Update :
It's 2 for RM60, not 50 haha. Rubi I mean. And nope, the selection here is waayyyyy less as compared to Aus. :( Haha for flats la. Other stuff, okay. The price for the flats is actually RM10 cheaper than if you buy it overseas, so yes, no need ask brotherfathermothersister buy for you from wherever, buy from Pavilion! Hahaha.
It was packedpackedpacked today, cos I guess it's a new store and it's affordable so people were just constantly entering and buying truckloads of stuff. Lingerie were like flying off the shelves, duno why suddenly people so in need of them now lol. Li was mighty happy to find ballet flats in her size :) but still, some in her size were sold out, the irony.
I hate it when the police conveniently choose to close some roads, some MAIN roads, like the Dataran Merdeka road urgh, so gotto make bighumungousjungous detours.
Generally, today was a good day! I happy! Lol. Days like these, yeah, they rarely come by. So, when they do, big deal lah :P
Tmw. Uni. 6.15 am. Hooray. Cheer cheer.
And tmw. Night. :'( :'( :'( Zhheeeennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn :(:((
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Every girl should go check out Cotton On & Rubi!! Hehehe :DD
They're now open (finally) in Pavilion!! Which is the first mall in Malaysia to carry that brand I think lol.
It's pretty cheap actually, but I guess a little more here than if you convert directly from AUD. Tax blabla, yknow.
When I was in Aussie, both these shops were available almost anywhere, selling some of the cheapest clothing. Quality a bit suspect lah lol but pretty decent stuff.
Cotton On had tops that were like 10 AUD which was reaallyy murah. Now, don't you go converting & times how much etcetc cos basically, if you're given 100 AUD to spend, 10 AUD is nothing la.
I got one of those military/cadet caps for... 1 AUD. Hahahaha. Then there're skirts for 10/15 AUD and their own shoes (which are mostly supplied by Rubi). They sell bags too and scarves haha.
Rubi on the other hand, is this insane store that sells unimaginable numbers of ballet flats. And other shoes (heels, strappy sandal flats etcetc) But majority ballet flats. And they're affordable!! I paid 7.90 AUD for a pair and there were some like 2 for 25 AUD etcetc. Plenty of choices available, patterns like checks, solid colours, polka dotes, suede material, stars etcetc. Again, quality a bit suspect haha but boleh tahan la, I mean, mine're still in good shape ehehe. :)
Can't wait to check them out soon! Wonder if the variety in the store here is as maju as the ones in the land down under. Heard the prices here are like 2 for RM50 in Rubi so... Okay laa.. :)
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Updates on my driving life (haha) :
I drive everyday now. And Federal is perpetually jam no matter how early you enter it. Okay la, maybe if you get on it like.. 5am then it'll be clear lol. But 6 onwards.. It's moving, but like crawling lol. So. Not fun. But boleh tahan. Lol. Oh btw, it takes me 30min to get to uni now :)))
I like to be early, not just on time, but early, because then I'm not stressed and my day starts off well. So upon reaching uni, I have to find a parking spot which is not a problem at 7.15am and this leaves me in a pretty good mood which is vital in order for me to absorb and study whatever that's being taught that day. I'm happy. :)
Now, on days when my classes start at 12 noon.... I am not in a good mood. Lol. Because, by 8am, all, and I mean ALL, the parking spaces are taken up. So when I reach uni at 11ish, I basically have to go round & round & round for 30min, (just imagine watching the clock in yr car go from 11.30 to 12 noon) sometimes more, praying that somebody's class ends at that time. And then, there're so many other ppl who have classes at 12 noon too who also drive to contend with. So, about 7 cars going round & round like a merry-go-round, fighting for 1 space. Quite pathetic, very stressful. I don't like. It leaves me flustered & annoyed lol.
So, I will reach at 10am next time. And even though I'll still get stressed cos of insufficient parking, it won't be so bad cos I won't be rushing for class. And I'll at least have half an hour or so to unfluster myself haha.
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Oh btw, I skidded the other day. It doesn't sound scary but what I mean is, if I didn't stop skidding, confirm hit the car in front sorta thing. Babi lah the car (or rather, driver) in front of me. It was a gold Avanza. I was a safe distance away from it (duno if lady or guy so don't care), on the fast lane. And I'm usually quite focused when I drive, cos I'm aware that accidents are really quite real even though you may think it will never ever happen to you.
Was travelling about 100km/hr I think. Suddenly, out of no where, the it in front, jammed on the brakes yknow. Like jammed jammed yknow. JAMMED!!! Not the brake-lights-come-on-then-car-slowing-down situation yknow. Literally jammed-on-the-brakes-till-car-jerk-forward-noticably-and-body-flung-forward-cos-of-major-inertia type of jam yknow.
Babi I thought got WHAT in front yknow, dead cow or smtg, since it braked so suddenly and it was going at 100km/hr too I think. So, naturally, I jammed on the brakes too, and can feel the car sort of stopped, but travelling forward. Those of you who've skidded before would know the feeling. You know you've braked, and your car's not accelerating anymore, but your car's just going forward on it's own accord. Basically, skidding la. Can hear sound somemore. Of tyres skidding on road.
Then, as suddenly as it occurred, the it in front let go of the brakes and joyously went on with it's journey. Like, HALLO?!!! I mean, are you out of your mind??? Nothing also simply jammed on brakes, you think at the back nobody isit. >:( It may sound like nothing, but really, skidding is scary cos you don't know if your car can stop in time. It's like, something you can't control cos you're already on the brakes and the car's just going, until it stops. Like, horizontal free-falling, yknow? Hahahha. But yeah, serious stuff. I don't like. Early morning also wana do this kinda dangerous slash lame stunts. Super menyampah urgh. Feel like punching it's face. >:(
They're now open (finally) in Pavilion!! Which is the first mall in Malaysia to carry that brand I think lol.
It's pretty cheap actually, but I guess a little more here than if you convert directly from AUD. Tax blabla, yknow.
When I was in Aussie, both these shops were available almost anywhere, selling some of the cheapest clothing. Quality a bit suspect lah lol but pretty decent stuff.
Cotton On had tops that were like 10 AUD which was reaallyy murah. Now, don't you go converting & times how much etcetc cos basically, if you're given 100 AUD to spend, 10 AUD is nothing la.
I got one of those military/cadet caps for... 1 AUD. Hahahaha. Then there're skirts for 10/15 AUD and their own shoes (which are mostly supplied by Rubi). They sell bags too and scarves haha.
Rubi on the other hand, is this insane store that sells unimaginable numbers of ballet flats. And other shoes (heels, strappy sandal flats etcetc) But majority ballet flats. And they're affordable!! I paid 7.90 AUD for a pair and there were some like 2 for 25 AUD etcetc. Plenty of choices available, patterns like checks, solid colours, polka dotes, suede material, stars etcetc. Again, quality a bit suspect haha but boleh tahan la, I mean, mine're still in good shape ehehe. :)
Can't wait to check them out soon! Wonder if the variety in the store here is as maju as the ones in the land down under. Heard the prices here are like 2 for RM50 in Rubi so... Okay laa.. :)
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Updates on my driving life (haha) :
I drive everyday now. And Federal is perpetually jam no matter how early you enter it. Okay la, maybe if you get on it like.. 5am then it'll be clear lol. But 6 onwards.. It's moving, but like crawling lol. So. Not fun. But boleh tahan. Lol. Oh btw, it takes me 30min to get to uni now :)))
I like to be early, not just on time, but early, because then I'm not stressed and my day starts off well. So upon reaching uni, I have to find a parking spot which is not a problem at 7.15am and this leaves me in a pretty good mood which is vital in order for me to absorb and study whatever that's being taught that day. I'm happy. :)
Now, on days when my classes start at 12 noon.... I am not in a good mood. Lol. Because, by 8am, all, and I mean ALL, the parking spaces are taken up. So when I reach uni at 11ish, I basically have to go round & round & round for 30min, (just imagine watching the clock in yr car go from 11.30 to 12 noon) sometimes more, praying that somebody's class ends at that time. And then, there're so many other ppl who have classes at 12 noon too who also drive to contend with. So, about 7 cars going round & round like a merry-go-round, fighting for 1 space. Quite pathetic, very stressful. I don't like. It leaves me flustered & annoyed lol.
So, I will reach at 10am next time. And even though I'll still get stressed cos of insufficient parking, it won't be so bad cos I won't be rushing for class. And I'll at least have half an hour or so to unfluster myself haha.
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Oh btw, I skidded the other day. It doesn't sound scary but what I mean is, if I didn't stop skidding, confirm hit the car in front sorta thing. Babi lah the car (or rather, driver) in front of me. It was a gold Avanza. I was a safe distance away from it (duno if lady or guy so don't care), on the fast lane. And I'm usually quite focused when I drive, cos I'm aware that accidents are really quite real even though you may think it will never ever happen to you.
Was travelling about 100km/hr I think. Suddenly, out of no where, the it in front, jammed on the brakes yknow. Like jammed jammed yknow. JAMMED!!! Not the brake-lights-come-on-then-car-slowing-down situation yknow. Literally jammed-on-the-brakes-till-car-jerk-forward-noticably-and-body-flung-forward-cos-of-major-inertia type of jam yknow.
Babi I thought got WHAT in front yknow, dead cow or smtg, since it braked so suddenly and it was going at 100km/hr too I think. So, naturally, I jammed on the brakes too, and can feel the car sort of stopped, but travelling forward. Those of you who've skidded before would know the feeling. You know you've braked, and your car's not accelerating anymore, but your car's just going forward on it's own accord. Basically, skidding la. Can hear sound somemore. Of tyres skidding on road.
Then, as suddenly as it occurred, the it in front let go of the brakes and joyously went on with it's journey. Like, HALLO?!!! I mean, are you out of your mind??? Nothing also simply jammed on brakes, you think at the back nobody isit. >:( It may sound like nothing, but really, skidding is scary cos you don't know if your car can stop in time. It's like, something you can't control cos you're already on the brakes and the car's just going, until it stops. Like, horizontal free-falling, yknow? Hahahha. But yeah, serious stuff. I don't like. Early morning also wana do this kinda dangerous slash lame stunts. Super menyampah urgh. Feel like punching it's face. >:(
Friday, September 4, 2009
It took me 5 minutes to get to Taylors.
Class started at 8am, I woke up at 7.30am.
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It takes me 55 minutes to get to my current uni.
Class starts at 8am, I wake up at 5.45am/6am and leave the house by 6.30/6.45am.
Because of the *&!@#$%^^*!! long jam. And I mean *&!@#$%^^*!! man. Seriously, it takes 65921473 hours, no, days to reach uni man. Sial.
And still, I reach late, 8am. We have to find parking somemore leh. Go to Law building somemore leh.
Reach class at 8.30 lor. Babi. Was late twice d.
I think... We'll leave the house by 6.30am next time.
