idle

Ever since i'm back last Saturday, i've been idling around at home, getting busy with household chores, cleaning up, and of coz the annual visitings. Somehow CNY has begun to seem more and more distant to me as i grow older. I remembered how excited I was back when I'm still in Primary school, basically becoz celebrations then were much more thrilling and people were filled with utter anticipation. You could hear continuous CNY songs and numerous fireworks. But as the years pass by, I realized that people tend to just look at it none other than a week to relax. At least for me, I was just looking forward to the holidays, not much for CNY. It could be any kind of holidays for me, as long as it means a day off from assignments and lab reports, I'm happy. But i do know of some people who still hold strongly to the traditions and to them, CNY meant the whole world to them. I don't know, i'm just maybe, over it.
Today is already Saturday and I'll be leaving tomorrow afternoon back to the dreaded place but i know the idling does not go on forever and play has to be balanced by work. It's like the Yin and Yang thing.

Well, it's been a great week, if not, just pleasureable where i get to sleep as much as I wanted, which i know i'll be depriving off once I'm on the study mode. seriously, you don't sleep much at all. Especially when you have 8 am classes almost everyday. but i know i'll get used to that later. Right now, i just wanted to enjoy my jolly time while I can. That's the point of holidays. The time when you can finally relax and do nothing of burden.

Anyway, I've just watched Code Blue SP last night and it was mediocre. If not, just nice enough to put a clear closure onto the series. However I wasn't sure whether the case itself was interesting at all. And for the sake of having a suspense, they put one of the main characters in danger. It doesn't work well for me that way. and i stand by my opinions that the actors and actresses, they still don't look like doctors to me, even if they are acting. Although, Yamapi wasn't as annoying as he was back in the series itself. And it's nice to see Gaki having more confidence though. As a whole, it's a good closure. Rate: 7/10

Then this morning i decided to continue Triangle and it was good. I'm only at 2nd epi since i'm still waiting for the subs to be released. And i have to say that Triangle is one of the most intriguing detective/mystery dramas of this season, right next to Kiina. VOICE falls short, sadly, if compared to the two. As for comedy~ Love Shuffle and Mei-Chan no Shitsuji are pretty good.

Of to something much older, I also decided to resume the drama that I've been putting off for so long. Innocent Love. I was thinking of just abandoning the whole thing after reaching epi 6. But then i thought that it'd be a waste to not watch it till the end after finally reaching more than halfway already so I continued. I don't know where it'll take me but might as well get it done with.

Simple Together

Alanis Morissette~
I thought we'd be simple together
I thought we'd be happy together
I thought we'd be limitless together
I thought we'd be precious together
But I was sadly mistaken

I thought we'd be genius together
I thought we'd healing together
I thought we'd be growing together
I thought we'd be adventurous together
But I was sadly mistaken

I was just feeling emo...for no reason. Must be stuffs i've been randomly watching on youtube.

Procrastinating is like a credit card

so to my own surprise, i woke up at 11.30 am this morning. It's the rainy weather's that's making my biological clock all messed up. Not that i'm complaining anyway. And to my other surprise, my mum didn't wake me up! If it were few years ago, she'd have had me woken up by say...8.30/9 am. So i don't know, maybe it's CNY season, and so she's being more lenient towards me now that i'm 21.
I watched Kiina finally, the one where Kanno Miho plays the lead character and despite it's similarities with VOICE, i find this one more enjoyable and believable than VOICE's plots. Kiina is based on facts, actual happenings around the world and it has scientific proofs to back them up. That's why i'm rooting for Kiina now, more so than for VOICE. And Kiina's ratings proves its qualities. ( 16.1% for its 1st epi). I think VOICE only has slightly higher ratings becoz of Ikuta Toma and fans of Eita/ Satomi. Hate to say this but i'm like one of them, actually. I'm watching VOICE mainly for those two actors, and i know i'll be watching it not for the story but them alone.

