if you think i'm lame, bingo.

moving

2010-04-27T23:57:00.002+08:00

moving -> here

partly because this URL sucks, and also because wordpress looks cool.

let's hope i post more after this (hopefully)

it's been a long while hasn't it

2010-01-03T10:22:00.005+08:00

how good it feels to gain all my senses back again. just weeks ago i tasted how it feels like to lose control, and it wasn't enjoyable at all. it was like walking in another person's skin which felt totally alien. day after day i trudged along in this new unfamiliar new skin, and for the first time in a very long time, i was struggling to keep up with everything and anything at all. at times i felt like i lost myself and at times i felt like just breaking down and giving everything up. but i kept going. i kept going for fear of being left behind. i kept going because everyone was doing the same. i kept going because i thought in the end it will all be worth it. and now i'm at the end, and the whole journey still felt pretty shitty.

but i grew. maybe not for the better, maybe not very significant, but i grew. and i learned a lot of new things. i learned how cynical i can be, and i was already pretty damn cynical back then. i learned how uncaring and unthoughtful i can be sometimes, and i hurt probably more than a few people along the way, including myself. i learned how selfish i am. i learned how to cheat and take short cuts i'm not supposed to, but took anyway. i learned how fragile things can be.

but i also learned to trust less of the wrong people, and to trust more in the right ones. i also learned how ordinary things can be so magnificent under a different light. i learned to not always simplify and dismiss things because there is always more than meets the eyes. because things had never been that simple.

i learned to fail graciously, but i'm still learning to get back up.

i learned of the importance of sweet King Pin donuts on a very stressful day.

it's only been months here, but something here makes me feel like i've been here for an eternity already. as i walk through the alleys of berkeley to get my favorite lunch (oh God forbid, Chipotle), i learned to taste and smell berkeley for what it is. it's been a long time since i did that. all berkeley has been for the past few weeks were hurried take out lunches and dinners, a blur of assignments and due dates, working in the library till late, and never ending exams. but today i slowed down to take in the beautiful colors of the sky as it turns from a turqoise blue to a blueberry pink and then to a magenta black. and the weather couldn't have been more perfect. crisp and cool, yet not cold enough that i start losing the feel of the nerves at the tip of my fingers again. had berkeley always been this beautiful? i stood waiting for the bus that would save me 20 minutes of walking, and saw the bustle of people walking past, talking quickly, groceries in one hand and phone in the other. and there i was, pacing around the same spot, marvelling at the pace at which things were going. had i been one of those people?

the first few weeks of winter break was spent snuggled warmly around the love of family. strangely, the US seems a lot more magical when spent with family. suddenly, this strange new land doesn't seem too bad anymore. sadly, the first time i was here it wasn't like that. every step was taken with caution, every move was thought twice or maybe more. i think that still hasn't changed much. but i'm learning. i'm trying to convince myself that it's normal to feel left out and that i just have to learn to adjust myself, giving up certain things to fit myself in. but to what extent must i do that? how much of the old way with which i spoke should i give up just for them to understand what i'm speaking about? how much of my malaysian-ness should i let go to fit in with the crowd? family made me feel that i don't have to give them up at all. that i'm not alone here. family made me feel that they are the outsiders instead, and that all that matters is home and familiarity and comfort and the warmth.

the family went back yesterday, and now i'm back to feeling alone now. at least, for a while, before everything that spells academics comes pouring and rushing back in to berkeley again. but this time, i will not feel like i'm stepping into an unfamiliar land again. it won't be like last time, because this time, i've come prepared. one semester has taught me a lot, and knowing there's nothing about myself i have to change or be shameful about, hopefully i will not fail this sem like i did the last. i won't try to be what i'm not, i'll try to stay true to myself.

and with that i shall start my new year and new semester on a positive note. happy new year folks :)

anyway, anyone of you who still reads this should give yourselves a pat on the back. God knows when the next update will be.

a post about many things

2009-03-29T02:33:00.003+08:00

pardon the hiatus. if you haven't found out, a few friends (nellie, yoke ching, khai ren) and i went to germany for a lil competition called rubicon. sponsored. oh yeah IJM if you're reading this, WE HEART YOU. TRULY. seriously, you guys are too kind. not sure if you'll be disappointed with our performance but we bought a nice wine for you guys :D

no prizes for guessing whether we won or lost.

being typical tourists, we started snapping pictures at literally EVERYTHING in sight once we landed. maybe it was because it was for most of us, our first time being in europe, that we became so jakun. (i mean, imagine if tourist started snapping pictures upon arrival at klia!) i had to admit, it started to get embarassing pretty soon as Tobias (our driver) just stood there and let us marvel around like kids in a toy factory.

one thing to be remembered is (for me) the train system. it's so darn complicated! yet so efficient! the train arrives EXACTLY at the time stated. not one second earlier, not one second later. you come half a minute later the train says goodbye to you. malaysians living with malaysian time would have problems here. no offence but the train system there is like the exact counterpart of our ones here. and their older trains are fast.

and this, my friends, is the largest cathedral in germany. it's in kohl (cologne). and just next to the train station. me and nel exited the train station wondering how we're going to navigate our way to the dom when we realized it was just next to us. it was HUGE. and TALL. and the tower pictured is the shorter one of the two. my camera couldn't even take all of it at once. (but then again my camera couldn't do a lot of things. gahhh) and we climbed all the way to the top. took us nearly half an hour to climb all the way up. should give you an idea of how tall it really is.

anyway i think i'll talk about germany more next time. there are just too many things to talk about, too many pictures. and i'm lazy. very lazy. and germany was awesome. so one post by a very lazy me would not justify.

and so we arrived at the airport a few hours ago before the return flight. and i just found out i would be on the plane when MIT results are released. and nellie just found out she got into Washington University in St Louis (congratz girl!). and we shopped. duty free. (chocolates!!!) and we bid farewell to the biting cold. and dryness. and all the wonderful food we've had. and all the amazing people we've met. and all the friendly germans who despite their lack of command of the english language, were always eager to help us out whenever we asked for it.

and i found out i got rejected by MIT. unsurprisingly.

and i got accepted by University of Washington, Seattle.

and i (finally) removed my braces.

and i got waitlisted at University of Chicago.

and i got rejected by Northwestern University.

but i got accepted by University of California, Berkeley!

OMG I'M SO HAPPY AND SO GRATEFUL

i am really really really THANKFUL that you accepted me, berkeley! i forgot to give you my phone number, and you so kindly mailed a letter all the way to my house to remind me. i submitted your application 5 mintues before the deadline. yet you accepted me T_T thank you thank you!

and to all those who've congratulated me. thanks! i hope you all get what you want too! april 1st. the anxiety!

ok so this isn't a post about a lot of things anyway. see, i told you i'm lazy.

it's written in the stars

2009-03-02T11:44:00.001+08:00

click it.

hypothesis proven

2009-02-20T02:30:00.001+08:00

the walls in our dorm are not smell-proof.

'nuff said.

oh the horrors

2009-02-17T01:29:00.003+08:00

you know what's worse than calculus 2?

saturday classes.

nooooooooo you just ruined my weekends mr koong T_T

FIVE saturdays for that matter.

argh

and this saturday is a test 1. worth 25%. hurray.

*

random fact of the day:

(if i'm not mistaken) Ng Hui Lin's mother went to Yale! woohoo!

do you believe in faith?

2009-02-12T03:03:00.002+08:00

do you think hope keeps you alive? you know that tiny voice somewhere deep down that tells you to always look at the brighter side of things and hang on even when everything was on the verge of falling apart? the thing that perches on your shoulders when daily grinds keep them hunched, whispering words of comfort into your ears while your body tires and wears out. could you live without that? or couldn't you?

how about faith? what is faith? is faith a matter of opinion? a belief? or is it just a choice? perhaps like in those darned multiple choice questions with options A to D? so is there a right answer? is there a wrong one? so is faith the answer to the question? or is it the question that begs for answers?

what about belief? is it another word for faith? or is it just an opinion subjected to personal view? so does that mean everyone is entitled to his or her belief? then how does faith work then?

but then again, what is dream? what is hope?

if you're into annoyingly addictive mini games

2009-02-05T14:36:00.002+08:00

The Red Square

very annoyingly addictive indeed.

and my record is 40.5 seconds hohoho

things i've been doing

2009-01-20T02:18:00.002+08:00

- helping out with JPA magazine

- oh i still have the newsletter layout to do. aiks

- practicing Rachmaninoff Moment Musicaux no. 4 and Hungarian Rhapsody no. 6

- hating moral

- scrabble

- studying for econs test which is in less than 10 hours

- accounts test

- freaking out on college confidential

- frisbee

oh and the best part is, of all the things i've forgotten to bring, it had to be my wallet.

money settled, but all my cards and driver's license T_T

ok back to econs and chemistry

some cartoons...

2009-01-18T01:13:00.000+08:00

... never get old :)

a little too not over you

2009-01-10T23:39:00.004+08:00

i think i'm the biggest procrastinator. ever. i sit around and waste time doing practically nothing until it isn't possible to put things off anymore. good example: all my applications were sent in hours or even minutes before the deadline with the exception of stanford.

i never really liked packing. i'll either have too many stuff to bring, or i wouldn't even know what to bring. finishing MIT at 4am, i stoned in front of the laptop and realized i haven't packed a single thing, and in hours i would be going back to nilai. sigh.

ok, i know resolutions don't always (never) come true. but here goes:

1. manage time better

this should be a challenge.

i don't quite get people who like to have people around them 24/7. sometimes, it feels just so... liberating to break away and be by yourself, ignoring calls and smses. my timetable has been generous to me. no eight o'clock classes to bug me from my sleep. ahhhh sleep, words just couldn't describe the wonders of being asleep.

i think the best thing about being in nilai is that it is so ulu, you tend to be more creative in whatever you do. just to avoid having to eat in the cafeteria and in the shops outside college (most of which were closed down before because of hygiene problems), you bring rice cookers and can food. and somehow you manage to survive for another day. yipee.

also, when you have nothing to do, you dust off the cover of that monopoly or scrabble set that has been hiding under your cupboard, and invite a few friends along to play. then because of lack of good letters, you ruin a good game of scrabble. or because of pure bad luck, you don't manage build any houses or hotels on your territory, and you end up bullying others into paying measly rents. swell.

this is inti, folks.

damn you people with no friday classes! *sulks*

I spent

2009-01-03T15:33:00.001+08:00

christmas doing applications

birthday doing applications

and new year doing applications

but if it means new year in the States next year, it's worth it

have a great 2009 folks :)

Dec 9th

2008-12-09T22:40:00.003+08:00

crap, i've been making very little progress in my uni applications. and i dun even know if my school forms are done correctly now 0.0

decided to retake SAT 2 the night before the exam. and luckily enough i woke up early (5.30am) and was at metropolitan by 6.30. registered my name with si ning 'cause we both decided to walk in. luckily there were places for us, plus we were super early. felt better about lit this time around. just praying for a good score this time T_T i dun wanna retake again. urgh

i can't seem to find the words for my essays now. it's like some kind of log's jammed in my brain that stops me from forming sentences and phrases.

interviews weren't that great. one went horribly wrong, the other was rather fun actually =)

damn, i still have 2 songs to practise for music supplement, 1 recommendation letter yet to complete and the resume. damn.

although i'm nowhere near THAT standard, i'll just try my best la.

i watched twilight last sunday and when i heard the song, i was like, Edward was listening to that? mmm good taste. though that probably can't be said for his taste in girls. Bella is so stone that i think she'll blend perfectly well with any tree around her because she's KAYU. argh. so boring. bad choice Edward.

ok, enough digressions. back to essays!

disappointed

2008-11-29T14:29:00.003+08:00

KL just showed me something on someone else's blog. and to my fury, i found out that my posts have been leeched off by that person. what's more, that person claimed that post as her own. where my name is supposed to be, was that person's.

