The Memory's Wiles Can Be Cruel

... In its silence, we forget. In its obsession, it binds our hearts. Counter that!

Not much to blog about. Not much time to blog either.

I feel like making sea-salt ice cream in the holidays after PMR. Come to Sharon's house! After we finish preparing the popsicles, we can watch a movie while waiting for it to freeze. Now we just have to find sea salt, heavy whipped cream and a popsicle mould. According to Recipezaar where the original fan-made recipe of the sea-salt ice cream is submitted, rock salt is the ideal salt for ice cream, but we will see to that. We also need blue food coloring! Around 13 drips are enough, to get the exact color as the ice cream in the game.

Talking about ice cream, Dawnce gave me her Tropicana today. I liked the vanilla filling.

I have a zipper fetish. And belt fetish too. That's why Tetsuya Nomura is my favorite chracter designer ever. Isaiah hates them though. Too many belts and zippers.

Look at Donald's zippers. It may not seem all that clear in this picture, but there's at least 4, and probably six just from this viewpoint. His beret includes a miniscule belt - no kidding!

DiZ is belt-man. His head is fully enveloped in red fabric, held together by at least two belts. Isn't it hard to see around with the hanging end whipping around as he moves?

OMG, I'm back to KH fandom! I don't like school KH though. Me loveth Kingdom Hearts. My favorite character is Donald (did you know that his Japanese name is Donarudo Dakku? You ignore the u's and the 'o' and you get Donard Dakk) while my cast of Organization XIII faves include Roxas (duh, staple favorite of everyone), Demyx (Dance water DANCE!), Xigbar (AS IF), Luxord and Larxene. 

Did you know that every KH player I've met in real life so far had all lost to Xaldin during the battle in Beast's Castle? We were all forced to use Mickey Mouse since Sora lost. Isaiah's Mickey got pwned. My Mickey owned Xaldin though. I think Mickey Mouse deserves a better costume than this:

... Even if he is working undercover. It's too dark for Mickey's cheerful disposition. And the fact that the Black Cloak looks horrible on short people.

RIP, Wayne Allwine, voice actor for Mickey Mouse since Walt Disney's time. Now Mickey is getting a new voice actor (Bret Iwan, IIRC), so expect at least minor differences in the voice.

Now, to close this post, a quote from King Mickey!

"Helping others comes before asking others for help."

... Eww, so moral-ish.

There Are Lots Of Things To Do In The Dark

... says Mr Jeff!

School ... school ... ugh, don't even remind me of school. It's so ... HOT! The school is so freaking hot, anyone who even tries making steamy hot love will spontaneously combust from the friction-generated extra heat. It isn't helping when you have classmates who find this tropical hell COLD. 

I went to Mr Jeff's extra class. It was alright. Then the lights went off. Then the titular sentence came in. Then some busybodies pulled open the curtains, burning me. Vampires don't glitter in sunlight! Beware the mistruth that is Twilight! And I do bite! Lol, these sentences rhymed just right!

Like I said before, I'm playing Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days. It's so addictive, I am now addicted to what the main character himself is addicted to. I wanna eat sea-salt ice cream! SEA-SALT ICE CREAM! I like the taste of sea-salt. Salty, yet pretty sweet. There's a dessert at Asian Recipe that tastes just like that. The Red Ruby. I've just found a DIY guide on YouTube on making sea-salt popsicles, and I really want to get the ingredients. The whole recipe includes sea-salt (where the hell do I find that!?) and materials like popsicle mould. Hrm. Repeat: I wanna eat sea-salt ice cream.

I am wondering if I should debut into the writing world with a horror-comedy. Would that give people the impression of a half-assed, childish kid writer? Or should I stall my idea until later? I would like comments on this! I already feel in love with the characters. There's Rayford Darrington, a businessman with OCD, and I even already came up with a line for him, "You can use my stuff, but please don't touch them." I think I will definitely love moments featuring Missia Hawthorn, the delusional heroine I chalked up. She played too many video games and she read too many fantasy books, hence her seeing the world in a Final Fantasy-esque way. She's kinda robotic too. Ah, and Isaiah just disillusioned me to something. If I want to write, I still have to raise capital. For publication costs. Wth. Never thought of that. At all. I thought publishers will just get 30% of your books' sales, but publish them for free first. Damn ... it seems like even writers won't be free of debts.

I wanna have a house with a balcony that faces west so I can eat sea-salt ice cream while watching the sun set everyday.

I hate my father, I hate Bau people. I wish they burn in hell and never reincarnate. When my father's on his deathbed, I will curse him a tonne of curses and pray that he will never arise from the clutches of his hellish tormentors. He's a tyrant, a monster, so I might as well use him as a tool - I won't be grateful for him bringing me up. It's kinda traumatic anyways, why should I cherish it? Bau people, oh, they're a bunch of sleazy no-gooders who all have mastered the art of backstabbing, gossiping and cheating. Maybe aside from my small clique, there's nothing else remarkable about the isolated Bau commoners. They're horrendous idiots, bastards - especially the men. They're all fairly stupid. And useless. And disloyal. And just have the foulest of potty mouths. Not to mention that they ALWAYS butcher my dreams of being a writer. Hey, um, hello, none of your business, move along, I don't wanna do some dull job of running a run-down sudnry store and living away the rest of my life in dingy Bau with no great dreams of the future. And stop pestering me to be a doctor or an engineer - jobs that just force me to dam up my creative juices. If I'd be sitting in an office in the distant future, at most it will be in the advertising field. Still, I won't be all that keen about it. Wasting my time mulling over the useless Bau folk is just going to shorten my lifespan with the stress and all. Geez. It's not easy when there are adults who laugh for no good reason and swear for the equally non-existent reason, calling people dogs et cetera. 

If the government actually cares, please start moving on to developing places like Bau so that the uncivilised monkeys will finally develop brains.

I do not feel anything bad about dissing them, I am officially born in Kuching, I am closer to my Indonesian relatives, and I have a fanatical love for Japan. I feel no kinship with the unreasonable, foul, insensitive townspeople whom I've seen for over many years. 