Kiina is different. Although Kanno Miho's character is loveable and fun to watch, Kiina has a stronger storyline. So anyway, i should go watch Code Blue SP now that it's subs are out.
Oh and i read some stuffs over at our ex-PM's blog. I am amused. I am amused by how 1-sided it is. I am amused by how they stand strong to their races and religions. I'm not talking shit bout them them now, i'm just making a point by how pointless they are. The boycott thing is just one thing but the rest of them? Gosh...

You know what? I am a Chinese with Chinese blood and all, though, I'm not much of the Taoist's follower and i have no idea how it works even. I have practically no knowledge of how my own religion works, or the significant days whatsoever. I am filled with IGNORANCE, you can call me that. But see, I have no strong feelings towards my own kind. Yes, I don't just stand up for Chinese just coz i have their blood. I don't particularly look up to Chinese nor do I support them. Also remember the last Malaysian Idol, where that Chinese guy won? I was pissed off. Becoz he is not any better than that Malay girl in the Finals. Yet becoz Chinese ppl generally have more $$ and had nothing better to do or waste their $$ on, they vote for him.Seriously, i despise him. For all you know, I have my own reasons for hating China even. So, my point is, I just can't understand why some people in this Planet stands up TOO MUCH for their own KIND? WHY? WHY? WHY? Even though they know they are in the wrong side. Why can they be so damn blind towards their own kind's fault? God has his/her (who says God has to be a man anyway) reasons to make us into various kinds of races. But people just can't look beyond that. Why are there religion barriers anyway? How did it all started? Who created them? I wonder, what if there isn't any religion at all in this world? And everyone will just live their own lives, with bliss without hatred towards each other.
Oh this post is part of my procrastinating process. you can just ignore it.

Quote of the day:

She could be money, cars, fear of the dark
Your best friends are the strangers in bars
Whoever she is, whoever she may be
One thing's for sure, you don't have to worry

She could be rainy days, minimum wage
A book that ends with no last page
Whoever she is, whoever she may be
One thing's for sure, you don't have to worry

set kosong visiting

i'm bloated. i'm full. i'm exhausted. but i'm really awake coz i just drank a cup of caffeine and so i think i'm not gonna sleep early tonight. Perfect for my insomnia friend to come visit.

so yeah, outing. It was fun, meeting up with people you've not seen for like a long time, due to our education and stuffs. but the thing is, the 3rd day of CNY is like our traditional outing where we'd go to each other's houses. Like we'd make that effort to be together for that one day. So i really hope next year's gonna be the same, although some of us are going overseas soon.

And we talk bout stuffs GOD I MISS THEM SO MUCH!!! You know how in uni, with your uni friends, they talk about stuffs you can't relate to, and things you don't find as captivating. It's DIFFERENT. WAY DIFFERENT. And maybe it's just me, maybe it's the language barrier that's keeping me from relating to them. They'd talk about people i don't know, those Taiwanese guys/girls that i dont know or just WORDS that i don't understand. I know it's my FAULT though for not learning Mandarin when i have the damn chance last time, the same with swimming and music, coz i know if i said so that i wanted to learn, my mum would've sent me, but no, i was being totally dumb for saying NO. So yeah, now i have to pay the price now. But you see, i'm not feeling regret or anything about it coz i know it's a choice i made and so i'll LIVE with it. It's not like i can't live without Mandarin. I can always look for jobs using English right? Even though now Chinese is like taking over and stuffs, but yeah, i'm not feeling sorry for myself. And i have to state this loud and clear, I AM PROUD OF BEING A BANANA (a term they give to people who is of Chinese blood but doesn't know how to read or understand Chinese) Although i do know how to speak a little and understand, still i'm a Banana. It's okay, i like that. Okay, why is this turning into the Banana topic again? Nvm, i was talking bout uni friends. Like like you know, there was this one time where we were out eating lunch and then they were talking about some really funny stuffs and getting real EXCITED bout it and LAUGHING MAD about it, and there i was, looking BLUR coz i didn't get what they were talking bout. And so after like...like...5-10 minutes after that, one of my frens was like
" you look blur, do you understand what we were talking bout?"
Me: Actually...no.
Fren: Oh like...Which part of our conversation that you don't understand?
Me: Like...right from the start? (and they were so kind enough to actually explain to me like i'm a 5 year old after that...) T.T LOL xD

But yeah, stuff happens. I'm not complaining, i'm not. It's just different. The atmosphere is different. So even though in set kosong we talk about crap, we still have fun. Yeah xDDD

Abbey Dawn

just some Abbey Dawn stuffs i love...

