Today marks the end of my 21st year. Last night my friends held a little party which I would like to think was for me. Drinks aplenty, food abundant, the music was to my liking... a little too much to my liking I'd say.
Happiness was what I had felt. Something that I hadn't felt purely for a long time. Alas, this happiness was not to be pure either. I was as happy as my capacity allowed at the time. I spent the entire night orbitting the emptiness which was the core of my existence then; it has been for a long, long time now. A simple shrug and point was all I needed to reaffirm myself that as happy as the occassion was, it was not for me. The happiness alas, was not for me. I know not what can ever fill this hideous vacuum which now resides in my heart... I know not why it or I was even there to begin with.
To be with my friends. People who I celebrate. People who remind me of the cheer that we are capable of creating for ourselves, to celebrate what we've all been through, to celebrate "us"-ness. A little insight from a dear friend soon had me questioning as well, why some of us were there. The uniqueness of the atmosphere of this little party soon unfolded into what a more observant me would have noticed without fail from the very beginning. For that night, it was not only our voices which were strained when the songs became singable... Manners? We lacked in them that night. Some of us even more so but what is one to do about such lax in conscience?
Smiles thrown here and there, laughter poured out of our hearts at each little antic we found ourselves doing... which of those smiles were donned at heart as there were on face?
As the night came to a close, I walked out of the room in which I had fallen aslumber and walked out to see that I had indeed missed a party. I had had a party robbed of me. I had been robbed of my birthday... I had been robbed of what used to be in this now vacant space inside... My wholeness, gone and along with it... someone else...
I do thank the hosts and all of my friends present for the organization and attendance of the little reunion. I fear though that I must say this has been the most melancholic of parties I've attended. I had fun. I really did. I enjoyed myself. But I was not fully myself to begin with.
Thank you Bishan, Thank you Kristie, Thank you Xinch, Thank you Bsim, Thank you May. And Sorry. I tried...
22.
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Sunday, September 21, 2008
Friday, September 21, 2007
On This Day...
21. A year older and to most, this is a special year. I'm not too sure about that. It's the entrance into my third decade of my journey in life. I've made it this far.
Life has given me its share of ups and down but tonight, it's given me quite a little bit of a twist of feelings of joy tainted with a wracking feeling of dread.
I would like to direct my thanks towards my friends, Bishan, Bryan, Bunny & Joel, Dong, Kok Wui, Fuzzy & Aileen. You people are really too kind. I thank you for the time you have spent with me and all that we share. A birthday without friends like you would mean nothing and would be just another day to myself. However with you people around it really does seem to mean a whole lot more. I would also like to dedicate my hearty thanks, my innermost appreciation to You. You, You and only You are all I want, all that I adore.
I had a really good time tonight. I really did. But in the corner of my mind, a feeling of dread proved to grow and impact me in full force later into the night. My grandmother returned from the hospital, she was visiting my aunt. I noticed something amiss as she walked past all the guests about in front of the house with her hanging head. I followed them into the lounge and decided to now discover why my grandmother was in tears. It was apparent, my aunt wasn't doing so well. This was exactly what I dreaded.
Sometimes the irony of how life in two different scenes can be so different from one another, sometimes even to the extent of being polar opposites. I bear both the joy and pain for myself. I share some, I may even show some, but it's all mine to take. As animated as I can be, there are times when I fail to show enough emotion. Sometimes too overwhelmed to show joy and at other times, too taken aback to portray my dread. Sometimes it is just beyond expression, when both ends are pulling at me.
I am thankful for what I have and I also feel sorry for what I might not have soon. It would seem that once again I am subject to what Life has to offer. I have no choice but try to make the best of it and try to be the best I can be.
P.S - Thank you for the Pink.
P.P.S. - Legal Age. Hoo!
P.P.P.S. - I adore You.
Life has given me its share of ups and down but tonight, it's given me quite a little bit of a twist of feelings of joy tainted with a wracking feeling of dread.
I would like to direct my thanks towards my friends, Bishan, Bryan, Bunny & Joel, Dong, Kok Wui, Fuzzy & Aileen. You people are really too kind. I thank you for the time you have spent with me and all that we share. A birthday without friends like you would mean nothing and would be just another day to myself. However with you people around it really does seem to mean a whole lot more. I would also like to dedicate my hearty thanks, my innermost appreciation to You. You, You and only You are all I want, all that I adore.
I had a really good time tonight. I really did. But in the corner of my mind, a feeling of dread proved to grow and impact me in full force later into the night. My grandmother returned from the hospital, she was visiting my aunt. I noticed something amiss as she walked past all the guests about in front of the house with her hanging head. I followed them into the lounge and decided to now discover why my grandmother was in tears. It was apparent, my aunt wasn't doing so well. This was exactly what I dreaded.
Sometimes the irony of how life in two different scenes can be so different from one another, sometimes even to the extent of being polar opposites. I bear both the joy and pain for myself. I share some, I may even show some, but it's all mine to take. As animated as I can be, there are times when I fail to show enough emotion. Sometimes too overwhelmed to show joy and at other times, too taken aback to portray my dread. Sometimes it is just beyond expression, when both ends are pulling at me.
I am thankful for what I have and I also feel sorry for what I might not have soon. It would seem that once again I am subject to what Life has to offer. I have no choice but try to make the best of it and try to be the best I can be.
P.S - Thank you for the Pink.
P.P.S. - Legal Age. Hoo!
P.P.P.S. - I adore You.
Thursday, July 05, 2007
Over, For Me At Least.
Today I woke up to one of the wierder dreams I have every now and then. Oddly enough I remember the content. It was something like a cross of a scene from Thief III, Prison Break and Counter-Strike. Woke up to getting shot in the left shoulder. I woke up to find that I'd overslept and I had numbed both my arms and my left shoulder felt like it had been shot. I was supposed to get up to finish up studying for my Social Psychology final later today (at 2pm). I planned to wake up at like 4am but woke up at about 5 something instead only to read 3-4 pages and finally give up and decide to go back to bed for about an hour or so.
Woke up to JoA's message. I'd missed the message I got from the Fuz about 4 minutes earlier. I didn't hear the alarm again. Bloody hell. We were following JoA to college again. After packing up my stuff for futsal, I left home. Off to college.
When we got to college, went for some breakfast and then went to a study room in Wisma Help.
Finals are over. At least for me. I seem to be the only one (other than Stef) who's finished with his/her finals. Everyone still has at least one more paper. Advertising Copywriting went averagely well and today's paper was quite decent. Managed to finish just in time (with 2 minutes to spare).
Afterwards, we went on to have dinner at a Chinese hawker stall and then all of us went our separate ways. I left my phone in JoA's car. The horror!
N.B. - My Kinda Angel ^^
Woke up to JoA's message. I'd missed the message I got from the Fuz about 4 minutes earlier. I didn't hear the alarm again. Bloody hell. We were following JoA to college again. After packing up my stuff for futsal, I left home. Off to college.
When we got to college, went for some breakfast and then went to a study room in Wisma Help.
Finals are over. At least for me. I seem to be the only one (other than Stef) who's finished with his/her finals. Everyone still has at least one more paper. Advertising Copywriting went averagely well and today's paper was quite decent. Managed to finish just in time (with 2 minutes to spare).
