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The trigo disease
12:40 AM
The trigo disease

One day a couple of months back, I was doing trigo homework and I had so much difficulty solving the problems which got me really frustrated and worked up. I was so angry with my own inability that I slammed the book shut on the table and nearly shove a whole pile of books onto the floor, which would have been really catastrophic. I vented out my anger by savaging a poor piece of paper and the next paragraph is a product of that pent-up frustration, albeit a touched-up and slightly polished version.

Trigo is one of the simplest ways in which a person can establish relative harm and danger to one's brain and sanity. This relativity of establishment depends on one's level of immune system to the attacks by trigo. If you have a high level of tolerance, the trigo disease should only leave you mildly cursing at it and you will find yourself able to conquer most trigo, except for those exceptionally virulent mutations of trigo. However, if you are extremely susceptible to trigo and possess very low immunity levels, trigo will rage all through you mind and you willl hate trigo and experience severe bouts of headache and panic attacks. If you are a chronic sufferer of trigo and therefore have many experiences with it, you should be able to conquer the lowest minions of trigo, which is not much but better than totally succumbing to the diesease. To this date, there have been found certain exceptions to the norm who have an inbred passion of trigo. They are able to conquer trigo easily at will and can mutate their immunity level along with the trigo virus. This odd rarities also apparently enjoy doing battle with trigo. From the above guidelines, you should be able to classify yourself as to which category of immunity you possess as a person who has to battle trigo.

I spent about 15 minutes scribbling away and letting my rage flow onto the paper and I felt much better after that and was able to turn my mind back to focusing on conquering trigo.

See what a simple ballpoint pen and paper can do!

Written on Wednesday, January 31, 2007; 12:40 AM
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Sitting back quietly
10:43 AM
Sitting back quietly

I was typing this halfway last night when poof! My room suddenly descends into pitch black darkness and I hear the silent whirr of the computer going dead.

Shitbloodyhelldamnitall! *mutters quietly as everyone else sleeping*

Starts to freak out a teenie-weenie bit as its so quiet and the houses behind mine all have lights on. Begins wondering if my house has been targeted by a bunch of thieves who cut the power lines so that we cannot call for help. *the result of too many storybooks and a vivid imagination. stop laughing, will ya?* Tiptoes into my parents room and wake my dad up to discover that its only our row of houses has no electricity. Dang!

No air-cond no fan how to sleep?!
Thankfully power comes back in 20 minutes. =)

But I still decide to sleep instead of blog. Hehe.

Today, I discover that all I've typed has vanished into thin air. Which means I have to start from scratch again. *sighs*

Rewinds clock back to 24 hours ago.

Woke up at 11.30am as I slept at 4-something am the previous night. Headed down to Civic Centre for my brother's Yamaha concert themed 'Music Around The World'. My brother's group did a song from Austria's 'Sound of Music.' There was this class that played the Harry Potter theme and they all marched on stage wearing those black Harry Potter robes with pointy hoods. They looked so gaya when they threw back their hoods simultaneously. I was kinda expecting them to pull out a wand too.

Wah, so cute! I also want lerr...=p
Why my kiddy concerts last time don't have until so yeng wan?
Ah well, think of what their parents have to pay for that robe...

Went to 1U around 5.30 to shop with Wai Ee and Sook. Met up with Michelle, Thiam Beng, Sueh Lung and Vincent and we walked around for a bit before splitting up. Wai Ee, Sook and I decided to plop into Starbucks and chit-chat while the rest decided to err...wander around and do their thing. We sat down there for a good hour and a half and yakety-yakked. Discovered that Cze Wien and Justin were eating in Nando's right opposite us, but we didn't see them as they were seated right in the back corner and they came in through the back entrance. Aiyo!


En route dinner, we stopped to watch a performance where the guys were drooling. Haha. Wai Ee and Sook got fed up and decided to go to the restaurant first. After a while, we left and joined them at Old Asia for dinner. Talked, laughed, crapped and all the funny stories and catching up came up. From Micheal Teoh to scout recruits and Roxy bags to rebonding. Haha.

5 pretty girls all in a row. ;) According to Karl Son, if you take a picture from bottom up, you will look slimmer. I can't see the difference though. Can you?
4 of the guys with their err...longer legs? Haha. Vincent and Wei Liang were doing dunno what so they ended up not in the picture.

Michelle had to go off earlier as the next day was a schooling day for her. And we all forgot about that. That's what happen when you go out with a bunch of on-holiday people. =p

Decided to go 'yum cha' at about 10 so Cze, Sook, Wai Ee, Zhen Quan and I went off in Karl Son's car to SS2. My 2nd time sitting Karl Son's car and he slammed the accelarator while reversing.

Wahlaowei!
Karl Son, you don't have to impress us with your daredevil driving skills ok.
We'd all rather be a little more unimpressed and arrive in 1 piece. =p

With all the tailgating and speeding and his S-shaped negotiation of humps, we made so much noise at the back and I think poor Wai Ee couldn't breathe from fright. I quote Karl Son..

KS : Don't worry. I'm a careful reckless driver.
Me : How can you say that? Those 2 words totally oppose and cancel each other out. Its like saying peaceful war. Hello? *sighs*

Arrived at SS2 in 1 piece *breathes in relief. hehe* and go a few rounds before settling on a place next to Coffeebean. My criteria for the place was, must be fairly quiet so that we can talk and have a clean toilet. Haha.

I think we were the only customers so it was pretty quiet and the toilet was err..quite clean lah. Haha. Vin brought along his laptop and did his sketching homework while the rest of us sat around and crapped.

I called my dad at 11.30pm as I had to be back before 12 and I didn't want to risk getting grounded as I was planning to go out the next day. Left the place with Cze and came home to my bowl of dessert and my mum watching Desperate Housewives.

Starts to blog and suddenly there's no electricity.

Fast forward 10 hours and I'm back here blogging.

Its the first day since my exams ended that I don't have to rush off somewhere and I can sit down here blogging, relaxing and pigging out. I'm so worn out that it feels really good to just sit back quietly and loosen up.

I'm off for a date with my darling television.

Predicted activity for the afternoon :
- Eating lunch and tea in front of the televsion along with my 9.30pm rerun and my DH. =)

I just love the holidays and you people. *extra-wide grin*

Written on Monday, January 29, 2007; 10:43 AM
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Desperate Housewives
2:02 AM
Desperate Housewives

I just watched the first 4 episodes of Desperate Housewives Season 3 on DVD.

Yay, the ladies of Wisteria Lane are back!
Did I mention that there are lovely eye candies for everyone again?
And that some of the clothes, heels and cars there are to die for?
Oooh...yummy!! Hehe...

