It's Raining Stars

Hello 2011, Goodbye 2010

2010-12-31T10:29:00.003+08:00

To most people, 2010 was bad. At one point or another, we all had our own obstacles to overcome, own battles to fight, own demons to defeat. Victory leaves a bittersweet aftertaste.

2010 marked the beginning of big changes in my life. Fresh new start in a new city, made new friends, rekindled friendship with long lost contacts, new colleagues...That's not to say the year was all good...Lost an aunt and an uncle, may their souls rest in peace.

Looking forward for 2011 to be a better, happier year, and I know it is gonna be one heck of a year because of all the wonderful people around me!

I Has Bad Day

2010-07-02T09:09:00.005+08:00

i shud've stayed under my blanket

Talk about bad mornings...

It's funny how I should start off with a bad day post rant to my bloggie after such a long hiatus. Truth: I got reminded that I actually do have a blog lying around in cyberspace collect cyberdust bunnies.

Anyway, getting back to my ordeal...

I woke up with the sun shining on my face. I thought it was rather odd for the sun to be out so early. Reached for my phone. Noooooo! Phone's out of juice. No way! I charged it! ... Oh yea, riiiiighhttt...Sureeeee I did...Plugged in the charger, but forgot to turn the power on =.="

Jumped out of bed, rushed! I knew it was gonna be a bad day when the bus passed by the house while I was locking the front door. Dang...Means a not-so-short walk to the LRT station. Oh well, I have my MP3s.

*Wakes up with a jolt* An idiot almost ran me over with his motorbike going the wrong way down a one-way street. I couldn't hear him coming coz I was blasting my songs. And I sure didn't look that way...Close call.

As I walked through the overhead pass, I saw a familiar red rectangular vehicle with yellow trims drive past underneath me. Great! I missed the free shuttle by a measly minute...What's next? Will the bridge crumble beneath my feet? With the way my luck was going, it'll probably would...

Finally got myself to the office. But oh no, misfortune wasn't done with me yet. For some reason my pin didn't work at the office entrance. Now, does that mean my attendance won't be recorded? Oh well, no biggie I suppose, considering I only found out about keying in my pin number late yesterday evening...

What else has Friday got in store for me? I wonder...Heck, it's not even the 13th!

I Has Bad Day

2010-07-02T09:09:00.003+08:00

i shud've stayed under my blanket

Talk about bad mornings...

What else has Friday got in store for me? I wonder...Heck, it's not even the 13th!

Lost...

2010-01-28T11:30:00.002+08:00

I really have no idea what the hell I'm doing, or supposed to do right now. Met up with my ex-lecturer last night. She's the one who got me the job down here in KL. She recruited myself and another girl, Jenny or whatever her name is. Now she tells me Jenny has found another job elsewhere, and that there's a vacancy where she's at, accommodation provided. She won't give me Jenny's number, but instead says she'll get Jenny to call me...Which I find fishy. Next I ask what's going on with the other salon where we're supposed to be at, she says renovations are not complete yet, opening date TBA...And the next fishy thing is that when I ask to speak with my future employer, she tells me the lady who owns the salon is in SG and refuses to pick up any calls, even hers. I...feel like I can't trust any of her words. There must be something wrong somewhere. Now my number one problem is finding a roof over my head. My aunt says I'll have to move out by the end of the month, and that's like how many hours away? Godammit! Time and time again I contacted my ex-lecturer and she fails to tell me that there's no job, no room, no nothing! Yea, even the room she promised me is non-existent. What did she say about it huh? Ermm...Oh ya, she said her housemate suddenly moved out without notice, rental deposit forfeited, she also need to find a place, etcetcetc...Easy for her to say when she's going back to KK today zzz. Godammit, damn it, damn! Everything's so bloody shittening fucked up right now. If I go back home, I'll get the best ear-fucking ever from my parents. But then again, even if I wanted to get home, I can't...There's no available flight, not in my price range anyway. All the el-cheapo tix are fully booked, due to CNY season. Wish me luck in finding temporary accommodation while I stick around and look for another job...

I wonder if they'll let me up to the top of the twin towers...

Weekenders from Pahang...

2010-01-24T16:29:00.004+08:00

Haha! Finally met up with my XinYanLuiLui laopo. She brought her 2 sisters and Ashton. She's...so much taller than I am! Ash is like...so tiny? I like her younger sister - so much spunk and sarcasm packed in such a pretty person. She and Eggie were teasing and taunting each other non-stop. We caught Tiger Woohoo? A Malaysian-made Chinese movie. It was not too bad, funny even. Plenty of dialects, and colorful characters. Had a quick lunch at Sakae Sushi, and icecream for dessert from Baskin Robbins. Laopo gave me a small purple pillow - that's to replace my smelly pillow which I left back home. Hard to fall asleep without it! Hung out with Eggie at 1U and spent the night at Armada. Supposed to be meeting KCF at the education fair down by Midvalley, but I'm just plain too lazy to get a cab down. Well...driving distance from my aunt's place to Midvalley is like only 2 to 3 minutes, walking...welllll...hmmm...Me? Walk?! And last but not least, Eggie's friends gave me a new moniker - Noname @ Sotong2 @ Squidz >.<

Tick-tock Goes The Clock

2010-01-20T09:54:00.003+08:00

Cool! That rhymes :P

Time is crawling past excruciatingly slow...I think I'm starting to get stressed out again...I woke up a couple of hours ago and immediately started on household chores - sweeping, tidying the living hall, dusting tabletops, washing whatever was left in the kitchen sink, tidied the bedroom...I'm like...I don't know...Restless!

I can't tell whether the sky is hazy or whether it's gonna end up raining dinosaurs. For one thing, the sun rises and sets a good 2 hours later than back home. Oh well, t least I can still rely on my rain-finder nose and sniff the air to tell myself whether to expect rainy weather or not.

Really restless...

Oh! Have I mentioned there's this zit the size of Mt. Fuji on my right cheek? Grrrrrr!!!!

Lazy Sunday

2010-01-17T11:29:00.002+08:00

Having a buttered bun for breakfast (if you can call it breakfast at 11.30am)...All that's missing is a bowl of hot creamy soup! Yummmm...I miss my $40 buffets =x

Not sure what to do today...I feel like wanting to do a bit of grocery shopping for shredded crab meat, maiden hair seaweed, needle mushrooms, cabbage, turnip...those are my main ingredients for my version of spring rolls. I must at least do something to show my appreciation to my aunt & family for their hospitality...especially because I'm bunking over for free!

Ex-college mate of mine wants to meet up for a quick lunch, but that's like so far in town, I'm not familiar with my aunt's area, so...And I think the guild has another mini-meetup at some karaoke in the city in the late afternoon. Winnie said I have to show up or else >.< We shall see...I'm feeling quite lazy today.

1st Night in KL

2010-01-16T18:58:00.001+08:00

Remind me not to take an international flight to KL the next time...I had to board the Aerotrain to be tranported to another building at the far end of the airport complex just to collect my luggage. Not only that, the airport mistakenly sent us to wait at the wrong baggage carousel =.= waited there like dumb fucks for almost 15 minutes before they redirected us to the correct carousel which, surprise surprise...was at the OTHER end! Grrrrr...

The queue at the cabby stand was terrific! More than 40 people in front of me. I finally got to plop my arse down in a cab more than an hour after arriving at the airport! Cost me RM72 to get to my aunt's place in Bangsar, which was ok I guess...In case you're wondering, that's the budget fare!

Had a quick dinner at home, before Eggie came to fetch me out for late supper. We went to this place called Williams (at least I think that's how it's spelt) at Taman Mayang. The serving size was like omigod, damn huge! The mountain of special seafood creamy pasta looked like it could feed 10! Now THIS is where a camera comes in handy zzz...I want one! -adds that to my list of "needs"- A digital camera, el cheapo brand, as long as it works.

Was barely able to sleep a wink...I don't have my beloved pillow :(

This afternoon, the whole family went to Shah Alam for a quick round at the mall, and lunch. Rainy afternoon. Came back close to 6pm...Took a quick shower, now am waiting for Eggie to come and fetch me out again...Shall be going to the lanshop with some of my cdo guildmates for our castle war...

Ready or not...Kay El here I come!

2010-01-15T17:15:00.001+08:00

This is it! 2 mins to 5pm, and here I am, sitting on an aircraft bound for KL. Come to think of it, I believe we were supposed to take off at 8 mins ago. Oh ok, the announcement just came on air - we're ready for departure...Yippee! I am looking out the window: yeps, I have the window seat :) Guess what! By some stroke of luck, I got assigned the seat that I wanted - right side window seat, the utmost back row! Hahaha...I was absolutely delighted when I found my seat!

Anyway, where was I? Oh yes...I'm looking out the window. The sky looks grey & gloomy, it's been raining intermittently since day before yesterday. Oh well, they've turned down the lights, and the plane is finally moving. Taking off any second now....Goodbye Kota Kinabalu, ready or not, Kuala Lumpur, here I come!

Wow, I'm actually tearing up as the plane aligns itself on the runway...I think I'm gonna miss this place...I silently wish my family well as the place soars higher. Barely a minute has gone by, and we're already above the rainclouds, which hide KK from sight...

My ears are still popping due to cabin pressurization...I shall wait a few more minutes before drifting off to lalaland for a quick visit. It's weird, but I half-expect Santa and his reindeer to zoom past my window =x

The flight sensors show that it's -55 degrees Celcius outside. Cool huh? Wonder if I'll be instantly frozen if I flung myself out of the plane...

Time Goes On...

2010-01-06T23:43:00.000+08:00

Continued organizing my wardrobe. Am seriously contemplating taking snapshots of every piece of clothing. Another 4 luggage bags to go! Ended up falling asleep halfway through the second bag...

Half-arranged books - more than 400 Archie comics!

My breakfast+lunch+dinner - can you guess what it is?

Sat in front of the telly to eat, watched an interesting episode of Oprah, with guest Tyra Banks, and they were talking about abusive relationships. Very very interesting, especially the part where they tell you the warning and danger signs of an abusive relationship. Remember, abuse is not only when you're black and blue or bleeding...Emotional abuse is also something we should all be aware of. I used to be in one, and I am thankful that I finally got myself out of it! I couldn't find the exact clip for the Oprah show, but here's another one which will do nicely.

Books & Clothes...

2010-01-05T15:40:00.003+08:00

Weeeeeee, the official trailer for Blade & Soul, showcases the different races and jobs. Hope the game looks as good as the teaser does. How long have we been waiting? A year?

Anyway, have been busy organizing my bookcases. No energy to sift through the piles of clothings yet. I wish I had a camera, so that I could take a pic of each and every article of clothing I have, so that I could bring it all with me when I leave for KL...Can't exactly bring the entire wardrobe now could I?

On the 4th day of Twenty Ten...

2010-01-04T19:03:00.002+08:00

Today was spent dragging and rearranging all the pieces of furniture in my room. No matter how I tried to place the pieces, the end result was still the same - one desk too many =x Felt like throwing out one table, but I still need a writing table. But then again...I'm only gonna be here for like, 11 more days? 10?? Why do I even care?

Tired...

And the new year continues...

2010-01-03T12:34:00.002+08:00

I never realized I had that many clothes! I know I have 6 luggage bagfuls, but never really saw just what a mountain it becomes when dumped together...No wonder Love says I can open a boutique...Actually it will be a good idea to go along with, considering that most clothes still have the price tags attached (read: unworn)...IF I ever have the heart to part with any of them. This entire week will be dedicated to organizing my wardrobe. Trust me, when you have this many, the thrill of shopping really isn't there anymore. Which is not a bad thing, considering the money I get to save (if I had a source of income, that is)...

Resolutions this year...Well, you can't really call them resolutions, but among the things that I will do this year, is learn another language, and this time it's going to be Korean! If I manage to get through Korean, then perhaps I'll try and learn to SPEAK Cantonese! Imagine a half-Cantonese who can't even get her tongue to curl and twist to get the correct words and intonation spat out...

Oh well, more about resolutions later. Right now it's back to burying myself underneath the pile of clothes lying in the middle of the floor...

Day 2 Month 1 Year 2010

2010-01-02T12:21:00.002+08:00

15th January seems to be getting closer and closer; I haven't even started on my packing and preparations. New year, new beginnings, new life? Somehow I find myself still hesitating. It has been a constant battle with my inner demons, and I have yet to emerge victorious...I found old suicide notes among my belongings, no, they're not mine, they were written by one of my friends. There were several sheet of paper, addressed to people close to her. Then suddenly I realized something...I no longer harbor suicidal thoughts! Thinking back, it has been quite awhile since those thoughts infested my mind. Thanks to school maybe? I have been kept busy and occupied...Soon I'll be at KL - will those thoughts return? Hope not!

Happy 2010! Face Your Fears...

2010-01-01T22:07:00.004+08:00

Cool! My blog has been dead for the past 4 months or so. Have been caught up with other stuff...Can't exactly say I was busy with year-end project assignments, neither can I say that I was busy preparing for 1st year finals, which by the way, was in mid-November of last year...Glad that's over and done with. Can't exactly say that I have been busy playing my online games either, not when all I do is leave my characters botting (legally, of course) and stare at the screen, if not at nothingness.

Ok, nevermind all that. It's the new year!!!!! 2010! The time when everyone all over the world have the same mission: making and keeping resolutions. The first day of the year is always a good time to start. Me? I decided to come back here and take another shot at blogging. Hah!! Let's see how long it takes before I disappear from this page again...

New year, new beginnings...As for me, a change of environment - yours truly is gonna be leaving for KL in 2 weeks time, and she hasn't even started preparing for the move! Frankly...I don't know. Part of me can't wait to start afresh, and the other part of me wishes to stop time in its track. It's like part of me is raring to board that flight and return to KL, at the same time, another part of me says "No, I want to stay where I am, I do not want to leave my comfort zone..."

Time to defeat my own demons, and face my fears...and move forward! Kuala Lumpur, here I come!

Happy New Year everyone! May the year ahead be a great one for all!

Acne-plagued Buffalo?

2009-09-18T22:10:00.003+08:00

Guess what...

I met up with Nath for the first time today! Yea, Nath as in EclipseNath, long-time member of our Nagaizumi. -sighs- Sometimes I miss Maple...Not so much of missing the game, but missing the great members in guild! Ok, I just got sidetracked and got absorbed in reading Naga's old forum threads for the past...2 hours?? Alot of precious memories in there!

