San Francisco. Mum says she wants to go there this year. Was pretty shocked myself really. Cause I've never been able to convince my mum to go to the States. But thats cool. Because I've always ALWAYS wanted to go to California. And if we stopped by New York, that would literally make my day. But not likely. She said she wants to go from San Fran to LA to Las Vegas. Which frankly suits me just fine.

I think it'd be great to live in those cities. The town and the culture and the whole place just being so big. But thats a good 5-6 years away I reckon.

Thats that. Melbourne is boring my brains out. But then again so is KL. At least I'll have a car here. I think I won't be staying here long. Studying here's alright. But working. Not too sure bout that.

Meh. Gonna go to the crapper now. Till then.

Er..home?

So I'm back apparently. From Australia and from UK. In short, London was great. Nay it was utterly awesome. Only downside. No Liverpool, which is all cases was a bit too expensive for my liking to be honest AND I dind't get an "I love London" shirt. *note to self, always ALWAYS follow your own advice....no pun intended Beve...ok yea maybe a little* BUT other than that it was great. I've got a few pics but uploading it on this computer with my shit-uped connection is a very very bad idea.

Anyway, I've been trying to keep up with the news of late and it seems the scandals and blackmails just never seem to stop. If anything, its growing, exponentially, linearly, quadratically, cubicly in the end sorta giving it a whole chaos theory-esque look to the whole situation. I particularly found it amazing when I was in London and the sex scandal between the Health Minister and a certain lady who he 'claimed to know' but 'didn't have sex with' only to later confirm that he did- became news. I mean its one thing to be mentioned in a newspaper let alone a newspaper about 7000 km away from home. It really goes to show that no matter what, sex will ALWAYS sell, and I quote someone who quoted someone who got it off the papers I think "Many people do it, they just don't get caught." How true indeed.

In this day and age I suppose infidelity has become some what of a norm. To think that 10 years ago it was taboo to be talked about openly and to a certain extent it is still but people are more willing to accpet(?) it. I think, its become such an openly talked about issue that we don't really squint anymore when we talk about it. I think I still remember back then when we talked of affairs as a cardinal sin, but now, its been so down played by movies and scadals all portraying such acts of dishonesty that it just passes us by and is just as quickly dismissed. We don't linger round the fact that someone slept with someone else while still commited to someone else, we just, accept it. Its different if your directly affected of course. I can't even begin to imagine the shit one'd go through. But all the same, things ain't the same no more *inserts voice of a soul sister saying "Nu-uh it ain't girl" in background, echoing away*

Anyway I'm back, untill the 30th for those of you who are curious which I am sure are few seeing as no one reads anymore. I don't think anyone really knows I'm back apart from the people who I've already seen which all adds up too.....3 plus Sam plus Wei Lim plus Beve and Steph which is......3+1+1+1+1=..........7. Took quite a while, bit rusty. So call me, tag me, facebook me or something. SAVE ME FROM BOREDOME!!!!!!

Well, thats that, till next time.

PS. I'll post pics when I get back to my super fast and super chunted ADSL2+ with 100mbs connection.

PPS. I'm a uni boy now, or should I say UNI-MAN, sounds like an organism or a subclass of a genere you find in a biologist or a zoologist's log book.

PPPS. Beverly! Can you buy me the "I love London" shirt please!!

PPPPS. I'm looking for Andy Warhol's books specifically on Pop Art, help anyone?

PPPPPS. Nothing really I just thought it was bad luck to end the post with 4 "P's"

I swear people are either falling in 'love' or falling out of 'love'. Its gotta do with the festive season I reckon, and the exams. Meh, for people in the sidelines its just another day.

Besides the mental note, I am bored.

BORED!!!!

Bored, bored, bored, bored. Bored stiff. I've been watching TV. Thats it. I watch TV like 13 hours a day. Serious shit man. In trying to curb my boredom I've reread the HP Deathly Hollows book which was mildly entertaining for a few days. But now I'm bored again. You know, I never really realised how big an impact the book had on us. I mean, before the 7th book, the HP series was really something to look forward too. Not anymore I guess. And the movie's always below par.

