Hey, watch me do this.

Product of culture.

2012-02-09T18:44:00.000-08:00

And I find myself smiling at things that never used to appeal to me. Oh hormones, you funny thing. What are you trying to do?

No don't answer that. I don't want(if at all) to confirm my suspicions. Cos that'll just be bad and it'll get me thinking.

Some people have just got to stop being so nice to me. I have so much to owe already.

Rejuvenate and recharge!

2012-02-08T07:39:00.000-08:00

Lol I'm saying it as if I'm old and am desperate to feel young again. Vivian, you're still 17. Quit hallucinating.

I had a long weekend(Mon and Tues off, thank you Malaysia!). Spent it at Malacca cos my dad wanted to try this expensive resort thing and just spend our time there since we've been to Malacca so many times before and had pretty much covered most of the tourist spots and that he paid so much for the resort, we should all just stay there the whole time.
No regrets either. Just look at it. It was so relaxing and soothing that just by looking at it, it refreshed and rejuvenated my soul. And again, I'm saying it as if my soul was dying or something but seriously! I was actually excited to go back to campus after the trip.

I love riding on the buggy. When I'm rich and living in Tropicana City, I'm getting myself a buggy.

Log house-inspired resorts.

Pool.

Mum and I.

Outside the spa. No I didn't go for the spa, my mum and aunt did.

Super cheap earrings I bought from Jonker. I love Jonker.

Ivan and Xin Ying bubbling.

I love swimming.

Karen chilling with a book.

So yeah, it was a really nice holiday and I was filled to the brim. My dad dropped me off at campus yesterday where I cleaned up a bit and tidied up my newly bought groceries. My roommate wasn't back from her holiday so I assume that she'll only be back next week. And now I'm back home for ballet. Well ballet was over, I'm on my bed now.

I had my first class assessment for ENL101 today and it was completely exam-based. Quite an experience and it definitely wasn't the easiest English test I've sat for. I don't think I'll fail and I really hope I don't but I don't think I'll get an A either. Fingers crossed.

Anyway, I'm taking a 6.45am bus tomorrow instead of a much preferable 7.30am one, no thanks to a group meeting, and I should really head to bed. Goodnight.

2012-02-05T23:30:00.000-08:00

My mum's Iphone 4s takes better photos than my Leica lens digital camera.

And so I made, getting myself a semi-DSLR, a goal. Which made me realize, I've got no resolutions/goals this year. I should get started on a list.

Korean food is good.

2012-02-01T16:52:00.001-08:00

Happy birthday Ben Sern.

Wanna sleep

2012-01-29T16:46:00.000-08:00

6.45am bus.
Bus driver took my student ID.
Cos I didn't give him the ticket even though I had one.
Gotta claim it at 10am from the General admins office later.

To the dorm.
Oh, no shoes besides mine outside my room.
Everything I left outside(toiletries, ragged cloth, slippers) seemed untouched.
No padlock.
Nothing new.
Roommate's not here yet.
Awesome.

Unlocked the door.
She's sleeping on the bed.

(CNY at cousin's place)

I'm back at campus people.
Can't do shit cos I don't wanna wake my roommate up.
Not looking forward to Malaysian studies.
Talking to Denise now.
Goodbye.

Just dragon my feet around town.

2012-01-23T19:56:00.000-08:00

Get it? Dragon my feet around town. "Draggin" my feet.
K ignore my puns.

Happy Chinese New Year!
I guess it takes you living out alone to fully appreciate going back home during Chinese New Year. Everyone was anticipating to go back home when I was back on campus. Everyone was asking everyone about their bus/plane schedules and we were all busy packing and everything!

Even though I live so near to campus and I go back every other weekend, I was specially looking forward to going back for CNY. Probably because watching everyone dragging their luggage and hearing them exchange transportation schedules and waiting at the bus stand with some of my friends, set the ambiance. I've only stayed on campus as long as 2 weeks here. With a lot of traveling home in between. I wonder how I'll be when I go to the U.S, when I don't get to travel home at all.

Oh well, I'll live. I'm pretty sure I will.

I'm in Alor Setar now, like any other CNY. This year's CNY is particularly small although the Hor family is so small already. My paternal grandpa only had 2 sons- my uncle and my dad. And both my uncle and my dad had 3 kids each, so there's only 6 of us in my generation. Couzzie Amy and couzzie Avery are studying in the U.S now so it's just my sibs, couzzie Ivy and I here. It feels quite normal since couzzie Ivy stays with us back in Subang anyway.

I'll be heading to Ipoh tomorrow to visit the maternal side, the bigger family. But til then, there's nothing else on my agenda besides eating. And reading. So here are a few pictures taken so far.

Ivan and I. The orange thing was couzzie Ivy's idea.

Couzzie Ivy with the weirdest hair.

Karen and Ivan. The sibs.

She made me do the weirdest things. Seriously it was completely her idea.

Paying respect to my grandparents.

Ivan looks extremely adorable in this picture. I wish he's as angelic as he looks.

Oh I forgot to mention. I also skyped with Denise the day before CNY. The last time I spoke to her was last month and Goodness knows how much had happened since then. It was great to just update her my progress and her to me. She said that she didn't even realize it was CNY if it wasn't for the facebook posts. But she's not gonna celebrate it anyway cos no one in Canada knows what CNY is. Hahahaha
Now doesn't that make CNY all the more significant? Chatting with a a really close friend from home that's now overseas. That picture was taken the last time we webcammed, which was last month. I don't get to talk to her so much anymore cos of the time difference and the busy schedules. Nonetheless, I miss Den Den the grape head. I expect a stuffed moose when she comes back.

S.K.E.D.S H.W.C

2012-01-21T23:12:00.000-08:00

Seck Kia Eehn Dhamma School Holiday Work Camp.

With all these college things happening recently, the camp that was once something I really wanted to talk about, became a somewhat fuzzy memory and... then I got lazy. But for the sake of self-reference, a reminder of how much of a spoiled KL kid I am(we are) and also of all the things I have never done but did, I'm gonna do this quick post on the camp.

Truman got Ryan, Jin Ying, Alysia and I to go for this freaking awesome(as he described) camp in Melaka. Charina was suppose to go too but she backed out due to family plans. I didn't know what camp it was except that it was a dhamma camp so I went to Melaka with Jin Ying, Ryan and very little information about the camp with the help of Jin Ying's parents. Alysia was already in Melaka and Truman said he had things to do so he'll be there in the evening. So 4 of us stuck together, not knowing anyone for about half a day.
We joined all the ice-breaking activities and were split into 2 houses-Ming Ti and Asoka. The 2 houses were suppose to compete against each other in games, performances, house decorations and everything. Ryan, Alysia and I were in the same house- Ming Ti whereas Jin Ying was in Asoka. We were anticipating Truman's arrival cos we wanted to know which house he was in. We made a few friends by the time he arrived.

We ran to him cos we wanted to know which house he was in. Then we wanted to choke him. Cos he wore a green tag that says:"Helper"
Yeah. So we spent the rest of the week listening to his orders, having him laugh at us performing and having him judge the games results. On the bright side, he seemed to be some sort of a hot shot there, so being a close friend of his, it was one hell of a funny sight. But according to him, if you're from KL, it automatically gives you a status. True case, Ryan became the next hot shot within days.

Anyways, there were a lot of activities. Like games. Lots of games.

I was known as the girl with the troll face after this was shown.

Ming Ti's domino pattern. Our house won that challenge.

Alysia removing a tictac buried in the bowl of flour with her mouth.

We had work sessions. It was more like service. We had to clean an assigned place. For the record, I cleaned the toilet 3 times in that 1 week. SomethingIhaveneverdonebutdid#1

We had an outing one of the days where we went to the Taman Rekreasi for a game session.

In the bus!

Jonathan(hot guy), Truman and Bee San. They're part of the committee. Really nice people. Besides Truman of course.

Since this year was military themed, we had to treat the whole situation like we were in an army. It was such a hot, sweaty and stinky day. And saluting to Truman wasn't all that fun :P

We also had to put mud on our faces to suit the whole army thing. Chrisanne and I took mud from a small patch of specially wet dirt cos we thought it would stick better on our faces. After lining our faces with mud, the smell of shit wafted in. Literally shit. Like feces. Fuck. Washed that shit off ASAP. SomethingIhaveneverdonebutdid#2
That's Brian and Chrisanne at the Ping pong game stand. There was another challenge where one had to piggy back another around the park and unfortunately for Brian, he had to piggy back me. Despite being firm, I bet he almost died.

Aaron(a committee member) interviewed me in the bus on the way back to the temple on my views about the camp so far. I don't know if it was because I was from KL(cos I was probably the only one they interviewed, with Aly next to me) but it was soooooo awkward.

Every night was performance night. On the first night, it was singing. None of us Fourians participated that night.

That's Shaun, the Ming Ti house leader. He won second place for singing.

The second night was Dancing. All of us Fourians participated that night.
A couple of Ming Ti dance representatives: Jonathan, Why Lin, Jia Yin, myself, Jia Yi, *forgot her name*, Hui Juan.

Truman MC-ed that night.

Yit Huan, Ryan and Julian joined the Street dance (group) category.

So did Alysia.

Jin Ying participated in the traditional dance category.

And I participated in the foxtrot category. SomethingIhaveneverdonebutdid#3 All of the dance categories had a crash course the previous night so we have an idea of what to do. Truman had to laugh at me backstage when I was holding my last postion with my heel on Chee Keong(my partner)'s foot.

Anyway, Ming Ti got first place for the foxtrot category. *smiles with pride*

It was Superhero night the third night.

Ryan was Oden(?). Some Greek God hero. Aly and I made him that helmet thingy btw.

Jun Hao was Wonder Woman. He probably won the night. HAAHAHAH.

Fourth night was Endless Ads.
One of my most embarrassing moments on stage. I had to promote and umbrella. SomethingIhaveneverdonebutdid#4

And on the last night, it was campfire night. Theme : Wedding night.
It was like the best night among all the nights. There was a live band, by the committee, everyone was dancing and everything. And all of us walked the aisle.

Jin Ying was a flower girl.

Jon and Aly, The Chinese couple.

Ryan and Jo Ann, the Malay ones.

Chee Keong and I, the Indian couple.

So yeap, the last night was a great experience and we were all dead tired the next day when we got back. I also won an Outstanding Participant award, with Ryan. Wheeeeeee.

The elephant in the room.

2012-01-19T04:55:00.000-08:00

So there's a difference between classmates and friends. Right now, I need to make some of the second one. How hard can it be right?

Chermaine is so pretty

2012-01-18T00:00:00.000-08:00

I even put it on my title. Appreciate it! Hahah happy birthday Maine!

We celebrated Maine's birthday last Saturday at Chili's, Empire.

Gobbling up with Ming.
Met Lyn there!

Maine was shocked when the waiters started singing Happy Birthday and brought out a brownie. Just so you know Maine, we didn't care about your birthday. We just wanted the free brownie :P

Ryan, Ben Sern, Mingwei, myself

Truman, Chermaine, Xinyi

We walked all the way to First Subang just to pick Little Miss Lilyan up from her work. Stopped by at McD's for her to get her dinner and for us to settle the bill. By the way, the waiter gave us the wrong bill. TWICE.

Carpark. The way this picture was taken was super funny.

We had a hard time trying to locate Ben Sern's car cos he forgot where he parked. No it was more like, he was sure he parked at B3 when it was actually parked on another floor. Anyway, we found his car and he drove us to USJ16 to meet up with Joshua.

Round 2 of cake at Sri Melur, USJ 16. Joshua got her a Red Velvet cake.

And that's Joshua after work.

The sparrow and the crow.

2012-01-17T00:57:00.000-08:00

ENL101 JUST MADE ME FEEL LIKE A SPECK OF DUST. No, not even dust, maybe an atom.(Sucky webcam photo from my new lappie)

I thought my English was Ok. Apparently, there's so much about my writing I need to change. I'm even considering on taking the extra English course to brush up my English(which of course, will come with a price. Joy)

On the other hand, this week is exhibition week for all the clubs at the Multi Purpose Hall. I've already signed up for the AUP club and volleyball club. I might just go back and sign up for another club. I've also volunteered to become assistant class representative for ENL101 class.

