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Help needed!

2006-07-31T21:52:00.000+08:00

Need help in a survey for my term paper in Moral and Ethics on cohabitation/living together! Please help me by simply choosing the choice you prefer... http://asianfanatics.net/forum/Help_needed_Which_do_you_think_it_s_better_Cohabitation_or_Marriage-talk284054.html

Thanks a million in advance!!!! :D

Love is all we need...

2006-07-28T01:28:00.000+08:00

I posted a new blog song, Love Is All We Need - Celine Dion... To me, this is quite a meaningful song saying most people don't appreciate or care about others... which is VERY
true... Few weeks ago, my Moral and Ethics lecturer - Mr. Jason asked us to write about "My Philosophy of Life"... I thought very hard on what to write. In the end, I came up with this... It's a bit long (you know I'm talkative), with some quotes... :D

Love.

That is my philosophy of life… To me, everything in life revolves around love. It is just a matter of what the love is. Whether it’s a love for money, power, status, a certain thing, a certain achievement, a certain person even love for oneself, everything is interconnected with love. Some people claim that they don’t believe in love, they claim that they hated everything and everything hated them, but as people say, hate is the opposite of love, the existence of hate came from the existence of love.

“If you have love in your life it can make up for a great many things you lack. If you don't have it, no matter what else there is, it's not enough.” – Ann Landers.

If the world is without love, then all that lived would lived without any purpose. Therefore, I live for love, live to love and wish to live with love.

Love is patient, love is kind.
It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
It is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails.
I Corinthians 13:4-8

I wish to love everybody equally albeit differently. I hope to achieve a certain point where I don’t judge people on their race, nationality, status, power or looks. I want to learn from mistakes - both mines and others. I want to learn how not to judge a person for their mistakes, as everyone is prone to mistakes every once in a while. I want to learn how to be patient with others, and also how to be more selfless. I want to learn how to appreciate a person more and to understand why they turn out to be themselves. I believe that even the worst criminals have love within them - even if it’s for the wrong things, and deserved to be loved.

Infantile love follows the principle: "I love because I am loved."
Mature love follows the principle: "I am loved because I love."
Immature love says: "I love you because I need you."
Mature love says: "I need you because I love you." – Erich Fromm

Aside from loving others, I feel that it is also important to love ourselves. My definition of
loving myself is that I want to live each moment to the fullest. I never result in worry as I
feel it’s a waste of energy and time.

“There is no use worrying about things over which you have no control, and if you have control, you can do something about them instead of worrying.” – Stanley C. Allyn

“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” Matthew 6:34

Instead of worrying, moaning and grumbling, I find it much better to rejoice… No doubt there’ll be times where we will encounter things we find hard to rejoice in. I myself had met with situations where I did not understand how it is possible to rejoice. However, I realized it worked out for the better. Nevertheless, I believe that God is an Almighty God, therefore, everything is under His control. If it happened, it happen for a reason, and never a bad one.

“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

“4 Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice! 6-8 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.” Philippians 4:4,6-8

All in all, I would like to conclude once again that love is my philosophy of life.

“Therefore, I live for love, live to love and wish to live with love.” - Melody Ch’ng.

Battle of the schools!

2006-07-27T12:16:00.000+08:00

College life started a month ago.... so let's make some comparisons, shall we? Let the battle between PSDC and PCGHS begin!

Round 1 - Enviroment:
PCGHS - fans in classrooms, wooden/plastic chairs, no elevators or anything...
PSDC - air-con everywhere (except smoking area), waaaay more comfortable cushion chairs and elevators that has a sweet female voice going "going up! door closing! 2nd floor!"
Round 1: PSDC, the elevators are really interesting

Round 2 - Distance:-
PCGHS - 30mins - 45mins (depending on traffic - mostly busy) from my house.
PSDC - 5mins - 10mins (not much traffic) from my house.
Round 2: PSDC

Round 3 - Lessons length:-
PCGHS - about 5 hours and a half per day - if EST is included then an extra 2 hours per week, 5 days per week (not including co-corricular act.)
PSDC - 4 days per week (NO co-corricular act.), 23 hours and a half per week (6 hours less)...
Round 3: PSDC

Round 4 - Break length:-
PCGHS - 20 mins recess...
PSDC - Monday - 1 hour and a half, Tuesday - 2 hours, Wednesday - 1 hour and a half, Thursday - 15 mins.
Round 4 - PSDC (hands down!)

Round 5 - Subjects studied:-
PCGHS - 11 subjects... (for form 4 & 5, that is..)
PSDC - 5 subjects... (for this semester)
Round 5 - definately PSDC

Round 6 - Exams, projects, assignments, tests... etc
PCGHS - 2 Exams, 2 tests, lots of homework (mostly finish in school), a couple of projects...
PSDC - 2 Exams, several tests, endless quizes (graded & non-graded), not much homework, a couple of projects... (almost every week there's 2 quizes/exams/tests...)
Round 6 - PCGHS!!! (ya, i prefer more homework than tests, thank you very much!)

Round 7 - Staff & Teachers/ Lecturers...
PCGHS - Staff..... haiz.... need we say more? Teachers, some are great, some are good, some are well.... you know...
PSDC - Staff... so far so good... Lecturers, generally good... :)
Round 7 - Staff - PSDC, Teachers/Lecturers - Tie...

Round 8 - Rules and Regulations...
PCGHS - I wondered how I survived... not long yet not too short hair, short nails, clip your pinafore (even if you can barely fit in), clip that 'pas keluar' (out-of class pass that looks like you're in prison), MUST not order food if there's 5 mins left in recess (even though you are certain you can finish it in like 30 seconds and dying of hunger), eating with the canteen warden muttering in your ear - please eat faster and go back to class..., line-up no matter where you go, no handphone, no iPod, not even thumbdrives (unless you give a VERY good reason why or apply to the discipline section), must arrive in class before bell rings or before the prefect leaves (whichever first) to mark your attendance if not you're late, 3 times you're late, detention!
PSDC - I'm practically at home... hair any-length, any-colour! no need any pass... no canteen wardens.. no need to line up as long as you show up in time... handphone, iPod everything is allowed! Arrive in time or rather within 15 mins after class starts, after 15 mins you're late, after 30 mins you're absent.
Round 8 - PSDC, of course! At least I don't feel like a convict.

Round 9 - Uniform
PCGHS - clipped light blue pinafore with white (specifically female) shirt, white socks (not too long, not too short), white perfectly tied shoes with equally white shoelaces (specifically more than 6 holes), your student ID and the school logo sewn on the upper left hand corner (not too high not too low), your form's ribbon (to state whether which form you are in) with colours that don't match the whole thing at all...
PSDC - any clothes that are not sleveless or too revealing with long pants or not too short skirts with your student ID badge.
Round 9 - PSDC, at least I don't look like a duplicate or horrified with nightmares where everyone looks alike.

Round 10 - Notes/Textbooks/cards....
PCGHS - lots of textbooks, exercise books, green card, white card, yellow card (ring a bell anyone?).
PSDC - Bring your notes, some papers, only 1 textbook.
Round 10 - PSDC

Round 11 - Accuracy of notes, textbooks etc
PCGHS - mostly correct, either that or you are the one who copied wrongly.
PSDC - most of the slides (which are from MMU) have grammar/spelling mistakes... The english textbook (also from MMU) has like 2 errors per page!
Round 11 - PCGHS (although it's more of MMU's fault rather than PSDC)

Round 12 - Food...
PCGHS - hawker delights... Hokkien Mee (Prawn Mee), Nasi Lemak, Fried Kuay Teow, Economy Rice and different varieties of drinks. Usually spend between RM2 til RM4, and you'll get a decent meal.
PSDC - fried rice, chicken rice, waffle, with only 1 hawker dish that sells faster than hot pancakes... Budget: RM3 - RM4.50 (not including drinks, even though skyjuice is free)
Round 12 - PCGHS!!! I miss the Fried Kuay Teow a lot!!!!!

Round 13 - Exercise...
PCGHS - from a class to another is soooo far as there's 3 blocks, 3-5 floors per block... plus if you're in a hurry, pure joy! You are also forced to do sit-ups/ pumping/ running/ jumping/ sports/ marching etc in P.E., house practice and co-corricular act.
PSDC - no jumping, running or sports in any sorts. No exercise needed at all, since there's an elevator and the blocks are quite near to each other.
Round 13 - PCGHS!!! We NEED exercise, I forgot how to sweat!

Round 14 - Class Length...
PCGHS - 35 mins (I think) per class or max. 1 hour during lab session.
PSDC - 3 hours lecture, 1 hour and a half for tutorial...
Round 14 - PCGHS! 3 hours is too long for 1 subject.

End result... PCGHS - 5, PSDC - 9. 1 tie. But to be fair, I don't follow a lot of rules in PCGHS and it's not like I finish many of my homework so actually it should be PCGHS - 7, PSDC - 7, 1 tie. SO.... in conclusion, the comparison doesn't make much a difference as both are quite good although it's in diffent aspects... ;P

Gotta go to PSDC now... Ms. Annie's class starting in 25mins.... BYE!

Hugs, muaks and looooots of kisses,
$t@rRy_Br!gHt

World Cup, anyone?

2006-07-10T16:18:00.000+08:00

Yea... apparently I got hooked too.... I was actually rooting for Brazil before the World Cup... until I watch Brazil vs Ghana match... no doubt they won (3-0) but they did so badly compared to before, so I sorta gave up on them... -.-" Later, I watch Germany vs Argentina match, started to support them... (Germany won... 1-1, pen. 4-2) Then I watch France vs Portugal, support France of course, especially because Zinedine Zidane (Zizou) was there... They won too... 1-0 (Zid scored penalty).

This morning (2am) Zid scored penalty again in early 7 mins. Later Italy head in a goal... Zid almost head in another one until it was saved by the goalie of course... -.-" Then Zid hurt his shoulder, they went in for extra time... about 15-20 mins after, I couldn't believe what Zid did....

That's right he 'head' that giant of a man (compared to him, that is...) Is it just me, or that don't happen often? His strength must have been big to cause him to fall like that... Of course, in the replay, they show that Zid was been bugged by him kept blocking his way and stuff... Then Zid just lost his cool.... Of course he then got a red card (d-uh!) I was at the mamak stall watching this with my father... Almost everyone cheered (yep, including my dad) when Zid saw red... Can't stop thinking about the same thing happen to Rooney...

Later, the whole match practically slowed down (in my opinion, both Italy and France)... then they went to penalty... (warning! not suitable for the weak-hearted... -.-") I sorta predicted France will lose... no offence to Barthez here, but he's nothing compared to Italy's goalie.. also France's strikers were either benching or well, Zid.. Italy won, of course... 5-3 pen.

I'm still shocked over what Zid did... To me, he always looked calm, cool... modest is most ways... but how can he lose his cool like that??? I suddenly thought of a cantonese saying.... "Fat doh yau foh..." (Even a nice person can get mad) Oh well, for now... hopefully the France team will cheer up.... after all, they did do a great job...

Wonder how's Paris now? Eiffel Tower still lighting up?

Cheers.
Mel.

Busy... busy... busy...

2006-06-02T19:51:00.000+08:00

I am now currently busy with the coming JF 8th Anniversary... For those who don't know JF stands for Joshua Fellowship, the youth group in my church. Our Anniversary will be held on the 8th of July, 2006 (08.07.06). So now, we are all rushing to add the finishing touches. ;P

Also... I am accepted to the Diploma in Information Technology (DIT) course in Penang Skills Development Centre (PSDC). The orientation will be held in Mid-June where I will get my schedule... Here's hoping I'll still have time to go online after my course starts.

BTW, I am going to the CLCN Camp in Port Dickson from Monday til Thrusday... sooo.... won't be updating til then, but I'll sure have lots of interesting stories to tell... I was told that about 1000 campers will be there... (whoa...) This is gonna be a camp I'll never forget! lol

Just took a quiz... (even though I don't understand 50% of the questions... -.-") Here's the results...

Romanticist

81%

Fundamentalist

69%

Cultural Creative

63%

Idealist

44%

Modernist

38%

Materialist

38%

Existentialist

38%

Postmodernist

31%

What is Your World View? (updated)
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I'll be there for you... cause you're there for me too!

2006-05-09T14:17:00.000+08:00

So, for now, I'm free as a bird. I'm not working, not studying. Basically just watching television and playing online games! ;P I just finish watching 10 seasons of F.R.I.E.N.D.S. In case you don't know, my brother, sister and myself are all fans of FRIENDS. My brother bought the complete 10 seasons of FRIENDS dvd and pass it to me when he came back last month. The last dvd includes some special features like Behind-the-scenes, Friends of F.R.I.E.N.D.S., Gag Reels, FRIENDS around the world.

The Behind-the-scenes is really cool. Every episode is suppose to be exactly 22 minutes. But their work is like several weeks of hard work for every episode. They start off by coming out with draft then the writers (15 of them!) add some stuff, give some ideas etc. Then the art department sets the setting (the apartments, Centrel Perk etc). Then the lighting gets ready. They let the actors played it once, while they make sure whether or not it sounds as funny as it is in their head. If not, they are going to rewrite it. Meanwhile, there will be 4 cameras in each scene. They played it in front of 300+ audiences, make sure they will find it funny. If not, they rewrite the joke on that spot. The actors will straight away try it out. After that, they'll send the films to edit. Think on which angle they prefer from what the 4 cameras took. If the audiences' response is too big, they'll have to cut it down. They'll also add in the foley, which is 2 people doing the sound effects for FRIENDS. (cause some effects can't be heard clearly) Then they add in the music editing. Then only they publish it. THAT'S one crazy ride. -.-" I never knew there's sooo much work. I mean, I know there's some work, but OMG! Imagine doing the sequence for like 240 times! :o Even the tiny details, they never left out. Like the set-up guy says that they change the stuff in the counter (in Centrel Perk) every 3-4 episodes, cause there's no coffeeshop that stays stagnent. I mean, that's the kind of specific things lots of audience will left out, but still they did it anyway!

The friends of FRIENDS includes a short interview for some actors who've been on FRIENDS before. The one I really like is Janice and Estelle. Janice is the character of Chandler's on-and-off unbelievably annoying girlfriend. The actress - Maggie Wheeler, however, is very different. (the voice, especially) Apparently originally she didn't have that infamous 'OMG' or annoying laugh, but the 1st scene she did with chandler, she just have to laugh, so therefore she let out this infamous laugh. lol She seemed to really enjoy the fact that she can bring surprises to the series. Like there's one scene where she spent the night with Ross, no one ever expected that, when she turned up, the audience went on for like 5 minutes. lol For Estelle, she's another fun character I really enjoyed. She's Joey's agent, she's a little crazy, can't stop smoking and man, I love that voice! lol Like Maggie, June Gable who plays Estelle, sounds nothing like her character. She said when she came in for the audition, she came as herself, practically bored them. They told her to get out and come out with something outrageous. And well, she came back with a wig, lots of make-up and a bunch of cigarettes.

As for FRIENDS around the world, it shows you that in Japan, Sweden and Germany, there's actors that dubbed FRIENDS. It's soooo hilarious watching it in different language. I think it's more tough for them, cause the joke in english most probably won't make sense in other language. So they have to change it but not too much, to let it make sense to their audience. Plus it's a challenge for them for do the exact enthusiasm and perfect timing.

My favourite part of the Special Features is Gag Reels. Gag Reels is like in HK, they call it NG (No Good). In FRIENDS, it's even more trickier for the actors, cause there's 300+ people watching them, laughing at their jokes while they are trying to keep a straight face. So basically, I can categorize them into 4 categories. 1st one is the one where they babbles, the type where you just can't get the line to work out. 2nd one is the one where they can't stop laughing. 3rd one is the one where they forget their lines, it's funny to watch them continue to act when they say:'' what's my line?" It really cracks me up. 4th one is for the rest, like there's one part where Jennifer Aniston and Courtney Cox are already acting half-way, then the director guys say:'' and..... Action!" and then Jennifer goes:'' I'm sorry, I thought we were already acting'' lol Unlike movies though (where they usually give you 5 minutes of Gag Reels), FRIENDS give you 31 minutes! Nice, huh?

hugs, muaks and looooooots of *stars*,
$t@rRy_Br!gHt

What you've been waiting for....

2006-03-13T19:24:00.000+08:00

Haylo… me again! (d-uh!) Ya, I promised you people a blog entry 2 months ago (just as I promised a lot of other stuff)… Regret believing in me, don’t you! HA! -.-“ (getting nutty these days….)

Anyways… Here’s my long awaited SPM results… (for those who don’t know what I’m talking about, please refer to my previous entries). I just got my results today, and I’ll let you compare it with my forecast.

