dengan lebih laju iaitu sama dengan dua kali ganda kelajuan cahaya. Emak saya dapat menerajang tayar depan lori itu. Lori itu terbabas dan melanggar pembahagi jalan lalu bertembung dengan sebuah feri. Feri itu terbelah dua.

 

Penumpang feri itu yang seramai 100 orang semuanya mati. Pemandu feri itu sangat marah. Dia pun bertukar menjadi Ultraman dan memfire pemandu lori. Pemandu lori menekan butang khas di dalam lori dia..lori itu bertukar menjadi robot Transformer. Mereka bergaduh di udara. Emak saya tidak puas hati. Dia pun terus menyewa sebuah helikopter di Genting Highlands dan terus ke tempat kemalangan. Dia melanggar pemandu feri yang telah bertukar menjadi Ultraman itu.

 

Pemandu feri itu terkejut dan terus bertukar menjadi pemandu feri semula lalu terhempas ke jalanraya. Pemandu feri itu pecah. Pemandu lori sangat takut melihat kejadian itu. Dia meminta maaf dari emak saya. Dia menghulurkan tangan ingin bersalam. Tetapi emak saya masih marah. Dia menyendengkan helikopternya dan mengerat tangan pemandu lori itu dengan kipas helikopter. Pemandu lori itu menjerit “Adoi..!” dan jatuh ke bumi. Emak say menghantar helikopter itu ke Genting Highlands. Bila dia balik ke tempat kejadian, dia terus memukul pemandu lori itu dengan beg tangannya sambil memarahi pemandu lori itu di dalam bahasa Inggeris.

 

Pemandu lori itu tidak dapat menjawab sebab emak saya cakap orang putih. Lalu pemandu lori itu mati. Tidak lama kemudian kereta polis pun sampai. Dia membuat lapuran ke ibu pejabatnya tentang kemalangan ngeri itu. Semua anggota polis di pejabat polis itu terperanjat lalu mati. Orang ramai mengerumuni tempat kejadian kerana ingin mengetahui apa yang telah terjadi. Polis yang bertugas cuba menyuraikan orang ramai lalu dia menjerit menggunakan pembesar suara. Orang ramai terperanjat dan semuanya mati.

 

Selepas itu emak saya mengajak saya ke pasar untuk mengelak lebih ramai lagi yang akan mati. Di pasar, emak saya menceritakan kejadian itu kepada penjual daging. Penjual daging dan peniaga-peniaga berhampiran yang mendengar cerita itu semuanya terkejut dan mati. Saya dan emak saya terus berlari balik ke rumah. Kerana terlalu penat sebaik saja sampai di rumah kami pun mati. Itulah kemalangan yang paling ngeri yang pernah saya lihat sebelum saya mati.

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Received from my iPhone. Signing off (and reentering the world of... .... T.T) now. XD

PISSED!

'cause i have to go down and up 4 floors for roll call every single day.

'cause i played tennis like crap today.

'cause i still dunno what to do about my class.

'cause i'm worried about my grades even though i'm doing quite well for now.

'cause i no longer go for Mr. Huan, whose classes are so good, i can use his SPM stuff for 'A' Levels.

'cause i want a teacher that can teach me more than what i need to know.

'cause i don't know whether i have a teacher that can teach me more.

'cause i've gotta count on myself now.

'cause i'm not going back to Melaka next Friday during Good Friday.

'cause that means i'm going to fishing miss modern dance!

'cause i can't go back for campfire.

'cause i miss everything that's happening back home.

'cause i miss my family.

'cause i miss my friends.

'cause i miss my dog.

'cause i miss my life.

'cause i miss basketball.

'cause i miss dancing.

'cause i miss singing.

'cause i only joined tennis in RJ.

'cause i wanna join council.

'cause i wanna join jazz.

'cause i wanna join street.

'cause i should have done it.

'cause it's prolly too late now.

'cause i have to be more committed to tennis since i'm in the team.

'cause even though i'm in the team, i still play crappily.

'cause i'm like... such a loser in RJ.

'cause i miss not being a loser in IJ.

'cause the event of IJC adding me on facebook is in the past.

'cause now, i have to add myself in RJC's facebook.

'cause i miss the past.

'cause i'm living in the past.

'cause i'm living in some place other than the present.

'cause i'm not much of a leader in the present.

'cause i'm just a follower in the present.

'cause i want to do something big and i can't do it YET.

'cause i'm still planning for the big thing.

'cause i might not be able to do it.

'cause my network in Singapore ain't wide enough.

'cause i'm nobody in RJ.

'cause i'm sitting among the audience in RJ.

'cause i miss being ON stage in IJ.

'cause i'm just another person in RJ.

'cause i miss being known IJ.

'cause of lotsa other little things.

'cause i don't have it big.

'cause i complain and come up with excuses more than the measure i take.

'cause i have to move on!

'cause i have to go for roll call now!

ALSO

'cause it's/i'm so blardy long winded, no one will read it and no one will sympathize my situation. xD

'cause i'm so blardy OCD, i keep having to edit this.

Blue (but / to) happy red.

The title has no hidden agendas, it's just something on top of my head. (After some edits, it prolly has something, not agendas but anywho...) I have been feeling really crappy these few days, with tennis and studies and all, accompanied by a runny nose and a sore throat. Maybe cause I'm PMS-ing, but that's beside the point. I have some concerns. Mostly about my class. I like my classmates... well, most of them at least. There isn't exactly a classmate that I intensely dislike but I dunno... I'm just worried. Some of my classmates, they don't take things seriously when I feel they ought to do so. I'm worried that I'll start slacking and i'm afraid of being contented with being "one of the best" when I would be nothing compared to other people from other classes and it is then, when i am contented, the image of how much better i can be will start to become all fuzzy. I've thought of appealing to change classes cause well, let's face it, I'm lazy and i'm not disciplined enough to do the extra work. I need challenge to motivate me. But then again, my tutors are good, they care about whether we get it or not. From what I've heard, we've got a few of the best tutors in RJ. Well, not best but probably among the best. They slow down to match my class's pace. I'm really afraid my momentum starts slowing down... i can already sense it but i feel helpless and i can't seem to find that something to save myself from being boiled slowly, like Michael Losier's frog. Like ya know, when a frog jumps into a pot of boiling hot water, it'll jump back out right away. But if the frog sits in just another random pot of water at room temperature and you slowly turn up the heat (yes, the pot is sitting on the stove), it won't realise it's dead and cooked until... uh... it's up in heaven looking down. I need to do something about it. Changing classes is an option, but what if i can't cope in the other classes where the tutors go faster? I'm not exactly the smartest person in my class anyway. I know i can adapt to a faster pace but... i dunno. I just... don't know. I've thought a lot about it and... I'm so tired thinking about it. If I don't change now, chances are i'll stay on till A Levels. But if I switch now and the teachers move too quick and should i lose my interest in my studies, i am absolutely screwed. Dammit...... i lose either way. I know I can't have everything playing my side but I think I need to see my civics tutor and talk about this, find out what my options are. I really need to get this over and done with. It's really draining all i've got. A levels is not a very small thing at this point of time for me, it can change a lot. This decision I make can change a lot of things. 

Well... on the brighter (and more evasive + ignoring my problems) side, iPhone can finally forward and MMS!!!!! I've been waiting for a software update like this to come... and finally! 3.0 iPhone software upgrade. YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

Some people may not understand where all this hype is coming from because forwarding and MMS-ing are routine features available on all phones today, except for the iPhone, which Zhongy clearly stated in his comment about me getting me iPhone, a few posts down. So yeah... iPhone's forwarding feature. A really big thing. Instead of retyping or summarizing a text, i can finally do it without any pain. (It's not like i'm required to forward messages a lot but you never know when you're gonna need it!) The iPhone's forwarding function is a lil' different because it's er... you gotta copy and paste it. Which is A GOOD THING because it also means you can COPY AND PASTE! Just double tap the word, phrase or sentence and viola! MMS-ing is rather painless too. At the bottom left hand corner, you can choose to attach a photo, either by taking a fresh new picture or something from the camera roll. Which reminds me, they need to do something about the camera... Have a zoom at least. I don't really like downloading other camera apps. 

Oh and spotlight! The best creation on EARTH, is now available on the iPhone with the upgrade. How awesome is that? Btw, if you're not a mac user, you prolly won't know what it is. Spotlight is a live search function that does a search that provides results INSTANTLY, unlike windows. Spotlight checks your database for any files related to whatever you typed in the Spotlight field and it presents a list IN A MATTER OF SECONDS and it is really accessible. True awesome-ness. =) 

Just look at it... a little sneak peek into the Pearly Gates.

Haha.. Maybe (?) an exaggeration but my fellow Mac-ers (Applers just sound a bit funny... Actually come to think about it, it sounds kinda cute. xD), you should know where i'm coming from. xD (PS. I like that picture a lot too. xD) And anyway, there is some unpleasant news. It'll prolly be out only in June. Oh well, time flies. The day's gonna come soon and... 

I can't wait to get my hands fingers tapping on those updates!

Home sweet home.

It sure was good to be home. I had a serious crash course on catching up with everyone and I'm really reallllly glad to see everyone.

So here's a lil' summary:

I went back on Tuesday night, catch up a little with Ah Yi Beng Ha and Co., went to Pasar Malam for the first time in AGES and had my favorite tau hu huey. On Wednesday, I met up with my father side cousins and had breakfast with them. Asha then picked me up at me grams and we went to DP to meet up with Jas, Stef, Snowmans (aka Shawna & Xuan Ling), Munsie, Bavani and Eunice at Zen. It was so great to see them. It sure did bring back some fond memories. Later that day, I received a phone call from the God Mother and the next thing you know, I was up in KL. We went DVD hunting cause on impulse, Kai Ma and I wanted to watch Benjamin Button. We ended up getting a lot more other movies. I had lunch with the cuzzies (Jamin, Shern, Joo Lee, Joo Ann) and the aunts (Sabrina pui yee and Sim pui yee), not forgetting Juinn and Kai Ma at Modesto's on Thursday to celebrate Joo Lee's uber belated birthday, and then we went ice skating in Sunway Pyramid. After that, I took a 5.30 back to Melaka to meet up with Feli, Calynn, Jas, Carynn, Cindy, Jeannie, Hui Xian at Uncle John's, Melaka Raya. (PS. The roads really messed up now.) I missed them soooo much. We just kept talking on and on and on. The next morning, which was Friday (already... =/), i went "jogging" with Feli and Kylie at St. John's hill. We ended up walking up and down cause it rained and the road was slippery. We didn't sweat. Anyway, had breakfast at home for the first time in AGES and then left for MP. Walked a lil', shopped a lil'. Bought 2 boardshorts at RM7.50 each and a polo tee at RM15. So cheeeap. LoL. We saw Carynn, Cindy, Calynn and Jas outside Daiso/FOS. Was supposed to go for futsal but tak cukup kaki. So, i met up with Qi, Flabby (aka Jia Chun), Eunice, Neo, Kellin, Ah Tay, Miaw (Ler), Asha and Jas at Zen again. Saturday morning, went to Muar for early Qing Ming. It was nice to be around family. *Melts* Anyway, Saturday evening, Jun Mei came over. ^^ She left before Shu Min and Wan Lin came tho... Anywho, we watched The Women. Was kinda... funny i guess. LoL. I like the Navigator Lady. It was like, the GPS suddenly said in 400m, turn right or something like that. Then, one women said, who the hell was that? Then another said, she's the navigator lady. My husband is in love with her. She's always calm. She always says the right things and she never talks back. LoL. Oh... I watched a lot of Tree Hill and Desperate Housewives too. K. Back to the crash course. All the mother side cuzzies came for dinner too, Ting jie, Siang Pin jie, Ah Yong jie, Kok Heng kor and their respective families. Mum cooked western. Mum did a lot of things... Just for me.

