welcome to something else

eDit: wow. i didn't realize i was THAT drunk...

I'll be frank.

I'm a little sleepy.

And when I'm sleepy,

I get sort of tipsy.

So I do wish to apologise in advance

if I end up writing anything inappropriate,
especially things that make you cringe.

STPM.

Its such a nightmare.

Its one of those things that you keep telling yourself

'Wow that's hard. 

But its alright. Because I'll never take that'.

It gets worse 

when you actually end up taking it.

I remember something from my Form 1 days,

when I was still a naive short (slightly chubby) little boy.

My interact club president.

She was different.

Very different.

I'm not talking about personality-wise.

But appearance-wise.

She wasn't NORMAL.

She wasn't wearing a blue and white uniform.

She was wearing some weird yellowish skin-coloured uniform.

WHAT ON EARTH IS SHE WEARING ?

I never mustered the courage to ask her.

But eventually, 

I found out she was in Form 6.

"So we change uniforms in Form 6 ?"

I used to think Form 6 was compulsory in high school.

Isn't that why we did 6 years of schooling in Primary School ?

Silly me.

Fast forward a few years.

Seeing Form 6 students were quite a normal thing for me.

Back then,

their numbers never small.

Small enough to be given an air-conditioned classroom.

Said classroom is being used as a store for textbooks.

Such a waste !

Back to the story.

We had a librarian meeting in there once.

"Lucky b*sta**s"

I thought to myself, 

paying no attention to my senior (a Form 6 student) giving the briefing.

First. their very own uniform.

Then, an air-conditioned classroom.

What did they do to deserve this ?

Are they like... super smart ?

That must be it.

Form 6 must be super difficult.

"Lol. I'm not even going to Form 6. Whatever"

My mind was made up.

I never gave it much thought ever again.

Fast forward (even more).

SPM was over.

PLKN was over.

Results came out.

I can't say I was too disappointed with my results.

I mean, 

I didn't really expect much from myself.

You reap what you sow, right ?

Although I was having a "Y U NO..." moment

when I was so close to getting an A for Physics.

I had my results.

But somehow,

the thought of tertiary studies still hasn't hit me.

I wonder why ?

Australia was like a myth to me.

Mom could just be joking.

Or perhaps it was just a dream to me?

(Its not the first time my parents lied to me)

(No. I'm not adopted.)

(.....or am I ?)

But one thing was clear.

I was doing everything I can to stall this potential threat.

First, I attended PLKN.

Those 3 short months managed to delay their 'plan' for an entire year.

Although I guess my brain has already given into their plan.

I was just so afraid so immigration security

coming to greet me at KK airport

just because I missed out on PLKN.

Also, MAN UP !

Back to the story.

I was free back then.

After I returned from camp,

Mom told me I am DEFINITELY going to Australia.

Unconsciously accepting brain began to surrender.

"But you're going to Form 6 first."

That's what she said after fetching me from camp.

It was so sudden.

I thought it was a joke.

Or maybe something I could dissuade her about.

But No.

That was the price.

The price I had to stay for another year.

"I just can't afford to let you sit in front a computer screen for 6 more months."

"....might as well let you do something productive."

So she was just trying to keep my brain alive ?

She wasn't expecting anything from me attending Form 6, right ?

After all, Form 6 is for smart people, right ?

And I'm not smart, right ?

I could live with that.

Side story time !

It was the first day of Form 6.

I was walking around full of insecurity.

Well, at least I was in familiar grounds.

I heard from Mom.

"Your cousin is going to study Form 6 with you."

I didn't know if I should happy or afraid.

I remember those 22-ish nights that we used to have.

But that was way back then.

It stopped somewhere around Primary School.

There was a chance he'd attend high school with me.

And I was happy to hear about it.

Finally we could reconcile ?

Was reconcile the right word ?

Well, it doesn't matter.

He never came.

And time passed,

we grew EVEN FURTHER apart.

We don't even talk anymore.

Not even when we're right in front of each other.

Was I supposed to be afraid ?

I really did wonder what he thought about me.

I was turning around and looking quite frantically.

But somehow, I didn't manage to spot him.

Something else caught my eye though.

And I was a little wonderstruck. 

(yes, a Taylor Swift reference is necessary.)

The tension of being in the same class with him was unbearable.

Sometimes I'd find myself not talking to anyone outside the classroom.

And he isn't speaking to Mr Penguin as well.

Story of Us, anyone ?

And when I found out we were in the same MUET group ?

The urge to shoot myself (or the teacher)

just went off the roof.

Well, things got better, I suppose.

But let me just end this short story by reiterating a phrase :

"And he's got everything that I have to live without."

Back to the main story.

But before that,

I must say.

I'm really sleepy/tipsy right now.

Forgive me, le stalkerz.

I went to Form 6,

as planned by Mom.

I attended classes.

Sat for the exams.

But I wasn't doing all these seriously.

At the back of my mind,

I knew this was all just like a 'game'.

My semester 1 results wouldn't matter anyway.

