The Tapir's Couch

2009-03-10T07:44:00.000-07:00

OK I just got back from swing. They gave me a mojito instead of a mocktail NO WONDER I FELT SO BLOODY HOT.

Anyways, Liv vs Real later. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE MAKE SURE I WAKE UP.

Oh and see off Real as well.

2009-03-09T04:38:00.000-07:00

Fuck it wei.

I am going to leave this hellhole asap.

There are so many different ways to love but I don't know man.. this one breaks my hearts too many times. It's materialistic.

Suki you are so lucky.

2009-03-08T07:16:00.000-07:00

"For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view.

I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again." -Benjamin Button

That did it. I cried buckets of tears.

Most enlightening movie since Elizabethtown.

2009-03-07T11:56:00.000-08:00

I just watched The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

..and I don't know who to tell.

but I am a mess right now.. an emotional wreck. Goddamnit.

2009-03-07T08:39:00.000-08:00

Hello peeps.

Expected today to be a crazy day, what with plans being made for Shasha's shopping trip, the webcast audition, Khairul's exhibition opening and Lionel's birthday.

Initially, I woke up and grabbed my LFC training kit. I then took a bath and for some unknown reason, felt too moody for any sort of audition which probably won't benefit me in any way and decided to scratch it. Picked Shasha up at about 12 and we drove to One Utama. Shasha was so darn sweet. Belanja-ed me Chatterbox and Dave Deli's k? Since nobody could drop me off at RA Fine Arts Gallery and Sha had to leave for her niece's birthday party by 3pm, I skipped the opening as well. Will probably drop by the place with Sim if time and the dude himself allows it. Hahah!

Shoe shopping with Sha meant that I'd bombed over 150 bucks on 2 pairs of boots and a pair of gladiators. Yeah Ducky I can sense your eyes rolling already! And in the end, Sha didn't even make it to her niece's birthday party!!! WTH right? Dah lah I dropped her off at the taxi stand already and her mother called to tell her not to bother. Dropped her home instead -____-' Coulda shopped a little longer then!!

Anyways, got to Popeye's TTDI for Lionel's birthday after that. The KL Swingers namely Nabihan, Aizat, Becky, Alex and Jordan were there as well. The friend chicken's alright but come the 2nd piece, it started to taste a little too salty for my liking. We then moved on to TTDI Plaza where Nabihan made a couple of rounds around the building because every parking within the area seems to be manned by those arseholes who wanted to charge her 10 freaking bucks! Like, hello? Bangsar's only 5 at most! We parked somewhere near Jalan Wan Kadir (i think) and walked instead. Mafaka those idiots can seriously go eff themselves ok?

We played card games like Heart attack, Speed (Can barely recall the rules) and the Game of Life (LIKE HOW THE EFF DOES IT WORK?!) The POTC game was a little weird though. Didn't know how it worked and the loser had to face some sort of punishment aka ice down the back/front/side. I wore a dress so the ice just slipped right out from the back/side. Tak syiok langsung lah.

Jordan then dropped me home. Took less than 5 minutes to get from TTDI to my house. Someone's beat you at speeding lah Carol. HAHAHAHAHA.

2009-03-05T06:47:00.000-08:00

A Series of Unfortunate Conversations Between Two Pigheaded Sisters.

Example 1
Sis: How to draw dragon?
Me: Go google.
Sis: But don't have also.
Me: COME I FIND FOR YOU
Sis: *storms away angrily, looks for brother*

Example 2
Sis: Can help me draw Masyarakat Mandani Tanpa Dadah?
Me: You give me the idea, I'll draw.
Sis: I dunno what it is also.
Me: Go get the dictionary tell me what Masyarakat means... then I'll draw.
Sis: *refuses to do so* *mum, dad, maid, everyone makes a fuss*
Me: Too bad.
Sis: (an hour later) *brings in dictionary* How to find Masyarakat ar?
Me: WHAT THE HELL? YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO USE A DICTIONARY!?!?!? (ps: she also owns a digital one, never used)

Example 3
Sis: I need black paint
Me: Use marker pen instead
Sis: Teacher says cannot
Me: SO!?

Example 4
Me: Lend me 30 bucks.
Sis: OK.

Yes I am the antagonist.

2009-02-28T09:55:00.000-08:00

Boro 2-0 Liverpool

Was in a pretty good mood so I decided to ajak my dad watch the game with the MyRawkites. That, and also because I needed a lift to the new venue. Bloody hell Sunway ok?

Michael Thomas dropped by today. Who, you ask? He's an ex-Liverpool player who scored against us for Arsenal. That was the goal which cost us the league in 1989. Yup I was born that year and dad mentioned it many times before.

I didn't know who was the dude who just walked in and I overheard Bernard greeting him as "Michael". Now, I only know 2 Michaels who were ex-Reds so I thought, okay that is DEFINITELY not Owen so it's gotta be Thomas. Then.. who the eff is Michael Thomas again?

Searched high and low for dad who turned out to be washing his eyes in the toilet. When he came back to the table, I told him that Michael Thomas's here and he was like, OH? Apparently he greeted him in the toilet and didn't know who he was. -___-' I think it was quite nice for him to drop by but I found it quite weird that he just slipped out unannounced.

Anyway,

Shit Loads of Luck + Xabi's Hip + Hunger + Good defending = Victory.

That's my point of view for the game. Short eh?

Oh and Babel was useless.

2009-02-27T09:37:00.001-08:00

So, I was just telling Joe that the ending of Titanic made me cry. It's probably because i lack attention these days. The thought of 1500 people waiting for me when i die seems to mess with my head.

It's not really plausible of course. What are the chances of me dying with 1500 people? Not that I want to anyway. *touch wood*

eujoe 07595997597 says: (1:38:25 AM)
yeah. not sweet if ur deathwish is to pull 1500 more ppl with you

2009-02-27T08:25:00.000-08:00

This is an EXTREMELY long post. Please facebook my note instead for better readability.

The Danger that is Advertising Design masked as Graphic Design.
Enter the world where anyone can be fooled and shameless self promotion forces you to have your face plastered at the back of the name card.

In dedication to cenfad, Miss Ami, her literature classes and my long lost love of writing long-winded essays, I have got a couple of thoughts about PJCAD right here. Brace yourselves, folks!

Before I start this piece, I would like to remind you that I have come to the realisation that yes, I might have taken the wrong option, but I knew that it was going to be a possibility right from the start.

After leaving cenfad, I had written off Limkokwing and The One Academy due to inconvenience distance-wise. That on top of the circulating rumors of course. Instead, I had paid a visit to ALIF, Sri KBU and PJCAD amongst others.

ALIF seemed like a pretty crafty art school in a building with more passageways than any mole can dig up. The administration were well-trained to put focus on the word "concept". After assuring them that this one word is what's left of cenfad's pride... they told me that I'd have to retake a whole semester in order to achieve a diploma there. Why? Because I never took 3D Design. No hate to this college though, the graduates seem to be very well-equiped in that sense.

Sri KBU was probably the worse of the lot. Most design students would undergo the Foundation+3 years major = Diploma route. Those bordering to the extreme would make it 4 years in foundation alone, ala Mr Teh. Not in Sri KBU. With a face of pure disgust, they told me that I was stupid to take that route when there's another offering what.. 3 years to a degree (or something of the sort anyway). Why waste time eh? Pure business bullshit, straight from the bull's hole itself. Even my dad was half-convinced that the local degree was sufficient enough for my future. I, of course, refused to comment on the issue.

So this was how I landed in PJCAD. I'd signed up for Graphic Design but saw a small section on Advertising Design in the booklet. I enquired about the difference and the reply I got was "it's something like Graphic Design". This was probably the decisive point as to why my mistake could have been the fault of the college- or my carelessness. Mind you though, I was 100% positive that I had signed up for a Diploma in graphic Design. Anyway, my transcripts showed that the subjects synced, credits could be transferred and the head admin seemed to be pretty alright with my portfolio. A tour of the building showed that the facilities are of top notch quality and the air-cons work. There were a few sets of final projects displayed in the gallery and I thought they looked quite impressive. Aside from the overflowing number of hand-painted shoes, all was well.

