Maths Homework

Jonie: -walks in- Class! Ms. Ho isn't here today.

5 Airf: YAY!!!!!! (No offence to all teachers, it's just a normal reaction... XD)

Jonie: But, she left us homework. Take out your Maths textbook!

5 Arif: WHAT???!! Awwwww...
A: Whatlah... got h'work summore...
B: Yeeer... cannot finish Physics report.
C: Aiyah... thought got free period....
-general grumbling-

Jonie: Oi! Fasterlah! Take out your Maths textbook! I read to you.

D: Write on the boardlah!.

Jonie: No marker pen. Take out Maths textbook!!

-the few who didn't grudgingly walk to their bags to take the book-

D: Nah. Marker pen.

Jonie: Ok. -Proceeds to write on the board-

'MATHS TEXTBOOK'

5 Arif: -Sighhhhhhh....-

'PAGE: APRIL FOOL!!'

5 Arif: -dumbfounded silence-

"JONIE!!!!!!!"

Jonie: -collapses laughing-

5 Arif: -goes beserk laughing and yelling at Jonie for the next 10 minutes-


Kudos to our class monitor for successfully fooling the entire class in one shot. XD

And for the rest of the day:
Jonie: Class, Pn Chang isn't here. Bio in class.
5 Arif: Sure wan ah not?! You tipu us ah, Jonie?! We don't trust you anymore Jonie!
Jonie: AIYAH! I'm not lying lah this time!!! -laughs again-

Happy April Fool's Day. :-)

Getting 'Retricked'

So, who knew for sure that 'retricked' is not an actual word? All of you did? Good! Why didn't you tell me a week ago?!
Of course, you needn't tell me that if I was not so blur as to think it was an actual word... it cost me about 82 friggin' points! Bleh... Sthooopid (re: Post on Prefects Camp)!!

I'm talking about the Scrabble competition last week. All in all, it was seriously fun -geek-. Although by the end of the day, we were all pretty knocked out. Who wouldn't be after 6 games?

We were matched according to our spreads. I did pretty good for the first 3 games, got trashed on my fourth game and everything pretty much went downhill from there. XD My fourth game was against Ms. Retricked. 'Dang it, girl, I gotta shake your hand. You re-tricked me!' -curses stupidity- I went from a positive spread to negative in that one game. Trust me, you don't want to know anymore than that. My opponent meanwhile, went on to win first place. Haha. I hope she remembers my contribution to her. She owes me biiiiiiiiiig time.

But anyway, Xin Fang placed no. 5, which is awesome because she will get to represent Penang at national level later on. The others also did great. It was indeed an interesting experience, as we got to meet and play against all kinds of people with different habits when it comes to playing.

And of course, there's that adrenaline rush whenever one tries to play nonsense words, whether intentionally or otherwise.

There is a certain air of vindication whenever one gets challenged on a word that one knows exist.
A: -places word 'Lavalava'-
B: -eyes you suspiciously- Challenge.
A: Sure. No problem... -Struts confidently to computer and hides a smirk when word is accepted-
B: -completely baffled- 'Lavalava?????'

Of course, it sucks when you think it exists, when it actually doesn't...
B: Challenge.
A: Sure. No problem.
B: -types word into computer- Not accepted.
A: WHAT??!! But... but... I thought... but... WHAT?!!! -sigh- -walks over and removes letters from the board dejectedly-

But sometimes one doesn't get challenged at all.
A: -Places 'ac' on the board- -stares at opponent, ready to be challenged-
B: -Goes on with his turn-
A: -Heaves a very silent, but very big sigh of relief- 'Sucker... -snicker-'

Then there's that obligation on ethics when it comes to being fair when using the clock.
-B doesn't press the clock eventhough it's A's turn-
A: 'Hmmm. Tell or don't tell? It's his own fault for not realising it... Hmmm... I'll just wait a moment more... Ladeedadeda' -takes own sweet time shuffling tiles-

At the end of the day, our minds were so 'scrabbled' that nothing but Scrabble tiles and Scrabble boards loomed in front of our eyes.

"Time to go home."
"Home... H-O-M-E. Home. 9 points..."

But heck, I wouldn't mind doing this all over again. :-)

Scrabble-d

Oh, lookey here... two posts in one day. I'm on a roll, baybeh.

I just stumbled upon the official Scrabble website and found the history of Scrabble on it.

Scrabble-Mania just started in me this year ever since I signed up for the Scrabble team, which I'm still not confirmed to be in yet or otherwise yet, fyi. but I'll know that for sure tomorrow.

One of my most vivid memories of Scrabble would be playing it with my mum and dad when I was much younger. I kept wondering why my dad could score so high marks and I was so pathetic. Sometimes, I even played it by myself... yeah, against myself. :P I always gave up halfway because it got too boring.

Back then, I played the game in the simplest way possible. Just place words on the board and count the points. I usually placed the first word I could think of and that was that.

But this year, I'm suddenly exposed to the world of Scrabble with heavy strategies. New terms were introduced to me by the school Scrabble Gurus like Xin Fang and seniors Yi Lyn and Audelia.

Front hooks, back hooks, stacking, and lists of 2 and 3 letter words, lists of Bingo words, etc. etc. Whoa... is this Scrabble? And dang, I'm having a blast. There's something really fascinating about watching these Scrabble Gurus tossing around tiles and explaining strategies. Who knew there were people who could make shifting tiles on the rack and tossing tiles on the board seem so intimidating and cool at the same time?

Anyway Jess, you asked you wondered what the history of Scrabble was, and whether it was designed by someone named S.C. Rabble.

Allow me to correct that sentiment. XD

Scrabble was started by this architect in Poughkeepsie in New York State named Alfred Mosher Butts. (I'm pretty thankful the game isn't called Buttler or Buttable...) And I quote the official Scrabble website;

Mild-mannered, bespectacled Butts disliked dice games. They were all down to luck. On the other hand, he felt that all-skill games, like chess, were too highbrow for the general public.

Yep. I don't know how to play chess... and have no intention on learning. XD

Anyway, during 1931, in the midst of the Great Depression, he developed the initial idea for the game, which he called Lexico.

'Lexico was played without a board and players scored on the basis of the lengths of the words formed. There were additional scores for words employing 'minor honours' (B, F, H, M, P, V, W, Y) and a higher additional score for major honours (J, K, Q, X, Z).

Butts calculated the letter frequency and value of each letter of the alphabet by meticulously combing the front page of the New York Times.

He reasoned that too many S's made the game too easy. So he reduced them to 4.'

However, the patent board did not like his idea much. He did a little more tinkering here and there, changing to names like New Anagrams, Alph, Criss-Cross then Criss-Crosswords.But all were still unsuccessful with the patent board.

'Then came the big breakthrough in the shape of James Brunot, an owner of one of the first Criss-Crosswords games.

The Brunots decided that the game needed a few finishing touches.

They rearranged the premium squares and simplified the rules, which were overly long and reconsidered the name of the game. Then they lodged a Copyright application, which was granted on 1 December, 1948.

Soon after, came the all important name change ! After much searching, they decided upon the name Scrabble for the game and managed to register the trademark on 16 December, 1948.'

The popularity of the game grew and never stopped growing. Ta-dah! And that's the history of Scrabble. Oh gee, is that the word 'Geek' written across my forehead? Oh, no. It's been there for a long time already. XD. Gonna go explore more of the Scrabble website now.

Fan Girl-ly Moment

CSI NY SPOILER ALERT

Not that it really matters... those who don't care for CSI NY can just turn away from now. Those who do care already know about this... :P

-Throws all dignity aside and starts squeeing and flailing- Yes, for those who don't know, I am actually extremely capable of that.