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Subject: Malay
Forecast: 48
SPM: 6C

Subject: English
Forecast: 71
SPM: 1A
1119: 3B

Subject: Moral Education
Forecast: 58
SPM: 3B

Subject: History
Forecast: 17
SPM: 6C

Subject: Mathematics
Forecast: 50
SPM: 2A

Subject: Science
Forecast: 53
SPM: 2A

Subject: Additional Mathematics
Forecast: 16
SPM: 7D

Subject: Basic Economics
Forecast: 60
SPM: 2A

Subject: Information Technology
Forecast: 73
SPM: 2A

Subject: Chinese
Forecast: 63
SPM: 3B

Subject: English for Science and Technology
Forecast: 85
SPM: 3B

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Interesting, eh? See the HUGE difference between forecast and SPM???? See the HUGE difference between my SCHOOL’s standards and the GOVERNMENT’s standards???? So I’d say to my juniors:” don’t bother trusting our school standards, cause they’re too nuts…” -.-“

You know what I’ve been thinking earlier before today? I was hardly worried (no, I’m not proud or whatever)… Cause I have a habit which I did everytime before I get my results. I’ll think of what I think I WILL get according to how hard I think my test papers are. Then I think of what’s the WORST, like lower a grade from the ones I thought of earlier… I’ll also think of what I HOPE I’ll get… (trying to make it realistic, so I won’t get too bummed out if I don’t) Of course, sometimes I’ll think of results that I think I’ll NEVER get (for better or worse), but just in case, I’ll be prepared for it. Seems to you I’m thinking too much, is it? Ya, I know. But seriously, it helps me to be calm regardless of what result I will get…

Example: Yesterday I freaked out thinking what happen if I don’t get A for English (cause I did REALLY bad at my essay if you would recall in my earlier post ‘Broke my promise…’), so when I didn’t get A for EST today, I was comparatively calm. How I react was kept on asking why (cause I can’t think of a reason why my EST is worse than my English) instead of how I would react IF I’m not prepared like freaking out, kept on jumping like a crazy kangaroo who had too many drinks or possibly shouting in different languages.

Anyway, yesterday I realized something… I never saw my own results before anyone tell me. Seriously, so I never experienced the anxiety or what nots. Cause in UPSR (Primary gov. exam), my teacher think that if ALL the students crowd at the results, there’s gonna be some major accidents. So ended up she telling us our results, I remembering jumping up and shouted hooray when I heard that I got 5 As. Then in PMR (lower Secondary gov. exam), before I saw my results, my godsister, Winter, called me and told me my results, which was similar to hers. I responded in a rather calm way even though my results is what people considered bad cause I’m too busy comforting her to ‘mourn’ over my own result. So now, my friend who was 3 years younger than me, SMS me I know your result already, I have to SMS her back:’’ I wanna see my own result’’ When I reach the school hall, my ‘ex-grandma’ rojak came to me, saying:’’ Melody, you got a lot of…’’ Before she finishes her sentence, I have to cut her off by saying:’’ Don’t say my result, I wanna see it myself.’’ So, finally, this time was the only time I got to see my result before somebody blurted it out, turns out I reacted very calm.

I counted the As first, because of Rojak’s claim. The first thing I realized is 5 As (bit disappointed to be honest, cause a tiny part of me thought I might get 6 As). Then came the 1st shock, I saw the 2nd last subject on the result slip – EST 3B! Then I thought if that’s so, then which subject did I get an A for? I check – English (duh! And Thank God), Maths (if not, I’m not Chinese and my dad WILL kill me), Econs (if not, I WILL kill myself), IT (sorta happy and expected) then…. 1119 English? Nope, that I got 3B. Science – 2A…. SCIENCE??????? Allow me to quote what I was writing in my blog entry – ‘Broke my promise........’.

- I must admit I didn't read science AT ALL [I felt so sorry to my teacher for
letting her down now.... :(] cause I'm too busy memorizing my Moral notes....
That's because I think I have better chance in surviving my science paper than
my moral paper without reading... -.-" …………. Anyway, the science paper is not so
bad either, but I'm sure I won't get an A (d-uh! I didn't read, remember?)
However, a B4 is enough to make me smiling for weeks (crossing my fingers now!)

Then I realized something I was worried about – my Malay... Cause in Malaysia, if you DON’T have a CREDIT in Malay, it’s like failing ALL your OTHER papers. Back then, I thought it’s hard to pass let less to say get a credit, but turns out, everything’s possible with God! I got 6C (which means I ALMOST miss the credit). Then I checked my other results – Moral 3B, then I remembered I just memorized half of the moral values not even all of it a day before the exam (also that I didn’t studied Science because of Moral – so means 1 stone kill 2 birds!). History – 6C, to me, that’s great, cause I’m ALWAYS lousy at History… then Add Math – 7D. The only D… I’m still happy that I passed – proves that what my teacher said that if you get 10+ in school exam you passed is true. Plus I was worried before that E would look bad, at least D looks better… -.-“ Although my mom and dad still can’t get over the fact that the whole family got 1A for Add Math but I have 7D… -.-“ Chinese – 3B, very good, I’d say. Cause my friends told me the standards of Chinese is much harder than other subjects, and my Chinese is so lousy that people wondered if I study Chinese at all…. They kept calling me ‘Banana’ (foreigner).

That’s all for the SPM Result Report, I got to go before I’m late for my celebration dinner with my family. Ciao!

Hugs, muaks and looooooooots of *stars*,
$t@rRy_Br!gHt

Of lots of stuff....

2006-01-13T23:25:00.000+08:00

Yeah, I know... haven't been updating for like a month now... Sorry... gomenasai... Maaf... 对不起... dui nm ju.. etc... Blame it to my lazy nature... So now I'm gonna give you a whole month's update! So be prepared that it's gonna be a looooooooooooooooooooooooong blog!! But then again, to prevent you from being bored, I'll seperate it into different parts! See how considerate I am??? (more like lazy, that's what!) ;P

- Of Tasks and Events -

Ok, let's see... In this month which task did i accomplish??
1. Watched Cronicles of Narnia with my family... :D (Tilda/White Witch is so cool.. ;P)
2. Abandoned Aeon Flux after I saw the review: Aeon SUX... -.-''
3. Went to BBQ at YX's house... :D
4. Steamboat still not confirmed, cause Jia Soong is in National Service now... :(
5. Went out to Secret Recipe with my ex-teacher and Riceball Family.. :D
6. BBQ at May Yee's house - cancelled, I think... :(
7. Watch movies with season sisters - still not confirm
8. MY BIRTHDAY!!! with my family... :D
9. Christmas celebration celebrated twice... at Rifle Range/23rd Dec... at CCOP (my church)/24th Dec... :D
10. visit to Seong Leng's house - not confirmed
11. visit my uncle and cousin in Sarawak - no time so cancelled
12. Spring cleaning... well..... I started... but don't plan to finish, at least not when I don't have 'form'... -.-"
13. Training to be Kindergarten helper... principal's not there + been having flu so can't attend
14. As of 3rd Jan 2006, I'm officially a Kindergarten helper!! :D
15. Memoirs of a Geisha is not in the cinemas yet....
16. CNY is not here either...

- Of books -

As for the tasks in my To-do list, I haven't started aside from finishing a book and buying 3 more... -.-" I brought The Cronicles of Narnia (Full Version) by C.S.Lewis, it's a bit long (d-uh! It's actually a 7-in-1 book, so I doubt I'll finish it soon or rather find the time and energy to read it). I also brought Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (yeah, the movie's from the novel for those who don't know that already), I finished reading that already! :D Oh my gosh! It's 502 pages long plus the font is like this small, I think I just broke my record.. -.-" I brought Origins of Chinese Culture. It's like a comic and some narration to explain the facts, I have a dozen of these kind of comics! :D I also brought The Nannies by Melody Mayer today, no! I did not buy it because the author shared the same name with me! >P (Although that is what caught my attention at first.... -.-")

- Of Movies and Series -

Oh and I've also watched quite some series, Legendary Fok (from 1980s - Michelle's series), Reaching Out (also Michelle's series, it has 50 episodes, so I basically just seen Michelle's parts), Rainbow Connection (Michelle again! ;P), Miu Chui Fa/ Lady Flower Fist (hilarious series by Esther Kwan and Kong Wah), Healing Hands 3 (Melissa's series - 40 eps). I still have:

1. My Family 甜孙爷爷 (20 episodes, just watched 1 episode and stopped)

2. War of the in-Laws 我的野蛮奶奶 (20 eps, watched 11 eps and stopped after TVB Anniversary got me so angry at Liza Wang and Myolie Wu, read my previous blog - I HATE TVB to know why...

3. The Prince's Shadow 御用贤人 (20 eps, watched 4 eps I think, stopped cause lazy... -.-")

4. Revolving Doors of Vengence 酒店风云 (30 eps, haven't started... cause want to finish others first)

5. A Taste of Love 美味情缘 (25 eps, watching ep7 now, ya, i know it's n-years back)

6. Duke of Mount Deer 2000 小宝与康熙 (24 eps, haven't started... watch later bit lazy)

7. The Gateau Affair 情迷黑森林 (20 eps, haven't started... because of Myolie )

8. The 10 Brothers 十兄弟 (20 eps, haven't started... not with me)

9. The Beautiful Duckling 后天美女 (20 eps, stuck at ep5, cause Taiwan movie.. so bored... with their lousy acting and silly plot... -.-")

There's still plenty more series, but i'll just stop here first. So after calculating i have about 170+ eps to watch.... nice... -.-"

As for the movies, I'm now waiting for:

1. Memoirs of a Geisha (Michelle's in it), but I have a feeling I'll be dissapointed from the negative reviews.... BUT there's still no doubt I'll love seeing Mameha (Michelle's character)! ;P

2. Fearless (Michelle WAS in it!) What do i mean by WAS? well, she was in it (guest-starred), but according to MYWT, the director think it's too long so edited the movie by cutting out some scenes including Michelle's!!! grr.... So now that Michelle WAS and not IS in it, I WAS looking forward but no longer IS!!!! >(

3. The 3rd Generation (no, Michelle's not in it) You might be thinking What's that! Well, it's a Malaysian production (not very appealing, huh?) It's in Chinese (not appealing either, eh?) Set in olden days (you're thinking do i even have a point, huh?) It has Amber Chia.. (AH! I see where you're going!) If you're thinking:" Ain't she a model and NOT an actress?" Yup! But now she's officially model-cum-actress! Aaaahh...... but actually I'm curious nia la.. most probably won't watch it in the cinema... cuz not worth it, unless it got GREAT reviews...

To be continued....

Hugs, muaks and looooooots of *stars*,
$t@rRy_Br!gHt

Busy busy busy.......................

2005-12-01T16:02:00.000+08:00

Ending my government exam tomorrow, you must be thinking I'll be soooooooooo free that I'll be bored, right????? WRONG!!! I never had sooooooo many plans in my life!! ;P

Tomorrow I'll be finishing my exam at 10.50am, then I'll be going KARAOKE!!!!!!!!!! ;D For the FIRST time!!! ;D hahaha.... it's a miracle my parents allowed (well, d-uh! I wasted my 5 litres of saliva... -.-") Then I'll head back home probably get a nap. 7.30pm, I'll head on to church to practise Praise & Worship for night's special meeting - High Praise. Then attend High Praise.

Saturday, I'll go to church from morning til night, plus my sis is coming back to Penang. Morning til afternoon is to discuss with my fellow teachers on our lessons in CVC (Children Vacation Camp). Night is to attend High Praise again.

Sunday, my grandma will be coming to Penang as well and I'll be attending church as usual, then I'll head on to learn some cooking from my cousin and KKC5 (5th Aunt). Nightime will be with my family having our weekly family dinner together.

Monday, I'll be busy WHOLE DAY practising drama and songs for CVC. Tuesday, I'll be going back to school to take my testimonials and other stuff. Wednesday til Friday will be CVC which I'll stay in church from early morning til evening. Saturday, I'll be going back to my primary school where I meet back my 'old' friends (which I doubt they even heard that event at all in the first place). Sunday as usual, church and dinner.

The other events will be:
- Watch The Cronicles of Narnia with ??? (date yet to be confirm)
- Watch Aeon Flux with ?? (date yet to be confirm)
- BBQ at Yong Xuan's house 15th of Dec with Riceball Family
- steamboat with Seong Leng n Jia Soong - my form1 friends (date yet to be confirm)
- my birthday celebration with Riceball Family n my ex-teacher (date yet to be confirm)
- BBQ at May Yee's house with my seasons sisters and other friends (date yet to be confirm)
- watch movies with my seasons sisters (date yet to be confirm)
- MY BIRTHDAY 20th of Dec (dunno with who... my family? JF (church youth)? Riceball Family? Seasons????)
- christmas celebration in church 24th of Dec with whoever that's going to my church! ;P
- visit to Seong Leng's house (date yet to be confirm)
- visit my uncle and cousins in Sarawak with my grandma (supposedly 1 week in Dec, but I doubt I have the time)
- Spring cleaning to dump all the revision books and textbook with?? myself la! (date = whenever I have the time, energy and form... -.-")
- Training to be Kindergarten helper (no kidding) in church [end of Dec]
- Starting from Jan til ???, I'll be a kindergarten helper
- Watch Memoirs of a Geisha with ?? on Jan 19 (but then again it's a thursday, so maybe 21st Jan)
- Celebrate Chinese New Year with family I guess (date = when's CNY????)

To Do List:
- finish the 2 books I've bought earlier and the 2 books I bought today. (yes, I buy another 2 books today)
- finish reading other people's fanfic.
- finish my fanfic!
- post my fanfic before having second thoughts!
- tidy my CD-ROMs, CDs, VCDs, DVDs, Drama Series............. etc
- tidy the CD-ROMs, CDs, VCDs, DVDs, Drama Series that are NOT mine, but is all over the place that it bugs me!
- tidy up my photos into a huge self-adhensive album
- tidy up the folders in my pc and make another hardcopy as backup
- continue my drum lessons!
- learn guitar??? (after digging out my father's guitar and a person to teach me)
- learn some photo editing, JAVA, or web design.......
- learn french??? (from a book not lessons)
- finish watching ALL the drama series, movies!
- think of a course both me AND my family will agree on and start liking it.

With this AND next week fully packed, 16 events to do/go to, 12 things to-do, I can say I AM a busy person!!! -.-"

hugs, muaks and looooooooots of *stars*,
$t@rRy_Br!gHt

I Believe In You....

2005-11-29T11:32:00.000+08:00

Guess what???? I have 3 days to FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahahaha..... not that it really matters anyway, since there's no books for you to read in EST.. -.-"

On friday, I read like 14 pages of Econs and fell asleep.... -.-" Next day, I read slightly more but still in the same chapter (chapter 1 of Form 5...), I was thinking:" SHOOT!! How am I supposed to finish the entire textbook (4 chapters in total) by monday???" Plus I haven't counted the 5 chapters that I haven't revised... Sunday came and I spent most of the afternoon reading, but I gave up since I have NO IDEA what it says... I took a nap instead.

When I woke up, I have a severe migrane (punishment for not reading, I supposed). So I figured I'll listen to my iPod (cause I just added some new songs). Then came in Il Divo and Celine Dion's Duet (not really duet since there's 5 ppl... -.-") - I Believe In You (english and some language I don't understand, possibly french.. -.-") It was simply BEAUTIFUL!!! I'm not sure it's because of this song, my migrane healed itself and I thought to myself:" I'll just read the summary of each chapter (it's better than nothing anyway)" Halfway while reading, I stopped to have my family dinner (every sunday night with my aunts). I figured I'll ask my KKC5 (Ko Ko Ch'ng No. 5, Ko Ko as in aunt in hokkien, Ch'ng as in our surname, no. 5 as in 5th. Don't ask me why we have such complicated terms.. -.-") about Econs, since I think she's the only person in our family (except moi of course!) who studied that. Of course my KKC5 is in her 40s so she studied Econs in English, while I studied in Malay (something I don't quite agree). That causes us to have some communication problems... -.-" I think of a question in Malay then translate in English (good thing about being a Malaysian... -.-"), she did it vice versa. There's a proverb in cantonese to describe this:" chicken talks with duck (kai tong ngap kong)" Anyways, she did help though.

After finishing my dinner, I continued reading my summary, that's when I realised ALOT of things I forgot and haven't read AT ALL!! s-h-i-t!!! I panicked and start reading like mad!!! I even SMS my Econs teacher (thanks to the dengue, I had 4 teachers hp no. now. -.-") to ask her.... I read until about 1 a.m. can't really focus much at that time since my eyes are hurting, so after thinking:" Si jiu si ba! (If I had to die, die la!)", I doze off. Next day, I read a bit but then it's time for exam already. The first paper is objective, we are suppose to hand in in 1 hour and 15 minutes. I finished it in 25 minutes.... -.-" And spend the rest of the time double checking and doodling on my question paper. The next paper is in essay form. We can choose 3 out of 5 questions and another compulsory question. I'm soooooo glad I read... The 3 questions are not sooooo bad but as for the compulsory one, I think I sat in the wrong exam... -.-" Since I had time left for this paper, I decided to calculate the marks I might get. Hopefully 70 marks is a sure A, then I *might* have the chance... -.-" Anyway, all of us (our class) was soooo happy when we finished that paper, cause it means FREEDOM (not really, but one step near it!). I celebrated by watching 2 movies (chicken little and coach carter) and playing Age of Empires 2... -.-"

Anyway, just changed my blog song to I Believe In You, but I think it's not working.... so I'm thinking of seeking help (ah kong, where are you! >P). Possibly make it in a way where you can choose the song you like (like a list or something)!