After the exams, we all adjourned at the ground floor of the building and what ensued was pure confusion. I didn't know who was joining us for futsal and people who were supposed to come suddenly couldn't make it. By this time, my head was throbbing, I was as hungry as a horse and was really really tired (oh, and did I mention I was antsy to get onto the pitch). Once again we were late (for futsal). There was a serious jam towards Subang. Apparently there was an accident. Must've been bad. Hope everyone's alright. Well, when we arrived on the (futsal) scene, we found there were only 7 of us in total. We had to resort to playing with a bunch of strangers who were just sitting around, waiting for their friends to arrive. The only name I could remember was Jack (I still have that problem with names, old habits do die hard ==). It was fun today apart from the part where JoA got kapow-ed in the temple by the ball with quite some force (Loretta, chill lmao). The guys we played with were good (at least better than me). It was odd how I was short of breath less than 5 minutes into the game. I wonder what happened. Maybe I was tired.
Picture from IStockphoto.
Picture from IStockphoto.
Afterwards, we went on to have dinner at a Chinese hawker stall and then all of us went our separate ways. I left my phone in JoA's car. The horror!
N.B. - My Kinda Angel ^^
Friday, June 15, 2007
The BBQ Nite
Today was the day that we were preparing for. Went up to Subang to meet up with Shaun & Loretta to get some final jamming done. They went pretty well. After we'd finished that up, we went to pick JoA up. The guys wanted to have lunch so we did. After lunch, we went for some CS. Somehow, I managed to top-frag today. We got bored of CS after a while. We turned to Starcraft! It's been too long. I was pretty much playing the game myself till I noticed that Shaun had gotten wiped out. Then I somehow beat Loretta (haha). We just figured out we could play Diablo 2 when we had to leave (sigh).
On the way towards HUC where we (The Brotherhood of the Pink Ribbon), were to perform tonight for the BBQ Nite. We passed by a toppled car on the way. Oddest of oddities. There was an opened man-hole cover, the cops, the toppled car but no driver in sight, no skid marks, no broken glass, nothing. Odd. On reaching the foyer, where it was all going to happen, I was greeted with a voice which I never knew existed. Mary Lee. Amazing. She has such an amazing voice. Never thought that she could sing. Such talent.
When it came to our turn to do a sound check, we were asked to play a number. We chose the medley. The freaking medley. I emo-ed by just listening to the introduction of the first song. I have no idea why but something was off with the Chinese song. Well, after our sound check, I was just constantly emo-ing and when the performances began, the songs they played only intensified my emotions. Mary Lee & Kevin's performance was just so powerful. They were all mellow and soft songs but their choice of songs just plucked at my heart-strings like an eager harp. They did so well. Up next was Kingsley. I've heard some of Kingsley's songs before and he played the sweetest of songs for his girlfriend. They were so sweet.
We were up next. I was so nervous. From the beginning of the first song I felt like I needed to stand up but I kept in my seat. I guess it might've been obvious because I was a little fidgety. Really, I felt this absurd tingling in my chest. That happens everytime I get evaluation apprehension (go grab a psychology handbook :P). We sang the medley, I'm Yours, You & Me and wrapped the show up with When You Say Nothing At All. The Chinese song was wierd all over again. I don't know why. Maybe I was too emo-ed. To make myself feel better, I tried my hand at some one-liners to keep the crowd smiling. It worked, their laughter settled me a bit but I was still tingling. By the time we came to our last song, I couldn't take it any longer. I decided that I'd sing the last one standing up. Although this was probably the only song with mistakes by me and Shaun, this was probably the only song of the night where the audience actually sang along with a volume which could be heard. I'm glad I caught the crowd's attention. It took me long enough (==). I think people liked our performance. I'm glad they did. I glad we did it.
After the performance (since we were the last) the acoustics were all over. Friends were praising me left and right, I couldn't take it, not even in my normal state, let alone in my emo state. I need to learn how to accept compliments better. Really it's embarassing to act like a kid when I get them from people I'm not very close to all the time.
[Note: I'm not bragging, quite few people did come up to me with lines like "OMG you have such a nice voice..." and "You were brilliant Wayne!!"]
After playing some of the games organized by the council, we (a whole bunch of us: Loretta, Shaun, JoA, Munn, The Fuz, JoJo, Bunny, Yi Yang, Ivy, Kristy & Deon) went off to Murni's to grab some grub since Loretta & I didn't eat anything. Had a hard time trying to finish what I ordered (Napoleon Fried Rice - Fried Rice w/ fries, keropok & cordon bleu). The fact that I kept bursting out in laughter every minute didn't help with digestion at all either. At long last I finished my food and watched as Loretta didn't (he ordered the same thing I did, haha).
When we were done with the food, JoJo, The Fuz, Loretta & myself went off to play some CS while the others left for home. CS wasn't fun. We were too far apart to have any real fun. I was emo-ing all the way now. I had a window-seat at the cybercafe. Whenever I had the time, I'd look out the window and just emo... After about an hour and a half, Loretta had to leave so we all did.
And that ended a pretty interesting day indeed. Still Emo.
On the way towards HUC where we (The Brotherhood of the Pink Ribbon), were to perform tonight for the BBQ Nite. We passed by a toppled car on the way. Oddest of oddities. There was an opened man-hole cover, the cops, the toppled car but no driver in sight, no skid marks, no broken glass, nothing. Odd. On reaching the foyer, where it was all going to happen, I was greeted with a voice which I never knew existed. Mary Lee. Amazing. She has such an amazing voice. Never thought that she could sing. Such talent.
When it came to our turn to do a sound check, we were asked to play a number. We chose the medley. The freaking medley. I emo-ed by just listening to the introduction of the first song. I have no idea why but something was off with the Chinese song. Well, after our sound check, I was just constantly emo-ing and when the performances began, the songs they played only intensified my emotions. Mary Lee & Kevin's performance was just so powerful. They were all mellow and soft songs but their choice of songs just plucked at my heart-strings like an eager harp. They did so well. Up next was Kingsley. I've heard some of Kingsley's songs before and he played the sweetest of songs for his girlfriend. They were so sweet.
We were up next. I was so nervous. From the beginning of the first song I felt like I needed to stand up but I kept in my seat. I guess it might've been obvious because I was a little fidgety. Really, I felt this absurd tingling in my chest. That happens everytime I get evaluation apprehension (go grab a psychology handbook :P). We sang the medley, I'm Yours, You & Me and wrapped the show up with When You Say Nothing At All. The Chinese song was wierd all over again. I don't know why. Maybe I was too emo-ed. To make myself feel better, I tried my hand at some one-liners to keep the crowd smiling. It worked, their laughter settled me a bit but I was still tingling. By the time we came to our last song, I couldn't take it any longer. I decided that I'd sing the last one standing up. Although this was probably the only song with mistakes by me and Shaun, this was probably the only song of the night where the audience actually sang along with a volume which could be heard. I'm glad I caught the crowd's attention. It took me long enough (==). I think people liked our performance. I'm glad they did. I glad we did it.
After the performance (since we were the last) the acoustics were all over. Friends were praising me left and right, I couldn't take it, not even in my normal state, let alone in my emo state. I need to learn how to accept compliments better. Really it's embarassing to act like a kid when I get them from people I'm not very close to all the time.