Speaking of movies, I watched Elizabeth: The Golden Age the other day. Not too bad. The first installment wasn't too bad and I like Cate Blanchett. I thought she was just so radiant in the movie. It was as if they portrayed her as a flawed goddess. Meh, go watch it if you want to I don't really care now. So stoned.

Back in a week. Till then.



I want this for Zippo lighter for Christmas. And who says you have to smoke to get one eh?

Feeling a bit lightheaded. My cousin had her 19th today. technically its supposed to be on the 18th of December but being partly Chinese, decided its better to celebrate earlier rather than later. Good food and TONNES of booze. Practically free flowing alcohol. I swear my cousin's a bit nuts. She mixed I think 2 bottles of Smirnoff, some Malibu, and some champagne, plus a carton of orange juice and called it a punch. Shit man, I felt it on the first sip. The food was pretty good. My aunt makes the best satay chicken and barbee's man. Other than that it was relatively boring to be honest. Its pretty much like a small ang mo congregation, with food and booze to keep them occupied.

On another note, the London trip has hit a bit of a bump. Basically means I have to fork out some extra cash for my stay in London. Seeing as Beve won't be able to hold me the entire 12 days, I have to crash in a hostel. Which I really don't mind. I figure it'd be pretty cool. Sorta like an adventure. First time I'ma be alone touring in a foreign city. Should be pretty fun. Looking forward to the trip. Not quite sure what to expect while living in a hostel to be honest. I reckon it shouldn't be too bad. Only down side is, its winter, so its pretty cold and it gets dark pretty soon. But its cool.

Results coming out in a couple of days. Definitely not looking forward to that. Shit. Head feels a bit heavy now. Ah well. Bout a week and a half till I go back to KL now and then its straight off to London. Well. Till next time eh..

Shot through the heart

Boredom kills. I've been slowly roting in my new house. Its boring me to shits here I tell you. Thank God for Foxtel. Other than that its alright really the place. I mean, sure, it takes an hour to get to town by tram and it takes half an hour to get to the tram stop. But it could be worse right? Meh, I remember why I hate this place so much again. Honestly, this place is shit. Its not close to anything and far away from everything. I think the day i move to the suburbs on my own account will be the day I get married or something like that. But I suppose I can understand why we'd want to move to the suburbs. Town life has never really catered to mum's pallets. Then again, hate is a bit too much I'd say. I just don't really fancy it. Meh bygones.

Going to London soon. Oh yeah!! XD Its gonna be pretty sweet. Only down side is I suppose Beve's gonna have exams. So I'll be on my own. Which is alright I guess. So currently focusing on the preparations. Sort off. Tonnes of places to see, so little time. Neways thats that from me. My internet is shit now. I miss my super fast ADSL2+ broadband. Stupid house that doesn't have ADSL broadband. Till then.

O physics. The joys of Newton and Lenz.

Shit man!! 3 more to go!! Suck it in bitch and knock 'em dead!!!


Say 'ello to my little friend!

The joys of exams

Its amazing what exams do to you honestly. I was just, well not just, but I was talking to Ai Lin-I think there's no hyphen in your name right Lin?-and we both just admitted that we've been practically watching movie's for the better part of the week instead of studying. Weird.

Anyway, in keeping with the tradition I went for a movie today. I think its the first time I've been to a cinema since.....July I think, when I watched Transformers with Mira, which is a pretty damn long time ago. Putting aside the obvious I went for a political thriller this time.


I must admit, when I heard of this film I was pretty excited. Meryl Streep? Tom Cruise? Robert Redford? It don't get better than this....right?


