Live Long, Die Fast

I'm … down with fever. Hopefully it lasts till Wednesday at least so I can skip school tuition on Tuesday. It started this afternoon when I suddenly felt real cold while playing my DS in an air-conditioned room. I guess I really shouldn't have gone swimming last night when I am already coughing. Anyway, I've taken medication, so I should be fine. I tried mixing Sprite with salt. It's really quite refreshing and cooling. Besides taking the custom Sprite, I also went for badminton, as usual. I let out a lot of perspiration, which is good for countering fevers. I played till quite late due to our new program, Night Stalker. It can only be done at night when we only use our hearing and estimation to identify the position of the incoming shuttlecock. It's a pretty nifty training to hone one's senses and reflexes. In case you were wondering – yes, I named it after the American serial killer Richard Ramirez. After coming home, I had an Icebun. I really made up the name – it's just ice cream in a burger bun. Mine was peppermint and yam ice cream – yammy (this pun is actually an original of mine)! My favorite flavor for nearly everything has always been peppermint. I like naming characters in my stories Mint, my close friends call me Mint and it's really quite a … cool name! There's actually a reason to it besides the fact that I crave peppermint. You see, back in 5^th grade, I invented quite the prime communication system in class during the second half of the school year. It's the MoCoBu (pronounced moh-koh-boo), which is short for Mobile Communication Book. Basically, I have this really neat notebook that I use as some sort of a forum … or chatbook, as the others called it. In the first few pages there are rules and stuff. The rest are basically messages that we write down while passing the book through the class. There is a separate book, the Office (the first book mentioned is the Chatroom) – where people register down their personal profiles first and pick their personal username before they are able to use the chatbook. So, I called myself bad-mint-on, after the one and only sport I don't suck in doing. Everyone else in the chatbook refers to me as Mint, and obviously I am the administrator. People who broke rules are banned, though that rarely happened. And after watching the Galaxy Angel anime, I am further convinced that Mint would make a good name. Thus, I am really into that name. The system was cancelled in 6^th grade, since most of the regulars are no longer in our class (in 6^th grade we 6^th-graders were split into two classes – Red for those weak in studies and Yellow for the higher-ups). I really hate that because I had to make new friends all over and I have quite a few really close friends in Red class. Those new classmates that were from Yellow before 6^th grade are pretty stuck-up and annoying. Anyway, I was seated with this girl who really loathed me because I was extremely annoying. Eh, by the end of the year, she's already a friend. Yeah, I'm known to be able to press people over time to become friends.

These days I've been doing some underappreciated charity work in class. Basically, I am naming everyone's chairs so that identification is easy and they won't get them mixed up by writing on the chairs with Helena, my correction liquid. I myself am quite particular about this matter – I don't like using others' chairs, so I especially hate it whenever I came back to class just to find my chair gone. Anyway, this is the current roster of named chairs:

Wilson – Clarissa

Brandon – Barbara

Alfred – Zephyra

Karen – Gustaf

Philemon – Potpourri (I thought it's po-pu-ri, Phil)

Sharon – Seymour

Michael – Eve

Dawn – Enson

James – Jessica

Lester – Fatima (be honored, Lester, for you are sitting on Luminous Arc 2's Shadow Frost Witch)

Jocelyn – Halibut

I've been thinking of naming Susan's Kristoph. For some reason, the really boring people like Jordan, Jessy etc. doesn't want their chairs named. Oh well, it's their loss, not my problem. And there are those who are constantly complaining (Philemon & Jocelyn) - Phil mainly because he is one of the boring types but at least he gave in (reluctantly) – not knowing that he is sitting on the Verdure Witch. I chose Potpourri for him as their personalities are so damn alike! Yeah, I mean, they're selfish, pompous, annoying, arrogant and stuck-up cute, popular, sociable and stylish. Jocelyn just doesn't like the name Halibut. It's quite catchy to me (Hairy Butt), and the fact that there's no need to care so long as you can identify your own chair. Relax and breathe people. I personally intended to give not-so-pretty names, like Barbara, Enson etc. so bear with it. And those like Phil should appreciate their really cute names, geez. To those like Jordan though, stop acting like you are so mature and realistic. I was so happy when Jordan sat on Brandon's chair, just to get Brandon to say, "Why are you sitting on my Barbara!? Get off my Barbara!" and Jordan's mouth went a-gaping. IN-YURH-FACE, Jordan Teng. If you think I'm immature, you're practically insulting your own friend Brandon too. Also, he tries to act more mature during English class's War of the Sentences with his most disappointing line ever: "It's just a game." No, you just lack competitiveness, Jordan. Sports are also games, so why were the people who were close to attaining the Gold Medal in the Olympics but failed all so emotional? Get a grip of the real reality. If you are never serious in anything, eh, Vivi literally casted his Doomsday spell on you. I am not dissing Jordan, but just advising. It also hurt me pretty deep as a gamer and for all the other gamers in the world – we put effort into playing games, and we reap up knowledge and skills. It's like all that was for naught. Especially things that really took a lot of effort like beating Yiazmat in FFXII, getting to Level 9999 in NIS games etc. And what about the game developers who earn money from developing games? Maybe I am just a tad bit over-sensitive, but yeah, I was severely offended. Of course War of the Sentences (WotS) is nothing like that, but still. Please, very pretty please, don't team up with me just to hog the team down with your ennui. As a word of note, I never liked group assignments. You have to work with people, and that's very hard for me. Most of the time you can't trust your teammates (I've finally been enlightened to this fact after the past years being repeatedly disappointed when doing rehearsals for plays etc.). This is especially annoying when you yourself are fully committed with doing the job/project. Even my parents are irritated now. Whenever I say there's a group meeting at someone's house, they'll be objecting non-stop since it's ALWAYS a waste of petrol and time, but I will still argue for the sake of the group. It's really not worth it. The only time I am actually satisfied was last year when I was doing the project for History with Alfred and Co. at his house. Luqman didn't attend our meeting, but he still did his job well. We managed to finish way earlier than the other groups and I can't say I am disappointed in them at all. In fact, they can be trusted. I also love the group assignments way back in ELC – the results are always capable of making me content. In 5^th grade I directed and wrote a play in ELC for the first time ever and it was a huge success. Everyone took heed of my advices with voices, costumes, script, and some even improvised. The best thing of all, they took good care of the props I provided. When I brought my swords to Lodge however, they were swiftly broken up by jerks. If there's any source of my bitterness other than my father, it's Lodgians. Well, just most of them. At least there are still people like Dawn or Eugene. I just don't really like people, I totally hate crowds, and I don't think I'll ever like people much. Quoting Edward Morrison, "If there is evil, it lurks in the hearts of men" (I'm not sure it's completely correct, I typed that from memory). But humans aside, there are still friends – exalted humans whom I can seek solace in. For that, I am very grateful. However, what is this world without the presence of scum?

Limpid Luster

My PS2 is no longer by my side (for now) ... but my DS is! I ain't very sure if I mentioned this on my blog yet, but in the holidays my aunt bought me a NDS Lite. Onyx color with crystal casing! I've been thinking of starting a separate blog that focuses on gaming soon, like MKBK that's for writing and books, so that I won't irritate non-gamers reading this blog. I love the Phoenix Wright series. But since Apollo Justice has now taken over, I think I'll just call the series Ace Attorney from now on. Yeah, it was the inspiration for the 'Anticonformity' post. Trauma Center is interesting at first, but it gets more insanely difficult by every surgery, and sometimes I feel like strangling Angie Thompson. I mean, she's the 
nurse, but she hardly helps! I hate her smirk! I hate her cynicism! She might as well be named Devie Thompson! 
I played the DS remake of FFIV. One word. Divine. FFIV was the first Final Fantasy I ever played, back on the PSX. It was what propelled me deep into the realms of RPG and Final Fantasy itself. It's my 3rd favorite FF, after IX and X. XII was very fun, but it's really hard to connect to the characters, especially Vaan and Penelo, who both have little to no role at all. Well, they did, in the direct sequel, Revenant Wings. The developers tossed Ashe and Basch aside instead. Well, I don't mind Basch being outcasted. But I love Ashe! My beloved Ashie-poo! Oops, off-topic. Anyways, playing FFIV again brings back a lot of memories, seriously. One couldn't 
imagine how much awe the opening instilled in me. Starting from the scene featuring Yang, man, the old IV theme plays once again! The graphics are lustrous. Totally. IV got just what it deserved. An awesome remake, that's what. It is also on the DS that I first played FFIII, completing my collection of all the numbered FFs, with the exception of XI, which is a MMORPG. Pokemon Diamond is excellent. It's been long since Emerald. But now that I think about it, maybe I should have waited for Platinum instead of buying Diamond. My main team consists of Pierre (my Prinplup), Asterysque (Staravia), Krycon (Kricketune), Murina (Murkrow), Donald (Psyduck) and Luxor (Luxio). For reserves I have a Zubat and a Ponyta. I think it's obvious why I have a Psyduck when I already have Prinplup who's more superior as a Water Pokemon. Well, I use Donald mainly for Psychic moves, and since he's a Water-type, he won't get hit by weaknesses Psychic-types would normally have, making him quite useful against certain Pokemons who counterbalance Psychic. Advance Wars: Days of Ruin serves as compensation for time being until Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon is released in the US. I like the change of mood and atmosphere from previous Advance Wars titles, and I definitely love the art. Now for the Top 2! The runner-up is ... Hotel Dusk: Room 215! The rotoscoping style proves more than superb, and the designs are win material. The plot itself's character-heavy, and I really like that. Actually, I've even imitated some of the characters' animations, especially Kyle's and Dunning's!