Yeah so much for not getting into activities, which was what my parents warned. Oh well, I hope these activities won't drown me. And I'm pretty sure it won't, as long as I don't make it to the committee.

Back to my hair-ripping Calculus homework. Til then.

First week of college.

2012-01-14T09:46:00.000-08:00

For whichever curious cats(hi friends :B) out there, this is a brief recap of my first week in college. I swear I've traveled up and down between Subang and Nilai for at least 4 times. It's tiring but it's seriously not as bad as it sounds...

It's gonna be really summarized cos I'm tired now, and well, yeah I'm just tired.

Monday
First day of school wasn't the best kick start. I was so dam lost since I missed orientation and all. It was one of the longest days of my life, that when I came back to Subang, I was never happier and dreading college like hell.

Tuesday
Took an early bus to Nilai and finally able to get into my hostel room. Class was great but I've never felt so alone in my life. It's a strong phrase but as far as I've come, I seriously have never felt so alone. Lunch alone in my hostel room? Fine. Good luck message from Teacher Anne. Homesick strikes. Reminder call from dad. I fucking broke down. I knew nobody and I didn't know anything about that place. Luckily, that night was better as I made some friends from the group meeting we had. People are nice. That was also my first night staying in my hostel.

Wednesday
Calculus class was canceled so I had lots of time to pack up and go back to Subang(as scheduled). I really couldn't wait. When I reached, I met up with Joshua, Andy, Jeroni, Srijan, Luxmun and a few other mates that dropped by, for late lunch. I was never happier to be back home after my previous 2 days of being in an emotional, home sick state.

Thursday
Well, early bus back to Nilai again. Had my very first Sociology class taught by a 100% American professor, Dr. Borges. Got a little closer to my friends I made previously and actually had company for lunch. That was when I thought that I'm getting better at the whole adapting thing cos I don't dread college so much anymore.

Friday
It's getting better. Classes as usual. Bus back to Subang was packed shit but it's getting better.

Pictures. Yes? no? Ok.
Was at Calculus class an hour early cos I finally found it and I didn't want to move just in case I lose my way again.

Hello room.

My side of the room after unpacking my temporary items I'll be living on for the week. Will really only be moving in on the coming Sunday.

Susan and Young.

Overall, I'm getting used to things at Inti Nilai. It's getting a lot better. I like all my classes, except Malaysian studies cos that's shit. I don't know if it's a good thing that it only took me 2 days to overcome my home sickness or that its a bad thing that the home sickness even occurred at all. Anyway, I'm really tired now and I'm going to bed. Good night.

If you hate home,

2012-01-11T01:22:00.001-08:00

run away.

Go far, far away, and go alone.

If you like it better outside, good for you. Otherwise, you're bound to come back.

It happened so fast....

2012-01-08T06:41:00.000-08:00

I feel so fat and unfit. And no this is not one of those insecure posts. I haven't been exercising a lot ever since SPM ended.

Ok. Real motive of this post? I'm starting college tomorrow.

I'm not shocked to know that you're shocked. Everything was decided today and I just enrolled. The past month up till today wasn't exactly the smoothest. I may be having fun and all but all that was just to get away from this whole college issue. I have been dodging this topic from my parents for a long time. But of course, it has to be overcome and here it is. I'm starting tomorrow.

I've been to talks and a lot of educational fairs. Thought of doing nutrition/food science but was told that it's hard to get a job in Malaysia; Took a career test in Taylor's that led me to the Mass Communications path(journalism in particular), which was what I was aiming for in the beginning but later realize and accepted that it is very unstable as a career; Got talked into architecture by my mum cos both my parents are Quantity Surveyors and are under buildings so they know how much an architect earns(and I really want the money); Wanted to do engineering at one point cos it's good money and all my paternal cousins are doing.

So after the long, and I mean LONG, struggle, I've settled for the American Degree Transfer Program in Inti Nilai, subjects unconfirmed but most probably food science/bio science. And yes, in Nilai. I have a hostel room there and everything already. It's crazy all this is happening so fast.

Why don't I just study in Inti, Subang since they offer the same courses?
My parents want to prepare me a little before I transfer to the U.S and receive the shock of my life.

So yup. Friends, I'll miss you. Although I'll be coming back every weekend and Wednesdays(cos of ballet), I feel like I'm going away for a long, long time. I have no idea what lies ahead of me.

In the mean time, here's a little update on what I did when all the high school-ers were having their first week of school!

I went rollerblading with Truman, Ryan, Lilyan and Xinyi. My second time and I can safely say that I can roller blade now! Had to take a bus back cos I had ballet while the rest of them headed on to watch Sherlock Holmes, met Zeela(she dyed her hair brown!) on the bus and caught up for a little bit.
Went for my first computer test driving seminar with Lilyan, Xinyi and Chermaine. Met some friends there too. It wasn't as bad as how Joshua, Mingwei, Ryan and so many more said it would be. I found it quite funny. Lunch was great bonding time.
Dinner with Carmen and Ryan at Chili's, Empire on the very same night. Had never dined in Chili's before but omg I spent RM40 for dinner that night but they serve really good food. Had fun catching up with Carmen and took lots of retarded pictures.

Here's one of 3 of us. With the Chili's sign. Jakun like.

4. Went to school to return some books. Met up with Truman, Xinyi, Lilyan, Ryan and Mingwei(for freakin finally, after being MIA for so long). It felt so good to be in school, but sadly not as a student.

So college tomorrow. Please wish me luck. I still can't believe this.

If she remembers.

2012-01-06T19:10:00.000-08:00

I was really happy and surprised that some of my friends that have read my previous post, told me that they liked it and that it moved them. Words can do wonders, I know. I've been there, but I never thought that my words can actually give someone watery eyes. Reading back, even I can't believe that I wrote all that. This feels weird.

Lovely people. Period.

2012-01-01T00:00:00.000-08:00

Shuffling through crowd after crowd of crazy screaming youngsters, with loud horns and spraying foam cans, I was at the street of The Curve with my family after being stuffed from dinner at my aunt's place. The ambiance of the countdown was amazing. At least for me. Everybody was hyped up and crazy. It was a street party. The only thing that was missing was my friends(most of them were at Sunway) otherwise I would've joined that party.

The countdown to 12am of the first day of 2012 was nerve wrecking for me. I wasn't ready to let go of 2011 just yet and definitely not ready to begin 2012, where everyone will pave their own separate pathways to pursue their dreams. I thought the countdown was gonna be a painful one because the end of 2011 wasn't just the end of one year, but five. Five amazing years of high school where I have learned so much, grew so much and embarrassed myself so much. I wasn't ready to detach myself from that atmosphere.

When the fireworks boomed and glittered into the midnight blue, I couldn't help but smile at how beautiful the whole situation was. It was accompanied by lots of screams, foam spraying, horn blowing and... well, everybody wishing everybody a happy new year. I guess instead of having tears stinging at the back of my eyeballs like how it did in the last countdown, I embraced this new year with a sort of happiness and satisfaction from whatever I have accomplished and pulled through for the past year/years. No fucking regrets.

So now, it is time to do the end-of-the-year post. And as I'm doing this, I'm listening to The click five's Empty. This is gonna take some time.

Hi.
This is hard. No, it's not because I might bawl up any moment but too many things happened I don't know where to begin!. My upper secondary life had changed me so drastically from moving classes to taking on leadership roles to traveling abroad alone to extending my curfew to actually trying to strive academically and finally to complete my major exam and finishing off high school. And there's so much more that happened whether I expected it or not but nothing would've changed me as much if it wasn't for the amazing people I've met along the way.

So this time, instead of retracing whatever events, accomplishments and hardships I've been through, I have decided to write about all the lovely people that walked into my life and changed me in so many ways I could never have imagined. Especially during my upper secondary period.

This post is gonna revolve around the people that I met from school and of my form because I have seriously met so many wonderful people that I have to break them into categories like Leo people, Ace people, tuition mates etc. As for now, school. Same batch mates.

Note: I don't intend to make any specific order but I guess I'll start with the people that walked into my life the most recent to the longest. This is gonna be a super long post. Just look for your name and make your life easier :P

The back crew.

Joshua, Leonard, Jeroni and Thinesh

When I entered Mozart alone in mid January 2010, I had no choice but to sit at the back corner of the class along with Amylia and Charina, which wasn't so bad. Then on my right, there was The back crew.

Socrates and Mozart being known to be the top 2 classes had always been separated from the other classes by a floor. That was why moving to Mozart was such a drastic change cos I didn't know anyone up there and the people were definitely different from what I was used to.

Anyway back to The back crew. I tried to stay away from them as much as possible. There's a reason why I said tried too, because it didn't exactly work out. They teased and mocked me a lot. Still do at times but now I just laugh along with them. I never, in a million years, thought I would be friends with them though. Like seriously friends. Look at me now. Never thought I'd be part of their birthday surprises, going to them when I'm bored and I even joined them for badminton once!

I know, I shocked myself too ;)

Joshua Oh

Haha! I chose this picture to make fun of his vanity.

He was the first back crew member I got close with and also one of the most emotional and sensitive guys I know. I can't even remember how we got close but if I don't recall wrongly, it should be because of a msn conversation we had 1 night when we traded some thoughts? I don't know. Then later I was invited to be part of his birthday surprise. That was when I felt that the back crew wasn't that bad after all.

As for Joshua, I think he's a gentleman and a thoughtful guy that actually takes birthday wishes seriously. I feel like a beast standing next to him. He claims that I eat like an animal and complains about my burping habits. Hahhahaha! I guess he offers good advice when one is down or at least, he comforts them. Of course, only when he's not gloomy himself. I'm not an expert in that side of him but I think Lilyan is, so I'm not gonna say much there. That aside, he can get really hyped up sometimes. Especially when he buys new things. 80% of the time he webcammed with me should be because of him wanting to show off his new things and the other 20% of the time should be him showing me his hair. As if I need to mention that he's such a vain pot. He's ten times more careful about what he wears than I am and I'm not looking forward to whatever lecture he's gonna give the next time we meet just because I chopped my hair into bangs. That brings me back to him being thoughtful. I can't exactly explain all the tiny gestures that he'd done to support that statement but for one, he called me on the midnight of my birthday to wish me and got me a T-shirt which he had to burn his ego to get from his dad and he also gave me his ipod nano on my 16th birthday. And ok, he was probably the only one that wished me Happy New Year through a call :P So yeap, that's Joshua for you. For now(cos I can't write everything I know about him in such a small space).

Oh wait, he has a massive crush on my sister and I have a massive crush on his brother we're destined to get married so Joshua and I are gonna brothers and sisters-in-law in no time! ;D

Leonard Lim

He calls me Puffy, and my future boyfriend, Jiggly.

In the very beginning, he was one of the most annoying guys ever so I tried really hard to stay away from him as much as possible. But of course, he kept coming back with new jokes. By then, I've completely shut myself out when he's around. I, too, was really protective of myself from being embarrassed(though it still happens without fail) and thanks to the back crew, that gradually changed. At the beginning of 2011, I started knowing him, I don't even remember how. He was the one who invited me to Joshua's surprise party, to play badminton with them and in return, I didn't hesitate to help Joshua make his birthday surprise successful. He also helped me a lot, and I mean A LOT, in my Accounts. I guess we gradually got close from that.

He taught me through the webcam, in school, sometimes I'll go over to his place or he comes over to mine(since he lives down my lane). He's definitely the one to thank for my improvement in Accounts. I owe him that much. He, too, is another one that cares. He tried to break me open at my worst of times even when he knows I don't like to talk about it but anyway it helped in the sense that knowing that I'm being cared for. I was grateful when he told me that I'm one of his closest girl friends because, mind you, I'm rarely the one people go to when they have problems or whatsoever because I never know how to respond, though I'm learning and trying but I don't blame them. For some funny reason, not Leonard. Because of that, I know I can count on him.