The pink with white is GREAT!
well, the leopard print in red is kinda too eye catching though, i wont wear it lol xD


I love the sweaters, they're awesome...if only i can buy them!!! Oh yeah...Japan has Abbey Dawn retail shop, don't they? Or maybe i can get them online. I should so check out the site for more information. Actually it's the Abbey Dawn sign at the back that makes me more excited than the clothes haha...it's like, i don't know...it just looks great. to have Abbey Dawn printed over them, you know xDDD

i love checkered stuffs....

and this is one of my favs, i have a thing towards WHITE nowadays...

some miniskirts


oh this is good. love the skulls all over. and the zip is slanting down on the side too.




and Avril's been actively promoting them...this is just her walking to the studio for more photoshoots maybe...
The leather jacket looks so nice and the high heels. Oh great stuffs.

*goes off to see whether there are online ordering*

back to basics

2nd of cny and we stayed home whole day. we didn't head back to kpg coz on the 30th we've been there for dinner. So yeah, i like today. it's cloudy and drizzling and it's cool so it's all good. The internet is pretty okay today, not it's best though. DL from rapidshare is still a dreaded task. I want to watch ONE TREE HILL season 5!!!!!!! *i know in Penang, you can get them easily at Batu Feringgi* but see, that's like the other end of the country for me.

Got myself Limewire coz i've been low on English music lately and i'm getting tired of those i have listened to like for the thousandth time. So i began my search. Found a band i liked. Boys Like Girls is pretty good and the lead singer is kinda *hensem* too. At least in the 'Thunder' video though, when his hair is trimmed. Not in the other vids where he has longer hair. Eeeww...

Anyway, i'm trying out tracks from The Maine too. Not bad.

line's so crappy........@_@

omg...i came back hoping to DL as much stuffs as possible since it's holiday, the only time where i don't need to worry about lab reports, assignments etc...YET, the line is so damn crappy and slow! It's even slower than before i left home like...a month ago! What the hell happened?!

And DlL from mediafire was supposed to be really really fast for me before, now...it's like DL from megaupload, SLUGGISH.

URGH...

first day was tiring. and my tummy is bloated with gas drinks. and fried fatty stuffs. Oh well, i'll think about the dieting part after i'm back in college. (since i barely eat much over there, i ate biscuits for lunch and i was surprised i can stand the hunger till night!) i think it's the work overload that kept me from thinking bout food that much. ^^

i hate

the noise during CNY. It's not like i have any phobia towards fireworks but i really think it's annoying to the ears!

And thanks to my active very PRO CHINESE neighborhood, i can only try to ease my ears with loud music. Thank God for that. So anyway, i just wanted to pop this entry to state that. I think i'm sleeping late tonight.

their heads are screwed to the ground

the continuation of the whole Hamas vs Israel topic.

Jihad has a very general meaning. Even in our past semester where we took Tamadun Islam dan Tamadun Asia Tenggara, we were exposed to such topics and introduced to Islamic values and ways of life. (until now, i have always wondered WHY MUST we take that damn course, seriously, it's a waste of 3 hours every week going to class to hear the lecturer preach, but then again, i'm glad i actually got an A for it, all thanks to the neve changing past year papers).

