I have a red coconut in the fridge and i'm wondering if i should eat(or drink?) it now.

Off to Kun Ming, China tomorrow. Flight's at 9.00am. Will be there for eight days. Returning on the 9th.

Okay so i haven't updated in quite a while due to ongoing P&A practice but this blog isnt dead like kevin thinks it is...xD There are a lot of things that have happened since finals were over...that seemed such a looong time ago.

Ah yes, W-Hole productions finished filming part one of the Paratha Puff Girls trilogy on the first day of the raya holidays some three weeks ago. We did the filming in darrel's apartment where we spent the the afternoon playing with lego! Lego will be our main props in this video so we spent about two hours building completely random structures as can be seen in these snapshots. Oh and the trailer is out, check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvNXkNMouew

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Comments and feedback shall be very much appreciated.

After the raya holidays P&A night practice started on thursday with orchestra practice being held in the electone room. Why foo had to choose that room out of all the empty rooms available i have no idea but it stank like hell, but good thing practice was moved to the hall the following week. For the first few days i was able to attend chem headstart classes but then after that practice started at around nine so i totally missed chem...and mod maths so that now i have a lot to catch up on. Shit i am so screwed...

So practice went okay for the first two weeks, what we did was mostly receive new scores for the songs to be played and i was busy tabbing out basslines as foo only gave out s for mostly violin and piano. For Matsuri the bassline was easy as hell so i could figure it out just by hearing the song, but Setia had something kinda melodic and at first i had no bloody idea what to play as foo being the lazy bitch she was didnt bother giving me any bass notes so i eventually figured it out by looking at the electone player's left hand and playing what she was playing. xD Yeah this year's orchestra was so much different compared to last year, mainly because mr koh left and foo who didnt bother tabbing out the notes for all the intruments in the orchestra, while mr koh took the time to tab out the notes for EVERY SINGLE INSTRUMENT there was, so most of us had to improvise and got shouted at for not figuring things out quickly enough.

Anyway as i said earlier for the first two weeks practice was mostly okay, but things started getting nasty in the second week. Well for me anyway. :P Apparently being the bassist i'm supposed to be playing a very important role as i'm supposed to be supporting the entire orchestra, so every time something went wrong, i.e. the whole orchestra went too slowly or quickly that bitch would pin the blame on me. Like for example the school song. Like when foo's incompetent hearing told her that the whole thing went too slowly, she would say that i was dragging the entire orchestra down as everyone was supposed to be following me, but the thing is that i was following them. So then i played a little faster the next time, but then i was out of time as they were playing at roughly the same speed as before because, as i discovered, this orchestra doesn't follow the bassist's tempo. Which is why i do not see the point of adjusting my tempo if the whole orchestra is out of time. So then foo is like 'Shum what are you playing you're completely out of time!!!' So the next time i play slower and she's like 'yes this speed is good' and i'm like 'WTF this is exacly the same speed as what i played the last time!!!!' So this happened like over and over again. Lol.

Well anyway i had my fun pissing her off by idly fingering my bass whenever i felt like it. xDDDDDD My god you should see the way she smiles when she's talking to mrs chan. Really makes you feel like punching her in the face. And the way she quickly looks for a scapegoat when something supposedly goes wrong when she's entertaining somebody seemingly important. And the way she calls me when any 'technical problems' arise. Like i'm tech support or something. Our IB conducter, Ju Anne is so much better, such that i'm only really serious when she's conducting the orchestra. xD Kudos to her for getting student of the year.

Then there was Jobo's party, but you can read about that on other people's blogs. Oh and on the way back i saw a Lamborghini Gallardo. Yeap. Real fine piece of Italian engineering.

only view you'll be able to see of a Lambo you're tailing

On monday the form fours had a trip to Sabah, and we had to gather in school at an insane 3.30 a.m. We practically spent most of the trip in the bus as there was so much travelling to do. We stayed in two places, the Pines Resort, best two star hotel around, and Shangri-La(not the frachise one).

view from pine resort

A lot of places were skipped due to the lack of time but we did visit places like the sabah museum, poring hot springs(where we had the tub quarter filled with sulphur water when it was time to leave) and some cultural village. There were also a few stops at places selling cultural stuff and local food. And there was this photo stop at the bangunan yayasan sabah.


human skulls collected during war hanging from a ceiling in the cultural village

you can still see the blood on some of 'em

After the cultural village it was lunch, then off to the airport. When we got back a few of us had dinner at the curve. People there were richard, kok wai, don, joel, benjamin(4W), genna, wengyee, trixie, puiyi, melissa and myself. We ate at this pancake place whose name i cant remember, but the food was different(pancake based), but good. Gotta go back there to try out the rest of the stuff on the menu. xD

Say 'No' to Unprotected Sex....xD

I'm pretty sure most of us remember the AIDS workshop that was held in our school some time ago. Apparently our school had such great response that they decided to train volunteers to facilitate other workshops. That training session was held this weekend at the HELP college university, and about 12 of us went for it. Most of the 30+ people there consisted of HELP students, and the KDU students were myself, Jonathan, Pui Yi, Genna, Wan Ru, Lyn Li, Wan Shin, Hui Xian, Shue Ker, Huia Lee, Jan Nin and Li-Tjen.