Well, I wanted to have breakfast with Ting jie and Ah Yi today but I guess everyone was tired from last night. I had followed Qi back to Singapore. Had lunch at NUSS with her parents, Rhu Vern, Tian Kang and Qi's unc. Having 4 of us in the same table brought back lotsa fond memories on tennis too. I remember how we'd look forward to milo after training, how Zhong Yang (Qi's Bro) used to fight with me for the front seat and all those tennis tournies... Sarawak, me and Qi's very first MSSM where Qi's mum asked me to take care of her cause it's her first flight (LoL) and Penang... With Yong Hsin, Jo Lyn and Jo Neil. How Yong Hsin would always go to the end of the world to annoy us. One by flipping the TV channels every half a second and one by bringing a dead crab to the apartment on the 22nd floor and then throwing it down and almost hitting a guy...

Oh well, I'm back now. Back to school, back to reality? Back to homework. Back to a lot but home sweet home.

PS. I wanted to only get ppl to tag me in pictures for Facebook but I was looking through Friendster and I realised that if i don't upload all the pictures, chances are, i'll never see them again cause it'll always be hiding in my external hard disk. So from today onwards, I, Tan Wei Yi, shall officially start uploading pictures in Facebook. ^^

Random stuff.

1. I did a personality test and it says that i'm an eagle-owl.
2. i don't wanna drop Chinese because i see Singapore's H1 Chinese as an opportunity to improve my Chinese. But then again, since i got a miraculous B3 for my Chinese in SPM, i figured i'd drop Chi and focus on my other subjects... (PS. I got B4 for Malay. I feel like i disappointed Rengga, my tuition teacher, although my grades for Malay was always crappy. I haven't called him yet. O.O)
3. Math lectures are currently on probablity. I remember Mr. Huan, my Add Math / Physics tuition teacher once said, the probability of me coming for class and not talking is zero. But i proved him wrong the next day when I attempted to prove him wrong. What helped was my sore throat.
4. I was looking through my friendster pictures yesterday and I miss everyone!! In a good way though... I'm thankful that i ever had a chance to be associated with those awesome people.
5. I went shopping yesterday! This is what happened:

My friends and I went to Vivo City yesterday, after going to the Nike / Adidas / a lot of other things Warehouse sale at Redhill. Which sadly, we bought nothing.

We went to Carl's Jr for dinner where we had the awesomest burger ever.

And chili fries. =)

Yes. I enjoyed the food a lot.

Total damage: $7.70

We split the burgers 3 ways, that's why it's a lil cheaper.

I was still uber stuffed after that.

So we went shopping.

Which is when we started camwhoring.

[L-R] That's Yee Won, my roomie, Jia Yan, the blur one, Olivia, my other roomie and me!

I loveee the hat.

But it's over priced.

I also bought a skirt.

Damage done: $15

OC Sountrack: $10

Dan Brown Collection: $40

I sold one to Jia Yan cause I already had that book.

Still looking to sell the other.

Oh yes, we went to Candy Empire too!

$3.80 for imported Tim Tam's from Aussie! 

Ahhh.. yes. We finally took the train home.

We were almossst late.

But we got locked out anyways.

The tutor came to save us from the horrible security guard.

He was so PMS-like.

I think his wife left him.

Anyway, we were sitting out on the courtyard.

He wanted to lock us out of our block.

=_=

PS. We watched Wedding Crashers last night... The night before was 21. I wuvvv 21. I actually watched both d... But it was movie night with the whole bunch. X)

PPS. New Urban Male er... shop attendants(?) are damnnn cute! You see, i bought the Dan Brown collection and OC Soundtrack right? I didn't take the security tag out so each shop i went to, the alarm will sound. So in NUM, it sounded again, so i turn back and ask the dude whether he wanted to check it... He just smiled and shook his head. He was such a looker. XD

Short Updates.

No. 

I won't be going back home (home as in Melaka) on Thursday to collect my results. I will be going back home only on the following Wednesday. 

No.

I won't be going for ALPs. I was out of the 24 selected for the trip but I have training. I hope I still get to go for the December ALPs, even though I still prefer sailing... But there's no sailing anyway.

Yes.

I'll be staying back for training. I have NAPFA on Monday with the whole tennis team. NAPFA means National Physical and Fitness Assessment. Wish Me luck. I need it. Same goes for my tennis trials. 

Emo.

I am depressed because I'm in a tight spot. I'm caught between going home and seeing everyone, ALPs and tennis. T.T

Further explanation. T.T

I wanna go home. I wanna take my results. I want to see everyone. T.T

ALPs is this one time thing. It will be very beneficial. If i miss this, I probably won't be able to go for the December trekking in Australia, which would be even more beneficial. Btw, ALPs stands for Adventure Leadership Programme. I was supposed to go for sailing but then it got cancelled due to erm... potential pirate attacks. I'm also sad about that cause kayaking prolly won't be as fun. T.T

Tennis. Miss Tan, my tennis teacher wants me to stay for training. She says it important. But it's only 3 times for the whole duration of the holiday and it's all spread out... The days aren't back to back. I personally think i'd be better off playing back in Melaka. If you're home is in Singapore, it's different, cause every day you get to go back home. Miss Lio, my other tennis teacher said i could go back. But Miss Tan doesn't want me to go back for so long... T.T 

ALPs wasn't a problem before this... But now it is. Cause I just received the e-mail. I'm actually quite happy I got it... Cause there were limited places. Home was my priority for the holidays... Now there's ALPs. I don't mind going for ALPs, cause like i said, it's a one time thing. But there's also tennis and they are all happening at the same time. T.T

Here's an idea.

For those of you out there who are still working in the Chem lab for whatever reasons, here's a really fun thing to do:

1. Find a colourless alkali (eg. Potassium Hydroxide, KOH).
   
2. Pour it on someone's shirt, pretending it was an accident and pretending it's only water.
   
3. Steal some pH indicator.
   
4. Drop a drop of the mentioned substance in Step 3 on the subject's shirt.
   
5. Enjoy the subsequent observations.

Note:-

An alternative method towards a more unliked subject, as Shu Min suggests, would be to replace the colourless alkali in Step 1 with an alkane (which is obviously colourless) and replacing Step 3 with "approaching the target with necessary precautions and striking a match and throwing it at the said target". Step 4 would then be irrelevant. Hence, skipping it and going directly to Step 5 would be the advised measure.

PS. BW'S PLAY DURING DRAMAFEST(E) 2009 WAS AWESOME! THE SCRIPT WAS THE BEST!!

Kangkung In My Life (aka Anti-Taugeh Song)

This was the song I was talking about... The "Anti-Taugeh Song". This song was remixed when Stef (aka Sonny Boy) and I (aka Bad Dad aka Pops) were in Form 3 (15 years old) due to certain boredom and love for water cunculvus also better known as KANGKUNG. (I copied and paste practically the whole thing from her.) Anywho. That was the only year we were classmates. I just realised... She was sitting behind me. Until we swopped. Cause Eunice and I had some random cold war. LoL. I don't know what happened but we just didn't talk. At all. For days. Weeks. Aly was beside Stef. Asha was in front of me. Oh. Adyna. Asha was beside. Damn... I missed the good years... 

Anyway, here it is:

TITLE: Kangkung In My Life

TUNE: Welcome To My Life (Simple Plan)

An original remix by Bad Dad (Tan Wei Yi) and Sonny Boy (Stefanie Sim).

VERSE 1:

Have you ever had a bite of it?

Have you really ever savoured it?

Like somehow it's just super good, but no one appreciates it

Do you wanna have a bite of it?

Are you really that desperate?

Or are you just one hypocrite, who doesn't care about it

PRE-CHORUS:

Cuz you don't know it's vitamins and it's really healthy too

Cuz you don't know it's minerals are good for you

CHORUS:

To feel strong, to feel good

To eat kangkung in the crowd

To have them, envy you

To feel that you are right on top

When you have them on your plate you'll be, the greatest superhero

Cuz taugehs really suck (they really suck)

There's kangkung in my life!

PS. I was Bad Dad due to a sketch in Form 2 for CYA (Celcom Youth Ambassador) where I er... Josh, impregnated Chelsea (aka Mops aka Eunice Ong). The sketch. Was an embarrassment. I sucked at the sex scene. LMAO. 

PPS. SPM RESULTS!

PPPS. I NEED TO REVISE MY (CURRENT) WORKKK IF NOT I'LL START LAGGING BEHIND!!!

Are you a part of or apart from a lost generation?

What do you see?

Do you see what I see? 

Please click on it for a larger picture and feel free to leave a comment. Oh wait. PLEASE DO leave a comment. I wanna see who's the first to spot it. X)

In the mean time... I just wanna say....... one of the Physics lecturers in RJ looks like Lucas from Tree Hill! XD

PS. No, I will not take a picture of him.

I just found this cute.

Announcement of The Year (For Those Who Know Me Well Enough To Appreciate)

You see what's left of the taugehs?

I ate them all!

Just think about the times I used to puke when I ate even just a single ... strand(?) and how Stef and I invented a song for taugeh-haters. I've really came a long way... XD

Note To Self For Future Reference: 

1. Why I used to wanna puke when I try to eat taugeh was due to the fact that I used to like taugeh A LOT and as such, I used to eat a lot at one go. Those ancient days was, of course, the days that preceded the incident where there was too much taugeh-input for my tummy to digest.
   
2. So why now? As Yee Wei kor said, "just last week you were saying 'sounds nice except for ze bean sprouts'". Yes, I do remember that. He was telling me what he was about to prepare for dinner. So, back to the question, why now? I don't know... I figured I'd just give it a shot again. I've tried "devouring" in bean sprouts before... I couldn't take it. That awful stench and taste. Utterly gross. Well, perhaps my taste buds changed or perhaps it was my mind set... Or perhaps it was the strong sauce that covered the smell of ze bean sprouts. 
3. Having said that, I suppose it is only right to try eating taugehs again in the near future to test and confirm the hypothesis of me being able to eat taugehs again. ^^
4. Hopefully I actually do so.
5. Hopefully I remember to update on this matter. 
6. But then again, I suppose by then, I'd know whether or not I eat bean sprouts in the future when it is the present. XD
7. I prefer ending at point (7). XP

Anywho, cheerio!

Note To Self For Now: Get lyrics of that anti-taugeh song from Stef.

I don't have a gender... or do I (have the right one)?

You study the pictures and you tell me.

First day of school.

A week later.

Welcome to...

It's not really the phone's fault for this picture... The names are actually transparent stickers on the plastic plate, so there are multiple images. But I won't deny the flaws of the picture that you'll soon see below.

Anyway.

I feel damn rajin. I'm studying when there are no tests or exams... It's a nice feeling. But at the same time, I feel really pathetic cause I feel everything's going a tad too fast for my liking. Chem... Math... Phy... I really dunno what i wanna be in the future anymore. Math Olympiad training is really demoralizing. Sigh... I'm losing interest for studying Math, Chem and Phy, my (ex?) fav subjects. I really dunno what will I be doing in the future... I'm uber depressed about it.

Well, on a happier note, my friends here are nice though... Was just spending time with my fellow boarders. It was so fun... We were playing some random games that require some sort of "intellectual ability". Surprisingly, I actually had some. They asked me why am I in 6A, the class known for its lack of intellectual ability, or perhaps the people there are just playful... I don't know. But anywho, i just sighed... I like my classmates but I just don't wanna start slacking like some of them. The classroom is just... not conducive. Although I should be the one making sure that I don't stray... But how am I to do so? Aigh...

Anyway. I just bought my secondhand graphing calculator at $90. Yes, it's friggin' RM216 for a friggin' secondhand calculator that you can apparently live without if you've got lots of free points to give away during A-Levels. It's $180 for the new one. RM432. WTF. 

Anyway, I found this on it.

If you can't see, (yes, I know how bad the picture quality is... my phone can't do macro. =/),  it says, "HI MY NEW OWNER! GOOD LUCK!".

Hell yeah... I'm sure gonna need it.

PS. I wanna join photog cause there's a dark room and they have awesome equipments and it's soooo coool! But then again, there are lotsa other things I wanna join but just am too lazy to do so. I know i'll regret in the future... =/ 

PPS. I need to sit down and think real hard about my future.............. ='(

PPPS. But my brain is fried from Math O Training...

PPPPS. And I like giving excusssses. XD

PPPPPS. Kindly advise.

A Little on Boarding Life.

Boarding life was crap when I first came in. The place was so dirty, I lost my appetite for almost a week. I brought my camera but I did not take any pictures because I lost my appetite for taking picures too.