Okay, well....Jihad. I remembered that it was described as defending themselves (Muslims) from being endangered by other people. But see, it's too general, that way. It's not specified as to how or to what extend should they defend themselves, if they were to be harmed. Does it include the cruel acts of suicide bombings in public places and doing other terrorism like flying planes towards towers just to kill as many enemies as they can? ( my guess? No, it's not to that kind of extend. I blame it on the human beings who has MISINTERPRETED the WHOLE IDEA of Jihad. I'm not a Muslim. But i do respect the religion. There are many good things that comes with the religion itself, true to its contents of Al-Quran. Well, at least, that was what i remembered while taking that course. Like i said, it's the people who has started to create their own beliefs and held to it strongly till the extreme levels. A level that is no longer on par with the religion itself.

*seriously, these people need their heads to be checked into* I've seen some crowds even in the university where they hold strongly to their own beliefs. And i can tell you it can bring some fear into you on what they can really do if they want to protest about sth. (though, luckily it's not the Opposition who won in the election last week).

So, to me, holding to a religion is good. Because it gives you something to believe in and faith. But it is very wrong if you start to treat it as something other than God itself. Like you start believing to something greater than the proposed so called God. That will be the starting point of terror. That said, i won't go near someone who started to preach weird things to me. Or acts strangely all thanks to their newfounded religion.

Oh anyway, i started this post thinking of dicussing about the Israel vs Hamas...but it seems like i've swayed lol...

But yeah, if i ever was to choose sides, i'd go with Israel. I pity the Jews more in this case. Of course, it's sad that innocent Palestinians have to die and suffer along just becoz of those creatures who has their heads screwed up big time. But nobody's gonna restrain themselves any longer from fighting back when you have hundreds or randomly targeted missiles towards your grounds and people. I know i'm not gonna sit back and just watch. And the question is who started it? *that's easy to figure out*

and UN is dumb for blaming everything on Israel when the other half did more damages than them and started the whole damn terror. (oh i am so gonna roll my eyes in the future everytime i see posters defending Palestin ( they should have chosen a better leader as this present one just keeps killing their own) but then again, Israel is going against Hamas, not Palestinian people. Palestinians were just being sandwiched.

btw, below are some pics i found browsing ...apparently it's a ritual of the Shi'ites to commemorate Imam Hussein.


those are real swords and blades which they used to cut themselves. Even a small kid like this has been trained from young to hurt themselves, *in the name of God, that is* I don't know...it's just weird to me. Now, can anyone guarantee that this kid here won't grow up to be an extremist?

You call this Holy? I call this utter madness. BLOODY HELL!!!~~~

new template

i'm a newbie when it comes to this....these kind of stuffs actually so this will do for now. the line's crappy at home. My downloads won't go any faster than 30kb/s. That's slow!

My college's line is like speedy compared to this.

Oh well...i was hoping to get One Tree Hill season 5...but with this kind of line, i should feel happy enough that i can browse webs...

where's the holiness?

open your Msian Passport and you'll see that there's a statement saying it can't be used in a country known as Israel. (i've always wondered)

Then the whole Palestinian vs Israel ever continuing war came into mind. and oh! our Islamic country is supporting none other than Palestinian. So it figures. Well, i'm not gonna be a racist here now. I'm just trying to voice my doubts and thoughts.

Hitler drew the Jews who were thought to be really clever and intelligent being then in the past, which prompted Hitler to kill them and trying to wipe them off this planet. (also if you've read his history, he held a grudge upon them becoz of many things and among them was when he was rejected of his arts by none other than the Jews) But then, there was also a saying that Hitler was a lazy person back then, so one can only guess. (nobody knew the truth in all of these so i'll give him the benefit of the doubt) Then there was a specualtions on how Christians hate the Jews becoz in the Bible, there was a statement regarding on how Jesus's death had sth to do with the Jews. (so, the hate begins really early on becoz of jealousy towards the Jews' success and wealth when everybody else was having economic fall, and the religious opinions).

I'm not a Christian, so i can't see the religious side of this and really feel like a Christian would. But seriously, even if i am one, I don't see the relevance of hating the Jews THAT MUCH just coz of that. I mean, Jesus even mentioned how they should forgive them for not knowing what they were doing. and it's all in the past. It's not like Jesus is gonna be alive again. (of course, he revived on the third day and all) but revenge ain't gonna solve anything here.

