and so, it begins

Hey -- you know those dratted chain mails all hotmail users get from their friends, about how MSN is going to charge its users an annual fee, by November 1st? And we get so scared and worried, some of us actually follow the instructions and forward the e-mail to 18 people on our contact list?

And seriously? Without even stopping for a moment to consider... firstly, why stop at eighteen? Why not the whole contact list? And if this is so important, why didn't the MSN folks e-mail us themselves? Because every single person who has hit that "send" button to that chain mail, fell for the hotmail prank that has been circulating... for more information, simply check out this link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4778046.stm . Sigh. I hate chain mails! I hope everyone will stop falling for them in the near future.

Okay, with all the boring official stuff over and done with... guess who came out in the newspaper today! Hahaha, my future F1-racer friend, Colin Ho! :D

Hmm... on other news, this week ended horribly. Horribly! In the middle of the week, we were dumped with yet another Economics project (I think my life is beginning to consist solely of college assignments, really!) -- this time based on two videos: the first on trading blocs, and the second on multinational corporations. I can smell death from here.

Buford & I have been transcripting the videos since the viewing, which is, let me tell you, very, very, very tiring. To press play, listen very carefully, pause and then type out what you've just heard, at the same time trying to understand various thick ang moh accents & trying to deal with some of the very soft spoken, fast-speaking voices. I don't know if transcripting the videos is worth our time or not, but either way, I don't want to regret it.

Anyway, I'm so tired. Economics is so mentally draining that after this year, I never, ever want to take it as a subject to study again. There are few who dream to be economists in my class, and those who dare to are really, really cut out for it (namely Chiew Nee & Buford). I know I'm not right for it, when I compare my understanding of economics with theirs. I don't really understand understand, I merely work hard to answer exam questions as correctly as I can. I am the product of a poor education system. :P

But you want to know another reason why I say I've discovered I'm not cut out for Economics? I realized it in ESL class today. We've been doing some literature, and I've been so excited and awake and ... happy during the past few english lessons. It's like I'm just exploding with ideas to explain every word, every action, every description -- I've always adored literature. Always. And that's when I realized -- how come I don't have this sort of passion for economics? Because I haven't got the natural knack for it, that's why. So simple.

Next week is going to be one to really test a student's survival skills. On Monday, we've got BM presentation & Math Mini Project begins (and it's only during Math periods). On Tuesday, Mini Project continues, ending only on Thursday. On Wednesday, hand up Economics presentation report & ESL essay outlining starts on the same day. ESL essay outlining continues until Friday.

The following week, if truth be told, is even more nerve-wracking. Monday: Accounts Common Test, Tuesday: Math Common Test. And we've got Malay essay-writing work somewhere then too... done during 2 class hours. *shivers*

I'm scared.

"Eh? That boy ar? I was in the same class as him in college you know!"

Sigh!

I have famous classmates!

Heheheeee!

Just kidding! But I do actually have classmates who are on their way to becoming famous! Allow me to present my case on the aforementioned claim.

Exhibit A: Ng Seng Ming

Samsung ambassador & model! Will be doing a SAMSUNG roadshow at SS2 Murni this Friday night at about 9.30pm! Heehee! Go see him!


Exhibit B: Colin Ho

(Photo not available due to paparazzi-control attempts)

F4 racer!
Myth: Rumours are that he flew to France to compete in the Grand Prix too!
Fact: Even if the above myth is false, he still has got contracts signed with Petronas!

Exhibit C: Hong Chiew Nee

(Photo not available ... yet)

Was in a Nike advert in 2002! NIKE! Wa wa wa! She got to keep the vest, too. :]

So Freakin' Funny!

http://www.ckandjill.blogspot.com/

Oh my goodness, the only other blog funnier than Jilly's latest post is Kenny Sia's!

the oldest of girlfriends

Did you ever wonder, hey, what happened to your old friends from primary school? Well, I took about a quarter of an hour tonight to try and compile a handful of recent snapshots of the girls from SK DJ (1) ... although I haven't been able to include a lot more, like Kathryn, Nadia, Esther (I've met her best friend, Rameera, from PD), Yen Woon, Yvonne, and many many more. Maybe someday, after the SAM final exams, I'll make a collage of everyone's current pictures. Including the boys, too. Haha.

Anyway, pictures of people that I have managed to find ...



From the left row straight down: Yip Mae Yen, Stephanie Yong, Zaty, Wai Kwan.
2nd row from left: Natalia Ng, Vanessa Tan.
Next row: Yap Ee-Lynn, Lydia Kwan.
Next row: Chua Pei Lee, Tan Li Sher, Michelle Koh.
Right row straight down: Me, Kong Tse Mun, Debbie Tan.