Insane lah, insane!!
I've literally seen dawn break and the sun rise these few days. I reckon I'll be seeing a lot more of them in the days to come.
It's gona be a long 9 months yo. Lol.
Classes (more like just lectures since it's orientation) are fine, people are nice, lecturers are... Well, they seem good (well spoken English + the way they carry themselves & conduct lectures) but real classes only start next week so we shall see ;)
Made a coupla new friends... From close to home ones like Bangsar & Damansara to some from Brunei, Kenya, Johor and of course we have our ex-Taylorians :)
I have to say this, and it's true lah okay, that, once you've had a taste of Taylors, everything else pales in comparison. But that's the thing, some people do not realise that, really. They didn't know that they had the best until they moved on to a less satisfactory (by their standards) place. I've always appreciated Taylors :) I knew that that's like the best lah. As in location, surroundings and facilities. So I never took it for granted and I guess now I have to adapt & make the best of what I have, which is okay la I suppose cos I'm rather adaptable :)
But I don't like the whole waking-up-earlier-than-the-sun-rises crap. Man. Lol.
My next mission is to conquer the problem of where to makan haha.
Anyone miss Cabana and Peppercorn and McDs and... I have to say it... Asia Cafe? Hehe :P
Class started at 8am, I woke up at 7.30am.
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It takes me 55 minutes to get to my current uni.
Class starts at 8am, I wake up at 5.45am/6am and leave the house by 6.30/6.45am.
Because of the *&!@#$%^^*!! long jam. And I mean *&!@#$%^^*!! man. Seriously, it takes 65921473 hours, no, days to reach uni man. Sial.
And still, I reach late, 8am. We have to find parking somemore leh. Go to Law building somemore leh.
Reach class at 8.30 lor. Babi. Was late twice d.
I think... We'll leave the house by 6.30am next time.
Insane lah, insane!!
I've literally seen dawn break and the sun rise these few days. I reckon I'll be seeing a lot more of them in the days to come.
It's gona be a long 9 months yo. Lol.
Classes (more like just lectures since it's orientation) are fine, people are nice, lecturers are... Well, they seem good (well spoken English + the way they carry themselves & conduct lectures) but real classes only start next week so we shall see ;)
Made a coupla new friends... From close to home ones like Bangsar & Damansara to some from Brunei, Kenya, Johor and of course we have our ex-Taylorians :)
I have to say this, and it's true lah okay, that, once you've had a taste of Taylors, everything else pales in comparison. But that's the thing, some people do not realise that, really. They didn't know that they had the best until they moved on to a less satisfactory (by their standards) place. I've always appreciated Taylors :) I knew that that's like the best lah. As in location, surroundings and facilities. So I never took it for granted and I guess now I have to adapt & make the best of what I have, which is okay la I suppose cos I'm rather adaptable :)
But I don't like the whole waking-up-earlier-than-the-sun-rises crap. Man. Lol.
My next mission is to conquer the problem of where to makan haha.
Anyone miss Cabana and Peppercorn and McDs and... I have to say it... Asia Cafe? Hehe :P
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
My text to Marcus Chong :
Haha I know la you start next week.. Lol! Tmw orientation ni so no biggie :) Pls wish Mandy good luck in driving.. She need it hahaha but she got practice la so ok :P
His reply :
Oh dear lord. That one need to go temple n ask God of Driving to help her. Tell me how la the class n everthing. I very very curious to know.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Haha I know la you start next week.. Lol! Tmw orientation ni so no biggie :) Pls wish Mandy good luck in driving.. She need it hahaha but she got practice la so ok :P
His reply :
Oh dear lord. That one need to go temple n ask God of Driving to help her. Tell me how la the class n everthing. I very very curious to know.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Friday, August 28, 2009
Only non-Muslims are allowed to attend the upcoming Black Eyed Peas concert.
Lol I feel like laughing, not at the fact that Muslims can't go but at the fact that, hello, what the heck is this?!, but it's not really that funny, just... Preposterous.
But actually it's quite funny lah, how we're supposed to be united and be One Malaysia, everyone being called "Malaysian" instead of segregating the races, but all these are still happening.
I know, I should be thankful that the non-Muslims get to go instead of banning every race altogether. And I am! Haha. Was just thinking deeper into it, that's all.
Lol I feel like laughing, not at the fact that Muslims can't go but at the fact that, hello, what the heck is this?!, but it's not really that funny, just... Preposterous.
But actually it's quite funny lah, how we're supposed to be united and be One Malaysia, everyone being called "Malaysian" instead of segregating the races, but all these are still happening.
I know, I should be thankful that the non-Muslims get to go instead of banning every race altogether. And I am! Haha. Was just thinking deeper into it, that's all.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Because I was bored, here's..
My 31 random food facts. :)
(Even the number is so random, I know right. Lol.)
If you are bored, like me, read through and see if any of these are the same with you ;)
I always finish my fries before my main meal (burgers etcetc) I prefer blunt-edged, naturally soggy fries (not the fake one where it gets soggy after leaving it in a bag for 1 hour) to crispy, pointy-edged ones.
I like to eat my papayas in cubes, not long long or sliced diagonally.
I like eating ice-cream from tubs.
I don't usually snack in the cinema or in front of the TV. I feel that I can't concentrate on the taste so it's wasted. Lol.
I have a lifelong mission to try everybody's nasi lemak and also burgers, western & Ramly.
I like McD's coke. Particularly theirs.
I will pick the flavour chocolate over strawberry anytime. Over vanilla too for that matter.
I don't like carrots & corn in the peas-carrots-corn combo. But peas are okay.
I prefer pisang berangan to pisang emas/tanduk.
I do not like jackfruit/nangka but cempedak's cool.
I'd pick rice dishes over noodle ones anytime.
My favourite type of noodle is kuey tiow. And the fat, translucent one (in asam laksa). I don't dig mee hoon or yellow mee.
Cheese, chocolate and peanut butter are my Top 3. Priority given to them in anything. Except maybe potato chips flavour cos I pick hot & spicy or sour cream & onion over cheese lol.
I won't particularly choose to eat watermelons. But I won't die eating them.
I detest fish. Especially steamed fish ohmygoodnesslah. Fried/asam fish/salmon are negotiable. Actually, I quite like those hehe.
Favourite Baskin Robbins flavour - Pralines & Cream. Cookies & Cream comes in 2nd and surprisingly (perhaps because it's in my everything else) the Peanut Butter & Choc one comes in 3rd hehe.
I like chicken thigh. Very much. Practically flee from breast meat. I can hear Fiona going, Whyyyyy?? at this haha! :)
I drink less than a cup of water daily. Sometimes none. I basically drink very little fluids in general.
I eat the salted egg yolk last when eating mooncake. Also, only like the plain lotus mooncake, no fancy fancy flavours for me hehe.
I like my chocolate plain. No nuts, raisins, fruits, vege or whatever else embedded inside pls.
I like raisins alone but not in anything else. Eg. cakes, buns, choc.
I also like nuts alone but not in anything else. I don't really like almonds & walnuts. Macademias are my favourite.
Jams are not my thing. Apricot jam is reallyy not my thing. They should just stick to facials. Apricot facials.
I'd pick beef over chicken & pork anytime.
Funnily enough, for a beef lover, I don't really do steaks :P
I never eat the icing on cakes (those white & pink cream squiggles) They kinda make me feel sick after I swallow 'em.
Most of the time I only take whipped cream when it's on a Starbucks drink.
I don't really like lapp cheong (chinese sausage thing)
Japanese food is at the bottom of my list.
I eat the purple Skittles first, followed by the red ones, green, then orange. I give away the yellows.
And finally, I eat waffles, pizza style. None of that "use fork & knife to cut one small cube, eat, then cut another small cube, then another (repeat 63729 times)" for me.
And yes, there are 31 facts, no need go count count all. Haha.
I bet some of you have total opposites of my like/dislikes eh :) But see, that's why it's so cool. I mean, one man's meat is another man's poison and I guess that's just how we were made. I duno, I find that incredible, how each and everyone of us is fearfully & wonderfully made :) Even if it's about small things such as food hehe
My 31 random food facts. :)
(Even the number is so random, I know right. Lol.)
If you are bored, like me, read through and see if any of these are the same with you ;)
I always finish my fries before my main meal (burgers etcetc) I prefer blunt-edged, naturally soggy fries (not the fake one where it gets soggy after leaving it in a bag for 1 hour) to crispy, pointy-edged ones.
I like to eat my papayas in cubes, not long long or sliced diagonally.
I like eating ice-cream from tubs.
I don't usually snack in the cinema or in front of the TV. I feel that I can't concentrate on the taste so it's wasted. Lol.
I have a lifelong mission to try everybody's nasi lemak and also burgers, western & Ramly.
I like McD's coke. Particularly theirs.
I will pick the flavour chocolate over strawberry anytime. Over vanilla too for that matter.
I don't like carrots & corn in the peas-carrots-corn combo. But peas are okay.
I prefer pisang berangan to pisang emas/tanduk.
I do not like jackfruit/nangka but cempedak's cool.
I'd pick rice dishes over noodle ones anytime.
My favourite type of noodle is kuey tiow. And the fat, translucent one (in asam laksa). I don't dig mee hoon or yellow mee.
Cheese, chocolate and peanut butter are my Top 3. Priority given to them in anything. Except maybe potato chips flavour cos I pick hot & spicy or sour cream & onion over cheese lol.
I won't particularly choose to eat watermelons. But I won't die eating them.
I detest fish. Especially steamed fish ohmygoodnesslah. Fried/asam fish/salmon are negotiable. Actually, I quite like those hehe.
Favourite Baskin Robbins flavour - Pralines & Cream. Cookies & Cream comes in 2nd and surprisingly (perhaps because it's in my everything else) the Peanut Butter & Choc one comes in 3rd hehe.
I like chicken thigh. Very much. Practically flee from breast meat. I can hear Fiona going, Whyyyyy?? at this haha! :)
I drink less than a cup of water daily. Sometimes none. I basically drink very little fluids in general.
I eat the salted egg yolk last when eating mooncake. Also, only like the plain lotus mooncake, no fancy fancy flavours for me hehe.
I like my chocolate plain. No nuts, raisins, fruits, vege or whatever else embedded inside pls.
I like raisins alone but not in anything else. Eg. cakes, buns, choc.
I also like nuts alone but not in anything else. I don't really like almonds & walnuts. Macademias are my favourite.
Jams are not my thing. Apricot jam is reallyy not my thing. They should just stick to facials. Apricot facials.
I'd pick beef over chicken & pork anytime.
Funnily enough, for a beef lover, I don't really do steaks :P
I never eat the icing on cakes (those white & pink cream squiggles) They kinda make me feel sick after I swallow 'em.
Most of the time I only take whipped cream when it's on a Starbucks drink.
I don't really like lapp cheong (chinese sausage thing)
Japanese food is at the bottom of my list.