LIKE HELLO CAN YOU GET YOUR OWN POSTS? THESE POSTS ARE WRITTEN BY ME AND IF YOU STEAL MY LINES, THAT'S CALLED PLAGIARIZING.

i shall not waste time ranting. i just hope that you don't do this again. you know who you are, i'm not going to tell because i still have respect for you.

security

2008-11-26T02:46:00.003+08:00

you know that feeling, when you know that you've given it your all and made sure that everything that can and needs to be done has been done, and you imagine that you've just made the most perfect piece of work that nothing, not even the Mona Lisa, could match, when suddenly, and ironically, everything falls apart in front of you. and the worst part is, you can't do anything because all of it is now gone.

that sucks doesn't it?

but happens all the time.

i think i've always had this sense of security that everything i do will result in something good, everything i touch will turn into gold. i always thought that all my dreams and fantasies will come true and i told myself not to worry because there'll always be a happy ending, a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

in reality, however, that's not the way it works. somehow, the more you wish for something, the more likely it is for it to not come true, the greater the dissapointment and thus, the greater the downfall. and that isn't exactly a very nice feeling.

but no matter how hard i try to tell myself to be optimistic, to let my dreams go wild, to always challenge the impossible, a nagging part of me would hold back and try to bring the other part of me back to earth.

but that's also why i never try to give my best, never gone full blast, believing that i will never get what i wanted anyway.

i want to believe that i can. i want to believe that i will. i want to believe that i can fly.

and because of that, i want to be stronger. i want to believe that i will.

clocks

2008-11-23T01:52:00.001+08:00

help me please =)

2008-11-21T01:17:00.002+08:00

ok i assume most of you reading this already know me quite well. so could i ask a little favor from you to help me =)

describe me with a few words. any words la.

and if there's something prominent about me that i might not notice, or you just feel like addressing, do write that down too!

good or bad.

i know this is a little weird but you will help me a LOT if you do this.

post under comments pls thank you =D

things that depress me

2008-11-20T23:57:00.002+08:00

1. GPA

2. SAT 2 - Literature! (warning: don't take this subject unless you're confident in getting an 800)

3. having not studied for TOEFL

4. possibility of retaking 1 SAT 2 subject and/or SAT 1

5. application essays

6. art supplement

7. ida and tania not winning TARA 3. but at least geoff and tisha didn't win, hah!

things that i'm happy about:

1. david cook's songs are on my computer now! mwaha! ('heroes' and 'life on the moon' are nice)

i need to rethink.

school: thursday

2008-11-15T01:49:00.004+08:00

meet nurul

she's the head prefect for next year.

and she sucks at camwhoring.

(haha she's so going to kill me now for posting these pictures)

i've been to school for at least 3 times already, and still i haven't gotten everything. anyway, i hope my school forms are mostly done.

which leaves:

1. transcripts to be translated

2. transcript legend to be finished

3. essays to be written

4. oh yeah, i've decided to send in an arts supplement. but the deadline for stanford + art supplement is december 1 *gasp*

5. finish berkeley forms online

6. teacher recommendations

7. resume

8. might retake SAT 1 in january

9. TOEFL in december

10. MYR to be submitted to INTI counselor

although what i really want to do now is to lay back and relax.

and so

2008-11-13T01:00:00.002+08:00

i've finalized the list of unis i'm applying to:

1. harvard
2. princeton
3. yale (dream school!!!! wahaha)
4. cornell
5. u penn
6. stanford
7. MIT
8. u chig
9. northwestern
10. berkeley

oh and if you've noticed, i've added a list of useful links regarding US applications.

scroll down and you can see it on your right =)

the definition of awesome

2008-11-11T21:26:00.002+08:00

The Ting Tings rock. period.

it's that time of the year again

2008-11-08T22:56:00.003+08:00

oh yes, how glad it is to have finished exams. FREEDOM! woohoo!

no more memorizing facts about ethernet, bus topology, object-orientated programming language, assembly language, hard disks or impact printers!

no more memorizing facts about secularization, sociological perspectives, marxist theories, socialism, feminism, holistic medication, group conformity or retribution! although i did enjoy sociology more than other subjects, partly because of the trial, but also because it was the most useful, most applicable subject of the few i've taken. will talk about the trial in another post =)

but this semester in INTI have been really pleasurable to me la. met awesome new people, did more stuff, learnt a lot more. it's beeen one heck of an experience that i couldn't think of any other way to spend my time. thanks people!

calculus finished at 7pm on tuesday, but now begins the real challenge: uni applications.

argh the forms are complicated. and two months to the deadline T_T

i hope i don't die before i get into yale. (yeah right)

sighhh why are american unis so hard to get in...

P.S. quantum of solace was about average la. i think it was pretty hyped up. but olga kurylenko... i like =) but the beginning was just kinda draggy in my opinion, i liked the ending though.

hotness

2008-10-25T01:02:00.002+08:00

A goldfish named Hamster (Sher Minn) says:
im so hot i make chocolate melt

whatever people say i am, that's what i'm not [http://alphacenturyad.blogspot.com] says:
im so hot i make the SUN melt

A goldfish named Hamster says:
the sun isnt even solid!!

A goldfish named Hamster says:
its a buncha gas burning

A goldfish named Hamster says:
u phail

whatever people say i am, that's what i'm not [http://alphacenturyad.blogspot.com] says:
well i dont care

whatever people say i am, that's what i'm not [http://alphacenturyad.blogspot.com] says:
chocolate do melt because of body temperature anyway

whatever people say i am, that's what i'm not [http://alphacenturyad.blogspot.com] says:
so it aint saying much bout you

A goldfish named Hamster says:
oh, getting technical, aren't we?

A goldfish named Hamster says:
Im so hot that i make the ice on asteroids melt, thats why we have water falling from the sky that we call rain

A goldfish named Hamster says:
pft

whatever people say i am, that's what i'm not [http://alphacenturyad.blogspot.com] says:
yucks

whatever people say i am, that's what i'm not [http://alphacenturyad.blogspot.com] says:
i'm so hot i cause all the water aroud me to evaporate, thus causing rains and flash floods

whatever people say i am, that's what i'm not [http://alphacenturyad.blogspot.com] says:
HAHAHA

A goldfish named Hamster says:
im so hot, that when i stand beside you, i ACTUALLY make you look cool

whatever people say i am, that's what i'm not [http://alphacenturyad.blogspot.com] says:
i'm so hot that kenny rodgers just hired me to heat up their chickens (can save energy)

whatever people say i am, that's what i'm not [http://alphacenturyad.blogspot.com] says:
HAH cant beat that cant you?

A goldfish named Hamster says:
sorry

A goldfish named Hamster says:
im so hot that my keyboard melted into a puddle of goo

A goldfish named Hamster says:
so i had to get a new one and insulated gloves

whatever people say i am, that's what i'm not [http://alphacenturyad.blogspot.com] says:
well i was bored, can't study

whatever people say i am, that's what i'm not [http://alphacenturyad.blogspot.com] says:
coz i'm so hot that i burned my books by just being in their sight

A goldfish named Hamster says:
oh really...

A goldfish named Hamster says:
im so hot,Al Gore is going to feature me in "The Inconvenient Truth 2" as a major cause of global warming

whatever people say i am, that's what i'm not [http://alphacenturyad.blogspot.com] says:
well, i'm so hot that we need 10 air conds in the house just to keep it at room temperature

simply because we're hot people =)

i'm tired.

euthanasia

2008-10-24T21:12:00.003+08:00

and it was 2 days ago when we finally got done with our sociology project which came in the form of a mock trial.

the trial itself was fun, but as for the preparation, i can assure you that it was stressful, tiring, tedious, time-consuming and exhausting for all of us. but knowing that it all boiled down to something worthwhile, we felt satisfied with we did. to any one of my team members who's reading this, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING. all those meetings and research was worth it after all. plus, WE WON =) although i did get sentenced to serve 5 days of jail because of misconduct i suppose. wth

oh and do check out this blog if you have the time : http://www.jamesjankowsky.blogspot.com/

it was one of the evidences of the defending team. and i had to admit i was impressed with their effort in creating this blog and 14 other evidences. considering how much time it takes for me to come up with even one blog post, the author of that blog, whoever it is, you are truly semangated to create 30+ posts in just a matter of days and make it look realistic. my hats are off to you.

and i really salute you la boon yee. you were obviously the better lawyer that day but despite losing, you were still ok and all. it was a good fight. and i really enjoyed being pitted against you. i really learnt a lot and finally understood how much effort it took to put up all this.

haih anyway, now that it's over, we all have time the time to study for finals and SAT 2 right? perfect. just something else to worry and agonize about.

SAT results just out, and i'm not satisfied with it. might consider retaking it though. and to all those who scored high, congratulations.

and to two of my good friends, i hope things settle out between you two. it's not fun being in between, you know? why couldn't things just work out like the way it did?

i'm not going to complain

2008-10-10T05:21:00.002+08:00

somehow i feel that i've been here before not long ago.

as i sat down and read through my sociology textbook, my attention was caught by this chapter called 'global stratification'. we all read about how and why poverty ploughs the citizens of the world, but some disturbing sentences just keep popping out and demanding my focus on them.

sentences that read 100 million city children in poor countries beg, steal, sell sex, or work for drug gangs to provide income for their families... in Africa, half the population is malnourished... in poor countries, half of all deaths occur among children under the age of ten... hunger, disease, and unsafe housing shape the lives of the world's poorest people.

and here we are whining about not getting perfect scores for tests, being paranoid about SATs and stuff, complaining about exams and assignments. sometimes, i do feel guilty for not being more appreciative about live and things around us. i do feel the ouch when i become aware of the fact that there are people around the world struggling just to live, while we are not only more than capable of living, but also able to enjoy a life of luxury.

but then again, what use am i in helping them?

i've seen essays about people wanting to gain admission into universities to save these people, end poverty, make life happy for everyone. by letting them into the top universities, they can study up to be world leaders who are very capable of eradicating poverty in poor nations. just how realistic this is, i think even they themselves know. i've always felt that these people obviously have nothing else better to say than these cliches and platitudes as excuses to gain admission into their desired places of study. pardon my bluntness, but they just sound so ingenuine and insincere, to themselves as well as everyone else.