[Note: I'm not bragging, quite few people did come up to me with lines like "OMG you have such a nice voice..." and "You were brilliant Wayne!!"]
After playing some of the games organized by the council, we (a whole bunch of us: Loretta, Shaun, JoA, Munn, The Fuz, JoJo, Bunny, Yi Yang, Ivy, Kristy & Deon) went off to Murni's to grab some grub since Loretta & I didn't eat anything. Had a hard time trying to finish what I ordered (Napoleon Fried Rice - Fried Rice w/ fries, keropok & cordon bleu). The fact that I kept bursting out in laughter every minute didn't help with digestion at all either. At long last I finished my food and watched as Loretta didn't (he ordered the same thing I did, haha).
When we were done with the food, JoJo, The Fuz, Loretta & myself went off to play some CS while the others left for home. CS wasn't fun. We were too far apart to have any real fun. I was emo-ing all the way now. I had a window-seat at the cybercafe. Whenever I had the time, I'd look out the window and just emo... After about an hour and a half, Loretta had to leave so we all did.
And that ended a pretty interesting day indeed. Still Emo.
Sunday, June 10, 2007
The 4 Day Package.
Wednesday
We finally auditioned on Wednesday. Well, I can be sure that Loretta & myself were nervous. He looked the part and even followed through by fumbling here and there (the others didn't know he fumbled though). I on the other hand was seriously having a hard time getting my voice out there. Couldn't hit keys nor could I sustain them. To make this even funnier than it already is, it was a private audition. We had a room all to ourselves and only about 7 people were there to hear us. Only 7 people and we're already in pieces. We've got quite a bit of work to do. Well, we got through. I'm grateful and very much relieved because even with that performance, we already got a "I like it a lot". If we can get composed properly, I think we'll do wonders on the night itself. Ha. Did I mention that I think I'd like to call us The Brotherhood of the Pink Ribbon? In the night when I got home, I picked up the lame Malay article and began to translate it for the group members (and myself). God, I was up all night. Sick of Malay. Yes. Sick Sick Sick. Then I left home for college.
Thursday
Yes, I left home for college and was a zombie which was too tired to even sleep in JoA's car. Today we had tutorials, tutes were fun. JoA was finally enlightened on why I called someone what I called her before. Now she understands that I wasn't being mean (lol). After tutes and JoA's short meeting, we began trying to figure out where to eat. We settled for lunch in Rice Bowls. Some interesting conversation ensued. During our interesting conversation, an idea of what to do while waiting for The Fuz to get to the train station came to me. We were to go to KL Tower. JoA had wanted to go for a while now (2 years?) and I never really thought of visiting because it never really crossed my mind. We headed towards the tower and reached there after taking a wrong turn or two. It was interesting how when we reached the base of the tower, we seemed more excited about looking for the entrance to the duty-free store there. We couldn't find it because the store wasn't opened yet (sadness). In disappointment, we then went into the tower. RM20 (sheesh), that's what it costs for a foreigner to get to the top of the tower. I was a little shocked when the lady at the counter said that if we showed her our ICs, we, as Malaysian citizens only had to pay half that price. The wonders of being a Malaysian! I'm patriotic again!
The tower was nothing special though. Of all the days to go up there, we chose a hazy day. We couldn't see too far and besides, the observation deck was a little crowded. It was alright I guess, for the first 5 minutes.
One of the pix we took at KL Tower
Well, after leaving the very interesting KL tower, we decided it was time to go. I hadn't slept all night. I was up doing a translation of some lame Malay psychology article. I think I've had enough of Malay for a while. We went to pick The Fuz up. On the way there I fell asleep. We picked up The Fuz and then after changing at JoA's place, we took off for Rio to play some futsal. FUTSAL! Me?! Futsal?! Something I really didn't expect myself to enjoy. I was never really a footie person. Sure I've played my share of footie back in highschool but that was it. Never really touched a football since highschool (so I correct myself here, it's been more than 2 years. Maybe even 4 years). Well, I got the taste of what I had expected. My stamina was in the ruts. 15 minutes into the game and I was panting like mad. I really needed to get out of the court. After another exhausting half, we went for drinks and some food. Then we all dispersed and JoA dropped me off at the bus stop (thank you!!). At home, I washed up and waited for my hair to dry before I took a nap. Woke up later than expected. Oversleeping is a hobby. JoA called me nearly 13-15 times (thank you!!). Got up and began to rush my Social Psychology assignment. I forged on till about 5am then gave up because I began to see words which weren't in the articles I was reading and began to type things which didn't make any contextual sense (aka, I was sleepy).
Friday
I woke up at 12pm and began to finish off my assignment. I did. When I got ready to go out and head to college, it began raining again. I had no choice but to borrow my granny's flowery little umbrella (I think it's cute). After rushing to hand up my assingment, I headed off into Subang to meet JoA. We were going to play CS with Shaun & Loretta (Dong has been ammended to Shaun by request). It was a fun night as we watched JoA suppress the enemy once more. Such skill. Well, after a bit of coaxing, I agreed to join Loretta, Shaun, The Fuz, JoA and Adam to play futsal with them at the CFP fustal meet the next day. At 2am in the morning, I managed to convince Reneeta to join our team as well and her only condition was that she didn't play at all and was a reserve.
Saturday
I woke up late (AGAIN!). We were going to play futsal again. I was supposed to meet JoA at the train station at 10:30 but I woke up at 9:50 (the HoRRoR!). I was forced to call The Fuz and get him to drive us to Shaun's place. He did and we got there. We met up there and after having a light breakfast, we began to search for the place. We found it after a while and in fact, we weren't all that late (haha). We entered the arena and found a sweaty Reneeta. Some of her first words were "You remember I told you I didn't want to play right? Well, I've played!" (LoL). We all began to get warmed up for the game and when we played, we played. I was reluctant to even play at first but after the first game (which was also very tiring) I think I got all hyped up. I wanted to play more. After the second game, my right thigh began to work up. My toes were killing me too but I wanted to play somemore (wahahahaha). In the last game, this big guy side-stepped into my foot and I ended up with my big toe blue-blacked (if there is such a word). What made matters worse was that a while after that, I had to swerve out of the way because this time, a girl side-stepped into my way. That pretty much killed my toe and thigh. Well, the games were loads of fun. I've never been this hyped up about playing futsal before but yeah, I am now. I'm waiting for my toe to heal and then I'm going to play somemore (lol).
After the games, we had some drinks and food then went on to have our showers. I had to take a bath at Loretta's and from there waited for JoA to finish washing up.
JoA was going to take me to pick up my little sister so that we could take her to the magic show which was going on Subang Parade. When we made it there, I found my little sister crying. My Mom had struck again. I will not go into the specifics but simply put, my mom had made my sister cry and that pretty much spoilt her mood and she ended up locking herself into a room and not willing to come out. I decided that it was best we left this little trip for some other time and left but on the way decided that I should buy my sister something to make her feel a bit better. JoA was understanding and kind enough to turn back and let me buy some KFC for my little sister. After that, I ended up telling JoA a story I hadn't told anyone for a while. My past. We headed off for dinner. We had quite decent food. I got stuffed again. Besides the little kink in the night with my sister's issue, I had a generally good time.