Anyway, as I was saying, I met Nath. We went for late lunch at Asia City's Mode Cafe. It was already 3pm by the time I was done with my facial practicals. We talked, we laughed, we reminisced...Actually, we laughed most about...Hmmm, Nath has never seen me before, so I told him to wait at the Korean supermarket and look for a buffalo with a serious case of acne. Needless to say, he got kinda lost and couldn't find both the supermarket nor the buffalo. So, what he did was (OMG!!) ask around at several stores...Asking where can he find a supermarket with a pimply buffalo!!!! LAWLS - Hilarious! I can imagine the looks on the people's faces when confronted with this kind of question: Hi! Is there a supermarket around here with a buffalo with acne? ROFLOL!!! Really!!! And yea...I made a fool out of him =x

We walked over to Centre Point where he went round looking for a pair of sneakers although he couldn't make up his mind whether to get the pair of Nike or Converse. So he decided to look see around first. I wanted to get a new pair of falsies, so we went over to Red City. I found myself wishing Samson was there so that he could help me with the selection of eyelashes. Samson's your guy if you need one to accompany you shopping and help you make a decision on your choices. Sometimes I feel like he's a girl trapped in a guy's body! Anyway, Nath was generous enough to insist paying for the pair of falsies, and he kept asking if I needed anything else. I didn't feel too good about having other people pay for my purchases, so...

We went over to Warisan Square where he made a dash to the Converse store. I stumbled over my feet and accidentally kicked the stool at the store and my little toe hurt sooooo bad! Helped him select a pair of sneakers, which looked better than the ones he was looking at all the way at the Nike store. We spent quite a while looking at books in Times. By the time we were done, it was already dark outside.

He insisted on walking me over to Wawasan Plaza to catch my bus. We stopped by Guardian for a bit. Even though I assured him over and over again that it was practically safe and easy for me to take the bus back, he forked out for my cab fare. The cab driver was a friendly Malay uncle. Although the meter read RM18.70, he let me pay RM15 =x I'm home, I'm tired...And I'm looking forward to the next outing, maybe this time with Piggie and Birdy!

Eye candyyyyyyyyy!!! Kim Jeong Hoon aka John Hoon ~

Sirius

Continent of the Ninth

2009-09-16T09:57:00.005+08:00

While everybody is raving about Aion Online...Here's another new game that you should really look at too - Continent of the Ninth, or more commonly known as C9. The game looks good! You've gotta be alert and have fast reactions though, because C9 is all about combo skills. I like C9's combat system, and not unlike Diablo III, the environment plays a part too. I won't elaborate much because words fail me...So I'm gonna let the videos do the talking for me!

Game introduction video

Classes and skills

2 vs 2 Duel/Battle Mode

C9's battle mode kinda reminds me of console battle games. I guess that's due to the movement and skills and combos. Sometimes I get reminded of Devil May Cry, i don't know why...Can't quite put my finger on it >.<

Dungeon raid gameplay

Like most other MMOs, C9 has got dungeon instances. Enemy teams can enter and raid or pk (what game is complete without pk?) but there's a catch! Raiders can't use resurrect, so it's gonna be painful when you come and PK but fail miserably!

There're 3 classes for now in the open beta, but I've read somewhere that there's gonna be a total of 7 classes. Either that or maybe they meant 3 classes with 7 job advancement options? My korean isn't too good ._. So...it's either Blade & Soul, or C9 for me! I hope both these games come out and is playable where we're at before I have no time for gaming! Check out the extensive character customization options below!

Lady Castle...

2009-09-15T19:21:00.004+08:00

Alright you BOF-lovers. You're gonna love this drama as well...Female version of JoonPyo!!! Sometimes I get reminded of Paris Hilton tho =x This drama is about an uber-rich, spoilt and immature heiress.

Lady Castle - My Fair Lady

Part 1 of Episode 1

Enjoy! I'm gonna make good use of the holidays and watch this! Click to watch complete drama here. Oh noes...I forgot...I have a design job pending $_$...Drama and game will have to wait till later...Rawrrrsssssss!!!

Long Time No See

2009-09-01T13:38:00.003+08:00

LAWLS...Has it really been that long since I've posted in here? Damn, I think I might need a new layout to entice me back to writing in my bloggie. How's everyone been? I've been rather caught up with studies...projects, assignments, tests all the way. 2 more months to 1st year finals. Hmm...Wonder if I'll be able to pull through. I'm fast losing interest. Theory classes put me to sleep within the first 10 minutes. Practical classes...They jolly well could change the name to Sleeptime coz all I do is sleep?

Can't write much now too...In the midst of completing my project paper. After that will be another due assignment. Can't wait till holidays are here! I sooooo want to unwind.

Hello Exams!

2009-07-14T17:41:00.003+08:00

Gonna be busy with exams for the rest of the month!

14.07 - Onychogomy (Manicure practical)
15.07 - Bacteriology written paper
16.07 - Onychogomy written paper
17.07 - Dermatology (Facial practical)
20.07 - Aesthetics & Cosmetology (Make-up practical)
21.07 - Dermatology written paper
22.07 - Professional Practice written paper
27.07 - A&C written paper
30.07 - Onychogomy (Pedicure practical)

NICE RIGHT? One after the other, and no time to really revise properly...hello last minute mugging! To sleep, or not to sleep...That is the question...

Happy 1 Month!

2009-07-13T23:19:00.003+08:00

No...I did not go and get myself a new squeeze. It's been exactly a month since I have jotted anything down in this blog. Call it laziness, call it being busy, call it bothersome, oh for god's sake just call it whatever you want! Other than school, homework aka assignments by the bundle (and gaming)...there's really not much time nor mood left to come and rant in here >.<

Sayyyyy...if annual events are called anniversaries, then what are monthly events called?

A jappy song that I haven't listened to for almost 2 years! Finding that I still like it. Here's Gazette with Reila (or Reira? according to the katakana/kanji/wadever ~.~)

Dragonica

2009-06-13T11:06:00.003+08:00

In my already jammed and packed daily schedule, I still found a bit of time over the previous weekend to try out this game Dragonica. The game has been around for quite awhile, except that only now we have our own SEA server. There's also the korean, jappy, cheena and EU servers. It's abit like Maple I guess, at least jobwise - there's the archer, thief, magician and warrior (hehe, no pirates). The final boss reminds me of HT, well, kinda sorta. Watch the trailer from min. 4:50 onwards, and you'll see what I mean.

What makes it fun is that they have a combo system, pretty easy to get godlike combos and increase your exp. gain ratio...unless you're lagging. In terms of gameplay, it's more arcade-ish (to me). Graphics are colorful and vivid, characters look kinda manga-ish cutesy. A lot of character customization options available too.

Hmmm, can't seem to upload pics at the moment, so I'll post screenies much later. Edit: added screenie!

Summer Updates

2009-06-12T23:38:00.000+08:00

Ok, so sue me for not blogging for the past..urmm...how long has it been? I lost track, kinda sorta. Let's see...Last posted on 27th??? Oh cheeses crust, that's like a millenium ago! Haven't been in the mood to blog as of late. It's like, so much to do, so little time. Ok, crappy excuse. Let me be candid - the lazy bug bit me!

Been pretty busy lately with school. Can't say that I was busy revising or studying or doing my assignments. Nope, no sirree. Not when homework only gets started in the wee hours of the morning. And by wee, I mean like 3 or 4am...

This is what I want to do every 6.30am - STOP TIME!

As far as exams went, this is how my scores look like: 100%, 100%, 98%, 94%, 94%, 56%...Yea, you saw correctly. One failed subject! Dermatology. I told you people I was gonna fail it! And no, it's not psychologically-induced failure. The entire class failed the damned subject!

Currently listening to this version of Pink's "So What"...

Damn Notes!

2009-05-27T06:14:00.000+08:00

Paper results came in today. I fell 11% short of full marks...And I blame it on my notes! I used my notes to revise for the exam, and when comparing my answers to my notes, everything is correct...Only thing is, MY NOTES WERE WRONG! Like what the hell was I doing when writing my notes??? Teach said I didn't look happy and asked if I was not pleased with the points. Hell yea I wasn't pleased, not with the way she marked my paper...But by the way my notes brought me to hell! Blame it on my notes!!! They're going in the fire when I get home!

Nothing much was on today. I was the only one from my group who was present during the first half of the day. The rest of my group had to go settle some stuff outside.

I hear rumours floating around that some of the girls are going to drop out from the course. It's too hard and putting too much pressure on them and the teachs...Well, first they say they don't care if we pass or fail or whether we graduate or not. And then when exam results come out looking bad, they throw a fit? Yup, one word. Inexperienced. I can damn well comment coz both of my parents were educators for more the most part of their lives. I hope the girls won't quit, there's only 5 more months to go!

Beware...

2009-05-26T05:55:00.000+08:00

We had another exam today; I think I took 15 minutes out of the 1 hour allocated. No, not that it was easy...I didn't know what to answer! I'm so gonna be dead hahaha...

Anyway, some man came up to the salon, I was out in the lobby with the receptionist because the others were still in the exam hall. He said that he wanted to register for the beauty therapy course too, but only for the theory part coz he's done his practicals? Receptionist told him that the school only accept female students and that he should try his luck elsewhere, and gave him directions of another beauty school set up in a mall about 10 minutes' drive away. We're in Asia City, and that man was told to go to Karamunsing. Before leaving, he wanted our school's phone number, but the receptionist did not give it out, instead asking him for HIS number and giving him the usual line "don't call us, we'll call you..."

3 hours later, guess what? The man returned to the salon and said he couldn't find the other place and could someone please draw him a plan and give him the contact number! Like wth? Couldn't he have gone to Karamunsing's helpdesk and ask for proper directions? Why must he come back all the way here? Then he started asking weird questions to the teacher who was out front, like what race is she, has she been there long, and what's her phone number. She said she doesn't have a phone, to which the fellow quipped "isn't that a phone you're holding in your hand?"...Oops! The rest of the girls were coming back from lunch and the man left quite abruptly. One of the girls said he was around earlier last week and was asking them alot of questions while they were at the photocopy shop downstairs. The receptionist immediately chained and padlocked the salon's entrance. Creepy eh?

Those planning to come round to Asia City, especially females, do be careful as lately there have been weird and suspicious characters lurking around, and reports of a guy jacking off in the carpark!

So Much To See and Do, So Little Time

2009-05-25T09:17:00.002+08:00

I never realised how long it has been since I've last blogged. I lost track of time, I thought I've been away for like, a few days only. Only now I see that it's been 2 weeks almost. Time really flies, and not only when you're having fun apparently. Time flies when you're being tortured too.

School's ok for now I guess. Few have already dropped out from the accelerated course, I guess they couldn't take the pressure. I'm about to break too; I have absolutely almost no time for anything anymore these days. By 5am I am already up, and I've become one of those girls who need 5 hours just to get ready...By 7.30am I already need to be on a bus heading to school. Have a rushed breakfast with the girls, and then class starts at 8.30...By the time I get home, it's almost 6pm, I sit at the lappy and take a look at my gaming character which I leave botting 24 hours each day and it's either dead or dc-ed. By 7pm I want to do nothing else but crawl into bed and sleep. I always tell myself to wake up at 2am, so I can at least spend some time for note writing and assignments, but in the end I still wake up at 5am and to me, that's already late!

And now...I'm heading back to bed!

Exam Week!

2009-05-13T21:10:00.004+08:00

I know I haven't been updating my blog as often as I should have. With school, it's just a more tiring day than usual. I'm up at 5am, and off to catch the bus at 7.30am for session starts at 8.30 in the morning. I could never be more wrong about something than this. I thought that it'll be a breeze and easy sailing, so I opted for the accelerated course. Boy, am I regretting it like the end of the world! Never in my wildest dreams did I expect that I'll be studying Biology modules...Bacteriology, Dermatology, Onychogomy, Health & Hygiene...just to name a few. I bet most of you haven't even heard the terminology "onychogomy"!

Anyway, it is exam week now. Most people were surprised to hear that I'm having exams in the third week of studies. Apparently, the school tests us after the end of each topic. We were given a pop quiz yesterday, after which the lecturer turned to me and said "I expect no lower than a score of 100% from you tomorrow (which is today's exam), or else I'm going to punish you." Like what the....Immediately I quipped back and retorted that if I could get 100% in a subjective paper, I could very well be a lecturer too!

I thought that I'd sleep early (which I did); I fell asleep rather early last night, thinking that I could wake up around midnight and finish rewriting my notes for skincare and eyebrow grooming so that I could hand them in...Well, let's just say that by the time I finally woke up, the sun was already in the sky!

I don't know how bad I did on my Bacteriology paper, there were a couple of additional questions which were not covered before, so I just simply penned my answer without knowing what the hell I was writing about.

I became a guinea pig for my classmates during eyebrow shaping and grooming practical. Result: I am now the not so proud owner of botched eyebrows? The right one is lower, and the left one is short. One is thicker than the other. They overdid on the plucking, so my brows are like one thousand miles apart from each other! The sacrifices I make...Anyway, teach says to dab hair tonic on the brow bone to promote hair growth so I can grow back my brows and reshape them. I'll never put my brows in the hands of amateurs ever again!

For now...I'm going to head off into bed. Tomorrow morning we're having eyebrow shaping practicals, and I'm sooooooooo gonna have my revenge!

T. G. I. F.

2009-05-08T20:18:00.004+08:00

Yes!!! The weekend is here! Deardear's almost home too! Weeeeeee :)

Results of the surprise quiz - lil' ol' sotong me scored the only A! Teach said she can even use my written paper as her lecture notes, for it was complete! I know I am sotongz, but when it comes to academics I'm glad that I'm not as forgetful or absentminded. The second good news is that I haven't fallen off the stool yet! I was extra careful to clutch at the stool and plop my ass down firmly and squarely in the middle!

We had to give each other facials today and shape eyebrows for real. I didn't get my turn to make anyone eyebrowless due to the other girls being slow, so there wasn't enough time. Next class, we were each asked to set up to the whiteboard, and were given names of 2 diseases, and our task was to draw the bacteria which causes those diseases. How fun! Class ended early for our group, and somehow the topic of conversation turned into ghost stories? Real encounters and stuff. Even the receptionist joined in. One of the teachers passed by and was not happy that we were all yakking away about non-lesson related stuff. Our teacher of course overheard and told her that our lesson was over and she didn't want to start a new topic just yet. Haha!