The champion's TWEWY, no doubt. I mean, The World Ends With You. It's a modern-day ARPG that combines the real and the surreal just like P3 and P4 (P3 especially, P4 takes more of the retro style) ... with the one difference that both the Persona titles aren't ARPGs. The soundtrack is kickass, and the cutting-edge character designs are just what expected from Tetsuya Nomura and Gen Kobayashi. Especially Nomura-sensei, whom I garner as the father of Kingdom Hearts. In a way. I mean, he is the director after all. Let's just say that TWEWY is awesome. The battle system (Stride Cross Battle System) is slick and fast-paced, contrary to the claim of many that combat is difficult to grasp for beginners. Now to reach the climax of CRPG, Square Enix and Atlus just have to combine elements of Persona and TWEWY together, and voila - a game where you can shop for threads, swags, food, do socializing and battle Shadows/Noise! Okay, I think I'm done with my gaming part.

Hmm, finally I got reprimanded for sleeping in class. It really is my first time. It's by Mr Danny. I am now actually wishing that teachers ARE reading my blog, because there's some explaining to be done. Okay, let's 
say I just have this something called the WCSD (Wilson's Chronic Slumberland Disease). No kidding. I contracted sometime during the first half of 2008, and it's still with me. I think there was a period of time last year during which I just worked my ass off and never got enough sleep for months starting then. Seriously, I've never slept in class the entire 7th grade. Before, I will only feel asleep when I'm at home doing homework. But this is starting to go a tad bit too far. I think. Now about every single day I am yawning continuously, even if I just got a fresh shower straight after waking up. My mind will, at random times, commence a 'shutdown' period while in school. It matters not if I'm having a class that I like or not. At school, my mind will reboot after about 15 
minutes. At tuition, it can take up to 30 minutes. Both of Sensei's guesses were horribly wrong. He wasn't boring, and I didn't pull and all-nighter the previous night either. It's something that seriously burdens me. Especially when I start feeling drowsy suddenly, there's no escaping slumber if it's a 2-period class. I tried taking mints, pinching myself, drinking water, washing my eyes, slapping myself and all that, but everything WOULDN'T work. It's a very agonizing process before the sleep. I need to try all my might to resist , just to be defeated. Again and again. During that 'shutdown' period, I will only respond to my name and no other word. 
To wake me up, either call me or just do it physically. Unless anyone does any of that, I will need to wait until my mind recovers. After rebooting, I will feel extremely refreshed - but the feeling will only last a few hours. Sometimes it's less than one. I don't want to sleep either, but I cannot stop the 'shutdown'. There is a way. You either present me with a test, an exam or let me walk around. But there's obviously no way am I going to abruptly shoot up in the middle of a lesson to start pacing around. Starting last year, I've also starting dozing off in tuition classes. I can't believe it even happened in Science tuition, since it's one of my favorite subjects. The shutdown isn't a totally sleeping either ... I'm just about 85% unconscious. I 
think I am able to see extremely obscured images and just that. I can also still feel slight wrath at my own failure in resisting. Sometimes I can move around for a few seconds, usually to pick up a pen that fell 
from my limp hand or something else. Anyways it's very tough for me. It even happens when I am doing things I LOVE, like gaming. Before 2008, I am almost always immediately revitalized when I get my hands on the controllers, but now when I grab hold of them I will instantly let out a heavy yawn. I hate it. I actually fall asleep while gaming now, can you believe it!? Even with a high volume turned on! But at home it's more manageable as I have plastic pegs to clip myself up with and ice packs to place on my body without any cover. At home I can also give myself slaps or punches at full blast, unlike at school. Thinking about either QQ or Willie DOES NOT help. At all. Both people motivate me a lot, but still can't help me out when WCSD strikes. So please pity me, dear teachers, and Edbert, please do wake me up. I appreciate 
you wanting to net me more rest but it can't be helped. No wonder Sharon said that my eyes are deep. I don't have no rings 'round my eyes, but they sure seem sunken alright. I'm a tired person. I've never really told my parents to get my dilemma diagnosed ... since if there's actually something wrong with me, my father'd blame it on my mom and curse non-stop about how she failed to take care of me. All that bull. When living with my father, DON'T GET SICK. Instead of sympathizing and caring for you, he'll scold you for getting sick. Oh, but when he's sick, be his caretaker, please. Whenever I get stuff like high fever or the likes, only my mother will stay by my side.

I still have so much to blog about, but it's like, real late, and I need my 4th shower for today before I go to bed (translation: read in bed).