Anywho, I wanted to do this later when I've taken pictures of school but since it's raining and my whole body is aching from tennis camp yesterday where we went dragon boating and i live on the 4th floor with no lift and i've been climbing up and down a few times to do laundry, i'd figure i'd be better of staying in and uh... doing this. (Note to Self: Crap! I haven't studied.)

PS. Tennis camp was fun! We bonded. LoL.

So... 

This my dear friends, is RI. They just merged with the secondary school, so it's called RI(JC). Horrible name. I know. I still prefer RJC. Anywho, I didn't take a picture of RIB lobby though... It's really nice. Like hotel. But you'd be fooled by the outer beauty. 

Anywho, the people you see are from tennis. We were about to go to J8, the nearest shopping centre from RI(JC). You'll see more of them in the days to come. I hope. =)

Speaking of tennis, I had tennis camp yesterday and we were at the Hodge Lodge. The Hodge Lodge is a place to chill IN RI(JC). They have board games, Wii!! and also a...

Mini theatre!

Amazing. I know. Far cry from IJC even though it's just missing an R. They even have a dark room for Photog, which i didn't join... Still contemplating... But anyways, the list of facilities will just go on and on man.

Anywho, this is my room.

It's much nicer now that my mum and I cleaned it. I didn't want to take a before an after picture because i don't want it to crack my phone's camera.

Anywho, more photos:

My beautiful Mac... I wonder how i'd survive without it... here. XD

My snack shelf. ^^

Pictures from home. =D

My closet.

And what's inside.

This is the view outside my bedroom window. I'm quite lucky to get this bed. Seriously... It could have been much worst, like getting the one near the toilet... I hope I get to keep this room and bed next year. Although nothing beats home and I still do wish I could stay at home, I think it could have been much much worst, despite the stupid security measures i have to take to keep my things safe. But I guess that is normal, now that I'm living with people. 

But back to the hygiene, I guess I have to start turning off some (not all) of my OCD-ness. In fact, I think i've improved over the pass few weeks. =) I'm starting to settle. Except tennis training. it's still crazy. Physical is crazy. Physical is crazy not just in tennis where we do sprints and push ups and sit-ups and 2.4km runs and board jumps and pull ups and shuttle run and beep test back to back, but it's also crazy in PE. Back home, PE is FUN. Here, PE is CRAZY. But as for tennis's craziness, i guess I'd have to deal with it 'cause i love the people whom support me and i love the game. ^^

Now, back to the tour...

This is the toilet that i use everyday. Don't be deceived by the beautiful composition. It's still dirty and there's a lot of hair on the floor. T.T

Oh! I did laundry today. Check out my socks!

I should get more colours... I know... I'm boring.

PS. I'm now an expert in folding undies. I shall document it should there be any requests. XD

Oh... My physics tutor is somewhat boring. I mean. Weird... She says the word "physics" in a very weird manner and she likes going off key. She said the word "right" 104 times in 40 minutes. O.O

Oh, but I like my math tutor! Although I miss Mr. Huan... But he's alright. Weird but alright. I seem to be getting a lot of weird tutors/lecturers.

Anyway, my roommates and their living quarters, literally quarters:

Her name is Zhiping. She's from China. She came since Sec 3 i think... Sleeps a lot but super smart. She pawns lectures ALL THE TIME. She scored 2350 on her SATs. My idol. Oh, she's my first roomie by the way.

On to the second.

Her name's Yee Won. She likes using the computer. I think. She's smart too. Okay, I think everyone's smart except me but anyway, she's MALAYSIAN. XD From Kuantan. So yeah... =) Been here since Sec 1 I think... Or was it 3? 

Anywho... the final one.

Her name is Olivia. She's from Hong Kong. She's not in RI(JC) though... She's studying in Anderson JC. She likes watching anime... and she likes gaming. She's in band and she's getting a base! Yay! We can form a band! XD

I think I've got pretty good roomies... I feel lucky to have them. It makes staying in boarding easier when the people you live with shares and cares and aren't assholes. I'm not taking pictures of the faces yet because... I dunno. XD Maybe cause I like candid shots and I think we'll take a group photo one day when we're out having fun. =)

Well, that's about all I guess... I do have some pictures of unpacking the iPhone though...

It's a nice feeling. Just like the Mac. XD

Oh, my mum was with me when we got my phone obviously... This was the first picture I took and you know what? 

There's gonna be more to come! =D 

PS. Again, thanks mum! Not just for the phone and for being there with me every step of the way (when I was depressed about boarding life).

PPS. This was taken with the iPhone. I'm amazed by the 2.0MP quality.

PPPS. I didn't take pictures of my boarding games rooms cause i don't really go there, I didn't take pictures of the dining hall cause it just didn't happen, it's quite nice though and I didn't take pictures of my boarding pantry cause it looked like some one died in there. (Note to Self: try to take more pictures.)

Testing.

Script check: 1. 2. 3.

Random updates/facts.

1. For future (self) reference, my mum got me the iPhone from Taka, Orchard Road. B2 at Hello! Singtel.
   
2. There were people giving out free hugs at Orchard yesterday! So cool. XD
   
3. I downloaded 82 apps today! XP
   
4. I should really start mugging.
   
5. I'm serious bout random statement no. 4.
   
6. I'm quite tired too.
   
7. Ergo, I should sleep. (LoL. So nerd)
   
8. Speaking of NERDS! There's this guy in my friend's class who stands up in the middle of lectures/tutorials, rubbing himself, saying, "Too much human contact! Too much human contact!"
   
9. The same person threatened to kill everyone in school. It went like this (apparently): 

(Boy looking at campus map.)

Teacher: Are you lost? Do you need help?

Boy: No. I'm just studying the map so that I can plan my escape routes when I kill everyone.

10. Do note that he said it with a really straight face.

11. One of my batch mates got 101 roses for Valentine's from a China guy she hardly knows. It's sweet and all but $200 would have been better spent on a Graphing Calculator that she will be using for 2 years instead of roses for 5 days. Hell, you can't even use roses.

12. BUT. It still doesn't kill the fact that 101 roses is really sweet.

13. I wanted 96289699 for my Singapore postpaid line but some one is using it. I wanted that number so it'll be sort of similar to my old one. I am now using a number which reminds me of ambulances. My mum thinks its a horrid number. Anywho, I shan't post it here for obvious reasons.

Well, that's all! Gotta rise and shine tomro! Cheerio!

Wei Yi signing off and loving her first full day with the iPhone 3G.

Sent from my iPhone

I never liked the iPhone. I always thought it was overrated. In fact, i still think it is. The functions, you can get on so many other "common" brands.

BUT!

I got it anyway. Besides, them other phones don't have such good touch sensitivity. And there are pretty cool apps too. I'm not just rationalizing. Cause when you think about it, an iPhone is a phone (RM500) plus an iPod (RM500) plus [almost] a PSP (RM1000) plus a lousy camera (RM250) and lots more. So when you add them all up, the price you pay for it in the end, I've got one word for you folks...

awesome-ness!

XD

So, mum came down to visit me yesterday so we went out shopping. I got a few tees. One from United Colours of Bennington and two from Fila. We were supposed to get my postpaid settled for Singapore so we went to Singtel and the next thing you know, viola! Tan Wei Yi, the latest addition to the iPhone 3G family. Or you could say the newest, proud, not arrogant, ownder of black, 16GB iPhone 3G. X)

Why didn't I get white? Cause I like black. How much I got it for? $458 (RM1099, much less than the approx amount [RM2250] you have to pay for if you get all the above mentioned gadgets) with a 2 year Singtel mobile contract, going at $50 a month, inclusive of 300 minutes, free unlimited SMSes and free unlimited IDD calls! Local charges still apply. But yeah, it was supposed to be $508 but maybe cause it was Valentine's, they gave me $50 off. Yay me! Or rather mummy cause she gets to pay less. LMAO. But anywho, yay me!

What's it like to unpack an iPhone 3G? Heavenly. I didn't record it like how i recorded my Mac's opening ceromony though... I thought it was pretty lame. Fun, good for memory's sake, but lame. Hehe... But that's what I'm good for right?

Wow... i've finally got a phone that doesn't have a sign saying "Ancient Artifact" splashed all over it and a phone that isn't meant to be displayed in the museum. Not that I have a problem with my old phone... but why say "no" to new gadgets right? It's like saying no to electricity... Speaking of old phones, I remember my first phone, passed down to me from my mum, Nokia 3210. My cousin said it's supposed to be in a museum. It's either that or i use it to throw at robbers to "kill them". So, 3210, 1100, 6100... And now, =D, working well with me Mac. XD

PS. I went to Clarke Quay yesterday and it was awesome too. I saw this sign saying "Warning! The jokes you are about to hear may be rude and offensive. If you are easily offended, please look somewhere else. Or, you can go to the counter and register ..."
PPS. Never mind. It sounds lame when i say it. I'll take a picture next time. Still not used to stopping in the middle of a moving crowd to take a picture like that... I wanted to take pictures of Hooters too. But my skin still not thick enough. XD

PPPS. Thanks again, mum!

Important Announcement!

Wei Yi is starting to love boarding life! 

She feels EXTREMELY lucky to have such good roommates.

Yay!

PS. I dunno why the sudden change of heart, but i'll go think deep later. Right now i got very important composition to write for some scholarship thingy.

Sudden realisation.

In case you're wondering, RJ tennis is really really really good. They have international players. 2 of them are currently in Perth competing in the Fed Cup.

So yes, I suck, big time.

Feelings.

Yesterday was Orientation Night and it was a blast. There was a campfire and it was quite good. Although, it doesn't quite beat IJC campfires... Then again, yesterday wasn't supposed to be a campfire in the first place. Besides, the Rafflesian spirit is really overwhelming. Like tsunami. But instead of destruction, it makes us so setia to Raffles. Everyone was so together and all... So emo at the end of the day. But before that, the cheers were really good. So were the emcees. 

I wish I had a video to keep... (BUT I DON'T HAVE A CAMERA.) It was amazing. We don't have cheers like that back in IJ. Hell, we don't even have orientation. This year's RJ orientation is called O'tiero, which means unity. Our group name was O'eoeo. =_=''' Anywho, I'm in the house called Bayley-Waddle (yellow house, the house animal is a lion and they used Lion King's Broadway Picture, you'd only know if you love TLK, like me! XD) and the war games and the station games and the EAs were extremely fun. There's this game called "Strip Me If You Can" where the committees will put pegs on the guys and the girls will have to run around in pairs trying to get it off their back. At the end of the day, the guys will be terrified by the girls. XD And the sketch about new college life was hilarious, portraying all the social groups... 

Take5 was held yesterday as well... It's the day to play. We had talentime, soccer, frisbee, captain's ball, Amazing Race, PS (yes, PlayStation) and the likes. It was held in Pasir Ris Park and we even had our very own dunking booth! My group failed terribly... We spent $8, which means 12 attempts, to dunk Jon Lim. It turned out to be charity.

RJ's like, almost made for TV. Similar to those schools you see on US telly programmes. The game nights... The rooftop tennis courts... The indoor basketball court... Swimming pool, track and field, dance studios, drama studios, music room, AV room, try outs... Batch dance, batch song... It's High School Musical with a blend of Harry Potter for the houses and with a blend of Princess Diaries for the rooftop tennis courts and with a blend of One Tree Hill for the drama minus the sleeping around. LMAO. We actually have like a common room for the houses. Anywho, we should really start something. I miss them IJ girls. When you think about it, two years down the road, I'll be missing them Raffles peeps. The missing never ends, we're always living in some place else.

Tennis. I forgot how sweet water tastes after a game of tennis. It was good. But i'm very rusty. Very inconsistent and very unfit. I'm the worst on the team. Well, try outs are next Wednesday so technically, I'm not in the team. So depressing.

Anywho, I'm off to do laundry now. Collect actually... I didn't separate my colours... Well, actually I did, but I didn't wanna do 2 rounds. Waste money. So yeah... Hopefully it turns out alright. 

Cheerio!

PS. Yes, it's my first time doing laundry. It's not so bad I suppose.......