:] Cheerios, everyone!

From Lin's Blog ;P

From: http://kasumi.blogdrive.com/

1. My uncle once:


2. Never in my life have I:
smoked.

3. The one person who can drive me nuts:
Myself. When I say or do things I don't mean, or when I don't do my work when I'm supposed to (like now!).

4. High School is/was:
the rollercoaster blur that made me who I am today.

5. When I'm nervous:
I feel like my lungs are going to explode. Before every single common test, man! sniffs.

6. The last time I cried was:
When Rameera said she's leaving SAM for ICPU.

7. If I were to get married RIGHT NOW my bridesmaids/groomsmen would be:
Wa! To think so far ahead ... Tse Munnie, De, Carmeny & Vanessa!

8. My hair:
Is eerily straight. :S

9. When I was 5:


10. Last Christmas:
I sat at home and watched old DVDs. Ehehe. Well, at least I think I did. Hmm...

11. When I turn my head left, I see:
The wall.

12. When I turn my head right, I see:
The other side of the wall.

13. When I look down I see:
My feet.

14. The craziest recent event was:
Classmate got drunk in class. Wowee~

15. By this time next year:
I will be thinner (hopefully!).

16. I have a hard time understanding:
Science talk. Tsk tsk.

17. One time at a family gathering:


18. You know I "like" you if:


19. If I won an award, the first person I'd thank is:


20. My ideal breakfast is:
Eggs, sausages & toast. Yum!

21. If you visit my hometown:
You'll realise I was born & raised here.

22. Where do you plan to visit anytime soon:
Korea! Yay!

23. Boys are:


24. I'd stop my wedding if:


25. The world could do without:
Cigarettes.

26. Most recent thing you've bought yourself :
Notebooks from Popular! Haha!

27. Most recent thing someone else bought you:
Cute widdle soft toy keychain.

28. My favorite time of day is:
Bedtime. XD

29. My favorite store is:
TESCO.

30. My favorite ringtone is:
Anything that doesn't sound like my current one (imagine your air-conditioning remote control).

31. And by the way:
I'm too sleepy to answer this properly, so I'll just redo it another day!

32. The person who I last talked to told me to:
Think of a name for his business. Pretty hard!

33. Once, at a bar/club:
My legal-age friends refused to buy me alcohol when I wanted to see what getting pissed was like. Bah.

34. Last night:
I stayed up as late as tonight. Ish. Bad habit!

35. There's this girl I:


36. There's this guy I:

The Little Birds

My Classroom is a Stage

My classmates are the actors.

And I am the prop.

Maybe the chair, the table... most probably the sofa. Where everyone's unwashed-jeans-clad arses sink into.

Why do I say "my classroom is a stage"?

Because there's always a little drama going on.
In the corner, in the centre, outside, inside.

Somebody's sick, somebody's drunk, somebody's been lighting up fags during break. Somebody's been sleeping around, somebody's been high, somebody's been something. Somebody's been over the line, somebody's pissed off, somebody's been pissed, somebody's been something.

It becomes a bit of a culture shock sometimes. The protective little bubble I used to live in, with a prim little circle of close friends -- has foreign objects prodding a little harder around the edges.

But you know what? I'm glad I met them all. My classmates. H1 is crazy, did you know that? We are a bunch of off-our-rockers nutters, and they all make me laugh. I am a part of H1, and since H1 is crazy, so am I.

To them, I'm an innocent, geeky goofball who doesn't know nuffink, but I understand. I understand that we're all from frighteningly different families and backgrounds, and by a stroke of fate we are put together in one classroom.

A stage where we can all learn from each other, and help where ever we can.

So... all this drama... it's really not much of make-believe.

The Italian Shame

"So The Drama"
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Andrew said...
YEP.
vive la france, even though they lost.

10:10 AM

sha-lene said...
YES!

I just found out exactly what Materazzi said to Zidane... "terrorist"... damn what weih those Italians... ISHHHHHHHHH!!!

Smearing the name of football by bringing racism & discrimination into it! And they called his sister a prostitute! Stuff like that! ARGHH!

Poor Zidane! He's still my hero!

6:19 AM

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Joshua Chun - what to do when one is mad - Give 'em a ZizOu!!
Joshua Chun. says:
yea. zidaneee!!!
easy peasy lemon squeasy says:
hahahah yeah!!!