He has an obsession with body building and old songs. Just by hanging out with him, my knowledge on both of those increased. This guy is also forever hyper especially when you start on his idols- Zyzz and Lex. Please, don't even start.

Jeroni Khoo

It's no secret that Kristine and I had a slight obsession with him. Slight.

Unlike Leonard, he's more sarcastic. Sometimes it gets really hard to sense. And that's somewhat worse. So yeah, the whole of 2010, I tried to stay away from him. I think if it wasn't for Fourian Fare, we wouldn't even have talked to each other. I'm not all that close to his personal life, but we talk on skype and I went on a study group with him, Thinesh and Joshua once.

I used to think he was heartless but as I got to know him, my thoughts changed. Learned a couple of things about him that surprised me. Like how he has 3 older siblings, has no maid and wishes his sister to get married because he wants her to be happy(which I still think is a joke). I watched him enthuse over a cute puppy before once, which I find extremely funny for a big guy like him. He offers pretty good advice, not that I went to him for a lot or anything but I was definitely surprised at his words of wisdom.

He called me during Rockaway Fest when All Time Low was playing so that I could regret not being at their concert(and I did, thank you very much). I felt like killing him but I thought it was a thoughtful gesture all the same. He also gave me the Rockaway booklet thing he got from Rockaway Fest as a souvenir as well as a reminder of my absence at their concert. Just last night, he gave me an alias. Vivenka Bjhor. He thinks it sounds exotic. Like a runway model. Flattered, but I think it sounds like a Russain pornstar. For him, Russain pornstar = exotic. Might be true but in a a bad way...

Thinesh Bathmala

Tdog Batubats, the singer.

You get the picture of me trying to stay away from the back crew. Thinesh was no different. I have only just recently got to know him better. Like a few months ago? It made leaving high school a tougher task.

Like Jeroni, Thinesh is also very sarcastic. I also thought he was heartless. Obviously I was wrong. I think he can speak really well, and sing too. There's this one time where we had to do a presentation for Physics, he explained some shit about radioactive atoms which he obviously made up to our Physics teacher and she believed him. It was really funny. As for the singing, I've heard him sing weird things in class. Liked his dikir barat the most ;)

He loves Physics. I went to him a lot when SPM was nearing when I had Physics doubts. He tried to help. Since then, I changed my thoughts of him being heartless. There's also this one thing that he did that I would probably remember for a long time. He made me laugh when I was in one of my gloomiest states ever. Of course he doesn't know I was down, or did he? I have no idea. He just piped up a skype conversation and I literally laughed in front of the computer.

Seriously, I have never thought I would come this far to know them. The change is unbelievable.
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Iffah Hosni

She likes big butts.

Iffah, Iffah, Iffah.

To be honest, I was afraid of her in the beginning. She turned out to be really nice though. One of the most open-minded malays I know(not trying to imply anything). I'm not gonna go in detail with that. I think she's gorgeous. She's all about food, forever hungry, like me. She burps. She shakes her legs. She swears really often. Almost close to being a guy but I think she's gorgeous. I like her attitude. A lot.

She was the president of the Interact Club. I was the president of the LEO Club. We're suppose to hate each other right? Or at least, these 2 clubs are suppose to be enemies. I was surprised when she came to me for help for her club(cos I never thought I would be the one people would go for help for). Frankly speaking, Leo club was moving a bit more than Interact at that time. I gladly guided her with proposals and stuff, even bought their t-shirt for support simply because I don't believe in stepping people down just to let my club rise. Unlike Suk Chyi, who sounded me for helping them :P

Iffah is a confidence-booster. Hands down.
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Charina Pria

With her sitting next to me, I can never take a nap in class.

Yes I'm saying it as if it's a bad thing. And it is.

Charina and I came in to Mozart together, with Amylia. We stuck together ever since. Her mum works in a clinic so being her friend, I get the privilege to wait at the clinic for Pn Poh's tuition to begin and in the mean time, play with the doctor's stethoscope. Haha! Of course that's not the reason why I stuck with her! I mean c'mon, because of a stethoscope? Puh-lease.

She's great company. Absolutely love to tell lame jokes she gets from the internet then laughs by herself after that. Probably the only person that can make a grandpa's passing sound funny. In fact, she can make almost any serious situation sound funny. She's also a big showoff. Especially with her rollerblading skills *rolls eyes*.

What stitched us so closely together was TrEES. Along with the other TrEES mates whom I love hanging out with so much, they are all amazing people. The thing that Charina complains to me the most is about a certain mate of ours, namely yer-able. I'm gonna sound mean but sometimes I enjoy talks like that with her. We've been through so much of upper secondary together. Sure gonna miss this lad.

When there's Charina, there is..
Jaslena Johan

Robotic hug.

Jas and I were friends since Form 2 cos we were in the same tuition and everything but we only hung out since she joined TrEES. She is funneh! I remember once in tuition, I was having a flu and she did this trick on me where she had to flick my nose up. She ended up having her finger covered with my mucus. HAHAHAHAHHAHA!

I can never forget the basketball sessions with the TrEES mates, all thanks to Jas for calling us out. I also will never forget how she made my tension subside when I was at the verge of breaking down when I gave my TrEES talk. Once, Ashley told me this. Ash and Jas had a conversation that if they were lesbians, who would they tap. Jas chose me. I found that quite disturbing but somewhat funny too.

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Khoo Suk Chyi

Cool Suci.

She had done so many things for me, I don't know how I should repay her. Her mini birthday surprise party we whipped out this- I mean last year definitely wasn't enough.

She became a Fourian in 2010, received a a massive culture shock. Super funny.

She joined Leo and TrEES and immediately made a name for herself. Without her, I don't think those clubs will survive. Not only survive, but rise. As if having me running to her for proposal help and whatnot wasn't enough for me to owe, she threw me a surprise 16th birthday party. At my house. I don't know how much trouble she went through to collaborate with my family and invite so many people, some of, she, herself wasn't even close to. Seriously Suk Chyi, what did I do to deserve whatever you did for me?

On my 17th birthday, she gave me a pair of slippers with a card, and I'll retype out whatever she wrote in the card over here. Hope you won't mind Suk.

Dear Vivian,
Although
I am not as weird as Kristine(you girls actually have fun making up sex stories)
I am not as syok-sendiri as Chermaine and gang(it is so hard not to give you girls weird stares sometimes)
I am not as funny as Ashley(she makes you laugh all the time)
Not to forget Carmen, Ysa, Denise and Jasmine(you girls get along super well)
You are always calm and I am always so not calm
You loved ants so much that you actually made graves for them
We have almost nothing in common.
But I will always remember you
bringing me to Apollo(which was my first outing with friends yet without my mum's knowledge)
making me watch sex scenes for the first time in my life(thanks to Charina's The Notebook)
trying not to laugh while explaining to me what a blow job means before Ashley mislead me to nowhere)
inviting me to the home eventhough it was a family thing on a family day
bringing me to the bazaar in order to make me a complete Malaysian
trying to make me take pictures without my hand covering my face
trying to make me feel bad in order to make me do something
making me no longer feel awkward whenever people talk about sex or period in front of me, not even when they are topless.
etc.

Keep yourself as genuine as how you have have always been.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY VIVIAN!!!
Love you! for who you are.
Suk Chyi 2011

It's a really thoughtful card Suk. Thank you so dam much.
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Ashley Leong

I don't know what she can't do.

She does Taekwando, tennis, swim, piano, choir, public speaking, Goodness knows what else and she excels academically too. Just within the last 2 years, she became one of my closest friends. I find myself having a lot in common with her, except I don't excel academically and she does. But both of us do love trying new things and we're always up for challenges.

It's true when Suk mentioned that she never fails to make me laugh. I love talking to her and I find it a very comfortable task. Ashley has the funniest way of looking at things. She lives just down my lane, opposite Leonard. I see her all the time, not just because she lives down my lane but we were in the same Chemistry, Add Math and Biology tuitions. We went to Ace together too. And we carpool a lot.

Ashley's also another one I owe so much for teaching me so many things. Add maths, Accounts, Maths, Chemistry. We had a lot of study groups. And in between those study groups, we talked a lot. I found out a lot about her. Most I cannot mention here because they're either too embarrassing(but funny nonetheless) or too personal. We're both presidents, she led the choir team so that was another thing we had in common. Personally, I look up to Ashley. For being capable in so many things. A really good friend too. Haven't seen her since SPM ended. I think she's in the UK now. Would really love to hear from her soon :)
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Truman Wee

BeeWee. True that.

Trumz! Met him through Mozart. Did we instantly click? I couldn't remember. He had and still has these glasses that could easily be mistaken as magnifying glasses. He has lots of friends outside. Being a dancer and a cheerleader. I think that was what connected us. I do ballet and he does Bboy. He always insulted my doing in ballet though. And I always made fun of his Bboy name(freestyle dancers have their own dance names, I don't know why). I went stretching with him once. With Sarah, Meng Kit and Marcus. It was one of my favourite moments really. He pushed the boundaries by doing a handstand on my back. When I was in a split with my chest on the floor.

I went out with him and Ryan a lot. Sometimes Charina will tag along. He brought us to study at Taylors Lakeside's library and our studying experience changed forever. Lol kidding. But it was really nice. The Melaka camp that I just came back from recently? He was the one that brought us there. And apparently, he was some sort of superstar there(will elaborate soon). I still like to tease him about it.

Truman and I, we're friends in the sense that we tease each other about everything. Nothing sentimental. The only tiny little sentimental thing I had actually had with him was when I gave him a hug when I heard his aunt passed. There's more to that story but I'm too lazy to explain. Then I guess we got a little closer after that.

He bites. Literally. And loves showing off his new kicks.
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Ryan Lee

"Once upon a time, there were 3 bears. Papa bear, mama bear and pedo bear."

He told me a bedtime story, he made himself which may or may not be based on a true story, when we were in Penang. Haha.

I thought he was really serious at first, but he turned out to be the exact opposite. Of course, he's serious when he has to be. I find him to be a protective and really caring guy ever since our trip to Penang. Not in the bad way of course.

He had a rough beginning in 2011, but thankfully, a happy ending. He makes his rough start sound funny so I actually like hearing about it even though I already know :P Like I said, Truman, Ryan and I hang out a lot. From there, I sort of picked some things out of him.

I like to crack bodybuilding jokes with him. After all, everybody knows that I'm the reason he's buffing up now. He's practicing the extraordinary pullups you see. Which, by the way, was my creation.
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Wong Ee Lyn

Bong. That's what I call her.

Bong, she's a wise one. She's born on the same day as me and also Sheryn and she claims that I'm the most retarded one among all three of us. I've only got to know her in Form 3, with Kristine, cos she sat behind us with Syaniz. We(Kristine and I) loved to tease her. We made her songs and sang it to her so often, she subconsciously sang them too! She loves us.

I honestly feel really comfortable having personal talks with her. There's this really motherly, soothing thing about her that made it that way. Not that I've done a lot with her or anything, but I'm saying that, of all the time that I did, I felt really comfortable.

Haven't heard from her since Suk's birthday surprise. Get back to me Bong!
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Alysia Goh

Aly Wally!

Alysia had been in a little bit of everywhere in my high school life. LEO, volleyball, girl guide(she was a scout but we marched together) and she helped a little in almost every other thing I was in. We have come a long way. All the way since Form 1.

Along with Lilyan and Mingwei, we're travel buddies. And nothing keeps buddies closer than traveling together. We know almost everything about each other and I'm quite grateful for that. When Aly was having heartbreaks and doubts, she shared them with us. Honestly, I think I know more about her than she knows about me, but that's alright. She's going through a rough time and she needs to let it out.

She's also a photographer. An efficient one at that. After any events that she and her camera had been to, by the end of the day, they'll be up on facebook already. Just recently, I've developed a closer connection with her cos we went to Melaka for the camp together and she currently has news going on around there. Since she's still in Melaka, she had been hanging out with the people there, and I guess I'm the only other girl that knows who she's talking about.
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The guys.

