It was last Saturday when I received a message from my dearly friend, Wei Guan. I was extremely thrilled upon receiving that message because we are going out to YumCha again! In a quick glimpse, a month just flew right through without us noticing it. And yes, we were all dumb-founded to know that the last time we hang out was already one month ago. Wow.
But I was not all hyped up then because I was busy preparing for the coming finals. The whole finals thing just blew up my bubbles. I’m glad the plan went on smoothly. This time, we went to “My Kitchen” in Aman Suria for some chicken rice balls! The food was … okay, not too bad but not too good. And the only apparent reasons for not having any customers except us tonight was because the place was quite secluded? Seeing that the food was moderate.
After returning home from college at 7, I rested for awhile before departing from home at 7.30. Dropping my sister off EduSmart, I went straight to Kelana Jaya LRT station to pick Wei Hoong, Sam and Li Foong up. Okay, I’m speaking as though I’m the one driving. FYI, my father’s the one driving. They just came back from college and as usual, Wei Hoong and Sam were all dressed up in formal suits, making us all feel underdressed.
Then, we headed off to Aman Suria. Upon reaching, we were looking left and right, not for the shop but for a bakery. We decided to buy a birthday cake for Wei Guan so that we could celebrate her birthday, which is 2 days later on the 27th of April!
Li Foong, Sam, and Wei Hoong were planning to give Wei Guan a BIG BIG surprise by hiding the cake in my car because they thought I was driving. Haha. Sorry for letting you guys down. The cake ended up being hidden in Han Quan’s car. Not much of a difference there. And I was tricked by Wei Hoong’s cunning move when he pretended to receive a call from someone “personal” so that he could get out of the shop and take the cake from Han Quan’s car after we finished our dinner. Drama King~
Wei Hoong mysteriously walked out of the shop with his phone in his hand and warned us not to eavesdrop on him. To me, that was a brilliant move because I was caught right in his trap. I wonder if Wei Guan saw through his motives.
Anyway, the cake with lighted candles was brought in to the shop. Haha. It was too windy that the candles were all blown out before Han Quan managed to present it to Wei Guan. Dear Wei Guan was so surprised and embarrassed that she looked away from the cake. So I believe she missed out that moment. Smart waitress switched off the fan for us and Han Quan lit the candles back.
However, we still had to protect the candles because it was windy outside and the wind was gushing in like crazy. We sang a birthday song for Wei Guan and all you could see were the smiles carved on her lovely face. Sweet moment. It was not that embarrassing after all because we were the only ones in the shop.
After Wei Guan blew out all the candles, here comes the moment of truth. We forced her to pluck out all the candles with her mouth. She was fortunate as we did not push the candles right to the bottom. So it was easy task for her but for the last candle, Wei Hoong pushed it all down. She was all chocolaty after pulling it out! Enjoyable moment! And yes, we bought her a chocolate cake. And that’s the end of our YumCha! Hope to see you guys soon.
We took quite a lot of the same picture to get a perfect one! Haha!
I wonder what got into me this semester. Tapeworms?
I did so well in all my course assessments but yet, I never fail to screw up everything during the finals. This is the very first time I found myself in the midst of giving up on my studies. Every time I open up the book, I felt like flipping it through, trying to take in as much information as possible with just a glance, and close it back.
I remember the times when I was so highly-spirited that I lit up the oil lamp and stayed up until 4 just to finish up everything. Now, I realized I was as lazy as a ship in the doldrums. I couldn’t concentrate on my studies, got distracted by MSN chatting half-way through and blogging. Have I lost interest in my studies? I never stop wondering.
While I was reading Biology the other day, before I could even cover half the 1st chapter, my mind strolled off. I turned to the computer and clicked on videos, and watched how Michael Jackson dances. And damn, he’s good at dancing! I didn’t know that he’s that good until that day.
After wasting so much time on Michael Jackson, I wasn’t contented. Clicked on “related videos” and I found something real INCREDIBLE that popped my eyes. This robot dancer from “So You Think You Can Dance,” whom I didn’t know about his presence, danced like an alien. How I wish I could dance like him. Did I already say he’s awesome?
