A Nice Meal

Now Playing : "King Christian" - Mew

It's been a long while since I last went out with the gang--so when Darren suggested we go burn some money over dinner at Seoul (a pseudo-Korean BBQ restaurant), we jumped at the chance.

Alas, when we finally got there we were greeted with an entire colony of buka puasa customers taking advantage of Seoul's reduced buffet price. Defeated and not willing to wait for a table to free up, we headed over to MegaMall where we had Chili's instead. (We ended waiting almost 30 minutes for a table and let's not mention how long it took us to find parking *wince*)

It was a nice dinner and I got to see my old high school classmate Kumanan who was deafeningly quiet throughout dinner. Exactly how I remembered him but had expected him to talk more. Kums you bugger!

Photofrenzy! (Well OK, I took no more than 10 shots :P )

Kums : "Don't point that here!! "

Jules : "So y'know, I was, like, tellin' him, like, y'know..."

Darren : "Wut she said. Harrrumph!"

June : "He better not dare tickle me."
Fred : "I wonder if I could tickle her...."

Darren answers a Resident Evil Ad for more zombies

Wheeeeeeee!!

One 80GB iPod Classic

on loan from Fred (n00b)!!

Merci beaucoup!!!

I've got the power!

(Photo: Inky Circus)

Now Playing : "That's The Way (My Love Is)" - Smashing Pumpkins

I blame it wholly on Malaysia's weather.

And the equator.

And global warming.

And consumerism.

What am I talking about? My ultra-high electric bill.

That's right, I'm talkin' bout seven hundred ninety-five worth of electricity spent this month just to wallow and escape from the perils of hawt, humid Malaysian weather. Of course, I never expected to rack up eight hundred bucks worth of electricity at home doing this. 

Needless to say, el capitan isn't very happy about my perpetual need to avoid sweating like a pig (whom I know don't have sweat glands so blame the lot who cooked up this idiom). Totally understandable, since this is coming from a guy who sleeps in an eskimo suit in a tropical country.

So now I've got to try to adhere from pressing the On switch as often as I should like. "Try" being the operative word here. Someone hold me back. No no don't! 

Cuz I'll scream and wail for my air conditioning!*

*Added for drama-queening purposes.

Grindhouse

Now Playing : "Jet Song" - Oscar Peterson Trio

As per usual, a review of said movie can be found here.

Grindhouse: Death Proof.

Quentin Tarantino.

All I can say is...

AWESOME!!!

I finally got round to watching Death Proof after borrowing it from Edmond today and it totally blew me away! I absolutely love it (although I did find the ending somewhat much) and I literally couldn't take my eyes off the actors who did such excellent jobs! Kurt Russell--that name speaks for itself and also, I like Rose McGowan a whole lot so that made the movie just a little bit better! *wink*

I started watching this movie with high expectations that it was definitely going to be good--it's not normal to expect anything less with Mr. Tarantino's skills anyway--and I was not disappointed. Death Proof is the only other Tarantino movie I've watched besides Pulp Fiction (and a little bit of Kill Bill Vol.1's beginning due to a bad, scratchy disc). Why haven't I watched the likes of Kill Bill, Hostel and Turistas? I'm not a fan of gore and have been rather *afraid* of watching them. And I definitely have heard that the latter two fall under the ultra-gore, vomit inducing sort and is a gazillion times more gory than Saw (which I did watch, but not its sequels). I just can't take really violent and gory movies. Ugh.

Still, back on Grindhouse, now that I've watched Death Proof, I can't wait to get my hands on Planet Terror--which isn't by Quentin Tarantino but comes with the Grindhouse package and also Rose McGowan's in it. 

With a machine gun leg.

Who'd want to miss that?!