I Believe In You Lyrics:
Il Divo
Lonely the path you have chosen
A restless road, no turning back
One day you will find your light again
Don't you know Don't let go the chance

Follow your heart
Let your love lead through the darkness
Back to a place you once knew
I believe I believe I believe in you
Follow your dreams
Be yourself an angel of kindness
There's nothing that you cannot do
I believe I believe I believe in you

Celine Dion
Tous sais tu t'en iras tous sais
Que vous ??? à l'univère
Ou suis ta quête Sans regarder derrière
N'attends pas Que le jour se lève

Duet
Suis ton étoile Va jusqu'où ton rêve t'emporte
Un jour tu le toucheras
Si tu crois Si tu crois Si tu crois en toi
Suis ta lumière N'étint pas la flamme que tu portes
Au fond de toi souviens toi
Que je crois Que je crois Que je crois en toi

Someday I'll find you Someday you'll find me too
And when I hold you close I know that it's true

Follow your heart
Let your love lead through the darkness
Back to a place you once knew
I believe I believe I believe in you
Follow your dreams
Be yourself an angel of kindness
There's nothing that you cannot do
I believe I believe I believe in you

hugs, muaks and looooooots of *stars*,
$t@rRy_Br!gHt

To read or not to read, that is the question!

2005-11-25T10:43:00.000+08:00

I remember telling Tracey that I buy a book almost every fortnight. Just realised I really wasn't kidding. Last week I bought MPH's Livin' It. Yesterday I brought How NOT to Spend Your Senior Year by Cameron Dokey.... -.-" Ya, I'm supposed to be studying Econs for Monday exam, but here I am reading fiction instead... -.-"

Anyways, for those who don't know yet, I'm now crazy over another actress call Michelle Yim a.k.a. Mi Xue! ;P For those of you who watched like a zillion drama series might know her. At first, I thought she's hardly have any drama series, she proved me wrong. Perhaps it's because she's a veteran actress (she's 49 years old! gasp! BUT she still look young!!! ;P I think she worked in almost chinese living place... -.-" Allow me to scare you:
CTV - from 1975 til 1978, she stars in 13 series.
RTV, ATV - from 1980 til 2003, she stars in a total of 31 series!!!! :o
TVB - from 1979 til 2005, she stars in 11 series.
China - 1997, 1998, 2 series.
Others (including Taiwan and Singapore etc) - from 1982 til 2005, 12 series.
Musical Stage Performance - from 1982 til 2001, 7 performances.
Movies - from 1977 til 2004, 25 movies!!!
There you have it! A total of 101 in movies, drama series and even musical stage performances!!!!! How is that possible????? Filming from 1975 til now!!! That's 30 years already!!! She started when she was only 19????? If I'm that lucky, I better be prepared, cause I'm gonna be filming in 2007... -.-" Ya, right! As if THAT's gonna happen..

Now she's in Rainbow Connection (airing in Singapore now), and I've been dling from the net to watch!!! ;P It's basically about dancing. Michelle's character (also named Michelle) is a well-known professional dancer. There's lots of brilliant chereography!! There's a but though. BUT the acting (except for Michelle of course!) is simply blah! -.-" Anyway, except for that, it's quite nice overall.

Credit goes to Tracey from michelleyim.com

Hugs, muaks and loooooooooots of *stars*,
$t@rRy_Br!gHt

Broke my promise........

2005-11-24T13:55:00.000+08:00

If you checked my blog before 2 Dec, you must be thinking:" Didn't she say she wasn't going to be online until her exam finish cause she's so (pardon me when I quote) 'WAY behind in my studies now PLUS my parents are going to KILL me'??" Yup! I DID say that.... just as I did say:" I was going to shut down my computer, lock myself in my room and STUDY 24/7.... yeah, right! As if that's gonna happen.... -.-" If you have my MSN, you'll know that I'm online 24/7 EVERYDAY... -.-" And most of the time I'm chatting with my friends (talking NOTHING about studies) or posting in tons of forum (all about CELEBRITIES and other stuff, NOTHING to do with studies again! ;P) Right now you must be shaking your head, saying:" when will she ever change!"

Anyways, just so you know, I have only 2 subjects left!!!! WIPEE!!! Plus EST (English for Science and Technology) shouldn't really be counted as a subject anyway, cause there's no books for you to read, it's basically just english exercise...-.-"

The 1st day - chinese exam:
I was not at all worried or nervous UNTIL I reached school. I don't know why but the look of my school and people rushing in and out just FREAKS me out... -.-" The examiner asked us to fill in and blacken our details on the answer book (yeah, it's a thick book NOT a sheet, makes me pity the trees). Most of us (except me) blacken using 2B pencil BUT use pen to fill in the details. Then after we (or is it they?) did that, another examiner came in and asked us:" What did you use to fill in your details" "pen / pencil" She frown and asked again:" How many of you use pen?" Almost all of us raised our hands.... -.-" Then she frown again and said:" I am going to distribute new answer books in which you will fill in your details with PEN." Poor trees.... they are chopped down for nothing..... -.-" When I saw the questions (essay), I was like, WOOT (my bro's fav. slang)?? Anyway, I did okay (in general), even though I thought I have no points to write (I'm supposed to write 400-600 words), I end up with 700+... -.-" As for the other paper, it's not-so-bad....

The 2nd day, Malay & History (Objective)
Malay's:*shakes head* I wonder if I can get credit, cause if you don't have credit, you get nothing regardless of your other results.... -.-" History: not-so-bad (if you read, which I don't. but I know it's quite easy IF compared to my school's exam... -.-")

The 3rd day, English & History
English, the essay is....... haiz........ the directed essay's quite good (at least I know what to write.. -.-") but! the other essay..... -.-" I chose 'The Unexpected Visitor' (I forgot the other titles)... I wanted to say something like police knocking on the door, but that's soooo TYPICAL, so I changed my mind. Then I wanted to say my 'mother-in-law' came (assuming I'm married in the story) and 'ruined' my life (I learned this for watching 'War of the in-Laws' and 'Monster-in-Law') but then I don't want to end up me just writing at how bad she is or me kicking her out of the house or whatever negative things (coz it's gonna drag my scores down). Anyways, I end up writing my 'mother' visited (eventhough it's almost the same as mother-in-law.. -.-"). But (weird as it may seem) it ended up with me hugging my mother... -.-" I don't even know how to explain.... but I'm scared my results are going to be low. Even though I'm certain that I'll get an A in my english (not to boast or sound proud, but I'll jump off a building if I don't, cause the standards of spm english is just... -.-"), I also wanted an A for my 1119 english! (1119 english and english is the same paper, but marked by 2 different people with 2 TOTALLY different standards!!). As for history, I wonder if I can make it out alive! It is much more easier than my exams in school but haiz.... who asked me to read everything EXCEPT the things that came out???? Stupid tips! >P

The 4th day, Maths
For the objective, OBVIOUSLY MUCH MUCH MUCH more easier than the ones in my school. I'm not joking when I say that. Usually in school, I don't have time to finish all questions. In fact, I usually have to guess the answers for 10+ questions (yeah, I'm slow!) BUT in spm, not only do I have time to answer ALL questions, I also have time to do ALL the questions twice and DOUBLE CHECK the answers in my answer sheet AND still have time to spare..... -.-" I have 6 answers wrong over 40 questions (I think!) The subjective ones are not as easy but not too hard either. At least I can answer quite a few easily... -.-"

The 5th day, Science and Moral
I must admit I didn't read science AT ALL [I felt so sorry to my teacher for letting her down now.... :(] cause I'm too busy memorizing my Moral notes.... That's because I think I have better chance in surviving my science paper than my moral paper without reading... -.-" But I don't really have the time to finish memorizing all the moral notes (there's a total of 36 moral values, I only managed to memorize 20 with their defination.... -.-"), maybe that's because I only start like 5 hours the day before the exam... ;P Anyway, the science paper is not so bad either, but I'm sure I won't get an A (d-uh! I didn't read, remember?) However, a B4 is enough to make me smiling for weeks (crossing my fingers now!) As for Moral, I'm sooooooo glad I memorize that 20 moral values and their defination! There's at least 20+ marks for that!!! They say Moral paper's standards are quite high, so I be very happy if I get B4 too.

The 6th day, Additional Maths.................
Let's just say don't expect much! After all, I usually get like 10+ till 30 marks (ya, over 100) in my school exam..... -.-" There are easier questions but some are as hard (or perhaps it's because I'm still just as lousy???) My teacher told us that if you get 10+ in your school exam, you passed already. Let's hope it's true. But then again, pass means A - E... -.-" And if you get an E, it's just almost the same as failing.... -.-" Now I'm thinking how my parents or rather my father (who is like a walking calculator) think of my results.... Everyone in my family except me got an A1 in their add maths.... and I bet I'm not even close... -.-"

Anyways, I'm still happy to find that I'm near the finishing line!!! Since I can't do anything about EST, to me, there's only one subject left that is Basic Economics! Which means, to me after 28th of Nov (4 days to go), I'm FREE!!!!!!!!! WIPEE!!!!!

hugs, muaks and looooooots of *stars*,
$t@rRy_Br!gHt

I HATE TVB!!!!!

2005-11-20T18:19:00.000+08:00

No offense but WHAT WERE THEY THINKING!!!!!!

Here's the results:
Best Actor - Roger Kwok
Best Actress - Liza Wang
Most Improved Actor - Bosco Wong
Most Improved Actress - Niki Chow
Best Supporting Actor - Ha Yu
Best Supporting Actress - Angela Tong
Best Host - Carol 'Dodo' Cheng
Best Drama Series: War of the in-Laws
Best Programme - Minutes to Fame
Best Promotion Clip - War of the in-Laws
Most Creative Programme - Minutes to Fame
Best Foreign Series - Jewel in the Palace
Most Valued Award: 1405 Cheng Nam South to Sea
Best Achievement: Ha Peng

Seriously, I wondered if anyone DIED in shocked yesterday!
For those people who have no idea why I'm soooo angry (maybe because you don't even know who the heck they are, or simply you are satisfied), here's why:

1. Best Actor - Roger Kwok (Life Made Simple)

I know, I LOVE his acting, who wouldn't anyway! But HELLO!!!! He won 3 years ago!!! That's not the point, the point is he won because of the SAME STYLE!!! He acted brilliant as a retarded 30-year-old 3 years ago and won the award. 3 years later, he came back with a similar role, and he won again!!! What-in-the-!!!!! I mean, COME ON!!! It's not as if there's no other better choices!!! Moses did a great job in The Gentle Crackdown as well! Joe too (as many people say)!

2. Best Actress - Liza Wang (War of the in-Laws)

I almost threw the tv when they announced the winner! Or perhaps fly to HK and kill the TVB people-who-are-in-charge-of-choosing!!!! I mean, I KNOW she's with you guys for like half a century but DO YOU HAVE TO!!!!!!! If it were for other roles, I wouldn't be so mad. I know, I know, she's the 'big sister' and she's soooooo 'barbaric' in War of the in-Laws, but PUH-LEASE!!!!! Her acting in it was tooooooooooo exaggerating!!! In fact, it became FAKE!!! As for Kenix, I pity her for the lost. I bet she lost the award because of all the negative news going on. And unlike 'you-know-who' who exchanged the award with a contract.... -.-" Another thing is: MELISSA!!!! Did TVB just forget about her???? She improved ALOT!!! She work so HARD that she's sick & still CONTINUE to work!!!! What did she get in return???? NOTHING!!! ZERO!!!! NADA!!!!! She's not even in Top5!!!!! Instead, guess who's in Top5??? Liza (duh!), Kenix (if not they'll be dead!), Jessica (forgiven, cause she's awesome!), Gigi (why should she be in there in the 1st place!! I mean, she has already won LAST year!!!) and.... Myolie!!! That's right, MYOLIE!!!!!!!! Yeah, that proves how much TVB ADORES her! With like 5 series in a year, she's now in Top5 of Best Actress??? Her acting's not even THAT good!!! Everyone knows she WON'T, CAN'T and SHOULDN'T win, in the first place, why oh why on earth, is she in Top5??? Most improved actress, maybe. But BEST Actress????

3. Most Improved Actor - Bosco Wong (War of the in-Laws)

only choice that proves TVB aren't blind.

4. Most Improved Actress - Niki Chow (The Gentle Crackdown)

Her acting's not bad, but she can still improve more on her crying skills. Oh and she's only in 2 series... I would prefer Bernice (refer to my last post), cause her acting's better than Niki, I'd say. Plus she really improved a lot, especially in Into Thin Air!

5. Best Supporting Actor - Ha Yu (My Family)

I was like, WOOT!!! No one and I mean, NO ONE!!! sees it coming!!!! No offense, he's a good actor, if not one of the greatest! But he's in like, 50+??? Not that age matters, but I would prefer if he receives the Best Achievement Award!! Usually this should be given to those who did a great effort or whatever! But his acting in MF is almost the same in his other series. Just his typical funny old self!!! Nothing extraordinary!! -.-" I recalled TVB Square saying (pardon me when I quote):" 4. Ha Yu - My Family (chance is almost zero)"

6. Best Supporting Actress - Angela Tong (Life Made Simple)

Her character's in LMS is a terrible-looking one. News has it that she did a GREAT job, far apart from the other ridiculous roles in the past. I'm half happy for her, since it's been long since she's been acting, now finally she gets some credit. But I'm also half dissapointed for Michelle (Yim not Yeoh). Almost everyone agrees she's one of the best!

7. Best Drama Series - War of the in-Laws

Is TVB in LOVE with this series??? It won 3 awards (refer to the above)!!!!! Whatever happened to Revolving Doors of Vengence????? The plot's not even THAT good anyway........ I remembered lots of people saying:" If it wasn't for Bosco, I would have stop watching after episode 11." However, I do not recall anyone saying the same for RDOV!

As for the rest, it's quite predictable..... However, don't ask me what on earth is 'Most Valued Award'.............

If you have interest in refering to other people's opinion on the results: -

TVB Square

TVB Square Forum

(I'm posting under Starry_Bright)

Asian Fanatics Forum

(I'm posting under $t@rRy_Br!gHt)

hugs, muaks and looooooots of *stars*,

$t@rRy_Br!gHt

TVB Anniversary!!!!

2005-11-19T21:15:00.000+08:00

I can't help but to post!!! It's TVB Anniversary tonight!!! For those of you who don't know, this is sorta a HK drama series version of 'Oscar'.... -.-" Not so grand, but still quite looking forward to it.

Here are my predictions:
Best Actor - Moses Chan (The Gentle Crackdown)
Best Actress - Kenix Kwok (Revolving Doors of Vengence)
Most Improved Actor - Bosco Wong (War of the in-Laws)
Most Improved Actress - Bernice Liu (Healing Hands 3)
Best Supporting Actor - I have no idea whatsoever
Best Supporting Actress - (I already know, so this doesn't counts) Angela Tong (Life Made Simple)
Best Drama - Revolving Doors of Vengence

What I prefer:
Best Actor - same (he did a real great job in it, although i like joe as well, but i haven't seen his drama series which are released this year.... -.-")
Best Actress - same (Liza's not so good, Jessica okay, Myolie's not prepared, Melissa's improving but not the best)
Most Improved Actor - same (he really did improved ALOT!!)
Most Improved Actress - same / Niki (both did a great job, but Bernice is better in acting)
Best supporting Actor - no idea too
Best Supporting Actress - MICHELLE YIM!!!! (Darn! She did such a GREAT job!!!)

Right now I'm heading to see it (It's shown an hour later in Malaysia... -.-") BYE!!!

hugs, muaks and looooooots of *stars*,
$t@rRy_Br!gHt

Annoucement!!!!!!

2005-10-27T21:16:00.000+08:00

My government exam - SPM is coming in about 1 week time AND I'm WAY behind in my studies now PLUS my parents are going to KILL me, SO I won't be online from NOW until 2 Dec!!!! So you guys can check then, ok?? I'll be leaving my schedule for you to see (if you're interested, that is)....

12 Oct. (Wednesday)
8.00-11am Information Technology (finished!!! ;D)

10 Nov. (Thursday)
8.00-9.55am Chinese Paper 1
10.30am-12.45pm Chinese Paper 2

14 Nov. (Monday)
8.00-10.25am Malay Paper 1
11.00am-12.10pm History Paper 1 (Objective)
2.00-4.40pm Malay Paper 2

15 Nov. (Tuesday)
8.00-9.55am English Paper 1
10.30am-12.45pm English Paper 2
2.00-4.30pm History Paper 2 (WHAT JOY!!!)

16 Nov. (Wednesday)
8.00-9.25am Mathematics Paper 1 (Objective)
2.00-4.30pm Mathematics Paper 2

22 Nov. (Tuesday)
8.00-9.25am Science Paper 1 (Objective)
10.00am-12.30pm Science Paper 2
2.00-4.30pm Moral Paper 1

23 Nov. (Wednesday)
8.00-10.00am Additional Mathematics Paper 1 (JOY again!!!)
2.00-4.40pm Additional Mathematics Paper 2 (the JOY NEVER stops...)

28 Nov. (Monday)
8.00-9.25am Economics Paper 1 (Objective)
10.00am-12.10pm Economics Paper 2
*thanks to economics, I can't go watch the Dance Sport Championship (ballroom dancing, held only ONCE a year) cause it's a day before my economics exam and it will be until 12am. Even though I insisted I won't, mom still won't risk the chance of me falling asleep during the exam. -.-" >P

2 Dec. (Friday)
8.00-9.15am English for Science and Technology Paper 1
9.40-10.50am English for Science and Technology Paper 2 (Objective)

HOORAY and HOORAH I'm FREE!!! (after 2 Dec. that is.... -.-")

P.S. Prayers are WELCOME as I NEED it A LOT!!!! ;P See ya!

Hugs, muaks and looooooots of *stars*,
$t@rRy_Br!gHt

The day I've been waiting for... Part 1

2005-10-24T18:12:00.000+08:00

The day I've been waiting for all my life........ What day is it???? Wedding??? NAH!!! Something even better.... my GRADUATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahaha...... ;D

Be prepared this is gonna be a loooooooong blog, hahaha...