I feel sorry for the Jews for being hated like this. why discriminate them this much?

Then there's the Palestinians. Getting killed every hour and everyday by Israelites. I have always been wondering how much the tabloids and news around here (in this country) always revolves around the sufferrings of the Palestinians. Palestinians aren't the only ones who sufferred. Many Jews around the world are being discriminated out of sth they didn't do. (it's the same analogy of how Arabians/ Muslims were being suspected becoz of the terrorism. It's just stupid. The news here are being such a one sided source. Only showing how much people died in Palestin, and not much on Israelites. Both suffered and that's the end of the story.

I sound like a pro-Israelite now, don't I? I'm not, for the record. whoever it is, may it be American, chinese, Muslims, i just thing that they suffered as much as Palestin. (that's all) And the media keeps on focussing on the terror of brutal killings of Israeli sodiers. but what about the Hamas side? They didn't kill? Of course they did.

Well, the war will be on-going. With the Americans supporting them and giving them war machineries, this will never end and we'll be having innocent people die every hour. but thank god there are such beautiful thing called births. Babies are born too, every hour around the world. Maybe they just need to keep killing each other off till none is left. and agony will stop.

Okay, here's sth i spotted in my own college. On the same floor, i passed through a room where there are two pieces of papers pasted on the door. Guees what? It's actually a list of things that Muslims should consider " HARAM/ NON-HALAL" and they mentioned them as " ISRAEL THINGS" (i was truly AMUSED!!!)

I mean, seriously! stuffs like KFC, McD,and lots of other things, even pads like Kotex (although it wasn't this brand that was mentioned, but others which i forgot) but like PADS?!!!!! What? did Israel come up with Pads? Or they just simply consider anything produced from the West is illegal for Muslims?

I am SHOCKED by how SHALLOW some people's minds are!!! I should go take a picture of th list. Yeah, i should. and if i did, i'll post it up here. and they call themselves a University 'mahasiswa'. Oh what a joke.

less than 24 hours

and i'll be home. (haven't finished packing) but then again, it's not like i have anything much to take back. Just a few things my mum had asked me to buy here and maybe some other notes...to read up on during the hols.

Coz two weeks after that will be our midsem. Tonight, i'll be heading over to my aunt's and spend the night there. Tomorrow noon, i should be home.

And i finished Bloody Monday a while ago. I hit the fast forward button like 100 times...towards the end. Don't get me wrong, i did enjoy the show but right till the end, i felt so unsatisfied with the plot. It's like they're trying to insert as much twists in the plot as they can just to maybe make it more insteresting and suspense. It didn't work much for me.

And there are TONNES of unanswered questions. The real villain's character was not developed properly and was thrown into the action and left hanging.

(i actually felt like i was wasting my time watching the whole time you see, coz if that's what i'm getting in the end, i'd rather spend it watching something else)

O well at least Miura Haruma was a candy to the eye in the show.

Hmmph

today was tiring...i woke up around 6am to continue DL my dramas, coz during that time, the line's superbly fast.

Then i drew the graphs needed for our experiment results. Seriously, half of the time i'm doing exps...i have no idea what it's all about and why the results are like this or that. I'm clueless. (that's bad, right?) But seriously, the lecturers play a huge role in this too. I find that if the lecturers don't know what they're talking bout, then we the students would know even less. *and i have to say, there ARE some of ours who don't really care much about whether they explain everything we need to know and understand. So we ended up half clueless, unsure, doubtful and in the end, we just seem to follow 70% of whatever our seniors wrote in their reports.

This morning, we had a Microcomputer Lab, where we learn computer stuffs, and today was the first one, so we were supposed to learn about Microsoft word. (i have to update mine to Microsoft Word 2007 though).