... Sea-salt ice cream!

Can't Even Obey Rules?

... ... ...

I went to the study group! Cha-chaaang! It was really guilty pleasure going there. I went there for Pokemon, then found out that there weren't any WiFi signals today. Wth. So since I arrived around 7:50 (it was scheduled to be at 8:30, but I didn't know), I whipped out a History book and finished it while listening to music from my DS. I really couldn't help but look around when I listened to The Vogues. Paranoia mambo. Scary. Chik arrived next. Then Jordan. Sharon. Joce & Elisa. Darrow. Che Yik. Fira. Adrenne. Michael came much later. Before Michael came, we already started with Form 3 History revision. I told Fira about the dream I had concerning her wedding.

Much later, Jordan started playing Phoenix Wright (he's only on his second case!) and I played Pokemon Diamond. My Murkrow can take down enemies around 9 levels above her, given that they are weak to Flying/Ghost/Dark. Now heading for 7th Gym! ... We were playing our DSes cos' they moved on to Geography revision, we felt that we didn't need any (I hate to say this, but I really only need to focus on History and PK now, if I want all the As) ... ANYWAYS, Jordan decided to play hypocrite and joined them in their revision. So I who gets bored of the sluggish, clunky interface of Pokemon easily, switched off my game and lazed away ... trying to do a PK paper that I mislooked.

Btw, Ms Wong & Mr Willie was at school. So are a few other teachers. Wonder what they were doing. Sharon and I scouted the library to see 3 teachers discussing inside. They weren't the named couple, ergo the point is moot. The weather was so sickeningly HOT, so we slinked into the staff room to cool down. The janitors were chit-chatting away in the mini-kitchen, so Sharon and I just stood at the main doorway, enjoying the humming air-conditioner ... that was after the Liew couple left. While we were there, the rest heartlessly started thumping down the stairs. I was particularly miffed at the fact that they knew where we were, yet decided to abandon us. So apparently they were going to the shophouses. Only Joce & Elisa bothered noticing us. So we charged on ahead. The heat of the sun was unbearable. I want to up and leave Malaysia. Fly to Japan. It's currently the season of love and romance there, autumn. 

So the people went to the handphone store. I followed them there, felt nauseous, and opted to join Sharon at Uni-Shop instead. I love convenience stores ... especially ones in Japan. I dwindled around in the shop on purpose to enjoy the air-con. It was so funny cos' I pretended to check out all sorts of drinks with Sharon. In the end I went with my initial choice anyways, Pulpy C. I like orange juice with pulp. I grabbed a packet of sweets, very old classics, those milk tablets. And those choco-balls we all used to eat during our hazy childhood. 

Back at school, our McDonald's delivery van was there (was it a van?). I had a Double Cheeseburger set, along with a freshly-baked Apple Pie. They wrongly packetted them into Banana Pie packets though, which caused quite the furore among the uninformed (which includes Daryl and even myself). It was a nice lunch. I think I am beginning to appreciate McDonald's food. I used to hate the cheese, now I feel it's okay. The fries today were pretty tasteless enough that I had to use ketchup. The apple pie was awesome. Finished first! 

After that Jocelyn suggested that we play a game before we kick off with KH revision. Since everyone were confused as to what game to play, I saved the day! I thought the classic game of Hide n' Seek would just be perfect. And perfect it was. It was a total blast. It's fun playing either hider or seeker (I had played both today!), but hiding is more fun! There is this corner that I hid in. I crouched there and comically used my Doraemon wallet to shield my face. Haha, just for laughs. Sadly the seekers never showed up while I was there. In the end I was forced to hide elsewhere since my ankles ached. Adventurous games like Hide n' Seek is plain awesome. I'm happy that everyone was willing to go along with such a childish game. Once I was a hider, and I was found nearly immediately, so I went around trying to seek out the rest. I went to 5A, and I checked out the storeroom. Why do they make storerooms when the students don't even use them!? I looked to my left. Nothing. I was about to leave. But I looked to my right. I screamed. It was Adrenne with her long hair. And Shau. Scary. They screamed too. So our screams attracted the seekers :P ... That was just part of the whole game. We clocked in thelast hour of our group study with a few rounds of Fire & Ice. Not as fun, but nevertheless these nostalgic games are still very fun indeed. Shame Dawn didn't join us. Or the rest of the class.

Sometimes people can turn ... jerky, suddenly. I sometimes wodner how they have the gall to pull that off. I don't know whether to like or dislike these kind of unstable people. You just can't help cherishing them when they are nice. Then they just drop off their mask and become an entirely different creature which is a total jerk. Even Michael is sick of said person. Said person is pretty sick too, what with this multiple personality disorder.

The whole day, Daryl and Jordan was at it again - teasing Jocelyn with random garbage. Sometimes I just can't help but wonder what there is to be amused of; what there is to be laughing at. I mean, wth. They just spout something illogical (usually related to Jocelyn's non-existent fatness, or what she eats) and laugh their heads off. Yeah, har har har. I am most bamboozled. By. Such. Baseless. Stupidity. Geez, and since in normal class I sit quite close to them already, I listen to their stupidity every day. Now I'm getting fed up. No one else ... maybe except for Jordan's delta formation in front, bothers to laugh. Can't they see that they are ANNOYING, CHILDISH ... and STUPIG!? Is this caused by the PIG flu!? Things are just getting STUPIGGER and STUPIGGER by the day! Seriously, I can't believe it. And to think most of the time I see them as the most mature boys in class. Wth.

After PMR, I would like to watch Couples Retreat with everyone. It looks cool. Also, if anyone's going to Singapore in the year-end hols, tell me! Because it will affect my decision of whether to go to Singapore or not.

