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Bits of S1

2008-11-26T03:07:00.000-08:00

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

2008-10-29T02:06:00.000-07:00

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

2008-09-30T13:59:00.000-07:00

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

2008-08-05T23:54:00.000-07:00

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"

2008-08-05T23:24:00.000-07:00

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

2008-08-03T00:43:00.000-07:00

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

2008-08-01T20:29:00.000-07:00

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.

THE INVASION

2008-07-31T22:26:00.000-07:00

at the web right now. i didn't have anything to write at first, but then suddenly this horde of secondary school babies came in.

not that it would be of any interest to anyone (including myself), but it held a temporary fascination.

we had lunch at uncle seng's today, and for once in my life i finished faster than jo, even though she cheated and dumped a considerable amount into jeffrey's bowl. that's one of the perks of being in a spec maths class- most of your classmates will be guys, and guys are like environmentally-friendly garbage disposal machines. think about it. they eat up any unwanted waste (e.g. leftover uncle seng noodles), and using their top-of-the-notch built-in biological catalysts (stomachs), decompose it all into a form easily absorbed by plants.

housemate down with chickenpox. but i'm not too worried. any student who can survive sam can survive anything, including lethal injections, chinese water torture and lame radio commercials.

i mean, i can't believe anything worse than sam could possibly exist.

THE CURSE

2008-07-31T00:16:00.000-07:00

maths.

self-explanatory.

endorphin level critically low. normally i would cheer myself up with chocolate, but miraculous as it is, it's fattening. and if i become fatter then i'd be even more miserable. and to cure myself of that misery i would eat even more, and get even fatter, and consequently just get more and more miserable until i die of chocolate overdose (which would mean that i would die happy, because death by chocolate is second best only to death by msg).

kim returned the stick today. stuck it in jo's and jeffrey's hair. then washed it during break, because we remembered that a) it came from kp's ass and b) we also stuck it in kp's armpit. and c) we poked kin fai's panties with it.

THE STICK

2008-07-30T03:35:00.000-07:00

somewhere, far far way, at a chap fan stall in subang jaya, a long long time ago (8 hours ago)...

"this stick came out of kp's ass"
"where got!! demon!!!! too small la!!"
"ya cause your asshole so big, stuffed with a lot of things adi right??"

*general laughter*

we found what appeared to be a cuboidal, transparent perpex chopstick. well, i thought it looked like a chopstick. some were of the opinion that it was a dildo. but whatever it was, we were generally agreed about its origin (kp's ass).

we kept the stick for the rest of the day (it's currently in kim's possession) in case of emergencies (such as getting back our spec maths papers and having a screwed up mini-project). it proved useful, though to the unknowing eye it may appear to have no conceivable purpose.

the concept that something may be useful without actually being useful might take a little time to comprehend.

nobody say i don't blog ah!! this is an update!! so there :)

Tag #2

2008-07-26T08:42:00.000-07:00

I like tags... gives me something to blog about so I can say "I got blog whaaaat!!!" everytime Serene or Jo scold me for not updating. Mwahaha.

Name: Leow
Sisters: 1
Brothers: 2, if you count those not related by blood
Shoe size: not sure
Height : taller than Jo hahaha

Where do you live: KL
Favourite drinks: Milo
Favourite breakfast: any but red bean pau
Have you ever been on a plane?: Yeah
Swam in the ocean : Yeah
Fallen asleep at school : not really
Broken someone’s heart: nope
Fell off your chair : yeah, after pulling a prank on someone. Must be karma XD
Sat by the phone all night waiting for someone to call: yes... the other person had a bad stomach ache, didn't call in the end.. tsk tsk..
Saved e-mails: no, I like keeping my inbox as empty as possible
What's your room like?: small
What’s right beside you: air particles
What is the last thing you ate: dinner
Ever had chicken pox: nope, I am VACCINATED.. hehe..
Sore throat: who hasn't??
Stitches: I poked myself with a needle once. Does that count? Hahaha.. k lame joke..
Broken nose: Nope