Anyway, tht's NOT what i wanted to talk about. What i wanted to complain about is the fact that when we arrived, there aren't enough computers for us and the class was EXTREMELY OVERLOADED. And it seemed as if the tutors blamed us for THOSE two things which had nothing to do with us in the very first place!!!~

I mean, you don't have to make such an annoyed face and hinted LOTS of cynical comments onto us just coz you didn't put a LIMIT to a class and make sure there's enough space and computers for ALL of us, ok?! Seriously, what's up with these people? And to tell the truth, i was extremely annoyed by their way of conveying words to us. (next time, we're gonna bring our own laptops). And class was supposed to stop at 11am, becoz there're only 3 of them to evaluate our works for like what...70-80 people? we have to wait till 11.30am for one of them to get to us. Which was extremely slow and might i add, RETARDED. (to make things smoother, think of another way to evaluate us, please...ZZZzzz.

Well, that's pretty much all i have to blurt out for today. We had Biochemistry Lab from 2-5 just now which was fine, except the lecturer appointed to look over us, he seemed to be BLUR about what he's supposed to teach us about. And DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON the Biochemistry LECTURER for our classes...(i have ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHAT HE WAS PREACHING ABOUT IN FRONT OF THE CLASS) the last 2-3 hours of class to me was like an EMPTY SPACE filled with DOTS and QUESTION MARKS> and his English(slang) is also really HARD TO SWALLOW, using weird grammars. Sometimes i wish he'd just teach in his mother tongue language. At least that'd sound much smoother and less awkward.

So yeah...sometimes i really wonder...how certain people get their degrees and doctorate around here...i'm curious.

tamaki~ i plead you to eat more~

I just got the chance to catch a glimpse of Love Shuffle and i am shocked...



Tamaki or better known as Chiaki senpai...he has gone to rehab in and out for being an anorexic. (joke) but seriously, someone PLEASE FEED HIM!!!~~~~

His cheek bones are sticking out very very obviously and it doesn't look good. In fact, he looks so damn OLD in there. And his hairstyle doesn't do him any good. I'm referring to the long hairstyle, opposite from what he had back in Nodame Cantabile. He suits the shorter hairstyle, the back part shaved up. That way, his face won't look longer. Still, he's too skinny till the point where his eyeballs look like they're popping out. (gosh...he'd better eat up and gain his original healthy weight before shooting Nodame Special)

On the other hand, Shota is looking real GOOD with the new hairstyle. Short and if you look carefully from the side, he gelled it up like a cock's head (i hope you get what i mean). LOL

VOICE [J-Drama]

It's good to see both Eita and Toma together in a drama. Both of whom i liked (^^) Toma as usual plays out his goofy character and also a playboy. It fits his role and he's always good in those. He just seemed more natural that way rather than some crazy cop chasing a murderer back in Maou (which i have yet to finish).


Eita, on the other hand plays a more serious guy, yet he has his moments of comic relief. Kaji Daiki is a fourth year medical student, hoping to major into Cardiac Surgery, only to find out that he was instead brought onboard the Forensic team, along with his best pal, (Toma). Alongside came three other students, including Satomi (i forgot her character's name) but who cares. She's one of the top student, another brilliant one like Kaji, but she decided herself to venture into Forensics.



And one major comical discovery is this guy, who acted as that lousy guy in Last Friends. Having him here as a Detective?! LOL...

Satomi's character is someone who abides by the rules and laws of forces. She's the MOST sensible one among the five. Well, it's not surprising to have a character like this. we need crazy, carefree, brilliant, comic and sensible characters. So they all fit.

well all i can say is i'm liking the pace, the mood, the casts and i'm gonna finish this series. I wonder if love is going to be involved in this, rather than just...a medical drama. (but having Satomi and Eita or even Toma pairing up is hard to swallow, WEIRD) xDDD

midnight falcon

Falcon has nth to do...wait, maybe a little since i'm watching Bloody Monday atm. I know...it's out ages ago ^^ but anyway, saving me time from DL the whole thing, i got them from a fren's roomie. All i have to do is get the English soft subs from d-addicts and it fits. (coz the files are having chinese subs) I think they DL them from chinese forums or etc...(rmvb files). It seems to me that Chinese/Asian community they prefer having rvmb files more than avi files. I can totally understand why. If it were me, i think i'd have chosen rmvb too (the quality is medium and still watchable and the most important thing is, the files will be compressed, so they're much smaller thn avi files). It really helps if you have slower connection and it saves time DL something with the same content.