So far as I've seen, this season isn't lacking for its usual dose of drama's and secrets. Heck, there's probably a ton of skeletons buried in all their closets. I shan't be so mean as to spoil the show for those of you who haven't downloaded DH yet so I shall keep mum about what I've seen. For those who plan to watch it on TV, I think 8TV is planning to air DH in February.

Pro's of watching it on DVD :
1. You don't have to bear with crappy advertisements which take up 1/3 of the screening time.
2. You can just continue watching the next episode instead of waiting for 7 agonizing days to see who reappeared in the show or who slept with who and who did what to whom.
3. You don't have to make sure you're absolutely free when DH shows on TV. Just pop in the DVD whenever you want to.
4. You don't have to download it from the Net and watch it on your tiny computer screen. =p

Con's of watching it on DVD :
1. You sit down for 3 hours straight watching DH although its already 2am.
2. There's no shiok factor. No tantalizing previews that keeps you hooked on to it next week. What's the fun in watching series if you don't have to wait 7 days to find out what happens?
3. Its all over to quickly and you get tempted to buy the DVD's for Season 4. Hehe.

I think I'll consider buying Season 4. Or maybe when I go to UK they'll already be showing Season 4 over there. =)

There are times on a surface glance when we ask ourselves why don't we just stop to work out answers to some of life's questions. And then upon deeper thought, we wonder, what makes us think we really want those answers?

Because sometimes, we get that feeling that we just won't like the answers and therefore we won't want to know them. And because of that, we stop thinking about it and continue slogging on. Pushing away the answers in the hope that one day, the question itself will just disappear and we won't have to face up to those answers.

Some questions will disappear and some questions just remain there as clear as day. Like the way that tomato sauce stain just won't come off that lovely spanking-white blouse of yours. =p

Hey, everyone's got a little dirty laundry! ;)

Written on Sunday, January 28, 2007; 2:02 AM
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Unsatisfyingly over
11:45 PM
Unsatisfyingly over

Exams are over!!!

But Econs 4 detracted part of the pleasure from the end of exams.
The way the whole exam season ended felt so unsatisfyingly wrong.
It was like lacking a certain oomph. Sigh...
I'm already counting how many units I have to re-sit. *touch wood*
I'll have to wait till my final results come out.

Anyway, I only have the grand total of *drumrolls* 9 days before I have to go back to the daily drudge of college life.

Where got enough time to do the things I need and want to do?!
Hmmmph...do I look like I have a Time-Turner or what?

I don't feel good, I feel like I'm sicking for something. The signs are there. I loathe getting sick, especially during the holidays. Aaarrgghh!!!

I feel so upsettingly glumpishly gloomy like a black weed-wearing widow mourning her husband who left her penniless with 10 starving mouths to feed.

I need some serious retail therapy to put in me back in a cheerful mood with a cheeky grin and twinkle in my eye. ;)

I'm off to bed as I have to be up tomorrow at an ungodly hour for a Saturday morning.

Written on Friday, January 26, 2007; 11:45 PM
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The B-word
9:22 PM
The B-word

This is another reason why kids make you crack up just like that.

Bro : I got backache. Let me go toilet first. *runs out to the bathroom*
Me : Huh? Got backache but go toilet? *puzzled*

I thought he might have fell down or gotten pushed and somehow hurt his back. Later on...

Me : Can you point to me which part of your back hurts?
Bro : Okay *lifts up his shirt and touches his tummy*. This is where I got backache.
Me : Do you know which part of your body are you touching?
Bro : Yeah...that's my back what.
Me : Let me show you something. This is your back *touches his back*. And this is your belly *touches his belly*. So just now did you have a backache or a bellyache?
Bro : Oh...then just now I had bellyache not backache.

I simply cracked up when he walked away. Hahahaha!
I don't see the connection between belly and back. Other than the fact that they both start with 'b' and they are below your neck.

I could have sworn his Science book had pictures showing the difference between his belly and his back. But then again, you wonder what they teach kids nowadays in school. =p

Written on Wednesday, January 24, 2007; 9:22 PM
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Help needed
2:09 PM
Help needed

Guess what?
The amount of effort I spent figuring out those basic templates, I don't think I'll be changing skins for quite some time. So enjoy the pinkness while it lasts. Hehe.

I could do with some help on the template-editing. Thank you to all you IT html literate people who are going to help me. =)

What I want to know for now:
1. How do I change the template such that my posts fit nicely and I don't have to keep scrolling right and left to view my whole post in my blog.
2. How do I draw a vertical line to separate my posts and the rest of the sidestuff.
3. How do I change the font in my chatbox.
4. Am I the only one who finds html difficult to learn? *sighs*

I'm off to lunch. Toodles-do.

Written on Tuesday, January 23, 2007; 2:09 PM
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Its pink
1:06 AM
Its pink

I've changed my skin, finally.
Yes, I know its pink and its a bimbotic colour.
A colour which I'd never have been caught dead using. =p
But, I guess this skin will have to do till I find another one.

Its not easy to find a skin, okay. Its like searching for the perfect LBD (little black dress) which highlights your assets and downplays your flaws and makes you look classy, sexy, confident and totally a hot babe in all at a reasonable price. =)

Now I've to figure out how to edit the template and I totally suck at html. I guess you'll all be stuck looking at this pink page for quite a bit. =)

Tata for now, darlings. *sends flying kisses ala bimbo*

Did I get the bimbo part pat down or what? ;)

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Shop shop shop!!!
1:10 PM
Shop shop shop!!!

I wanna go shopping!!!

Its been 2 whole months since I even got close to a shopping spree!
I want it and I need it and I crave it so damn badly its like a coffee addict being deprived of his caffeine fix for 2 months. You can imagine the cold-turkey withdrawal effects. *shudders*

2 whole freaking months!
I used to go there once a week, or at least once a fortnight.
I've been staying away from my 2nd home for much too long.

I feel the urge to go out and splurge.
To go and shop till I drop.
Or at least till I'm clean out of cash.

Err-hem *clears throat discreetly*. Time for some important equations.

shopping + cash = deliriously ecstatic :D
shopping + no cash = disgutedly unsatisfied =/
no shopping + cash = annoying but still bearable =l
no shopping + no cash = God forbid such a thing should happen! =p

Sigh...=(
Darn the exams.

Written on Monday, January 22, 2007; 1:10 PM
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Berdiri sama tinggi with the big brothers
1:16 AM
Berdiri sama tinggi with the big brothers

I just watched 'V for Vendetta'. Man, do I love that show. =)
Its up there with my 'Favourite Movies of 2006.'

