I Have The I-Will-Die-If-I-Do-Homework Disease

Yesterday (Monday), I woke up after a dream about Fira's wedding. Everyone were to race to her wedding. I started off in an abandoned mall. On the road I met up with lots of other people like Shau and hitched rides, ran, rode bikes and climbed mountains to finally reach a secluded village where Fira's white, minimist bungalow was. What a scary way to attend a wedding. The journey was the most exciting though, we went to a lot of places before finally reaching the wedding party. So my maid tried waking me up at 9. I brushed her off. At 10 and 11 too. I brushed her off on those two occasions as well. The dream was one of those adventurous ones. I love adventures. I was the first to reach the wedding party, at night. It skipped to the next morning and I noticed how Fira's place was so beautiful. Marble flooring, porcelain deco, wow. Very white. There was the greener garden, yeah. I can't remember much. But I haven't had such a nice dream in a while already. Don't ask me who the groom was, I didn't even get to see Fira in the whole dream.

Today I had about 11 hours of sleep, methinks. I slept at 4 am till 3:30 pm ... no kidding. Okay, I was kidding. I woke at 12 something, watched some CSI, some Scare Tactics, some Oprah Winfrey show, some British music videos (I liked Sugababes' Push The Button) - basically, a parade of random programmes. Then there was the commercial that Dr Oz will be making his last appearance in Oprah's show tonight, so I wept for the emotion that was there. Aww. Too bad I couldn't make it for the Dr Oz special episode, I was at Science tuition. So after TV, like, about 2 pm, I slumped down on a portable mattress in the living room and lazed the hours away. Eventually I fell asleep again. Ugh.

Later I finally picked myself up for shower, then just as I switched on my DS, my father came home and alerted me of Indonesian guests. They came while I was in the Underground, so I was forced to let the game run while being charged. The guests (the teens only really) were childhood friends whom I can't even assign proper names to anymore. Well, we chatted a bit in Indonesian (they were surprised I managed to master the language, being never-officially-educated after all) ... they asked me why I can't go to Jakarta this year, I said this year I am 'ludes'-ed. 'Ludes' means broke. Kinda like a slang. They also asked why I didn't follow my mom and sis to Kalimantan this holiday (I know I never mentioned it). Well, there was an embargo put on me since PMR is coming up. And I haven't studied :P ... Anyways, my mom and sis left last Friday at 3 in the morning (I stayed up on Thursday night just to say my farewells). I always weep at farewells, this one was no exception. Especially being fuelled by a certain scene in the manga Steel Ball Run. The part where Johnny tearfully chose to save Gyro's life over the treasured Saint's body parts. IIRC, the chapter was "The Promised Land Sugar Mountain", Part 3. So one of the visitting teens offered to buy Indonesian manga for me - I can order from her through MSN now - yay! Then I added everyone in Facebook and ka-blam they had to go. 

Yesterday I also found out that the creator of the (in)famous Crayon Shin-Chan, Yoshito Usui, had died while hiking. Our world lost another of its best. His manga was the type that can just brand a smile on your face no matter how dark your days had been. LGI sincerely expresses its deepest sympathies and condolences to Usui-sensei's family and co-workers. R.I.P

The song, "Turn Around, Look At Me" is one awesome love song. But it made me so paranoid, now I always look around, feeling that ghosts are around. This is mainly because the way it was used in Final Destination 3 made it seem like a stalker's creed. I mean, the first few lines are like:
"There is someone
Walking behind you
Turn around
Look at me.
There is someone
Watching your footsteps
Turn around
Look at me ..."
But to counter that, I have ... the ED for Hana Kimi, "PEACH" by Otsuka Ai! It's so vibrant and cheery! Nevertheless, the creepy/romantic song by The Vogues that's hitting me with paranoia is very much worth listening to. Pure goodness.