I'm going to Australia.

My resolve was pathetic,

in more mays than one I must say.

And now here I am.

In Australia.

With above average grades.

Because now, I actually study.

I actually pay attention do all my homework.

(Oh yeah, and the syllabus is kinda a joke.)

(No offence.)

(Its still relatively challenging.)

Somewhere in the middle,

my STPM results actually came back.

Mom was 'pleased',

she said she was expecting much,

seeing as how I was 'studying' in Form 6.

I got 3Cs and 1 Fail (which is Maths, of course).

I won't lie.

I was ecstatic.

THREE passes.

I passed my Physics, I passed my Chemistry.

I failed Maths, 

but who DIDN'T see that coming ?

For the effort that I put in,

the results were way better than what I'd deserve.

I'm not boasting.

I'm simply saying it should've been worse.

I was treating it as a simple game.

And I still passed (most of it).

And that's when it hit me.

A game.

For me, it was nothing more than a simply filler arc in my life.

What I had failed to realise was what this exam meant for others.

This exam was crucial to them.

Its practically the boss they have to beat to advance to the next level.

Almost everyone did better than me,

but they were still not satisfied with themselves.

Insecure about their place in a uni.

And here I was, jumping like crazy 

after looking at my results via my brother's phone.

Here I am now, studying in such a prestigious school.

I started feeling guilty.

Like I somehow did not deserve this chance.

Oh wait, that IS the truth.

I did not deserve this chance.

You could tell me to stop worrying.

But the guilt is still slowly eating away at me.

Somehow, this ignited a sense of competitiveness in me.

I didn't want to fall behind 'them'.

I want to graduate too.

I want to get into uni too.

I DON'T want to be the only one who's sitting at a reunion table 

without a degree or a future.

My trip back home was full of surprises and delight.

One of the surprises was the release of the 2nd semester STPM results.

I wish, I hoped, I prayed for everyone's results.

Unfortunately, from what I've heard,

tears were still in abundance.

It was once again a wake-up call

as to just how harsh this exam (and reality, in general) really is.

And that sense of "I DON'T DESERVE THIS" began re-emerging.

On a totally unrelated note,

attending Mr Handsome's Physics lecture was really nostalgic 

and I was really happy I was able to stay awake for 2 hours

and learn something (which has been removed from my syllabus).

The beginning of the end of Form 6 is fast approaching.

Well,

mine ended quite a while ago,

but you know what I mean.

One more exam (and a bunch of retakes) is all that's left.

I wish you the best of luck.

For those who feel like giving up,

please don't.

You're my motivation.

You're my inspiration.

You're what keeps me going.

And you're the one that taught me this valuable lesson.

Form 6 was life-changing for me.

Thanks to you (guys).

Listening to Au Revoir - OneRepublic

Sleepy and Tipsy,

TK

i feel again

I'm back.
Back home.
My new home, I mean.
I went back to my old home last week.
My 'summer' home.
I didn't really mention it here,
because,
well,
I wanted it to be a surprise.
What an epic fail.
I suppose everyone already found out.
I'm still hunting down that traitorous blabbermouth.
Though, I suppose it COULD be
because of my brother spamming pictures and statuses.
Oh well,
better luck next time.

First of all,
to all my fabulous stalkers,
I must apologise for the lack of updates last week.
I was too busy having fun.
Well, maybe not all the time.
But I was doing something most of the time.
And believe me,
the last few days were like a roller coaster of awesome.
Why don't I start with a short little diary recap.
You know what I don't really mean it when I say 'short little', right ?


Wednesday

1. Woke up around noon.
2. Shopped around at Harbour Town for any last minute discounts.
3. Managed to snag some cheap cute lil' Typo notebooks.
4. Headed to Murray St.
5. Met up with neighbour/friend, Miss Jupiter.
6. Went to Dymocks for some book souvenir (The Great Gatsby for Miss Dolphin XD).
7. Went to Target to compare prices.
8. Target doesn't have the Great Gatsby (wtf)
9. Went back to Dymocks.
10. Debated with Miss Jupiter on whether to get The Great Gatsby for her.
11. We came to no conclusion.
12. Debated to which version of The Great Gatsby to buy.
13. Decided using Rock Paper Scissors.
14. Went ahead to Woolies to buy chocolate for friends back home.
15. I wanted something you can't get in Malaysia.
16. Ended up buying 6 packs of chocolate froggies.
17. You can find the rest in KK, anyways.
18. Walked to Coles to take a look at their chocolate range.
19. Stopped halfway at Pie Face to try their pie and latte.
20. LOVED IT (Things to do before I die #107 *tick)
21. Nothing impressive at Coles.
22. Bought a bottle of Latte milk for the night.
23. Went back to the apartment.
24. Had leftover pastry for dinner.
25. Showered and slept.
26. Couldn't sleep.
27. Too excited.
28. Played card games with brother.

