Nothing Sank, Just Another Float

It’s the end of the second week of holiday! And as you can see the new header above... I’ve been playing with photoshop recently and that is the result from actually putting an effort in using the software. Ever since I got the software, I’ve been randomly clicking the icons of different tools and tried to modify a picture. Turned out, I was using the wrong tools and the picture was half cropped and half of it turned into a mutant. Since now it’s the semester break, why not now open the lovely book that my brother gave me and read the instructions on how to use the tools. I’m lazy, I know.
Last Friday, I went out with my friends again; this time to Sunway Pyramid for a movie and job hunting for two of my friends. So, the group; a group means 2 or more people interact and doing things together— pfft! I went back to college all of a sudden. Haha! So, Su Wern, Kok Han, Ivan, Weng Loong and I went for the movie. Michelle was supposed to join us but she had to work—sad. The movie, we watched 2012. As everyone knows, the year 2012 is the year where the Mayan calendar stops, 21st December 2012 to be precise. So, the movie is basically about how the catastrophic event would turn out like.

It was worth the ticket money since I never planned to actually watch it. I practically held on to my own hands while watching the movie. To give you a reason why I acted like that, I’m not sure how to explain myself back then.

So after the movie, all of us went for lunch at Kenny Rogers. We sat there for a while before we move on with the job hunting. Ivan and Su Wern were looking for jobs because they are practically rotting at home; so they said. We walked around the mall, saw all these vacancy signs pasted on the window of the shops and one by one, we went in and out with the same answer; full/taken. 
Along the way, we stopped and rested for a while and suddenly, Ivan just walked off—well, he did said ‘Let’s go,’ and stride away without even glancing back at us. The rest of us just sat there and looked at the retreating back, waiting for him to look back, but he never did and when we gave him a call, he was on the top floor. While he was away, 3 people came up to us and interviewed the four of us. They were people from Digi and they asked the four of us what line are we using—well, all of us are using Digi of course... Digi= cheap rate + many people are using the Digi line.

After catching up with Ivan, we head off to Subang Parade to continue on with our search for jobs. Weng Loong decided to go home, so there were only Ivan, Su Wern, Kok Han and I when we reach the final destination of the day. There, both of the job seekers finally got an application form at Toys ‘R’ Us. After applying, we went to Uncle Lim’s and had our tea there. After that, Kok Han gave me a ride home.

On Saturday, I woke up late, and about 5 p.m. in the evening both of my parents, Hariz and I took a long ride down to Johor Bharu. Along the way, we came across an accident. If you read the news today (Sunday, 15 November 2009), the head of a container truck was precociously hanging over the ledge of a bridge. Other than that, the road was smooth and we reached JB around 9 p.m. almost 10 o’clock. I’m currently visiting my grandmother and my relatives, as they were conducting prayers on Saturday and I’m on my home today. Kitties! I’m coming home!

Song of the day - Smooth Criminal, Michael Jackson

Dance, Dance, Dance Not A Moment Longer

A week has passed and another week almost gone, I’m starting to feel a little agitated for not doing anything important like following my to-do list—I have done nothing but sit in front of the computer, facebook, myspace, blogs after blogs, mangafox, youtube, email, anime... you get the picture. Enough of this, let’s get on with the updates.

Last Saturday, my parents, little brother and I went for a movie. The other two brothers weren’t interested with the movie, so big big brother decided to stay home while the other big brother was still in college at that time—his college was actually next to the shopping mall we were heading to. What movie did I watched? This movie tells a story about a tour that was still in the making; about a certain artist that will be remember for his moonwalk and for his beautiful songs. This movie was about how the dancers, the technicians and the artist himself; how they were preparing for a tour in London. This movie was about the tour This Is It, a final curtain call for Michael Jackson, the king of pop.

The movie almost brought me to tears. I grew up listening to his songs. Watching the movie reminded me of the time went I would sit with my two big brothers, in front of the TV, watching his video tapes—such fond memories.

On Sunday, the whole family, besides my second big brother, went for breakfast at Mc’ Donalds. Later that day, we went to One Utama. I’m not sure why but when we got there, the place was packed! Well, it’s normal when there were about 4 events happening at the same time. One of the events was a showcase for architecture design by college students, and what do you know, I saw an old schoolmate of mine. I didn’t bother to call him over since he was hanging out with his friends at that time. So then, we move on to MPH, bought a few cups of ice cream, a Rubics Cube for lil brother, pay the parking ticket and then we cruised along home. Lala-ladida~

When I got home, I had a little headache—probably from lack of oxygen in the mall or maybe the vanilla ice cream that we bought. I swear that ice cream had a peppery taste. So I took a little nap and was rudely awaken by a phone call; it was Ivan... thanks a lot Ivan. I had a blissful slumber and you had to wake me— an outing with the gang on Monday at the Curve? Okay!