20th October 2005 - Thursday Morning..... Sunny.....
7.20am
Me and riceball family went to take photos..... Although there's not much beautiful scenery in our school, still it's better than nothing.... ;P We had our family portrait... haha!

last row (L to R): me, round black ball (my 'mama'), pineapple (my 'sis')

middle row: Jew Hu (my 'daughter'), riceball (my 'ah kong - grandpa'), rojak (my 'ex-grandma') and bangkuang (my other 'daughter')

first row: pinky (my 'niece')

We went back to class and saw everyone had their flower thingy (I forgot what it's called) pinned so we joined in. After we had that FAKE orchid pinned, all of us joked that we looked like ushers of some wedding... haha! ;P We realised in the end that teachers had REAL ones, which is sooo unfair considering WE are the ones graduating... >P

Then we pull our MOST BEAUTIFUL teacher of all time a.k.a. science teacher - Mdm. Cheng Ley Sim and took some group photos. My ah kong a.k.a. riceball even took two photos with her alone! unfair.... >P

Then we pulled our ex-Moral teacher - Mdm. Low Bee Leng (also another teacher with an angelic face) to snap a few photos as well.

Later we saw our Malay teacher - Mdm. Cheok Gaik Mei (even though she's not our favorite but still she IS kind VERY deep down >P) and asked her to join in as well.

Then some of us took some photos with our Moral teacher - Mdm. Tan Lay See (I didn't really liked her at first, but I realised later she's one of the best teachers, so now she's one of my favorites... haha!)

I wanted to take a photo with my Form 3 Geography teacher - Ms. Chew Yuen Choon a.k.a. 'nv ren' (chinese for 'lady' which she keeps calling us that! ;P) BUT she's tooo busy preparing for our graduation ceremony considering she's pusat sumber's (I don't know what it's called in english, in charge of mikes and stuff) 'head' AND library's 'head AND Geography 'head' (Now you know why she's busy, huh?) At the last minute, I also went to take a picture with my ex-History teacher - Mdm. Lee Mui Peng.

After that we are all shooed to the hall to get ready.

8.40am

We sat in the hall. I was very excited at first, but later i heard something.... I asked my friend why do we bother to come up since our recess time is at 10am, then she told me :" no, we won't be having any recess today. The free time just now was for you to have time to eat!" WHAT????? How come we don't anything like that?????!!!! Darn! I just had a small 'cake-like-thingy' for breakfast!! Which is at 6am!!! How am I supposed to survive until 1pm??? THAT's 7 HOURS!!! Ahhh....

In the end, me and my 'daughter' - Jew Hu sneaked out to our classroom and took out the last 3 pieces of sushi they left for me earlier. I ate 2 and she ate 1. Still after eating, I can't feel any difference. -.-" Oh well, better than nothing.....

9.??am

We heard our teacher announcing that our PM's wife had passed away from breast cancer. Suddenly the whole hall was filled with silence....

10am

We are still waiting for them to start......... thanks to the VIPs!!

10.30am

FINALLY!!!! The VIPs arrived and made their GRAND ENTRANCE to the hall. I can't believe why WE are the one graduating BUT WE in return have to wait for THEM to arrive. After they've arrived, WE have to STAND UP and APPLAUSE for them, even though they are 30 MINUTES late and made us wait 1 HOUR and 20 MINUTES!!! -.-"

Unfortunately, unlike other people I don't feel EXTREMELY happy or EXTREMELY sad. In fact, I didn't feel anything. Except HUNGER maybe. I felt as if, it wasn't the REAL graduation but the REHEARSAL... -.-" Anyway, the graduation ceremony is quite boring most of it since it's mostly about receiving prizes and stuff....

The ending is probably the only part where everyone is awake! -.-" Cause that's the part we have to sing our graduation song which is in a VERY high note.... even our school's soprano can't sing it.... -.-" In the end, our dearest "chen he ti tong" even complimented us on being soo well-behaved and quiet compared to last year's graduates. Maybe that's because she didn't know half of the graduates are asleep......... hahaha!!! ;P

To be continued.....

Hugs, muaks and loooooooots of *stars*,

$t@rRy_Br!gHt

Dramas.........................

2005-10-19T21:24:00.000+08:00

I've never been sooo sure in my life! I am officially in love with drama series!!!!!!!!!!

To prove this to you:
1. A day before IT SPM (government exam), instead of reading notes, I'm watching 9 episodes of TVB drama series!

2. I finished watching 32 episodes in about 4 days just to finish a drama series - The Academy.

3. The total I finished watching in a week and a half is..... 49 episodes! That means - I spent 2205 minutes (36 hours and 45 minutes) staring at the computer watching drama series, nice eh??

4. I just created another blog - Dreaming of A Starry Night in blogomonster, completely dedicated to drama series, movies, celebrities and scripts I've written myself! ;D

5. Now I'm also in love with a song played in a drama series Melissa starred in called Into Thin Air, the song is called Truth. I prefer the piano version!!! It's soooo touching, if you seen the drama series anyway! I posted it as my blog song, but my 'ah kong' aka riceball says 'he' can't hear anything because it takes too long to download... really????? darn!! If you guys are interested in knowing which song I'm talking about, you can download it here: Truth (Instrumental). Of course you won't regret at all if you've seen the series, it appears in between episode 6 - 10. Soooooo touching!!!! ;D

Since Melissa has 3 drama series out this year already, I doubt there's anymore this year. So hopefully that will keep my mind off drama series and more on studies.

Here's my forecast result for SPM:
Malay 7D
English 2A
Chinese 3B
Mathematics 6C
History 9G
Moral Education 4B
Additional Mathematics 9G
Information Technology 1A
Science 5C
Economics 3B
English for Science and Technology 1A

Grades:
1A & 2A - Excellent
3B & 4B - Credit
5C & 6C - Credit
7D & 8E - Pass
9G - Fail

Currently my stats are:
2 1A & 1 2A
2 3B & 1 4B
1 5C & 1 6C
1 7D
2 9G

BTW, after 5 years of waiting, I'm getting graduated tomorrow!!! ;D

update later!

hugs, muaks and loooooots of *stars*,
$t@rRy_Br!gHt

I can't stand it anymore!!!!!!!

2005-10-07T18:46:00.000+08:00

I'm going nuts!!!!!!!!!

Reasons why:
1. stupid dengue fever is still serious in Penang!!!!! my neighbour passed away because of it!!! Aedes sucks!!!! >(

2. My computer broke down and my father says the hard disc might be spoilt!!!! That means I'll have to REFORMAT AGAIN!!!! That's like the 3rd time I did that this year!!!!! Plus there's thousands of things that I didn't have backup!!!!! which includes my SONGS (there's like more than 300 songs!!!) and PICTURES (more than 500!!!) and worst still - my VIDEOS!!!!!!!! (I have to DOWNLOAD again!!!!!) waaaah......... fortunately, my brother left his pc here, so at least i can still online and do some basic stuff! :'(

3. I'm gonna KILL my sister in riceball family - pineapple!!!!!
Since this year is the final year of secondary school for us, we'll be getting our testimonials soon, right?? There's certain criterias:
i. We must get a minimum 40 marks for each language subject (that includes english, chinese and malay).
ii. Together with our 3 language subjects and other 4 best scoring subjects (physical education not included), we must score a minimum of 350 marks.

My dearest sister pineapple got 33 for malay and along with the other subjects, she got 334 marks. That's not the point, the point is SHE DIDN'T EVEN ACT AS IF SHE CARED OR WHATEVER!!!! While most of the other riceball family members are thinking of how to solve this problem like which teacher should we see or beg to find extra marks for her, or what can we do, where can we dig out marks, check her examination papers a thrillion times to find whether there's any marks the teacher has left out etc etc etc... she, on the other hand, was SLEEPING!!!!!! Yup!!! That's right!!! I wonder if she dreams what will happen if she can't get her testimonial!!!! grr... we ALMOST killed her, on the spot!!!! Later, I ordered her to find our english teacher - mdm cheow mei ling, to dig out some marks for her in her essay, since she has just distributed the papers for us to recheck. In the end, Mdm Cheow added 3 marks (quite good already, considering how many mistakes pineapple had made in her essay!). So which leaves us to 13 more marks to go. The other marks pineapple scored the best was Information Technology, Morale, English for Science and Technology & Maths. Back then, I was thinking we find our IT teacher - Mdm Yap Choon Yeen (a.k.a. our Basic Economics and form teacher). She is quite new to our school, so she didn't know some of the 'rules'. In the end, (after I pushed and prodded her) pineapple told the teacher:" I need marks, because I don't have enough 350 marks." and then stood there while I explain why she needed the 350 marks yadayadayada... pleaded the teacher to add the marks, trying my best to convince mdm yap she can add marks even though it's almost impossible. Then we (or rather I) continued to plead for marks from other teachers. In the end, we still need about 7 marks from our Malay teacher!!! All could have been solved if she just agree (although I know she's gonna ignore!), yup! I was right!!! She simply ignored us, so all's lost!! Now, pineapple's gonna have to wait for her SPM result to take her testimonial!! grrr..... I'm SO gonna kill her!!!

4. I'm gonna KILL a beggar in our class. Beggar?? Why do we call her beggar??? Well, that's because she practically BEG marks from EVERY teacher from EVERY subject!!!! She even successfully BEGGED 6 marks from our Malay teacher - Mdm Cheok!!! Yup!!! Mdm Cheok was the one who ignored us when we plead her to give pineapple (the one who actually NEEDS the marks!!!) 7 marks!!! Unlike pineapple, this beggar need not these marks, since her marks were ALREADY the HIGHEST!!!! YET!!! She even THREATENS the teacher that IF the teacher gives marks to ANYONE of us, she HAS to give her the SAME AMOUNT of marks as well!!!! Thanks to HER, Mdm Cheok ignored us STRAIGHT AWAY!!!! Can't she be more considerate to think about other people's future??? Pineapple is the ONLY ONE who currently DON'T HATE her in our class! Can you imagine that?? 35 students HATING her??? 35 from all different groups and personalities??? This is just TOO MUCH to BEAR!!!

I have counted the rough amount of the total marks she successfully begged, and the total??? Let's see, shall we?? 6 marks from Malay, 4+ marks from Additional Maths, 1 mark from English for Science and Technology. I haven't counted the other 9 subjects she BEGGED, of course 2 teachers turned her down already!!! HAHA!!! that leaves 7 subjects, let's assumed she successfully begged 1 mark from each subject that's left. That means - 6 + 4 + 1 + (1*7) = 18 marks!!!!! 18!!!! Can you imagine that??? 18!!!!

Last year, I was the 1st place in class. Last semester, I was the 5th and she was the 4th (Her total marks was 5 marks ahead of me), I'm not angry then, cause I know that's because I didn't study hard enough. But now??? I studied!!! BUT because of HER begging marks (I gained only 1 mark for a subject I almost failed to pass), even though I ORIGINALLY won her 17 marks, now I have the SAME total marks she did!!!!! I'm soooooo gonna kill her!!! Which means, I'm in the SAME placing as she is in this semester!!!! ARGHH... then later I thought my average total's gonna lose her cause her total was 5 marks ahead of me the last semester, I almost LOSE MY HEAD!!! THANK GOD I realise today that physical education marks were added in the total!!! So now, I'm in the 3rd PLACE!!! while she's in the 5th PLACE!!!! HAHA... I never been soooo happy to hear that!!! Who told her to be absent in our house practice too many times that her physical education marks were deducted??? HAHA.... now I'm soooo HAPPY to learn that I always have FULL ATTENDANCE in my house practice!!!! >D

hugs, muaks and loooooots of *stars*,
$t@rRy_Br!gHt

Things you'll learn after you came out from the hospital....

2005-10-05T17:04:00.000+08:00

Things I learned:
1. I eat to live not live to eat.....
- that's because hospital's food is :S (mostly because I'm sick so no appetite!) compared to the hawker stalls outside....

2. I love the 'not-so-fresh' air and 'not-so-beautiful' scenery outside....
- It's way better than seeing 4 walls most of the time!!! Even walking down to the cafeteria seems fun after a while..... :O

3. I love astro TVB Xing He and astro Star World ALOT.....
- It's way better than the other channels in the hospital, considering how much I love TVB Drama series and english comedies!!!

4. I love my fridge....
- Because it's ALWAYS full with the things I love like chocolate, fruit juices and other stuff to nibble!!!! Whereas the fridge in the hospital is mostly fill with air and apples (from my friends who visit...)

5. I HATE ivdrip!!!
- Because it hurts and is very clumsy (like ballroom dancing!!) AND it makes you visit the toilet every 10 minutes..... -.-"

6. I love internet.....
- Because I'm tooo bored doing nothing!!!!!

7. I love school.....
- Because I miss my friends and even though I have to study, but that's WAY BETTER than doing NOTHING ALL DAY!!!!!

8. I love my teachers.....
- ONLY SOME!!! ;P explain later... haha....

9. I miss my bed......
- the bed in the hospital (even though it's automatic) will make you sweat until you are wet!!! That's because they don't take out the plastic!!! Plus my bed is WAY MORE COSIER!!!

10. I miss my hundred and one pillows in my bedroom......
- Cause I have nothing to hug when I sleep.... until my mom bring my dog - 'hugs'!!!!

So there!! These are the few things I learn to appreciate more after being admitted!!! haha...

hugs, muaks and looooooooots of *stars*,
$t@rRy_Br!gHt

MISS ME????!!!!

2005-10-04T22:53:00.000+08:00

Haven't update for sooooooo long!!! Miss me??? ;P Bet you didn't!!!! haha... Finally willing to update, haha....

For those people who don't know (which is impossible, considering half of the world know already!!!), the main reason I didn't update is because of.....

DENGUE FEVER!!!!

For those people who are still having a bunch of questions on top of their head.... as i told you before, my sister got dengue. Then after she return to Johor, I got fever on tuesday afternoon. Mom suspects it's dengue straight away (that's 'DOCTOR MOY' for you!!! ;P), I say I won't be sooo 'lucky'. I went to school the next day anyway, cause I want to have full attendance in my record, plus I wanted to check my exam papers, plus there's an extra class for IT. I suffered that day badly, so in the end, I stayed at home on thursday. After it got worse (I threw up... eww...), my parents told me to go see the doctor in Hospital Pantai Mutiara. I thought the worse is they'll just check and give you a bunch of medication. BUT... turns out the doctor (Beh) straight away told me to follow the nurse to register me to admit into the hospital!!!!!!!!

ADMIT HOSPITAL!!!!!!!!! That's the first time in my life!!!! Except when I'm too small to remember la, of course!!

Being as curious and as chicken as me, I'm both excited and nervous!!! Nervous cause I know they are going to poke and prod me with drip and blood test EVERYDAY!! Excited cause I never knew how it is living in a hospital!!! I know, -.- not fun at all!!! ;P Anyway, the first room I 'checked in' is 219, which means I'm sharing the ward with another person. But when I reach there, I'm the only one. I have my own small tv with an ok bed. I'm quite satisfied especially after knowing there's astro (even though only wah lai toi and axn)!!! hahaha... the nurse all quite friendly ler.... there's that one who put the drip, it actually hurt less than I expected, so it's not so bad. I spent most of my time watching 24 (english drama series) and figuring what on earth are they talking about.... mission failed.... something about politics, I supposed... -.- I find it hard to change the channel since the remote control's not working... I have to climb on the bed to reach the tv controls... -.- Later my dinner came, guess what it is.... FISH BROOTH!!!!!! what JOY!!! >P I'm thinking that's probably what I'm gonna eat these days, so I ate it a little bit.... I stopped a while after feeling like I wanted to throw up!!! -.- Not their fault I know!! It's actually because I HATE the food....

Later my parents say I can change my room to executive ward!!! Cool, huh?? The best part is... we don't have to pay AT ALL cause my mom's factory will cover the expenses RM200 per day... we still have RM10 left after deducting the fees... nice eh?? Then I learn that the new room's number is 333!!! nice, eh?? Not only that, I'm going there via wheelchair!!! The nurse piled the drip and other stuff on my lap and pushed my wheelchair on top speed!!! It's sooo fun!!! I won't mind if she pushed me to all floors of the hospital!!! ;P Plus her driving skills is quite good, cause even though we are going on a fast speed, we didn't knock over anything (not even almost!!!) The cool difference between room 333 and 219::

1. visiting hours NOT limited!!!
2. BIGGER tv!!!!
3. WORKING tv remote control!!!!
4. disney channel AVAILABLE!!!
5. BIGGER room!!!!
6. AUTOMATIC bed!!!!!
7. NO NEED to share the room!!!!

nice eh??? haha.... anyway, my mom insists she stay over that night.... she slept on the 'bed' they gave her.... turns out... 100% garantee back pain.... poor mom!!!

Psst... mom wants me to go to sleep already... sorry, update the rest later!!!! ;D

hugs, muaks and loooooots of *stars*,
$t@rRy_Br!gHt

Carry on....

2005-09-18T17:39:00.000+08:00

I've changed the song to the original song I wanted to post!!! hahaha.... BUT bad news is every time you enter my blog you have to press cancel when a pop-up button comes up. SORRY!!! That's because of the link. Maybe I can find another link someday. If you guys prefer the previous song, leave a comment to tell me, so I can change it back.