Met ex's friend, who's a CID. He asked to meet up for drinks, so I asked what kind? Coffee? Tea? Milo? Reply: Coke+Panadol =.=

Went to a Korean supermarket at the mall. I'm like sooooooo tempted to ask the family who owns the shop for free korean lessons. Yea, I feel like learning another language, other than Chinese. Perhaps one day I'll try buying the salted seaweed, or pickled pepper, or kimchi, or fried octopi. They look interesting, but I'm not sure if they'll taste yummy?

Speaking of eats, it's time for me to have my dinner! And wait for someone to come home...

Drag Queen Day

2009-05-07T20:07:00.002+08:00

I'm calling today a drag queen day, because that's how I felt I was like. In fact almost everyone turned out looking like drag queens after been "made-up" by the teachers. They claimed that our make-up were not thick enough, and proceeded to cover our faces with more paint. I guess the only reason why they wanted to do that, was for us to have a difficult time removing all that gunk during facial wash practicals. The worse part was, practicals for my group was not till the end of the day, and we had to walk around during lunch time looking worse than a clown. At least you know a clown is supposed to look like that. =.= All the stares and sniggers from people. Yea, I would have done the same too, like "which zoo did these animals come out from?"

We had a surprise quiz too for Biology. Talk about being caught unaware. The teach called on us and told us to present what we understand about the lessons yesterday and the day before from A to Z. Okay, I'm gonna be a show-off here and say that the teach said of all the girls who had presented today, I was the only one who could vomit out what I learnt. Muahahahaha! Happy! Later on, she made us read our notes for 5 minutes, and then hand-in our notes to her. We were then given a sheet of paper - this time we were supposed to write down the lesson contents from A to Z. It was so much easier than presenting it orally! Teach says results out tomorrow >.<

2nd Day of School

2009-05-06T19:51:00.001+08:00

Nothing much happened today. We pretty much went over the same material we did yesterday. In Skincare class however, we were given a chance to do a hand demo. A hand demo, simply means giving a demonstration on the back of the hand, of what will be done. Because there were only 3 girls in my group, I was the "lucky" one to do the demo on the teach's hand. Should I call her a lecturer? Nah, I'll stick with teacher, or teach for short. We went through the motions of giving a facial. We had to pretend that the back of the hand was a face, and had to imagine that there were 2 eyes and a nose and mouth >.< After that was Cosmetic class, where we learnt eyebrow shaping. Well, the theory part at least. We had to draw diagrams of the different shapes of brows and learn how to assess which brow goes with which face shape. Was kinda boring I must say, today was mostly notetaking.

Tomorrow will be different! We're told to come to school with our faces fully painted with 5 inches thick worth of make-up! Okay, I'm exaggerating, but yea, does the word Kabuki Doll mean anything to anyone?

First Day of School

2009-05-05T19:34:00.003+08:00

Hmm...let's see, how was it...How can I describe what classes were like? There were 13 of us girls, and we were divided into 3 groups, of 5-5-3. I was in the third group. We were lucky to be assigned the classroom, instead of the treatment rooms. Sitting at chairs and desks beats sitting on wheeled treatment stools. We heard a few girls fall off those stools in there =x It was kinda hilarious. Hmm, don't laugh so much yet. I bet it's gonna be my turn to fall off, knowing me >.<

Believe it or not, I had Biology lessons today. One class was Bacteriology - types of bacteria, diseases they cause, structure and composition, methods of sterilization; we even had to learn how to draw the different bacteria! The next class was Skincare - we had to learn about the organ, the different layers, their functions and use, types of different skin, and...yup, you've guessed it - draw a diagram of skin showing and labeling the different layers of skin and tissue. Boy, I thought this course was going to be a breeze...Was I ever cheated! It's hard! What makes it even harder is the fact that the course material is in Malay!

Initially I planned to take the bus to and from school. I don't think coming home by bus is a good idea. I waited for a bus to go my way, from 5.30 all the way till 7pm. It was already quite dark and there were tonnes of mosquitoes flying about! Not to mention that the area is not exactly the safest part of town. Not at night, it isn't.

Anyway, I wonder what it's gonna be like tomorrow. I'm going to konk out in bed pretty soon. There's no time to play CD even!

I See Monkeys

2009-04-30T18:32:00.003+08:00

Monkey see, monkey do

That's how short my hair is right now. Kinda regretting it though. I just don't know why can't I get rid of the natural curls. I've like rebonded my hair twice if not three times in the past. Sure, it'll be all nice and sleek and straight...But by the end of the 2nd week, it'll start to redevelop the wavyness. Some people are not meant to have nice straight hair. People like me =.=

*rant* My mom should really get a new camera, or at least get a new battery pack if that's possible (I know nuts about cameras). I only managed to take that single pic and then the thing shut off. So I had to charge the battery just to extract the image out from the camera? Guess what, by the time I had it switched on and plugged into my lappy, the warning signal for low batt came out; I barely had time to search through the folders for my monkey face and transferring it to my lappy before the thing diedED, again. I complained, and was told to get my own camera! ......

So, classes officially start next month. Wonder how that's gonna be like. In the meanwhile, I guess I'm gonna be spending my time trying to level as much as I possibly can in CD (for those not in the know, that's Celestial Destroyer). Been chatting with my guildmates on ventrilo, which is rather intimidating. I mean, I find it a tad scary speaking with them. You know how some Caucasians feel about Asians. But they are a friendly bunch, I think? They tend to bully one Canadian member mostly.

Han and Jei has been keeping me company on skype - for some odd reason they're have so much free time on their hands? But partner...why don't you get a better mic?!! A couple of my CD guildmates have also been skyping me. One's welcome, one's not that welcome. The one that's not that welcome speaks Mandarin...Need I explain more? The other one's sort of my in-game mentor. I've learnt a whole lot of tips and tricks from him. Well, whatever stuff that Bert can't teach me, as Bert's not the same clan as I am. Oh when oh when will I ever reach level 90?

Back to School

2009-04-27T22:12:00.003+08:00

So, it's back to school. Hello lectures, hello assessments, hello exams. Goodbye sleep, goodbye games, goodbye easy life. It's been so long since I've boarded the bus, it's good to know that I can still easily cross a 5-lane road. That is, if I don't trip over myself and splatter myself on the asphalt.

Our uniforms are black. Imagine, wearing black, in this scorching weather! Mom says, just nice for me, since my favorite color is black. In a way, it's cool. I get to dress up like I'm going for a funeral everyday. Yea, mine! One day I'll melt into a puddle of muck from the burning sun.

Talk about being unlucky. I decided to go chop my tresses off. So Rose was cutting my hair, when halfway...The entire mall had no electricity. I waited for since 1pm till 4pm, and still no sign of electricity. The stupid mall did not even have a main generator set, except to power the emergency lights. Rose passed me a pillow cushion, and I went straight to sleep at the salon. After that I decided that I'd be better off sleeping at home, so I told her that I'll go home even in the condition that my head was in. If you saw a girl wearing all black, with the left side of her hair all clipped up, and the right side all short, unruly and curly...that was me! Half of my head had long hair which had never seen scissors since last June. The other half was a messy mop...

I thought that I could seek comfort in the air-conditioning at home. Boy was I ever so wrong. Blackout! The only thing left to do was to jump under the showers and cool myself off. It was a futile effort...The water was warm!

Right now, I am wishing for a cool cool cool glass of Coke. I saw a bottle in the fridge, but dad's downstairs; I'll have to wait till he goes to bed before I can sneak a mug or 2 of nice icy cold cola.

I managed to call Limey at camp just now. We spoke for a few minutes, less than 3 minutes most probably, my mobile was running out of juice, and he had lights-out coming up in 5. He's been sleeping well, eating well...The way he described it, was as though he was on vacation ~.~

Missing him...

Hello Again!

2009-04-25T07:32:00.002+08:00

Wow...has it really been that long since my last post? Haha, sorry to any of my ardent readers out there (as if I have any =x). I got caught up in game, and he was around as my venting and ranting outlet, so naturally there was no need for me to come and put my thoughts on paper. Err..okay, not paper. The internet then? So yea, I hope that explains my absence.

Anyway, he's been shipped off to Tekong yesterday; his parents and grandparents saw him off. It was only the final night around that he was going OMG OMG OMG I'm going NS! How how how??? ._. Slow reaction...Now that he's away, other friends started keeping me company. People like Han, Jei, Bubs on skype, and a whole load of others on MSN. Or maybe everyone was always there, just that I hadn't noticed?

So while dearie is busy with Maple (yea, she went to play Aquila, can you believe it?), I'm voluntarily stuck in a game which dearie says gives her a headache.

Partying up with random strangers for a mini-boss run

I have to stay in this dull and dreary map for 15 levels

Another 12 levels to hit max cap, but I don't think I'd ever reach max, for the level cap is going to be released pretty soon and I'm positive that I won't reach there in time! Immaslowpoke, so yea...

Anyway, if any of you wants to try and play Celestial Destroyer with me, go to www.zhuxian.com.my and download the english version from any of the available servers. Next, download the manual patch because I think for now the game has to be updated manually, for you won't be able to connect to the latest update live online. It's really not that bad at all. The game, I mean.

Long Time No See

2009-04-18T20:47:00.003+08:00

Okay, so I haven't been blogging much too often lately. Blame Celestial Destroyer please thank you! I've been in it, day and night, trying to get my first character to maxed open beta level, which is 90. Bert already has 2 characters at 90, third, fourth and fifth reaching there pretty soon too with the way he's playing.

I'm happy that the crimson tide did not show up last month, and still no sign of it either. Except those raging hormones that you normally get before >.< I wanna be your bitch...So bend me over and do me! Nice eh? =P But boyfie reminded me of family members who are on my list =x God forbid that they'd see such a phrase. But hmm...It would be interesting to see what everyone's response will be to that hahahahaha...

The weather's crazy, hot then wet, hotter then wetter. Weird how something else gets acclimated to the weather.

I went to register for school, Wednesday morning I think. A 2-year course, well almost 2 years, but not quite. Beauty Therapy and Cosmetology - a big change from IT and Business! When I told Love, she said "HUH??!? Was it your idea?? You normally wouldn't give a rat's ass about stuff like this!" And Wesley's response was "I don't see you as the airheaded girls who'd be in this line." Gee, why not? Time to change your perception about the beauty industry. Who knows, I might learn enough to concoct a mixture out of cow dung or horse dung to make everyone wrinkle-and-grey-hair-free!! But that means another extra don't know how many centuries learning medical engineering =.=

Oh oh oh...gotta head back into game before my character runs out of pots while botting. IT'S LEGAL!!! All part of the game's mechanics - there's a skill that let's you bot for a certain period of time...like...4 minutes, unless you buy a cash shop item which will let you bot indefinitely. Lalalalala~

Anyway, here's a MMV, true maple style - kinda missing the game actually. And dearie went to play Aquila =.=

Time Is Running Out

2009-04-16T02:02:00.003+08:00

Nothing can stop the sands of time

Half an hour daily. That's all I get these days. Perhaps that's all I'll ever be worth, moments long awaited for reduced to a pittance, a miserable portion of the clock denoted by the longer, thinner arm. The Bible lied when it said "ask, and ye shall receive." I've asked, and all in vain, for I receive naught, and perhaps I never will. The sad part? Even the man in the kitchen gets a full hour of undivided attention. No interruptions (save for commercials), and no strings of sleep pulling his audience away. Pure unadulterated devotion...And all along I thought it was mine.

Happy Easter!

2009-04-12T00:00:00.000+08:00

Colorful Easter eggs

Easter. The most important celebration in the Christian calendar. Or was it Christmas? I'm confused now. Anyway, Easter signifies the day Jesus Christ rose from the dead, after he was sentenced to death by the cross on Good Friday. The biblical tale is one fraught with betrayal and mockery. It is also one of trust and faith. It is a story where life overcomes death. So, my question is - where did the easter bunny and eggs come in? What part do they play in this holiest of holy occasions?

The egg probably symbolizes life, or new life. More accurately, the eggshell in itself, represents the grave. Life bursts out from the grave - chick hatching from the egg. At the beginning, eggs were dyed red. This custom has its roots from a story in the bible where Mary visited a king and told him Jesus had risen from the dead, and the king skeptically pointed to and egg and in not so many words said, "yea right, your claims are as true as that egg is red!" And tadaaa...the egg suddenly miraculously turned red, proving Mary's words to be true. Today, eggs are decorated in all the colors of the rainbow and are given as tokens to friends and neighbours.

So, what about the bunny??!?

Get To Know Yourself Better

2009-04-11T17:55:00.002+08:00

Came across this quiz from min's blog, thought that it would be interesting to "get to know myself better"...

Your view on yourself:
Other people find you very interesting, but you are really hiding your true self. Your friends love you because you are a good listener. They'll probably still love you if you learn to be yourself with them.

Well, people say I'm a good listener (maybe coz I listen, and then forget what I've heard, so they trust me to not go around sharing juicy gossip). As for hiding my true self, I doubt anyone wants to know the monster that I really am.

The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:
You like serious, smart and determined people. You don't judge a book by its cover, so good-looking people aren't necessarily your style. This makes you an attractive person in many people's eyes.

It's true that I like smart people, and his looks don't really matter to me, as long as he looks human, neat, presentable. As far as being attractive to other people is concerned...I don't know, ask them?

Your readiness to commit to a relationship:
You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person. And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you might that person.

Yea, I don't dilly dally if I think he's a great catch =)

The seriousness of your love:
You are very serious about relationships and aren't interested in wasting time with people you don't really like. If you meet the right person, you will fall deeply and beautifully in love.

How uncannily true o.O

Your views on education
Education is less important than the real world out there, away from the classroom. Deep inside you want to start working, earning money and living on your own.

Wow, so I was fated to give up my studies for work!

The right job for you:
You have plenty of dream jobs but have little chance of doing any of them if you don't focus on something in particular. You need to choose something and go for it to be happy and achieve success.

Yada yada yada, I will choose...It's just...I don't know what I'm good at, so how can I be sure I'll succeed in it?

How do you view success:
Success in your career is not the most important thing in life. You are content with what you have and think that being with someone you love is more than spending all of your precious time just working.

Actually, I always saw myself as a single career woman living by myself in a condo unit with a cat, or a dog. But now that I'm with someone...All else can wait?? Neglect the whole world, but not your partner. Work may give you a sense of achievement, but it can never replace the happiness and contentment you get by being with your beloved.

