The new year is just minutes away and I'm in front of my (dad's) laptop, miles away from the tonnes of people gathered at Sg. Wang, Times Square, Bukit Jalil, One Utama, KLCC or any other places counting down the New Year, people who are willing to endure the congestion not just at the places of countdown but in trains, buses, highways, tunnels, bridges, restaurants and..... you get the idea. I find it kinda ironic as exactly one year ago I was in a similar situation, the only differences being that I was using my desktop(which is infested with viruses now) and I was playing DoTA, depressed at not being able to countdown with the girl I was having a crush on then as she was somewhere in......somewhere I don't wanna say.
However, now I am burned out on DoTA and have no intention to have my 6-month-long-DoTA-less-@$$ get kicked by some bloody lala zhais and getting scolded unreasonably by my bloody lala zhai teammates, so I've decided to do a boring and lame recap of the year that is soon to pass.
I have no desire to type a long @$$ essay so I'll just summarise my year in two sentences and then list down the highs and lows of the year:
The first half of the first half of the year 2007 I can only vaguely remember so I cannnot really comment, the second half of the first half of the year 2007 was mostly very stressful with exams looming and my dealing with love issues. The second half of the year 2007 started with a bang with the end of my exams and hanging out with friends, but then developed into a very boring period of time when I spent most of my time rotting at home and preparing for my applications, though the last 2 months of the year got better as I hung out with my high school friends and went to various events.
HIGHS:
1) Getting closer with some of my college friends.
2) Hanging out with those said friends
3) Falling in love
4) Finally got to drive
5) Attending My Chemical Romance's Concert
6) Going to Pangkor with College friends
7) The End of my purgatory and hellish A-Levels
8) Meeting up with High School friends more frequently
9) Placed in Top 1%tile in Critical thinking section of ISAT test, which was required for admission into Medical course in Monash, first time I scored so highly in anything for a long time
10) Getting accepted into IMU's MBBS Twinning Programme, my first choice course.
LOWS:
1) Drifting further away from some of those same college friends
2) Falling in love and then having self-doubt and low confidence kick in after that which when combined with pre-exam stress triggered major mood swings and emo-ness
3) Falling into major depression when the person I fell in love in got someone else, which then combined with exam stress and yielded even more mood swings and emo-ness
4) Wasting away a good part of the second half of the year when I could have done so many things
5) Getting only 2A's for my A-Levels and greatly dissapointing not only myself but my parents
6) Major stress during period of application to Universities which when combined with major boredom during this period of time resulted in major depression, countless sleepless nights and more emo-ness
7) Placed in top 1%-tile of ISAT test, only to have temporary optimism and smugness totally crushed by revelations that the test was useless as the closing date of application to Monash was 5 months ago.
8) Fucking stress during minor and major driving accidents
9) Not getting to know as many girls as I wanted to =P
10) Not fulfilling almost all of my New Years resolutions....Not that I had any specific goals, but I did have some vague hopes
Monday, December 31, 2007
Sunday, December 30, 2007
girugämesh
In order to combat my boredom AND my insomnia, I've resorted to listening to listening to girugämesh's entire eponymous album, girugämesh, which rocks my socks off in 13 different ways..... and will hopefully induce intense cathartic headbanging which will tire me enough to sleep......
Here's a sample download for those of you who are interested, though I doubt any of you are.....and support original XD
girugämesh
And I'm feeling a great sense of Déjà vu as I'm typing this, and fuck I'm editing my post multiple times again.......and this is probably the shortest entry I have ever posted, and I'm editing my post again, puki!!!!!!!!
Emo-ness
Just browsed through some blogs just now out of boredom, and I realise that almost all of them have a post to commemorate the not so recently passed Christmas. I feel so left out......
Oh fuck it....... Just so damn bored at the moment, somore knot sleep dengz.... one of the worst combinations in the world: Boredom and Insomnia.......
Well, I had a pretty low-key Xmas celebrations at my house with my old friends la.....twas not really a Xmas celebration and more like a gathering of old friends.... We didn't even have turkey.....Yes, I know I totally don't have the Xmas spirit, not the superficial and commercialised version anyway...... Don't see the fucking point of going out at almost midnight to gather with and be surrounded by other people you don't know to countdown on Christmas Eve just for the sake of it and shooting confetti and ribbons like its some sort of........ well.....any similes or metaphors which implies utter fucking stupidity.....haha, guess you know how I'm not going to celebrate the coming (not Chinese) New Year. Yes I know I'm a cynical,angst filled, stuck-up introvert who needs to lighten up and get out more and smell the roses, whatever that means.....
Anyway, for what its worth (nothing actually, just something to end this pointless post), merry (very) belated Christmas and a Happy soon-to-be-New Year to everyone I know and anyone who happens to chance upon this blog.....