Thursday

1. Had early breakkie at 3am.
2. Taxi arrived.
3. Problems with bro's guitar at check-in counter.
4. Curse you, Airasia !
5. Well, not really. He could still bring it up 'cuz it was small enough.
6. Dad told us to start a fight if they don't let us 0_0
7. *Facepalm
8. MOAR problems at customs and immigration.
9. 'WORST FIGHT EVER', said my miserable little brother.
10. Slept on the plane until my neck was gonna break.
11. Waited at LCCT for a few hours.
12. OMG MALAYSIA IS HAWT !
13. Went into Coffee Bean for some lunch.
14. Was Coffee Bean always THAT expensive ?
15. It was hot in there too.
16. We were all grumpy.
17. Went on the plane to KK.
18. The landing was LONGGGGG. Pure ecstasy.
19. Flashed through immigration.
20. Went straight to Citymall.
21. Ran all around Popular for a Sword Art Online novel.
22. Passed by Heroes of Olympus books.
23. Still panicking.
24. Called a bunch of people.
25. No one picked up. (don't take this the wrong way, please)
26. Went home disappointed.
27. Got a call from Miss Dolphin later on.
28. Called back to Miss Dolphin's dad's phone.
29. Awkward moment.
30. QUICKLY HANG UP !
31. Headed out for Citymall once again. 
32. I'm driving this time.
33. I missed my Cute =3
34. Looked blankly at STPM books.
35. Still don't understand wtf are they talking about.
36. Grabbed the CORRECT novel.
37. Took a moment to think about the price.
38. Screw the price, I have money.
39. Went home only to hear about some nasty rumours.
40. Had durian with cousin.
41. We talked. Yay =D

Friday

1. Oveslept. Great.
2. Speed shaving !
3. Surprise ?
4. Ok nevermind.
5. Everyone reached out for a Choco froggie.
6. Surprised someone with a belated birthday gift.
7. Ignored someone unconsciously.
8. Attended Mr Homeroom's lecture.
9. And by attend, I mean goof off !
10. Ran around the school to find little brother.
11. Back to goofing off.
12. Would've bean interesting to collect some soil samples though 0_0
13. Brought the girls out for Sang Nyuk Mian.
14. Almost banged Mr Fencer.
15. Weird atmosphere at the restaurant.
16. Leftover choco froggies all melted T___T
17. Headed back to school
18. Then home for my dentist appointment.
19. Basic cleaning and filling.
20. He told me I needed to do an operation to remove my wisdom tooth.
21. '........but not today lah. not enough time.'
22. PHEW !
23. emo time.
24. Attended Youth.
25. Forgot everyone's names.
26. Oh dear...

Saturday

1. Woke up early.
2. Found something not-so-pleasant in the toilet.
3. Headed to school.
4. reconciled.
5. 'Attended' the Kursus Dalaman PSS.
6. I'm in Kent's group =D
7. How predictable.
8. Lol.
9. Wrapped a book.
10. Teacher f5bio was happy.
11. Yay, I'm awesome !
12. Watch Miss Prez torture her group.
13. She's awesome.
14. Took the test.
15. Finished in 5 minutes.
16. Question 1 WRONG. Epic fail.
17. Burned a new CD for my car. Thanks Miss Psyduck and Miss Delicate.
18. Call me Super Senior !
19. Got my results.
20. #2. I lost to a girl...
21. Group photo.
22. .....if this is love, then love is easy !
23. ZenQ OMG !
24. hmmm.... yummy ?
25. Stood outside Blackball, waiting for everyone's parents to fetch them.
26. Chilled even more in my car.
27. Showed Mr Sarcasm and Ms Principal 'Bubble' (*GRINS)
28. Someone started swearing uncontrollably.
29. LOL moment.
30. Went to Mr Sarcasm's place to pick up his Xbox.
31. Then to my place to PLAY WITH IT.
32. OMG XIII, how I've missed you.
33. Oh Lightning....
34. Extremely under-levelled. Kept on dying.
35. GRIND GRIND GRIND !
36. Sent Mr Sarcasm home.
37. GRIND MORE
38. Tried XIII-2.
39. Too much exploring.
40. Switched back to XIII.
41. GRIND GRIND GRIND GRIND GRIND !

Sunday

1. Overslept.
2. Missed church.
3. Brother was at sleepover.
4. MORE XIII.
5. Still XIII.
6. XIII.
7. XIII.
8. XIII.
9. Oh dear, look at the time. XIII
10. Finished XIII !
11. But still GRIND GRIND GRIND.
12. Oh wait, I forgot to watch Cardfight Vanguard.
13. Watch Cardfight Vanguard.
14. Reunion dinner with family.
15. XIII
16. XIII ?
17. XIII
18. Calmed Miss Prez down while she waited for her STPM results
19. Found out about Miss Prez's results.
20. #happy

Monday

1. My life revolves around XIII.
2. Oh Lightning, you're so awesome.
3. You and your gunblade and backflips.
4. Oddly enough, the most 'annoying' party members are the strongest.
5. Wanted to go to the library to do some work.
6. It rained.
7. Yay ?
8. Back to XIII.
9. Did I just waste 2 days ?