We finally auditioned on Wednesday. Well, I can be sure that Loretta & myself were nervous. He looked the part and even followed through by fumbling here and there (the others didn't know he fumbled though). I on the other hand was seriously having a hard time getting my voice out there. Couldn't hit keys nor could I sustain them. To make this even funnier than it already is, it was a private audition. We had a room all to ourselves and only about 7 people were there to hear us. Only 7 people and we're already in pieces. We've got quite a bit of work to do. Well, we got through. I'm grateful and very much relieved because even with that performance, we already got a "I like it a lot". If we can get composed properly, I think we'll do wonders on the night itself. Ha. Did I mention that I think I'd like to call us The Brotherhood of the Pink Ribbon? In the night when I got home, I picked up the lame Malay article and began to translate it for the group members (and myself). God, I was up all night. Sick of Malay. Yes. Sick Sick Sick. Then I left home for college.
Thursday
Yes, I left home for college and was a zombie which was too tired to even sleep in JoA's car. Today we had tutorials, tutes were fun. JoA was finally enlightened on why I called someone what I called her before. Now she understands that I wasn't being mean (lol). After tutes and JoA's short meeting, we began trying to figure out where to eat. We settled for lunch in Rice Bowls. Some interesting conversation ensued. During our interesting conversation, an idea of what to do while waiting for The Fuz to get to the train station came to me. We were to go to KL Tower. JoA had wanted to go for a while now (2 years?) and I never really thought of visiting because it never really crossed my mind. We headed towards the tower and reached there after taking a wrong turn or two. It was interesting how when we reached the base of the tower, we seemed more excited about looking for the entrance to the duty-free store there. We couldn't find it because the store wasn't opened yet (sadness). In disappointment, we then went into the tower. RM20 (sheesh), that's what it costs for a foreigner to get to the top of the tower. I was a little shocked when the lady at the counter said that if we showed her our ICs, we, as Malaysian citizens only had to pay half that price. The wonders of being a Malaysian! I'm patriotic again!
The tower was nothing special though. Of all the days to go up there, we chose a hazy day. We couldn't see too far and besides, the observation deck was a little crowded. It was alright I guess, for the first 5 minutes.
One of the pix we took at KL TowerWell, after leaving the very interesting KL tower, we decided it was time to go. I hadn't slept all night. I was up doing a translation of some lame Malay psychology article. I think I've had enough of Malay for a while. We went to pick The Fuz up. On the way there I fell asleep. We picked up The Fuz and then after changing at JoA's place, we took off for Rio to play some futsal. FUTSAL! Me?! Futsal?! Something I really didn't expect myself to enjoy. I was never really a footie person. Sure I've played my share of footie back in highschool but that was it. Never really touched a football since highschool (so I correct myself here, it's been more than 2 years. Maybe even 4 years). Well, I got the taste of what I had expected. My stamina was in the ruts. 15 minutes into the game and I was panting like mad. I really needed to get out of the court. After another exhausting half, we went for drinks and some food. Then we all dispersed and JoA dropped me off at the bus stop (thank you!!). At home, I washed up and waited for my hair to dry before I took a nap. Woke up later than expected. Oversleeping is a hobby. JoA called me nearly 13-15 times (thank you!!). Got up and began to rush my Social Psychology assignment. I forged on till about 5am then gave up because I began to see words which weren't in the articles I was reading and began to type things which didn't make any contextual sense (aka, I was sleepy).
Friday
I woke up at 12pm and began to finish off my assignment. I did. When I got ready to go out and head to college, it began raining again. I had no choice but to borrow my granny's flowery little umbrella (I think it's cute). After rushing to hand up my assingment, I headed off into Subang to meet JoA. We were going to play CS with Shaun & Loretta (Dong has been ammended to Shaun by request). It was a fun night as we watched JoA suppress the enemy once more. Such skill. Well, after a bit of coaxing, I agreed to join Loretta, Shaun, The Fuz, JoA and Adam to play futsal with them at the CFP fustal meet the next day. At 2am in the morning, I managed to convince Reneeta to join our team as well and her only condition was that she didn't play at all and was a reserve.
Saturday
I woke up late (AGAIN!). We were going to play futsal again. I was supposed to meet JoA at the train station at 10:30 but I woke up at 9:50 (the HoRRoR!). I was forced to call The Fuz and get him to drive us to Shaun's place. He did and we got there. We met up there and after having a light breakfast, we began to search for the place. We found it after a while and in fact, we weren't all that late (haha). We entered the arena and found a sweaty Reneeta. Some of her first words were "You remember I told you I didn't want to play right? Well, I've played!" (LoL). We all began to get warmed up for the game and when we played, we played. I was reluctant to even play at first but after the first game (which was also very tiring) I think I got all hyped up. I wanted to play more. After the second game, my right thigh began to work up. My toes were killing me too but I wanted to play somemore (wahahahaha). In the last game, this big guy side-stepped into my foot and I ended up with my big toe blue-blacked (if there is such a word). What made matters worse was that a while after that, I had to swerve out of the way because this time, a girl side-stepped into my way. That pretty much killed my toe and thigh. Well, the games were loads of fun. I've never been this hyped up about playing futsal before but yeah, I am now. I'm waiting for my toe to heal and then I'm going to play somemore (lol).
After the games, we had some drinks and food then went on to have our showers. I had to take a bath at Loretta's and from there waited for JoA to finish washing up.
JoA was going to take me to pick up my little sister so that we could take her to the magic show which was going on Subang Parade. When we made it there, I found my little sister crying. My Mom had struck again. I will not go into the specifics but simply put, my mom had made my sister cry and that pretty much spoilt her mood and she ended up locking herself into a room and not willing to come out. I decided that it was best we left this little trip for some other time and left but on the way decided that I should buy my sister something to make her feel a bit better. JoA was understanding and kind enough to turn back and let me buy some KFC for my little sister. After that, I ended up telling JoA a story I hadn't told anyone for a while. My past. We headed off for dinner. We had quite decent food. I got stuffed again. Besides the little kink in the night with my sister's issue, I had a generally good time.
Saturday, June 02, 2007
The Kreig-Commando Junkress
Today seemed like a rather bland day to begin with. I woke up at 8-something to find that i was sleeping face down and that i was lying on my dislodged shoulder. I struggled to move. The anticipation of the impending pain was sincerely an obstacle which took me at the very least 2 minutes to overcome and to get a grip of my shoulder as I attempted to push my shoulder back into place. It crunched back into place. Ouch. That done, I returned to sleep, writhing in pain. I woke up about 4-5 hours later to find that I not only had a throbbing shoulder but I also felt like a steam-roller did a number on my lumbar.
Ah, food. It seems there was no lunch for me at home. I resorted to making some French Toast for myself. It's been a while since I'd touched the wok. I can still make a decent serving of French Toast (yay!).
Was thinking that I should get some work done or at least I should've studied some since my mid-terms for my Social Psychology class were on Tuesday but that all didn't happen. I suddenly had the urge to play Granado Espada. I did that till 5-ish. I then got a message from The Fuz saying that he was going up to Midvalley to get the survey for liquor done (some survey which I was also going to participate in). (*Poof*, the could-have-been-productive-day goes up in smoke)
After leaving the house abruptly without having dinner, I got a taste of some of the traffic which JoA had sufferred earlier today while going home from college. After completing the interesting survey in which left me feeling no less than an alcoholic and almost as thirsty as one, The Fuz & I met up with JoA in MPH and went off for dinner. Murni's!! On reaching Murni's, we called JoJo who was coincidentally around the area as well and was more than happy to join us for dinner. After a happy and satiating dinner, we took a peek at the movies available in the DVD store near Murni's and I picked up the 3rd movie from the Monty Python's collection (yay again!).
