In The Dark

Today is an important day.
It's such an important day that I try squeezing an hour in my tight schedule to blog about it.
Why? I'm sure you've been watching the TV or listening to the radio, else have you been living in total seclusion and cut off from civilization?
Today is when Earth Hour will take place.

Wait, Earth Hour is today?

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Changes

皆さん，ただ今帰りました!

Ehehe...
I won't do a full recap of my vacation in China. Here's the summary:
- Ken and Liang (the Chai bros) came along, so did Ms. Chai.
Last year was the only year that the Chai family didn't join us for the annual vacation. It's a pity they didn't get to join us, since Korea was by far the BEST vacation experience.
- I had to share a room with the tour leader; SHE is female, you dirty minded people. D:< - All we saw were rocks and lakes... And more rocks.
Most of the time, I was imagining the scene of the ドラマ CD I was listening to on my MP3.
- There probably won't be any uploads of photos, since I was too lazy to take pictures.
- I didn't spend much on this trip and the only splurged item was the outerwear I bought in Samuel and Kevin while waiting for the transit in Guangzhou.
- The ONLY eye candy WORTH a second look is the manga that I had stored in my laptop.
- The net speed was decent at some places and I got pretty great ddls at some of the sites. But...
- Internet access is SEVERELY LIMITED. Facebook, Blogspot, Twitter, Flicker and a whole lot of other sites were blocked by the Great Firewall of China. (No pun intended)
- Spending Christmas in China was not a good idea.
After witnessing and experiencing the HORROR of pushing bodies and heavy smoking of the crowds, I scoff at their CLAIMS to be CIVILIZED.

And to further my flamings, here's what I think of Chinamen:
- Chinamen are rude and obnoxious... I'm ashamed to be associated with such barbarians who had refined the method of paper making and invented the compass.
- There was a family who had really bad table manners and we were forced to share a table with them to even out the number. They fit in really well with the Chinamen.
- On most days, we go hungry because THAT family tend to lick their chopsticks and THEN go on to picking the dishes with their SALIVA-LACED chopsticks. Disgusting.
- Chinamen DO NOT believe in the system of QUEUING UP. They do what they can to push themselves to be the first.
- They think themselves to be superior, only to fall flat on their asses when we spoke to them in English.
Hey, you only speak ONE language and probably your own dialect; I speak THREE languages and TWO other dialects while I understand FIVE languages and THREE dialects.
Note: Three are the normal E2M (English, Mandarin and Malay) and the two dialects are Cantonese and Hakka. The extra two languages are Japanese and Korean (both of partial understanding and in the process of learning) and Hokkien for dialect. <- No bragging intended.
- They are SELFISH and SPOILED BRATS, not to mention CUNNING and SLY.
- They just can't go on without smoking. They'd probably DIE if they had to go on without smoking for a day.
- They SPIT at EVERY FREAKING PLACE! And to make matters more disgusting... They tend to step ON their spit and DRAG THEIR SHOES ACROSS IT!
Yeah... As if you could HIDE that trail of slobber scuff mark leading to your shoes...

Finally,
I declare my cousin INSANE for getting married to a Chinaman.

*takes a deep breath and goes back to Zen mode*

On a lighter note, I'll be making some changes to my blog.
Yup, you heard me... SOME changes.
I won't be closing it off like the last time.
I'll be making the changes through my sub-blogs (yes, I HAVE sub-blogs that are meant for experimentations) and that would make the transition more smoother.
And if it doesn't work, I don't have to worry about messing up my current template.
I won't be revealing what changes I'll be making, just in case the plan falls through.
The only obstacle right now is to bug my dad to get me a copy of Adobe Photoshop CS4...

Hmm, I think that's it for this time.
Imma go play ﾊーﾄの国のアリス! :DDDDD
Blood threw me on the bed when I visited him last night... I wonder what's he going to do next?
*shifty eyes* <- BerryCarmen
Fictional guys are probably the only guys that are able to get my non-existent heart reappear and go 'ﾄﾞｷ―ﾄﾞｷ'.
Like I said the last time, real guys just can't measure up anymore.

PS: I'm thinking about watching Sherlock Holmes this coming week, probably in OU / 1U (or what other names). Contact either bro or me through whatever means if you're interested in joining us. Date will be decided later.