Its witty, inspiring and enjoyable. Funny not in a typical popcorn haha movie kind where the hero saves the chick in the nick of time and shoots down 10 AK-47 holding baddies without his styled hair looking unstyled, nor is it the kind where he saves her from a boring, insipid life without his presence by proposing marriage to her. Its also not the kind where he defuses a bomb at the last second saving 234098309 people, just in case you were wondering.

Its the kind that makes you smile and laugh at the very nuances of their dialogue. The thought-provoking kind that keeps your brain spinning even after the credits roll and you're not thinking about how hot that guy is or how chun that chick is, but you're thinking of the idea they're trying to convey, the plot, the storyline. And that's what I call a good show. Though this one was based on a book. Some people may not quite like it, its really up to individual tastes. But if you enjoy witty repartee and thought-jiggling ideas, than go for this one. I just love the words they use.

I watched it on DVD after waiting and wondering if Astro would ever show it. I figured they probably wouldn't show such a show. After all, who knows if it will give us Malaysians ideas like striding up to Parliment in Guy Fawkes masks and dominos and protesting when we're not happy with the government. Except that some of us will probably be waving a keris around and some will be waving the Little Red Book while I don't quite know what the rest will be holding.

Just kidding....
Don't wanna end up in a rat-infested dungeon at such a tender age. ;)

Anyway, God forbid that UK or Malaysia will ever end up like the way they portray in the movie. *shudders*.Where freedom of speech without being detained on some pretext is a precious commodity. Hang on, it is already a precious commodity over here...

I got this from my sister, P & GM : An Ungainly Union?

Go on, click on the link and read it. Its not disguised porn or subversive material that could land you in jail for the next 10 years. Its more like for the next 20 years without any hope of parole. Hehe. Okay, I really am joking only. =)

Its about Proton and General Motors lah. What were you thinking?! =p

To quote what was said,

"They badly need a foreign partner," says John Bonnell, a research analyst at Automotive-Resources Asia.

Thank you so much for telling us that. Its akin to telling us that you need to add flour to make bread. Malaysia's kinda known for piggybacking on other people's technology at an expensive price. Take for example, the space operation. We send Malaysians to space *everybody cheers* on Russian technology *cheering dampens down a bit* at an expensive price *smiles wattage start to reduce* to pour teh tarik and play traditional games in space *scratches head in bewilderment* out of taxpayers money *frowns start appearing* which possibly could have been better utilised for let us say, improvement of healthcare and education *full-blast glares*. That's us Malaysians all right. Russia send one, USA send one, Malaysia also must send one to show that we 'berdiri sama tinggi' with the other 'tai kors' no matter that we're using their technology, eh?

Proton's biggest competition has come from its own backyard. Local carmaker Perodua linked up with Japan's Daihatsu in the early 1990s and allowed Daihatsu to take a 51% controlling stake in 2001.

This isn't called 'gunting dalam selimut'. Its called good strategizing. If you can't do it on your own, don't be a hero and go down guns ablazing. It might look brave but you'll still go down.

Although Proton had a deal with Mitsubishi that enabled it to license Mitsubishi technology, that ended in 2004, when any thought of selling a stake in Proton was still considered too politically sensitive.
Malaysia's probably the only country who bails out national companies/holdings like MAS and Proton in the name of national pride and face. If you got the moolah to do that kinda thing than it wouldn't be so bad, but you're cash-strapped and you wanna go bail a sinking ship. You don't see Singapore or Australia do that, do you? Over there its a case of you sink or you swim. Nobody's gonna throw you a life preserver with a hunky lifeguard and a helicopter to pull your butt out of the red. And SIA is making more money than MAS. Plus most wannabe-pilots in Malaysia probably, note I said probably, head to SIA for job options first. Better salary, better lifestyle.

UBS auto analyst in Kuala Lumpur Colbert Nocom is forecasting a full year loss of $127 million on sales of $1.9 billion.

Whaddaya expect? You give handouts and mollycoddle every single step without teaching independence and it faces problems, limping and barely being able to walk straight. You take away its crutches and stop the handouts and you suddenly expect them to run around leaping and dancing? Take your head out of the clouds and stop dreaming. Every action has an equal and opposing reaction lah, as every Form 5 Physics student can tell you so.

Truth be told, I really am a Malaysian (for those of you who suspected that I'm a foreign sedition-spreading propoganda agent) and I enjoy reading articles like this because it is like a breath of fresh air. Too often, our local sources of news tend to get stiffled by political objectives or for other reasons.

But of late, I'm proud to say that we have been facing up to our shortcomings and the cold facts that we have been putting off for too long. We need to do something about the ailing Proton, no matter who's pet baby project it is. Malaysia is not a bottomless ATM machine that is supposed to be used for things like this. Hopefully, we'll be able to swallow our pride if necessary and for once, do what really benefits the people of the country and not just the face and so-defined pride of the country.

I read in today's papers that other than GM and Volkswagen, Naza is also interested in acquiring a stake in Proton. A Naza-Proton combo? Could this be the face-saver for all parties concerned? We shall see.

Oh and if you're a Malaysian and I have trodden on your sensitive ego and pissed you off, don't take too much offence as I'm just an unknowledgeable idiotic disloyal teenage girl who doesn't know peanuts. It just happens that the article concerned that I was referring to was by BusinessWeek. So look who else rubbed your sensitive ego and pride the wrong way. ;)

Look who's calling a spade, a spade. *mockingly chuckles*
Cheerios, people.

Written on Sunday, January 21, 2007; 1:16 AM
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Malaysian customs
1:47 AM
Malaysian customs

My daddy is back from China. Yay!