It's complicated.

How do I put this? The guys. Well. I don't even know the members of this group. They revolved so much over the years but they're the longest group in 'partnership' with us girls. The Us six :) It's great to hang out with them in a group but there are only a few that I'm personally close with. And I'm really sad to say this but I think we're drifting a little further away from each other these past 2 years. Was it because we made new friends? Cos from what I know, I think I personally changed and matured after being exposed to a new environment. Anyhoo, just because we've drifted a little further doesn't mean we're not close. After all, these are the guys that I did the most embarrassing things in front of and them to me. They get on my nerves a lot too but the closeness is still there. I'm just gonna go in details with only a few though. The rest just comes along. I don't know about them but us girls are currently sort of having a rough moment with them. Not gonna go into details.

Justin Peter Tan

Egoistic maniac.

All the way since Form 1! He can be nice, he can be caring, he can be a real bitch and he can be a hugeass know-it-all. Sometimes I don't even know why I keep going back to him, even after being such a bitch. I'm not alone though, I'm sure the girls feel the same way too. I used to tell him a lot of my shit. We were tight. He used to come over to my place during Form 2 to walk me to school. We were so close we did the most embarrassing things in front of each other back when we were younger. He's still a bitch though ;)

I don't talk to him as much anymore though. Since I moved to Mozart. But when I do get the chance, I grasp it. He's now in National Service, Goodness knows how he's doing now. Just last year, I had a cold war with him. Knowing that he, being the egoistic idiot, won't make an effort to mend the friendship and I also, at one point couldn't be bothered anymore, but Joshua got me into calling him. So I did. And everything sort of went back to normal after that. I have Joshua to thank for that.

The most distant memory I have of him being nice was when I had to squeeze into Sheldon's car with another like five guys? There wasn't any space so I had to sit on Justin's lap. Sheldon being Sheldon couldn't stop making perverted remarks about the whole situation but Justin wasn't taking part in the whole thing. Which I thought was quite respectful, at that time.

I'm gonna sound like a bitch to say this but I guess I like him the most when he's going through a break up. He gets more sensible for that short moment. No kidding. Still love you Juss!

Timothy Low

Where did the good times go?

Well, well, well. If there's anyone that was part of my very uninteresting love life. It would be Timothy.

We were really, really close when we were in Form 2. Talked almost everyday and he knows, from the time that I was away for a shower, whether I washed my hair or not. We were that close. He always had my back. Something happened and ruined that, it was mainly my fault. But I fixed it. Then something else happened and, yeah... Everything went back to normal after that, so that's good. He's a really great friend. Or was. Since now I barely talk to him anymore. Which is quite sad. I think the last time we really hung out like old times was Chermaine's 17th birthday. And it's a really long time ago. Although I'm liking this 'new life' of mine, I really miss those old moments and sometimes I ask myself, what happened? Not only for Timothy but the rest of the guys too.

What happened?
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Us six :)

Saved the best for last. Graduated together.

Whatever changes I've been through, I brought them along with me for most of them. They are the ones that I stuck with throughout the whole high school journey. Each and everyone of us, we grew up together. It's amazing how the different exposures each of us go through get shared and burdens lightened. I love these people. We know everything. And I mean everything about each other and we have a special talent that no one else can have, and that is talking with our eyes. I have a feeling that we can go on for a really long time. And we will. Most of the things that I'm going to say about them, I've already told them. So it's not gonna be too long. Otherwise this post will never end. Besides, we hang out so frequently, it's too much to write!

Kristine Goh

Drug sister for life!

Maniac & Goldfish. I'm the Maniac, she's the Goldfish. We make songs together you see. It started when we were in Form 2. Stuck to us ever since.

I love this ass. Although sometimes she annoys me to death but seriously, she's awesome. We knew each other since the first day of school. In the first 2 years of high school, I was pretty much overshadowed by her. I was a wallflower. I didn't like her that much back then. I mean I didn't mind that much but she pulled me into a number of her complications that I didn't exactly enjoy being in. I stuck to her anyway, hoping I could make a name for myself since she was so liked by so many people(at least that's what I thought). Yup, that was Vivian 4 years ago. It wasn't until I reached Form 3 when I've experienced people knowing me for me and not as Kristine's friend, and the only way to do that was to step up, and be as genuine as possible. That was one of life's biggest lesson that presented itself to me. I'm glad it did too.

We all grew up of course. The once attention seeking Kristine is now, well still attention seeking but not as bad :P And the once very cold Vivian is now still cold, but not as bad ;)

My favourite moments with her would definitely be stalking & hypering over the same guys and making up, like what Suk said, sex stories. Haha! Kristine is a horny bastard. We even had a club made for that very reason. It's called the bird club.

Believe it or not Krist, I actually cried for you the other time when your mum left you in school after the whole cheerleading commotion. Believe it.

Lilyan Chee

The ian's.

Yeah, we get spotted together a lot. We have the same taste in fashion, music, have the same opinions, have names that rhyme and, and...

So Lilyan? She's little. She's brown. And she's a bitch. 'Nuff said.

Haha! Ok, so she's probably the person I spent the most time with. We're always doing things together. First it's volleyball, then Leo, then there's prom. Then the different group of friends I mixed around with, she's there. How do I begin?

I think Lilyan has a way to get into people's comfort zones. I remember during our first I.U Day back in Form 3, the strap of my dress broke. It was an embarrassing moment when one side of my dress drooped down but Lilyan dragged me to the back of the stage to get my strap pinned back up with safety pins. That was the first time I felt cared for from her. I owed her. During Form 3, I used to have this jealousy thing going on with her, that also helped me with my realisation on being genuine. I used to call her an anorexic for her habit of FORGETTING to eat. And she has this terrible habit of doing things according to her mood.

I can tell her almost anything anytime. That's her. What happens to us the most frequently is that we turn up dressing similarly without planning. Well, as long as she's in the same room with me, I won't be the biggest bimbo. Haha! Bye bitch! I know you're reading this, and you'll feel like slapping me but deep, deep down your liver, you know you love me. Don't forget the time you washed my brother's butt.

Lee Ming Wei

Ditched Vball for Bball.

Once with extremely low self-esteem, thanks to us, it's boosted. Right? :P I love telling her the weirdest things and watching her react. Getting her to join the Daso fan club was my greatest achievement yet. Although she's still in denial and says that she was forced to *shakes head* I'm disappointed.

She has a way to comforting people, I think she should be a counselor. Last time, she used to whack herself with a rubber strip cos she hated herself, I think. Thank God those times are over. She helped me pull through the most of SPM year. She taught me Accounts(yeah I had Accounts help from a lot of people) and Add Maths. She's patient when it comes to teaching people. I stayed in school with her to study. We used to jog together a lot too but those times decreased as SPM drew nearer. From all those time spent, we had a number of personal talks.

As for volleyball, I don't know why she wasn't the captain because I think she did really well and had a way in controlling the team. I guess it's because she ditched volleyball for basketball, that's why she wasn't chosen :P Anyhow, she was a great president for the volleyball club.

Chermaine Tan

The hardest part was to choose which picture to post.

Beware. This woman is a camwhore.

She became a Fourian when she was Form 2. I thought she was lala back then but she's not anymore! She knows almost everyone on this planet. She has a crazy fetish for dyeing her hair, painting her nails and Lee Hom. It's unbelievable. Oh and she thinks she's dam funny. On valentines day last year, she baked us cookies even though she was sick. It was really sweet of her.

I personally think Chermaine has been through a lot. Especially in terms of emotions. Those are subjects that I won't touch here. So I guess this is gonna be short since most of the stuff are quite personal. We went to Ace together for a year in 2010. Then to Ace farewell together where we had to share a bathroom to clean ourselves but still feel pretty disgusting for being in wet underwear the whole dam day. So yup. The rest of Chermaine will remain under the Us six :) group.

By the way, she's the biggest bitch in the group ;)

Chooi Xinyi

Great listener.

I wanted to get her earphones on her 15th birthday cos she was such a good listener. I know, I'm so cheesy.

Xinyi is really simple. That's the best part about her. It's really easy to talk to her. And when she's in a relationship, it gets extremely funny. Her reactions to things. Hahahaaha.

Xinyi is a helpful lad. Like how she offered to help Kristine accomplish her task of talking to a certain someone. She is also really blur at times. But that just ends off extremely funny. She changed a lot. She never used to take pictures. When we saw her camwhoring in justin's party 2 years ago, we were like woaaaaaaaah Xinyi!

Honestly and sadly, I'm the furthest away from Chermaine and Xinyi in the group. Oh we talk comfortably and everything but the only thing that kept us updated was the group we have on Facebook because our classes were so far off and we weren't in the same clubs. Either ways, I love all 5 of my girls all the same. We have each others back. Word.

It took me 4 days to type this longass cheesy post, which I'm so tired from doing now, and I wonder why I even bother doing this since I already told most of them what I had to, especially those that came such a long way with me, but the answer is just to convey this one message.

High school had been really great for me. Everybody that I've met on the way, I cherished and learned from each and everyone of them for the person I have become today. Like I said, no fucking regrets.

It might be a little late, but Happy New Year.

Am I really waiting for something to happen?

2011-12-28T19:22:00.000-08:00

I guess it's time I take heed.
Taking heed is clearly not as easy I thought. In fact, much much harder.
I have 2 months.

Going on a hunt for four leaf clovers.

2011-12-26T01:34:00.000-08:00

currently playing; Plug In Stereo- Plans

I think I need a break from my break. I just got back from a one week camp in Melaka a couple of days ago(which I will soon blog about), got to stay a night at home and I had to head to Ipoh to celebrate Christmas with my maternal family. I'm still really tired from camp. And after I get back from Ipoh, I have a number of new year plans lined up already. Now is one of those times when I just want to stay at home sleeping, on the computer, reading. Whichever. I just wanna stay at home. I'm actually missing home. And of course, the people near home. I really wanna catch up with them.

I went to Gua Tempurung and Kellie's Castle today. Will be heading to The Lost World of Tambun tomorrow.

I have no idea why my parents are suddenly into all these adventures. After all, we come back to Ipoh every other time... I'm not complaining but I would honestly love to spend more time sleeping. Like I said, still super tired from camp. The holidays had been productive so far. Draining me out in fact. It's reminding me how much time is passing and how close new year is. I'm so afraid for this year to end. Til then...

Drummer boy

2011-12-24T06:16:00.000-08:00

Happy Christmas eve everyone!

Penang - Food, beach, food.

2011-12-14T00:22:00.000-08:00

HIIIIIII. I've been gone for awhile. Penang had sort of knocked my immune system down for a bit so I needed to rest. Anyhoo it doesn't matter. Back to talking about Penang!
We planned the trip about a month before SPM with only 5 people in the beginning. It somehow grew to a group of 9 and trust me, planning with so many people wasn't exactly the smoothest ride. But all went well anyway, the trip was great. No regrets! It was a great traveling experience, even though it's still in Malaysia.

Here goes. By the way, almost all the pictures are taken from Joshua and Chermaine.

On a Wednesday morning, we- Truman, Lilyan, Ben Sern, Joshua, Ryan and myself, gathered at the Aeroline office in Sunway and took a bus to Penang. It was luxurious I swear. Very plane like. It was really comfortable and they served microwave food, just like a plane, which was exactly what they aimed for.

The "lounge" area down stairs.

We reached Penang, Queensbay mall to be exact, at about 12pm ish. Dashed to Jusco with our luggage, looking like retards, to get snacks and necessities.

2 trolleys. 1 for our luggage, the other for shopping.

Getting to the hotel after that was one hell of a trip. Well not exactly. We had worse trips but that was our first. The sun was shining, we were walking with our hugeass bags after being dropped off by a bus at the Komtar station, and not even knowing how to get to our hotel. We could see the Sunway logo on the hotel. Trying to find ways to get there, was a freaking maze.

Managed to get to our hotel nonetheless! Checked in and chilled for a while.