PPS. The other house animals are really cool, Green (Buckle-Buckley) - Dragon, Red (Moor-Tarbet) - Phoenix, Purple (Hadley-Hullett) - Horse , Blue (Morrison-Richardson) - Wolf, and us Yellow (Bayley-Waddle) - Lion. The posters are really cooooool. So are the house cheers. I like HH's. ^^

PPPS. The houses are named by the... prominent people who got the school started I think. The first half of the name are actually like the name of the houses of Raffles Institution, which is the secondary boys school, the second half belongs to Raffles Girls School, which is for the secondary school girls. So when they get to RI(JC), they combine. 

PPPPS. We also get a lot of cool shirts! 

PPPPPS. Cool eh? Told you I very setia d. XD

PPPPPPS. Clarke Quay is awesome! 

My Current Life 101

101st post. First time blogging about (junior) college life here. I sound super noob. Haven't been blogging. So recap:

I first visited RJ last year... some time in September. I liked it. So i'm here now. I visited now called RI(JC) again on 11th January this year. Also the hostel. I saw it and i was uber repulsed by it so I tried to stay away from it for as long as I could. 3 days later which was the 14th, open house day, that was the first night I stayed here. There were obviously better days. I felt like crying cause... I'm not sure. But i guess it's cause i'm not used to the place. I haven't settled down, physically and mentally, mostly emotionally. It was one of the worst days... But i haven't felt the real essence of staying in the hostel yet because I went back during each weekend and one whole week during CNY. And i was staying out late on most nights because I didn't want to be in this black hole, draining out all of what's left of my emotions. And why i had such a long CNY break? I skipped my electives. Won't be able to do that next year... Sigh. Singaporeans don't know how to live man. But anywho, this trip back here in the hostel is going to be the longest I've stayed so obviously the thought haunts me. Honestly, the real thing ain't that bad. But you think about it more than you do it so it's depressing. I was so depressed when I had to wave goodbye to my mum and my cousin at the bus station. I felt so miserable. There really is no place like home, as cliche as it is. There's no place that can feel as good as home. So I'm trying to learn to accept that I can't make this as good as my home back home, but i'm going to make sure I try turning off my OCD-ness because i realised that it really isn't THAT bad, it could have been much worse. But that doesn't mean it isn't that not bad either lah. XD

So, today was the first day of orientation, I had fun. We're just beginning to warm up to each other so yeah... I think it'll be fun. I'm thinking of all the CCAs i want to join like Student Council but i'm not doing anything about it. Right now, i'm just finding out more. Anywho, i just came back from OG dinner and we caught(?) a movie together. Bride Wars. Light movie. I wanna watch Benjamin Button but it ain't out yet. Changeling wasn't screening.

Well, i've was thinking about this on my way back to the hostel from J(unction)8, which is my new hangout spot cause it's only about a 15 minute walk away. So yeah, this is nice. A lil' freedom is nice. Not that i don't get that back home but i feel a tad bit more independent now. I miss my friends, i miss being in class together, making all the noise we possibly can, and i'm think about how i can't change the fact that i can't turn back the clock so, i'm going to make sure i get used to things here quick. 

 I miss you, Mum. Not that you'll see this but I really do, even though i don't tell you enough.

PS. Yes, it's pretty colourless, i'm feeling that for a bit right now.

Hundred, Shmundred.

100th post.

Couldn't care less.

Home is where the heart is.

Easier said than done.

I miss home.

Home is where my mum is.

Now that sounds more realistic.

Don't get me wrong...

I love RJ.

The open house was cool.

The booths were so nice.

Not like back home.

I didn't take pictures though...

I met lotsa new friends.

I love RJ.

Just not the boarding.

In fact, i miss my friends a lot.

I feel emo.

Life is good now.

But it's going to get stressful when term starts.

I'm not even PMS-ing.

I hugged my pillar when i got home yesterday.

I'm going back to Singapore tomorrow.

I'm going to miss home.

I'm going to miss my mum.

*Cries*

I miss looking at the stars in Vietnam.

You don't get that here anymore...

I'm ranting.

I guess I'm just worried.

Joining the tennis team and all...

I'm going to need some time for the getting-used-to.

Gosh... my colours are running all over the place.

After the long break and after the retail therapy.

Who doesn’t like a good holiday with good food, good company, good shopping, good rest and good fun? I miss the midnight joy (bicycle) rides in Vietnam. I miss the paintballing in KL. Oh, speaking of which, I love paintballing! (Sorry Juinn for shooting you in the head and oh, thanks for the balisong!) Probably because I didn’t get shot but seriously, paintballing is serious fun. I’m addicted to it, well, the same can be said about my non-blood related family (as how Juinn puts it), I’m addicted to them. Band practice during the wee hours... plus extremely late maggi mi supper. That’s definitely something I’m going to miss. But that probably won’t be half as bad as missing my mum when I head for Singapore. Geez... I’d probably miss my fairness from not doing any sports under the 12 o’clock sun too, ‘cause tennis sessions has been carried out at night and basketball has been played in indoor courts. Oh heck, screw my fairness, I’m going to miss my team and that’s definitely worse than that.

Anywho, the total damage during my retail therapy for the 2008 end year holidays has (finally) just came in, ringing a total of......

*Wait For It*

1 DC Comics Superman Tee = RM39.50
2 Wh Shorts: 2@RM29 = RM58
2 Wh Skirts: 2@RM69 = RM138
1 Seed Tee: 1@RM19.96 ≈ RM20
1 Nike Patella Guard = RM45
1 Book from Borders (Law of Attraction) = RM41
2 Nike Hidden Socks: 2@RM13.90 = RM27.80
1 Random CD from Batu Feringghi Night Market (US Top 20 R&B Chart Hits) = RM5
1 Book from Chowrasta Market (Anatomy of a Lie) = RM12
1 Book from Chowrasta Market (Animal Farm) = RM8
1 New Archie's Double Digest = RM8
2 Old Archie's Double Digest: 2@RM6 = RM12
1 New Archie's Digest = RM6
3 Old Archie's Digest: 3@RM4 = RM12
4 Galaxie Magazines: 4@RM1.50 = RM6
1 Body Glove Tee: 1@RM20 = RM20
1 Body Glove Tee: 1@RM25 = RM25
1 Hairband = RM3.50
2 NBA Books from IJC Carnival: 2@RM8 = RM16
2 Boxers from Reject Shop: 2@RM13 = RM26
2 Boxers from Brands Outlet: 2@RM9.95 = RM19.90
1 Hairband from Sojo = RM3.90
Stationaries from Thai Kuang (Correction Tape, Highlighters, Stapler, Stapler Refills, Puncher, Mesh Bags) = RM41.40
1 USB Charger for Mum = RM70
1 Sony (Dream Machine) Clock Radio = RM75
2 Tommy Hilfiger Shirts: 2@RM20 = RM40
Desperate Housewives DVD Box Set (Season 1 - 5): RM38
One Tree Hill DVD Box Set (Season 1 - 6): RM35.60
FRIENDS DVD Box Set (Season 1 - 10): RM26.40
1 Adidas ClimaLite Shorts: RM77
1 Wilson Shirt: RM20
1 Adidas Shirt: RM20
1 Nike Dri-Fit Shirt: RM20
2 Reebok Dri-Fit Shorts: 2@RM28.50 = RM57
1 Fleece Blanket: RM19.90
1 Wilson [K]Factor Black XL Backpack: RM135
4 Cans Wilson US Open Tennis Ball: 1@RM14: RM56
2 Windsir Bedsheets: RM99.80
1 Windsir Bolster: RM29.95
1 Seed Tank Top: RM23
Undies: RM50
Random Singapore Needs (Gloves, Soap Powder, Hanger, etc.): RM250

Total Damage = RM1736.65

You should see my resits... O.O

Yes, i'm a freak, i keep them.



PS. Please note that this list excludes meals such as McD, KFC, Paddington House of Pancakes, Pizza Hut and the random foodstalls and snacks along the way. Not forgetting the hair wash and facial, flight ticket to Vietnam and paintball-ing, Roxy Wallet and Everlast Sweatshirt Christmas presents, etc. The estimated cost including the air fares and fancy restaurants, that will most probably come to 5 digit number.
PPS. Some of the above items were sponsored by my mum, well most of them, and some from my godmother. In fact, I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you and sorry for not including the Christmas presents in the list.
PPPS. I have excluded presents I bought for others because well, it’s not mine; although, purchasing those items was rather therapeutic.
PPPPS. I LOVE SHOPPING!
PPPPPS. Yes, this is what this whole post is about, mostly it's just for memories. Well, i'll get back to erm... the real stuff soon.
PPPPPPS. My internet's being an ass. I'll upload the pictures later.

Nooooooooooooooooooooo...

I'm coming back tomorrow and I'm going to miss Vietnam!!!

I've been eating a lot.

@@

And I'm scared shit about RJC.

Especially how i suck at tennis and i'm going to start training with them RJ peeps.

(@@)²

Technical stuff...

Sigh......

PS. Thank you Uncle Alan and Auntie Jessie (even though you prolly won't ever see this)! XD

Quickies.

One.

I got my wi-fi up and running! Yay me! Now I don't have to hope and wait for leeching-possibilities.

Two.

I drove by myself today! Then...

Three.

I almost drove into a drain. Well, one wheel was almost in the drain. It was the 3rd time today I was driving through that small little alley cause i had to drop, pick and pick people. Yes, I'm chauffeuring already... Sigh... But after this incident, I don't think they'd ride in my car already, so yay! But anyways, it was in a back alley at Taman Pertam Jaya, i was going into the lane and then i saw an ASSHOLE blocking the whole alley. So, i figured i'd reverse, although i do suck at reversing... what more reversing out a small little corner? But i didn't have a choice. I had to reverse all the way out and also turn while reversing. I checked the mirrors and everything was good to go, so reverse, reverse, reverse, I did. Then there came that intuition, it was as if something was wrong. Well, how can things not be wrong? I'm behind the wheel. But anywho, I sat up a bit and i saw a drain to my left. I think i started acting on impulse, the next thing you know, the front left wheel was in the drain. Sorta. I don't know how to explain the situation but it was not entirely in the drain, the wheel was sitting on that little edge in the drain. So obviously, i had to stop. I pulled the handbrake and called my mum and she didn't pick up. I went looking for her, pissed that she didn't pick up. Goodness, what are phones for? 

Anyway, my uncle and cousin came to save the day, with a jack and a few planks of wood. It was a fun experience. But.

Four.

I bet my whole family knows about the incident already cause practically all of them are nagging at me about how to drive. I hate it when they start saying 'slow down'. It's utterly annoying, it's as if i don't have better things to concentrate on when i'm driving. I'm new at this, i can't friggin' multi task. I always drive fine when no one's there to nag at me. I'm 99% inexperienced, but i think i deserve some credit. All they see is how i drive wrongly. But even if how i drove was all wrong, can't they cut me some slack? I just started. Besides, some of the naggers drive quite scarily themselves, but nooo... they just have to pick on the poor P driver. I do realise that you've gotta build their trust but the fact remains, support goes a longer way when compared to nags. Once a nagger steps into the car, my whole driving goes down the drain. Almost literally. I would rant about it but ahhh... what's the point. I know naggers nag because they care and well, it's what they do best, but these people should really figure out a way to talk to people. That's all i ask. 

PS. Retail therapy still in session.

Tagged. Again. But I promise I shall blog. Soon.

1. Do you think you're hot?
Nope.

2. Upload your favourite picture of you!
I don't have a favourite. I don't happen to be photogenic.

3. Why do you like that picture?
N/A

4. When was the last time you ate pizza?
Yesterday! With Shu Min and Wan Lin at Pizza Hut. The service was awwwwwwwwwwful. The cabonara was awwwwwwwwwwwwful. We ended up playing with our food. We made a cute little fettucine face and we named it Amir the Faun, after one of the waiters. ^^

5. The last song you listened to?
[Something by Abba that was playing in the place we ate.]

6. What are you doing now beside this?
Doing secretary work for my mum, browsing apple.com, watching some vids from TedTalks and googling the word cabonara to make sure I got the spelling right. Although, connection's faulty and that stupid cabonara won't load.