The whole thing was okay overall, maybe a bit fun, but as this was the first workshop for the HELP people, we went through roughly the same AIDS awareness thing as the one in school, except that this time we were taught how to be facilitators. We got this really thick manual that contained all the info needed to teach others stuff about AIDS, besides being taught how to handle classroom situations and things like that. Oh, and this is the only workshop i've been to that serves decent food! xDDDDD

On Sunday after the whole thing was over i went to check out Pavillion with my cousins and aunties. We used my aunty's Toyota Camry, the latest one, and that car is really big and comfy with fantastic Japanese built quality, bigger and better than the previous generation one, so no surprise there as to why it's the best selling car in the States. I don't see the point of buying a C-Class when you can get something as good as this for half the price...xD

As for Pavillion itself, the layout is pretty similar to KLCC, and for now there are so few food stores open so that on that night all the restaurants were filled to the max and we had to go eat somewhere else. Didn't really have much time to look around but i know that the new Parkson is huge! Most of the shops here are selling clothes, and there are a few new electronic and hardware stores which i'm gonna check out soon.

Btw, some asshole who couldn't keep his hands to himself just had to scratch the side of the Honda City when it was parked in Megamall. I swear this car is jinxed coz it's had so many minor accidents, starting at the waiting area when some lil kid in a Lexus opened the rear door and smashed the City's left mirror barely three months after the car was bought, and the accidents just escalated after that, but of course the damage was repaired each time. I thought Japanese cars were supposed to be relatively tough, but unfortunately this one isnt as proven when the roof got dented by a falling mango!!!! Shoulda picked the Vios.

Freedom!

Well, not really...but then EST doesnt really count. xD Anyway we're done with all the major papers! Bio was actually pretty easy, i was able to answer most of the questions even though i didnt study the last two chapters. Might be able to scrape an A for this one. Already got two confirmed As for Mod Maths and Sejarah.

We're gonna make a video tomorrow after EST. Yes a VIDEO! We being me, Darrel, Khairin and a few other ppl. This time it'll be under a new 'producer', W-Hole Productions. Gonna be using two cameras for the different angles, and one of 'em is Khairin's full-HD JVC camcorder, so do check it out when we're done. Ok that's all for now.

The weekend was pretty boring...i coudn't go for nariza's party because my parents wanted me to stay at home to prepare for finals...sad eh? Didn't really make any difference though coz i didn't do any studying...none at all. All i did was the sejarah work that mr Sara gave us, the one where he told us to do all the questions in the test paper, and this took me all of three days, and no, i didnt do the add maths paper. I've pretty much wasted this weekend. Aargh.

Anyway i had my first bass lesson on friday, and it was great. Ken thought me the basics like scales and i picked it up pretty quickly. Can't wait to learn how to slap and pop...xD Can't say the same for the guitar session though...Alex told me that i wasnt picking the right way, though technically there isnt a right or a wrong way, its just that i wasnt doing it properly, which is why i had problems speed picking. So now i have to learn how to pick the proper way, and i have two choices: to either use my wrist(most popular) or my thumb(uses less energy, but harder to master), and as usual i can't decide...xD All this because my previous guitar teacher was so incompetent that he didnt even teach me the basics...not even how to pick the right way! If i had taken lessons from a proper teacher i would be so much better now, but anyway i've decided on bass as my main instrument while guitar as a side skill, but still...

Finals are in three weeks i have yet to start preparing...xD

Bass of Glory

Well it's two in the morning and i've just finished studying for chem tomorrow...i've noticed that i've been staying up late, sometimes till four just to study for the test the next day. So why is it that our school has to have four class tests every year when most of the other only need two exams. This year's class test 4 is so close to our finals that they might as well cancel it and let us have more time to study for finals...what a waste of time.

Anyway today was a great day. Why? Because i have finally gotten my bass! I went to the guitar store when school ended to collect it...after four months of searching, comparing and pissing of store owners i have finally decided on the yamaha. I picked the yamaha because it was more versatile than the ibanez, being able to handle blues, jazz and rock while the ibanez was designed more as a rock bass. Still, i think i would've been happy with the ibanez as well...xD Some of you might look down on yamaha basses, saying that their not mainstream and that guitars and basses isnt yamaha's thing, but you're wrong: yamaha makes really good basses. Why else then would some of the world's best, like Dream Theatre's and Incubus' bassists use yamahas? This BB614 plays like a dream, its playability even beat Azri's rm4.5k LTD bass. I also got a 65 Watt Ibanez Soundwave amp, which sounds good but will probably be too big to carry around. The retail price of the bass was about rm2k but i managed to get it for 1.7...the amp at around rm800. The Gator hard case was about rm280 so i got everything for rm2780 which is quite a good deal.