TRIAL EXAM'S OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hahaha........
Bad news is on Friday, I thought I can leave school at 1.00pm but it turns out we are supposed to stay until 1.15pm!!!! (I'm not the only one, if I'm not mistaken, there's only 10 person left in my class!!!!) So, maybe will kena ponteng!!! haiz..... It's not my fault!!!!!!!! How am I supposed to know only the people who had biology and accounts exam are the only ones allowed to go back!!! Yes, I know. They did mentioned it in the trial exam's timetable (in font size like 4 or something - totally TINY!!!), BUT what do they expect??? Me to MEMORIZE the timetable??? HELLO!!!!! I had enough memorising already!!! >P Anyway, I'll just have to wait for tomorrow to see if I will get ponteng!!!

Going out now, update later, ya??

Hugs, muaks and loooooots of *stars*,
$t@rRy_Br!gHt

Reasons why I hate dengue!!!! >(

2005-09-15T16:25:00.000+08:00

My sister is still sick. After taking a blood test, it's official! She has DENGUE FEVER!!!! :'( Even though I don't think my sister's condition is critical (it can cause to death if critical :o), cause her fever is better now. She said she looks hideous now, with spots all over the body (sounds like my skin, if you ask me!) Anyway, my mom and dad been booking a flight tonight for her to 'fly' to KL (my grandma and aunt lives in Shah Alam), I'm not sure if she's coming back to Penang or not. :(

Aside from that, yesterday the goverment people was spraying the 'anti-dengue' gas again!!! Worst thing is, my father opened the windows before. So, I ran to shut all the windows before I die of toxic gas. I know, I know, this is supposed to be a prevention for dengue fever, but still! I prefer to have dengue than to die of toxic gas!!!! I couldn't stop coughing even when I already close all doors and windows!!!!! I don't really mind if they came and spray it on our garden but they should (they used to, but stopped) at least warn you before they start filling your house with toxic gas!!! It's just RUDE!!!

Anyway, I finished my basic economics and maths trial exam today!!! :D My subjective answers to BE isn't very good though, so I'm hoping to 'save' it with my objective ones!!! ;D As for my maths.... well.... the subjective is terrible!!! I don't have enough time to draw the graphs!!!! As for the objective, I score 23 over 40!!!!!!! 17 WRONG!!!! But actually I should be thankful already, cause I actually guess right 7 questions!!! ;P That's also because I don't have enough time. I spent too much time on the first few questions, I actually left 30 minutes to finish like 20+ questions. Plus I kept on got confused by the questions (cause I'm too worried over not enough time left!!).

After basic economics, we get to go back home straight away. It was 11am then!!! It's the first time I left school so early!! hahaha... But before I leave school, I asked my science teacher (the MOST kind and caring teacher ever!!) to see my science objective marks. Turns out I got 32 over 50 questions!!! Actually it's not sooo bad, I guess. But actually I'm expecting more. Oh well, I think my classmate who score the best got 38 or 35, so at least I'm not far back!!! ;P Suddenly I felt sorry for my science teacher, she is also one of the teachers who tried sooo hard to help us (sounds like my history teacher, huh?)!!!

Tomorrow's the last day of trial (finally!!!!)... I'm having additional maths tomorrow (what 'joy'!!!) I dig out the Add Maths Revision disc I brought, hoping it will help me get better marks (NOT pass, cause that's NEAR impossible!!!). I found out there's 30 subtopics in Form 5 syllabus alone!!!!! OMG, there's no way I can survive this. I only read 1 subtopic and can't continue (it's tooooooooo boring!!!!). I'm thinking of buying the Form 4 one later. Anyway, I figured I'm gonna read a subtopic everyday. Add Maths SPM is on the 23th of Nov, so that means I have 69 days left. I want to finish my Form 4 and 5 Add Maths syllabus before SPM. It's possible.... but that's provided I really read everyday!!!! And provided I don't study for ANY OTHER subjects!!!! So........ *sighs* I also don't know. I still have other 11 subjects!!!! Oh, what should I do!!!!! Knowing me, I won't be soooo hardworking and study everyday!!! :S Oh well, I'm dead.... not now, but sooooooon!!! I'm thinking I'm gonna prepare a timetable on what to read everyday with some occasional entertainment, so I won't be toooo bored to continue.... Hope I am up to this challenge!!!!!! Gambateh!!!!

hugs, muaks and looooooots of *stars*,
$t@rRy_Br!gHt

Perfect Melody... hahaha

2005-09-13T16:02:00.000+08:00

Saw the title already??? hahaha... ;P How perfect art me! ;P hahaha.... a 'modern shakespere!!' hahaha...

ANYWAY, do you guys liked the music??? Or you can't even hear it???? Actually I wanted to put another song - Carry On Till Tomorrow sung by Bad Finger (WEIRD name for a group, isn't it?). It's a song aeons ago. I heard it a few days ago in a HK drama series - Healing Hands 3 (starring 'dearest' Melissa!! ;P). It was sung by an ABC actor, I actually prefer his voice to the orginal group's voice!! haha... Unfortunately I only had the video not the audio. At first I found another version of the song sung by a Chinese (I think), it's not so bad, BUT it's soooo slow!!! Oh well, in the end, I choose this song instead. It's also one of the songs in Healing Hands 3.. ;P Anyway, since I love the lyrics I'll share it with you:
I have a lifetime full of hopes and dreams
I thought I seek true love but it's never what it seems
I've been broken but I know how to survive
Somehow I always keep my dreams alive

But I wasn't prepare for the feelings I would find
The first time that I had you for the first secure to mind
The love that I've been waiting for all those years
Was holding on to me and easing all my fears

Every part that I ever prayed has been answer in a heart beat
My spirit want to sing every time we meet
Now my only fear is that it's too good to be true
Every dream that I ever dreamed
Is coming true in you

I have a lifetime full of hopes and dreams
I thought I seek true love but it's never what it seems
I've been broken but I know how to survive
Somehow I always keep my dreams alive

But I wasn't prepare for the feelings I would find
The first time that I had you for the first secure to mind
The love that I've been waiting for all those years
Was holding on to me and easing all my fears

Every part that I ever prayed has been answer in a heart beat
My spirit want to sing every time we meet
Now my only fear is that it's too good to be true
Every dream that I ever dreamed
Is coming true in you

Some sort of connection what a wonderful surprise
Change my life direction with the look in your eyes
You've always been a part of me I just didn't know
Now I've finally found you and I will never let you go

Every part that I ever prayed has been answer in a heart beat
My spirit want to sing every time we meet
Now my only fear is that it's too good to be true
Every dream that I ever dreamed
Is coming true in you

It's all coming true in you

Nice, eh?? I can see my sister do a little *nudge nudge* *wink wink* to her roomate - Ad, saying something stupid like:" Aww... look at my sister, all grown up and stuff, fallen in love" So to prevent unnecessary misunderstandings, I would want to point out that I'm NOT in love or whatnots. >P

Just had my science trial exam, it's not soooo bad as I think, considering I didn't really study (I fell asleep just reading the summaries of the syllabus!!). Tomorrow, I'm gonna take my Additional Maths and Basic Economics trial exam!! Oh, the 'JOY'!!! ;P Let's wish I won't 'die' an 'ugly death'!! ;P

My sister is currently sick, it's days already!! Poor kid!! :'( Must be missing me tooooo much! ;P Recover soon, sis!! ;D

P.S. leave a comment on the song, or suggesting a new song, ya??
P.P.S. FYI, I posted this blog 2 and a half times already. 2 times when I posted and an error happened, causing me to type the blog ALL OVER AGAIN!!! 1/2 time is when I typed half of this blog and the computer hanged!!!! *shudders* now I can actually memorize it!!! hahaha!!!

hugs, muaks and looooots of *stars*,
$t@rRy_Br!gHt

Free advertisment...

2005-09-11T00:41:00.000+08:00

Just went to my 'ah kong - emin riceball's blog. Realise she copied part of my post (as promised..). Ah kong... it's against the law one, you know?? to steal people's hak cipta!!!! ;P hahaha.... Anyway, it's alright la! Free advertisement mah!!! ;P

Hugs, muaks and loooots of *stars*,
$t@rRy_Br!gHt

As promised....

2005-09-10T17:39:00.000+08:00

I kept my promise!!! I'm here to continue updating you guys on my boring life!!! hahaha... Better RUN while you still can!

TOO LATE!! I can see someone's face -.-'' (ah kong... is that you??) hahaha

Bro went to UK and arrived safely already. He's currently suffering in UK because he can't access to the internet unless he goes to cyber cafe! hahaha.... It's sooooo weird seeing his room's door opening all the time, considering he ALWAYS close his door when he's in Penang.

My family said that now that my sis is in Johor and my bro is in UK, all my parents and grandma's attention will be DEVOTED to me. I'm starting to believe it's true!!! Cause after my bro left Pg, early in the morning next day (I have to sit in my school bus in 6.15 am so I wake up at 5.30!!), when I open my eyes, I saw mom (she wakes me up everyday) AND dad both waking me up!!!!!!!! DO THEY HAVE TO SCARE ME LIKE THAT?????? cause it's FREAKING ME OUT!! Aside from that, whenever I came back from school, dad will knock on my door and ask me "How's your exam?" My reply remains:"um... ok lo..." (even when it's not-so-ok) then he'll say:"Which subjects' exam are you having tomorrow?" ARGHHHH!! HELP!!! this repeats EVERYDAY!!! After he asks, when my mom came back from work, she ask the SAME THING AGAIN!!!! I'M GOING NUTS!!!! :S

For those who are interested in knowing (and those who don't, you have to anyway! ;P), my history exam was funny. FUNNY? you might think. YUP!! it's FUNNY.
Example: (objective questions)
Kenapa Zaman Pertengahan Eropah dikatakan Zaman Gelap?
i. Zaman tiada elektrik. (WHAT???? I almost BURST OUT LAUGHING!!! But since I'm not allowed to do that, I can only grin!)
that's CLEARLY not it, so what's left is ii, iii, iv and THAT IS the answer!
Maybe the teacher knew we won't study, so gave us a bonus question.

The subjective and essay questions were not funny, BUT my ANSWERS were (cause d-uh! I didn't read)
Example: (subjective questions)
Nyatakan 2 majlis yang diupacara dengan cara Islam di kalangan masyarakat.
Since I can't think of any better answers, I wrote: Majlis Perkahwinan!!! (I bet my teacher's either gonna die laughing or get a heart attack!) In fact, I even thought of writing: Majlis Hari Jadi, but I chickened out. My friend, on the other hand, wrote: Majlis Perpindahan Rumah! -.-" hahaha... I think my history teacher's in desperate need of medication now!! ;P But I later found out 2 of my friends who are all brains told me they put that too cause they also can't think of a better answer! ;P

Another example: (essay questions)
Sila jelaskan Peperiksaan Awam Tamadun China.
I remembered a HK drama series - The Legendary Four Aces and how they went to the exam (told you drama series ain't all bad!), so I write down everything that has to do with the exam - Peperiksaan Awam Tamadun China dijalankan 3 tahun (i should have written 'setiap 3 tahun' since the exam is NOT held as long as 3 years!! haha) di Beijing (wrong again, it's held in most places which I found out later). Terdapat pegawai yang mengawasi peperiksaan awam. Selepas orang yang menyertai peperiksaan memasuki dewan peperiksaan, pintu ditutup dan orang lain tidak dibenarkan masuk (this is SO NOT in the syllabus!) Orang yang menyertai peperiksaan tidak dibenarkan keluar sehingga peperiksaan itu habis. (d-uh!) Mereka makan, minum dan tidur di dalam dewan itu (I thought of writing berak di dalam, but it's sooo inappriopriate! >P) (I can't think of anything else to write so...) Tempat pertama dipanggil Zhuang Yuan (that's from drama series again, and I bet I spell wrongly)(since I forget what the 2nd and 3rd place is called, I wrote the people who passed...) Orang yang lulus peperiksaan dipanggil Cai Ren (NO, I'm wrong again, it's called Xiu Cai NOT Cai Ren. If I'm not mistaken, Cai Ren di the name for the Emperor's smaller-ranking concubines!!! I think I remembered the wrong drama series now, it must be from War and Beauty - it's about the lives of Emperor's concubines. I should have listen to my mother about not watching too many drama series!!! hahaha!!!!)

In the end, I pitied my history teacher since she tried SOOO hard to help us in getting As, I did something stupid. (you're not surprised, aren't you?) At the bottom right hand corner of my answer sheets I wrote: Sorry! Sorry! ;P I can't help being cheeky, after all, it's in my genes!! ;P I remembered the last time my history teacher finished marking our exam paper. She had steam coming out from her ears and head. I really thought she was going to kill us, and I can't blame her! She said the person who got the highest marks in objective is only 27 (i think) upon 40!!! *gasps* Then she told us she use only 2 hours to mark our subjective (4 questions) and essay (3 questions) answers. That's very short time considering there's 37 students in our class. Which means there's 111 essays to mark, and she did it in 120 minutes. Technically, she marked 1 essay using 1.08 minute. Not bad, eh??

Here's hoping she won't faint when marking my answers! ;D
Cikgu Phung Kit Mei Boleh!!! ;P

P.S. I'm sorry for those who don't understand Malay.

Hugs, muaks and loooots of *stars*,
$t@rRy_Br!gHt

Oscar-bound Michelle!!!!!!!

2005-09-08T20:12:00.000+08:00

This is an article on Michelle in yesterday's The Star (local newspaper)!!! ;D Hopefully Michelle can really win an Oscar this time!!! ;D Here's the article:

Datuk Michelle Yeoh trades in her punches and high kicks for kimonos that might earn her an Oscar in Memoirs of a Geisha.

Anticipation is running high among movie buffs over the upcoming release of Steven Spielberg's visually sumptous movie version of the best-selling novel, Memoirs of a Geisha.

Excitement should be especially rife among Malaysians, with early Oscar buzz surrounding Malaysia's Datuk Michelle Yeoh. Sony Pictures sources claim that Michelle delivers a tour-de-force performance in her role as Mameha, one of the three geishas - all played by Chinese actresses - in Arthur Golden's captivating tale of intrigue, jealousy and love in the Floating World, as the geisha profession was called.

The Oscar hype, shouldn't come as a surprise, especially for those who have read the book, since the role of Mameha is a pivotal one.

Michelle plays a seasoned geisha who mentors Sayuri (Zhang Ziyi) in the niceties of the centuries-old craft, while fending off the ruthless machinations of Hatsumomo, the reigning star of Gion, the celebrated geisha quarter.

Gong Li, as the nemesis, senses that Sayuri's rising star will mean her own eclipse, and goes over the top to bring down her budding rival.

The plot resonates of Sunset Boulevard in kimono, or even Judy Garland's vintage A Star Is Born, with painted faces.

Michelle's expected Best Supporting Actress nomination - hold the breath for a win - would mean a first for Malaysia in the history of Hollywood's Academy Awards. It could also mark the first time, in nearly 50 years, that an Asian actress joins the ranks of Oscar winners, since Miyoshi Umeki received a best Supporting Actress award in Sayonara.

Mainland China actress Zhang has also been quoted as pinning her hopes for a Best Actress nomination for her lead role as Sayuri, the poverty-stricken fishing village girl sold into slavery and reaches the pinnacle of her craft.

It could be a casting coup, an insider's joke or art imitating life. But the blockbuster, shot on a specially-built Japanese set in Los Angeles, and in Kyoto (Japan's ancient capital), pairs Zhang with Cannes award-winning actress Gong Li on-screen for the first time.

Both are protegees - and more, rumours have claimed - of Chinese director Zhang Yimou. In her early days, Zhang was referred to as "Little Gong Li".

Whether their alleged rivalry will be naunced into the clash of characters in Geisha, will be closely watched by their fans.

The movie, based on Golden's interviews with a real-life geisha, also marks the second movie collaboration between Michelle and Zhang. The actresses first squared off in the epic Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and reprise their older sister/ budding woman relationship, minus the dark side of Zhang's character in the Ang Lee movie.

Zhang, Michelle and Gong Li are formidable thespians whose mettle has been tested in a repertoire of demanding roles, and proven at notable events such as Cannes and the British film awards.

Geisha could put three Asian women together in contention, for the first time, for acting honours in the movie world's most famous awards - Hollywood's Oscars.

by Kiki Choo

;D hahahaha!!!!! Oh ya! FYI, I type this article all by myself! ;D thinking I'm crazy since I could easily just copy and paste it from The Star Online?? Well, not really, because I'm actually practicing my typing skills for tomorrow's IT trial exam. I don't want to waste time in typing more than thinking, see? ;D hahaha!

Hugs, muaks and looooooots of *stars*,
$t@rRy_Br!gHt

HIP HIP HOOOOOOORAY!!!!!!!! ;D

2005-09-08T16:49:00.000+08:00

WIPEE!!!!!!!!! For those who thought my trial exam's over, NO, it isn't. BUT!!!!! My history trial exam is HISTORY!!!!!!! ;D At least I can forget about it until I get my results! ;D ANYWAY... UPDATES!!

Yesterday is 'd' day my bro went to UK!! *sob sob*. Ya, that's why I didn't update my blog, tooooooooo busy! ;P (excuses! excuses! ;P)

ANYWAY, when he packed his bag (actually he did it days ago, but still need to add in some stuff), he piled in his million things into 1 HUGE luggage bag, 1 laptop /sling bag, 1 normal luggage bag!!! WHOA!!! his things are like ALL OVER the place!!! There's clothes, socks, scarf, gloves, laptop, iPod, camera, hp (their charges as well), books, bible, important doc............ the list is ENDLESS!!!

