"Are you clear?"

Dear readers, today's post will be dedicated to that special someone in my college, my lecturer whom we shall refer to as "Are you clear?" (or AYC for short). So guess what she did today that warranted me writing this post? Okay, here's the story...

Assignment submission was yesterday, and AYC said that whoever could not present yesterday could do so today...Just go up to the lecturer's area, give her a call and she will come out for your presentation. No prior appointments needed. Okay....so after finishing work today, I changed and went back to college. It was about 1.30pm by the time I reached. so I thought of giving her another 30 mins, just in case she was having her lunch or something. At this time, I am dead tired, having woken up at 5.15am to get ready for work, and I'm trying to keep myself alert for the presentation.

2pm. Okay...time to go up and meet her. Went up, gave her a call, and guess what she said? "I'm in a meeting now until 5pm." WTF.....

"So Miss, I'll meet you at 5pm?"
"But at 5pm I want to go home already."
BlardiHellWTFOMGDiu....."So.....meet on Monday...?"
"Okay, okay....meet on Monday....."

Babi...I came all the way to college just for the stupid presentation, and now you are telling me that you can't spare some time for me??? Then why in the first place do you tell students that they don't have to make appointment to see you, and that they can just come up at any time to present???!!! Waste my eff-ing time only! I could have just gone home straight from KL Sentral after my job! I could have been taking a much needed nap right now!!! As it is, I can't even go home right now coz it is raining damn heavily outside. So I have to wait until it stops, and by that time, I have to join the rest of the working crowd in the jam, on the stupid packed bus....!!!

ARGH!!! Damn eff-ing tulan!!!!

Algorithmics = despair and hopelessness

Freezing my ass off in the library. Despair, hopelessness and my black shawl shrouds me. I HATE ALGORITHMICS!!! Or maybe I wouldn't be having such a problem with it if the lecturer did her job right in the first place...! So right now the due date is in 2 days time and I have written zip, nada, zero....And I have to go home now or else I'll probably reach home at midnight (ahh...the joys of taking public transportation). Gonna waste so much time on that stupid bus where I can't get any work done. Seriously feeling like just abandoning this whole stupid project and crap out some rubbish to hand in, who cares if it's correct or not....

Gawd, I feel like bursting into tears....!

2008: 1st post

Ello people! After a nearly 6 month long hiatus, I'm finally back!!! Gosh, this would be like, my first post for the year 2008! Okie, so a few updates are in order....

First of all, we had some new additions to the family. Introducing....

Blue!!!

And why the name 'Blue'? Well, the kids wanted a blue dog, and since that is just naturally impossible, we named the puppy 'Blue' instead. BigSissy got her for Ty, sort of like a present to prepare him for another new addition...which brings me to.....

Kieran!!!

Isn't he just precious?!

And last but not least, Lilian (don't have a picture of her though...)!!! She married my cousin, Hong.

Welcome to the family y'all!

Then there were the not so happy stuff. 2nd Kau Fu was admitted to the ICU in March. Apparently something went wrong with his biopsy earlier that week and there was sepsis in his blood. So I was spending practically everyday at the hospital, eating dinner at 10pm only... -_-'' There was a time when 2KF's condition took a turn for the worse and 4th Yee started crying. It was so scary and I felt so helpless. I couldn't imagine losing a loved one just like that. This was also probably not the best time to tell Mumi that I had been to the hospital and the doc said that my lupus was relapsing. It just made her go into overprotective-mum mode. *Sigh* Luckily, 2KF finally pulled through, so after the 5th day in ICU, he was transfered to a normal room. I am happy to report that he is up and about now!

This year is also the year I started taking public transportation to college. Actually, I'm practically taking public transportation everywhere I go....Quite a big improvement from the last time I took one (which was like ages ago) but still leaving a lot to be desired. I have to take like 2 different buses just to get to the LRT station where I take the college shuttle bus to college. Average travel time = 2 hours. And I'm at the mercy of the bus drivers who seem to only start moving the bus when they feel like it. Also, if you wait for a bus at Kl Sentral, you'll come across a few bas hantu. These buses drive by without turning on their signs so you don't even know what bus number it is. So tu lan! It's like they don't wanna pick anyone up from that stop. And I don't get why some bus drivers refuse to let you on the bus at KL Sentral. They will insist that you walk all the way to the monorail station there to wait for a bus. In the rain summore. Like, WTF! Why can't I just get on the bus at KL Sentral?! So pissed off...