If I wasn't clear the first time, SPOILER ALERT.

For the first time ever, we have a CSI wedding. Yeah, I suppose it's still called a wedding if the wife-to-be is already 7 months pregnant, the couple tied the knot in jeans, and their two bosses are their only guests (One of which is dressed even more smartly than the groom, by the way...).

The Danny/Lindsay relationship has long been a hate-it-completely or OMG-I-love-them with the fans of the show. It's only one of the two extremes. And in case you haven't picked up already, I'm a die hard fan. As in, the kind who remembers all the dialogues and has all the videos.

CSI's got the bug-man, Grissom, recently featured in Star Two. CSI Miami's got the H-Man and his Mighty Black Frames, Horatio, who has also been recently featured (and mocked) in Star Two as well... Remember the CSI Miami movie featuring Horatio's glasses? XD And now CSI NY's got a shot gun wedding between the show's Drama King and country girl. Geez. Gotta love the franchise. XD

Check out the promo, it made me almost get teary-eyed. Almost...




Right. With that enthusiam out of the way, subject shift.

The first term exams just ended and the momentum has shifted to competition season. It's time for the students to disappear regularly from class and for the respective teachers to start complaining about the fact.
It's time for students to start strategizing which lessons they can skip and get away with, and which lessons have teachers who will make students sorry they ever bothered to ask to be excused.

And then, it's also Sports Day season. So we have marching fever, banner painting mania and a whole load of running around. Ain't school life grand? (Depict that sentence in whichever tone you want.)

But seriously, I believe in living this final year of school to the fullest. And if that means I have to balance Drama, Scrabble, societies, prefect duties and studies all in one and pass out at the end of each day, then so be it. Patsy's latest post (Check the side links) on loneliness in a new place really meant something to me. While leaving Form 5 may be the start of a brand new wonderful adventure, it also means leaving behind some of the best times of your life.

So for goodness sake, just cos' it's SPM year, don't bury yourselves in books and forget to really live. For your own sake, and your high school friends. :-)

THERE! I finally posted a REAL update. Now quit bugging me about me about blog-updating. XD

'H' Tag

Eevy tagged me. And I wouldn't even have known it until she told me in school. That's how good I am at keeping up with my own blog and others these days.

Ok. So answers starting with only my initial. Why not 'F'? Actually, might be harder... XD

1. What is your name: H. Fern

2. A four Letter Word: Huge

3. A boy's Name: Harry... Harold... Hill Harper... Howard...

4. A girl's Name: Haylie... Helen... Hannah...

5. An occupation: Housekeeper... Hairdresser... Hawker...

As you can see, I tend to overdo things.... XD

6. A color: Hitam! Rofl... Hazel counts I guess.

7. Something you wear: For people with accents... 'H-underwear...' No? Ok. Hats.

8. A type of food: Hamburgers... Hotdogs... Hokkien Mee.

9. Something found in the bathroom: Hair-removal cream? Hair gel? Hairbrush...

10. A place: Holland... Hamburg (I hope I spelt that right...)... Hoboken, Hong Kong, Haiti.

11. A reason for being late: Had food poisoning. Hit by a car/bus/motorbike... -choi!-

12. Something you shout: Hey! :P

13. A movie title: Honey I Shrunk the Kids... Harry Potter and the -insert whichever movie here-

14. Something you drink: Hot coffee. XD

15. A musical group: Gaaaah... I'm blank other than Hannah Montana. And she's not a musical group. Oh wait. Got it: Hillsong United.

16. An animal: Horse. Hare. Hound.

17. A street name: Hamilton Road. Muahaha.

18. A type of car: Hyundai

19. A song title: Hey There Delilah.

20. A verb: Hug

Ok. Done.

Tag No. I Lost Count

School's out for the week. To heck with homework! (At least for today... -weakling-)

Time for a long tag. Snagged from you-know-who. XD Not Voldermort, silly...

How many keys are on your keychain?
I have loads of keychains, but no keys on them. They're all stuffed in a small blue container and I'm running out of space...

If you were given a canvas and watercolors, what would you paint?
BWAHAHAHAAA!!! Me paint??!! Me???! Paint???!!! -collapses laughing-

What do you regard as the most repulsive form of music?
I've told Jessica this before. Songs that spell words. XD It annoys the heck out of me. We want to listen to lyrics, not spelling lessons of a single word, over and over again.

Whose mind, besides your own, would you like to control?
Um, somebody that I want something from? :P -devious-

What is the most dangerous occupation?
According to my English teacher, being a teacher or a prefect should students ever be allowed to buy guns in Malaysia.

What is the first thing you do when you get out of bed?
My bladder makes me go to the bathroom.

What do you consider the greatest threat to mankind?
People. XD -'I love mankind, it's people I can't stand.' -Linus, Charlie Brown-

If you could project yourself into the past, where would you go?
I've watched enough of Hiro Nakamura to say it's better off not going anywhere.

What are you thankful you are not doing right now?
Agree with the person I took this tag from. Homework.

What is your favorite kind of candy?
Don't have any preference, really. I eat candy if I somehow obtain it, but I don't buy candy. XD

What is your favorite thing about the beach?
Tiny little crabs that one can chase in the early morning. And then sitting on the sand watching the waves splash in while trying not to get one's butt wet.

If you were invisible, where would you go?
I don't know yet. Wait til' I'm invisible, then I'll come back and tell you where I went.

What is one object in your home that you are embarrassed to own?
If I'm embarassed to own, why the heck would I want to tell the Whole Wide World?

Fill in the blank; When I dance, I look like:
Someone who's never danced before...

Who is one person you wish you would have never met?
Like I'm gonna tell yoooouuu.... XD

What is your favorite fruit?
It used to be apples, but when I got my braces, I couldn't bite into them without yelling out in pain. But now that my braces are gone, I guess it's apples again.

What is your favorite kind of cookie?
Butter cookies. :-)

If you were an evil dictator, where would you rule?
Like the person I tagged this from, wherever people will not rebel against my evil dictating. XD Dictating......

What do you need to get right now at the drug store?
Mosquito repellent. Nasty little buggers. Bleh.

What song do you keep hearing over and over again?
David Archuleta's Crush. I used to like the song... before they played it a bajillion times.

What was the happiest age of your life?
Aww, every year has it's ups and downs...

What is your favorite piece of clothing that you own?
My loose, comfy school T-shirts.

What two words describe your lifestyle?
Currently? Um... Rush Hour?

Which ocean creature fascinates you most?
The Lochness Monster and other mythtical sea creatures out there. Lol.

On a scale of 1-10; how religious are you?
I'm thinking 6...

What historical figure would you most like to have a discussion with?
All those smart-alecs that did/came up with all kinds of things that we have to study now. WHHHYY?? :P

What color looks best on you?
White, black... red.

What is your favorite thing about being sick?
Nothing. It sucks being sick. You feel like crap all day and when you recover, you feel like crap all over again when you see all the work you have to catch up on...

Whats new?
Lots and lots of burfday pwesents. Boing!

Why are you here right now?
Because it's a whole lot more fun than doing Add Maths, Moral or Accounts homework. Plus, I wanted to book cinema tickets online. Unfortunately the reservation tickets were all gone. So I'm just gonna have to wing it tomorrow. XD

What commercial do you find most annoying?
Those that belong to companies that sponsered the show. Which means their commercials start and end every single commercial break. Yoiks.