One issue kept bugging me though - Flash. I was told that semester 5 students in PJCAD are required to compile their portfolio in Flash. He even showed me an example of a senior's work (which I came to realise, was probably done by a Multimedia Student) It wasn't just basic flash, but those fancy kind which I thought yelled pure Ah Beng. I mean, come on! Fire flies, empty bottles and a monotonous cheesy ballad? The truth of the matter is that we had very little experience with Flash in cenfad and in my case, close to nada. We focused on Director, a programme I was still struggling with and seem to be used nowhere else but in that little house at Jalan Kia Peng. Thus, in a typical kiasu move of mine, I decided to start my fifth semester three months late, in the time which I would spend taking Flash classes every week. I would also be completing what's left of my LAN subjects - Moral Studies.

How wrong I was to have mistaken PJCAD as a Graphic Design college. It's a pure shame to the posters of Paul Randt and Milton Glaser hung along the walls of the stairwell. As months passed by and classes came and go, I realised that PJCAD seems to be a lot different from cenfad in terms of attention paid to the design. I'd brushed off the fact that the word "IDEA" kept popping up more often than anything else, thinking that it's just the main lesson of the exercise. Unfortunately, that word never left and the word "DESIGN" seemed to play no other role than another six letters on a brief. The word is viewed as a process, an action, more than an art form or the main focus itself. They had made a gradual maneuver from graphic to advertising.

These were my subjects: Digital Design, Marketing, Professional Practice, Tutorials and Advertising Design. So one could write off Digital Design and Marketing as they focus more on Adobe Flash and brainstorming respectively. I'd expected a lot of design work from the other subjects. Unfortunately, I found myself stuck with an old man who turned out to be from the Advertising industry. He was more obsessed with shameless self-promotion than anything else. The man makes the lamest jokes, carries himself as an entertaining character- a queer old man not to be fooled for he is wise, or so he deems himself to be seen as. Nothing is wrong- but nothing is right either. One day it's this, the next day it's that. He's like that, one would think of him as wise but I think of him as stupid in terms of 1, absolutely-no-spoonfeeding methods like that has been used much effectively by my previous lecturers to great results. 2, my classmates never seem to get the point he's trying to make and neither can I and 3, he still provides loopholes for those who want to escape this mess he's made. He reeks of "let's just get this over with". No drilling, nothing. It's possibly a way of his to earn some sort of gratitude from students. Who knows? I fell for it a couple of times myself.

On top of that, all his assignments were tied to awards, awards and more awards. Well I found that weird for never in my life had I heard of design students so hungry for awards and designing only for the sake of winning them. And the funny thing was- there wasn't a single design element to it! That would have been the Kancil Awards. A ceremony created by the AAAA to celebrate the glorious minds of advertisers in the world. I said ADVERTISERS. Not advertising DESIGN students. The winner from the previous year was a student from Limkokwing who submitted an entry with 2 columns of badly kerned text and an image of a dog at the bottom. Reason for winning was tied to the importance of being able to research and its importance towards a good career of a copywriter. Now, what the fuck has that got to do with advertising design? Oh wait, there is- the idea part... which in my eyes, seems to fall into the hands of those advertising people anyway.

99% of my assignments are competition-based. In other words, they have stringent deadlines and in many cases, VERY frustrating. We had only 2 days to complete the Kancil Student Awards entries with the idea of squeezing out gold from a desperate situation. That risk even came with a hefty RM 50 bill to pay for each entry submitted. Needless to say, I was quite unhappy. The only consolation I thought I could have taken from the exercise was the discussion. Unfortunately, the discussion that followed the end of the project wasn't a very fruitful one as well. I'd only learned that I'd submitted an idea- not a concept. (Urm, okay, confusing much?) That did make me ponder for nights as to what I could have done to get it right. Well one may argue that I might have connected with my inner creative side and come up with something brilliant which combines both idea and design together as an entry but HECK, I had absofuckinglutely no clue as to what was happening and I'd only wanted it done, dusted with a 50 ringgit cheque and forgotten. In the end, I had selfishly come to the conclusion that perhaps, the lecturer could have started the project much earlier, have a discussion, make some changes, brief us on what to improve and what not before sending in the entries!

I am sure the advertising design students who had completed their internship would tell you "that's the way it works" but that's where they are right and my mistake came in. I am dumbfounded to find myself in the wrong major by accident.

Adding more fuel to the flames would be telling me to "forget the past". Yes I am now a PJCAD student but honestly, it was truly the staff at cenfad that taught me the chops. Did I feel like crediting PJCAD when I submitted the entries? Well, I knew that for the sake of formality, I really should. Given the option, I would have said no. They gave me the chance, but not the materials nor the skills. As a paying student (no longer on scholarship) I felt like I had the rights to not have the college name typed under my name. Especially when they have yet to earn my respect.. or possibly vice versa. Then again, people don't use the line "accepted into college" for no reason. Best leave this issue alone then.

Of all the assignments given, I only found one which seems decent enough to be deemed as a design project. Bank Negara's 3rd Circulative Coin Series competition. I tried my best in that, expressed what I thought should have been done and obviously, did not even make the cut. The looks I get when I presented my work to the class bordered on "what the fuck?" and "okaaay". Seriously, would you even be in the mood to listen to long-winded explanations when you don't even fully understand the language spoken or even hear the person speaking at the other end of the table? All this in a bloody cafe which serves set lunch for RM10. Oh, and there was no constructive feedback from this project. Maybe it's the attitude from the majority of the class. The collective attitude from those who can't be bothered, can't speak English and those filled with doubt and uncertainty only makes room for the lecturer to not conduct a discussion. In this, I am very disappointed.

Putting that aside, I won 600 bucks from the Initial Hygiene Comic Sketch competition. Not blowing my own trumpets here but that was bloody easy. It would be for any design student in cenfad. There were only about 10 people competing in this and half of them can't even make a proper joke. As for the AVIA Soul Shoe Design competition, it was all good until I found out that the top 8 finalists have to fork out 180 each to purchase a pair of shoes to be painted on. Now, any sensible student would tell you that it might not be a very good risk to take, especially when the consolation prize would see you walking away with RM200- just twenty bucks more than what you started with after all the time and materials spent painting the shoe. Half the number of finalists were PJCAD students. What a haul eh? No wonder the old man, filled with pride, referred to the class as a "winning class". Sorry man but I think you need to wipe that smile off your face as I don't think you were much help. The submissions for the shoe design competition were made in November 2008. It's already end of February 2009.

At the end of semester came another competition-based assignment. This was conducted in the Professional Practise classes that were held on Saturdays with the senior students. Not unlike our Marketing classes, a few of us found ourselves in the unfavorable position of single/double-handedly hauling the whole group through the competition. This is the way it works in the old man's classes. You can once again just smell the stench of gratitude from the delinquents.

There is so much more that I would like to vent about but I think this would suffice for the time being. The conclusion is that I had found myself in Advertising Design instead of Graphic Design. I was lied to. It was partially my fault for believing the the general name of the major and not its subjects but as the saying goes, "you learn from your mistakes". I truly did. I learned the line that separates the commercial from the true blues, saw the line that divides Advertising, Advertising Design and Graphic Design. I also realised how some people scheme their way through responsibilities and just how design in viewed in different industries- no matter how closely related they are.

an estimated 2220 words baby, take that!

2009-02-25T16:42:00.000-08:00

Real Madrid 0-1 Liverpool

Yesterday, I was being very melancholy, so emotional to the point of not knowing what the heck is happening.

All I was looking forward to was this.

I waited years for this and I missed it.

Fuck work. Fuck the cellphone. Fuck life.

I am not happy at all. Seriously. Please don't talk to me for the next 24 hours.

2009-02-25T06:46:00.001-08:00

it's been what? 7 years?

He sucks.

2009-02-25T05:11:00.000-08:00

I doubt I'll win it but it was an honor to attempt a logo design for him.

On top of that, it's a collaboration between Sim and I! Woohoo! Go cenfad-ians :P

2009-02-24T05:33:00.000-08:00

Silas hair.

Silas skin.

Not Paul Bettany.

People are so cheap. I think I am gonna puke.

2009-02-22T11:09:00.000-08:00

Liv 1-1 Man City (thx joe)

Always the troublemaker, that Bellamy. I think I know how Riise's legs felt when he hit them. Gah!

Unlucky first-half, still as unlucky in the 2nd half, no matter how good man city were in those period of good spells that they had.

Would I be wrong in saying that pretty much every win/draw/loss we had this season correlates to the form of the team's midfielders?

We desperately need back-up.

2009-02-20T10:23:00.000-08:00

Fans of great power pop can rejoice. A number of top purveyors of the genre are coming together to form a pop "super group" of sorts and Hitfix has exclusive details about recording plans.