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Guan Meng's MSN nickname:
[GM].... Justice League : Superman - Yesss... Zidane ... HEBAT SIAL!

Crunch Down To Nerd-Time!

I just went to Cambridge Optical to pick up my coloured contact lenses! YAY! I'll be wearing them to college tomorrow onwards... I actually can't wait for the night to end, the morning to come, and college to begin! Especially since there's no homework for me today... finished Math in class, finished Accounts in class, finished Economics exercises over the weekend ... well, I could go to my room and read the BM novel/summary and the ESL short stories... but .. bahh ... hahahah!

More fun to waste my time blogging, right? :]

We got back our ESL tutorial marks today... I'm pretty happy, I finally got highest in class (tied with Chiew Nee, but still highest la, haha) ... 18/20 ... it's not highest in SAM (highest is 19/20 - a girl named Tina from Ting's class).

Goodbye, Hello~

So The Drama

World Cup Drama

which brings us to question ...

Marco Materazzi

Italian defender

World Cup 2006 Hero

?

versus

Zenedine Zidane

French legend & Best Player of World Cup 2006

Seeing as I'm not that great a football fan (especially since I stopped watching the games after South Korea got booted out), I didn't watch the France vs. Italy World Cup Finals last night (or rather, this morning). So when Daddy called in the wee hours of the morning to tell me & my mum that Italy won, I was like, "Hehe cool, must celebrate with pizza later" ... etc etc stuff like that.

Then, when I got to college this morning, everyone was cheering for Italy. But then I said, "Pity France didn't win, though, Zidane is really good..." and I got bombarded with "Zidane was brutal" & "Zidane head-butted the Italian player!"... and despite how much I fancied good ol' Zizou during the 2002 World Cup games, after being fed with anti-Zidane propaganda from 8am to 3pm, I went home feeling like Zidane was really out of line, and therefore deserved to be sent off.

But then - my mum told me some insightful news when I got home. The Italian defender, Marco Materazzi, whom Zidane had head-butted & given a red card for, had his arms around Zidane to hold him back. What a bugger! And even then, my man Zidane had the integrity to walk away ... then Materazzi followed behind him, saying stuff & next thing you know, Zidane had rammed his shiny head against the Italian player.

Some people say that's why it's a game, and the last one standing is the one who wins. Others say that Zidane did the right thing by head-butting the Italian player & that he should have head-butted him harder. I think that what Materazzi did was a disgrace to the Italian football team! It's supposed to be a game, where the best man wins. And although, maybe a better man could have still walked away without losing his temper, Zidane is pretty famous for a hot temper (not being his first time head-butting people on the field) & Materazzi simply took advantage of that.

Therefore... poor Zidane! This year's World Cup should have belonged to France! ):

Goodbye Rameera & Mae~

Yesterday was extremely eventful (by my standards, especially, haha!) and there were so many pictures that I wanted to upload... but blogspot can be a real bugger sometimes when it comes to photo-blogging (slow, lots of errors...) so I just discovered that if I cram a whole lot of pictures into one using photoshop (thank you for downloading it for me, De!!) -- it not only takes less than 30 seconds to upload, I can post up a LOT of pictures in one go.

Yayyyy... (Sha-Lene just discovered blogging paradise tip)...

Okay, first up... Friday morning. After Math class, about three quarters of the class set off North-East from the Taylor's main gates. I can't say that we all went to Salmon Steak, because half the bunch stopped short at the mamak stall and didn't come to Rameera's farewell. Haha! Can you believe that? A couple of pebbles' throw away and they could have been sitting at Salmon Steak, where there we had air-conditioning and Rameera.

By the way... the photo in the right-hand bottom corner yeah... haha it LOOKS like Rameera's crying but she's not... we were both supposed to act "sorrowful" and "sad" for the photo... clearly I was not meant to pursue a career in theatre. *sniffs* I never seem to be able to wipe that stupid smile off my face! Hahaha!

Hmm ... okay above we have a backlog photo from my cheer-upping trip to the marketplace near college. I think that was when I realised I really like hanging out with the Laura-Mary-Hong Ting group. :] And below the marketplace shot, I found two curiously amusing pictures from Salmon Steak. I didn't tell them I was taking a picture! Hong Ting so funny la. I think he automatically smiled & posed for the camera. Heeheee.

And another four photos from college on Friday... I like to take advantage of days when I bring my camera to college, haha... top left-hand corner we have An Nie, Sara & myself... I angled the camera wrongly ): ... that was in the library (haha!)... then beside that pic is a shot of Ming doll, Li Shan a.k.a. Mau Chan, Kang & Cass.