Tuesday

1. Breakkie at Fook Lim.
2. STORMED.
3. We never get those over here.
4. Went to Citymall to bro could get some games for the Xbox.
5. Used my tumbler for Starbucks !
6. Library. MUST.DO.HOMEWORK.
7. Eleen said hi.
8. 'how did you know i was here ?' 'i saw your car.' ...
9. Got some work done.
10. Roasted milk tea with pearls from Chatime.
11. The pearls were a little....deformed ?
12. omg i'm gonna die.
13. Skyped with Mr Barista
14. Stupid Internet line.

Wednesday

1. Had a little fun with XIII. hehe
2. I have no life.
3. Had some nasi lemak for lunch.
4. Went to pick up Miss Dolphin from school.
5. Headed to the library again.
6. Did you expect us to study ?
7. Her mom saw us.
8. I saw her mom.
9. OMG SCARY.
10. More suspense.
11. Did some work until Abby texted me.
12. Rushed home and gobble down my dinner.
13. Rushed to church for some Korean mini-concert thing.
14. Sat with Miss Hairdresser.
15. Koreans = High.
16. Everyone was crazy about them.
17. I'm like the only one who didn't take a selfie with them.
18. Excuse ?
19. My phone doesn't have a front camera. Lol.
20. Snoozing time

Thursday (this is where the adrenaline starts pumping)

1. XIII, people !
2. Haircut time. My hair has never been this short in the past 7 months.
3. OMG he used to razor !!! 
4. And then hair wash. Who knows when someone'll ever wash my hair for me again.
5. Rushed to Miss Moliers house.
6. Passed by some random friends on my way there.
7. Yamcha @ Starbucks....again.
8. Talked about.....things *wink
9. Followed Miss Mole to an organic food shop.
10. Miss Prez said she wanted to fart.
11. I told her to go ahead.
12. We laughed.
13. Send Miss Molier home and then sent Miss Mole home and then sent Miss Prez home.
14. Picked up Miss Cathode and then Miss Prez and then Mr Tall.
15. All those speed bumps !
16. God, please keep my car safe.
17. Survived the 'mountains' and made our way to Upperstar.
18. Miss Neutral was already waiting.
19. We ordered and talked and stuff.
20. What did we talk about again ? 
21. I forgot
22. Mr Sarcasm joined us later on. 
23. Along with Mr Freaky.
24. We talked and some random stuff.
25. Group Photo !
26. by one of Miss Neutral's friend who was going to Melbourne to study.
27. Great, more smart people.
28. Showed Miss Neutral 'Bubble'.
29. The reactions were priceless.
30. Mr Tall kept on poking me.
31. Moved on to Yoyo.
32. No one wanted to order anything.
33. We stood there like idiots.
34. Some of us ordered and we went took our seats.
35. And continued to do random things.
36. This is wheere someone got addicted to my Shaking Coke game.
37. Its like the only game in my phone.
38. Unfortunately, no one could beat the high score set by Gaylord.
39. No, its not me.
40. I don't play that game.
41. More pictures !
42. snap snap snap.
43. Sent Mr Freaky and Miss Cathode home.
44. Migraine and hangover time.
45. zzzzzzzzz......zzzzzzzzz.....