The script was good, acting top draw but I was waiting to be stunned. It nearly got there. But not quite. Honestly I was never much of a Cruise fan. I think that the media and the weight of the show always played him in but somehow he just always manages to make it work, barely. Though this was a different genre all together I felt he did the same. But I liked his intensity and the way he really got into his character this time round. I thought the star had to be Meryl Streep, irrefutable.

Its a good film if your into politics and political thrillers. It caters more to the American public as the film really revolves around the war on terrorism, but a good one nonetheless. The underlying theme's and the message is very much relatable.

That again is my 2 cents. And I'm beginning to notice my 2 cents are really more like 2 peanuts since hardly anyone reads this blog anymore. I'm near to declaring it dead really. Neways tonnes more films to see. Valkyrie another Cruise flick, hope this converts me, Elizabeth this one I freaking HAVE to see, Volver staring Cruz and who knows what else eh. Movie slumber party anyone??

The better side of the track

Been listening to the Eagles "I can't tell you why" on loop. Nothing like a bit of oldies to cure the soul. It baffles me why the bassist Timothy Shcmit didn't become the lead singer of the band when clearly he has the best vocals. I think he only did 2 numbers; the ever famous "Love will keep us alive" and this number. Then again they did change their bassist 3 times before settling to Timothy. I suppose Don Healy's voice still suits most of their numbers.

It scares me sometimes how artist's have the most brilliant of ideas to twist and turn some of these classic tunes into their own creations. Make no mistake some of it is alright, most of it's just really bellow par, and some nay most should just be left alone. For example, Scissor Sister's rendition of Comfortably Numb originally by Pink Floyd. Horrid. How can you turn a bloody slow rock song about a person's struggle with self grief and turmoil to a bloody disco song? Then there's the genius of them all Marilyn Manson. He reckons as long as you put heavy guitars and really loud bass and some double pedals to any song its good. I think musical originality is really going down the drain. Everything just sounds the same. And in a desperate attempt they try and change an already good song.

Ah well, I suppose as long as it pleases the ear. Thats good old American driven capitalism in action in music. Maybe we should all just play a riff and sell it to Sony BMG and earn some money. And maybe we could all make our own Ping Pong song like Operator Please. You tube is up, and HOPEFULLY you'll find that its the MOST meaningless song possibly in the entire world. I quote, "It's a song about ping pongs".....

I give up. And it won an ARIA which is like a Grammy in Australia. I suppose songs just aren't what they used to be eh. We should all return to the times of Bach or Chopin where music is just notes. It was good enough then maybe its still good now.

Well, thats that I suppose. Thats my 2 cents for you in short. Agree, or not, up to you. Shit, now I'm feeling guilty, I think I'll do some chemistry.....

Que sabes tu de amor??

I think I'll cook some char kuew teow when the sodding exams done with. I figured I might dabble in a bit of Chinese cooking, a sorta tribute to our heritage if you will. I want to make a seriously mean har mien. Since we're gonna be moving to the bloody suburbs with a smoke house which incidentally is used for smoking salmon like what the Norse do up in the...north, in which I don't understand why we have in the first place since we (being primarily Chinese) like our fish..well...cooked...not smoked, which is rather ironic cause we have a smoke house now in my supposedly new house. Have I mentioned we have a smoke house?? It baffles me sometimes how mysteriously my parents work. I still have no idea why they bought a house which incidentally is bigger than the one we have in Ampang for 3 people, 2 considering my father doesn't like travelling out of his couch much, in Bundoora which is an hour away from town. At least we'll have a proper stove and a barbecue set, I think.....barbe at my place anyone??

I've sorta grown accustomed to my "pent house suite" as my aunt so elegantly pointed out. Its close to everything that has to be close has to be. I admit its no luxury suite; despite my aunt's pun-unlike Aiman's modern-esque place, but its good. I mean its 10 minutes away from town, 15 minutes away from an entire street's worth of pubs, 10 minutes to McD's and Pizza Hut and about 20 minutes away from shopping mecca, not like I shop, but thats besides the point.

