A/N: I'm moving to my blog at Tumblr now but I'm not going to delete my old blog at Blogger. It's got a priceless value and I'll leave it here for me, you and anybody who would want to read it in future.
update.
Friday, July 31, 2009, 9:47:00 PM
I'd like to start off my entry by thanking Nabila for blogging about the "Blogger in Draft". Go to: (http://www.blogskins.com/forum/1/183514/) for more information. Thank you, Nabila! :D
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The flu bug's really been having a helluva time in 3/5. Do you want to know who fell victim to the common cold (it's a common cold, really, not H1N1)? It started with Kimberly then it moved on to Charmaine, Syafiqah, Rafikah, Hafizah, Aishah, Amani, Trisha, Sandy, Ryan, Liangxian, Syahirah and Aizat. That's a lot of people.
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I'm not the only who's not been updating frequently recently. We really don't have the time. I won't elaborate; I don't need to anyway, I think all of you would know what I mean. Recently I've been using up my energy studying for CTs (especially Geography) and the NYAA Ceremony (I've been forced into doing it, I'm not lying). Half-way through studying Geography one night, I fell asleep at 8.30PM and woke up at 11.45PM. I packed my bag and slept again until 3 in the morning and slept back until 5 or 6. Although I think all my efforts has gone down the drain; I'm going to fail Geography.
Recently I've been left to think about why 3/5 (or Sec 3s to be specific) has been having trainees for one too many subject and if I'd do better in Geography or History. Did I mention I love Food and Nutrition? I really do. I love the subject. I love who's teaching the subject and I love my Food and Nutrition class. Every time we go to the Comp Lab, Ms Chan would play her playlist (her very nice playlist) and we would be typing away and goofing around (and rolling around) at the same time. I feel like taking up Nadia's suggestion and bringing my own thumbdrive with my own playlist next time for Food and Nutrition.
Mr Lim: I tried taking a picture (using my own digital camera) of me pressing my remote control and I could actually see the infrared. Jeremiah: That shouldn't have been possible. You can't use just any camera to see infrared. Cue: Mr Lim and Jeremiah debating on the different types of cameras. Mr Lim: I TRIED IT BEFORE, OK. Cue: Class laughing at Jeremiah getting terribly pwned.
I just had to put this up.
a proper update.
Friday, July 24, 2009, 9:30:00 PM
To: Everybody born in late June and early July
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For a moment, I forgot that Blogger's not functioning normally and properly. But I'm still going to blog. I've been wanting (itching, in fact) to update my blog but I can't think of anything to blog about. Maybe I can blog about how irritatingly long the Mole concept is. Maybe I can blog about how the flu bug's been having a helluva time in 3/5. Maybe I can blog about how having just the common cold can lead to a high possibility of having H1N1. Maybe I can blog about how Flo, Syaf and Zam can't believe I can eat a lot (nasi with 1 ikan, 3 ayam ball and kangkung; personally I find I loved that combination very much). Maybe I can blog about the "eclipse of the century" that I didn't get to see (when it's raining heavily and we're stuck in the ISH during PE doing yoga-that's-not-yoga with a very bias PE teacher). Or maybe I can blog about the nenek kebayan (witch?) A.K.A. nenek keropok. Actually I don't want to blog about the nenek keropok; I might end up jinxing myself and my family and when I think of the nenek keropok, an image of Nisa screaming uncontrollably comes to mind too. I don't even know if I should believe in this anyway.
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Nope, I have no idea what to blog about. P.S. Wani, I still want Little Miss Sunshine.
my epiphany.
Friday, July 17, 2009, 3:06:00 PM
"I-L-W-S-W! I-L-W-S-W!"
Nadia exclaimed when one of the many cikgus walked around the AVA Room. Initially, I didn't get what she meant but gradually when I looked at the cikgu, I caught on. No, I won't tell you what "I-L-W-S-W" means. It's a code between us. Amani figured it out and admitted she had been eyeing her too. The cikgu the three of us had been looking at is a tall and skinny but very pretty and very stylish lady. Lady, she really looks like a lady. I had an epiphany then; It's ok to be flat and skinny as long as I'm healthy, confident and for the benefit of the doubt, stylish. An example of a skinny but pretty starlet is Bonnie Wright. I know I don't like the idea of Harry falling in love with Ginny, but I have to admit that Bonnie Wright is pretty. She has evolved from a Plain Jane to a very beautiful woman, in fact. In my opinion, at least. But I still don't like Harry falling in love with Ginny.