Friday

1. Overslept ! ...again...
2. Went to school one last time.
3. Talked to people and see other faces.
4. Same old same old.
5. A Physics lecture !
6. A real lecture this time, lol.
7. I actually understood what he was trying to say (a little better) compared to last year.
8. Yay, improvements.
9. Unfortunately, lens are not in my new syllabus.
10. Awwwwww.....
11. Had my one and only plate of canteen food for lunch.
12. The flavours are not evenly distributed....some of the rice tasted plain, some of it tasted salty...
13. Just like the good ol' times.
14. Miss f5bio came to check on us.
15. OMG LAST MINUTE WORK.
16. Suddenly the tension in the library doubled.
17. Printer is being a *****.
18. TENSION IS TRIPLED.
19. I see a bunch of bananas crowding around the counter.
20. Everyone was panicking, especially Miss Prez.
21. I was panicking.
22. Oh wait. I'm not a PSS anymore.
23. But still...
24. Realised how much I missed these kinda situations.
25. Nothing exciting ever happens over here.
26. Headed up to the meeting room where librarians are NOT shutting up.
27. New faces.
28. Useless vices.
29. What more can I say ?
30. OMG MISS DOLPHIN SURPRISED ME.
31. Looks like I picked the right President and right-hand (wo)man.
32. This further reinforces the fact that I am, indeed, awesome.
33. Everyone was installed.
34. Except me.
35. I was the only one wearing a shirt.
36. OMG that was a scary situation.
37. But it was all over.
38. Or is it ?
39. I LOST MY IPOD/WATCH !
40. Ran to the Physics lab.
41. Doors are locked.
42. No more lab assistants left.
43. Looked through the window.
44. EMPTY.
45. Oh but there's a water bottle.
46. Great...
47. Ran back to the library.
48. Freaked out.
49. Checked the library.
50. Its at the counter.
51. PHEW.
52. I guess the stressed situation got the better of me.
53. Still, I'm surprised no one took it.
54. PTL !
55. Brought Miss Prez, Miss Dolphin and Mr Sarcasm to my place.
56. Packed up the Xbox T____T
57. And went to fetch Miss Guardian and Mr Perfect.
58. Drove to Suria to meet up with Mr Sarcasm again. (Ok, I know it sounds weird. Bear with me)
59. Karaoke Time ! I've been dying for this.
60. Swiftie's Marathon !
61. I was enchanted to meet youuuuuu ~~~
62. SINGING LONG LIVE !
63. We did the freakiest thing when Miss Prez sang Gangnam Style.
64. Followed by Gentleman...
65. It feels great to lose your voice....unless you're Miss Prez.
66. ....in which it is impossible.
67. She solo-ed for an hour.
68. I was dead.
69. I wasn't singing the last song. I was screaming.
70. Thanks One Direction.
71. DDR Time with Miss Prez and Mr Sarcasm.
72. Holding hands is weird. Especially with 3 people.
73. Saw a demonic-looking bracelet with two HUGE red gems that looked like eyes.
74. Miss Prez told me not to touch.
75. I didn't touch.
76. Awkward moment where 3 guys wait outside a shop.
77. Dance rehearsal going on !
78. Drove to CP.
79. MOAR SPEED BUMPS.
80. Someone is definitely weighing too much.
81. Could not decide what to eat for dinner.
82. Played Rock Paper Scissors. Loser decides.
83. Mr Sarcasm chose McDonald.
84. Because everyone loves McDonald.
85. Small talks. Until we were all full.
86. I managed to resist the temptation of sweet carbonated soda.
87. Leftover french fries ?
88. Mr Perfect: "I DON'T THINK SO. doyouhaveanyideaaboutthestarvingchildreninafrica!?"
89. And now my tummy is full of undigestable potato sticks.
90. *Insert inappropriate jokes
91. *Insert racist jokes
92. Rode the escalator to Kaison.
93. But we were too fat to make it that far, so we settled for Just For You
94. *Insert inappropriate homosexual jokes
95. Which teddy bear should we get ? The white or brown one ?
96. *Insert inappropriate racist thoughts.
97. 'The brown one !'
98. Search for water on Palm Square.
99. Cashier unable to process order. (RM0.00). 
100. I wonder if its a sign ? (Yay 100 bullet points. Its still FAR from ending...)
101. But I don't care. Water is so cheap here.
102. Sent Mr Perfect home. Stalked him going into his unit. 
103. bet'cha didn't see that coming.
104. And now we know.
105. Sent Mr Sarcasm home.
106. But halfway, everyone started asking him for his class-famous coffee.
107. So we ended up staying at his place.
108. When we got there, everyone felt awkward and guilty.
109. Had coffee and played more XIII at 10pm.
110. THIS is the life.
111. Everyone LIKED the coffee.
112. Sent Miss Guardian home.
113. Counted how long it took her to open her gate. 30 seconds.
114. Went back to my place.
115. No keys.
116. Woke maid up. SOWI SOWI SOWI SOWI SOWI.
117. She looked surprised to find Miss Prez and Miss Dolphin still there.
118. No one else was home.
119. Mr Sarcasm called. I left my phone at his place.
120. Showered.
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131. Maggi break =D
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140. gossip
141. Love calculator was being a *****.
142. Went on Omegle. With webcam !
143. No one wanted to chat.
144. Suddenly a guy appeared !
145. Miss Prez started wrapping herself in my blanket.
146. PANIC Mode.
147. He spoke some weird language.....
148. INteresting...
149. Drawing contest !
150. We all know who won. 
151. But my alligator was quite nice, even if I do say so myself.
152. I need to work on my drawing.
153. And guessing skills.
154. Went to bed.....or did we ? (ITS NOT WHAT YOU'RE THINKING !)