Oh fuck it....... Just so damn bored at the moment, somore knot sleep dengz.... one of the worst combinations in the world: Boredom and Insomnia.......
Well, I had a pretty low-key Xmas celebrations at my house with my old friends la.....twas not really a Xmas celebration and more like a gathering of old friends.... We didn't even have turkey.....Yes, I know I totally don't have the Xmas spirit, not the superficial and commercialised version anyway...... Don't see the fucking point of going out at almost midnight to gather with and be surrounded by other people you don't know to countdown on Christmas Eve just for the sake of it and shooting confetti and ribbons like its some sort of........ well.....any similes or metaphors which implies utter fucking stupidity.....haha, guess you know how I'm not going to celebrate the coming (not Chinese) New Year. Yes I know I'm a cynical,angst filled, stuck-up introvert who needs to lighten up and get out more and smell the roses, whatever that means.....
Anyway, for what its worth (nothing actually, just something to end this pointless post), merry (very) belated Christmas and a Happy soon-to-be-New Year to everyone I know and anyone who happens to chance upon this blog.....
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Aladdin at KLPAC
Went to KLPAC (Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre for the uninitiated) to catch a play with my family a few hours ago, courtesy of free tickets provided by YTL, the fact that they included a free buffet dinner didn't hurt either ^^.
I had previously seen two plays at KLPAC. The first time was with my literature class to watch a play that we were studying(My Fair Lady), and the other time was with my family, with free tickets, to watch Cinderella of all things. On both occasions I came out of the Centre pretty contented and entertained and was quite looking forward to this play, the ridiculous image of a Fat Man dressed in a huge pink dress riding a scooter masquerading as Cinderella's fairy Godmother bringing back fond memories.
Turned out that the play didn't meet my expectations. Granted, it didn't suck, far from it. But it gave me a great sense of deja vu. The play was quite similar to the previous endeavor I watched, Cinderella. Alot of the gimmicks used were recycled from that play, and I watched that play exactly two years ago. Heck even the actors were mostly reused, with the only notable exclusion being that of Lina Teoh. The fat man who played the fairy godmother the last time out played the genie this time. The play also wasn't nearly as laugh out loud funny as the previous two I watched. And although this was a comedic play, I was really dissapointed by the pointless storyline, which served more of a means to an end than an integral part of the play, and degenerated into an incongrous and absurd mess as the play went on.
However, the play wasn't a total dissapointment. It was still very amusing, continuing KLPAC's penchant of referencing and making fun of Malaysian issues and satiring several Malaysian stereotypes and using manglish and other Malaysian languages in the plays themselves, giving them a distinct 'Malaysian' feel. The performances by the actors were mostly impeccable, though alot of the jokes fell flat. Special mention must also be given to the in house band, who were very pro and literally brought the house down. And there's still something terribly refreshing and entertaining about watching a play in person. The riveting combination of singing(which was awesome, especially with the accompanying music to the songs being performed live) and acting, the human connection you feel when watching people performing feet away from you instead of through a flickering box or an illuminated slide, the charm of the usage of crude props and tools and total lack of reliance on Special effects, all come together to form a very refreshing and compelling experience. Oh, and having an evil wizard who has a fetish for wearing female underwear and an obese genie who drops from the sky everytime he's summoned in your play helps too......
I guess the gist of what I really wanna say is, for free entertainment, you could do alot worse than KLPAC's Aladdin.
A view of the stage. Took this pic before the staff there told me to shut off my phone (no phones and cameras are allowed to be turned on in the theater premises)
The guy who played the Genie, fucking HILARIOUS. And that picture was taken by my mom, which explains the blurriness
Moral of the story, NEVER ask your mom to help you take a photo with your camera phone. Though to be fair my phone's camera also sucks la....
Funny excerpts from the play, trust me, they're funnier than my pathetic writing makes them out to be:
The evil wizard(knot remember his name la): When I get the lamp I will make all of you disappear faster than a Hindu temple in Shah Alam!!
Aladdin's mom (played by a guy): Lastly kita mesti thank the Malaysian Polis...... for giving us a permit to perform here......coz you tahulah...in Malaysia no permit apa pun kenot do......
P.S.: If you're a shameless cheapskate who absolutely loves getting free stuff, work for YTL. Got free theater and free buffet wei...... And believe it or not the free food doesn't suck at all......
P.P.S: zLz, I am so sorry for your new wallet, you have my condolences XD
P.P.P.S: I'm editing this post so much it ain't funny damnit..... =.=
I had previously seen two plays at KLPAC. The first time was with my literature class to watch a play that we were studying(My Fair Lady), and the other time was with my family, with free tickets, to watch Cinderella of all things. On both occasions I came out of the Centre pretty contented and entertained and was quite looking forward to this play, the ridiculous image of a Fat Man dressed in a huge pink dress riding a scooter masquerading as Cinderella's fairy Godmother bringing back fond memories.