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So it was 3 in the morning already and I haven’t even cover half of what I should study. Instead of switching off the laptop and get my ass started, I decided to hit the sack. Reminiscing about it, I couldn’t help but wonder again, “was that really me?” Never mind. What was indeed me was that I decided to wake up early the next morning so that I could catch up what I’d missed the previous night. ]
Alarm rang the next morning. Miraculously, I woke up, but only to stop the alarm and shoved myself back under the warm blanket. Alas, I woke up “officially” at 10 and I was panicking and struggling throughout the morning. Lunch time arrived and I wasn’t hungry although I hadn’t eaten my breakfast.
Then it was 4. I sat down in the exam hall. What laid in front of me was a piece of question paper, which I later found out that I couldn’t answer most of them with certainty. Instantaneously, I felt disappointed with myself. If there lays a knife along with the paper, I would stab myself a thousand times with it.
Swiftly, 2 hours passed before me. I handed in the paper but there wasn’t any sense of freedom that I could feel. So, this day is just like other ordinary days for me, not a day to feel extremely exhilarated about.
Since it’s after finals and I have 3 weeks of holiday, I shall get back to the blogging business once again. Please bear with me because I have loads of overdue posts piling real high up. So, don’t be surprise if you see more than 2 entries per day.
We shall march forward and focus on the pathway ahead of us and never we shall turn our heads to look back.
Squatting at a dark corner of your room and staring into the blank space above, you might be grieving and wailing over something you lost, something you thought you had grabbed it firmly in your hands but you were wrong. The thing you were so confident of possessing just slipped through your un-tighten grip. Wind blew, your hopes went along with it and vanished.
What you just missed might be something of sentimental value, something precious, or it might be some unnecessary desires to quench your insatiable “thirst.” Your love ones might have just said “Let’s part our ways!”, and there goes your 2 whole years of dating. You might have just busted your papers, made thousands of silly mistakes when you shouldn’t have, couldn’t have, and never thought you would have.
Your feelings might be at the apex when some misfortunes, something unpredictable just brought it down. *Whoooosh* It just plunged into the deepest valley on earth and disappear into the veil of darkness below that never could you find it again.
You might be overwhelmed when you got your grades back because at one glance, all you could see are straight As without a single B. Because of that mere glance, you later realized that the name on it wasn’t yours. After searching up and down for the paper with your name written on it, your feelings plummeted. The result was not what you expected and the grades contrasted with the previous one tremendously. The temporary false excitement you had just made matters worse.
Whatever the heart-breaking incident was, it’s time for us to stand up once again and get out from the dark, down corners of our life into the light with a highly-spirited heart. We shall march forward and focus on the pathway ahead of us and never we shall turn our heads to look back. Of course, there are times where we should refer to our past experiences so as not to repeat the mistakes that we made.
All that had happened, had indeed happened and that’s undeniably the fact, the truth that could never be altered and rewound. Since the truth would be “stagnant” just like a clogged up ditch, instead of trying to make it flow like before, why not build another newer and flawless one? Bear in mind that truth will be the same after years, decades, and even centuries. But, we change as years gone by. We grow up into more matured being as we absorb and learn lessons in life.
It doesn’t matter no more what had happened because you know deep down in your heart that to correct it was definitely out of your capability. So why not just leave the past behind and strive to do better in the future in order to compensate and make up for the things you’d unintentionally let go that day?
I believe you would feel much better then.
p/s : I promise to make the Genting trip a success!
From Sean To Chloe
Disclaimer: This is what I do when I get super bored but have insufficient time to write out a proper entry. This is what I do during finals when everyone is struggling to study, study, study and nothing else but study. So, bear with me!
All Pictures were taken from Facebook or wherever I could find them! And by the way, I included Joo Yee in Elaine’s picture for Desmond! Haha~
* The Rapper : Jonathan, always heard talking with the ‘forward’ mode.
* The Fashionista : Joanna.
* The Drunkard : No one else but Felix! Beer belly, beer belly~
* The Ditzy : What’s that anyway. Better not write any names here until I get a confirmation about the “Ditzy” word.
* The Emo : Edwin, the guy who likes thousand girls at once and get dumped by all at one go. :D
* The One Who’s In Love : Sean aka Me aka self-admittance.
* The Artist : Calvin, I see stick men.