Some discussion and decisions later, we were bound for Subang to drop off JoA's car and then headed off to a cybercafe. After searching for a place which wasn't filled to the brim with eager gamers, we began playing Counter-Strike. At first my mind was more occupied with what JoA was going to do while The Fuz, JoJo & myself shot each other silly but interestingly enough, JoA joined in on the massacre and we ended up playing against AI. It was maddenning fun. Everytime one of us died we cracked up and began laughing at the antics which we could and couldn't pull off. Although she started off slow, JoA soon warmed up, found herself a favourite rifle (the Kreig-Commando) and began ravaging the opponent. She beat me flat (sheesh).
Although I was struggling to stay awake half the time (damn my body clock), it was a fun night. I enjoyed myself and I'm glad to hear that everyone had a good time. So tomorrow it's back to the real world again. (=D)
Ah, food. It seems there was no lunch for me at home. I resorted to making some French Toast for myself. It's been a while since I'd touched the wok. I can still make a decent serving of French Toast (yay!).
Was thinking that I should get some work done or at least I should've studied some since my mid-terms for my Social Psychology class were on Tuesday but that all didn't happen. I suddenly had the urge to play Granado Espada. I did that till 5-ish. I then got a message from The Fuz saying that he was going up to Midvalley to get the survey for liquor done (some survey which I was also going to participate in). (*Poof*, the could-have-been-productive-day goes up in smoke)
After leaving the house abruptly without having dinner, I got a taste of some of the traffic which JoA had sufferred earlier today while going home from college. After completing the interesting survey in which left me feeling no less than an alcoholic and almost as thirsty as one, The Fuz & I met up with JoA in MPH and went off for dinner. Murni's!! On reaching Murni's, we called JoJo who was coincidentally around the area as well and was more than happy to join us for dinner. After a happy and satiating dinner, we took a peek at the movies available in the DVD store near Murni's and I picked up the 3rd movie from the Monty Python's collection (yay again!).
Some discussion and decisions later, we were bound for Subang to drop off JoA's car and then headed off to a cybercafe. After searching for a place which wasn't filled to the brim with eager gamers, we began playing Counter-Strike. At first my mind was more occupied with what JoA was going to do while The Fuz, JoJo & myself shot each other silly but interestingly enough, JoA joined in on the massacre and we ended up playing against AI. It was maddenning fun. Everytime one of us died we cracked up and began laughing at the antics which we could and couldn't pull off. Although she started off slow, JoA soon warmed up, found herself a favourite rifle (the Kreig-Commando) and began ravaging the opponent. She beat me flat (sheesh).
Although I was struggling to stay awake half the time (damn my body clock), it was a fun night. I enjoyed myself and I'm glad to hear that everyone had a good time. So tomorrow it's back to the real world again. (=D)
Saturday, May 26, 2007
Your Song
Been about quite a lot this week. Every day in fact. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. Bah, what's done is done and all I can do now is just look back and smile/frown.
Sometime earlier this week (methinks t'was Monday), Dong approached me and asked me to audition for the BBQ Night Acoustics. He offerred to play the guitar.
Nearly everyday of this week I've been having dinner or at least a meal with JoA before she drops me off (I'm so grateful for that). On Thursday, after classes and some sit-down-and-bullshit sessions, JoA and I had lunch in Champs in Bandar Utama Centerpoint. The noodles she ordered were CRAZY... They were like, a portion for like, 2 and a half people. Restecp! She finished it all up (save for the vegetables and the squid which she offerred to me). I could barely finish up my pork chops (which so wisely came with rice). Afterwards, we went to Sunway Pyramid to go bowling. We invited Loretta & Dong who gladly came. While waiting, we did some window shopping and found out that JoA knew even less than I did when it came to bag shopping (wahahaha). As we walked along, I noticed that something was wrong with JoA. She seemed to be having a fuzzy head. She had to take off her lens. By the time she'd taken off her lens, Dong & Loretta had reached pyramid and were en route to the bowling alley. We met them there and began bowling. It was a sight to see indeed. I'm not a pro-bowler but the 2 of them were hilariously cute when they were bowling. Their antics kept us entertained till about 5-6pm.
After that session of laughs, we went over to a Cendol vendor on the roadside somewhere in Subang near SS15 and got us some. I recieved a phone call for a survey on handphones and I was doing the survey all the way while I watched my Cendol melt in front of me. The bunch beside me were having odd conversations, I couldn't hear them at all. By the time I put down the phone, my Cendol was completely melted. I didn't enjoy that. It wasn't good anyway. While I was holding it, the sugar was dripping and had gotten onto my fingers. Damn, that was disgusting, it dried up and got sticky and.... urgh!
Having "refreshed" ourselves at the Cendol stall, we went over to Dong's place to begin the jamming session. Jamming is just SO fun. For the first jamming session, I'd say it went quite well (but I need to memorize lyrics). Loretta was more than happy to jam along. He did wonders to the songs. We're still trying to coax him into auditioning with us but the fellow is still shy and reserved. He needs to see how essential it would be for him to join us. Another guitarist and vocalist can do lots better than what only Dong and I would be able to pull off.
The songs which we were initially thinking of playing were Jason Mraz - I'm Yours, Howie Day - Collide, John Mayer - Your Body is a Wonderland and Ryan Cabrera - True. We found out that most auditioners only played 2 songs. Within the 2 days, we decided that we'd still play I'm Yours (your song :D) and we somehow came up with a little ensemble of 3 songs: Jay Chou - Qing Tian, Joan Osbourne - (What if God was) One of Us & Peterpan - Mimpi Yang Sempurna. It's a little rickety because it was an impromptu make-up song but it can be done and according to JoA's ears (the genius herself), it sounded good. Well, I guess that makes up the second song which we're playing for the audition then.
After jamming on Friday night, JoA dropped off Loretta and then beat me up with a yellow (think Sin City) pillow at the traffic light before dropping me off.
What ensued after she dropped me off was emotional. I will stop at that. There was this wierd guy who came up to me in the train as I was closing my eyes and just "emo-ing" and asked me what station I was getting off at. I wasn't the nicest person to him. I just stared at him.
Sometime earlier this week (methinks t'was Monday), Dong approached me and asked me to audition for the BBQ Night Acoustics. He offerred to play the guitar.
Nearly everyday of this week I've been having dinner or at least a meal with JoA before she drops me off (I'm so grateful for that). On Thursday, after classes and some sit-down-and-bullshit sessions, JoA and I had lunch in Champs in Bandar Utama Centerpoint. The noodles she ordered were CRAZY... They were like, a portion for like, 2 and a half people. Restecp! She finished it all up (save for the vegetables and the squid which she offerred to me). I could barely finish up my pork chops (which so wisely came with rice). Afterwards, we went to Sunway Pyramid to go bowling. We invited Loretta & Dong who gladly came. While waiting, we did some window shopping and found out that JoA knew even less than I did when it came to bag shopping (wahahaha). As we walked along, I noticed that something was wrong with JoA. She seemed to be having a fuzzy head. She had to take off her lens. By the time she'd taken off her lens, Dong & Loretta had reached pyramid and were en route to the bowling alley. We met them there and began bowling. It was a sight to see indeed. I'm not a pro-bowler but the 2 of them were hilariously cute when they were bowling. Their antics kept us entertained till about 5-6pm.