7. What name would you prefer besides yours?
Erm... Yee Wei? XD

People i tag :
1. Yee Wei! Since you so free from exams dy... =)
2. Yee Juinn
3. Felicia
4. Shu Min / Wan Lin
5. My mum! But she doesn't blog. ^^

8. Who is number 1?
Like what Kaysha says, "Genius!!"

9. Number 3 is having a relationship with?
Ah... Prolly Ty from 90210.

10. Say something about number 5?
A true survivor. Just think about her surviving for the past 17 years with a kid like me!

11. How about number 4?
Inseparable. There is a word, right? Google's failing me.

12. Who is number 2?
My knife+fire+danger-loving god bro. =D

Shopping spreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! + Tag.

Yes. Shopping spree. Spending lots and lots of money. My mum's money. XD

But that shall come in later.

I've been tagged.

PS. Dear Kylie, you do realise I can't copy out of your blog. =.=

Anywho...

Oh... I dreamt about studying for Physics paper last night... and ghosts on the other. So scary. XD But okay. Time for the tag.

PS. Feli, I agree Ty from 90210 is super dooper hot. But he's such an asssssss!

Do you consider yourself weird or crazy?

Weird.

Who do you think the teddy bear was named after?

Teddy? Although I did hear about Theodore Roosevelt, I wouldn't have guessed it was him if i didn't read about it.

Do you like mint?

Not really.

Are you sexually confused?

Juinn says yes.

Are you claustrophobic?

No.

Are you afraid of heights?

Not really. I feel like jumping at high heights.

Would you rather take a parachute or bungee jump if it was the last adventurous 

chance to do before you die?

Parachute.

Are you intending to join the Amazing Race?

No. I'll probably come in last.

Do you think you sing well?

Nope.

Do you like anyone?

Yeshhh! Steven Strait. ^^

Are you a loner?

Yes.

Do you think branded things are over-rated?

Nope. I embrace the branded things.

Are you constantly talking to yourself?

Right now, yes. XD

Do you think you're likely to get dementia at old age?

Hopefully not.

Use 10 words (adjectives) to describe yourself.

Lazy. Insensitive. Sporty. Weird. Spendthrift. Adaptive. Lazy. Lazy. Lazy. Lazy.

If the person you like asked you out, would you tell the whole world?

No.

Do you cross dress?

Yes, quite a bit.

Are you into magazines?

Yes.

Do you read a lot?

No.

Are you an atheist?

Yes.

Do you listen to classical music?

Yes.

Do you consider yourself more to hip hop, pop or rock?

Rock.

Are you hard headed?

Very.

Are you into movies?

Verrry.

Do you like the TV?

Verrrrry.

Do you like the computer?

A lot.

Do you think Yoda is cool?

No.

Are you fond of cosplaying?

Nooo.

Do you hate rap?

No.

Do you wear specs?

No. Hopefully not soon.

Do you wear polka-dotted undies?

No.

Are you interested in politics?

Not really.

Are you a man of many words or are you a man of a few words?

Many many many words.

Are you good at small talk?

Despite talking a lot, I am not good at small talk. I contradict myself a lot.

Will you grow up to be a fine man?

No. Lady maybe.

How do you feel after completing this dumbass survey?

As the tagger said, like a dumbass.

Tag.

Shu Min, Felicia, Cindy and Pinkman!!! XD

iWatched: The Covenant

I remember watching this with Jeanne, Tricia and Julia 2 years ago. I can't believe i forgotten how hot those guys were. Perhaps I had no talent for appreciating hot guys back then or perhaps i just forgot. But anywho, it's showing on StarMovies now. I just happened to watch it yesterday. (PS. No more stupid nilai(s) to memorize anymore! I can be orang tak bermoral now! Yay!!)

This movie is about 4 (seriously hot) wizards - Caleb, Reid, Tyler and Pogue. They are the descendants of the Ipswich bloodline (obviously a family of wizards), and hence, they are referred to as the (super smexy) Ipswich brothers. Caleb and Reid are really reaaaaally drop dead gorgeous. Anyway, there were actually 5 founding families that committed to the silence to protect themselves against the witch hunters. Along the centuries, the powers have been transmitted through their descendants, their first male heirs to be precise. These men (how sexist), will ascend to a higher power once they reach 18. So why 4 brothers? Apparently, one of the family was killed in the Salem witch hunt. In actual fact, however, that family lusted for more power, as such, they were banished, leaving their bloodline to disappear forever... Or so they thought. (PS. I forgot to tell you that there's going to be some spoilers. ^^)

I suppose you can easily figure out the plot now. Since the use of magic is ,well, seductive, the 5th (not so hot) wizard dude shows up, battles all 4 of them for power. The thing is with this guy, he lost his parents when he was 2 so he didn't know about the powers... That made him even more addicted to it. So, 4 against 1. Easy peasy? No. That won't be simple because you know how evil is always stronger than the good (at first), right? Well... That's partly because the 5th dude is already 18. Anyway...

The movie's plot isn't as captivating as the guys. Truth be told, without the guys, a good reason to watch the movie till the end would be absent. The show is all about the smexy guys. Anyone who expected a thick and mind-blowing plot will find the movie short of it. The characters were a tad undeveloped and the audio was a wee bit out of sync. But I suppose the special effects were pretty decent. But I suppose it's not that bad, after all, hot guys can do magic. So I don't mind watching them again! XD Steven Strait, for example, who plays Caleb. He equals awesomeness. He reminds me of Warren Peace from Skyhigh. Guess what? After googling him, I found out he is Warren Peace who is not so peace-loving from Skyhigh. Toby Hemingway who played Reid as well, he looked familiar. Turns out, he appeared in an episode of CSI: Miami. These guys are new though... They still have a loooooong way ahead of them. But anywho, all i want to do now is post a picture of them. Yay!

So now, introducing 1 out of the 2 main reasons for this (clearly empty and non-educational) post...

Toby Hemingway!

He's name still sounds weird and uh... he looks better in the movie.

Anywho! Last but not least!!!

Steven Strait!!!!!

He's name is also a lil' weirdish. I don't really like the name Steven...

Anyways!

That will be all!

TOODLES!



PS. I might have been a bit harsh on the review because I'm not sure whether the bias factor is contributing or not. Overall, it is quite an enjoyable movie. =)

Seeing green is a good sight for sore eyes... I SEE LOTSA GREENS!!!

*Happy-ness*

Tagged.

Instructions:

1. Each blogger must post this rules. (Thanks to Kylie, I have to type them cause i can't seem to copy it out of her blog. =_=)
2. Each blogger starts with 10 random facts/habits about themselves. (Start? Where do we end?)
3. (*Blah blah blah* Main point: Those who are tagged must do the above. The tagged must list down people to be tagged.)
4. (I think i'll cancel this one. Please feel free to visit Kylie's blog to copy and paste the original instructions if you don't like my originality.)

The 10 Random Facts/Habits of Mine!:

1. I like stealing food from the kitchen.
2. I like killing people I don't like.
3. I lie. The 2nd fact is false.
4. I want to drive a manual so that when Batman asks me whether I can drive a stick (like how he asked the detective in the first Christian Bale Batman movie), I can say yes.
5. I want to go into the acting industry so one day I can meet Michelle Yeoh, Keira Knightley, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Channing Tatum (even though he is so last season), MERYL STREEP!, and hopefully, Heath Ledger. Oh wait! Claire Forlani as well. I loveee British accents. *Melts*
6. I don't like bean sprouts, or more infamously known as taugeh.
7. I am quite OCD. I don't like things messy, unless it's my room we're talking about.
8. I want a HTC Touch Pro + an iPod Classic + my long-awaited Mighty Mouse + good results for SPM and I shall worship anyone who can present me with those items. 
9. My fingers have a mind of their own. I send the wrong (text) messages very frequently. It isn't very nice.
10. I forget things a lot. There's something i wanted to say earlier but I just can't recall. That isn't very nice as well... But I'll post when I do remember!

Cheerio!

PS. iTag: Shu Min + Wan Lin, Jun Mei, Sze Jein, Jasmine, Juinn.

iWatched: The Simpsons Movie and Disturbia (and a verrry little of Vacancy)

After some reading, I went back to the TV. I missed both 10 minutes off the start of both movies but I stayed on anyways.

Let's start with The Simpsons Movie.


Disappointment. It felt like just another episode, except that it was stretched and dragged a little longer. It's basically about Homer polluting Springfield, causing the whole town to be locked up in a dome. Soon, he escapes and after his er... epiphany, he decides to go back to Springfield to save the day.

Nevertheless, I think Homer's glory days are over. Maybe I'm growing up, but maybe, just maybe, (sorry Simpsons fans), the Simpsons lost their edge and exhausted their gags a decade ago. It's probably better than anything produced a few years ago, but still far short of their glory days with their brilliant one-liners. Perhaps it was fairly decent, but it wasn't great. But of course, the classic Homer quotes never fail to bring back memories. I am not a huge fan of the Simpsons but I've watched a few and a smile some how forms behind your brain each time you hear a familiar dialogue, even better when you remember the scene it was from. It's like watching one of those Scary Movies and recognizing what movie it came from. But back to the movie... there were a few good jokes and a few good scenes. I some how liked Spiderpig alot. But, it sure was mighty tiresome to sit through the whole movie with lots of missed jokes just to find one. (Of course, it sure beats studying.) It's like how I frequently miss out the main points i'm trying to explain... Okay, I don't get what i just said, but i do know the movie's something like that.

Moving on...

Disturbia. Starring Shia LaBeouf.


Can you remember those days of armpits farting and other various disgusting habits of Shia LaBeuof from Even Stevens? I sure can... But this guy's all grown up now, moving from Nickelodeon to huge Hollywood blockbusters such as Transformer and... Transformer 2? XD Okay. There were a few others... Eagle Eye, Indiana Jones are examples. But let's talk about Disturbia.

Shia LaBeouf plays a sorta troubled teen (cause he just lost his dad), Kale, who is placed under house arrest for attacking his Spanish teacher. For this assault, he could have landed himself in jail, but under a sympathetic judge, he is sentenced to 3 months house arrest with a ankle monitor and a proximity sensor. He first starts out by indulging himself in decadence - XBox Live, TiVo, iTunes Store... until of course, his mum cut the cable (or power cord), literally. So, he then satiates his boredom somewhere else. He starts to spend his time spying on his neighbour. He begins working on his "stalking" skills.

One day, he begins to suspect his neighbour of being a murderer, regarding them based on "circumstantial" evidence... but is he really? Or is young Kale just imagining things to feed and satisfy his boredom? But then again... every killer has a neighbour too, right? ...right?

This movie's pretty decent. I thought it was Disturbia by Chris Nolan but it wasn't. Like and unlike The Simpsons Movie, it wasn't the best Academy Award winning film, but it was pretty good. There were a few good takes. The director did do a good job in making me anxious but sad to say, there was very little of it; very little of "oh shit"s and "oh my god"s. Well, at least they use very little gore and gross tactics to scare you; it relies more on the suspense and the tension, which works better. In fact, the filmography was quite interesting. I like how the lights play a role in the movie.

That reminds me, I watched Vacancy (starring Luke Wilson and Kate Beckinsale who was quite good) the other day and it was quite "tension building". Good movie to watch, just that i didn't quite like the ending. Of course, that doesn't really effect how good the build up was. Oh, i like the posters too. X)

So, all in all: Disturbia, definitely one of the best PG13 thrillers around, a good movie to watch. Light and entertaining. Good (or not so good) for exam seasons where you don't want yourself to be left you stranded in an imaginary world (like how I always do when i watch an "infatuating" flick). The Simpsons Movie? Why not? We've got so much time anyways. Don't forget Vacancy!

So many movies, so little time.

Yes, off all times, I've been bitten by the idiot-box-bug. Usually, I'd prefer movies, but Star World has brought in soooo many new TV series and I just need to watch it. 90210, October Road, What About Brian... And I've been rather hooked on CSI as well, especially New York. Just for the record, Mac is so much better than that uber annoying Horation from Miami who constantly flicks that pair of shades of his. Besides, Peyton, played by Claire Forlani who has this awesome British accent, is with Mac. Well, was anyways. Anyhoots, there is the occasional Chuck and the not-so-interesting-but-bearable Early Edition. Hmmm... I always wanted to watch Gossip Girl but I haven't crossed paths with it yet.