But work gives you the lifestyle you want! *sigh* Love, or lifestyle? Lifestyle, or love?

What are you most afraid of:
You are afraid of things that you cannot control. Sometimes you show your anger to cover up how you feel.

Guilty as charged. I get angry, I show tantrums, I sulk...but that's just to mask my other feelings like fear, insecurity, sadness - everything weak needs to be hidden.

Who is your true self:
You like privacy very much because you enjoy spending time with your own thoughts. You like to disappear when you cannot find solutions to your own problems, but you would feel better if you learned to share your thoughts with a person you trust.

Geez, now even a computer generated quiz is telling me I ought to learn how to share my burdens =.=

Do Not Fix What Is Not Broken

2009-04-10T18:44:00.004+08:00

I've heard that phrase like 3 times today. Once while surfing the net, then I heard Sylar aka Gabriel say it on Heroes, and I forgot which other tv program.

So what does that phrase really mean? Think of it. How many of us are absolute perfectionists? How many of us try to put a thing into that so-called perfect alignment perfect side even when it was doing just fine where it was before? So what else can we "fix" when it's not broken? Relationships.

S L E E P

2009-04-07T22:27:00.003+08:00

Sleep is important. No, I'm not just saying that to justify my sleeping hours. Contrary to what Han says, I do not spend the entire day sleeping. And I do not leave my brains in bed when I'm awake! Zombified Han ~.~ And I know right about now, dear must be mouthing the word "swine", right right right? While Dada jie must be saying "piggie". Ho hum! Bleah...Nevermind, there's always dearie the new mascot of *ahem* heeheehee...

A couple of months ago I was suffering from insomnia. I practically had to cry myself to sleep every morning - when the sun was already up. Lucky for me, he never knew. He was always fast asleep by then.

The tables are turned now. I'm not sure whether it's the room remodelling making me tired, or whether it's the damn light. Even the moon gives a brighter illumination than that godforsaken lightbulb hanging from my ceiling! And no matter how early I sleep, the next day I just feel tired earlier. Eyes start to get all teary, stifling my yawns, uber slouched posture, almost sliding off my seat...eventually nodding off until my head threatens to roll off from my shoulders.

Anyway, sleep has been good for me. No more dark circles around my eyes, which frankly, before, makes it look like I've been punched. Kinda like one of those raccoons. I am less depressed, not as easily agitated - although the people in my house do have a knack for making me lose my top. No, not that top.

I'm sleepy and it's barely 11pm. Goodnight and sweetstickywetdreams everyone!

I know I said this last midnight, but I'll say it again ~ happy 11th month! I'm happy, and I hope you are too...

When DIY Comes Without Instructions

2009-04-05T19:39:00.006+08:00

Let's see...I'd say building bookcases and a desk by myself, is too big of a dream for me. I have the bookcases part done and gotten out of the way with. Which leaves me with a desk. Now, the other 3 occupants in the house are perplexed as to why I even want to bother wasting precious time and energy building a desk from scratch when I have a perfectly fine computer table (which incidently is the one standing underneath my lappy). Let's just say I don't like the table. Simply worded, it's shaky and it's warped and...Give me more time and I'll find more faults with it. I've decided against building one, well, at least not just yet. First I'll have to transport all my things from May's house. Speaking of which, I will be going back there to stay until...Well, until I feel like coming back to live in my own house.

Mission Complete....Almost?

2009-04-04T20:09:00.001+08:00

Take out the furniture, darken the floor - and you'll be looking at my room?

After one week of slogging through paint, the room is finally all painted up, can't say much about the spurts of paint on the floor though. Ahhh, I'll just be pushing the closets and shelves to the wall so you won't see the droplets :) Great idea eh? I can almost hear Han calling me a pig right now.

The room actually looks much better without newspapers and washcloths strewn all over the place. All the activity has made me drop-dead tired. In a way, it's good. At least for now my insomnia is pretty much non-existent.

Ramblings of the Semi-Conscious Mind

2009-04-03T23:41:00.003+08:00

Laziness does not pay. I repeat, it doesn't pay to be lazy. I was much too slothful to lay out newspapers on the floor before I started to paint on the walls, telling myself that it'll be a hassle picking them up and throwing them away, and I'll get my hands all black and smudgy with carbon. Well guess what? Now I have to scrub and scrape away at all the splatter of paint which so nicely chose the floor as a landing spot. Gawd, it would have been so much simpler and faster to pick up newspapers and throw them into the bin! Never again will I be lazy. Well...Depends on the situation at hand =x

Few nights ago, I gave dear a scare. Or at least he claims that I creeped him out. You see, what happened was...I laughed, in the middle of the night, in complete darkness...And it was in my sleep! Yes sirree, I laughed aloud while I was fast asleep. And it was loud enough to wake me up from slumber! I was dreaming =x A rather funny dream, well...At least to me it was funny. It was hilarious to see the bewildered expressions on two of my girlfriends' faces when they came out of the fitting rooms to discover the missing pieces of their ensemble was on the other. Absurd as it was, I still found it funny. Hmm...Lately I seem to be dreaming about shopping, clothes and fitting rooms.

Oh well, at least I didn't whimper and sigh and moan and cry out some other guy's name in my sleep >.<

It's April's Fool's Day!

2009-04-01T21:20:00.002+08:00

And what a present I got from the gods (assuming that gods and deities do really exist). I kinda lost the use of my right hand, and I'm hoping it's only temporary. For those of you sniggering and smirking as you read this right now, I assure you, it's no joke. Every single movement I make with my right hand reminds me that it's not a joke, and if it were, it's a cruel one, really.

As you all know, I started my room painting project yesterday. I used an ordinary 2-inch bristle brush instead of one of those roller-brush thingy. I guess I overdid it on the flicking of the wrist part, applying enough pressure for the paint to be able to seep into the concrete crevices - my walls aren't smooth, it has a bumpy texture.

So yea, come nightfall, I almost couldn't feed myself at the dinner table. Yups, I ate at the dinner table instead of in front of the telly for once, but that just because I couldn't hold my plate up. I dismissed it as muscle cramps. The pain got so bad later in the night that I couldn't sleep.

Right now I can't twist my right wrist, or move my thumb, neither can I clench my fist. And I spilled water all over the kitchen floor trying to fill up my water bottle - apparently my left hand and eye coordination does not work well together @.@

What if I lose my right hand altogether? With the way my luck has been going...It's not impossible. God, and none of my body parts are insured, so I doubt I'll be getting free money anytime soon.

The Work Begins

2009-03-31T09:22:00.005+08:00

For the first time in ages...My lappy is finally going to be switched off. Until after I finish painting my room.

pink & green walls will have to go

yucky brown timber door - older than most of us!

the idiot window which let's the moon and sun shine their way in

slept with brother's drawers all over the place

Crappy quality pics, I took more but seems like my flash disk is spoilt. Only 4 files were salvageable, and now my phone won't even recognize the disk @.@ Sobbies, byebye mp3 ringtones...

In case you're wondering - yes, I sleep on the floor; yes, only a mattress no bed; and yes, those ARE other mattresses beside the one I sleep on - a twin, supersingle and an el-cheapo sofa-mattress thingy...All of which I will have to roll up later and dump elsewhere. Hmm, perhaps put them in dad's shower cubicle, no? =P Yup, early April's Fool for him. Remind me to rig bro's computer too for April's Fool.

Ok, over and out!

The Well Ran Dry

2009-03-30T13:43:00.005+08:00

Which of these colors would you pick for your bedroom walls if you were me?

this is my current color...

violet??

or green?

or blue?

I went with the violet, I might mix a little bit of white in there, so it won't be too dark. What I really wanted was the green, but come to think of it, my room's already green in a way. So, let just try something different shall we?

I can't start with the painting today though. For god-knows-what-reason, there's no running water through the taps today. Yay! That's KK for you! If it's not power outage, it's water shortage. If it's neither of both, it's broadband down! C'ést la vie dans KK...

Long Week Ahead

2009-03-30T02:20:00.002+08:00

This is it. We're gonna buy paint tomorrow, well...Technically it's today, later in the morning when the sun comes up. Mom gave me a hundred bucks for paint...I'm guessing I can get no more than 4 litres? That means, I'll be offline for a few days. Let my lappy have a chance finally to rest and take a breather. Somehow I think this is what is gonna happen: Buy paint > Paint sits in the store downstairs > Ms. Lazybones never gets started on scraping the old paint off the walls > Gets stuck in front of the lappy > Nothing gets done till the end of next month!

No no no...Gotta be more disciplined than that. *Looks around the room* Gawd, where am I putting all these things? And those extra mattresses? My books? My charity box? Heyyyy...Why is the charity box still here? Ok, don't look, don't even think of taking any clothes out from that box! You put it there to give away, and that's what you're gonna do - GIVE THEM AWAY! Not take them back @.@

So, if you guys don't hear from me for a few days - that's only because I'll be busy painting my room, and knocking myself out with the hammer while working on my carpentry project: a desk and bed (which I hope won't collapse the moment I touch the finished product).

Lights Out For An Hour!

2009-03-28T20:26:00.002+08:00

5 minutes till Earth Hour over here. It looks like bad weather coming, bright sparks of lightning and loud rumbles of thunder. I won't be surprised if it'll be an "automated lights out" for us. Updates coming up later (or after the electricity comes back on if the neighbourhood is unlucky enough to suffer a power outage)

Remember to Support Earth Hour!

2009-03-27T00:46:00.003+08:00

Nothing much happened today (today being yesterday actually, thursday). I went out of the house, finally, after such a long while being cooped up at home. I would have said no, but she was already waiting for me in front of my gate. So...

We went to the mall, met up 2 of her buddies there. It was like I was the odd one out, being the non-chinese speaking person in the group. Got to satisfy my craving for Fish & Co's New York Fish & Chips with paella. Walked around. Saw Hongkong actress Anita Yuen grocery shopping in the hypermarket. Well, actually she and her group of people were are the cashier's counter checking out =x Went to the pet store on the first level, and like OMFG the golden retriever was damn huge! 5-digit price tag mind you, and the first numeral was not a "1" @.@ When the man said they've got more than a hundred dogs at the moment, I was so damn tempted to ask if they need an extra hand. I don't mind cleaning up after dogs, could even learn grooming tips at the same time. That way, I'll get to be around dogs, which I love, I absolutely adore dogs, especially large breeds; and get paid at the same time! Somehow I decided not to ask, especially not in the presence of present company.

There was some sort of charity show or something going on at the atrium, so we were treated to dance shows; we only caught the hip-hop part. It was getting rather late, so we headed for home after that.

Reaching home, I realized I miss him alot alot alot. He showed me this article about a 77 year-old dude who died of heart complications after his tool got stuck in a plastic bottle, a Coke bottle if I'm not mistaken. The fella decided that it was a good idea to use the bottle as a self-gratification aid. How on earth did he even manage to stuff himself through? I simply can't believe it!

Dear's heating up xiao long paus right now, having his late supper. As for me, I'll be getting myself tucked into bed as soon as I sign off. Take care of that throat of yours, will you please? <3<3

G'nites everyone!

Attack of The Winged Vampires

2009-03-25T22:52:00.003+08:00

I friggin' hate mozzies. Is it mosquito breeding season or what? It doesn't help that my backyard is practically a jungle...All the more dark places for 'em blasted creatures to hide at. Whoever said that Aedes mozzies don't bite at night must be a complete idiot. Says who they don't bite??!!? I must have squashed at least 3 of them flying 6-legged zebras in the past hour. And I hate that they go for the hard-to-reach-to-scratch-to-ease-the-itch areas. Not that I can't reach my toe, but my nerves seem to have a problem communicating with my brain, thus failing to report the exact location and source of the itch. Like right now, my big toe feels so godamned itchy, but as my fingers scratch and poke every inch of the area, I just can't find the exact spot! And it's soooooo frustrating.

I don't want mosquitoes, I only want him. Somehow, it looks like only the mosquitoes want me. Oh well, enough of ranting. Time for my overdue midnight shower, and then it's off to beddy byebye.

Postscript: Does anybody know where Bee disappeared to again this time around, and why? Godammit don't tell my that was a stomach cramp I just felt. Noooooooooooooooo........

Modern Conveniences - Mobile Texting

2009-03-24T21:47:00.005+08:00

Random video of the day:-

i text u & u text me

Long gone are the days where people wrote letters or notes to each other. Welcome to the new age, where you're living the the stone ages if you don't have a mobile phone. Texting seem to make a lot of things a whole lot easier, doesn't it? You don't have to face the person face-to-face to convey your message, your feelings, your thoughts...Hmmm, suddenly I realise that blogging is also very much along those lines, but that's another story =P

Texting, or SMSing, as the space monkeys know it where I'm from, makes things a little bit more convenient. It is so convenient, that in some households, the children are summoned to dinner downstairs, through an SMS that says "Oi, dinner". It's so convenient, that some mothers text their sons late at night to ask "Where are you?" *answer comes in* "Who with?" *answer comes* "It's late, better come home soon." *answer* "Better be careful, your dad doesn't like you to stay out late every night." The entire 'conversation' takes about 10 minutes, whereas a simple phone call would have done the trick in less than a minute! Not to mention cheaper as compared to a flurry of smses...Tsk tsk tsk.

Bf and I used to text each other, but not anymore. We're almost 24hours in front of our computers, so online messengers like MSN and Skype take away the need for texting. Not to mention the fact that in the case of late night messaging, I would fall asleep in the midst of replying his texts, and wake up probably about an hour later, only to find my phone still clutched in my hand, with a half-typed message on screen! It's a touch screen phone, so I could have been generating random letters and numbers and accidentally sending it off in my sleep. I wonder if that has ever happened? I can't remember =x

Wonder if communication is still possible when he gets shipped off to that beautiful tropical sunshiny island they call Tekong. Now I'm wondering if I should change my name to Priston, or Diablo, or Hawx to get him to dedicate a little more time with me.

Random Thoughts

2009-03-23T21:43:00.004+08:00

Okay...today was kinda weird. Earlier in the afternoon, dear linked me to a clip showing a couple doing half the deed (clue: only hands and mouths were involved) at ECP. Then later on in the night, more people on my msn and skype linked me to the same clip =.= Wonder why everyone seem to think I adore voyeurism. And all I could see were their backs, hands making up and down motions...her head wasn't even bobbing...wonder if she were sleeping with her head rested in his lap. And the person hiding behind the trees while secretly capturing their moments on his mobile...Well, let's just say his video taking skills give me a headache. More and more SG citizens seem to be openly displaying their tirades in public and make recordings to post in blogs or forum boards.

