things, things everywhere

i'm currently hankering after a new phone. sony ericsson's V630i which is so Unfortunately, NOT AVAILABLE in m'sia!!! so, so unfortunate!! y, oh y? must the phone i crave be THE one that the country doesn't import?

can u see it? isn't it jz such a beauty? *sigh* 2 megapixel cam, instant upload of photos to blog, mp3 player, err.... wut else....and other not too significant things which left my mind.

but anyway.... life isn't all abt things. material stuff. when lionel came bac n talked a lil' abt life on doulos n his changed perspective of life after seeing first-hand the poverty of some nations..., i actually felt that my whole existance was a farce. so shallow. so petty. i mean, everyday, all i think off is abt things that i want ( i already haf lots, so much, but isn't it human nature to nvr be satisfied wiv wut they have?), sch (scoring in exams, stuff at sch), my friends n family, church, my single life (ok, i'll admit to that, at least). all that plus my other activities. that's jz it. that's IT! all of my life, when i could be doing more meaningful things like saving ppl, n i waste it here typing abt wut i could do. ppl out there r starving n here i am eating almost 5 meals a day n still complaining abt it.

it's a shallow life, the 1 i'm living now. when my life's ambition is to marry well (hey, i'm being frank here) n have beautiful kids who won't rebel (quite impossible, i think), great job, n finally, go to heaven. o yeah, b4 that, i wanna go see the world, expand my horizons... widen my horribly cramped perspective of the world.

i'll try to be less materialistic but it's hard if u live where i do. where the mall is the only place to hangout n ur constantly surrounded by ppl pushing their wares into ur face. it's almost an agony to say no, really. but, i'll try. put my life back into perspective, get my priorities right n concentrate more on God n wut's important. but, i'm still going to get myself new sunglasses. hey, i'm gonna drive soon ya know... n don't even dare say that i'm materialistic.

Reasons To Go To School

Foreword: This article was written so because the writer was goaded by a friend into writing a cheerful article initially meant for the sch mag. But due to space constraint in the mag (and to make life easier for the editor, her friend), the writer didn't turn her masterpiece in. Prior to writing this, she has attempted to think of her glass as ‘half full’. The writer also wishes to state that she will not be held responsible should any party feel slighted or offended by the contents of this article. Lastly, think happy thoughts.


Reasons To Go To School

1.You never know what might happen the next day
Seriously. Like where L’s* bottle might turn up next. For those not in the know, she has wonderfully managed to misplace and recover back her; I quote Ms. Leong* “cheap red plastic bottle” in various places.The school canteen and under Ross’s* desk being one of the many places. Who put it there I wonder?

2.The weird wacky people
This school is a potpourri of different cultures, customs and mindsets. From jocks to drama queens, inspirational speakers to crafty businesswomen, how could school possibly be dull when we are peppered with characters such as these?
To me, small happiness is when Yap* condescends to humour the class by crooning her favourite songs. Or when my friends listen to me enthuse about Utt for the hundredth time with minimal eye-rolling and no snide comments.

3.Dodging the dreaded ‘Kelas Terkotor’ award… yet again.
“Reporting live from ABC (Arifian Broadcasting Channel), Head prefect Nikki* was heard reminding the residents of the class beside the agama room (5 A*) to clean up their act. Sources say that the aforesaid class managed to miraculously avoid being called up to pick rubbish in the school premises for the seventh consecutive time. The residents are duly impressed. It is later reported that the Arifians have been picking up after themselves and are generally living cleaner lives.”

4.Events and happenings in school
Being the self-confessed couch potato that I am, I’ll be the first to admit that 51% (that’s the majority by the way) of my social life happens here, in school. So I guess school isn’t such the ‘horrid’ place that I sometimes make it out to be. In my four ++ years in this school, I have (not in any particular order) turned entrepreneur and hawker (selling overpriced drinks on Canteen Day), upholsterer and interior designer’s assistant (decorating the hall with baubles the day before our ranger’s annual gathering), maid-of-all-work (scrubbing the walls and screaming every time a lizard drops out of nowhere during Gotong-Royong) and a performer (Speech Day).