Last year I was all into English songs. This year it seems the J-vibe caught up to me again! I finally had the chance to listen to GReeeeN's widely acclaimed "Kiseki" which means "Miracle" in English. After listening to it, I felt that it was deserving of its popularity and place in the Guiness Book of World Records. IIRC, it broke the record for number of downloads, worldwide methinks. Not gonna post the vid (pretty enchanting), local readers = anti-Japan! 'Cept a small number of people, yeah. Talking about J-Pop, Salyu's "Iris ~ Shiawase no Hako" is awesome. It means "Iris ~ Box of Happiness". It's also Prof. Layton and the Diabolical Box's ED. The music video is so touching. Even though I have no idea what the ending is like :P ... Dawn knows though, ask her. But don't tell me. The OP and ED of Hana Kimi, "Ikenai Taiyou" by Orange Range and "PEACH" by Otsuka Ai respectively are so upbeat and hip! I am currently also looking for "Eternal Pose" by Asia Engineer - anyone has it (I doubt it)? 

Hana Kimi ... is a Japanese drama serial adapted from a manga of the same name. It's so popular, it spawned a Taiwanese version (me don't likey). It's about Ashiya Mizuki, a girl in California, who, after watching a Japanese guy who came to America to train in high jumping, disguised herself as a boy and enroll in the guy's all-boys school in Japan after hearing that the guy stopped high jumping. The school is a school that doesn't take in students based on grades but based on looks. So it is also called "Hottie Paradise". It's funny, wacky, hilarious and altogether cute and charming. It's watchable for free here.

Now I am off to Chik's blog! Woosh, just finished 3 homework in a row, after coming home from a tired day of work! I speak like an old guy! Ha ha!

Lafcadio Hearn Is A Nice Name

Why am I blogging so early, you ask? Why, that's because ... I woke up early! ... ... ...

Well, I woke up early, then Mynci, my father and I went out for breakfast at a coffee shop in the main town of Bau. I gobbled up my fried rice then hopped over to QQ's shop. We walked around on pretense. Due to that pretense, I never saw her. Wow. So I went over to the bookstore, grabbed a manga mag, and here I am at home. I got a tummy ache from my breakfast. Stupid coffee shop food. Must have been my canned drink. The can looked pretty unhygienic even after I wiped it with tissue. After that I played a little Cradle of Persia on my computer. It's a pretty nifty game that my sis dug up from out of nowhere. As in, from the computer. She said she got it from the My Pictures folder O_O ... well, she never answers straight, but I gotta thank her for getting a new game. Out of nowhere. Cool. 

Since I am free anyways ... Let's recap back to March. I went to China. I never blogged about it. I really went there for the big Liew bloodline reunion. Ha. Wth.

While I was still in Guangzhou city, I did once when searching for my mother in the late evening when she hasn't came back after quite awhile (she said she went to buy some sundries?). Of course, I won't do that for my father. So, acting like a detective, I scanned the main street for any traces of blood/glass/metal in case my mom got into an accident. Phew, thank goodness nothing happened. Next was the nearest strip mall. I whipped out my iPhone, and started asking random people whether they have seen the woman in the photo that I was displaying. Sigh ... no dice. It was really worrying. Not to mention the weather was cold. In the end, I gave up and trudged back to the hotel. My mom returned much much later. Apparently she netted herself a guide of her own and she went shopping elsewhere and there were lots of snacks and cup noodles. Yay? Okay, so that was very worrisome and it repeated the following night. Only that time, I brought my sis along. In the end our search bore no fruit. Anyways, that aside, the hotel's buffet was awesome! I always look forward to breakfast every morning. Since I can get any ingredients I want, I tried out food art! I'll just post one:

I know I could have tidied up the lower-right side a bit, but I forgot. This is the easiest form of food art for me yet - just use fried rice as base, then sprinkle some furikake to make shapes. The buffet had all sorts of condiments, and was I delighted when I saw that they have furikake! There were many other foodstuffs, I definitely recommend it. It's the Baiyun Hotel, in case it had already slipped your mind.

I would like to continue, but I have only done 1/4 of my total homework!

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?

Run For Your Life

This post is more like a notice rather than an update. Okay, the main thing here is: I was in Kuching during the day to retrieve my new 8GB Kingston pendrive from Sharon which she purchased for only RM48 and also shop for games. I netted myself 6, but in the end I still fail to find Dokapon Kingdom (ENG). There is the JPN version in Crown Plaza but since the ENG version is supposed to be out for purchase already I don't see the point of playing the JPN one. Persona 4 was a wholly different case ... it was a long wait between July 10 and December 9, so duh, I'd play the JPN version first since I really can't wait anymore - Master LL and the others are already playing it before I bought it. FYI, Master LL is one of the most famous gamers on YouTube who upload their gameplay vids. Gotta love the lot for sharing - since some of the games are those I may never get to play anytime soon, e.g. Eternal Sonata or Tales Of Vesperia. Anyways, I have nearly nil time to blog! TAR's coming up in a few minutes even though I've already found out about the results - *SPOILERS* Terence & Sarah are finally out! *SPOILERS END*. And to compensate for no gaming during the day, I will be gaming tonight. And since the photo-uploading will consume a lot of time, I don't think I can make it. Well, for those lazy to read long posts, feel free to take my vacation in Jakarta as a breather since I'd most likely only be able to post short updates since I will use up most, if not all, of the daytime for shopping and having fun in theme parks et cetera. Oh yeah, I hate shopping for clothes, but I never really did specify, yes? Pants/Trousers/Jeans/Shoes are so irritating, but when it comes to shirts, it's easy. Today I got two new shirts, courtesy of Esprit ... well, I never thought I would be buying shirts, but my sister bugged my mother to go to The Spring ... so yeah, at least I ain't buying books this time. Actually I still have quite a lot of books from MPH which are yet to be finished. About the shirts, one is white, the other black with shades of pink (...) and gray. I prefer the former for its sketchy design (me likey!). I also saw a few of those really old farts at Mango. They either do cross-dressing as a hobby or have wives who follow their tastes. IMO women prefer to shop for clothes with other women instead of men. Hmm ... interesting. My mother said they are buying clothes for their mistresses. Possible. A strategist never ignores any possibility unless given evidence that it is impossible to occur. All my sister wanted was a meal at Sushi King really, though I pressed on going to Food & Tea since it's more economical and I am taking a break from Japanese food. Anyway it seems the menu has been updated again with new food. I tried the Egg-Mayo. It has a miniscule amount of roe on it, and I guess that's okay ... too much roe bugs me sometimes. It's quite tasty ... I think it will become another one of my faves. The croquette's been there since opening day, but this is the first time it's actually in stock, so obviously I ordered it. It's quite good, but if only there's ketchup, it would be better. Sadly there's only wasabi and soy sauce available. I tried the Oyako-don (IIRC) which was AWFUL. Do NOT, I repeat, DO NOT even think about trying it. In case you will be going to Sushi King in the future, thank me for being your voluntary lab rat.