I eat the purple Skittles first, followed by the red ones, green, then orange. I give away the yellows.
And finally, I eat waffles, pizza style. None of that "use fork & knife to cut one small cube, eat, then cut another small cube, then another (repeat 63729 times)" for me.
And yes, there are 31 facts, no need go count count all. Haha.
I bet some of you have total opposites of my like/dislikes eh :) But see, that's why it's so cool. I mean, one man's meat is another man's poison and I guess that's just how we were made. I duno, I find that incredible, how each and everyone of us is fearfully & wonderfully made :) Even if it's about small things such as food hehe
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Friday, August 21, 2009
Rachel Chang says:
oh.. how to check wan...
heheh
cepat cepat.. double time!
Leeds?
Reading?
Marcus says:
i tak berapa suka leeds
reading taylors got wert
Rachel Chang says:
manchester HELP also got wert...
but u still wana go there right
ahahah
Wah... u picky ah... dont like Leeds ah.. HAHA
Marcus says:
oh ya hor
cos reading n taylors like bff
different case
Rachel Chang says:
HAHAHAH
BFF LOL
Manchester and you like BFFFFF
Marcus says:
ya lor
help is like maidagents
i am the maid ready to go somewhere else to work
!!!!!!! The last part super farny!! HAHA.
If you know Marcus, you know he means nothing evil by that :)
Just his unique way of seeing things hehe :)
oh.. how to check wan...
heheh
cepat cepat.. double time!
Leeds?
Reading?
Marcus says:
i tak berapa suka leeds
reading taylors got wert
Rachel Chang says:
manchester HELP also got wert...
but u still wana go there right
ahahah
Wah... u picky ah... dont like Leeds ah.. HAHA
Marcus says:
oh ya hor
cos reading n taylors like bff
different case
Rachel Chang says:
HAHAHAH
BFF LOL
Manchester and you like BFFFFF
Marcus says:
ya lor
help is like maidagents
i am the maid ready to go somewhere else to work
!!!!!!! The last part super farny!! HAHA.
If you know Marcus, you know he means nothing evil by that :)
Just his unique way of seeing things hehe :)
I have not finished reading Life of Pi.
After 4 months, I still have not finished reading Life of Pi.
Blargh.
Btw btw btw, I'm watching Grey's all over again, starting Season 1. Heehee :)
It's one of my favourite TV series so I'm kinda looking forward to watching the whole lot again (Quite sad right lol) But I only have a week left! So so so. So. So yeah. Lol.
Anyways, I can't wait for Elevate!! It is so on. Tomorrow night people, tomorrow night :)
Now, Imma go try to remember how to drive a manual/stick shift/whateveryoucallit (actually I still remember how to, just that the lifting of the clutch and those multiple leg movements that resemble spasms may not be that smooth hehe) just in case I have to take over the wheel :)
After 4 months, I still have not finished reading Life of Pi.
Blargh.
Btw btw btw, I'm watching Grey's all over again, starting Season 1. Heehee :)
It's one of my favourite TV series so I'm kinda looking forward to watching the whole lot again (Quite sad right lol) But I only have a week left! So so so. So. So yeah. Lol.
Anyways, I can't wait for Elevate!! It is so on. Tomorrow night people, tomorrow night :)
Now, Imma go try to remember how to drive a manual/stick shift/whateveryoucallit (actually I still remember how to, just that the lifting of the clutch and those multiple leg movements that resemble spasms may not be that smooth hehe) just in case I have to take over the wheel :)
Sunday, August 16, 2009
I feel very.. Excited.
At the prospect of once again being able to read non-stop, without thoughts rudely squirming its way into my conscience, all the while hollering : "Exam! Exam! Study! Study!". Babi betul. Lol.
And so, my journey begins anew, with them books.
Fellow readers, don't you just hate the feeling of having to break out of your reading momentum when in the middle of reading the best book ever (you thought so at that time)?
Oh oh, I'm even more excited at the fact that I just got 4 books, for a really, I mean really, good price! Yay! (Big big grin) Thanks my unmentionable dear friend! (HAHA) :))
Here's a mighty long list of books that are waiting to be opened, pages waiting to be flipped, leather (yeah, right) spines waiting to be stretched :
1. The Shadow of The Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafon)
2. The Cathedral of The Sea (Ildefonso Falcones)
3. I Know This Much Is True (Wally Lamb)
4. The Hour I First Believed (Wally Lamb)
5. Schindler's List (Thomas Keneally)
6. The Gravedigger's Daughter (Joyce Carol Oates) (Haha! Oates! Geddit? Edible stuff..)
7. The Book of Lost Things (John Connolly)
8. Company of Liars (Karen Maitland)
9. Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
10. Son of A Witch ( Gregory Maguire) (Sequel to Wicked)
11. The Map of the Invisible World (Tash Aw)
12. The Lord of the Rings (Must I even type the author's name?) (Fine, J.R.R. Tolkien) (And yes, I have not read it. Oh, the shame. LOL)
Classics (a whole lot of them, but I shall read these few first) :
1. Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy) (I wonder if it qualifies as a classic?)
2. Les Miserable (Victor Hugo)
3. The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
4. Jude The Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
5. The Floss on The Mill (George Eliot)
6. Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Books I died halfway reading (either due to exams (boo) or because my brain was still too immature to appreciate such fine works of literature then. Mostly the former though. Hehe) (And I duno why the colours for this section quite sad lol) :
1. Inkdeath (Cornelia Funke) (IMPOSSIBLE that this was caused by the latter haha)
2. Tess of d'Ubervilles (Thomas Hardy) (AS finals, boo)
3. Life of Pi (Yann Martel) (Confirm A2 finals, BOO)
4. Temple of The Wind (Terry Goodkind) (AS, A2, Semester exams, whatever)
5. THE BLIND ASSASSIN OMG (Margaret Atwood)
(Obviously the OMG is not part of the title la. Lol. Just expressing my discontentment of not being able to finish it these past few YEARS. Wana know when I started.. Come I tell you. FORM THREE. 15. LIMA BELAS TAHUN. TAHUN PMR) (So, this one can say, a bit of the latter.. The immature part haha and also I never got back to it after PMR.. Or SPM.. Or.. Heh.. ALEVELS? (NO, I WILL get back to it soon!) :)
I just finished The Five People You Meet In Heaven! By Mitch Albom. Buy it, it comes highly recommended :)
It's pretty short, but I tell you, every flip of the page ah.. The feeling is like your heart berdebar-debar.. Super tension. Then suddenly they bomb (they being Mitch Albom, but they sounds cooler LOL) something unexpected at every end of a chapter which leaves you going like, What?!
And then you flip the page to the next chapter imagining all sorts of things and the feeling is like.. Like.. You ALevels ppl waiting for the frigging results page to load. HAHA. Okay la not so kau la.. Heh :P
So so so. So. Oh yeah. Watch The Departures. Super happening movie. To me lah. It's Japanese, and it won lotsa awards.. Best film la, best foreign movie la etcetc. Good stuff.
AND watch THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS!! Must must must.
It's based on a book.
And the story is so... Heartbreaking. Especially the ending. You will NOT expect the ending. But my saying that already helps you expect the ending right -.- as in cos I told you you will NOT expect it.. So you know to expect the UNexpected.. Which makes it.. Expected? HAHA you get the picture :P
It's about the holocaust days btw, but seen from the eyes of 8 year old Bruno, a German boy whose innocence is his best asset but also his downfall.
It is an amazing story, and like the review said, a film that should be seen.
Watch watch!! :) You may cry though, if you're the type to get really absorbed in movies, like me haha.
At the prospect of once again being able to read non-stop, without thoughts rudely squirming its way into my conscience, all the while hollering : "Exam! Exam! Study! Study!". Babi betul. Lol.
And so, my journey begins anew, with them books.
Fellow readers, don't you just hate the feeling of having to break out of your reading momentum when in the middle of reading the best book ever (you thought so at that time)?
Oh oh, I'm even more excited at the fact that I just got 4 books, for a really, I mean really, good price! Yay! (Big big grin) Thanks my unmentionable dear friend! (HAHA) :))
Here's a mighty long list of books that are waiting to be opened, pages waiting to be flipped, leather (yeah, right) spines waiting to be stretched :
1. The Shadow of The Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafon)
2. The Cathedral of The Sea (Ildefonso Falcones)
3. I Know This Much Is True (Wally Lamb)
4. The Hour I First Believed (Wally Lamb)
5. Schindler's List (Thomas Keneally)
6. The Gravedigger's Daughter (Joyce Carol Oates) (Haha! Oates! Geddit? Edible stuff..)
7. The Book of Lost Things (John Connolly)
8. Company of Liars (Karen Maitland)
9. Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
10. Son of A Witch ( Gregory Maguire) (Sequel to Wicked)
11. The Map of the Invisible World (Tash Aw)
12. The Lord of the Rings (Must I even type the author's name?) (Fine, J.R.R. Tolkien) (And yes, I have not read it. Oh, the shame. LOL)
Classics (a whole lot of them, but I shall read these few first) :
1. Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy) (I wonder if it qualifies as a classic?)
2. Les Miserable (Victor Hugo)
3. The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
4. Jude The Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
5. The Floss on The Mill (George Eliot)
6. Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Books I died halfway reading (either due to exams (boo) or because my brain was still too immature to appreciate such fine works of literature then. Mostly the former though. Hehe) (And I duno why the colours for this section quite sad lol) :
1. Inkdeath (Cornelia Funke) (IMPOSSIBLE that this was caused by the latter haha)
2. Tess of d'Ubervilles (Thomas Hardy) (AS finals, boo)
3. Life of Pi (Yann Martel) (Confirm A2 finals, BOO)
4. Temple of The Wind (Terry Goodkind) (AS, A2, Semester exams, whatever)
5. THE BLIND ASSASSIN OMG (Margaret Atwood)
(Obviously the OMG is not part of the title la. Lol. Just expressing my discontentment of not being able to finish it these past few YEARS. Wana know when I started.. Come I tell you. FORM THREE. 15. LIMA BELAS TAHUN. TAHUN PMR) (So, this one can say, a bit of the latter.. The immature part haha and also I never got back to it after PMR.. Or SPM.. Or.. Heh.. ALEVELS? (NO, I WILL get back to it soon!) :)
I just finished The Five People You Meet In Heaven! By Mitch Albom. Buy it, it comes highly recommended :)
It's pretty short, but I tell you, every flip of the page ah.. The feeling is like your heart berdebar-debar.. Super tension. Then suddenly they bomb (they being Mitch Albom, but they sounds cooler LOL) something unexpected at every end of a chapter which leaves you going like, What?!
And then you flip the page to the next chapter imagining all sorts of things and the feeling is like.. Like.. You ALevels ppl waiting for the frigging results page to load. HAHA. Okay la not so kau la.. Heh :P
They're both the same la lol. Different colour only. Mine's the first hehe :)
And I WANA SEE THE SHOW!!