Next on the list, I finally got my lappie!!! After nearly 2 years of talking bout getting one, I finally went and actually got one!!! And it's pink!!! Oooooo.....so purdy...! And now I'm officially in debt. o.O


I'm in my final year now and am getting bombarded with assignments, not to mention my final year project. So I definitely have to get a laptop if I'm to finish my work. At least I'll be able to get some work done during classes where the lecturer doesn't even know what she's teaching about and only knows how to read from slides. Seriously, she'll read the slides once, turn back to the students, repeat whatever the slides said again, then she'll try to explain what the slides said (which she basically repeats what the slides says, substituting a few words with her own...) ARGH!!! There's so much bout her that annoys me! I guess I'll just have to dedicate a post solely to her....


And talking bout assignments, I've been dating these 3 guys like, practically every night. Coffee, SorryWrongNumber and SingingMan. Mind you, we were rushing to complete our assignments. You should see us once the sun goes down. We're like crazy people with laptops in front of them in the Syndicate Room. De-stressing you know....


Oh, and it was during one of these groupie sessions that my bag got stolen. My Guess bag. From the library shelf. And the stupid CCTV is totally and utterly useless. Luckily, I took my phone and wallet out of the bag. But my house keys, thumb drive and Morgan sunglasses were gone with the bag. My new Morgan sunglasses, the ones that I've had for less than 6 months. The only time when I left it in my bag instead of taking it with me. *bash head against wall* And the stupid thing bout it is the response of the person in charge of the library when I told her of the theft. The first thing she said was "The library is not responsible for anything left on the shelves." Babi you...First of all, you don't allow us students to bring bags into the library and you don't provide lockers for us to keep our bags safe. Then you have the gall to try and shift the blame of yourself. And the shitty thing about it is she didn't even immediately call the security guards or even call the big guy in charge downstairs to inform them bout the theft. She had the audacity to tell me to tell them myself. Like, hello?! Aren't you in charge of the freaking library?! Isn't it your responsibility to report when something happens in your domain?! And that stupid CCTV is only for show. The tapes can only show you all of the cameras' feed on one screen. You can't even zoom in to view a particular camera's feed. And the picture is so blur and shaky that you can't even see anything properly! So all I saw from the tapes was some fella (looks like a Chinese) taking his sling bag from a shelf, take my bag from my shelf and stuff it into his bag. Then he put his bag back onto the shelf, went into the library to a table to get some papers or something, walk to the other end of the library to a bookshelf, then went to the bag shelves, took his bag and left the library. All this under 1 minute! So people, Don't Ever Leave Your Bags On APIIT Library's Shelf!!! Leave it with the librarians to jaga. I just found out you could do this after my bag was stolen. #@\%^^&&* They don't even tell you that you could do that. Who cares if their counter will be filled with bags, just make sure that your bags will be safe. If your bags still go missing after that, you can probably even sue them coz they were supposed to take care of your stuff. If I ever catch that asshole mofo bastard who stole my bag, I'm gonna chop off his hands and make him eat them!!! *insert evil laugh here*

So, I guess that's about it as far as updates go....Back to work now!

MidZone Countdown 2008

I just found out that I have 2 tickets AND backstage passes to the MidZone countdown party at Mid Valley. Can meet international DJs like DJ Stoneface & Terminal (Germany), DJ Mathew White (Hungary), VJ Sort (Kagawa, Japan), as well as our very own DJ Gabriel, Jungle Jerry and DJ Nesh backstage, take pic with them, get their autograph, etc. I think the tickets also include food and drink coupons.....Problem is, I can't seem to find anyone who wants to go, and kinda wasted rite if I don't go....the ticket alone is worth at least RM75. Hmm....So if anyone of you interested in going with me, call or message me on my phone ya......QUICK QUICK!!!

