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April 26, 2007

A little bit of – Fun.

This temporary post-exam freedom, this ultra-short after-exam-happiness, I cannot even begin to describe how sweet it feels!

But unfortunately, after having slaved over assignments and common tests and DI and Issue analysis over the past three weeks, three weeks of not watching television, not going online for more than an hour (unless it’s to find internet sources and information), when we’ve only just begun to revel in not having to go to sleep worrying over something or other, when we’re finally able to say “Yay! Exam over! Can sleep!”, we realize the cold, hard truth – the midyear exams are in three weeks’ time.

Reality bites.

But when the Physics paper was being handed in today, it felt so nice, yet so horrible at the same time.

Horrible, because it was the worst paper I (and a lot others, for that matter) have ever sat for.

Nice, because heck, WE CAN HAVE PROPER SLEEP NOW!

Anyway.

A bunch of us went out to celebrate the end-of-exams.

We paid RM21 to enter the indoor theme park in Times Square (“Oh man I feel so childish!”), got on a few rides, went on the ride that rotates 360 degrees clockwise, then stops in mid air, and rotates 360 degrees anti-clockwise, figured it was too much fun, convinced a friend who was too scared before to give it a try, went on the ride an extra two times (which makes 3 in total), and ended up making ourselves feel sick.

I found it so hilarious, we paid 21 bucks expecting fun, and ended up getting ourselves sick.

But truth be told, I had an amazing time.

We went for dinner, spent hours there chatting without knowing it, took the Monorail to the Crown Plaza to check something out, and by the time I got home, it was already 10.45 pm.

And I had school the next day.

Lately I’ve been making a lot of impulsive decisions after school to go out to this and that place, then coming home really late, and going to school tired the next day, homework undone.

But I’m having a whole lotta fun.

College isn’t as bad as I had dreaded it to be.

Stuffed under Family and Friends at 4:28 pm

April 24, 2007

Random update.

The coolest sh*t just happened.

I just received a pretty exciting email!

From a published author, no less.

The concert was fun, by the way. Managed to snap a photo with Jason Lo, unfortunately it’s in Anggit’s phone and I’ve problems bluetooth-ing (?) with her.

Because I was wearing the same shirt I wore for the Majlis Anugerah Cemerlang earlier that morning (ditched the skirt for jeans of course), I ended up being the most dressed up person there.
Everyone were dressed like they were going for the nightclub/goth party/bath. (Yes one guy took his shirt off. Yuck.)
My sister didn’t help. (“I told you not to wear that! You look like you’re going to work!”)
Still, they closed the gig with The Anthem, my favourite GC song. So I left all happy.

Off to study now, Biology and Physics common tests tomorrow and the day after.

I’m excited over the littlest things right now. I’m in a pretty good mood!

Toodles, dah-ling! -bimbo hand-flip-

Stuffed under Quick updates at 12:28 pm

April 20, 2007

I couldn't believe it myself.

If there is a word that means ‘SO lucky, yet SO unlucky at the same time’, it’d be the best word to describe Paige right now.

Paige, my classmate who got two free Good Charlotte tickets, and was nice enough to give me one of them.

Paige, whom I was supposed to go to the concert with, and was supposed to stay over at my place right after.

Paige, who is one of the nicest person I’ve ever known, who’d walk home to bring you hand cream when you’ve got rashes, who’d get you traditional medicine for your cold, who’d always go to the campus main gate to get R.AGE for everyone, who used up at least RM10 of her credit trying to win tickets for me.

And during English today, she received a call, and there she was, talking away on the phone, completely undetected by Dr. Santha’s eagle eyes. (Lucky.)

She actually won the ultra-special-very-rare-once-in-a-lifetime-opportunity to meet Good Charlotte backstage! Hah. Her first time entering a contest somemore.
(Uber lucky.)

But then she found out yesterday, that her friend from Miri (where she’s from) is leaving for Aussie, and here she is, caught in a dilemma worse than any other dilemma anyone could possibly be caught in.

To see her friend off, and to skip the concert and forgo meeting Good Charlotte in person, or just go to the darn concert and risk being a bad friend?

(Uber uber uber unlucky.)

“Aiya, go to the concert la! You can see your friend online what!”
“Eh yeah! You just bought a webcam? Use webcam la!”
“Might as well go Youtube and watch Good Charlotte. Same thing.“

So she’s decided to go send her friend off.

I admire her so much.

Going off to KLIA meant seeing her friend for 30 minutes max, then having transport problems in coming home somemore.

Option Two meant getting to meet a huge band in person, enjoying a concert, and having transport issues all solved.