but who really has the power to solve this problem? i don't think anyone could give a definite answer, but what i'm sure is, if everyone who've said that they wanted to end poverty have tried, they have failed miserably. if the same amount of people who've said that they will do what they can to end this troubling problem, did do what they can do, why are there still people whose everyday lives are a struggle of life-or-death?

i don't want to be like that. if i were to work for a purpose, i say i will and i will.

it's 5 in the morning, so it's not my fault for spewing forth words and letters that seem illogical.

now that it's done and over with

2008-10-04T23:25:00.008+08:00

my SAT books can go into rotting. seriously, after doing numerous practice tests and not seeing much improvement is not just frustrating, but also very demotivating. and after reading Princeton Review, it seems that the bigger the college, the more they're going to look at your SAT score. so much for all the criticism that SAT doesn't actually measure what matters most. for now, i would be really really thankful if i manage to score at least 2300.

this must be the holiday that felt least like a holiday, if at all. let me just spell out my mundane daily routine of this raya holiday. wake up at 12, go online, try to finish projects while doing SAT practice tests on the byline, slack off, *accidently* fall asleep while reading a book in bed, wake up only to continue doing projects and SAT, then sleep at 4. then the whole process is repeated. sounds interesting, don't you think?

but at least i went to KLCC on tuesday to use my kinokuniya vouchers. so i bought the unabridged les miserables by victor hugo, for only RM 9.50 =D downside: it's 1231 pages in length. this is gonna take a while.

oh yeah, i joined the photography club. mainly to take better shots, which is what i'm really eager to learn. went for the gathering night and they had a small competition. task : snap anything around INTI in 20 minutes and choose the best shot. our shots:

our winning shot =) not so nice but still. aiks i need to improve

our other shots:

(don't ask)

and after the whole thing, me and jess stayed for a while to camwhore. ahaha just look at the pictures.

the electric ass

the real ass

group 3. '6 girls 1 boy! so our name is Playboy!'

and i thought i was lame.

lots of other things i've neglected to blog about. but never mind.

i should be finishing my projects now. this just show how imcompetent my time management is.

will be coming back to KL to listen to this UPenn talk in equatorial hotel.

meanwhile, i shall immerse, or rather, drown myself in books and application stuff and TOEFL and sociology and CSC and SAT 2 and finals and loads of other stuffs. in other words, nerd.

at least i don't have to do Malaysian Studies again. thank goodness.

i'm tired.

pictures!

2008-09-21T14:10:00.004+08:00

instructions:

1. google image search with your answer, take a picture from the first page of results, do it with minimal words of explanation.
2. tag 5 people to do the same once you've finished answering every question.

1. the age you'll be on your next birthday.

2. a place you want to travel to

Hawaii is cool~

3. your favorite place

where else could you sit down quietly and enjoy good food while reading?

4. your favorite food

nothing beats cheese. period.

5. your favorite pet

now you know what i keep in my room ;)

6. favorite color combination

black, white and blue =)

7. favorite clothing

fitted shirts rock

8. your all time favorite song

why you have to go and make things so complicated~

9. favorite TV show

no one else could make medicine look so cool

10. first name of your significant other/crush

isn't Anne Hathaway just absolutely gorgeous?

11. which town do you live in?

Kuala yang berlumpur

12. your screen name

whatever people say i am, that's what i'm not. Arctic Monkeys are awesome

13. your first job

never had one

14. your dream job

directing is something i've wanted to do since forever

15. one bad habit you have

go figure

16. worst fear

17. thing you would like to do before you die

join the Olympics hehe. i'm very ambitious

18. the first thing you'll buy if you get $ 1 million

a studio would be awesome =D

i tag: ji mi, mei mei, karyan, leen, and khye theng

it says

2008-09-18T01:20:00.002+08:00

18th September. okay yeah i've been abandoning my blog again so what.

updates these few weeks:

1. registered for SAT in October the 4th. had to take it in KDU penang. blardy. well at least i get to enjoy some penang food there =) (and become fatter sigh) and i really need to buck up on my vocab as well as passage reading. my Critical Reading part... let's just say i'm really unsatisfied

2. mock trail for Sociology. i'm lead lawyer. yay can debate =D our case is about euthanasia and we the prosecution team are seeking to impose death penalty on the doctor who performed euthanasia. this is not easy. wont elaborate here in case someone from the defending side is reading =P

3. club exhibition last week. joined ultimate, toastmasters, scrabble, photography, UN, STACT, ed board. hmm i wonder how i'm going to handle all these with Uni applications, assignments and studies.

4. got back Sociology marks for Mid Term. 71 blardy. i wonder how Borges marks anyway. last time, i wrote longer, and i was more confident. got 71. this time, i wrote shorter, and was not concentrating during exams. same marks. what the. i really hope i get high marks for the trial.

5. going for Sunway Open this saturday for ultimate. yes I play frisbee. and after tuesday, i feel that our self worth is greatly depressed. i'm sure there are some who would agree with me. and my stamina is failing me yet again.

6. i still haven't asked a single teacher to write my recommendation letter. really need to do this soon if i'm going for Early Action.

7. i'm going to nerd like hell this semester.

bye

another emo post

2008-09-06T00:24:00.006+08:00

Friday is the official day to emo. yeah, seriously.

to start off, CSC test.

it. was. horrible.

9 chapters of freaking computer-related stuff. reading through them was already bad enough, let alone being tested on it. with a 10% mark stuck to the test. *dies*

i'd so rather do biology or chemistry or anything sciency or even SEJARAH compared to this *crap*. pardon me, but learning about all the types of printers, wireless connections, spoofing, at what speed a diskette reads information, does NOT interest me at all.

i have never flunked a test this badly before. NEVER T_T even thinking about the test makes me wanna cry.

i'm blogging from home now, but that doesn't keep me away from the books. right now, as i'm typing this, i'm revising for Sociology for Mid terms next tuesday as well. sighwhyismylifesodull.

AND the best part is that after that, we have to rush for university applications, SAT, assignments and all sort of things. AND not forgetting helping out the clubs for the exhibition next week.

simply because i like this picture =)

oh and sorry to everyone i've been rude to today. i swear it wasn't intentional. *points finger at CSC*

tata

P.S. i hate CSC

tanggal tiga puluh satu

2008-09-01T01:02:00.002+08:00

no sorry ji mi, nellie and the rest whom i am not able to teman for count-down. watched the fireworks from a distance with relatives in my uncle's apartment instead.

it's always times like this when you would sit down and ponder for a while. I had always been against celebrating anniversaries like this at such a large scale. i mean, should patriotism only be shown only on one night through fireworks and confettis and spray cans and parties, and be forgotten the next day? so much for the merdeka spirit.

i believe that patriotism is the undying spirit of always wanting to improve your country in one way or another. i believe that patriotism is always thinking of the needs and the well-being of Malaysians, regardless of race, ethnicity, age and gender. i believe that patriotism is about loving and appreciating your country for what it has provided you with.

partying till dusk and downing bottles and bottles of scotch and whisky? that's not patriotism my dear friends.

there would always be someone around who would say that 'Malaysia sucks, let's get out of here' or 'Malaysia this and that', which always makes me think, what have you been doing about it? HELLO you are malaysians for a purpose. if you do not help the country, who's going to do it?

i feel that although Malaysia is still not one of the best countries in terms of politics, economical growth and etcetera, but we are going the right direction. not reaching there soon, but still, we're going there. and it is rather daunting, but exciting, to think that it's us who will be leading the country in the near future.

i couldn't possibly say that we are all truly united as a nation now, but i wouldn't say that it isn't possible either. a few days ago, a friend asked me, why do we refer to ourselves as 'Malaysian Malays', 'Malaysian Chinese', and 'Malaysian Indians'. why don't we refer to ourselves as 'Malaysians' instead? the only answer i could give him was that we are still acknowledging the difference between us.

that difference will always be there, but it's really up to us to put that difference forward or to look at how we are linked instead. there were moments when i felt truly proud to be a Malaysian, like when i saw lee chong wei kissing the malaysian badge on his shirt after winning the semi-finals in the recent Olympics. or when i saw people of different races truly working together for a same cause - for the betterment of Malaysia.

for our country to be truly united, it's possible. but the question now is, why aren't we doing it?

P.S. congratz to nellie. now you've finally been to your first ever countdown
P.P.S. i passed mock SAT, but i'm not satisfied with my Critical Reading part. argh
P.P.P.S. KLIMUN was really fun, i just wished that i had spoken more though, and that my resolution had passed in the GA. but other than that it was a really good platform for me, and has opened my eyes to a lot of current issues, apart from making me a more knowledgable person as a whole.
P.P.P.P.S. the song 'That's Not My Name' by The Ting Tings is really really addictive. i've been singing it to everyone i met that it's annoying.
P.P.P.P.P.S. now i have a 9-chapter test for CSC. plus i have to edit my project and print it out. sigh.

you know what

2008-08-20T23:53:00.003+08:00

SAT MOCK IS FREAKING OVER!

phew what a relief. i thought i would die, but thankfully and miraculously, i didn't. imagine sitting through a 4 hour exam with ridiculously tough math questions, questions about parallelism, misplaced modifiers, AND not forgetting words like clemency, cognizant, diaphanous, perfidious, opulence... even joanne felt like vomitting in the car. sigh

so glad that it's over.

on the other hand, i dragged a reluctant han lian to watch badminton in the bakery on sunday: lee chong wei vs lin dan. well, i had to agree that it was the most one-sided match i've ever seen, but hey, that guy's already under immense pressure, give him a break alright. i just couldn't understand those who say 'malaysia tak boleh' or 'malaysia sucks' or those who keep mocking lee chong wei for not giving his best. hey, the government's pressurizing him by offering a RM1 million incentive, the malaysians are pressurizing him by wanting him to win malaysia's first ever gold medal, his coach and teammates are giving him the pressure because he's the only one left in the team, lin dan's giving him the pressure on the court, plus he was surrounded by millions who wanted him beaten flat. put yourself in that situation and ask, could you have done better?

sigh i miss playing badminton already.

i sooo need to master this song.

oh and slacking off after exams is a TRADITION WHICH MUST NEVER BE BROKEN =)

which is why i'm watching Wall-E tomorrow.

slacker out.

a rose can be my garden

2008-08-08T00:12:00.005+08:00

it simply means that the little things in life can mean a lot. or something like that. ok, i'm being a nerd again, i admit.

but that's how preparing for SAT is. and i can honestly tell you that i'm falling behind in studies. my SAT scores are so not up to the mark that it's... sickeningly sad. to whoever who said that ADP is All Day Play, right now i have a really thick SAT book i'd love to smack you with.

allow me to redefine ADP as Acutely Depressingly Pressurizing. or Aggravatingly Demotivatingly Perturbing. yuck. not good.

sigh, i should really dispel these thoughts and just concentrate on giving my best for the mock SAT.

on the other hand, i've tags to do.

tagged by Joanna

Name : Tang Yee Jie
Sisters : -
Brothers : 2
Shoe size : 6
Height : 160. don't rub it in.