Below that photo you'll find the incredibly adorable An Nie, with two books... hehehe... one's a ridiculously thick novel about dogs... she's a dog nut... haha... and finally, on the bottom left-hand corner, Wen Ming & me. We kinda look alike in this photo! Haha! I think so... since we both have straightened hair & are pulling the relatively same expression. Hehee. But she looks cuter than me! Hahaha! I can't pull off the poor-puppy face! Yerr...

Hmm... alritey ... after college, I hopped on the 2pm bus with Carmeny (Nicholas didn't take the 2pm bus this time, he stayed back to play football... ): so Carmeny gave me a ride home from the bus stop 'cause otherwise I'd have to walk home alone... hehe dangerous times ya) & headed for home. I was in such a down-by-the-dumps mood around that time (bummed out for reasons I cannot fathom), so after a while we started clicking away with the camera. Products of bus camwh*ring posted below.

You want to hear something creepily hilarious? The two girls sitting behind me & Carmen were like... our 2-minute-slower shadows. So funny!

Ok it's like this... at first, me & Carmen were taking pictures, right? Then after that, we started talking about erm.. I forgot what we were talking about, but let's just say it was about apples, k? Then... a couple of minutes after we are done with the camera, we can hear a cameraphone clicking away behind us. Me & Carmen stared at each other and laughed silently. Then, we talk about, say, apples. About a couple of minutes later, we hear the two girls behind us talking about apples, too! OMG! Hahahahahahaa!! By that time, I was trying so hard not to laugh, I was making that desperate kek-kek-kek-kek sound in my throat. So freaky la!! I know it was prolly just a coincidence, or they were trying to mock us, but what ever it was, it was so blo*dy entertaining.

By the time I got home & bathed and all, it was about 4pm... I thought I had all the time in the world to get a million things done before going out that night, but after diddling around the house and talking to mummy, it was 5.45pm and I was still lolling around doing nothing in my jammies. Heehee.

So, I called DeeDee and drawled the usual "Ehhh... am I supposed to be at your house already? heeheehee"s... then we started talking on the phone... hahah if you are not a teenage girl right now, you probably will not understand how on earth two teenage girls can talk on the phone about stuff when they are going to see each other in 10 minutes and FOR the rest of the night. Maybe it is just me and De, and the way our mouths are never shut when you put us together. This is exactly why both of us only got 8A's for SPM, haha.

Anyway, finally I hung up around 6 something ... and then ... sat back down to cut my fingernails. Haha!! I think nobody can ever, ever rely on me to be punctual. Sometimes I'm such a sloth, I can't even believe myself. Hahaaha. Then, I diddled upstairs to change into my idea of party clothes (hehehe my denim skirt & the pink ruffled blouse)... and when I got back downstairs, Denise had already texted me with the compulsory "HAHA me out of shower already. Slowpoke! :*" ... couldn't stop grinning about what an adorable little porcupine DeeDee can be sometimes.

I drove to De's house (whee~ Mum shouts at me less and less now... yay...) and stomped around inside being hyper... I was supposed to check out De's university word list (which she claimed I would love) for her external exam on this coming Tuesday ... she takes UNSW Foundation at KDU by the way... but she left it in college. Dopey dope. Haha.

Now, we were supposed to all meet at The Curve at 7pm... but we are all crappy at passing messages around, and Sara (whose daddy was fetching us there that night) thought we were meant to LEAVE the house at 7pm. Hahaha! Well anyway, it was all cool because everyone was late anyway, so the whole crew ended up arriving at The Curve at the same time. We are funny little tardy girls, yes we are!

The moment we reached The Curve, you won't believe what we got to see! Male models parading around on-stage, their trendy clothes unbuttoned to expose their shiny six-packs & enhance their chiseled features. Oh . my . gawd.. (Seng Ming likes to say "Who's your God?" with a wicked grin every time I say that ;P) Anyway, what an Greek-God-like memorable kick-start to the night! I've never actually seen a fashion show from up close before!

When I saw Mae, I was a big pink thing hurtling towards her and hugging her. Hahaha! Then, De, Carmen, Mae & I went to the Cineplex (where they apparently don't allow cameras... so stupid... I can't imagine why cameras should be banned from any part of the world! XD Anyway, when the security dudes told us to put away our cameras, I was only tempted to take more pictures. Haha! And we were making fun of the Cineplex guards all night, i.e. Sara's smart remarks like "Oh, let's not stand around here for too long, in case they come out and say "EH! Tak boleh berdiri di satu tempat lebih lama dari lima minit!", "EH! Tak boleh berdiri di atas jambatan yang boleh lihat Cineplex!" HAHAHAHA...)... where we met up with Shiat Nee... she is so pretty! Really! And very sweet :] Yay new friend.

