A Meme! After a loooong time

I found this meme in Avila's blog.

It was kind of cute, actually, since its alphabetical... never done one of those before. And not as repetitive as some... so yeah, I stole it ^^, And now I shall tag 5 ppl!

Here goes.......

A. Attached or single?

Single

B. Best friend?

4+5+1 dog

C. Cake or pie?

Chocolate cake, pecan pie

D. Day of choice?

Sunday

E. Essential item?

Handphone!

F. Favourite color?

Blue

G. Gummy bears or worms?

Neither, chocolate all the way!

H. Hometown?

PJ and Setapak.

I. Favourite indulgence?

Chocolate brownies

J. January or July?

July

K. Kids?

Right place, right man, right time, why not?

L. Life isn’t complete without?

Love. Oh, I know its cheesy but its true. Imagine life without it!

M. Marriage date?

Before I am too old to care.

N. Number of magazine subscriptions?

None

O. Oranges or apples?

Apples

P. Phobias?

Speed and big drains.

Q. Quotes?

'I Love Kant'

R. Reasons to smile?

Too many, just that no one takes time to remember them.

S. Season of choice?

We have seasons?

T. Tag 5 people.

Tag: Vic, Eileen, Christine, Li Mei and Bernard

U. Unknown fact about me?

I doubt there is any. *rolls eyes* I am open book.

V. Vegetable?

Not celery!

W. Worst habit?

Can't sleep without smelly pillow.

X. X-ray or ultrasound?

X-rayed for my wisdom teeth before

Y. Your favorite foods?

Pork-related foodstuff

Z. Zodiac sign?

Pisces

And there you go. Kind of short and nice. Taggety tag!

I've been........

A-wondering.

I wonder why I can't flip my hair and smile at a guy with the corner of my lips and with a teasing twinkle in my eye, the way I see so many girls do. Or more specifically, my sister. 

She's a flirt, that one. Belum sampai 3 bulan break-up dengan satu, sekarang sudah ada satu lagi.

Very the cepat. Very the super-cepat. Somehow she gets the guys wrapped around her fingers like ribbon.

I wonder what secrets she has. She tries to teach me (I always suspect she was supposed to be born first) but I can't seem to grasp the fundamentals of Girly 101. (Okay, so I take lessons from my YOUNGER sis! Anyone got a problem?????)

Take for example, and I swear this is an actual conversation, no kid, pinky swear, etc etc....

Sis: See, dude, the thing is with guys you gotta go strong with some hints... they very the stupid one... must give strong strong hints only can... short of saying it to their face only. But you can't do that, so it must be subtle AND obvious at the same time.

Me: Hah? Whatchoo mean?

Sis: Like this. If you wanna say 'I like you' must say something like, 'you make me happy', then you must smile and gaze meaningfully into his deep, brown eyes. (Okay I took some liberties with the script, so sue me.) Hints, see? Subtle but obvious.

Me: Hah? Whatchoo mean?

Sis: Aiyo. Take for instance you like someone. Just try to smile at him, make him feel good about himself, spend time with him....hold back a bit sometimes though...

Me*oblivious*: Hah? Whatchoo mean?????? 

Sis: ........................ hopeless. So the hopeless. 

Me: Hah? Whatchoo mean hopeless??

Sis: .......... I give up.

(I was having a particularly goblok moment, and I was distracted by chocolate milk. It wasn't until later that I realised what she was saying. But personally I don't think it works lor.... or does it? (comments on that would be most welcome!))

Then she thwacked me on the head (I thwacked her back) and we discussed her latest BF. 

Her latest squeeze is a rather buff guy. Quite good-looking. Tall. I personally don't find him attractive. Or even remotely funny, though he tries to be.

But he makes her happy, and he is very much in love with her, so thats fine by me. 

Still, like my sis said also: 

Sis: Dude, you are who you are, and f*** any guy who can't accept that.

Sweetest thing she ever said to me, sans profanity. That's why I love my family. They always think there is nothing wrong with me even though there clearly is something wrong. Hahaha.

A-working

Studying for exams is no mean feat, really. You have to ignore the calls of BFME, Sims2, Warcraft.... and then you have to force yourself to keep reading about outdated online features... (the book dates back to 1999, thats so sad) and then when you're done reading you have to face a paper you can't answer.

All in either blazing hot room or freezing cold exam hall.