What games did I buy? Well ... um ... let's start with the three games I am greatly anticipating to try out:

Resident Evil 4
Monster Lab
Yakuza (yes, I actually played the sequel first)

I saw a bunch of sleazy boys looking at both of the Yakuza games at Crown Plaza. They were like, "What's so great about this? Got tattoo only nia." Oh my, that must be my first line of broken English in my blog. Anyway, I can't stand these lousy low-rate gamers who just diss a game without knowing anything. Okay, even if the game is bad, realistically 
speaking, I doubt those jerks would actually get themselves a tattoo as elaborate as Kazuma's (the box art shows his back's elaborate tattoo). Hmm. The other half of the games I bought are merely for multiplayer purposes:
Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity
Mortal Kombat: Deception
Need For Speed: Most Wanted
Oh my, Most Wanted is my first NFS game, and I rarely play racing games, so pitch in any tips if you can! I just hope my buddy will like it. I have nearly no interest in it ... but whatever, I'll give it a try. These days we've started on One Piece: Grand Adventure again ... thankfully our skills didn't deteriorate much. We played Tournament Mode 3 times ... with me being reigning champion. I still remember the finals!
1st Tourney: Mihawk (Me) VS Shanks (Him)
2nd Tourney: Kuina (Me) VS Usopp (CPU) (My friend's Chopper was beaten by this Usopp)
3rd Tourney: Ace (Me and I won't use the ENG dub's name for Ace) VS Zoro (Him and I won't use Zoro's ENG dub name either)
OP: GA is my favorite anime-based fighting game. It's just awesome. Wait, since when is anything not connected to One Piece ISN'T awesome? According to the recent Oricon charts on manga, the highest rated manga is One Piece, not Naruto. Naruto isn't even in the Top 10. That's reality. Naruto is rubbish. But at the same time, my beloved JJBA isn't on the list either! Well, at least it doesn't mean that it's worse than Naruto. Phew.

p. s. My flight has been altered from the 20th to the 21st!

Even A Dog Wouldn't Eat This

I could've blogged more last night but a blackout occured at about 12 midnight. I think the last thing I typed about was concerning swimming. Oh yeah, the blister on my toe. I think my toe hit the tiles on the poolside several times as I jumped into water. Either that inflicted the blister or me climbing up to the poolside, which takes quite a lot of effort since I'm heavy. Swimming was a painful ordeal last night, and thankfully it's the last for this entire year. Next year, I'm finally having 1-hour classes instead of the usual 2-hour, since I'll be having a Maths tuition directly after it next year. Damn, I really dislike going to Maths tuition. It's so quiet since the students alienate themselves from each other, and Maths is such a dull subject I usually end up asleep, forcing me to take a Red Bull or a Livita before tuition. I really don't see how I would have the strength to go to tuition after the strainous swimming class next year. Blame the tuition teacher, who intends to switch the class from Wednesday to Friday. Ugh. Do I still have to take Maths tuition after 9th grade? Hopefully not, as that'll really wear me down.