5.The very essence of my school
Just being in school; breathing in the rather polluted ‘fresh’ air, getting love-grass stuck to your socks as you walk across the field, floating from class to class because of the shortage of classrooms…. These are some of the things that make C__ * so C__*. Yes, there are times when I get frustrated by the pointlessness of certain school rules. But hey! Would you rather be on the streets selling pirated DVDs instead of getting yourself a (not-so-free) education to better your future?

author's note: names of ppl n places have been changed to protect their anonymity

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masa itu emas

i got this in my mail... n really, i find it quite true. so u see.... u can't really blame us if we do badly right? i mean, wut's a student to do..? anyway, it's really so funny.

>>It's not the fault of the student if he fails, because the year ONLY has 365 days. Typical academic year for a student:
1. Sundays - 52 Sundays in a year, you know Sundays are for rest
. Days left 313.

2. School holidays - 50 where weather is very hot and difficult to study.
>>Days left 263.

3. 8 hours daily sleep - 130 days GONE.
>>Days left 141.

4. 1 hour for daily playing- (good for health) means 15 days.
>>Days left 126.

5. 2 hours daily for food & other delicacies (chewing properly & swallowing) - means 30days. >>Days left 96.

6. 1 hour for talking (man is a social >>animal) - means 15 days.
>>Days left 81.

7. Exam days - per year at least 35 days.
>>Days left 46.

8. Quarterly, half yearly and festival holidays) - 40 days.
>>Days left 6.

9. For sickness - at least 3 days.
>>Days left 3.

10. Movies and functions- at least 2 days.
>>1 day left.

11. That 1 day is your birthday. How can you study on that day ?!?!?!?!?!
>> >>Balance = 0

How can a student pass ?????"

another day in the life of denise

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i was editing some of utt's pics yesterday but somehow (n so frustratingly), i couldn't upload it here. ish! it's so irritating.... so i guess i'll jz haf to settle for the un-edited, boring 1. so sad :-(

well, so far... this week has been pretty happenin, for me dat is. on wed, went to gurney wiv yoong n qian to ask for sponsorships from the stores there -> for our prom. guess what we got for all our trouble...? rm250 worth of vouchers from eng optical. yup, dat's it. DAT's IT!!! can u imagine? we asked almost every shop in dat place n only ONE shop sponsored somethin. really... ppl nowadays r so stingy. o yeah, n it so happened dat all of the managers were 'out' meeting that day. i mean, how cliche is dat? unless it's the 'big meeting' of managers in gurney. is there even sucha thing?? seriously, jz say that u don't wanna donate a single cent instead of lying to our (innocent) faces. we might be young but we sure ain't dumb. one employee of S* was so terrified of us that she leapt back (literally) when i handed her the sponsorship form. how unprofessional. others jz looked blankly when we approached them. dunno if they understood us or not, but they said "no" in the end. sad.

we got really tired of bein lied to and being declined... hey, try gettin that like 20-30 times n see if u like it. but then, there were quite a no. of shops that told us to call their head office (in KL) so... dat's not really declining i guess. but still... a whole day wiv ntg to show except for what EO kindly gave us. in the end, we went to la manila's for tea (which eventually became my dinner... i was positively bloated after dat) becaused qian nursed some strange craving for cake. then, went to look around a bit for accessories, u noe... for the prom.

and today!!! 1st of 10 hours of driving lesson. n guess wut..? i got to drive on the rd!! it was so fun... once i mustered the changin gears n stearing n all dat... it was really not as hard as i initially thought. driving is fun! it went well cept for that one incident when a bus suddenly turned in n i was really near n the instructor was yellin at me to "tak brek, tak BREK!!" (step on the brakes in hokkien) n u know how it is when i panic... my brain jz freezes. so instead, i stepped on the gas pedal n i think, almost gave him cardiac arrest. hehe... sry, but u shouldn't make me panic ya noe... thank gdness my brain went into normal mode again before we crashed. aikz.. things like dat always happens to me i notice. well, at least i know i'm not boring. right? right???

and here's the hottest guy ever... ( don't agree? nvm, to me he is). ladies n men (gentlemen r quite extinct nowadays)... meet UTT, like THE most gorgeous guy ever.

is that true?