Bonnie Wright is pretty and I should be confident.
I WANT TO WATCH HP #6!
Thursday, July 16, 2009, 8:24:00 PM
I really do want to. Harry Potter is not lame. Twilight is not better than Harry Potter. Harry Potter is the ultimate. I like everything about HP from the lightning bolt to the brooms to the owls to the Order of the Phoenix (except for the fact that Harry fell in love with Ginny). But I think the thing I love about HP is that all along, the whole time I read the books, I didn't know it will all add up to a bigger and badder picture. All the books coincide. I think that's what I'd like in a series; if they all joined up and created a whole, joint story. Although I have to admit I'm a much bigger fan of HP in Pri 1.
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On a not that light note, I practically died of dehydration and starvation. Have I finally decided to be anorexic? No way. Stop calling me anorexic, Darryl; it's not like I like being this skinny. No, I fasted the whole day. And I still have about half a month to pay back. The day before, practically all the malay girls in my class planned to fast today but after the trip to the dental clinic, Hafizah, Hazwani and Syafiqah batal. That left us with me, Amani, Aishah and Syahirah, I think. I was really very tempted to batal, especially when I didn't eat my morning meal and when I went to the canteen. I kept staring at the Malay stall. I really wanted to eat nasi. Even the pak cik at the stall was shocked when I accompanied Aizat to the stall but didn't buy anything. ("Tengok aje, eh/Look only, ah? ") But when you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot at the end and don't let go = Don't give up.
P.S. Dan Brown's new book, The Lost Symbol, is coming out! I don't know when but here I come, Robert Langdon!
wake up, maliah.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 4:42:00 PM
I feel guilty. I don't feel like I've been doing anything productive lately. My classmates say I'm "corrupted" now since I didn't do my homework but I really didn't know we had to do it! I didn't even write it down in my handbook and a lot of people know how much I use my handbook. Really, I have no idea why the class expects me to finish all my homework on time and get straight As. I'm only human.
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Anyway, hanging out with the 29126-4 on Monday had been the bomb. In the canteen, Khairunisa Bte Othman had been texting and smiling all the way. Illiany made fun of her saying that she's texting her "boyfriend". Then Illiany and Nadia started doing the "You-I, You-I" language. Nisa being Nisa, totally hates it when anybody goes "You-I, You-I"; she finds it revolting to have a rojak of Malay and English. It immediately reminded us of the "Kantoi" song Illiany let us listen to. I'm telling you, the second time you listen to that song, you'll get irritated. We kept laughing; I think everybody in the canteen might have been incredulous.
"Kantoi" by Zee Avi
what i want:
Sunday, July 12, 2009, 8:42:00 PM
1. A NEW iPOD NANO
Not an iPhone (why would I want a new phone now?). Not an iPod Touch. Definitely not an iPod Classic or an iPod Shuffle. But an iPod Nano. Why not an iPod Touch? Like I've told Nadia, I can't deal with touch screen and I don't think I can stand having to touch the screen of my MP4 to function it. I don't have that magic touch and patience. And it's big. 1. I'd like to be able to slip my MP4 into my pocket and have it not bulge out. 2. From the 4th generation on, I'm guessing all iPod Nanos will have a video function. 3. I think my 2nd generation pink iPod Nano will die on me one day.
2. PANASONIC LUMIX FX580 IN BLACK
"Touch screen operation with 25mm ultra wide-angle lens and 'Face Recognition'. " I'm contradicting myself now. Didn't I just mention I don't have the "magic touch and patience" to function with touch screens? As much as I don't have that magic touch, I still find touch screens very cool. I wouldn't mind my cam having a touch screen function. I think by now you've noticed I like everything straight-cut and compact. Not big, bulky and complex. I've tried Uncle Fahmy's Panasonic Lumix before and I liked what I saw. Anyway, it would be convenient to really have a cam of my own.