Vietnam - Day 1

22nd Oct 2007 - Hellloooo Hanoi!!! Touched down at Hanoi airport at 8.45am. Back in Malaysia, I found a place online called APT Guesthouse; USD15 for a triple sharing room, comes with breakfast and free pickup from airport. Not bad, so we booked a room. Went out to meet the guy from the hotel who was supposed to pick us up. Hmm, no one there. Met this other guy who was waiting for some other people. He found out that we were waiting for the APT people, who knew so he helped us call them. Oh, did I mention that he was cute? Yum...APT guy finally arrived, and gosh, he was cute too! *swoon*

The drive into the city took about 45 minutes. Passed by quaint Vietnamese houses. They looked like Willy Wonka's house, only with colour....They were really tall, and really thin, and came in all the colours of the rainbow; pink, orange, blue, green, purple, yellow....I swear!!! And I also noticed that Vietnamese people have a thing about their honks. They can't keep their hands off them! Every 3 seconds there'll be someone honking. Serious!!! *beep* *beep beep* *beep* It's like Morse code on the road...and the ride was such a freaky experience! There were motorcycles, bicycles, cars, chickens, cows, humans just zipping left and right!!! Somehow everyone manages to avoid one another.....

Finally got to the hotel in one piece. And guess what? More leng chais came out of the hotel to take our bags. Wah, we booked a leng chai hotel ar??? :p Ahem, enough of my fantasies, back to the topic. So apparently, our room was not ready yet, so we decided to take a walk around town first. Loi, the guy working there gave us a map and some directions. We left our bags at the hotel and went exploring. Somehow, I ended up in charge of navigation.....First stop, Hoan Kiem Lake. There's a temple there linked by the Red Bridge, but you must pay 3000 Dong to enter the temple. Here lies the preserved body of a giant tortoise from the lake. Legend goes that King Le Loi was lent a magical sword by the king of the sea to fight off invaders, and the sword was reclaimed by a giant golden tortoise. Apparently, there're still giant tortoises in the lake. See if you can spot one...bring you good luck, you know!

Real 'jeruk'-ed turtle, I swear!!! I think....

Tortoise Tower, a pagoda on a tiny island in the middle of the lake. Sorry la, it's damn far out ok....camera don't have such 'canggih' zoom...

After the temple, we wanted to get tickets for the Water Puppet show. Went to the theatre which was just across the road, but it was closed till 1.15pm. Dang....

A word of caution....if a lady selling stuff comes up to you and puts her basket thingy on your shoulders and asks you to take a picture, be suspicious, be VERY suspicious. Most probably you'll have to take your wallet out for that picture (read: forced into buying what she's selling). SissyDear was one such gullible victim, as evidenced by this picture.

It's only 11 something in the morning, but SissyDear was feeling hungry, so we went around looking for food. Found this little shop (and I do mean little....it was more like, tiny) selling 'pho' (rice noodles). They were barbequeing some meat to be eaten with the noodles. We were sort of apprehensive with what kind of meat it was, tried asking the lady selling the noodles, but she didn't speak English. So we did the touristy thing....Mummi flapped her arms like a chicken and moo-ed like a cow....which of course resulted in laughter from all of us, noodle lady included. *swt* I still don't know what meat it was, but as long as it wasn't dog or cat, it's all good....

Bun Cha, which is basically noodles with barbecued meat and it came with a heaping basket of veggies. The noodles is kinda like bihun, only a little thicker and softer. The meat was in a soup that tasted a bit like they added vinegar inside, sweet and sour-ish. The first few spoons of the soup tasted fine, but after that it became a little too much for me....

Walked around after lunch. Mummi and SissyDear were in shopper's paradise. Those two can really shop! I was getting kinda tired and cranky after a few hours. At around 2pm, they decided to go back to the hotel to rest. Finally!!! Our room was ready. It was quite big actually, with air-conditioning, hot water, TV (with HBO, Cinemax, AXN, Cartoon Network, Animal Planet) and fridge. They even give towels, toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, and toilet paper! Oooo, and they even clean your room everyday! Not bad for USD5 per person, per night. Sweeeet....! We were so tired, we took a nap....like, for nearly 4 hours....woke up at dinner time. Big mistake. Should have gone and seen the sights more and not wasted so much time. Actually, it was kinda amazing that we managed to sleep that long. You see, our room was on the first floor, which is probably not the room to choose if you are a light sleeper....remember that I mentioned earlier, how the Vietnamese love their honks? Well, try sleeping through all that honking that is practically right out your window....

Went to try this place recommended in Lonely Planet, Cha Ca La Vong. Sells something called Cha Ca fish, which is grilled fish. And it's the only thing that they have there. Quite pricey, 70,000 Dong per person, drinks not included. Apparently, the whole street (Cha Ca Street) sells Cha Ca fish, so you can probably get it cheaper at another shop. Not sure bout the taste though.....