Yesterday I went for a shopping craze before swimming. After school ended, I had to wait 1 hour for my car to arrive, but thankfully there was Jack and William to play the 2-player game, Table Tennis For 2 on my iPhone with me. It was fun, applying the concept of gravity into table tennis! However both of them left 
earlier than me, but thankfully the wait after that wasn't too long. I guess. After changing with the clothes my mother brought, I went to The Spring. I needed to shop for a pair of sports shoes and
trousers, self-help books and James' dad's jacket. I tried out Parkson and Nike for the sports equipment. Found none. Ah, I guess I'l just use my school shoes, and later on my mum told me she has called my father over in Hong Kong to get me the trousers, which he accomplished. Okay, he bought me something I want. So what, it won't be enough to redeem himself.  I checked out MPH for the self-help books ... I was actually looking for just two, one to 
build charisma and another to build fitness. While browsing the sea of books I met Jesmond-kun from 2D and Eon-chan from 2B. Am I fated to only stumble into aliens (as in people I don't know), instead of those I know or want to meet? After looking through a lot of books (by that, I mean seriously lots of them) in both 
BM and English, I finally found the book Fitness For Men. Actually I found another book earlier than that one, which is one similar to building charisma ... it is to help people understand and overcome their phobias. How my brain perceived the entire thing: Overcome phobias = more courageous = more charisma. I haven't really overcome any of my many phobias yet, but I did do diving without hesitation later that day. I guess it was the cause of my two main motivations *cough * Willie and QQ *cough *. Partly for myself, duh. After that I went to F.O.S. to look for the jacket as James 
himself recommended. That was the first time I've been there, and wow, for once, I enjoy shopping for clothes. There, everything came moderately cheap and doesn't fall into the LQ category. I think I 'll buy jackets from there starting now onwards. I really wanted the jacket I bought for James' dad. It was big! Comfortable! Cozy! Classy! Casual! Soft! It's a white Nautica jacket ... from what I felt I think the fabric's either wool or cotton. I really want a wool sweater like Ken's which is plain with cream and orange dabs. But then again my body's too big to look like Ken's lean-cut figure. Wait, he IS just an 8-years-old kid. Isn't he? Correct me if I'm wrong, Eugene. Ken joining SEES was way back then, in December '07. And I think that was the only time his age was mentioned. Or so I think. I went to Food & Tea for lunch though my mother insisted on the food court. I don't really like the food court - it's noisy, crowded and unpractical IMO. On my way to the avant garde kopitiam, I saw Danielle Basiuk-senpai on her phone. I just hurriedly walk past. Talking about her, there was a scene concerning her dad which Sharon and I poked fun at. During the assembly in the morning, when Ms Vivian (is it Vivian?) called out for Ms Anne to give out the prizes to the primary kids, she was still on her couch with her right leg on top of the other like some S&M queen flirting with the married man beside her (as Sharon said, which I agreed), Mr Robert Wayne Basiuk. That was the first time my Hawkeyes didn't recognise a person, it was Sharon who told me that it WAS Mr Basiuk. So basically, Ms Anne was some whore who needed people to summon her several times on MICROPHONE to actually respond, possibly because Ms Vivian is a teacher and the former looks down on the latter and prefers to spend more time with a Eurasian (correct me if I'm wrong) stud. Either that or she was attacked by MiuMiu's (Miulla Miuchar in full) Stand, Jailhouse Rock which can make people
only able to remember 3 things at a time, rendering Ms Anne to forget her own name. Then again, her sense of hearing may have been severely rusted. Aww, that's so sad. That's enough for the usual side-subject. I really like Food & Tea's plethora of food. I had diced chicken in creamy mayonaise 
(it's the only unhealthy food I can't stop myself from eating) with rice ... that dish came with free soup and dessert. But I still ordered ala carte dessert - Mango & Yam Tong Sui (literally, "Sugar Water"). The mango part wasn't very good. Next time I better just have the Yam one, though it's pricier. I had a fruit cocktail as my drink - it's called Purple Rain, and IMO I think it's either blackcurrant or grape. This time round, I spent less than the previous experience. I think it was only RM30 this time instead of RM32. Anyhow, Dawn's group spent more, around RM90 IIRC. But her group does have more people. After The Spring was Tun Jugah time! I obviously sped for Hong Kuok 99 
(games! GAMES!!!) while my mother went to a boutique directly underneath the game store (Sui Sian ... "Water Fairy/Deity/Whatever"). The 2B group was there, but I only remember Joshua and Kolly among them. I bought 4 games: Namco X Capcom (JPN), JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood (JPN), Wild Arms: Alter Code F and a party game based on Shrek. Also, I've got SILENT HILL 2. HarharharharharharhartakethatJordanTeng ... *chokes * * cough * ... I think one of the 2B boys bought a PSP game. There was SMT: Raidou Kuzunoha VS Abaddon Tai-Ou (JPN) already but I didn't purchase it due to the crappy cover, even though I am now ok with JPN games. Today since I can game already, the two JPN games I bought were way stellar compared to the English two which were quite lame (okay, not WA: ACF). WA: ACF just felt repetitive and the graphics were clunky. I wanted to get RE4 this time. Unfortunately, the shop's out of RE4. I even read many guides about the game the night before. Never mind, I'll just try out other stores. I can't find Dokapon Kingdom and Monster Lab, despite the fact that they are supposed to be released more than a month ago. Namco X Capcom was fast-paced and engaging, while JJBA: PB was just being JJBA and it provided tons of fan-service! My love for JJBA is as deep as the girls' craving for Twilight. IMHO Twilight is fairly normal and isn't worth the overrating, no offence to the worshippers. Or maybe it's just me being a boy. Wait, it could be that part of me who isn't really fond of teen romance ... I go for the daddy-mommy romances. At Tun Jugah while texting I also saw 4 boys from assorted classes ... I only remember Kyc and Vernon. Concerning Hong Kuok 99, there was a new staff I haven't seen before yesterday. He kept wheezing and sniffing I really disliked standing there while browsing games. After I've confirmed the games, he just fanned out the games on the counter. I was O_O for a while, then he asked me if I need a plastic to which I answered yes. He took out a small plastic bag and slapped it on the counter. I tried to 'inflate' it but before I was done, the cashier which was one I know and commonly chatted with, finally asked the new guy why he didn't put the games in for me. Seriously, that's one horrible worker. Where's the staff supervisor? Where's the guy's common sense? After TJ was Hock Lee where I finally caught up with Dawn's crew. But rather than being with them I went for the arcade alone. It was fun, but later I realized I was late for class. Oops. Only after swimming did I deliver the jacket to James' house. Wow ... it's huge. The house, not the jacket.

Operation SNANTI is currently progressing smoothly. Gotta resume on my book now before it's 11.

Dead Finger Talks

I think I am blogging at school for the first time ever? Actually that's the only sentence I typed while in school. Then after that I just played Hangaroo co-op with Chilli and Vincent. The highest score we had was 4 wins in a row. Yeah, it was pretty tough. Phil helped out occasionally, while Mike shot us a stupid answer. On purpose or not, I don't care. So long as he had acted like Ranjeet from Mind You Language, I got mad I guess. How could he have not understood the gist of the question!? I was asking for Brunei's CAPITAL CITY, and he answered "Brunei Darulsalam". ○|￣|＿ ... ORZZZZZ!

I will be moving on to the second half of our field trip! Many exciting things happened! Dawn saw Victoria Beckham! I prefer Melanie Brown! I don't really like David Beckham! The speech man has a disturbing protrusion on his arm! Is Dawn a dumbass!? My iPhone's camera isn't very helpful with long-range shots! Daryl finally flapped his wings and flew! The cage nettings are so irritating 
when snapping the beasties! There's a dead spider in the vending machine!? Nadia took away my coins!? I forgot to take a picture at the fountain-like structure near the entrance!? But I took one already eons ago! My red bean bun was squashed! Agnes enterred a dirty toilet! Chilli was angry I didn't take a photo of him! 
Jocelyn likes posing Ah Lian-style!? Mike got stuck between a pillar and a stone seating!? OhmaigawdNOES! Is the trip heralding the world's end!? We are going to find out! 