Which means no more driving his big-ass car to college. Haha...
Now's my mum's turn to run off to KL for some teacher course thing.
One come back, one go off. Hmmpph!
Looks like me and my lil bro are the only peeps left who actually stay at home. Hehe.
Anyway, look what my dad bought. Looks cute enough for RM3.50 lah!
Its the thingy where you rest you hand on while using the mouse. They come in different animals - dragon, tiger, ram, monkey, frog, mouse etc. The guy insisted on selling 24 pieces for RM3.50 each but my dad said he needed samples for his clients to see (which is an obvious cocked-up story) so the guy sold him a dozen instead.
Sis, I bagged a rabbit for you as Daniel already took the dog-looking tiger which he has already spoiled because he poked it too hard and the gellish juice oozed out. Hehe.
On my last trip to China, I came back with 25 DVD's out of which 4 couldn't play. My dad tested them again on his hotel's DVD player and it worked! Dang, my home DVD player must be too sensitive for this pirated stuff. =(
My dad got stopped at Customs and a Customs officer took the 'V for Vendetta' DVD. But, the DVD he took can't play on my player so I'm not so pissed. I hope it doesn't work on his DVD player. Serves him right then. I think the last time round, the officer took the 'Cars' DVD. If he takes 1 DVD back for his kid to watch from every passenger, he doesn't have to patronize the pasar malam DVD stalls anymore. And he gets paid to take his own 'private tax'!
The customs officer had the cheek to take this leather-ish pouch (the kind where you put toiletries and stuff) which my dad bought. I mean, if you take a DVD, its pissing off but its just a few bucks so its not so bad. But taking the leather-ish pouch? I think that's going a bit too far, even by Malaysian standards.
Bloody thieving customs officer!!!
Normally, when my dad goes group golfing to China, customs usually check their luggage for stuff (probably because they know that the passengers will have China products so they want good pickings) and will ask when flipping through the DVD's whether its porn or not.
Aiyoh, want to buy porn need to fly all the way to China to buy meh? Petaling Street also got sell lar!
Anyway, many people got stopped at customs so they were probably tipped-off that it was a China flight. When travelling as a family back from China, we never had problems with Customs. Hehe.
I wanna go shopping in China again!

Written on Saturday, January 20, 2007; 1:47 AM
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Bugbear whines
11:30 PM
Bugbear whines

Today I really got annihilated! *sigh*

I found parking in the main block which I took as a good sign. Was tempted to reverse park as there was space to manoeuvre around, but I decided it would be embarassing if I couldn't get it right as I'd be blocking the road and I have never reverse parked alone in my life before. And I have only done it once with my dad's help.

Okay, you can stop laughing like a hyena now.

Did the next best thing to reverse parking. I slid into a lot and reversed directly backwards. Hehe.
And I'm not the only girl who does that. =p

Moving on to my major bugbear whining session about how freaking heartwrenchingly terrible the exams were.

I didn't have time to go through Econs 2 past year papers again, so even though a NHS question came out, I decided to do the BBC question and when I came to the 8 mark question, I realised I didn't have much to go on about. Damn damn damn!!!

Econs 3 was bearable. This is probably the first time I have so much that I want to write for the 15 mark question and unfortunately as always, not enough time to write it. I'm not sure if I have sufficient correct points overall to get me a decent A, but I expected something more terrifying like an axe-murderer paper.

I thought the toughest part was over. Than along came C3 Maths.

Does 1st question...hmmm..so good so far...
Does 2nd question...still surviving...
Tries 3rd question...umm...not sure.
Skip first lah...
Takes a potshot at parts of question 4, 5 and 6.
Skip skip skip...die die die...
Question 7...what the heck is this?! *flips paper to check it really is C3 and not C4*
Question 8....dang, why didn't I read more on this 'arc-' stuff?!

Wahlaowei!!!
So freaking head scratching mind boggling hard leh!
Why past year papers easier than this one?!

This was the axe-murderer-Grim-Reaper paper all rolled into one.

There goes my A for Math.
The most unexpected and underestimated paper.
It snuck up and hit me with a 1000 pound bar when I wasn't looking.

Bloody Maths!

It was raining and all jammed up. Lucky thing Wil Liam was nice enough to drop Wai Ee, Sook and I right in front of the car at the main block. Thanks Wil Liam. =) It was so dark that it would have been scarily creepy to walk all the way from the bustop as I parked right at the end. Imagine if I was walking alone...*shudders*. I think I'd probably coerce someone into walking me there. =p

I was going super slow due to the rain. Felt a bit like a big lumbering tortoise at the speed I was crawling at. Don't like driving at night. Loathe driving in the rain. Absolutely hate driving at night in the damn rain especially when it pours cats and dogs in neverending torrents like a whole waterfall is pouring down from the sky. Aaarrggh!

Its off to Econs 4 for me. And I'm hungry again. =(

Darn, I just realised that I forgot to put back the SmartTag in the glove compartment! I hope no one smashes the windscreen to steal the SmartTag which only has 58 bucks in the card. *crosses fingers*

Written on Thursday, January 18, 2007; 11:30 PM
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Total annihilation
12:33 AM
Total annihilation

Today is going to be the killer of all killers.
The day where I get annihilated.
Econs 2, Econs 3 and Math C3.
I'm not fully prepared for any of the papers.

I haven't even touched my Econs 3 book at all.
And I spent the day studying Econs 2 when I can afford to blow it.

Damn, am I an idiot or what?
That was a rhetorical question. You don't have to answer that.

I haven't memorized all my definations for both Econ units. *sigh*
I really don't want to retake Econs 3. *major sigh*

This time I can't casually saunter into the exam hall without feeling really scared. Because I know how unprepared I am and that I am probably going to screw up all the papers.

And if by some miracle from His grace that I make it through, I'll know I barely made it on a wing and a prayer. And I won't forget that.
Time to burn the midnight oil again.

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Its all over
9:19 PM
Its all over

Reached college just before 11 and it was all full and there were cars circling around again. So much for beating the crowd. =(

Stopped in the middle of a car-free lane and was all ready to girl talk with Wai Ee while waiting for an empty lot. Then suddenly, this 2 girls come out of nowhere and start walking towards me. According to Wai Ee's description, I reverse slowly like some stalker and stop right before their car and flick my signal lights before anyone can poach my lot. Haha.

Back off, people!
That lot has my name written all over it.
I'll egg your car if you poach MY lot! =p

I can't believe I got a parking lot within 5 minutes of arrival.
Today must be my lucky day. =)

Lunched with Wai Ee, An Yi and Sook. An Yi and I decided to share curry laksa and she told them, "One curry laksa, kuey tiao mihun."

The waitress brought us 2 bowls of curry laksa. And we sent it back and we could see their boss standing there and talking to them about it. I can't understand why they can't understand simple English as An Yi clearly said one curry laksa. If we wanted two, we'd say two curry laksa's wouldn't we?

We stared at the curry laksa later for signs of spittle. Hehe.

Stats was such an oh-my-gosh-I-can't-believe-I-don't-know-how-to-do-this paper. I think I pretty much screwed up my theory. It was all a ridiculous concoction of crap with a slapdash of statistical-ish words thrown in for good measure.

We had to walk back to the main block because there was a whole swarm of people at the bustop and there were no buses in sight. Plus I was worried that it would rain. First time I'm walking back to the main block this year. =p

I just watched the conclusion of the 9.30 show which I recorded yesterday. What an ending!

Its just kinda too pat-down everything fall into place to be true. I mean, everyone got their girl and happily ever after except for the bad uncle and his daughter but she got the guy though she's paralyzed. See, it doesn't pay to be bad in shows. Haha.