And I WANA SEE THE SHOW!!
So so so. So. Oh yeah. Watch The Departures. Super happening movie. To me lah. It's Japanese, and it won lotsa awards.. Best film la, best foreign movie la etcetc. Good stuff.
AND watch THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS!! Must must must.
It's based on a book.
And the story is so... Heartbreaking. Especially the ending. You will NOT expect the ending. But my saying that already helps you expect the ending right -.- as in cos I told you you will NOT expect it.. So you know to expect the UNexpected.. Which makes it.. Expected? HAHA you get the picture :P
It's about the holocaust days btw, but seen from the eyes of 8 year old Bruno, a German boy whose innocence is his best asset but also his downfall.
It is an amazing story, and like the review said, a film that should be seen.
The book and the movie poster!
Friday, August 14, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Friday, August 7, 2009
Make it one of those nights again.
Yeah, as the clock struck 3am, it was one of those nights again, or days more like, where I would ask myself, what do I really want in life?
I do this once in a while, but I guess this time it's because it's looming ever nearer now.
What do I want to achieve? What is my purpose in life?
I have a purpose driven life, but have I really grasped the implications of that?
Sometimes, it's not so wise to sleep late, things like these get you thinking, and you end up sleeping even later.
"Today, after being supportive for nearly a year, my brother finally came out of the closet and introduced the family to his new boyfriend. His new boyfriend happens to be my ex-boyfriend. Guess I know why that didn't work out now."
Poor girl.
I do this once in a while, but I guess this time it's because it's looming ever nearer now.
What do I want to achieve? What is my purpose in life?
I have a purpose driven life, but have I really grasped the implications of that?
Sometimes, it's not so wise to sleep late, things like these get you thinking, and you end up sleeping even later.
"Today, after being supportive for nearly a year, my brother finally came out of the closet and introduced the family to his new boyfriend. His new boyfriend happens to be my ex-boyfriend. Guess I know why that didn't work out now."
Poor girl.
Friday, July 24, 2009
Won't you just come out already.
"To be released... To be released..."
Won't you just come out already. !! Gah. Lol.
So I think I'll start something new to entertain you people. Haha :P
I'll post up quotations of other people talking about how their life sucks, so that you won't feel so bad. Not, that I'm saying your life sucks haha, but everyone could do with a little pick-me-up once in a while :) Even if that pick-me-up comes in the form of reading about other people's misadventures and malangness and sympathising with them. Some are just for laughs, cos they are just plain weird & disturbing. Hoho.
All these are real life experiences by the way, and are people with real problems.
So here's one :
"Today, I opened some small cute birthday gifts at my boyfriend's house. As we left to go out, he slipped me a Tiffany box and said he wanted me to open it in private. Flushed and excited, I opened it to find a ziploc filled with hair. It was his mustache I had been begging him to shave for months."
LOLOLL
And another :
"Today, I bust my lip when a car bumped into mine. As I headed home, I was stopped by the police who told me my back light was out. I tried to explain, but it just came out as "fghjiljh" because of my lip. I was arrested on suspicion of drinking and driving."
And another one cos this is just so funny :
"Today, I was walking through a heavy door at work, so I reached behind me to catch it so it wouldn't slam shut. Little did I know that my boss was walking through right after me. Instead of catching the door, I caught a handful of his crotch."
HAHAHAHA LOL!! I actually thought that the door slammed into the boss' face or something. Right now I'm thinking it's a lady, but IMAGINE, if it was a guy who grabbed his boss' crotch!! HAHA!!
You just have to read this one :
"Today, I said to the pool-boy of my house : "I know what you are doing and you have to stop it." He started shouting that I had no right to tell them what to do and that they were in love. He was referring to his relationship with my eldest son. I was referring to him drinking my beers."
HAHAHA
I duno what to say :
"Today, I was driving on the freeway when I got a call from my friend explaining that our 2 best friends died in a car accident. I pulled over in hysterics and a police officer came to see what was wrong. I explained what happened and he gave me a ticket for talking on the phone while driving."
Malangnyerr.
Last one, I promise :
"Today, my girlfriend of 2 years told me she was pregnant. I started freaking out, so she put her arm around me and said,
"Don't worry, it's not yours."
OH GOSH, LOLL.
So, you don't have it so bad after all eh? Haha.
Won't you just come out already. !! Gah. Lol.
So I think I'll start something new to entertain you people. Haha :P
I'll post up quotations of other people talking about how their life sucks, so that you won't feel so bad. Not, that I'm saying your life sucks haha, but everyone could do with a little pick-me-up once in a while :) Even if that pick-me-up comes in the form of reading about other people's misadventures and malangness and sympathising with them. Some are just for laughs, cos they are just plain weird & disturbing. Hoho.
All these are real life experiences by the way, and are people with real problems.
So here's one :
"Today, I opened some small cute birthday gifts at my boyfriend's house. As we left to go out, he slipped me a Tiffany box and said he wanted me to open it in private. Flushed and excited, I opened it to find a ziploc filled with hair. It was his mustache I had been begging him to shave for months."
LOLOLL
And another :
"Today, I bust my lip when a car bumped into mine. As I headed home, I was stopped by the police who told me my back light was out. I tried to explain, but it just came out as "fghjiljh" because of my lip. I was arrested on suspicion of drinking and driving."
And another one cos this is just so funny :
"Today, I was walking through a heavy door at work, so I reached behind me to catch it so it wouldn't slam shut. Little did I know that my boss was walking through right after me. Instead of catching the door, I caught a handful of his crotch."
HAHAHAHA LOL!! I actually thought that the door slammed into the boss' face or something. Right now I'm thinking it's a lady, but IMAGINE, if it was a guy who grabbed his boss' crotch!! HAHA!!
You just have to read this one :
"Today, I said to the pool-boy of my house : "I know what you are doing and you have to stop it." He started shouting that I had no right to tell them what to do and that they were in love. He was referring to his relationship with my eldest son. I was referring to him drinking my beers."
HAHAHA
I duno what to say :
"Today, I was driving on the freeway when I got a call from my friend explaining that our 2 best friends died in a car accident. I pulled over in hysterics and a police officer came to see what was wrong. I explained what happened and he gave me a ticket for talking on the phone while driving."
Malangnyerr.
Last one, I promise :
"Today, my girlfriend of 2 years told me she was pregnant. I started freaking out, so she put her arm around me and said,
"Don't worry, it's not yours."
OH GOSH, LOLL.
So, you don't have it so bad after all eh? Haha.
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Make it decided in 8.5 seconds.
Hehe.
So.
I'm gona be in Bukit Jalil tmw night, catching the 2nd, unexpected, Man U vs Msia match!
Lol! Funny stuff man :
First, I'm no MU fan. I actually support any team that's not MU, when Arsenal's not playing, during matches with MU in them, but Arsenal's dying now anyways lol.
Second, I made the decision to go in, approximately, 8.5 seconds. 8, when I went, Er, and 0.5 when I went, Ok! Hahahaha I was on the line with Andrew Tan, who so very kindly bought my ticket, when he sprang the question, "You wana go or not? There's still one more. I mean I have money to get one more ticket." And after a few seconds of hesitation, 7.9 to match what I said above, I decided to go. Hahaha. Maybe I'll wear an Arsenal jersey and ask Rooney to sign it. Heh. I think that's what my bro's friend is doing, except with a Liverpool one. Lol! :P
Third, I randomly asked Miriam if she wanted to go, I have no idea why, but I just wanted to ask her. Mana tau, she agreed! Hahahaha I never knew she did football :P But all's good cos it'll be our first football match seeing them footballers in flesh! Actually, not for Miriam though, because, she freaking saw Henry, as in THIERRY HENRY, walking on the streets in Paris, France!! Unfortunately, Andrew did not have enough money, he had to buy 6 tickets before that, and was also already out of the line, so I had to go queue up in Parade to get Mim's tic. Took a while, but managed to get my hands on it hee :DD
Anyways, on a separate note, Public Enemies was super on for me man! I liked it :)
Harry Potter 6 was a bit of a disappointment, altered a lot of stuff. The goods and the bads :
Goods :
I really liked some scenes, especially the ones with Ron in them, he just seriously acts so well : the Keeper tryouts scene, the in-love-with-Romilda-Vane one, and the one where he gets poisoned. Cool acting :)
The way there portrayed the Vanishing Cabinets, I thought was brilliant, it being in a triangle-ish shape thingy.
Dumbledore's black hand, not bad. The ring looks not bad.
Cormac McLaggen. Haha. I thought he would look burly and big and ugly, but hey, he's quite good-looking haha.
I liked the Quidditch scenes :)
The bads :
NO EMO DUMBLEDORE'S FUNERAL!! No white tomb, no crying, no chance to show Harry's conviction to stop school and head off on his own to destroy the remaining Horcruxes.
THEY TOTALLY MISSED OUT THE HOUSE OF GAUNT MEMORY!!
Meaning, there're NO Morfin, Merope, Marvolo etcetc. I'm like.. What?! Cos I really wanted to see how Voldermort's mom & granddad look like. And I just wanted to see how they would portray that whole scene yknow, with the dead snake hanging from the door etcetc. Tapi, betapa sedihnya aku bila aku sedar bahawa tiada such scenenya.
Very disappointed in the fact that there was NO fighting scenes AT ALL between the Aurors & Death Eaters, it just went straight to them burning Hagrid's hut. Ish.
The green lake in the cave, is not even green. Not a faint hint of green glow pun. Lol.
Still feel that Daniel & Emma Watson cannot act. Harry & Hermione are like, stone, or fake. Like most of us feel that they can't portray the emotions strongly enough. In sad scenes, Hermione is just frowning, with her eyebrows coming together and looking all... Pathetic? Okay, too harsh, erm.. Forlorn? Whatever lah, just that it doesn't sampai the tahap of sadness she should be showing. I mean, Dumbledore DIED for crying out loud. Lol. I do like her dress though, the one at Slughorn's party.
In the book, it was Tonks that found Harry, not LUNA, on the train where he got Petrificus Totalus-ed. There were so few scenes of Tonks, too :/
Oh oh OH AND, in the book, Harry uses the Invisibility Cloak to get into the Slytherin compartment thing, NOT Peruvian Total Blackness Powder or whatever the crap it is.
I know la this are minor things, but then.. I duno, it's like they altered a lot of stuff. I mean, dahlah they cut a lot of things, cos tak cukup masa, but they alter things somemore. If cut scenes but accurately portray the remaining ones, then tak begitu teruk yknow. Yang ini ar, tukar here tukar there. Aih.
But the effects were good la yknow. The ending, for me and a lot of others, super potong can die.
Watchmen! I liked it :)
17 Again was highly enjoyable for me :):)) Not, because of the Zac Efron stuff, but cos it's just so funny! And quite cool lah like how he realizes it's not all about basketball but more of helping his kids out. I feel that Zac Efron looks much better here than in High School Musical, although HSM3 was quite good for him too, looks wise, compared to HSM1 & 2.