Where do you live : KL on weekends, Nilai on weekdays

Favorite (gotta get used to American spelling now) drinks : anything but super sweet stuff like energy drinks (red bull, yuck)
Favorite breakfast : cereals, or scrambled eggs

Have you ever
Been on a plane : yes
Swam in the ocean : yes
Fallen asleep in school : yes
Broken someone's heart : don't think so
Fell off your chair : yes (don't laugh)
Sat all night waiting for someone to call : no, because i usually fall asleep while waiting.
Saved e-mails : a lot

What is your room like : not organized
What's right beside you : dictionary, SAT book, bag, Han Lian
What is the last thing you ate : Ramly burger (chicken special, yum)

Ever had
Chicken pox : no
Sore throat : yes
Stitches : no
Broken nose : no

Do you
Believe in love at first sight : no way
Like picnics : sort of

Who was the last person
You danced with : nel, jess, han, shen...
Who made you smile : same people i guess
You yelled at : erm

Today did you
Talk to someone you like : yes
Kissed anyone : no
Get sick : no
Talk to an ex : non-existent
Miss someone : don't think so
Eat : duh

Best feeling in the world : accomplishing something good
Do you sleep with stuffed animals : no
Do you have any siblings : yes
Do you want children : not now
Do you smile often : yeah
Do you like your handwriting : neutral
Are your toe nails polished : no
Whose bed other than yours would you rather sleep in : no one's

What color shirt are you wearing now : white
What were you doing at 7.00 pm yesterday : playing frisbee
I can't wait till : holidays
When did you last cry : can't remember
Are you a friendly person : maybe
Do you have any pets : nope
Where is the person you have feelings for right now : in my mind
Did the last person you held hands with mean anything to you now : erm

Do you sleep with the TV on : no
What are you doing right now : blogging and being a nerd
Have you ever crawled through a window : 0.0 no
Can you handle the truth : why not
Are you too forgiving : not really
Are you closer to your mother or father : both
Who was the last person you cried in front of : can't remember
How many people can you say you've really loved : only my family

Do you eat healthy : hahaha
Do you still have pictures of you and your ex : no
Have you ever cried because of something someone said to you : might have
If you're having a bad day, who are you most likely to go to : no one really
Are you loud or quiet most of the times : quiet
Are you confident : nope

5 things I was doing 10 years ago :
- having fun
- playing a lot
- being a child
- being a pest
- being annoying

5 things on my to-do list today :
- study for SAT
- type out English assignment
- redo KLIMUN position paper
- study for Calculus test
- brush up on my vocab

5 snacks i enjoy :
- potato chips
- nachos
- crackers
- maggee
- anything with cheese

5 things i would do if i were a billionaire :
- stop studying
- migrate
- get a nice house
- give to charity
- buy a library

5 of my bad habits :
- procrastinating
- being negative all the time
- being lazy
- forgetting
- wasting time

5 person to tag :
- khye theng
- kenny
- jessica
- sue ray
- timothy

i'm doing your tag next time, leow. gotta sleep now because han is already snoring away. ahaha

when you feel

2008-07-29T00:15:00.002+08:00

down

like you haven't achieved anything

useless

worthless

dissapointed

dwarfed in comparison to others

really stupid

insignificant

unimportant

sigh. i have a goal. and i really want to achieve it but...

i'm doing this

2008-07-21T08:45:00.006+08:00

(don't stare it this picture too long, you might get cursed or something)

to annoy certain (fugly) people. eheh

okay i admit i've been abandoning my blog lately, but if you know the condition of the internet connection here, you'd understand.

it's only the second week but you can already feel the pressure from everyone, everywhere. Lecturers are warning you that if you don't do well and be consistent, you'll flunk. They keep telling us that this semester is very very important if we're aiming for the ivy leagues, as if we didn't know that already.

Plus, practically EVERYONE is already starting to study, talking about possible tests, discussing about SAT exams and US application essays. AND homeworks are really piling up.

AND my friends had been robbing me of sleep. sheesh

but fortunately we've been reducing on our pooling and foosing hours (thankfully).

highlight of the week, INTI Inter-Campus Debate. It was a debate competition between INTI branches all over Malaysia, including Metropolitan.

basically, there were in total 24 teams, and all teams had to duke it out on Saturday through 4 rounds of back to back debates.

nellie was first speaker, han lian was 2nd speaker and reply speaker, while i was 3rd speaker.

the results? we won 2 out of 4, so we didn't qualify for the semis.

round 1: TH would distribute free condoms to prisoners. we were opposition. and proposition was from INTI SJ. basically, they kept going on and on about preventing STDs and unwanted pregnancies. we absolutely enjoyed bombarding them. but we actually found them to be very friendly people after the debate. well, in the end, we won.

round 2: THBT Israel should not give in to the demands of Hezbollah. we were opposition again. when we heard the topic, my mind was like 'oh shit! what is Hezbollah?' judging by the looks on the other two's faces i guess they didn't know a lot about the topic either. but our opponents (who were the eventual runner-ups) were all 'YES YES YES' when they heard the topic. they were african international students who also happened to be national debaters for their countries. so we went into the debate thinking we're screwed, but we gave it our best nonetheless. in the end? the adjudicators told us that we lost by merely a few marks. well, truth be told, i think they did deserve the win.

round 3: TH would not allow foreign ownership in key local industries. we were government this time around. we might've won if we hadn't added the words TOO MANY between 'allow' and 'foreign'. sigh, that was the most potong stim part of the day. you see, two words made all the difference.

round 4: THBT the state should fund for teenage abortion. we were opposition again. ahah, time to bombard the government like crazy. guess how they debated. they said that life does not start until after 14 weeks after the embryo has been conceived ACCORDING TO A FRIGGIN DICTIONARY, and they say that abortion is carried out before the 14 weeks, which means abortion is not murder. LIKE HELLO, if life were that simple, then all our problems could be solved by the dictionary! and they were really annoying sorry to say. REALLY. when we were announced the victors, i felt really relieved because i was really pissed off by them that i couldn't even rebut properly.

the motions for the semis and the finals were like 'THBT global warming should be solved by cooperation between developing and developed countries.' and 'THBT civil disobedience is illegitimate to for democracy.'

and guess what the government, talked about for the finals? TAX. when i heard it, i was like 'what has that got to do with democracy??' and they won, beating the international students, by a split decision of 6-1 between the adjudicators. how fair can that get?

sigh. time to start working on my essays seriously. and then we have KLIMUN to worry about, which means MORE debating. but i'm not complaining.

till next time then.

P.S. Allieff IS that fat, he just doesn't admit it.

and someone is obsessed about nellie's hair. i'm suspecting that she's giving him drugs or something. i mean, come on get real! how can anyone like something FAKE AND PHONY like nellie's hair?

oh

2008-07-11T12:35:00.002+08:00

finally, we have wireless internet connection *screams with joy*

i am so so so glad to finally be able to go online. you know la, KL people. we would DIE without internet. heh

before i forget,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KEN

HAPPY BIRTHDAY EMERENE

erm.

inti is turning out not to be so bad after all. at least our classes are fun, the new people i met here are cool, and there are really lots of activities. or maybe its just that everything is going my way now. *almost*

i cant believe i was made to stand for the whole sociology lesson. yes, nearly 2 hours. just because i came in late for a few minutes, running from the previous class, all because i had to chase after WAN JUN who went off the wrong direction. stupid girl. bleh. joking x)

but he's interesting. for one, he refers to handphones as 'awful little things that take your lives away'. but other than that, he's really nice, and his points of views are really... different.

more updates soon, when i am able to upload more pictures. my patience couldn't take the uploading speed here.

going to the music room with jess now.

and after that and 4 hours of lesson, i would be on the KTM en route to KL.

KL

KL

oh how i miss you

oh.

internet connection

2008-07-05T22:09:00.003+08:00

in the cyber cafe outside INTI is 'fantastic'.

had orientation week and only came back on friday.

i think INTI is quite fun, despite the 'fabulous' internet connection.

we have an INTI song. more great news.

well at least we have tons of activities and it is very happening here.

the campus is HUGE. the only drawback is walking to classes from block Pasteur EVERY MORNING.

Jess is the proud president of Y.I.I. hehe inside joke

Nellie looks 'hot' when she plays pool (omg slap me now)

Mr Veejay called me pretty. I still haven't gotten over it. It was so unexpected and random!

our group, Cadbury won the BEST PRESENTATION AWARD. facial products for us. *applause*

Han Lian is my roommate. and the bathroom 'rocks'.

Ji Mi is our flamboyant friend who is lots of fun to be around.

Khye Theng is somehow related to everyone. hmmm

Me, Jess and Han took turns to take photos of random things. the pics are in my cam but unfortunately the cable is nowhere to be found. (sorry jess! don't be mad la)

we had an orientation night on Wednesday. it was 'spectacular'. the singing was 'wonderful'. heck they make Sanjaya look like the God of Music.

oh how we love INTI

there are things I could spend the whole day complaining about, but i will not do so here or else JPA will come hunting me down.

paramore

2008-06-27T17:13:00.004+08:00

woot! i finally made myself a new header since *someone* has asked me to, so there you go! hmph

watched this film yesterday, best giler

okay i shall not post any spoilers 'cause i know you hate them. i hate them too but this film... damn cool. but may be baffling at times la. it's one of those films that makes you go 'huh what just happened?'

rating : 8/10

hehe, makes you wanna watch it already right?

celebrated birthday with college-mate, or ex-college-mate la. whatever.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAX

sry la, takde picture. cause i ter-deleted all your pics since i put them all on the computer. cause my computer rosak. cause i'm blogging from my laptop. eheh sry man

yay watching Get Smart with the gang tomorrow. i can't wait! that show looks funneh! maybe it's cause of Steve Carrell la. plus the Rock. and Anne Hathaway *drools*

holy cow i still have not done the setem hasil thing. *dies*

next tuesday, i'm on tax-payers' money.

torture is

2008-06-21T22:43:00.003+08:00

sitting in the exam hall for 2 and half hours and knowing you're going to die anyway. sigh

you should be grateful that you only sat for maths and add maths. because olympiad is TORTURE. imagine looking at this:

S = (2 + 1)(2^2 + 1)(2^4 + 1)(2^8 + 1)…(2^1024 + 1) + 1

Find S^1/512

if you can solve this, my hats are off to you.

oh and...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NICOLE =)

see, i told you nellie is a guy.

not forgetting..

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SONGHER.

a picture of you should go up here, if only i had an embarrassing photo of you... sigh.

side note: nachos + cheese = HEAVEN

finally

2008-06-18T17:01:00.008+08:00

i am able to upload these photos.

THE Cake. Happy 17th Nelleh. oops, we mean 18th, or whatever.

Yoe, a psycho Sheng, Shawny and me

me with the birthday girl

ahhh 5 Alpha, sweet memories.

L-R: Han, Sheng, Tim, Yoe, Nelleh, Shawny, Alep, me

lesson learnt : take extra caution with your camera whenever yoe is around

in case you're wondering, that's Timothy shouting 'I LOVE YOU NELLEH!' because he was dared in a game of indian poker. don't ask.

oh and the lady in Bisou asked us whether we were the ones making all the noise when we went to take the cake later.

haha, we're just noisy like that. you must be mad if you don't love us too =)

muffins at Bisou after the party. that's Han in the background, drunk.

on another note, i hate being unproductive.

like now.

sigh why am i so sad

and no

2008-06-10T13:03:00.001+08:00

i can't post all the pictures of nellie's birthday party because I COULDN'T FIND THE FRIGGING CABLE

GRRR

Hot

2008-06-10T11:44:00.005+08:00

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?"
My Love, Justin Timberlake (what?!)