When the guys went after their girls, it was so corny that I was laughing my head off. But its kinda sweet and romantic lar. One paid a few people to carry a radio and play 'their' song on the overhead bridge. The other guy and his girl were suppose to have dinner at this restaurant in USA earlier on but the date didn't happen and he opened a branch of that restaurant and served food that is meaningful for both of them. And even concocted a drink specially for him and her.

Wah, oozing with sentimentality, sweetness and romanticsm!
Guys, start taking notes. =p

All you cynics out there are probably sneering and mocking, but I don't care. Its corny but its sweetly romantic and its supposed to end happily ever after.

I'm going to miss my 'Revolving Doors of Revenge' and the hot guys.

Written on Tuesday, January 16, 2007; 9:19 PM
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Parking woes
3:53 PM
Parking woes

Left the house at 11.40 to for a 12pm class. I knew I was gonna run slightly late, but I totally didn't expect to be 30 minutes late. Traffic was smooth but when I reached main block's parking area, stuck at the ticket collecting thingy was a paper saying 'Parking full. 1st 10 mins free'.

"Oh shit!" *immediate autopilot response*

There were easily 15-20 cars circling around like vultures looking for corpses to eat. As there were many cars roaming the front area I headed right to the end hoping to squeeze the car into an empty lot. No such luck, there were 5 other cars there already.

And I got horned because I didn't swing the car enough when turning so I had to reverse in order not to scrape an Atos which wasn't parked in a proper lot. The guy behind must be thinking I'm some kind of bimbo who doesn't know how to drive. But its not my fault that I'm obviously driving a wider car than you and you refuse to back up to give me more space to reverse and manoeuvre.

Missed a few lots and gave up before my 10 minutes ran out. At that point, I was more than willing to park at Wisma Help for RM4 for 2 hours but there was a sign outside the area saying 'Parking full.'

At that point, I started to worry seriously.

Contemplated parking by the road after the roadside stalls but all the good spaces were taken up. There were already many cars parked up on the curb but there was no way in hell I was going to be able to get the Cefiro up there along with the rest.

Desperate times call for desperate measures!

Turned into the first left lane at the housing area to discover that there were no good spots either. Having no other choice, I parked right under this low-hanging tree and bushes right opposite a 'No Parking' sign. And just before I locked the car, a construction worker nearby asked me to lock my car properly because he was looking and didn't see me lock the car. How nice of him. =)

Grabbed the umbrella and started walking all the way to KPD which took me 10 minutes. And jeez, I chose to wear a skirt and low heels today of all days! *groans and bemoans my luck*

Made it to class at 12.30. And yet I wasn't the last person to come in.
Rushed back to the car as soon as I could as my classmate warned me to be careful when parking in the housing estate as he got 'samaned' before. I definitely didn't want to fork out cash for parking summons and my dad wouldn't be too happy about it too.

The car was summons-free. =)

I had to enter most undignifiedly through the passenger seat as I didn't want to fight my way past the tree and bushes. Lucky thing no one was looking anymore. =p

I shall avoid parking there anymore. I was lucky today but I may not be so lucky the next time. But it was nice not having to pay for parking. Hehe.

I am considering whether to take public transport to college tomorrow for exams. My classmate who was in college at 10.30am today said there wasn't much parking left when he arrived. I don't want another repeat of today's frantic searching for parking on the day of my Stats exam. But neither do I want to be at college so early too. =(

To fellow drivers, I have suffered as you have and from today I will commiserate with you as a fellow comrade and victim.

Written on Monday, January 15, 2007; 3:53 PM
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Another beautiful day
9:45 PM
Another beautiful day

Happy 19th birthday, Amery Hon Yen Ting!!!
Enjoy your last year as a teenager. =p

And thank you for the pretty bangles from Bangkok.
After exams we all go berjolly-jolly together, ok.

I had McD's for breakfast and KFC for dinner.
Is that uber-unhealthy or what?
Hehe...

And for reasons unmentioned, today was another beautiful day. =)

Written on Saturday, January 13, 2007; 9:45 PM
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Cloud nine
11:52 PM
Cloud nine

Suddenly, today is such a beautiful day.

I'm flying high on cloud nine.
And I am thankful once again. =)

Thump! *ouch*

And that was the sound of me hitting the ground.
I need to yank my head out of the clouds and get back to my books.

Giddy on 1 part joy, 1 part success and 1 part uncertainty. Shake with a friend and enjoy the moment.

Cheers!

Written on Friday, January 12, 2007; 11:52 PM
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Walking through the rain
9:01 PM
Walking through the rain

I flunked my Accounts paper with a major F!!!

That person who set the damn freaking paper should be shot and ripped into a million pieces. That fella must have sat for a crap paper like this when he was a student and decided to take revenge on my batch of A-Levelers!

It was such a screwy edgy crappy weird nervy time-sucking paper.
There goes my A for accounts and all that money down the drain. =(

Screw it all!!!
Now I've gotta retake it next term.
As if I don't have enough papers to retake already...

And that was how my accounts exam today was, thank you so much for asking. Haha.

Moving on, I was walking home through the rain from the station when I suddenly remember that I haven't done this for a long time. And I vividly remember that day in Sarawak town where we all walked on the roads through the light rain, happy, laughing and carefree. I've never forgotten what HSBC's motto was from then on. =p

Which makes me think back of that crazy day in Form 2 when Wai Ee and I both ran in the pouring rain laughing like crazy people and ended up all drenched and looking so wet.


I still smile whenever I think back of those days. =)

And I walk on and think of those times when I could tell you something trivial and you'd look up and listen to me with a smile. I do miss telling you that along with everything else. There were times when a little smile from me would elicit a question from you. I don't think you fully knew or believed me then that sometimes, I'd smile just for the pleasure of it. I promised myself that someday I would make you understand and believe my smile for what it was.

And now, it seems like a promise among the many that will go unfulfilled. It saddens me to think that I can't tell you that anymore for it wouldn't mean what it did. And it pains me to know that I can't tell you why I smiled then. For I know that you cannot and will not look and listen to me again with that smile on your face.


So I'd rather you leave me alone with my pride and memories that I can evoke a smile to so that I can piece back my tattered veil and quietly tend to my wounds.

For as you say, pride is a cold bedfellow but it is better than none.


I must be really enraged at the accounts paper for it to bring forth such maudling and unsober responses.

Drunk on 2 parts fury, 2 parts failure and 1 part pride. Stir with a promise and garnish with a smile. =)

Written on Thursday, January 11, 2007; 9:01 PM
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The impending doom
11:55 PM
The impending doom

Firstly, Happy Birthday Wai Ee!

You're the first of all of us to turn 19.
1 year older, got 1 year wiser or not? Hehe.