Imma go watch The Notebook again now haha. That's a pretty good movie too :) I like how they start off with the old man telling the story to the old woman, and how it plays out, like flashback, then present and then back again. :)
So.
I'm gona be in Bukit Jalil tmw night, catching the 2nd, unexpected, Man U vs Msia match!
Lol! Funny stuff man :
First, I'm no MU fan. I actually support any team that's not MU, when Arsenal's not playing, during matches with MU in them, but Arsenal's dying now anyways lol.
Second, I made the decision to go in, approximately, 8.5 seconds. 8, when I went, Er, and 0.5 when I went, Ok! Hahahaha I was on the line with Andrew Tan, who so very kindly bought my ticket, when he sprang the question, "You wana go or not? There's still one more. I mean I have money to get one more ticket." And after a few seconds of hesitation, 7.9 to match what I said above, I decided to go. Hahaha. Maybe I'll wear an Arsenal jersey and ask Rooney to sign it. Heh. I think that's what my bro's friend is doing, except with a Liverpool one. Lol! :P
Third, I randomly asked Miriam if she wanted to go, I have no idea why, but I just wanted to ask her. Mana tau, she agreed! Hahahaha I never knew she did football :P But all's good cos it'll be our first football match seeing them footballers in flesh! Actually, not for Miriam though, because, she freaking saw Henry, as in THIERRY HENRY, walking on the streets in Paris, France!! Unfortunately, Andrew did not have enough money, he had to buy 6 tickets before that, and was also already out of the line, so I had to go queue up in Parade to get Mim's tic. Took a while, but managed to get my hands on it hee :DD
Anyways, on a separate note, Public Enemies was super on for me man! I liked it :)
Harry Potter 6 was a bit of a disappointment, altered a lot of stuff. The goods and the bads :
Goods :
I really liked some scenes, especially the ones with Ron in them, he just seriously acts so well : the Keeper tryouts scene, the in-love-with-Romilda-Vane one, and the one where he gets poisoned. Cool acting :)
The way there portrayed the Vanishing Cabinets, I thought was brilliant, it being in a triangle-ish shape thingy.
Dumbledore's black hand, not bad. The ring looks not bad.
Cormac McLaggen. Haha. I thought he would look burly and big and ugly, but hey, he's quite good-looking haha.
I liked the Quidditch scenes :)
The bads :
NO EMO DUMBLEDORE'S FUNERAL!! No white tomb, no crying, no chance to show Harry's conviction to stop school and head off on his own to destroy the remaining Horcruxes.
THEY TOTALLY MISSED OUT THE HOUSE OF GAUNT MEMORY!!
Meaning, there're NO Morfin, Merope, Marvolo etcetc. I'm like.. What?! Cos I really wanted to see how Voldermort's mom & granddad look like. And I just wanted to see how they would portray that whole scene yknow, with the dead snake hanging from the door etcetc. Tapi, betapa sedihnya aku bila aku sedar bahawa tiada such scenenya.
Very disappointed in the fact that there was NO fighting scenes AT ALL between the Aurors & Death Eaters, it just went straight to them burning Hagrid's hut. Ish.
The green lake in the cave, is not even green. Not a faint hint of green glow pun. Lol.
Still feel that Daniel & Emma Watson cannot act. Harry & Hermione are like, stone, or fake. Like most of us feel that they can't portray the emotions strongly enough. In sad scenes, Hermione is just frowning, with her eyebrows coming together and looking all... Pathetic? Okay, too harsh, erm.. Forlorn? Whatever lah, just that it doesn't sampai the tahap of sadness she should be showing. I mean, Dumbledore DIED for crying out loud. Lol. I do like her dress though, the one at Slughorn's party.
In the book, it was Tonks that found Harry, not LUNA, on the train where he got Petrificus Totalus-ed. There were so few scenes of Tonks, too :/
Oh oh OH AND, in the book, Harry uses the Invisibility Cloak to get into the Slytherin compartment thing, NOT Peruvian Total Blackness Powder or whatever the crap it is.
I know la this are minor things, but then.. I duno, it's like they altered a lot of stuff. I mean, dahlah they cut a lot of things, cos tak cukup masa, but they alter things somemore. If cut scenes but accurately portray the remaining ones, then tak begitu teruk yknow. Yang ini ar, tukar here tukar there. Aih.
But the effects were good la yknow. The ending, for me and a lot of others, super potong can die.
Watchmen! I liked it :)
17 Again was highly enjoyable for me :):)) Not, because of the Zac Efron stuff, but cos it's just so funny! And quite cool lah like how he realizes it's not all about basketball but more of helping his kids out. I feel that Zac Efron looks much better here than in High School Musical, although HSM3 was quite good for him too, looks wise, compared to HSM1 & 2.
Imma go watch The Notebook again now haha. That's a pretty good movie too :) I like how they start off with the old man telling the story to the old woman, and how it plays out, like flashback, then present and then back again. :)
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Make it Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome
I really encourage all of you to watch Phoebe In Wonderland.
This movie is brilliant and a little strange, and wonderfully unique, starring Felicity Huffman, Patricia Clarkson, Elle Fanning, Bill Pullman, Campbell Scott.
It is heart-warming and may make you tear to see Phoebe struggle through and cope with her disorder.
In a nutshell, it is a fantastical tale of a little girl who won't - or can't - follow the rules. She is confounded by her clashes with the rule-obsessed world around her; Why can't she just follow the 'rules'? Why is it that she can't be 'normal'? Why is it that she has to count? Why does she have to keep on washing her hands until they bleed?
A school play, Alice In Wonderland, provides an escape for Phoebe, who acts like a normal kid then, without the twitching of shoulders & fingers, the imitation of other's sentences, the spitting, the OCD.
The story slowly unrevels to show what Phoebe really has, which is Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome together with OCD, which stands for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. And these miraculously disappear when she is in her happy place, when she is enjoying herself in the play rehearsals.
Why I encourage you to watch this movie is because of 2 reasons, one, because it accurately shows the true symptoms of OCD. Many ppl say they have OCD when they are particular about things; Cleanliness, Tidiness, doing things the only in their way etc, but some never really understand the true extent of how OCD really affects people.
It's so much more than just being particular about something, it stretches to the extent where people with OCD hurt themselves because of what they have to do. And the explanation as to why they have to do this particular thing is that, they just have to, they have to do it until it feels right. And trust me, you wouldn't understand this unless you either have it or you know a friend who has OCD, the REAL OCD.
The other reason is because I feel that by watching this movie, more of you will be familiar with the neurological disorder, Tourette's Syndrome. It is very well portrayed in Phoebe In Wonderland, except that she doesn't tic very boldly. But the spontaneous utterance of socially objectionable or taboo words or phrases, the repeating of the words of others and repeating one's own words are all there. The counting is also there.
I really hope that this movie will expose more of you to what this syndrome is so that you may not be so ignorant as to comment, "Why is she so noisy?" or "Why is she blinking so hard? So weird..." or "What is she doing? What a retard.", should you meet anyone with Tourette's syndrome. These unwarranted audible comments, though they may not seem to affect them, actually hurts and frustrates these individuals who are already struggling to cope with not just this syndrome but also problems from their everyday life which both you and I go through.
I have a friend of 19, with both OCD & Tourette's (they usually come together) and I'm very proud of the person she has grown into. She did not get depressed, or should I say, stay depressed, but emerged as this vibrant, honest and outspoken young lady who is not afraid to dream and to pursue what she wants. Sure, it gets tough when she meets new people who do not understand her syndrome, but instead of feeling angry and upset, I think she sees it as an opportunity to educate others about Tourette's.
There was this time when she was in KLCC, and this girl of a race I shall not mention, turned behind and went "Sewel ar??" in the most obnoxious way possible. Wah, I tell you ar, I felt like, and still feel like, punching her face man. Lol. Beh tahan people making snide remarks without finding out first why she does what she does. Ignorant, self-centred, pea-brained people.
Why must they be so unkind?
People with Tourette's lead a normal life; They laugh, they eat, they gossip, they have crushes, they smile, they cry, they study hard, they go to the movies, they do sports, they attend BBQs, they go for tuition, they shit, they have a sense of humour, they go shopping, they watch football, they have celebrity idols, they play the piano, they like to dress up, and so many more things they do. I'm just trying to show you how most of them do the same mundane things we do. And I'm sure they don't want our sympathy, just a little understanding.
Like my friend says, "Sometimes, even to live is an act of courage."
Which is so true in this cold, cruel and skeptical world of ours.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Make it very hectic, but coolios :)
Okay. So. In less than a month, I've been to a different country, and 5 different Malaysian states. Well, it'll be 5 tmw.
Australia, Johor, Perak, Pahang, Kelantan, Penang.
:DD
Mighty hectic, like come back one day and gone the next, barely time to take a breather, but fun ;)
And that's the reason why the blog has been dead, and will be dead for the next few days, will be in Penang with a few friends. :):))
Looking forward to spending quality time with y'all yaw! Hee :D See you guys in 8 hours :D
Australia, Johor, Perak, Pahang, Kelantan, Penang.
:DD
Mighty hectic, like come back one day and gone the next, barely time to take a breather, but fun ;)
And that's the reason why the blog has been dead, and will be dead for the next few days, will be in Penang with a few friends. :):))
Looking forward to spending quality time with y'all yaw! Hee :D See you guys in 8 hours :D
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Make it in awesome Australia :D
HELLO AUSTRALIA! :D
Sexy mommah posing.
All the kangaroos there ar, super poser wan yknow. Lol. Seriously.
Okay la so there's only one thing I can say so far.All the kangaroos there ar, super poser wan yknow. Lol. Seriously.
Australia is freaking awesome possum lahhh. So typical of a Malaysian to sound jakun haha but what to do, it's true, the awesome part I mean.
I've been here 2 days now and I'm not liking the weather at all, basically because I'm Malaysian and hot sun & Malaysians are sorta synonymous, yknow? Haha :P Well it's super cold here lol. So, yeah, figures. Haha. It's about 14ish degrees in Sydney and it gets colder at night. It rained this afternoon in the Reptile Park, drizzled, stopped. Drizzled again, stopped again. It was like a kid playing with those flick-up-to-switch-on-flick-down-to-switch-off buttons. Crazy. Haha. But I thoroughly enjoyed myself today amongst the fat furry wombats :D I even saw a platypus! :DD Super cute lah. And echidnas!! I think they're the most adorable creatures of the spiky family :D Kangaroos and wallabys roamed freely which meant that their shit roamed freely too lol. They looked like cat shit, small and berketul, but varied in colour. There were brown ones and blackish ones but the most common would be olive green heaps. Wonderful. Not. Haha.
