Penguins and the look alikes.

During my visit to Jurong Bird Park, K and I visited the souvenir shop.

I saw many, many, many awfully cute stuffed animals birds there.

The stuffed penguins especially attracted my attention (and of course, I squealed at them like how all girls do when they see some really, really irresistable, adorable, huggable toy) and K proceeded to say that the penguins looked just like me.

He has also mentioned that resemble:

1. My stuffed dog Rufus.

2. The fat, gray cat with a chipped ear which usually sits on the wall near K's room and sleeps on the ironing board (I wonder if anyone still uses it for ironing during the day?) in the laundry room at night. We inauspiciously named it Meow Meow. K once asked me how I would feel if one day I were to walk past the wall and I didn't see Meow Meow there. Surprisingly, I honestly admitted that I would somehow miss it, though it isn't the friendliest of all cats; in fact, Meow Meow seems pretty stuck up and arrogant. It took me weeks for it to finally acknowledge my presence and play with me.

3. The birds we saw at the bird park.

4. The fat owl.

5. The somewhat cute-looking (well, if you were to imagine an animated version of it) cockroach with twitching antennas we saw outside Esplanade.

6. The wooden carved lizard I'm wearing on my neck.

7.The lizards crawling at my ceiling.

Curious, one day I asked him, "You just mentioned ten minutes ago that I looked like Meow Meow. Yesterday, you said I looked like my dog. Now you say I look like that lizard. So, which animal am I?"

To which he replied, "You're all of them. Your features change according to the animal I mention."

*speechless*

He also loves calling me 'wou wou', similar to the noise a dog makes.

Back to the penguins.

K proceeded to make-believe a conversation between two identical stuffed penguins. He even made them move as they talked.

Stuffed penguin 1: (whispering to its neighbour) Pfft... (cocks it's head towards me) That girl over there looks just like me!!!!
Stuffed penguin 2: Huh? Where? (looks around) Wow!!!! Yeah, she really DOES look like you!
SP 1: How is it that somebody can have looks so similar to mine?
SP 2: Hey, have you noticed? She looks just like me too!!!
SP 1: Wow, really? You're right. That's amazing!! She looks like me and you!
SP 2: She looks like both of us!
SP 1 & 2: *amazed* Wah....

K deserves a whack on his head.

Seriously.

P.S.: K has also mentioned before that I'm an expensive (and i'd like to imagine exotic) pet to keep. Geez.

A moment with my Kakiis

Uni life is great.

New life, new friends, new loves.

***

I received an email from Nuffnang some time back, about a contest organized by Kakiis.com.

Have been procrastinating and procrastinating about it till the last minute.

The due date is tomorrow.

Anyway, I want the Sony Skinny T Digital Camera!!!

So here is one of the best moments ever with my new found uni kakiis.

We were camwhoring at one of the most beautiful and posh buildings in NTU, the School of Arts, Design and Media, during one of our Freshemen Orientation Camp games, which required us to rush about the whole campus, 'The Amazing Race' style.

The building even has got grass on it's rooftop!!!

Somehow, I pity the guys at the bottom of the pile of humans. ;)

The weather was great then; it was fairly windy, with a moderate amount of sunny-ness. I loved lying on the grass, though it was a little prickly at first. A really, really nice place to relax after running about for the whole day.

I heard that exam periods, many students come up here to study and de-stress.

Ahh... Those were the times.

Anyone of you wondering what to do after graduating from high school?

Come to NTU!!!!

I promise you, you'll find lots and lots of new kakiis and there's never going to be a dull moment around here.

I love my Kakiis.

I've been there once before.

This Japanese buffet restaurant.

I agree with the blogger; it's like freaking damn delicious and the variety of food there is endless. You could eat till you're stuffed to death and you still haven't tried all of their food.

I wanna go there again!!!!!

Like seriously, I'm so gonna drag K there with me.

of shopping and jogging.

I bought a new Guess purse!!!

RM 199.00

Nice, right!!!!!

My very first 'classy' purse.

And now, I'm broke. Please don't tell my parents that. I just took 100 bucks from my mum the other day.

Took the opportunity to camwhore a little with Xing...


I meant to upload some photos of my dad's brand new RM 3800 limited edition Tissot watch, but I'm just way too lazy. You can Google for pictures if you want.

Yesterday, my mum took me to Gurney Plaza and we had manicure + pedicure!!!!

They even gave us this sort of waxing treatment where they dipped our entire hands and feet into hot liquid wax. The wax caked on my hands and feet and you could see a layer of thin 'something' covering my bodily organs, reminding me of House Of Wax, much to my disgust.

Though I must admit, the after effects were great. My skin felt especially smooth and refreshed. The manicurist also removed all my dead skin cells on the soles of my feet and gave me a brief foot massage.

You know how I always complain about bad services in Malaysia?

Not this time.

I love their services. The people there are polite and they do their jobs well. Not to mention, I L-O-V-E the ambience. Comfy cushions, pretty curtains and dainty decorations. You could fall asleep in there!

RM 230.

***

I fell asleep at 4 a.m. last night (or rather, this morning) and woke up at 7.30 a.m.. A crazy thought (yes, it's an awfully crazy idea considering the fact that I just had three hours of sleep AND that I'm so NOT a sports person) crossed my mind and I decided to go for a morning jog. Ten minutes into it, I started feeling queasy and vomited.

Gosh, I didn't even have breakfast yet.

And just three minutes ago my mum came into the room and she was like "Why did you lie to me? You said you went jogging alone but your grandmother said a guy was outside waiting for you in a car."

I said no but she didn't believe me.

*Some contents have been removed because I realised I was too rash in typing them, much to my heated anger for being so wrongly accused*

And I thought I could make it a habit to jog every morning to keep myself healthy.

I'm having second thoughts about that now.