What was your favorite meal growing up?
McD Happy Meal. Isn't that everyone's? Haha.

If you had to spend the rest of your life in one place, where would it be?
My own room. That is, if new books/computer games/DVDs are brought in at a frequent rate.

Fill in the blank; I am so much smarter than:
Whatever inanimate objects with no brains. Except robots. Robots have outsmarted me and two other friends of my before.

What one person or thing reminds you of the 70s?
I'm Era-Ignorant. I don't know.

What is college really good for?
It's like experiencing school life all over again from the beginning. Only better.

Where is the most beautiful place you have ever been?
There were several places in Europe that were amazing. Only I don't remember the names right now. One was a waterfall. The other was a cablecar ride down Mt. Titlis in Switzerland. It was so green! And the air stank of cow dung. :p

What body part aches you the most right now?
My arm, thanks to playing lots of badminton after a long time of non-activity.

When is the angriest you have ever been?
Angriest, I'm not sure. I've been angry plenty of times, but the level was pretty much the same. Most recently, it was this morning during a certain period. I won't say anymore here in case I get in trouble. XD

What do you waste your time doing?
Going online answering super long tags?

On a scale of 1-10; how much do you trust people?
6. :P

If you were forced to choose your own death, how would you die?
Quietly in my sleep.

On a scale of 1-10; how photogenic are you?
I'd say 2. But that's just me.

What aspect of your personality could use a little work?
Patience. And procrastination. Oh, and my introvertedness. (Is that word right? :P)

What is your greatest addiction?
CSI NY. No freakin' duh. XD

What issue are you sick of hearing about?
SPM. Although granted, what I heard this morning in said class back in the question about anger, was a very different way to hear about SPM.

If you were a professional wrestler, what would your ring name be?
Evil-Dictator. So help me, I'm out of ideas.

What language would you like to master?
BM. Hahahahaa.

What is your favorite dish at a Chinese restaurant?
No idea. I'd eat anything.

Who would you least likely expect a phone call from?
Carmine Giovinazzo? Heh. That answers the above question as well as 'who would you want to receive a phone call from?'

What is the longest you have ever gone without a shower?
I think a day. I'd die if I have to last any longer.

What is the saddest movie you have ever seen?
I actually got teary-eyed from watching Adam Sandler's 'Click'. Not from laughing. I would like to say Marley and Me, but looks like it;s not going to premier in M'sia. Triple Drat.

What time do you usually fall asleep?
Once upon a time was past midnight. For the past week, I'm off by 10.30.

Where is the worst place to be stuck waiting?
Anywhere that doesn't have a toilet and you need to go super urgently.

What is the cutest animal on Earth?
Puppies!!!

Name one celebrity that has no right being a celebrity.
I can think of quite a few. But I better watch it in case fans come after me.

What hobby have you always wanted to pick up?
Karate. Too late now. XD

You guys are too awesome...

What in the world have I done to deserve friends like you lot? XD

My 17th birthday was a really great one.

Thanks, 5 Arif, for the birthday song.
Thanks to the many people with their birthday wishes.
Thanks to The One-s for their wonderful birthday card.
Thanks to Nadzira for her very early present XD (December!).
Thanks to my big brother, for the Friends' DVD collection, MUAKS!
Thanks to Hui Lynn for the cake(s). Thanks to Jo and PC for the books, muahahaha.
Thanks to you three plus Tricia and Esther for embarassing me in Ms Lee tuition. :P
And of course, thanks to mummy and daddy for a great lunch, dinner and cake!
Thanks to Jess and Tricia and Amanda for the presents in advance.
Thanks producers of CSI NY, that what I've been waiting for all this while is finally going to happen.
-Hugs you all-

With four new books and all 10 seasons of Friends to watch, it'll be a wonder if I can actually finish any homework this week. And if I do, I probably will not be sleeping much.

Happy CNY, ya'll!

Driving Round the Bend... Soon...

Wa-hayy! Only two more weeks of holidays left... then it's back to secondary school for the very last time.

The friggin' internet connection keeps going out on me. I have refreshed the 'Whose Line is it Anyway' videoclips on YouTube four times already. It's my latest addiction. If anyone passes my room and hears maniacal laughter from inside, do not fret. It's just me laughing at four dudes, occasionally three dudes, one dudette, spouting hilarious (if sometimes dirty) roll-over-on-your-stomach jokes. They're geniuses I tell you!
Ah... turns out my brother turned off the modem. :P -Refreshes for fifth time-

This has been a dead blog for a while, because nothing much happened over the holidays, except occasional SPBT work with Ms Koay (fun, fun, fun! O.0) and watching CSI DVDs and of course, Whose Line.

The most eventful thing this hols so far, is me signing up to get my driver's license. As my birthday is in January, my parents thought it easier for me to get all the tedious theory parts out of the way while I am free so I can jump straight to actual driving once I turn 17.

Tedious is right. The first step in this teenager rite of passage is to sit through 5 hours of lectures. The first guy that came in to speak went on describing various road accidents because of careless drivers etc.

-whoops! and there goes the internet connection again!-grrkkksss-refresh, refresh, refresh-

The second guy, was an ex-military man. Needless to say, he was kinda scary. XD What was worse was that he spoke pretty fast and not too clearly. So while you're straining hard to try and decipher what he was saying, he is suddenly staring at you expectantly for an answer to the question you did not hear.

After the lecture, it was time to head home and study the KPP, Kurikulum Pendidikan Pemandu. One and a half weeks later, I headed to the computer centre right opposite Pn Gwee's house to take the computer test. It was pretty late when I got there and there was a whole bunch of people waiting for their turn. So I pretty much spent the time staking-out Pn Gwee's home. :P Whoops!

It was two hours before I got to go in to take the test. I finished the test in 9 minutes (I guess I just wanted to get the heck outta there... :P). Ta-daaa... a nice Saturday morning gone just like that.

One week later, it was time for yet another lecture. Three hours this time. And I had a fit of panic because I was apparently still underage and not supposed to be there. Pfft. And it was that military man delivering the lecture again. Thank goodness I wasn't kicked outta there, and my three hours was logged in officially anyway. -phew-

The conditions for passing the computer test were pretty lenient. But the actual driving test itself sounded pretty tough to me. Or maybe it was just because of the way the lecturer talked about the ways one could fail during the testing in the circuit... :P Either way, I'm pretty nervous.

But there's nothing left to do but wait until my birthday. I can't get my license til' then and duh, I can't get into the driver's seat until then. Ergo, it's back to boredom. Interestingly, it's not from the lack of things to do, it's more of the lack of things I want to do. Yes, every one of us probably remembers our teachers' dire warnings to study during the holidays....

But hey, it's called a holiday for a reason right???

Hyuk, remember Ms Chow's conversation with us after she gave us our absymal Physics marks. I think it went something like this:

Ms Chow: 'W' equals?
-class stumped-
Ms Chow: What lah... cannot even tell me the answer! Watch TV summore lah! Watch that, what ah... Astro On Demand wan... Gem something...
Ee Vern: The Gem of Life?
Ms Chow: Hah! Yes! Gem of Life. See?? What did I tell you? -asks Ee Vern- 'W' equals what?
Ee Vern: Err...
Ms Chow: See lah! I never ask you also, you can tell me Gem of Life! Ask you 'W' equals what also dunno...
Ee Vern: Oh! Mass times gravity!
Ms Chow: Haaahhh. Good. I'm not saying cannot watch TV, but don't watch so much lah. Watch maybe one hour a day will do. Don't be like me, watch Gem of Life back to back episodes all night long wan...
-class starts laughing-

It's memories like these, and when I'm lying on my bed in a trance of pathetic boredom that make me almost wish it was time to go back to school. Almost.