Some weird veggies I haven't seen before and pho which goes with the fish. The Vietnamese sure love their pho....They gave peanuts too, which I wasn't sure was an appetiser or was supposed to be eaten with the fish, cause it all came at the same time (I ate it with my noodles...hope there wasn't a Vietnamese somewhere there secretly laughing at me.... :s)

Cha Ca fish in a pan on a charcoal burner thingy. You're supposed to put the veggies in the pan to cook....at least, that's what the lady did.....Monkey see, monkey do.....

After dinner, me and SissyDear were planning our itinerary. And yup, we wasted some time today. Should have gone to see all the sights in the city, then we would have time to go on another day tour. As it is now, we have to choose between the Hoa Lu-Tam Coc tour or the Perfume Pagoda tour...no time for both. Sigh...

Went back to the hotel, and asked the girl working there, Thoa, what was there to do at night. She recommended that we go to Hoan Kiem lake for some ice cream, Thuy Ta Cafe. We were sort of expecting the special Vietnamese ice cream, but turns out, it was like what you can normally find in Malaysia. Not worth it some more, 13,000 Dong for a single scoop on a cone. The view of the lake at night was beautiful though. A lot of people come here at night to sit by the lake. Quite a number of couples there too.

Walked around a little, looking at the shops, mingling with the crowd, and I have to say this...I was in 'leng chai' heaven!!! Hehehe.....

Oh, and here's a guide on crossing streets in Vietnam:

1. Summoning up the guts: Watch the locals cross. See how they miraculously get across in one piece? You can too!!!
2. Offer up a prayer to the big guy above, and ok, now put your left foot out....and, no, don't put it back in...this is not the Hokey-Pokey ok???!!! This is a matter of life and death!!! Now, pay attention!!! Ok, left foot out, then right foot, left foot, repeat....
3. When doing Step 2, make sure you are looking at the vehicles coming towards you. No, you are doing this so you can avoid them, you are looking to make sure that they are paying attention, and that they spot you, and THEY will avoid YOU. If not, then so sorry, your luck....
4. WALK, DO NOT RUN!!!!! Do not make any sudden movements, or you'll just startle them and most likely make them run straight into you.
5. Still alive? On the other side of the road already? Congratulations!!! *clap clap* You've managed to cross the road in Vietnam!

*If you still can't master the steps above, look out for any locals crossing the road and cross at the same time. Watch carefully where they step, and when they move. If this still doesn't work, then I also cannot help you already. Good luck waiting for the road to clear up enough so that you can cross.

The EP

Aural Joint's EP is finally out! You can get it from band members (if you know them personally, of course, like me...!!!) or you can e-mail your request to them at info@auraljoint.com

Oh, and their official website is out too....So, further info about the band, upcoming songs, albums, etc can be found here. Another thing, those of you who prefers MP3s, they're also available for sale at Aural Joint's website.

Caught!

After 29 days, the police have finally found the car. And caught the stupid asshole who stole it. Hope he rots in prison for a very, very long time.

Don't think can recover any of the other stuff that was stolen though....haih....

Hope that stupid asshole kena raped in prison also. >:(

Back!!!

Just got back home at 1.30am yesterday. Unpacked, washed up and fnally went to bed at 2.30am. *snore* Practically slept the whole day away. Wake up, eat junk, watch tv, sleep, repeat. I think I was having withdrawal symptoms...bluerghhh...

Drove to college today. Had to reprogram my brain with Malaysian driving. Hands kept itching to press the horn every 10 seconds. Get your hands off that horn!!!

Damn, still feel so sluggish in class...jet lag can't last that long rite???? Must be all that bingeing last night.... x_x Luckily we just had a lab session and a tutorial. No brains required. We were free to do what we want. Thank god for little things.

Will be posting my travel journal for the next few days....if I can un-slug myself....*snore*

IT support

*The following is a geek joke that even non-geeks like me can enjoy...hahahaha


Dear IT Support,

Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a slow down in the overall performance, particularly in the flower, gifts and jewellery applications that had operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0. In addition, Husband 1.0 un-installed many other valuable programs, such as Romance 9.5 and Personal Attention 6.5, but installed undesirable programs such as Formula One 5.0, NBA 3.0 and WorldCup 2.0. And now Conversation 8.0 no longer runs and House Cleaning 2.6 simply crashes the system. I've tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems, but to no avail. What can I do?