So yes, on Monday, Su Wern, Kok Han, Ivan, Weng Loong and I went to the Curve to hang out. It is a wonder why on earth we had to hang out all the way in Curve when there are like other shopping malls nearer and much more familiar to us. Well, let’s the patiently waited story be told.

The plan was to meet up at the Curve around the time before 11 a.m. Kok Han picked me and Su Wern up and we arrived at the parking basement precisely at 10.49 a.m.; note the time we came. So, after a few minutes deciding the location of our parking space; Kok Han didn’t know where to park since the car park was empty, we went up to Ikano and straight to the Curve. There, we walk around; went to Cinaplex and the bowling alley and we did a little window shopping though the place was still closed, we finally decided to stop at the bowling alley and wait for Ivan and Weng Loong. We wait, and waited and waited until it plucked our last nerve. Kok Han then called Weng Loong and Ivan and surprise, surprise... they are still at home; Ivan just woke up. Okay, so they made us wait almost 2 hours and suddenly they came and told us that they were there much earlier than us. Kok Han was playing bowling when they came so Su Wern and I pulled our heads off when Ivan—with that cheesy grin on his face told us that they were early and we were late.

To show that they were early, Ivan pulled out his parking ticket and showed us the time when entered the parking space; 10.44 a.m. Very funny indeed. Our group came 5 minutes later and they say we’re late?! To add things up, they saw Kok Han’s car passing by the mall and they didn’t even bother to call and tell us where to meet up. I mean really, such gentlemen they are. Okay, maybe part of it was our fault for not calling them when we first arrived, but making us waited for almost 2 hours and lied to us? Honestly these jokers...~

So, none is forgiven until Ivan bought us the meatballs he had been craving. The real reason for us going all the way to the Curve + Ikano + Ikea = Swedish Meatballs. Yes, those meaty meatballs that Ivan wanted so so much. In the end, we decided to eat a little at Ikea’s Cafeteria and then we went off to Vivo to eat a full lunch.

It was fun to spend time with friends after a week of not seeing each other. =D

When A Whole Chicken Means A New Experience

Yes! A new experience for me!- it sounds like as if I've gained a new experience in a game.Lol~
I've never cooked a whole chicken before and last Sunday was the first time!

I'm not really sure what's the name for this dish but it was good enough for the first try.

It tasted good, though my big brother said it tasted normal. My little brother complained that because I cooked it the taste was not that nice- It was meant to be a joke. Haha! Parents said it was okay and I didn't get my second brother's opinion. Hmm~

So, what have I done so far? Nothing much really. Just log in and off from msn, facebook and myspace. Watched a couple of anime and movies, and nothing really productive. Funny, I have a list of things to do and yet I'm stuck doing all things from the not-so-important part of my list. Haha!

Song of the day - Honesty by Matsushita Yuya

Chibi We Will Miss.

Chibi. He walked like a gangster, has a small body but a tough cat. He was very attached to the family though at times, he preferred to be alone. He roamed the back alley with his stray siblings, but always comes straight home when he hears Fwen meowed for him. A caring brother and a playmate to Fwen, always huddle up together whenever its bedtime in the cage- they were so close. Now Chibi is no where to be found. 

You see, Chibi's pelts looked like Chico's. Their name even have the same meaning in English. 

It is possible that someone held a grudge against Chico-he was a troublemaker around my housing area- is that the reason Chico went missing? After taking him far away, they might have thought Chico came back when they saw Chibi, and decided to take him away from home too. 

Why was this happening? Though it has been months, it still hurts to realised that these cats;Chibi and Chico, aren't around any more. I hate to think that they're gone, if they just passed on in front of our eyes, we won't have this fear that they might be somewhere else, homeless, sick and alone. They have a collar around their necks! Its obvious these cats belonged to someone. 

I want to blame someone for their absences in my home, but there's no one to blame, and there's no use to blame anyone. 

Even though they are just pets, they're still part of the family. It has been seen on the media, how heartbroken people felt when they lost their pets. We are heartbroken, I'm heartbroken, but I'm still hoping for their return. If not here and now on this world, maybe some place else. 

Chibi and Chico, we love you and miss you dearly.

Let's Continue On From Here and Hope It Sticks

Time flies when you’re having fun. Though the short semester nearly suffocated us with assignments, tests and final exams, but that does not mean that we did not have fun. Throughout the whole short semester, there was not a single day that we never smile, laugh, or make one liner jokes.

Now it’s the long awaited holiday—2 months of holiday- Happy Holidays INTI students especially to the Semester 2 DMCrians!

Now, let’s talk about updates. I’ve been neglecting this blog of mine throughout the whole semester; except for a particular post... referring to the cookie post

How was Raya? It was full of... well, food, family and friends. And not forgetting the money. Haha! My family and I travelled down to Johor to celebrate the first day of Raya with my dad’s side of the family. I met up with my cousins who studies abroad; Japan and New Zealand. Not forgetting another cousin who suddenly appeared, looking so different from the last time I saw her. We visited some relatives, went to my grandfather’s grave and had a big dinner at Pizza Hut and lunch at my auntie’s house. On my mum’s side of the family, we actually went to my grandma’s house a day before we left for Johor, and then after that, we went for another visit. I also had Mak Cik’s famous Mee Curry! Sadly, I only ate a little because I ate something else before the Mee.