See how parents discourage their kids to practice good habits?

Bird Park.

I've finally found the time to upload a few photos of my visit to the bird park!! I've picked only a few out of the hundred photos I (unknowingly) took to be uploaded here; you can view the rest at my Friendster profile.

Photos are not posted in chronologial order.



















Sorry for the lack of captions; it's four in the morning and I'm too sleepy for that.

The characteristics of a Panda.

K was reading this INNOCENT blog post and he commented on how dirty minded I am.

HALO!! I'M INNOCENT OK! THOSE THOUGHTS DIDN'T EVEN CROSS MY MIND WHEN I WAS TYPING THAT!

Home!

I'm home!!!!

I love my big home, big bedroom, big bed, my big and fat hamster, my piano, my big Apple computer, my big toilet, my big bathroom, my extremely big mirror on my wall, my parents' big cars, and my big stuffed animals.

Though I've noticed that the Internet connection has become slower, public transportation is fucked up, public toilets stink, and the people have become less courteous.

But things here are extremely cheap.

Haha.

***

A random conversation between AD and his girlfriend:

GF: Have you had your dinner?
AD: Yes.
GF: What did you eat?
AD: Fried rice.
GF: What fried rice?
AD: Aiya, fried rice is fried rice lah, what do you mean what fried rice!

Yeah, I know it doesn't sound funny here, but K and I were laughing our asses off when we hear it. Especially when you get to see AD's reaction after the girlfriend asked him the stupid question.

***

My dad just bought a limited edition Tissot watch which cost RM 3800.

Cool.

I want one too!!!!

Birthday dedication

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TAN YONG XING!!!!!

There. I wished you.

Happy now?

Blekz!!!!!!

Annoyed or confused?

On the first day of Materials Science lecture, the professor was explaining how some materials could help further prevent fatal car accidents.

He showed us a video of a car without the "protective material", and how the car was smashed into pieces. Then, he showed us a second video of a car with the "protective stuff", and how the shape of the car was still conserved.

The "unprotected" car was white, and the "protected" car was red.

So I started telling K,

"Do you know why the white car was smashed into mush but the red car was still intact? (To which K rolled his eyes; he was all ready to listen to my nonsensical ramblings) The car's condition has nothing to do with the presence of the 'protective material'. It's the colour of the car that affects it's damages. The white car was more badly damaged because it reflects all light. Therefore, the atoms vibrate more coz it needs more energy to reflect the light, hence, its kinetic energy increases. As the atoms vibrate more, the interatomic bonding distance increases and the interatomic bonding forces are easier to overcome, hence, the material is easier to be broken. The white car then turns to mush."

"The red car, on the other hand, absorbs the red light, hence, it has more internal energy coz it gains energy from light. Since it has more internal energy, its potential energy increases and its interatomic bonding forces become stronger, hence, its material is more difficult to break and it's shape is retained."

*BIG grin*

K rolls his eyes.

Are you annoyed, or confused?

Xenon T.

K got his fingernails stained at purplish blue-black after helping me dye my hair black the other day.

K: Whatever will I say to my mum when she sees my nails?
Me: Just tell her you accidentally stained yourself with some permanent ink or something lah.
K: Oh wait, I know. I'll tell her I stained myself with some chemicals during Lab.
Me: Yeah, tell her you got some iodine on your fingers.

I said iodine coz that was the first thing that came to my mind. His fingers were dark blue, and iodine turns dark blue when comes in contact with starch. You get my point.

Me: ... Wait. Iodine washes off easily and everyone knows that.
K: Just tell her I got some sort of chemicals on my hands and it stained my fingernails lah. As if she'll ask what kind of chemical it was.
Me: Ahh.... I know!! Tell her you got xenon trisulphide aqueous on your hands during an experiment coz you forgot to wear safety gloves.

I love being intellectually inaccurate.

It annoys the educated and confuses the not-so-learned.

I annoy K, I confuse his mum.

*grins*

P.S.: Of course I know Xenon is a noble gas and therefore it cannot react with other elements, you idiot.

My first dota winning!

I won a game of Dota. Woo!

Emo.

You guessed it.

Another photo uploaded via cell phone.

Gosh, wonder how high my phone bill will be by the end of this month?

Kiss kiss

One of my crazy (and stupid) photos I took during my visit to the Jurong Bird Park. The rest are coming soon.

Patience is a virtue...

Signing out.

Frog!!!

I've recently learned how to upload pictures onto my blog via cell phone and I'm getting addicted to it. Here's my first random pic:

Bored

I promised I'd upload pics of my previous visit to the bird park, but K hasn't sent me the photos yet. They're still in his 5.0 megapixel camera phone.

Bummer.

For the past few days, things have been pretty monotonous. I wake up, procrastinate, brush my teeth, eat, procrastinate, take a bath, procrastinate, eat, play a few rounds of DotA, and whadya know! It's time for bed.

I know I've got some stuff to worry about (yeah, maybe they're not that important, but it's sorta making me not able to enjoy my short-lived happy moments with K) but I guess it turns out I'm just the sort who leaves things undone to the very last minute.

I am usually inspired to work by last minute panic.

Other misc: I'm almost broke, I have constipation, I've put on weight, I'm hungry but I feel guilty for spending money on food.

Sigh.

I wish my daddy were a billionaire.

***

Post-exam

Holidays are here!!!!!!!!!!!!

To start off, K and I had a sumptuous dinner buffet at Seoul Garden at Takashimaya.

$21++ per pax.

We ate and ate and ate and ate and ate and ate and ate...

Till we could eat no more.

I finished up an entire plate of beef all by myself!!!!!

I *heart* beef!!!

One of the most delicious meals I have ever had in AGES.

***

Yesterday, K and I visited the Jurong Bird Park.

We had such a great time there.

I promise I'll upload the pics tomorrow.