It's a mommah! Yknow how I know?? See see down there :D
Joey peeking out!! Freaking cool!!
I wanted to tag it as "Joey" but I realized this is not Facebook. LOL.
Yknow how they say we're descendants of gorillas? Yeah, I think this case different a bit HAHA.
I mean, c'mon! Look at the similarities. Lol!
Okay, cukup. He shy lah. Haha.
The koalas were just lazy asses haha though one had a baby clinging onto its mama so that was quite interesting to note and it compensated for their boringness hahaha. Crazy emu started chasing white kids all around the place haha but I was too big for it to handle so it ran away from me LOL. There was this emo white kangaroo too, acting all cranky. Later I post up pic of the emo kangaroo k lol. And as I appreciated the place and how well it was kept, I felt that it will defo take some time before we are up to their standard. I mean they really run the place so well, and all animals are very much looked after. Malaysia generally doesn't care two hoots about its animals and that is why the likelihood of veterinarians making it big or even surviving in Msia is so slim it's almost aneroxic.
We woke up at 10am today, left the abang's hse in Ourimbah at 11am and headed towards Gosford for the Reptile Park where we left at 3pm to balik to abang's kawans' hse. Picked up so fish & chips on the way. Got to meet many new ppl :) Very friendly and accommodating. Kor had to work from 5-9pm so he left with the gang and it was just Jess & I in the house. His laptop failed me, duno why no internet and mine was stuck in his house so I had nothing to do and the jet lag plus the lack of sleep finally caught up with me after the busy yet fun day. Wanted to crash on the couch and went in to let Jess know that I was tired and she offered her bed so I just konked. Woke up feeling bad for hogging her bed for 2hrs. Sorry & thanks, Jess!
The reason I was so dead tired was because I slept at 3am last night and woke up at 10am. Yesterday, woke up at 5.45am for the flight having only slept at 2am due to some VISA complication. Was on flight MH 141 for about 8 hours and I tell you, Malaysian Airlines is the way to go la. Maybe it's cos I don't fly around much so I'm not really used to the awesomeness of MAS haha. I mean, I enjoyed myself immensely yknow! Haha! Like I had such a great flight weih. Food was terrific, the nasi lemak I reckon is even better than some back home in Asia or smtg man. Pau-ed extra pillow cos no one on my left. Every single time I woke up, I'd find something pleasant on the tray in front of me. First time is was a Magnum Mini ice-cream, and I know, no big deal haha, but trust me, when you've just woken up from a nice sleep with a slight neckache, an ice-cream is just what you need to complete the just-woke-up feeling hahaha. Second time I found 2 sandwiches staring back at me just begging me to eat 'em haha. Tuna & zuchinni ;) Coolios.
Once I landed at the Sydney airport, bro was there in a red hoodie, beanie and jeans ready to pick me up and introduce me to Australia :) Headed off to the city centre about 15min away and had dinner at Seoul-Ria (yes, Korean food on the first day just minutes after Australia and I made acquaintance lol) which is a super popular makan place on George Street, the main street in Sydney. I reached at about 8pm so dinner ended about 10pm. Then, bro wanted to introduce me to his best friend, Max Brennan. Lol. Max Brennan is a chocolate shop by the way haha. So to Max Brennan Chocolat Shop we went and had perfumed-waffles with hot Belgium milk chocolate, defo one of the best around. You'll without a doubt want to enjoy that perfect combo on a cold winter night man ;) And it's not too costly too. Not those high class extremely pricey places. So I felt very satiated indeed ;) It was packed with ppl, as it was another popular place. So I guess it really helps to have ppl who know where 'the places to be' are cos you get great food and company. Like, you wouldn't wana hang out at Baker's Cottage when there're Murni's and William's and even Asia in 15 around, would you? :P Sooo, yeah, you need connections who have connections yaw ;)
Can you see our shadows? :DD
Failed attempt haha.
I just realized I told my story backwards, started off with today and ended with yesterday lol.
I'd post pics up cos I have so many, but I'm lazy, like those koalas I saw in the park this afternoon HAHA. So, prolly tmw when I have more time ;)
It's 2.22am now Aussie time and it's time to sleep, mate. Haha. Tmw, time to do a leeetle shopping :D
Goodnight y'all!
Oh by the way, my brother has 2 pet mice!! Super cute weih! Actually there were 3, but one escaped and got eaten up by an iguana. Okay, it just escaped lah. I don't even know if iguanas are omnivorous lol. One's grey & white and the other's honey coloured & white :)
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Make it so pointless
I just got an alert from Facebook in my email saying that I have a friend request.
I looked at the name. I wanted to click to read, then I LOOKED at the name again. I mean, REALLY looked.
Rachel Chang added me as a friend on Facebook.
For a mo, I thought I actually did something weird like pressed something wrong when I was last on Facebook. Then I was like, even if I did press something wrong, can someone actually add their ownselves??
Confirm cannot right. But for a minute I really considered the bizarre notion that I did add myself LOL.
So I clicked on her profile, ya lah of course not me lah but my point is, she added me just because we have the same name.
Dot. Dot. Dot. Hello?? So pointless lah, gosh. She's from Taiwan. Even more pointless, because I don't approve anybody I don't know or have not met face to face.
So, ignore!!
I looked at the name. I wanted to click to read, then I LOOKED at the name again. I mean, REALLY looked.
Rachel Chang added me as a friend on Facebook.
For a mo, I thought I actually did something weird like pressed something wrong when I was last on Facebook. Then I was like, even if I did press something wrong, can someone actually add their ownselves??
Confirm cannot right. But for a minute I really considered the bizarre notion that I did add myself LOL.
So I clicked on her profile, ya lah of course not me lah but my point is, she added me just because we have the same name.
Dot. Dot. Dot. Hello?? So pointless lah, gosh. She's from Taiwan. Even more pointless, because I don't approve anybody I don't know or have not met face to face.
So, ignore!!
Monday, June 15, 2009
Make it a sunny day
Yeah, I know, what a strange title seeing as it's currently night time now lol.
So the A Levels Graduation Ball was awesome, superb, really great, in my opinion. 70% because of the fact that everybody that mattered was there so the company was just amazing, though some couldn't make it. 30% because it was planned really well etc.
The event went smoothly, though with a few minor glitches, for example during my classmate's performance, so she had to play the piano impromptu while singing the acoustic version of Pokerface. She nailed it by the way.
The people were just fantastic. My whole table number 7 was full of PL2 and we had great fun together :) Dance floor is awesome when you're dancing with great company, and in my case, it was happening man with my whole class :) Songs were good, food not too bad, and overall a really good event :)
Great job, student council Jan 09 ;)
Definitely a job well done.
I'll be leaving for Australia on Friday morning to visit the brother. Am really looking forward to it now that I can actually look forward to it haha. I mean, before this there were just so many things going on that sorta dampened my mood for Aus. Like my finals just finished then prom then other events that were important. So now, I can finally have the time and mental capacity to look forward to it haha. Fun stuff ;)
Pray I do not get swine flu lol as Australia is hit really badly, particularly Melbourne.
I'm of course mostly looking forward to the zoos there! Can't wait. Shopping, depends on the availabilty of cash haha. Weather, it's winter now, so not really happy about that but at the same time I don't really mind it. I'll be flying back with my bro and we'll be back on tanah air Malaysia on July 1st :)
As for these few days in between, well, it's packed, and that's the way I like it yknow. To have a plan for everyday so that I make full use of my hols :) Tmw's Ikea and an awesome plan's already brewing for Wed :D Thurs is gona be a fun & informative day which is cool. And then I'm off to the land down under.
Can't wait for this week to unrevel itself ;)
So the A Levels Graduation Ball was awesome, superb, really great, in my opinion. 70% because of the fact that everybody that mattered was there so the company was just amazing, though some couldn't make it. 30% because it was planned really well etc.
The event went smoothly, though with a few minor glitches, for example during my classmate's performance, so she had to play the piano impromptu while singing the acoustic version of Pokerface. She nailed it by the way.
The people were just fantastic. My whole table number 7 was full of PL2 and we had great fun together :) Dance floor is awesome when you're dancing with great company, and in my case, it was happening man with my whole class :) Songs were good, food not too bad, and overall a really good event :)
Great job, student council Jan 09 ;)
Definitely a job well done.
I'll be leaving for Australia on Friday morning to visit the brother. Am really looking forward to it now that I can actually look forward to it haha. I mean, before this there were just so many things going on that sorta dampened my mood for Aus. Like my finals just finished then prom then other events that were important. So now, I can finally have the time and mental capacity to look forward to it haha. Fun stuff ;)
Pray I do not get swine flu lol as Australia is hit really badly, particularly Melbourne.
I'm of course mostly looking forward to the zoos there! Can't wait. Shopping, depends on the availabilty of cash haha. Weather, it's winter now, so not really happy about that but at the same time I don't really mind it. I'll be flying back with my bro and we'll be back on tanah air Malaysia on July 1st :)
As for these few days in between, well, it's packed, and that's the way I like it yknow. To have a plan for everyday so that I make full use of my hols :) Tmw's Ikea and an awesome plan's already brewing for Wed :D Thurs is gona be a fun & informative day which is cool. And then I'm off to the land down under.
Can't wait for this week to unrevel itself ;)
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Make it my very own abang Chang
Having a big brother is just so.... Wonderful :):))
Sure, there's the fighting & hair-pulling & sore throats from screaming at each other, but trust me, that ends when both siblings reach their youth. Actually it really only happens when they're small. After that, you really appreciate the existence of the other. You care for each other. You love each other. You rely on each other. The only kin you have once your parents pass on. And yeah, sometimes you don't really see eye to eye or you get reprimanded by yr older sibling, but then that's just how life is. You can't be up up up all the way.
I guess I never realized how time passed me by, how I failed to see how my abang of 22 years has grown into a matured (I hope, haha! I'm spoiling it lol) person. Failed to notice how he gained experience from his life and based his advice on them. How wise his thinking is sometimes. I guess I used to see him last time as just a brother, there in my life as just another Chang. But never really sought advice or asked him his opinion or asked for his help. I'm relating all these of course, to matters of great importance and not just about frivolous stuff like his opinion on clothes etcetc.
No doubt, the many many miles between us these past few years have indeed affected our communication. I figure that if he had still been in Malaysia, the changes I saw in him yesterday wouldn't haven been such a revelation. It's probably because we don't speak on a daily basis and when we do on the phone, it was for short periods or time, talking about friends and shopping and the weather and other everyday stuff. But the call yesterday, and the events leading up to it, really made me feel like, wow, my kor is so caring. Like, why didn't I really see this before? Maybe I just wasn't looking hard enough ;)
Few weeks leading up to my A2 exams, he would ask my mom when my exams were so he could pray for me. He asked me through Facebook when the exact dates of my exams were and what subjects so he could keep track. And he texted on the 4th of June to check up on me. My AS Econs essay was on 5th June.