3. SONY VAIO CS IN RED
I want a laptop of my own to put in anything I want and not need to share it.
4. JAPANESE HAIR STRAIGHTENING @ CANDANCE, LP
I don't like my hair. Every morning I wake up to my very damaged hair, frizzing everywhere. One day when I went scouting around at Loyang Point, I stopped at Candace. They told me if I didn't want to rebond my hair, I could go for the Japanese Hair Straightening treatment which both gives hair treatment and straightens my hair. Although I'd have to take care of my hair after the treatment; I'm not going to burn a hole in my pocket for the treatment again.
Out of all of them, the more important ones are #1 and #4. I'm saving up for it on my own. Target: Around Hari Raya.
my happy (?) friday.
Friday, July 10, 2009, 4:59:00 PM
I tried to put everything that's been bugging me lately behind me for today, to enjoy my day. Maybe it worked. Maybe it didn't.
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I finally got my Ben & Jerry's!
Hafizah lost my Little Black Dress book and to make up for it, knowing that I'm a fool for B&J, she vowed to treat me to B&J one day. And that day is today. Nadia and I walked all the way to buy it at NTUC and had a heart-to-heart talk. I'm glad Nadia finally knows how it's like. That makes it one less person who doesn't comprehend my situation. I initially really wanted to buy my Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough but they didn't have it! (How can they sell B&J without any Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough?!) I then settled for Chunky Monkey and Nadia bought New York Fudge Chunk. We brought them back to school to share it with the 29126. I wanted to bring my tub of Chunky Monkey back home and use it but the ants contaminated my tub! (#*!)
Did I mention? Throughout the journey to NTUC, at every traffic light we stopped at, the light would turn green immediately when we came. Immediately.It's a sign, I tell you. I think I'll stop here; I forgot what I wanted to blog. Anyway, I'm going to take my very much needed and thorough bath now. Bye!
"maybe now, michael, they will leave you alone."
Wednesday, July 8, 2009, 6:06:00 PM
"Maybe now, Michael, they will leave you alone."
- Marlon Jackson
I know all of you will kill me once you read this but I slept through practically the whole memorial. I wanted to try and watch all of it but at the beginning, the memorial might have been touching but it didn't speak to me. If anybody died, the only people who would be affected beyond depression could really only be the family. To tell you the truth, I only wanted to watch the memorial for the family's eurology. I am particularly touched by Marlon Jackson's eurology and his account on bumping into Michael in the store. ("You're my brother; I can recognise you anywhere regardless of what make up you wear.") And who can forget Paris? It's the shortest speech I've heard in my life but it carries a very big meaning and impact; a magnitude. In this whole memorial, what really mattered? To me, it's the family.
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My blog is filled with entries about Michael Jackson. I should blog about my life more. How's life? Life is hard. When I go to school, I get a big headache thinking of how unprepared I am for the CTs and planning my study plan and how to finish all my homework on time. When I go home, my brothers would be fighting. 24/7. That's why I lock myself up in my room. It's much less chaotic there and I can concentrate better there too. And when I lock myself up in my room, I can tune out the world for a moment, try to let out all the bottled-up pressure and evaluate practically.
Anyway, let's be happy and not worry:
IT'S ILLIANY'S 15TH BIRTHDAY TOMORROW! :D
from ttm to mi.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009, 5:47:00 PM
New address.New look.
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Today Michael Jackson will be buried. Am I going to type a paragraph on what I feel about his memorial? No, I'm not going to. I expressed my opinions with Nadia already and to me, that is enough. Although I would let slip a word or two: They should really let Michael R.I.P. and stop dissecting the stomach they already told the world is empty.
10th anni.
Sunday, July 5, 2009, 10:10:00 AM
BEFORE 10TH ANNI:
I had nothing to do in the morning of the big day. Nadia suggested the 29126 go to KFC and rejoice the comeback of the one and only Bandito Pockett. While fans of McDonald's Garlic Chilli rejoice of the Garlic Chilli comeback, we'll celebrate the Bandito Pockett comeback. After begging my mom to let me go with them, I got ready and met Nadia at Loyang Point to buy my Brasso. In the end, only Nadia, Hafizah and I went to eat at KFC. You want to know what's the difference in the "new" Bandito Pockett the commercial's been talking about? The pita is now toasted. Although I didn't taste a single difference. Maybe it's because I haven't eaten it in long, long time.