Ryan chilling by the pool.

Terrible example for the kids.

Wasn't a pleasant experience. The splash was painful.

I hated it when people wear normal clothes(not swim wear) into the pool, what more myself. But I didn't have any swim wear at that time and I was already wet by being thrown into the pool, might as well get in. I'm such a hypocrite.

Truman doing this flip thing into the pool.

Showered and got ready. Didn't have any plans so we just scouted around the streets for dinner.

O-chien.

Don't know how many time we'd eaten this throughout the trip, but seriously. Cannot get enough when you're in Penang.

Walking pointlessly was one of the number 1 things we did. Decided to check out Penang Times Square mall, adjacent to our hotel.

Christmas decorations!

It was a pretty empty mall. Since we had nothing better to do, to the department store!

Dessert. The food court there sells cheap desserts in big portions. Totally worth it.

"The chilling egg"-Ryan

This was less than RM5.

Back at the hotel. In our Pjs.

The grudge.

The next day, we initially planned to go up Penang Hill but we got lazy so we got up whenever we felt like it. Lilyan, Joshua, Truman and I took a cab to Queensbay mall to pick up Chermaine, Xinyi and Kristine.

The 'scenic' view across the mall.

Kristine, Xinyi, Chermaine, Lilyan, myself and Truman waiting for the bus to Komtar. We were slightly more experienced by then ;)

In the bus.

Chermaine, Xinyi and Kristine came a day later cos Chermaine and Xinyi had Mandarin exam and Kristine was just accompanying them. We brought them back to the hotel for them to dump their things and freshen up before we head out for lunch!

Lunch at some random stall.

Circle-ception.

Walked to this street for cendol cos the aunty from lunch told us that they serve really good cendol.

Truman and Phua Chu Kang.

Cendol.

After more random walking, we ended up at...
... this mall nearby called 1st avenue. It was more crowded than Times Square so that's a plus. We also purchased night movie tickets there and the movies starts at 10.30pm so we quickly headed back to the hotel to get ready cos we planned to go to Gurney that night and we wanted to make it back to 1st avenue in time for our movie.

Other than walking around pointlessly, crossing roads was the other number 1 thing we did. Penang drivers are hell scary. Serious. Advice? Hold your hand up when you want to cross.

Don't ask.

At Gurney Drive. Stuffing more food in our faces.

Kristine and her chai kuih.

Shitty beach at Gurney.

O-chien.

Hugeass plate of rojak on the left and not too sure what the other one is called.

To Plaza Gurney!

Clinic Cafe. Freaking creepy.

Nerf gun obsessions.

We got bored in Gurney so we decided to just head to 1st avenue and wait for the movie to start. While waiting, we wasted bucks on the massage chair. AND we played tag.

2 huge buckets of popcorn for 9 of us.

Came with 2 huge cups of drinks of course.

The cinema was empty, seats were comfortable, tickets were priced lower than what we normally pay for in KL. Life is sweet. We watched New Year's Eve, which, by the way, was a great movie.

By the time the movie ended, it was already past midnight. If we were to take a cab back, it would be hell expensive. Luckily, the streets were bright enough and not as deserted as we thought it would be for us to walk back to our hotel.

The guys hung around in our room before they head back to theirs. It was really sweet of them to make sure that everything was fine in our room before they go to bed.

In the lobby, waiting for the GUYS to get ready the next morning. The world is turning up side down. Lilyan and I plotted our day and way around. We got a map from the reception and it made everything much easier.

Crossing Penang roads like a super star.

Passed a market on the way to Campbell street. One of the reasons why its nice to go on foot. You get to see things.

Clams that squirt water.

Breakfast!

Randomly walking after breakfast.

'Attractive' school kids from St. Xavier.

We were getting tired of walking until we passed a Chocolate Boutique and Chermaine went like 'Let's go in!' So we did.

Basically it was a chocolate store. They gave us a tour thing and chocolate samples. It was interesting.

That's a durian alright.

Ice-cream stall.

This lady was extremely cute!

Spent the next hour chilling at that place. Just chilling.

Walking back.

Vanity. We had to.

Chermaine's dearest. She won't be very happy to see this.

Truman and Joshua decided to walk half naked. After all, it's a slim chance we'll meet anyone we know ;)

Back at the hotel.

Just hanging around, before heading out to the beach! Really excited.

At the bus station.

Beach!

We took a bus to Tanjung Bungah and met this really nice guy on the bus who told us to get off at the Tanjung Bungah Resort. And voila! Beach. It was about an hour ride though. Totally worth it.

Xinyi, why so pretty?

Jump shot!

Hair flinging.

Really nice picture of Ryan lifting Kristine off her feet.

Just stuffing myself with more junk. No surprise there.

I think Kristine was attempting to do a split.

Joshua doing his photography thing.

Truman doing his BBoy thing. Makes him look rather distorted in pictures :P

Waiting for the bus home.

It rained heavily when we reached Komtar. Unluckily for us, we only had 2 umbrellas for the 9 of us. The guys ran to the hotels and that left 5 of us girls with 2 umbrellas. Which was to no avail cos most of us got wet anyway.

It took up almost an hour for all of us to finish showering and everything. It was almost 10pm and we were starving. That's Joshua's backpack hanging from the ceiling by the way.

Had our dinner down the street near our hotel. The food there was pretty good.

Sharing food. The usual.

Kristine and Ben Sern.

Lilyan.

Chermaine and Xinyi.

Joshua.

Truman with a milk mustache. Ice-cream dessert was on Ben Sern.

Joshua's half bald legs.

Last night in Penang. Spent it playing cards.

Looking Korean Xin.

Kristine and I.

Next morning was spent packing up and checking out. Then a dreadful walk to the bus station to get to Queensbay Mall.

Lunch at the food court.

Then it was back to KL. Speaking of, the bus only consist of us and another group of people our age on a holiday trip just like us! Funny thing was we met Ian Perera. He was our school/class mate whom had transferred to another school at Form 2. Small world no doubt.

In the bus with Kristine. Was freezing cold half the journey back. Even with our jackets on.

Carl's Jr for dinner! My virgin experience and that was one huge burger.

In a nutshell, this was how we traveled:

KL to Penang and back was by bus. Aeroline, to be specific and it was really comfortable. RM60 per trip so its RM120 to and fro.
Whilst in Penang, we traveled a lot on foot as it saves a lot of cost and we didn't have a lot of plans so we liked to walk and just look around.
But of course, when I said we didn't have a lot of plans, we still did. Like going to Gurney Drive or the beach, which was pretty spontaneous but too far for us to walk. We either took a cab or a bus. Either ways, you have to know which area you're heading to. Google comes in handy. You can also always ask the locals. Like how we did and if it wasn't for them, we might not be able to know where to get off and whatnot.
We stayed in Sunway hotel, located in Komtar. I guess it was rather convenient cos Komtar was sort of in the middle of everywhere.
Food is everywhere. You just need to Google the good ones, but anyway you don't have to worry about starving. As long as you have cash in your pocket, all is good.
We share our food cos we wanted to try as many varieties as possible so we take abit of everything. What we did was we collected say RM20 from everyone and spend the money we collected, on our food, then it'd be equally distributed. We stock up when there isn't enough and the balance was given back equally on our last day. It sounds complicating but it's sure as hell less complicating than someone paying first then divide the cash afterward.
We looked out for each other a lot, especially the guys. And I guess that's really important when it comes to traveling in a group :)

and here's a gif of us running on the beach :D

To the dam fullest.

2011-12-11T18:27:00.000-08:00

This holiday is crazy. I will be back!

Can you smell that?

2011-12-05T18:52:00.000-08:00

Yeah, that's the smell of freedom.

Ok, yesterday was officially the last day of school(after having graduation and my "last day of school before SPM"). This is seriously official. Last day of being in school in a pinafore and sitting in the classroom as a student. I've always hated wearing the pinafore. Wonder if I'll ever miss it.

With Alysia after Accounts. Accounts was our last subject.

Lilyan. Never have to worry about not having a photo together.

Justin!

"Oh yay! RH is giving us a ride home!"

Outside Lilyan's house. That's Xin Yi behind me and Justin next to RH. Taken right before he reversed the car and hit a tree. Xin and I screamed like nobody's business but laughed like mad 5 seconds after. RH's reaction was priceless!

I didn't do anything to celebrate that day(cos the rest of the girls still had Economics the next day) unless going out with my family at night to rent movies and get Tutti Frutti was counted as celebrating...

Economics exam was today, which was also the last day for most people in our school. We went out for pizza and ice-cream at none other than the one and only Taipan. I know I know, how very exciting!

Alysia, Lilyan, Chermaine, Ming Wei, Kristine, me.

Taipan was the nearest and most convenient, mind you. But it's the people that always makes up a trip right? This was definitely a great outing. Haven't laughed and ate so much in quite some time.
The air smells great.

p/s Penang tomorrow!

Marshmallows for breakfast

2011-12-01T21:57:00.000-08:00

'If I had a girl, I'd want her to know that she can be anything she wants and that she doesn't have to rely on her looks or clothes or make-up to define who she is or to get respect from people. I'd want her to know she has a right to be respected or noticed because she was born. I'm not talking about all that girl power nonsense, I'm talking about my girl growing up knowing she has the right to be treated decently simply because she was born,' I was on a roll now.

'And if I had a boy, I'd bring him up to know that being a man is all about feeling good about who you are. Not all that macho bull shit, but feeling so comfortable you don't have to disrespect people, or put them down to feel good. You don't have to follow the crowd to be a man. He can believe in whatever he wants, think whatever he wants, be whatever he wants without worrying about his masculinity.

'And I'd make sure that whether my child's a boy or a girl they'd know that they don't ever have to put up with being treated badly. Not ever. Nor have to do something because their friends are all doing it.

'If we're going to change the world for the better, kids need to know that they can by feeling good about who they are and helping others.'

- Kendra Tamale

Marshmallows for breakfast, Dorothy Koomson

Of a sleepover, graduation, last day of school and Leo farewell - basically goodbyes.

2011-11-30T00:52:00.000-08:00

You miss me. You do. It's a statement.
Hi. I haven't blogged in 2 weeks, I think. But hey I'm here :D
Biology ended today. It's the last day of SPM for the pure science students but apparently not for me(and some of my other friends) cos I still have Accounts left. Boo :( Either ways, I feel really free now but still not free. It's like being let out of a cage, but still leashed. Accounts in another 4 days. Can't wait to get that over and done with.

It was quite sad after Bio paper 3. Everyone was hugging each other and saying how much they'll miss each other. I'm definitely gonna miss being in Mozart. And all the pure science mates whom I never thought I will find entertaining or be real friends with.

Lovely people aside, I'll leave that for another post. For now, let's talk about the week before SPM.

Graduation happened on the Wednesday before SPM. On the night before, the girls came over to my place for a sleepover so that we could all go together the next day. I had Bio tuition that ended at 10.30pm so when I got home, Xin, Lyan and Maine were in my room already. They know my home so well.
Lilyan bringing up heels from my shoe rack. I didn't ask her to, she just brought it up by herself so we could all try. Yeah, she knows my home so well.

All our stuff on my cousin's bed.

Heels babeh!

I have a model for a friend. (Xin Yi)

Chermaine skyping with her boyfriend.

Lilyan : "I'm gonna take a picture of you cos I've never seen you sweep the floor before." Bitches love watchin' me sweep B)

Mingwei came in awhile. Xin looks like a bodyless freak here.

Maine and I trying to pull of pretty hair flip pictures. Trying.

Lilyan.

We planned to sleep early cos we knew it was gonna be a long day and we didn't want to sleep during graduation, but, we were stalking and gossiping till about 3.30am? We had to wake up at 5am.

All the things were put outside.

Picture taken by Leonard whilst waiting for Ashley outside my house. Mum sent all 7 of us to Holliday Villa.

Lilyan, Leonard and I.

We got our robes and were waiting in this room connected to the Vintage Ballroom. We had to do this grand entrance which we spent 2 school days rehearsing.