Signed,
Desperate Housewife


Reply:
Dear Desperate Housewife,

First keep in mind: Boyfriend 5.0 is an entertainment package, while Husband 1.0 is an operating system. Try entering the command C:\ I THOUGHT YOU LOVED ME and download Tears 6.2 to install Guilt 3.0. If all works as designed, Husband 1.0 should then automatically run the applications Jewellery 2.0 and Flowers3.5. But remember, overuse can cause Husband 1.0 to default to Grumpy Silence 2.5, Happy Hour 7.0 or Late Night Teh Tarik 6.1. Late Night 6.1 is a very bad program that will create SnoringLoudly.wav files. Whatever you do, DO NOT install Mother-in-Law 1.0 or reinstall another Boyfriend program. These are not supported applications and will crash Husband 1.0.

In summary, Husband 1.0 is a great program, but it does have a limited memory and cannot learn new applications quickly. You might consider additional software to improve memory and performance. I personally recommend Hot Tasty Food 3.0 and Tongkat Ali 6.9.

Good Luck,
IT Support

So excited!!!

So excited!!! 68 hours, 27 mins and counting!!! *jumping up and down* Yippie-yai-yay!!! Can't wait!

So excited that I've even created like, a gazillion checklists to help me pack my stuff and get ready. ~Lalalala....~

So excited that I've already started packing my bag like, a week earlier already...but can't finish packing yet, coz I still need to use some of the stuff now, like my toothbrush and glasses and....stuff. *glum*

So excited that I'm even unpacking and repacking my bag...tee-hee *giggles*

So excited that someone needs to boink me on the head to get me to calm down....but not too hard ar...I dun wanna end up in the hospital with a concussion...that won't be good for my plans... :s

Tata!!! Don't miss me too much!!! *giggles*

P.S OMG, I'm giggling....*swt*....*giggle*

Aural Joint

Latest updates on Aural Joint!!! They now have a new website here. I guess this will be their home till their official, official website is up and running. They have added their new songs too, so go and have a listen. Hey, maybe some big shot music producer will stumble across their MySpace page and offer them a record deal like they did our very own Che'Nelle.

Good luck Aural Joint!!!

Violation

What was supposed to be a family night out turned out to be a harrowing experience. The sight of that ajar gate was the first inkling I had that my night was going to be hellish. I could practically feel the blood draining from my face at that moment. But I had to be strong for my mum and not give in to the avalanche of emotions yet. There were other important things to see to, and I guess the shock hadn't quite set in yet.

It was only the following night, after I wasn't with my mum anymore that the full shock of it all finally hit me. After all, I didn't have anything to distract me from thinking bout it anymore. Your home should be the one place that you can feel safe and secure, but a single act of greed on the part of strangers can take that all away from you. How do you explain that feeling of violation, of knowing that strangers had trespassed on what was yours, of knowing that they went through your personal things? I had already gone through the experience once before, which was more terrifying because I was actually there when it all took place, and it took me ages to actually get back some semblance of security. For it to happen to me again, this should be enough to put me in a state of paranoia.

What is our society becoming? Some feel so proud of their gated communities with 24-hour security guards, saying that it is a symbol of a civilised society, but in actuality, to live in fear so much that you require around the clock protection, this is a sign of a degradation of civilisation. In today's time, everyone learns to be mistrustful of their fellow man. Even a sincere act of kindness is looked upon with suspicion nowadays.

We can never let our children out to play because of the fear of paedophiles, we can't walk down the road at night without being afraid of anything that moves...heck, we can't even feel safe in our own homes anymore. We keep adding bars, and grills, and locks, all in the hope that it will make us more secure. And soon, all of us will be living in prisons built by ourselves.

Silence of the "friends"

The Situation:

Late Thursday night/Early Friday morning - Food poisoning. Feeling so crappy but still trying to finish my assignment. Finally can't take it anymore, threw up at 4am and went to sleep (or at least, tried to...)

Friday, 11am - Finally finished my assignment. Tummy still feeling queasy so still contemplating if I should go out later tonight. Will see later.

Friday, 5pm - After taking all kinds of medicine for food poisoning and some rest later, was feeling better. Tummy still feels like it's set on 'Slow Spin' but it was manageable. So decided to go tonight. Hey, it's so hard to get this bunch of people together, so I couldn't miss it right? Anyway, earlier on the people who asked me to go used the "We all friends go out just to enjoy together" trump card. Ok, told Emily I would be going but won't be opening bottle because I won't be drinking (drinking on a recently poisoned tummy??? I'm not suicidal you know....).