Ah well, c'est la vie eh. We've all gotta move sometime. I figured that if any of you guys from Malaysia where thinking of coming here you'd prolly get a place somewhere in town and I could bunk at your place from Monday till Friday then go back home on Saturday and Sunday. I promise I'll be clean!! Meh....then again I don't think that'd really work. Considering my mum would prolly never let me move out seeing as we just got a house, that would mean I'd have to come up with legitimate excuses every week which though, conceivably possible is just practically a nightmare.

Got Specialist Math tomorrow. I somehow think I should be studying instead of blogging or watching movie's which to be honest is all I've been doing these past few days. There's something systemically wrong with me I think. Happened in SPM too. Weird. Well, back to studying I guess. Looking forward to the end of this so I can watch my movie's in peace instead of thinking of what I SHOULD be doing instead. Till then......

P.S. Anyone wanna watch the Phantom of the Opera?? Its on till the 20th of Jan but I'll be leaving on the 26 of Dec so.....meh...I doubt anyone reads my blog anymore seeing as the last tag I got was from some gay ass guy who thinks he's in love with Justin but is not and who thinks he's Jason but isn't. Weird. O.o

P.P.S I think I might have that barbecue come to think about it. I mean, it is summer....

The unnecessary melancholy

School's out. I have exams.

How happy is the blameless vestal's lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd;


For her th' unfading rose of Eden blooms,
And wings of seraphs shed divine perfumes,
For her the Spouse prepares the bridal ring,
For her white virgins hymeneals sing,
To sounds of heav'nly harps she dies away,
And melts in visions of eternal day.

extracts from "Eloisa to Abelard"
-Alexander Pope-

IS GOD DEMOCRATIC??

Very interesting question no? Honestly, I think God isn't democratic. He's more like a figure of all things good. He preaches, no doubt through his countless supposed prophets of the good will of humanity and how to lead a good and sin free life, which no doubt serves as a good platform for which to build our social and moral understanding, but to go as far as to say he is democratic I don't know. But then again what is democracy right? Freedom to choose, freedom of speech, etc. etc. But I pray do not let your pre-assumptions get the better of your judgment. Having said that this is an individual opinion.

I've been watching a programme of late entitled "Why Democracy?". Its a 10 part series encompassing the various views on democracy and what it means to live in a democratic nation. I must say its very interesting. I find its easy for us to criticise since we're privileged enough to live where we are, but the programme just opens the eye a tad. Too bad they don't air in Malaysia, though they might in the Discovery Channel.

On another note, I am going to fall ill. I can feel it. The signs are very ominous for me. I injured my back for one, so now I can't really move it much and I have diarrhea. Yippy kayyay eh. Anyway if you're interested there's a website about the programme and it has a forum which is where I got the question from, I suggest you go, just for the sake of it. Neways thats that from me, till next time....

p.s. Suggestions and comments regarding the matter are welcomed just don't go calling me an arsehole or an idiot because you feel otherwise about the matter.

Update??

Time for an update me thinks. Really there's nothing much to update about. Its pretty much all about studying from now on really. So basically, the only update really is that I'm studying. Hey at least its an update, of some sort anyway. So really thats it. I'll write something more...interesting I guess a little later on.

Just a few things before I go:

1. Watching Soul Plane now, the one where Snoop Dogg's the pilot, it makes ABSOLUTELY no sense but its funny as hell!!
2. Winning 11 is a very addictive game especially when one is tired of studying. It happens to piss the living shit outta me too sometimes.
3. If you are fond of tunes from retro bands like the Cure, Blondie, or even Blink 182, try listening to Superbus. But they're French so, naturally they're songs are in French but the tunes really addictive.
   

Tchi-cum-bah by Superbus, check it out. Its not for everyone, especially if you're really into those sentimental love songs, but I say its good. XD

Neways thats bout it from me, so till next time...

Love is in the air...