Last night, for some reason, while waiting for some webpages to load, I went over to my One Piece tab. And I received a great surge of One Piece energy that was so great, I actually started reading it full-force. I sped from the tearful end of the Sabaody Archipelago arc where the crew got separated up until mid-Impel Down arc. It was that awesome. I expected the Amazon Lily arc to be boring, but unexpectedly, I found it a page-turner. Finally, the killer arc. Impel Down. It was SO ... SUPER. I cannot even begin to describe it. First off, my blood was like, rushing. Reunion with old villains. Buggy, Mr 3, Bon Clay. Whoa. Later, when Luffy was poisoned by Magellan, Bon Clay said another one of those killer lines when asked why he had to help Luffy. "We are friends! There's no need for any other reason!" One Piece. You. Rock. Please don't end! Later when Iva injected Luffy with the hormones, Mr 2 (Bon Clay) stayed outside and cheered Luffy on without resting. He was THAT awesome! And Daryl didn't tell me! The whole time I played "BRAND NEW WORLD" on my computer, to further encourage the rush. Finally, today I finished things up till the latest chapter. Mr 2's selfless sacrifice at the end ... was most noteworthy. From now on, I seriously respect transvestites. They may even better than other guys. Like certain classmates. Now all the focus is on the Marineford battle. If anything, I want the Straw Hat crew to come immediately, or for Moria to be beaten to a bloody pulp by anyone. I can't wait for the Straw Hats to return stronger than ever. Here are my speculations:

Zoro - Learns Haki since he may train with Perona by trying to cut her ghosts.
Sanji - Learns Okama Kenpo to further expand his movepool.
Nami - Learns a lot more meteorological skills from her stay in Weatheria.
Usopp - Beetle-based moves? I mean, his sling-staff is called Kabuto, and one his attacks is Hissatsu Atlas Suisei, based on Atlas beetles. Not to mention he is with a guy in a beetle mask now ...
Robin - Rokushiki. The people who saved her in the end looked suspiciously like Lucci, Kaku and Jyabura.
Franky - New mechanical abilities, and he may potentially upgrade the Sunny since he is at a technological island now.
I am unsure about Brook and Chopper though, but since they are my favorites, I really hope they will get super strong.

After Hana Kimi, I'm going upstairs :P

Like, Bam!

I have no idea why I am posting this late when I am supposed to be sleeping. Last last week, I cried for a total of 9 times. See, first I cried when Yousuke reunited with Juxiang in The Little Nyonya, then I cried watching the Brand New World (by D-51) opening theme for One Piece because an overpowering nostalgia surged over me. Brand New World is the best anime opening, EVER. One song that I will never get bored of. Here's my rating for One Piece's best openings:

#1 - Brand New World by D-51

#2 - Believe by Folder 5

#3 - Crazy Rainbow by Tackey & Tsubasa

Talking about songs, I recommend Mystery Jets' Half in Love with Elizabeth. Don't worry, it's English, anti-Japan freaks. Please stop thinking that everything western is cool and all that and that eastern stuff are lame. You're just wasting your life by covering yourself up in a dumphole. You might as well be living in a dump. You don't even try to know eastern culture yet you prance about with your western dreams ... when you don't really know much about western things either. 

I cried 5 times watching Smile's 6th episode, 3 times during its first. I wonder what's taking Stormy Subs so long to sub the next episode. I can't wait. Atashinchi no Danshi is awesome. It's a really cool dorama (Japanese drama) and I think they should have more dramas like it. My favorite character is Ohkura Akira. See, he is just kewt and undeniably charming. I mean, hello? He's 12, he's cool, he's cute, he's mature, he's smart and he BUYS AND SELLS STOCKS. Oh yeah, he also does magic and will fall asleep immediately at 9 pm on the spot. He could be peeing, arm-wrestling, anything. He will just freeze still. 

He is portrayed by Okayama Tomoki, who immediately became my favorite child actor. In the drama I also like Chisato (she's very cute too), Satoru (cute) and Kyoko (she always appear out of nowhere). My fav AnD episodes would be episodes 3 & 7! I like Ep. 3 because of the scene in the end which was so effing hilarious. First of all, stupid Sho didn't even notice that a woman was stealing his' house's stuff right in front of him. Then they went on a wild goose chase. The woman (Yoshida) knocked Takeru (who's part of a Bosouzoku) unconscious with one flying punch. Then Satoru screamed for nothing and jumped out of his window. Wth, the Japanese are pwnsome! I like Ep. 7 mainly because Akira is the focal point for once. Poor Akira. His theme color is yellow, and that is so in sync with me.

