First up:

THANK YOU, V!!!!!

This brand spankin' new layout is thanks to V, so...

*hugs and glomps V*

The whale pix is courtesy of MZ and the layout is courtesy of V.

*grins*

Sooo. Its been a while since my last post; a week has passed (I think) and classes have begun again. Same old, same old: new faces include Blob2 and JC, new lecturers all except for one.

Blob2: UNWELCOME. JC: Seems like a pretty cool guy for now, can't know till he takes time off from chasing M to talk to us. HAHAHAHAHA.

That aside, its been an interesting week.

Here goes:


What could possibly happen??

A lot, it seems. As you can recall from my previous post, I will be undergoing wisdom tooth extraction surgery and won't be able to talk, eat or brush my teeth for a week.

However, a consultation has revealed, that while simple, some of the complications that may occur are:

*and this is useful for anyone who will ever go for the same procedure*

1. Pain: Expected, o'course. Pain in my gums and mouth, which will be quashed by a nice dose of painkillers. Mmmmmm. XD

2. Postoperative discomfort and swelling that may neccesitate several days of home recuperation: Meaning I will be too doozy, woozy, floozy and may be a danger to society after the surgery and so will need to stay at home. Sheesh. Why the fancy words?

3. Heavy bleeding that may be prolonged: I may or may not bleed to death. Like that violent emoticon J used.

These are the normal ones. Here are the good ones:

1. Breakage of Jaw: Nil chances, he (Dr Dentist) said. But K was fascinated by that.

2. Restricted ability to open mouth for several days: Can I hear K cheering already??? Dang.

3. Facial discolouration: Bruising of my cheeks, blue-green colouration may occur. Whee.

Sounds fun. Can't wait.

-_-'

I will be taking Wednesday, Thursday off, so if any lecturers ask, I am in a dreadfully complicated surgery and my life is in danger. Haha. No la, just tell the lecturer I am on MC. I'll be getting them anyway.

SPY-WHAT??!!

Say what?? No really. I had initially thought that Christian's failure to open Yahoo! for me was the result of his cheating on me and contracting a nasty one.

J said that my problems sounded like a nasty case of spyware, so I system-restore-d. When it didn't work, panic levels escalated to all time highs (read more on my panic attack here) and so in my panic, I called Bra-man, who started using words like 'format'. *enter panic*

Later, brother dearest fiddled and it was okay again. Then out again. Then okay again!

-_-' Went to Uni this mornin', Yahoo! opened fine. Damn Internet service provider. So from here on now, please send any important mail you have for me to my Hotmail mail.

Bra-man of course, eventually helped me to get Ad-Aware, and then installed Firefox for me. Thanks Bra. I owe you!


New classes, new faces.

And we have two new classmates: Blob2 and JC. Blob2 got thru what we had hoped she would cease to succeed, and JC had differed one semester to go backpacking through the US of A. Got to see Wicked!, that lucky bugger. Ahem.

New lecturers: Ms. S, whose sopoforic voice has powers she admits. The subject sounds pass-able so it should not pose a problem. Ms. PL, whose subject is as strict as she is; however, I think with a little time she could prove to be nice. Ms. PyL, who is funny, friendly and I think quite good. Mr. Jg, and here I reserve my comments, and Mr VW, who, all I can say is, SUPER friendly. He seems quite nice so far, making jokes and what not. And reccuring lecturers, Mr MM, nothing new to say here.

Classes are mad, with three days of 8am classes, though poor PR T5 people have it worse. Tsk. Tsk.

Assigments should be do-able, sounds like a lot of understanding and application to me so...

*pulls out vat of crap*

(Hmm. Supply a little low. Oh well.)

So anyway. Its back to the same drill for me. Whoop de doo.

Oh yeah, did I tell you? I got an 'A'.

snigger.

"Pauline, you have a problem."

"I don't mean to scare you, but you have an impacted molar. That means its gloves off, missy. Your wisdom tooth is coming OUT, in surgery."

Well, not in so many words, of course.