Sleeping Slaves

Good day, people! Though in fact this wasn't particularly a good day at all (for me). Before I get into things, I must first state that from now on if I'm posting on a weekday, I can't really give large doses of content, given the limited amount of time compared to non-school days. Well, I did feed you all with long posts even weekdays last time, but next year there'll be a public exam coming up, and for the first time ever I started feeling a slight hint of anxiety within myself. I don't think I'll be as confident as I was back in 6th grade when taking my first public exam. Especially given how school is progressing nowadays. I ain't hinting that my results are deteriorating, that's a big no-no, despite Phil being able to jump 2 positions at once, my average did increase by 1.6 ... so I guess I'm quite happy with myself. It's been quite long since all the results were out, but I'm only reporting now. Overall I feel content with my performance, and at least this term I managed to ace one paper ... okay, so actually the throne was shared between Michelle and me. Oops, not Michelle, but Michael. Teachers frequently misread his name as Michelle ... so it's pretty much a running gag in our class for quite a long time now. It's the same case with Dawn who got called as Shawn most of the time by our History teacher. Actually it wouldn't be funny if ... um, let's say ... Jordan got referred to as Morgan, because Morgan is pretty much a unisexual name. But Michelle and Shawn are names used for their respective genders, thus making it funny  - despite how obvious the oddities are, teachers still misread the names that way. 
Though of course, these kind of jokes won't have much effect if they're constantly repeated so it's only occasional. 
It's rare to find jokes that don't wear off these days. The verb 'wear' in the context of exhaust reminds me of something new I learned of just now ... shell-wearers. I first knew about them in Stone Ocean ... during the part when two battles took place in Florida (forgot the specfic place name) ... Jolyne & Hermes VS Versace (Stand: Underworld) and Wes/Domenico/Weather (Stand: Weather Report) & Anasui (Stand: Diver Down) VS Enrico Pucci (Stand: White Snake). Basically, Jolyne and Hermes got into a empty car to look for Emporio and Versace, since it seemed to be a transportation free of any snails. Okay, for non-SO/JJBA readers, this may feel frustrating to comprehend. So I'll give a quick but detailed recap of events. Though if you don't find it quick enough, I apologize beforehand. Basically, Weather Report WAS (notice the past tense) an amnesiac Stand User 
who aided Jolyne's party several times since the fight against Lang Wrangler (Stand: Jumpin' Jack Flash) during the quest to get Jotaro's Memory Disk into Savage Garden's hands. After escaping prison with Narciso Anasui to pursue Jolyne, Hermes and Emporio; Weather, Anasui & Vincent Van Gogh (yeah, seriously) beat Ungaro (Stand: Bohemian Rhapsody) before heading to a hospital where both Jolyne and Pucci (the main antagonist) were. When the boys (excluding Vincent) reached there, Versace (a major villain) was already nearly done with his first round against the girls (minus Emporio, who is a BOY and wasn't in the hospital). Versace has also retrieved Weather's memory/Memory Disk from Pucci and returned it to Weather, thus awakening his latent abilities 
that he wasn't able to use while amnesiac, at the same time revealing his true name, Wes Bluemarines (as his mother named him) or Domenico Pucci (as he would've been called should he had lived without being switched at birth with another baby). Anyway, initially Weather's Stand which is also called Weather Report, can already control weather with ease. After the return of his past memories, he had access to the pinnacle of his Stand's abilities, Heavy Weather. Now he can even control the ozone layer, refracting the rays of sunlight and sending subliminal images (in the form of rainbows) of snails into the subconsciousness of men and beasts alike, giving their mental state a impact that will make them perceive of themselves as snails instead of what they actually are, eventually fully morphing their physical figure. So just what is subliminal messaging? Initially in either the 80s or the 90s, subliminal messaging has been used as a form of messaging. For example, in a cinema, an image of coke and popcorn will be slipped in between slides of movies for 1/24 seconds, so actually we don't see it, but eventually we will the thirst for coke and urge to bite on popcorn, increasing the sales of popcorn and coke in cineplexes by around 83%. Later on this method of advertising was banned by the FCC. Actually I first learned of the term subliminal messaging via the manga Yu-Gi-Oh back in 3rd grade, but at that time I never really knew what it meant, and despite only unconvincedly defining it personally as indirect messaging, I had frequently used it in writing. Thanks to Stone Ocean, I took the effort to do a research about it. I seriously don't see how manga can be negative influence to teens. I wish my father can just shut the freaking hell up about me reading manga and playing games. At least I ain't reading porn mags (exposure to pornography will slow down capabilities of the human brain gradually) or doing stupid online gaming (it's stupid for stupid people). I'm sure though, Mr Willie is more open-minded. Though I do feel a BIT unsure, since even teens like Sharon are severely narrow-minded. Is it just me, or do I stray away from the main subject a lot? Okay, so we're going back to the snail part. Right. So, snails are genderless, and reproduce by procreating ... technically, by just coming in contact with their feelers/antennae/eyes (??? ... disgusting). In this sense, those who have turned into snails with also turn others into snails by touching them. To avoid this outcome, Jolyne needs to escape the hospital untouched to look for Versace with Hermes who has already started changing into a snail. So in this car, Hermes saw empty snail shells ... which are suspicious but seemed harmless nevertheless. Later, she discovered to her horror of the presence of snails' natural predators ... shell-wearers, insects resembling ants that get into snail shells and eat away at the flesh. Both organisms are equally disgusting. The snail, especially. Darn, I HATE snails. 

Oh noes! I still have so much more to write about but my mum just have to bathe fast and now it's my turn and up next's bed ... boo T_T.

Mr President

Sadly, I won't be talking about Shizuku Tsukishima in this post. Yet. Anyway, feel free to visit my secondary blog, Mutsukabezaka (or Thus Spoke Wilson Liew, Mutsukabezaka in full) and spread news about it. It is best viewed with Firefox. So that's quite a bad thing as I am using Opera and I can't see my own BG. Oh well. What matters most isn't me but my viewers anyway. As a warning, do not use Internet Explorer to visit Mutsukabezaka (from now on I will just refer to it as MKBK) ... using Sharon as my lab rat, turned out that NOTHING can be seen. Kevin's test with it turned out positive with his Firefox. I am yet to try it out with Safari. My phone has it, but maybe 
another time. Soon I will start pumping more works of mine onto MKBK for public reading. By the way, unless you have a writing blog yourself, don't bother asking me to link you on MKBK ... I will only link writing blogs, but feel free to link your own blog to MKBK ^_^! Blogs of any type other than writing will only be linked at LGI. Period.

Let's go all-out with manga! I will hereby prove the supreme greatness of ... manga (specifically, the JJBA series).



I think, I can relate to Bucciarati's (Stand: Sticky Fingers) resolution during his battle with Diavolo (Stand: King Crimson). I for one with a family complex would obviously burst when I see a father who is trying to kill his own child. Trash like that doesn't deserve to live. Trish has done nothing wrong, she's never even seen her father before, and yet tried to 
like him. However ...



The fight is seriously isn't in Bucciarati's favor. Though he's quite impressive to hold out long enough to survive an encounter with the arc's main antagonist. As you can see (corny words coming right up ... you have been warned), manga allows us to learn the needs of sacrifice, responsibility, et cetera. Aye. By the way, the thing within Bucciarati's suit isn't a bra or something. To be frank I thought it was some female undergarment myself. 
But then again Bucciarati is a male and he never acts the least bit flamboyant ... so I suppose it's something else. His suit's design maybe based on sperms though, I'm not sure. Though I do like Araki-sensei's fashion tastes. Really unique, hip and retro.



Aye, this is Arc 6 of JJBA - Stone Ocean. The battle at that time was a 3-on-1, namely Jolyne, Hermes and Emporio VS Rykiel (Stands, respectively: Stone Free, Kiss, Burning Down The House, Sky High). Hermes with her finger rotting (as shown above) isn't nothing compared to Emporio urinating blood. Basically, Rykiel's Stand, Sky High can control these creatures known as rods/skyfishes, creatures little known to mankind capable of moving at 200 km/h. These creatures feed on heat, so Rykiel directed them to feed on a particular spot of the protagonists' bodies, making them very susceptible to ailments. In Emporio's case, he assaulted the kidney, disrupting the blood circulation to interfere with the urinal stream. With Jolyne, he attacked her hypothalamus, resulting in blurred vision. Rykiel's most fatal move is to attack the neck, as if it loses all heat, same goes with the brain, and the victim will drop dead instantaneously. Of course, fortunately he did not manage to do this. As a further explanation:



Yeah, at first glance, most people will think of what Araki's perception of rods is modelled after. Anyways, forget that. The main thing here is to see how informative manga is. Rather than playing stupid online games (for mostly stupid people, no offence) which so far none has proven to have gameplay that isn't repetitive, job classes that AREN'T cliched, quests that AREN'T stereotyped, servers that AREN'T cramped up with stupid people ... and much more 
stupidities that I cannot draw the slightest scent of profit from. Boo. BOO! So I suggested researching these rods/skyfishes for our class's Science Fair, but since we can't bring a model of it into school, Ms Jade rejected the idea. So my group went with the ideas of making a makeshift volcano and making invisible ink instead. The latter was obviously more interesting. Derrick's group did something on clouds (resulted in thin films of vapor instead), Dawn's on sanitary pads (Whisper's best), Jocelyn's on chemical explosions and whirlpools (quite disappointing actually, despite me expecting their projects to be the most interest-piqueing) and finally Jack's on weight support (sadly I didn't witness them carry it out). Overall, our Science 'Fair' wasn't much. Tsk tsk tsk. I wish I study in Japan. Japan doesn't have Willie, but I suppose that's okay. I could've been born to a better father in Japan that I don't need a dream father anymore. Nyohoho (guess whose trademark laugh this is ...).



Wow, if only I'm like Shujin/Takagi. Saying 'no' directly to a teacher's command. Hot damn, that's cool. It's time for roleplaying. Sento kaishin!

- Scene 1 -
Cammy: "Wilson, what have you been doing last night? Wake up!"
Wilson: "No."
Jocelyn: "Eee, Wilson's scary."
- Scene 2 -
Siti: "Eh, pagi-pagi ni pun dah mengantuk. Bangun!"
Wilson: "Tidak mahu."
Siti: *twists Wilson's ear*

Eh ... I still prefer Cammy all the way. As you can see, I'm too lazy to create scenes with other teachers. But I do not mind if it's a game of ..... RATE! THAT! TEACHER! Anyways, it IS the end of the year. Though this will be a no dicer, if it reaches the ears of the staff room committee. Boo. Let's commence.