Friday, mamak, 10pm - Nicholas and Carles were collecting money for the bottles and I repeated again that I'm not opening with them.

Friday, at the club - Went in and sat down at the table. Later AaronL called and said he would be coming and wanted to open bottle with our table. Told Carles about it and he said "You telling me for what?!" in a most rude like manner. Erm, aren't you the one handling all the details???!! So ok, I told AaronL it would be better if he opened with his other friends who were at the club as well. Went to dance downstairs and most of the time I was at AaronL and Joseph's table. Didn't drink a single drop that night, not even the coke from my table.

Friday, mamak, after the club - Two groups of people from the club were there; one group from my table, the other group from Joseph's and AaronL's table. I was seated at one end with my own group and the other group were seated at the other end. Stanley came. Nicholas called him over to where he was sitting and they started talking. Then suddenly Stanley shouted at me "You! Come here I want to talk to you!" and Emily, who was sitting opposite Nicholas, was crying. What the hell is up la? Ok, went over to another table and sat down. Nicholas come also. Then Stanley started shouting at stuff like "What's wrong with you???!!! Why you don't want to pay??!!!", "This is the second time you are not paying", "You so cheapskate isit???!!!" and all his crap bout if you want to club for free then ask your father to open a club, bla bla bla.....Then I told them la, why should I pay for the bottle if I didn't even drink? And Nicholas started saying stuff like it's not fair to the other two girls who didn't drink also but paid, and that other people also think it's not fair. Then I said it's up to them la if they wanna pay, but I refuse to pay for something which I didn't even partake in. Then Nicholas said if you enter a club and sit down at the table then you have to pay, even if you don't drink. Continued arguing until I cannot tahan Stanley shouting at me anymore and bringing up the "second time you didn't pay" issue so I shouted back at him that the first time it was my birthday and they all belanja me, I didn't make them pay for me. Argue, argue, then Nicholas said "Well the solution now is that I 'pau' for the other two girls as well". Then he just got up and left. So ok, went back to the group and I told Joseph what just happened. My group all were having a discussion among themselves bout what just happened. So I just stayed at Joseph's side of the table la. Then later my group all just got up and left. No one came to even talk to me except maybe Keith who came and said bye. I was supposed to go home with Tuan Shen but I guess he forgot bout me too and walked away with them. So I got up and started to follow them but Jospeh told me that he'll send me home. But then my stuff was all at Tuan Shen car, so no choice, I had to follow him. At that same time I think Tuan Shen finally remembered me and came back to get me. So followed him home lor. It was the most uncomfortable ride home ever. There was this kind of uneasy silence between us, the only time we talked was when deciding which way to take home.

The Rant

1. The payment. I've already told them in advance that I wouldn't be opening bottle with them. And in the beginning, when Carles asked me to go, he said ladies don't have to pay. That was his exact words, "When clubbing, ladies don't have to pay". Maybe he meant don't have to pay for entrance, fine. So what's the problem now? I only did what you promised me, I got in the club without paying. I didn't even drink a single drop of your alcohol or coke, so why are you asking me to pay now? Then when we were arguing at the mamak, let's call it the Let's Intimidate Stephanie Session (LISS), I asked him "Did you pay anything to get me in the door?", he replied "NO, but blablabla....". Now, let's focus on the "NO". If you didn't pay anything to get me in, why should I be asked to pay anything now??? It's not like you rugi anything....And that stupid thing bout paying just for sitting down at your table, pay RM60 just because I put my ass on the couch??!!!! You've got to be kidding!!! And some more they wait until AFTER the club then only tell you that they expect you to pay. It's like saying "Surprise!!! You owe RM60 for sitting down. Now pay up.". If I knew they were gonna expect me to pay just for bringing me in I wouldn't have gone, or I would have asked Joseph to bring me in.

2. The LISS. Wow, two guys ganging up on one lone girl. So macho hor, so man hor....Stanley's not part of our group of friends. He's just Emily's boyfriend. He wasn't even at the club. He just came to pick Emily up. So why the hell did he stick his nose into something that had nothing to do with him anyway??? And yelling at me in front of the whole mamak like some wannabe gangster some more. You call yourself a man, yelling at a girl like that?? Ya, CAVEman la.....And Nicholas, wow, that one even more special, ask a guy who had nothing to do with the issue to help you bully a girl. Some more he can say "I dunno how to talk to you because I'm not close to you". Ya, so you go and call your gangster wannabe to be your backup la...Such a spineless worm. A piece of advice, GROW SOME BALLS!!!