Tinted Windows is Hanson vocalist Taylor Hanson, Fountains of Wayne bassist Adam Schlesinger, former Smashing Pumpkins' guitarist James Iha and Cheap Trick drummer Bun E. Carlos.

Hallelujah! The music is alive. There is a chance for better music on the radio!

..or so I hope. These boys sound like they mean business and I have faith in their music. I have a rough idea on how the music would sound like but I am not always right. I miss the burning passion in Tay's voice (Suki would know what I mean, do u!?!!) and pop/rock that for once, isn't screaming "cheesy works". (PLEASE DO NOT BE CHEESY)

Okay I don't think it's possible to keep calm and not worry about any side projects that are Hanson-related. They usually don't move past 2nd gear publicity-wise -___-'

Anyway, I am very very excited upon the breaking of this piece of news. It sounds like the best of spring, summer, autumn and winter mashed up together after an extremely mundane phase in life. I feel rejuvenated!

OMG music how much I've missed your surprises!!!

PS: Slumdog Millionaire, you fucking rock.

2009-02-19T07:12:00.000-08:00

I have faith in a team without Gerrard and/or Torres.

I have faith in a team without Rafa in the dug outs.

but..

OMFG ALONSO IS NOT PLAYING THIS SUNDAY?!!?!?!?!

*imagines lucas* *imagines miserable passes* *imagine SHORTER miserable passes* *imagines scoreline*

OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

...and I wonder what's so "shock"ing about Gerrard's return.

........omg dah lah im football-deprived.

2009-02-17T07:00:00.000-08:00

I asked for drama, and I got it this afternoon.

Anyway, am not feeling well again. My legs are a tad bit less stiff compared to yesterday and I am VERY sleepy. Left Chimera at 6.30-ish but got stuck in a jam towards Taman Desa for 50 mins. Felt really nauseous. I didn't feel like going for the swing social but it's Tasha's last for the next couple of months to come so I made myself go. Best buddy mar.

Ducky made a couple of new friends but I was content in being silent. Big sign of things to come. So as much as I doubt that I can dance properly tonight, I knew that there was no way in hell I can resist the great music. Thus, after a torturous hour of sitting out - I thought "to hell with these aching legs" and danced... and screwed up badly. I attempted a few more but I was still as muddled. I was so full of self-disgust (like wtf right? swing is supposed to be a fun social dance) and still am. Sorry Aizat, sorry Sean -___-'

I am not looking forward to rolling out of bed tomorrow.

2009-02-16T09:53:00.000-08:00

OMG

That's me after dinner!!! O_O

Just kidding. Olalla is preggers!

Congratulations!! Eeee I am so excited. A baby Nando!!

PS: Sha, time to let go.

2009-02-14T09:12:00.000-08:00

So yes, Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!

And for those who care enough to know what yours truly did to pass the day- you're in for a surprise.

I got a haircut.

I asked for a shorter 'do. Then I got curious so I asked how hard would it be to maintain those flat-ish bangs. Upon hearing the stylist's lack of confidence in her answer (okay lah...) I requested for my OLD bangs. The more she snipped away, the more I felt like something's not right... and then.... my nightmare came true. A GHASTLY HAIRCUT WHICH I WILL HAVE TO ENDURE FOR 2 MORE MONTHS!!! ALL THOSE PRECIOUS YEARS OF NO LAYERS AND NO BANGS HAVE BOILED DOWN TO THIS!!!!! But to fully grasp the disgust that I feel for my new bangs... please watch the 1st minute of the video embedded below- where beast gets a bath. (ps: Dao, this song is still unromantic)

Anyway, I then went home to watch Titanic, Music&Lyrics and The Heartbreak Kid. (May, I think Ben Stiller is hotter than Jack Black) Pffffft.

Okay Sha here's a pic.

I feel hideous. My gramps thinks I should start speaking Taiwanese after hearing my !@£$%^& about how "san ba" I feel.

2009-02-12T07:49:00.000-08:00

To my 2 Shas: Look at this pic of this EXTREMEEEEEEEEEEEEELY cute doggy.

Remove the frown or look at it from far.

Who does the stare remind u of?

2009-02-12T06:41:00.000-08:00

My day started real pathetic, ended work feeling really miserable and unsatisfied, got home, cancelled a COD and then visited Aunty Wendy at the hospital.

Oh and I got a replacement keyboard.

Yup, the slim one.

NEVER EVER PUT ANY SORT OF WINE NEAR YOUR KEYBOARD.

Especially when the replacement will cost you 169 bucks :( Thank goodness for my Machines' rebate card. Had 60 bucks in there but I've only got a pathetic 80 cents left in there. No points from Apple accessories apparently.

PS: I don't really like the new keyboard. WHY CHANGE THE KEYS?!?!?!?

2009-02-10T18:07:00.000-08:00

For Nami's reference:

2009-02-07T11:31:00.000-08:00

Dropped by Midvalley again this afternoon. Met up with Shasha, exchanged my dad's jersey at Adidas and then left for Jusco to search for Hannah Montana memorabilia for Mimi. Plaster her face on anything and you can jack up the product's price to 150%. Geez. I then shopped for Azalea's birthday present and along the way, got myself 2 pairs of ballet flats. Same design, different colors. WHAT LA I COULDN'T MAKE UP MY MIND OKAY? The crowd in Vincci can seriously affect your thinking.

Since MVM was quite crowded and I couldn't find anything nice for Rach there- I bought her a necklace in Bangsar's ELO. I was searching for something quite symbolic. In this case, a necklace with 5 objects and preferably supported by another to represent Force5 and our rara group. Haha!

Anyway, Rachel's farewell dinner at King Crab was pretty awesome. I think the bill came up to a 160-ish for the five of us and the food was VERY good. Oh and they had the lamest karaoke videos on shuffle. Simple Plan's "Perfect" to some Alps scenery shots, Spice Girls, Michael Learns to Rock, "My Heart Will Go On" to a yacht and of course... Westlife!

Good luck and all the best in Melbourne, Rachel!

Now, back to the football...

Portsmouth 2-3 Liverpool

What loco? Rafa's managed to rest the two key attacking players AND get a win. There's no better way to cap off a match that ends at 3.30am than two extreeemely sweet goals (better still, LATE goals). And Nando is so rockin' that Juan Carlos hairdo, even Kuyt's got himself the same color!*

God knows what lack of respect the commentator was referring to. I doubt that anyone has ever fielded 6 defenders against Pompey! It was definitely bizarre but heck, that was one quirkily entertaining game. It brought out the attacking quality from most of our defenders and you'd never know which part of the field will they appear at. It kinda reminded me of that hammer-a-mole game at the arcade back in Amcorp mall. Personally, I think that anyone who recognises each and every liverpool player's quality would have enjoyed the game no matter what. Futhermore, Kuyt got himself onto the scoresheet.

Best moment of the match? When Aurelio scored that goal. I told my mum that Aurelio will take the shot and it'd spin right through Crouchy's legs..... and it bloody did! Ha!

(* is total made-up bull, except for the juan carlos part :P)

2009-02-06T08:48:00.000-08:00

Felt a little feverish at work this morning. Then again, who wouldn't if they had a glass of coke, 2 slices of coffee sponge cake and a maggi cup for breakfast?

Anyway I just got back from the MyRAWK lou sang. Lou sang to You'll Never Walk Alone was goddamn fun!

Chris picked us up and guess what? We were early. LOL. I think the waiting part got to me when we were longing for the food to be served so I started zoning in and out most of the time- which of course led to 1. excessive laughing 2. extracina eyes 3. semi-deafness which led to yelling (poor jonno) 4. lack of mood to camwhore

Oh and guess what? The bill came up to 60 per person (+crabs) and I FREAKING grabbed the wrong angpau on the way out. -___-' It turned out to be empty

Okay screw it la I wanna sleep ady. More crabs at King Crabs with Sze, Rachel, Florence, Kit+Mum, Miss B tomorrow.

@_@ Broke la like this.

2009-02-05T20:04:00.001-08:00

If you love me you would buy me a bengal cat. :P

2009-02-05T08:23:00.000-08:00

(F)wilsonnnnnnnnnn. liette` says: (12:25:13 AM)
what do u make of alonso's unsportsmanship 3 years back wen lampard broke his leg

(F)wilsonnnnnnnnnn. liette` says: (12:25:27 AM)
apparently, lampard gave him a call to apologise for wat happened but xabi wasnt havin any of it

(F)wilsonnnnnnnnnn. liette` says: (12:25:38 AM)
things like these happen in football and as a senior player, he should know better.

ru says: (12:26:11 AM)
3 years back alonso couldn't even speak english

(F)wilsonnnnnnnnnn. liette` says: (12:26:31 AM)
..

