Bits of S1

There's the heart Jo made for Valentine's Day.

There's the necklace Serene gave for our Friendship Annniversary.

There's the keychain Will bought for us as souvenirs from US. Which, for some reason, he wrapped in tissue and acted all mysterious so we all got scared, hahaha.

And there's the umbrella Macha got with his drink at this cafe near the market, which he gave simply because I said it was my lifelong dream to have one of those, haha.

Like little landmarks in the road of Year 2008.

the subang survival guide part 1

so, you're some sad form 5 kid waiting for spm to be over and done with.

and you've found out that you're going to be studying at taylor's. what's more, you'll be taking sam.

you're excited. you think this will be an enlightening experience, which will widen your horizons. the only thing it will really widen is the circumference of your waist.

yes. this is the sad college truth.

here are a few things you really need to have if you plan to survive your whole programme:

1. money

you used to spend 10 bucks a week during rehat in school. be prepared to spend ten bucks a day just to feed yourself in subang. the chap fan at ac is exhorbitantly priced, so be careful what you take- stay away from the egg taufu until you get a better gauge of subang pricing. eat there every meal for eight months straight, and the lady will start to like you, and charge you a little less for your basic human needs. the market chap fan (about 7 minutes walk from campus, depending on the capacity of your legs and how many books you happen to be carrying at that moment) is about half the price, but the vegetables are slimy.

stationery costs an average of 30 cents more apiece than it does wherever you're from.

books: be careful what you buy from mac center. if they can cheat you, they most certainly will, by charging cut-throat prices for photocopies or printing, and also writing instruments. you'll do better to go to ik copy center beside AusEd. the people there are nice and the pricing is even nicer (though they don't sell stationery).

note: must-try (regardless of cost): pomander pork noodles (fondly known as portugal), and the siew yok+chicken rice at the un-named stall right beside it.

2. quick feet and quicker eyes

no, this hasn't anything to do with snatch-thefts or rape or other varieties of crime one might associate with subang. crime is obvious. this danger is something much, much closer to home, one you are most likely to die of in subang, next to bankruptcy.

if you see a subang driver, the smartest thing you can do is let the git pass or dash across the road like your life depends it because actually, it does. subang drivers are all blind and murderous. you can be 1 cm away from their nice shiny bmw and they will still KEEP DRIVING. if you're lucky, they will slow down by about 0.01 km/h. a subang driver is a very determined sort of person. he/she will overcome any obstacles by tackling them headlong, and this of course includes living organisms, such as you.

THE AFTER-TRIALS

no... no... not again...

don't come near me!!

please, i beg you! noooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!



*sob*

cruel, cruel wednesday. each passing hour brings us closer to the harsh reality that is sam. but i'm being a fun sucker. it's the hols, right? we have all the right (and responsibility, if i may say so) to cheat ourselves, that for one short week, believe we are actually free.

yeah right.

laptop died again. yipee.

so anyway, if i look any fatter when i get back to college, you'll know why. all this anticipation of doom is taking a toll on my nerves (really). i can't stop eating. it's like the stress killed off the nerve connecting the stomach and the brain; the nerve that's supposed to tell you to stop eating when your stomach swells to the size of a small car.

"ohmygod. berry just jumped into the dustbin again." *eats*

"shit!!!! i forgot to boil the rice for dinner." *eats*

"cb!! i overate." *eats*

see what i mean?

i am so jealous of my cat. she's got nothing to worry about. she never has anything to worry about. she doesn't take spec maths. she's supposed to be fat. the world is her toilet.

the best part of being in a multi-racial country is the multi-racial holidays. you raya, i raya. my fa cai is your fa cai. and don't even get me started on deepavali.

papadams! ^^

*eats*

THE TAG

i thought this was an interesting tag, and a relatively short one too, so i'm going to do it.

1 google image search with your answer, take a picture from the first page of results, do it with minimal words of explanation.

2 tag 5 people to do the same once you've finished answering every question.

1. the age you'll be on your next birthday.

ohhhh shiittt.... hahaha... note to whoever's going to do this, do NOT use "eighteen" as your search term... not unless you want a bunch of x-rated magazine covers to appear... *looks behind* i hope no one in the web thinks i'm watching porn haha..

2. a place you want to travel to

this is a picture of the interior of one of the egyptian pyramids. isn't it amazing how smooth the walls and floor appear to be?

3. your favourite place

home :)

4. your favourite food

classic... full of msg goodness, hehe.

5. your favourite pet

haha i don't know why they're acting so retarded, but the cat's cute.

6. favourite colour combination

this is a really pretty picture. i wonder who took it?

7. favourite clothing

what can be more comfortable, practical and functional than the T-shirt? especially one with such a witty caption like the one above.

8. your all time favourite song

9. favourite tv show

no contest :)

10. first name of your significant other/ crush

i expected the red stuffed dogs to appear, but there wasn't a single picture. omg! patrick dempsey's married?? with two kids?? i had no idea. look at those eyes! this photograph's almost prettier than the marshmallows.

11. which town do you live in?

i'm a kl girl, babeh.. XD

12. your screen name

actually i just put it because it was the first letter of my name, but everybody assumed it was because i am an ardent death note fan. not that i mind. L's one of the coolest anime characters alive, hehe.

13. your first job

couch potato.

14. your dream job

couch potato (with bowll of chips). yeah, people tell me i'm awfully ambitious for my age.

15. one bad habit you have

lazy to choose one.

16. worst fear

it was horrible looking through all the pictures. was shaking in my chair. or maybe it's just the air-cond.

nah, it was the pictures.

why do they have to be so GROSS?? and why were all the cockroach pictures huge??? this world really is full of sick sadists, who unfortunately all happen to be insect photographers or something.

17. thing you would like to do before you die

hang-gliding! ok, so i'm not the most adventurous person... but i've always wanted to know how it feels like to be able to fly. like really, really fly.

18. the first thing you'll buy if you get $ 1 million (thanks to esl, we now know how to write this figure correctly, ahem)

a library would be simply awesome.

yee jie, you're tagged :)

THE "PROFIT"

after cleaning up the stall...

leow: eh mark, you heard ar, we have to pay $400 to taylor's. minimum.
mark: oh? yes ah? every class must pay?
leow: ya.
mark: .....so... that means... we won't really be profiting lah?
leow: well, you said the cost was 300, right? okay, we made about sliiiiiiighhtly over 400. So.. that means we rugi... 300.

*silence*

both: HAHAHAHAHAHAAHA
mark: that was a simple calculation!! hahahah!!!

THE PERFECTION

the famous butter bun... went to baker's cottage after lunch this afternoon, and found the fattest, most cream-laden butter buns ever!! omg! look at all that cream... orgasmic! *sniff*

so... beautiful... *sob*

THE PROGRESSION

i have just realised that my blog now has an "older posts" link. i have actually written enough posts to have an "older posts" link!! wow!!

i would like to thank all the little people for making this possible, even though technically they didn't do anything.