So, today, just after a little bit of history (yes, my dear friends, I too do study), i watched 90210!

[Left to Right: Navid, Ethan, Naomi, Annie, Dixon, Silver/Erin]

In a nutshell, 90210 is the continuation of the 90s hit teen drama series, which made 90210 the most popular zip code across America. It starts off with Harry Wilson, prolly from the sort of original 90210 (this series is technically 4th season) decides to come back to Beverly Hills with his wife - Debbie, daughter - Annie and adopted son - Dixon. (Yes. Dixon is African-American.) Yes, Harry moved to Kansas at some point in time. Perhaps 20 years ago. But before he moved, he was the typical jock who played lacrosse (Yes. WTF!? Is that even a sport?) and he was the bad boy babe magnet of West Beverly Hills. (Don't ask me about East, there's no story yet.) So yeah, he changed, he comes back to Beverly Hills from Kansas and he takes on the position as West Beverly Hills High's principal and the story pretty much revolves around his family. And guess what? Harry's mum, who's probably 60, famous back in her time who still stays in Beverly Hills, is such an arse! She's so bitchy... I doubt she likes Debbis much. Poor Debbis... =/

Anyway, gosh, you should see the cars these 16 year olds drive. BMWs, Mercedes, Lamborgini, Aston Martin... It's just so wow.

But yeah, back to the show.

(Warning: The following may contain some spoilers.)

It starts of with a huge and fast moving plot. Annie, cool and popular back in Kansas, starts hanging out with the hot and spoiled rich girl (comes with the package, doesn't it?) Queen Bee (who obviously rules the social scene) of West Beverly, Naomi, who is obviously dating the lacrosse jock (again, WTF!?), Ethan. Annie experiences super culture shock. She also gets to know this girl, Silver (call her Erin and she doesn't respond) who is the arch enemy of Naomi. Naomi's the typical plastic who buys her friends and Annie's the fool who (accidentally) does her homework. Who wouldn't be the arch enemy of Naomi? But she does demonstrate a softer side of her, already in the first episode. *Weird* Anywas, Matthew, the cool English lit teacher busted Naomi. Harry handled it well. He should be my school's principal. Well, Annie sings too. He character is... interesting. Her acting is a tad inconsistent, but I suppose it's still to early to tell whether she's good or not. Oh, apparently, she had a thing with Ethan when she visited her grandma, Tabitha here in Beverly Hills 2 years ago. You see, Annie's grandma is friends with Ethan's grandma. But anyway, Ethan has as much self conflict with himself as the characters have with each other. He likes Naomi, he likes Annie, he can't make up his mind. Oh, and Debbie, Harry's wife, would probably have all the reason in the world to be inferrior, although she is quite attractive and her feelings have yet to surface, I'm sure it would. Harry had something going on with Naomi's mum back when he was still schooling there. Naomi, super bitch, keeps cooking up excuses for her daughter for not doing her homework. Anyway, she, already in the opening episode that i stress so much, exposes to Harry that they had a kid together and she given it up for adoption because she thought he did not want to be with her.

So much is revealed in the first episode, i sure do hope they have enough to keep it up...

Cheerio!



PS. Navid's the school's juice squeezing newscaster.
PPS. The characters don't quite look their age.

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwesome Pizza (at/during Aw's).

Yes. We had pizza in tuition last monday. Ain't it awesome? Well, this will pretty much be like Jasmine's blog but oh well, there haven't been many pictures down here recently.

*Narration Begins*

It was a beautiful rainy day where the stars stayed out to decorate the sky. They were glistening and glittering away. Well, at least I think they were... But no matter, whether the night was pretty or not, essays, yes, in plural form were shoved down our throat and up to our brains and we had no choice but to comply and do as Mr. Nicolai, The Evil One With Many Wives, says. After all, we do pay him to do that to us.

As we were all quietly (hah! yeah right...) doing our work, a very inspiring thought came across one of our (Feli, Rhu Zen, May Vin, Shi Han, Me) brilliant minds and that inspired person guess it was only right to share that oh-so-inspiring thought. I think it was May Vin. She (if it was her), oh, she was something. The simple word she sputtered rang a thousand bells in our mind.

Pizza, she said.

The next thing you know, we were all so engrossed in this brilliant dish, of Italian origin, consisting a baked disc of dough covered with a wide variety of savoury, and I sure do mean savoury, toppings. We were consumed by the idea of consuming pizzas.

So I popped the question/suggestion:

Why don't we call for delivery?

Obviously, everyone agreed. But. There was one who did not concur to our exeptional proposal. He was The Evil One. He disagreed, simply because we haven't done (at all) our work yet. How irrational is that?

Evidently, we went on anyway. I have to admit, I was only joking at first, half-joking at least. And as Jasmine expresses, I went:

Are you (guys) serious!?

I suppose they were.

So, I whipped out my phone, and dialed 1-3-0-0-8-8-2-5-2-5. (PS. This reminds me of the debate team! when Adila said something similar to that during the... debate.)

Everyone else, Feli made the first move, started whipping out their phones too. Why? Pictures! Haha... But as we were busy executing our scheme as the stupid computer operated operator annoys me with the extremely uncalled-for numbers to dial just to get a simple pizza, The Evil One started cooking up a plan, quite identical to what his nickname suggests.

He started making everyone laugh. Oh, wait. Everyone was laughing already but he intensified the effect. Why? No one knew why. Perhaps it was just being the evil him that he is. If i'm not mistaken, he was saying something discourteous too. The next thing ya know, the phone line went dead.

That stupid operator friggin' slammed (or clicked) the phone down on me when she was asking me for the house address! She thinks that this is a joke!? People could starve!!!

Then The Evil One With Many Wives revealed that it was all part of his ingenious plan because he knew, oh, he knew that she would end the call, thinking it was some sort of prank by a couple of hooligans! Smart. Reaaaal smart.

But, he suddenly transformed into a nice little angel and Jasmine called again and it was a sealed deal! Pizza to arrive in 30 minutes! Yay!

*End of Narration*

Since a picture says a thousand words, there shall be no need for and narration anymore.

Enjoy!
















PS. Dear Mr. Nicholas Aw, We're, okay, I don't have a voice for everyone, but I, I am going to miss your classes and your mysterious phone calls from one of your many wives! Oh, but i won't miss you. Don't worry. I'll just see you on facebook! ;)

I shouldn't be here.

First of November, the days of tuition-going is about to end. Is that a good thing? Well, tuitions have always been the place, my place, to learn. From Mr. Huan of SKOR A to Mr. Nicholas Awww, The One with Many Wives; Mr. Rengga, Mr. Yew, 林雄高老师, obviously my chi teacher... All the way back from Primary 5. Teacher Irene...

School has always been my socializing arena, a place to let my hair down, at all times. Being around my friends, talking, eating, talking some more... Homework? What homework? School means I get to loosen up, unwind and ease off. So yeah... Other than our dedicated (no, I’m not being sarcastic) Puan Poh a.k.a. Ah Poh @ Chemistry Teacher’s classes, I get to let my hair down, all the time, not like I have a choice. But well, given some guts, I’d prolly paint the school red as well. Come to think about it, I’ve always wanted to put together a gig on my school’s rooftop with a couple of friends. I suppose that’s not going to happen. The band we were supposed to have didn’t even happen and school’s about to be out...

Oh well, Junior College will be a new exciting chapter of my life. I’m actually looking forward to it. SPM seems so near and yet, the after-SPM part still seems so far. Speaking of SPM, I don’t know why but I don’t feel worried yet. I should be. I haven’t been studying these few days. I’m just sitting in front of the TV with the Mac on my lap. Just stoning... while typing. I just can’t feel bothered.

I know I shouldn’t be here. I shouldn’t...

Gadgets and Gizmos. That, I want.

Have you seen the latest generation of MacBooks?? I want one!! I shall upgrade to the MacBook Pro after I get everything I need.

*Grins*

Right now, I need my HTC Touch Pro! AhhhH!

And this is why:

Just look at it!

I love the QWERTY...

*Drops Dead*

PS. Hou kor, you getting the latest Mac right? *Jealous-ness!*

Dull, but back from the dead.

I did not know how much the ASEAN Scholarship was worth until I really looked into what I was getting into. Tuition fees, meals, accommodation, travel fees, allowances; I was looking at a total sum of 100 grand. So much for that so called recognition... Well, I suppose this little hiccough is good for my big head, it shows that I need a little more substance to fill it up with.

SPM is just around the corner, 18 days and counting, to be exact. But here I am, sitting with the lappie on top of my lap, killing my time. You see, the thing is, I really don’t know what to do. There’s approximately 2 more weeks but I don’t whether I should read the book or do exercises. I’ve been doing some of them papers but I haven’t started on any of my sciences. I did a little bit of history but I haven’t completed that either.

I’m a forgetful person. It can be applied in many situations, but whenever there’s the good, there’s always the bad. Yes, it’s good in the sense that I can forget any painful memories, whatever I wish to bury. Sometimes, I also use it as an excuse to suck in certain things, of which, I can’t really think of right now. Perhaps, an argument with Mum, or anyone at all. Well, I can’t exactly help it if it takes ages for my brain to come up with certain particulars. But, is that all an excuse to allow myself to be dull-witted? Is that a reason why I’m so tongue-tied all the time? Because I allow myself to be that way?

Selective Memory Lost. The best damn thing a slacker ever invented. It allows me to forget how I felt when I couldn’t answer those questions during my Physics paper. It allows me to forget how I felt when lost a tennis match, or a basketball match for that matter. So yes, it allows me to forget how I felt when I felt disapproval and disappointment. Perhaps that is why I have no regrets. Perhaps that is also why I’m so familiarized with my best buddy, failure.

But again, that’s only half true. You can’t lose what you never had, so obviously, you can’t feel the soreness when you don’t expect anything in the first place. Failure is defined by the dictionary that’s sitting snugly on my rack as the ‘lack of success’ or the ‘omission of the expected reaction’. But if you set the bar _low enough, you’d definitely be able to go ^over it. So technically, that’s not failure, right?

Perhaps in a way, that’s the reason why I always get what I want, because in a nicer way of putting it, I know what I can want. However, do I really know, do I really believe in the things that I claim I can and cannot do?

Dead.

I’m not exactly very keen on writing at this very moment because I feel drained, physically and emotionally. Well, physically, I’m drained because of the splitting headaches, the fever and the barfing; emotionally, because I spent yet another day, doing things, which seem to serve no purpose in my upcoming SPM.

Sigh... There’s the TV again, telling me to switch it on. My mum’s in China now, you see, and that’s why I get her room while my aunt stays in mine. Gosh... That TV is just staring at me. The thing is, I always study in my room but I think that’s not a reason good enough.

Anyway, I just got back from SKOR A’s farewell party. It was tiring, I spent the whole day there cause, like I said, my mum’s outta town and I don’t want to trouble my aunt to pick me and send me back there again. Well, then again, I wouldn’t have done it if my mum were here to chauffeur me around. It’s just too far. Hmmm... I suppose SKOR A’s my like... 4^th home or something. First is obviously my home sweet home; second, Desa Parkcity!!; third would have to go to school I suppose.

So yeah, like I said, I spent the whole day out. I went to MBO since it was nearby. My friends and I wanted to catch Eagle Eye but it wasn’t exactly the best time for us so they headed home. I stayed to watch Max Payne. Marky Mark, they used to call him. He kinda reminds me of Matt Damon. Well, they’re both not very hot anyways. I prefer Matthew McConaughey; even though I don’t know how to spell or pronounce his name.

Ok. I just went to look for my How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days but it’s not there. I must have borrowed it to someone. Jesus Christ, why can’t people return things they borrow? I’ve lent it to that person for quite a while now, like a friggin’ year. Can a person actually lend something to someone and without having to ask for it back? Geez... Now I can’t even recall who was that person who borrowed it. Perhaps it’s high time I should start a “borrowed items” list. Assholes man some people, wanna borrow things don’t know how to return. And they make even larger assholes when they “forget”, all the time. Why can’t they just forget to breathe?