PS, I was making a COD outside HELP this morning... when down came Adnan (from swing dance, ducky) who walked towards a stranger who had been standing behind me, by his car, for the past 3 minutes. They shook hands, signed some documents and only then did I realise...

That bugger was Shebby "the-thing-is-john" Singh.

HAHA.

2009-02-05T07:10:00.000-08:00

Why do I get the feeling that these are mainly favors for a close friend or two.. at the price of a free bulldog training session/ hair treatment voucher? 0:23 of the 1st video is a MUST watch.

You're TOO nice. This boy should be elected as some big shot whose life is dedicated solely to pat-on-the-back-and-smile goodwill publicity. -__-'

2009-02-04T07:21:00.000-08:00

Foo said that I am "anal".

Yah ke?

Clearly I am quite good at being sneaky. I think Mr Teh's version of "paranoid" is more like it. I work extremely slow cause I tend to meddle with the same thing over and over again.... and most of the time, to not much of a difference from the original work.

The day was alright except for the part where my dad purposely walked into my meeting just because I didn't pick up the phone. Like...OI??!?! *coughGOAWAYplease*

Left 2 hours later than usual :D and then rushed home for gramp's birthday.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Oh btw, I am LOVING swing dancing.

I really wanna go for David Trinh's workshop on Saturday but I have Rachel's farewell dinner to attend. Oh well. :P

2009-02-02T10:15:00.001-08:00

I am extremely grateful.

I am extremely content.

I refuse to think about it.

DON'T think about it.

*breathes*

2009-02-02T09:04:00.000-08:00

Farebetter Keane.

Thank you and its such a pity that it had to come to this. You look much better in white, I swear.

2009-02-01T12:50:00.001-08:00

Remember Darcy and Cleaver from Bridget Jones' Diary?

This is how real men fight. OH YEAH!

2009-02-01T10:34:00.000-08:00

Liverpool 2-0 Chelsea

What an exhilarating match. The scales may have tipped tremendously when the Alonso curse had Frank Lampard wrongly sent off but there was no denying that Liverpool had the lion's share of possession and chances. It's been quite some time since I held my breath for a full 90 minutes so the result was extremely satisfying. (...and no good for my fever)

I thought every player on the field gave their best.. and boy did Alonso grab the award for "paling gaya" tonight. Gerrard was impressive in keeping possession of the ball to barge forward while Kuyt and Masch snapped away at the heels of those in blue. Furthermore, Skrtel is back to his best so I'll be expecting more annoying Agger transfer rumours soon.

Last but not least-Fernando Torres.

Damn you for keeping your word. HAHA! 2 bloody goals and a brand new pose to end the Anfield drought for the season and made it a total of three goals against Chelsea. Anfield was definitely bouncing for that boy.

Here's something you don't see captured on tv. A smiling Keane. See? No problems!

...and we're back in 2nd place. :)

PS: Do those yanks need a personally written speech by Obama to unite and be seated 20 chairs closer to each other? How can two men who share a passion for football and own the damned club be seated so far apart for such a big game? They probably don't give a flying banana about what the fans think about them nowadays. Total lack of tact.

Unlike these two. Victims of kidney stones unite.

2009-02-01T01:35:00.000-08:00

Fever won't leave me alone!!!!!!

Well it did, for like. 2 hours during the workshop with David Trinh.

Bugger.

2009-02-01T01:34:00.000-08:00

"It doesn't matter. If you don't win you will always have someone talking about this decision or the other decision, football is like that - the best players when you lose are always in the stands or on the bench. "

-Rafa.

2009-01-29T06:23:00.001-08:00

Back to work in Chimera from 9-5. I am almost done with the list of tasks. The problem is- I don't really know how to execute them so fingers crossed that I got them right.

Dad's birthday tomorrow. What should I get him? Hmm.

PS: Rafa hasn't lost the plot, he's just at loss for words. I use weirder words in Chinese.

2009-01-28T14:01:00.000-08:00

...and Lucas has done us in, once again.

The cycle repeats. (Refer to post Jan 10)

Fuck it.

No one should even bother him for a penance, just spare us the sight of another 2 points dropped. PLEASE.

As a personal protest and health measure, I shall go back to sleep whenever I see Lucas on the field if we are holding on to a very slender lead past 3am.

THIRD PLACE. THANK YOU SO BLOODY MUCH.

2009-01-27T10:09:00.000-08:00

"To sing through the night..."

By far the best cover I've ever heard.

2009-01-27T07:44:00.000-08:00

Happy Chinese New Year!

PS: Nami, something's different about the swing *cough*

2009-01-25T11:12:00.000-08:00

Just a WIP preview of what I've been up to lately.

I thought I was done with it yesterday but since the simplicity (to the extent of pretty easy) of digital painting opened the doors to so much more.. I decided to hold it back and try harder to fix it.

Btw, this is my 2nd digital painting since Kuijt v2 and definitely my first attempt at a more realistic piece. Wah pressure.

2009-01-25T11:02:00.000-08:00

Damnit Nando. Some of us should have remembered that you have a habit of coming up with the goods even in silence. Probably the slickest assist I've ever seen O_O

Liverpool 1-1 Everton

It's just the harder road. Those idiots parked the damned bus in front of the goal mouth and came out with a draw. Brilliance on their behalf but shite to my eyes. COME ON YOU REDS!!!

Not that Liverpool's known for CNY victories anyway.

buuuuut....

GONG XI FA CAI everyone!!!

2009-01-22T18:51:00.001-08:00

See Ducky borrowed one of my romance novels and then she was prolly high on milo or something and THIS happened:

ducky:
its on a sat. (jogathon day) if kerja i wouldn't go ler...haha, playing hooky tsk tsk tsk.

ru says:
i read hooker. hmm alritee. its gonna stink. i know. plaaah.

ducky:
haha, you've been reading too many romance novels. and yesh, it will stink, which is guy we will go only for awhile then we watch a movie or something...want?

ru says:
GUY. dear ducky, go breathe lol.....i never read the word hooker in any romance novels

ducky:
omg, that was totally unintentional.

ru says:
more like.. mistress and what? brothels? madames? AHAHAHA

ducky:
HAHAHA! My subconscious is trying to tell me something lol.

ru says:
look who's talking abt novels -___-' AHAHHA

yup we'll be spending valentine's day at SMKSH's jogathon. LOL.

2009-01-21T05:55:00.000-08:00

*inhales... exhales*

For everyone's sake I think it's best that I should put this to rest and just sleep my way through it.

Yes I shall.

Great I am typing to myself.

This is what happens when your venting machine is somewhere in Keele.. probably studying since it's 2pm there.

edit: venting machine came to the rescue. :)

2009-01-21T05:42:00.000-08:00

I am the least generous, least graceful, least patient person in the world right now.

AND OMFG SHUT THE FUCK UP LA WOMAN YOU CAN'T SING FOR NUTSS!!!!!

Yes I am terribly annoyed. NOTHING ends well.

2009-01-20T08:10:00.001-08:00

Man I miss the practise sessions.

..and Rachel's leaving for Aussie already. :(

2009-01-19T13:55:00.000-08:00

Liverpool 1-1 Everton

Fucking defense.

It doesn't take a genius to figure out how big a chance Everton has in scoring from that bloody free kick. Especially if a mistake is made in letting Cahill roam free like THAT! What the fuck is WRONG with you Skrtel?!!!

Fans are disappointed. Definitely. Have a great time mending our hearts. I am sure the whole team is to blame for the past 2 weeks' performances. The gap was self-inflicted. A possible 5 points away from Utd now.

Not that anyone expected an easy title chase but to drop 2 points at home (in such a manner) during an ocassion like this? Cari pasal.

PS: Lucas is still shite.

The hair too.

Argh damnit.

Need to drop my brothers off at school in an hours' time, be late for work- and probably screw things up unintentionally. They were very reasons why I only dared to catch the 2nd half of the game. AND I AM GODDAMNED DISAPPOINTED!!!!!!

Yes, you million pounds earners better beware of the wrath from scorned Asian fans who wakes up at 4.30 to catch a match before going to work 2 hours later with a broken heart.

Stupid. <- the first word that came out of my mouth this morning.

2009-01-19T09:39:00.000-08:00

I was so tired, so upset...

I just plonked and zzzzoned out till 11pm.

..and then cap it off with a good Aaron Eckhart movie.

Should do that more often.

Sure feels good.