1st Round: Joey Tan (Homeroom Teacher) VS Camillus Choo (Homeroom Teacher)
I'll give this one a draw, kuma! Ms Joey gives us the '5 Questions' privilege, tells stories and plays games at the end of the school year, however she loses huge chunks of points with the extreme level of punishments (which I never received, thankfully) and tough pop tests. Camillus loses a lot of points himself by garnering plenty of student 
hate (which thankfully is diminishing ... gradually) throughout the year for being such a jerk (collected opinion of 2A students ... exclude me please, thank you very much), but I tossed a plenty of positive points in his tally because English is my fav subject, he shows us a lot of movies (most importantly, introduced us to Mind Your 
Language) and generally he's quite nice to me. Though yeah, he's quite the stingy one with marks. Boo.

2nd Round: Elaine Chung (English) VS Camillus Choo (English)
Ms Elaine wins through the sheer fact that many different incarnations of her are brought into my stories. Added to the fact she's kawaii, pretty and hawt. Though she could have given less homework. But she has a better taste for writing IMO, I got 1st with writing when she was teaching. Not to forget that Elaine is a pretty sweet name.

3rd Round: Joey Tan (BM) VS Siti Aishah (BM)
Ms Joey beats Ms Siti easily ... her popularity among students is quite an obvious thing. Also, she doesn't suffer from the same thing that ails the latter ... having contant mood swings (CMS). CMS isn't fun at all, it's so annoying and gets on my nerves so much that the teacher isn't handling his/her job professionally. Fret somewhere else please, don't spread the virus of moodiness. Seriously, I fall asleep most of the time she has her CMS.

4th Round: Kenny Leong (Maths) VS Emily Jong (Maths)
Mr Kenny is more fun! He's popular among the students (girls especially) and is very nice to everyone. Emily Jong wasn't too bad for the first few weeks, then she started changing for the worse, with CMS and all. Once during the Merdeka practice, she was sulking over me not telling her that I was over at the principal's office. Since I was already in the PRINCIPAL's office, shouldn't that mean that I am in a Safe Zone with permission!? Why the f*** should I go tell you when I've already asked the DIRECTOR AND PRINCIPAL and I am in a place where no car can hit me, no murderer can kill me and most importantly, no moody teacher can bore me!? And I've even arranged everything by asking Sharon to go tell her about that; with the extra service that she can call me whenever I'm needed, because after the previous few practices, I was so frustrated. Being pushed around, bickered at, doing nothing at all and wasting the time of my life. So it is so natural and wise of me to insted choose to read Tokyo Cancelled than slaving around in the hot humid hall doing virtually nothing. There. I've said it. She's quite hysterical with laughing too, which made me recall of a certain freak ... *cough* Amy Tan *cough* the b****, not the writer *cough*. The other day when we were watching Mind Your Language in the Lecture Theatre, she let out an extremely high-pitched, shrill laugh akin to that of a witch's. I was actually convinced it was a witch ... I 
even thought that we are finally leaving the uber boring land of reality into a new fantasy world with witches and wizards. Bummer, it's just Miss Emily.

4th Round: Jade of 2007 (Science) VS Jade of 2008 (Science)
Draw. I can hardly notice a change. I've even forgotten the look of Ms Jade in long hair, I can't even begin to compare the two through looks. Though I think I'll prefer the long hair.

5th Round: Joseph Mong (PE) VS Anthony Goh (PE)
Big-time draw. Both are as epic. No more words.

6th Round: Nelson Tan (IT) VS Arthur Wong (IT)
I'd personally prefer the former. He's nicer, more tolerant, fair and wasn't too strict on us. Arthur Wong prefers girls. That makes him a normal man but not a normal teacher. Also, IIRC it was him who suggested for IT to be in the SPM public exam.

7th Round: Joanna Wee (Geography) VS Normi Sawawi (Geography)
It's a tie between the two dullards.

8th Round: Henry Wong (History) VS Lim Cher Kun (History)
Ms Lim beats Mr Wong hands-down ... duh. She's got flair, consistency, reliability and efficiency in her teaching that overshadows the capabilities of Mr Wong. Not to forget, she's funny, espcially with her practice of self-flattery.

9th Round: Chai Fook Vui of 2007 (Art) VS Chai Fook Vui of 2008 (Art)
Virtually no noticeable difference. So he's kinda plain and all, but at least he isn't one of those annoying teachers.

10th Round: Bibiana Tang & Co (Business & Commerce) VS Joanna Wee 
(Business & Commerce)
The first one please. Actually ... personally I'd prefer Ms Lina, who replaced Ms Joanna for a brief period this year. She's nice, patient, pretty and generally better with teaching. One thing for sure is she doesn't have CMS. Ms Joanna likes to scream (and the scream is awful) and looks worse. The other boys 
also prefer Lina because of this reason, though others say it's because she has big breasts. I never really notice breast sizes unless they're so big you just can't NOT see it ... like Raven-Symone's. That's just plain freaky. Why are big breasts so ... attractive (to other boys) anyway? So, let's say that there's a girl who has super gargantuan boobs but her face is as fugly as sin, has a bitchy persona, and is uber phat. So, um, that's likeable? Scary. Boobs = NOT everything of a woman. If you read the manga Asklepios, the 3rd Chapter (A Woman's Value) is supposed to teach readers that breasts aren't all there is to a woman. Grow up, boys/pervs.

11th Round: Zurainy Ehsan (Civics) VS Emily Jong (Civics)
The first one! Her classes are more fun, she's really into the subject and though she gives plenty of notes and work, I think she's far better in teaching Civics. On the other hand, Ms Emily treats Civics lightly as a filler subject. I don't think she's even trained for it. I bet the authorities just like, dumped the job on her, and left her to do it without training. For notes, we just copy stuff from our textbook. That's it. We just copy, and sometimes she gives us extra notes to paste into our notebook. She never actually teaches the subject. Then why does she even bother to take up the subject!? Seriously, she doesn't pitch in the slightest bit of effort. Political stuff are toughies to comprehend to begin with, yet she doesn't even try to make it easier to absorb. Tch tch tch. *wags finger, Muhammed Abdul-style*

I guess ... that's all?

Anyway, about a week ago I burned a new CD! Tracks, in order:
1. Aqua - Barbie Girl
2. Aural Vampire - Economical Animal
3. Coldplay - The Scientist
4. Coldplay - Viva La Vida
5. EXILE - Summer Time Love
6. L'arc en Ciel - Lost Heaven
7. Newboys - Live In Stereo
8. Simple Plan - Grow Up
9. Simple Plan - Shut Up
10. Jump 5 - Spinning Around
11. My Neighbour Totoro - The Path of Wind
12. Smash Mouth - Pacific Coast Party
13. Spice Girls - Wannabe
I like the first four most. The others were fairly lackluster, except #10, #11 and #13. The previous CD was better IMO. Anyway, talking about music, these days I've been trying out quite a few minor singers/bands. First off we have Norah Jones, whom I first saw in a magazine. The mag branded her as 'Jazz Diva From NY' ... so being a jazz fan myself, I was quite titillated. Sadly, I find her songs dull and monotonous. Good lyrics are crap when paired with crappy music. The music is so low and has nearly no beat to it at all. Despite being jazz, it shouldn't be THAT quiet. What a waste of the good voice and pretty face. Then I tried out a few indie bands, starting from The Ting Tings. They're awesome. I like the vocalist's voice and the music. Now I hum along with Shut Up And Let Me Go nearly everywhere ... though Great DJ isn't bad itself. After that, I received my first dose of Rilo Kiley with the song Bulletproof. Later I got myself two songs of theirs which are really stellar ... Silver Lining and Under The Blacklight. The latter gave me a good load of 
Steambot Chronicles nostalgia. Rilo Kiley's music is a must-try for the modern ear. The other day I saw Sara Bareilles on TV with her Love Song MV. It was so good I just had to download it. It wasn't a disappointment at all, though I believe I'm quite slow to just know about it now. Well, I've really been delaying this update, so I'll just speed through the rest. Try out DJ Tiesto's Insomnia, Jack Johnson's Better Together, Black Kids' Listen To Your Body Tonight, Kate Nash's Pumpkin Soup and Amy Pearson's Don't Miss You. They say Amy Pearson is the next Mariah Carey, and yeah, I love her raspy voice. By the way, there's a song called Willie. Serious. I like it. It's by Cat Power, a song about a couple - Willie Deadwilder and Rebecca.

Next up: E-gallery.