We waltzed around scouting for a nice spot to plant our arses for a nice dinner... (bumped into Soo Huan also! She's so cute! She told me she's going to Perak -- or was it Perlis? Or Kedah? Prolly Perak, hee -- for AIMTS or APES or something like that. Science and Tech university.

Oh ya, anyway, we finally sat down for dinner at a quaint little place called Vivo (I kept saying "VIVO LAS VEGAS" after that, ahahhaha) ... we had lasagna, pizza, heavenly marshmallow-chocolate drinks... ahhh... hahah... pretty small portions (only De finished the entire pizza, haha!) so we weren't too stuffed. Good la.

After that, we went to Popular (that was the only place we went shopping ):) ... and I bought a new notebook! RM2.50 ... a really nice one... I'm using it as my Economics notebook now. :] You see, shopping encourages people to study more! Hahah!

Got back home before midnight ... Carmeny's dad gave us a ride back home... it was a fun night out! :] I really like going out at night, it's so much quieter & less crowded & I just feel more adventurous & hyper... but I almost never stay out so late, have trouble getting back home & I don't think many of friends' parents would allow that, not even sure if my own parents allow that ... hahaha ... but I think when Vanessa gets back, we'll hang out more at night. :] Can't wait to see Karin again, too! Maybe I'll learn some Spanish for real this time! "Hola mi amor" started to bore me about two months ago. Hahaha. Yup, things can only hold my attention/interest for this long: --> <-- (referring to space between arrows).

hrahaha!

Was blog-hopping (should be sleeping, but don't really feel like sleeping) after finishing my homework, and I came across an old post in Chia Wen's blog (http://www.chiawenisalazygurl.blogspot.com/) that made me laugh so hard:

Far away from campus

What shall I call this? Ah... "emo" entry.

Upon receiving heartbreaking (positively heartbreaking!) news that your best friend in class is leaving your class, how do you deal with it?

I couldn't concentrate on my Malay exercise today right after she told me (also because Buford & Rameera kept chitchatting around me, and I couldn't drown out their voices) & eventually handed up a really lousy attempt at answering the questions. Oh my goodness, I'm so worried about my Malay. Mr Tong's been giving me increasingly lower marks and I'm getting really, really scared. I know I have to buck up real hard for Malay, especially if I want to pursue an A20 for the finals.

Resolution: Concentrate hard & really properly do Malay exercises, don't ever take it lightly! Think of each and every exercise as a life-or-death situation. Ha.

And then during break, I really, really didn't want to stay on campus -- because it'd remind me of how different life in Taylor's would be without Meera to hang out with. It's not that I even hang out with her all the time, usually she goes back to her apartment or I go to the library or go out with other people. But when you put me in a situation where I can reflect all the times we could spend together, then the sorrow seems to self-magnify.

So I went out of campus, really, really, really far away. I went to... the market. Okay okay, it's probably not all that far away. But it's further than any where else I've ever been during break hour. Special thanks to An Nie & Sara for taking me there, across the blardy stupid longkang (I was wearing high heels today) and then waiting for me when we were going back out.

And it really hits me hard about all the other friends I should appreciate, and never ever take for granted. And I know I'm incredibly lucky to have so many friends around me, all the time, never abandoning me when I need them, no matter what.

And when we reached the market, Mary, Laura, Hong Ting & Melissa were there and called us over to join them. I like big crowds, did I mention that before? I love big, noisy family reunions or chaotic gatherings or just massive outings. I know that most people expect me to love the quiet and solitude that comes with being an only child, but on the contrary, it makes me appreciate ... noise ... even more. Haha.

I think break time with them was really fun today, because it really helped to take my mind off things. By "things", it only means one thing: Rameera leaving -- because I really try not to care about anything else other than my studies, my family & my friends. I know, I know. World-revolves-around-me syndrome, right? Hehe. Synonymous with "teenager", really. Hahah.

Ok. Talking crap now.

But anyway, it was just such a different experience having lunch with a big group, since I'm so used to small groups. I like both types of lunches -- but when my head is all screwed up, I love big ones the most. There is just so much going on at the table that you live in the present, right down to the milisecond.