2009-01-18T08:25:00.000-08:00

I got tagged.

The rules are to upload the 5th photo from the 5th folder on ur computer.

Niiiice. Bon Jovi from Bed of Roses (I think)

I tag Ducky, Shasha, WenYi, YeeTeng and Kin Kiat.

2009-01-17T09:34:00.000-08:00

....

Minnows.

2009-01-17T03:52:00.000-08:00

I just realised.

It wasn't too long ago when I posted about the couple of movies which I was looking forward to in 2008.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Brideshead Revisited, Milk and RocknRolla.

None of them were released here... and instead, they have decided to premier Juno. (YES, now!)

Tell me about it. Pfft.

2009-01-16T00:45:00.000-08:00

You know there are times you'd feel insulted when one talks to you as though you're the biggest dolt in the world?

I find it just too funny this time.

2009-01-15T08:04:00.000-08:00

Lots of slicing, dicing and mounting work today.

I had never mocked up a book in my life.

...and then,

I miraculously managed to spray-mount myself in the eye.

Like, wtf?

2009-01-15T07:32:00.001-08:00

Omg I KNEW I should have stomped her to death when I had the chance to.

She's f*king lucky I tell you.

2009-01-14T06:17:00.001-08:00

The Duchess.

I expected quite a lot from the movie.

Flat would be the right term.

2009-01-14T04:42:00.000-08:00

3rd day at Chimera.

Had work.

Yay!

2009-01-14T04:36:00.000-08:00

To my dear ma,

I am NOT working in an "office", I don't wear no blazers and YES, it requires me to hunt down an old school fax machine for test-print purposes.

*breathes*

2009-01-12T05:03:00.001-08:00

Anyway, I'd forgotten to blog about something important... SO MONUMENTAL, SO STUPENDOUS, SO SO SO PHENOMENAL!!!!!!

I hung out with Bug and Nami yesterday.

There's no hug like a bug's hug! <3 Caught up over a waffle and hot chocolate with marshmallows. Discussed some pretty pointless stuff like Simon Wood's performance in Penelope and the lack of chivalry from Prince Charming in Snow White. Le sigh. Bug also thinks that I look quite scary and that scares the guys away. -__-' Like... huh?

All the day lacked was a certain animal which quacks :P

2009-01-12T04:23:00.000-08:00

First day of work- well, internship to be exact.

I like the office. Not the biggest of spaces but it is quite well-partitioned so the cubicles aren't THAT bad. *coughSimcough* In fact, my working space is pretty big! I actually have a desk with a computer on it. It's attached to a MacPro so it's pretty darn cool. (Oh and I had to google up the Mac Pro for confirmation cause I thought the damned thing looked pretty familiar) No stationery just yet because I really don't know what I need. I got my own pens and pencils anyway.

Fiddled with computer while waiting for something to happen. In approx 3 minutes time I had managed to readjust everything from the speed of the mouse (and change the mouse itself), the icons on the docks, the brightness of the display, the additional widgets on the dashboard, the mouse shortcuts, the wallpaper of the screen to the installation of the Windows Live Messenger.

Didn't do much really. Spent quite some time doodling. I guess my duty is to observe the way the designers work? (Duh.) Trimmed some printouts, mounted some work, traced a logo, observed a presentation in progess and then attempted to sort out a HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE collection of typefaces (which left me going.. wow.) Apparently, I can spend my time surfing the net while helping out at the office. Cool. Connection's freaking great there by the way. There's also a large collection of books on design so I guess it'd be like working at Kinokuniya everyday? Browsed through a couple of interesting ones to kill time.

Unfortunately, my body's aching like shit and I've got this one bruise under my left kneecap in the shape of a "Y". The most painful bruise I've gotten so far and sitting for long hours only made me feel worse.

As for lunch, I had broken my strict policy of NOT eating at Devi's Corner for the rest of my life. Desperation calls for desperate measures. Kaki sakit. Walked back up to the office after lunch to discover that there are actually TWO different exits. Walked up and down both stairwells a couple of times cause someone must have forgotten to tell me about the doors' combination. Only when I recognised a colleague did I manage to ask for it and gain access to my comfy swivel chair. So much for saving on the walking.

Biggest surprise of the day? Spotting a hole in a painting that's probably worth 50 months of my internship allowance. :X

2009-01-10T11:26:00.000-08:00

Stoke 0-0 Liverpool

I will be ranting based on a fan's point of view. I could be wrong since I don't really play football but I believe that the world has ample space for more sources to select views from.

I felt bad for Lucas. I've been so disappointed in him but just when I thought he was not good enough for the team, he started showing some sort of improvement in his next two games. Unfortunately, taking most of his past performances into consideration- this game against Stoke would be the final straw. It was TERRIBLE.

If Pennant wasn't good enough to own the number he wore, I don't know what could be said for the young Brazilian.

He isn't a bad player but he obviously hasn't got the physical strength nor the pace to compete against Premier League teams. Maybe he's one of those players who develop late but there's no way he should be playing at this level right now. He can hardly win balls be it on air or ground. On field, this boy could single-handedly demolish all the effort that he and the team made to reach the top of the table. Harsh and probably written due to the spur of the moment but everyone else seems to have done their part of the job!!! Heck, we're talking about a player that will be replacing or playing alongside the likes of Gerrard, Mascherano and Alonso!

A little flashback here. All the way back to the Barry saga. Rafa wanted Gareth Barry. But our no-way-in-hell-they-will-understand-the-importance-of-football (I mean, be realistic, those two idiots don't even like each other, do u really expect them to sit down and full-heartedly talk about the future of the club and how it can be improved?) owners never got the fans' trust, led us into a mess filled with empty promises, a hell lot of rumors and much more debt. I won't say that we had insufficient funds from the yanks but it seems to me that the SLIGHT improvement was not enough. If something isn't good enough, there's always a possibility that things could go wrong when we're halfway through.

Maybe Rick Parry could have done a better job. It's baffling to know that of all the investors in the world, those two Americans are at the top of the list.

The little improvement means that the club is still stuck in the same rut of having the luxury to spend during the windows but in the same old fashion of splurging on one big player, selling some to get another, and then getting a couple of second-rated ones to fill in the blanks. There's nothing really wrong with that formula really..... if you were managing in the league a decade ago!

So let's say... if Rafa did get Barry and somehow managed to keep Alonso, Lucas would probably not be caught up in this mess. Not that I am implying that Barry would be a guaranteed success but heck, the bottom line was that Rafa did try to get another attacking midfielder as cover.

Poor Lucas.

Make up your own conclusions. I don't know which way am I pointing anymore.

2009-01-10T05:28:00.001-08:00

I think Rafa's recent "facts" about Fergie could be taken seriously... as weird as he may have looked during the press conference. Traditionally, one would usually expect an angered manager to tactlessly counter an accusation within 3.5 seconds of its release, but here we have a man armed with a sheet of A4 sized paper, clearly well prepared to defend his team!

After browsing through many comments from multiple websites posting on the same article, you'd realise that only ONE point was capitalised on by the Utd supporters - that LFC didn't make any complaints about their games schedule. So that's what... 1 boo-boo in an otherwise, pretty long and well-detailed list of facts?

(This seems to be the only article that shed a different light to the situation.)

Guillem is right. Ferguson better watch out, there IS a world outside the Premier league. A world which stores a 9-times European champion, more than half of the Euro'08 champions and of course, the tango. LOL.

2009-01-09T10:14:00.000-08:00

You know, I am starting to think that there's a silver lining to the much frowned upon incident regarding the postponed Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince movie.

I mean, look! The new trailer is SO MUCH better.

The old one was trying too hard. Rubbish in the eyes of a fan. We KNOW what happened and that trailer was not going to get you any interest from non HP fans anyway.

2009-01-09T09:02:00.000-08:00

"Ey, you fat italians want a piece of zees meat?!"

I have to admit. The EPL has been a BIT more boring without Jose.

2009-01-09T07:00:00.001-08:00

There goes 80 bucks.

*waves*

Didn't see Shasha, didn't get my explanation and didn't get my cupcake.

Hmph.

After four phone calls and 1.5 hours of pure boredom at PJCAD, I left for home to pick up my cellphone so I could inform Pat that I am on the way to Jasmine Towers. Filled to the rim with annoyance, I cursed and honked every single aunty driver who didn't signal before cutting into my lane before picking her up. Went to that taiwanese noodle shop in SS2 for lunch before heading to Damansara Uptown for my interview with Juan. I find it amazing that one woman can handle THAT many projects in such a small office. A good example for the term "Superwoman". Go Juan!