2. How would you describe yourself?
Losing Grip, Avril Lavigne (yeah, i'm losing grip on myself...)

3. What do you like in a guy/girl?
Welcome To The Black Barade, My Chemical Romance (yes, welcome welcome!)

4. How do you feel today?
Wake Me Up When September Ends, Green Day (thanks, now i shall get back to sleep)

5. What is your life's purpose?
4 Minutes, Madonna ft Justin Timberlake & Timbaland (err...)

6. What is your motto?
All Alone, Chris Richardson (how sad... T_T)

7. What do your friends think of you?
Perfect World, Simple Plan (oh, i'm perfect! hahaha...)

8. What do you think of your parents?
In Too Deep, Sum 41 (yeah. that's true...)

9. What do you think about very often?
The Take Over, The Break's Over, Fall Out Boys (right...)

10. What is 2+2?
What I Want, Daughtry (so what I want is 2+2?? 0.0)

11. What do you think of your best friend?
Bleeding Love, Leona Lewis (HAHAHA, keep bleeding...)

12. What do you think of the person you like?
Stand By Your Side, Shayne Ward (ahh, that makes me sound sweeter than i actually am)

13. What is your life?
The Only Difference Between Martyrdom And Suicide Is Press Coverage, Panic! At The Disco (so i'm losing grip on myself, my motto is all alone, and now my life is suicide? i AM a sad person...)

14. What do you want to be when you grow up?
Behind These Hazel Eyes, Kelly Clarkson (huh?)

15. What do you think of when you see the person you like?
Gone, Daughtry (aww... how sad...)

16. What will you dance to at your wedding?
I Write Sins Not Tragedies, Panic! At The Disco (yeah! my wedding will be totally like the music video! hah!)

17. What will they play at your funeral?
Starlight, Muse (how nice)

18. What is your hobby/interest?
When I'm Gone, Simple Plan (yes, i think of gone when i see the person i like, and my hobby is being gone. wtf)

19. What is your biggest fear?
No Promises, Shayne Ward (yeah, so make lots of promises alright? hahaha...)

20. What is your biggest secret?
Breakdown, Daughtry (yes... i have a lot of breakdowns, thank you)

21. What do you think of your friends?
Bye Bye, Mariah Carey (maybe i am destined to be alone...)

22. What will you post this as?
Hot, Avril Lavigne

23. What song would you play during your first time having sex?
This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race, Fall Out Boys (ZOMG! BWAHAHAHAHAHA)

8 people to tag:
- mei mei
- songher
- biiang sheng
- karyan
- yee hoo
- charmaine
- kenny
- leow

okay, now don't expect me to wake up until september ends.

bye

bless me soul

2008-06-04T21:14:00.003+08:00

a rat was found dead in the storeroom. actually we didn't find it at first. the horrible stench came first, and we still had to move everything out, then only did we find the stinking rat stuck between two heavy boxes. yuck

i got my own ATM card now! =D

oil prices are going up to RM 2.70 in a few hours. T_T say goodbye to a new car...

and i'm bored.

sigh

wishes to...

2008-06-02T18:37:00.004+08:00

ok, first things first

24 May

HAPPY 17TH BIRTHDAY YEOH HUI NING

no matter what you do, you'll always be a freak to me.

Next up...

1 June

HAPPY 17TH BIRTHDAY NELLIE TAN YEE FENG

hopefully you grow some hair this year, woman.

don't you hate it

2008-06-02T17:48:00.003+08:00

when you are about to upload some photos and you can't find the cable

ARGH

more than a name or face in the crowd

2008-05-26T18:20:00.003+08:00

CONGRATULATIONS DAVID COOK

when i saw him breaking down after winning on friday night (on 8TV, how sad of me not to have star world, i know), i really felt like crying with him too...

finally, america got it right.

i am so glad that he won =) he really deserves it.

ah great, now it's back to studying while we wait for American Idol next year.

speaking of america... the golden ticket has just arrived today...

which means, if i accept JPA...

here i come US! =D

which also means, if i accept, it's bye bye Taylor's, hello INTI (Nilai).

*sobs*

so what now?

guess what i found out

2008-05-18T22:59:00.003+08:00

i was born on the same day with David Archuleta. 28 December 1990. cool huh? =DDDD

i'm still waiting for my P license. but then again, i'm still scared of driving 0.0 someone help me...

oh and i had the weirdest dream last night. i dreamed that yoe and ken were together but there was a political upturn in our country regarding racial issues which is why they can't be together anyway the whole thing is crap so ken and yoe if you're reading this don't bash me up k? =)

and i've been slacking a lot recently, when i should be studying for my mid year exam. something tells me i should start studying, but instead i'm here doing this blogpost.

1. What is the most important thing in your life?
making a change

2. What is the last thing you bought with your own money?
KFC lunch

3. Where do you wish to get married?
wherever... as long as it's nice =D

4. How old do you think you’ll be permanently owned by your lover?
permanently owned???

5. Are you in love?
don't think so

6. Where was the last restaurant you had dinner?
some seafood restaurant near leisure mall

7. Name the latest book you bought?
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

8. What is your full name?
Tang Yee Jie

9. Do you prefer mother or father?
what is that supposed to mean??

10. Name a person that you really wish to meet in real life for the first time.
Connie Talbot

11. Christina or Britney?
Christina

12. Do you do your own laundry?
err...

13. The most exciting place you want to go?
right now? Vegas!

14. Hugs or kisses?
both. i'm greedy =DDD

15. Point out 5 things about the person who tagged you(Sheng Yi)
- smart ass
- random
- fun
- original
- down to earth

8 things I’m passionate about
- eating
- music
- perfection
- art
- a better physique
- badminton (Thomas Cup influence)
- storming!!
- chilling

8 things I say too often
- whatever
- sooooo
- like
- hey
- omg
- wei
- haiyo
- what laaaa

8 books I’ve read recently
- The Kite Runner
- CIE Pure Mathematics 5 & 6
- The Da Vinci Code
- Tuesdays with Morrie
- HP and the Deathly Hallows
- err
- err
- i'm gonna stop here =P

8 songs I could listen to over and over again
- The Only Difference Between Martyrdome and Suicide is Press Coverage - Panic! at the Disco
- Fluorescent Adolescent - Arctic Monkeys
- Complicated - Avril Lavigne
- What About Now - Daughtry
- No Promises - Shayne Ward
- Starlight - Muse
- Photograph - Nickelback
- Stand By Your Side - Celine Dion

8 things I learnt last year
- try to do more than you can, and you end up fried
- humans are very fragile
- all that glitters is not gold
- desperation makes people do incredibly stupid things
- you find hope in unexpected places
- procrastination is deadly
- stress takes its toll on your skin
- things are different from what they seem

8 people you tag
very lazy to drop names. so anyone who wants to do this, go ahead...

P

2008-05-15T00:11:00.002+08:00

i... passed, fortunately.

why don't i feel happy?

probably 'cause i've been very emo lately...

events happening around + emo movies + emo songs + frustration + stress + crazy things happening in my head = a very emo me

sigh

Name 5 people you can think of right off the top of your head.Don't read the questions underneath until you write the names of all 5people.This is a lot funnier if you actually randomly list the names first..NO CHEATING!

1. may chong

2. sheng yi

3. songher

4. han lian

5. allieff

DONT READ AHEAD UNLESS U FILLED THE TOP

1. How did you meet 1 (may chong)?
hmm... i think it was in F2, Kasturi. Been hanging out with her on a regular basis since then. =)

2. On a scale of 1 -10 how would u rate your friendship with 1(may chong)?
10

3. How long have you known 4(han lian)?
probably about 10 or 11 years. one of my oldest friends (aww)

4. How do you know number 3(songher)?
F1, classmate. 1 Berdikari. i think i talk to him and his gang... argh can't remember ><

5. wheres is 5? (allieff)
at home, i suppose...

6.A fact about number 1(may chong)?
she's interested in space, aeronautical sciences... wait, interested is an understatement

7.Who is 4(han lian) going out with?
i think, no one... yet.

8. What does 1(may chong) do for a living?
err... she does part time jobs during her holidays.

9. Would you live with number 3(songher)?
as long as he doesn't freak me out, i'm fine =DDDDD

10. What do you like about number 2(sheng yi)?
her spontaneity, her randomness, her hypnerness...

11. Do you miss number 5(allieff)?
well, no. haha of course i do... it's been a long while...

12. Would you make out with number 4(han lian)?
*gasp*

13. What’s your opinion of number 2(sheng yi)?
fun and funny! she's very smart too mind you...

14. What's your favorite memory with number 5(allieff)?
the circle! the sisterhood! =DDD

15. What would you do if number 1 (may chong) and 2 (sheng yi) were going out?
i would pinch myself and see if i'm awake. if i am awake, i would pinch myself to death

16. Ever had a long conversation with 5(allieff)?
almost every conversation we have are long... =)

17. Have you ever slept at 2(sheng yi)'s house?
nope

18. Do you hang out with 3(songher) a lot?
used to... but now... if you're reading this you know what to do =)

19. Who have you known the longest?
4, han lian. since primary 2

20. How often do you talk to 1(may chong)?
used to talk a lot. but now we don't get a lot of chance to meet up even though her college is right next to mine...

21. What about 2(sheng yi)?
almost everyday =D

22. Have you ever thought of 3(songher) more than a friend?
err... in what sense?!

23. Would you go out for a date with 5(allieff)?
AHAHAHAHAHA YES MOST DEFINITELY HOLYCOW

24. Do you dream about 2(sheng yi)?
err... don't think so.

25. What did no 4(han lian) did to you that you can never forget?
him just being himself is unforgetable enough.

26. What have you done for 1(may chong) that the person never forget?
always lending an ear to hear out her problems =)

27. What's 3(songher)'s hobby?
basketball, storming, badminton, swimming, n other sporty stuff...

i tag:

EVERYONE who has not done this.

bwahahaha

ok... back to being emo...

yay

2008-05-13T00:18:00.002+08:00

i got what i wanted in the end. to those who got it along wif me, congratz =) oh n to those who didn't get, don't feel discouraged... appeal!

so does this mean i'm leaving Taylor's? most probably, unless JPA decides to place me in Taylor's still. likely? i don't know lah...

today, when i announced to my friends that i got the scholarship n might be leaving Taylor's, they did congratulate me, but at the same time said that it won't be the same without me...

aww... i'm touched. i swear, for a moment then, i felt like rejecting JPA just to stay...

but we all have to say goodbye at one point right?

isn't that how life is?

now i shall just wait for the letter...

send me to US or UK... please? =)

better concentrate on driving test.

this wednesday.