Saturday

1. Woke up earlier than the alarm.
2. Woke up to screaming chickens.
3. Laid there until the alarm rang.
4. Side note: MUET exam, START !
5. Everyone got ready and packed up.
6. But before that...
7. gossipgossipgossipgossipgossipgossip
8. gossipgossip
9. gossipgossipgossipgossip
10. gossip
11. And then 'me woman. me dumb.'
12. Breakfast at Fook Lim.
13. Miss Guardian just woke up.
14. Went to fetch Mr Sarcasm.
15. Then to Miss Guardian's place.
16. It was quite nice.
17. But Miss Principal won't show me her room.
18. And everyone looked dead....well sorta.
19. Suria ! ....again....
20. oooo....stealth mode.
21. Went to buy a cake =D
22. Went to hide the cake.
23. Tamkang university, anyone ?
24. Mr Cousin, Mr Perfect and Miss Jay arrived.
25. Stared at a guy with flowers in his hand, waiting for his date.
26. Stared even more.
27. Saw Miss Vern. Said hi !
28. Went to The Glass and played dumb.
29. Miss Jay arrived (finally....).
30. I chose some Asian dishes because I'm sick of Western.
31. Mine was yummy but Miss Prez's was yummier !
32. Dat' Banana milkshake too.
33. Oh Mr Sarcasm, Y U ORDER SPAGHETTI.
34. Just kidding.
35. Miss Molier arrived later on.
36. Food photography time...
37. Was late for the movie (RED2) but actually not. LOL
38. Miss Prez fell down.
39. Sprained ankle is sprained.
40. Naked sexy Korean actor made all the girls drool.
41. Well, at least he has lines this time.
42. Why does he always end up being the bad guy !?
43. Mr Sarcasm was a pro in this genre.
44. He KNEW what was gonna happen. LOL
45. DDR Time, anyone ?
46. No one.
47. No Afronova.
48. That's like sad...
49. Oh wait. Mr Perfect (reluctantly) agreed.
50. Yay !
51. I knew he was perfect.
52. Miss Mole was still looking for Afronova.
53. ....and she found it.
54. Mr Perfect got traumatised 0_0
55. I feel guilty so I asked demanded a rematch.
56. But the machine won't take my money anymore.
57. Awwwww....
58. STUPID DANCE MACHINE.
59. Played a weird guitar game instead with Miss Mole.
60. It was fun. Until the difficulty went up.
61. Then there was this drum game.
62. Unfortunately, Miss Dolphin made to leave.
63. I got a gift.
64. We said bye.
65. She left.
66. Vented my 'frustration' at the drum game.
67. Time to go.
68. But first, Ochado !
69. I passed, I think any more sugar'll kill me.
70. Left the rest to send Mr Sarcasm home.
71. A short stop at Merdeka Supermarket to get....ice cream.
72. Haegen Dazs, no less !
73. Don't ask, its a long story.
74. Went to Karamunsing Capital for dinner with the fifits.
75. And potentially the first fifit spouse.
76. Awkward dinner. lol.
77. It got better when the cameras came out.
78. Yay, polaroids.
79. My Domo-nyan shirt is in every polaroid photo.
80. More inappropriate jokes.
81. Laugh. My ribs almost exploded...
82. Left early to send Miss Prez home.
83. Waited for Miss Prez's parents to come home.
84. Said bye. 
85. Stupid Kancil almost banged me....
86. Drove home.
87. No one was home.
88. Mom already left for her flight to Aussie.
89. NO ONE told me about that.
90. Woke maid up the second time for the keys.
91. SOWI SOWI SOWI SOWI SOWI SOWI...
92. Found out I like Dear John.
93. Mixed the lyrics up a little.
94. A little time to reflect on my trip.
95. Fell asleep on my bed with laptop next to me.
96. That was the fourth time that week...
97. Woke up at 2am to proper charge laptop.
98. Somehow KK makes me lazy...

Sunday

1. Made it to church !
2. Went to lunch with Miss Molier, Miss Hairdresser and her relatives.
3. Talked to Miss Hairdresser's mom.
4. Mind Blown.... kinda.
5. Said bye to Miss Molier and went home.
6. Told Dad to bring me to Lintas to get some awesome mechanical pencils.
7. You can't find these over here.
8. STORE CLOSED....
9. Panic.
10. But managed to keep calm by buying JustBerry.
11. 10 minutes for a drink...
12. Thanks to what Miss Prez told me yesterday, I tried AA Stationary.
13. Went in and ran around the place but couldn't find it.
14. I ran into Miss Rainbow there.
15. Still couldn't find the pencils.
16. Panic even more !
17. Called Miss Prez when she was in the middle of Pacific Rim-ing.
18. Found the pencils.
19. There were only 4 green ones left. 
20. I took 3. Greedy me.
21. THEY'RE GIFTS, OK !?
22. RUSH PACKING (because its the most effective type of packing)
23. Managed to squeeze in my weekly episode of Cardfight Vanguard.
24. Final checking.
25. Left the house T_____T 
26. Farewell....
27. oh wait, I forgot to bring my Aussie SIM card.
28. Turn around please, uncle.
29. Got the SIM card.
30. Ok, NOW we can go.
31. Airport Drama.
32. Bid my final farewell.
33. Plane takes off.
34. Watched The Croods (which made me wanna slap all those cavemen)

And that was basically my 10 (well 11) day summary.

Oh look, 

the sky is dark now.

Well.

I'll type more junk in the near future,

so don't forget to hit subscribe check again REAL SOON.

I could continue typing now,

but I think my wall of text is already tall enough.

Don't you think so too ?

Listening to Dear John - Taylor Swift

Feeling 22,

TK

forever:and:always

I should probably stop naming my posts after
Taylor Swift songs.
But what can I say ?
I'm wonderstruck !
Get it ?
Ok I'll stop now.
(Or probably not.)
But what's there to talk about ?
My life right now practically revolves around Taylor.
Oh no,
fanboy alert.