Do you believe in love at first sight: *snort* no
Like picnics: erm. Never really had one
Who was the last person you danced with: Serene?
Last made you smile: Chun
You last yelled at: Phra
Today did you:
Talk to someone you like: define like..
Kissed anyone: no
Get sick: currently convalescing
Talk to an ex: nope
Miss someone: yes
Eat: duh. What a stupid question...
Best feeling in the world: finishing homework AND assignments early
Do you sleep with stuffed animals: yep
What’s under your bed: another bed
Who do you really hate: the guy who came up with calculus and trigonometry
What time is it now?: 11.58pm

Random:
Is there a person who is on your mind now : yes
Do you have any siblings: yea
Do you want children: not after reading up various complications which may occur at birth
Do you smile often: yes
Do you like your hand-writing: sort of
Are your toe nails painted: No.
Whose bed other than yours would you rather sleep in: Patrick Dempsey's. Haha!! kidding
What color shirt are you wearing now: grey and black
What were you doing at 7:00 p.m. yesterday: Walking with a friend
I can’t wait till: I finish my homework.
When did you cry last : last year
Are you a friendly person: no
Do you have any pets: few cats
Where is the person you have feelings for right now?: he doesn't exist.. whee..
Did the last person you held hands with mean anything to you now?: does shaking hands count? XD (Serene: Hahahahaha!!!)
Do you sleep with the TV on?: Yeah, after lunch this afternoon.
What are you doing right now?: respirating; digesting dinner
Have you ever crawled through a window?: Yeah, was trying to get out on the side of the school building but legs weren't quite long enough and didn't dare to jump.
Can you handle the truth?: Haven't died from it yet.
Are you too forgiving?: No.
Are you closer to your mother or father?: mum
Who was the last person you cried in front of?: I do my business alone.
How many people can you say you’ve really loved?: bleh
Do you eat healthy?: healthier than most
Do you still have pictures of you & your ex?: That depends who counts as an ex...
Have you ever cried because of something someone said to you?: The thing about tags is they're so kpc...
If you’re having a bad day, who are you most likely to go to?: the gfs (at this point you might have realised that I have copied and pasted the whole tag from Jo's blog and if the answers are the same I just leave hers there haha)
Are you loud or quiet most of the time?: depends where I am and who I'm with.
Are you confident?: erm.

5 things I was doing 10 years ago:
How old was I then... oh ya... 7?
not doing maths homework
watching sailor moon
watching sonic the hedgehog
getting As for every subject (sigh... those were the days...)
cursing this particularly vindictive classmate

5 things on my to-do list today:
blow nose
watch tv
watch more tv
watch even more tv
sleep

5 snacks I enjoy:
chocolate
maggi
stuff with MSG (Go Ajinomoto!!! whooooo!!!!)

5 things I would do if I were a billionaire:
quit SAM
buy pretty collars for my cats
have my very own library
buy a camera phone
buy a grand piano!! omg!!

5 of my bad habits:
procrastinating
blowing nose too loudly
stoning
not knowing how to count to five

5 people to tag: serene serene serene serene and serene

2008-07-14T22:04:00.000-07:00

Let's just say it was a very horny Monday.

The College Dream- Shattered

2008-06-30T03:48:00.000-07:00

*pant pant*

"Must.... go... on.... *wheeze*"

"Arrrgghhhh... just... a little bit more......"

"Can't... give.... up... soo.. *cough* cloooseee..."

*reaches out limply drawing on the very last reserves of strength*

*turns page in Sejarah textbook*

*collapses*

And that was me last year, two weeks before SPM.

When it was over, the biggest daily struggle was reaching for the remote control without getting off the sofa (I don't know who does it, but someone always puts it on the most inconvenient edge of the coffee table, just a few inches out of my reach). But those were happier times.

The only thing which gave me reason to continue living throughout SPM instead of just slicing a vital artery open and ending it there and then is the hope (the blind, overly optimistic hope) that Taylor's was going to make up for all of it.

An enlightening education!

A broad, all-encompassing experience about what it means to grow up, and discovering our true calling to make the right choice at the crossroads of adolescence and adulthood!

The freedom of choice, and the fair open-mindedness characteristic of a cultured academia!

The opportunity to part of an international community!

And... (this was the MOST important thing)

HOT GUYS!!!!

-_-;;

Good education? Almost there, I guess. But, like the food in AC, OVERPRICED.