But you see, japanese dramas tend to be upped using avi. The western community seems to prefer avi/divx files though. Which are superbly HUGE. But i'm not complaining. It good enough to have sources and kind people who are willing to up those series.

Anyway, last night i barely slept. I slept around 1am...then woke up at 3am, turned on the laptop and continued DL VOICE and Triangle dramas. (no soft subs yet) but will be waiting patiently for them before watching.

Now, i'm waiting for Love Shuffle to be upped. We have wireless internet now where we can online in our rooms. Which is good. I wished it had come sooner when we were in our first year rather than now, when we're halfway in 2nd yr already. But they only charged us 90 bucks per year. The lines fine actually. I don't know, sometimes it's unstable and keep dc, but yesterday was fine, especially during the midnight from 2am-7 am (like....100kb/s) great speed and period to DL stuffs you want. So i took that opportunity.

Tonight, i'm gonna do the same haha xD Only during the weekends i can do stuffs like these. Weekdays are hard. I'll be in classes and labs so there's no time.I love weekends. I'll be alone in my room, so i can have the whole room to myself. My roomie barely stayed behind during weekends. She'll be gone on Fridays and only come back on Sundays afternoon or evening.

That aside, i can't wait to go back home. I miss home. The Chinese New Year mood isn't here for me yet though. I just want the holidays. CNY has never really given me much anticipation. Maybe it's the age. When i was younger, yes...i loved CNY mood and everything. The whole cleaning up your house process, painting the gates with my father, making biscuits with my mother and etc...the preparations make you excited!

But since maybe 3-4 yrs ago, the excitement wore off. It must be the maturing process. Kids love CNY a lot. Why? BEcoz they get to eat a lot of tasty and delicious stuffs. Other than that, receiving ang paus filled with loads of $$ make them even happier. Wearing new clothes too. New shoes. Everything is new. Somehow, i have passed that period of innocence.

They don't make me any happier than having just a day of rest. ( i sound old talking like that i know) but that's just what's going on my mind now.

Changeling

So thanks to my fren who helped me DL this long-awaited movie. *although the quality isn't as good, still...watchable*

Where to start? Basically Clint Eastwood is the director, so i have huge expectations. Based on a true story dated back in 1928 Los Angeles crime and mystery, Christine Collins lost her son, Walter Collins one day after coming home from work. And the police department was filled with corrupted officers so that didn't help much in finding his son back.

*not gonna spoil everything, so...*

People say that Angelina Jolie acted much better in this one than in A Mighty Heart (2007) where she played Marianne Pearl whose husband, a journalist, Daniel Pearl was kidnapped. I can't judge much since i havent watched A Mighty Heart.

But in this one, i think she's fine. It's a bit awkward though to watch her act as a rather passive person, and a mother...becoz she has always acted characters which are far cooler, far attractive, far violent and just active. So having her looking distraught, with swollen eyes, frail face, seriously...she looks like a skeleton walking around. (she has always been thin, but she definitely looks much thinner here, almost to the point of anorexic. (Angie, please take care of yourself before taking care of your gazillion children).

Also...due to the medium quality file, i can't really see her expression much...but i think she delivers a pretty alright performance. And the length of the movie- 2hrs. I think the casts are great overall. I really like the boy (the one who confesses everything) gosh...he's good. He nearly made me cry at one point. (that's what i call amazing, even though he only has several scenes but he managed to capture my entire attention).

Well, the movie's not for everyone. It doesn't have violent stuffs or anything, maybe just some scenes that might be disturbing to some? Oh, the whole mental institution thing where Christine was brought to, that totally reminds me of her character, Lisa back in Girl Interrupted. Great movie.