My mom was sooo worried that he would left something important like say his passport or wallet.. SO, she put d stuff in a purse-like sling bag. It's HILARIOUS!!!! My bro was wearing a turtle-neck shirt (it's the kind where it sorta sticks to your body) and my mom ask him to sling it over his neck (that's fine although it still looks weird on him), but then she was worried that someone might snatch away it. SO... she thought of an idea (half-suggested by my grandmother) which is.... the sling bag will be tucked IN his shirt!!! hahahaha!!!! Imagine that, my bro (who's like a STICK) wearing turtle neck with a sling bag bulging!!! hahaha!!! But in the end, we all decided it looks weird (misleading, methinks).

Actually I still have A LOT of things to update (I can sense someone rolling her eyes... wait a minute... is that my SISTER??) haha! BUT, I'm tooooo busy at my visual basic thingy again!!! Oh well, I'll update tomorrow or maybe in the weekends! ;D

Hugs, muaks n looooots of *stars*,
$t@rRy_Br!gHt

Alone, all aloney, on my owney...

2005-09-06T16:19:00.000+08:00

I haven't tell you guys my brother is going to Manchester, UK (or did I?? :S) to study for 2 years!!! >( 2 YEARS!!!!! That's long!!! VERY long!!!! :'( Oh well, he's coming back in about 9 months, cause he bought a 'to and fro' plane ticket, so he HAVE to come back anyway. He will be leaving Penang TOMORROW!!!!!!! :'( So, I'm gonna be alone, all aloney, on my owney....... WAAAAHHHHH!!!!

Ya ya... I'm not dead yet... hahaha... Cause today's English exam so not soooo bad. ;) BUT I totally flunk my literature and summary today! >( Wonder if I can get 70+.... hopefully yes! :) Oh ya... I type out my essay I've written in today's english paper, the question I chose is:

Write a story ending with '...... all of them burst into wild applause.'

For those who are not too lazy, PLEASE read my essay and tell me how many marks would you give for an essay like that (upon 50%). Oh ya, here to remind ya, you might find spelling or grammar mistakes, so feel free to correct my mistakes, ya? Here goes!

"You can do it! Believe in yourself, Melody!" My teacher, Miss Cheng whispered to me. I stared at her with a blank look on my face as she dissapeared off the backstage. I wiped the sweats that were dripping off my forehead. "Why did I agree to this" I thought.

I remembered Miss Cheng suggested I joined the same competition last year. I was very confident with myself and agreed to it. I spent most of my time practicing like mad with Miss Cheng as she played the piano. Everyone believed that I was sure to win, something I agreed myself. Unfortunately, it was not to be. As I sang my heart out on the stage, I pulled the microphone nearer, not noticing I was stepping on the wire. I fell flat on my face as everyone looked in horror. Some recovered their shock and laughed at me, while others were simply too shock to do anything. Miss Cheng rushed up to the stage and helped me to my feet. She assured me everything was alright and I had nothing to worry about. Nevertheless, I had never been so humiliated in my life. I was the laughing stock of my school for more than a month.

Earlier this year, Miss Cheng entered me in this competition. She said I should give it another try, but I did not want to dissapoint her again like I did last year. However she told me she had not given up hope to me yet. "And now may we invite contestant number 5, Melody Ch'ng to present us the song - Faith" The master of the ceremony said. Oh no! it is my turn already? But I am not ready yet! My hands were cold with sweat as I walked towards the stage. I can see a few of my classmates snickering with laughter, obviously remembering the scene I had made last year. I scanned through the audience again. Some were whispering among themselves. Are they talking about me? I felt like crying and running off the stage. It was then when I saw Miss Cheng smiling at me encouragingly. I can't let her down.

I gathered all the courage in me and sang my heart out once again. I did not hear my voice as my mind was blank. I ended the song with a grand finale. I did not know how well I did but I could not care less. All I care about was Miss Cheng beaming with pride as all of them burst into wild applause.

(426 words)

So! How is it? good?? bad?? typical?? boring?? interesting?? feel asleep??????????? well you better not, or I'll kill you!!! hahaha... leave your comment, ya? I try to reply you (if I don't die tomorrow that is - I'm having my chinese and history paper 1 tomorrow, so let's hope I am able to survive, ya?) Pray for me!!! ;p

Surprise! Surprise!

2005-09-05T15:50:00.000+08:00

Surprise! Surprise! I'm not dead yet... notice the YET... ;P It's not as bad as I think, I guess. For those people who have question marks on top of their heads, if you check my earlier post, you'll see that I'm now having my SPM (gov. exam) trial exam (just finished my Malay exam).

If you're thinking - it's JUST trial exam, it's not the REAL one. Then you should know that TRIAL exam is JUST AS IMPORTANT as the REAL one. And why I'm not studying for it??? I don't know. My laziness level just SURPRISE me sometimes! ;P

BTW, FYI, I DID study yesterday for my Malay exam. Shocked, aren't you? Or did I hear someone shouting:" WELL, YOU SHOULD!!!" ??? Is that my sista?? ;P For those who don't know, I started studying my Malay Literature (*yawns BORING!!) yesterday at about 6 pm NOT am... ;P Went shopping (for drama goods!) and Sushi King before! I had like a bunch of poems, novels ... etc. I fell asleep... not very surprised myself! ;P ANYWAY, the dreaded day came (today!)...

I arrived at school today and started digging for anyone with essay formats. Ya, I know, I should know them by heart now considering I've gone through billions of tests and exams, not to mention exercises. But still, NO, I STILL don't know. Oh so typical me! After hammering it all in my head (at least I tried!), I sat down for my exam (the first paper is Malay Essay). When I opened the exam paper, OMG!! I almost thought they hand me the wrong paper, I don't even understand the question! 2 essays, 1 of which I don't understand and the other 1 with nothing to write!!! I could just see my life passing over me.... But fortunately, I managed to collect all there is there and elaborate with them. (I'm very good at that as you can see! ;p)

The next paper was not that bad. The studying helped A BIT (reasons why I don't study, you waste soooo many time studying just to answer like 10 questions!!! >( OOPS!! Dad's back, got to go!!!

Updates!!!

2005-09-01T22:52:00.001+08:00

Didn't post for a few days... Miss me??? haha! I know you didn't, but it's better to pretend you did right??? More hope! ;p

ANYWAY, I'm here to give you guys updates!!!
1. MERDEKA!!! ;p National's Day just passed (it's yesterday!) I didn't do anything patriotic though, unless shopping's patriotic.. lol... hmm.. maybe it is!! Cause in a way, I'm helping Malaysia's economy by buying the local stuff!!! hahaha!!!
2. SPACE!!! I just started my MSN space!!! It's mostly for photos and I added intro to my life, so if you don't know me well enough and you want to know me, you can check out my intro. be warned though!!! It's VERY lengthy (duh! I'm so long-winded, you should know that already! haha) But you'll realise (after reading it) that I'm even more crazier than what you think I am! hahaha!
3. IPOD!!!! Did I ever mentioned how much I LOVE my brother???!!! I didn't??? :o Well, I should!!!! You must be VERY confused by now.... let me explain..... he brought an IPOD SHUFFLE for ME!!!!!!!!!! :D My friends are all killing me because of this!!! ;P
4. New yahoo account!!! I had 1 before, but no one really knows about it and i rarely check, so I started a new one!! you guys can add me anytime, cause I only have 2 people in my list!! ;p starry_melc@yahoo.com
5. VISUAL BASIC!!!! I just finished solving my IT exam question. Hopefully I can get full T's!!! ;p Pray for me, ya??
6. Retirement. NO, NOT ME!! My assistant headmaster (?) - Mr. Yeap Ah Choo. HE CRIED!!! OMG!!!! Or so that's what I heard!! Anyway, not a huge fan of his, but I got a feeling I'm gonna prefer him than whoever's gonna replace him! :o All the best to him!! ;D
7. EXAM!!! Exam's next week! And I haven't study... oops! I'm gonna be SOOOO dead!!!....

Not gonna update anytime soon I guess. Reason: check the last update. Ya, maybe I would think of a way to scare myself into studying... hope it's sometime soon!! ;p All the best to me!!!! ;D Later, folks!!

Michelle at HK Cancer Fund 2005 Annual Ball....

2005-08-26T20:03:00.000+08:00

This was ages ago (27th of Feb, to be exact!), I know. But I'm posting it for my friend. Anyway, I just realized I haven't posted any pictures of Michelle at all, so it's about time I get started!!! HAHA...

43 years already, but still looks stunning!!! HAHA... Oh ya, since I didn't posted this yet, might as well write it here: HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY, Michelle!!! Michelle's birthday is on the 6th of August (same as my mom's!) But don't think I didn't wished Michelle a happy birthday on time! I'm a much better fan than you think I am, I wished it way before her birthday. Don't believe me?? I have proof!

Check out this site!! Birthday Greetings to Michelle
I'm the no. 62 person to greet her, in case you can't find it (cause there's about 200 birthday greetings from over 34 countries!) Here's my greeting:
Michelle,

Your birthday is coming, and we are here to celebrate with you! Just wanna say to you, May your birthday be filled with joy and blessings.

Even though I love your movies a lot, don't work too hard, remember to sit back and relax occasionally! I can still remember the first time I saw you in Silver Hawk's premier (GSC, Gurney Plaza), you are gorgeous! Hope I'll get to see you again in future premiers! ;D

If you feel the world is filled with darkness, see closely, you'll find stars shining bright for you!
Starry_bright

from Melody Ch'ng, Penang, Malaysia
Wednesday, July 6th 2005 - 03:27:07 AM PT

HAHAHAHAHA... we did it every year, thanks to the wonderful Jane who started this site Michelle Yeoh Web Theatre

Memoirs of a Geisha!!!

2005-08-26T13:56:00.000+08:00

It's coming in DECEMBER!!!!!

The summary (it's based on a famous book of the same title was written by Arthur Golden):
In 1929 an impoverished nine-year-old named Chiyo (Suzuka Ohgo) from a fishing village is sold to a geisha house in Kyoto's Gion district and subjected to cruel treatment from the owners and the head geisha Hatsumomo (Gong Li). Her stunning beauty attracts the vindictive jealousy of Hatsumomo, until she is rescued by and taken under the wing of Hatsumomo's bitter rival, Mameha (MICHELLE YEOH!!). Under Mameha's mentorship, Chiyo becomes the geisha named Sayuri (Ziyi Zhang), trained in all the artistic and social skills a geisha must master in order to survive in her society. As a renowned geisha she enters a society of wealth, privilege, and political intrigue. As World War II looms Japan and the geisha's world are forever changed by the onslaught of history.

Although the story lies in Japan, this movie is in English (Unfortunately, to some actors). The summary might sound a little drag to some, but (here's hoping) it might be nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Picture. Even though, I'm not a 'huge' fan of ZY Zhang, still I am of Michelle!!

For the trailer (if the link didn't work, go to this website - SAYURI)
Windows Media Player - Large
Windows Media Player - Small

Although ZY's english accent is a bit disturbing, still I love the trailer (can't stop watching, haha!)

For more details, visit:
Michelle Yeoh Web Theatre - Memoirs of a Geisha
IMDb - Memoirs of a Geisha

Pics to scare u!!! ;P

2005-08-26T10:17:00.000+08:00

WARNING::
The pictures below are strictly not for people with weak heart... I am NOT joking....
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED....

Walk away while you still can...

Deep breaths, everyone... Are you ready??
Ok...

Not funny?? didn't faint?? Well, duh! You are not supposed to. If u did, u should leave, it's too much for you! It's just the beginning, this is a warm-up, hon! ;p

Bet you laugh at that!!! haha!!! gotcha!!! For those who've seen me, u know i'm sitting on the left side. Yup! I'm the aunty.. well, not actually.. I'm the 'mother' of the group.

Hold on... close pic coming up!!

Need tissue to wipe away your tears of joy??!!! Haha... don't get tooo happy.. there's more!!!

*thud* Someone send an ambulance!!! There's people fainting here! QUICK!!! Hold on.... I remember I turned around!!

Oh! There it is, hold on..

I'm soo good, I should be a model!!! HA!! Hey... stop rolling your eyes and smirking, it's rude!!! HAHA!!! Of course I'm not just a good 'model', I'm an excellent 'wife'!!

See? Ok, enough of the 'family' pics, we'll move on...

I'll show you my favorite picture!!

Wicked witch from the West?? I think so!

Wicked Witch is giving birth to a baby (who in real life is a few hours older than her!)

Here's my 'baby', HA!! Okay! That's enough laughing now, go drink a glass of water and rest, you need it!! That's all, folks!

Movies' review...

2005-08-25T18:58:00.000+08:00

These are the movies I watched nowadays and my reviews...
Ratings:
A - FANTASTIC movie! Worth watching over and over again.
B - So-so movie! Quite entertaining but only one time.
C - Mostly predictable plot with so-so acting.
D - Simply BLAH (lousy in my dictionary)!!! Predictable plot with BLAH acting
E - I would never give this grade out unless it's so terrible you can't believe it actually gotten produced!!

Finding Neverland
Starring: Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet
Summary: Depp plays a famous writer with a great imagination. He met Kate who is a widow and mother of 4 boys and introduced them to the world of imagination. Unfortunately, his own wife and Kate's mother isn't very happy about it as people are gossiping. Depp in the end wrote a play - Peter Pan based on the boys.
Comments: The cover to me looks boring, but I actually liked the movie a lot. Depp portrays his character very well, the other actors as well. The movie was quite interesting. Even though some of the movie was made through computer but still it looked real.
Rating: A -

5 Children & It
Starring: Freddie Highmore, Eddie Izzard (voice of 'it').
Summary: 5 children were sent to live with their mad (as in crazy, not angry) uncle and cousin when a war started (their father was a pilot, mother - nurse, I think). They then discoved in the forbidden greenhouse was a tunnel-like to a beautiful beach. Of course they also discovered a weird-looking 'animal' which can talks. 'It' calls himself a sand fairy, although it looks nothing like a fairy. It can grant them a wish per day. Of course things doesn't go as the children expects...
Comments: The acting is so-so. Storyline is ok but quite predictable (maybe because I watched too many movies already). Love 'it' though, he's hilarious. Typical ending.
Rating: B

Son of the Mask (The mask 2)
Starring: no, not Jim Carrey. Jamie Kennedy, Alan Cumming.
Summary: Dog picks up a mask, carried it home. 'God of mischief' - Loki is sent by his father to find back his mask. Dog's master wore the mask as part of his costume for his company's costume party, ended up popular. Back at home, his wife announced she's pregnant. Baby turns out weird as he's 'born of the mask'...
Comments: Typical storyline. So-so acting. Very illogical (d-uh! it's the mask!) 'Blah' most of the time. (blah as in lousy)
Rating: C- (pass, just barely)

Man on Fire
Starring: Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning
Summary: A lot of kidnapping cases happening in the city. Denzel was hired as a bodyguard to Dakota. Dakota was kidnapped (d-uh! there wouldn't be a storyline without that happening) Denzel was said to be involved in the kidnapping. Dakota was said to be dead by the kidnappers. Denzel decides to track the kidnappers himself and kill everyone that has to do with the kidnapping...
Comments: Acting - good but not great, considering Denzel is an Academy Award Winner. Dakota lovely as usual. Storyline - not bad (I only managed to predict some parts). The action - so-so la...
Rating: B+

The Missing
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Tommy Lee Jones
Summary: Cate's daughter went missing (kidnapping yet again). Cate finds her father for help...
Comments: Well, it's mostly a cat and mouse chase. Lots of killing, witchcraft. Acting so-so. Storyline blah.
Rating: C- (pass, just barely)

The King and I (ancient, I know. 1956, to be exact)
Starring: Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner
Summary: Deborah (Anna) was hired to be an english schoolteacher to the King of Siam's children. She finds Siamese customs to be quite different from English ones, which brings her often in conflict with the king. However, after some time they find themselves getting along much better.
Comments: Not bad overall, although it's ancient. The acting is so-so (especially Deborah's) Tragic ending. Don't like the dressings though (too ancient). The king is very hilarious at times.
Rating: B (I'm not too fond of musicals)

Anna and the King
Starring: Jodie Foster, Chow Yun Fat
Summary: Same as The King and I, duh! With some twists, of course!
Comments: Jodie's british accent is so good, you would have thought she's a british. Chow Yun Fat is not so good though, he doesn't look like a king really and his english is quite disturbing (it's like pronouncing a word one-by-one). Acting quite well altogether. The king is not as cute as Yul's king. However, the children of the King are very cute, especially the little one - Fa Ying, I think.
Rating: A-

Sideways
Starring: Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church
Summary: A week before the marriage of his great friend, the decadent actor Thomas, the bitter frustrated writer divorced oenologist English teacher Paul travels with him to the wine country of California to spend a week together.
Comments: BLAH! And again I say, BLAH!!! Blah storyline, boring and blah! Mostly about 'that', if you know what i mean. Acting so-so.
Rating: D- (FAIL!!)