I'm currently playing SMT: Devil Survivor on my DS (US release this time round). It still feels fresh even though I played the JP version already. I love Midori. She will always be my favorite character.

I want to sleep. Bzzt.

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.

King Among Kings

I'm blogging early tonight since I have to sleep early for the charity food sale at the Lions' Nursing Home tomorrow morning ... and I'm quite the heavy sleeper, except on holidays of course, since my body will automatically reactivate itself early due to the fact that it knows I can game already. Talking about sleep reminds me of After Dark ... a vintage novel I finished a few days ago (I have now moved on to South of the Border, West of the Sun ... which cover design Phil detests). The story was crisp, exquisite and enigmatic. All the more loveable. I didn't face a single bit of the common Boring Read Dilemma (BRD) that strikes 
very often especially during the starting of a book. Thankfully with After Dark I didn't need to strain myself to
read through the first few pages and irritatedly wait for the plot to pick up. After Dark takes on a setting during the period after midnight ... life during the period when night dominates, something I
have always liked. I've never got a chance to experience nightlife outside before, and I've always wanted 
to ... the very idea of it is exhilarating. I adore the night. The night is an entirely different world from the day (well, duh) ... it's mysterious, dark, chilly and exciting! And of course, it's the timeline when we are closest to the supernatural! Isn't that just scintillating!? Hmm ... yeah, I guess it's rather unusual to see me all hyped about something that isn't manga or gaming-related. One night I'll just jump through the portal, into the dark city at night and walk 
across the entire city. I don't like the day and sunny weather. I love the night and rainy weather. Go me! Before moving on to another subject, I think I'll give my rating for After Dark ... 4/5 for surreal story, mellow setting and deep characters who all have a shroud of mysteries hiding them away from the reader. Sadly the book was quite short, but I'd say it was worth the money, though Lester was like, "OMFG you bought this thin book for RM 32.90!?"

On Wednesday we were allowed free activity for PE! A few of us brought badminton rackets while most of the other boys played basketball instead since they weren't good enough with their hearing to hear Phil's announcement to bring rackets on Tuesday. It was my first experience with formal, indoor badminton (though there aren't any nets)! Since 3rd grade I've been doing only street badminton, so this is a wholly different thing for a country boy like me. Having been practicing street badminton that is actually way tougher since while playing you need to take into account wind direction, wind speed, terrain property et cetera; my senses are quite well-toned, so I didn't do that bad in indoor badminton. That was actually surprising for even myself, especially given the fact that I haven't played for a few months already. Out of my class's Golden Trio which according to sports adept James consists of 
Kyc, Jack and Lester; I've already faced Kyc and Lester. IMHO I think Lester has been the toughest opponent I've faced so far. His style is fast and accurate play while mine's defensive and tricky. I will be trying out Jack next week. I feel a bad omen about playing against him. Hmm. Anyways, since we are talking about sports, let's move on to yesterday's swimming class. Dawn was absent since her car fetched 
her up late. I tried on my new pair of swimming trunks - they're longer than my original pair. I don't like it as much. It's pretty uncomfortable (the fabric) and it's fairly annoying to do the breaststroke with it. The class started with long-distance swimming, with me having to start swimming in the center of the pool so if I get a cramp of something in the deep end I have to find a way to get to the side on my own. The first time there, I seriously can't manage as it felt so scary as Dawn has described it, resulting in me steering to the side mid-way through the deep end. I can't help it, as the water wasn't lucid due to the rain earlier and the pressure 
there was quite intense. The next time through there ... I easily overcame my fear of the center by making use of Mr Willie as some sort of a tool ... by imagining him being there. Lesson learned: One can always make use of his role model 
as a stepping stone when needed. So, I pictured him on each ends of the pool and the imagined dialogue was ...
Willie: "Hiya son!"
Me: "Hey dad!"
Willie: "Wanna go for a ride?"
Me: "Sure dad!"
Me: "I'm a daddy's boy, in a daddy world, life in skin-flesh, it's bombastic, you can ruffle my hair, groom me up everywhere, imagination, that is my creation!"
Okay, so that part was actually made up now for Dawn who's ecstatic to hear me sing Aqua's Barbie Girl. For quite a while I kept to the idea of him being there and as I got used to that area, poof he went and Sara Bareilles' Love Song started echoing in my ears instead, even till the next hour of swimming, possibly since it's so catchy that I love singing it to myself a lot. It's either Love Song or Listen To Your Body Tonight or That's Not My Name these days. 
Jessy hates the last song though. Pity. Jessy also hates people who dream big. Jessy is so realistic. I am so idealistic. Though actually I'm quite realistic too. As seen here:



My personality type is INTJ, the Strategist under the class of the Intellectual. Not listed in my personality badge is the Interpersonal intelligence, the intelligence for interaction with others, since it's my lowest intelligence. Anyway, to all other bloggers reading this, take both quizzes at MyPersonality.info and post your badges on your next update! Taking this as some sort of a tag, I tag ... Dawn! Phil! Jordan Siaw! Eugene! Nadia! It's much better than all the other super-lengthy tags right? But, ahem, we ARE talking about sports. So some time near 7, we are supposed to jump into deep water. That's the scariest thing there is in swimming class. I can't, even though a fellow swimmate kept encouraging me but I sadly I disappointed him by not doing it. I don't exactly think it's a case of aquaphobia, more like it's linked to my immense level of acrophobia. At school when playing captainsball or cancelling ball, I'm even scared standing as goalkeeper on the bench. I'm already scared of that low a height, so imagine jumping into the water. Still, I am scared of non-swimming pool water. I do not think it's fear of water. More like the water is a dense shroud hiding all the creatures within. I totally dread most aquatic creatures as the majority of them either bear venomous properties or grotesque features. Some are just carnivorous. I don't even bother talking about this 
anymore. I've mentioned it once in class to the boys. But as usual, the boys especially Jordan acted all so brave and all, like he could face the creatures. Back during grade school when I was playing Ape Escape, the gigantic mutant fish was so horrifying. Also in Shadow of the Colossus, I dread fighting colossi #5, 7 and 12 as all 3 fights are in watery environments, especially for the latter two since #5 is more of an aerial battle while the other two are in water. It felt like a horror game fighting #7 and #12. Once again, I will say that we return to the subject of sports. This is the last part of it - jogging. After a long break from jogging (unintentionally, blame the hectic weather), I finally had a chance to jog again this afternoon. At the stadium I tried using the Sandman technique:





Kevin commented that manga really is informative. Yeah, I obviously liked that comment. But crappy overrated crap like Naruto is rubbish. Grr. Anyhow, the method really does make running a lot faster, and you feel lighter. Try it out!

That said, I think I should go now since I have to depart early tomorrow. For The Amazing Race 13, I support Ken & Tina!



I like Toni & Dallas too, but I hate Nick & Starr and Terence & Sarah ... annoying teams. Go Ken! Go Tina! Make sure you make a good comeback and overcome the Speed Bump next week! Good night people!

p. s. Please remind me of any typos or grammar errors.

p. s. (again) To Mark: I don't mind, I feel happy that people from other classes read my blog too!

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.

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.

Bohemian Rhapsody

Wow, since no one bothered, I am taking 3 (three) contests off the title contests section, in order from earliest to avoid stretching the page. Answers are here, people-who-don't-even-try (most answers are VERY obvious from the hints ... I guess I am just hipper than my readers =.=):

1. 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond' is a segmented song by Pink Floyd (which was the freaking hint) that plays over 13 minutes. Longest song I've ever heard so far. Worse of all was Sharon's answer, thinking it was connected to Wiri-sensei (Willie) and Jedo-sensei (Jade) when I kept telling her it's a wonderful song by Pink Floyd in school. Having a supportive friend is good, but you don't really feel that way if they have proven to be severely unattentive.

2. 'The Golden Experience' can be answered as either a song individually or an album by Prince (which was the hint >_>).

3. I'd admit, 'Cross Fire Hurricane' was a toughie. The hint given was 'Jumpin Jack Flash' ... it's a song by The Rolling Stones. Okay, so Cross Fire Hurricane is a line of the song's lyrics.