"Hello hello :) how were the 1st 2 papers? You're pretty good at Law yeah? How do you feel about tmw? Been praying for you and I'm sure He will see you through with the desired results. Just hang on tight and enjoy the ride! Lol and study properly also la."
I didn't reply cos I was chanting loads and loads of Econs facts, trying to force them to stick in my brain lol. But the text made me feel loads better :)
A week went by and it was soon time for my A2 Econs essay paper which was yesterday, 10th (Wed). The time to enter the MPH in Taylor's came and went and I survived the traumatising ordeal of not knowing what questions would come out and if I could do them and if I should do 25 mark questions etcetc. The next day, today (Thurs), was my AS Econs MCQ paper, so it wasn't as important as yesterday's cos yesterday's is like insane, so many things to memorize, just a lot a lot of notes and all. I took the whole of Tuesday to do more chanting to get all my A2 facts in my head and was holed up in my room, memorizing like a crazy retarded nut haha.
He called last night at 10.30pm Malaysian time cos he wanted to ask me how I was doing before the big paper the next day. Actually he got the dates mixed up. He thought the next day, today (Thurs), was the big A2 essay paper. Padahal, that afternoon itself I had already sat for the A2 paper. So, what I'm trying to say is, it's so cool that God does this weird things, like how he mixed up the dates, cos if he did not, and if he called on the eve of my real A2 essay exam, I wouldn't have been able to talk to him for 2 hours cos I would need the time to go memorize and.. memorize.
But instead, he called yesterday night and we managed to talk about everything, my babbling on and on about all my present worries and not knowing what I should do and telling him what I thought about the future if things didn't work out and just everything that was on my mind. I could finally unload to my sibling. Yeah, I have my parents and in fact I unloaded to them last week too haha. But I guess nothing beats telling and getting advice from an older youth, yknow?
I'm a worrier. And I'm a perfectionist. So, that's not a really good combo. If things don't go how I want them to, or how I visualize them to in the future, I start to worry. Excessively. Worry and worry and worry. Blablabla. How if I don't... What if this happens.. And then like that how... If tak jadi then... and so on. I think and think and think too much and get very negative at times. And because of all these, I forget that there's a Master at work that actually already knows what's gona happen. And He knows the best for me. All I have to do is stop believing the father of lies and start trusting Him. And be patient and see how things unfold instead of speculating with thousands of what ifs. And so this is where abang's maturity comes in. He puts things into perspective. To assure and lemme know that, hey, if tak jadi, tak jadi lah, it wasn't His will. You tried your best. There's a different plan for you.
The whole convo last night was very assuring and comforting and I realized that my brother is a very caring person. And that he loves me a lot. My fears, my cares, my worries just came tumbling out, each competing to have dominance over the other. And abang tried to talk things over and advice. After the depressing an hour or so talk, we started talking about Australia and every other fun things, friends, current happenings, zoos. I guess we all need someone close to talk to sometimes, and if mine can't be with me now, Imma go to him haha. Next week kor, next week ;)
Yes, this is a long post, but I guess this is me unloading again ;) Lol.
After the convo, a text came in from him saying :
"Good catching up lil sis! Deep down I know you can do it so fret not, keep your head up and go through them the best you can. Final 50m in the 400m! You can see the ribbon ahead, just gotto touch it. If you need inspiration, think of Messi, had growth problem due to hormonal issues and gave everything up to get treatment in Spain. See where he is today in Barca. And of course, our Lord and Saviour who holds your world in His palms and wants the best for you, His lil sheep :) "
Hahaha, Messi ;) The last words, I felt, were really cute and held a lot of meaning, one, because if you didn't know, Rachel means ewe, female sheep, so that's really cute, and two, because I remembered then that He is our Sheperd and we are His sheep and He will take care of every lil sheep of His ;)
"You need to believe. All the winners you see, always believe."
"Everyone needs a dream. You need a dream."
Thanks for listening to all my blablablas and yadayadayadas, kor :)
Love you much :):))
And when we fly back, we will be Changs on a plane! Hahahah yes, very random lol, something created by Ju-Hann haha. Reminds me of Snakes on a Plane, the movie lol.
Sure, there's the fighting & hair-pulling & sore throats from screaming at each other, but trust me, that ends when both siblings reach their youth. Actually it really only happens when they're small. After that, you really appreciate the existence of the other. You care for each other. You love each other. You rely on each other. The only kin you have once your parents pass on. And yeah, sometimes you don't really see eye to eye or you get reprimanded by yr older sibling, but then that's just how life is. You can't be up up up all the way.
I guess I never realized how time passed me by, how I failed to see how my abang of 22 years has grown into a matured (I hope, haha! I'm spoiling it lol) person. Failed to notice how he gained experience from his life and based his advice on them. How wise his thinking is sometimes. I guess I used to see him last time as just a brother, there in my life as just another Chang. But never really sought advice or asked him his opinion or asked for his help. I'm relating all these of course, to matters of great importance and not just about frivolous stuff like his opinion on clothes etcetc.
No doubt, the many many miles between us these past few years have indeed affected our communication. I figure that if he had still been in Malaysia, the changes I saw in him yesterday wouldn't haven been such a revelation. It's probably because we don't speak on a daily basis and when we do on the phone, it was for short periods or time, talking about friends and shopping and the weather and other everyday stuff. But the call yesterday, and the events leading up to it, really made me feel like, wow, my kor is so caring. Like, why didn't I really see this before? Maybe I just wasn't looking hard enough ;)
Few weeks leading up to my A2 exams, he would ask my mom when my exams were so he could pray for me. He asked me through Facebook when the exact dates of my exams were and what subjects so he could keep track. And he texted on the 4th of June to check up on me. My AS Econs essay was on 5th June.
"Hello hello :) how were the 1st 2 papers? You're pretty good at Law yeah? How do you feel about tmw? Been praying for you and I'm sure He will see you through with the desired results. Just hang on tight and enjoy the ride! Lol and study properly also la."
I didn't reply cos I was chanting loads and loads of Econs facts, trying to force them to stick in my brain lol. But the text made me feel loads better :)
A week went by and it was soon time for my A2 Econs essay paper which was yesterday, 10th (Wed). The time to enter the MPH in Taylor's came and went and I survived the traumatising ordeal of not knowing what questions would come out and if I could do them and if I should do 25 mark questions etcetc. The next day, today (Thurs), was my AS Econs MCQ paper, so it wasn't as important as yesterday's cos yesterday's is like insane, so many things to memorize, just a lot a lot of notes and all. I took the whole of Tuesday to do more chanting to get all my A2 facts in my head and was holed up in my room, memorizing like a crazy retarded nut haha.
He called last night at 10.30pm Malaysian time cos he wanted to ask me how I was doing before the big paper the next day. Actually he got the dates mixed up. He thought the next day, today (Thurs), was the big A2 essay paper. Padahal, that afternoon itself I had already sat for the A2 paper. So, what I'm trying to say is, it's so cool that God does this weird things, like how he mixed up the dates, cos if he did not, and if he called on the eve of my real A2 essay exam, I wouldn't have been able to talk to him for 2 hours cos I would need the time to go memorize and.. memorize.
But instead, he called yesterday night and we managed to talk about everything, my babbling on and on about all my present worries and not knowing what I should do and telling him what I thought about the future if things didn't work out and just everything that was on my mind. I could finally unload to my sibling. Yeah, I have my parents and in fact I unloaded to them last week too haha. But I guess nothing beats telling and getting advice from an older youth, yknow?
I'm a worrier. And I'm a perfectionist. So, that's not a really good combo. If things don't go how I want them to, or how I visualize them to in the future, I start to worry. Excessively. Worry and worry and worry. Blablabla. How if I don't... What if this happens.. And then like that how... If tak jadi then... and so on. I think and think and think too much and get very negative at times. And because of all these, I forget that there's a Master at work that actually already knows what's gona happen. And He knows the best for me. All I have to do is stop believing the father of lies and start trusting Him. And be patient and see how things unfold instead of speculating with thousands of what ifs. And so this is where abang's maturity comes in. He puts things into perspective. To assure and lemme know that, hey, if tak jadi, tak jadi lah, it wasn't His will. You tried your best. There's a different plan for you.
The whole convo last night was very assuring and comforting and I realized that my brother is a very caring person. And that he loves me a lot. My fears, my cares, my worries just came tumbling out, each competing to have dominance over the other. And abang tried to talk things over and advice. After the depressing an hour or so talk, we started talking about Australia and every other fun things, friends, current happenings, zoos. I guess we all need someone close to talk to sometimes, and if mine can't be with me now, Imma go to him haha. Next week kor, next week ;)
Yes, this is a long post, but I guess this is me unloading again ;) Lol.
After the convo, a text came in from him saying :
"Good catching up lil sis! Deep down I know you can do it so fret not, keep your head up and go through them the best you can. Final 50m in the 400m! You can see the ribbon ahead, just gotto touch it. If you need inspiration, think of Messi, had growth problem due to hormonal issues and gave everything up to get treatment in Spain. See where he is today in Barca. And of course, our Lord and Saviour who holds your world in His palms and wants the best for you, His lil sheep :) "
Hahaha, Messi ;) The last words, I felt, were really cute and held a lot of meaning, one, because if you didn't know, Rachel means ewe, female sheep, so that's really cute, and two, because I remembered then that He is our Sheperd and we are His sheep and He will take care of every lil sheep of His ;)
"You need to believe. All the winners you see, always believe."
"Everyone needs a dream. You need a dream."
Thanks for listening to all my blablablas and yadayadayadas, kor :)
Love you much :):))
And when we fly back, we will be Changs on a plane! Hahahah yes, very random lol, something created by Ju-Hann haha. Reminds me of Snakes on a Plane, the movie lol.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
My whole life I place in Your hands
God of mercy, humble I bow down
In Your presence at Your throne
Can I truly mean every sentence I sing? Especially the first one?
I find it so hard to sing this song, especially the first line of this verse, yet it speaks to me greatly.
It's literally dealing with faith & trust, placing your whole life in His hands.
Can you do it?
Can I do it?
I don't know. But I know that I need to.
I find it so hard, especially right now in my life.
Falling on my knees in worship
Giving all I am to seek Your face
Lord, all I am is Yours
I want to fall, oh God, how I want to.
I want to give all I am too, but it feels so difficult.
Can I be absolutely His? All of me? All that I am? In this current time?
I want to. I need to. I'm trying.
God of mercy, humble I bow down
In Your presence at Your throne
Can I truly mean every sentence I sing? Especially the first one?
I find it so hard to sing this song, especially the first line of this verse, yet it speaks to me greatly.
It's literally dealing with faith & trust, placing your whole life in His hands.
Can you do it?
Can I do it?
I don't know. But I know that I need to.
I find it so hard, especially right now in my life.
Falling on my knees in worship
Giving all I am to seek Your face
Lord, all I am is Yours
I want to fall, oh God, how I want to.