Frisky

Nah, not so much.
Maybe only 10%.

Bro's gone out to dunno-who's house while I just declined my uncle's invitation to go ice skating.
Why?
Cause I don't want my ass to bruise when I fall on the ice and my cousins are way too young.
Pitiful, aren't I? I want a boyfriend I'm happy being single!
Well, I have my manga and my novels to keep me company.

I finished Return to Ravenhurst two days ago.
They really shouldn't put the final behind; the story has yet to end.
The puzzle are fun and mind boggling.
...And I found out how little I've used my brain since the last day of SPM.

I tried driving my mom's car, Hyundai Matrix. Of course, dad was beside me, keeping his hand on the hand brake.
He had me reverse the car and drive around the neighbourhood.
I was giggling like mad because I was nervous.
Then, I accelerated a lil too much and almost ran up the curb.
Even though the car didn't suffer any damages, Dad said that I am dangerous.

My relatives are very kiamsiap; angpau only 2 bucks. Kiamsiap, right?
My cousin who just got married was supposed to give four, but he buat tak tau and only give two. When bro asked his wife, she give him...a smile. WTH?
So when if I get married, I'll give his children only two. If they ask, I smile.

Since this year's Chinese New Year sucked, I'm going to Hong Kong to celebrate next year. I can shop (for manhua) till I drop.

Spontaneity

Dad took us up to Genting Highlands yesterday all out of the blue. He had a sudden craving for Salmon Fried Koay Teow.
Yup, he drove us all the way up there just to eat that...and a whole lot of stuff. I'm lucky I didn't barf out everything like I did back when we were driving down Cameron. Bro and his head is thankful for that too.

Things have gotten a lil wacky with life. I've been frantically researching on institutes, finishing my assigned accounts and dealing with my stupid driving. Jeez, I find it really bothersome that each time I call, they'd refer me to another branch and when I get there, their doors were locked. I gave up on the first and went for the second choice.

I think that's it for today. I've got a whole bunch of those annoying booklets to key-in and sums to account for.
I'm so glad that it's only a temp thing and not my future livelyhood.

100

Oh yeah! After two years (or 1 1/8 of a year), I've finally reached 100 posts!
I've never imagine myself to be typing the 100th post; I'd assumed that I've got better things to do by then. Oh well, my life is a dull one.

I didn't get to visit the education fair today; was on paint job the whole day. We (dad, bro and I) managed to paint the whole house! Well, it's only the exterior perimeter wall. Dad did ask us if we're up to paint the whole house...I don't think I wanna do that. I'm already dead tired after today's thing. And before you say anything, please consider the size of my house. I'm just glad it's the smallest among all in the area; it'd be hell if it was as large as my neighbour's.

Also, I've bought 花ざかりの君たちえっ and 花より団子 2 yesterday and am almost broke. I don't think I'll be able to buy any manga this month. ;__;
I'll buy the extra episodes in March for both and then start with ごくせん and it's two other sequels later.

I just watched the first two episodes of 花ざかりの君たちえっ and found it really hilarious! Say goodbye to 8TV's annoying advertisements and hello to non-stop Jdrama!

I'm gonna read the manga version then go sleep...or just fall asleep on the table.
*yawn*

Braving The Cold

As if the unseen forces of nature heard my wish, it actually snowed! Yup, it was snowing when I woke up in the morning.
The floor was freezing cold when I got off the bed; wondered how bro could manage to sleep on the floor the entire night... And yes, I'm still using my mom's laptop. I've gotten used to the way the keys are positioned and am typing like normal.

Reports about the day will be done when I get back, which is in two days. It's 12 midnight at my place and we've got a lot to visit tomorrow. We're heading to the actual place where they filmed 1st Shop Coffee Prince and then learning how to make kimchi later on.

Oh yea, I managed to get my hands onto two ACTUAL Korean version of Goong. I've not opened the plastic wrappings yet, but I will as soon as I get home and then wrap it with my own embossed plastic.