3. The other girls paying. Hey, if you wanna cheat those girls who hardly club into paying for YOUR drinks, then shame on you! Celine only drank coke, which Nicholas said was free flow for him. So in other words, you are making her pay for YOUR drinking! Those of you who expects me to pay for YOUR drinking, even though I didnt even drink a drop, SHAME ON YOU. And let's do some math here ok?

RM60 x 3 girls who didn't drink / at least 18 people who were drinking = extra RM10 each person

Hey, extra RM10 for your own drinking and you are complaining??? And then you wanna call me cheapskate???!!! If you don't wanna pay the extra money, then stop opening more bottles!!! Stop drinking!!! Don't go and expect me to pay for what you drank then whine when I don't pay up.

4. The silence. The thing that hurt me the most was when not one person from my group stood up for me. No one said "Hey, why is this guy shouting at my friend?", no one came over during the LISS to ask "What's going on? Why are you two guys ganging up on a girl?". Some of them can get so worried bout a strange guy looking at another one of our girl friends, but no one was worried bout a guy shouting at me. And when I went back to the table, no one even came and offered me a kind look or word. No one came and supported me. No one asked me how I was. No one. It was like they all shunned me. And here I thought I had friends. I've always stuck up for them and comforted them when they were sad, but now, none of them have done that for me.

Well congratulations, you have managed to do what no one outside of my family has ever done. You have managed to be my undoing. You have managed to make me cry. Thank god Wawa replied my sms that day. He was the one comforting me at 5.45 am, even though he didn't even know what was going on because I still haven't told him what was wrong.

Up until today, no one from that night has called or sms-ed me to ask if I was ok. How wonderful is that?

Dogathon 2007

Woof woof!!! It's baaaccckkkk!!! Organised by the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University Putra Malaysia (UPM), it's a chance for doggie lovers to meet and socialise. One of the main objectives is to raise funds which will be channeled towards the betterment of stray animals through welfare project “Pro-Kasih” (which is run by the Veterinary students) and to campaign against cruelty to animals. So show your support!!!

Last year's Dogathon theme was "Pirates", and this year it's "Kings and Castle: A Loyal Dog is A Royal Dog". There are a lot of contests which you can enroll your dogs in for a small fee (Dogathon Race, Agility Challenge + Best Trick, Master Hunt, etc). Or if you just wanna go and have a look see, then that's fine too! Heck, you don't even have to have a dog to join in the fun!

Venue: Bukit Ekspo, UPM

Date: 12th August 2007 (Sunday)

Time: 7am - 2pm

Entrance is free, and the first 200 participants to register with their dogs will get a goodie bag.

A few reminders though...

• If your girlie doggie is in heat, then you can't bring her to the Dogathon. We don't want chaos to ensue with the other boy dogs.
• Please ensure that your doggies are tick and flea free. If upon inspection, your doggies are found to be infected, de-ticking or de-fleaing will be done by the Veterinary people there for a minimal fee.
• Make sure you keep your doggies on a leash at all times! They will not be allowed to run free at the event.
• Any sickly looking or abused dogs will not be allowed to participate in the event.
• Bring lots of water for you and your dog coz it's an outdoor event, and it's gonna be very hot. Bring an umbrella too, just in case...
• Make sure you bring lots of plastic poopie bags to pick up after your dogs! Don't you DARE let me catch you leaving your doggie's poopie all around...Slap you then you know....Have manners a bit and be considerate la!

I'll be bringing MiloDog and LiloWeelo to the Dogathon. Will YOU be there???

Crocs 48-hour test drive

Yup...Crocs Inc, manufacturer of those funny, weird looking, yet comfortable shoes are letting customers take their latest models for a 48 hour test drive (models = shoes people, shoes! What you thinking la...? Pervs...). Best thing is, if you don't like it for whatever reason, you can just return it within 48 hours, no obligations. Of course, before you can actually take it out for a test drive you have to pay for the shoes first la...But you can get your money back if you return the shoes WITHIN 48 HOURS.