I would’ve been so tempted to go for Option Two, y’know.

That is Paige, the girl who could (unintentionally) make you laugh just by blinking at you. Who’d surprise you with little things you thought no one could ever be aware of. She’s one of the funniest person I’ve known, the kind nobody could ever dislike.

Now instead of watching GC with her, I’d have to go with my sister and her friends. And her friend’s brother who’s there only to “pak to with his girlfriend“.

Sigh.

* * * * *

I wonder how the NOFX gig went last night.

It feels as though there’s always an exam just around the corner.

Stuffed under Family and Friends at 8:17 am

April 17, 2007

In anticipation of – Good Charlotte!

This is only one step short of being completely crazy.

Because the Good Charlotte concert is an invite-only event, a lot of people are trying so hard to get their hands on the invites. Which DiGi and radio stations are giving out for free.

People who managed to get them (for free, of course) are selling them at an exorbitant price. One person even went as far as selling 3 tickets for RM400. Which some people are completely willing to pay for.

A couple of classmates and I went to Times Square today, and guess what, got our hands on free tickets.

It’s crazy. To think, we could sell them for a hundred bucks each.

It’s a bit like exploitation, I think. They’re not fans at all, but they go ahead and get the tickets anyway, so they could sell them off and get some quick cash.

Anyway. It was a pretty good evening for me.

My friend was driving us home from KL at night, so it had that kind of atmosphere in the car, and they started talking about God and Christianity. Not the hypocritical type of talk, not the kind of talk where they tell you what they believe in, then try to impose their values on you, like so many people have done before.

It was the kind that makes you think. It was the kind that comforts you. It was the kind that changes you, in a not-so-big way, but it changes you nonetheless.

I got home at 9 something, and ended up leaving my cellphone in her car.

So much for quarantining myself at home in preparation of the common tests next week.

Good Charlotte, here we come!

Stuffed under Music at 1:30 pm

April 9, 2007

Hiatus

Announcing… a three week hiatus from Peeled Garlic!

SAM Bio-Med students are so buried in assignments, exams, and all sorts of things that we practically have no time for anything else right now.

Or maybe it’s just myself, because I have bad time management skills.

This week, Chemistry practical test, Investigative Study Report draft due, English Issue Analysis.

Next week, Biology Human Awareness Essay draft due, Chemistry common test 2, Maths Directed Investigation.

Week after next, Biology common test 2, Maths common test 2, Physics common test 2, Chemistry info search sources due.

It’s one of those times when you wonder if you’ll survive the month.

(If you realize, the Good Charlotte concert is the weekend before common tests week. See what I mean when I say, School Work is out to ruin your fun?)

* * * * *

You know how superficial girls sound when they’re not-overweight yet they say they’re on a diet and they eat ultra-healthy yet ultra-bland food?

Well, I’m on a diet, and I’m eating ultra-healthy yet ultra-bland food during meals.

My mom has been warning me about my food intake ( I’ve been eating A LOT). And she says that you only realize you’re fat when you’re REALLY fat and by then it’s going to take a LOT more effort to de-fat yourself.

And when I say a lot, I mean that while my classmates tell the ‘chap fun’ auntie to reduce the rice, I tell her to add rice. Then I go and start piling up my plate, and by the time I’m done, there’d be people telling me I eat too much for a girl.

A lot also means that I’ve been having dinner twice a night.

And also that I could have the same amount of food as everyone else, but while everyone else is already full, I go ahead and continue stuffing myself with food.

Worst though, is that I’ve been having nasi lemak and char koay teow and deep fried everything for lunch real often lately.

Anyway.

I brought a bottle of milk, an apple and health bars to college today.

After all that teasing of “being like little kid lidat”, one classmate said I’d be hungry before the next hour is up, because I used to eat so much more during lunch.

Frankly, I actually feel better.

Nothing makes you more sleepy during an afternoon lecture than a huge plate of nasi lemak and chicken.

* * * * *

Hiatus starts… now!

Stuffed under School n' Stuff at 11:46 am

April 4, 2007

Musique.

It’s surprising how Vena Sera was released just yesterday, and the entire album can already be downloaded off the net.

Anyway. I just downloaded the whole thing (don’t worry I buy albums I downloaded and liked), and urggghhhh it’s wonderful!

Speaking of newly released albums, I’m getting all excited over Linkin Park’s Minutes To Midnight.

Marvi SMS-ed me and I could tell she was excited too. My LP buddy!

Back in Form 2, I made my brother drive out at night just to get two copies of Meteora (one for Marvi, one for myself) the very day it was released.

And he actually did go out, despite him having his assignment due the next day. The things demanding brats make their brothers do.