I'm also sore from the skiing in the afternoon. I've got a mild sprain of both of my legs due to me trying to avoid people and ended up sliding off course and falling onto my back, with my legs still attached to the skis and upright. Can't get a picture of that? Umm...I'm sitting on my ass and my legs are at my side with the skis forming an 'A' shape, pointed edge at the front. Do you even know how painful that was? With the sore back from sharing a bed with my sister and enduring her kicks, my whole body is now sore. But the skiing part was fun; I now know how to turn right, left and how painful it is to fall. I barely know how to stop, which was part of the reason why I knocked onto people.
Bro was pretty awesome with his snowboard, even when he is a beginner.
I'd probably save up to get a skateboard so that I could snowboard the next time I go to a four season country.

I guess I should go to bed now, it's another long day ahead tomorrow.

tto manayo~

Snow

Yes, I am writing this in Korea, with great net speed at 19kbs at min and an awesome 333kbs at max, on my mom's laptop. If I could, I think I'd want to live here! I mean, comparing the wireless speed with here and back at home, our speed is like, meh.
I think that the MMORPG game would be awesome, if only my bro didn't delete of CABAL in mom's.

It's one hour earlier here; and it gets dark pretty early too.
Anyways, I've seen snow! Yea, snow! I've even had a snowball fight just now! Hehe...
We're going skiing tomorrow, then heading to Seoul to learn how to make kimchi.

I guess that's it for now; the full details will be when I come home, in three days. But that depends on whether I'll remember everything or if I have the mood to write about itI'll be an hour younger too! Mea rong! (blek!)

tto manayo~
In plain english, see you later~

PS: It isn't that cold; and sleeping on the floor is kinda nice, if the floor has a heater.

Pillow/ Death by Chemistry

I feel like ripping the pillow to shreds.

Don't ask me how Chemistry went, I'll show you.
A picture's worth a thousand words; well, I have three thousand words worth of pictures to show.



Tomorrow is add math, another subject that is a lost cause for me.
I swear, I'll grind my brain to dust to get it right for SPM. The trials are as good as screwed.

Since the bad thing is out of my system, I'd like to note that today is a very important day in my family.

It's my parent's wedding anniversary!


09/09/1989 is when they got married.
Congratz to my parents for their 20th anniversary! May they have many happy returns!
I was wondering what it was supposed to be when I wrote the date on my answer sheet, since the day seemed familiar.

Come to think of it, the story of how my parents got married is quite funny.
My dad wanted to register their marriage on the 25th of January--my mom's birthday.
When they reached the Civil department, they said that the day was full. They said that February 14th was still available. So, my dad agreed.
My mom thought that my dad was really romantic, having to choose that day to be officially married.
You know what? Prepare to laugh at this...(or whatever reaction it is that you'll do)

My dad forgot that Feb 14 was Valentine's Day!

It never came to his mind that it was Valentine's Day. I burst out laughing when my mom told me that. Even dad admitted that he didn't know about it.
Daddy, you're so unromantic.

When I was younger, I admired my friends' parents; comparing them with mine.
Now, I don't think I want any other's parents at all.


I have a mom who is a wonderful cook, which is why we're not stick thin. She bakes really good cakes and has real good taste, regardless of food or clothes. Sadly, I do not inherit her cooking skills; only her looks and her determination.
Yes, she might be really petty about the cleanliness of the house and be a bit of a perfectionist but that's how I want my mom to be. She's the one I go to when I need some advice and the one I rant at when my day is bad. She is also like a lioness when it comes to her kids; don't get her mad or she'll rip you to shreds.

My dad on the other hand, is more of a practical person. He's a no-nonsense type of guy. Surely, he doesn't show his affections outwardly but he shows it through his actions. He worked hard during his early years to save up money for our higher education; he doesn't want us to go through with the financial problems he had when he was studying in England. My grandparents were really poor, so my dad had to be really thrifty with his spending.
He used to be really mindful about us and stuff, as in to let others fix things when it's broken. Nowadays, he encourages us to find out what the problem is and try to fix it ourselves. If it can't be fixed after countless tries and we've reached our limit to fixing it, then only will he get help from a professional. With this, I now know how to fix minor damages for electrical stuff; but this field is where my bro surpasses me.

I love my parents to bits, but I shall never say it out loud. It's pretty awkward when it comes to displays of affection for us. I shiver at the very thought of hugging.
So, I'm going to show them by making them proud.