Actually, you can easily find all 3 answers through Wiki with much ease. Lazy dullards, you lot. I do appreciate Michael pitching in some effort to research, though he got them all the wrong way ... he thought I was asking about the HINT instead of the TITLE. Up till now, the sole winner has been Brenda. Who actually understands what to do. Boo to all those who got all frustrated and confused. Advice: Be street-wiser, onegai shimasu (please). Or less lazy. Or if my explanation on the contests was seriously a Gordian knot to you, do brush up on your English. It's all really simple, IIRC I didn't use my transcendental lingo and Brenda didn't even complain about it. And when she doesn't complain about something, it surely fits the average crowd. That clearly means you lot are ... well, whatever.

*kyu* ... My friends are all telling me that Wiri otou-san is a player. A pimp. Just because he played driver for two female teachers instead of the usual gung-ho men. Hrm, my idolization shall not sway. I believe he is loyal to his wife (unlike my father) ... how do I know that ... uh, telepathy :P. Then James and I discussed something about him that lead to me saying that he most likely have a feminine side. Well, not that I am dissing my idol, it's just that it's typical for Virgoes. And if Yana's information is bona fide, Daddy is a Virgo ... well, that's not too bad, I guess. Virgoes' quality points are ... ja-jang (with Nanako Doujima's voice!)! - hygienic! Conscientious! Et cetera! Anyway the part which drew my envy was that James arm-wrestled with him. Kuu. Whatever, what's so great about arm-wrestling!? I got so irritated I picked Chilli to arm-wrestle and for the first time ever I won against something other than the arm-wrestling machine over at the Pelita Arcade.

Damn. I told Mr Arthur I'd meet him after-school to pass up my thumbdrive and I discovered that he had already went home. gfefnfn24970@@$$^!#%$^%@. Well, HE violated the ... semi-promise, so if he said I was late to hand up then I'd sue him. Okay, maybe not. After all, I'm such
sweet, nice, little kid ... am I not? I even photostated the English exam papers' information sheet ... TWENTY-NINE freaking copies. Okay. So it's just RM 2.90. Still, proves my selflessness. I have to refuse Kemi-sensei's money tomorrow. Cos' ... my role model is Mr Willie. I'm sure he's as selfless and humble. I just know it.

Oh my, I have to study for tomorrow's exams. And now's already nearly 10. Gah. I could've cared less for exams, however I have a status to uphold in the eyes of my idol, and I've seriously got to kick Jessy off my initial position. I may be a tame little puppy, however showing mercy in the battlefield is just plain stupid, whether the enemy force is male or female.

I'm going for a 2-week vacation the moment time reaches November 15th's/16th's daybreak. To West Jakarta. Screw spending my precious time slaving around the dull city
of Kuching clinging onto the hope of having a chance encounter with my idol. I've totally given up, seriously. For once I'm giving myself priority to relax and enjoy myself. And don't for once think that PMR worries me. Blah. Blasphemy.

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?

The Golden Experience

Hmm, since no one's guessed the reference behind the previous post's title yet, and I am now making another post, then I will be holding 2 contests now then. So, I'm gonna shoot.

This post is about Stands.

Editted from Wikipedia:
The concept of "Stand" (a contraction of the phrase "one who stands by me") was introduced in part 3 of the
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga series. According to Joseph Joestar, it is the manifestation of an individual's innate power and represents, to an extent, the individual's psyche. In fact, Joseph once referred to it in the manga as the "ghost ripple" (quite apt, as most of them take on humanoid forms and hover around the wielders like wraiths). Stands are usually sustained by breathing, and typically hover behind and above the user while active. Most Stands are invisible to those who do not have Stands; the exceptions are Stands that are bound to physical objects. Most Stand Users can access the "senses" of their Stands, seeing and hearing whatever their Stands can.

To people without the power of the Stand, who normally cannot see them (except for Stands with physical appearances), these have properties and behaviors similar to that of ghosts, poltergeists and ESP. This
behavior is evidently seen in the JoJo OVA; Jotaro imprisons himself, takes a gun from the guard, aims it to his head, and pulls the trigger of the gun. His Stand's hands caught the bullet before it reaches his head. For the normal people around him, it would appear that the bullet is suspended in midair. The other prisoners near his cell and even the guards could not explain the incident, and they grew to fear Jotaro.