On the bright side, I'll be heading to KL tomorrow to catch Mamamia! the Musical with my mum and aunt and cousin, whom I haven't spent time with in a long time. Looking forward to it!

Til' then. Buh-bye!

The Big One Zero Zero

I don't know about other shows, but the CSI franchise is big on celebrations when they hit their 100th episode. CSI's 100th delved into the world of transgenders, CSI Miami meanwhile, has, and I quote Kristine Huntly (resident reviewer of TalkCSI), 'has all hallmarks of the show: Horatio's heroics, a child in danger, meddling government agents, scheming rich people, strife among the team that ultimately gives way to cohesion and a daring final rescue.'

If we were in the US of A, the 100th episode of CSI NY will be premiering in two hours. Or rather, 12 hours, if we were to really follow their time.

I am not being biased when I say that CSI NY has the most interesting 100th yet. Really!!

Excuse me:

Some maniac is going around killing all the Mac Taylors' in the city.
Guest stars include: Nelly, Chris Daughtry, Rumer Willis and Scott Wolf. Like, can I get a 'woot!'?

And the guest star list on TalkCSI is just hilarious to read:

• David Haley as Macdonald Taylor
• Mark Musashi as Mackiyo Taylor
• Chris Daughtry as Machiavelli Taylor
• Scott Wolf as Mackinley Taylor
• Rumer Willis as Mackendra Taylor
• Ryan Happy as Macabee Taylor

Throw in McChicken, McFlurry and Big Mac so we can all have a party!

Check out the promo:





(Chris Daughtry) Mac Taylor: Sorry, I didn't get your name. I'm sure we'll all like to know the name of the officer who understands our frustrations...
(Gary Sinise) Mac Taylor: I am Detective....... Mac Taylor.

Hyuk!

Now we just have to wait until April next year before we actually get to watch it.

The Missing Page

This is for you lot, whose edition of the school magazine 2008 did not have the article on Choral Speaking. Oh wait, that's everyone's!

Ok. I just had to get that bit of sarcasm out of the way.

Seriously, ignorance really is bliss. I had absolutely no idea that the article I wrote got scrapped until this morning when I was flipping through past year magazines and came across the Choral Speaking article there. I forgot all about it. Now I can't believe I actually forgot all about it. And so silly me just had to wait until the school holidays before realizing it.

The choral speaking article has always been in the magazine dang it... Of all years they decide to cut it out, it had to be this year?? And without at least letting me know about it... -does the Fern derisive snort that some of you will recognize, especially Jess-

This bothers me because choral speaking was one of this year's happiest memories for me. I've always enjoyed reading past teams' achievements in the magazine and was looking forward to present an article of my own. Bleh. Now that article isn't going anywhere except this post, read by you patient people who have been putting up with my ranting for the past few paragraphs. Thanks, by the way. :-)

Article:

The words ‘choral speaking’ and ‘victory’ have always come together in the same sentence year after year for CGL choral speaking teams. Naturally, when our turn came to take on the competition this year, we felt tremendous desire, not to mention pressure, to uphold that great CGL legacy. Our team of 4 Arif girls braved the task and set off on a journey to try and defend our ‘champion’ spot in the Kelompok Level with our piece entitled, ‘Senses’.


We had so many practice sessions to the point that we could probably recite the entire script in our sleep. The Kelompok Level competition was held in the afternoon at SMK Heng Ee. Every team present performed to their very best that day. All our hard work and preparation for this day paid off as we performed flawlessly and captured the attention of the judges. As the results were being announced, our team basically formed a long chain of held hands and prayed as hard as we could. And, what do girls do when they hear great news? They scream, of course. And scream we did. We only gave the emcee the chance to announce up til SMK Convent- before we drowned out her voice with our cheers of happiness.


Now we were headed for State Level, where the competition would be much fiercer with heavy contenders like SMK Convent Bukit Mertajam and St. Georges’. There was no doubt that we threw our hearts into the performance and did the best we could do. Once again, when the results were announced, we held each other’s hands until all blood and heat drained from them. The teams were announced one by one for the consolation prizes and our heart rates increased for every team called. Finally, the top three positions were between us, St. Georges’ and Convent BM. The emcee’s words were purposely slow and torturous for all of us.


She announced St. Georges’ ‘Help! I’m A Teenager!’ as third place and our team started whispering hurried last minute prayers and mixed ‘Ohmigod’ and ‘Please... please... please...’ and so on. Alas, she announced our team next for second place and our faces fell in disappointment. Convent BM claimed top spot with their piece, ‘Sweet, Bitter 16’.


But it wasn’t over yet. The emcee announced there was one more prize to give away. ‘And the Best Conductor award goes to... Lee-


Cue the familiar screams of CGL girls again that successfully prevented the emcee from finishing her sentence. Thank goodness there weren’t any conductors other than myself who had the surname of ‘Lee’. It was truly a wonderful moment as I went up to collect the trophy amidst the cheers of my classmates. The cacophony was amazing. It was almost as if we actually won.


All in all, second place isn’t bad anyway. We managed to get this far, and we get to return back to school RM600.00 richer. Puan Gan, thanks for your never-ending support and advice. We really appreciate all you have done to help us. Also, thanks to Pn Lim Yen Lee and Ms Leong for being at the competition as well to provide moral support. And to all the other teachers, thank you so much for your advice, patience and allowing us to have your lessons to practice.


Truth be told, we really did win during this choral speaking competition. It didn’t have to be the certified, champion-of-the-state kind of victory. The fact is, through this competition, the bonds of friendship between us were strengthened tenfold. We helped and supported each other with complete sincerity whether during the happy or sad. We defined the meaning of teamwork and what it meant to have love for each other and love for our school. And that, is a victory in itself.


Ohmigoodness. I just realized I didn't get my prize money either. Good grief. XD

Masters of the drinks stall

I'm not really sure why we volunteered to help out in our primary school's 'Fun at CGL' fair today. Gratitude to them for the first 6 years of our schooling life perhaps? XD Ah, whatever. We're just funny that way. Lol. It was quite a lot of fun anyway, other than the usual tiredness (and constant complains as if we are being tortured :P) from standing so darn long serving drinks to people. But that was an experience within itself, where plenty of lessons were learnt. Lessons that we don't learn in the classroom. Among them are:

1. Pearls (those round chewy bits of tapioca found in 'Bubble Milk Tea') get really, really, really sticky when left out in the open air for too long a time. And two flimsy plastic spoons are definitely not the solution to that problem.

2. The reason as to why those things are called 'Pearls' is unknown to me. But there is quite extensive info on 'Bubble Milk Tea' on Wikipedia (Is there anything that isn't in there??) so check it out if you have nothing better to do... Whoops. -Siapa yang memakan cili, dialah yang rasa pedas-

3. I'm downright clumsy when it comes to filled paper/plastic cups. I managed to knock over about 5 cups in about 2 hours. All in front of dear, patient Pn Rajes.
Me: -knocks over cup- Whoopsss!!
Pn. Rajes: Nevermind, nevermind... -proceeds to wipe ice off the table patiently-

4. The drinks stall does not have enough space for 5 teens to prepare drinks.

5. Not closing the cover properly of the container used to shake the 'Bubble Milk Tea' provides an entertaining show for awaiting customers.
Jonie: -Shakes viciously, pink juice flies in every direction- ARRGGHHH!! -juice dripping from her face-
-Phaik Chern, Jo and I, who were nearest, gets splashed on our backs and hair- AAHHHHHH!!! J0-NIE!! -freezes in whatever we were doing to stare at dripping Jonie-
Customers: WAHHHHH!!!!!/OOHHHHH!!!/HAHAHAHAHAHA!
-Tricia scuttles by carrying a huge jug of crushed ice-
Tricia: -gleefully- I didn't kena! I didn't kena! Hahaha...