* The Spiritual : MId-Hat, the guy who still has the energy to ‘run’ with a broken knee. Haha~
* The Jokester : Rizuan, never stop laughing. =.=
* The Lazy : It’s always Luther who gets this title!
* The Hyperactive : Bryan, especially apparent when he didn’t sleep the previous night!
* The Smart : Sheryl, goddess of ADP. Highest CGPA record is 4.0, a perfect score? Who says no one’s perfect? She’s perfect in her studies. (:
* The Cool : Calvin again. “Emotion-less” even when everyone is laughing their heads off.
* The Violent : All the gamers in town. KILL KILL’em!!!
* The Cougar : Zzzz…
* The Clumsy : Elaine, Haha~ Oops. Sorry.
* The Pretty : Chloe! And that’s why there’s this saying that goes, “Beauty is in the Eye of the beholder!” Totally agree with it!
* The Mommy : Qing Han. Agree? Shh.. Luckily she doesn’t blog :X
* The Singer : Who? You tell me! Lol.
* The Miniature : Jie Ying! I remember the times.
* The Teddy Bear : Demetri! Shannon’s teddy.
* The Rocker : Tinesh and gang. No comments.
* The Womanizer : JEREMY!!!! 57 GIRLFRIENDS? WHAT THE ****
* The Athlete : Edwin, yes yes Taekwondo master.
* The High : Made me think of Khy Li.
* The Drama Queen : SHANNON!
* The Peppy : Who did I put for the previous photo tag? SHERYL! No particular reasons.
* The Musician : Mozart and it’s undeniably true.
She may look ordinary but she’s the bomb of the year – Susan Boyle!
When she walked out onto the stage, everyone despised her when she said she was trained to be a professional singer and wanted to be as successful as Elaine Paige. It was evident in the faces of the audience that day that they looked down on her, thinking that she’s just another old hag who was about to make a fool out of herself.
By the time the music started playing, she sang like a real professional and trust me, Simon Cowell instantly fell in love with her. He was smiling and blushing throughout her performance. I had Goosebumps and was utterly blown away listening to her singing! She’s undoubtedly the most talented person in Britain.
Click Here for the MOST INCREDIBLE performance that you would not want to miss!
By the way, Elaine Paige is an English singer/actress who was best known for her work in musical theatre. Click HERE to know more about her.
Being the “only” guy to blog on the first day of finals – priceless.
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Friday – 17th April 2009
As usual, World Religions class started at 8. Anxious presenters were getting everything set up and there were complications.
- Ern Teck was supposed to present first. “Oops! I forget to print the evaluation sheet!” Dashed off to get himself a copy after finding none of us have a spare sheet.
- Stephanie who was to go second, went forward to get her slides prepared so she could present without wasting anymore time. *Gosh, did I see Ms. Yap in frustration? END THIS STEPHANIE!*
Stephanie – *sticks in pendrive into En Teck’s notebook and tries to open her powerpoint slides* “Err.. Why is it not working?”
*Did I mention that Ern Teck’s notebook does not have the latest Microsoft package?*
Darn. Out the door went Stephanie to get a compatible copy for her slides. *This is getting bad isn’t it?*
Everyone was sick of all the waiting. It’s Upa’s turn now and thank God she had an evaluation sheet with her and her slides could be opened. She was ***** away minutes later.
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The lame joke you have been waiting for!
So after few hours of waiting *heart-beating+pumping, Ms. Yap finally pasted our continuing assessment scores on the wall outside her door and put out 2 boxes of graded assignments.
After taking mine and being nosy for a moment, checking out other people’s grades, I went to level one. Denise, Hern Ee, and Bryan was there, talking about their assignment grades. *wait, Bryan is not even in any of Ms. Yap’s class! Busybody.
Here comes the joke.
Disclaimer : This conversation may not be 100% accurate because I’m not a robot!
Bryan : Is it Easter Day today?
Hern Ee : Is it? I’m not really sure about it!
Denise : And you said that you are a Christian.
Sean/Me : NOOOO! It’s last week!
Bryan : Is it? *grins then turns serious* I’m Methodist.
Sean/Me : Owh! Different belief different timing.
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Calvin came out of CF room and joined our conversation.
Denise : Not going for CF?