Take Me Home, Concrete Road

Badadadadum ..... I won't be crazy over the passing of exams ... as you can see with most other bloggers. Not
like I want to stray away from the stereotypical crowd, I just seriously think that things are as boring as ever. And I didn't actually studied at all during the exams. My results are pretty decent, so I guess if I studied I
might have aced everyone (Except PE, heh). But I can't. I just get all drowsy and sleepy the moment I start revising.

I don't know if there's actually anything interesting these days. Currently, my life is pregnant with boredom. I think it's about to deliver though, so I guess I can wait ... I'll just spend my days reading ... more reading ... exercising ... MOAR exercising ... Sorry if I'll infect you with my ennui. My weight hardly decreased ... *sigh* I'd be so happy if I even manage to get to James's level ... I'm too lazy to go through what new stuff I learned in swimming ... boo ... I guess I am just losing the mood. Why can't anything EXTRAORDINARY happen!? Let's see a few that could just get me so pumped up!
1. An earthquake hits! This is so impossible! If it does then it'll be like a real-life Disaster Report!
2. My idol celebrating my 14th birthday with me! That's ... fantastic!
3. A tsunami strikes! I save Willie Liew first, run later. Damn, I doubt that I'm the one saving him.
4. This world is fake! The real world is actually like something out of a RPG! Sadly, it's not!
5. I have the power of my imagined Stand, Aqua Timez!
6. I won a trip to Japan! I'd go so crazy ... I don't know if I'd even be able to get on the plane ...
7. Willie Liew turns out to be my biological father! That's like so superawesomeWOW!
Eh, what am I ranting about?

Williew used to sound weird. But over the course of time, everyone basically got used to it ... and now it sounds just like any other name! Wi-liu. Doesn't strike me as strange anymore. If there's Willia, why not Williew? It's just like when I first played Tales of Legendia. Senel is a name so unorthodox, I thought it sounded dumb. Then I guess I kind of like it. Talking about names ... I have to admit, I don't really like the name Willie. When it is mentioned, people just automatically perceived the name as being gay. Not like I think that way as well, it's just that the name sounds ... weak. In a way. I've never really thought about my own name though. Wilson. Uh ... I guess it ain't that bad. In my opinion it sounds better than Willie. Though having an English name is better than nothing. I'll pick up the names of my classmates that I like. Actually I only find some of the girls' names stand out. Dawn, Jocelyn, ... yeah, I guess that's about it. The others are fairly common. For teachers, me liketh ... none. Aww booooo (Maybe it's just me, but I'm starting to speak like Anise Tatlin ... scary). Though I guess Camillus is a pretty rare one. But it doesn't create quite the smooth resonance I like with names such as Dawn's. IMO, the 'Cam' in front ruined it. Despite having a not-so-favorable name himself, Mr Willie sure knows how to name his girl. Amber Liew. Eh, not bad. Though I'd prefer Ember Liew, though 'A' seems more feminine than 'E'. Mainly because I'd prefer a daughter not associated with insects ... fire is probably better. Perhaps she may even grow into someone hawt! Well, it seems fairly likely, given the genes ... but for the (possible) next child I think my idol should dispose of the excess fat. As you can see, Dawn, I don't get 
writer's block mainly because I can easily draw something new to write about from something I am already writing. I wonder if Vikutoria-chan bears this capability as well. Oh yeah, the international 11-year-old novelist is called Xygarathma Lebibi. I am yet to read her book but I think I should pick it up quick ... IIRC there are very few copies left in MPH. It's very thin though, probably even thinner than Victoria's kids' books, and the font size is like ... whoa, big Papyrus! And she fills up a lot of space with her own illustrations ... however, seriously, her words and story are deep. 
I flipped through a few pages while in MPH ... and no doubt, Lebibi-chan is an unpolished gemstone (I'd be glad to polish it)! I'd be glad to read Victoria's works and rank her level, however I don't see her books anywhere at all ... while Lebibi-chan even has a sign with a headshot of her in MPH. If Victoria's jealous, she can always blame LimKokWing University for publishing it here! Leave me out of the catfight, I'd rather stay back to a cozy duvet and read Haruki Murakami's books! They're like ... sublime. They're full of subtle, enticing metaphors. Japan ... is totally amazing. It slams the world in its face with the animation 
and video game industry, but I seriously never thought they'd reign supreme (who knows?) in the literature field as well. I guess that's no surprise. Japan is win! Whoa ... this paragraph ... from names to books! *hollering to Thomas Alva Edison in who-knows-whichever-corner-in-the-depths-of-the-Netherworld* Inspiration isn't just 1%!

Whoa, thank goodness we actually got the school magazine today! Or else it'd really tarnish the reputation of Chrono Lodge for reporting false news ... IMO, I like the cover design more than last years. Scrapbook designs FTW! I didn't win a single thing ... talk about ... nevermind ... however I must comment ... Mr Willie sure looks awesome in that tux ... wait, who DOESN'T look impressive in a tux? Formal clothes have always been my favorite! They have the magical power to instantly spice up the hawtness and sexiness factors, unless you are yet to realize this common fact. Also, after observing over and over, I seriously CANNOT see how people can argue 
about my role model being the best-looking male teacher out of all 4 branches of Lodge schools. Ranked second is Mr Kenny ... eh, then again, it's not like there's much choice ... aside from Willie and Kenny the others are pretty much ... hmm, my blog prefers to avoid sensitive things *thumbs up*! Mr Kenny is too young to be a good father, IMO. Experience is a both a necessity and a commodity in this matter! Added to the fact he's too skinny and lanky ... boo, Janna. The school magazine still doesn't show English essays by Secondary students though. How unfair ... right, not like I am the Champion again this year. So I don't really care. Darn, I really wished for once I can be reigning champion in something at the very least. This year I didn't even net myself Consolation for Essay Comp.! Yosh, hopefully next year I can take back my throne from Daniel's hands. He had already won too many prizes anyway. Big deal, the Champion prize of the English Essay Comp. ... darn, I seem like some jealous freak ... I mean it shouldn't matte rmuch to him to just let go of this one thing. Oops, that would be an unfair competition. Guess I will just have to strive harder to prove my mettle to him ... maybe it's just me, but he's always been putting up that intimidating look in his eyes ... doesn't he realise it's just ... absurd? It was since we first met ... oww, city people are so weird ... man, whatever. Well, not like Victoria won anything either. The good thing for her is that she got one special exclusive page featuring her 
as the star. Whoa. Even Erika Kong did not get such a thing. *imitating Joseph Joestar* Tch! Tch! Tch! *wags finger* Just you see, I'd be like Shizuku Tsukishima, and yes ... me in my own page! The enjoyment! And I'd make it a page worth splurging ink and time and sinews of war on. Shizuku-chan, you really motivated me! To all readers confused as to what I am talking about, I will post about it in my next update.

My class is comprised of several 'groups' of people. My classmates are very nicely grouped together into a few categories.
The Backstreet Boys - Bunch of stereotypical teenage boys on the roll for online games and porn.
The Spice Girls - Bunch of modernized girls crazy with celebs, fashion and all the elite stuff.
The Dancing Queens - Bunch of people who stays back and gossip and dance too much.
The Michaels Learning To Rock - Bunch of aspiring musicians with all the kewl instruments and attend music classes.
The My Chemical Romances - Bunch of boys more hooked up with cameras and techno gizmoes than girls.
The Outkasts - People who just don't quite fit ... unique in their own way.
The Read-Or-Dies - Bunch of bookworms and hardcore students.
The Mirai Nikkis - Bunch of people involved in the blogging world.
The Newsboys - Bunch of people too free to spout out everything good about their religion.
The Aural Vampires - Bunch of wannabe emos.
Well, I am most glad that our class doesn't have ice queens or the like. I am categorised sporadically myself. Let's look into their daily vocabulary!
The Backstreet Boys - 'n00b', 'pro', 'suck', 'gay', 'boobs', 'dick', 'cock', 'fuck', 'shit', 'porn'
The Spice Girls - 'Ewwwww', 'kewt', 'hawt', 'sexay, 'handsome', 'yucks', 'ugh', '*squealing*'
The Dancing Queens - Normal vocabulary.
The Michaels Learning To Rock - 'guitar', 'piano', 'grade', 'pick', 'strum', 'drum', 'Lepo'
The My Chemical Romances - 'lens', 'flash', 'zoom', 'Alpha', 'Sony', 'Nikon', 'Canon', 'Photoshop'
The Outkasts - Depends on person.
The Read-Or-Dies - 'Twilight', 'Popular', 'library', 'notes', 'marks', 'exam', 'study', 'not free'
The Mirai Nikkis - 'blog', 'update', 'pictures', 'header', 'layout', 'lazy update', 'when u update'
The Newsboys - 'Jesus', 'bible', 'church', 'god', 'commandment', '*zealot's gibbering*'
The Aural Vampires - '*moaning*', '*groaning*', 'life is so boring ...', 'i wanna die ...', 'kill meh ...'
2A is a fun class!