=(

about racism

2008-05-05T00:37:00.003+08:00

okay, not to stir up any heated discussions or anything, but this is what i've been thinking about a lot these few days.

blame it on 'The Kite Runner'

nice book, sad story, great characters.

do you think it's fair for some 'higher' race to treat others as slaves?

obviously, no. but think about it, it's happening all around us.

a perfect example : the awarding of scholarships

need i say more?

anyways, i shld really concentrate on what's happening now.

just today morning, my instructor called me, 'ur exam is 14th, next wednesday.'

*gasp*

i.am.screwed.

tagged by Sheng Yi again, list 8 random things about yourself:

1. I have unusual eating habits.
sometimes, i can just drink a milo 6 in the morning, then eat the next meal 13 hours later, which is dinner. sometimes, i have to stuff my mouth every half an hour or so. sometimes, i'd cook instant noodles at the dead of the night.

2. I like singing.
when i think noone is watching me, i'd sing. no harm in doing that right? =)

3. I get emo very easily.
even the most cliche stories can make me feel all weepy. and sometimes one small thing can affect my mood for the whole day.

4. I have never been to a concert before.
someone, tell me to get a life.

5. I get nervous very easily.
especially when driving. whenever i get nervous, mati enjin. n it doesn't help the the car behind is honking like mad.

6. I hate my height!
need i say more?

7. I'm a slow eater
hate me for enjoying and savouring every last bite of my food, but i don't like rushing.

8. I can be very extreme at times
sometimes, i'd be very happy-go-lucky one moment and then become very moody all of the sudden.

I tag : anyone who wants to do this

i have another tag post to do, but i'm too tired. gotta turn in... soon...

zzz

one of these days

2008-04-27T17:37:00.004+08:00

i swear, i'm going to pay for my sins.

went for anugerah cemerlang ceremony in SBU yesterday. i can't believe i skipped a chess competition just to go for this.

and guess what they gave us.

it came off in less than a few hours. i know for a fact that allieff's came off much sooner though.

it's things like this that makes you go 'why even bother??'

five years and THIS is what they give us?

and they didn't even give any money at all.

bugger,

i feel very well appreciated indeed.

thanks SBU, now i can now safely say U SUCK.

bleh

one rock and roll too many

2008-04-24T23:58:00.007+08:00

takes its toll out of you. Syesha was awesome =)

i'm accusing Jason of murder because he totally killed Memory. i will never forgive him.

and not to mention David Cook was as brilliant as always. that was definitely the music of the night =)

oh and i can't believe Carly is gone. she was really rockin' out last night and she's probably one of the best.

shame on you American voters!

speaking of Carly, i want this T-shirt!

LAN test nxt tuesday. i need 41 out of 50 to get an A.

it's just me being a perfectionist. after all, if u can make it, y dun u try 4 the best?

haha, something's infecting me.

oh and anyone up for a hawaiian party this friday night? do call and ask if ur interested =)

you'll always be my baby

2008-04-20T22:31:00.017+08:00

ignore the title, it's just me hooked on David Cook's Mariah Carey week performance =D on another note, I was so worried for Brooke! you could definitely feel her nerves when she sang Hero. luckily she didn't go home though...

oh and seriously, American Idol is turning into the Battle of the Davids.

hmm, i like =D

oh and i promised to send her this video, but i'll post it here first kay?

presenting, hotness

starring, in order of appearance:

yoe aka hotness!

sheng's voice (she's taking the video btw)

me, making the 'that's yoe's lover' comment =)

yoe's sponsored nametag

and that's andrea running towards us now

izzati

sharon and her senile voice

alex whothinkshestallerthanmostpeoplehaha

diyana

ru jin (hi!)

thushendra aka shy guy

head prefect ebenezer!

muru

eunice's voice

and last but not least, a horrible sound system

oh and in case you're wondering, the band was horrible. indescribable.

and all of us prefects were behind either looking down or covering our faces with the booklets.

and prefects from other schools were looking at us like wtf!

seriously, it was that bad.

oh and i just submitted my astro scholarship form minutes ago, which is like a few seconds before midnight!

n i submitted my securities scholarship form at the same time on the closing date too!

talk about being punctual.

wow me =)

oh n BNM, Sime Darby, Khazanah, AND Petronas have all rejected me. T.T i was like, what's wrong wif me? sigh.

hoping for JPA right now.

here are photos taken on SBU's International Understanding Day on 5/4/08

that's the gypsy dance

can you believe the guys did cheerleading stunts??

the band playing Brianstorm. ahhh Arctic Monkeys!

some weird dance

Aiya!

hotness wearing a pass keluar??

okay...

i'm reminded of air stewardes

seriously, these ppl are natural camwhorers.

oh if ur wondering 'why suddenly got classroom wan?', it's because we went upstairs to visit our ex-classes. haha. n guess wut, we were caught by this certain prefect and her bf.

prefect : (shocks us) hey! wut are u doing here?

me : give us 10 minutes!

prefect : 5

alrite fine whatever. n then we thought about bombarbing her about bringing her non-prefect bf. wuts the deal wif dat? oh n guess wut he said.

'oh i'm a probate.'

us : not prefect?

*grabs collar* 'soon to be'

bullshit. F5 already still wanna become prefect? n who wants YOU to be a prefect??

enough said.

anyway, later tht day we + han decided to go to maydin for some mamak session.

L-R : yoe, han, jo, mark, swee

don't they look cute together? oh and look! they even wore the same coloured T-shirts! lovely!

me and hotness. sitting next to her makes me feel hot. wtf

i have no idea what was happening.

i miss the old times.

and my patience couldn't take uploading more pictures

so blah!

you've reached the end of the road

2008-04-13T23:52:00.003+08:00

and you find a dead end. so what do you do?

turn back? i don't think so.

they say that when one door closes, another one opens.

but what if that one closes too?

i would be lying if i said i wasn't disappointed.

please don't tell me that if you didn't get something you really wanted, you would feel nothing and would be totally fine.

bullshit.

or maybe it's just me.

yeah, it probably is.

just me.

haha.

tagged by Mei Mei!

2008-04-04T14:03:00.003+08:00

because i hav one hour to kill before debate auditions, i shall do this then =)

5 things found in my bag:

- homework
- calculator
- note book
- student card
- sandwich

5 things found in my wallet:

- 5 RM 1 notes
- IC
- driving card
- receipts
- interact name card

5 favourite things in my room:

- bed
- pillow
- food
- photos
- more food!

5 things i always wanted to do:

- grow taller
- write a best-selling novel
- become a sensational singer =D
- climb Mt Everest
- clubbing

5 things i'm currently into:

- slacking
- sleeping
- eating
- emo-ing
- music

5 presents you wish for:

- a new laptop
- world peace
- a better physique
- scholarship
- for david cook to sing 'Home'

the person who tagged you is:

- Mei Mei!

your 5 impressions of her:

- fun-loving
- emo
- noisy
- passionate
- loves david cook! =D

Pass the quiz to 5 people that you wish to know how they feel about you:

- sheng yi
- nellie
- joanna
- allieff
- yoegeetha

my JPA interview

2008-04-01T21:50:00.004+08:00

fortunately, it wasn't too bad. there were ppl in the same room wif me who did worse.

met up wif han lian at about 9 am. saw jing yan, then we met intan.

han lian proceeded to his panel, which is coincidently the same as muhaimin's as well. i went to mine.

met to other taylorians at my panel. then i had to arrange the documents according to their order. then i went and checked the list of interviewees.

and woah, turns out i was the eldest among them. i felt old 0.0

the one next to me celebrates her birthday on 29th december. the other 15+ interviewees were PTS students.

i felt dumb =(

it was a group interview session wif 6 per session. i was stuck wif fatimah and saddam from MRSM, Joanne Lim from Taman Sea, Jon from SAB (fellow taylorian) and Fahmi from terrenganu or somewhere. forgot.

i think i was the only one who used our old school's pink file =D

then in we went. small room. one big table. six chairs facing the table. 2 interviewers behind the table. (actually it was 1 interviewer and her helper). we greeted. we sat. all of us. except for one that is. Jon decided to remain standing and we were all confused. so we all decided to stand too. then the interviewer looked up and went like 'eh! sit la! sit sit!'

damn u ><

first off, sila perkenalkan diri anda dalam bm. 'nama saya tang yee jie, dari SMK SBU... bla bla bla'

ok, you can talk in english now

questions asked:

1. who is your role model?

the other ppl punya answers:
- najib!
- mahathir!
- my mom!

my answer?
- parents, friends, teachers (thx ya u guys!)

2. what is your biggest achievement?

the other ppl punya answers:
- rugby! fahmi's team got 2nd place, saddam's 4th. i was like woah!
- joanne was a badminton player who got 3rd place in MSSKL!

3. family background?

the other ppl punya answers:

let's just say they were overachievers who made me look so small next to them.

when the 2nd question was being answered, the interviewer even proceeded to ask the 3rd question without my answer! i had to say 'err, i haven't spoken yet...' ><

oh, and here are a few things our interviewers told us:

'i hope u all can get the scholarship, but i won't be the one who decides. i'm only here to judge you, but wif half an hour only, how can i judge your personality?'

'there are 7200 ppl being interviewed from 1st april to 4th. only 2000 will be given the scholarship.'

'ur files are very thick.'

'u got 13A1s, why didn't you apply for medic?' lol

then, we shook their hands, went out.

and then, i realized, that was fishy, we didn't do the group discussion thing.

asked around, han lian kena. and his interview was 1 hour and a half.

i was like, huh? mine was so short!

decided not to give too much thought about it. met sumarmi before going home.

slept for dnt knw how long.

then i swtiched on my computer, only to find adware infecting it. again.

darn.

happy april's fool ppl!

road disaster

2008-03-29T10:23:00.006+08:00

just came back from my 2nd lesson with my new instructor, Mr Lee.

i'm grateful that he wasn't shouting his head off, considering how bad i was on the road.

i have issues with the clutch. as well as the accelerator. somehow, my feet are very disobedient and keep moving, causing the car to be very jerky.

basically, most of the time, it was like this: move, jerk, stop, jerk, stop, move, jerk, stop, *sigh*, move, jerk, jerk, jerk, stop.

obviously, driving doesn't come naturally to me.

i just couldn't understand why i can't just drive properly.

and i wasn't even mentally prepared to drive on the road. not yet anyway. i mean, u let me drive, ur just endangering everyone else on the road!

*sigh*

fortunately slope wasn't too hard. though i mati enjin a few times, it wasn't too bad. i hope. got it after a few tries.

god, i do hope i improve.

guess i won't be able to take my test until next year...

on the other hand, JPA interview on tuesday.

*sigh*

bye

tagged by Joa!

2008-03-27T21:58:00.004+08:00

Instructions : Remove 1 question from below, and add in your personal question, make it a total of 20 questions, then tag 8 people in your list, list them out at the end of this post. Notify them in their chat box that he/she has been tagged.