How Sweet It Is

taken from

How sweet it is to be loved by you
How sweet it is to be loved by you

I needed the shelter of someone's arms, there you were
I needed someone to understand my ups and downs, there you were
With sweet love and devotion
Deeply touching my emotion
I want to stop and thank you baby
I want to stop and thank you baby (yes I do)

How sweet it is to be loved by you (feel so fine)
How sweet it is to be loved by you

I close my eyes at night
Wondering where would I be without you in my life
Everything I did was just a bore
Everywhere I went it seems I'd been there before
But you brighten up for me all of my days
With a love so sweet in so many ways
I want to stop and thank you baby
I just want to stop and thank you baby (woah, yeah)

How sweet it is to be loved by you (it's just like sugar sometimes)
How sweet it is to be loved by you

(Woah, yeah)

You were better to me than I was to myself
For me, there's you and there ain't nobody else
I want to stop and thank you baby
I just want to stop and thank you baby (woah, yes)

How sweet it is to be loved by you
How sweet it is to be loved by you (woah, now)
How sweet it is to be loved by you (it's like jelly, baby, woah now)
How sweet it is to be loved by you (just like honey to the bee babe, yeah now)
How sweet it is to be loved by you
How sweet it is to be loved by you

I love you for the laughs we shared that brightened up my day today
How sweet it is to be loved by you ;)

Plug In Baby

Now Playing : "Traumerai (Dreaming)" - Robert Schumann

With no reference to Muse's Plug In Baby, I am presently sitting in the tiny library in my tiny faculty and just a little while ago, with a heavy Powerbook and numerous items taking up all capacity of my two little hands, I searched high and low for a power source to plug in my laptop. 

After struggling to bend down as much as I could in search for one, to my dismay there were none except for two sockets already being in use by two men with their laptops. Great. In total, this midget of a library has six six-people tables and free wi-fi. 

But. two. power sockets.

Being a user who normally has several high resource sucking programs running at the same time, I am rather agitated at the fact that we are not provided with this simple amenity when they, at the same time, want to expand their services (read: wi-fi). In these two hours that I will spend here waiting for my next event to start, my Powerbook's battery will diminish quickly and thereby causing me to end my usage of my computer faster than preferred. 

Sigh. On another note, it's practically lunch time and the canteen has close to nothing to eat. Despite it being the Puasa time of the year, do they realize that some of us still need to eat?

Waterless

Sushi King @ Giant SS6

Now Playing : "Worn Me Down" - Rachael Yamagata

Japanese food.

The mere mention of it makes me drool. Yes, I love Japanese food that much.

One problem with Japanese food however, is that it is very expensive and it only makes matters worse if you happen to get into a streak of wanting only Japanese food (which I admit I do quite often hehe). So, in order to curb this, one must settle for cheaper (and significantly and noticably lower quality) means of Japanese food and that outlet is...

Sushi King.

Normally, I don't have any problems with the place. However, tonight as I had dinner there, I had the shock of my life with their new policy;

WATER NOT SERVED.

My jaws dropped! Whaaaaaaaaaaaat??? I found it highly ridiculous for a restaurant to not serve water especially since you could get water even at the most expensive restaurants that you could not afford! It has never been a problem and I always take water whenever I eat at Sushi King so for that sudden implementation of such a ridiculous policy is just beyond me. 

To make things worse, the supervisor also could not explain why water wasn't allowed to be served and only said something along the lines of "hot water is too hot".

Huh?!

Since there were no comment cards available, as soon as I got home I jumped online and immediately sent off a complaint to the Sushi King's HQ. As a very regular customer, to be denied of something like water is absolutely unacceptable. 

Especially when the supervisor can't give me a valid reason.

Or a reason, for that matter.

And there is just no logic as to why they allow free flow of green tea (which I reckon is definitely not as cheap as water) but no water.

Wallpaper Showdown Fun!

Now Playing : "Stay Where You Are" - Ambulance Ltd

Jules and I--we're geeks. We've chosen to ignore the loud blaring "Assignments Due!" alarm going off in our heads to race against each other to put up our 10 most favorite wallpapers. Why? I have no idea. We have no idea. But it was fun and why we found it funny--ah, that's the wonder of it all! It was no easy task to shortlist my 10 from a collection of 1524 wallpapers but alas, I've dunnit! While I have many favorites, I've decided to put up the 10 most frequently used ones. You can view Jules' top 10 here.

Kewl!

Now Playing : "Petroushka 1911 - Tableau 1" - Igor Stravinksy

I won't deny that I've slammed the Gates on Bill and lost my confidence in Compaq-HP eons ago.

but...

Let me just say that my dad's new 12.1" tablet PC is freakin' sweet! I had a lot of fun messing around with the stylus and the writing program (which, at times seemed as though I had a bigger vocabulary than it) and well, who doesn't love a touch screen? I wonder why tablet PCs never really made it, though.