Pat and I windowshopped a little around the area because it rained. Left for One Utama since I didn't feel like lazing around at home and she didn't mind going out.

Since we're both of the same height and same shoe size, one must feel much pity for the shop assistant who had to fetch our shoes. We'd order 2 different colors of a shoe, in 2 to 3 different sizes, take turns to try them on and then end up wanting the same damned pair! Haha.

Got my first decent pair of sneakers and a pair of slipper+sandal thingy.

And dayum, Gayron came outta the crash unscathed. Nah I did not wish him any ill fate.. I was only hoping for a burnt eyebrow or something.

2009-01-08T09:09:00.000-08:00

Wow, I've managed to sell what? 72 badges in 2 days just by posting Pat's pinupbadges' promotion ad on MSN. LOL. Can sell wei! We do that for Bulu-bulu yeah Sha?

So Ducky gave me a call while I was sleeping. I think she has the rights to know that THAT was the first ever phone call made during my napping hours which I can still recall clearly in my mind! Like bloody hell, she fell off a scooter and I was like O_O okay I am 50% awake now. LOL.

Anyway, I am starting to think that Mr. Teh is right. Well then again, anyone will be emotional if they bleed 7 days a week right, Nami?

Gah I need a serious dose of sugar. I wanna treat myself to a cupcake since no one buys me any. Flowers are so unromantic. They die too fast. *HINT*

Gonna meet up with Pat and Shasha tomorrow. Need to get some documents sorted out at PJCAD, probably demand for an explanation for a failed transaction at CIMB then off to Cleanpapercut's studio.

2009-01-08T07:28:00.001-08:00

..fuck it.

做好事没好报.

There was no point compromising was there? Maybe I shoulda pulled a Simon Cowell. When someone's on the ground, kick the person and make sure he/she is dead.

2009-01-08T01:40:00.001-08:00

Got WHW, Counterspace, Chimera and (possibly) Cleanpapercuts as well.

How ar.

Each of them offers a different prospect but all just as good. Guess it's time to weigh out and consider the sake of my mates as well.

Gabagabaplatplat!

Oh btw thank you Carol for the free portfolio bag. Hahaha. ;o)

2009-01-06T08:43:00.000-08:00

Another night spent swing dancing and gosh, it's getting so addictive! Tzup's improving a lot and Ducky seems to be having lots of fun. We did the 6 counts/East Coast okay I am horrible at remembering terms... which was pretty easy compared to the Charleston. On the way back to Ducky's, we saw a couple of mates at the court. I attempted to kick WK in the head before I realised that it's been a couple of years since I last tried and he's grown beyond reach. Le sigh.

Mum's got herself an iPhone from Macau for 300 bucks. What, you say? It even comes with a keypad and stylus. LIKE, WOOOAH!! Damn these Chinese people, they really know how to con em aunties. Haha. And Shaaaaa, she also bought me 4 pairs of leggings. RM7 each. MWAHAHAHA!

ps to those doinks out there: Your loss, not mine.

2009-01-04T17:32:00.001-08:00

Woke up too early.

And only Nami picked up the phone.

..so I am waiting for her to get ready....

*yawns*

..or maybe I should return to sleep?

2009-01-04T06:41:00.001-08:00

Need. Sleep.

Struggled to roll out of bed this morning. It was already 10.30 when I arrived at SMASH but I was sooo hungry, I drove to get two paus for breakfast. Practised the charleston before starting dance class. Halfway through the stretching routine, the front of my left foot just seized up.. !@£$%. Had to keep it flexed for quite some time. Apparently, I need salt. Hmmm.

Argh anyways, served as a guinea pig for Sze who tried to figure out an escape route from one of the charleston moves. Quite fun really, she then combined a bit of swing basics and rock'n'roll with it. Hehe! I now know a liiiiittle more.

We then watched ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM - a contemporary dance performance at KLPAC. Very good production. The dancers were great and the choreography quite excellent if you aren't the kind who scrutinises everything.

Oh yeah, if your chinese is pretty whacked, don't try too hard to understand the narration. You'd just lose focus and not be able to interpret the dance in your own way.

PS: GOOD LUCK DUCKY!

2009-01-03T11:28:00.001-08:00

I had a blast at the swing dance workshop with Ducky, Tzup and WJ. Sze was there too! As quoted by Tasha, Ed and Chengos were so "sickeningly sweet", it was extremely enjoyable to watch them dance together!

I can kinda do the Charleston now, even though there are times when I feel like I am kicking a horse.

Gotta do it more often. I wanna learn the Lindy Hop already!!!!! More information at KL Swing.

Anyhoos... here comes my usual footie rant.

Preston 0-2 Liverpool

Boring.

Let's just sum it up this way:

Spaniards fielded: 3
Spaniards returned : 2
Spaniards lost : 1
Spaniards scored : 2

The last goal still gives me goose-bumps. (yes, according to my spellcheck, it IS spelt with a hyphen)

2009-01-03T08:34:00.001-08:00

Every 32 days she uploads a new deviation, and it's usually on a Sunday, with 10 (29%) of her deviations.

^ sure says something eh?

2009-01-03T00:49:00.000-08:00

The many interpretations of DA:

Me- Deviant Art
Sim- Digital Art
May- Daniel Agger

2009-01-02T08:21:00.001-08:00

Just sent my application letter, resume and portfolio to 3 design companies.

Wish me luck!

2009-01-02T08:12:00.000-08:00

Swing dance and the charleston with Ducky tomorrow night!!!!!

Let's hope I don't land on my bum again.

PS: Pimple on my nose. Must be Nami. HAHAHAH.

2009-01-01T10:51:00.001-08:00

He's got a beautiful smile.

Too bad he's one of them. Pfft.

2009-01-01T10:08:00.000-08:00

Well, at least the first day of 2009 is pretty good.

It is already the beginning of the second day and if I weren't so upset I wouldn't be up so late. It was raining outside and the pitter patter rain got me in the mood to watch The Notebook but someone must be having my DVD cause it's not in the folder!!! I had no other choice but to opt for the next smushy movie in line (which I don't watch often) - CASABLANCA. Le sigh.

The day started quite well with me, Ducky, her friends, Tzu Pei and Nami going to the Pavillion for a karaoke session. Try acting out the lyrics to "My Heart Will Go On". It's fun! We then chilled out at Amir's place by playing some pool (I learned that I can hit so much better with the shorter stick ) and Guitar Hero. Headed back to Ducky's for MORE Guitar Hero, yummylicious lasagna and Tasha's trademark grilled cheese sandwiches before taking a walk at the park. I scared the shits out of this caucasian woman in a not-so-gracious attempt to get off a moving scooter on a slope. Took my foot off the brakes so I had to dismount and stomp REAL hard on the ground. -__-' Sorry friendly lady.. and your baby.

While fooling around at the playground, I realised that I'd left my cellphone at Amir's house. Since this is my 5248241st time leaving my phone behind, I didn't panic that much and planned to get it back tomorrow instead. Hahaha. Fortunately, E (as called in ducky's blog) got it back for me. Pheeeew. Thanks a million!

Stayed for dinner at Ducky's after much consideration. Okay, not that much actually- the food is always good at 22A. ;)

2008-12-31T08:53:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year everyone!

Please stay in good health and have lots of fun in 2009.

Looking back at 2008- I recall the last few dramatic months in cenfad, wrapped up with lots of fun with the seniors at the Icon Show. Finally going to M Bar for the first time with a friend (u know who u are and lots of thanks!), 3 months of total boredom before enrolling into PJCAD- which I am glad I opted for July cause then I knew Shasha. There is also John Arne Riise's own goal, the arrival of bloody Hicks and Gillett, the departure of Ronald Koeman. My gramp's recovery, me finally driving on my own (ha!), online shopping and much, much more.

Love y'all :) Have a great one.

2008-12-31T01:36:00.001-08:00

How I spent or shall spend the last day of year 2008:

1. Slept late.
2. Browsed through more online blogs.
3. Finished "Special Relationships". Good book. No idea why it took me 5 attempts to reach the 2nd chapter.
4. Woke up at 2pm.
5. To find that it means 6 more hours still the dinner so I need to find something to do.
6. Dropped my brother off at Mrs Ang's, then went to pick up some coats in OUG
7. FOUND FOOD. After 3 hours of starving.
8. Will shower and get dressed.
9. Will go to the party.
10. Will eat, drink water and be merry.
11. Will watch em fireworks.
12. Will go back to sleep.