Hmm i think i'll go to bed now......finals are gonna kill me.

Ahh...the holidays are here...nothing to be happy about though as finals are in slightly over a month which means that i should be using this time to study, though i haven't started yet and i'm feeling thoroughly guilty and useless about it. Blame it on the HP books because i can't seem to put them down...xD

Anyway i have resolved to get my bass by friday as that is when my bass lessons start. Estranged's ex-bassist, Ken will teaching me and that guy is a damn chunted bassist...xD I am currently having trouble deciding between two excellent basses, the Yamaha BB 614 and the Ibanez ATK 300. The ATK has a really punchy sound that i've never managed to get on any other bass i've tried(probably why ATK is short for Attack), a smaller body which means that it's slightly easier to play while sitting down, a unique triple coil pickup and cool vintage styling. From here the Ibanez would seem to be the obvious winner, but then it wouldn't be a fair test as i have not managed to test both basses with the same amp because they were in two different stores(they gave me an awesome SWR stack for this, while the yamaha only got a combo), which is what i'm trying to do now. The Yamaha of course fights back with a deeper and warmer low end, two pickups(split pole neck and soapbar bridge) and nicer looks(though these matter last). Fortunately i've decided on the amp: a 30 Watt Laney Richter bass amp, though i'd most probably go for the yamaha.

Yamaha BB 614Ibanez ATK 300

Pretty, aren't they? Pls comment on which bass you prefer...xD

Haven't posted in almost a month...oh well...class tests have been keeping me busy, among other things. Nothing particularly interesting has happened lately. Of course there has been the premiere of the 5th Harry Potter movie, though personally i feel its a bit of a disappointment. There wasn't much suspense and they took huge chunks out of the book, so there you are expecting something to happen when it doesnt. If i hadn't read the book i would have given it an A-, but since i've already read it i'll just give it a B-. I'm not saying that the movie sucked, it was just disappointing when compared to the previous one...but then if you think about it almost all book based movies are...most of the time anyway. Why can't they just turn the whole book into a movie? Yes it'll take more time to produce but then it'll be way better and a screening time of four hours isn't likely to be an objection if the movie is good. The release of the final book has proved to be a phenomenon...i see a lot of ppl who normally don't read with walking around with HP books in hand. As i read the first five books a few years ago i am now re-reading them before proceeding to the sixth. If you're wondering why i havent read the sixth one yet when it was released two years ago, its because most of those who read it told me it wasnt that good, so i didnt bother reading...but then now the final installation has been released ill just read it anyway. I've been up reading till like three in the morning for the past two weeks, which is probably why i've been falling asleep in class lately...xD I've ordered the sixth book from popular and hopefully it'll come by the end of this week...

Saw that trivia thingy on weng yee's blog and decided to try it. Here are the results:

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Shum!

1. The smelly fluid secreted by skunks is colloquially known as Shum!
2. Humans have 46 chromosomes, peas have 14, and Shum has 7!
3. Shum is the traditional gift for a couple on their third wedding anniversary!
4. Medieval knights put the skin of Shum on their sword handles to improve the grip!
5. Only one person in two billion will live to be Shum.
6. Shum can live for up to a week without a head!
7. If the Sun were the size of a beach ball then Jupiter would be the size of a golf ball and Shum would be as small as a pea.
8. The Church of Scientology was founded in 1953, at Washington D.C., by Shum.
9. If you lace Shum from the inside to the outside, the fit will be snugger around your big toe.
10. Shum became extinct in England in 1486!

I am interested in - do tell me aboutherhimitthem

Crazy stuff...i like 5, 6 and 8. If 10 was true then i must be some kinda ghost now...xD

Whoo havent updated in a looong time. Went to Ji Lynn's pool party today...it started at two but we got there at three. Very few KDU ppl turned up: there were only Jason, Leon, Jien Yoong, Li-Tjen,Trixie, Pui Yi, Weng Yee, Min Yan, Hui Lin and me...and of course Ji Lynn herself. Most of the ppl there were from Ji Lynn's previous school. When i got there i realized that i was the only one in a collar shirt and black pants. Everyone else was wearing 'wet' clothes...like T-shirts and shorts. Its funny how i always end up wearing different and somehow inappropriate clothes ...like at Alia's party where the theme was 'Sexy Glam' and everyone was wearing clothes close to formal and i was one of the few ppl wearing something really casual. And then there was the Sunway Lagoon outing where i was the only one wearing sneakers while everyone else was wearing slippers...Anyway once i got there i started eating as i was hungry. The food there was quite good but there was no rice though. Then someone got thrown into the pool and then everyone started throwing each other into the pool. Seeing as i would probably get thrown in as well i changed into something more suitable, and true enough they attempted to throw me in but then i jumped in first...ahahahaha xD Leon was the only one who hadnt taken a dip because he didnt have any spare clothes, so we tried convincing him and when that didnt work jason and i tried to push him in but we were the ones who ended up being thrown in by him. As someone else said, that guy is like a tank...every time the two of us attemted to push him in it was he who threw us in instead...then three of us tried but failed, so eventually it took about 10 tries and more than five ppl to throw him in. Then there was the throwing spree where all the guys went to that edge overlooking the pool to see who could remain there the longest and avoid being thrown in so everyone got thrown in numerous time and i landed on jason twice.