Random vids of the day:-

Pranks

200+ people frozen at Grand Central Station

Song made completely with Windows XP wav files.

Boys Over Flowers Episode 22 is out, so I'll be glued to my lappy screen for a bit before I sleep. Annndddddd...I finally gave him my word on a promise that he had asked me to make many months ago. That time I couldn't promise him that one thing, for it has been one of the main struggles that I have within myself. But today, I was able to say "I promise you..."

Boys Over Flowers Finale Around The Corner

2009-03-23T10:54:00.003+08:00

Sadded. We'll be reaching the end of the drama series soon. I'm kinda hoping they'll introduce more twists and plots just to keep it going. Are you guys rooting for Jandi-Jihoo or Jandi-Junpyo? Word is another girl turns up from nowhere and another triangle is formed. Anyway, spoiler preview here for Episode 22, out this week.

The entire series can be watched here. And...I'm trying to think since when did I turn into a korean drama buff.

*thinks*

*thinks harder*

Ahhh!! I know! Ever since I watched Full House!

Bad Luck....or Jinxed?

2009-03-23T02:36:00.004+08:00

Jinxes should be burnt, buried, drowned...Yea, they're the last thing you'd want to be in close proximity to. Somehow I can't help but think perhaps I really am a jinx. He hasn't been having the best of luck in a number of matters. Camera parts breaking and spoiling, computer parts deemed unusable or incompatible, items even vanishing into thin air in D2 and he said the chances of that happening is 1 in 1000000000000000000. I must be one hell heck of a jinx! Burn, jinx, burn!

Oh well, with the way things are going, who's to say the jinx won't be gone for good?

DJ Tiesto - Just Be

2009-03-22T00:00:00.001+08:00

DJ Tiesto - Just Be

I was lost
And I'm still lost
But I feel so much better

You can travel the world but you can't run away
From the person you are in your heart
You can be who you want to be
Make us believe in you
Keep all your light in the dark
In searching for truth you must look in the mirror
And make sense of what you can see
Just be.....Just be

They say learning to love yourself is the first step
But you take what you want to be real
Flying on planes to exotic locations
Won't teach you how you really feel
Face up to the fact that you are who you are
And nothing can change that belief
Just be.....Just be

Cause now I know
It's not so far to where I go
The hardest part, it's inside me
I need to just be...
Just be

Yup, let us all just be....Just be! I wanna just be, so leave me be, to just be...

Boys Over Flowers OST Volume 2

2009-03-21T17:50:00.018+08:00

[OST] Boys Over Flowers OST Vol. 2 (KBS TV Series)

Release Date: March 6, 2009
Language: Korean
Genre: Instrumental/Pop/Ballad
Artist: Various
Number of Tracks: 13

Track Listing
티맥스 (T-Max) - Say Yes
티맥스 & 제이(T-Max & J) - Wish Ur My Love
에이스타일 (A`ST1) - Yearning Of The Heart (아쉬운 마음인걸)
SS501 - Making a Lover (애인만들기)
지선 - 어떡하죠
카라 (Kara) - Love Is Fire
하울 (Howl) - Love U
브랜뉴데이 (Brand New Day) - 사랑같은 거
이상곤 - 눈물이 난다
김영민 - Cellogic
Various Artists - 다가가다
Various Artists - 낯선 해
위하여 - 사랑을

All tracks can be downloaded from here (.rar).

1st Volume of the OST can be found here or download directly from here.

Meanwhile, a special OST edition was also released, called the F4 Special Edition.

[OST] Boys Over Flowers Vol 2.5 - 스페셜 에디션 (Special Edition)

Release Date: March 18, 2009
Language: Korean
Genre: Instrumental/Pop/Ballad
Artist: Various
Number of Tracks: 4

Track Listing
김현중 - 행복이란
A&T - 곡 정보 보기 가슴이 어떻게 됐나봐
T-Max - 곡 정보 보기 나쁜 마음을 먹게해 (Ballad Version)
T-Max - 곡 정보 보기 나쁜 마음을 먹게해 (Dance Version)

Downloadable here (.rar).

Exploring the World with Google Chrome

2009-03-21T00:00:00.001+08:00

Google Chrome - the web browser brought to you by Google. Cleaner, mimimalistic, and faster than IE or FF. Now there's a new beta version. Basically, the reason why FF and Chrome loads so much faster than IE, is because they both run DNS prefetching, thus loading the cached pages onto your screen. Unlike IE, both of these browsers do not connect to the actual sites, rather transmitting to you, a cached version of your intended website. Only when you click any links found in that particular page, then the data gets transmitted "live" and is considerably slower than when you first loaded the page. Surely you would have noticed the difference? Okay...those with blazing fast net speed won't notice it @.@

I have, however, decided to use the Chrome beta due to its cleaner and sleekier look. The loading speed, although significantly faster than the speed I'm experiencing on IE...Well, let's just say with "Screamax", it doesn't really make a lot of difference?

Freshly installed =)

I'd prefer this logo actually, the other one looks too Microsoft-ish

could this be the reason why the logo looks microsoft-ish?

To download Google Chrome Beta for yourself, click here. If you'd like to know more about the browser, visit their news blog.

- still untitled -

2009-03-20T22:18:00.003+08:00

Have you ever felt so betrayed
That your world just threatens to collapse?
Have you ever felt so much anger and hatred in yourself
That made you inhumanely reckless and merciless?
Have you ever felt that your sanity
Is dangling from a spiderweb's thread?
Have you ever imagined
What it's like to be bathed in blood?

Warm red blood, gushing out in accord
With every weakening beat of the heart
The helpless flesh adorned with
Designs of sweeping strokes
Warm red blood, escaping
Through the mazes of slits and slashes
Warm red blood,
None other than your own.

You wear a sinister smile
The silver catches the moon
And in a flurried moment
Redness envelopes its blade
Again and again
It makes it's repeated journey
Straight for the source
The center of dear life

A bloodthirst quenched
And a desire fulfilled
As life slowly ebbs away
In the darkness you wait
Quietly, patiently
You have no regrets
No hatred nor anger
Finally peace has found you

An impromptu poem, written line-by-line, no editing, no rewriting. It doesn't have a title yet, perhaps you could help me suggest a title? I just finished writing this, and it took me about 10 minutes, so if it sucks, I understand. What can you expect from such hurried work. I wrote it, because I felt angry. This is part of how I'm releasing that pent up energy.

Making a Comeback to MapleSEA

2009-03-20T16:45:00.005+08:00

Something has possessed me to do this, and not only am I downloading it, I am not using a download manager for a transfer that takes 5 hours!

can you see what i am downloading?

Ya ya, MapleSEA, I'm downloading Maple to my lappy. It's another 1 hour + till the download is over, and then I can install and see whether or not I will be able to log into the game.

Tsk, the things I do for my guildies =.= Okay, okay, I miss you guys too!

Early Morning Rants

2009-03-20T09:33:00.005+08:00

Of all things that I could have been dreaming of - I dreamt I was a character in Maple. There was another girl and a guy with me. Both of us girls were trying on outfits. They looked like fairy costumes. And then the guy was mumbling something, or complaining, or something. Yakkity yak yak yak, until I woke up and in my dazed state, realized that the voice was coming from dear's end of the line. Was it him? No, his dad? I don't know. His brother? Perhaps. Then it hit me...OMFG, I haven't ended the call!!! I promptly jumped out of bed and went to my lappy to end the call. Almost 9am, late.

Nothing much happening lately. Been busy being stuck in CD aka Zhuxian. Not that I was busy playing or anything. No, quite the contrary. All my character does is stand in one corner and leech exp points, while Bert's mobbing - Me, Limey, and a bunch of others. I'm such a slowpoke even at power-levelling! Perhaps I shouldn't have scurried around catching up on all my quests.

The sad thing is my lappy is running out of memory. 1GB is not enough. The game itself already takes up 300MB, and for me to do anything else...Well, it's worse than being constipated. Every other thing loads up painfully slow while the game is running in the background. Patience is really not one of my greatest virtues, so if anything takes more time than it should, hell I'm not waiting around!

So that leaves me with random websurfing. Ok, not so random. I go to YouTube and randomly click any video and see if they spark my interest. I go to Asiasoft forums, MapleSEA especially, and find that the brunt of the community is getting more and more self-indulgent and childish with every day gone by. I miss the first and second edition of the forums, the people back then posted with more maturity and responsibility. Of course we still had some of 'em joker threads, but back in the days, everything was fun. Now, the forums are simply filled to the brim with PCWs and WoBs and not to forget NPNT spammers and flamers. At one point there was this guy who posted each of his blog posts! A new thread for each! As if a simple eye-poking, eye-blinding "HEY VISIT MY BLOG OR ELSE" siggy won't do?

Ok, it's going to be 2x exp for PW and CD, but I guess I'll stick to CD for now. Aaaannnddddd....I think I might have to go out today and sell off something, anything, whatever I have. I'm outta cash! *Contemplates*

Codes Cleanup

2009-03-19T21:41:00.001+08:00

Spent almost the entire day modding and cleaning up my css and html codes for this blog. The sidebar was giving me a headache, so I wanted to make the site look cleaner, by hiding everything underneath the tabs. It turned out that the coding gave me even more of a headache than the original layout did! Limey was my official test piggie for the day. I made him load the site a couple of times to see if the sidebars were working. I hope they are working for you too. Although the site has to be fully loaded before everything goes in hiding under their respective tabs. One of these days, I'm gonna have to start working on the footer.

Random music video =) My Grandfather's Clock. C-L-O-C-K...There's an 'L' in there!! Anyway, if you have ever listened to the lyrics of this song, it's quite sad actually.

Rock guitar version of My Grandfather's Clock

1...2...Say Cheeseeeeee!

2009-03-18T15:22:00.005+08:00

Limey was busy snapping photographs at the recent Singapore IT Show, which took place last week. We all know every shutterbug enthusiast will definitely make it to one or all of any exhibition shows, be it IT or cars or...I don't know, are there any other kind of shows? The main attraction? The showgirls of course! Need you ask? Each and every booth, well almost every booth, will have a few girls parading. Eye-candy for the guys!

Anyway, here was what made it's way into the papers on Saturday morning.

one of dear's photos was published in the paper

the original photograph

Someone lifted the photograph off a forum where Limey posted his works, cropped the signature stamp out, and included the pic in the editorial, with no mention of it's origin. He wouldn't had even come to know about this, had some of the girls not tell him they saw it in the papers. After scrutinizing both photos, he called the newspaper but the person in charge was not around at that time. The man however, did get back to Limey, and apologized for using the pic without permission, and explained how it got into their hands. Apparently one of their female staff came across the pic in the forums, and decided to pinch it off. Gee, such a daring move; actions like those could land the newspaper in very hot soup.

Getting back to Limey, the man asked him his age and his photography background, later pacifying dear by feeding his hopes of being a photographer for the newspaper in the future, with no mention of compensation. Being the skeptical me, I have my doubts due to the man asking dear 1) his age, 2) if he does freelance photography or as a hobby, 3) whether they could use any of his photographs again in the future...It's a man-eat-man world out there. Although dear loses nothing, I still hate the idea of a business taking advantage of him due to his age. But, nevertheless, I will support my optimistic bf and hope that the man was being genuine. He did promise to give a mention of acknowledgement though. Anyone in need of a good photographer will surely benefit from Limey's passion and talent, and I'm not just saying this because of who he is to me.

I'm Joyous, You're Joyous, We're All Joyous!

2009-03-16T22:57:00.003+08:00

Weeeeeee ~ Hahaha...Yea, the title was in relation to Celestial Destroyer. Dear just started to join in the fun earlier this morning, and by morning I mean a little past midnight. He's now in his thirties (as in level, not age), so was I yesterday, and still am today - I restarted a new character and abandoned the one I played yesterday all because of the stupidest (is that even a word?) mistake in allocating my skill points. Even as I am typing this out, our characters are inside, steadily gaining exp points coz Bert's nice enough to p-level us for free! And oh, my boyfriend is playing a female character, as he always does. Come to think of it, is Maple the only exception? Your characters are male there! Oh okayyyyy, I forgot. The female characters in Maple are shapeless and flat. No candy to the eye eh? *bursts into a hysterical giggling fit*

Anyway, here's a random MV. Another one with local flavour, from Ipoh, Perak.

Ipoh Mali - Point Blanc feat. Jaclyn Victor

Earth Hour 2009

2009-03-14T23:17:00.003+08:00

This takes place on this coming March 28th, where everyone is urged to take part in turning off their lights for a duration of one hour, 8.30PM to 9.30PM. Wonder why it's lights only, they should say turn off everything save the refrigerators or else the food goes bad, which ironically are the very appliances contributing to global warming!

I seem to recall that this "event" started in Sydney a couple of years back. I remember reading about it in the newspaper, where the city was thrown into pitch darkness for an hour. Homes and businesses alike took part in the event, even the ol'opry house stood in darkness. The following year, 50 million people took part in this global event. This year, the target is 1 billion people over the world, in total darkness, for one hour.

Can you do it? Let's do it together! Remember, it's March 28th, 8.30 in the PM. Yea, it's a Saturday...Truth be told, I won't be in total darkness, for I'll be staring at my lappy screen, as usual =x

Made in Sabah

2009-03-13T00:00:00.001+08:00

Heard any good songs lately? What about Hakka songs? Hell yea I said Hakka! Here's a couple of music videos made by one of our own. Heard that he's from Tshung Tsin, and he used to play the drums then. He has another classmate who's a trumpet player performing in a trio. The pianist for that trio is my law lecturer's wifey, who's also a lawyer! Have a listen, it's really good, I wouldn't have believed that it's from Sabah's own yard. Moi kau siao, ngai lau ngi kong hor, jin heh hao lin hao tang wor!! Okay...So you'd have to know how to appreciate Hakka songs before you'd say it sounds good.