=)

***

If you have read my previous posts, you may have noticed that I've recently got a new addiction: Audition.

Not anymore.

Somehow, I'm beginning to *gasp* see why guys can sit at the computer playing DotA for hours on end.

My fave hero?

Kardel Sharpeye.

He shoots far enough and his speed ain't too slow. Yeah, I like snipers. I don't really fancy melee heroes coz as I see it, you're gonna hurt yourself if you have to get that close to your enemies to kill them.

My highest achievement?

Both heroes level 20, AI wins with 3/0 kill on easy mode.

I know.

Don't laugh.

Ask and thou shall receive.

*Due to some misunderstanding, this post has been removed*

But I still hate Kelvin Koay for hurting my best friend.

No bad feelings, Jewel.

=)

Exam's over!!!!

EXAM'S FINALLY OVER!!!!!!

Spent the whole of last night/this morning watching online movies from Veoh, before falling asleep at 7 a.m..

Of course, not before snapping a photo of this scenic dawn:


I never was able to wake up early enough to see the sunrise, but at least I could stay up late enough to do so.

=)

Lotsa post-exam activities planned.

First off, a sumptuous dinner at a posh restaurant.

Stay tuned!!!!

Of exams.

Ever since I was in primary school, I have always wished that I could refer to books during exams.

I hated it that I had to memorize stuff.
I hated it that I had to study everything that was in the books, only to have them not appearing in exams.
I hated it that I had to read a single sentence over and over again, just to find that it's utterly impossible to understand it.

I wished and wished and wished that I could sit for an open book exam.

That'd be the day I'll finally secure myself an A without even having to study.

How wrong I was.

Try sitting for the Physics 1 open book exam.

You can take a million books into the exam hall and you still can't answer those damned questions.

University students are allowed to refer to books during exams. How fun. I can't wait to get there.

Whee.

***

Less than 24 hours before my Materials Science exam, I'm:

- Enjoying a hearty sushi buffet at Sakae Sushi with K. $16 per pax.
- Playing Audition, an online dance game which I've recently got addicted to.
- Crying over irrelevant stuff.
- Procrastinating.
- Sleeping.
- Animatedly discussing about 'un-academic' stuff.
- Boasting about how easy the past years are.

Less than 12 hours before my Materials Science exam, I'm:

- Blogging.
- Not studying.
- Considering playing a couple of rounds of Audition after blogging.
- Not taking into consideration the fact that I might feel sleepy the next day if I don't go to bed right now.
- Happily anticipating the day when exams are finally over.
- Feeling damn confident about Materials Science exam.

Is there something wrong with me, or what?

One day, my over-confidence is gonna eat me till there's nothing left.

Sigh.

Who are you?

...but you've become

Somebody else round everyone else
You're watching your back like you can't relax
You're tryin' to be cool you look like a fool to me
Tell me

Why do you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated
Life's like this you
And you fall and you crawl and you break
and you take what you get and you turn it into honesty
and promise me I'm never gonna find you fake it
no no no

You come over unannounced
dressed up like you're somethin' else
where you are ain't where it's at you see
you're making me
laugh out when you strike your pose
take off all your preppy clothes
you know you're not fooling anyone
when you've become

Somebody else round everyone else
Watching your back, like you can't relax
Trying to be cool you look like a fool to me
Tell me

Why do you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated
Life's like this you
and You fall and you crawl and you break
and you take what you get and you turn it into
honesty
promise me I'm never gonna find you fake it
no no no

I just don't understand how some people are like that.

It kinda pisses me off.

But still.

It's forgivable.

I love you.

I surrender

Why is it that USM students pass their exams with flying colours without studying but NTU students fail their exams although they study like hell?

***

In my whole of 18 years of life, exams have never succeeded in stressing me out so much that I break down and cry.

This time, I surrender.

I've reached my limit.

I cry.

Happy now?

Life's greatest lesson.

I am aware that there are a significant number of people who dislike me.

Regardless in NTU, or back in Penang. Or anywhere else, in that case.

They have problems with my attitude, my thinking, my personality, my language and whatnot.

So far, it hasn't bothered me.

It doesn't bother me that there are a significant number of people out there who loathe me, because I know there are many others who love me for who I am.

I know what I am doing, and I know I haven't done anything wrong towards anybody.

But isn't it a little too much when you allow your resentment towards someone influence you to inflict hurt to that person on purpose?

Isn't it a little too much when you adopt her life as a joke, where you can mess around with and enjoy watching her suffer as a result of your irresponsible actions? Is it so fun to make her cry just for your enjoyment?

Is it that fun to be able to ruin somebody's life, just to give yourself the illusion that you're greater than others, because in reality you know you're just a pathetic nobody?

Is it fun to be able to spread vicious gossips about your enemies just to get them into trouble, even to the extent of influencing parents to think that I'm bad company? Is it that fun to see parents coming into play, banning their kids from being friends with me?

There's a parent who thinks that I am a promiscuous, shameless girl who hops from one guy to another faster than the speed of light and thinks I put curses onto my enemies, hence, disapproving of her son's friendship with me.

That's only whom I know of.

So what if a guy drives up to my home to take me out? So what if you see me in the shopping mall with him? Does it necessarily mean that we have something going on? Does it have to mean that I'm flirting with him?

Does that mean I am a playgirl?

Can't it be that we're just friends?

So now I can't even have the freedom to be friends with the opposite sex, without having others thinking I am a cheap slut?

Who knows what other worse things other people might have heard about me?

I have learnt the hard way never to trust anyone.

Ever.

Not even my closest friends.

Not even the people whom I spent more than half of my lifetime sticking with, through thick and thin.

Friends, please accept my greatest apologies.

I love you guys to bits, but I cannot trust anyone of you anymore.