Open houses! Well, I didn’t get any invitation to any open house—sad. But, I managed to have one for my college friends. Right after class, I went home—strictly told my friends not to come before 2.45pm but then again, Kok Han, Su Wern, Cecilia, Weng Loong and Janice came before 2pm. Oh well, they had their fair share of the food early and more time relaxing. A week before my open house, Kok Han, Su Wern, Ivan and Weng Loong came over, and Kok Han was addicted to the Triple Choco Cookies that I made. He finished a whole jar and almost emptied the second one. During the open house, he tried to resist the cookies, but gave it for a while before consuming the food on the table.; Rendang, Nasi Impit, Lontong, Satay, Kuah Kacang and Spaghetti were the dishes on the table that day, and people love the spaghetti. Haha!

How were the days in college? They were interesting I have to say. Though at times, I felt that I want to skip class due to lack of sleep—been kept awake by assignment- but, there are things that made me get up and go for those 3 classes.

How was Media Issues and Content assignment? It nearly killed me. The subject made us read journals, analyse the journals, watch movie, analyse the movie, read more journals regarding the topic you chose for your report; I chose Stereotyping in media, and made you do a presentation in front of the whole class. Other than that, during the Raya break, my group—Su Wern, Ivan and Janice- were made to analyse a certain topic for our group assignment. It was a little troublesome because, I was unavailable for a few days due to Raya celebration. Anyhow, we managed to finish it on time. My presentation was okay. People say it was interesting. I did a research on how veiled women were portrayed in media, and I made some interesting discovery myself. Su Wern’s topic was really interesting too. She did a research on how gays in Japan were portrayed in Media and almost half the class made a research on violence in games. Lol!

How was Communication Law and Ethics? I myself hate talking about law, but Miss Cheryl made us talk about different kind of laws and cases in class and guess what, I found talking about it were really interesting. Haha! The assignments she gave us weren’t so difficult; weekly analysis about the classes in a week and relate a music video or a cartoon strip with Malaysia. See, not that difficult. The TEST was a killer! I didn’t score for it, but I passed. Heh.

Did Social Psychology turned you into a psycho? It nearly turned me into a psycho, plus the rest of the class. Last time I wrote that she always wear a poker face whenever she cracks a joke, well, she still does wear it but after a while, she has loosened up a little and laughed along with us. We are jokers, but we know how to be serious. Psychology is interesting, and I love learning about it, but trying to remember every single term that we learned for chapter 1 until chapter 13 almost made my mind numb. The individual assignment made me drank a large quantity of Nescafe 3 in 1 and who cares about that when I’m a coffee lover plus I aced the assignment. Haha!

I love the group assignment! Though we spent most of our time going around Subang, KL, and Damansara, everything was worth every single drop of fuel of Ivan and Weng Loong’s car. The project was; do people help when other people approached them in different attitudes? Kok Han, Su Wern, Ivan, Weng Loong and I went around asking for directions with different attitude. First we asked people politely. Then, on another day, we asked people rudely. This part made me suffer from cognitive dissonance because it was out of my norm to treat people that way. Lol, there goes a psychology term. Continue on, we asked Yika Yiku to asked people for direction by flirting with them. Trust me it works, but then again, it was too much for the rest of us. Haha!

How were the finals? I did well. Enough said.

Any other events or incident that happened during the time this blog was neglected? Most definitely, Nadriel and I went to Asaban Festival at Taylor’s College University to check out some stuff. Asaban Fest is basically a combination of modern culture and traditional culture of Japan. There were cosplayers too! There, I saw Tamaki-senpai from Ouran High School Host Club, Suzumiya Haruhi and Kyon from Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi, Naruto, Gundum character, Vampire Knight character; Cross Yuuki’s best friend, and some other characters that I don’t know of. It was fun spending time with Nadriel after a long long time, and we pretty spent our time walking around the small hall, looking at posters, cards, drawings, food... and realised that there’s these two guys who pretty much sparked the interest out of us both. Haha! One of them turned out to be Su Wern’s friend and the other was is an unknown person who sits behind a table and spent most of his time doodling something. I bought myself to postcards, a wind bell and a plate of sushi and Iced Lemon Tea. There was a Small Bon Odori happened at night at Taylors on the same day but I didn’t go, Nadriel did though.

So, what else? I had to miss one of my cousin’s wedding because there was a deadline for an assignment and there was an upcoming test. Other than that, I think that’s it.

There you go, the updates for the whole short semester period. Later, I'll update on the current things I've done and hopefully, I will find something interesting to write about.