Worse, you have to turn down potentially lucrative assignments. *sadness*

As if the punchline (exams) isnt' enough of a killer, the pre-punchline (assignments) evokes memories of sleepless nights (quite literally, because I finally pulled my first ALL-nighter. Solid 38 hours of no sleep) and mounting pressure and silent tension.

I hate that one. Silent tension. Can cut the air with a friggin knife I tell you. It hangs in the air like week-old socks. Horrible. 

Glad that its done and over with.

Question of the Day:

Why the HECK can't I turn the Bloody TV on???

Answer: 

Coz Daddy pulled the plug out. 

Bah. Spent 15 minutes panicking that the TV went busted this morning before realising Daddy musta have fiddled around and pulled out the plugs or summat.

Don't make me Super Bark you outta that tree! ~ Bolt.

Before I begin, please indulge me and allow me this silent, virtual squeal.

EEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

SOOOOOOOOOOOO CCCUUUUUUUTTTTTEEEEEE

*ahem*

As you can see from the above picture, I have gone and seen Bolt, the latest Disney offering. After reading that it got some decent reviews from RottenTomatoes, I decided to take my sis to go see it. 

Verdict: Its Goooooooood.

Yes, it is. 

The story begins with Bolt, as a puppy (insert squeal) who is so unbelievably cute that I died right there in the first 3 minutes of the movie from sheer tak-tahan-ness.

I came back when Bolt started defeating evil bad guys; with a super-heat gaze, a Super Bark, superdog-strength, and laser stare. And best is -Bolt actually believes he can do all this, and that his owner, Penny, is really in trouble each time. And every single time, he believes he has saved her from the baddies. Of course, he isnt'. Its just a movie, though Penny does indeed love him.

As you can see, this causes some delusions, which is not helped by the fact that he has never been out of the set of the movie. When one day he finds himself out of the movie set, he is confused, lost and sets off to look for Penny. Throw in a smart-ass cat, a crazy hamster (the hamster goes on to steal the show at some parts) and you got the usual Disney heart-warming qualities, when Bolt finds himself as a true hero at last -and not a made up one.

Won't give any spoilers, but let me say the best parts of the movie are:

1) Bolt. Gila cute. Adorable as heck. 

2) Rhino the hamster. Watch the movie to see what I mean. This is one heckuva hamster.

3) The pacing. Very fast, but without being choppy. Good doses of humour thrown in too -not the kind of slapstick humour, but the good ol' LOL types. There is some sly humour here and there too, which really adds to the script -making it less cheesy and juvenile than any of Disney's recent efforts. 

Some decent animation (ain't got nothing on Pixar, truly) and some nice music, good scripting and it was extremely entertaining. 

I won't compare it to Wall E, or to Ratatouille. Ain't fair on it, coz I think this is Disney's best effort this year. I truly do. 

Worth watching on cinema? You betcha. Worth watching TWICE on cinema? YEAH! I know I would.

But thats coz I love dogs. Nyahaha.

So... in the end: 

Rating: B+  ^^,

This is a fat-ass logo of our Broadcast Journalism news network -Banana TV and Banana FM, under the Banana News Network wing. Just for the fun of it. Nyahaha. 

However, its been a wild ride -but its OVER Ya'll! Its DONE! Its FINISHED!

Whee!

Now for exams. -_-.

 

Study group, anyone?

......am not exactly well, so this pic will have to do as an update

This amazing feat was achieved by the neighbourhood stray about a week or so ago, when I was in J's car with IS and on the way to the LRT. This particular stray is a permanent fixture on the streets of 13/6. He/she (can't remember) has been seen loping around the area every so often. How he/she managed to get up there, I don't know.

Somehow this mutt had an expression on its face that said: Goodbye, cruel world. Of course, it doesn't know its only atop a car. It won't actually perish by jumping off. However, I like to think it was thinking: Well now, nice view up here.

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As I am writing this, I have a heavy head and an even heavier heart. A Panadol can take care of the first, but the second, I doubt even morphine would do the job. Unless you're talking about a VERY large amount of morphine. But I am being morbid again, aren't I?

I do that, from time to time. Lord knows my family is sick of it.

Anyhows. I seem to have caught the nasty (though not severe) viral fever my dad has. He was down with it for a day or two (the second day I suspect he was already well, except that he was pining for my mom -she's away in Penang) and he has been coughing too. Am keeping myself alert for the slightest tickle in throat -coughs are the worst. Fevers I don't mind so much. But coughs....