This is the year where most of us are going to turn 19.
Its our last teenage year. =(
Next year, we'll be hitting the big 2-0.

Darn, where did all that time fly?
Next thing you know we'll all be great-grandparents with white hair and dentures and walking sticks. =p

Secondly, I have accounts exam tomorrow, what on earth am I doing here?! *shakes head hopelessly*

I'm going back to the books to make myself feel more prepared for tomorrow's impending doom. Good luck to all who are taking the accounts paper and all other exam papers. God bless. =)

Written on Wednesday, January 10, 2007; 11:55 PM
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Silver orbs
10:33 PM
Silver orbs

I just ate a Ferrero Rocher 10 minutes ago.
And I remember why I love them so. =)

Mmmm.....

I'm not sure if you people remember, but a couple of years ago the company that made Ferrero Rocher came up with an different type of chocolate, the silver-wrapped Ferrero Manderly.


While Rocher is a tempting combination of luscious, creamy, chocolaty filling surrounding a whole hazelnut, within a delicate, crisp wafer all enveloped in milk chocolate and finely chopped hazelnuts, Manderly is a unique crisp confection with almond-cream inside and a crunchy hazelnut meringue outside.

Yummylicious!!!

Some might find it a tad too sweet or not chocolatey enough, but I really liked them. They were a change from the nor golden spheres.

I don't think the market generally took to the Ferrero Manderly's as they are pretty tough to find in Malaysia this days. I checked the LCCT and Macau's airport but they only had the golden ones. The closest I came to those silver orbs were in a supermarket in Shenzhen, but I didn't want to buy them as only half the box were Manderly's and the other half were Rocher's.

What a pity they don't sell them anymore.
I miss them so...

What I'd like you to give me is a box of Manderly's. And if you could find me the original box of Cadbury mixed chocolates that I used to buy in Aussie airports and KLIA, I'd be ever so grateful to you. =)

For the meantime, I think I'll satisfy myself with another Rocher.


Edited : Today's 9.30 show is so dramatic as usual. One pair meeting each other again and another pair separating. Haha. The guys in that show are simply sizzlin' smokin' hot! I'm oblivious to anything else but the tv screen come 9.30. ;)

Written on Monday, January 08, 2007; 10:33 PM
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What guys should know
1:19 AM
What guys should know

My wellspring of words seem to have hit a dry spell.

Its normally a case of the words leaping out from my fingertips onto the monitor. But today, the words all seem to have gone into hiding.

They silently mock me while playing hide-and-seek in my brain. Or maybe they're just taking a coffee break and refuse to come out. Or maybe, there are no words to describe what I want to say.

Stares at the monitor. *I should be studying*
I'll just go off on a wild tangent than. *Bloody words*
Wait till I find your hiding place and I'll catch you then.

Okay, this one's for guys who can't tell exactly what their girlfriends are doing or what they mean and what they want.

1. There are some things that we want you to do for us that we can't tell you directly, otherwise there is no meaning in you doing it.

2. Never ever keep us waiting, especially if its a date. Unless you have a cast-iron reason like your relative got hospitalized or you were buying us flowers. =p

3. When we keep you waiting, don't sigh and look at your watch when we finally arrive.

4. When we ask you apologetically how long you've waited, just smile and say, "Oh, just a couple of minutes." And because we know that we were late and kept you waiting, we will love you even more for it.

5. When we say, "Its nothing." Don't take it at face value.

6. When we say, "Its really nothing, " followed by a sigh or a tiny frown or sulk, watch out because you're definitely in trouble and about to get screwed upside down.

7. Flowers aren't meant for only anniversaries and birthdays or occasions. A single flower on a normal day will really make us smile.

8. Surprise us and order us a perfect meal and know what we like and do not like to eat.

9. When we tear at a sad movie, don't ever laugh at us although you think that the movie is a real turkey.

10. Carry our books/shopping bags/things for us eventhough we say we can manage. We're not looking for slaves, but sometimes, we'd really enjoy you treating us like queens.

This is getting fun...

11. When we drag you on a 8-hour shopping spree, don't look like you're about to drop dead from boredom eventhough you feel like it.

12. When we scream at bugs/rodents, be a hero and clear it for us. You're only allowed to tease us mildly about it after that thing is disposed of.

13. Open and hold doors for us like the gallant gentleman that you.

14. When we beat you up in anger, no matter how much it hurts, smile gallantly and let us continue doing it. After all, how much damage can we do? Unless we know karate and we've just found out you cheated on us or something. Haha.

15. When we're really disappointed over something, just hold us and sooth us by saying things that we want to hear. We're looking for comfort, not for the brutal truth that we already know.

16. When we talk to other guys, the caveman-glaring-daggers-at-the-other guy-routine doesn't impress us. It just shows how much of a Neanderthal you are. However, its definitely NOT the same if you start talking to other girls. =p

17. If you're trying to get back by flirting with this babe, we'll get even by flirting with this droolsome hunk. And remember, guys are more susceptible to a girl flirting with them than a girl would be if a guy suddenly flirts with her.

18. We have extremely long memories. Don't bother lying to us because we will catch you out 3 weeks later when you've forgotten about it.

19. I will talk about you to my girlfriends so be prepared that they will know about how our relationship is going. You on the other hand are not supposed to divulge anything to your buddies other than a customary "We're doing fine," answer. We don't need your guy friends knowing how we look like with a hangover or flu.

20. Don't hound us about who we're going out with. You on the other hand should tell us who you're going out with without us asking. If we ask, you'll complain that we nag. Statistics show that guys are more likely to initiate a one night stand so we'd just like to know for safety's sake. =p

Still interested in dating or have I totally knocked you flat? Hehe.

I'm really enjoying this but its time for me to end for today. Don't worry, I'll be back with more things another time.

Disclaimer : This doesn't reflect exactly 100% of what every girl in the universe wants or feels and thinks about certain things. Its just my opinion. =)

Written on Saturday, January 06, 2007; 1:19 AM
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The lunch
1:23 AM
The lunch

Went to Lemon Garden Cafe in Shangri-La for a post-Christmas pre-New Year meet-up buffet lunch. The usual high school gang minus one Miss Lim who's berseronoking in Japan. Plus some new 'additions' like our 2 lovely chaperones, Wai Ee's mum and aunt.

I was running late going to Wai Ee's house (sorry about that, girl =p) and I forgot to take my camera. Damn. And I spent ages uploading and trying to clear those 2 memory cards earlier on. Double damn. So whatever pictures posted here will be from Wai Ee. I haven't asked Sueh Lung and Andrew for any because I think that they'll have problems sending the files, due to the poor internet connection.