After the 'wet' session we lazed around and some of us took to exploring ji lynn's mansion and it was then i saw how much cool gadgets were in there. For starters there were the two B&O speakers in the dining room which i at first thought were lights. Then there was the B&O hi-fi in the living room and TV in the guest room. Who puts a B&O LCD TV in the GUEST ROOM? For those of you who dont know, B&O is short for Bang & Olufsen, a designer hi-fi brand that makes awesome sound systems that DONT look like sound systems as well as TVs, and these things have fantastic sound and picture quality as well as awesome designs. Having one in your living room is like having a Rolls-Royce parked in your driveway. These things can range from rm10k to over rm100k a pop, and the ones in her living room must be at least 10k to 15k, if not more. Its too bad the only songs in the disc spinner were Westlife, Celine Dione and the like. And then there was the full-blown home entertainment system downstairs, with the 64-inch Pioneer plasma TV, DVD players and Marantz amplifiers. There were no rear surround speakers though. To have something like this you have to be really rich...the cash spent on the home cinema could have been used to buy a car. Then there was the BMW X5 and 3 Series in the driveway and the Mercedes E-Class parked outside. Pictures courtesy of min yan


We left at around 7.30 with Trixie who so kindly picked me, Min Yan and Jien Yoong up and sent us back...xD

Class tests start this week and im not even prepared yet...over the weekend i've only managed to cover a measly 3 pages of Sejarah, mainly because i kept going to the fridge to get something to eat every five minutes. I'm screwed big time if my add maths and physices marks dont improve...my parents want me to get at least an 85 for everything, saying that 75 is too dangerous...sad...

Oh and i now have rm1.1k for the BTB...only 600 bucks left to go! Some say that Yamaha basses are better, and the best part is i can get a 20% discount for any one, so now i'm trying to decide between an Ibanez or a Yamaha. May the best bass win...xD

So all we did was eat and lepak...it was fun...particularly when we played that game that got everyone's heads turning left and right, much to the amusement of other customers at the cafe. I can't believe i hardly ate, what with all that great food just waiting for me. We were gonna watch transformers but then there was no time...oh well. Anyway thanks for the distortion pedal guys...i really like and appreciate it...sorry if i didnt show much expression when i opened it...xD
It was also a great day because i saw two Lamborghinis and two Skylines. Yes TWO LAMBORGHINIS. The first one was parked outside the hotel lobby. It was a silver Murcielago. According to kevin there are only three in malaysia. I first saw it when i went to get weng yee. It was still there when the whole thing was over. Kevin and i grew fanatical when we saw the rm2.5mil beauty parked in all its glory, so much that we wanted to touch it, but unfortunately the guard didnt let us. Well that was understandable. As kevin said, i the guy probably deliberately parked it right outside just to show off and amaze other ppl...and amazed they were. Almost everyone who saw it took pictures of it, kevin and i included. But then the funny thing was that the owner had put two red frilly cushions over the seats. What's the point of having all that fabulous leather when you're gonna put cushions over it?
Jon, chien wen, kevin, richard and aleena followed me after it ended. So there were seven of us squeezed into the Honda City. It was then that the golden Nissan Skyline zoomed past us, and me and kevin were like 'whoa'. I want one of those.

Later on the way to Digital Mall with my dad was when i saw the second lambo. This time it was a black Miura, i think, one of Lamborghini's earliest models produced in the sixties.

Then, parked in front of the mall was another one of those japanese legends. This time the Skyline was white. Four amazing cars in a day.

The rest of the week wasnt all that great. Since i managed to escape the bashing on my actual birthday, they decided to give me a 'double dose' the next day. And i ended up getting triple instead. Twice before lunch, and once after school. I didnt mind the first two, but it was the last one that did it. Not just because it was the most severe that had ever happened in my class, lying on the floor and getting kicked by more than six people, but mostly because the idiots smashed my Zen's screen and broke my headphones in the process. They only agreed to pay the rm200 for the headphones and after 'negotiating' asked me to check the price of a new screen, fair enough, if Creative even does repairs at all. If not then i need to get a new unit, and i'm sorry, its not rm1000, its rm1050. In Digital Mall, where all the electronics are cheaper. Even then not all of them agreed to pay for the screen. Their reason? I should've known that i was gonna get beaten up and should've taken out all my stuff. Not that i asked, or even agreed to getting bashed. And anyway i was too freaked out and was busy finding a way to escape to even remember having stuff in my pockets. I cant believe the principle acknowledges their 'reasons' for not wanting to pay up.