A Lot Like Love
Starring: Ashton Kutcher, Amanda Peet
Summary: On a flight from Los Angeles to New York, Kutcher and Peet make a connection, only to decide that they are poorly suited to be together.
Comments: Blah again... Plot is VERY predictable, I would have thought I directed it! Acting so-so.
Rating: C- (pass, just barely)

Upside of Anger
Starring: Joan Allen, Kevin Costner
Summary: Joan's husband mysteriously dissapeared, which she suspects he ran away with his secretary. She was then angry at the world, went a little psychotic. She was then left with 4 daughters which doesn't really have a good relationship with her.
Comments: Quite hilarious at some points. Acting quite good, even by the younger actress. Plot so-so.
Rating: C+

Hide and Seek
Starring: Robert De Niro, Dakota Fanning
Summary: Robert is a psycologist. His wife killed herself, causing her daughter - Dakota to be upset. He decided to move to another town. Dakota tells him about her imaginary friend, Charlie. Then unexplained murders happened, Dakota claims it's Charlie who is the culprit...
Comments: Looks like a horror movie but it's not. It's actually a thriller, to me it is anyway. The acting is good (d-uh, Academy Award Winning actor again!) The plot is quite unpredictable. Of course, this movie is not for the weak-hearted.
Rating: B+

NOW you believe I'm a movie fan, huh? I'm thinking of listing All the movies I've seen and impressing myself! ;P Don't agree with me on some movies, feel free to leave a comment!

Holiday = Movies, Food, MSN.....

2005-08-25T18:27:00.000+08:00

Right now I'm in my school holidays... no... that's not right... let me rephrase it... right now I'm in my going-to-end school holidays. Yeah, that's right! Tommorrow's the last day of my holiday (excluding weekends, that is) That's because we only have 1 week of school holidays, yeah, i know, it sucks! I was suppose to study, d-uh! I didn't again ('shocker') Instead, what did I do? Well, check the title again in case you missed it.

Yup, that's right! Movies, Food and MSN.

Let me summarize my schedule:

Monday - breakfast, movies, went to bank with my parents, lunch, movies, MSN, dinner, MSN, supper, sleep.

Tuesday - breakfast, movies, MSN, lunch, movies, MSN, dinner, thought of studying.. realise the 'ko tai' was too noisy and gave up assuring myself I will study tommorrow, MSN, blogging, sleep.

Wednesday - breakfast, movies, MSN, lunch, went to town, brought more movies and other stuff for drama, MSN, dinner, check out latest and coming movies, supper, MSN, sleep.

Thursday - breakfast, MSN, lunch, MSN, went to town, brought a book - story book not revision book, tea-time, MSN, blogging.... to be continued

Interesting, eh? I can almost bet my life, my other classmates are studying like mad as my trial exam for SPM (gov. exam) is in 5th of September. That's like 10 days to cramp in 11 subjects of 2 years syllabus! What joy! I know, I know, serves me right! Oh well... I'm gonna eat dinner now and later study (yeah, right! I don't even believe myself!).

Tommorrow, I'm gonna write, telling you guys whether I did or did not study, ya?! Let's hope my consience got the better of me, and I did. Oops, did I cross my fingers just now? Nah! Just kidding!

Il Divo.......

2005-08-23T16:21:00.000+08:00

Il Divo - (from left) Carlos Marin, Sebastien Izambard, David Miller, Urs Buhler

Listen to their album - Il Divo, and you will fell in love with their voices. Don't believe me? Go ahead, try and download, and I will prove you wrong.

My favorite includes: Regresa A Mi, Passera, Everytime I Look At You, Ti Amero

Their songs as listed below (click on them to download):
1. Regresa A Mi (Unbreak My Heart - Spanish Version)
2. Mama
3. Nella Fantasia
4. Passera
5. Everytime I Look At You
6. Ti Amero
7. Dentro Un Altro Si
8. The Man You Love
9. Feelings
10. Hoy Que Ya No Est As Aqui
11. Sei Parte Ormai De Mei
12. A Mi Manera (My Way)

Told you you should have believed me!!

Now I'm currently in love with Sebastien Izambard....

Probably he's the one with the most attractive biography as well as looks and talents!
i. He's the only SELF-TAUGHT singer in the group!!!
ii. He came from FRANCE!!!
iii. He is an accomplished SONGWRITER!!!
iv. He plays GUITAR and PIANO!!!
v. Love his VOICE the most!!!

OMG!!! ;P

Wanna hear him talking to you about his biography??
Fast Connection - Windows Media Player
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Slow Connection - REAL Player

Mama Music Video
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Regresa A Mi Music Video
Go to Il Divo's Official Website, under Music and Video, click on DVD: Regresa A Mi and you'll find the link there.

Under Diary
Regresa A Mi Video Commentary
That's Regresa A Mi's Music Video but with commentary, so it might be a little noisy at the background.

Making the album
That's a sorta behind the scenes with some of David's (I think) commentary. Background music: Passera

Il Divo album photoshoot
During their photoshoot for the debut album artwork. Background music: Regresa A Mi

The European Report
This is a clip David made, after seeing this clip, you'll think David's quite a fun guy to hang out with, check out the subtitles. Background music: Regresa A Mi (again, I know! but Hey! I love that song, so I'm not complaining!)

Their new album - Ancora will be releasing later in November this year. More stuff in their official website or you can visit their forum where you can meet their fans.

Now I'm starting to think they should pay me for doing all this advertising! ;P

Chocolates, anyone?

2005-08-21T17:49:00.000+08:00

Yesterday, I went to watch Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with my parents. I read the book before (it's the main reason why I wanted to see this movie in the first place!) and was hoping the movie to turn out as good or even better than the book...... turns out..... ok la... there are quite some funny parts too, like Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka with his neurotic expression or Grandpa Joe's dancing or those adorable trained squirrels! But there's a bit twist on the storyline in the book focusing more on Willy Wonka's past. My rating: B

Now I am hoping to get the chance to see Herbie: Fully Loaded! The Volkswagen is soooooooo cute!

I was quite moody today. Don't ask me why, even I don't know. If you know me very well (for example my sista), you'll know that I can be very happy a second ago, end up very depressed now, and very angry or crazy the next second! Crazy, huh? Well, don't say I didn't warn you! Today's the same case: I was happy in the morning, depressed in the afternoon.

Usually if I am unhappy or tired, I'll sleep VERY, VERY LONG, my record once reached till 15 hours (if my parents don't mind, I can go on sleeping!). Cause to me, sleeping is the BEST way. It involves no VIOLENCE, no CRYING, no EATING NON STOP, no BANGING YOUR HEAD AGAINST THE WALL etc. And by the time you wake up, you're gonna forgot why you are unhappy in the first place. It usually work miracles. Unfortunately, not for today. I went to sleep, then woke up 10 minutes later, start getting crazy, pulling my own hair (violence), slapped my head (violence again), crying... I even thought of banging my head against the wall (told you!), but then I'm too scared of 1. pain, 2. the noise will bring attention to my parents, 3. it will leave a mark NOT on the head, but on the wall (will spend a hard time explaining this)!

So, in the end, I chickened out. I went to turn on the tv, switch to Happy Sunday (a hilarious Taiwanese programme) and grabbed a packet of Chicken Flavoured Biscuits and a packet of chocolate roll (about 20 pieces). Half way through the programme, I finished eating the chocolate roll and left the CFB. After the programme, I felt better, not great but better. At least I didn't think about smashing my head against the wall anymore. You now starting to think sleeping is not such a bad idea, huh?

You must be thinking I'm a psycho, guess what? YOU'RE RIGHT!! Form 5 life must be driving me crazy. Why did I say that? Well, here's why:
1. You got to study (in my case) 12 subjects, whether you like it or not.
2. You don't want to study but you know you HAVE TO force yourself to study.
3. Even if you do study, you DON'T necessarily get good results.
4. Your teachers are SUPPOSED to be among the best, yet some of them are so darn BORING and LOUSY. Not all, but some, it's enough to drive you crazy!)
5. You got to think of what you're gonna study in the future, but you don't get much choices cause either you're broke, you're not qualified, you're not interested, you won't get a job after studying that, or your parents won't agree.

PLUS: For a movie cum drama series fan like me, it's hard to resist the temptation!!!! It's not fair that all the movies and drama series that I like come out this year!!!!!!!!!!!!

Come to think of it, it's NOT my fault I'm a psycho! It's just LOGICAL!!!

Patriotic Starry_bright???

2005-08-18T18:30:00.000+08:00

Yesterday my school celebrates National Day (31/08/57) by having a celebration assembly. We are suppose to colour the tiny paper flags they given us and wave it around. Naturally, we are not very enthusiastic about acting like a kid, jumping up and down, waving the Jalur Gemilang

But surprise! surprise! WE DID!!!

We were suppose to sing 3 patriotik songs - Keranamu Malaysia, Jalur Gemilang, 31 Ogos. We are suppose to line up in straight lines (form5 then f6 then f5 ...etc), but when they start to play the songs, some of our friends in P5C came over. Instead of being in straight lines, we all crowded together and started singing (or rather shouting) and laughing and waving our flags like mad!!! Any sane person would have run away from us!!! But I was even surprised that the others were singing on top of their voices as well!! Even the teachers were smiling!! Most of us (including me) don't really know the lyrics though, we shout what we knew and just laugh or babble for those that we don't! ;p

Example - Keranamu Malaysia:
KERANAMU!!! kami hahaha haha... KERANAMU!!!! kami blahblahblah... KERANAMU!!! dadedadidudedo... KERANAMU dididadidudedo!!! MAAAALAAAYSIIIIAAAAAAAhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! TERIMA KASIH MALAYSIA!!! then burst into laughter!!! Nice, eh?

For Jalur Gemilang, it's even worse!!
The verse was unusually quiet, most people don't know the lyrics, I guess. Until the chorus:
JALUR GEMILANG!!! dadadadadadada... JALUR GEMILANG!!! dadadadadadada... merah putih biru kuning... dadadadadadadadada.... JALUR GEMILANG!!!!!

31 Ogos was the best, 1 of my favourite songs!!
The verse was more popular this time...
TANGGA 31, BULAN 8, 57!!! MERDEKA, MERDEKA!!! HARI MERDEKA!!! dadadadadadadadadadadada!! MARI KITA dadadadadadadada... dadadadadadadada Merdeka. MERDEKA!!! And then it continues to the end where... merdeka... merdeka... merdeka... MERDEKA!!!

Interesting, eh?

After we 'sang' the songs, we sat down (back at our places) and watch a short clip on 31 August 1957, where we can see our Tunku Abdul Rahman, throwing his fist in the air and declaring merdeka 7 times! Naturally, we joined in again!! It goes like this: Merdeka! (TAR) MERDEKA!!! (US!! throwing our fist as well) Merdeka! MERDEKA!!! Merdeka! MERDEKA!!! Merdeka! MERDEKA!!! Merdeka! MERDEKA!!! Merdeka! MERDEKA!!! Merdeka! MERDEKA!!!

Even though the headmistress ain't very pleased with us shouting like mad (disrespect, she says!). But I think we never had a better National Day celebration before, I never felt more patriotic in my life! Disrespect? Maybe... But I would prefer to call it PASSIONATE!!

Hazy....................................

2005-08-13T14:46:00.000+08:00

This is something like Penang now.....

BTW, this picture is a project of a student from The One Academy, nice eh? I was hoping to go study there after my Form 5.

Count your visitors

2005-08-12T19:33:00.000+08:00

Just add in a counter, so that I can know how many people visits this blog (except me, that is!) ;p

Access to misery......

2005-08-11T21:07:00.000+08:00

Yesterday I had my IT lesson. My teacher, Yeen had been teaching us about DBMS, said she will be giving us each one a question about Microsoft Access (Datatype). She said that whoever who volunteer to come out first will get an easier question. Naturally, I jump at this chance, thinking if I have to answer the question sooner or later, might as well make it an easier question.

WRONG!!!!

She asked me:" How many datatypes did you use in your project?" (She gave us a project earlier)
Me:" Umm... three"
She:" List it out."
Me:" (didn't see say she'll ask only ONE question?) Text... Currency... and (what did the other datatype call? Number?) ... Number? Or there's no number? (shit! I shouldn't said that out loud, but she has that look with raised eyebrows)
She:" You did your project by yourself and you don't know?" (as if to say "Did you even do your project by yourself". Well, I did!!!! I spent more than 5 hours on that, never have I been this hard-working!)
Me:" I forgot. It's too long. (Well, it is. It's a month ago, and I didn't notice datatypes anyway)
Without waiting for her to give me an O (IT grades: OBAT. O being the lowest, T being the highest), I rushed to check my computer to find whether there is a datatype call number, there is.
Me:" (rushing back) Can I answer that question again?"
She:" No. I'll give you another one. Can you put pictures in datatype?"
Me:" No." (you can only put one from insert, or at least that's what I did...)
She:" No? Are you sure?" (then I thought of OLE object)
Me:" ...OLE object? But I thought that's just for linking documents....
She showed me the help menu of Ms. Access, and there it was written: OLE object - An object (such as a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, a Microsoft Word document, graphics, sounds, or other binary data) linked to or embedded in a Microsoft Access table. She even highlight the word GRAPHICS!!! Oh NO!!!! My life's over!!!
She:" You can go now."

I peer over her shoulder and I saw her writing a huge A on the namelist!!! AHHH!!!! An A!!!! I know because I answer wrongly, that's why I can't get a T, but hey! She promised to give an easier question!!! Maybe it is, I thought.

Then I squeezed with my classmates who were crowded around Yeen, waiting to be her next victim. Either that, or whisper answers to the victims. It was then I heard her asking "Name all (or only 5 of) the datatypes." I can!!!! Why didn't she asked ME that??!!! I can easily answer that!!!! She even went as far as asking "How many datatypes are there?" "Ten" "Are you sure?" "Yeah" "OK" She then write a T on the namelist! WHAT?? THAT'S JUST STUPID!!! THAT'S NOT EVEN A QUESTION!!!!! We (including some of her earlier victims who she has promised to give 'easier' questions but end up having the harder ones) almost KILLED her at that very moment!!! It's a good thing she mentioned before that everyone has 3 chances, if not she wouldn't have live long enough to ask others! The rest of the questions were as easy as that! I can easily answer any one of them!! Grr...

Oh well! Guess I'll have to wait for monday until I can be questioned by her again! What "JOY"!

Education Fear....

2005-08-03T18:01:00.000+08:00

My school held an education fair and a bunch of talks today and tomorrow. Which spells ----
1. Joy!!! No need to study for the 2 days!!!!!
2. Misery!!! Have to listen to boring people talking nonstop on your future education (as if what you have isn't enough!)
3. Confusion!!! Too many courses to choose from!!!!
4. Hypocrisy!!! You have to act interested to the courses certain college/university offer, just to get the paper bag they have.
5. Self-pity!!! Why don't I have more money to afford better colleges???
6. Excitement!!! Get to see interesting presentation and 'steal' beautiful broachers!!!
7. Annoyance!!! When people ignore you completely, even though you tried your best to express great interest with the courses they offer.
8. Help!!! When the stupid guy with the bluetooth pulls you to his booth even though you made it clear you are NOT interested and forces you to fill in the forms!!!
9. Migraine!!! When you find what you like either cost a bomb or need high academic results or couldn't provide you a job that earns enough for you to live on!!!
10. Terror!!! To learn that you have to study another 4 1/2 years just to get a more 'not-so-bad' job!!!
11. Fear!!! Of choosing the wrong course and end up suffering for the rest of your life!!!
12. Dilemma!!! When your parents don't agree at the only thing that interest you and suggest better-paying but BORING courses!!!
13. Surprise!!! When you don't expect you are having a much better time than you expected despite of all the negative things swimming in your head.

yawns BORING!!!!!!!!!!!!

2005-07-29T15:48:00.000+08:00

As the title suggest, I am bored... B..O..R..E..D...BORED!! You must be thinking not only this girl is bored, she's CRAZY! Well, you're right, I am! How on earth can I be bored, when most of the students in my form are going nuts studying like mad for the trial exams, which is just around the corner? Let's just say I'm not the most hard-working student.

My school had just given us (Form 5 students) a talk on How-to-score-in-SPM-History Paper today. What joy, huh? Just when I thought school life can't get any more miserable and boring, they proved me wrong. I spend about 3 hours at the school hall today, BORED to death. My friends and I talk about lousy jokes, then they played LINGO (lousy game but they were desperate!), I however had no choice but to listen to the talk, turns out that it's not as bad as I think, since the speaker was talking about the topics that are more chances to 'come out' in SPM. Even though, it's about 80% of the textbook, but at least I can focus more on that, rather than focusing on ALL. The speaker told us with confidence that if we followed what he said we are sure to get A1 in History, since I just listen to him for 1 hour, I'm hoping to get at least B4 (which to me, is great cause I can't even get 30% in school exam!).

Pics of Retreat and KL Trip

2005-06-14T22:56:00.000+08:00

KL Trip...
My uncle, my sister, my cousin and me! In their wonderful garden...

KL Trip...
My and my cousin, Xin Hui in their clubhouse's washroom. Even their washroom had an air-conditioner!

KL Trip....
My favourite room - TV room!!!

Retreat....
Mee cup for an unknown creature??? (each group present a drama on our own versions of prodigal son - a parable in the bible)

Retreat...
Our newly created 'animal' - elrafeionbrakeyl!

Oops!

2005-06-14T22:05:00.000+08:00

Hehe... Just realise I haven't been updating this blog for months... Reasons: Exam, Laziness! hehe... To summarize, I just finish my mid-year exam for about 3 weeks ago, I just had my 2 weeks holiday.

My holiday has been filled with action n adventure (Yeah, right!).