So anyway, Wai Ee drove us to KL and we arrived there at 12 noon.

And guess what?
Nobody else was there!
True blue Malaysian friends.

Except Kah Yang who was already there.
Oops...sorry. Hehe.

So it looks like I'm not the only one who ran late. The rest were being faithful followers of the very oh-so-renowned Malaysian timing. ;)

Wai Ee, her mum and her aunt, Sook and I decided to start first because the table was reserved for us at 12 noon and it would have been bad form if it was a total no-show at the reserved time. At least 5/12 not bad, what?

First up was the appetizer section with salmon, oysters, mussels, 'high-class lala's', huge prawns, crabs and some cold meat thing which I couldn't name. I gave up halfway on the prawn because I was too lazy to mutilate it further. =p

Toddled off to the Italian and Chinese section. Pizza, risotto, lasagne and halal dim sum. Than it was the Western section where the girls laughed because I came back to the table holding a huge plate with only 2 pieces of food on it. We also had 2 plates of some scallop and other stuff cooked Chinese-style specially cooked by the chef.

Wanted to try their croissants but I didn't like the soup and I felt it'd be a lil weird eating just croissants during lunch. I wanted to sample the bread sticks too but I wasn't sure if it was for decoration or for eating. I mean, Lemon Garden is decorated with foodstuffs like jars of pickled fruits and vegetables. So I definitely didn't want to commit a major faux pas by munching on the decor. Haha.

Told ya it was all decorated with food. And that brown thing is the chocolate fountain.
If you look at the right hand side, you can see the bread sticks. Do you think they were meant for consumption or for decor?

Mich, Sook and I managed to try every single type of cheese available there! Haha. All in all, there were 14 types. Not bad eh? Oh, and Sook, when Michelle and I say tiny piece, we mean really miniscule portion. Nothing bigger. Just in case we can't finish eat than we wouldn't be wasting too much would we? =p

Sampled a bit of each but with 14 types, the taste kinda runs together. But I'm definitely no a fan of overly strong/bitter cheese.

The trick to eating buffets is to sample a bit of everything, than go back a second round and pick which one you really like. And if you really want to eat a lot, don't let your food settle down and expand but keep on eating. Something I've learned from past buffets. ;)

Oh and finally, my favourite part of the meal, desserts!
I could live on their desserts alone...

I love eating buffets with other people because you get to try more things. Michelle and I decided to eat smart and split the desserts.

I absolutely love the chocolate cakes there and I totally adore those tiny tartlets. We did have a spot of trouble halving the desserts as they were kinda small. But, good things come in small packages.

It was, ooh...fantasmiclicious!
Mmmm...

Their bread-and-butter pudding was a bit disappointing. It wasn't warm enough and it was a bit soggy. I prefer my pudding with a bit more crust. I also stayed clear of those trifles and lovely looking things in tiny transparent cups. A delight to see, not necessary a delight to eat.

Something else I've learnt is, when in doubt, ask the waiter/waitress nicely what the item is. Very often, it saves you from eating something you wouldn't wanna eat and a load of embarassment too.

I've always enjoyed their chocolate mousse which comes in a cup topped with chocolate flakes. Unfortunately the last 2 times I was there, they didn't have it. How upsetting! =(

This time their chocolate mousse was covered with some sourish thingy which I didn't like at all. Oh, what wouldn't I give for a cup of my chocolate mousse right now...

Lemon Garden is kinda synonymous with a chocolate fountain which is quite an attraction, especially among the kids. My brother had so much fun dipping his sticks into the fountain the last time he was there but he ended up not eating them at all. Hehe. Anyway, I missed out on the choc fountain because I was err, otherwise preoccupied with something else and when I finally decided to go and play with the fountain, they turned it off. Darn!

Oh well, they didn't have those wafers for dipping anyway. I prefer not to dip with marshmallows because they're too sweet and the rest of the sticks like prunes, grapes and strawberries taste kinda weird to me dipped in chocolate.

Snapped some pictures, chit-chatted, and had our coffee/tea. We were the last table to leave and I felt sorry for the poor staff who had to wait for us to get out of there so that they could clean up our table and prepare for dinner. I like this one because everyone's in it. With the exception of Wai Ee's mum and aunt and Rachel who left early.

Headed to the outdoor garden and took more pictures.Hmm...is he trying for the 'Most Pitiful-looking Picture of the Year' or what? I'm still cracking up when I look at this. Haha.This is another favourite. Me, Wai Ee, Sook and Mich.

Lounged around the sofa's settling the bill and presents and whatnot. After making Wai Ee's mum wait pretty long, we left the hotel to hang out at Thiam Beng's place.

Taught the girls how to gin rummy. Oh, I have to say this, Michelle, your brilliant memory or lack of it thereof really amazes me sometimes. And discretion is always the better part of valour. =)

We shall ber-ginrummy during Chinese New Year, ok?

Managed to win most rounds because I've been playing it longer than the rest. Haha. And contrary to what someone slandered me with, I was NOT making up the rules as I went along. I genuinely forgot to tell them a few minor things. =p

The guys were chor dai di-ing and having their own special seating hiearchy. All I could see and hear was people jumping on and off the sofa and some good-natured cursing.

Played a few rounds of chor dai di and we decided to call it a day. Wai Ee was so nice as to fetch me home because I didn't want to totter around in heels and a skirt.

We had a lovely drive home, didn't we? ;)

I can't believe I'm blogging when I should be frantically tearing my hair out at the pathetic state of my studies, especially my accounts and economics. I need to reform. Drastically.


Written on Friday, January 05, 2007; 1:23 AM
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Part 4 : Hong Kong to Macau to Malaysia
9:00 AM
Part 4 : Hong Kong to Macau to Malaysia

Hydrofoiled to Macau to find that the terminal practically empty and devoid of cabs. And last year was supposed to be 'Visit Macau Year'.

Had to wait by the roadside for a passing cab. Flag-fall here is 10 Macaunese dollars(MOP) which I found pretty pricey. Luckily, Holiday Inn was only 10 minutes away.

1 ringgit = 2 Macaunese dollars.

Everyone was tired so my dad ordered room service for himself and my brother. The noodles they ordered was yucky and expensive. Good thing I ate my Tony Roma's earlier on. =p

Anyway, lounged around the next morning waiting for my dad to come back to the hotel room. And great news, half our trip was sponsored by Holiday Inn Macau. Whee!!! :)

Due to previous experiences with Air Asia before, my dad switched back to his Malaysian simcard in case Air Asia sends a message notifying us of a delay in our flight. True enough, we got a message saying that our flight has been delayed from 7.30pm to 9.15pm.

Headed out for brunch which was crappy as per first meal of the city.