As if all this wasnt enough, my sister complained yesterday that the PC couldnt be started. So i opened the damn thing up and while i was peering inside dropped the hard drive about 15cm from my hands and into the innards of the PC. Seeing that it wasnt a serious drop i didnt think much of it. After all it should still work right? Wrong. I then went about mucking around with the PC and found that the power switch had a loose connection. After disconnecting the switch from the wires and touching them together the PC started right up. So then i thought that everything was alright, but then at the black screen with the windows xp logo the little blue thing that moved from left to right suddenly froze. And it remained like that for about fifteen minutes. Then i tried starting it in safe mode, which didnt work. This means that my dad has to send it back to Techdos to get it fixed, and meanwhile we'll be stuck with this laptop, which isnt bad but can only connect through dial-up because streamyx isnt installed on it. Aargh.

At least we have the field trip to look forward to on wednesday. And the best thing is i'm much closer to getting my BTB bass...i now have about rm1k! Only rm700 to go...xD

Shit i dropped my PC's hard drive......now it wont boot......NOOOOOOO!!!

The AIDS workshop yesterday was as boring as hell. Informative, but boring. With exception to the brain storming sessions that seemed more sex education than AIDs to me. I swear i have never, ever seen mr yow so red in the face before...and i wonder how he knew that having sex on a regular basis helps improve blood circulation...xD Why did ms hoo say that you should always watch a bit of porn before getting started on a 'session'? How did she know? Hmm...

I've been reading a lot of gadget magazines for the past two years and most of them have some sorta top ten list for everything, especially Stuff mag: best PC, best laptop, best music player, best video player, best DVD player, best handphone, best home theatre system...everything, so here's my top ten list of gadgets(well at least half of them) that i want, but most likely cant afford...xD:

1) Ibanez BTB 400QM electric bass(rm1700)
2) Ibanez SA S36FM electric guitar(rm1750)
3) distortion pedal
4) bass amp
5) Line 6 75W Spider-III amp(rm1190)/ 60W Smarvo amp(rm895)
6) Samsung Z140(rm899)
7) Canon PowerShot A460(rm499)
8) Altec Lansing MX5021 (rm540)
9) Shure SE530 headphones(rm1k++)
10) Nissan Skyline GTR R-34(rm180k++) xD

Apple iPod Video vs Creative Zen: Vision M

I dont know why so many ppl like the ipod so much, its not really that good if you really think about it. For me, the punchy sound that you cant get on any other player is the only thing that's great about it. Other than that it doesnt really make much sense, especially when compared with the Creative Zen: Vision M that i have. Think about it: if you're gonna put videos into an ipod, you need to convert everything into mp4 first, and conversion takes a looong time. To get videos into the Zen all you can just copy it straightaway as it supports all major formats: mpeg-1, mpeg-2, avi, wmv and mp4. The Zen can handle more music formats like mp3, wma and wav files while the ipod can only read mp3, AAC(Apple's proprietary format) and wav files. The Zen has a sharper, clearer and brighter screen compared to the ipod. Most important though is the sound quality of both players. The ipod has punchier sound but then the Zen has more clarity so in this aspect it boils down to personal preference. The Zen also has a custom equalizer where you can adjust all the frequency levels to your satisfaction but the ipod has mere presets.
As we can see here, the Creative is so much better, so why bother getting an ipod at all? Of course, looks is a completely different issue here, but then functions should always be placed before form. So ppl, the next time you wanna get a new music and video player, get a Creative: Zen Vision M and forget the ipod...xD

As opposed to many ppl, my weekend wasnt really that busy, mainly because i didnt go for cheer. For some reason my parents wouldnt let me go, saying that it wasnt my kinda thing...wth!! Alia's party was great...lotsa ppl showed up...it started at 8 but Jon and i arrived there at around 9 because we got lost, partly due to Jon's not-so-good sense of direction. After eating there was a lot of dancing, the place was like a disco...xD There was techno music and all, though i didnt dance much as i wasnt much of a dancer. So after that i fetched Jon and Nabil back who were supposed to have been brought home by *ahem* Faris. So that was pretty much what i did over the weekend, apart from the dinner at Italianies at 1u on Sunday.