I only hope that I shall not receive anymore bad news which will eventually result in the closing down of my blog.

It's my life, and I will not allow anybody else to interfere with it. I shall have my privacy respected.

Succeeding this blog post, I am sure the drama will continue.

In a more careful way of course, considering the fact that some of their actions have leaked out to me.

Just a note, isn't it interesting how much I can influence people to think of me, to talk about me, to try to make an impact in my life? Gosh, I must be pretty important in their lives to be able for them to go to so much trouble just for me.

Usually, I don't even bother trying to hurt my enemies coz they're too insignificant for me to waste my precious time on.

It seems that I am a pretty significant figure in many people's lives, for them to spend a significant amount of their time trying to hurt me.

I'm famous. Lol.

Kevin and I? It's none of your business whether we're an item or not.

Get out.

Emo

Exam stress is making me emo.

Hence, the following photos I took of myself.


*I told K1 that I was gonna post them here and he gave a huge disapproval coz it contains explicit elements so I guess its the glums for today*

=(

House keeping.

Me: I can't take it anymore. This room is sooooo dirty. I plan to spring clean it after the holidays when I come back next year.

Room mate: There's something else funny about the room...

Me: What?

Room mate: I dunno why, sometimes the floor can become sticky.

Me: Hmm...

Room mate: Especially during rainy days.

Me: ...

Me: I wish I could fill up the entire room with water, *shake shake shake*, then pour the water away and the whole room will become clean.

Room mate: ...

Casuality

Is a very, very cool, interesting, and funny game.

Click to play!!!!!

Yes, I mean it. Click.

Now.

You won't regret it!!!!

Now, go.

How to dry your body after a bath without using a towel.

Stand under the blowing fan.

Nude.

Garlic bread.

A few days ago, I was procrastinating in K1's room as usual, cursing the horribly humid weather.

I was telling him about how my friends and I cooked pasta and garlic bread together for dinner.

Me: Hey, why don't we cook garlic bread together? It'll be fun.
Him: Huh??? Now???
Me: Yeah, why not?

Can't blame me. I love doing things unplanned.

Him: Okay... But I dunno how to cook garlic bread wor...
Me: Don't worry, I know. My friends and I cooked before. (A half-lie. They cooked, I helped by being the amateur food critic.)

So, out of the blue, we decided to cook garlic bread.

We walked to the nearby mini mart to get some ingredients.

Butter, bread, garlic, and garlic powder.

First, I applied butter on both sides of the bread while he chopped the garlic into tiny pieces. Then, I showered the buttered bread with lots (and I mean lots) of garlic powder. On both sides. Finally, I sprinkled the chopped up garlic onto the bread. Also on both sides. I used up the whole loaf of bread and the whole bar of butter.

Of course, in the process, there were lots of trials and errors...
"Oi, I thought you said you cooked before with your friends????" "Yeah, I helped them taste the food..."

He fried them to a aromatic, golden brown.

Delicious!!!!

Okay, maybe it doesn't look too good in the picture, but still. We cooked it all by ourselves!!!

Thus, we wasted three hours of studying time cooking garlic bread.

Exam's coming so awfully soon.

Sigh.

UPDATE: When I came back today, my roomie was already asleep, while still hugging a bear. I suspect it's given by her boyfriend, since she told me she was going to visit him yesterday. Aww... How sweet!!! (I know this is none of my business, but I just felt like saying it here coz I'm happy for her. Lol.)

Another HORRIBLE day.

Yesterday, I woke up early for a two-hour Physics lecture.

I. Had. Physics. Lecture. On. A. Freaking. Saturday. Morning.

I was thirty minutes late coz I overslept. After paying considerable attention for the next thirty minutes, I feel asleep for the whole of the second hour.

Wonder why I attended the lecture in the first place.

At least there got air conditioning. Better sleeping there than sleeping in my room. Lol.

After the lecture, I was sooooo sleepy I fell right back to sleep. Later, I arrived at church thirty minutes late coz I overslept. Again. Stupid freaking cab fare cost me $22.20.

After church, I had to go all the way to Bukit Batok coz I had some problems with my new phone. The stupid battery cover didn't close properly. Apparently, there's something wrong with the design/shaping/whatever. I stood at the roadside for ten whole minutes but I couldn't catch a single cab. I could walk to the MRT station which is just 15 minutes away, but I was too lazy. Having no choice, (it was apparent that I wouldn't be able to catch a cab) I walked.

When I was just about three minutes (yes, only THREE FREAKING MINUTES AWAY) from the MRT station, I FINALLY caught a cab.

Lucky me.

Not.

I checked the cab but I couldn't see any device for NETS payment (i.e., payment by ATM card).

My wallet was almost empty. I was (yes, though I hate to admit it) cashless.

How embarrassing; I didn't have enough money to pay for my cab fare.

So, I told the cab driver to turn back to the MRT station.

A brief, five minute cab ride which took me practically nowhere cost me $5.

In addition, the cab driver told me that considering the traffic jam, it would probably be faster if I took the MRT anyway.

First, I wasted time coz I couldn't catch a cab. Next, I wasted time and energy walking to the MRT station, of where I finally caught a cab. Then, I realised I didn't have money to pay for it. Hence, I wasted even more precious time in the cab. Not to mention, the FIVE FREAKING BUCKS. Finally, to receive news from the cab driver that I would probably save more time (and money) if I took the MRT instead.

Double, triple, quadruple pissed off.

If only I had just walked straight to the MRT station after church, I would have saved myself a whole lot of time and money.

After an awfully long ride, I finally arrived at the Bukit Batok MRT station. There was an ATM machine there.

YAY!!! CASH!!!

But when I stuck my card into the machine, it said "We are currently unable to dispense cash. Sorry for the inconvenience caused."

WTF?????