The broad, all-encompassing blah blah blah of growing up? Well, now we've played with condoms, that's pretty much as close as we got to "growing up".

International community? BULLSHIT... what international community?? Everybody in my class is bloody Chinese la... Ever noticed that in all the ads, there's always the three Malaysian races (and the Malay girl featured is usually wearing a tudung), a white guy and an African-American guy (or maybe he's Kenyan, I'm not sure. They don't make it a habit to say so on the photographs), and RIGHT UNDERNEATH the picture (where they are ALWAYS laughing, wearing stylo edgy clothes and carrying smartass aka heavy books), is a claim from XYZ University College, come study with us, be the best, make your dreams come true, free apple tarts, etc etc?

That was a pretty long sentence.

As for the hot guys, I don't think I need to say anything.

But I'm going to be redundant, because I've been holding this in for such a long time now, and what are blogs for, anyway? Constructive, logical, rational expression of strong, free-minded opinions with intention for national betterment. Exactly. So here comes my constructive, logical, rational expression of strong, free-minded opinion.

How dare you Malaysian college guys not be hot!!! How dare you how dare you how dare you!!!

*sob*

Jeez... I mean, what's the point of going to college if there aren't going to be any hots guy here? What the hell did I study so much for? I mean, SURE, we need to get a good foundation for degree studies and stuff, but let's get real... we're all here for the eye candy (which we were chronically deprived of in high school)... hehe.. kidding (about us being here for hot human beings. I was deadly serious about the lack of hot guys in schools).

But let me bring your attention to conservation and preservation of our natural resources.

You're probably wondering why I'm suddenly talking about fossil fuels, tropical rainforests and tapirs, so on and so forth. I am trying to raise awareness. This is a serious issue that requires everybody's cooperation. WE MUST ENSURE THAT OUR GRANDCHILDREN ACTUALLY HAVE A FUTURE. It is our responsibility- here and now- to save the unique, irreplaceable biological beings which are on the brink of extinction, such as Sumateran white tigers, panda bears and hot guys.

Now, according to highly reliable estimates by a reputable organisation, namely me, there are about 700 tigers and 453. 67 (up to five significant figures- I am very accurate) panda bears left in the world, but only 0.5 HOT GUYS. Notice that for the hots guys, the data is one significant figure, which is the lowest possible significant figure while actually HAVING a value, because I am not even sure if half of them still exist. That is how critical the situation is.

The tigers and pandas have funds and foundations and, well, STUFF, but what do hot guys have?? Exactly! NOTHING!!

So what I propose is we set up a foundation to save hot guys. Those who lose their hot-ness will be sponsored to have plastic surgery so they become hot again. Surely this will return some part of the hot guy population. I won't elaborate on the breeding plans (whaaat?? People breed leatherback turtles, right?? Why not hot guys??).

I have blabbered so much, I've almost forgotten what I meant to blog about in the first place.

Oh yeah, the picture at the top.

It's not really visible, but hey, we all know what it's about anyway.

From tomorrow onwards, we are not allowed to wear clothes.

Well, okay, if you MUST be SOOO specific, we're not allowed to wear clothes which are actually cool enough to be considered clothes rather than crudely designed articles to preserve modesty.

No miniskirts. No tubes. No shorts. No slippers. NO SUNGLASSES.

Where is the freedom??? Where is the open-mindedness??? Is this what a civil, modern society is all about??? I feel completely choked by all these rules and regulations. It's not like I wear miniskirts (*shudder*) or tubes or those barely-covering-your-bum shorts or anything, but it's the knowing that I can't do it even if I wanted to that bugs me. Why not?? Okay, I get the sunglasses- they're afraid a terrorist might come to college disguised as a SAM students and shoot everyone, but nobody would recognise him because he would be wearing sunglasses. This is consistent with their new (well, actually, it's not new... they just decided to finally- and unfortunately- enforce it) policy that all students must wear their Student ID within the college compound. Very wise of them. I applaud their security measures, which have obviously been taken with our interests at heart. Much appreciated.

BUT...

If we were to allow miniskirts, then more of the terrorist would be exposed, and it would be easier to identify him.