It just brings a smile to my face thinking how I was really actually surrounded by people who cared about me -- people who I've only known for half a year or so -- at the table... An Nie, Sara, Mary, Laura, Melissa, and Hong Ting. Thanks, you all... I'll always be there for you when any of you need me, too. :]

During the second break, I finally could bring myself to hang out with Rameera again. A big group of us went to Burger King. (Did you know that in both trips to fantastic eating places, I didn't get anything to eat from there? I had no appetite! All I had at college the whole day was a Chewy Bar during Buford-Cass-Sea Win-Collin ESL presentation & some chocolate sticks -- bought from MAC Centre -- in Burger King.) Lunch with Jillian, Chinn Pei, Cassandra, Sarah Goon, Kang Yun & Foong Wan was very different from my market lunch earlier... for one, everyone was kinda bummed out. And we didn't really talk much. Haha. That's how bummed out we all were. I think Jillian cried the hardest. And that made Rameera cry. Then they all went into the classroom to cry. Wa. :[

I mean, it's not as if it's the first time I've had to part unexpectedly with my best friend in class. In Form 4, I got really close to Chu Jie (who I have always been 100% behind ever since she saved my life at Fraser's Hill) but suddenly, the effing school pricks set up a new class called Angsana for the elite students. By "elite", they meant students who got 8A's for PMR & students who got 7A's who volunteered to go into the "elite" class. Being younger than even 16 then, I remember how upset I was. So, this time, I took it much better -- only shed a couple of little tears (some of my other classmates cried much more later when they found out Rameera was leaving!). *sighs* Part and parcel of life!

Hmm... speaking of Chu Jie, I'm glad this incident reminded me of how absolutely unconditional my friendship with her is. Like, seriously, it doesn't matter to me what ever she does or anything that happens between us, I will always always always be on her side & help her any way that I can. My friendship with Chu Jie is different from my friendship with any of my other friends (even my best friends!). Why, though? Because what she did for me during Prefects' Camp in 2003, was ... was ... indescribable.

Okay, it's quite simple really: anybody who knows me, knows what a chicken I really am. I'm scared of everything -- germs, height, cars, wobbly things, strangers, etc.. And especially scared of... the jungle. At night. With no torchlights.

And Chu Jie was there for me (literally every step of the way) for the god-knows-how-many-hours that we were in the jungle. I could weep, just thinking about that experience. You have no idea how very, very, very scared I was! I thought I was just going to keel over and die. So, now do you understand why I say that because she has done that for me, proven friendship beyond any human expectation, she is possibly the most special friend I have? :] She was there for me today, too, when I was this --> <-- close to bawling my eyes out. Uh-huh. I'm really, really lucky. I realise that again today.

Things gradually got better toward the end of the day, and I think the best class of the day was Math! Haha, really! It was because we were doing this question, and we had to figure out how to solve it on our own first... and I did it! I was so pleased with myself! I actually used whatever little common sense I had, and twisted it into a poodle-shaped balloon wad of logic!

Then Seng Ming did the answer on the whiteboard, and his solution was really, really, really long & complex (which means he used more common sense and logic la...). Mine was... errr... 3 lines? Like... the whole thing could fit into two thumbs width of paper? Hahah! So Rameera was like, "Hey, can I do that on the board?" And I was like, "Yeah! Do it, do it!"

So she asked Mr Chong if she could, and I announced to the class that this was Rameera's parting gift for her last Math class. Ha, ha, ha! Then she wrote on the board: "Easy Way" with curvy lines below the title. *rolls eyes* Then she wrote out the solution. Then, some of my classmates started calling out to her to write "Easy peasy lemon squeasy" instead of "easy"... hahaha stewpid!! For those who don't know... "easy peasy lemon squeasy" is my MSN nickname... and she DID! Omg so embarassing! Hahaha!

And it looked so funny next to the long, complex solution that Seng Ming had worked out. So cute la! And we took a picture of it. It's in Meera's cellphone, I'll try to get hold of it and post it up here soon.

Okayy this post is getting pretty long, but today was so eventful!

After college, Rameera went off to the SAM office to get her subject list for ICPU so she could start the selection (ICPU's subjects have REALLY long names huh...) ... and I met up with Carmeny to check out her Jujitsu class at 3.30pm (our classes finish at 3pm). We hung out with Meera until about 3.25pm (all these final moments HAVE to be recorded! And on my blog, because the Internet immortalises things, haha)... and then... Jujitsu.

Oh WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW....