Us six :)

Chermaine, Xin Yi, Lilyan, Kristine, myself, Mingwei.

Red carpet entrance.

Row by row filled.

Sue Jing, my squash partner :)

That's Sean in the middle.

Jia Jin and Joshua.

Love this so much.

Ming Wei, Chermaine, Ryan, Kristine, Justin, Lilyan, Truman and myself.

Syaniz. I miss her company :'(

Love this too.

On the way out to the 'lake' to meet Hilary the crocodile.

My geeky friends Yao Jun, Song, Kay Vin and Chun Eu. The lake behind was the lake we were heading to.

Emily.

Justin and Xin. It's a brosis relationship. This is a really nice picture.

Kristine and Leonard.

Daryl!

Wen Jie. King scout. *salutes*

Roong Han in the middle.

Kristine :)

We hesitated whether to head out or head home for a long time but decided to go to Sunway Pyramid since the guys were going there too. Maine and Krist already left so it was just Xin, Lyan and I. Our feet were aching so badly from the heels, we walked barefooted on the road until we hailed a cab which dropped us off at the overhead bridge to the mall so we had to endure another 2 flight of steps before we were able to take our shoes off at the mall. Yes, we walked barefooted around Sunway Pyramid. People were staring and talking and they didn't even bother to cover it up.

We bought slippers from Jusco. That was also where I left my graduation certificate and only realised it after making 4 stops around the mall. I had to retrace my steps. It's a good thing it was only 4 stops.

It got pretty pointless after awhile. It's funny how we always wanted to go shopping, but we were just really, really tired. So to kill time while waiting for Lyan's dad to send us home, Xin, Lyan, Ming, Justin and I sat at the stairs(led by Justin) and talked. About everything. The past, the future, the present.

It was the last day of school the next day. Like really the last day of school before SPM starts. Received our SPM slips that day.

Iffah and Joshua.

On the 11/11/11, we had a Leo farewell lunch. I didn't really care about 111111 but having Leo farewell fall on the same day made it all the more significant.
Feet after graduation, resulting me to go for farewell in slippers. Which made me sound like a hypocrite cos I told Lilyan and Joshua to wear something decent, stressing on NOT WEARING SLIPPERS.

Nando's, Taipan

Cake that Lilyan, Kenn and I got for the juniors and Miss Foo.

Us with Miss Foo. It's great to see Miss Foo again. She said that that day was the best day of her year.

Seniors :)

Wei Beng and Joshua.

Connie!

Hugeass Leo forum T-shirt that we all signed and gave to Miss Foo. It was a really last minute gift.

The juniors were so sweet to get the senior BOD's a helium balloon each with our names on it. Love the picture of Wei Beng photobombing Lilyan.

Kenn, Ben Sern, Alysia, myself, Miss Foo, Lilyan, Wei Beng, Ryan, Joshua.

Being cute and shit.

Group picture including Lion Andy.

This is Miss Foo. It's not a really clear picture but whatever. This is Miss Foo. She was diagnosed with cancer early this year.She fought and survived. She said that it was the first time she exposed herself since she was diagnosed and she had never felt so good. I sat next to her throughout lunch and I talked to her about her treatments and sickness and it was seriously hard knowing how much pain her fragile frame had been through. Well, she fought, she won, and we pray that the sickness won't grow again. She's one strong lady.

It was the Friday before SPM. Miss Foo hugged all the Form 5s and wished us luck, implying how she didn't give up throughout the whole treatment, otherwise she would not be standing there. All we could do was nod.

I'm really sleepy right now. Please let me know if I made any errors or missed out anything. Accounts, LEGGO!

4 subjects down

2011-11-17T00:32:00.000-08:00

6 more to go!

First week of SPM is gone. That was fast.

This was after our History paper. We were going to have Maths the next day.

SPM candidates 2011.

Sure doesn't feel like it.

Ace Ed-venture

2011-11-12T04:51:00.001-08:00

Before I joined Ace, I went to a centre in Damansara, called Speech & Drama. Started when I was 6 and stopped when I was 11 or 12. Within those years, I've joined Drama(1 year), Spoken English(2 years) and Creative Writing(till I stopped) consecutively. I stopped because I had problems with the timing and transportation when the timetable switched.

Form 3, I joined Ace. Having heard many of my friends that went there, my dad decided to send me there too. For me, it was a really different environment as compared to Speech & Drama.
Last Monday, we had a party cos it was our last day. I've been in a different class every year for the 3 years I've been there and I guess it's safe to say that the Monday 6-8pm class was my favourite. Anyway, there were lots and lots of food. Almost all of us got to bring some home.
"Next time I'm going to send my kids to Ace so that every end of the year, we get free food." -Abel

SMURF.

Teacher Anne and Teacher Kusma on the right. Kok Weng and Dominic on the couch.

Jeffrey showing some skin.

Abel brought all these party things and made Teacher Anne wear the Donald cap and guitar shades.

Monday 6-8 class :)

Kaxin and Abel.

Bi Zhen took 'hugging Adam goodbye' a little too seriously.

Jeffrey aka Seafield's Prom King, Abel the ultimate Gaga fan, Kaxin the pocket knife collector and myself, the jewelry maker. Unprepared.

The er.. Chee Wen troop.

Prom King.

Prom King and Duke Abel.

Favourite picture of the night.

It was really nice knowing all of them, and getting the chance to perform and WATCH their performances was great. Teacher Anne had changed my perspective in so many things and I think for all of us too. Each and every one of us are unique. If Abel was here, he would say 'cos we were born this way baby.' Hahahaha!

Do check out Abel's post if you want to read a more detailed post.
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Teacher Anne started off teaching English at her house with only 3 students. Parents didn't want to send them to her because she was teaching what the schools weren't. Slowly, parents started sending their kids to her classes as they found out that it wasn't just English she taught, but also drama, presentation, financial education, which all, one way or the other, leads to character shaping and life. She started Ace-Edventure in Taipan and soon had many branches growing.

Now, she is the principle of 2 international schools which she, herself, had founded. Yet, she continues teaching at her little centre in Taipan because she is committed. I'm really glad I was in her class, and that she knows me personally. She's a great woman. One I will definitely look up to.

I can't think of a title cause my brain needs to shut down.

2011-11-10T06:03:00.000-08:00

Today's the last day of school :(

Graduation happened yesterday.

My girls slept over at my place the previous night.

LEO's farewell tomorrow.

I'm tired.

Massive headache.

I'll blog soon.

SPM is so, so, so, so near.

I'm really scared.

I'm not prepared.

Sunday morning.

2011-11-05T17:29:00.000-07:00

8.29am; still in bed
now playing : He is we ft. Owl city - All about us

Will be heading out to my dad's office later with him to hardcore on History, or at least, try.
Graduation is coming.
I'm excited :D

Only the speakable things.

2011-10-30T01:31:00.000-07:00

Sup. Just Ming and I. At Taylor's library. The quiet room 2. Cos quiet room 1 was taken. She was freezing. I wasn't. Made use of the thick sweater I bought from China. Studying History. Cos that's the only place I could fully concentrate. On History. Silence.
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Just 2 days ago, I was talking about balance? I'm slacking already. The number of days are intimidatingly and rapidly decreasing.

Serendipity

2011-10-27T18:38:00.000-07:00

now playing; Mayday Parade- Oh well, oh well

I finally felt it.

It had been a really good past few weeks. I've been having a lot of balance between everything I do, and you have no idea how amazing the feeling is. That accomplished, productive feeling. Mind you, I've been a very lazy person before this. Still am, but with SPM around the corner, I couldn't afford to be lazy anymore. It's a good thing too otherwise I wouldn't be able to feel so good. It sounds exaggerated, I know, but this is progress. I'm growing up.

I'm also slowly pacing back to being my carefree self(not that I'm not already, but when you're a teenager, you have phases). I don't weigh myself every single day, I eat as I wish, I exercise, I study, I go out, I hang out, I spend time on the computer, I watch movies. Balance right there. No pressure.

I honestly feel really good about how I look right now. And trust me on this, though it's gonna sound super corny, it's all from the soul. Or maybe it's just my hair. Haha I don't know and it doesn't really matter. I've got a boost in self-esteem recently. That helps a lot too.

I've also come to realise that I have a slight fear in getting too attached to things. People, to be exact. Especially when I'm in it alone. It's just, I don't know. I love meeting new people and being around people but I don't get too closely attached to any in particular. I guess I'm a group person. I don't even know why I'm saying this.

K. This post was obviously a waste of your time. If you're reading this, I assume that you've read through the whole post already. I just needed to have some me space for a bit. Whoever you are, I hope you have a great day :)

Do me a favour and smile to every stranger you see on the street. It can really make their day, trust me on that.

#moviesandbooksfuckmyfeelings #i'mcrapping

p/s I normally end up not publishing posts like this and I'm really tempted to remove this post right now but no, I'm gonna let it stay.

I'm just a face in the crowd.

2011-10-19T03:06:00.000-07:00

"Vivian always so happy ah. When she laughs, it makes you feel like you wanna laugh also." - Pn Chuan

One of the best compliments I'd received. And this is also why I don't dread Add math tuition so much.

Mum is in China.

2011-10-15T23:07:00.000-07:00

12.53am on a Sunday. Getting nagged by the sister for allowing the brother to stay up on the computer. This is why I'm the fun sis, Karen.

Charismatic skills

2011-10-13T18:52:00.000-07:00

and words are the most powerful persuasive weapons. Ever.

Sweaty palms, I'm scared. Really, really, scared.

Haven't done this in a long time.

2011-10-12T02:16:00.001-07:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MINGWEI!

I went to Lilyan's house the day before along with Mingwei to "study"(yeah, failed) and I brought Ming's heavy gift which I'd conveniently bought at the book fair. It was an expensive book but I bought it at a very cheap price, so it might be a little cheap but hey, it's the thought that counts right? ;) I also couldn't find any wrapping paper big enough, so I used mahjong paper instead :B And cos it wasn't opaque enough, I doodled crap on it and I found out that I was an artist(I kid!).

There you go. Michael Jackson. She was crazy over MJ last yeat after his death. It made sense cos it was her belated 16th birthday gift anyway :P I still owe you this year's gift.

Speaking of, I think Lilyan and Truman teamed up to get me my gifts. Lilyan gave me a set of kinky clothes a week before my birthday, and Truman got me a badge that says "You can't afford me". Did they think I was a slut or something? Tsk :P

Everybody getting kind of crunk.

2011-10-08T08:54:00.000-07:00

Luckily for technology, we now get to check our trials results online. That intimidating moment when you key in your I/C number.
Here it is.
Some are better than expected, some are as expected, some are just plain bad. Either ways, I need to push a lot harder and make full use of my one month left. Definitely much easier said than done.

All Time Low performed in Malaysia today and I didn't go :( I'm still asking myself why. To make the whole situation better, this Jeroni even called me when they were playing. So yeah, I guess I can tell people that I've been to the concert.
I went to a book sale though, the Big Bad Wolf sale, it was bloody crazy.

Everything there was dirt cheap. Like literally dirt cheap.

Karen's picks.

Unloading the books.

Karen and I's purchases. I've never bought this many books at one go before. Bliss, definitely. So girls, what you girls do in clothes sales, I do in book sales ;)

Genius

2011-10-06T23:37:00.000-07:00

The seasons go.

2011-10-01T07:42:00.000-07:00

1st October. SPM is drawing nearer isn't it?

I realized that I haven't posted up my midterm results, and I shall do so now, for personal reference, since my trials results are coming soon.

Bahasa Malaysia- 54%
English- 66%
Moral- 35%
History- 54%
Mathematics- 81%
Additional Mathematics- 40%
Physics- 51%
Chemistry- 60%
Biology- 61%
Accounts- 34%

"I don't wanna see through the eyes of a liar."

Trials. Are. Finally. Over.

2011-09-28T23:16:00.001-07:00

Sorry, I forgot to insert my joy.
!#%$%&%^*%&#^!#$%$#^&%*&%&%#$!!!!!!!!!!!!