First, I went to Penang Hill for my church's Kingdom School (previously known as Sunday School) Teachers' Traning and Retreat. 3 days 2 night camp. 90% of the trip was fun (we played Rummy O n Ping Pong) + I learn a lot of things, while other 10% was because of 1. lots of flying insects (ugh!) n long way to reach there, 2. my feet, hands and back had an infection (Ewww... I know!). By the 2nd night there, my left foot was badly swollen, looking like Down Sydrome (no offense!) + it hurts when I'm walking or should I say shifting??

After going to Penang Hill, I told my dad about my infection, he took me to the clinic. The doctor suspected I had diabetics and asked me to poke my blood for testing!!! I freaked out naturally, although the doctor tried to assure me it's nothing. I was forced to do the test though, surprisingly, it didn't hurt. I should start believing doctors! Anyway, Thank God I'm not diabetic. The doctor gave me a letter suggesting I go to a specialist. I went there n now I'm infection-free! Wipee! The specialist asked me to return tommorrow to 'heal' my sensitive skin.

After experiencing the drama, I went for a 4 days 3 nights stay in KL at my aunt's house. Her house is huge! I mean, think about it, the guest room itself has a plasma tv and a piano! They had a total of 3 tv and 1 projector in their tv room (they had it carpeted)! They had 3 cars, a Harrier, a BMW, and a Mercedes (When there's only 2 drivers exculding my grandma, that is)! KL itself is a shopping haven. We went to Times Square and Megamall. The bookstores were huge and spacious! Unlike the ones in Penang, which never update their stock in almost a year! Not just that, almost every single store had sales! I ended up buying a new wallet, 2 original cds, 3 books, a jacket, a pair of binoculars, a chinese fan and a present for my cousin! That's more stuff than what I usually buy in 5 months!

Now after holiday, I have to prepare a sketch for Children's Church (Adventure Ark) which will be having a Bananza party! Celebrating Fathers' Day as well. And practise another sketch for the aunties and uncles to see in Hokkien Service. I just went back to school, and realised they changed our timetable + teachers! Not to mention, I just find out 2 subjects marks (all not complete), that makes me shiver when I wonder whether or not I'm going to pass.

guilty as charged

2005-03-26T16:27:00.000+08:00

I went to school today, for Chinese Essay Contest (didn't I mention my chinese is bad before? Why suddenly I'm participating the contest??? That's all for my testimonial actually, you get to add how many contests you joined before) & KRS (translate by me: School Teen Cadet????). I went to Prangin Mall with my dad after that. I went to Popular (book store), telling myself I'll just browse through, no buying allowed! Cause if I buy, I'm gonna read the storybook instead of study for my exam (26/4, supposedly mid-year exam, but then April is not mid-year, that's so unfair!) But as usual, I never listen to myself (the good me, not the ignore-the-exams me!) I ended up buying a book - life's like that by lydia teh (who?) plus a songbook with chords. It's all about the typical malaysian life (very hilarious!). Why I bought the songbook is still a mystery to me. It's not as if I know how to play a piano (I did learn when I was small, but I totally forget everything)! I just spend RM32.40 for these books!

Even though I'm trying to force myself to start reading, I still can't listen to myself!! Arghh!!!!!!!!!! My results just dropped from 1st place to 7th (or maybe even worse!) place!!!!! Last year, I got 4 subjects top of the class (english, english for science and technology, information technology, basic economics), this year I got only 1 (english) and the 2nd best is only 2 points less than mine!!! Of course, the fault's entirely mine, some of the teachers are to blame as well for their lousy teaching (compared to last year's teachers) or only teaching for those who sat in front! Arghh!!!!!!!!! I'm now trying to think how to convince myself to read and still enjoy it, how to get back at top 3 in the class without going insane or knocking my head on the wall. That's tough! I have to study 11 subjects (everything that I learn last year and this year!) by 26/04, is that even possible?????? I know what you are thinking: it can be possible IF I study right now and ignore tv series, movies, storybooks, and other entertainment, not to mention study 24/7. But the problem is if I don't have the mood or interest to read, it will never stick to my head, I can read the same thing for 5 years and still dunno what it is all about! Oh well, I better start trying... Wish me luck!

Gonna end with a poem I wrote. Warning first, this is the first time I wrote a poem (I'm not a poetry person). The only reason I wrote this is because each class have to hand in an essay/poem for all 3 languages (english, malay, chinese), and I have been appointed cause there's no other person who wants to do it! Grr.... Here goes! Promise you won't laugh!

Stars in the night

Most people prefer day
When they can come out and play
While I prefer night
When I can be out of sight
Pretending I am not there
As if anyone would care

Most people would prefer cars
While I prefer stars
Stars only come out during the night
But they are still shining bright

They console me when I was sad
They smile at me when I was glad
They calm me down when I was mad
They taught me when I was bad

They saw me when I was invisible
They cheer me up when I was miserable
They heard me when I was dumb
They never laugh at me even when I was plump

There are times when I can’t see them
Even though I wish I can
But I know they are there
Because they love and care

Sista's back!!!!!

2005-03-24T19:18:00.000+08:00

My sister's back! :D My sister has been studying in Johor since June last year, and now's she is having her sem break (for 3 whole months!!!) While I'm suffering in my school, my sister is enjoying her life! Darn! That's so unfair! Do I sound like a kid who complains and sulks? Yeah well, I was (or should I say am?) But right now, I'm spending my time here and not with my sister. Why, you might ask. Well, that's because, my sister has dump me to go out with her bf! Grr.....

Anyway, I've been watching Princess Dairies nowadays, both the movie and the sequel. And I just realise I'm quite similar to Mia Thermopolis. No, not after she changes to a gorgeous princess, but rather before, when she's that dorky, weird, clumsy, shy typical teen. Except I'm not shy, in fact, I'm actually very loud! I don't look like her either, though I do have braces. But what I don't have is her big eyes, mines opposite, which is so small, I look like I have two slits! My friends once asked me whether I can see anything clear with my eyes (sounds stupid, huh? I never knew small eyes can affect your eyesight?!) I do have stage fright though. (went up on the stage three times, story-telling competition), I never barf before, but I did forget my lines, and stand up there, looking like an idiot, scratching my head, hoping that a giant hole would just appear out of nowhere and gobble me up! Three times!!!! =S Ughh.... stuff in my childhood that I wouldn't want anyone to remember.. I would much prefer to be Princess Amelia Mignonette Thermopolis Renaldi! Actually, I would prefer to be her because I want her suite!!! Plus I love the songs! 'Miracle Happen', 'Breakaway' and 'What makes you different'!!!

Just saw my friend's blog just now, all fill with chinese characters. I am a Chinese and I am chinese-educated, so what's the problem? Well, problem is, my chinese is terrible! I could hardly understand what my friends wrote! What I do know is, she writes a fan fiction in her blog, interesting, huh? I've been thinking of writing my own fan fiction for two years, I have already thought about the plot and characters, but still I don't know how to write it out! Actually, me and my friends (my godsisters actually, 4 of us, we named ourselves after seasons, I'm the youngest but they let me have the honour of being their big sister, therefore, I'm Spring, and my 'younger godsisters' are Summer, Autumn and Winter) have been writing (actually, I do the thinking, and she did the writing) a story. It's about 5 princesses who live in the Qing Dynasty in China. We chose our favorite stars to 'star' in the story, it's an all star cast (very illogical, because it includes stars from Hollywood, Bollywood, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, not to mention our friends, as well as teachers, and even a historical politician! Last but not least, ourselves and my sister as the princesses!). We were planning in writing 3 books for the story. We finished the first book last year, going to finish the second book, but for the third book, I'm not very sure! I don't think anyone of us had the time and energy to think or write the story. :( I love to read fan fictions, of course, I would be even happier if it will turn into a drama series!

To study or not to study? That is the question!

2005-03-21T19:25:00.000+08:00

I just realised I haven't been surfing the net for quite some time. Last week was my school holiday. As usual, before the holiday starts, I told myself:" You're gonna study for your mid-year exam!!! It's coming!!! No way are you gonna fail your subjects ever again." I sounded so confident in it, that I almost believed myself. Then, I went to shopping with my mom after school, I saw a drama series I've been thinking of buying since 2 years ago (never did coz don't wanna pay so much, it costs RM210. *gasps*). Since my mom was there, I decided to give it a shot, I asked my mom to pay half of it, and I'll pay another half. Amazingly, I managed to assure her that I will finish watching all 34 episodes by the weekend, and spend the rest of the week, studying. Mom agreed to it (I'm so good at changing people's mind that I think I should be a lawyer or a psycologist!). It was later I found that I have to let my teacher see our project (IT) by Monday (even though it's school holiday, we still have to go to school to finish our project!). I'm the group's leader and we haven't did anything that the teacher would possibly accept (even I thought it's ugly!). I was facing a dilemma then, should I finish (actually, start, in our case) the project, or watch the ds (Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon)? I would prefer the second one, duh! I ended coming up with a 'bright' idea! I figured I'll watch CTHD on Saturday, then start my project on Sunday. I'm pretty convinced I will finish at least 3 pages that both my group and the teacher will be satisfied in. (Why do I believe my own lies, I wonder!) HaHa! I managed to finish watching 14 episodes of CTHD before going to JF (Joshua Fellowship, my church's youth group, we have a gathering every Saturday evening). I won't be suprised if the TV blow up into pieces, I would have continued if my dad didn't told me to go to sleep! Then, Sunday afternoon came, I started to think of a few ideas for our project, though I only managed to make one happen, I thought I did a pretty nice job. I saved the project into my pen drive, abandoning all homework and responsibilities, and continued to watch CTHD, thinking I can still finish my project after dinner. (family dinner every Sunday night at my aunt's house) However, my mom says she needed to use the computer to finish her work (yup my mother is much more responsible than I ever will be). Good! I was thinking, I have an excuse for not finishing my work. Once again, I continued watching CTHD.

The day of doom arrived, I went to school, expecting the teacher standing at the lab waiting my arrival to check my work. After taking a deep breath, I opened the door. Yes! the teacher is late! I might be able to finish it if she arrive later. Unfortunately, when I switch on the computer, I realised that I save the banner and animations at the wrong folder, what I save is just a blank page with buttons without links! Grr! I almost knocked my head on the wall! Amazed by my stupidity, everyone in my group just said, we might as well do it in school. However, our minds are all blank. In the end, we end up doing nothing but talking and eating. We even went back before the teacher came to school. When I reached home, I decided to finish watching CTHD before my mom come back from work. I managed to finish watching 30 episodes in total, with 4 left to go. Next day came, and I continued watching. After I finished watching, I pretty satisfied with myself (crazy, aren't I? Let's just hope, my parents won't find out this site!) Since I just watched 4 episodes that day, I decided to watch at some of the dvds I just brought. Even though it's not the first time I've watched it, still I enjoyed it (everything is better than studying to me!), I ended up watching Princess Dairies 1 & 2, A Cinderella Story, The Phantom of the Opera, Flight of the Phoenix and the list goes on and on. If there were an award for anyone who watches most movies in a row, I bet I would have won it!

Wednesday came, and I went to Youth Park (I brought SS children along with other teachers). We had a great time. Even though, my father told me to wear a cap, I was thinking I'll wait until I feel it's hot before wearing a cap. When I came back, I was shocked, I looked like a roasted chicken, golden brown or rather bright red in colour. My granny said I look pretty, I think she meant cute, although I seriously think tomatoes would have looked much better than me! My entire body itch like mad, followed by aching pain (thanks to the kids who ran all over the place) and something like pins and needles. People would have mistaken me for any negro!

Thursday, I went to my friend's house for a steamboat lunch. They prepare the dishes (coz duh! I dunno how to cook!) I brought 2 dozen of Shandy + sparkling juice. We brought a little too much food, and ended up having a bloated stomach and yet the food is still not finished! We decided to do some exercise before continueing the second round. Our exercise turn out to be dancing! My friend had Playstation 2, and we all crowded around it dancing. Or rather somebody is in charge of stepping the front, me in charge of the back, and another in charge of the sides! I thought I was the only clumsy one, turns out most of my friends did just as bad! After dancing (or stepping), we continued our second round! I'm suprised I can still fit into my jeans!

Friday, finally started doing my homework! ;P Just realised that after a week, I had been torturing my eyes, skin, stomach! Terrible, aren't I? Went to watch Hitch with my mom on Saturday. I think it's not bad, though Will Smith and the leading lady didn't really have much charisma, still I think the supporting actor is really funny! Worth watching! Today, I stayed in school again to do my project. I have amazingly avoided my teacher checking, though she did demand to see all our work by tomorrow. You must be thinking, since I have to hand in the work by tomorrow, what am I doing here, writing about my past week? Good question! Actually, I did do my work. But unfortunately, something went wrong with my Dreamweaver, it switches automatically to Code View instead of Design View, how on earth am I ever gonna finish my work???? You must be thinking, yayaya, excuses, excuses, excuses! Well, that's not true, coz Dreamweaver still refuses to listen and change back to Design View!!!! Plus I wanted to open Fireworks and it just stuck there, I can't even close it! Grr.... Oh well, at least I still managed to finish 6 pages! That's gotta be something!

After listening to me yakking about my past week, your eyes must be killing you! Go take some eyes and a cloth and gently press it on your eyes (closed please, don't open, or you'll hurt yourself!) and have a good rest! If you're still full of energy and your eyes are not killing you not to mention time to waste, why not drop in a comment? thanks a million! :D

Results are out!!!!

2005-03-09T18:20:00.000+08:00

Argghhh!!!! I'm going nuts!!!! I failed 3 subjects over 8 (3 subjects' result haven't been given out). Just found out at least 6 people's results are better than mine's. Bummer! If this continues, I won't get to be in top 5 anymore. Darn!

Anyway, I went to watch Million Dollar Baby instead that day. I wasn't expecting it to be good, but then, I was wrong. It was quite a good movie (duh! It won 4 oscars!), quite touching at the end. What's interesting is when my mom and I brought the tickets, the woman (selling the tickets) said:"Are all the viewers over 18 (MDB is rated 18SG)? The tickets sold are not to be returned for cash." My mom answered straight away:" yes" The woman stares at me suspiciously, I just looked at her as if I were saying, 'duh!' The woman handed the tickets reluctantly. After my mom left the counter, she asks me:"Are you 18?" "No, I'm 17, mom!" "really? Aren't you 18 this year?" I don't even bother to say anything, if my mother can't even remember my age, how can the lady over there know! Besides I've watch over 3 movies at the same cinema. Sure they doubt me, but still they never dared to ask for my IC.

Now I typing stuff for my school's graduation magazine, plus thinking about my IT project, I'll probably be dreaming of computers. No kidding! I once dream of Collapse! and Bejewelled, thanks to 4-5 hours of playing just to break my own record! I'll be scared of computers the next thing you know! *shudders*

Hooray!

2005-03-05T11:32:00.000+08:00

Exam is finally over! It's amazing I survived! I estimate that I won't be alive for long though, maybe for about 3 days, cause I be dead after I get my report card. Hopefully my mom will be half asleep when she sign it.

Anyway, I'm now more concerned about face (please don't think I'm vain!). After sleeping at 1.30am and waking up at 5.30am everyday for the past 5 days, including eating a whole lot of pizza (celebrating my friend's birthday n that the exam is over), my face is now filled with acne all around my T-zone and mouth (eww...) not to mention having panda eyes (even pandas might have mistaken I'm one of them!) plus an unexplained reason for why my lips have been puffy since I've woke up. Angelina Jolie might have full lips but her lips is not even a challenge to mine which is now swollen and red! My dad told me to drink lots of water, saying it might help (which I seriously doubt, but since I'm desperate...) Hopefully my lips will be normal before tomorrow, cause I don't want kids (from church, I'm a Sunday School teacher, btw. Hard to believe yet true!) to point at my lips saying 'why does your lips look like a balloon' or something like that, it would be terrible! I would probably be nicknamed before Sunday School ends! Joy!

What I'm actually looking forward to now is my mom coming back from work. Yeah, I know it's Saturday, but my mom still works, thanks to the load of work her boss had dump on her. If I were her, I would have ignored the work plus my boss and enjoy the weekend, but unfortunately (or is it fortunately?) my mom is the world's most responsible worker ever, who would never ignore her work. Anyway, I'm now wishing she would come back home soon, and maybe we would go and watch a movie, Flight of the Phoenix or maybe Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (why did it have such a long name?) My mom and dad would probably think ASOUE is a 'ridiculous' or 'nonsense' movie, as my dad thinks Jim Carrey always 'overdo' the comedy, so we probably end up watching FOTP instead. Not that I mind, but anything is much better that staring at a bunch of dvd at home, which I have already memorize the script and sound effects in every scene, or blacklisted it as it is either too boring! or simply too predictable. (thanks to my experience of watching too many drama series and movies over the past 16 years) I'm now looking forward to Star Wars 3: Return of the Sith, Madagascar and Memoirs of a Geisha (Michelle stars in it!!!). But if I'm not mistaken, SW3 and M will be release around May or June, and hopefully, MOAG in December (after SPM, or my mom won't allow me to watch it).

discovered blogger

2005-02-28T19:38:00.000+08:00

Just discovered this site, decided to try. I was supposed to find some notes for my test tomorrow, yet I abandoned it. My parents are going to kill me for this. I bet I gonna regret this tomorrow, but still I enjoyed a little break. ;p Having Malay, History and IT test tomorrow, so I'm now going crazy coz I can't seem to understand anything. Hopefully I won't flunk the test, coz I need it to remain at least top 5 in class, or my parents are gonna get dissapointed.

Hope that I didn't bore you! :) thanks for visiting!