2008-12-30T07:34:00.000-08:00

My right ring finger is cramping.

Should really start practising the piano more often.

2008-12-30T05:32:00.000-08:00

Counting down to 2009, babeh!

Yup, I write like that now. So easily influenced. Pffft. Click to zoom in if you are bothered :)

2008-12-29T11:13:00.000-08:00

If I ever feel bored,

Request for a bed time story.

I swear that I am greater than Enid Blyton.

SERIOUS!

2008-12-29T10:07:00.000-08:00

"tolong jangan bagi Lucas main kalau G kena tangkap : s"

-sha.

Le sigh. Stevie oh Stevie, the thought of him punching someone is giving me stitches.

2008-12-28T11:12:00.000-08:00

Nami oh lovely Nami.

This afternoon, Nami sent me a text saying that she finished her driving lesson and wanted food. Still recovering from my driving lesson nightmares, I felt her pain so I agreed to meet her. We opted for Bangsar Village instead of the mamak outside since it bloody rained. In typical fashion though, the sun was shining as bright as ever about 30 minutes after our lunch at Sakae Sushi!! That trip to BV had me busting 70 bucks on a dress (yes, slap me) too. :P

Oh and we learned something. Black dish= 9.90. And it doesn't necessarily taste good.

Had to withdraw some cash from CIMB after that so I called my dad to ask where's the Bangsar branch located. His reply? "The place where the guy got killed." In reference to the murder at Strudels of course. Uh-huh.

"Right Nami, I am going to the place where the guy got killed."

Dropped her home after that and waited for Carol and Sha to come over. Lazed around in my room for a while before Sha found out that she has transport home from M Bar, which led to Carol not having the need to drop her home, which also led to her having ample reason to not watch the match, which THEN led to her agreeing to hang out with her brother instead, WHICH then led to Sha and I going to M Bar on our own, which led to the situation where we found ourselves outside a closed bar, which led me to call Chris who told me that they shifted venue for the night, WHICH then led us to TTDI Plaza where we witnessed Shay Given at his best and Newcastle's defence at its worse.

Newcastle 1-5 Liverpool.

Another good performance from the team which did not consist of Keane OR Torres. There is now range in Lucas' passing which is obviously a big positive to the match. I am still trying to get over the fact that everyone seemed to be celebrating his assist more than Gerrard's goal. HOW COME ARBELOA DIDN'T GET ANY WOWWTFGOODJOBDUDE DURING THE ARSENAL MATCH!?

That said, I have to give the MOTM to Shay Given. With absolutely no cover from his defence, you can probably round up Newcastle's performance and say that it was Given vs Liverpool at most times. Awesome saves too!

Oh and Chelsea drew. 3 points clear, baby!

2008-12-26T09:14:00.000-08:00

Liverpool 3-0 Bolton

Brilliant job.

Everyone from Reina to Keane did awesome today. Even Lucas fared pretty well. Today, Liverpool fans once again witnessed the Gerrard-Alonso pairing at its best. Beautiful passes all over the pitch which had Bolton going nuts. So anywaaaaaay,

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

2008-12-25T08:38:00.001-08:00

There you go, fans of Atonement and Claire de Lune.

2008-12-25T08:22:00.000-08:00

I DON'T LIKE IT.

!@£$%^&

2008-12-25T08:19:00.001-08:00

In. need. of. guys. of. my. age. with. more. chivalry.

Le sigh.

2008-12-24T09:03:00.000-08:00

Sorry but I saw this post in the forums and I HAD to post it.

Xabi - "Not in my nuts"

Stevie - "Not in my nuts"

Dirk - "Not in my nuts"

Riera - "Not in my nuts"

Masch - "IN MY NUTS!!!"

Sami - "Not in my nuts"

2008-12-24T05:27:00.000-08:00

LIKE OH MY EFFING GAWD

Gabriel Macht is the f*king lead actor in The Spirit?!

He was officially listed in my top 6 Cynster-hot list and I was just going to include him in my sketch series O_O

Gab-who?, you may ask? The actor from Because I Said So/ The Good Shepherd haha.

Can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!

ps: yes this is my bimbo moment.Hehe. Today was not a very boring day after all.

I went out for a movie with Ducky, Elicia, Balqis (ok forgive my spelling dearies), Seth and Qing at One Utama earlier.

"Yes Man" was a pretty funny flick. I suggest that all of you who will be spending a lonely hol to go ahead and laugh all you want while watching it. But nothing beats that new trailer.. Seventeen-was it? Bloody hell there was Matthew Perry jumping off the bridge and blablabla... ZAP! A screaming Zac Efron in the showers!

It caught us off guard and many in the theatre were screaming along with him. I was screaming in DISGUST (like WTFEWWWWWWWWWWWW) while Balqis was screaming in affection O_O... and the young teenyboppers, of course.

2008-12-22T20:54:00.001-08:00

WE ARE ON TOP!!!

WE'RE STILL FREAKING ON TOP!?!?!?!

...must be those kidney stones.

2008-12-21T10:07:00.001-08:00

Arsenal 1-1 Liverpool

Coulda done better.

A draw was a good result for a team led by the assistant coach, playing Lucas and well.. just looked blur.

BUT COME ON LA AGAINST 10 MEN SANS FABREGAS?!?!?!!?!?!?!!?

Things couldn't have been more obvious. They didn't park the bus. They just..... dunno.

...but congratulations Keane. :)

2008-12-18T02:25:00.000-08:00

HEEEEY PEOPLE I AM BACK!

Cameron Highlands was QUITE boring since it was only a couple of months ago when the family last visited the land of veges. Oh and I was extremely distracted by whatever that was happening in the lower lands. Flash portfolio, presentations etc. Was feeling very shiteous thanks to them. But Sha kept me updated and there were a few dates postponed so you can say I survived. Holidays which weren't exactly holidays.

Am working on a new sketch. Not gonna reveal too much just yet.. only 2 knows so far.. and they are related so YES you know who you are. :P

See ya.

2008-12-10T04:17:00.000-08:00

AAAAAARGH.

Friggin' bad day.

I planned to get my tellTarget thing sorted out this morning. And I DID. All the gallery items were linked... till the file disappeared though I swear I'd saved it many times already! Poof! there goes my morning's efforts.

Obviously, I was not in the mood for anything after that mishap. Felt really down and all but I still had to do the interview at a company in HP Towers for aSir's class. I don't think advertising is for me. Seriously. I can listen to K Yunus give one of his freaking straightforward speeches but not its Creative Director. He gave great answers but I rubbished parts of it. Well, actually, rubbish wouldn't be the right term cause if I had put myself into his 30 years worth of experienced shoes, he is 100% right- but my mind was set in a different frame. It's one of those advertising vs design issues. In his mind, they work together, only in a segregated manner.

Oh, and did I mention there was a question with HORRIBLE grammar which I couldn't read out? I have this way of reading where I can predict the next word coming. BUUUUT, this one sentence was sooo weird I had to repeat its first few words a couple of time before realising the fact that it IS broken. Malu gila. Haha. But I'll take part of the blame for trusting a piece of paper so much.

Here I am, sweating over this stupid Flash portfolio shits. Honestly, I really don't see the point of a fancy digital portfolio that PJCAD requires. Whatever happened to good ol' slideshows, books and stuff? A BIT more costly but less time-consuming.

Yes, I am ancient.

2008-12-08T09:44:00.001-08:00

PS: PJCAD actually celebrates Christmas!! Haha!

Look! New boots!

2008-12-08T08:30:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone!

I am back from Melaka!

Just to enlighten some of you who might not know what brought me there in the first place- I took part in a line dance competition with a brand new team, Force5!

Sze, Rachel, Kit, Florence and I have been practising our butts off in the past month for this competition. Sze and Florence especially, who has provided so much input and ideas to the team. Everything from costumes to formations to the glittery currypuffs on our hair while Kit's mum drove her all the way from Klang for practises 3 to 4 times a week. Usually on weekday nights! There's so much dedication flowing through the team :)

Rachel, Sze and I met up at McD for breakfast before going to Miss B's- chief adjudicator for the night, who was going to drive us to Malacca. We arrived at the historic city at 2pm where we started marking out our spots at Pay Fong High School. There was a slight drama with our formation because we still weren't accustomed to the spacious hall and ran into a little hullaballoo over the contra-lines rule which the organisers decided to abolish since MOST of the teams did not comply to the ruling. But, we had Sze's awesome formations in hand, so contralines or not, we were sure we'd put on a good show anyway!