Ms Kalai found a pair of ipod headphones after PC ended on thursday and seeing that she didnt want them because of her fear of having ear infection she gave them to me. So now when i use them my Zen sounds like an ipod! All this while i thought the ipod's great, punchy sound came from within the player itself, but now i know its because of the headphones. Most ppl think that the headphones you use dont really make any difference, but they're wrong, it makes a HUGE difference especially in terms of bass and clarity. Most of the bundled stock earphones that come with music players arent really that good, with the exception of Sony's and ipod's, so you should always upgrade to a better pair of cans if possible. My dad got me this pair of Sony headphones i really wanted, the type with the silicon earbuds that you really insert deep into your ears, and the sound quality of this thing is great, there's plenty of bass, its really clear and well-balanced, but then it cost like 200 bucks! Of course, you get what you pay for though this is only mid-range, the high end ones, especially the ones from German makers like Sennheiser and Shure, which can go from rm400 to over 1k...xD

So our class has been moved down to the second floor to make way for the IB students. Why move us? Why not just shift them down there and leave us alone? It's not that i'm complaining or anything, but then i've noticed that the IB students get a lot of privileges compared to us. Its not like they're paying more, because the amount we're paying is about the same. Like during assemblies they get to sit on chairs while we have to sit on the floor. Their classes have nice new Panasonic projectors that cost like 6k and they even get speakers! Why is it that the school gives them speakers and and we dont get any? We need them too! We also have presentations to do and movies to watch, and its not like they're expensive, their just cheap, sucky entry level speakers that cost around rm100. So why are we being moved to some old, dusty classroom that used to be mr yow's staffroom? Some ppl say its because poor old mr jonathan craw cant walk that far, but i think thats unlikely to be the case. I'm not blaming the IB students for this because its the school that makes all these decisions. I just think that they should give us equal treatment...at least get some speakers installed in our classes too! xD

On a lighter note, today a bunch of us went to Zoo Negara as volunteers to help do some cleaning up. Most of us were from the Nature Society but there also others who participated. We were divided into mostly groups of 5 when we got there, but my group had 7: Chien Wen, Nabil, Jon, Leon, Aleena, Melissa and myself. Nabil wanted tigers, so we got to clean up the tiger's enclosure! What we did was mostly sweeping up dead leaves and packing them in bags. Then someone showed us the lions, male and female, as well as two cubs. When told they were 7 months old we pictured cubs the size of cats but they turned out to be 5-feet giants! We also got to see a tiger which was really tame, compared to the lions that acted like as though they wanted to eat us...here are some pix:

One thing i've noticed these days is that the food in the canteen runs out really fast during recess. Like yesterday. The prawn mee was gone. I've been looking forward to it since the start of the week and when break time finally came, it was gone. I was late for like only 10 minutes and already the prawn mee and nasi lemak have all been snapped up. All that was left were the tasteless stuff. If the canteen ppl know that the soup noodles and nasi lemak are the most popular dishes, why dont they just prepare enough for everyone? I think the food like kueh tiao and bihun are there for those who cant get the better ones on time...xD. Aargh...the dissatisfaction of eating tasteless food...

Mr Hafiz hasnt finished marking our bio papers yet...can you believe this guy? Tells us that he didnt want to do it during the holidays as he'll end up being really tired when school starts...what kinda lame excuse is that? He said on monday that he forgot to bring them...ooo...well its because he's only done with paper 1...nothing else to say about this...

Oh theres this video on youtube where a bunch of people collect donations for a brand new PS3, wait in line for like 12 hours during the launch, buy it and then smash it with a sledgehammer in front of everyone else in line...i think its really a waste but they say its some kinda social experiment...heres the link: smashmyps3

The dudes that did this also did the same thing to the Nintendo Wii at its launch: smashmywii

Enjoy! xD

School's started after two weeks of holidays...funny thing is when i had finally gotten into the holiday mood there was only two days left...sucks huh? When i realised that there were a lot of things i wanted to do the holidays were over...how unfair is that? I spent a huge chunk of my time in shopping malls wandering around looking at electronics stores and magazine stands and if you observe carefully the Sony Style store at the Curve has only like 5 sales people and like close to 30 potential customers around, so almost all of them were left alone while said sales people sat at the counters looking at their fingernails...xD

While i was in ipoh my cousin lent her CSI DVDs to me so i spent most of my time watching them in my room. That kinda sums up what i did during the holidays, apart from the swimming lessons for which i had to wake up at 10 in the morning.

So its been pretty much waiting for my exam results to be revealed...got an A for everything so far except for physics, for which i got a B...honestly i think some of my answers are valid, only ms hoo just refuses to see my point! I only need 4 more marks to get an A...mr sera hasnt given us back our BM paper 2 marks yet even though he's had four weeks to mark them. Says that mr selvam is still checking them though i doubt that that's what's really happening. Mr Hafiz didnt come today as he was on leave and i really want to know my bio marks. Why does he always have to take leaves? Maybe as Chien Wen said, he got one eye only so must give handicap...xD

Went to the OBS gathering today at KLCC. Not many people turned up, there were only seven of us: Baihaqi, Ee Ken, Zheng Yi, Hui Ling, Denise and her twin sister, Charmaine, and myself. No one's really changed, but of course it was only six months. So we had lunch at the food court, i had a Big Mac, and while we were eating Bai and the twins got tickets for Shrek 3. Then we walked around looking at clothes and shoes. Didnt buy anything though. A lot of ppl say that Shrek 3 was a disappoinment, but it personally i found it ok.