(You should watch her Forever and Always live performance.
She threw her red sofa during the bridge due to becoming overly emotional.)

Well.
Why don't we just have a little recap
of what I did these few days.

School ended on Friday.
Normal routine.
Nothing special happened, I think.
Accidentally fell asleep on bed.
Woke up at 5am.
Went back to sleep.

Saturday morning afternoon.
Woke up.
Enjoyed mouth-watering Subway sandwiches.
Then headed to Trigg Beach.
Now if you think I'm here to soak up some rays.
YOU'RE HORRIBLY MISTAKEN.
Must I remind you that it's the middle of winter ?

My English teacher's daughter
actually studied Environmental Science in uni.
And she used to work for a fishery around Trigg Beach.
She told me to take a look.
(Mind you, my English teacher was the ONLY grown up
to actually support the notion of me studying a Science,
not Engineering, degree)
Back to the story.
So I managed to get up my lazy *******
and convince Dad to drive us.
It wasn't that hard really.
We were all looking for something to do.
And now that school's out,
I won't have to hide in the library anymore.

So...when we got there.
It was a little not what I expected.
And then I saw the sign.
The place was closed for refurbishment.
Now I know why my teacher told me her daughter
USED to work there.
Oh well.
We kept driving along the coast line.
The road is quite close to the sea actually.
Walked around and we found this place.
This weird harbour thing with lots of people there.
We got down and took a look inside.
omgbbq. IT'S HUGE.
There's even an aquarium and ships and most importantly,
LOTS OF FOOD.
There's even a kids theme park,
complete with a set of obstacle courses and FLYING FOX !

Of course,
we didn't do any of that.
But I MUST mention
the Asian population there is just INSANE.
There's always some weird Asian gang
walking around,
sitting near the rocks
talking,
doing weird stuff.
No matter where you look.
You're bound to see an Asian.
Yes, I am turning on my kind.
BOOOOOOOSSSTTTTTTT !

Back to the story.
We walk one whole round around the harbour.
And that took a whole afternoon.
Its not THAT big,
I just don't know why we were walking like turtles.
Oh yeah.
Halfway around the place,
there was this wishing well.
But NOT JUST ANY wishing well.
It was a fountain/dolphin statue thing.
If you donate $2,
the dolphin will "rotate" for you.
Sounds a little weird
but I really wanted to see that giant dolphin statue turn.
FOR ME no less...
Sadly, that's like RM7 just to see a rock turn around,
so maybe next time when I'm filthy rich =D

Fast forward to Sunday.
Me and a bunch of friends ended up standing outside the church
for around 30 minutes discussing what present
to get for Sarah.
Sarah is another younger church member.
And she was throwing a birthday party.
There were five of us 'discussing'.
We thought about getting her the following :

1. Wrestling merchandise 
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
3. Plastic Surgery Voucher
4. Fitness Membership
5. A Lecture
6. More books.
7. No books.
8. A Pony.
9. One of us dressed up as a pony.
10. Toys
11. Black Sabbath's new Album
12. lots of junks
13. you decide
14. no, you decide !
15. wateva im not even going
16. wtf
17. you guys buy lah.
18. ok fine.
19. for the 5 of us ok ?
20. ya ya

In the end,

we shopped around for a gift in 2 hours.

Needless to say,

we got hopelessly distracted.

Really distracted.

I even ended up buying some clothes and a hat. =D

And we got to smell Taylor Swift's perfume line,

Wonderstruck.

There was also JB and Nicki Minaj perfumes.

REALLY distracted.

We ended up spending around $80.
We got her 3 moustache necklaces (some weird obsession),
a rainbow monkey beanie (which was impractical for public use)
and a game of Twister (she wasn't very thrilled about it).
Sooo yeah.
At least I got to play Test Drive at her house.
And that was the moment I knew (another Taylor pun)
how bad my piano skills have deteriorated.

I spent the whole of Monday at Curtin University.
I was suppose to meet up with another friend
who kinda promised to tutor me.
He's doing Chemical Engineering,
so I'm sure he can definitely help.
Unfortunately, the campus library was CLOSED.
And we ended up doing things at the
Engineering Foundation Block
where it was EMPTY
because everyone's on Term Break.
Stoichiometry,
Y U SO HARD.

And that's how I spent my holiday time meaninglessly so far.
I'm quite busy right now actually.
I didn't even get a chance to blog until now.
And I'm still quite exhausted from going around all day.
Will I ever have time to just slow down
and read a book while enjoying a hot cup of tea ?
Probably not.
Its freezing outside,
and the wind will probably annoy be a lot.
Until next time, peeps !


Listening to Something's Gotta Give - OneRepublic

Not really cold,

TK

Um....tAyl0R !

Nothing good to blog about.
Let's see.

I think Chemistry is starting to get fascinating for me.
Well, the experiments anyway.
We had to do ANOTHER experimentS.

TITRATION SAYS 'HI'.