An X-Ray of my entire jaw+teeth, peppered with little white patches and ominous grey shadows, with opaque white shapes that vaguely stir the memory of a tooth in your mind. Somewhere in you memory you remember a lesson in oral hygiene back in Standard One, and those shapes look something like that.

Teeth, you see. My teeth.

I am afraid I didnt manage to score back the picture of my x-rayed teeth.

But the prospects are black.

It started as an ache, really, when I bite or when I eat something cold. And a cavity-like gap in my back molar. Thought it was the usual. Too many sweets, not enough obssesive tooth brushing, so on and so forth.

Nope.

Wisdom tooth, see, grown in a funky way which can only be described as not-straight-up. More like sideways, nearly 75 degrees sideways. Practically horizontal, leaning against my poor molar, creating a large and ominous gap between those two warring clans (I mean teeth) and hence, BIG problemo.

Dentist say: "Decay la dear. Its gotta come out. I can patch it, but its that damn wisdom tooth.

There's a dark patch near there that I am worried about."

So today I embarked upon a journey of teeth-discovery (I am ashamed to admit my dental care is still below-par) and although the rest of me teeth are fine, that darned-skewed-tooth is a no-keeper.

Its gotta come out, she says, my dentist. (She's excellent, friendly, and relatively affordable.)

"You can just hash it out on the chair, I am sure, no need operating theater la, local anaesthesia will do, yes? That means you'll be awake during the procedure."

(insert horrified eyes: O_O)

"It will be half the price."

(insert less horrified eyes: o_o)

"But if you like, we can give you a pill to make you drowsy. Then you won't be 100% sober, alert, awake ala 'The Dentist' during the surgery."

(I am taking some liberties with the dialogue here, but bear with me.)

O_O

"Sure thing, doc. That sounds better.Thanks ya."

I am fine, I think, and so I schedule an appointment with the visiting surgeon on June 4th.

I inform my source of money- I mean, my mom, and she said:

"Ha, just like your sister the last time la, cannot eat solid foods for 3-4 days, cannot brush teeth for 3-4 days-"

At 'cannot brush teeth for 3-4 days' I passed out from shock.

No la. Hahaha. One of my tests.

It turns out that yes, I will have to eat only soft foods for a few days (you guys can have fun with that fact later and torture me) and my teeth will have to be gargled, not brushed and only for a day or two. Fair enough.

So come next next Wednesday, I will be off to have a tooth pulled (big time) and then when I

return, you guys can prepare the BigMacs and wave it in my face, ya. I'll eat my McPorridge like a good whale.

And stay away from me for a bit: My breath may stink like my brother's old socks.

Don't say I didn't warn you.

Insomnia and what results from Insomnia is THIS:

a taggery.

a very long post.

some late-night poking 'n' disturbing of friends.

(and failure to awaken said friends)

some idiotic rambling of an over-slept mind.

(can I hear you say ooowwwccchhh)

(yeah.)

So today (thats Wednesday, May 21st ya'll) I is going to uni, to help Bra-man with his campaign (to run for Most Perverted Man on Earth, I swear! The Corrs will NEVER be the same for me again! EVER!) and some REALLY interesting things happened. Lol.

So here we go, in stages, since I have a lot of time (I am wide awake with not a scrap of late-night activity to do like the ones that certain people indulge in illicitly when they are unable to sleep after sleeping like a pig during the evening, thus ruining sleep pattern and - wait. Where was I? Oh yes, illicitly do when they are unable to sleep, and thus NOT having the option to DO said illicit activity hence the HUGE conclusion is- Wait. Oh darnation, forget it) I shall write a very long and senseless post.

Starting with:

'What can I do to make you h***y???'

Erm, anything, appearantly, if you're Bra-man. No really. ANYTHING. Here is a list of banned words when in communication with our very perverted (but perfectly gentlemanly, trust me) Bra-man.

br***t

b**bs

bu**

a**

**x

*****

*******

*!^#&!%#*&%#$

$!^#&^!&*%#&%

^!^&#@^!&*@

and pretty much everything that has to do with the female (and sometimes male!) anatomy. Except maybe the word KIDNEY. Kidneys are not sexy at all. Nope. Nuh uh.