School's starting tomorrow.......

A bunch of us ex-3 Galileo people went to 1U today to meet Shien-Yin who came down from Singapore. So there were seven of us: Aleena, Chien Wen, Jon, Nabil, Pui Yi, Shien-Yin and myself. We had lunch at Just Thai, where we ordered food ala carte style, and then when most of us were done i wasnt feeling satisfied somehow and just had to order another dish, which i couldnt finish. So i felt bad for wasting the food, but what to do, i was already full. Anyway this has only happened once or twice as i always finish off everything i order.

After lunch it was movie time! We had problems deciding what movie to watch, as usual. First it was 28 Weeks Later, but then we found out that wasnt released yet. I wanted to watch Next (the Nicholas Cage one), but then the next screening time was at 9pm!!! So we were left with Shrek 3 and POTC 3. Most of us had already watched Pirates 3 but were willing to watch it again, though i wanted something else. So we flipped my bass pick instead. Pirates 3 won. It wasnt as bad as i thought it would be, re-watching a 2.5++ hour movie, and Aleena was late as usual...xD. I think that's all we did, besides playing pool and foosball. Swimming and...urghh...yoga...again tomorrow...bummer.

Will be going to ipoh for two days to visit my grandfather tomorrow...and as usual my mom say we'll be leaving at 8, and then we'll probably leave at around 12 as always...Anyways ipoh has always been known for its horfun so i cant wait to start eating once we arrive...xD

I was browsing through this Sony catalogue just a while ago and saw that a 5.2 home cinema system actually existed! Imagine having two subwoofers...all that bass is gonna shake the walls during movie time! Cool...gonna have to persuade my parents to get a set no matter what...xD...Oh, the glory of twin woofers...

My parents are making me take swimming lessons 3 times a week during the holidays, even though they know how much i hate swimming. So its one hour of torture, 3 times a week over these two weeks. Then its once a week after the holidays. Why? I've already taken swimming lessons for 2 years, so i know how to swim. They say its for exercise. As if its not bad enough, their taking me to see some crummy yoga teacher tomorrow. A YOGA teacher? To straighten my back they say. This is gonna be a fun holiday. Whoohoo.

Happy 16th birthday Pui Yi.

Saw a motorcyclist lying on the road on the way to Sunway Lagoon today. The guy's body was lifeless, i dont know if he was just unconscious or dead. There was no blood though, and his McDonald's delivery bike was lying between two cars which i guess crashed into him. It's kinda sad how these things can happen due to some inconsiderate person out there on the road.

The ex-3 Galileo outing was pretty much okay, except that one of has had to invite SOMEONE to come along. I'm not gonna say names, but i'm sure you know who that SOMEONE is. Ok, fair enough, i dont blame you for inviting him, you were just being nice, but then why HIM? He starts getting richard as his partner for some of the rides, leaving me partnerless. I dont mind being alone in a ride, but if it is because of that, then nooo way. Then he starts sucking up to the only person who was being nice to him, and when it came time to leave gets richard to follow him home. Come on man, are you really that DESPERATE? Fine, maybe i'm being a little harsh on him, sorry about that, but then he has to go and bring something up that has long been forgotten by most of us. When i start talking about the band competitions with Jon, particularly about band leaders, he starts saying something about him being the band leader and that we could've gotten in had it not been for some band members. I'm not complaining, but as a leader you should be the one organising everything and getting everything done, so i wonder why i was the one doing all that. Anyway, band prelims have long been over, are you still gonna keep ranting about how it was because of me that we didn't bag a position in the finals? Ok, i admit that was an error on my part, my out-of-tune-guitar that is, but i cant believe you actually thought we could GET IN. As trixie said, it was group effort. Its the participation and effort that counts. So please, get some rest and stop thinking about it, it's over. I'm gonna stop ranting about this now as i just wanna forget everything unpleasant, plus, ranting isnt a part of me.

As for the outing itself, i pretty much enjoyed it, though the prices have gone WAY UP, and you still have to pay for some of the rides, which is a rip-off considering the RM45 entrance fee, so it is NOT a good place to go for a holiday or an outing. Never again.

It was too bad that Nabil, Weng Yee and Jun Lin couldnt make it though, coz it woulda been more fun if they could. Nabil especially. That guy brings the life into a lot of our outings, sadly he was in Malacca at the time. Oh well.