In general, only those with unusually strong spiritual power and determination (but not limited to human beings) can develop stands, as they are typically a reflection of the wielder's spirit. Stands can be developed hereditarily or artificially (through the Bow and Arrow). An interesting trend regarding Stands is that in their earlier appearances in arcs 3 and 4 had a more humanoid appearance and mostly elemental powers, but later appearances in arcs 5 and 6 had Stands taking on a more mechanical look and have more physical and intricate abilities (like controlling gravity, for example).

Although stands manifests from the wielder's psyche, some abilities cannot be controlled and may even restrict the wielder. Though most stands acts at the wielder's will, some stands are "automatic" and the wielders cannot keep track of their actions.

It is interesting to note that the stands began to take on names of distinguished bands and album titles starting from arc 4 of the series. Most of them are progressive rock bands, as Araki himself is a fan of this music genre. In arc 3 some Stands are named after tarot cards, and later after Egyptian gods. In the subsequent series, some are even named after fashion labels.

Despite their powers, Stands hold one drawback; any damage the Stand receives is transmitted to its user (i.e. if a Stand's leg were to be ripped off, the Stand's user will have his or her leg severed as well). This has served as a way for defeating most of the encountered opponents throughout the series, though some Stands are immune to this factor.

So I kept imagining this imaginary adventure in my mind these days. There are 8 protagonists, namely Sharon, Susan, Dawson, Willie, Elaine, William, QQ and me. I can't help but make up their Stands! And no, Sharon, this version is not what you've read so it's worth reading as the abilities are now upgraded.

Name: Wilson Liew
Stand: Aqua Timez (Japanese pop band)
Abilities: Can shoot high-pressure water projectiles; manipulate all 3 states of water and change the state of its own body’s matter. Just like Iggy’s The Fool, AT can also make replicas of objects or humans; except AT’s do
not utilize sand as the production material but instead water. The water pressure will make the replica created
to be turgid, thus making it seem more real. Later on, Wilson also practiced making blades of ice or rapid dynamic water, plus manipulating his Stand’s water-absorbent property. Besides that, Wilson can also convert any liquid into pure water and produce explosive bubbles. When Susan is not around he sometimes use AT to disinfect wounds as temporary treatment. Another known ability of AT is to envelop body parts with water to increase both strength and resilience due to the turgor pressure. For supportive purposes, AT can freely move from a body of water to another’s within a mile’s radius from the first body. AT’s catchphrase is repeating “Izu Izu Izu Izu Izu Izu Izu” when pummeling enemies.
Strength: A
Speed: C
Range: A
Staying: B
Precision: A
Learning: B

Name: Sharon Wong
Stand: My Chemical Romance (American rock band)
Abilities: Stores all forms of acids and alkalis. Its cloak can withstand corrosive attacks. Able to shoot selected chemical at will. It is able to provide healing support through neutralization of wounds caused by substances that are either acidic or alkaline. On the supportive side, MCR can identify any chemicals at first sight with ease.
Strength: A
Speed: A
Range: C
Staying: B
Precision: C
Learning: C

Name: Susan Sim
Stand: The Scientist (A song by Coldplay)
Abilities: Bears a syringe to inject a restorative liquid into any organism that greatly enhances regeneration. It has multiple cartridges around its waist filled with different forms of medicines to load into its syringe should the patient suffer from symptoms other than physical injuries like poison, fever, influenza et cetera. Upon injection, no pain will be felt as all of its medicines come with anesthetic. Some of the cartridges instead bear dangerous substances like snake venom. This can be coupled together with the rapier-like syringe-arm to enable Susan to stand her own.
Strength: B
Speed: C
Range: D
Staying: A
Precision: A
Learning: A

Name: Dawson Goh
Stand: Garnet Crow (Japanese pop band)
Abilities: Capable of flight. It is able to rain down shards of sharp garnet via flapping of wings. It is also capable of absorbing other minerals in the area to gain the properties of it. Instead of raining down shards of garnet, it can also opt to spread the powder of pounded garnet, which could prove fatal if inhaled as it can injure internal organs; leading to bleeding. As the garnets produced are quite reflective, manipulation of light to produce illusions can also be done. Another one of its abilities is being able to mentally control other avians in a radius of 30 m from Garnet Crow.
Strength: C
Speed: A
Range: A
Staying: B
Precision: B
Learning: C