I shall spare you his parody of The Corr's 'What Can I Do'. I love you guys too much. I do. I really, really do. And besides, despite his pervy ways, Bra-man IS a gentleman (very very very rare these days, I have ever only known a few in my life) and is really, I honestly think, rather innocent? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

As a side note, I say that if a guy can be gentlemanly towards ME (and being gentlemanly towards whale-me has NO advantages or perks or achievement of ulterior goal) then he is a true gentleman (not to the extent of getting up when a lady enters the room + open doors extent la, but more of little things like making sure she is safe, or letting her walk first, or getting her a drink or something like that. Little things that show the girl that he knows how to respect her. Even THAT'S rare. Huh.)

Seriously. I have seen guys who are UBER SUPER nice, sweet and gentlemanly to a pretty/hot/rich girl and totally be a jerk to the plain/not-so-hot girl. I have seen it. Despicable, and I see it displayed very obviously in a certain someone.

*lifts eyebrows and tries out MZ-style killing-glare, only to fail spectacularly and look constipated.*

T-T

Anyway.

But after all is said and done, the campaign introduction went superbly well, which brings me to:

'The day J forcibly stole C's bag from LM and got ARMLOCKED'

Ahaha. Ahaha! Confused eh? Eh?

How can this be, you say, J is such a passive guy! He wouldn't hurt a fly! He would bathe the day with sunshine! He would shower the tribes with optimism! He would - ('okay thats enough, Goblok-san' -J)

XP.

Soooo, you see, part of Bra-man's plan to introduce/create buzz about the campaign was to actually have surprise short sketch to demonstrate the importance of crime prevention and keeping safe. The plan was far more elaborate, actually, but it got stripped down due to some red tape. Oh well.

So then we improvised and came up with an idea to actually stage a snatch theft scene to surprise people and have LM (who used C's bag) defend herself and fight him off. All pretence, o'course.

So he (J) and LM burst into a packed auditorium at the opportune moment, struggling and shouting and fighting for the bag, and then LM employed 'SUPER ARM LOCK OF DEATH' and J is DEFEATED!!!!

(fireworks!)

Then I explain what the campaign is about and we passed out flyers. :)

I enjoyed myself. Heh. I did. Despite feeling rather woozy in the head, and with a fuzzy brain due to (VERY MILD SO DONT WORRY) fever and no sleep. We did it! Whee!

And hey, you know what they say, LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE and I get a lot of that when I am with J, Bra, K, V and C. (K, V and C showed up for lunch, yay, surprise, and a pleasant one indeed, LM couldn't join, so more's the pity.)

So now slept like a pig during evening and ruined my sleep pattern and so am wide awake. XD.

'Carls Jr?? Did you say JUNIOR?? Isnt' JUNIOR supposed to mean SMALL???'

Liars.

They call themselves Carl's Jr and TRUST me there is NOTHING junior about that damn burger. Okay, it aint as big as a Chili's burger (which is SUPER WHOA OMGWTFBBQ MOMMA BIG) but it packs a hefty punch. Sheer filling-ness. Cheese, meat and more cheese will definitely fill you up like a tank. Seriously.

Two people share? Muuuuch better idea.

And DON'T GO DOUBLE AND LARGE.

You eat and you think you ain't full. Wait a few more minutes. You'll feel it like a lead weight on your stomach.

Muahaha.

But GOOOOOOD. The chili fries is GOOOD. Salty, though. You must LOVE cheese or you'll hate it. Heh.

And now, to conclude this long and senseless post, here is a meme! (OH NO!!)

1. What disappoints you the most?

When I look forward to something and it gets called off. I get really bummed, because I am one of those who like to plan, plan, plan and then have it blow up spectacularly in may face. Or when my article is heavily editted. Ouch.

2. Where will you go if someone sponsors you a tour ticket?

Wellllll. I'd go to Ireland. I love how whimsical and mythical Ireland seems to be. And I like their brogues. Heh.