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comp -why pick on me???-

here's when i pour out all my greviences abt the comp. i spent like 2 hrs doing the stupid slideshow on rockyou.com n the comp rejects it. yea, u can see the big gaping hole in my blog. n now, i spent aeons editing n doing the pics n i can't upload them. this is crap i tell u. all of my hrs n work, wasted! if i knew this wud happen, i would haf jz went n did my hw. seriously. computers do make me lose it sometimes... ish!!! man, i am losing it. horrid, horrid thing. i could jz kick something now.

spirit of penang in pictures

saturdays part 2

continuation of last week's blog

sat (1.7.06)

went to hunza like early.... 12 sumthin. hehe... early. we had prac for our skit dat we were gonna perform dat night... unconventionally (n rather inconveniently) themed 'Hawaiian Nite'. bring out the pineapples n leis, flowery shirts n ..... u get the picture. actually, heheh.. my eyes were kinda blinded by all the bright colours n flower motives. we were swamped by hawaiian shirts n wraparound skirts. no kidding. anyway, we practised a lil' , mostly wiv the powerpuff girls routine n the lights n sound. umm, no yellowcard here, lol.

let me clue u in on wut my group prepared before going in depth cos i think i see lotsa quizzical brows now. basically, it was a skit in 3. haha, blur? let me explain. we made the whole skit seem as if the audience were actually in the cinema waiting 4 the movie to start. so, the comercials roll, n the trailers start. so, we had powerpuff gals n star wars 'trailers' as the appetizers n shota-shota as the main act.

matt n joe came late so, we only managed to really prac at like 6. then, wiv insufficient prac, we jz said " do or die trying" n did it. urm.. after lotsa fussing wiv our dressing. i for one am proud to say dat i didn't wear a wrap skirt. not dat there was anything wrong wiv wearing one. jz dat, everybody was wearing it so, me,pris n qy wore our borrowed happy pants.

so far, it went well (our act), except for rather BIG technical errors for our 1st 2 items. so sad... the powerpuffgals theme song suddenly changed to star wars theme song in the middle. n the comp hanged in the middle of the powerpoint b4 star wars. aikz... i was jz diiissss close to losing it at that point. really. but i haf to commend my team mates 4 pulling it off effortlessly. they r truly, real actors. the ppg- steffy, sab & antz,... i guess the whole thing was ruin but at least they finished the whole thing. star wars - matt, joe, esther,....well, despite the huge technical error, they managed to get the audience ready n laughing together wiv us. n my shota peeps - pris, matt, qy, sab n not forgettin adr (for his running commentary)... hopefully we did do wut we set out to do. dat was to make our audiences sides split wiv too much laughing. did we?

other notable performances were the 5-minute football (really liked dat 1), the chicken dance (which we all did) n westlife. hahar... urm, eastlife.... wtv u wanna call them. it was like, suddenly, the whole place became a concert wiv torches n phones waving in the air. started by renee n me n followed by everyone else. *gleeful grin*. oh yeah... n a fashion show by all of us. real lawak... the runway is sweet, n so is yellowcard's lead singer (his gorgeous eyes anyway). haha.

n the winner? the chicken dance. i really wish i cud say dat my group won but aikz... honesty prevents me from doing so. but overall... i had more fun then i ever had in a long time. we mz haf things like dis more often. wut nxt? poser nite.....? can't wait.