And now I'm beginning to wonder if Apple would ever come out with a touch-screen Mac.

*coughhintcough*

Diamonds

Rick Santiago's Art

A Mum's advice is more often than not, 

worth its weight in diamonds.

Emo

Jeff Thomas' Artwork

Now Playing : "Colors" - Amos Lee

John would tell you that I truly was really emo last night.

I was in a state of panic.

I was freaking out.

I was overreacting (prematurely, is there such a thing?)

I even cried because I was so overwhelmed with all the above.

But mostly, I was awfully scared and fearful.

It ruined the good day I had yesterday, and of course my day today I felt like total shite--at least until it got solved. I like to think of myself as a person who, when faced with something, would act sane enough until I got an answer regarding it.

But last night, I totally went off the deep end. "Calm and collected me" jumped out the window got replaced with a paranoid 15 year old who you'd think saw the end of the world. 

It kinda felt it was going to be the end of the world, actually.

.

.

.

If what I feared was indeed true.

But it wasn't. THANK GOD! Although I'm adamant in believing that whatever I felt lead to a needed discussion that cleared up what was necessary, I do wish that I hadn't reacted so explosively. It's just so much stress and I'm sure John was shaking his head as he tried to calm me down. Maybe he thought I acted sorta childishly. Maybe he's kinda right.

But I'm just a big worrywart.

Especially more so if it's about you. 

Darn you and your concentrated potion! :P

(John, I guess the prayer helped as you would definitely remind me later on *wink*)

Colors

Tag, You're It!

Now Playing : "Edge of the Ocean" - Ivy

I got tagged by both June and Jules--so I guess that means that I really have to do it! I like completing tags like these, it's quite fun! Just a reminder that none of these are in numerical order of priority!

Seven things to be done before my death :
1. Achieve desired weight
2. Build an enormous music collection
3. Get married and have kids (this is a package so can't separate 'em)
4. Apprenez la langue française
5. Learn to actually cook and not microwave
6. Witness my little brother grow up (now that I've watched my sister grow up)
7. Touch a killer whale

Seven things I will NOT do even if it kills me :
1. Convert out of Buddhism
2. Be swayed out of my loyalty to my family and friends until I experience what I have not
3. Allow myself to be pushed around
4. Join the military forces
5. Lip-lock with a female
6. Have children without being absolutely financially and emotionally ready for parenthood
7. Compromise on my morals

Seven things I do when I'm away from public :
1. Look at pictures and watch videos of my darling and myself
2. Write (fiction, not assignments bleh!)
3. Read (simply because it is too distracting to read in public)
4. Listen to classical music or 1930-1950's big band
5. Raid the fridge
6. Use my laptop and go online for hours on end
7. Watch television with mum and bro

Seven fav quotes/sentences/idiolects :
1. "****ing idiot/***hole!!" (when driving--yes, I know I got a potty mouth when driving :P)
2. "Ish"
3. "Well that's what we do, we fight... You tell me when I am being an arrogant son of a bitch and I tell you when you are a pain in the ass. Which you are, 99% of the time. I'm not afraid to hurt your feelings. You have like a 2 second rebound rate, then you're back doing the next pain-in-the-ass thing." (The Notebook)
4. "Oh! F*** wank bugger shitting arse head and hole!" (Love Actually)
5. "The whole purpose of places like Starbucks is for people with no decision-making ability whatsoever to make six decisions just to buy one cup of coffee. Short, tall, light, dark, caf, decaf, low-fat, non-fat, etc. So people who don't know what the hell they're doing or who on earth they are can, for only $2.95, get not just a cup of coffee but an absolutely defining sense of self: Tall. Decaf. Cappuccino." (You've Got Mail)"
6. "Hello" (Sony Ericsson W850i advert)
7. "The White House reception committee greeted the Prime Rib roast Minister and... I do the cha-cha like a sissy girl. I lik-a do da cha-cha. I'm sorry we seem to be having some technical difficulties. In other news bulla blah, bulla blabity bulla bla blabity blab bulla blah kaa kaa poo poo. PEE PEE!" (Bruce Almighty)

Seven favourite songs from all time :
1. "True" - Spandau Ballet
2. "Take a Bow" - Madonna
3. "Moonlight Lady" - Julio Iglesias
4. "Daniel" - Elton John
5. "Words (Don't Come Easy)" - F.R David
6. "Knock Three Times" - Tony Orlando
7. "Lady in Red" - Chris de Burgh

Seven things I'll make you wish you didn't do if you did :
1. Spread malicious lies about the people I care about
2. Use my computer without my permission
3. Borrow my things without asking
4. STEAL
5. Littering all over the place
6. Driving erratically, especially trying to cut into my lane without using signal lights
7. Being rude, childish and inconsiderate

Seven people to tag :
1. June Ling
2. John Andrew
3. Mr.V
4. Kellster
5. Jane
6. Darren
7. Fred

Wooooo finally done!