I want to give all I am too, but it feels so difficult.
Can I be absolutely His? All of me? All that I am? In this current time?
I want to. I need to. I'm trying.
Monday, June 1, 2009
Make it something that crushes you
Contract Law was okay.
Tort Law was okay.
Sociology was. I don't know what to say. It was hard. But that's not just it.
I sincerely hope I do not lose my A but I think it's very likely that I may.
The questions were harder this time round and I really did misinterpret one essay question. And therefore, I probably lost more marks than I ever have before.
I'm not just all talk yadayada but actually did pretty okay and confirm A. I really do think I did badly for this paper. And. I can't even begin to think what grade I may get. Please oh please, I hope my AS grade will be able to pull this one up. Hopefully the A2 grade will be pullable even. It may be so low that the AS still can't help me get an A.
I am absolutely not exaggerating. When I realized what the answer demanded of me after the paper (asking Mrs Ng etc), I was crushed so bad it was even worse than finding out about the big freaking hole in my prom dress (refer previous post).
I hate misinterpreting things and this time I really did terpesong. I didn't give the answer that was needed. Not even close. 2nd time d. Last time was Econs. This time, I really did that one essay out of point. I feel like such a. Failure of some sort.
I can just see my A flying away. I am in quite a distressed state right now.
Tort Law was okay.
Sociology was. I don't know what to say. It was hard. But that's not just it.
I sincerely hope I do not lose my A but I think it's very likely that I may.
The questions were harder this time round and I really did misinterpret one essay question. And therefore, I probably lost more marks than I ever have before.
I'm not just all talk yadayada but actually did pretty okay and confirm A. I really do think I did badly for this paper. And. I can't even begin to think what grade I may get. Please oh please, I hope my AS grade will be able to pull this one up. Hopefully the A2 grade will be pullable even. It may be so low that the AS still can't help me get an A.
I am absolutely not exaggerating. When I realized what the answer demanded of me after the paper (asking Mrs Ng etc), I was crushed so bad it was even worse than finding out about the big freaking hole in my prom dress (refer previous post).
I hate misinterpreting things and this time I really did terpesong. I didn't give the answer that was needed. Not even close. 2nd time d. Last time was Econs. This time, I really did that one essay out of point. I feel like such a. Failure of some sort.
I can just see my A flying away. I am in quite a distressed state right now.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Make it something really dishonest
I mean, seriously?
And so, my pretty long tale starts :
A Levels Graduation prom is scheduled to be on the 14th of June. My final paper in on June 12th, Friday. You guys might think that shopping for a prom dress around the 1st week of May, is waayyyy too early. But, friend, exam starts on the May 28th for me, so basically there is just no time to shop. Okay, digressing.. but it is necessary to shade some light as to why I felt so majorly disappointed later on.
Anyway, yes, I managed to get my hands on a dress that I liked and fitted my requirements. My Form 5 one was a tailored, elaborate floor-length gown. I opted for a simple short one this time round which I hoped to get off the rack instead of having to frequently visit a tailor for fittings (which is a real chore, trust me, especially when time is not on your side).
Yay yay happy happy. But it was quite big, and needed to be altered. The boutique (which I so want to name, but not sure whether that constitutes defamation [as I'm gona bantai them later] lol, so I'd rather not) offers alteration services. Cool! So, okay, tuck an inch here, shorten the ridiculously long straps, and off it was to wherever the tailor was. And off I went back home. And mind you, I was real pleased at being able to procure a suitable prom dress without the need to go from shop to shop, mall to mall. Also, I didn't need to last minute shop on the 12th. If cannot get how? Quite mampus right.
I went back a week or so later. The fitting room area was in semi-darkness, lights dimmed (prolly to create an illusion of you being slimmer or some nonsense like that), I tried on the dress. Oh, it fits, goodie. Hang on.. why is the material not smooth? Something's there.. can't see, too dark, must go out.
Went out. Slightly brighter lighting. Looked into the mirror.
What. Is. That. Horrendous. Piece. Of. Thing. Across. My. Dress???
Overview of the original dress : perfectly smooth, spaghetti-strapped, sweetheart neckline, gathers at the midriff so the bottom skirt is slightly puffed and not flat. Plain black by the way.
What I saw. Was. : The straps were lopsided, making the sweetheart neckline look utterly pathetic, and the most shocking thing : lace, one whole strip of lace, was sewn across my hip area in front in a V shape. It may not seem that bad, but trust me, it does not go well with the cutting of the dress and the gathers on top. I was speechless. Cos it looked really disastrous. Wow that rhymed. Okay, anyway..
But I thought, no worries, it's just sewn on. They can just take it off. And so we asked them to. After the momentary shocked period, my mom & I found it amusing that someone simply added things to ppl's already paid dresses according to their whims & fancies. The lady (A) said the altering lady (B) prolly got mixed up, that maybe some other customer wanted to add lace on their dress. Ok, fine by us. Just get it off mine.
Lady A called up the next day. And here comes the bombshell.
It seems, they can't remove the lace... why... because... because... it would expose something... expose what thing you ask... expose a FREAKING HOLE in the middle of the dress which happened DURING the alteration.
And you know what the most inconceivable thing is? Lady A said that she asked Lady B first why she sewed on lace.
Her answer "Oh, I accidentally cut hole. So, put the lace so customer won't find out."
Won't find out. Won't FIND OUT. Won't FIND OUT.
I was appalled. Has dishonesty suddenly become so prevalent in Msia?? I can't stand dishonesty lah c'mon. This covering up business and hiding the truth just doesn't sit well with me. It's just so. Insane. Freaking say it to my face lah. Tell me there's a hole, and maybe choose another dress or smtg. But to be so sly and cover up in hopes that I won't find out?
Hello. Dahlah cut a freaking hole in my dress thus destroying it, you have the cheek to cover it up??! After I paid in full for it already?? (They'll only alter for you if you pay full cos if you don't pay and then they alter to fit only your size, and u suddenly don't want, then how?)
That unscrupulous lady. Has she no principles??
We have just recently settled for a full refund. Which means. I'm back to square one, of, rushing last minute on June 12th to find a dress that has to fit properly (no time for alteration duh) for prom, June 14th. Hooray.
I mean, I was happy that I managed to settle this prom dress issue in such a jiffy and now... I'm not even sure if I can get one on time. All this because of the freaking Lady B who cut a big hole in the front of my dress. AND the fact that she thought to cover it up with weird lace so we wouldn't find out is just despicable and makes me even more disappointed/depressed/peeved/insert whatever negative feelings.
ps : And it's a renowned boutique in Damansara Uptown okay! Not some chiplak store or any of those random shops in Bangsar.
And so, my pretty long tale starts :
A Levels Graduation prom is scheduled to be on the 14th of June. My final paper in on June 12th, Friday. You guys might think that shopping for a prom dress around the 1st week of May, is waayyyy too early. But, friend, exam starts on the May 28th for me, so basically there is just no time to shop. Okay, digressing.. but it is necessary to shade some light as to why I felt so majorly disappointed later on.
Anyway, yes, I managed to get my hands on a dress that I liked and fitted my requirements. My Form 5 one was a tailored, elaborate floor-length gown. I opted for a simple short one this time round which I hoped to get off the rack instead of having to frequently visit a tailor for fittings (which is a real chore, trust me, especially when time is not on your side).
Yay yay happy happy. But it was quite big, and needed to be altered. The boutique (which I so want to name, but not sure whether that constitutes defamation [as I'm gona bantai them later] lol, so I'd rather not) offers alteration services. Cool! So, okay, tuck an inch here, shorten the ridiculously long straps, and off it was to wherever the tailor was. And off I went back home. And mind you, I was real pleased at being able to procure a suitable prom dress without the need to go from shop to shop, mall to mall. Also, I didn't need to last minute shop on the 12th. If cannot get how? Quite mampus right.
I went back a week or so later. The fitting room area was in semi-darkness, lights dimmed (prolly to create an illusion of you being slimmer or some nonsense like that), I tried on the dress. Oh, it fits, goodie. Hang on.. why is the material not smooth? Something's there.. can't see, too dark, must go out.
Went out. Slightly brighter lighting. Looked into the mirror.
What. Is. That. Horrendous. Piece. Of. Thing. Across. My. Dress???
Overview of the original dress : perfectly smooth, spaghetti-strapped, sweetheart neckline, gathers at the midriff so the bottom skirt is slightly puffed and not flat. Plain black by the way.
What I saw. Was. : The straps were lopsided, making the sweetheart neckline look utterly pathetic, and the most shocking thing : lace, one whole strip of lace, was sewn across my hip area in front in a V shape. It may not seem that bad, but trust me, it does not go well with the cutting of the dress and the gathers on top. I was speechless. Cos it looked really disastrous. Wow that rhymed. Okay, anyway..
But I thought, no worries, it's just sewn on. They can just take it off. And so we asked them to. After the momentary shocked period, my mom & I found it amusing that someone simply added things to ppl's already paid dresses according to their whims & fancies. The lady (A) said the altering lady (B) prolly got mixed up, that maybe some other customer wanted to add lace on their dress. Ok, fine by us. Just get it off mine.
Lady A called up the next day. And here comes the bombshell.
It seems, they can't remove the lace... why... because... because... it would expose something... expose what thing you ask... expose a FREAKING HOLE in the middle of the dress which happened DURING the alteration.
And you know what the most inconceivable thing is? Lady A said that she asked Lady B first why she sewed on lace.
Her answer "Oh, I accidentally cut hole. So, put the lace so customer won't find out."
Won't find out. Won't FIND OUT. Won't FIND OUT.
I was appalled. Has dishonesty suddenly become so prevalent in Msia?? I can't stand dishonesty lah c'mon. This covering up business and hiding the truth just doesn't sit well with me. It's just so. Insane. Freaking say it to my face lah. Tell me there's a hole, and maybe choose another dress or smtg. But to be so sly and cover up in hopes that I won't find out?
Hello. Dahlah cut a freaking hole in my dress thus destroying it, you have the cheek to cover it up??! After I paid in full for it already?? (They'll only alter for you if you pay full cos if you don't pay and then they alter to fit only your size, and u suddenly don't want, then how?)
That unscrupulous lady. Has she no principles??
We have just recently settled for a full refund. Which means. I'm back to square one, of, rushing last minute on June 12th to find a dress that has to fit properly (no time for alteration duh) for prom, June 14th. Hooray.
I mean, I was happy that I managed to settle this prom dress issue in such a jiffy and now... I'm not even sure if I can get one on time. All this because of the freaking Lady B who cut a big hole in the front of my dress. AND the fact that she thought to cover it up with weird lace so we wouldn't find out is just despicable and makes me even more disappointed/depressed/peeved/insert whatever negative feelings.
ps : And it's a renowned boutique in Damansara Uptown okay! Not some chiplak store or any of those random shops in Bangsar.
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