So is the rain lately. Thats not saying much to be honest. Not when you come from the land of perpetual rain. And god knows this country desperately needs some. But more interestingly so is love apparently, and the exams obviously, which makes it all seem very ironic. I figured it has something to do with the weather. Boy the rain must really get them in the mood, the mood for love. But its not only the rain or the blissfully mild weather(almost..minus the rain of course) but somehow or rather this love thing is directly related to exams. Theory is that as the exams approach, more and more couples pop up. I don't know if that holds true regardless but it seems to be the trend. Heck if you drew a graph it'd probably look something like a normal probability distribution graph, with the mean being spring and what not. Conclusion: The irony..too resounding...or I may just be loosing my mind. Either way food for thought.

Exams are coming up, the trials are now. I still have 4 SAC's, nay 5. 3 for chemistry, and we haven't finished the syllabus yet. Maths and chem tomorrow. Then physics and maths again on Wednesday. Then what else but math again on Friday. At least it was better than the 20 odd papers we had to sit for SPM. Alas! That is that. Complaining never really fixed anything. At least after all this I'll have a decent break after this before the big mama. So back to studying, hopefully or Winning 11 either way, thats it from me. Till next time...

P.S. Foo Fighthers are coming...YES!!

Recap

In the last few weeks...

1. Miss South Carolina is officially the stupidest Miss Teen in America.



Somehow, she managed to link America to maps and Africa and lack of education. Wow...



2. The rugby world cup has started and Australia trashed Japan...91-3.

Don't that just make you feel so proud to be an Asian.


3. The APEC summit is being held in Sydney.


Nearly 3000 Australians protested near Sydney Harbor.


4. Luciano Pavarotti has passed away. The great maestro passed away at the grand age of 71 after long time battle with pancreatic cancer leaving behind a great legacy.



5. Justine Henin no Hardene cause she's divorced has won the US Women's Open. Besides that, she also pocketed herself 1.6 million US dollars.

Not too shabby eh.


Finally... I have 5 more SAC's a trial this coming week and a half and exams in about a month and a half. Joy...

Life according to....

Imagine for one second, that everyone talked hokglish ( hokien and english). Life'd be pretty damn funny. It'd be like Pua Chu Kang in high definition. Actually worst..

Hypothetical scenario 1:
A friend spots a girl that is quite pretty walking on the street. He calls out to you, "Oi! Ci bai! That ca bo quite chooi leh!"
You turn your head and concur, therefore you say, "Diao! Right la brother! She damn si bei nap! But the ca bo heng next to her ka na sai man!!"
Your friend agrees and you walk away.

Hypothetical scenario 2:
You walk on the street, a car comes within inches of knocking your socks off. You feel unsatisfied. So you shout, "Eh diao you la ci bai!!! Ka ni na!! Who taught you to drive one??!! Your lau bu ah??!! No wonder your driving ka na sai only la!! I call mata then only you know ah ci bai!!"
The guy looks baffled. You walk away with one last cry of CI BAI!!!!

Hypothetical scenario 3:
You want to go to the toilet. But your friends are curious. They want to follow you and know where your going. So you say:
"Why so kae po wan you?? I pang jioo you also want to follow? For what jiak pa bo seh cho is it??"

If your laughing than I rest my case, if your confused, I'll unconfuse you with a little tutorial later, if you just think this post is weird and stupid and won't come visit my blog again, ah well...its better than those filler posts eh.

Tutorial:
ci bai:not very nice way of calling a person
ca bo:girl
ca bo heng:technically its like calling a girl Ms. Girl..so basically just girl.
chooi (pronouced-chi ooooo):pretty
diao:its not hokien technically..but we still use it...its basically fuck.
si bei nep (pronounced-sii bey nep):its like calling a girl...er...very hot in a not very nice way.
ka na sai:just like shit...literally.
ka ni na:not a very nice word to say also.
mata:police.
kae po (pronounced-kaee po):busy body.
pang jiooo (pronounced-pang jii ooooo):piss.
jiak pa bo see cho:eat full full then nothing to do...basically it means nothing better to do.
lau bu:mother

Disclaimer:
The author wishes to add that the scenario's are extremely hypothetical and as such the reaction of each individual would differ accordingly. The author would also like to stress that not all hokiens curse as such and not all hokiens would result in shouting ci bai at the top of their lungs when confronted with such a situation. The author would like to appologise for any stereotyping of hokiens and subsequently would not like any hate comments from any hokiens. The author would like to stress that the purpose of this post is solely to entertain and not to discriminate and would like to also mention that he is a teochew/hokien and is proud to be one.