Yep, grab your burettes and pipettes.
And let's go have some fun.
This time I had to go solo again.
At first I was insanely worried.
Because I still remembered this experiment.
From last year I mean.
Almost all of last year's Chemistry experiment involved an annoying burette.
And we all know there's only ONE experiment that requires buretting.

To my utter surprise (and delight),
I actually did pretty good.
Well, that's what super-strict and scary Chem teacher, Chris, told me.
omg minta puji  =3
Ahhh.... its experiments like this that makes me love Chemistry.
Just wished my Physics practicals were better.

The facilities here are kinda better too.
Remember how troublesome it was to
use a suction ball thing to suck up solution in the pipette.
Well, there's actually a better device for it,
which I don't really know what the name is.
The point is, facilities are revolutionary !
Ok, now I sound like a uni recruitment commercial, don't I ?

Back to the point,
the experimentS went pretty well.
Some of my results were pretty inconsistent,
but the end product was fairly decent.
I never thought I'd be able to go through the whole ordeal,
alone no less.
But I did.
And now,
I smile and laugh at myself as I look back.
How many of us were there ?
Three per group ?
And we were rushing around the whole place trying to get the damn thing done.
And I'm sure our results were half-baked too,
since the teacher didn't look like she cared.

I feel WAYYYYY more confident in handling apparatuses now.
Well.
Not really.
I'm still scared of messing up.
But at least now I know,
its not impossible.

And the best part was,
my picture got taken.
YES !
One of the science teacher (who doesn't teach me)
walked into the lab today
and started taking pictures.
I hadn't really noticed
but then he walked over and
asked if he could take some pictures of me doing the experiment.
I hope I wasn't blushing too much.
I said fine and went back to work.
But it was so DAMN hard to concentrate
knowing there's a guy right in front of you,
pointing a camera straight in your face.
I felt like letting out a little grin or laughter,
but somehow,
not this time.
As soon as I felt that feeling,
I told myself to concentrate
and it would subside.
Then it would come back again.
Rinse and repeat.
Until he left.
And then I start thinking of the possibilities.
omg.
Maybe my face will be in the Science department of the school website.
Ahhh the infinite possibilities
which sound too good for me to dismiss.
Hmmm...
I did pretty well yesterday.
But not today.
D'you think it was 'cuz he asked for a photo ?

On a completely unrelated note,
my classes are starting to empty.
There's only 4 to 5 of us in English.
Around 5 in IT.
Around 5 in Maths.
Only Physics and Chemistry students attend their classes religiously.
I think we have around (less than) 10 in Physics
and a little over 10 in Chemistry.
Ok you know what ?
That's pretty little too.
But there's another class Physics and Chemistry class too.
And I think that class's attendance is a little better.
I know some students are already in holiday mode.
But this is kind of a disappointing sight.
Well, if I was the teacher,
I'd feel pretty disinterested and dejected.
But I'm sure they're already used to that feeling.
I mean its not like this is the first year they're teaching at this place.
And I'm totally digging this.
Keeps things personal.
English is so much better now with only 4 to 5 people in the class.


Oh yeah.
My Open2Study course started this week.
And I've done half of the first module yesterday in Astronomy.
Its pretty fun.
But it was kinda hard to take notes.
I've never realised how hard it would be to listen out for the key points
and not copy whatever the lecturer is writing on the whiteboard.
I'm looking forward to starting another course during the next intake.
Maybe something about the Internet.
You should try it too.
Don't you wanna know how taking online courses feel like ?
Now if only they can start an Environmental-related course.
Still having a little trouble deciding between Science and Engineering.
Well, right now I can't get into Engineering.
But I'm prepared to head over to the uni's Admission Office
to discuss my options.
If you feel like you have a good reason for me to choose Science/Engineering,
please,
do NOT hesitate to share it with me.


On another unrelated-unrelated note,
the Swifty in me has been awakened.
I LUV U TAYLOR !
Well, not literally.
But I think her music is really nice.
And it got me really hyped up.
So much that I started playing my brother's guitar.
And now I'm slowly learning the songs.
Working on Fearless, Enchanted and other irresistible songs.
And I've printed the piano sheet for Test Drive.
a.k.a Best Song EVER !
(OST from How to Train Your Dragon)
Of course,
I can't really do anything about the sheets without an actual piano.
Or keyboard for that matter.
Oh well,
I'll just keep it under my table.
That'll give it that novelty-isque look it truly deserves.
Oh and back to Taylor !
You HAVE to listen to this song.





I ORDER YOU.
Its a Taylor Swift medley.
Taylor didn't sing it.
But it was written by Kurt.
You know ?
The guy that does all of Sam Tsui's songs.
And it sounds pretty damn impressive.

Well I guess that's all I have to share with you tonight.
I'm sure something exciting is bound to happen soon.
And then maybe I'll blog about it.
Until then
my fellow stalkerz.


Listening to Taylor Swift Medley - Tiffany Alvord (original by Taylor Swift)

Hyped, 

TK