E.g. At a police line-up:

"YES!!! THAT'S HIM!!! I'D RECOGNISE THOSE HAIRY LEGS ANYWHERE!!!" (just to be clear, any resemblances to characters, fictional or non-fictional for example Mark is purely coincidental)

So, if the college REALLY wanted to protect us from terrorists, they should FORCE us to wear miniskirts.

All right, all right, I know that's not it.

Seriously speaking (seriously, I'm being serious now), why does it matter what we wear, or what our hair looks like? In all honesty (and I am not being biased here!) I have NEVER seen an exposed midriff in Taylor's. Even though the lecturers were rather lax with the rules, I've never come across a student who was outrageously dressed. Badly dressed, yes, but never outrageously dressed. No whole-body tattoos or visible underwear (I'm not counting boxers because that can be easily remedied with a belt or being more careful when you sit down or bend over), no completely wacko hair (in fact, the hair at Taylor's is so boring, I could die of it). And the low necklines aren't ALL that bad. And as far as I could see, everyone has been clean enough.

If that's the case, why are we being treated like children? Surely we're old enough to be aware of and to accept the consequences (from society, not an administrative body) that might arise from what we're wearing. And if they still think we don't know well enough, we've got to learn sometime or other, and why not now, when we're under our last few years of adult supervision? Most of us are only three years away from legal freedom. If anyone wants to plant a good message, they should do it now, and not through tyranny. If miniskirts are a distraction to the boys, too bad! Let them fail Chemistry or trip over the staircase and die! If the girls feel harassed for wearing super low necklines, too bad! Nobody made them wear it! My point is, whatever happens, let it be our choice, not somebody else's. You can't possibly live our lives for us, even if you mean well- we've got to learn to make it on our own. Give us a chance to learn to be civilised, and to respect others in all the glory of human diversity.

You Are The Music In Me

2008-06-15T11:31:00.000-07:00

a. Put your iTunes, Windows Media Player, etc on shuffle.
b. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
c. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN, NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS.
d. Put any comments in brackets after the song name.
e. Put this on your blog.

1. If someone says,"Is this okay?"
Statue- Low Millions. (must be stoning hahahahahaha)

2. How would you describe yourself?
There She Goes- Sixpence None The Richer (I make people high! Right Jo?? Hehehe)

3. What do you like in a guy/girl?
Tashikani- Angela Aki. (Jap song.. soo.. erm... Mark, what DOES the song mean?? Hahaha..)

4. How do you feel today?
Barely Breathing- Duncan Sheik. (more like Totally Sweating... damn hot man the weather..)

5. What is your life's purpose?
Look After You- The Fray. (I am a SAINT)

6. What is your motto?
Pretty Girl (The Way)- Sugarcult (*thinks* Hmm.)

7. What do your friends think of you?
Beautiful Love- The Afters (hahahahaha!!! I knew it all along :D )

8. What do you think of your parents?
Memory- Sugarcult (no comments there)

9. What do you think about very often?
Unsaid -The Fray (it kind of makes sense, especially right now)

10. What is 2+2?
Coming Out -The Killers (alar... it would've been cool if 4 minutes came up.. haha)

11. What do you think of your best friend?
Ni He Wo -Wang Lee Hom (haha! Eh this is pretty good leh... I don't know what half the song means but it sounds happy and it's something about "You and I" so.. woohoo..)

12. What do you think of the person you like?
When You're Gone -Avril Lavigne (HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA OMG)

13. What is your life?
Maneater -Nelly Furtado (yeah man... conquer them all... muahahaha...)

14. What do you want to be when you grow up?
Bubbly -Colbie Caillat (Aren't I already quite bubbly? Or maybe that has some reference to the gastric system... which, come to think of it, there has been history of gastronomical symptoms among the ageing members of my family... and I believe I have just put everyone off their dinner hehehe)

15. What do you think of when you see the person you like?
It's Over -Vertical Horizon (wow. Pretty good...)

16. What will you dance to at your wedding?
Tea Leaf Prophecy -Herbie Hancock ft. Joni Mitchell (are you serious?? This song's like, against marriage.. cynical sort of song..)

17. What will they play at your funeral?
Ordinary Day -Vanessa Carlton (haha.. well.. bound to get some sesat songs every now and then..)