Turned out that the play didn't meet my expectations. Granted, it didn't suck, far from it. But it gave me a great sense of deja vu. The play was quite similar to the previous endeavor I watched, Cinderella. Alot of the gimmicks used were recycled from that play, and I watched that play exactly two years ago. Heck even the actors were mostly reused, with the only notable exclusion being that of Lina Teoh. The fat man who played the fairy godmother the last time out played the genie this time. The play also wasn't nearly as laugh out loud funny as the previous two I watched. And although this was a comedic play, I was really dissapointed by the pointless storyline, which served more of a means to an end than an integral part of the play, and degenerated into an incongrous and absurd mess as the play went on.
However, the play wasn't a total dissapointment. It was still very amusing, continuing KLPAC's penchant of referencing and making fun of Malaysian issues and satiring several Malaysian stereotypes and using manglish and other Malaysian languages in the plays themselves, giving them a distinct 'Malaysian' feel. The performances by the actors were mostly impeccable, though alot of the jokes fell flat. Special mention must also be given to the in house band, who were very pro and literally brought the house down. And there's still something terribly refreshing and entertaining about watching a play in person. The riveting combination of singing(which was awesome, especially with the accompanying music to the songs being performed live) and acting, the human connection you feel when watching people performing feet away from you instead of through a flickering box or an illuminated slide, the charm of the usage of crude props and tools and total lack of reliance on Special effects, all come together to form a very refreshing and compelling experience. Oh, and having an evil wizard who has a fetish for wearing female underwear and an obese genie who drops from the sky everytime he's summoned in your play helps too......
I guess the gist of what I really wanna say is, for free entertainment, you could do alot worse than KLPAC's Aladdin.
A view of the stage. Took this pic before the staff there told me to shut off my phone (no phones and cameras are allowed to be turned on in the theater premises)
The guy who played the Genie, fucking HILARIOUS. And that picture was taken by my mom, which explains the blurriness
Moral of the story, NEVER ask your mom to help you take a photo with your camera phone. Though to be fair my phone's camera also sucks la....
Funny excerpts from the play, trust me, they're funnier than my pathetic writing makes them out to be:
The evil wizard(knot remember his name la): When I get the lamp I will make all of you disappear faster than a Hindu temple in Shah Alam!!
Aladdin's mom (played by a guy): Lastly kita mesti thank the Malaysian Polis...... for giving us a permit to perform here......coz you tahulah...in Malaysia no permit apa pun kenot do......
P.S.: If you're a shameless cheapskate who absolutely loves getting free stuff, work for YTL. Got free theater and free buffet wei...... And believe it or not the free food doesn't suck at all......
P.P.S: zLz, I am so sorry for your new wallet, you have my condolences XD
P.P.P.S: I'm editing this post so much it ain't funny damnit..... =.=
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Humping.......
Was doing voluntary work at NASAM just a few hours ago when I caught sight of two Felis silvestris catus engaging in the act depicted below
seconds after snapping that photo, the two noticed my intrusion upon their sacred moment and immediately broke off from that position and the humper started snarling at me. The humped rolled onto her(i think its a she coz she was the one below) back and started purring as if having a climax or something
Swtness la really, after being fascinated by, addicted to, and bored of, and then addicted to and bored of NaCl again throughout the years, now nature is throwing animal fornication at my face. First it was two dogs doggy style-ing literally in broad 'night'light when I went mamaking with Keat Hoe a few months back, now this. What's next la????
This?
This???
OR THIS????
Seriously, after what I've seen, I still prefer the homo sapien variety
Yeah baby!!!
seconds after snapping that photo, the two noticed my intrusion upon their sacred moment and immediately broke off from that position and the humper started snarling at me. The humped rolled onto her(i think its a she coz she was the one below) back and started purring as if having a climax or something
Swtness la really, after being fascinated by, addicted to, and bored of, and then addicted to and bored of NaCl again throughout the years, now nature is throwing animal fornication at my face. First it was two dogs doggy style-ing literally in broad 'night'light when I went mamaking with Keat Hoe a few months back, now this. What's next la????
This?
This???
OR THIS????Seriously, after what I've seen, I still prefer the homo sapien variety
Yeah baby!!!
Thursday, December 20, 2007
And so it begins......FINALLY
When I first envisioned having a blog, I thought about a bombastic and riveting intro/first post which immediately drew readers into my blog. I imagined funny and witty postings which were later inundated with comments praising my articulate writing and great sense of humour. But then when I finally mustered the effort to actually start this blog, all of the above when to fucking hell.