After that session of laughs, we went over to a Cendol vendor on the roadside somewhere in Subang near SS15 and got us some. I recieved a phone call for a survey on handphones and I was doing the survey all the way while I watched my Cendol melt in front of me. The bunch beside me were having odd conversations, I couldn't hear them at all. By the time I put down the phone, my Cendol was completely melted. I didn't enjoy that. It wasn't good anyway. While I was holding it, the sugar was dripping and had gotten onto my fingers. Damn, that was disgusting, it dried up and got sticky and.... urgh!
Having "refreshed" ourselves at the Cendol stall, we went over to Dong's place to begin the jamming session. Jamming is just SO fun. For the first jamming session, I'd say it went quite well (but I need to memorize lyrics). Loretta was more than happy to jam along. He did wonders to the songs. We're still trying to coax him into auditioning with us but the fellow is still shy and reserved. He needs to see how essential it would be for him to join us. Another guitarist and vocalist can do lots better than what only Dong and I would be able to pull off.
The songs which we were initially thinking of playing were Jason Mraz - I'm Yours, Howie Day - Collide, John Mayer - Your Body is a Wonderland and Ryan Cabrera - True. We found out that most auditioners only played 2 songs. Within the 2 days, we decided that we'd still play I'm Yours (your song :D) and we somehow came up with a little ensemble of 3 songs: Jay Chou - Qing Tian, Joan Osbourne - (What if God was) One of Us & Peterpan - Mimpi Yang Sempurna. It's a little rickety because it was an impromptu make-up song but it can be done and according to JoA's ears (the genius herself), it sounded good. Well, I guess that makes up the second song which we're playing for the audition then.
After jamming on Friday night, JoA dropped off Loretta and then beat me up with a yellow (think Sin City) pillow at the traffic light before dropping me off.
What ensued after she dropped me off was emotional. I will stop at that. There was this wierd guy who came up to me in the train as I was closing my eyes and just "emo-ing" and asked me what station I was getting off at. I wasn't the nicest person to him. I just stared at him.
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Bowling: Singing Fingers & A Sore Butt
Monday. College. The new semester really took off today. My two other classes began today as well, which leaves me with a full week of classes. This short semeseter will get the best of me before I even know it. I have a lot of work to do, lots of studying to study and a body-clock to knock into shape (yeah right, fat-chance if you ask me).
I will not talk about classes unless I find it necessary to do so and I'm sure sooner or later the day will come when you will be able to make a course outline from all the details I give you about my school-work but until then, I shall avoid it till (as I've said) necessary.
Well, let's see where do I begin, ah yes, the morning. When I woke up to my irritating alarm. I snoozed it a bit too much and that got me out of bed at like, 5.30am. A restless night. I lay in bed from 2.30 till past 4 just trying to go to bed but my head wouldn't shut up (I know that's freaky, but yeah.). Thoughts just kept racing through my head, ethics of all things. Ethics!!
So yeah, I got up late and in a flurry, I had to leave the house after getting ready. I stood like an idiot being stood up there for about half an hour waiting for the retarded bus to come along so I could go and reload my phone so I could wake The Fuz up. By the time I'd done that, it was already too late to make the time we agreed on to meet JoA at the train station in Subang. She called and in her morning grace, decided that she would wait for us. We made it. Late of course, we can't really be naive enough to believe that the Malaysian public transport system. JoA gave me directions which managed to confuse the sleep-deprived Wayne. The Fuz & I ended up jay-walking to the other side of the main road only to recieve a call later from JoA further confusing the sleep-deprived Wayne and causing me to think that we needed to jay-walk back across the street. On reaching the intended rendezvous point, there was no sign of JoA or Daniel (her car). Then, I recieved a phone call and turned around to see a frantically waving figure of a girl on the other side of the well-trafficked road. The figure seemed to be on the phone screaming "Look over here, on the other side, I'm over here!". So we jay-walked once again, towards the car and yeah, that was the story of how I got from Klang to college today.
Between classes today, we went to check our results for last semester's examinations [insert suspense music here]. JoA, Stef & yours truly went over to the library to do this. On seeing my results, I was relieved and almost was about to say "yippee!" (no, I didn't do exceptionally well. I just got better grades than I thought I would) when JoA told me what she got and when I noticed how down she'd gotten. I immediately suppressed my "yippee!" and only made it known that I was relieved. I decided to try to cheer JoA up a bit, I decided to test myself while I was at it and challenged her to a few games of bowling after my class ended. In the meantime, she also kindly agreed to wait my class out by sitting in on it with me for my first class of Public Speaking (which was boring). I also managed to convince her to join in to help out with some ceremony which ARCCADE was holding on Saturday (yay).
After class, we headed to Midvalley megamall to hit the pins. Once we left college, it started raining cats and dogs. We could hardly see but we managed to reach megamall in 3 pieces (her, Daniel & Moi). We went bowling. It was embarassing. I used to play every week in the school bowling society back in the day. I was a decent player. That is no longer the case it seems. JoA ended up teaching me how to play. It was embarrassing no doubt but hey, we had fun. I was just glad to see her laughing again (so sue me). After the 2 games of being thrashed by JoA, her knee ached and we were going to meet up with The Fuz, Carment, Joel & Pearly for food. After seeing them, leaving my bag behind, losing them, wandering around and finally calling and finding them, we sat down to have a good and well-deserved stare at Carment and Pearly enjoy their Asam Laksa (food). Afterwards, we went to the food court where JoA & The Fuz had somemore food while the others and myself had dessert (I made one round of the food court and nothing caught my eye).
Soon, JoA had to go so she went. The rest of us wandered around a bit more (we seem to enjoy doing that) and then Carment & Pearly decided they should head home. After they did that, we thought we'd follow suit but on getting into Joel's car, he said 2 letters which sort of woke me up "CS". We headed over to Damansara Jaya and played some CS till about 11 something and then headed home.
It's been a day indeed. My right thumb, index & middle fingers were singing after bowling and my butt hurts. I had fun. I enjoyed myself. I hope everyone else did as well. Well now, I should make preparations for tomorrow. I don't want to snooze my alarm again in the morning (I hope not, Haha).
I will not talk about classes unless I find it necessary to do so and I'm sure sooner or later the day will come when you will be able to make a course outline from all the details I give you about my school-work but until then, I shall avoid it till (as I've said) necessary.
Well, let's see where do I begin, ah yes, the morning. When I woke up to my irritating alarm. I snoozed it a bit too much and that got me out of bed at like, 5.30am. A restless night. I lay in bed from 2.30 till past 4 just trying to go to bed but my head wouldn't shut up (I know that's freaky, but yeah.). Thoughts just kept racing through my head, ethics of all things. Ethics!!