My dad said this once:

It's every parent's goal to see their child succeed in life. But success is up for interpretation. I want you people to live a meaningful life. Getting good grades is sort of like a bonus to me. But if you want to continue having a comfortable life like what you have right now, you better work you ass off to make sure that you get a good job that can sustain such comfort. It's my fault if I can't provide you the facilities to reach that; but I have and you have to keep your end of the bargin. It's your life; I can only guide you to the correct path. But if you stray far from it, there's nothing I can do.

Like I said, he's a no-nonsense type of guy.

Boredom, Act Two

Noticed that I've changed the template again? Yeah, I got bored and tried experimenting with it again. This (the current background) was my intended result when I first started blogging. I couldn't figure out how to do it and found reverting and using ready made blogskins as an alternative.
Who knew all the it needed was a image hosting site and some adjustments here and there could do the trick?

Dinner yesterday was pretty boring. It's my uncle (grandpa's younger brother's son) who came. The story goes like this: During the Japanese Occupation, the Communist was formed in efforts to purge Malaya (they changed the name to Malaysia in 1963) of the Japs. Grandpa's younger brothers (two of them, I think) were sent back to the remaining relatives in China to prevent them from being recruited by the Communist. So, they were brought up in China and ended up setting up families there too.

This uncle of mine now lives in Taipei, Taiwan and works as a...umm...I don't really know.
He told dad that he owns a restaurant, works in a hairdressing company teaching others to style hair and a travel agency. I don't mean to sound rude or anything but the first thing that popped up in my head when I heard that was this proverb:

Jack of all trades; master of none.

Even mom agreed to what I thought when I told her.

Anyways, House is opening again tonight and there's Chuck at 9.00.
I guess the other one hour and thirty-eight minutes will be spent by me laying on the grass outside (this time I'll bring the sleeping mat), listening to my MP3 again and watch the clouds and the sky change from evening to night. I do hope that it's clear enough to have stars.

Boredom Blues

I've been bored...VERY BORED
I even resulted in taking those questions in the bulletin board in Friendster to be entertained!

We were suppose to expect a guest today; but he's not coming till tomorrow. It's one of my dad's cousin. You know, the family's so huge that I don't even remember who they are, which side of the family the belong to and where they live! Dad's relatives are spread out to China, Hong Kong, Taiwan (typical China people) and England while mom's is spread out to Australia, New Zealand and there's one cousin of hers working in Arab.
I really, really dislike having family reunions. Bleh...

As I was saying; we were suppose to expect a guest. He's from Taiwan and was supposed to dine with us tonight. We waited for dad to come home from his work in Perak so that we could go and have that dinner with first aunt, third aunt, fourth uncle and him, BUT SOMEONE didn't call and inform us that it's getting late! We ended up having dinner on our own. Rest assured, we're gonna meet him tomorrow and I'm not going to enjoy one bit of it.

Not only do I have to idle away my holiday by not doing anything and being bored but I have to spend with a guy who disappeared for 20 years and suddenly decides to visit! GEEZ!

After dinner, I spent some time alone sitting under the stars. It's good to have a side yard sometimes. I could lay on the grass but mom would have have my ass for it.
It was nice; sitting alone under the dark sky and listening to my MP3. Set it to 'shuffle' and the songs were synchronized with how I was feeling at the time, picking out songs that matched my emotions; like it knew what I needed. Another reason to love it.

The earphones are still plugged into my ears, and it's still generating songs that matches my mood.

Now, I'll just go and lay on the floor of my room or on my bed and stare out the window and listen to a machine play out my emotions.

Ps: Hurt my left leg while playing DDR yesterday. The muscle hurts every time I try to get up from sitting or jumping. ARGHHHHH!

I Miss YOU!

Dear Grandma in Heaven,

Hmm...Valentine's day is finally come and gone.
Same old, same old. No dear one, no special person; nothing.

Well, nothing but pure frustration.
I don't want to revisit yesterday's anger, it was painful and disappointing.

This has nothing to do with the chocolate sales.
SHE stuck us with the 'Learn a Word a Week' again! I did not hesitate to voice out my displeasure when she asked me which week I'd be taking. Then, she gave us the 'pep-talk' about us being irresponsible and not keeping our word.
What about her?
She told us that we needn't do this again if we did it last year! A pot calling a kettle black!
Then, she said that the teachers complained about our class being like this and said that a teacher hinted a name of a student in the class.
Duh, she was talking about me. That teacher was most probably another-name-I'd-rather-not-mention.