To the person who temporary “misplaced” my How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days movie, I request that I have it back because I like Matthew McConaughey (however you spell it) and I want it back! I utterly dislike losing things.

PS. To the person who took my DVD and if you read this and you are keeping quiet about it and you choose to hold on to an authorization expired item, you are a real asshole, asshole.
PPS. Hmmm... Asshole seems to be the vocab of the day.
PPPS. I just want to express my disdain to the fact that Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom won’t be starring in the upcoming Pirates. Not that I’m a big fan of it, but, I still don’t like it. Period.

iHeart.

I wish I had a video camera. Or at least my handy IXUS with me... Well, what ever it is, I wish I had one of those funky gadgets to embed the memories of us in my mind forever, without being threatened from the funny tricks of time. I wish I had it to record the fun times we shared together; running around, squabbling regarding the stupidest things and talking/blathering embarrassingly loud in public. Not to mention bullying Shern by throwing his shoes around while attracting all the attention in the world park. We had a ball, not by playing with balls (don’t let your mind wander too far) but rather with Shern’s shoe.

It’s astounding, really, how much fun you can do with a shoe. Well, we had a pair of Shern’s shoes and so it was double the fun. Ian actually slipped his hands into the shoes and walked with his hands across the park, although incredibly gross but extremely entertaining. Gosh, you should have seen us. We were the centre of attraction (in the radius of the park) and we had so much fun tossing and throwing his shoes around like American football while poor lil’ Shern suffers and squirms in pain. It was 10 of us against 1 of him. He stood no chance. And I guess what made it so fun was the eagerness of Shern getting his Vans back by any means necessary, and that includes running around like a monkey in despair. Heck, you should have joined us (unless, of course, you’re a sourpuss/party-pooper). XD

Anyway, I never knew I had such a talented family... Balisong Enthusiast Juinn, Photographing Crackerjack Hou, Mathematical Sage Wei, Breakdancing Aficionado Ian, Guitar Plucking Shern, Piano Playing Jamin, Violin Pundit Joo Lee, hell, we even have our very own Massaging Masseuse Joo Ann. Come to think about it, the latterest has pretty strong hands for an 11 year old and she sure has entrepreneurship in her blood; a born business woman, I’d say, charging a fee of RM10 for every 10 minutes of back rub. 真是有前途！ (Zhen1 shi4 you3 qian2 tu2! – direct translation: Really got future!)

I can’t help grinning at that for some reason... But well, you should really see the vim and vigor at Kai Ma’s house warming + the “after party” at the Waterfront (also where the park is). Hmmm... I really love being around them... Even without Shern’s shoe to hurl around.

By the by, have you seen Mamma Mia? I personally thought it was remarkable. Meryl Streep was outstanding. I never knew that Academy Award winner could sing, but then again, I never knew much in the first place. Well, in any case, I adore her. Even Amanda Seyfried sang superbly. Think about that bimbo whose boobs can forecast weathers in Mean Girls and then compare her with what she portrays today. Nevertheless, Pierce Brosnan can’t sing for nuts. I think he should just stick to acting cause I cringe in my sit when he started singing. You know, I like him, I really do. But he simply just cannot sing.

All in all, I thought it was a pretty good show and the songs were simply classics. There were a few songs I exceptionally take fancy of, such a Slipping Through My Fingers, The Winner Takes It All, Our Last Summer, Honey Honey and Chiquitita. Particularly through Meryl Streep’s performance, I felt so drawn into the movie, just like I was part of it. It was as if I was transported into the set and I could feel exactly how they felt, especially in the first two songs mentioned above. Of course, some of her gestures were like “move-every-limb-you-possibly-can”, but I suppose it comes with the territory of singing songs of the 70s. In fact, I enjoyed the songs so much, I just had to get myself the soundtrack. I tried begging my mum, but that didn’t work; I knew I wouldn’t be satisfied with a borrowed copy and I know I don’t have the guts to steal it; so, I bought it. The funny thing is, I have already downloaded more than half the songs on the album. Nonetheless, that is still the best RM46.50 I’ve spent in months.

Speaking of spending, I devoured myself with retail therapy during the course of my visit to KL. I splurged on a new pair of off white Converse, costing me RM95.90 and if you’re wondering whether I got my dress yet, no. I didn’t. XD I did, however, get a book and an FM transmitter for the pod. I just lurveee shopping!

Four and A Half Hours.

I never knew people actually got bored to the extent of kicking stones. Even throwing stones, so to speak. I thought that was just scenarios you see on telly. But, like there always is, I was once again proven wrong. My god bro and I got stranded in a parking lot yesterday for approximately 4 ½ hours with nothing but a bottle of water and an issue of the Star. In fact, the newspaper hardly helped much at all... I realise that these days, the articles in the Star is getting drier and drier. The write-ups overlap each other and even the front-page and its headlines are nothing more than featureless columns and er... propaganda.

So, let’s get to how it all started. My mum and I, up in KL for one of our many trips to the God Ma’s, stopped by Imbi Palace for dim sum. Finding the place was trouble already, but we managed. We waited in the car for a little over half an hour because someee people just refuse to give the restaurant a call to find out what time do they start serving. But well, that was no biggie. I was playing with my lappie anyways. Did you know the whole KL had Wi-Fi? I didn’t...

Nevertheless, time flew by quickly and the next thing you know, we were already nicely seated in the restaurant. My mum, Kai Ma, Yee Wei and I; we had good dim sum. Although it isn’t exactly in the same league as Carlton’s in Singapore or Hong Kong itself, you have to admit, KL is still the most practical solution to savour such delicacies in terms of funding and distance.

After lunch, it was time to hit the shops. (PS. The roasted pork was yummmmmy!) Pavilion was where we were heading, that’s if we could find the place before it was time to go back. You see, my mum strongly suggests that it’s about time I grow up, be a woman and hunt for dresses. So, I agreed. There were no strings attached, she wasn’t going to buy me my might mouse if I bought some stupid dress. I agreed. Amazingly... Amazingly, I went along with the idea pretty well.

But that was until tragedy stuck.

LMAO. Okay, it wasn’t tragedy lah... We received a phone call from Kai Ma saying that they can’t find the car keys and asked us to make for Imbi Palace once more and then see how things go. And of course, they couldn’t find the keys. Apparently, Yee Wei kor dropped it, if my memory still serves me right. So, Wei and I had to stay back while the two pretty ladies drove back to PJ, back to Desa Parkcity, to find the extra set of keys. Obviously, we had to stay behind in case some one picked up the keys and decides to drive the Innova away.

Four and a half hours, we waited. They couldn't find the keys.

Four and a half hours. We thought throwing stones when people were bored was just for TV. But I guess not. We sat down there like two... weirdos. It was like in the movies, except we can’t fast forward the scene. Oh, and I just realised I was wrong when I said the Star didn’t help much. It did in fact come to much aid as floor mats for our bottoms, keeping us uncontaminated from the unsanitary asphalt road. Moreover, if we had a pretty basket and some cutleries, it’ll be just like a nice picnic you see on telly. It was windy, thankfully, and thankfully again, the car was parked under a nice shady tree. The aroma of roasted pork filled the air too, we actually planned to knock the pork-roasting-guy unconscious with out newly mastered stone-throwing skill and then steal the yummy pig. When we were about to execute the plan, we then thought it would have been wiser if we let the guy finish his pig-roasting duty completely cause I doubt any of us knew how to roast a pig.

Sad to say, when we turned our backs, he was gone. Perhaps he was a mind reader.

Well, it was also quite an educational experience. Wei kor was teaching me some cool things about waves and we were playing with my polarized Ray Bans for a bit. Oh, we played Initial D on the phone too! But that was crap. I didn’t win.

Yee Hou came later at 4 with his new old car. We rested in the car for a bit then we did more stupid things. He did a lil drift-like thingy... Oh, Wei kor called a toll truck company but ... long story. They were irresponsible people. So he called another. While waiting, we played badminton with our hands. We grew tired after a while and then Hor kor smartly decides to lie in his car boot and pop out like some moron. No lah, he didn’t smartly trap himself. I took the keys out. Yay me! Okay, he prolly would have asked me to take it out anyhoots.

Just as he was popping out, this indon-sounding like guy came. I thought he wanted to see what stupidity we were up to, but! He was the guy who found the keys and he came to return it. When the story was told back home, some thought he was some faggot who was waiting for us to take a hike and drive off but there were also some who thought that he was sincere. I would like to think that he was. Hou kor offered him some cash, a small token, but he politely declined.

Funny, he doesn’t look quite well to do but yet he does not take it. He’s an immigrant and he came here looking for money yet he does not take Hou kor’s money. It’s nice to see that there are still some non-greedy people in the world. Well, he may have hidden agendas; prolly refusing to take the money so that that will cover up his identity as a car-stealing person with a “nice guy” façade. But again, I would like to think that he was profound and genuine.

Minutes later, the toll truck dude came. Hou kor gave him RM50 as compensation for his trip down. After that, he J-reversed or something like that and we were out of that place!

Well, I suppose dresses and me are not fated to unite just yet. I do still have tomorrow to shop though... We’ll see how things go. ;)

PS. Wei kor (smartly) decided to pass his 300D to the two pretty ladies to bring it back home so no pictures people! Save me all the time in the world... =)

Highlights: 2 Highlighted Quotes of The Week!

Settings: 5 Science 1, SMK Infant Jesus Convent, Malacca
Status: Lazing Around
Subject: Scoring an A in Chinese

Ms. Tan: My gawd... My Chineseee.............................................. T.T

Stefanie Tay: Eh... So little people take Chinese, should be able to score what...

Ms. Tan: What?? You study add maths right? Look: all those who suck at Chinese have already dropped the subject. I'm the sesat-ed nutcase trying to balance the stupid damn (normal distribution) graph!!!

Settings: 5 Science 1, SMK Infant Jesus Convent, Malacca
Status: Getting Back The School Leaving Certificate
Subject: Hidden Implications

Ms. Tan: Having potential' is a nice way of saying you're lazy. Mr. Tee (the Form Teacher) just told me (in the cert that) I have potential...

Someone (Probably Asha or Xue Ying or Chien Yee): Yearp. Well, at least he's nice... It says here that I'm mesra and sociable...

FYI: Asha, Xue Ying and Chien Yee are famous for making noise in class. All 3 of them probably got that in their leaving cert.

Nothing comes free.

“Nothing comes free.”

I hate those words. Why? My mum and her apparent annoyingly casual air take pleasure in putting those words before me, regularly. But that’s not worst part of it. What’s worse is that she seems to like Lee Kuan Yew a lot. She does that by putting him in the picture as well. 

“Nothing in this world comes free.” 

Blah-dy-blah-blah. But. She may be dead on. So may he, but he’s not important. So, moving on. My mum has this uncanny tendency of always hitting the nail on the head but I have no idea how she does it so I won’t have anything to talk about. Oh, let’s rewind a little, back to LKY. I really, really, really do detest when she starts talking about him. I don’t know why. Perhaps it’s because she talks about him a lot (when she starts educating me on how nothing comes free). Other than that, I suppose there’s nothing much. So, I will have to talk about something else again. But staring at those words, “nothing in this world comes free”, if that were his exact words, I don’t think I like it. Why can’t he say “nothing comes free in this world”? Hmmm... Maybe he’s trying to dramatize his speech by pausing after “nothing” “free”. Ooo, so we do get something free in other worlds? 

Crap, I was looking at what I wrote. 

You know what? My stupidness finally decided to take a break (after 17 years) and I just (and finally) realised that he was trying to emphasise that nothing comes free, probably pausing after “nothing” and “world”. Well, I suppose how he says it doesn’t really matter cause it’s point blank. And, I guess it’s about time I left the poor rich, powerful (old?) guy alone. I guess (yes, as a matter of fact, I am doing a lot of guessing right now so bear with me, I’m a little girl who haven’t got most things figured out yet) what I am trying to say is that, after beating around the bush again and again, with words, the bitter truth is that what my mum said is undoubtedly and undeniably true. Although, those words still refuse to get into my thick head.

Well, they say that success don’t come just like that. *snaps finger* 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration, all that gibberish that can actually spawn real and invaluable treasures. By the way, I have to say this before I forget, “ewww”.