So yeah, I got up late and in a flurry, I had to leave the house after getting ready. I stood like an idiot being stood up there for about half an hour waiting for the retarded bus to come along so I could go and reload my phone so I could wake The Fuz up. By the time I'd done that, it was already too late to make the time we agreed on to meet JoA at the train station in Subang. She called and in her morning grace, decided that she would wait for us. We made it. Late of course, we can't really be naive enough to believe that the Malaysian public transport system. JoA gave me directions which managed to confuse the sleep-deprived Wayne. The Fuz & I ended up jay-walking to the other side of the main road only to recieve a call later from JoA further confusing the sleep-deprived Wayne and causing me to think that we needed to jay-walk back across the street. On reaching the intended rendezvous point, there was no sign of JoA or Daniel (her car). Then, I recieved a phone call and turned around to see a frantically waving figure of a girl on the other side of the well-trafficked road. The figure seemed to be on the phone screaming "Look over here, on the other side, I'm over here!". So we jay-walked once again, towards the car and yeah, that was the story of how I got from Klang to college today.
Between classes today, we went to check our results for last semester's examinations [insert suspense music here]. JoA, Stef & yours truly went over to the library to do this. On seeing my results, I was relieved and almost was about to say "yippee!" (no, I didn't do exceptionally well. I just got better grades than I thought I would) when JoA told me what she got and when I noticed how down she'd gotten. I immediately suppressed my "yippee!" and only made it known that I was relieved. I decided to try to cheer JoA up a bit, I decided to test myself while I was at it and challenged her to a few games of bowling after my class ended. In the meantime, she also kindly agreed to wait my class out by sitting in on it with me for my first class of Public Speaking (which was boring). I also managed to convince her to join in to help out with some ceremony which ARCCADE was holding on Saturday (yay).
After class, we headed to Midvalley megamall to hit the pins. Once we left college, it started raining cats and dogs. We could hardly see but we managed to reach megamall in 3 pieces (her, Daniel & Moi). We went bowling. It was embarassing. I used to play every week in the school bowling society back in the day. I was a decent player. That is no longer the case it seems. JoA ended up teaching me how to play. It was embarrassing no doubt but hey, we had fun. I was just glad to see her laughing again (so sue me). After the 2 games of being thrashed by JoA, her knee ached and we were going to meet up with The Fuz, Carment, Joel & Pearly for food. After seeing them, leaving my bag behind, losing them, wandering around and finally calling and finding them, we sat down to have a good and well-deserved stare at Carment and Pearly enjoy their Asam Laksa (food). Afterwards, we went to the food court where JoA & The Fuz had somemore food while the others and myself had dessert (I made one round of the food court and nothing caught my eye).
Soon, JoA had to go so she went. The rest of us wandered around a bit more (we seem to enjoy doing that) and then Carment & Pearly decided they should head home. After they did that, we thought we'd follow suit but on getting into Joel's car, he said 2 letters which sort of woke me up "CS". We headed over to Damansara Jaya and played some CS till about 11 something and then headed home.
It's been a day indeed. My right thumb, index & middle fingers were singing after bowling and my butt hurts. I had fun. I enjoyed myself. I hope everyone else did as well. Well now, I should make preparations for tomorrow. I don't want to snooze my alarm again in the morning (I hope not, Haha).
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Welcome to Klang.
Yesterday, JoA came down to Klang and met up with The Fuz and myself. After she reached Klang, she gave me a call (which woke me up after I completely missed the first one) and asked me how to get to my place. The funny thing was that we had a little breakdown of communications and I - having just woken up - wasn't fully functioning yet. She got lost in the process (haha). After a few more directions and a U-turn, we discovered that she'd actually gone the right way and had actually overshot my place (haha again). After finally picking me up and getting to The Fuz's place, we went off to eat some Bah Kut Teh.
After the meal, we took JoA to do what she'd come down for: her guitar. The shop-owner was a friend of Fuzzy's and she was very hospitable and verbose. After JoA had chosen her guitar, we went hunting for JoA's bed-frame. We went around to a few shops till we finally decided that we could look into Courts Mammoth. On reaching the Mammoth, we spotted a furniture shop beside it and decided to compare prices and look for the best deal (what any other logical shopper would do when presented with more than one shop selling the same thing). After walking to both shops twice, JoA chose her bed and got a matress with it. After this, we went for some "sweet soup" ("Tong Sui") called "Aeroplane" ("Be Gi") or also known as Len Chee Kang. Haha, apparrently Fuzzy never had it before either. Well, I'm glad they liked it. After that, we were dropped home and thus ended a short yet fun-filled day.
The night wasn't near as entertaining as the day. Last night we were meant to sign up online for tutorials for our Social Psychology class at 9pm. We (Fuzzy, JoA & Myself) were there waiting at 8.45pm and just waiting for the time to sign up. When the clock struck 9, the expected happenned, the server crashed. There were what, 70+ people logged on and probably another 20-30 trying to get onto the site and it crashed? What a pathetic server. to make things worse, the geniuses up in the department decided to bind the tutorials for Social Psychology and Human Personality classes which made students who were doing only one of the two subjects non-eligible to sign up online and had to do so manually the next day in college. Such stunning efficiency, such sparkling logic... I was so irritated by this. Irritated by their insolence. I cooled off as fast as I'd gotten peeved. Besides, getting all aggro wouldn't make the server come back to life and magically make the tutorial sign up upload through all those 100+ students hacking away at the Refresh button. JoA and I decided that we'd sign up online first anyway, just so that we could reserve our slots in that tutorial. I just lay back and waited it out. Others really didn't take this well and I don't blame them. The server got back up at about 11-ish? That's like, an hour or two after the stated time. Sure the site died on the server but don't you think that if a server can't even support less than 150 users, it should be deleted and spoken bad about for the next decade or two?
Oh well, enough about that. Now, onto today. This morning, I dragged myself out of my bed at 6.25am, 35 minutes after the initial alarm went off. I just HAD to watch 3 episodes of Prison Break before i went to sleep (haha). I got myself ready and then headed out towards The Fuz's place. Sent him a message saying I was on my way. I didn't get a reply. I thought he just didn't feel the need to reply. I reached his house and stood outside and sent him another message telling him that I was at his gate. After waiting for about half an hour, I called him. He didn't pick up. I thought he was in the shower. I gave him 15 minutes and called again. He was asleep. After dragging him out of bed, we set out to the train station. We were headed to Subang today. We were going to rendezvous with JoA and from there we'd go on to college to settle the issue of our tutorials (read about it under Yesterday). We went up and discussed things with Jue Ying, an admin in the CFP (Center for Psychology) who set things right. I helped Stef sign up as well but sadly, Fuzzy couldn't make it into the same tutorial group as JoA, Stef and Me. Bummer. After that had been done, we went over to Lan's Corner to have breakfast (yes this was all done before 9.30am).
The horror, I ordered a cheese thosai (Fuzzy said it was good) which ended up not having a single ounce of cheese in it! The horror!!!! I will never order thosai (with the exception of thosai masala) ever again!
After the not-so-good breakfast, we were off, to Low Yatt Plaza. The Fuz needed to get his router checked, buy DVDs and get some speakers; JoA was out to find herself a pair of earphones, get her modem replaced and on the way, she got herself an FM modulator (something which allows you to transmit music/radiowaves to radios OR in English it means that she can play mp3s in her car with a pendrive); and myself, I was out to get a set of speakers for my babe Celeste (yes, I'm a geek who names his beloved possessions).