I took out all my copies of LP’s previous albums, and had a listen to them all over again, and realized that despite not having listened to them for the past year or two, I could still sing along word for word.

But ask me to do Malaysian Studies (which is pretty much basic form 5 sejarah), and I go completely blank.

And Good Charlotte’s playing here! -Excited squeals-

Wanted to dig out their Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous album for a listen (that’s what I do, get wind about artist, get excited, dig out artist’s previous albums, get even more excited), but ahhhhh the CD is missing from it’s jewel casing. The booklet’s there, the CD isn’t.

I think I lent it to someone. During Form 4.

Now if you’re having it and you’re reading this, appreciate if you could return it.

Anggit promised she’d go with me, but then we realized it was just before our Biology common test. I could whine about how school work makes life a lot less interesting, but I’ve already done that countless times before.

Eat Me, Drink Me will be released in May.

One more thing to look forward to during the mid year holidays!


(I know how disorganized this post is, but I am too excited about too many things to be organized.)

(No, newly released albums alone don’t get me this excited.)

(Cameras get me excited. I’m still having debates with myself. The part that makes it pointless though, is that it’s not like I ever feel good enough to show people my stuff. And boy do I have a lot of Stuff.)

Stuffed under Music at 12:05 pm

April 2, 2007

Sanctuary

sanc·tu·ar·y (săngk‘chū-ĕr‘ē)
- A place of refuge or asylum.

You remember in Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, when the Baudelaire kids’s parents died in a fire, and they were thrown to live with Count Olaf?
Klaus asked, “Do you think anything will ever feel like home again?”

Then they build a small sanctuary from curtains (or were they sheets)?

And the narrator (Lemony Snicket?) went, “Sanctuary… is a word which here means a small, safe place in a troubling world. Like an oasis in a vast desert or an island in a stormy sea. “

It reminded me of when we were young.


We used to tie our blankets to the bed poles, and we’d have a cosy tent, and we’d sometimes spend the night under it.

Just my brother, my sister, and I.

Our little sanctuary, you know?

Sometimes my brother would hide our soft toys in obscure corners, then we’d turn off the lights and “Go a-hunting” in the dark.

Our cousins came over once and played with us. My brother was the “wild animal”, and all of us were holding some sort of weapon to “protect ourselves”.

My sister ended up crying because the head of her favourite Barbie doll flew off, from when my cousin brother was “killing” my bro with it (which involved repeatedly hitting my brother on the head with the Barbie, accompanied by a very effeminate scream).

Or we’d pretend to be mountaineers, and we’d climb all over the beds, telling each other to “be careful, don’t fall off!”

Another game we had, which my sister and I didn’t like very much, was “Armour Man”. It was where my brother would roll himself up with the mattress (the very light, thin kind) and charge at us. We’d have to run out of his way, or he’d sit on us. We could hardly breathe under him and his mattress.
It was one of those games that gave me a near heart-attack, it was that scary.

We also played baseball in my parents’ room with my baby bolster, and ended up breaking the glass lights. And football, where the ball ended up going right through the ceiling.

Anyway. After spending approx. 200 nights in my sister’s room, I’ve finally moved back to my own place!

My sanctuaryyyyyyyyy!

I’ve completely forgotten how wonderful it feels to sleep in one’s own bed, to send SMSes in the middle of the night without having to worry about disturbing my sister, to sing along softly to the tunes in my iPod before going off to sleep, and best of all, to be able to sleep at 3 a.m. without someone going, “Eh, can sleep or not?!”

So nice la!

(Speaking of “sanctuary”. You know that scene when Quasimodo lifted that gypsy-what’s-her-name-girl at the top of the bell tower, and he was yelling “Sanctuary! Sanctuary!”.

I always thought he was saying “century, century”.

It used to puzzle me so much.

“Sanctuary” always reminded me of the Hunchback of Notre Dame.)

(Esmeralda. Her name was Esmeralda.)

* * * * *

Everybody’s going off to the JPA interviews!

My friend who got 9A1′s, one B3, was rejected for the interview. (No, she didn’t apply for medicine.)

This person who got four B’s, had a slot for tomorrow.

As BlackAdder says, “But you know Baldrick, the world isn’t fair. If it was, things like this wouldn’t happen, would they?” *hits Baldrick at the back of the head*

I always thought you needed straight A1′s for them to consider your application. I’ve another friend who didn’t apply because she had A2′s, and now she’s kicking herself because she could’ve had a chance.

Well good luck to all of you then!

(Hundreds of thousands you’re saving, fui-yoh!)

Stuffed under 'Bit More Serious at 11:44 am