HELLO!!! PEOPLE HERE GOT NO MONEY LIAO LEH!!!!

Feeling even more pissed off than ever, I went to the Singtel store.

Stupid que was awfully long. Again, I had to wait.

As if waiting for a cab, waiting in the MRT, and wasting lots and lots of precious time isn't enough.

When it was finally my turn, the girl who served me told me to wait while she changed a new battery cover for me.

See? Wait again. Sigh...

Then... Voila!

The new cover didn't fit either. She said that there must be something wrong with the phone and I'd have to change the whole handset if I wanted it fixed.

So, she said, "Please wait while I get a number for you."

Wait.

I was about to explode.

After I got my number, I had to wait another 10 minutes.

When I was finally served, the attendant told me that if I wanted to change my handset, I'd have to bring along the box which the phone came in when I first purchased it coz they needed the serial number which was on the box or something.

Shit.

I didn't bring the box.

I was so frustrated that I was speechless.

She asked me to come back the next day, because if I came any later than that, my request wouldn't be entertained anymore coz the exchangeable period was only seven days after purchase.

I took the public transport back to campus.

No more cabs for me.

By the time I reached back, it was already 7.30 p.m..

I wasted THREE WHOLE FUCKING HOURS, and I accomplished nothing.

My mood was worsened by the fact that I could have spent the time studying for my exam, which is due in 10 days.

So, today, I went back to Singtel.

I finally got to exchange for a new phone.

So much time, so much energy, so much money.

Just because my phone's battery cover couldn't close properly.

Fuckit.

Sometimes, you just wonder how much your sacrifices are actually worth.

Bad day.

This morning, I woke up feeling damn groggy coz I spent the whole of last night procrastinating and telling grandmother stories on the phone studying till 5.30 a.m..

At 8.30 a.m., I woke up in a relatively sour mood coz I had three CA's that day and I didn't study for my Physics CA at all. Not that I studied much for the other subjects either.

I walked to the bathroom, just to find that the cleaner was cleaning the bathroom.

WTF lah... She usually cleans the washroom at about 10 a.m.. Of all days, why must she clean it now???

So, from the 6th floor, I had to walk downstairs to use the bathroom on the 4th floor.

Jeez.

The first cubicle that I went into, the shower's heater was out of service.

The second, the door didn't close.

The third, the water was damn freezing cold. Having no choice, I stood under the shower, shivering my way clean.

Imagine standing under freezing water at 8 in the freaking morning. The icy water practically washed away all the information I painfully stored in my brain a couple of hours ago.

Fancy that even the cold water couldn't shock me awake.

I was still half asleep as I trudged back up to the 6th floor after my brief (possibly unclean) shower.

At 9.30 a.m., I sat for my Physics CA.

No comments.

Immediately after that, I crashed at K1's place. He had to practically drag me awake for the next lecture at 1 p.m..

At 2.30 p.m., I sat for my Materials Science CA and immediately after that, my Chemistry CA at 3.30 p.m..

Also no comments.

And now, I don't know if I should feel relieved that the torture is finally over, or should I freak out coz I obviously didn't do very well.

Numbness is overwhelming me.

I...

Don't...

Feel.

Anything.

The study-zombie in me has awakened.

I'm a walking undead.

The last time I felt this way, I was sitting for my A-Levels examinations.

I'm numb. Immune. Stress-less. Lifeless. Sleepless.

I'm a study zombie.

The opposite sex...

After being in NTU for almost three months, I can safely say that my social circle has finally achieved a stable state of equilibrium.

I'm sure many of you back in Malaysia (and many others overseas) would like to know a little more about my life in NTU.

Hence, I shall now blog about the few specimens of the opposite sex I have found interesting.

*Note* To avoid being charged guilty of being biased, specimens are listed in alphabetical order. Some specimens encountered which are comparatively less significant in my social circle may not be listed down.

Specimen A
Ain't called "A" for no reason.
High memory capacity (suspected of the ginko effect).
A good dance partner.
Love Like at first sight, but he already has a girlfriend.
Enjoyed dancing with him during orientation camp.
K1's best friend.
My (sort of) close friend.
Academically good.

Specimen C
Good looking.
A great friend to be with.
Damn good dancer.
Previously had a very, very, very slight crush on him.*blush*
One of my 'more senior' friends.
Seems academically stable.

Specimen J
Previously showed (a whole lot of) interest in me.
A fucking pervert.
Insensitive.
Not-too-matured.
Had a short competition with K1 once. Yes, it was over me.
Tried very damn hard to win.
Resorted to tricks and aggression.
Immediately stopped being friends with me after he found out K1 'sort of' beat him flat.

Specimen K1 and K2
Isotopes.
(Previously) good friends.
Smart asses.
Academically good.
My tuition teachers.
Good at analysing and psycho playing although both do not openly show their abilities.
Often are good friends in public, but I'm always stuck in the middle of their psychological wars.
I love observing their moves coz it's pretty much like chess.
All's fair in the game of love and war.

1. Specimen K1.
Winner.
My personal Physics tutor.
More than just a friend.

2. Specimen K2.
My personal (ex) Chemistry tutor.
My ex-best friend.
I miss him.

Specimen M
Singaporean.
I was initially kind of interested in him.
Not too bad looking.
Pretty smart.
Too bad he already has a girlfriend.

Specimen V
A really great shopping companion.
(Very) metrosexual.
A nice friend.
Knew him during Orientation Camp.

New phone!!

Sorry for the late update. Exams are coming so damn soon, and I've not been studying much. Stress is getting to me. Plus, the guilty feeling for not blogging for an extended period of time is gnawing at me.

The longer I leave my blog idle, the more guilty I feel. The more guilty I feel, the worse mood I'm in. Doesn't help that I keep reminding myself that I've not begun studying for my exam.


Of thus my cycle of not blogging and stress and moodiness goes on and on and on and on and on and on and on.