After walking about Low Yatt for a couple of hours looking into and comparing prices, we eventually got our stuff and then, headed towards Midvalley Megamall to meet with Sue Jern to spend our MPH vouchers which we won last semester during the Colloquium for our Ergonomics project. I just walked around the bookstore staring into books which caught my eye without the slightest intent to buy because I wasn't crazy over buying any books. As it is I have quite a few at home which I hadn't finished reading yet. Besides, I'd already promised my share of the voucher to JoA earlier on.
I wandered around some and then wandered somemore and then a bit more till I noticed I had lost JoA and I didn't see her at all through all of the 4-5 rounds I'd made through the bookstore. Initially I was looking for her to let her know that Sue Jern had finished choosing what she wanted and was waiting for us to get done. JoA's absence didn't really strike me at first since she enjoyed reading a lot, I thought that she'd probably wandered off somewhere I missed. I finally decided to call her because Sue Jern was just standing around and I felt that she was getting a little impatient. JoA didn't pick up. I began to worry right about then. She wasn't in the store and she wasn't picking up and didn't let anyone know where she was. I was worried. I made one more round of the store. Still no JoA. Called her again, she still didn't pick up. Just as I was about to call her again, she popped out from behind a book rack. Relief! She'd been on the phone and I guess she had her call waiting function on which explained why I could still call her. Well, we payed up and Sue Jern had to leave. JoA finished up her phone call and we decided that we would go to Klang again to eat. We did, we went over to Port Klang and went to this old school Chinese tea shop which served Western food (Coolness)! After that, we went to our homes again.
These two days have been really fun as this is probably one of the few times my friends from KL or anywhere else have come down to Klang (what's more twice in two days). Well, I guess this is just lots of fun which I hope will make getting through this semester easier.
After the meal, we took JoA to do what she'd come down for: her guitar. The shop-owner was a friend of Fuzzy's and she was very hospitable and verbose. After JoA had chosen her guitar, we went hunting for JoA's bed-frame. We went around to a few shops till we finally decided that we could look into Courts Mammoth. On reaching the Mammoth, we spotted a furniture shop beside it and decided to compare prices and look for the best deal (what any other logical shopper would do when presented with more than one shop selling the same thing). After walking to both shops twice, JoA chose her bed and got a matress with it. After this, we went for some "sweet soup" ("Tong Sui") called "Aeroplane" ("Be Gi") or also known as Len Chee Kang. Haha, apparrently Fuzzy never had it before either. Well, I'm glad they liked it. After that, we were dropped home and thus ended a short yet fun-filled day.
The night wasn't near as entertaining as the day. Last night we were meant to sign up online for tutorials for our Social Psychology class at 9pm. We (Fuzzy, JoA & Myself) were there waiting at 8.45pm and just waiting for the time to sign up. When the clock struck 9, the expected happenned, the server crashed. There were what, 70+ people logged on and probably another 20-30 trying to get onto the site and it crashed? What a pathetic server. to make things worse, the geniuses up in the department decided to bind the tutorials for Social Psychology and Human Personality classes which made students who were doing only one of the two subjects non-eligible to sign up online and had to do so manually the next day in college. Such stunning efficiency, such sparkling logic... I was so irritated by this. Irritated by their insolence. I cooled off as fast as I'd gotten peeved. Besides, getting all aggro wouldn't make the server come back to life and magically make the tutorial sign up upload through all those 100+ students hacking away at the Refresh button. JoA and I decided that we'd sign up online first anyway, just so that we could reserve our slots in that tutorial. I just lay back and waited it out. Others really didn't take this well and I don't blame them. The server got back up at about 11-ish? That's like, an hour or two after the stated time. Sure the site died on the server but don't you think that if a server can't even support less than 150 users, it should be deleted and spoken bad about for the next decade or two?
Oh well, enough about that. Now, onto today. This morning, I dragged myself out of my bed at 6.25am, 35 minutes after the initial alarm went off. I just HAD to watch 3 episodes of Prison Break before i went to sleep (haha). I got myself ready and then headed out towards The Fuz's place. Sent him a message saying I was on my way. I didn't get a reply. I thought he just didn't feel the need to reply. I reached his house and stood outside and sent him another message telling him that I was at his gate. After waiting for about half an hour, I called him. He didn't pick up. I thought he was in the shower. I gave him 15 minutes and called again. He was asleep. After dragging him out of bed, we set out to the train station. We were headed to Subang today. We were going to rendezvous with JoA and from there we'd go on to college to settle the issue of our tutorials (read about it under Yesterday). We went up and discussed things with Jue Ying, an admin in the CFP (Center for Psychology) who set things right. I helped Stef sign up as well but sadly, Fuzzy couldn't make it into the same tutorial group as JoA, Stef and Me. Bummer. After that had been done, we went over to Lan's Corner to have breakfast (yes this was all done before 9.30am).
The horror, I ordered a cheese thosai (Fuzzy said it was good) which ended up not having a single ounce of cheese in it! The horror!!!! I will never order thosai (with the exception of thosai masala) ever again!
After the not-so-good breakfast, we were off, to Low Yatt Plaza. The Fuz needed to get his router checked, buy DVDs and get some speakers; JoA was out to find herself a pair of earphones, get her modem replaced and on the way, she got herself an FM modulator (something which allows you to transmit music/radiowaves to radios OR in English it means that she can play mp3s in her car with a pendrive); and myself, I was out to get a set of speakers for my babe Celeste (yes, I'm a geek who names his beloved possessions).
After walking about Low Yatt for a couple of hours looking into and comparing prices, we eventually got our stuff and then, headed towards Midvalley Megamall to meet with Sue Jern to spend our MPH vouchers which we won last semester during the Colloquium for our Ergonomics project. I just walked around the bookstore staring into books which caught my eye without the slightest intent to buy because I wasn't crazy over buying any books. As it is I have quite a few at home which I hadn't finished reading yet. Besides, I'd already promised my share of the voucher to JoA earlier on.
I wandered around some and then wandered somemore and then a bit more till I noticed I had lost JoA and I didn't see her at all through all of the 4-5 rounds I'd made through the bookstore. Initially I was looking for her to let her know that Sue Jern had finished choosing what she wanted and was waiting for us to get done. JoA's absence didn't really strike me at first since she enjoyed reading a lot, I thought that she'd probably wandered off somewhere I missed. I finally decided to call her because Sue Jern was just standing around and I felt that she was getting a little impatient. JoA didn't pick up. I began to worry right about then. She wasn't in the store and she wasn't picking up and didn't let anyone know where she was. I was worried. I made one more round of the store. Still no JoA. Called her again, she still didn't pick up. Just as I was about to call her again, she popped out from behind a book rack. Relief! She'd been on the phone and I guess she had her call waiting function on which explained why I could still call her. Well, we payed up and Sue Jern had to leave. JoA finished up her phone call and we decided that we would go to Klang again to eat. We did, we went over to Port Klang and went to this old school Chinese tea shop which served Western food (Coolness)! After that, we went to our homes again.
These two days have been really fun as this is probably one of the few times my friends from KL or anywhere else have come down to Klang (what's more twice in two days). Well, I guess this is just lots of fun which I hope will make getting through this semester easier.
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