1. At what age do you wish to marry?
some time before 35 perhaps? actually i don't mind not getting married. i'm a bachelor babeh! x)

2. If you have the chance, what would you probably say to your beloved one?
you're important in my life

3. If you were to be stranded on a desert island, who are the 3 blog buddies you would take with you?
alep! we could talk about all sorts of crap if we're bored!
sheng! no way we're going to get bored!
hoijin origins! the whole gang would definitely make you forget that you're stranded on an island =)

4. Where is the place that you want to go the most?
some quiet country place probably.

5. If you can have 1 dream to come true, what would it be?
have a singing voice and ultimately make it as a famous singer

6. Do you believe you can survive without money?
u kidding right?

7. What are you afraid to lose the most?
the people close and dear to me

8. If you win $1 million, what would you do?
spend a quarter on making my life more comfortable,
then donate the rest to charity =)

9. If you meet someone that you love, would you confess to him/her?
what would you do if you don't?

10. List out 3 good points of the person who tagged you.
great sense of humour. someone you can confide in (just don't tell her who you think is hot!). true to herself and others.

11. What are the requirements that you wish from your other half?
loyal, opinionated, whacky.

12. Which type of person do you hate the most?
hypocrites

13. What is your ambition?
somehow make it into the world bank and make the world a better place to live in

14. What is the thing that will make you think he/she is bad?
rudeness tops my list. followed closely by arrogance. also bitches who think they're so whatever. whatever

15. What do you think is the most important thing in your life?
being alive and appreciating it.

16. Are you a shopaholic or not?
not really i suppose. shopping makes me go dizzy @.@

17. If you have a chance, which part of your character would you like to change?
my tendency of screwing things up. my forgetful-ness. my incapability of doing something constructive.

18. Who is the person that you can share all your problems with?(sam's question)
those few ppl really close to me.

19. What is/are ur trademark(s)?? (serene's question)
somehow the sign 'maths genius' seems to be plastered over my forehead, though it is not true. not true at all.

20. Honestly, do you think life is fair? (muh question)
i hope i can say yes, but...

i tag...
1. mei mei
2. jun hao
3. songher
4. biiang & disheng
5. yee hoo
6. charmaine
7. may chong
8. max

until you

2008-03-22T23:12:00.002+08:00

ahh finally... i was getting sick of amanda overmyer's rock chick act. on top of tht, country girl is really getting on my nerves! i'm still upset tht david hernandez went home. who cares if he was a stripper? he can sing! it's obvious nw tht american idol is a popularity show. even if mr stupid grin sat up there and made a mistake he ain't going home because he is so popular. oh well, nw i will have to watch david cook and brooke white... gosh, i'm such an american idol aficionado =)

i feel like singing and uploading the music on myspace so tht i become famous like colbie caillat xD

i love this song very much =) listen!

hmm, why am i into love songs lately?

i am bad in speaking, that's for sure. my last debate meeting was a CATASTROPHE. screwed it up. badly.

i went on an unexplained continuous sugar high all week. ask my friends =) was laughing like mad, can't stop feeling hyper, tried hard to keep my mouth shut. but try as i might, i just couldn't stop feeling high AHAHAHAHAHA

i'm no longer giving excuses for not doing well in anything. the only reason will be because i SUCK. dats it. ain't anything or anyone you can blame except for yourself. work hard. work harder. dats the only solution

don't. bloody. give. any. excuses.

i'm out, but still high =DDDDD

3 in the morning

2008-03-20T02:50:00.004+08:00

though it's already 3 in the morning, i'll still blog n talk. =)

quote of the week : leave the past, live in the present

sounds lame, i know, but i just feel like writing it out.

i mean, if we all cling on to the past, let it dictate how we live our life, wouldn't that be a sad thing?

what is done IS done, there's nothing we can do about it now, except to improve.

the past is not everything, it's just the past.

i feel sad that some ppl judge others by their past. i mean, as long as that someone is determined to work harder to achieve his/her goal, he/she should be given a chance and a new perspective right?

i actually feel sorry for david hernandez frm american idol who keep getting harped on for his past as a stripper. so what? the fact that he quit stripping is because he wants to pursue his dream. so quit being such a hypocrite already.

same thing, no1 wants to be remembered as the person who missed straight As in SPM right? so what? there are lots more exams, obstacles in life later on! if you don't do well later on, what's d point of getting straight As in SPM?

leave the past, live in the present.

the past is gone, let it be. grasp what you can now. then you'll be known for what you are capable of, not for your results in SPM.

smile =)

of opposition parties and fiestas

2008-03-15T00:24:00.012+08:00

(be prepared for a long post guys, it's been a busy week)

sunday, monday

the election fever
BN lost BIG time this year (haha in ur face alep aka BN supporter X))
for selangor, penang, perak, kedah, and kelantan, it's 5 years of opposition. hope they can cope ><

tuesday

the anxiety
the fear

wednesday

frankly, i was shocked at my results. wasn't what i expected, but i'm thankful for it never the less. thanks to all my teachers, parents and friends for everything!
then went to the CC near our school for a game of CS. usually i was always the worst in the group but i managed a triple kill today xP
got a call from my mom asking me to go back to school. said there were reporters. darn
went mamak-ing after that where i was forced to belanja T_T

thursday

shawn called me a fucking overachiever first thing in the morning. i was too tired to fire back.
went for the YPC thing. created false hope for the fellas on d same table wif me. thought we were getting RM 500 but turns out to be only RM 200. ah well...

after that, it was japanese buffet dinner wif primary school friends and teacher. i'll let the pictures do the talking

friday

me, jo, diyana, han and swee went to pudu to see our beloved former sejarah teacher in martin, mr siiva! he still hasn't lost his charm despite leaving ptm. had a nice chat wif him about politics, spm results, college and law.

then, it was HELP A levels fiesta at night. met up wif classmates of the past and the present.

some funny incidents during the fiesta:

1) some1 grabbed my neck from behind n smiled at me. i smiled back, thinking it was someone i knew, only to find out tht he was the one interested in nellie.

2) me, nellie and sheng were talking when this guy came.

guy : hey, *points at me and sheng* you 2 look like a couple, are you together?
me & sheng : *looks at each other with raised eyebrows* err... YEAH YEAH! we ARE together right??
guy : (wasn't paying attention)
me, nellie & sheng : *look at each other wif the wtf look*

3) jessica : *looks at me blankly at first* hey, what's ur name agn?
me : it's...
jessica : no dun tell! i remember! where did i meet u agn?
me : mid valley? few weeks ago?
jessica : err... ur first name?
me : we went to watch step up 2?
jessica : oh YEAH! ur tht SBU guy!

4) sheng : *sees this guy being auctioned* hey that guy looks like kenny. (as in kenny liew, our cow)
nellie : his name IS kenny.
sheng : AHAHAHA =)

5) me : *goes to greet my taylor's classmate who was dancing wif a girl* *breaks off and approaches nellie* no wonder he's here, he was dancing wif his gf
nellie : i know tht girl la, she has a bf here.
me : err...

oh yeah, any1 who has hiccoughs can just look for Nellie Tan. her lame jokes can cure u. instantly. it worked for me =)

saturday

had my first driving lesson. not going into detail now. will blog abt it nxt time. anyway my pile of homework is getting really REALLY high now so i had better get down to business.

ciao

hello

2008-03-08T17:03:00.005+08:00

poor asia'h... she's just lost her father n now she lost her chance to be american idol =(

i think the 3 davids are awesome, cook being the best with his take on 'Hello'.

SAM students take a week long break next week, which resulted in LAN classes being cancelled! Booyah! xP now our test n assignment are postponed till the following week!

i am currently reading 'The Kite Runner' by Khaled Hosseini. nice book. get it.

there was a debate club meeting on friday and the motion was 'education should be privatised'. we were the government. i seriously hav no idea to wht to do bcz,

1) not every1 can afford the costly price of private education
2) education is a necessity! every1 shld receive education!
3) i'm frm a government school!

speaking of school... March 12th.

any1 thinks that DAP is going to win today?

if i were to vote...

2008-03-06T00:20:00.001+08:00

funny thing, just did this kenny sia's who-should-you-vote-for test, and it turns out...

According to the 100% accurate kennysia.com Who-To-Vote-This-Election Decision Generator™, I am voting for...

PARTI KEADILAN RAKYAT!

Who Should You Vote For This Election?

wtf right?

the L word

2008-03-03T21:30:00.009+08:00

first off, i'm going to post a few pictures of our college for those who has never been to taylor's

this, is a typical classroom

these, are not-so-typical classmates. and what's with the finger?!

this, is a whiteboard. we stare here so that the teacher won't call our names (hopefully)

the girls seem, err... comfortable with each other *wink*

that, is an attention seeker. X)

and that, was PE1, my class.

so today, after school, we had one hour to kill, as usual...

but, unlike usual, it was raining.

we went pooling for abt 40 minutes before going down to find that we're stuck in Asia Cafe.

sheng yi went ahead anyway because she needs to catch her van. while me, jo and mark stayed in asia cafe for the bus.

that's jo eating the waffle she bought

they're either faking it OR the waffle was super delicious D:

we camwhored while i called yi lee

advice : make a statement with your shirt

eventually, we got on the bus, through all the rain...

basically, everyone was wet but relieved to get on the bus.

then we continued to camwhore...

pardon me, but the bus was moving so the pics were blurry...

after a little gossiping, we made this video. about L. yes you heard me right, L.

LOL. seriously, LOL

this is the 3D L, again.

we couldn't resist doing the LL behind Wen Da's back xD

LOL

pardon us, but we were really really bored, so...

on the other hand, i heard, from reliable sources (Pn Ros), that SPM results are coming out on the

13th MARCH (thursday)

that's, 9 more days to go. so... BRACE YOURSELVES

General Election is this Saturday, so expect a LOT of drama.

Tata for now peeps!

life's tug of war

2008-03-01T23:41:00.002+08:00

Life is a series of pulls back and forth.

You want to do one thing, but you are bound to do something else.

Something hurts you, yet you know it shouldn't.

You take certain things for granted , even when you know you should never take anything for granted.

A tension of opposites, like a pull on a rubber band.

And most of us live somewhere in the middle.

Like a wrestling match.

So which side wins?