I need my freaking sleep. It's 5 a.m. in the morning!

Jailhouse Rock

~ She's the prom queen, I'm in the marching band, she's the cheerleader, I still don't understand ~ Oh, nevermind me humming. We have just endured two successive waves of attacks in form of exam papers here in Lodge Secondary, Kuching. Currently our reports state that in two days time another wave of exam papers will strike for a total of 3 days. Till further notice, Wednesday will be the last time we have to face the surge ... all the way till next year (for my contemporaries, that is). Many have fallen in this great war, however I will last till the end. Or else why would I even bother to blog anymore?

My Science tuition teacher mentioned the other day that berries contain a lot of anti-oxidants. If you didn't know, it decreases the chances of getting cancer cells. I was really thrilled, as I am a self-certified berry-lover. Me liketh strawberries, blueberries, raspberries ... especially blueberries. I eat so many berries in a week, I doubt I'd get cancer. Hopefully. However if I don't get down to Wiri's size there's a high possibility I may get heart diseases. Which isn't a good thing. The teacher also said, that we can get cancer cells in every part of our body (duh) except for one part (un-duh) - the brain. The others were like, O_O" ... and one mentioned brain tumour. Surprisingly, the teacher managed to counter that. HE said that the so-called 'brain cancer' is actually cancer on the sides of the brain ... or something like that. Heck, I've forgotten. Eat berries! Eat pastries with berries! Eat jam that has berries! Also, as I'm a fan of Yakitate! Japan, I've also known way earlier that blueberries are exceptionally good for the eye. No wonder I am Wilson 'Hawkeye' Liew, though I am no where as kewl as Hawkeye Mihawk from One Piece. That way, using blueberries in baking sports bread is really effective, like Gran Kayser's 'Blue Lagoon' sports bread that contains blueberry yogurt.

I wonder why a lot of people are obsessive about joining the Science stream for the senior years. Well, at least it has Biology I guess. Which is kewl. Still. Not having a Literature stream sucks. Government schools over in West M'sia have that option, while we from a really high-standard school lack it. Wait a sec, even two streams from KH are already absent. Sigh, why do I bother to complain? So, I carried my ass over to Mr Ling-a-ding-ding's office and asked him why the Literature stream does not exist for us to choose from. Instead, they are having another Science class next year. Also, I am sure our school's ACCOMPLISHED writer would love it too. Aww, don't you all just think she would? Actually I just discovered today that there's an INTERNATIONAL writer at age ELEVEN who hails from the MIDDLE EAST. Okay, so her debut novel is only as thick as VS's books, and has large prints of the Papyrus font. Still. Well, I better don't compare her with others too much. Anyway, my debut novel will not be that ... thin.
Back to the main point. So our principal replied by saying that we have had Literature for senior years before, but due to lack of people wanting Literature it was abolished from the syllabus. Yay for school democracy! Why don't they cancel KH then, considering the fact that NO ONE, not even earthbound spirits (if there are any in Lodge) is the least bit interested. Blah. They always use democracy the wrong way. Well, it's not like any of my suggestions are ever accepted. So yeah, I just strutted out of the office like it was no big deal. Not like I actually expected him to agree. Speaking about Mr Ling, he sure garnered a lot of student hate. Exclude me from this norm please, as I am too busy to deal with hating people other than my father. Anyway Mr Ling isn't even worth my hatred. He'd have to kill my dog. But I don't have one. I have plenty in Harvest Moon games and The Sims 2: Pets though. So, students are whining over petty reasons such as the new recess system ... I personally dislike it as well, however given my natural ability to adapt to new things easier and faster than others, I seriously could care less but just complain for not having fully air-conditioned school halls to compensate for not being able to enter class. Fat people rack up on heat very fast. And boy, do I hate sweat. Such a bother, getting all damp and humid without even doing anything. Also, he basically banned eating in any other place outside the school canteen. What? Was that decision supposed to be sensible? To be logical? Where's the logic? I don't see it. Wait, we never see logic. Okay, sure, he can ban the others, but ban ME as well? Why do I bother advicing others not to litter? Ooh, maybe I am like the 'disciplined' city people, who throw drumstick bones (ugh, what's so good about drumsticks!?) all over the place? I've been thinking that me, a freethinker and country boy is much more hygienic than city kids with religion. My cleanliness-conscience doesn't even come from idolizing Mr Willie. Okay, so maybe the city kids are disciplined, but just too blind to see rubbish bins. Hooray. I hate having to eat my breaktime snack in the hot, humid, crowded, noisy canteen. Crowds and noise are much scarier than watching horror films. Bugger. I've been eating beside the hall all the time yet I am yet to see myself making that spot a mess. Correct me if I'm wrong, prefects. Well, can't blame you prefects who are only doing your duty. I blame the authorities for being so insensitive. Grr.

Two days ago (Wednesday), there were a few of us discussing the differences between Jamaluddin and Andayu, main characters of the novels Limpahan Darah Di Sungai Semur and Timulak Kapal Perang respectively (both of them are far from interesting). I pitched in a point that IMHO was really sensible.
Me: " Okay, let's see ... Jamaluddin is a ranged fighter and Andayu is a healer, totally cliched video game standards. We can use that as a comparison right?"
Ms Siti: "O_O ... Hisy ..."
Jocelyn: " Wilson ah ... hai ..."
Me: "Was that wrong?"
Jocelyn: "Duh."
James: "Wilson is a gamer you know, Cikgu."
Ms Siti: "Yakah?"
Me: *shies away*
So this paragraph is dedicated totally to credit James for advertising me. Yay. Actually it was quite funny. I was going all serious with my point and they were reacting nonchalantly.

I remembered the discussion about Mr Willie. So, James was saying that they arm-wrestled before, and that Wiri-sensei's palm was very smooth. So I guess I have managed to achieved another thing on my path to becoming like my idol! Woohoo, my palms are VERY smooth, I was scared that Mr Willie's are rough and I'd have to do a lot of rough work to catch up. That's why I mentioned the being a Virgo thing later. I guess it was an impressive feat for my role model. Most of my male friends under the sign of Virgo are ... she-males, and yet my idol's masculine side is still more dominant. I will one day be as manly as him. Muahahaha ... hmm, perhaps I shouldn't give my readers a maniacal impression ... Despite my palms are very smooth, I am not a Virgo. I am a very proud Scorpio boy! Still, Scorpio is a horoscope under the alignment of Water, so I am a tad bit soft and passive compared to other boys. Also, returning to the point about Mr Willie giving female teachers a drive, I drew a good impression from his action instead! It proves that Daddy is generous and kind enough to splurge petrol on others! Fufufu, I've already achieved both aspects, so no worries. Concerning kindness, I am done trying to do good things in front of Willie. I will return to my normal self and just do good, Willie being present or not. It's seriously bothersome that he ALWAYS arrives late at the scene. From my observations, we two really share another trait ... we are kind of slow and not too consistent with punctuality. It really depresses me to say that Mr Willie ... is kinda slow, as you can see, 90% of the time, he arrived late for his lessons. This habit of his even drove his students to cease lining up outside class ... somehow I pity them and at the same time ridicule their impatience. Actually, IMHO, lining up outside class has always been ridiculous to begin with. But thanks to it I managed to record 80% of Mr Willie's schedule. Yeah, I know I'd make an awesome detective like Kindaichi or Q or Conan. I even wrote a detective essay in the finals (today). Actually my idol and me are linked by yet another trait ... this time a physical one. We are both ursine, as James testified. For this once I will explain what a word means. It means to have or resemble the characteristics of a bear. I also love animals from the Ursidae family, Winnie The Pooh, teddy bears, Pamela's bear, Teddiursa, Ursaring, all the Digimons that resemble bears and especially Kuma/Teddie of Persona 4. I fight best in the Tekken series when using either Kuma or Panda. I even developed a habit of ending my verbal sentences with Kuma. Kuma means bear, FYI. Practice of that habit had been quite lax lately, sadly.