6. Hui Lynn is one dang -greedy- bargainer.
Hui Lynn: More pearls!
-Jo empties a spoon of pearls save for two-
Hui Lynn: Oi! Why you leave behind two wan?!
Jo: Ok, ok! -empties the rest-

7. Teachers have more energy than students do.
Long after we had collapsed onto chairs, exhausted, the teachers were still on their feet, hard at work.
Jo: Why you so active wan??
Jo's mum: Why you so half dead wan??!

8. No matter how systematically we plan things out, everything just becomes a mess later.
H2O cup! ICE! ICE!
YAM! GREEN APPLE!
HOW MANY?
Uh.... DOESN'T MATTER! JUST MAKE LAH!!

9. Quality control of products isn't very good.
Jonie: Put syrup ledi ah not?
Jolene: Uh..... dunno, dunno...
Jonie: -contemplates cup for a moment- Ah! Whatever lah! -pours in syrup-
Esther: OI! Put ledi lah! You want to give me diabetes is it??!

10. People just disappear. It just happens.
Phaik Chern: Yam, yam! Who ordered the yam?! -waves cup around-
-No one answers-
Phaik Chern: What the-???? I thought...??? Argghhhh.....

11. Many kids need a lesson in 'Correct Names To Call Elders'
Kid: Aunty! Aunty! Milo Ais one! O.o

12. We all have different reactions to the same stimulus.
Kid: Aunty! Aunty!
Me: -other than a tight smile and 'Call me 'Aunty' one more time....' running through my mind, does not react, cos' I'm just nice that way (Yes, Jess. :P)-

Kid: Aunty! Aunty!
Someone else, though I'm not sure who: I'm going to pour syrup on the next person who calls me that...

Kid: Aunty! Aunty!
Jolene: -holds back cup- I'm not giving this to you until you stop calling me 'Aunty'

Kid: Aunty! Aunty!
Shankeetha: -Serves the kid and waits until the kid leaves- BWAHAHAHA! She just called me aunty! I am so insulted!!
-Jolene's mum bursts into laughter in the background-

So, ta-daa. Many lessons learnt. So glad it's only one week left of school to go. Catch ya' later.

Exams over. Time to answer tags

THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD :
- PRTFCSI (don't ask... I was 11 for crying out loud...)
- DAnNSfreak
- Fern (No duh...)


THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF :
- My guitar-hardened fingertips. I was so proud the day pressing guitar strings didn't hurt anymore. XD
- My height, can't complain...
- My eyelids, cos' they're weird. XD I have a double eyelid one one side, but not on the other.

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE :
- Uh... Hokkien? Full stop?

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU :
- Upcoming results, especially BM since my entire karangan's isi might not be accepted...
- Heavy rain on a night with CSI NY on Astro.
- The computer hanging when I have multiple tabs open. Seriously, it just happened a minute ago. Thank goodness I didn't have to restart.
There are other stuff, obviously, all of which are too private to state here.

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS :
- Sleep
- A bath
- TV/Internet/Music/Books (NOT EXAM BOOKS!)... any one of those four.

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING NOW :
- T-shirt
- Pajama bottoms
- Glasses
Once again, I wonder what the whole point of tags are...

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS OR MUSICAL ARTISTS :
- Sister Hazel (Thanks, Jess!)
- Jason Mraz
- Ceesau (Hyuk. Bias much?) Fine. Planet Shakers

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS (RIGHT NOW) :
- Rule the World (Take That)
- Next Plane Home (Daniel Powter)
- Baba O'Riley (The Who)

THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP :
- Haven't thought about it really... Singletons rule, baybeh!

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE PREFERRED ?? SEX THAT APPEAL TO YOU :
- Glasses! Like Esther, but I have a very obvious reason. Hey, if a guy can make glasses look good, obviously he looks good. To me. :P
- Neat hair (Re: Danny, although, lately, he needs a haircut... :P)
- Medium build (Re: Danny. Again and again and again.)
Sorry, Esther. Very much like yours.

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES :
- Whatever to do with CSI
- Writing (When the mood's there.)
- Playing guitar (And piano sometimes)

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW :
- Meet Carmine Giovinazzo
- Watch the episode of CSI NY where Danny finds out that Lindsay -bleep. in case you don't like spoilers- And yes, the episode probably hasn't even been shot yet.
- Burn the four titles of essays for Moral and not suffer the consequences.

THREE CAREERS YOU’RE CONSIDERING/YOU’VE CONSIDERED :
- Forensic scientist (No duh)
- Journalist (Or something in the writing field)
- Vet (Back in primary school)

THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION :
- New York City
- Staten Island in New York
- New York State
Pfft. I will one day. When I can convince myself that I'll survive the plane journey.

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE :
- Meet Carmine Giovinazzo (I might live forever! Bwahahaha)
- Go to New York (I hear Jess say 'Let it go, man...')
- Can't think of anything else that's not too personal... Haha

THREE WAYS THAT YOU ARE STEREOTYPICALLY A GIRL/GUY :
Yes, Jess, I find this question hard.
- I have plenty of criticism for plenty of guys (Right, Tricia?)
Oh gosh. This is hard...
- Like Esther says, hygiene is very important for me.
......
- I'm not into cars nor football.

THREE WAYS THAT YOU ARE NOT STEREOTYPICALLY A GIRL/GUY :
Ah. Now this is easy.
- Dresses, skirts, earrings, nail polish, handbags? Nada. Nein. Nope. Zipzallyzero. No way no how. You get the picture.
- I don't scream when I see bugs/lizards etc. (Ah-hah. I have proof. A huge bug just flew in through my window, buzzed around, and hit the fan. And I am still typing here, unfazed)
(Ok, I just got up and smashed it with my Moral notebook and dunked it into the dustbin. The end.)
- Other than football and racing cars, I enjoy other boy stereotype interests like guitar and playstation.

FIVE PEOPLE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE TAKE THIS QUIZ NOW :
Do it if you want. :P

Exam Breeds

I see that people tag me just to see me update. Hyuk. What? It's exam season. And I have spent the last few days liberally burning jars and jars of midnight oil despite the fact that the Earth's oil supply is slowly running out...

The worst of the papers are over so now I can look back and see how humorous the whole thing was. Of course, it wasn't at all funny at the time...

EXAM BREEDS
(based on what I hear and experience myself, so I've probably missed out some other kinds)
- The disciplined, kuai-kuai, good girls
They have the sense to study early and sleep way before 1 a.m. They know how to arrange their time well, they started studying about a month ago (maybe two) and they are the most calm before the papers.
dot dot dot
-Bursts out laughing- I'm sorry... know anyone like that?

- The Pull-All-Nighters and Sleep-All-'Day-ers'
You know who you are. :-) I found your recap of your sleeping schedule very interesting. All night long on Sunday, all night long on Monday, slept all day long on Tuesday and studied all night long again. Lots and lots of coffee involved. I'm admire that you actually look so fresh and bouncy in the morning. But then again, you look fresh and bouncy every morning. And mostly throughout the day. Especially when Meryl Streep is around.
Now everyone knows who I am talking about. MUAKS, darling. I don't find you amusing. I find you interesting and a very fun character. I can see you giving me the death glare as you read this.
But I digress.
Despite all this, these kind of students still do perfectly well in the exams. Hence, the last-minute studying theory works for some but doesn't work for others. So choose according to your needs! :P (trying to make sure I don't get in trouble here...)