"Tiada noktah dalam cinta"

Read that off some blog quite sometime ago. I like that phrase. It says a lot of things without saying much. It gives us hope. Never ending hope. Hope that one day we'll all fall in love. It says that there's no stopping love, that love is continuous, constantly present. Hope, that among all the fog, its all good. There's no full-stop in love. Sounds better in Malay to be honest.

On a lighter note, my SAC's seem to have been on hiatus. I guess it got sick of looking at our faces, rather, the teachers got tired of marking our papers. Alas! My joys are short lived! As I've got 2 next week! A 3 day long ESL one and a Physics SAC. Well, at least my preference planning for uni is done, sort off. Still have to do McQuarrie Institute, but thats for another day. Then there's the UCAS thingo, thanks Beve by the way for the enlightenment, but still gotta be enlightened a little bit more.

Nothing much happens from now on. As I have said before, will be blogging on and off. Nothing really good to blog about. Its still extremely imperative to eat ginger porridge when you're sick AND living alone, simply because its the simplest thing to make, especially when your sick. I disregard chicken soup, cause its an old wives tale, it don't work, but ginger porridge...now thats something I swear by.

Anyway, I will try posting some pictures on Melbourne+winter as soon as I go round taking some pictures. So till then...

It takes 2 to tango...or does it?

Its absolutely imperative to eat ginger porridge when you are sick.

In lighter news, Samantha is here and so is Richmond. This sudden influx of people is slightly alarming and rather amusing to be honest. Particularly because this, of all time, would be the worst time to drop by Melbourne. Simply because its cold and raining. Hence the particularly bad health. Typically they came to wonder upon the great state of Asian people outside of Asia. Take in the sights and sounds of the city. Visit people, the whole shenanigan. I just wonder if they've got school.

Other than that nothing much is happening. The term is getting very busy. Tonnes of SAC's, a few more tests, lots of application stuff for uni and what not.

Nothing much to say, lots of stuff to do. So I guess we'll leave it there for now. By the way, whats the UCAS deadline? Or is registration already closed? o.O

You know, last year, there were 671 applications for the Bachelor of Commerce in LSE....only 51 were accepted....O.O No pressure eh.

What people do in prison.

Check it out!! Remake of the MV for Thriller by MJ from some prison inmates..damn funny man!!

Give me a tune, and I'll sing you a song

3 SAC's + 1 test + band practice = very tiring

Math is killing me. I will die seeing numbers o.O

Consider this a temporary post. Partially cause there's nothing to blog about. So till I find something substantial to blog about, I'm on hiatus. Plus the work, SAC's, and tests are taking its toll on me. 3 and a half more months to go till VCE. Mid term results come out next week O.O. Formal is on Friday. I am now going to sleep.

So hum hallelujah,
Just off the key of reason,
I thought I love you,
Was just how you looked in the light,
A teenage vow in the parking lot,
Till tonight do us part,
I sing the blues and swallow them too.

Hum Hallelujah
-Fall Out Boy-

Birthday wishes

I turned 18 today.

People wished me...naturally

Some forgot....naturally

Most didn't know....no worries

BUT

In the end..it turned out alright.

So to those who didn't know..now you know XD

To those forgot, no grudges mates...but you owe me one.

To those who bothered...my sincerest thanks and many great wishes in return.

And just for the sake of it...cause I know Beve wants to read this....yes...you were the first XD