Gosh, what am I rambling about?


I should just shut up if I have nothing solid to say.


Anyway, this blog post is mainly just to inform you guys that I just bought a new phone yesterday.

Sony Ericsson C902.


FIVE MEGAPIXELS!!!

Cool rite? Only $398; comes with the iOne Plus plan.

***

I'm in a damn fucking bad mood now coz I've got THREE WHOLE CA'S this Thursday.

Three. Continual. Assessments. In. One. Day.

Even having one CA already stresses me out like hell.

Doesn't help much that the three CA's are coincidentally the three hardest subjects in Sem 1.

Plus, I missed several lectures on them. The ones I didn't miss, I fell asleep in the comfortable air-conditioned lecture hall. The one's I didn't fall asleep, my mind wandered away.

I've not begun studying yet.

***

Last Friday, I walked into my tutorial class without studying for a quiz.

Correction.

I didn't even know there was going to be a quiz coz I was absent the previous week when the tutor announced it.

I was even considering skipping the tutorial coz I was feeling lazy.

Imagine if I did.

I'd fail the quiz.

Thus, losing a significant percentage of marks from my final exam.

Stress.

Going to die now.

But then again...

I am academically challenged.

Then, there's the text books...

My Materials Science text book takes up four whole pages explaining what I can retell to somebody else in one sentence.

And you wonder why university text books are so thick.

And the problem with university lecturers...

They tell long, long, long confusing and unnecessary stories when it can be summarised to one simple formula we learnt in secondary school.

They think too much.

The problem with university students...

Today, I spent two whole hours trying to solve a simple physics question a 13-year-old kid could solve within 30 seconds.

We think too much.

I hate my period

Yes, it's that time of the month again.
This is when that annoying little nuisance comes along and ruin everything.
No swimming.
Stained pants.
Missed tutorials.
Painful vagina.
Troublesome toilet trips.
Depressing and short blog posts.

End.

Food Poisoning

It's been a pretty long while since I last updated my blog. Blame my horribly, horribly, horribly hectic schedule.

(Also partly because I have recently taken up a new hobby: Procrastinating.)

Was down with food poisoning.

Last Thursday night, I had my dinner at one of the canteens around the new hall area (cannot say which hall lar, later that canteen no business liao) and the next morning at around 7 a.m., I had my first poop, liquid style.

Instead of the usual single solid phase, my poop had 2 phases. Solid and liquid.

From my imaginary binary phase diagram,

Composition of solid phase: 80 wt% undigested food - 20 wt% bacteria.

Composition of liquid phase: 0.1 wt% undigested food 99.9 wt% water.

Solid mass fraction: 0.001

Liquid mass fraction: 0.999

Sorry for the scientific terms; I spent my whole of last night studying about the microstructures of alloys. For those of you who don't understand what I am rambling about, no worries. You'll understand when you study Materials Science in university.

Back to my point.

I had food poisoning.

Damn, it was bad.

Real bad.

I was bed-ridden for two whole days.

On Friday morning, after my first visit to the toilet, my tummy ache got worse.

Unfortunately, (almost) everyone was already attending lectures.

After spending 30 minutes calling almost everyone in my phonebook, K1 finally answered my call. Soon, he arrived at my room and brought me to the medical centre. He missed two lectures and a tutorial coz he wasn't comfortable about leaving me alone in my room. Later, K2 came along with some medicine and they took turns taking care of me while I alternated between my bed and the toilet bowl.

They took turns buying meals for me as well.

That night, I was beginning to feel better but come midnight, it got worse than ever. K2 accompanied me till I fell asleep at 4.30 a.m..

I thought I'd be okay by Saturday, but my condition was still as bad. K2 came over with lunch. He called a taxi and brought me to the nearest medical centre (this time, out of campus), only to find that the doctors there didn't work on weekends. So, he called a second taxi, which brought us to another clinic, which, unknown to us, was only 5 minutes walk away.

Altogether, K2 spent $12 on my taxi fare alone.

After receiving so much care and concern from two very good friends (what with two days of free meals, free transportation, and scarification of time and studies), anyone would automatically start to feel much, much, much better.

So much so that I even went shopping and bought a new pair of shoes right after my visit to the doctor.

What can I say? The shoes tempted me.

That night, the three of us went to China Town and I treated them to a sumptuous meal (eh, I spent $47 okay!!!) as a HUGE thank you.

And guess what?

I spotted Xiaxue and her ang moh boyfriend there!!!!

Too bad I didn't have the guts to approach her.

That night, we celebrated my recovery at Clarke.

Back to catching up on my studies.

Sigh.

Malaysian-Chinese are immigrants

I know this news is a little outdated, but I'd just like to share.

Click here for funny Kenny Sia-style comic!!!

Fuck the guy lah. He can just go to hell for all I care.

Government, if you wanna arrest me, you don't have enough proof, hor!!! I said fuck the guy but I didn't say which guy hor!!

Ok lah, ok lah.

Now I say sorry.

Better than some people never say sorry at all, right?

Sorry I said 'Fuck the guy'. Sorry I even posted this blog post to drop the image of the country. Malaysian government very good. They treat non-bumiputra and Bumiputra all equal. Mr Badawi very good. I love him very much. I love Malaysia very much also because it is a fair country. The Malaysian politicians never discriminate race one. Thats why I love the politicians in Malaysia.

See? I say sorry liao. Don't arrest me har...

iPod Touch, HTC, iPhone, Sony Ericsson W980??

My iPod Touch arrived today!!! Woohoo!!!!

32Gb. Only $629. Student price.

*grins*

Btw, I'm going to buy this:

The sleek, gorgeous, and better-than-iPhone HTC Touch Diamond.