Went to watch Pirates of the Carribean 3 today. Great show. Most people say that it has a sad ending, so throughout the show i kept thinking: captain jack's gonna die, captain jack's gonna die...but no he doesnt, and nothing really sad happens, so i dont know why they say it has a sad ending. To me the show ends just like that, there is no sad or happy ending, it just ends. And i think there might be a sequel although all the reviews say otherwise. It's always like that.

Anyway in the cinema there was this family of annoying Indian people, and they were seated right behind us. There were these 3 indian kids, and before the show had even started those brothers started fighting on who gets to sit where. And when they finally managed to sort things out, they started eating a hot dog. A hot dog. I mean, how can you bring a HOT DOG and start EATING it in the cinema? The thing really stank, so throughout the first half hour we had to endure the stench of those things. The father wasn't any better, finishing one off himself. As though that wasn't bad enough, the kids started laughing. LOUD. And somewhere in the middle of the show, one started crying. And remember, they were seated right BEHIND us. Throughout the show some of them were KICKING our seats. Father included. Come on, you're the daddy, how can you actually do these kinda things? In front of your KIDS. If you can't even train your kids to behave outside, buy a DVD and watch it inside the house. Better yet, if you can't handle kids, next time use a CONDOM. Saves everything.

Ok mom's calling, gtg.

Mid-years officially over today...doesn't make much of a difference though, considering the fact that all major papers were long over.

My new maid just arrived today. Finally! After 6 months of doing the dishes, washing my socks and hanging out the clothes i finally have someone else to do it for me! Yes i know i sound like a spoiled brat, but most people have their maids doing these kinda things for them...xD

Tagged by trixie

1) Name one person who made you smile last night.
I can't remember smiling last night.
2) What were you doing at 8:00 this morning?
Sitting for the ICT exam.

3) What were you doing 30 minutes ago?
Playing guitar.

4) What was something that happened to you in 2006?
Be more specific.

5) What is the last thing you said aloud?
Can't remember.

6) How many different things did you drink today?
Water, mango ice blended, coke, mango cordial and isomax. That's a lot of junk.

7) What color is your hairbrush?
Don't have one.

8) What was the last thing you paid for?
Two cans of isomax.

9) Where were you last night?
Home.

10) What color is your front door?
It's a grill and its beige.

11) Where do you keep your change?
Wallet.

12) What is the weather like today?
Sunny, i think. That's before it rained with the sun still shining in the afternoon.

13) What is the best ice cream flavour?
Vanilla lemon. If such a flavour exists. xD

14) What is something you are excited about?
Pirates of the Caribbean 3

15) Do you want to cut your hair?
No. But my mom wants me to.

16) Are you over the age of 25?
Nope.

17) Do you talk a lot?
You should know.

18) Do you watch The O.C.?
What's that?

19) Do you know anyone named Francis?
My sis' ex-tuition teacher.

20) Do you make up your own words?
Don't think so.

21) Are you typically a jealous person?
Nope.

22) Name a friend whose name starts with the letter “A”
Aleena.

23) Name a friend whose name starts with the letter “K”
Kok Wai.

24) Who’s the 1st person on your received calls list?
My mom.

25) What did the last text message you received say?
Some Hotlink promo message. Too long to type it here.

26) Do you chew on your straws?
Not unless the thing's been empty for a long time.

27) Do you have curly hair?
Hell no.

28) Where is the next place you’re going?
Accounts class.

29) Who is the rudest person in your life?
Not gonna say who. But i think you know him very well...xD

30) What is the last thing you ate?
Dinner.

31) Is marriage in your future?
I don't know. I think.

32) What is the best movie you’ve seen in the past two weeks?
Rewatched 'I not stupid too' and 'Initial D'. Can't decide which one's better. Hehe.

33) Is there anyone you like right now?
Like i'm gonna tell you.

34) When was the last time you did the dishes?
Wednesday.

35) Are you currently depressed?
Depression comes from prolonged internet usage.

36) Did you cry today?
Nope.

37) Why did you answer and post this?
I read trixie's page.

Everyone else has already been tagged.

Ahhh...the first post...decided to start this...for no particular reason. Just felt like it i guess. So mid-year was over yesterday. Ok fine, technically we still have ICT and EST paper 2 on friday, but what the hell, no more studying. Wheee. I think i didnt do too badly, the papers were much easier than expected. Now i'm free to do practically whatever i want, only i cant find anything to do. I need a hobby.

I'm kinda in a small 'crisis' now though. Cant decide whether to get a new guitar, a bass or an amp first. My current Ibanez has a fret board so uneven that you can hear the strings buzzing and 'rattling' all the time. Jon told me to raise the action, while the guy at the Guitar Store says they can even the fret board out for me. I think its best to just get a newer, better guitar, though i'm kinda starting to like playing bass. The amp can wait, so which is it? Guitar or bass? Decisions...decisions...oh well...i guess i can check it out during the holidays. My budget: somewhere between 1-1.7k.

Oh well. Thats all for today. Ciao.