-The Doze-Off-and-On-Regularly-Through-the-Night-With-Textbooks-Covering-Their-Faces
or
-I-Will-Do-This-No-Matter-What
The name speaks for itself. Stamina not as high as the all-nighter one. I think the little naps count for small recharging times... Gotta admire your will power. Again, you know who you are.

- The To-Hell-With-It-I-Don't-Care-Anymore
Hehe. Again, you know who you are, having said those exact words to me. These kinds study well, but when a certain 'boiling point' is reached, books get thrown aside with a 'blah!' and they go online and channel out the frusrations.

- The Study-Until-the-Very-Last-Minute
Very common I would say. Books stay glued in the hand from the house (even when changing and brushing teeth perhaps...) in the car/bus and all the way to class, up to the moment the exam starts. Many discussions are held with fellow students, checking facts with one another in a frenzy. I think there's a bit of that in all of us.

Then, there's me. At least it was like this for this exam. Mid year was kind of similar but not as bad. I think this week was the worst for me. But as I said earlier, looking back, I can laugh. Although at the time I probably felt more like crying. XD

I think I'd call myself the:
'Insaf'-Procrastinator-But-It's-Too-Late-To-Be-Sorry
which results in:
'The-Exam-Strategist- (Which I see in a couple other people too)

First, I have said this to myself half a dozen times in the past week, at 1 a.m in the morning:
'Whoever is listening up there, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry... I will never, never, never ever (don't hold me up on that though... :P) leave revision this late again!!' -sighs and flips textbook page with an expression of utter defeat-

And then, the desperate strategist kicks in.
'Ok, if I wake up at 3 pm, I can finish 3 chapters before dinner (provided I hurry). After dinner, I have to finish another 4 chapters (starts to panic). I should be done by 1 a.m, because I wouldn't be able to last any longer. I can go to bed and wake up at 5 a.m and finish reading Chapter 9 and 10... then, I once I come home from school, I am going to sleep for an hour and begin the same cycle all over again. Alright. Let's go.' -cracks knuckles, all gung-ho-

Therefore, I have come to the conclusion that exam season also bring out the best strategists in the worst of procrastinators.

School life is great, ain't it not?

Pffft.

At the end of the day, exams? Unavoidable. Swotting hard? Inevitable. A few years off our life span? Probably. Or at least a few more white hairs.
But heck, it's school life and every moment should be taken as a blessing. Or at least, take the fun moments as the blessing and blank out after exams by writing a long post laughing about it.
How we face the papers are one thing. The results are another, but now is not the time to discuss that.
Heh, come to think of it... we suffer now, the teacher's suffer later. I mean, our papers have to end up somewhere while we celebrate, right? Kinda makes me think of 'Energy cannot be created or destroyed, but can be converted from one form to another'

Student stress + Exam papers --------------> Teacher stress + Exam papers

Heh. This looks like precipitation through double decomposition.

ARGHHH!! STOP! STOP! It's over for goodness sake.

And I'm not doing the tag yet btw. Gonna go eat dinner first. And sleep for at least 12 hours tonight.

Live, Learn, Grow

There it is again... the theme for last year's school mag. Except they turned it around to Learn, Live, Grow for God knows what reason :P

I had just been going through the blogs of my BRATs mates tonight. Again, -Si Pemalas- I don't make it an actual point to check other people's blogs regularly so I tend to be a little behind on things. It gets even worse when I happen to not click on a certain list of links for months and the next time I do, I pretty much drown in other people's news on their lives. This is what happened to the BRATs people that I have been spent four awesome days with, back in... uh... -shoot!- March? Or May? Oops. See what I mean?!

So anyway, I haven't been in contact with any of them for a long while now. Looking at their blogs, it's pretty obvious a lot of things have come and gone. Some BRATs have actually gotten together a few times since. Some have -like yours truly- have disappeared off the radar- I guess it helps more when one lives in KL (where a honking huge majority of the BRATs come from), and is independently mobile -chants- "One more year, one more year, one more year."

Anyway, I just wanted to post this for you lot who happen to check in on me to see whether I'm still alive and kicking or not. Here's wishing you all well in whatever lies ahead. College Exams, Uni Exams, SPM, jobs etc. We may get caught up in our own lives, but I'm sure we will definitely never forget those four great days spent together.

Sand, you should have gone to Queensbay Mall. At least there, the North, South and Centre Zones are labelled and colour-coordinated properly XD
Yew Chong, you're never online! Did I type in the wrong msn by mistake or do we just keep going on at different times?
Michelle, great new hairstyle!

Back to the books. Bleh.

Fellow bloggers, do you guys have any trouble uploading pictures? Mine seems to take forever. >:/

Si Pemalas Finally Updates

BEFORE anyone says anything else, the Si Pemalas term I am using here is in reference to my blog updating frequency, ok. Don't you get started on that 'If you are lazy, what am I?' stuff again... :P

Ok, the latest news (or stale now, in this case) is of course, Negeri Sembilan. I will once again prove my wonderful hardworkingness by not writing about those four days spent there. Instead, here are the links to the people who have been hardworking enough to write about our time there.

(Most) Pictures courtesy of me, by the way. :-) (Since no one had been kind enough to credit me for the painstaking picture taking... hyuk! XD)

http://emotion-full.blogspot.com/2008/08/negeri-sembilan-digi-ad.html
Esther's Digi Ad... thanks a lot. Now the tune is stuck in my head. :P

http://caramelapples11.livejournal.com/75552.html
Phaik Chern's picspam.

Ah well, it was fun in some parts. The only all girl team, the only English sketch, probably the noisiest dorm... It's pretty cool that we brought a nice 3rd placing back.

Knowing me, I'll probably disappear for the next month again. Ta ta til' then.

Words you can't find anywhere else

We are creative people or rather, we are dumb and weird people. Whichever of those words you use, you'd be right. That's why a whole new different vocabulary exists in our conversations with one another. Here are the most well-used words. Expect them to be in the next edition of the Oxford Dictionary, as I will be submitting them in. Dot dot dot (see below).

1. Stuuu

As in: "Aiyah! I'm so stuuuu!" "Why so stuuu?" "Arrgghh! So stuuuu!!"

It is actually the abbreviation of the word 'stupid'. Created by our very own class monitor, Jonie, it's not actually used by anyone except herself. But she uses it so often that everyone of course knows the word. The usage of this word increased rapidly this year when she gained the post as monitor. We can only guess how much stress the poor girl goes through trying to control us. Hence, stuuu.... (Best uttered in the most 'Canto' manner possible)

2. 'O'

As in:
"I can't stand all the books arranged so messily..."
"Hahaha.... you are so 'O'..."

Short for OCD, which is short for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Tricia started calling me that ever since she came over to my place and saw that I arranged my CDs in alphabetical order. (Don't you start!!)
My 'O'ness has since become a source of great fun for her. Whenever I was not in the room or when my attention was diverted, she and Jolene tried stuff like rearranging my CDs upside down, rearranging the position of my stuffed dog and cat, shifting the arm of my Snoopy Statue of Liberty so the torch was pointing towards it's butt, and worst of all, taking all my colour pens and hiding them all over my room. Bleh. Mind you, she's 'O' too. At least I don't rewrite my entire Maths homework paper because there were small smudges on it. XD
Since that day, any slight display of a tendency towards neatness will earn that person the declaration of being 'O'.