Watching tall, obviously strong dudes throw punches at nothing was really entertaining. And the self-defense methods taught were pretty awesome! Carmen rocks la weih! She's like the ONLY girl there, and she still goes there... and she does the stuff better than some of the guys... although they definitely are stronger (I think) because the si fu (they have to bow to him you know! so cool! Haha!) kept asking the guys to not use bull strength, but use ??? (I couldn't hear what he was saying at that point).

Then, I had to leave before 4pm to catch the bus. Walked home with Nicholas & Tim today, and dropped by Cambridge Optical (to get brochure for coloured contacts, want to get a pair or two... yay...) after the bus dropped us off at the the bus stop. Thank goodness they came with me, because I lost my way about half a dozen times. Hahah... *shy*...

So, bottom liner of the day: I'm glad my friends are my friends. Simple as pi. :]

Farewell, Rameera...

*SOBS*

As of 7th July 2006, Rameera Kaur Jaj is no longer a student of South Australian Matriculation. She's transferring courses from SAM to ICPU (International Canadian Pre-University Programme) ... we were all so sad today when she broke the news!

To Rameera, you may no longer be in H1... but you will always be part of our spirit! I will miss you so much!! :(

All the best in your pursuit of a better chance in ICPU! :]

The Number 3 Game

Got this game (or survey, haha) from Ee Fei's website "Wood Earth Cheap Flight" (http://www.electronicfly.blogspot.com). Nothing to do right now, and still want to blog... so... ta-dah... hahaha...

THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
1. Sha-Lene
2. Sha
3. Pung (some people call me this, I don't know why! Haha it's what my DAD's friends call him!)

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. Nose
2. Eyes
3. Height? Haha

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. Weight (sigh!)
2. Big & unmanageable hair (if it weren't for the miracles of straightening, haha!)
3. Umm... imperfect complexion?

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:
1. Nyonya counted ar?
2. Chinese (Cantonese, Hawkien, Hakka)
3. Turkish ar? Near there wan la. Haha.

THREE THINGS YOU CAN'T STAND:
1. Oversensitive people. Not everything is about you!
2. The average backstabbers ... dOh!
3. People who steal other people's ideas. Be-e original!

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
1. Horror movies that just might come true
2. Death. Accidents. Unexpected tragedies.
3. How fast time flies.

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SHOWS:
1. F.R.I.E.N.D.S.
2. Malcolm in the Middle
3. The Nanny (old show, I know, haha)

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE JAPANESE ANIMES:
1. Err... well, I don't watch anime anymore, but when I was younger, I used to be a HUGE fan of ... Sailormoon! Haha!
2. Doraemon I guess... since I don't know any others.
3. Errrrr... Full Moon? Watched this series at Pei Lee's one time. Hehe.

THREE OF YOUR CURRENT FAVORITE SONGS:
1. "Breaking Free" from High School Musical!
2. "Lemon Tree"
3. "Cartoon Heroes"

THREE MOVIES YOU CAN WATCH OVER AND OVER AGAIN:
1. Mean Girls
2. The Parent Trap (1998)
3. Clueless

THREE MOVIES YOU WOULD LIKE TO WATCH:
1. Superman?
2. Star Wars 3 ... ya ya, I know, very slow... the whole world watched it already!
3. Staying Alive or Taking Lives or something like that? Haha!

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
1. FOOD -- must have, despite diet. :(
2. TV time -- hehe!
3. Cellphone? Hahaha.

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1. Pyjamas
2. Underwear?
3. Umm... contact lenses!

THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP:
1. An honourable sense of humour ;]
2. Intelligence! (that goes hand in hand with maturity)
3. Loyalty & commitment (yaaa I know, I'm the "marrying type". Haha. Good la.)

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE GENDER THAT APPEAL TO YOU:
1. Physical? Umm... height!
2. You know how the Chinese say... above a good person's upper lip there has to be a "river"... hahaha... yeah he has to have that "river" thing! It's a sign of fertility... think so la. Heehee.
3. Okay looks. :]

THREE BAD HABITS:
1. Priorities wrong. Too much TV & Internet in daily schedule.
2. Reading for leisure (yup, in college it's a BAD habit -- because I haven't completed my assigned academic reading lists)
3. I agree with Ee Fei on this last one: falling asleep with face in book & lights on! Haha! Cancerous, spoils the book & work not done! XD

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:
1. Watching TV (sigh... hahaha)
2. Talking on the phone/chatting on MSN/BLOGGING ;P
3. Hanging out with friends and/or shopping!