3. What's your favorite thing to do?

Read and read and read and read and read and eating with friends and family. Oh, thing, not things. Okay, my favourite thing to do? Read. Yeap. I love reading, can't get enough of it and will do it till the day I die.

4. Do you think money can buy happiness?

It can't buy happiness per se, but it sure can help you get happy. Hahaha. Look, let's face it. If you are happy when you read, well, you need money to read, no? Or if you're happy when you sleep, well, you need to buy a bed, no? See? It can't BUY happiness, but it can sure help you get it.

But personally, I think happiness is happiness. Whether you buy it or you use money to buy things to make you happy, who cares?? You're happy!

5. If you can have one dream to come true, what would it be?

Wait, I've been asked this before. These memes are SO repetitive. Well, at least this one dont' have silly love-ex-BF/GF questions. Pfft.

The dream I want come true would be one where I can simply just be with someone I love and have a life where I never have to worry about money or health. Isnt' everybody's??

6. Do you believe you can survive without money?

No, of course not, don't be silly. No one can.

7. What are you afraid to lose the most?

My family. (I've done this before too). My wallet. My mp3. My LAPTOP.

8. If you win $1 million, what would you do?

Give it to my mom to keep it safe and sound until such time when I have a need for it. Seriously. I have impulse buying issues.

9. What is the most embarrassing thing that happened to you recently?

I went to get a refill ten miles away when there was one right next to my nose. XD Hahaha.

10. What you think about being tagged?

OH GOD NO PLEASE GOD NO!

11. What makes you happy?

Wow. Many things, in no particular order:

reading a good book,

eating good food with family and friends,

hanging out with friends,

eating,

sleeping,

finding a rare moment of peace in the LRT with my ears plugged to my mp3,

seeing my bylines,
writing,

playing with my silly mutt,

being treated nicely,

watching movies,

having my own room,

having people laugh at my stupid jokes,

laughing,

knowing that no matter what has happened in my life before I will always get up anyways and just being with people I love/like.

Honest.

12. What have you wished most recently?

I've wished I were more aware, y'know? I so blur it ain't real sometimes.

13. What is your ambition?

To be a multi-million-copies-sold author of an EPIC book.

14. If you could have a superpower, what would it be?

Super-willpower. I have no will power! And no decisiveness! Especially when presented with choices with very little differences between each of them, or with equal pros and cons. I mean, I can make decisions, but I hate having multiple all-equally-good choices.

15. What do you think is the most important thing in your life?

My family, and being who I am after years of hiding... I am proud to be Whale.

16. What do you do when you're alone?

I think of random, bothersome things. Or I brood, and get all snippy for NO reason. But when I am alone I like to mouth along to songs and type nonsense on my beautiful, gorgeous, reliable, wonderful and faithful laptop.

17. If you have a chance, which part of your character would you like to change?

None, because I like me the way I am, and although I want to improve certain parts of my character, I don't want to change 'em completely. I wouldn't be me then. Besides, you guys like me the way I am right? Right???

(I sense some -_-')

18. Give comment on the person who tagged u.

Hmm. She is a shopping addict with a mission! To buy buy buy! LOL. She is also fun-loving and carefree. :) Wish I were more carefree.

19. What is your least favourite animal?

THE SNAKE. I HATE SNAKES. I AM TERRIFIED OF SNAKES.

20. What is your ultimate addiction?

COFFEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and there you have it.

A Home, In a Virtual World

One of my earlier attempts, and the beginning of an epic story...

.... involving one dead Sim. Slumped upon her seat. Poisoned by food which is not on the table.

*creepy music*

The Whale Returns to the Sea.

East coast seas, that is.

Hello all. After a loooong absence (I don't think my video-post counts) I am back because now I have SOMETHING to blog about. Or, at least, I have the mood to blog.

Ahem.

So lets begin.



KIjaL, KiJaL.

Three days ago (Friday, May 9) me and me dinos and my fellow dino-victims, I mean, siblings went off to our lovely east coast beach to a little place called Kijal, Terengganu. Its not some cool popular spot like Redang or even Cherating and has:

1 spot of civilisation - the shops outside the hotel, consisting 2 Chinese (halal) restaurants, one Malay restaurant, one clinic, one Korean food shop, one bar, one laundry, one grocery shop, and one KFC. And one hair salon too, oddly enough. XD.