Calvin : Nah.
Denise : Why?
Sean/Me : Protestant?
Calvin : No lah.
Sean/Me : Why not? Correct lah. Protestant so not going for CF!
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Sean/Me : So when is your Easter? *Referring to the first part of the convo*
Calvin : … I’m Calvinism.
Sean/Me : Yea! Protestant lah! *Referring to the 2nd part of the convo*
You’ll get the joke better if you were there and if you understand it.
Disclaimer: I’m not a Christian, so the following text may not be absolutely true and accurate and that is subjected to changes and alterations.
Actually I didn’t realize yesterday was Easter. However, I enjoyed the entire weekend because I handed in my World Religion assignment on Friday and presented on that day itself.
So, it left me with nothing else but a brief Calculus 3 quiz today and a Calculus assignment due on Wednesday! Well, good luck to Darl who’s presenting today.
Good Friday! When I was wandering around Wisma Help Level 9 on Friday, I heard someone asking, “If Jesus was crucified on Friday, then why is it called Good Friday?”
Obviously, that someone was not a Christian. Actually, the question made sense much if you were an outsider/non-Christian to be exact.
Hey, that’s where World Religion comes into play. Before I took up this subject, many questions about religions left me pondering forever. And one of those was the question that person provoked.
So here’s the thing. This may not be accurate but this is what I’ve read about.
When Jesus was crucified, it was thought that all sins of Christians would eventually be atoned. Therefore, Jesus’s death was actually a voluntary death rather than an unworthy/unjustly sacrifice.
It also means that Jesus was taking the punishment and guilt of everyone by sacrificing himself, so that human beings could find redemption from punishment. That made Jesus a Christian martyr, thereby making the Friday where Jesus was crucified a GOOD Friday. See? Right?
Well, the depictions above holds the stereotypical thinking of Easter Day I think, at least for me. Speaking of Easter Day, I would think of beautifully decorated eggs and maybe a rabbit mascot. That’s what Christianity made non-Christians perceive this wonderful day to be with their great promotions of the day with eggs and stuff.
There’s more to this day than meets the eyes. This day is actually 2 days after Good Friday, thought to be the day where Jesus was resurrected and later ascended into the sky. So, Christians celebrated this day of resurrection, collectively known as Easter Day/it can also be called Resurrection Sunday. ;)
Or maybe there’s more to it. Definitely. Where did the bunnies and ornamented eggs come from? I’m too lazy to delve deeper into that issue. We shall allow the Christians to answer this question, which is never even near to the border of my knowledge.
Ciao! ~
p/s: I’m extremely free right now, so I shall do this at my slowest pace.
3 Things That Make Me Green With Envy (That You Don’t Already Know)
Never ending scripts could actually be written about the cravings and desires of common people if one really dedicates his/her life to analyze this fact.
How many in millions would you get a person who would appreciate his/her life and is satisfied with all his/her possessions and would not ask for more even in the slightest amount?
This “demonic” side of humans eventually became the dominant cause of the all-pervasive juvenile acts in countries all across the globe. Cravings are the root for sufferings, which brought about much pain to individuals. Are these necessary? Wouldn’t one want to live life without doubts and anxiety?
Thinking from that particular perspective would make one realize how foolish humans are to bring sufferings into their lives unnecessarily. However, getting oneself involve in such situations would baffle and blur individuals out of those conscious mindset.
Get on with the tag will you, Sean?
1. Since I’m short, I want to be taller!
I hate it when people tower over me. The feeling isn’t any nicer if some of them are girls. It’s like what’s wrong with my height genes? Mutilated severely. Forget about it, as it’ll get worse when I reach the US.
2. I want to have my personal car!
Driving was never an easy task for me after I graduated from SDC. Why? I paid my instructor so that I practice the slope, parking and 3 point turn for 2 hours per session nonstop. I paid the fees that included some corrupted stuff inside so I wouldn’t have to concentrate so much on the on-the-road driving. I ended up panicking when I first drive on the bustling roads of PJ with my “P” license.
The experience was terrible as I have no idea or whatsoever on where to look and what to do. If I were to drive alone, I wonder how many cars would have fallen prey to my reckless driving.