Today Is Thursday

2009-03-12T01:55:00.006+08:00

Nothing much happening really. Wanted to have some sort of talk the other day with dear, on how yours truly was feeling neglected. Ended up writing it all down in an email at 5+ in the AM. I would have done it directly, but it was a spur of the moment kind of thing, and if I held my peace, I would not have said what I needed to say. I know there are people out there who think leaving notes are rude. Either that or it's a way to not face your problems straight in the eye. I hope dear didn't think that way too, you of all people should know my problems articulating my feelings, and what's more, if I don't say it then and there, it will slip off my mind and never come to surface again. Yes people, my mind is like a sieve. Everything goes through the holes, going, going, gone!

I'm not one to feel easily insecure, but when it has been going on for a prolonged period, one starts to do too much thinking! And we all know what happens when a woman thinks too much. Rubbish will start gathering inside those thoughts!

Anyway, he was being very understanding. He made an effort to finish up his game and accompany me earlier. He knows I like thunderstorms, so he sent me a self-made gif of dark gloomy clouds blown by strong winds with photographs taken through his window. Here's what we did for a bit of fun.

The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Fifth Level of Hell!

Here is how you matched up against all the levels:

Level	Score
Purgatory (Repenting Believers)	Very Low
Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)	Very Low
Level 2 (Lustful)	High
Level 3 (Gluttonous)	Very High
Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)	Very High
Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy)	Extreme
Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics)	High
Level 7 (Violent)	Extreme
Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers)	Very High
Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous)	High

Take the Dante's Divine Comedy Inferno Test

Limey got sent to Level 4. I was wondering why I didn't end up in Level 2 =P However, come to think of it, Level 5 does really sound like me. Angry, furious, naked, slothful, sullen, withdrawn, living a cruel, vindictive and hateful life, unable to lament through broken words (read: inarticulate). How uncanny!

And here's a little something just for fun (if you haven't already seen it):-

Do you see what I see? Did we both see that? o.o

Hello Celestial Destroyer!

2009-03-11T23:29:00.000+08:00

Nah, it's not some space being coming over to annihilate humankind and take over the earth. It's an MMO! Yea...Another game that I'll be attempting to play. Perfectworld was not so perfect, it was getting to be pretty lonesome in there...So, dearie suggested I try this game. Her character is sooooo high-levelled, and Bert? MAXED!

I like the login screen - yea I'm weird, I know

The Orient back in the olden days

My Bladewarrior soon to reach L20 (I think I still hate melee? I think??)

The entire game has a Chinese-y Oriental-ish feel to it. Not surprising considering the developer is Perfect World Beijing. Yeps! The same people who gave us Perfectworld! The interface is the same, except in CD we don't have the extensive character customization like we had in PW. But then, we're still in Beta mode, who's to say that things might not change in the future?

I have been playing for a day now, and what I LOVE about this game is...The auto mapping/tracing function. All you need to do is click the corresponding NPC or mob or quest item name in the quest list, and voila! Your character will automatically run to the proper coordinates. Saves me a lot of time running about trying to locate NPCs, also I don't need to ask "who drops XXX item?" or "where can I find XXX mob?" Perfect for lazy and direction-challenged people like me!

There's only one race though: Human, and 5 clans (or schools/jobs): Mage, Assassin, Bladewarrior, Cleric and Dark Sorcerer. Guilds are called families here. Maps are huge, but I don't think they're as large as Perfectworld's. To go to other cities, you enter a teleportal like those in Cabal, or use the teleporting NPC's services. Dragging May to come play this with me!

Dancing To Eurotrance

2009-03-10T00:50:00.008+08:00

Electrotrancedancewhatchamightcallit...I know, I know, some of you might go wide-eyed and look at me like I'm a crazy person, but how can you NOT go crazy with beats from Dance Nation, Basshunter, Scooter, Cascada, Llorenna, let's not forget Tiesto...And the list goes on! Anyway, is it just me, or are all the eurotrance singers all *ahem* kinda old? But hell, they look great!! Watch the following vids in HD quality! Anything less than HD does not do the music justice!

Lara McAllen (Angel City) with a cover of Akira's Piece of Heaven

Natalie Horler (Cascada) with a remake of Maggie Reilly's Everytime We Touch

Another thing I noticed about 'em female singers, are that they're all not stick skinny, but ooh la la, have they got curves in all the right places! Smexy :D

To Game Or Not To Game, That Is The Question...

2009-03-09T20:02:00.005+08:00

I was busy deleting and uninstalling most of the games I have on my lappy, MapleSEA is gone, BlehMS is gone, Pristontale 2 is gone, Runes of Magic is gone, NavyField is gone, and byebye Project Torque too. Yup, all the games that I had wanted to try out, but haven't managed to try due to foreign IP bans and the lack of a VPN, too, have been uninstalled and deleted without second thoughts. Which makes me wonder why did I ever bother downloading them in the first place. Leaving me with Perfectworld, and hell yea I was damn tempted to uninstall that off of my system too! Perhaps in a way, it was a form of retaliation against online gaming generally. But we shall not go into detail on that now, shall we?

So after deleting a whole lotta junk (I cleared 30-odd gigs), what was a bored and lonely girl to do? Nothing much considering her pockets are quite empty except for that singular piece of half a hundred, so cross going out off the to-do list. Leaving me with one option. Read! So I continued reading WoT where I left off. Not a wall of text mind you, the Wheel Of Time by Robert Jordan. Reading led me to web surfing for WoT images, for I wanted to find out what on earth does an Ogier look like. Web surfing led me to...

Ether Saga Online! Just when I was about to swear off gaming completely, this game perked my interest almost immediately after I saw the screenies. Like OMG the characters are sooooooo manga-ish cute!

character creation screen

3 types of races, and 6 classes

THIS would totally replace Maple for me! Apparently, ESO is a repackaged english version of the chinese game KDXY, or Pocketpet Journey West - but I may be wrong. Anyway, the bubble burster is...The game is in closed beta mode at the moment, and it doesn't matter whether it's closed, or open, or commercial, because it is a localized version for NA region. Banana! I wonder if Cubizone will be the one to host this game for the SEA region. Hmmm...Just have to wait and see =x

Another Untitled Post

2009-03-09T01:30:00.003+08:00

I started off with a different post earlier, but couldn't quite bring myself to hit the "publish" button. Right about now, I don't feel like talking, let alone blogging...so I'll just go wash my face and head to bed.

Limey dear, happy 10th month to you too. Spending the night alone however, was not really what I had in mind =x

Anyway, I hope Bee is having fun on her family vacation, I hope my cousin gets over his broken heart soon, and I hope someone will kindly sponsor me paint and wood for my room's refurbishing project.

A mosquito bit me and a gazillion bumps seem to have popped out. I hope I don't scratch myself to death while I'm asleep.

Limey's Takes On PT2

2009-03-08T00:24:00.005+08:00

Dear has been so engrossed with Pristontale 2 for quite a while now. Almost nothing can divert his attention from it, unless it's one of the Iron Chefs on telly. Sometimes I wonder if he remembers my name. PT2 > me ~ saddedddddddd...

Anyhow, he's been feeding me insider stories, so at least I'll know what to expect when the game comes out for our region. He's reached L30 after I don't know exactly how long. Much too long I say, it's like I only hear him snore lately, we rarely talk for he comes to bed all bushed from staring at the screen the entire day till the wee hours of the morning.

So, Limey says the plus points of the game: proper lighting and shadows, physics dynamics as in hair flies about, skirts fold upwards and boobs jiggle and bounce when the character jumps about, better scenery textures with water spray droplets from the waterfalls. Minus point: lag spikes in graphics display when entering chat messages, spells not as flashy as Cabal's, hard to earn money at early levels, and it takes a long time to train, hard to earn exp. His comments on gameplay were: you need to quest to level up faster, you will need to rely heavily on parties to train at middle and later stages, and never buy equipment and armor from the npc or else you'll burn a hole in your pocket!

Due to the game using a somewhat heavily modified unreal 3 engine, he recommends no less than a 9600 or an 8600 display adapter. *Looks at my mediocre lappy* Hmm... *Looks at my "dead" P4* o.O Hmmmmmm....Guess it looks like I have got to start earning to build a new rig to replace the one which almost burnt the house down.

his archer in action

new armor at level 30 (and a free breast augmentation and enlargement procedure)

dear's sexy unicorn

So while he's struggling in PT2, I'm being hit upon in PW. This was what made it's way into my pm earlier: "Hi, I like you. Can you be my gf? I will love you and only you alone. Will you be mine?" @.@ Me thinks people just want full-time healing and resurrection service! So dearie, laopo, darling, affair, any of you wanna come join me in PW since my nazi general dear is in another game? =x

Off to bed now, mom says to wake up early for Gaya Street's weekend market fair =.=

Of Quizzes and Time-fillers

2009-03-07T17:50:00.005+08:00

Did this for fun today, was kinda bored flying around in Perfectworld. Short and fun IQ tests, you might want to try them out and give that grey matter some exercise! He scored 151 on the same test.

What's your IQ?
Free IQ Test

General IQ scores information

Your result for Mini IQ Test... Genius
Finally, a not stupid person....
_{Please have as many kids as you can! The world depends on you!}
Take Mini IQ Test at HelloQuizzy

The one below, was one I did earlier in the day. Not a challenging one, perhaps more of the "fun IQ test" type. Please have as many babies as I can??? No way! I'm no bunny. There was another funny one which he made me do. Results: He was the sick, twisted, opportunistic asshole General of the Nazi army who reached the top out of his superior intelligence, and I was an unpatriotic swine who loved the Nazis for obliterating the people whom I couldn't care any less for. Okayyyy, I get the picture...Cannot escape facts. Oink oink! I'm a piglet who loves him!

And my lovely picture? Tadaaaaaaaa!!!! See the handsome general there? See that thing (which is supposed to be me o.o) drooling and fawning all over him? Hahahahaha....Ok lame, I know. I swear the picture was from the quiz webby!

priceless expression!

Rediscovering gaming: Perfectworld

2009-03-06T01:15:00.006+08:00

Finally got new armor for my elf priest after countless deaths and grueling fights. And it's only the second day! I can't imagine how much more grinding I can take. The quests give nice exp as a reward, unfortunately it's the quests themselves which keep handing out death sentences to my poor priest. It takes time to cast heal, and regardless of self heal or HP pots...HP recovery is over time, 10 seconds to be exact. For my level, that's 20HP per sec while the mobs are happily whacking away hundreds of your HP @.@ So I decided that I'll be better off crafting my HP pots, which gives constant recovery for 10 minutes per pot. And boy, did it work =) No more deaths since using those pots! But hunting for the herbs is a total pain. Everything is GREEN, and so is the grass. So, ok, there are some places where the herbs grow in plain sight, especially in those sandy plains or desert mountains. Somehow it was too much to ask for the absence of mobs in the surrounding area. Oh no no no...there HAD to be mobs just waiting to pounce on you once your back is turned to them and you're bent over, intent on pulling the herbs out of the ground.

my Elf Priest with her new armor

Finally joined a guild, it was getting too much of a chore clicking decline guild invite all the way. Earlier I had declared wanting to go guildless, a stranger commented that I'm making a bold move, and another said I would regret going solo. Well, I wasn't planning on going solo all the way, just wanted to stay guildless until absolutely necessary to get out of my anti-social shell. I'm not much of a "chatterbox" when I'm questing or levelling, and that's the very reason why I do not want to join a guild just yet. I do not want to be obligated to contribute to guild chat. Or buddy chat either for that matter. I know, I know, my guildies and buddies from other games would probably say I'm the noisiest, always chatting. Hmm...come to think of it, I think I know the reason why I'm always being randomly invited into parties. If those people are hoping for my priest to give services, they're in for a big disappointment: I'm building a damage dealer priest, not a healing machine =x Meaning to say I will only have self-heal and self-buffs >.<

For now, it's time to visit Lalaland. He's still stuck in Pristontale II, making the final steps to L30?? He raves about the game almost everyday, so stay tuned for Limey's takes on PT2!

End of Day 2: Level 18, Grade 3 equipments, 2 buddies, first guild: Phoenix

Good Morning!

2009-03-05T08:09:00.005+08:00

After a sleepless night, I never expected to be wide awake at this early hour! And by early I mean before 8am @.@

Oh well, it's just as well, the early bird catches the worm? I seem to have resolved the missing images issue. I have always been using Servimg.com as an image hoster. What happened was...some of my files managed to jump to a different server, and so my links were always pointing to the original server. No wonder I couldn't find my images. I only discovered this after attempting to reupload the background for this, and then I noticed that it was saved unto a different server. So I tried my luck and changed all the missing images' links to that particular server address, and tadaaaa...they magically appeared! Thanks alot for relocating my files without any notice @.@ Well, I guess that's what you get for free service >.<

Ok, time to find eyedrops, my eyes feel dry and sore for no reason.

Attention Seeker?

2009-03-04T10:28:00.000+08:00

Son Dambi - Invisible Person

People aren't invisible, they're just unseen. Any acknowledgement of our existence is repressed when the people around us neglect to engage in sufficient form of interaction. Our existence is doubly repressed when they are influenced away towards other form of matter, be it living or non-living. The focus stays away. We are ignored. Desperately wanting to scream aloud and say I'm right here, in front of your eyes, do you not see me? What does it take to make you notice me? Perhaps it is a bad thing if people were to dwell on us for too long. And so we continue crying our invisible tears.

Boys Over Flowers OST

2009-03-04T03:52:00.007+08:00

[OST] Boys Over Flowers OST (KBS TV Series)

Release Date: January 22, 2009
Language: Korean
Genre: Instrumental/Pop/Ballad
Artist: Various
Number of Tracks: 13

Track Listing
1. T-Max - Paradise (파라다이스)
2. SS501 - My Thoughts Are Bad (내 머리가 나빠서)
3. Someday - Do You Know (알고있나요)
4. SHINee - Stand By Me
5. Ashily - Lucky
6. Kim Yoo Kyung - Starlight Tears (별빛눈물)
7. Suh Ji Young (서진영) - A Little (조금은)
8. Tree Bicycles (나무자전거) - One More Time
9. Lee Jung Sik (이정식) - I Know (Ins.)
10. Dance with Me (Inst.)
11. Blue Flower (Inst.)
12. So Sad (Inst.)
13. T-Max - Opening Title (Intro)

I've taken the liberty to stream the collection on the sidebar. Gosh, I'm like so hooked on this series, and their soundtrack is one of the best IMHO for k-dramas. Clickable links lead to lyrics and MV. Full album can be downloaded here (torrent) or here (rar).

Volume 2 of the OST available here.