Exams were okay. Hardly studied. Well, can't help it. Yesterday I went to buy anime DVDs after such a long break from animes (by long, I mean 3-5 years). Since I started attending Lodge, my spare time only allowed manga. I bought Pokemon Diamond & Pearl and a collection of Studio Ghibli's works at Tun Jugah's Popular. I also spent time in Hong Kuok 99 watching XBox 360 gameplay and went to the Food Court as well to savour a bowl of Tori Katsu Don (the Japanese stall there sells the best donburi, IMO better than Sushi King's) and a cup of Ocean Blue ... plus Blueberry Ice Kacang (shared with my mother) and Seaweed Rolls. That sure was a lot, but I was on the verge of fainting since I forgot to bring food to school. Actually, I left it in the car while rechecking the stuff I brought. Later I went to Boulevard (Kevin said Miri's Boulevard has an rollerblading arena ... however Jakarta's Taman Anggrek has an ice-skating ring ... which was seriously an awesome experience ... though my skills are now most likely to be rusty already, given the lack of practice and the weight gained since the last time I did ice-skating) and I bought Haruki Murakami's 'After Dark'. As you can see, Karen and Michael, it is evident that I, WILSON LIEW, am more carefree than DAWN BRITTANY JERAH. No offense, Dawn. It's just the way things are. when I finally reached home, I watched My Neighbour Totoro and that took up 2 hours. Then at 7 I watched Metamorphosis' final episode, taking another chunk off my allotted time. Only at 8 did I start revising IT and Geography, while listening to Aural Vampire music. FYI, it is a Japanese Electropop band, with slip-ins of darkwave, techno and synthpop. My favorite song of theirs is Economical Animal Superstar, or just Economical Animal. Really catchy. I rank Aural Vampire as the Japanese counterpart of Etro Anime (an electronica band hailing from The Big Apple) which has nothing to do with animes. Etro Anime actually means 'to be infinite in spirit' ... what language that is, I do not know. The two bands are more worthy to check out than political blogs. Also while half-heartedly revising, I was reading Diamond Is Unbreakable, King of Thorn and Kuroshitsuji (The Black Butler) on the Internet. Thankfully the subjects I revised didn't prove to be of much challenge at all, despite the many distractions in the course of revision. Today after school I went to Spring and bought 3 Yaiba tankobons and the last book in the Presents trilogy. At Spring I also met Janna and her friend while I was at Body Glove trying to find the present Dylan wants. Actually I suggested going over to the toy emporium, however my mother was persistent that Dylan wanted one of the big pencilbags rich kids use. Anyway, I've been to Spring a few times and the people I've met there are Daryl, Chilli, Kyc, Edbert, Derrick, Janna and Ms Lucilla Chin. Oh wow. All are people I didn't expect to see. Not like I dislike them, but is it possible to stumble into my idol outside school? Oh yeah, just remembered that I met Ms Nancy back from Rhema there too.

I just burned a new music CD. The tracks, in order:
1. ABBA - Dancing Queen
2. ABBA - Mama Mia
3. Aqua - Barbie Girl (Techno Remix)
4. Baha Men - Who Let The Dogs Out
5. Jason Mraz - I'm Yours
6. Krezip - Can't You Be Mine
7. Lene Marlin - What If
8. Pink - So What
9. Saving Jane - Girl Next Door
10. Spice Girls - Wannabe
11. Timbaland ft. One Republic - Apologise
12. Akon ft. Kardinal Offishall - Dangerous
13. Jordin Sparks ft. Chris Brown - No Air
14. Rihanna - Disturbia

I listen to the CD in my car everyday since I burned it. This CD also marks the first time I did not include a Japanese song or a video game soundtrack. Songs 1 - 11 are also being burned by me for the first time ever. My fav first-time songs on this CD are #8 and #10, So What and Wannabe respectively.

Yesterday on my way to Tun Jugah, I saw a sticker on the car in front of mine. It says, "What is missing in ch rch?" ... Missionaries use jokes now?

On my to-do list now: Watch 2 Studio Ghibli movies tonight, and Black Water tomorrow.

Coming up later tonight: E-gallery.

God Bless The USA

Special exam-season blogger Williew jacking in ~ hey batter batter hey batter batter swing ~ nevermind my random spouting of words. Though if you are media literate you may feel familiar with that line ... Anyway, despite this post's title, I DO NOT believe in any religion's god whatsoever. And I never will. Screw the fact that Mr Willie has a religion. That part of him I won't idolize. Plus, from the looks of it he doesn't seem to really care about it either ... hopefully.

I have a strange affinity with convenience stores. I have always thought they have quite a lukewarm vibe about them. I've seriously dreamed of working in convenience stores before ... and although I am now, it ain't as kewl as any 7-11 outlet ... I am working part-time in only a common sundry store. It's to save money to rent an apartment flat for William and me to use as our writing studio. My night shift is at a local pub though. Given the lax requirements, I netted myself position as waiter easily. To my relief, I am yet to experience any barfights. Also, my father finally started giving us money ... so, yeah, I only need to focus on getting my hands on a cheap flat. Maybe it's just me, but we're getting kind of off-topic. Now, let me just tell you that I love 7-11. 7-11 FTW. Currently my fav outlet is the not-so-new one at Premier 101. If you ask me, the location is pretty strategic as that area also houses Taiwan Cake Store (for food) and Sweet Memory (stationeries) ... ideal for students on the go. Not to mention there's always Slurpee to enjoy ... oh yes, I am a slurpeeholic alrighty. The sensation is just pure win, flawless to cool down ... and the enjoyment is far from detrimental even if it's a super heavy storm ... instead I will love it more. I live by wet weather. As I said before, I really like water, so the more it rains, the more revitalized I feel. Gaming during a rain is just great. My fav cashier is Paul(onio) of the same 7-11 outlet. He's very nice! He can even help you to fill up your Slurpee cup! And if he thinks your cup isn't full, HE will be unsatisfied instead and demands you to add more. People who aren't money-hungry are just rare these days. Also, some cashiers doesn't offer the Slurpeeholic redemption card or doesn't ask for it from you, while he does. These days I don't see him much. Maybe he got promoted (which is hardly surprising) or transferred to another branch. Anyhow, the Stutong Baru branch is just one I can't help but diss. Their Slurpee machine had been broken for over half of 2008, and yet they made no effort to repair it. As to add insult to injury, sometimes their A/C is broken. Oh yay. Oh oh, one more thing: the coffee shop beside it is so dirty and unhygienic, I really hate having to go there.

I'm typing about swimming after taking quite a hiatus from it. Okay, maybe not so. Last week's class was a disaster. Like, kraka-boom, and I dropped dead. So we started immediately with intensive swimming without warming up first ... which was tough for me ... I pretty much ran out of breath more than once. Next up was roping. Dawn and Mr Alex's son (the name is quite obscure, so I wouldn't type since I'm not sure what it is) were having their first experience with roping ... and that time was not enjoyable for me. When it usually is. I mean the second half of the tutorial, where we used a broomstick in place of the rope. We tried it our on the tiled part side which was awfully slippery given the flowing water, and it hurt when we were moving back while pulling Karen in. I hurt my left index finger. Thankfully it wasn't a cut. So yeah, we pretty much took 
quite brutal punishment then. Well, as one of my Birth Arcanas denote (Temperance), I have high endurance so it didn't really matter ... much. Later we did cross-arming. Like Dawn, I got myself in a horrifying sexually-suggestive scenario. Ugh, I really hated that moment. And the person on my back was like ... breathing so heavily just like those sexually-fueled gasping and moaning sounds. Sick, that's just plain sick. 
Well, after the trio (Karen, Kevin, Dawn) flew off to who-knows-where, that's when I start having a miserable time. I won't elaborate. It's so embarassing
and has hints of bullying activity which may attract controversy. Although yeah, I must say, I got pretty hurt when one of the substitute instructors started being obnoxious with me. T_T But no worries ... I didn't cry. Sticks and stones may hurt me but it isn't so for words. I believe I am physically the weakest boy in my class, but at the same time I also firmly believe as well, that my willpower is downright the most solid there is. What I lack physically, I make it up mentally.