Now, I have mastered the foundation of driving and I enjoyed every moment on the road, especially when there is no one else in the vehicle except for me, myself, and I. It’s as though I can give up on actuarial science and venture into the driving business. *Exaggerating much*
3. I want to have a better voice!
Singing was not my favorite when I was young. I wonder how I got hold of this addictive hobby and now, you can actually find me singing my lungs out in Skype. How I wish I have a greater range so that I could sing more songs and who knows, join One in a Million? Haha. *Dreaming before I shut my eyes.
I always tag:
Rina
Elaine
Edwin
Jo.Ann
Sheryl
Before I bombard my blog with a chunk of arid facts of my life, I would like to say that my presentation this morning was spontaneous and satisfactory. In fact, this day was a wonderful day for me where all things went on smoothly, although I was extremely exhausted because I failed to find time to put myself into the sacks last night. Felt relaxed and free!
I’m glad that I manage to cope with the workloads of World Religion without an exaggerating amount of conflicts. As a matter of fact, I did quite well in some of the work.
So here’s the thing. I got over this hectic week which nearly got me killed. Malaysian Studies individual assignment due on Wednesday along with Malaysian Studies quiz, which was held on the same day! Isn’t it obvious that no time would be dedicated to studying but to the assignment instead?
Maybe it’s not conspicuous enough. How about this. World religion individual assignment A.K.A research paper and presentation due on Friday, which was two days after the Malaysian Studies assignment due date and quiz. What a wonderful arrangement by all lecturers of ADP.
“You Lecturers Deserve A Standing Ovation!” says Sean.
That’s not even near death. “What’s the CATALYST?” Let’s add a Calculus III Quiz on Friday along with the RE101 assignment and presentation.
How about that? “Would that be enough to KILL an Elephant within seconds?” Absolutely.
Thank God Ms. Rani was so considerate that she grants me privilege to take the quiz on Monday instead. Or else I’ll be half-dead/zombie-ing during the quiz. Or maybe worse..
Lack of sleep ---> Dizziness.
Lack of study---> Panic ---> Dizziness
----> Summing up to double dizziness or faint.
Okay, this would not be another dissertation. So I’ll be cutting it short. I know most of you light up the oil lamp for assignments, even Qing Han did not sleep at all. What an interesting fact to discover indeed! I see friends from Anthropology or World Religion class rushing with their assignments this morning, as in the morning right after midnight. It’s just so Amazing that I was able to chat with some of them at 5 in the morning!
However, there are good students among us:
- Joshil
- Hern Ee
who handed in the assignments a day earlier *cough cough*
Bad bad! Moustache started “sprouting” out and pimples spreading across my cheek. Dang! When would this even end? We craved for sleep when finals are nearing. We despise sleeping after finals because our nightlife would be booked fully with “events.” What an ass, you might think! GET MORE SLEEP IF POSSIBLE!
It’s easier said than done. Good Luck in the Finals!
Right Round –Flo Rida
You spin my head right round, right round
When you go down, when you go down down
You spin my head right round, right round
When you go down, when you go down down
Hey, walk out that house with my swagger
Hop in there with dough, I got places to go!
People to see, time is precious
I looked at my cotty, are ya out of control?
Just like my mind where I’m going
No women, no shawties, no nothing but clothes
No stopping now, my Pirellis on roll
I like my jewelry that’s always on whoa
I know the storm is coming
My pockets keep telling me it’s gonna shower
Call up my homies, it’s on
Then pop in the next cause this mix’ll be ours
We keep a fade-away shot
Cause we balling it’s Platinum Patron that be ours
Lil mama, I owe you just like the flowers
Girl you the drink with all that goodie powers
You spin my head right round, right round
When you go down, when you go down down
You spin my head right round, right round
When you go down, when you go down down
From the top of the pole, I watch he go down
She got me throwing my money around
Ain’t nothing more beautiful to be found
It’s going down down
From the top of the pole, I watch he go down
She got me throwing my money around
Ain’t nothing more beautiful to be found
It’s going down down
Hey, shawty must know I’m the man
My money love her like her number one fan
Don’t open my mouth, let her talk to my fans
My Benjamin Franklins
A couple of grands, I got rubber bands
My paper planes making her dance
Get dirty all night, that’s part of our plan
We building castles that’s made out of sand
She’s amazing, fire blazing
Hotter than Cajun, girl won’t you come a lil closer?