Nah, I'm just kidding. The last time I checked, it was going for RM 2700 back in Malaysia. Over here, its only $598 (converted, it costs around RM1400), with an affordable Singtel iOne value plan. No doubt, its definitely more woth it to buy it here, but I can't possibly afford to buy something which costs more than a quarter of what I have in my bank account.

So, I'm looking for somebody who is at least willing to buy me the phone as an advanced birthday present.

My birthday is coming (pretty) soon.

It falls on the 20th of May.

Only seven more months to my birthday!!

*hint, hint*

I want the HTC Touch Diamond!!!!!!

Sigh...

And they say the best things in life are free.

Pfft.

That being said, I'm probably going to settle for the much cheaper Sony Ericsson W980:

The latest Sony Ericsson phone model.

But my heart still yearns for the HTC.

=(

My Chemistry CA is tomorrow and I still have chapters 3, 4, and 5 to study.

I'm so freaking dead.

P.S.: If you (yes, you) happen to be thinking of signing up for an EXPENSIVE Singtel plan but don't want the phone that comes with it, do drop me an e-mail so that can decide on the price of the HTC you're willing to sell me.

my dear classmates of year 2006...

Was feeling nostalgic and began reminiscing about the good ol' days...

5 Science 1 MGS-ians of class 2006,

Yes, I do remember that time when our teacher told us to write our names on a piece of paper and pass it around the class, where each of our classmate would anonymously write something about us. That day, we found out how much we actually meant to everyone.

I remember how we all cheered when we got first place in the Recycling Campaign. That day, we found out how each and every of our small efforts actually counted for something.

I remember how we spent our end-of-year holidays going for class trips. I remember the excitement as all of us gathered at school in the wee hours of the morning, barely getting enough sleep the night before. The craziness, the broken curfews, the gossips, the late nights. Most importantly, the friendship bonding.

I remember how we told each other how much we meant to each other during Friendship Week, and how each and everyone of us secretly made a pact to ourselves to be friends forever. I also remember how we wept over the Graduation Song. Even till now, nostalgia overwhelms me whenever that song is played.

I remember how we all had fun during our last year of schooling and despite that year being the most important exam year, I think it will be the most memorable year ever.

Even after graduation, it seems that will never really forget one another coz at some time or other, as busy as we may seem, I believe that we will always find the time to 'stumble' upon one of the few things that still holds us together. Our childhood memories, filled with ups and downs, will always be etched in our hearts.

In a few decades time, when we're all grown up, will I still remember?

They say you can never forget your first love.

5 Science 1, you guys are my first friends I have ever loved. How can I ever forget?

Our pride: http://5science1.blogdrive.com.

Lame stuff

I got bored, and decided to start a random conversation with Kelvin on MSN:

To make it easier for you to read, I'm red and Kelvin's blue.

lalalalalala...

waz up?

sky

sky?

up is sky
down is earth

oh

haha

u wan to c doc?

dowan
i very scared doc
coz he will gif injection
very pain
i scared

injection is only for ppl like u mah
other dunid

ceh
so i scared lo
so i dowan c doc
why u wan me c doc?

coz u suddenly tell me lalalalala
then i ask u waz up
u say sky
so
ask u c doc lo
c ur mind gt sth wrong or not

really one ma
u ask me waz up
then i duno so i look up n c waz up
den i saw the sky wo
so i tell u wad i saw lo

now u in ur hse?

ya

if u in ur hse
u should saw ceiling mah
not sky leh

oh
yalo hor

then why i say sky?

tht why i ask u go check wz doc

oh
dowan la
i very scared doc
he wil take sharp sharp thing to poke me until i bleed
den very pain
i will shout
first he will poke in.......
then he put some white thing inside..

ur hole

then he pull out...
very pain leh
doc gt take sharp sharp thing poke u b4?
im sure got rite
haha

erm
long long ago lo
now no more d

oh

but i think u need to be poked
lol

tats why i dowan see doc la
coz he will poke me
i scared

poke liao can be better wor
not seeing sky but see ceiling d

i already very good
nonid to be better
lol

lol

wei

wad

i reli gtg d leh...

haha
ok
byebye

now stress coz i waste my morning on ntg

haha

so now muz gambateh

ok ok

enjoy ur holidays~~~

bb

bb

The difference...

You know that you've settled down in Singapore when back in Malaysia you...

1. Poke at any screen you see, thinking they're touch-screen.
2. Forget how to use a remote control.
3. Forget how to turn on the toilet lights, thinking they're activated by movement sensors.
4. Pinch your nose when you walk into public toilets.
5. Try to pay for your purchases with your ATM card instead of cash.
6. Think how cheap everything is.
7. Complain about the horribly, extremely, awfully slow Internet connection.
8. Impatiently wait for YouTube videos to load.
9. Get so pissed off waiting for ages for the public bus.
10. Have friends commenting that you speak Singlish instead of Manglish.
11. Feel damn outdated about Malaysia's political issues.
12. Wonder who Ahmad Ismail is.

12 hour marathon

Last Thursday night, I started on my Life Science coz my CA was on the very next day. I had dinner at 5 p.m., put on my Full Force Victory bandana at 6 p.m., and began studying.

*study, study, study*

At about 7 p.m., I was beginning to get a little tired so I walked to the nearby mini mart to buy myself a drink.

Shandy greatly relieves stress. You should try some. =)

Then, I resumed studying. With the occasional toilet break. And also snack breaks. Oh, yes. MSN breaks, too.

12 hours later, at 6.30 a.m., I finally finished studying. Just on time for my CA, which would begin in 3 hours time. Which meant I had another 2 hours of sleep to catch up on, and then another hour to get ready.

I should be thankful I still had two hours to rest my eyes and my head.

My zombie-like body crawled out of bed at 8.30 a.m..

At 9.30 a.m., my CA began.

About half of the questions seemed alien to me.