First off, I sat through a long journey from Borneo Springs while listening to 2C's people exchanging words. I guess they're a fun lot, compared to 
2D which (IMHO) is comprised of mainly cold and steely people. Well, I did say that it's in my honest opinion. To me. And yeah, I do know a bunch of warm 2D people. But quite a lot of them treat me like an alien. So yeah, I'm not particularly fond of them. 2B and 2C are okay, mainly because I at least know a small number of people in the two respective classes. According to my dear class monitor, the teachers see 2D as the most well-behaved class. I don't think the cold and steely 2D people are reading my blog since I am too low-classed for their tastes, so I'll just type on. I can't say I exactly agree with the teachers. And I bet Ms Lim doesn't too. IIRC, no one in our class got called down into Mr Ling's office before. We also don't have any delinquents or even ex-delinquents. I mean, seriously, I ain't the only person agreeing on this matter. But I guess we just don't really stand out and we lack geniuses who can win so many contests and competitions that even I lost count. I feel pressured for no reason just being around the royalties of 2D. Well, I never really liked the popular people. I prefer socializing with the common folk. 
*looks right* *looks left* Genius, I detest your stupid stare. I love Radiata Stories' Genius Weissheit and Tales of Symphonia's Genis, but not you, freaky bastard. I am so fed up with your I'm-so-fabulous-&-you're-not stare. I think we will be enemies if you go on like the way you are now. 

So, let's resume with the main thing we have here, shall we? Anyways, our second (and last) destination was Matang Wildlife Center. It was my second time there and the experience jogged my memory of my first visit quite well. I tricked Dawn into believing that Victoria Beckham was there. She got pissed, the poor thing. So we started off with a long-winded briefing from one of the staff members. I felt irritated as Cammy didn't correct 
his many flaws in English when he commits his supa-dupa strict and unreasonable corrections on us, poor innocent adolescents. I also pointed out a disturbing growth on the guy's forearm to Dawn and Seba ... which disgusted Seba till the point that he just has to take a picture of it. After the briefing (tell me if it was brief), we need to forsake our belongings at the mini-museum before heading off into the wild but I took my bottle and phone with me 
nevertheless. Turned out I didn't drink at all. But whatever. Anyways, the trail was very insecure with one-sided railings and slippery footing. Coupled with my acrophobia, the intense humidity and constant warnings of potential leech assaults, yeah, it was a heck of a walk. I didn't even bother to stop to take nature pics. Me wearing shorts was quite a good thing as it would've been stuffy with trousers, or jeans (especially the latter). Maximum body ventilation is essential in damp rainforests. We saw quite a few animals, but for most parts of the trail we were focusing 
more on not slipping rather than observing the mediocre number of fauna showcased. The only animal that we can see with ease without having to squint through the cages' cross-nettings was Doris, the orangutan as it was in an open-air confinement and we got a bird's-eye view of it. It was huge, and its visage was horribly grotesque. Next Phil and I had an exchange of name-calling to make sure the other incurs more of nature's grudge. Also, I saw the animal which I (randomly) did a research on for Science earlier this year - the leopard cat! Aww, it was a cute thing. Next to it was a dormant python, which was dull since I wanted to see it active. Daryl didn't actually fly (what did you expect?). He's no Harvey Birdman. He's a BimboLover who basically fell down the makeshift staircase in the jungle trail. After that Seba played cameraman for 2A group jumps. Fun, I guess, but I doubt he snapped my whole body since I was at the back.
Later we got back to the museum and everyone was trying to get their hands on a canned drink from the sole vending machine. I got a Grass Jelly drink. It had a dead spider on it. Anyways, I just nonchalantly washed it off and headed into the museum expecting a blast of air-conditioning. It wasn't exactly a blast, but sufficient I suppose. My sole comment: Years have passed yet nothing new? After that we just headed back even though our trip was estimated to last till 1 p.m., and only when I passed the fountain thingy then I remembered to take a picture there. Oh well, I doubt anyone else got the chance to do so anyway. After that, we took roughly 1 full hour to reach school. Home sweet home!

School was practically quiet and empty when we got back. I headed to class instead of the canteen to eat and I practiced throwing an empty plastic bottle at the clock which resulted in its destruction after being thrown at twice. Hey, it's not my fault. The thing itself has too low an endurance! Actually, yeah, it's my fault. The class was empty, so yeah, I went into another chain of deep thoughts and then headed downstairs to confirm something. After some investigation, turned out my idol really hasn't been coming to work these few days. Whoa, what a doting husband/father. I wonder if other (female) teachers' husbands go on leave with them too during their maternity leave period? It's rare I guess. I took a test on what is my conception of a perfect wife later. The result was "A perfect wife is someone who doesn't need anyone to make her happy, but needs you to make her feel complete." I guess I answered honestly? Taking up on Ms Siti's indirect advice, I guess I'll be hunting down books for charisma and fitness-building. IMO, to have your spouse's utmost confidence, charisma is quintessential. I don't want to retain the cowardly-character and be my wife's burden, truthfully speaking. Fine, I guess I'll just jump into water next time my instructor asks me to. If I can overcome that, I guess I can see myself as taking another step up the bravery chart? I prefer to be my future family's guardian instead of my future wife, 
thank you very much. A real man has to have honor. And my idol does. So since I am setting him as a goal, I need to be able to achieve that level of charisma as Ms Siti said he does. I don't think I'll get the tattoos though Seba. That's just a tad bit too much. The coming holidays is the optimum period to stack up on both said aspects. Ganbatte, Wiru-kun! So, later we went to the Lecture Theater for movie-viewing (Amazing Grace). But then the Form 1s just have to barge in, and then waste my time (I 
don't think the rest of my classmates care, since they've never really delved into the matter of death so I guess time is nothing for them, yet) watching the first 10 minutes of the movie. Okay. So it's just 10 minutes. Right, calm down, take a deep breath, relax. We are watching Get Smart! Yay! It's so fantastic! I nearly died watching that annoyingly lame flick! It tried to be funny but turned out to be an epic fail. The plot was immensely cliched I really wanted to just sleep through the last two periods. And once again, we did not finish watching. This morning too. We were watching Nobody Knows (JPN) with 2C. All of a sudden the lights just turned on and my classmates were already fluttering out. I can't take this anymore. Hey, I'm just so sick of teens' impatience and their mere craving for action filled flicks with all the boom and the kabam and the krakaboom and the blast and the sex scenes and pregnancy of music. They don't even try to watch the movie and yet they try to comment on the movie by saying it's lame, boring, dull, plotwise-lacking when they don't know nothing. So, just because of your selfish personal tastes I am supposed to waste my time watching movies halfway-through!? I feel like beating the crap out of everyone. Amazing Grace is better than Get Smart. Even Johnny knows that. A tearfest is better than a failed clown. Hola, teens, Nobody Knows is an award-winning movie based on a true story. The kids got abandoned by their mother, the youngest died, the rest were malnutritioned. The real story is far worse. The eldest brought two friends back. One of them beat the youngest to death. In the movie, the youngest (I think it was Yuki or Shigeru) died of an accidental fall. Great, made me waste more time to download the movie and read through the real incident. Teens are impatient. Inconsiderate. Insensitive. Selfish. All four of these remarks exclude those who also thought they were better off not watching at all if the movie's going to be stopped halfway-through. If you think a movie has no plot, then you have NIL experience with movies because there is no movie without plot. As one given drama education before, I will just say that every drama/movie has Plot, Setting and Characters. It's all so basic I went orz. Wait till the movie picks up will you? For once we're actually not watching a 
comedy/horror/action movie! I was so glad we got to watch a slice of life flick instead. And yet people 
thought their rich posh lives were much more interesting than poor kids who have to defend themselves.
Wait for the movie to effin' pick up, pros. No one forced you all to watch. Just leave the scene in the first place. FYI, yeah it really got on my nerves by a lot, seriously.