As you can see, my writing is shit and even as I am typing this my brain is struggling to form sentences, testimony to 2 years of not writing anything not even remotely related to Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Maths. And so you get this mundane and lame intro. But I gotta start sometime, so here I am, trudging through my first post. And being the living embodiment of procrastination, I am actually quite surprised I managed to finally start my blog after months and months of formulating "funny" and "intelligent" ideas in my head.
So where should I start? Ok, how 'bout why I decided to start blogging? Well, as everyone who will chance upon my blog would know, blogging is all the craze now, with blogs coming from a variety of people ranging from guys to gurls, jocks to nerds, popular people to socially-deprived-introverts like myself. So I figured that I'd start a blog myself too. Besides, its a better way to fritter away precious time than spending hours in front of the computer figuring out what to do and what website to visit. Another reason is that blogging will be the only way I can practice my rusting English and flex my vocabulary muscle (or the lack of thereof) on something other than my course-related material. I also like to think of my blog as a journal of sorts, one which will chart my growth as I make the transition from being a teenager to an adult and one on which I can look back one day and see the progress I made( or the lack of progress, depending on how my life pans out in the future).
So what will I blog about? If this blog was to be viewed by only me then future content would be mostly cathartic in nature with profanity-littered rants about everything and anything under the sun. But since blogs are also meant to be viewed by friends and the internet population at large, such content would be unappealing and tedious to read, what with my utter lack of humour and vocabulary . So I will try to blog about a larger myriad of topics to keep things interesting. These might range from my thoughts on any issues and happenings, self-reflection, reviews of events, books, tv shows, anime, games, products and anything else that can be reviewed, other things I can't think of now, as well as the odd indulgent rant. What would give me great satisfaction is to write funny posts that would elicit at least a chuckle from my readers, and be able to articulate my thoughts accurately and vividly in words using wide vocabulary and various writing styles. Though as mentioned earlier I have shitty English vocab as well as no sense of humour. So, I'm not getting my hopes up too high.
I really want this blog to be a long-term endeavor that I can be proud of. But being the epitome of laziness that I have been for the majority of my life, it would take herculean effort(by my standards) to keep myself motivated and committed. So expect to see long periods of inactivity in this blog.
Well, I guess that about wraps it up for my first post. Can't believe it turned out this long. Hopefully future posts won't be as boring and tedious as this.....
To reduce the lameness of this post, here's something to put a smile on your face.....
As you can see, my writing is shit and even as I am typing this my brain is struggling to form sentences, testimony to 2 years of not writing anything not even remotely related to Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Maths. And so you get this mundane and lame intro. But I gotta start sometime, so here I am, trudging through my first post. And being the living embodiment of procrastination, I am actually quite surprised I managed to finally start my blog after months and months of formulating "funny" and "intelligent" ideas in my head.
So where should I start? Ok, how 'bout why I decided to start blogging? Well, as everyone who will chance upon my blog would know, blogging is all the craze now, with blogs coming from a variety of people ranging from guys to gurls, jocks to nerds, popular people to socially-deprived-introverts like myself. So I figured that I'd start a blog myself too. Besides, its a better way to fritter away precious time than spending hours in front of the computer figuring out what to do and what website to visit. Another reason is that blogging will be the only way I can practice my rusting English and flex my vocabulary muscle (or the lack of thereof) on something other than my course-related material. I also like to think of my blog as a journal of sorts, one which will chart my growth as I make the transition from being a teenager to an adult and one on which I can look back one day and see the progress I made( or the lack of progress, depending on how my life pans out in the future).
So what will I blog about? If this blog was to be viewed by only me then future content would be mostly cathartic in nature with profanity-littered rants about everything and anything under the sun. But since blogs are also meant to be viewed by friends and the internet population at large, such content would be unappealing and tedious to read, what with my utter lack of humour and vocabulary . So I will try to blog about a larger myriad of topics to keep things interesting. These might range from my thoughts on any issues and happenings, self-reflection, reviews of events, books, tv shows, anime, games, products and anything else that can be reviewed, other things I can't think of now, as well as the odd indulgent rant. What would give me great satisfaction is to write funny posts that would elicit at least a chuckle from my readers, and be able to articulate my thoughts accurately and vividly in words using wide vocabulary and various writing styles. Though as mentioned earlier I have shitty English vocab as well as no sense of humour. So, I'm not getting my hopes up too high.
I really want this blog to be a long-term endeavor that I can be proud of. But being the epitome of laziness that I have been for the majority of my life, it would take herculean effort(by my standards) to keep myself motivated and committed. So expect to see long periods of inactivity in this blog.
Well, I guess that about wraps it up for my first post. Can't believe it turned out this long. Hopefully future posts won't be as boring and tedious as this.....
To reduce the lameness of this post, here's something to put a smile on your face.....
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