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:
1. Go to sleep
2. Do my homework (arghh, haven't done today's homework)
3. Take out my contact lenses... so dry already.. haha...

THREE CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING OR CURRENTLY PURSUING:
1. Lawyer
2. Journalist
3. Economist... but if can, dowan lor... don't really have an analytical mind

THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:
1. Russia! Never been there before
2. Japan -- best place to go for holiday, I think :]
3. Thailand (going there with Tse Mun after S.A.M.! WooHoO! shopping paradise!)

THREE KIDS NAMES YOU LIKE:
1. Amy
2. David
3. Raphael

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
1. Get married & have lots of children
2. Have grandchildren
3. Write for high-flying journals/magazines like Newsweek or Times

THREE WAYS THAT YOU ARE STEREOTYPICALLY A GIRL (or guy):
1. I support homemaking? Haha...
2. I am biologically a girl?
3. Err... oh! I am a WOMAN DRIVER.

THREE PEOPLE YOU TAG TO DO THE SURVEY:
1. All my friends who have blogs
2. People who are thinking of starting blogs
3. Anybody who just wants to do this survey :]

Memorize Blindly ar?

Yalor.

I memorize blindly wan. I tried to understand everything, but some parts of the Economics essay I simply didn't have time to figure out -- so I just memorized. And guess what happened today! For the first time in a LONG time, I managed to recall everything that I had memorized!

Wow! I was so happy, I forgot two very important things:

1. Word limit: 600 words.
2. What does the question actually ask for?

Shite.

Commonly Confusing Tests

Economics Common Test 4

Verdict: OVER, thank gawddddd.

When it started drawing closer to 1pm today, I thought I was going to throw up. :[ It sounds so serious, doesn't it? Well, in the final hour before ANY common test/class test/exam, the following are the stages I go through:

60 minutes left: Don't worry, stay calm, just keep your head steady and you can do it! Still got time!

50 minutes: Oh shit, what was the third point for price stability again?

40 minutes: Die lah, sure die wan die die die die die...

30 minutes: Why hasn't the class ended yet? Doesn't the lecturer know that last-minute glancing through notes is VERY VERY IMPORTANT??

20 minutes: *bad words*

15 minutes: (Funny feeling in throat and stomach -- vomit being formed)

10 minutes: Don't worry, don't worry, I'm sure it will come to you when you hold the pen.

9 minutes: *holds pen*

8 minutes: DAMMIT!! I'M GOING TO FAIL! What was the point of studying so hard all day yesterday?

7 minutes: What is the point of all these tests? This is torture, I tell you, torture!

5 minutes: .... what is the meaning of life? ...

4 minutes: That's it, just don't think any more!

2 minutes: *grabs paper and scans through everything quickly*

1 minute: *sit down at exam table. awaits doom*

FEAR THE WOODCHUCKS!!! says:
wei...sha-lene..why your econs post so scary one

Fourth of July Controversies

While the U.S. celebrated the Fourth of July, North Korea sent missiles into the sea near Japan. Ha, ha.

And while Fourth of July controversies erupted on both sides of the globe, what was I up to?

Economics Booboos

This is by far the most difficult research project I have ever had to do! :(

Ish! So annoyed that I don't know how to do this project on current economic policies! Eurghhh... so far, Li Shan's been helping me a lot. And Hazwani's old notes are a HUGE helping hand.

Thank you, you two!! :)

P.S: Li Shan is damn cute lar...

easy peasy lemon squeasy says:
hmm... in that case... wouldnt that make it contractionary?
Will I ever be given my wings? Will I ever escape the darkness that surrounds me and return to the light? says:
expansionary
Will I ever be given my wings? Will I ever escape the darkness that surrounds me and return to the light? says:
Kaka looks blur in your pic...
easy peasy lemon squeasy says:
hahahaAhah!
easy peasy lemon squeasy says:
u still got time to check my blog!!
Will I ever be given my wings? Will I ever escape the darkness that surrounds me and return to the light? says:
ya

A tribute to Brasil's Football Team

Brazil national football team
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nickname
Seleção (The Selection)

O Esquadrão de Ouro (The Golden Squad)

O Pentacampeão (The Five-Time Champions)

The Brazilian national football team is the most successful national football team in the world, with five FIFA World Cup victories, including the most recent tournament in 2002.

A common quip about football is: "The English invented it, the Brazilians perfected it". It is generally considered to be the best team in the world and is the only one that has played in every World Cup.

Introducing Ricardo Kaka from Brazil... He is deemed the best-looking football player of this year's FIFA World Cup. What do you think?