3. Du

As in: While doing Differentiation work: "I can't do this anymore! I feel so du!"

Relatively new. I just came up with it yesterday. Means 'gone blur' or something along those lines. Only applicable when one is doing Add Maths, Differentiation. Originated from the formula du/dx. Uttered when one goes completely confused with the question and starts to see du/dx and dy/dx everywhere.

4. Kabur... 'plat'

As in:
Somebody does a mistake indicating pure blurness.
"Hahaha..." (points and laughs) "Kabur... plat."

This phrase came about a long time ago. In fact, I think since primary school. Not sure who came up with it, I think Jess. Kabur is of course, 'blur' in Malay. This phrase is always accompanied by mimicking the action of scribbling the word 'kabur' on one's palm, and 'pasting' it onto the blur person, (hence, the 'plat' sound). Not so popular anymore, but I still find it funny anyway.

5. hah?

Universal. Everyone knows this. Everyone uses it, especially after a particularly confusing lesson. Means confusion. Of course. Can be used as a monosyllable word, "hah?" or can be dragged on for a long while, usually when one isn't really concentrating on what the other is saying, "Haaaaaaaaaaaaaah.....?"

6. Ro

Not exactly an invented word, just the history behind how we learnt this word was funny. Ro, in Physics, is used to represent density. It's actually the 17th letter in the Greek alphabet, written like a 'p'. Here's how 'kabur... plat' we were.

Ms Chow: -writes symbol on the board- this is 'ro'. What is it?
Whole class: -dutifully- Ro.....
Ms. Chow: Haiyah! I knowlah, 'ro'! What is it??
Whole class: Hah?
Ms. Chow: Density lah!!
Whole class: Ohhhhhhh..... -starts laughing-

Priceless.

7. Dot dot dot

As in:
-random thought- "I like bananas. Do you like bananas? I like bananas."
"Dot dot dot"

Comes from chat speak, '. . .' Only, we can't type that in real conversations right, so we say it out loud. Dot dot dot. Usually used when one thinks the other has said something weird and has no reply to his/her strange statement.

Ok, better get back to my homework now. Buh-bye.

Tag 2

Hehehe. I'm in a 'tag' mood today. Just found one that's quite fun. Anything to keep me preoccupied for an hour before the premier of the best TV series in the world (Strictly my opinion...).

1. What curse word do you use the most?
Thanks to Ron Weasley, I use bloody a whole lot. I say 'toot' a lot too, without actually having any foul words in mind. 'Toot' represents everything.

2. Do you own an iPod?
No. But I have a Walkman phone, which is good enough.

3. What person on your Flist do you talk to the most?
Not one particular person, really. Since it's Flist, so I guess it refers to online, so... JQ and PC.

4. What time is your alarm clock set to?
6.25 am. And I'm in school by 6.50 am. Kewl, eh? And I quote Lightning McQueen from Cars, "Speed, speed... I am lightning..."

5. Do you still remember the first person you kissed?
Might have been mum, might have been dad. I can't remember. -_-

6. Do you remember where you were on 9/11/01?
At my aunt's house.

7. Would you rather take the picture or be in the picture?
Take the picture.

8. What was the last movie you watched?
Um....................... nothing recent at all. Stuart Little on DVD I think. Very weird to see Hugh Laurie in such a nice-guy role.

9. Do any of your friends have children?
No. Us classmates formed our own families in primary school tho'. Right, Uncle Binky?

10. Has anyone ever called you lazy?
I call myself lazy, to which friends immediately scream 'If you're lazy, what am I?'. Sheesh.

11. Do you ever take medication to help you fall asleep?
Nope. I just lie around restlessly for an hour, then suddenly the bloody alarm is ringing.

12. What CD is currently in your CD player?
Planet Shakers, Pick it Up.

13. Do you prefer regular or chocolate milk?
Either. As long as it's not Fernleaf milk. Ironically, I get stomachaches when I drink that. Wonders of all wonders. XD

14. Has anyone told you a secret this week?
Yeah. Just now in school. Muahahaa.

15. When was the last time you had Starbucks?
Unless you count sneaking a few sips of PC's drink last Thursday, not in recent memory.

16. Can you whistle?
Sometimes. I try to imitate Danny Messer's cool cop whistles.

17. What is the first thing you notice about the opposite sex?
The face. Cue the 'oh wow... he's hot'. XD

18. What are you looking forward to?
CSI NY! 40 more minutes!!!!

19. Did you watch cartoons as a child?
Of course.

23. Do you own any band t-shirts?
No. =P

24. What will you be doing in one hour?
Watching CSI NY! Wahoooo! -does cartwheel-

25. Is anyone in love with you?
I wish.

26. What was the last song heard?
Carry You Home, James Blunt, in the car

27. Last time you cried?
I can't remember. a.k.a None of yer' business.

28. Are you on a desktop computer or a lap top?
Laptop.

29. Are you currently wanting any piercing or tattoos?
Mum's dire warnings of me without earings on my wedding day are still ringing in my unpierced ears. Tattoos will be cool. Just a small one. Not those honking huge, all over the arm ones.

30. What’s the weather like?
Damp. Thank goodness it's not raining. If not Astro will have the 'tau kua' again, as my parents call it. (That dang yellow square that comes with 'services currently unavailable')

31. Would you ever date a girl/guy covered in tattoos?
One tattoo. not covered. Not nice ledi. If it was something like Carmine's, then yes. XD

32. What did you do before this?
Dinner.

33. When is the last time you slept on the floor?
Prefect's Camp in January. Lucky me.

34. How many hours of sleep do you need to function?
I've gone around a whole day with 2 hours of sleep before. Again, Prefect's Camp. But I need a whole afternoon's nap to recharge after that.

35. Do you eat breakfast daily?
When there are no more biscuits to bring to school, no, much to Jessica's dismay. You should hear her lecturing me.

36. Are your days fast-paced?
The holidays were nice and slow. Now it's all one thing after another again. But then again, if I can find the time to do this tag, guess it's not so bad...

37. What did you do last night?
Did Mts and Add Mts h'work. Watched House on AXN. Read The Rainmaker. Slept.

38. Do you use sarcasm?
Yep. Gives conversations so much more variety.

39. How old will you be turning on your next birthday?
Old enough to drive. Hahaha.

40. Are you picky about spelling and grammar?
Not until I

41. Have you ever been to Six Flags?
What's Flags?? No idea what that is, forgive my ignorance.

43. Do you get along better with the same sex or the opposite sex?
I've spent a whole lot more time with the same sex. But since the BRATs camp, I find conversations with the opposite sex pretty nice too.

44. Do you like mustard?
Haven't had enough mustard in my life to say.

45. Do you sleep on your side?
Yes. Every night. I get dizzy if I sleep on my back. Really. Add that to my list of weird medical conditions, along with the fact that I get the flu every time my fringe gets too long. Really!

46. Do you watch the news?
No. I read the news.

47. How did you get one of your scars?
One on my knee, I fell down on hard gravel when I was really young. Cried for days. XD

48. Who was the last person to make you mad?
I can only remember the last person our whole class made mad. Our Physics teacher. This morning. It was scary. =P

49. Do you like anybody?
Of course.

50. What is the last thing you purchased?
See? This tag is so fun. XD Food before Accounts class today.

26 more minutes! Yahoooooooooo! -grins manically-

Tag

Been tagged by someone who doesn't think I update often enough. XD

Tag 8 people in your links list at the end of your post.
It says link list, right? So everyone in my link list. I don't think there's even 8. How sad.