Notorious BIG

*yawn* It's 4:35 in the morning! how I managed to wake up this early, I do not know. But since early awakenings don't come by frequently, I should make use of it well. So yeah, I figured I could update now.



Right, so about 2 weeks ago (which felt like 2 EONS ago) I was attending a birthday party. Wait, was it 3 weeks/eons ago? Well, I'm not too sure anymore. Anyhow, the thing in the above picture is one heck of a birthday cake ... It's actually just mocha ice cream with a lot of colorful toppings. The cake is wide and large, I know, but in terms of height it is but a midget. And the slices were thin. Boo. The party was celebrated at Marrybrown, and considering how little publicity it has, I doubt much people actually knows what it is. It's a fast food restaurant just like any KFC, McDonald's or Burger King. Actually I think the idea of choosing that place as a venue is dumb and unstrategic considering how little space there was. Oh, yay ... This is Dylan Kok's worst party ever, given there weren't any games or events and there's no way I'd go crazy and run around with the kids (bunch of 5th-graders who act like wild animals ... scary) and play in the mini-playground. And being set in a fast food bistro, yeah, the food were nearly entirely the normal, boring, cliched fast food you see nearly everywhere. I really only liked the Mambo Fries. Basically, ring fries converted into Marrybrownian terminology. At least they put salt into their fries, unlike KFC and Sugar Bun. Dylan Kok is known to have big parties held for him every year since 2006 so this year's was quite disappointing. Ara - I have so freaking wasted my time going there. And it forced me to have less sleep too. Used to have parties at night ... and parties during the second half of the day are always of more fun that those held during the first half. I don't especially like taking pictures of people, but I tried getting a nice snap of birthday boy. It was kinda annoying since he kept making lame poses like sticking out his tongue etc., which AREN'T cool or funny. Finally, he managed a simple smile. Phew.

Overall, I rate teh sleazeh partay 1/5. The 1 is for the venue being clean and hygienic. Yay. My ratings are always aggregated that everyone hates me doing judging. But I really look up to smexy judges like Simon Cowell and Piers Morgan plus the sites Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic. I think Paula Abdul sucks. And since she is Muhammed Abdul's namesake, I guess that's why he sucks too, being the earliest to die in Stardust Crusaders. But then again his assailant, Vanilla Ice, has a Stand (Cream) that is just broken. And Abdul's Magician's Red isn't exactly very strong either, and he didn't pull off his strongest attack, Cross Fire Hurricane. Wait, it was more like he didn't have the chance. Kuh ... Araki-sensei always kill off characters I like (Abdul, Iggy, Kakyoin, Narancia, Foo Fighters, Weather Report/Wes). Although there are characters that I don't mind being killed (Abbachio, Caesar) since they were assholes most of the time when they were alive. I must admit Abbachio's death was a bit sad. But just a tad bit. Who cares? Narancia's was plain cruel, he just wanted to get thing over with quickly to be able to return to his hometown and resume school but Diavolo/Doppio just killed him off immediately after that. Tsk tsk tsk.

I placed myself halfway outside a moving car to take this shot. I tried taking it multiple times so that I can choose the best. I pick this one. Ow, I've got to run. School is up, and it isn't exactly a place I like going to currently. Ugh.

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?

Cross Fire Hurricane

Last two references still remain unanswered ..... =.="

The more I age, the easier it is for me to adapt with horror films. Now I can at least watch some from the start
till the end without looking away from the screen. The most recent one was Ginger Snaps. It's quite old. Yet
still great to watch. It got really good reviews from Rotten Tomatoes, getting a whooping 91% ... which is really surprising considering how much RT aggregates with its
criticisms. The movie was worth my time actually. I like the main actress (forgot her name) who played
Brigitte. There was plenty of suspense that got my adrenaline pumpin' near the end. Overall, 4/5.

I was just done reading Train Man. So I can finally start reading Twilight. The next time I go shopping for
books I must remember to buy Breaking Dawn, for both Dawn and me, due to our pre-set deal. Also if my
budget allows, The Diving Pool, by Osada Yoko. I wanted to pick it up the other day, but Twilight coupled with Train Man already tallied more than RM 100. And RM 100 doesn't come by easily. I wish the teachers at
school will understand this one fact. Train Man was a great read. I am currently practicing ASCII art! It's kinda fun, though tough for a beginner like me.