Taking Time Out From Blogging

2009-03-02T23:45:00.000+08:00

Hmmmm, looks like I'm having a bit of trouble with my image depository; checked my account, half the images are fine, the other half are not showing up...So yea, you'll notice half of the images gone missing here @.@ Time for me to find another place to host my images, but but but...most of it I have long deleted off my system. So, I'll be taking a short time off from posting in here =x

A Reflection On Humanity

2009-03-01T03:34:00.002+08:00

Something for us to ponder on and to think about. Watch it in High Quality (click the video options on the bottom right corner and select "HQ").

My word for the day = HOPE. There's light even in the depths of darkness, only if we open our hearts to seek it.

February ends...

2009-02-28T23:56:00.004+08:00

The character that he wants to unlock so badly: Gouken. Yup, he's practically glued to Streetfighter 4 (when his dad is not parked in front of the tv). I won't say I'm a big fan of arcade fighter games, but i like the artwork done on this fella. I can't remember if I did play any of the SF installments on console. Arcade too. Probably the only title of this genre that I have ever touched was the Tekken series, both on console and arcade. Anyway, good luck in unlocking both the old man and your best friend Seth whom you face 10,000 times a day, so according to yourself >.<

Can you believe it is already the last day of February? Time flies...

Activity Recap

2009-02-27T23:04:00.004+08:00

Gosh, I have been pretty busy doing I don't know what. Ok, busy downloading AND updating Perfectworld International, only to be booted out from the game within 3 seconds of a successful login, and tadaaaaa...Received the following email as soon as I was disconnected from the game.

hurray??

A total waste of my time, limited bandwidth and snailspeed broadband! Soooo, back to playing the MY version instead. Which is ok, except for the occasional "lost in translation". Plenty of international players in it, and foreign language aplenty invading the chatbox. Ich spreche nicht Deutsches!

Hmm...What else have I been up to? Oh, I've been sketching and sketching and sketching. You see, I think I might want to move back in to my dad's house. And so, been drawing furniture layouts, shelving design, mix and match colors...But in the end, I think...I don't know. I kinda want my room all white, and basic furniture to be all white, and then have splashes of colors here and there, namely my junk. Gawd, to think that I will have to move all over again! Undecided still though.

Also, see that extra tab up there in the blog's header? That's something I'm working on. Just a little project of mine, when I'm tired of gaming, and bored =)

And so, that pretty much sums up the days I've gone missing. Oh, I must blog it down here to remind myself. I had an icecream date with Limey ^_^ ...Ok, so he was all the way in front of his PC, and I'm still deep in the jungles of KK. But still, we were emmersed in our games - he in PT2, and myself in PW; while enjoying an icecream cone each. He finished his before I even finished the choco-covered nuts on the top of my cone.

Indiff'rent Strokes

2009-02-24T22:21:00.004+08:00

Can't really explain what was going through my head this morning, nor can I justify my actions. I guess dear was pretty disappointed at me too.

It was about 10+ in the morning, almost 11. I had just woken up. I heard some sort of noise. From underneath the covers in bed, everything was quite muffled. I heard dad hoarsely calling out for mom. He sounded like he was in pain. Wheezing and groaning, his voice barely audible. I opened my eyes wide. Was something happening? I jumped out of bed, and stopped myself as I was about to reach out for the doorknob. I waited. And listened.

He had stopped calling out, and was instead groaning. I imagined him doubled over clutching at his chest, helplessly waiting for someone to come. I froze. Couldn't bring myself to open my bedroom door and rush out to see. Afraid that something might happen, afraid that I wouldn't be able to do anything, afraid that blame will be pushed on me. So I stayed in my room.

Moments later, I heard mom's footsteps coming up the stairs. A bit of commotion, and all was quiet after that. I strained to listen to some form of sound. Nothing. Gingerly, I stepped out of the security of my room. Total silence. I went down. Empty. Frantic, I poked my nose in every one of the 12 corners of the house. No one. I was alone.

Worried but could do nothing. Not long after that, brother came home. O.o Aren't you at work? Haven't you heard? Papa got a stroke! !!!!!! HUH?!?!

It will be the third time dad has a stroke. The first one happened while he was at work. His colleague sent him to the hospital, where he was admitted for quite a while. The second time was a bit ambiguous. Mom had just packed her stuff and moved out to stay in a hotel for a week. She was going to leave him. I had moved out earlier, was staying with Love whose mom left home too. My aunt located me (how she found out which apartment I was staying at, remains a mystery till today), and told me to come home. Dad suffered a stroke so she says. I went home, cuddling my brown bunny Nibbles. Only to be called a liar, a faker when I got home. Dad brought out all the cards and gifts I had ever gotten for him and told me that not a drop of real love was in those, and all the words on the cards were lies! Bro and mom said I fell for the trickery, and there was no stroke at that time. According to them, it was a ruse, to get everyone rushing back home. Today, the third one...

Later it was revealed that it was a chest cramp, and not a stroke. Aunts and cousin came to visit in the evening. Cousin said to me...He looks fine to me. Sure he's not acting again like before? Trust me, try buy a new horse to add to his stables. I bet he could run alongside the horse! Okay, so you think we're evil and uncaring. I don't know. I guess we weren't such a close knit family afterall.

I wouldn't be surprised if I had to answer to karma. My paternal granddad died of a stroke. Dad's youngest brother was killed by a stroke at the age of 20+. Dad's eldest sister also suffered from stroke, and never regained full use of one of her hand's fingers.

Perfectworld - another gaming attempt

2009-02-24T03:30:00.001+08:00

This is what I have been up to the entire day. Took me more than 100 hours just to successfully download the game client for Perfect World, localized version. Yea, my internet service provider provides sucky service. So-called 1Mbps plan (I know, I know, to most of you this is uber slow)...but for this entire week it felt like 56Kbps dial-up performs faster. Seriously!

So anyway, it took me a long while to figure out the game's interface. Yea, I had to do it on my own, coz the guides weren't loading for me (sucky broadband). Took me quite a while creating my character too, as you can play around with character features customization even to how broad or sunken in you want your characters cheekbones, or forehead or jaw to be. The final outcome resulted as below, and dear says it looks like me i.e. puffy cheeks aka monkey race, not human...wad da hellllll??!! Just because his elf has got a sharp pointy jawline..hmpf!

My L4 blademaster in server Oracle

Limey's L1 elf archer in server Lost City (no more missing stocking =P)

Attempting to download the international version now, so I could play on the same server as he >.< But for now....sleep! It's like, 3.30 in the AM...

K-Drama: Boys Over Flowers

2009-02-22T23:50:00.000+08:00

I spent hours glued to the tv set earlier. Initially I had wanted to watch so-called drama marathon of...Gee, would you believe I can't recall whether it was Heroes or Grey's Anatomy or something else. I ended up drooling over some hunks and babes over on the KBS World channel. Haha yea, you're right, another korean drama for this k-drama fan =x Boys Over Flowers or its korean title "Kgotboda Namja".

It's about an average girl, daughter to an ordinary laundromat owner, who gets accepted into this prestigious school, and has a hard time adjusting with the residents. She manages to make a friend, but something happened and in order to stand up for her newfound friend, she declared "war" on the richest and most spoilt and conceited guy in school. Really funny storyline, quite touching and a few unexpected twists and turns in the story. A must-watch for K-drama lovers =) Geez, I sound like an advertisement don't I @.@ I can't wait to watch the rest of it!!!

Boys Over Flowers OST "Because I'm Stupid" by SS501

Random fanmade video: Requiem parody (this is really good)

And and and....I'm going to be really nice and post the first episode here if you wanna see what the series is like ^_^ Enjoy!!!

Boys Over Flowers: Episode 1 Part 1/7

Pristontale 2 anyone?

2009-02-21T19:20:00.001+08:00

He makes me sooooooo envious at times. This time around it's because of Pristontale II. Guess who is able to play? Not me obviously. I can't even get connected to the game's official site, believe it or not. And just so I don't miss a thing, he being the darling that he is (not! =P), sent a couple of screenies my way. Hmmm...Wait a minute...Did you not say everyone not in the EU was IP banned?? Ahhh...Surprise, surprise...It's amazing what one can do with masked IPs aka sneak into the network via VPNs!

Dear...why have you got only one sock?

Are those mushrooms I see?

Someone needs a push-up bra! (and another sock)

Anyway, he says I can connect via his vpn if I want to. But that means we have to take turns. The funny thing is...Up until a few days ago I was dying to try the game out. Now, I'm wondering if I should just wait for the SEA version to be released. The vivid colors in the screenies makes me lose my taste for Rappelz, which is a nice game, kinda sorta, just that the graphics are dull and muted and the resolution...Ok, so I can't really complain for I don't have a supercomputer either. Unless I rob the bank.

Recommend a game please? Not Maple, not Cabal, not Rappelz. Believe it or not, in my boredomness, I was tempted to download O2Jam! Oh, Kelvin says he's been trying to get me to play DotA since 2 years back =x Perhaps I'll get back to playing Yahoo! Dynomite? Hahahaha...

Aion Online: The Tower of Eternity

2009-02-20T20:07:00.000+08:00

Yippee! Another game to look forward to: Aion: The Tower Of Eternity! Beta is over in Korea, heard that China's having beta now, Japan soon, and again the rest of us folks here has to wait for *drumrolls*....Who else can it be in this region? Why oh why can't they speed up the release of such games here in the SEA region? Who wants to be stuck with MapleSEA for the rest of their lives? Not I! Not sure if there'll be a global version or if this game will be, again, regionalized like almost every other mmo out there. Anyway, the game looks cool, the storyline is interesting, but hmm...No news on the release nor beta dates =.=

Aion Online Teaser Trailer

Showcase of the different jobs

The Gift of Reading

2009-02-19T23:54:00.004+08:00

For my birthday, he surprised me with an online magazine subscription :) I can save RM20-30 on a single magazine title from the bookstores for an entire year...And the best thing is, I get to read with him! Thank you, dear!! (But still nothing beats the nightly lullabyes he serenades me to sleep with =P)

cool page flip animations makes you forget it's a virtual magazine

great articles in Popular Science magazine

Zinio Reader has clear crisp and sharp rendering

I read a couple of Maxim mags too (he claims they were free), and was surprised that they were like any other Hollywood entertainment and gossip magazine out there. Not a bad magazine to add to the reading list =)

February's Tag

2009-02-18T18:25:00.000+08:00

Ok, so I'll give in to doing yet another one of these "tags", but no more! Tagged by cokie, who very cleverly tagged the 10 people she has linked to her bloggie.

Q: Does it matter to you if your boyfriend or girlfriend smokes?
A: It does! I'll get a sorethroat and I'll be uber cranky. So for HIS health and sanity and peace, he'd better not smoke! I wouldn't want his lungs to give way either. And who wants to taste tar and tobacco when kissing??

Q: How about drinking?
A: Social or leisure drinking is fine with me. Any sign of alcohol abuse (*staggering around while claiming "I'm not drunk!" while tripping over his feet) and I'm walking out the door!

Q: Do you like someone you can't have?
A: I only like one person at the moment.

Q: If someone liked you right now, would you want them to tell you?
A: Only him...I can't get enough of hearing him say he loves me!

Q: What's your favorite sport?
A: Spectator sport? Or something that I actually play? Can't think of any right now.

Q: It's Saturday night, and you're home alone...What do you do?
A: Randomly surf the w.w.w.

Q: Do you like roller coasters?
A: I hate the "during", but love the "after"...Okay, so I'm afraid of dying in one =.=

Q: When's the perfect time to have a bf/gf?
A: When the timing is right, your heart won't be heavy and there won't be obstacles. Guess the perfect time is when the both of you are true to your hearts and each other.

Q: If you could date any celebrity, who would it be?
A: Ellen Degeneres! She seems like a fun person to hang out with.

Q: What are you doing this weekend?
A: I'll be searching out for games to play.

Q: What is your favorite restaurant?
A: Fast food joint = Burger King. Other than that, anywhere with great Italian food.

Q: Have you ever hugged someone?
A: Alot of people - I'm a people hugger.

Q: Ever kissed someone you weren't attracted to?
A: Yea, but she caught me offguard and we were half-high. She on weed, me on booze.

Q: Do you like anyone right now?
A: Must we go over this question again? Yes! Yes! YES!!!

Q: What is the first thing you notice about the opposite sex?
A: Mmmm...Never really noticed what I notice first =x

Q: Which do you prefer? Beaches or mountains?
A: No preference, but if I had to choose one, I'd say mountains.

Q: What kind of phone do you have?
A: An old piece of junk which I treasure - Motorola E680

Q: Computer or laptop?
A: I want a new desktop.

Q: Jeans or sweats?
A: Jeans, definitely.

Q: Which year(s) has/have been the best so far?
A: My highschool years!

Q: How old are you gonna be on your next birthday?
A: Will I even reach my next birthday?

Q: What should you be doing right now?
A: Nothing in particular. But I really should look for a job soon.

Q: What is your favorite TV show?
A: No favorites...I miss episodes here and there.

Q: What's been your last purchase?
A: Err...I don't suppose medicine counts? So...A nail buff stick =x

Q: Are you attracted to girls/boys who smoke?
A: Nope

Q: Have you ever fallen on your butt in front of a crowd of people?
A: I think I have, if not on my face. Longjump, sports day.

Q: What do you do when you're at home?
A: I'm perpetually glued to my computer at home. Or the tv.

Q: What is your favorite subject?
A: Science!

Q: What's the best thing that's ever happened to you?
A: Being in love with him. The world is a brighter place with him around.

Q: 10 people to tag?
A: I've decided not to tag anyone else =)

Kelly Clarkson: My Life Would Suck Without You

Ho Hum!

2009-02-17T23:05:00.003+08:00

Another hour more...Another year gone by. It's nothing but a number...The same way I'm only just another statistic.

Cheers!

Monday Blues

2009-02-16T15:19:00.005+08:00

All the more reason why I have the blues today. Oops, wrong color. I should say RED! All hell has broken loose. Mayday, mayday, we need a medic over here! Oh, actually Tampax will do just fine.

Grrrr...It's that dreaded time of the month again. No wonder my stomach was in knots the entire morning. No wonder I had no appetite. No wonder I snubbed my nose at that moist velvety raspberry chocolate ice cream. Or is it because I'm all drugged up? First the flu, now this? Great, just great! Perhaps I'll fall down the stairs and twist my neck on my upcoming birthday? With my luck, it might just happen, you'll never know...