From what seemed endless in the beginning is finally over! I'm going to take a week off(not like I deserve it, seeing the amount of time I spent studying) then I'll go back to studying for the real SPM.

Oh I feel so relieved.

Seventeen

2011-09-22T05:10:00.001-07:00

I turned seventeen 2 days ago. I'm getting old. I'm not even kidding. I get tired really, really easily now. It's either I'm getting old, or this proves that mental exhaustion is double the fatigue of physical exhaustion.

I used to be able to go a whole day from volleyball training in the morning, to school, to LEO meetings,to tuition, to volleyball training again, and finally squash at night. And the next day, it'd be the same except maybe my LEO meeting will be replaced with TrEES meeting, squash with ballet, so on and so forth. Yeap, story of my life. Or was.

Now? I only go for ballet twice a week, get moving with some books, go on the net for hours, and touch the books even more(than I ever did). Just that, and I knock out by the end of the day. How do I not gain weight like that? But seriously, mental exhaustion is worse than physical exhaustion. I miss the feeling of muscle ache.

So how did I celebrate my birthday? It was normal. I didn't want to do anything bizarre this year. I had enough bizarre from last year already thanks to Suk :) Dad initially booked this Groupon for a dim sum/sushi buffet dinner at Holiday Villa but he misread it, it was only available on weekdays. Despite trials, it's hard to find a free weekday night for both me AND my sister, we postponed the dinner so it's not really a birthday thing anymore, which I'm totally fine with. Dad also asked me to bring some friends over for dinner and we have a small gathering, but no. Family AND friends'(together) celebration was the last thing on my list. Seriously, I don't want people to put in so much effort for my birthday.

Last Friday though, I didn't have tuition in the evening so I asked Krist if we could have dinner together since I had the chance. One thing led to another and all six of us were there. Krist used the excuse of Xin and I's birthday to get out. It was only meant to be a normal dinner together but oh well... I enjoyed myself anyway. I love hanging out with my girls. Chances that ALL of us six of us can make it was rare.

Mingwei and I.

Us Six :)

On the night before my birthday, mum bought a cake and it was a normal family celebration.

Slept pretty early that night but got woken up by a birthday call from Joshua, followed by Leonard's at midnight, which I appreciated a lot. And also the texts I got :) I also made up with Justin that night. I called him. Bloody hell I did. Bet you didn't know we were having a row but oh well, everything's fine now. I hope Xin and Lyan will get their bridges fixed soon too.

On my actual birthday, well, it's an exam day. I got a lot of hugs and wishes and it made me really, really happy no kidding. I also walked Amylia home cos it was raining so heavily, my maid brought a huge umbrella *double happiness for the good deed lol* Ashley led the whole class to sing to me during addmath tuition but got cut halfway cos teacher was teaching(it was really funny I swear!). Pn Chuan gave us all chocolates anyway :D

And oh! Ballet that night was.... well, my friends wished me and so did Miss Sandra. It was pretty awkward cos I've always been the quiet one in class but I was delighted anyway. And my LF too! They're so sweet!

Anyway, here are some gifts I got, I have no idea I was gonna get any so THANK YOU, I appreciated it.

From Suk, who left it outside my house after addmath tuition.

Card with a longass message that made me smile. My mum read some of it cos she was the one that brought it in. Quite embarrassing cos there were some personal elements in that card.

She got me slippers! This made me laugh too, First off, cos its pink! and second, we talked about giving slippers as presents once, and she was telling how terrible it was to give slippers as gifts.

A Google tee I got from Joshua (and classmates?) Do you know how they gave it to me? Thinesh threw the paper bag at me which I failed to catch, it fell onto the floor, I picked it up, looked into it then only do I realize it was for me. Hahahahahha It was funny really. But anyway Thank you guys so much! I love my classmates I really do.

I'm really happy this year :)
And again, what did I do to deserve all this?

Currently playing; Linkin Park- Iredescent

The cat is out.

2011-09-20T01:16:00.000-07:00

Vivian, you're stuck again.

One of the quotes I live by.

Mid-autumn.

2011-09-14T02:14:00.000-07:00

Hey. Just wanna let you know that my soaked, now soggy books and papers are spread all over the floor from getting moisturized by the rain, no thanks to my cloth bag pack.

Exams are not over yet. Just finished my add math exam today. Paper 2 was killing, Paper 1 was alright, or at least, better. And right after, I felt really relaxed cos tomorrow's a holiday(well not really, but no exams!), Friday's a holiday and then the weekends! I haven't been going out or doing anything interesting really cos well, it's trials, and SPM is really near. I've been going to a lot of study groups though. I'm kinda liking it for some reason, especially with different people.

Meanwhile, Moon cake festival just passed and we had this family tea and moon cake eating session and we had to be vegetarian on that day but I forgot and had a fillet in school. Oh well. A couple of days before, I attended Pesta Tanglung, organized by Lions and Leos, there was nothing much but it's always great if you go with your friends. I was also really happy to see so many Leos there, especially those from our school that helped. I remembered last year, there were only 3 of us. Terrible.

With Truman, Meng Kitt and Ryan. Practically spent the whole day with Ryan and Truman cos we were at Lakeside that afternoon as well.

I won an angry bird and gave it to my brother. Such a loving sister I know ;)

When I'm excited,

2011-09-04T07:18:00.000-07:00

I scratch my thumbs,
I smile really, really wide,
I scream silently,
I bite my lip crazy hard to stop myself from smiling so much,
I breath heavily,
I clench my teeth really tightly together,
I dance around...

(over someone)

School is starting tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*repeats the excited procedure*

Call in the tigers.

2011-09-01T06:29:00.000-07:00

Hi.
I'm finally here to update!
I compiled pictures from a few past events. And I had a lot to say but I got lazy after waiting so long for the pictures to upload.. So just captions, sorry.

Study group at Lakeside study room with Charina, Turman and Ryan.

Leonard's surprise birthday party.

Stepping down.

Gave Reg this guide that Lion Andy gave to me during farewell last year. I wanted to give something valuable.

Signed my name on it and hopes she passes it down too.

The gift I got from her. (Blackberry not included)

Ace farewell party was one hell of a day.

Met the nicest people ever. That Zhi Wei and Jacelyn.

The Monday 6-8 troup.

Bi Zhan and Ashley.

Melaka's Kids Deluxe Room was awesome.

Bunk beds.

French braided my fringe.

Good ol' history.

Vintage stuff for sale at Jonker.

Trials are near...

Sometimes I just...

2011-08-31T10:09:00.000-07:00

I'm almost always the last one to know things, and I understand why... I'm not blaming anyone or anything, but sometimes when I have something to tell, I don't know who to turn to first. So most of the time, I rather not tell, and burst in my bathroom instead. Talk about really long showers. I think it's quite unhealthy but what am I to do? I'm trying. I'm really trying. To understand feelings better. I still can't give advices but... I'm trying.
hey :)

A very loose update.

2011-08-27T14:29:00.000-07:00

It's 5.33am now and I can't get back to sleep.

Holidays had begun, and I'll be heading to an Ace farewell party later. Long day ahead. Will be going to Melaka on Monday to Tuesday for a family trip. And installation(stepping down for me) happened last Sunday. Other times, I need to study.

Ok, so I sort of made a study planner for my holidays. Hopefully, I'm disciplined enough to stick to it. Also, I wanna try studying in Starbucks/Coffee Bean for once since I've never done it before...
I'll be back!

Oh and, I'm also no longer a metal mouth :D

Ma babes.

2011-08-26T06:36:00.001-07:00

Haven't had such a day in such a long time. Breakfast/study group/catching up session with ma babes. So sad Xin wasn't there :(

Such a day :) I miss all of them already.

Lots more where all these came from.

I 'll update soon okaaaaay?! :D

Real nostalgia/ Picking up fragmants.

2011-08-14T18:26:00.000-07:00

I'm a coward.
I'm bold.
I'm carefree.
I'm paranoid.
I'm hygienic.
I'm pretty disgusting.
I have a high self-esteem.
I care about what they think.
I'm loud.
I'm shy.
I don't think.
I think too much.
I'm naive.
I'm experienced.
I'm honest.
I tell lies.
I want to know things.
I don't want to know things.
I'm open-minded.
I'm a bit reserved.
I'm fickle-minded.
I stand my own ground.
I'm energetic.
I'm tired.
So tired.

Who am I?
Who have I become?
Where did all the good times go?

Japan Disneyland.

Sheryn's 16th celebration.

Meeting up with Carmen and Ysa.

Missing this woman!

Dimsum with Kristine.

TrEES was a lot of fun.

But a lot of work.

Bon Odori 2010

Alysia's surprise.

Movie with Chap and Jas.

Calvin's birthday celebration.

S.U I.R 2010

Kristine's birthday.

Attending Ben's church event.

Sports day 2010.

Skipping squash to do this.

Hanging at Amylia's after the carnival.

Basketball tournament hosted by our school.

Visiting and getting a tour at the Taipan gym by Brandon.

Pre-training for volleyball.

Going nuts with KRISTINE IN THE SCHOOL TOILET.

Training.

Fitting rooms.

Yumcha sessions with the ex form 5s.

Volleyball shoot 2010.

Working with college students for a Leo project.

Spotlight.

Before volleyball.

First study group 2010.

New Moon at the Gardens.

Sleepover 2009.

Playing dressup.

Emergency lunch.

First MoMa.

Camwhoring in shops.

Skipping school to just hang out.

Pavilion with Ysa, Jasmine, and Carmen.

After PMR.

3R class party.

Subang Rally 2009.

Dance floor on the bus otw home from forum 2009.

Group work. Missing Syaniz's company.

History assignments at the KL train station.

Mask and movies at Kristine's house.

Teeth before braces.

Being much skinnier than I am.

More group work.

McD's after 'jogging'.

First time in Forever 21.

Tricia's birth!

We're family.

Barbecue at Kristine's.

Babysitting at Lilyan's.

Pre-Christmas outing.

DhRockstar was born in 2008.

More Sunway outings.

Leo installation 2008.

Study groups.

Hanging around Aly's place after sports day.

Sports day 2008.

Dropping by at Lincoln's house.

Darren's Christmas/Birthday party.

Huge group outing.

Science lab.

When the Australians came.

Classmates.

Webcamming.

Doing weird shit.

No regrets at all.

Meralda.

2011-08-10T06:33:00.000-07:00

Just when I got my hands off all the things I joined, I got myself into the prom committee. Oh great. Just fucking great.

August came without warning.

2011-07-31T19:17:00.000-07:00

Everyone had said it a million times but seriously, time flies so dam fast. It seemed like just a week ago, I said that July was gonna be a busy month, and just last night, my mum said: "Let's buy BR." Only everyone knows that BR gives 31% discounts on the 31st of every month. It hit like a stone. A cold, hard , sharp stone. SPM in 3 months. Fun has to be minimized to the core or even better, blocked out till our final exam is over. July was great, August came without warning.

Two days ago, Fourian Fare happened in my school. This year, being our last year and all, everyone was more supportive and sporting. Unlike last year, everyone stuck to their shifts, some even worked more. I gotta admit, it was great fun. I like 5 Mozart.

Lilyan getting her henna done.

Truman. There was a heavy downpour in the morning which kinda ruined a lot of things but the weather after was perfect.

Kristine, Jeroni and I. (bird club)

With Jean Ann and Bong. I was promoting Polaroids.

A Polaroid with my girls. Us six :)

I should hide in a paper bag, standing next to The One and Only Khalidah Dzulkifli.

Jane and Donovan.

Twas a great day. Hello August.

p/s I removed the bottom of my braces yesterday. It looks a bit inverted inwards and it still feels weird. I'm removing my top one next month, can't wait to see how it'll turn out! :D

LEO Fellowship Day 2011

2011-07-29T00:36:00.000-07:00

So far, I've only been involved two I.U Days before in my Leo history. One in 2009 and another one that just happened last Saturday.