So, hard work. You don’t mix luck with success. To me, luck is not an exceptionally considerable component in success. There is no “unequated” or unaccounted chance. There is, however, action and reaction. Behind every situation, there is a reason; justified or yet to be justified. There are no miracles, just probabilities of events occurring so slim that people simply cross out. They call them miracles, I call them P(X<1x10^-(almost)).I can’t help being an idealist (even though I don’t really know what that means, it sounds like me).

I can’t help being an idealist (even though I don’t really know what that means, it sounds like me).

Anyway, I was a tad derailed. So, main point: you can have Einstein’s brains but without hard work, you’re nothing but, an Einstein without a job? He didn’t exactly have a job, did he? Well, conclusion is that you become a beggar. Living off what others throw out. Pathetic. A little like me. A head the size of an elephant; but what’s between the ears? A brain the size of a peanut. Okay, that’s an exaggeration. My noggin’s of average size with the capacity of an average IQ. But, my head has been expanding; inflated with air and other ^light substances. It calls for a change but a tiger don’t change its strips (or was it leopards not changing their spots?) just like that. *snaps finger*

*to be continued... someday.*

Tagged.

Tagged by Ramonah almost one two MONTHS ago. O.O

Yes, that's how outdated I am.

Anyways, instructions:
a. Put your iTunes, Windows Media Player, etc. on shuffle.
b. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
c. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN, NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS.
d. Put any comments in brackets after the song name.
e. Put this on your blog.

1. If someone says, "Is this okay?"

Just My Luck - McFly

(...)

2. How would you describe yourself?

Times Like These - Foo Fighters

(...)

3. What do you like in a guy/girl?

The Last Goodbye - James Morrison

(O.O)

4. How do you feel today?

Pump It Up - Elvis Costello

(wtf?)

5. What is your life's purpose?

Heaven - Bryan Adams

(if there is a heaven...)

6. What is your motto?

Tonight - Westlife

(what's happening tonight?)

7. What do your friends think of you?

Walking Away - Lifehouse

(well, i do flutter from one group to another at most times...)

8. What do you think of your parents?

Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen

(ahhh... she's really cool. O.o)

9. What do you think about very often?

Silence Is Golden - The Tremeloes

(but noise is platinum.)

10. What is 2+2?

我問問你 - 鄧麗君 (i'm asking you - theresa teng)

(don't ask me where i got this song, i was ripping CDs for my mum.)

11. What do you think of your best friends?

Lit Up - Buckcherry

(when she's not deprived of love. XD)

12. What do you think of the person you like?

Papercut - Linkin Park

(...?)

13. What is your life?

Life Is A Rollercoaster

(i suppose it is...)

14. What do you want to be when you grow up?

Higher - Creed

(in the social status.)

15. What do you think of when you see the person you like?

Pushin' Me Away - Jonas Brothers

(gosh... i must really be deprived of love.)

16. What will you dance to at your wedding?

Bu Wan Zhen De Xuan Lu (unfinished melody?) - Lee Hom

(i think i prefer "A Love That Will Last" by Renee Olstead)

17. What will they play at your funeral?

Wish - Lifehouse

(i wish my life could have been like the movies!)

18. What is your hobby/interest?

The Truth - Truth Hurts

(do i like the truth?)

19. What is your biggest fear?

In My Place - Coldplay

(not really...)

20. What is your biggest secret?

Under The Boardwalk - The Drifters

(i did...? lmao)

21. What do you think of your friends?

Drop - Timbaland

(drop where?)

22. What will you post this as?

Wrong Way - Creed

(i should be studying.)

23. What song would you play during your first time having sex?

This Temptation - Blue

(XD)

8 people to tag:

Michelle Yeoh? XD

(lazy to tag lah. back to bio!)

Random Stuff

Funny. Everything is always very funny.

I have been reading up on a lil’ history here and there and I noticed that those deeeeep words usually mean that the individual or the society who uses such terms are either really deep and wise, or really, really not-right-in-the-head scary.

The base... Students. The seekers of knowledge.

I don’t know why but those words sends a chill down my spine each time I run my eyes over them. I mean, who knew these seemingly intellectual, hold up, I beg my pardon, seemingly? On the contrary, they do show a high level of intelligence; just that they use their intelligence for divergent pursuits.

Fundamentalists.

Everything needs a base, right? Everything needs a foundation. I too like grounds. I like justifications, I like rationales and I like motives. I like them solid. I also like the underpinning that reinforces the base by providing a substitution of stronger for weaker materials; otherwise, I would be living in rubble. But. The strict adherence of ancient or fundamental doctrines of any religion or ideology and laying down dogmas to be incontrovertibly true, that I don’t have much appetite for; partly due to the fact that I just had my lunch.

Well, I was going to start talking about extremists, zealots and bigots but I think I am in no position (and with no knowledge) at all to be throwing my criticisms at them, however weightless it may be. I understand that thoughts are momentary because they occur due to condition and maybe one day I’ll become a terrorist too. I also understand that the consequences of my actions are inevitable and I don’t want to be put behind bars just because I was playing a fool with my words, even though I always thought being jailed would be an enriching life experience for me.

Hmmm... Now where did I put that knife of mine?



PS. On what I talk best, or rather most, about, I watched Babylon AD today and why, why, why! does Michelle Yeoh like dying so much? I watched three of her shows back to back and she died in all three of them! T.T

The Movies.

I wish life was like the movies where I can jump from one place to another.

I wish life was like the movies where I can do graceful side kicks and effortless back flips.

I wish life was like the movies where you can dodge every blowing that comes at you.


I wish life was like the movies where everything always turns out right.

I wish life was like the movies where the happy ending is the ending.

I wish life was like the movies where I can analyse things with 100% accuracy.


I wish life was like the movies where the bad people always gets what they deserve.

I wish life was like the movies where there will be a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

I wish life was like the movies where I can change the world however I want it to be like.


I wish life was like the movies where you would know exactly what to say.


I wish life was like the movies where dogs can play basketball and rats can fix my dinner.

I wish life was like the movies where fat people like me are loved by them smexy hunks.

I wish life was like the movies where it is dramatic yet in control.


I wish I was the actress and I can say whatever I want to say.

I wish I was the actress and I can do whatever I want to do.

I wish I was the actress and I can be whoever I want to be.


I wish my life was like the movies and my life is scripted for eminence.

PS. I also wish i had more fonts. =.=

Crap. I don't have a title.

So, I was down in KL last weekend and we, my mum and I that is, were staying at Le Meridién. Sounds fancy, don’t it? Well, it’s not all that great. Don’t get me wrong, the rooms itself weren’t that bad. Come to think about it, it was pretty decent. Nevertheless, It was the F&B that was b-a-d. The service? Gosh... Feel like smacking all the waiters and waitresses siut. The manager also can take and throw into the longkang. Gosh, I’m starting to sound like some lotus flower... Well, Ah Lian if you prefer to call it. But seriously, I think service and hospitality at Desa Parkcity (my Kai Ma’s place) is waaaaaaaaaaaay better.

Anyhoots, I went up on Saturday, in line with my Kai Ma’s birthday. We had a buffet dinner at Sheraton, which is now known as Imperial. The Japanese food sure is mighty toothsome.

Okay, finally. The Mummy, I watched on Saturday at the Pavilion. It was all right... but the plots were brimming with holes. There were questions that I can’t seem to find answers to. Hmmm... perhaps my IQ just ain’t on par with the scriptwriters’.

But now, on with the most important feat – it’s Michelle Yeoh! Gosh, I LOVE seeing her on screen! She’s simply awe-inspiring. And Jet Li too. I love his nifty moves. Not that there were many kick-ass fighting scenes but I’m speaking in general. Both of them; masters of their craft and legends in their field. They both make me proud to be a Chinese. And with the Beijing Olympics going on, fuh!

Anyway, I thought Brendan Fraser was a bit stiff and a tad rusty. And Maria Bello; nothing compared to Rachel Weisz. What a turn off man... At least Maggie Gyllenhaal took over Katie Holmes’ role well. The new Evelyn O’Connell is simply just less funny and less fun and stiffer than cardboard. Okay. Cardboards are not that stiff but you do hear see what I’m saying writing typing getting at, right? But Luke Ford. He’s pretty cute. The age gap between him and his “dad”, however, is just weird. They look like they’re of the same age. Some kinky scandal going on with the O’Connells? I sure hope not...

So, back to my deprivation of love. I’m so depressed! (was) The love of my life doesn’t even know of my existence! (still) What can possibly be worse than that? Geez... Look at Michelle Yeoh. She’s looking better than ever since she hit her 40s; just like fine wine. AND guess what I just found out!? I know of a friend whose mother was classmates with her!!! *Gasp* Speak of so near and yet so far. Sigh...

Sigh... (again) I’m starting to sound like a bloody psychopath/stalker. I suppose it’s more of the psychopath... But then again, wasn’t I one a looooong time ago? Yearp. And on to the stalker part, maybe not physical (yet?) but in some concocted and non-existent figment of my imaginary world, to be more precise. Like, if the brain could send signals like SMSes, I think her brain would be bombarded with my declaration of love. LMAO! Well, upon accepting the fact that there is a possibility of transferring brain messages efficiently one day, but just not today, I think I’m better off looking for her contact number. Hmmm... Now where do I start?

Okay, jokes aside; as much as I would have loved to say (for dramatic purposes) that The Mummy was as good as The Dark Knight, I obviously just can’t. The Mummy and (The Tomb Of) The Dragon Emperor is/are incapable of dethroning The Dark Knight (and The Joker).

Period.

You never try, you never know.

Funny. I never knew. I never knew I’d get this far... I never knew I would have gotten the selection test call letter from ASEAN. And just moments ago, I never knew I would EVER get the call letter for the upcoming interview. I really, really thought I screwed up the test. Wait, correction: I did screw up the test.

So – was this envelope dropped into the wrong mailbox? Actually, I have already put my thoughts of getting the ASEAN Scholarship Awards to rest to make life less miserable for myself. But now, here it is again, right before my eyes, truly rising from the ash/grave/dead.

My name, zombielike-ly (yes, I know it doesn’t make sense) printed on THE envelope and there is a stamp on one of the lil’ corner that says “BY AIR MAIL”, dead identical to the first call letter that I received not too long ago. Of course, the lil’ “Singapore Post” prints outstandingly sticks out like a sore/dead thumb – except it doesn’t quite look like a thumb...

In any case, however, and in spite of that tiny insignificance, I have to say; those trivial words gave it away – my heart was doing backflips.

Come to think about it, “more than that,” you might state on the contrary and yes, it’s true; everything was fireworks; breathtaking fireworks! Truth be told, it’s not the money that I’m after; I don’t really care that much about the money. To me, I think the ASEAN Scholarship Awards is more than just a relief of the financial burden; it’s like a mark, a kind of recognition that is beyond the value of cold hard cash, it’s just something you can’t put a price tag on.

But like I said earlier, I’m still quite darned stupefied on how it came to this. I did badly for my selection test. But I suppose Amanda was right after all. You don’t need to know the answers to all the Math questions and you’d still get the call back. In fact, she added that that there were those smart arses who were bragging away about knowing how to answer every single question and at that very moment, she, like me, was telling herself how screwed she was already. But they didn’t get it. She got it.

It’s funny really... I’m sure them smart arses did answer it... right? Probably just not correctly. XD Okay, scratch the rest. Taking only my situation into consideration, I guess it was the General Ability test that got me the second call letter.

Well, I may or may not receive the scholarship but a little word of advice to the applicants for the years to come: do study for the selection test. I was told to read up the Form 5 Addition Mathematics syllabus but I think most of the questions had more to do with Mathematics itself, which is quite well reasoned and thought out ‘cause some students don’t take Add Maths, right? As a matter of fact, it’s not so much of the I-didn’t-do-7-bloody-questions and the I-only-wrote-250-blooming-words-when-the-requirements-were-350 that you’ll be biting your nails about (just like how I did but more on the figurative idea) but rather the psychological blowing that will blow your ego far, far away into the longkang (or monsoon drain if you prefer).

A picture paints a thousand words.

So there you have it; five thousand words!
Easy peasy.

I'm not a Batman fan. Seriously.