Love wins, love always wins.

it's not about the ice-cream

2008-02-28T22:49:00.003+08:00

i'm going to post about this U-campus activity held every Thursday in the Hub opposite Taylor's.

topic of the week, 'what guys want'. it may seem like it's for the gals but i went anyways because of the free ice-cream for guys=D

me n leow were already half an hour late because of debate club meeting but we managed to find seats anyways

things guys want from girls (according to shirley):

1) eyebrows (meaning, don't shave you eyebrows n draw them on)
2) no leg hair
3) opinion
4) stable emotions (meaning, less PMS)
5) hot n sexy appearance (if you're going for girlfriend material)
covered-up body (if you're going for wife material)
6) point of view
7) confidence

surprising huh?

as we were leaving, serene noticed that i did not receive the ice-cream i was supposed to get. she went up to the person-in-charge and asked that i have the ice-cream too.

well, i kindly refused because it would mean that she have to go downstairs to get ONE ice-cream just for me, meaning more trouble for them, which is the last thing i want.

but she insisted that i have the ice-cream, which resulted in us going down to get the ice-cream.

all that trouble for one ice-cream, pretty worth it huh?

handing me the ice-cream, she told me it was a BLESSING that everyone present should get

then i realized, if everyone is willing to go out of their way to give people blessings, wouldn't this world be better?

wouldn't it?

crap

2008-02-26T23:41:00.004+08:00

Murphy's Law

whatever can go wrong, will go wrong, at the worst possible time, in the worst possible way.

no matter how hard you try to escape the grasp of this law, it will find you and turn things from bad to worse.

this must be what i'm currently experiencing.

i need to breathe

don't you dare say college is fun, because right now, it is DEFINITELY NOT

why can't life be simple?

it's probably because it won't be called 'life' if it's simple. you dumbo

i need someone to slap me

i need to listen to Arctic Monkeys

i need a goal in life

Katherine Heigl is hot, please agree

i need to stop all this nonsense

ok, stop

bless

2008-02-20T23:47:00.001+08:00

a funny quote:

math teacher : *ah choo!*

someone : bless you

math teacher : excuse me, are you in any position to bless me?

wtf

X)

Roller Coasters & Fire Fighters

2008-02-19T00:09:00.005+08:00

my emotional phases today:

1) moody
2) depressed
3) high
4) optimistic
5) happy

to put it simply, i was unhappy that i did not get something i really wanted.

then i was feeling like such a loser because of my math n further math tests results n
the realization that i had hardly achieved anything after all these years on earth.

i felt like a failure

then my further math teacher reminded me of something i have long forgotten

those who are successful are not those who are constantly on the high ride of success, but are those who are able to bounce back from failure.

then i realized, life is full of second chances

they're there 4 those who missed their first

=)

peace

ON the other hand, the road down Taylor's, INTI subang was pretty interesting today...

get a load of this

yes, that's Taylor's in the background, and it's heading for INTI btw

road closed because INTI was rumoured to contain a bomb X_X

(that's me in white T in case u all dun recognise)

yup so there u have it,

DRAMA!

i don't know what happened next because our bus driver drove away quickly after that!

anyways, hopefully we will... I MEAN won't find the whole place bombed tomorrow X)

till next time ppl!

old town gathering

2008-02-17T23:59:00.004+08:00

yeah, we Minda Ceria-ns had a gathering in Midah's Old Town White Coffee on saturday,

n it feels so good to see every single old pal agn

=D

the one on the left in blue is our beloved teacher/tutor/enlightener/etc, Sir Patrick!

after that, the sbu gang invaded...

clockwise from left: SexyBack, Sister Ken, Ah Lian, Yi Wei, SexyGal, Wei Yu our King!, SexyBitch

one of the few toilets where guys can do mirror-camwhore wif girls

(coz it's 4 both sexes all u ppl!)

(btw that's Yoe Hot/Yoe Hyper in the middle, touching my SexyBack)

love ya all ppl!

anyways, have to sign off now because:

1) i still hav physics, further math n LAN homework

2) i hav further math n econs test which i hav NOT studied 4

3) i hav audition 4 clubs

4) i'm a little sad (cz of a screwed up interview)

5) i just had d 6 hr kursus asas kereta 2day, n am totally exhausted (funny cz i slept most of the time considering i did NOT even get behind the wheels...)

Adios!

bye nicole!

2008-02-16T16:12:00.005+08:00

( i hope ur reading this nicole! even though ur gone we'll still remember u! )

we had nic's farewell party on sunday at the pavillion, where we

1) ate chicken, pasta, chicken, nachos, pasta, and chicken

2) were still hungry so we ate our sister (we're cannibals, baby!)

3) went cam-whoring

4) tried to trick passers-by to look up (to no avail unfortunately)

5) watched Meet the Spartans (Paris hates this movie)

basically that's it but the important thing is,

we'll miss you nic!

anyways hope you'll enjoy new zealand! juz remember us whenever u see cows alright? X)

i'll just post these NZ pics up just to have some pics on my blog

birthdays

2008-02-15T22:18:00.010+08:00

here's to the 3 ppl who celebrated their birthdays this week.

11th feb

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOANNA

blueberry cheese, yum... (we're in starbucks btw)

that's her present by the way =)

14th feb

or otherwise known as

Valentine's day,

or,

Singles Awareness Day (SAD)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAY CHONG

HAPPY BIRTHDAY EILENE

(no pics sry...)

that's about it, yeah X)

Tuesdays

2008-02-12T20:00:00.000+08:00

... are so NOT my day anymore...

first, i wore a formal shirt to college for no reason. they told me to wear long sleeve, tie etc etc bt my frens say that some ppl called them up d day b4 n said it was a joke. i was like...

wtf

alright! then it was the further math test, ... which i did nt finish, let alone get d correct answer

X_X

n 4 d whole day my brain was in a total state of blur-ness tht i answer questions wrongly, get dates wrong n almost called out 2 d wrong person

well at least nw my interview is postponed to valentine's afternoon...

yeah overall it was a day where you wish you had just stayed at home.

oh yeah some1's birthday is coming up so i better think up of something to surprise her.

Save the cheerleader, save the world!

do you know...

2008-02-05T13:29:00.000+08:00

non right-handed people are more likely to be homosexual.
(just a fun fact i found out, i'm nt a homophobic or anything)

depression is like a virus, infecting each and every victim in its path, showing no mercy.

nostalgia is probably what links all of us now

who'll win the election in the states? i'll b rooting 4 u Barrack!

i'm so into metal music right now

i just saw a video on youtube which weakened my faith in god. so i'm feeling like an atheist right now... AHAHA! might post it here once i learn hw 2 add videos n links here... (damnit!)

metallica...

(i should get a cbox, bt my laptop isn't working as well as i hope it would)(yay! i got a cbox! i think... can't even view it ~)

Resolutions for 2008

2008-02-05T10:17:00.000+08:00

Here it is! Yes I know it's late, it took 1 solid month but hey, it's better late than never...

Here goes:

1. Grow taller (this is the ONE resolution that is never excluded from my list, pretty sad huh?)

2. Lose the flab (if any)

3. Be more politically, economically and environmentally aware.

4. Learn Spanish, French and Japanese

5. Solve the Rubik's cube

6. Learn how to cook

7. Find love

8. Use both sides of the brain

9. Learn another musical instrument

10. Be more athletic and artistic

11. Learn to speak with more confidence

That's all I can think of now, will add more when I think of more to do.

Happy CNY to every1 reading this!

CNY soon!

2008-02-02T23:30:00.000+08:00

wow it's been weeks since i last updated this blog...

anyways things that happened since last week:

last sunday, me n mei mei passed undang! yay us!

then it was gloomy monday... urgh LAN 1st thing in the morning, m i just snoozed off in front of d lecturer, only to be awakened by his constant 'SHH, SHH, SHH's ... Sheesh hw annoying is that?!

tuesday, yay got full marks in econs test! so happy cz i gt below average last time n that was wif most of my frens gettin nearly full marks @_@ nway we gossiped wif d female further math teacher bout our math teacher n the guy further math teacher. apparently the other further math teacher ALWAYS rubs the whiteboard whenever he enters a class, whether it's clean or not. FREAKY

thursday, went 2 d recruitment drive 4 clubs in our col. simply signed my name 4 a few clubs n went to the hub 4 free food after classes. got really high there. nway i was already late bt i managed to drag paul along. n d moment i stepped in, saw karyan on stage saying 'seri bintang utara' wif her accent. LOL at least she got a RM10 voucher 4 starbucks 4 singing our school song! n d emcee was surprised that i raised my hand when asked who's frm SBU cz he tot it's a girl's school! wth! anyways what was more interesting was d lucky draw. n guess who got d exclusive shirt, PAUL! nway the shirt had the words CHAP FAN KING printed over the front, which was super cool. nway i'm gonna ask him to bring it 2 col so tht i can take a pic of it later.

After that we got on the bus wher d sbu gang, along wif some other frens developed a new hobby - bluetooth-ing! We nicknamed ourselves n sent anonymous notes 2 any1 wif their bluetooths on. msges like 'hey there hot stuff!', 'hi, ur HOT!', n 'ouch! ur hot!' we even do it in our respective classes, to amusing results... anyway joa's SexyBitch, yi lee's SexyGal, karyan's * ! am Hot % Sexy! *, I'm SexyBack while mark's SexyFront! LOL

on friday, while waiting 4 d bus, we all got all hyper n camwhored in front of d TAYLORS sign! LOL nways joa got a pic of me (sort of) pole-dancing on d sign! must remember 2 get d pics n put it here as soon as i learn hw to post pictures on my blog...

oh yeah guess wut, wilayah had a day off on friday! n taylor's unfortunately had to b in sj... no fair! anyways some frens frm HELP PROMISED 2 come over n visit us bt only han lian was there... ah well, anyways me n han played pool at asia cafe while waitin 4 d rest to come out at 3. n blif it or nt i actually won my 1st game of pool! Yay! anyways it was great seeing han agn, n guess wut, he's in2 taylors girls... *phewit* Bravo Han!

nways saturday was a really boring day, woke up, ate, watched House, slept some more, ate some more, then only i get d chance 2 come on9 n blog...

hey CNY comin soon, any plans 4 reunion guys?

A new phase

2008-01-19T23:24:00.000+08:00

Life in Taylor's has been nothing short of boring (well, more interesting than LAN anyway...)

first of all, there aren't a lot of the old SBU crowd here, just me, sheng, jo, karyan, yi lee, foong yee, jonathan, julian, shu xian... well the HELP ppl must b enjoying themselves...

and then there're d classes... actually had to wake up earlier than in sec school coz of d school bus. -_-" n classes r usually till 3/4 so it's really a challenge to even sit str8 n do hw at hme. zzz

oh n my class is just plain scary! though some of my classmates r naughty, they r all GENIUSES... Pressure pressure... n further math is NOT helpin at all...

Haven't been able to even watch a movie these days coz of d hours, though i'm gettin slightly better at poolin, which is really d only interesting activity here, unless ur in2 board games...

at least 1 gud thing is tht there r a numb of hot girls as well, n by hot i mean HOT. the dwn part is tht only 1 in my class is one of those. ah well, at least i get to do some sightseeing. *mind wanders*

wht i can conclude is bt life here is tht, unless ur very rich, DUN come to SJ coz most of d things r more exp than usual. RM 3.5 is the least u nid to spend 4 lunch, and that's if u knw where 2 go. Bt if u go wif the majority, it'll cost u at least RM 6 to get a proper meal... Oh n did i mention dat 1 hr of pooling costs RM 12? n 1 simple game of foosball is already RM 2, so ur wallets r usually vry light. ><

All in all, life's pretty boring n my weekends r worse... omg i really miss d old times in sch n d old pals. So let's hav a gathering of d old gang already! Y dun we all go clubbin or partyin nxt time?

Anyway hav to sleep early cz i nid to go listen 2 d 5 hr lecture on driving 2mr (yes, it's very late, i knw) so ppl pls keep in touch n dun 4get 2 msg often!

Cheers all!

hi ppl

2008-01-19T22:20:00.000+08:00

heya ppl, 2007 has been a great yr 4 most of us, but since we are on our seperate ways now, so I'm starting this blog to stay in touch wif frens. So do msg and contact often k? :)