Here's a song by Kenji Wu reminding us that even small simple gestures can mean a lot. Sometimes we don't realize how important some things are. We tend to neglect and take those things for granted. It's only too true of mankind, to only appreciate what we have when it's gone. By then, it'll be too late. You'll never know how twisted our lives can get, when left in the arms of fate.

Lazy Sunday

2009-02-15T23:12:00.001+08:00

9PM VALENTINE'S NIGHT
I'm sitting down in my room, with a half-eaten chicken sandwich burger from Burger King and an ice-blended drink from Coffee Bean. The rest of my desk is covered with flu medication. That's how miniscule my table is! I should have taken my dosage of drugs a few hours ago. In fact, my half-a-burger is about 3 hours old! That's how long it has been sitting on my table in its wrapper.

FAST FORWARD 10 HOURS
It is 9am Sunday morning. Time to reload my self with antibiotics, flu tablets, throat pills and cough mixture. Oh, look at what we have here...an unfinished chicken royale burger...Ok, still edible *munches*.

FAST FORWARD ANOTHER 10 HOURS
Just finished dinner which was steamed tilapia fish with rice and minced meat with potatoes. Have been sleeping the entire day, and will konk out again pretty soon due to the meds. Literally bored, and feeling hot. The weather's acting up again, not a single breeze blowing today.

11PM
Eyes are closing. Making great effort to finish this post. Still feeling extremely hot. Might sleep with the air-conditioning on tonight, maybe leave it running for a few hours. Still have those meds to take before sleep.

11.11PM
Sucuumbing to sleep...Again!

What Is Love?

2009-02-14T09:54:00.003+08:00

Love, the most abstract topic of all. Science can't explain it, the dictionary can't define it, what more us mere mortals? However, to many, one notion holds true. Love is an attraction, to feel an affection towards something or somebody. Yes, i said something...Some of us do love inanimate objects too, we don't only love people, or animals for that matter.

Many songs and poems have been written about love. Love hurts, love is forgiving, love is sacrifice, love is understanding, love is agony, love is blind, love is fragile, love is wonderful, and the list just goes on endlessly. Which is why I say, love is abstract. People say that when you look into love, you're looking into the face of appreciation. We just...Appreciate differently. And I don't mean, appreciate as in being thankful kind of appreciative. I meant, to understand the value and to recognize the significance, much like standing in a modern-art gallery. We each draw different conclusions, the same goes for love.

So, what is love? For me, in some ways love is like a tree. You seek refuge under it's branches of thick foliage to escape from the wrath of the blazing sun. When the foundation is strong, you will have a deeply rooted tree which will not waver even in the face of storms. Too weak and it will uproot and topple over with barely a wind. When nurtured correctly, you'll have a sturdy healthy tree; too little or too much care and your tree will end up dried, dead and shriveled. A good tree provides you a cool shady spot to rest and let your mind wander when you're in one of those pensive moods. Or let you hook up a swing to one of it's sturdy branches. Be patient, and the sapling you planted might just turn out to be an apple tree and reward you with delicious juicy fruit every season. The best part, you get to share your tree with the rest of the woodland creatures! And if your tree turns out to be deadwood? Chop it down and turn it into firewood. If it's not useful as a tree, it's always useful for something else!

Happy Valentine's Day

2009-02-14T00:00:00.003+08:00

The story of St. Valentine takes us back to the year 270AD and tells of a Christian priest in Rome. It was the reign of Roman emperor Claudius II, who had decreed a law forbidding marriage in order to ensure quality soldiers, officers and administrators, as married men were emotionally weak and attached to their families and loved ones. Valentine felt that this law was unjust, and conducted secret marriages for young lovers. It was not long before the news came to reach Claudius' ears, who immediately had Valentine arrested and sentenced to death for defying him. It is said that the jailor requested Valentine to heal his ailing daughter. The priest miraculously restored the blind girl's sight, and he fell in love with her. On the day of his execution, he wrote a love letter for her, and signed it "from your Valentine". The date of his execution? February 14th 270AD. And so, a tradition was born. Young Romans would send greetings of affection to those they admired or wish to court, and these greetings would bear the same words St. Valentine used to sign off his letter.

Valentine's Day today is more of a commercialized celebration. Gifts of roses, chocolates, candlelight dinners; it is a whopping USD14Bil. industry in the US alone! You can feed a nation with that much money...Let's take a look at how V-Day is celebrated in Japan.

Candy, candy and more candies on Japanese store shelves

Giri chocolates are obligatory, i.e. if you receive giri chocs, you are obligated to return the favour, and the value must not be less than 50% of what you have received. Honmei chocolates on the other hand, are heartfelt chocolates, also sometimes referred to as "homemade" chocs, i guess it's probably coz 'honmei' (本命) sounds the same? But hey, I might be wrong, so don't take my word for it hahahaha.

The Rainbow Connection

2009-02-13T21:26:00.002+08:00

If I were still in Kuala Lumpur, I would be just as disappointed as everyone else who were caring to see sexy Rihanna perform live on stage tomorrow. There goes part of your Valentine's day plans >.< Sadly the song siren had to postpone her concert as she's nursing injuries which she sustained during an argument with her beau, Chris Brown. She reported to the police that he had hit her shortly after the pre-Grammy Awards' party. Singer Chris Brown has turned himself in and faces a felony charge. Hmm...She's scheduled for a performance in Jakarta too, but that concert has been cancelled (for the second time this time around), wonder if the Malaysian organizers sugar-coated it and said that the KL concert is "postponed" instead. We'll never know...

Well, at least the folks still has Jason Mraz to look forward to. He'll be performing in KL on March 4th, not too long from now, after Seoul, Japan and Hongkong. And I have here a MV of Jason singing Kermit the frog's song "The Rainbow Connection". I love this song and I used to drive the people at home crazy while I played this on the organ again and again and again and again while singing rather offkey =x Mraz does an excellent number on this!

Priston Tale 2: Enigma

2009-02-13T15:07:00.004+08:00

The much awaited English version of the massively multiplayer online role-playing game Priston Tale 2: Enigma by the Korean gaming giant NCSoft, finally enters full open beta mode. However, like most other korean games, it's being regionalized and sadly open beta only includes European countries. There's more! They've also implemented an IP block on the rest of the world effective today. There goes our chance of playing it. Not in beta, not in open.

Fear not, for Asiasoft will save the day! Yeah, I was slobbering with sarcasm when I said that last sentence back there. But seriously, thanks to Asiasoft, Priston Tale 2 will be made available in Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. They signed the contract last September. All we need to do now is wait. Actually...I don't know whether to be happy or to be apprehensive when I hear that Asiasoft will be the one to provide us with Priston Tale 2 game service. If any of you play MapleSEA, CabalSEA, RappelzSEA, Audition, I bet the words "service" and "server check" and "maintenance" evokes strong feelings within you. And to think that Blade & Soul will also be under their wing! Ok, all the more reason for me to keep on watching those korean dramas, learn the language, and move to Korea! Wow, kind of drastic just to play a couple of games eh? Actually, a change in climate and surroundings would be good. Since Alaska isn't happening anytime soon, perhaps a milder country?

Priston Tale 2 commercial trailer

Promotional MV sang by Son Dam Bi - 손담비

Oh No Not Again...

2009-02-13T00:08:00.000+08:00

I'm afraid it is so...From being as healthy as an ox (no pun intended) one day, and a sickly person the next. Fever and chills, irritated throat, coughs, what else is new? And to fall ill a week before my birthday? Great, just great. A gift from the gods, must be. I've been sleeping without the air-conditioning on for a few nights now; the weather is cool enough for me to do so. Or maybe I don't have my nice thick warm comfy comforter with me to block out some of the chills.

Anyway, asked dad to bring me to the chinese herbal medicine shop to get this uber bitter tasting medicine that they pour into one of those little bowls. Mind you, the bowls may look small, but wait till you taste the bitter minty sorta having a granular sandy mix in it. One small bowl goes a looooooooooong way!

I left my dad waiting for the herbal medicine, while I walked to the end of the block to see if my favorite doctor was in. Yippee! He was. And boy was there a crowd waiting to see him too! So, nothing much I could do but to sit and wait, and watch golf on ESPN :s My turn came after more than 40 minutes of waiting.

Soooooo, what can I do for you today?
I have a sore throat, but up there! *points to ceiling of mouth*
Lemme see...Girl, you have a fever, didn't you know that?
Err, it comes and goes, on and off.
Well, it's still there! Say 'ahhhh'
*opens mouth*
Great God! Your throat is extremely red!
*takes stethoscope* Take long deep breaths and then exhale for me.
*breathes in and breathes out for at least a couple of minutes*
Ok, your lungs are clear.
*checks blood pressure* 130/80 Not too bad.
Ok, here's what we're gonna do...

Doc goes on to explain that I'll be taking a couple of antihistamines with drowsiness properties enough to knock out a tiger. Rationale, the more I sleep, the more I get rested, and the faster I heal, not to mention the less I whine about the sorethroat.

Err, since I'm already here, should I tell you about my insomnia?
No! Don't tell me, go home!...Just kidding. Ok, for how long?
A month?

He pulls out his chair, leans back on it, and says "Listen..." And I was thinking, oh no, here comes one of his long lectures. To make a long story short, he said NOTHING ELSE IN THE BED EXCEPT SLEEP! Do not do anything else in bed; no reading, no watching tv, no listening to music...I guess that means, no staying in bed with my lappy? "If you can't fall asleep after 30 minutes, get out of bed and do something. Read, watch tv, play a game or 2 OUT OF BED or else your mind is going to associate the bed with everything else but sleep. There's no point lying in bed if you're not sleeping. Why toss and turn till 4am when there's Astro? Make your mind associate the bed with sleep." And I was thinking to myself...What about associating the bed with sex?

Pop-ups Should Die!

2009-02-12T22:07:00.005+08:00

You visit a blog hosted at blogspot.com. Hey...What's this? Your IE information bar appears and tells you a pop-up has been blocked. DO NOT, for any reason allow those pop-ups! Well, not unless you don't mind have viral pop-ups and ads popping all over your screen every now and then while surfing the internet. The people at Blogger.com acknowledges that this is a problem affecting many. They claim to be taking measures to deal with it.

Blogger.com's say on this

Well hopefully the folks at Blogger.com don't take too long. I, for one, am getting annoyed with the pop-up blocker blinking at the top!

It Sucks To Be Me

2009-02-12T15:13:00.006+08:00

As you can see, I've revamped the blog, put in a new skin (which someone says suits his desktop), added "comments" option, labels and will continue to add bits and pieces. What do you think? Looks better?

Barely the 2nd month of the year and already I've fallen ill. I got a bad case of the fever and chills, accompanied with the notorious sorethroat, and runny nose, which I think might soon change to accommodate the addition of a stuffy head and blocked nose. Gaaaahhh...Why meeeeeeee??? I was supposed to make a trip down to the doctor this morning, but brother had to rush off to work, and left me home alone. Think my coughing and whining and groaning and wheezing kept him awake half the entire night. Sowwiiiieesx...Gawd, I am so tired of coughing my lungs out, even my abdomen hurts cause of the exertion!

Chinese New Year and Lantern Festival

2009-02-11T12:43:00.008+08:00

February 9th marks the 15th day of the Chinese Lunar or Spring Festival, known to us as Chap Goh Mei - I think this is Hokkien for "fifteenth day"? It is also the day the Chinese Lantern Festival is celebrated. According to history, paper lanterns were used to carry secret messsages across enemy lines. Nowadays, people write prayers and wishes on the lanterns, before releasing them up into the sky, softly illuminating the darkness of the night like thousands of flickering stars, slowly drifting away into the distance.

And here's another video that I found, showing fireworks during midnight of Chinese New Year in Beijing.

Apparently it was not all joy and laughter and awe, for the yet-to-be-opened Mandarin Oriental building caught fire due to unliscensed fireworks being lit at the open space next to it. These fireworks were more powerful and makes for a more spectacular display and were lit by a fireworks company employed by the CCTV Tower which is the Oriental's next door neighbour. (Following pictures taken from CNN.com)

Beijing's new luxury hotel on fire

burning amidst fireworks

Black Happiness

2009-02-10T23:08:00.004+08:00

No, I'm not being morbid or anything. It's the title to a korean song, whose lyrics are deep and meaningful. It tells the story of a female songstress, part african-american, part korean. Although interracial marriages and brooding are generally accepted worldwide, there are still mindsets which are prejudiced especially towards african-americans. Yea, outside of the glamour of Hollywood, prejudice against color still exist.

Anyway, getting on with my story - her name is Tasha Reid or Yoon Mi Rae as she's known in Korea. The lyrics to the song describes how she got through her childhood, and how music was there for her. We're not too different from her; we rely on music to chase away the blues too! I highlighted in orange the part that of the song which I am able to relate to.

Black Happiness - Tasha

My skin was dark from my past
People used to point at me, Even at my mom,
Even at my dad who was black, and in the army
People whisper behind my back
Said this and said that
I always had tears in my eyes
Although I was young I saw my mother's sadness

Everything seemed like it was my fault
Because of my guilt I washed my face everytime during the day
With my tears I melt the white soap
I always hated my dark skin
why o' why does the world judge me
When I hate the world I close my eyes

I put my soul into the music my father gave me
I feel the volume and fly higher and higher
Far away 'la musique

When I hate the world music soothes me
So you gotta be strong, you gotta hold on and love yourself
When I hate the world music raises me up
So you gotta be strong, you gotta hold on and love yourself

Time passed and I was thirteen; my skin was dark brown
Music doesn't judge color, they give me light
I lead my music, we lean on each other; I don't feel lonely
Then one day I was given a chance
I held on to my microphone and suddenly I was on stage
I said goodbye to music and asked it to come back

Then I became nineteen, I had to lie
I put white makeup over my face
They told me to wear a mask
They said my mom's race was okay but not my dad's

Every year my age was nineteen during times when time stopped
I felt like I was in jail and I leaned on myself
I spent endless, painful days; I ignored their warnings
And because I missed music I tried to escape
But no, I got caught...
I prayed all night and now I'm free

hello february!

2009-02-09T01:43:00.002+08:00

will this suffice? for the vision impaired, this is hidden in the cat: "A picture is worth a thousand words"...So, that's practically my thousand words worth :) till i come and blog again

my thousand words' post