My final version of Daddy (Mr Willie) was done as well, and I passed it up. Yay. The good thing is, Kemi(Cammy)-sensei was baffled as to what WLYY means. I didn't lie (what did you expect), however I just said it's someone's initials. That's true in a way, or maybe I was just being obnoxious. James-kun read it, and said it was really meaningful, so he's going to post it up in his blog after the exams. Heh, much thanks. I need to think of how to repay him. Speaking about James, he and I have also promised each other an extensive diet & exercise program in the upcoming winter/year-end hols. I need to lose lots of weight, seriously, if I even think of becoming like my idol 
(Mr Willie). Well, that means less time on bed and more off it. Yeah, I'm on bed doing hardcore wanking and playing with sex toys. That must have been what readers'd expect. Sigh ... I sit on my bed when I am gaming, dammit. My mother calls me a pregnant lady during the holidays since I am pretty much just relaxing in the bedroom without doing anything. I need some untanning substance as well ... my idol has snow-white skin ... my arms are severely tanned ... right, that was a hyperbole. Also using Mr Willie as a role model, I gotta get rid of my pimples. Ack. I'm not particularly fond of facial treatment. Hurts. Ow. Kapow. Sharon suggested using masks. Perhaps. Just perhaps, I may try. Really helps having a supportive friend.

I'm actually just back from tuition. Science. The teacher is a scammer. For some reason, he managed to swipe off my signatures for the past two months, making it seems as if I didn't pay my fees. Geez man, this is the second time it happened. Since he doesn't issue receipts, I cannot argue either. He sure teaches informatively and with speed, way beyond Jade-sensei, however his greediness makes me digress on who's relatively better. Jade-sensei, duh, anyhow she IS the spouse of my super fabulous idol, so, uh, she must be made of just as much win.

Twilight. Twilight. Twilight. Argh, a bunch of my classmates are drooling over the Twilight series. Somehow I regret buying Twilight in the first place. Then maybe this craziness wouldn't exist in the first place.

Am yet to start studying for exams. Same with Sharon. Carefreeness FTW. Last minute drive is all we can do. 
Hopefully I can reclaim my position from Jessy. Hopefully when I enter my senior years I don't get into a class with the smarties. If that happens, to be of some value towards Daddy is bleak; the possibility. *sigh* My Emperor, my Star, my Sun, why are you so hard to grab hold of?

August School Holidays (Part 2)

A continuation of my last post ...

3rd day - I'll skip days with nothing special to mention.

4th day - So, um, I went to school today because Jocelyn phoned me to the day before. Actually I did virtually nothing. Except checking each others' phones out and holding a Sony PSP for the first time, that is. Basically I left quick to save time, and headed straight to the Riverside Cineplex with Yiew Chiew and Edbert for the first time ever. We were supposed to meet up with Sharon and Susan, but since they did not show up and time is rushing us, we bought ourselves 3 Wall-E tickets. Even though I strongly protested to watch Rogue instead. Anyway, I must say, 
Riverside Cineplex pales in comparison to Star Cineplex. The popcorn over at the former is ... um, 'chalky', and the biggest size for drinks there is too little for me. Then again, the seat are mostly ... handicapped, you might say. To compensate for that, Wall-E is a worth-watching tearjerker at the very least. Or maybe it's just me being emotional. After that, we met up with the ShaSu pair and hung out at Parkson. I was on a severely tight budget (I left my wallet at home), so I avoided purchasing anything unless it was necessary. So for lunch I just bought myself 2 empty buns (they are actually pretty good) and shared wedges with Sharon at KFC. The others were chatting while I looked about for any signs of my idol. Seriously, no dice. Went
home, feigned oblivion for the fact that there was tuition that night to allow myself more time to game. Yay.

5th day - I got a notice from Sesco. For the next day, they will close down electricity supplies in my neighbourhood for maintenance from 12 p.m. till 5 p.m. Man, that seriously wrecked me up. If I knew, I would have stayed at home during Tuesday and only went to practice on Thursday since I can't game during daytime. Somehow this holiday is just packed full with regrets. I would seriously die for the ability to foresee the future at anytime. Wait, if I die, technically I wouldn't be able to use it. Dur hurr. Gurr hurr. NERD RAGE. NERDDDDDD RAGEEEEE (No, I'm not the nerd, this
is just line I picked up from saoshyant, a user over at GFAQs). But dang, if Sesco was tryin' to take me down, yo, I'll face 'em head-on. Mano-o-mano man. Okay. So my plan was to play till Thursday morning, to compensate for the 5 hours that I will lose the next day.

6th day - P4 drill, up till 6 a.m. from last night. I drank a Red Bull at 2 for the extra stamina, then I discovered (and shall patent) this extraordinary technique to stay awake (not clipping pegs on face, I tried 'em, but no dice man, they hurt): Put an ice pack into your clothes, right on the skin. The extreme level of stimulus will ... INVIGORATE your body. Seriously. I did not yawn even once while the ice pack stayed freezing cold. I pwned Persona 4 at level 83. 113 hours on first playthrough, guys. Much faster than my first run on P3 (123 hours). I'll post more about it ... this weekend, or hopefully earlier. I quickly embraced slumber after I got my true ending (Never More is an awesome ending theme).  Up till ... uh, yeah, 12. I was waken by the sudden halt of air-conditioning in my room. Extra-sensory, I am. I tried to sleep again. Epic fail. At 1 p.m. ... no, BEFORE 1 p.m., the lights came back. Whoever guessed I wasted my time pulling an all-nighter just hit it on the right spot. I wish I have the ability to waste Sesco officials' time too. That would be sooooooooooo sweet ~~~

Last 3 days - Except for marking the start of my moodiness because of the emptiness P4 left behind, nothing noteworthy.

August School Holidays (Part 1)

It has been two weeks since our latest school hols, and man, did it sped through. Here's a recap of things:

1st day - I spent my day playing Persona 4 (The JP version, duh). Naoto joined the party, and I cruised through her dungeon for the second time to beat the optional boss, Vessel of Dispute and obtain her secret weapon, Alger(n)on. Then my friend visitted, since the night before I told him I've got new games in. So we tried out 2 
multiplayer games I purchased over at Hong Kuok 99 (Gundam Musou Special & 
Naruto: Narutimate Accel 2). No, I am not a Naruto fanboy. Bought it because my buddy loves all things that revolve around Naruto. Not a bad fighting game for one that is anime-based, in my opinion. For GMS, let's just say Koei just ... provided fans of the Dynasty Warriors a new twist. Both are in Japanese ... but of course, I can play with ease. By 5:00 p.m., my father asked me out to go jogging at the stadium. So, yeah, I went; it means one step closer to being my idol after all (burning carbs). I walked for 2 laps, then jogged the remaining 6. I was so overjoiced with my new achievement, I texted my friend Sharon immediately that my stamina now allows a full 6-lap jog. I'm sure my idol would be proud ... hopefully. 

2nd day - Woke quite late since I went for a P4 drill till 3 a.m. I had to go down to the city for tuition during the afternoon. Pretty much a waste of time. Heck, we learned nothing new. I went because I thought we are going to have a monthly test that day. Then ... nope, there ain't no test. To add insult to injury, I sat next to a smoker (at my same age!) who was infected by the flu. 
So, yeah, to everyone at school, he infected me with severe coughing. After tuition, not only I can't go straight home, but I had to go to the Boulevard hypermarket (I ain't acknowledging no shopping complexes as malls unless they have these two: bookstore and games store). So, I strayed off into Popular alone and searched high and low for another book by Sophie King. No dice. Went searching for Darren Shan books (got interested by the manga). No dice-r. I don't want to make it seem like a waste going there, so I picked up a tankobon of Case Closed/Meitantei Conan/Detective Conan and went off. Drats. I spent time to go to a place like that and I don't get to meet my idol. Then it hit me that he'd be staying at home. The Beijing Olympic was having badminton events that day. Malaysia netted itself a silver that night. Yay. I only watched the last bit where our player's (LCW) nearing certain defeat. Oh well, it pretty 
much sparked not the least bit of emotion in me, and I trodded up back into my 
room for more P4.

To be continued, I guess.