Went to Summit early that day to prepare. This year, we collaborated with La Salle PJ. Our theme was Panda: Black, White and Asian(we're promoting anti-racism!). Didn't take that many photos, running around too much.

Creative juniors arranging cupcakes into a panda.

DC cupcake inspired.

Timothy, myself, Regina, Kevin, Jane, Isaac.

My outgoing PR Director, incoming President :) I am so proud of you.

Lilyan and I. Amazing backdrop that Gavin and friends put up.

Daven performed for us that day! What a surprise!

We went through a lot- and I mean A LOT to organize this whole event but there were still a lot of spaces left in the auditorium.
Not gonna call up Yi Han for the PA package anymore. He didn't do a good job that day.
Glad that some people still had fun :)
Dance floor was ruined over a really tiny matter.
We made a loss.
But it's all good.
Things could've been better but well, all our mistakes, at least now we know.

I'm gonna rush off to finish up my work now. Tomorrow's gonna be a really busy day! Fourian Fare-ballet-Fourian Fare- tuition!

Drowning some ants.

2011-07-22T00:03:00.000-07:00

The metal basin in the kitchen sat a porcelain soup bowl filled with ankle-deep water. Tiny black dots float on the surface of the liquid. Ants they were, what a deplorable sight! -Drowning some ants.

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We had sports day last Saturday and it was like the usual- running, marching, cheering. I've marched for the past 4 years, so I didn't want to do anything this. Plus the crowd was quite dead, which was actually a pretty sad sight. And I also played some volleyball with the U12 team who were practicing at that time, love playing with them.

Anyway, I headed to McD's after cleaning up the stadium(Leo project) because Don and Mei needed help editing the video for our I.R day(another Leo project). So I walked to Taipan from MPSJ like I did a million times before, got to McD's and went upstairs where I found my friends at the smoking area(no they don't smoke). "They only had the plug out here." they said.

I grabbed a chair and situated myself in between Isaac and Don with his laptop in front of him, Mei on Don's right, and there was Ben opposite Don.

Then we started working. Don showed me the video that he compiled and edited in only a night and it was good I must say, but he needed help with an intro, so we brainstormed and tried a few things.... It was pretty amazing because I'd never been this involved in video editing before, and I had always wanted to get involve with broadcasting or something like that.

I felt thirsty at one point, so I reached for my bag for the can of Revive I got as a token of appreciation from picking up trash. Popped the can open and took a sip. Isaac saw it and wanted a sip too. So I was like "Ok, but pour, I don't share. Saliva." His eyes widened and he acted like he was about to lick the can.

I was all " Noooo, seriously I don't share."
He asked "Why?".
"It's disgusting."
Then Ben said something that made me realise a realisation that I've never realised but now it makes me wonder....

"So if you think it's disgusting, have you ever kissed a boy?"

fml. End of story.

The end.

2011-07-16T01:16:00.000-07:00

I watched the last chapter of Harry Potter last night...

... and it was BLOODY BRILLIANT!

It's just so hard to believe it had all ended. But Hogwarts will always live.

FAB Ballet Recital

2011-07-10T03:04:00.000-07:00

This is probably the first time I'm blogging about ballet. With pictures. And description. And stuff.

I used to keep ballet a secret when I came to secondary school because hardly anyone does it and, I don't know, having people picturing you in tutus, was kind of embarrassing. Then I started telling my closer friends and on the contrary, they were fascinated. I didn't mind people knowing that much anymore, though sometimes people(guys especially) tried to imitate me by doing constipated spins and horrible attempts of splits in the air. Not even close, my friend, not even close.

Although I was ok talking about ballet, I still refused to show my friends any ballet moves(not that I'm really that good or anything, have you even seen my size?), maybe only splits and some other stretching. They wanted to go for 2009's FAB concert and guess what I did? I refunded the tickets(hahahahahhahahhhahahhha!).

My mum accidentally bought extra tickets, not knowing that my dad already bought them, so she told me to invite my friends. I didn't want to so I refunded them and gave my mum the money back. Sorry, I had to wear a pink tutu, it was too awkward!

There wasn't a concert in 2010 due to some complications, and this year, yeah 2011, a lot of my friends wanted to go. All the more I didn't want to tell anyone. They go to the extent of asking my sister about it behind my back! I mean, I didn't mind if my friends wanted to come, I just didn't want to bring a huge crowd. So I started by inviting only my 5 girls at first. Threatened them to not tell anyone, and I got a little excited about it, but unfortunately they couldn't go because of the rally. Then I asked some of my other friends and some other... but sadly, by then, there weren't that many seats left, so..... oh well :D *shrugs* Next year then :P

Anyway, with my higher self-esteem, presenting you *drum rolls* Federal Academy of Ballet's ballet concert 2011.

My RM45 braid. Not worth it at all. They didn't even really know how to do it until I showed them. I would've done it myself but it's hard to do it for myself because I can't see my own hair.

By the time I finished my braid, went home and packed my stuff, it was already 5pm, and I had to be there at like.... 5pm. Right. Oh wait, it was demonstration day too. I had to go to PJ from Subang. My life is sweet.

Reached the hall at 5.45pm and started my makeup for a bit before I realised that I was suppose to be on stage to rehearse. Rushed to rehearse, came back and continued with makeup.

The show started at 7pm. "Butterflies" was the 4th item. Yeah, we had to wear pink tutus to match the little kids' ones. We were collaborating.

Rushed back in to change, darken makeup, touch up hair, for our next dance, the 16th item. We had plenty of time actually. Hence, the photo. I even had time to take my dinner. Oh yeah, free McChicken for the dancers woohoo!

Wey Yen removing her eyeliner for the umpteenth time. It was too funny.

Joleng and I. We stuck sequins on our faces for our next number "Man in the mirror" :D

After the finale. Zhi Hui and I :) Like this picture a lot. It's her last concert in Malaysia cos she's flying out to UK straight after SPM :( I'm gonna miss her.

Group pic with my class and Miss Sandra :)

I don't know why, but at the end of this recital, I felt like it was somehow... the end, even when I know it's not. We're still gonna have classes, but regular classes that is. Maybe that's why. No more practicing concert dance and adding quirks to it. No more trying new stunts and coordinating. Or maybe knowing that it's Zhi Hui's last concert, I knew that we're slowly gonna pave our own pathways sooner or later. I practically grew up with most of them(started when I was 8). A lot left and a lot just joined in in between. I'm form 5 now and as much as I want to leave this country and go out for college, I'm really reluctant to leave this bunch. Or dance, for that matter. That's something to consider.

Ok enough with this nonsense. It's just a sudden thought that struck me. I'm gonna go on with ballet, hopefully if I were to study abroad, it won't be so soon. Even though I want to go out as young as I could. Ok I should stop thinking about this.

Back to happity-babbity life. Here's a picture of me sewing sequins to my leotard whilst watching a movie.

Multitasking Master speaking. #swag

Me? Run?

2011-07-08T00:12:00.000-07:00

Just saying, I've never -in my 5 years of high school- ran for my sports house. Ever. Except maybe only cross-country, but that doesn't really count.

This year, Laksamana(my sports house) was in such a sad and desperate state, that they needed someone like me as one of the representatives to run for Acara Padang(Field events?). They've put me in 400m, 800m and 1500m.

Let me get this straight. I've never ran for these kind of things before and had never received any training. I really, really wanted to back out cos I didn't want Laksamana to lose because of me. BUT. Oh yes, there's always a but. I was only told on Tuesday, one day before the event, that I had to run. I asked if there were any reserved runner for those events, and..... no.

So yeah.

Then I found out that Kristine, Mingwei, Ashley and some of my other friends had to run too, albeit different events. I felt a lot better.
This whole event included high jump, long jump, the runs and a lot of other things stretched out to two days. I had to attend both because my 1500m was on the second day. So anyway I ran for the 800m and 1500m, backed out of 400m cos my legs were in agony after my 800m.

I didn't win any medals or anything but I was really glad I finished it. I also felt kinda guilty and selfish for not going full out during 1500m cos I was protecting myself too much. I didn't wanna suffocate, or get crams or something but thinking back, I should've sped a little more. Oh well :)

Myself, Mingwei, Ashley and Kristine.

Watching, running, cheering, bonding with all the athletes and non-athletes there was (I gotta admit) really fun. Seriously, having your name cheered for was such a great feeling. Cheering for others too was another great feeling on a whole different level. Now, I can sort of relate to the pain and toughness of an athlete. And you think running is easy...

The event ended with Tarik Tali, a huge battle. Just like every other year, just that this time I was cheering a lot more. Laksamana(!) and Panglima made it to the finals, yet to compete during sports day. I can't wait for that day to come.(Next Satuday!)

Twas the best Acara Padang I've been through. No regrets joining this!

* Really summarized post, having a terrible headache now from my body ache + scarcity of sleep. See you soon!

Tian Jin

2011-07-01T11:30:00.000-07:00

We went to Tian Jin, which was probably an hour away from Beijing. Visited Wen Hua Jie, if translated, it's Cultural Street.
Walls of the aisle were chiseled stories. They asked us to touch it to obtain some luck, or something like that.

I loved that ancient looking corridor.

Bronze sculpture. They asked us students to touch, again, to obtain luck for good grades.

Dad and bro.

Beautiful tiled art.

Goat?

Brother was so drenched in toys.

We headed to the Yi Da Li Feng Jie(Italian Street) after that. Being wanting to visit Italy so badly and never got the chance to yet, it was so dam nice! If it wasn't for the Chinese sign boards, it would be so believable if I were to tell anyone that I've been to Italy.

Hello!

Sister mesmerized by.... an angel sculpture?

That was the end of our tour for that day. We went back to BeiJing and were dropped off at Hong Qiao, another shopping mall. Again, for us, we went wandering else where before heading back to our hotel.

Was pretty pumped for the next day cos we were going to the zoo! "Zoo?" Hey we're gonna see pandas. You don't get that in Malaysia.
Ivan was wearing his panda hat but took it off when we wanted to see the pandas cos he was 'afraid' that the panda might mistake him as a baby panda and pull him down to their ring. My brother can be so cute sometimes.

Only reason we were there was because of the pandas. After staring at them for 20 minutes, we went back up on the bus. lol

Since I didn't get a photo with the pandas cos they kept moving around, here's one of me with bamboo trees! And the temperature was moderate enough for me to not wear my thickest winter coat but a leather jacket instead.

To the museum we goooooo!

Hugeass earring.

This, my dear friends, is a pillow. *rubs neck*

This, is a FANCY pillow. Used by the royal families.

We had lunch after the museum trip, and off we go for a tricycle ride!

Ninja brother doing some ninja stuff on that ninja thing.

Behold! The array of tricycles.

The tricycle ride was for us to see China streets off the bus.

They dropped us at the side of one of their streets and we were allowed to comb the streets on foot.

Largest and puffiest cotton candy I've ever seen in real life.

Sex and a city city. *inside joke*

I don't remember why, but I was scowling at Karen.

There you go, all that you're looking for when in China. Fried scorpions, starfishes, and some other I don't know what insects. And no, I didn't eat them. Mum disapproves!

Reflexology was part of our itinerary and also one of China's new tourist attraction as of- I forgot which year, apparently their government wanted to promote Chinese medication because 'it's good for everyone'.
Soaking my feet in hot bath. I wasn't allowed to do reflexology cos apparently you have to be 18 and above. I really wanted to though.

They dropped us at the mall again the next day and this time, we shopped cos it was our last day, and we ought to buy something home. What I've learned from that was, Chinese people scares me. Them and their business minds. They'll just sweep you into their shop and once you start talking about price, they'll not let you out until you buy something. True story: They literally grab on to your bag or whatever and pull you back into their shop! I mean, this only happens in those HUGE tourist shopping malls, where small stalls are set up inside, not those with brands, those won't pull you in.

Glass stairs at Machines. Loved that place :)

In the evening, we flew back to Malaysia and reached at about 1am, and I still had to attend school the next day. *zombiefied*

I'm finally done with China. *exhales*