18. What is your hobby/interest?
What's Left Of Me -Nick Lachey (my interest is.. moping?? Hehe.. I can think of someone who would be much better suited to this description... nyehehehe)

19. What is your biggest fear?
Lovin' Each Day -Ronan Keating (ah... I knew it all along... I am terrified of commitment... haha kidding)

20. What is your biggest secret?
Power of Love -Aiko (another Jap song... maybe my secret identity is Cupid.. it's so secret, even I don't know it hahahaha okay that was lame)

21. What do you think of your friends?
Universe and U -KT Tunstall (yeah... you know you guys are so good for me :) <3 <3 )

22. What will you post this as?
You Are The Music In Me - Vanessa Anne Hudgens & Zac Efron (before anyone starts throwing apples at me for liking tweeny music, I would like to say that this is a seriously good song)

23. What song would you play during your first time having sex?
Don't Turn Off The Lights -Enrique Inglesias (hahahahaha!!! Yeah!!! That way... can't miss... hahaaa.. actually, here's a good question... how do you do IT if you've got really rotten eyes? I mean, like people who have specs above 800 or something... you can hardly see anything... but if you keep your specs on, it might, like, get broken in the middle of all that action... and high-power lenses are really not cheap... and if you wear contacts, you might fall asleep with them, after being so worn out by all that romping around... whipping.. whatever tickles your fancy... hahaha. Yeah... all the romantic comedies.. the lead characters- who are usually the ones doing IT- never seem to wear specs when they do it... in fact, they rarely seem to need specs in the first place, haha...)

Kesusasteraan Melayu

2008-05-24T09:48:00.000-07:00

I was just talking to my friend about Konserto Terakhir-

No, I'm not crazy... I'm not overly bored... and he's not crazy or overly bored either... but there are ways such topics can work their way into a conversation, just takes a little imagination, haha.

Well, anyway, remember we used to have these "teknik plot" questions? And we had to say things like, "pengarang telah menggunakan teknik saspens dalam karyanya. Pembaca tertanya-tanya sama ada Hilmi akan mati atau tidak" (omg I can still write BM... SPM residues!!!! Get it out get it out *bangs head on wall*). Which is an outright lie, because I don't think any one of us wondered if he was going to die. First of all, it was obvious. Secondly, we didn't care.

And then there's the teknik kejutan. My goodness... how on Earth was it a shock when Hilmi died?? He's the watak utama.. it's his destiny to die.. all watak utamas die.. And the part where he appeared at Hayati's front door? How was THAT a kejutan?? It was like we were all expected to read the second page (it happened at the second page. Or it could even have been the first, for all I know), clasp our hands around our mouth and go, "OHMYGOD!!! He APPEARED at her HOUSE!!!"

Malay novels are pretty much like SAM essays. There's a fixed format to follow, and by fixed I mean FIXED. If you change it, it's not an essay, it's a COMPOSITION (Ng 2008). <--- Harvard citation

Pembukaan: Guy meets girl.
Peningkatan: Guy likes girl.
Klimaks: Guy cannot be with girl (for a variety of reasons, most of the time a prior engagement, and I know this because I used to read Malay novels. Noo!! I'm not an outcast!! I was just bored!!!)
Peleraian: One/both of them dies/die.

At the beginning of the first semester, in our very first Spec Maths class, Mr. Woon said that we apply Maths everyday, from the moment we wake up till we go to sleep (I would've cited this, but I already mentioned his name... yes I have no life). So now I've realised that instead of graphs, I can express different aspects of my life in terms of iterations.

Instead of y=0, it can be said that my life exhibits INVARIANT behaviour... hahahaha...

*pauses*

Back in Melawati, we used to call this Nerd Impulse. >.<

*sleep*

Tang Yee Jie has not linked me and I am so bitched up about it sob

2008-05-24T08:09:00.001-07:00

Obvious information: Holidays now.

Not so obvious information: Going to Times Square with Jo and Serene on Monday.

So...

*stares blankly at screen*

SAM has this thing where it makes all its students become sick of being productive. Therefore our holidays will probably involve trying our hardest to do absolutely nothing. Well, that's what my holidays are probably going to be about, anyway.

I'm going to try banana boating and kayak-ing this year! :D

I hope I won't die.

Once Upon A Time

2008-05-15T00:40:00.001-07:00

Don't ask. This was Yee Jie's idea.