1. What do you want the most now?
10 pm to be here. CSI NY Season Four! I've been counting down since this morning. 1 hour and 20 minutes! Oh, and also for an Internet connection which doesn't get hiccups every time I visit certain sites and transfer files.

2. What do you want to be when you grow up?

You mean I haven't grown up yet? 'Cause it's now or never... Probably never. -boing!- Either an officer standing inside the yellow crime scene tape, investigating a crime scene, or the reporter standing outside the yellow crime scene tape, investigating the crime scene. Hyuk.

3. What would you do if you’ve lost everything in one shot?

Choi! Touch wood, touch wood.

4. What are you afraid to lose now ?

The people I love. (Ok, that's more long term than 'now'...)

5. Do you believe in being in love forever ?

If you're lucky to meet your ideal guy. But even then, nothing's guaranteed.

6. If you meet someone you love, would you confess to him/her?

I'll let you know when the time comes. :P

7. What would you do when you’re feeling down and depressed?
Jump off a bridge. I'M KIDDING! I'M KIDDING! Watch CSI NY.

8. What are the requirements that you wish from your other half?

Must not be empty 'up-there'. Doesn't mind me sharing my affection with Carmine. You know I never answer these kinda questions seriously. XD

9. Which type of person do you hate the most?

Those with only the word 'I' or 'Me' in their vocabulary. Those supreme kiasuists.

10. Do you cherish every single of your friendship?

Sure. It's good to have friends. :-)

11. Do you believe in God?

Definitely.

12. What do you think is the most important thing in your life?

Family. They double as friends too.

13. Do you find it necessary for you to have a boyfriend/girlfriend?
No. Independence, baybeh. But yeah, it'll be nice just to experience it... I'm not that much of a fuddy duddy... (Heheh. I heard this word today and had been itching to use it.)

14. What do you want your friends to be like ?
Can't exactly change who they are, right. So what's the point of answering this? But love you lot anyway. (Most of the time XD)

15. What kind of friend do you hope to be in your friend’s eyes?
One they know they can depend on, laugh with and just be a good part of their lives.

16. If you can have a change, which part of your character would you like to change ?
Procrastination. I'm getting worse, dang it. And it'll help if I don't let certain little things get to me so easily.

17. If you’re feeling low one day, who will you go to?
Mac, Stella, Danny, Lindsay, Hawkes, Flack, Sid and that dead body with a bullet hole in his right temple. ;-) Ok, seriously... mum. And the few pals I have that I can really depend on.

18. Would you die in order to save the ones you love?
I agree whole-heartedly with the answer given by the fellow who tagged me. If that ever happens, I hope I have the guts to.

19. Would you kill in order to save the ones you love ?
Yes. And as I have said so many times already. I've watched enough CSI episodes to get away with it. Again, don't take this seriously. rofl.

20. If you have a chance to change the past, what would you change?
Never doubt, never look back.

The Law No One Understands

Physics theories, Bio facts, Maths formulae... they may be hard at times, but sooner or later we somehow understand it -underline: somehow-.

But there's one law that nobody is spared from and yet no one can understand it. Time.

Why is it that 2 periods of Moral class seem to last half a lifetime but 2 weeks of school holidays seem like only a minute?

The second semester begins tomorrow, which brings forth the exam results from our mid term exam. I guess it's too much to hope that the papers have drowned in spilled-coffee incident, or got eaten by some dog, or got cut into shreds by a naughty toddler son/daughter with plastic scissors, or mysteriously got stolen by cat burglars who love looking at student statistics...

No?

Oh well.

Holidays sure have a way of putting students off track. Or rather, holidays bring out the best in students as they compete to emerge as the champion procrastinators of the season. No prizes given. Just a good, manic jolt to the heart on the Sunday night before school.

'Maths work? What Maths work? We had Maths work? -pause, sudden memory trigger- Arrgghhh!'-

'Done Civics work yet?' '-oh-so-confidently- Nope.'
(frantically flipping through newspapers for articles on 'isu-isu remaja'. -guilty- :P

'Any work for Bio? Any work for English? What must we pass up tomorrow ah???'

'Tomorrow's school?? I've only begun my holidays!'

'Oh gawd... -stares at Add Maths question which could have been answered in 5 seconds during exam season- How the heck do you do this question again?'

Sigh... good ol' school. XD

But one great thing about time flying now is that CSI NY Season Four is finally premiering this Tuesday! Same day as Physics and Chem results. Oh vey...

Update

Oh hey, look. I'm still alive. Heh. So I'm back from the BRATs journalist camp. Despite being a Penang Workshop, Penangites are the minority. Most are from KL, with a few from Sarawak, Seremban and Terengganu as well. So, I went into this camp to find out more about journalism and to see if that's a path I want to take. Uh... I'm still not sure. Haha. From the four days in Sunway Hotel, I found out that there's so much more to this than meets the eye and I still have a bunch of things to learn. But one great thing from this was that I've learnt a bunch of new games and riddles to drive the rest of you nuts. I also gained a ton of new friends -Hi sayangs! XD- and I have to start tracking down your blogs and listing them here soon.

Oh, and I'm sick of New World Park food court, as I worked til the wee hours of the morning writing an article about that place. Earrgh. For you guys who saw the paper last Monday and read all about us being Steven Spielberg, believe me, it was as fun as it was stressful. We were the first batch that they gave so many assignments to take care of so the last night was quite hectic. Imagine previous seasons of American Idol where they had to do group singing during Hollywood week. Imagine all those people both laughing and yelling at one another throughout the night. Imagine those groups that seeked out every corner of the hotel for a quiet place to work. Yeah. It was just like that. Sure, we have been told to not stress ourselves out and have fun, but naturally, we couldn't help it. But we still managed to put together decent pieces of work. So, great job to all of us. And it wasn't all stress. There were a lot of fun moments too, especially the games and riddles (I still can't figure out a couple of them. yeeesh.) we played with the four seniors and well, gossiping with my roomies.
All in all, gotta love BRATs and after reading about them in the papers every now and then, it's really great to be finally one of them.

I initially wanted to talk about Choral Speaking, but I guess that's pretty much old news by now. And other bloggers like Carmen and Renee have already mentioned it and posted pictures -extensively-. Also, I already wrote about it for the school magazine, so all I wanted to say had been said.

Let me just add this little bit more. Choral speaking had always been a CGL forte. We stepped into it this year with a lot to live up to. And thank goodness we kept up the tradition of victory. Yes, we didn't win champion of the state, but hey, second place isn't bad at all (Where's our money by the way? XD). In fact, as we know, even the judges thought we were really good (cough).

Right after our performance, rumours actually circulated that I was in tears because we were apparently so lousy. Please let me know who started that rumour so I can slice their heads off. And I've watched enough CSI episodes to get away with it too. Just kidding. Heh. But for the record, I did not cry and I was certainly not pissed with you lot. Why would I be? Siao. Pn Gan said that performance (finally) gave her goosebumps, so yeah, we were really good that day. Maybe we didn't feel it was so because we were too jaded thanks to so many practices already. XD

And well, I won Best Conductor. Hahaha. When my name was announced and I went up to get the trophy, looking at the crowd from the stage was one of the best sights ever. What I saw was you guys, screaming and shouting and cheering your heads off. And let me tell you, your support made it feel like the ultimate victory. As a matter of fact, I guess it was. :)
Ah, won't say no more here. Just read the school magazine for all the heart-warming details. Pffftt...

Happy Holidays. Or what's left of it that is...