I dig bread. I dig pastries. I love confectionaries. As if to satisfy my lust for bread, a new bakery popped up in Kuching! I'd scream "Kyaaaaaaaa~~~" about anytime now. Actually I've already been there a few times, and it's over a week old already, so it ain't much of something new to the city people, especially those who live in the Bormill area ... *cough* Michael *cough*. It's called The Gingerbread House. It's actually a bakery cafe. I've always dreamed of owning one in the future as my main profession, with writing as part-time. After I find someone to succeed my business, only then will I retire and take up full-time writing. I think TGH has a really warm, fuzzy and kind of bittersweet ambience, which is all good. I like the music that is played as well. One can even feast on their meal outdoors. The selection of food is pure delish, and so are the drinks. I recommend the Cinnamon Raisin Danish and the Yin Yang. They go well together. The one con of that place is that it lacks
space. Yeah, space. It's a good thing that a shop's popular and attract many customers, but not when the
shop's all cramped up with severely limited moving space. Whenever I'm there, I'm bound to get stuck in the 'traffic'. Even my Breakthrough's of no use. In case you don't know, Breakthrough is my natural ability to slip
past incoming obstacles. Witnesses that can prove this are students of 2B/C/D as I use Breakthrough every school day during lunch time. Given my body structure, being this flexible is kind of a surprise. Ironically, I
suck at gymnastics. Breakthrough is a special ability whereas my mind is capable of constructing the most logical path of movement of someone or something, then construct one for myself that provides the smoothest form of moving through. For example, Edbert is standing in front of a rock which is
between both of us. On the right side of the rock is a wall. So Edbert will most likely bypass the rock through the left, and that way, my muscles will spontaneously carve my body through whichever opening left with speed and efficiency. One weakness of this is when people are deliberately tring to block Breakthrough, which is possible by taking illogical paths of movement that my mind cannot predict. If I temper this ability more, it is possible to overcome this flaw. Also, it isn't a good idea to use on slippery terrain. The first time I used it on a slippery floor, I fell because swift movements are necessary. And swift movements aren't nice to you when there's little friction on the ground.

I suddenly feel like writing an acrostic poem. My random target is poor Dawn.

- Dawn Brittany Jerah -
by Wilson Liew

Dawn's my name
As you can see
Wilson's writin' bout me
Now for an intro!

Brittany's my middle name
Rings quite a glamour-filled resonance
Isn't that what you think?
To tell you the truth
There isn't much about me to know
Anyway, if you insist,
No disappointments I promise
Yummy, I love books so much I devour 'em

Jealous of my collection?
Elisa Kho's my cousin
Rawr- don't mess with her
All who did regretted it
Haha, pretty short intro much?

- end -

So cheesy, corny, and I'm sure I disappointed you. To be frank, I don't know much concerning Dawn to write about to begin with. Har. Har.

My friend, Chilli, sent in a request! He wants me to serve him up one unique, personal Stand! As I have said, my blog is INTERACTIVE, so send in requests and join mah contests, yarh? (Why am I speaking like this!?)

Name: Chilli
Stand: Fall To Pieces (Song by Avril Lavigne) (Sorry Chi I rejected your Stand name suggestion)
Abilities: FTP can produce flat, circular glowing glyphs anywhere Chilli wants. He usually produces them within something or someone. Anything on the sides 
(both front and back) will be deflected, separating them apart in a blast of invisible force
(impact of force varies depending on size of glyph created). Chi can use this to sever body parts, however it
will cause no injury at all, and the body's owner can control the separated parts at will. The latter rule excludes using the glyphs on unorganic substances, as things don't 
have their own mind to think. By undoing the glyphs, the separated parts will all merge together again with the original body. Should Chilli be able to use FTP's powers to great effect, he can easily stand his own in battle. As an example of sorts, he can produce a glyph on his wrist to blast apart him and the hand, resulting in the hand being shot forward, like a rocket fist. Given enough velocity, it can pack a punch (no pun intended). FTP's glyphs' effect also covers shapeless, non-solid substances such as liquids, or even air. This capability can be helpful when one least expects it - should Chilli or any ally fall from atall building for example, Chilli can produce a large glyph on the air below the body then quickly undo it, to propel the person up again.
Strength: B
Speed: D
Range: A
Staying: B
Precision: A
Learning: C

Dawn also wants one.

Name: Dawn Brittany Jerah
Stand: Link (Song by L'arc en Ciel)
Abilities: Link enables Dawn to basically 'link' herself to practically anything. The sole requirement is to touch the thing she wants to 'link' with and then say the word "Linkage". She can experience whatever the linked item experiences, gain the effect of the item or even use the linked item
if it's a thing. For example, Dawn can link to a book, then mentally read it no matter where she is later. Further elaborating on this, she can make use of her linking abilities greatly given the wide variety of uses. She can link herself to another person, and can easily know where he or she is. Linking with webpages is also possible, and Dawn will be notified whenever there's an 
update.
When she needs healing, she can use a linked medicine. Linkages can also be expanded to other things or
people. As an example, Dawn can link herself to a man who is wearing a jacket, then add Wilson to the linkage, so both Dawn and Wilson will experience the warmth the jacket provides. Linkages can be altered as well, usually done when Dawn wants to link negative effects to enemies. So when linking with a steaming kettle, instead of linking to herself she can choose to link it with an enemy so the foe will get burns. Dawn can mentally erase linkages at will, and also 'store' multiple linkages in her mind, enabling her to freely choose what to link with. It is possible to link with more than 1 thing at a time. In that context, Dawn can link her arm to both a bullet and a handgun, then her arm will have strength equal to that of a fired bullet.
Strength: E
Speed: A
Range: C
Staying: A
Precision: A
Learning: A

Phew ... I'm finally done. Thank you for sending in you requests, Chilli and Dawn! See you next time!