saturdays

it's been a hectic weekend. the 2nd one in 2 weeks. but of cos... hectic= not boring, n not boring always is so much better than idling.

saturdays r so much fun nowadays. pity i'll soon haf to give it up 4 the sake of cramming my brain wiv pretty pointless info that'll nvr get me further in life after i pass my spm. waste of time, really.
since i didn't blog abt it... so here goes. both my saturdays in a go.

last sat...
SPIRIT OF PENANG aka amazing race version pg first

basically, we were divided into 5 teams n were supposed to find n finish our tasks n get back to the starting point in the shortest time. well, jz like amazing race/ explorace/ spirit of kl. u get the pic.

12.45pm - reached hunza. was supposed to be there at 12.30 but u noe, m'sian time...

12.50pm - the team members were read out... some change to the members of some inbalanced teams... like urs truly. o yea, i was made leader (at the last minute, n vry reluctantly) of a team, code named Group 5. grumbled a bit... tee-hee... gotta admit dat ler.

approx 1 - set out to our 1st destination. we were fetched by the seniors (read: ppl wiv cars) to the flagging off point (gurney).

abt 20 minutes later... - dropped off by jerald at sunrise, only to find out that the meeting place had been changed. thank gdness 4 alex who happened to be there at that time n so generously offered to bring us to gurney in his 'brand new car'.

after 5 minutes - rendezvous at the designated spot. last minute instructions given out, n finally... the flag off. of cos, wiv the first clues. the first clue was easy. bac to sunrise.

a short walk later - we (my team) were ushered into mcD 4 our first task. eating our ice-cream cones from the bottom up. n dat, was relatively one of the easiest tasks all around. no shit. o yea, b4 i forget, my team memberz... well, we had kw, melv, josh, jasher, joce, em & their friend (forgot the name) . yupe, 8 of us (dun forget me....). n later, had another challenge. taking out mentos's from a big bottle of coke. hehe... let me recommend putting a mentos ( or any minty sweet) into a bottle of newly opened coke. u'll nvr noe wut might happen... or u cud jz ask me.

upon completion - got our nxt clue. dat really made us clueless. but we headed bac to gp anyway. met jim's group on the way... doubled our paces n flashed them evil smiles. muahaha. wasted a lot of time jz dechiphering the clue. n even more jz trying to locate the spot.

2-3 sumthing - running around gp doing our other tasks. among them were buying a specific amount of things (as in price) n taking photos of some shop names to form a sentence given. later, we were given a clue which had some maths equation which equaled to 1 in the end. even then, we had some difficulties getting the answer. first we got o.3.... (or sumthin like dat) then, we argued abt how to culcalate it...

3-4....- walked to 1-stop. yeah, dat clue brought us there. n yea, it was pouring at that time, no wait, it was raining the whole day already. how sickening. completed more clues there. had some error finding out how many tracks were in delta goodrem's 'innocent eyes' album. then, after wastin a lot of precious time, mel had a brainwave; he called one of his friends back home to check it out n hey presto! instantaneous answer. now, if only we had thought of dat earlier. darn.

4 something - rushed to the bus stop only to realise dat the bus had only jz left mins ago. oh crap. sat around eating kfc n (in my case) having pessimistic rantings on being the last team to finish the race. bus came, picked us, bus went.

reached prangin - last leg of the race. thank gdness....

4.45pm - waited 4 the bus to take us back.

5.10pm - still waiting.

5.15pm- out of frustration, we took the bus to batu lanchang instead. there, n bcos we were the last group to finish (sob,sob) we were specially driven home by some of the seniors who couldn't wait 4 us to reach anymore. so, i guess we finished the race in style.

abt 6- safely back. albeit too late of cos. we had a review... really lawak as the committee recounted tales of the teams goofing up n stuff. all the team leaders had to then say a speech n well, it was fun. really insightful. really.

the nxt sat is to be continued