Didn't sleep last night, thanks to alternately shivering and sweating.

But work calls.

See you Tuesday guys, for online JR.

Today is my Mommy's birthday, and so, I have made a short slideshow presentation for her.

I would have uploaded it to YouTube, but to have the world looking at my Mom is a bit weird. At least here on my blog, chances of the WHOLE FRIGGIN' world looking at my video is less. Nyahaha.

Enjoy this first experimentation of mine on Windows Movie Maker. Heh. Don't laugh at the dodgy pics, okay?

Soundtrack: Cherry Sky by Sotte Bosse (I couldnt think of a more suitable one)

Pictures: mostly taken in Kijal.

Original poem: by me. Who else?

Take One...thousand and four.

As part of our wholesome and fulfilling education in our Uni, we are required, from time to time, to complete assignments which threaten our sanity and destroy our social lives.

There is, of course, absolutely nothing wrong with that: or the late nights and hours spent in front of a computer (or laptop, choose your poison, people) until our eyeballs are irradiated with dangerous rays.

Nothing wrong with the panda eyes and the lack of sleep time, toilet time and meal-times. Nothing wrong with all that. Nope. Nuh uh.

Since I love assignments so much (they're so great for my complete well-being) there is nothing that will bring me more delight than to dedicate an entire section of my blog post on it. Delightful!

This semester, we have the exciting and exhilarating job of producing not ONE news broadcast, but TWO news broadcasts. One for radio, and one for television. On top of that, we have to produce also a report of what we did during the production of said news broadcasts.

(Here, I would like to take a moment to thank my group members, IS and J - for their hard work and for our excellent teamwork. As many of you may know, I am sometimes difficult to work with. I tend to worry when its not appropriate, and go nonchalant when I should be worrying. I can do good work, but expect lots of fussing and emo-ing along the way. >_< )

Despite my sarcasm, don't let me fool you. I enjoyed this assignment. (horror!) Yes I did. I doubt that I was much help (besides flapping my hands about and making bloopers) but I can safely say that it was an experience.

As for another assignment, it involves building an online newspaper, and it is here that I take my hats off to MZ and M. I can't build a website to save my life. All I can do is write. Har har. It has taken a back seat to Broadcast, but I am working on it.

So, despite the late nights and the fuss, I am happily surprised that we made it on time (no SUPER last-minuteness) and churned out some decent work. Now let's hope we all survive this 70% weightage coursework.

Gulp.

I bit off so much more than I can chew.

I tend to do that a lot. Sometimes I stop and think, am I getting my priorities wrong? Shouldn't I be working on my assignments instead?

I think, this semester, I did. I neglected a lot of what I should be doing in favour for a chance to get money and fill up my resume with articles. I think many of you, dear friends, are nodding your heads. I know you think I am neglecting my Uni work, and that I deserve every bit of trouble I am having. And you would be right.

How can I ever explain why I do this even though I tear my hair out and go bonkers with all I have to do? How can I expect anyone to understand that its more than money, more than bylines, more than pride?

I can't, so I won't. But I reap what I sow, and so reap I shall.

...and its 2000 words this year.

Next year, it shall be 3000, followed by 4000... yes, again, my friends, NaNoWriMo is a failure.

>_<

Mainly because I ran outta steam, despite having a pretty okay idea in my head, and also because I found that I have so much other writing to do. Bah.

Sorry V dear. T-T Thanks for all your cheerleading, though. ^^,

So, thats all for this round. Now, on to more work!~

Its a QU, my friends!

Just a quickie one; been super busy lately -will write a ridiculously long post when all this madness is over. But check out whats coming out next summer -err I mean, next post.


And.. we're rolling, take ONE! And Two! And Three! and Four! and Five! and OH DAMN I LOST COUNT.

Our BC JR assignments have been a crazy experience, hasn't it??? Full details on hopefully everything coming up soon!


What did you say? Debit cards? WHaaattttt????

Never have have I encountered so many challenges (which are good, actually, its experience) in ONE assignment. Or 7 of this ONE, to be exact. Full but indisclosable details coming soon, as well.

Contemplating my inability to complete a novel, ever.

Nanowrimo? An utter disaster, again. >_<


Till next post then. Please await with bated breath. I know I am. (trying this new thing called online-sarcasm......does it work?)



I guess not.