Brrr...I'm starting to freeze as I'm only wearing a long-sleeve shirt and a pink shawl I bought in China as my mum very nicely snagged my pink sweater that I bought. The wind really sends icy fingers through your body.
Oh, and we got slaughtered for RM10 for a tube of 'Creamy Cheese Pringles'. Do we have that flavour in Malaysia?

Walked over to Senado Square toting a map which so marks us as tourists with a capital T. What to do, there is no MTR and we don't know the bus system.

Anyway, Macau is so small that you can probably walk to most places or you can just take a cab. And now I understand why flag-fall is so expensive at 10MOP. As the journey is usually pretty short, the cab-drivers wouldnt't be able to make a living if they charged any lower. There was once we took a cab and the journey only cost 12MOP. In Malaysia when we say flag-fall, its kinda literal because there isn't a real flag that falls, but in Macau some of the cabs have this small plastic flag-shaped thing that actually falls when you get into the cab.

Senado Square is well, a square which has loads of shops selling stuff.
At the Senado Square

I finally got my long-awaited Portuguese egg tart!

Its the most scrumptious fantalicious fabulistic Portuguese egg tart that has ever passed through my mouth. I wish I could buy some to take home but it wouldn't taste the same way as it did here as it was freshly-baked. Oooh...

This specialty shop also sold this biscuit thingy which had different of fillings. And each piece is freshly made in front of your eyes. Its like a really wafer-thin pancake, than they put the filling you want and fold it up nicely. My parents liked it so much that they bought 5 boxes and they gave some to my relatives to try during Christmas. Good news, especially good food, should always be shared. =)

Anyway, walked on to Saint Paul's ruins where there is a beautiful and historic facade which is all that remains of St. Paul's cathedral.
The ruins of St. Paul's CathedralIn front of the facade.A closer view... At the cannons near the St. Paul's ruinsMy brother posing like a conquering hero atop his cannon and waving his sword. Haha.

Headed on to the Lim Iou Ioc gardens which was just okay. Nothing fantastic about it. Oh, and I got told off by the security guard because I took a picture of this flower picture exhibition they were having there. But I didn't know I wasn't allowed to do that anyway.
At the Lim Iou Ioc Gardens If the above 2 pics look slanting or weird, its because my brother insisted on taking it.A view of the lake/pond. The garden used to be a private garden by the Lim clan, I think. If you've seen those TVB shows about the olden days with the royal family in their palaces and castles that have gorgeous and humongous gardens with lakes, bridges, pavillions...well, you get the idea, don't you? The garden is something like that. I think this is a willow tree. I just happen to like the way the sunlight streams through its branches.


My brother made another new friend, a cute little girl. And her mum recommended us to go to the Guia Garden as it is much nicer.

At the Guia Garden, we took the cable car up and we left my dad watching this youngsters playing football while me, my mum and bro walked on. We went up to the Guia Fort and Lighthouse, the chapel and got lost while trying to meet up with my dad. We somehow took a different path and ended up at another exit. When we finally found the original entrance, my dad ended up getting lost too and came out at a completely different exit. All in all, it took us an hour to finally meet back at the original starting point.

A view of Macau from Guia Fort
Something we didn't quite take notice of earlier, was that the Guia Garden was next to the Municipal Gardens so it was a very large area with many exits, leading to the confusion hitherto.

Took a taxi to the Fisherman's Wharf which is a very nicely built wharf with loads of restaurants and some shops. There is on-going construction for a theme park at the wharf.

Fisherman's WharfThe theme is rather old-world architecture.There's a guy on stilts wearing the costume and he used the beak to tug on my brother's jacket hood, giving him a fright!Very un-Asian-ish buildings. I don't know what architecture period or style it is, but I like it. =)
They are also halfway building a mini Colliseum outside the wharf and there were some guys in periodic costumes and all roaming around. The concept is a bit like The Curve outdoor restaurants meet Colmar Tropicale in Bukit Tinggi. We were supposed to eat at this Portuguese restaurant but somehow, we misunderstood the hotel bellboy and the restaurant wasn't at Fisherman's Wharf. =(

As time was running short, we opted to eat this international buffet at our hotel for dinner which was at a really good bargain. 50% discount for hotel guests and the variety was pretty decent too.

At the LCCT in KL, an air-stewardess told my mum that adults with kids would be given first priority to board along with the senior citizens. My dad jokingly asked if can be accompanied by the family members and she smiled and said yes.

But anyway, I decided to queue in line with my dad as my mum said she'll book us seats if she can. As we were queuing up to board, a bunch of young Chinese people who rudely and shamelessly cut into the priority line meant for kids and senior citizens were passing the word around to queue at the stewardess instead of the male steward as the male steward was quite strict about not letting those non-kids/non-senior citizens through. Good for him, I say. And once they were on the tarmac walking towards the plane, they didn't even have the decency to stay in line and they ran on ahead bypassing those kids and old folks. Tsk tsk tsk..

At the Macau airport, there were some people who had yellow stickers which I think gave them access to the priority line. Maybe their earlier flight was also delayed or something. Anyway, an argument broke out between 2 men. It went something like this.

Man 1 : Why can't you queue up properly? Look behind you, there is a whole queue of people.
Man 2 : My flight has been delayed and I've been waiting.
Man 1 : Everyone's flight has been delayed. That's not a reason to cut queue. (Says something I can't hear)
Man 2 : Shut up! Shut up! I'm going home for Christmas and I don't want to hear this.
Man 1: I'm ashamed to be a Malaysian and to say that you're a Malaysian.
Man 2 : Shut up! Shut up! I'm going home for Christmas and its none of your business.

I thought they were going to exchange blows, but they didn't. It would have been an interesting show to see. =p

My dad and I were commenting on how rude, childish and uncivilised the guy was. And there was a 'quai loh' in front of us and he laughed. I feel ashamed at such a display of bad behaviour and disgusting manners by a Malaysian. Even worse, this fellow Malaysian was a grown-up, not some young punk or kid.

I'm afraid the air-stewards and stewardess came in for a share of scoldings and curses from those annoyed passengers and I do feel sorry for them, but I guess its an occupational hazard. I really feel that they should be stricter about the priority line. And that Air Asia should allot seat numbers so that the crowd won't rush to be first in line and they will have less hassle controlling the crowd.


Anyway, the flight touched down at 1am and one of the LCCT baggage carousel was spoiled so we had to wait to collect our luggage. It was 4am before I arrived back home.

This are the hidden prices that we pay for travelling Air Asia.

Well, with Air Asia, now everyone can fly! =)

Written on Wednesday, January 03, 2007; 9:00 AM
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