Photoshop Frenzy

Now Playing : "Freedom" - Robbie Williams

OK, I admit I got a little carried away with playing around with Photoshop tonight. Ever since sifu cousin Kelz taught me how to brush (not of the toothpaste variety), I've been trying multiple brushes out for hours on end! It's highly addictive and fun! I thought I'd share some of my *creative* works that I've been slaving over the past couple of hours. Enjoy!

Missing You

♥ P ♥

Each time

we're a p a r t

&

you're there

I

PRAY

&

☼HOPE☼

that

you are well

&

ALIVE

&

YEARN

for

the day

you come home to

me

I miss you so much.

Noooo!!

Now Playing : "The Pieces Don't Fit Anymore" - James Morrison

Ahh...it sucks.

I've dunnit again.

I broke my diet--24 hours after commencing on a new one. (Stupid Snyder's Cheddar Cheese Pieces...)

Bah, Humbug.

So I've just decided--well, actually I made the decision months ago but taking action requires a whole new level of effort--to go on another diet. Again. I'm making a conscious effort to diet because I've been acting like a pig and whoring all the food in sight and my clothes barely fit me anymore. Plus, being fat doesn't make me feel very pretty. >_<

Unfortunately, this conscious effort to diet is thwarted by my conscious non-effort of giving in and becoming the food whore I am. Ish ish! How nice it would be if I could channel my stone-headedness of not hitting the gym to not opening the fridge.

I'm sorry, but I. Absolutely. Love. Food.

It's truly one of the best ways the enjoy life! I seriously believe that! But why do they gotta make them so transfatty?? And all the pretty colors! And the smells! Don't get me started on them aromas!

Still, being the food whore than I am, I must really (don't laugh, you) shed the excess meat better suited to a whale. I feel the health levels plummeting as the scales go in the opposite direction. Really-not-good. The main reason is though, that Irene's wedding made me realize that there is no effing way I'm going to attend my own wedding looking like John Candy--whom I know is male but that's a whole different issue.

And anyway, I'm tired of being a land whale for my entire life! (Inspirational background music cue) Onwards diet!!

....tomorrow.

Cousin Irene and Kenny's Wedding Slideshow

Awww!

Taken from...

How adorable! 

Missing you as always ;)

Therapeutic shopping

Now Playing : www.dismuke.org

I'll admit that I'm most likely alike most women--I regard shopping as therapeutic for almost any trouble there is. Normally, I won't post about my purchases (because I don't want to seem as though I'm on a materialistic bragfest) unless they're electronics like Jonah, but today my eyes were all a-glitter as I browsed around in Zara. Again, I don't normally shop for clothes and stuff that goes with clothes (bags, shoes, etc) but oh my god, how I wanted that super soft fabric gold color coat!! I didn't get it unfortunately, since the bloody thing cost RM500!!

So, I had to settle for this bag--which I'm totally crazy for! It doesn't actually go very well with 90% of my wardrobe but who cares!! It was lurvely and I couldn't pass it up! :P Oh, and that it only cost RM129. *Heee*

Comes with a mini fishy coin purse!

Absolutely loved the interior material!

Opinions needed

Baiji

Now Playing : www.solopianoradio.com

Lately, I haven't had much time to think about what topic I am to present for Proficiency V's oral presentation on the 24th--well, that and also I kept on thinking I had ample time to think about what I would present. 

Here's the problem; Dr. Mahmud said we could talk about anything we wanted.

(Problem no.2 is that I absolutely ABHOR public speaking [thus presentations] but this is always a problem anyway ;) )

That should've made me happy, right? Unfortunately, it didn't. I'd much rather him give us a specific area to then explore our presentation options instead of giving us an infinite scope. But, I guess can't really please everybody. 