BigSissy has a Beach, JayJay has a blue Kids Cayman, and BabyTy has a green Kids Cayman. Now itchy backside, thinking of getting a Nile or a Beach also, but it costs RM129!!! But it IS comfy...perfect for that beach holiday I'm planning also...hehehe....You can even accessorise your shoes!!! You stuff these little thingys called Jibbitz into the holes of your Crocs (well, those models with holes anyway...) and voila, fashion slave in the making!

Crocs Beach

Crocs Nile

Crocs Kids Cayman (which is a smaller, cuter version of Beach)

Jibbitz Jibbitzes

Crocs with Jibbitzes

So if you wanna register for the test drive, head over to Crocs Concept Stores at Ikano Power Centre, or if you are up north, Queensbay Mall, Penang. But this test drive promotion thingy is valid till the 19th of August only, so you better hurry!

Ratatouille!!!

Repeat after me : rat - a - too - ee.....

Ok, now say this: FREE - rat - a - too - ee - tik - its....

Yup, that's right...

"...Nuffnang is also giving away up to 75 tickets complementary tickets to our bloggers to watch Ratatouille at their convenience.

Because we understand that it’s lonely to watch a movie alone, we’re giving away 2 tickets to each blogger."
-Nuffnang

Hmm....my maths may be a bit rusty, but if they're giving out 75 tickets only, with each blogger getting 2, does that mean that 1 blogger will have to get only 1 ticket...??? Or will there be an extra leftover ticket??? If that's the case, can I have that extra ticket???!!! Can I, can I, can I *Puss in Boots pleading face*????!!!

Pictures of You

Moonflower reminds me of Australia,
Australia reminds me of you,
The park, where you secretly took my picture,
That long walk back to the apartment,
That night on the balcony...

One was born too soon,
The other, too late...
It wouldn't have worked out,
The difference was probably too great,
So now all I have is moonflower,
To trigger memories of you...

Why la...???!!!

I just found out that tomorrow Carrefour and Tesco are gonna sell the latest Harry Potter book at RM69.90....Like, WTF???!!! *bangs head against wall* JJ kept on showing me the ad in the papers summore =_="....First he showed me the Tesco ad....then he pointed out the Carrefour ad on another page....Babi, dah la kena stab, knife kena twisted summore.....*bangs head against wall again*

Still emo-ing...

Ok, I'm still in the emo state of mind, so sue me....

I've heard this song (Because I'm A Girl, by Kiss) before but never actually seen the video. My god, it was so touching! I actually thought that the photographer was such a jerk ass for leaving the girl after the accident, and that his assistant was gonna hook up with her...but guess I was wrong. Watch the video again, and the things that the photographer did will start to make sense....

It's coming, it's coming!!!

As you all know, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will be published soon (21st July 2007). If you didn't know, which rock have you been hiding under la??? I've always pre-ordered all my Harry Potter books (5 and 6 anyway...) and was supposed pre-order this latest one like ages ago, but kept on postponing it. Until a couple of days ago, I realised that the release date was just around the corner. Shit! Don't care la, this weekend die die also have to go and pre-order it. So yesterday night, after dinner, forced SissyDear to teman me to MPH. Got there, placed my order, and was told to pay a deposit of RM70. Ok, no prob...Then when the MPH lady was writing out the receipt, I felt something nagging at me. Hmmm, something's not right...wait a minute...DEPOSIT! The last Potter book I bought, I was required to pay RM50 deposit, and the book cost around RM80 something. Shit, I forgot that RM70 is not the total cost of the book.

"Err, excuse me, but how much does the book cost?"
"It should come up to around RM120 or RM130"
"*gasp* Really ah???"
"So is it ok?"
"Err, ya ya...oklah..."

Sigh, it's hardcover mah, so I guess no surprise there. And I guess it's ok lah, since I'm collecting the whole series....I actually started reading the 4th Potter book first (BigSissy got it for me from overseas), back when no1 had even heard bout Harry Potter or JK Rowling. Then I went to Australia and bought the 1st 3 books, the 1st ever books costing RM20 each which I had bought with my own money. But donkey SissyDear took the books (1, 2, 3) to her boyfriend's place, broke up with him, then kept on putting off going to his place to get her stuff. Then when she finally got the guts to go and see him, he had already moved away. !#$%^&#^&* She janji with me to 'pou' back the books, but that was 3 years ago, and still no sign of the books....haih...


Well, can't wait for the 21st of July!!! Should I camp outside the store ah...??? Hmmm....


P.S I still refuse to believe that Snape is evil!!!