How did it happen?
I was a member of the ICON group last year, the school's magazine, under the English department.
I was suppose to write about two events that I wasn't present at, The Teacher's Day and the National Day celebration held in school. Since I wasn't told of any deadline, I put it aside while I tried to tunnel out of my mountain of homework.
I missed school and the ICON meeting for a few days when you passed. When I got back to school, I was still emotionally and mentally unstable. I was in still in a state of daze that you died.
Then, out of nowhere, the teacher stopped me at the stairs and asked me about the articles.
Still in the state of blurness, I didn't answer her. My silence was misinterpreted.
She then asked me to leave the magazine and she will find someone else to do it.
I agreed, cause the teacher didn't even bother asking for the reason.
At least this year, I don't need to see her anymore, as she was promoted. I'll never need to see her again in 9 more months.

It's disappointing to find out that teacher no longer care about the welfare of the students anymore. They're adopting the 'If I cared, my salary is still the same' mentality. Whatever.

This year, I hold two posts; the library head and secretary of Blue house.
Both posts require me to stay up late just to finish work. I'm glad that I'm already used to sleeping late; if I didn't, it'll be panda eyes galore.
To top those, it's exam year for us all. SPM in 9 months.
Now, I have duties to carry out, tuition classes to attend, scrapbooks to finish, homework to complete, presentations to be done and the library to oversee.
Blue house duties will end after Sports Day; I'm glad that Sports Day is in March.
Multitasking is an ability that I very much lack.

Well, this blog will be outdated for quite a while.
I don't really have time to write anything, including my personal journal, anymore.

I really miss you, Grandma.
Didn't I tell you to wait for me to graduate and attend my graduation?
Didn't I tell you to wait for my first paycheck and buy you the dinner I promised long ago?
Didn't I ask you to try to get better, for my sake?
Didn't I tell you that I'd introduce you to my boyfriend, if I ever managed to get one?
I'm sure that he'll adore your cooking...
Alas, you didn't wait...

But, it's okay. I understand that you were suffering everyday, being sick.
I'm just mad that the doctors didn't manage to figure out what was wrong with you.
Uncle should have brought you to consult another doctor, instead of talking the talk but not walking the walk. What about the other useless one, the one who was so stingy?!?
Mom was disappointed with them, and she still is.

I hope you found Grandpa and is happy to see him again. I hope that you're comfortable in the place that you are now.
Come visit me in my dreams, 'kay? I really want to see you again.

I'm off to bed now.

Forever your loving grand-daughter,
YL.

Bro Trouble

Okay, it's been weeks since i've last posted. It's 20 more minutes till midnight and sis's birthday.

Today was the day everything was set right. What? Yeah, it worked out; and i don't need to transfer schools anymore.

What the hell am i talking about?
Let's see...
Bro wanted to get into Science class but his results weren't up to par with the school's requirements (Science class: Minimum of 4A's, inclusive of Maths and Science).
Dad went to talk with the principle on Friday but didn't manage to. Spoke to a teacher (i shall not point fingers to anyone; not that anyone else but me will read this blog) who said that his grades is the forecast of his progress in class and said that he will not be able to cope up. Talked about discouraging his/her own son/daughter into entering the above mentioned class.
Dad was really mad and went back home to discuss with mom.
He then went to another school, showed them bro's result slip and they are eager to accept him into the school.
I pleaded with dad during dinner to give me one last chance to try to talk to the principle. Dad agreed.
Spoke to the principle on Monday (today) and told her about the incident on Friday.
She consented bro's transfer of classes and the effect was immediate.
Bro moved up to the 2nd floor after sending the note from the principle to the class teacher of 4A.
The day concluded with him owing me big time. Haha!

He'll still owe me big time if it were to backfire and we were to transfer schools. NOT only will i have to leave all my friends behind; i'd be leaving my position too!

I'm glad everything worked out.

Well, it's time for me to start to work my butt off for this year. SPM is in 10 months and i wouldn't want to screw this and in turn ruin the rest of my life. This is just one risk that i don't want to take.