At 9.40 a.m., I finished my CA.

I trudged back to my room and went right back to bed.

Twelve hours of non-stop studying for a stupid ten minute test, of which I screwed up.

My Physics lecture was at 11.30 a.m.. So, I awoke again at 11 a.m..

And took a bus to the nearest shopping mall.

Watched a stupid horror movie, Mirrors. Scared myself like hell.

I picked scaring myself silly over Physics lectures.

After the movie, I hurried back for my Econs tutorial class, which started at 2.30 p.m.. I strolled into the tutorial room at 3 p.m., when the tutor was just about to begin on the final question.

Better late than never, right?

***

I'M BACK IN PENANG!!! WOO HOO!!! HOME SWEET HOME!!!!!!

My typical study night (and the morning after)

7 p.m.: A nice, hot bath. *Full force motivation!!*

8 p.m.: A cup of coffee. *highly caffeinated*

9 p.m.: A cup of hot chocolate. *energised*

10 p.m.: A cup of hot tea. *revitalised*

11 p.m.: Livita / Red Bull. *Re energised*

12 a.m.: Mc Donald's. *tummy filled*

1 a.m.: Shandy. *stress reduced*

2 a.m.: Coffee again. *reawakened*

3 a.m.: Plain water. *thirst quenched*

5 a.m.: Pee. *bladder emptied*

6 a.m.: Bed time. *finally getting some real rest*

8 a.m.: Breakfast. *finally getting some real food*

9.30 a.m.: Materials Science and Physics lecture. *lesson absorption rate negligible*

11.30 a.m.: Back to bed.

Patriotism

Many of us, at one time or other, has definitely thought of migrating out of Malaysia coz "Malaysia's government sucks!!", "Malaysia has low efficiency!", "Malaysians are stupid and rude!", or "Malaysia's culture is too conservative." And so on and so forth.

I have always thought of migrating whenever I get the chance.

I'm now out. Out of "useless Malaysia", into a "better, more advanced country".

And I miss home.

Yes, I miss my home. My country. My birthplace.

When I was younger, I'd hear of Malaysians overseas (especially in more developed and advanced countries) saying that they miss their home, they can't wait to be back, it's good to be home, etc. I've always thought they were shallow and stupid. I mean, who on earth would want to go back to a kampung when they've been to the city?

There are some things you'll have to experience yourself to truly understand it.

Of course, it'd like damn freaking weird to see me being so patriotic and never in a million years would I expect myself to say this but...

I miss my country.

I wanna go home.


P.S. : Of course, I'd still rather work in Singapore once I graduate, coz the pay here is higher and there are less "stupid Malaysians".

=)

Stressed!!!!!

ASS (Acute Stress Syndrome) is back. And this time, it's improved it's abilities and power. Seems to me like it wasn't very happy the last time I beat it down. I think it's back for revenge.

I'm on the losing side.

Not to worry.

Though physical strength I may have not, I've got something better.

Perseverance.

More importantly, assurance from the fact that most university students are drowning in the same boat as me.

=)

I skipped Chemistry lecture again. The last time I did that, I prioritised sleeping over lectures. Today, I prioritised watching movies over lectures.

Yes. While the lecture was going on, I was sitting comfortably in my room, several blocks away from the lecture theatre, watching Silent Hill on my laptop.

You can bet the next time I skip my Chemistry lecture again (of which I will probably run out of lame excuses for not attending the lecture) will be because I prioritise laziness over lectures.

Physics, Material Science, and Life Science CA's (continual assessment) are due this Thursday and Friday, and I haven't started studying yet.

Not to mention, I'm left behind in all my tutorials. Except for Physics. Coz I love Physics. It's one of the subjects I understand best in uni. Correction. It's the only subject I truly understand in uni. So far. It's only a matter of time that I drown in that too.

And I've got to complete my formal lab report, of which I have totally no idea how to go about it.

I'm screwed.

But no matter.

TO HELL WITH MY STUDIES COZ I'M GOING BACK TO PENANG THIS FRIDAY!! WOO HOO!!!

shopping vs studying

Went shopping yesterday.

Bought heels!!! Pretty ones!!!!

Also stocked up on snacks, stationery's, and tissue paper.

Feeling terribly guilty right now coz I didn't study much last night.

***

Whoever said Further Math was hard is SERIOUSLY KIDDING ME.

For those of you A-Levels students who are considering taking Further Math, go for it! You may regret taking the subject a few months down the road and some of you may even feel like giving up, but if you persevere to the end, I promise you, you'll do MUCH BETTER in uni compared to those who didn't take the subject.

Most importantly, Further Math isn't hard at all. On the contrary, it's like damn freaking easy.

All of a sudden, A-Levels seems like child's play.

SPM?

Close eyes also can get A.

Of course, in uni, although the text books seem very thick and the notes seem to be jibberish, and the students there seem to be able to comprehend every single thing they read, the scanario is not what you think it is. Yes, the text books are thick and the notes seem like they printed in a foreign language, but it is not true that the students' abilities are as high as what you may perceive.

I don't understand half of the stuff I read.

Mid Autumn festival celebration.

Mid Autumn festival celebration.

It was pretty fun. Too bad I didn't win the lucky draw. First prize is PSP Lite leh!!!!!!!!!

Dammit man I didn't win...

Had beer with a few friends at ADM after that.

Now my head is like pounding like hell and I can't even think/walk/study.

Stupid alcohol.

P.S.: Today, I received these:=)

Life @ NTU

Dear Gossip Babies and fellow kaypo MGS-ian classmates of year 2006,

The biggest and loudest gossiper has something to say.

Info is exclusively only for the said people above.

You should feel priviledged!!!

Contact me on MSN if you wanna know.

=)

Disclaimer: As you know, I might be a little '38' so...

You know, I know lah.