Time to get paid, it’s maximum wage
That body belong on a poster
I’m in a daze, that bottom is waving at me
Like, “Damn it, I know you”
You wanna shoot like a gun out of holster
Tell me whatever and I’ll be your gopher
You spin my head right round, right round
When you go down, when you go down down
You spin my head right round, right round
When you go down, when you go down down
From the top of the pole, I watch he go down
She got me throwing my money around
Ain’t nothing more beautiful to be found
It’s going down down
From the top of the pole, I watch he go down
She got me throwing my money around
Ain’t nothing more beautiful to be found
It’s going down down
Yeah, I’m spending my money, I’m out of control
Somebody help me she taking my bank roll
But I’m king of the club and I’m wearing the crown
Popping these bottles, touching these models
Watching they asses go down down
You spin my head right round, right round
When you go down, when you go down down
You spin my head right round, right round
When you go down, when you go down down
You spin my head right round, right round
When you go down, when you go down down
You spin my head right round, right round
When you go down, when you go down down
So, do you have those moments when you see that cun-ted girl or guy across the street that you know fall in love just at the first sight? Ever wonder how it happens? No, it's no cupid. It's more to chemistry and physics. ;-)
Disclaimer : This theory has yet to be proven yet as there is still some manipulated variables that have been affecting this theory.
Have you ever understand the word "falling in love"? Is it just that simple? Two arrows by the Cupid? Or time spent to understand each other? Is it really that simple?
A research from I dunno where said otherwise. It is believed there is no such thing as "love at first sight". Human bodies emit a strange wave called the infrared. Infrared is emitted from human bodies because of the human body temperature. Emission of heat energy causes the release of infrared waves from the bodies.
Infrared waves travel no more than a few meters away. When two similar infrared waves meet each other, the two waves will cause a special effect on the sources of the waves -- the human bodies.
For example, let's assume that Rory is the man and Fiona is the woman. Rory was waiting for the cab right in front of tens of thousands of people crossing by Times Square, Manhattan when he spotted someone that he knows instantly that that someone could be his love of his life.
That someone is Fiona, who never meet Rory before.
Let's look at this from another person's view. There are figuratively tens of thousands of people out there, but why did Rory only got attracted by Fiona? The answer lies in infrared waves.
Some researchers believe strongly that when two near-similar infrared collides, the sources of the infrared waves will be tie into an immediate bond. That's how love at first sight happens.
However, this might sounds like an "Awwww...." moment for the beautiful ladies out there who are still with me to this point, the human bodies' infrared waves CAN subject to changes. Should it change even a small amount of frequencies, the love between the couple will be shatter -- almost instantly.
This might sounds like a bullshit, but it does make sense if you think about it. Bullshit or not, your call.
I wonder who started this tagging frenzy that it has found its way into the blogging business. Whoever that is, he/she is brilliant.
- THE SCHOOL CHICK : CHLOE *The college chick :)
- THE GYM GUY : BRYAN
- THE FRESHIE : AARON
- THE RANDOM CHINESE FREIND : PETER
- THE LOOSE CHICK : ERHUM..
- THE NIGGA THAT GETS GWAPS : N/A
- THE JOCK : LUTHER
- THE GOON : QUO QIAN
- THE TERRORIST : AISAR
- THE NERD GIRL : MICHELLE
- THE BLACK SUPREMO : MID-HAT
- THE CHEERLEADER : SHERYL *I’m just stuffing names in it! Hah!
- THE TRIBALIST : N/A
- THE GIRL WHO EATS AND IT GOES STRAIGHT TO HER BACKOFFFFF! : JO-ANN
- THE FUNKY SKANKER : EDWIN
- THE SHORT GUY : AARONI
- THE HIPPIE : JEREMY
- THE NIGGA WHO IS ALWAYS IN COURT : DESMOND!
- THE WEED HEAD : TINESH
- THE NORMAL DUDE : HERN EE
- THE NORMAL CHICK : SHERYL (:
This is extremely hard. I was literally stuffing names into the question.
I am tagging :
- Rina
- Elaine
- Jeremy
- Calvin
- Chloe