1 lovely beach stretch + fishing spot - at the hotel itself, stretching for at least, I swear, 20 km. Easily a 3-hr walk.

1 three-bedroom apartment - located at a 5-star hotel, which my mom pulled strings and got for REAL cheap, RM 116 a night only! (three bedrooms, fully furnished, kitchen, hall, two toilets and all.)

I am sure it has:

1 fishing village - mom went and bought five small sea fish. Fresh, but nothing special. Dad joked that they so small they is smaller than the little fish he caught along the beach. (they are not. Dad has a way of exaggerating.)

1 very large unidentified fish - which my dad caught but the slippery bugger escaped my dad's net (we'll get him next time, dad!)

1 gazillion yellow-shelled crabs - they were running around the beach/shore and freakin' me out each time they crawl near my arse.

I am positively convinced also that place has:

1 very confused negro man - he wasn't sure if those aforementioned crabs were poisonous so he asked and we gave him conflicting answers. I said no, not poisonous, just deadly, my mom said no la, they bite only, my bro said avoid them and my sister said they contain lethal neurotoxins. No, just kidding. My dad got a clip from their pincers and he's fine. So no toxins. Muahaha.

1 freakin-huge jellyfish of unidentified species but looks fatal nonetheless - it was floudering on the shoreline, and freaked my mom and me out, its HUGE, bigger than human head, the head part was. *shudder*

1 very happy family who stayed there for three days and two nights and will most definitely return (and most definitely will be avoiding jellyfish) - mine la!


We set off from home (we being my family, bro's wife included, in little MyVi while dad drove the Frontier up) earlier than usual, say around 9 ++ and we reached Kijal with no exciting three-tonne lorry overturning. Ate lunch at the restaurant at the shoplots outside the hotel, and then on towards our usual apartment, (second floor this time, thankfully. We had third floor once and it was madness) and then straight to the beach!!!!!!!

So sorry no pics. Sis forgot to take for me. Hmmph.

We pretty much spent the first day at the beach, playing about till the sun went down a bit. Then we went for dinner.

The next day, woke up in the morning (dad, sis n bro woke early to go beach to go cast for fish, which they caught a good 20 of) and me and my mom headed to play at the beach. I wanted a tan, but the sun resolutely remained shy and the skies for the whole day was just hiding behind clouds, so weather was actually fantastic. Warm but not blazing. Perfect for beach but I wanted a tan. -_-'.

Then after a good frolicking around in the sea and sand and sun (frolick I say but I was more waddling about the water with my mom, too chicken to go in deeper but wanting to paddle so I settled for a half-paddle, half-float, fully-ridiculous whale-style paddle) we ate some KFC and then a nap. I didnt' nap, thanks to freezing air-con, so I sat at the hall area and read and listened to me mp3.

Then when everyone woke up, beach again!!!

All in all, a great trip, spent almost all our money on food alone (cakes and pastries at the hotel is 50% off after 9pm!) and had a wonderful time.

It was what my whole family needed anyway. We needed a break, we're seriously burnt out.


IrONMaN, IroNMan.

Rather late for me to be blogging about it, but it was definitely worth raves. Reviews for this movie is generally positive, and many have said Downey Jr's performance was superb. I agree, in fact, the movie impressed me (40 and his pecs look like THAT??? Impressive!) and the plot was enjoyable, the acting was quite good, the effects were super-sweeeeeeet.

Looking for a movie to watch? Watch Ironman. Seriously.


SIMS2

I finally know how to upload pics, I found the pics that I can take on Sims2 and so once I take some nice ones you'll see them here. Lol. I've even got a nice story planned out.

*big grin*

Okay, so now that I have blogged, I shall return to haunting the world wide web and seeing if Vampire Knight 5 is out.


Oh joy, it is!



Goodbye y'all. =)

Can't Hold On - Melee

I am crazy about this song now. Love the first verse. :)