We picked up Curry from the library and to school. Half-way through walking around the school, Nadia and I found that there's nothing to do before we report at 2.15. It was 12 or 1 at that time. We decided to hang around the blocks. We stopped at 229 and started polishing all the badges on us with my newly bought Brasso. What boredom can do to us. But Brasso really works! I shined all my badges until it couldn't be shined anymore. Half-way through, Aizat and Pariz joined us.
DURING 10TH ANNI:
Have I told you my role in 10th Anni? No, I didn't bore everybody in the hall with my "step-college-girl" voice. I gave cocktail to the VIPs and passed the confetti stick to Aizat in the parade in exchange for his rifle. How cool is that. Finally, roles with not that much practice. During duty, a cherry red Ferrari drive in. Immediately, all the NCCs standing at attention turned to look. I want a red car when I grow up.
Nadia and I ran to the next station; the parade. The parade went very well; nobody dropped a rifle or did a booboo. A noticable booboo. Fashihah sang beautifully and I mean beautifully. Now that there isn't a parade anymore, I'll miss hearing Basshunter boom through the sound system and the rhythamic banging of rifles every now and then.
The confetti team!
AFTER 10TH ANNI:
Dead beat. Nadia and I were dead from running from here to there, here to there. Yet we wanted to hang around after we were dismissed and kpo-kpo. We bumped into Hafizah and Charmaine. Charmaine being Charmaine was very hyped up and very keen to take a picture with Ms Chua. She declared, "I won't leave until I take a picture with Ms Chua!" Charmaine's energy can be very infectious, mind you. Soon, I experienced adrenaline. All of it pumping in me and ready to explode. Charmaine, Nadia and I ran around the school taking pictures, my cam in tow.
THE PRODUCT OF ADRENALINE:
1. The madly cute Charmaine Theng. 2. The madly nice Mr Paul Ng.
1. Nabila. 2. Cikgu Marina ("I didn't get to see her dance with Cikgu Ridz for 'Bop to the Top'!")
1. Farrehann. 2. I just had to put this up.
1. Nawfal and his Colgate smile. 2. Ms Adima.
1. Charmaine and Ms Chua! 2. Aizat. ("I ♥ you.")
1. Farhan Y. ("Best friend ah, best friend.") 2. Adik Hidayat.
1. Khairunisa Bte Othman. 2. Nadia Bte Abdul Nasir.
1. Zafrul
1. Sherwyn. 2. Adriana.
1. Vanessa Chua. 2. Hafizah.
10th Anni was fun. Can we play it again?
(one of) my idol.
Thursday, July 2, 2009, 8:44:00 PM
That's Michael. His get-up is simply assembled in what you would go to bed with. But you don't need to look like you're going to the city to perform; people truly come for the voice. I've not been blogging about Michael Jackson recently only to discuss the death of a legend. I blog about him now to express how I admire the fact that he lived being 50, putting up with all the crap the media and the world gave him. You have to admit that in a school of 3000 odd or whatnot, it's enough to make you go mad if they talked and gave you crap around the clock. He had to put up with the world. A world made up of not only the community we find here in Singapore. To put up with all that scrutiny from the media and the world, I really, truly salute Michael Jackson.
I've been surveying. "What's your favourite Michael Jackson song?" Mine is "Smooth Criminal" and "Man in the Mirror". Particularly "Man in the Mirror". What's your favourite Michael Jackson song?
back to school.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009, 6:39:00 PM
It's been 3 days back in school and I think when I lie down, my bones can sink into my bed. Today, I expected Glen not to come to school. But when I saw him today, happy, normal and maybe even well, it shocked me. But then again, Glen isn't the type to hold a grudge. I still don't see why they did that to him when he did nothing at all. It's totally brainless and pointless. I don't want to go on about it but when I look at it, there's really no solution. It's a cycle.
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Influenza A/H1N1 Written in Literature class, an assignment for Mdm Rozila on 30 June.