We got back to the Hallmark Hotel to get ourselves ready for the big night. Shower, costumes, hair, make up and the sort y'know? Getting a little bump on top of the hair was harder than I thought! Florence had to redo mine about 5 times before I ended up looking like a glittery version of a capalang Elvis! Rushed back to the hall as we were already half an hour behind time to find that in typical Malaysian fashion, everything was pushed back ANYWAY.

Aside from the fact that Sze had left the team tag back in the hotel and that Kit almost got ran over by a waiter carrying a large platter of food before ducking under his arm (god bless her height)- everything was smooth sailing before we got onto the floor. Being the third in line to perform is actually a blessing. There was no need to watch the first two on the floor, and after we were done with our performance, we can actually sit back and enjoy the food and the rest of the dances :P Oh, and there was general dancing too! LOL

I think we did pretty well. Our best dance yet! Personally, I felt that I made a little booboo at the start with the speed before I realised that the music seemed to be a tad bit slower than I thought. Adrenaline I guess. But kononnya I picked it up fast enough to cause any damage. Pheeew. Compared to the other teams that night, we weren't exactly at the top energy or costume-wise, but we definitely had awesome variations. 2 of the top teams had made full use of cuteness and sex appeal but I have to give them credits for the skills and energy levels. It was WOAH. Both of them definitely deserved to be in the top 3 teams but I couldn't digest the fact that one of them got first. Krumping and undies to Part Time Lover? Very wrong. I preferred those from Seremban- who got 2nd place :( They had beautiful techniques and synchronisation!

We came in as a VERY close 4th and I am really happy with the result! This team only came together very recently and we haven't been able to develop a desired level of synchronisation yet but we managed to pull off a great performance. YAY!

So after the event ended, we started to hunt for supper. I was EXTREMELY sleepy to be honest. I couldn't really digest anything during the event, nor could I even function the chopsticks with my trembling hands. Found a mamak shop nearby and guess what? There was football on the TV and most of you would know that nothing keeps me awake like a TV or my iMac! Alonso must have waited for me before scoring the goal before my very own eyes! What a hubby. Erk elleh. Was in no mood to watch the match though, still very jittery over the night's events. Ordered roti canai and teh ais. Yummmy. (PS: Thank you May, Sha and my dad for the updates lol)

We then headed back to the hotel. Since they provided only 2 single beds for the three of us and none of us would wanna risk falling through the gap, we decided to reposition everything. A complete overhaul which saw the mattresses yanked to the floor and both the bed frames upturned, raised and leaning against the wall. LMAO. I can so imagine the cleaner's face the next morning.

When Rachel got to the showers, she realised that the heater wasn't functioning so she took a cold shower. I followed suit since I thought the machine was malfunctioning as well. Sze, on the other hand, was DETERMINED to make it work so she jabbed the damned button multiple times till it came to life. AAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!!

...and thus, I ended up with a flu the next morning.

...which I will post about tomorrow. MWAHAHA.

2008-11-29T07:04:00.000-08:00

A bit big for me BUUT, thank goodness for the invention of belts and brooches ;)

2008-11-26T09:29:00.000-08:00

Soo, I bought a dress from vivaciousclothing.blogspot.com which APPARENTLY, Kim's sister runs. What a small world! Was telling Dao about it and this is what I got.

pei ru says: (1:24:24 AM)
cheaper and more cloth mwahhaha

pei ru says: (1:24:26 AM)
looks like blanket

daosheng says: (1:31:53 AM)
whtttt

pei ru says: (1:32:04 AM)
what?

pei ru says: (1:32:06 AM)
i likey

daosheng says: (1:32:28 AM)
black, brown and purple table cloth for sale

Cinaman hahaha!

2008-11-26T07:59:00.003-08:00

*jaw drops*

Dayum Patrick!

2008-11-21T07:21:00.000-08:00

Hiya peeps.

Am feeling muy better today. ;)

First off, I would like to thank Sha for making that 7am call or I would have butchered myself to pieces. I was THISCLOSE to being mothereffing late but my dad came up with the brilliant idea of getting me to college by 9am to get things sorted out while he goes back to fetch the 2nd batch of pasta. Pheew.

After sorting out the tables that would form our "stalls", Sha and I headed for the printers to get some posters and lists done. Met up with Carol for a quick breakkie before going to Giant to get the balloons for the big shots of PJCAD to pop. We then proceeded to the library for the official launching ceremony where each group makes their presentation and prepare food to be sampled by the lecturers.

Obviously, I panicked. Bugger I was caught off guard when Carol called for me but hehe, after last Saturday's disaster, I found the composure to actually talk a TAD bit slower. Sorry, talking fast is still my trademark. *pouts* Good thing the lights were kept on. I don't mind seeing anyone's faces, really. It's more of the eerie silence with only the echoes of my voice in the dark that creeps me out. After I got that over with, we ran back downstairs to start selling our food.

... to find that it was going to be one looooong day.

Business was OKAY. Then again, we spent most of our time at our own station before Alisya and Carmen had the semangat to carry the food around. It did get boring at certain periods after lunch hour so I started shaking my booty for fun, bopping to my lame music playlist, counting and recounting the money, do some silly Dragonball poses with Carol etc. I sold 37 boxes of pasta at the college itself, so it wasn't too shabby. Had leftovers of about 10 boxes or so?

Packed up at about 5pm and then rushed to Old Klang Road to get my sibs from tuition before rushing back home to get the car so I can go pick Ducky and Nami up for a short dinner. My chipmunk sis wanted to tag along since she misses Nami so much. Heh. Funnily, Alysha tagged along as well O_O Sisters galore! Tasha and Nami bought 2 pastas and 2 mashed potatoes each!!! <3 Did plenty of catching up and weight-talking over a slice of choc cheese, viennese brownies and oreo milkshake. Yummers.

Here's ONE thing I have to mention though. I hugged Nami... and then gave her a kiss on the cheek! LMAO. The reaction I got was PRICELESS!

Chill la girl, I was only fooling around. Long time no see you freak ;) I can even hear Dao squirming somewhere.

PS: My shoes have arrived. To be honest, I know I look like crap in ankle boots, especially flat ones. But that Disney fan in me just fell for the Peter Pan-ness of the design! And the red! FUN FUN FUN!

PS: I am already wearing the anklet, Nami :P

2008-11-20T08:51:00.001-08:00

I've been busy.

And I am posting this to apologise to everyone whom I've not managed to meet, chat or even say hi to lately. I just want to get everything that the college threw at me this week done and dusted with as soon as possible. With the hours of dance training 3 times a week, my body's immune system is at an all time low so I have been a bit slow in everything. I am sorry I couldn't say bye to my other Ru, I am sorry I couldn't reply Qing's messages, I am sorry I didn't get to meet up with you Ducky, and I am sorry I haven't rang your doorbell Nami.

May the next 2 weeks go smoothly and come december, we'll get drunk on Coke, crash Ducky's house and sing to Enchanted with no worries.

Tomorrow, my group and I will be launching our marketing project. We're selling food under the name QFC. Quick Foods Club and I credit my dear Ducky for that name. My groupmate - Sha, has been of much help. Honestly most of the classmates broke not a sweat. Even if they did attempt to, it was to no avail as the results usually suck and we end up fixing them for the sake of the class' name. If my pasta doesn't sell, I will seriously leap off PJCAD's balcony and then wake up to see Devil Cynster 2 steps away from me before realising I was only dreaming.

Riiight.

Meanwhile, I found a new activity whilst doing my assignments on the mac. Life sitting on your bum for hours really sucks I tell you.

Online shopping! Everything is only a click away... until your bank decides to complicate things with slow transer of funds and forced you to wait 30 minutes in the customer service line before making you run back to class, under the goddamned rain, soaked from top to bottom and endure 2 more hours of freezing hell in the college's gallery.

They better be worth my money.

2008-11-12T13:45:00.000-08:00

I think I swore enough on the phone with Sha.

So yeah, I'll do a 180 and say that Rafa must be a smart guy.

Based on the substitutions made, I saw nothing more than a draw or a loss. And I don't mind seeing us drop out of the Carling Cup. Spurs (as defending champions) has nothing else but this and the FA Cup to play for so it was only natural they'd set out a pretty good string of players.

There was NOTHING going for us until Alonso came on and saved us 50% of the extra passes in the last 20 minutes. Even if Torres wanted out, you could see why. Lalala.

That said, I was glad Hyypia got a goal and Insua showed glimpses of skills. Cool kid.

Okie people, nite.