I'm up at 2:21am, oddly enough thinking about my prospective topic. Actually, I do have an idea in mind but when compared to the rest, it seemed a little narrow. Su Lyn will be presenting something about blogs, Edmond about prostitution and Shubes about some car related topic which I can't remember now.

My idea remains the same as always. It's not just a serious topic (which we must have anyway) but it sprung to mind because it was something I am passionate about. Still, I'm a wee bit worried that not everyone shares my interest and I may end up boring them during an awfully long 20 minute presentation. 

What I want to present on is how China's ever growing economy's reliance on the Yangtze river drove the Baiji dolphin to extinction. So, let me ask you guys and I'd greatly appreciate your feedback...

Yesh?

No?

Way outta my league?

Pardonnez mon anglais - Partie 8

Did anyone else spot boo-boos 

that they apparently weren't very aware of?

Hiatus over

Now Playing : "Prelude in C Sharp" - Sergei V. Rachmaninoff

I'm back.

I know I said I would be back by Sunday but I guess I needed more time. It's been a really rough week--I'm emotionally drained and my grandfather's funeral procession just left me feeling very stressed. 

But, I am healing.

Unfortunately (or fortunately, who knows), I don't really think I have much choice but to force myself to heal quickly. My assignments and homework and presentations and quizzes and tutorials--all unfinished or not yet started--are demanding me to push all the unhealed bits of myself to one side and to focus on them first. 

All I really want to do is just be with my family...and to do nothing. I want to do nothing.

But, I can't...and I promise you, grandad; I won't let it be in vain or go to waste.

We got to see *all* of our relatives who came together to bid farewell to my grandfather. All I can say is, thank god for family, relatives and friends. Despite this wasn't the ideal circumstance under which this reunion took place, nevertheless...they're the camomile to your wounds.

I had to go back to university today for the Pesta Ko-Kurikulum--which of course I was highly reluctant to and naturally, it turned out to be quite a big waste of time. Can't you just see how happy I was to be back?

You

I think of you the most when I'm curled up in bed at night, waiting to fall asleep.

I wish you didn't have to go so soon.

And, oh how I wish it could be you who will say that you've fooled me about it.

Short hiatus

Dearest Ah Kong

Announcement: There will be no new posts until Sunday as a form of silence to respect my dearest and beloved grandfather who passed away yesterday. We love you very much and will miss you dearly, Ah Kong.

May you rest in peace.

I love you.

Snoretastic

*SNORE!!!*

Now Playing : "Nocturne in G Minor" - F. Chopin

I've been snoring a lot lately. I'm not talking about your average buzzing bee but literally, I-can-hear-you-snore-from-outside-the-room kind and man, oh man it's something this lady doesn't like to hear! I guess I've always associated really loud thunderous snoring with men and to hear that I'm doing this--well, talk about self esteem issues! 

I didn't use to snore--and certainly not like this, so I'm thinking it's got to be something I've done lately to cause it. Tried the from 2 pillows to 1 pillow to no pillow process of elimination and all I got from it was a freakin' sore neck! Strike one.

Next, I tried changing sleeping positions. I'm a lie-on-your-back kind of person (wait, that sounds strangely ambiguous...) so I started sleeping on my right side. Then left. No, right. Left. Right! Left! On my stomach--can't breathe! On my back again--SNORE!!! Strike two. >_<

Then, I found out that sudden loud snoring can be caused by lifestyle changes. Hmmm...all those trips to restaurants and such have been causing me to pack on a few pounds. Sooooo, I've decided to go on a diet and see if the snoring goes away as I get rid of the excess poundage. What sacrifices I am making!! Cutting out the good shtuff like Nando's and Ms.Reeds and Shogun so that I won't make more noise than needed in bed. LOL *wink* Will update you lot if this becomes strike three, though.

On another and entirely different note...I'm kinda pissed at how I'm scoring in Translation. You know the feeling...you write (or in my case, translate a piece of text) something and you feel real good about it because you think you may have done your best this time around and then it comes back to you slapped with a lousy B-. It really sucks since I don't feel the emotional elements in Bahasa Malaysia. I'm probably going to have to rethink taking up translation as my final year research paper...like hell I'd wanna score a lowly B- for something like that.