Name: Willie Liew
Stand: Freeze Frame (Song by Jump 5)
Abilities: Its eyes are actually built-in cameras. Willie is the only one who can order it to snap pictures, and when Freeze Frame’s Snapping Mode is on, Willie’s eyes are synchronized with FF’s eyes (the camera) for better view of the out coming picture and to allow better adjustments to be made. After taking the picture, FF will develop it within 3 seconds. The photo is a Dynamic Photo, which acts like a CCTV, which shows the place snapped live. If someone moves at that place, it will also be seen in the photo. Willie can have the photo frozen if he wants, and that will make the place where the photo is taken to stop its flow of time; hence ‘freezing’ it and changing it into a Static Photo. Everything that happens to the photo will also happen in the real world. For example, if Willie rips the photo to shreds, the scene within the photo will also be damaged, along with who/whatever’s in there. This is recommended to be used on Static Photos, as the target wouldn’t be able to escape then. FF bears several weaknesses actually, despite its abilities being apparently godlike. If it is attacked while developing a photo, its photo taking ability will be rendered unusable for 24 hours straight, leading it to rely on brute force for self-defense. Other weaknesses are mostly linked to photography errors. For example, if Willie doesn’t get FF to use suitable lens to take a certain picture, the picture may get blurry, and anything that happens to it will have its efficiency halved.
Strength: C
Speed: C
Range: A
Staying: A
Precision: B
Learning: A

Name: Elaine Chung
Stand: Hot Stuff (Song by The Pussycat Dolls)
Abilities: HS can manipulate fire and heat. It can also produce fires or lava on its own. Whatever it touches will become a ‘Hotspot’, attracting heat to it and cooling down surrounding temperature since the heat will be focused there. Elaine can use it to accelerate the speed of heat flow or dampen it. HS’s body is also able of absorbing heat and fire which will make it stronger. Elaine can also choose to make it conduct or insulate heat at will.
Strength: B
Speed: B
Range: C
Staying: A
Precision: B
Learning: A

Name: William Tan
Stand: Sanctuary (Song by Utada Hikaru)
Abilities: Sanctuary can create walls which only enable access to others via William’s approval. Otherwise, anything that tries to force itself in will be gradually vaporized. For one to break open the barrier, one must use a projectile-type attack to attack continuously at a set spot since any damage made to the barrier will be restored within seconds. The walls are in 2D, so if William manages to link together many walls, a 3D shape will be formed, usually to either provide better protection for allies or to imprison foes. Walls are made by mentally drawing the outline of a shape in the air, so if William wants to create shapes with many sides like a nonagon, he’s pretty vulnerable to attacks since he needs to concentrate on drawing. Walls that are made can be positioned as William sees fit, and since the walls have quite sharp edges (even circular walls), he can make use of it as blades to be more offensive.
Strength: A
Speed: B
Range: B
Staying: A
Precision: C
Learning: C

Name: QQ
Stand: Under The Radar (Music album by Grade)
Abilities: It can project a holographic radar on any surface which scans its surroundings within a 1 kilometer radius. Upon any given instruction, it will scan as QQ likes. If QQ wants it to scan the terrain, it can easily map
out the area on the radar. If QQ is searching for someone, she just needs to specify his/her characteristics, and UTR will track down people who match those traits. UTR is also able to teleport to whichever location on its radar. UTR can also ‘broadcast’ images or sounds to any point in its radar. Given its excellent range, UTR makes a good Stand for communication, tracking, trailing, stalking or spying purposes. For self-defense, UTR can project highly intensified radioactive soundwaves and fight with a unique style drew from ballet. UTR is also known to be able to interfere with radio/satellite signals, and wiretap both telephone and cellphone conversations. Given its body structure, UTR can easily break the most fatal of falls as well.
Strength: C
Speed: B
Range: A
Staying: A
Precision: A
Learning: B

Yeah, I tried avoiding the cliched superpowers. Not bad, eh? FYI, William is noneother than Wei Huang, while
QQ is ... a girl, yeah. Ask Sharon. Or Agnes. She is the only one who can call me SS,
and I am the only one who calls her QQ.

Now I really need to go off.