Kajang Trip and then some

Kajang Trip

~the delicious pork thingy returns! starring!
~V!!!!!
~K!!!
~J!!!!
~aaaaaaaaaaaand BRA-man!

First, here is a fat ass photo of Bra-man, making his 'GODDAMN IT, I AM HUNGRY, HURRY UP WITH THE PICTURES' look. Not a very intimidating look, but extremely funny nonetheless.

From top: The delicious pork thingy, the chicken thingy, and the other chicken thingy.

The highlight of the entire trip, of course, was the food. What else?? It began in the morning, with a late breakfast-lunch at the aforementioned claypot place. Pork still as good as I remembered (gard darn it I am hungry again just thinking about this, and mind you, its now 12am in the morn) and the chicken was just as spicy as I remembered too. We ate hard, laughed at Bra-man's antics (don't we always?) and discussed all manner of inappropriate and appropriate things.

One more pic of the food.

We chilled out a lot at J's place, and as always, we played some PS2 and discovered whole new quotes for the semester.


I managed to bomb spectacularly at Lego Indiana Jones (but did not get bamboozled, at least, I was commiting suicide all by myself anyways) and even managed to soundly defeat both J and K at Tekken, FOUR FRIKKIN' TIMES!, before narrowly being defeated by J at last.


What did I do, against such prolific gamer guys? I button mashed. I used a character which J told me was easy to use. Indeed, she was. All I did was mash the X and square button. It was, indeed, frustrating at first to lose so spectacularly against them, but thanks to some timely tips by J and the God of the Button Masher, I managed to scrap some truly amazing walloping. Fun? You betcha!


We had initially decided to embark upon our pre-arranged Karaoke plans: only to find that Jusco Cheras Selatan was PACKED LIKE SARDINES IN A CAN and that Green Box would set us all back at LEAST 25 bucks each. Steep!


We were like o_O. So we switched tacks and went to a cyber instead. Turns out; the game selection was limited, and an EXTREMELY annoying kid was bugging Bra and J the whole time.


He kept going 'Bang nak main nak main' and demanded that we let him join us. He couldn't have been more than 12, I swear. What on earth are these CC ppl doing letting him in anyways??


In the end, Bra got so frustrated, we left after barely an hour. On the way back, Bra realised he left his lappy on, and dark clouds were gathering, and so he rushed back to switch it off.


Long story short, in the end, we played lotsa PS2, watched J install Red Alert 3 (while me n V watched Cry Baby, a truly cheesy and so-bad-its-good musical starring the VERY young and delicious Johnny Depp!), and talked over snacks a lot.

Then when dinner came, we were ravenous!!

Unfortunately, starvation prevented me from taking pix, har har. But here was the menu:

1) Kai Lan with salted fish

2) BREATH FRIGGIN' FIRE fish.

3) Fried sotong with salted egg.

4) Pork ribs in whatsitsname sauce. Pardon my bad Canto!


The veggies were merely a formality, if you ask me. Har har. What with three meat-eating men on the table.


The sotong was AWESOME SUPER. Light taste of egg, but with some heat to it. Ribs were good too.


Now, the BREATH FRIGGIN' FIRE fish turned out to be SISSY fish instead. Lol. After good training with Spicy Pan Mee, honestly, I think a handful of red chilli aint gonna faze me. Muahaha.


Still, the fish was good -fresh, no mud smell (I hate that about tilapia, the fishy, muddy smell, so usually I avoid tilapia, but this one was done just right), plenty of sauce (or soup, if u wanna call it that) and with plenty of hamchoy and tomatoes.


After a solid dinner, we ventured for SATAY KAJANG (what is a trip to Kajang without satay?) and had another second dinner. Hahaha. Though not so good as the popular one (which was giler crowded) it was fair enuff, better than KL satay anyway. Played around with Bra's newly-acquired laser pointer, which, gosh gracious, actually goes up to at least 50 feet.

Of course, he lost his sanity completely with it, pointing at passerby's asses. HAHAHAHAHA.


Oh yes...never forgetting...


A HUMUNGA DUNGA BIG ASS THANK YOU TO J!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For dinner and for brunch.

All in all, yet another SUPER outing with the same four people (link to previous post under pic of Bra's funny face) and heck, I had not had so much fun in quite a while (save for that ridiculously funny game of Flatout). It was really good to kick back and enjoy myself for once.

.....and then the 'some' I mentioned.

Very pretty, very unnesccesary pics of my favourite wildflower on Melawati Hill.