^midv^

so a friend suggested going to Midvalley (yet again) coz it was like the most convenient shopping mall ever for us UKM people. (unless you have a car, you might think of other places but yeah)
Another reason being the fact that my mum asked me to help her buy this Tambun Biscuit (penang fame) and some tid-bits to bring home. I think the Tambun is not for CNY though, it's for her own craving. ^^

This has got to be one of the first times where we arrive really early, like 9.50am...just in time for those shops to start opening, and i think we went to several and we were like the first few customers to arrive. We went to MNG, SEED, ELLE, GUESS (well at Guess though, after lookin at the price, i figured i have better things to spend on rather than a normal T which you can buy for more than half the price). Besides, we're still students, we need to save $$.

And we bought clothes that we think fit alright and fine. Then i went to take $$ from this Maybank ATM just in front of MPH, it was a LONG LINE. And i had this problem where my transaction doesn't work, BUT the thing that freaked me out the most was when it puked this SLIP out saying i withdrew *puts in the amount of money* when the transaction failed. So we went straight downstairs to another Maybank ATM (it's a MAYBANK shop actually where they have booths and more ATMs- it felt less scarier coz it looked grander and it looked like it will work.

So i lined up again, and waited for my turn. There i checked my balance...and THANK GOD it didn't SWALLOW my $$ just like that. So yeah, after taking $$ out, we went to eat at McDs.

Surprisingly, it wasn't FULL like every other weekends. I don't know, the whole place just seemed to be LESS CROWDED like usual days when we went. Maybe coz it's the start of school year, students go back to study again, less mood to shop or lepak.

Anyway, after eating, we went to complete my mum's mission. (my friend bought sushi at Jusco) and then we went home. And it was like 3pm. Early i know, but the good thing about it is less people. You don't want to be stuck at the KTM, waiting for 3rd or 4th train where it's filled with sweaty and awful smelling homo sapiens. (it's really really disgusting, take it from someone who had experienced it 2-3 times) which i hope will be my last.

Our journey back is really fast, SUPER FAST actually coz we literally didn't have to wait for the train. Everything just went smoothly you see. The train didn't stop like they always do halfway on the tracks, god knows for what reason for like 3-5 mins before continuing. Then when we arrived at UKM KTM, the university bus was already waiting there to pick students up and so we were saved from having to endure the crazy driving of Rapid KL. Phew...

The only bad thing happened was the arrival of my monthly friend. Good thing i was wearing jeans and I discovered it there and quickly solved it. It came early, beyond my expectation.

Next week will be a really busy week for us. Labs will start. Monday lab is the worst where we have to be there doing experiments from 9am-5pm, sometimes later if your results are late. And i'm pretty nervous for the Monday lab actually coz the result from our first lab will determine the later ones, so we have to have a positive result from the first one. (Basically we have to extract plasmid from E.coli DNA). Btw, our lab alone worths a million bucks. Just that one lab. Seriously.


(above) this washing machine look-alike device is actually a centrifuge (a thing to break up cells to extract desired organelles accord to diff speed) and it costs like 125 thousand. enough for a MPV. (the small ones though). Then there was this thing that looked like just a square metal box (i forgot the function, oh it's to sequence DNA) and it costs like 500 thousand/ half a million. (if you wanna get rich fast, just steal these stuffs. Not this washing machine though, it's too heavy. Get the DNA sequencer, it looked older and not as fancy but it can get you half a million richer.


Just how it looks like at the lab. Everyone in their white coats.

My two coursemates...lazing around.

Oh and this...we were having Biochemistry class at like 3-5pm in the evening and so everyone was like dazing off to another universe. In my friend's case, they were too absorbed in the phone gaming world...whatever they were playing. I was trying my best to listen to the crap my lecturer was saying...but maybe 50% got in my brain? Maybe less. 3-5pm talking about enzymes and how they orientate to form a substrate is just not captivating enough for me. And for everyone else. but i see those Food Science students sitting in the front row listening intently. (god knows if their minds were still around though).

Up till now, i think my fav course will be Microbial Genetics. We're learning about Bacteriophages, which are viruses that infect only bacteria. (this is more insteresting) than *dead* chemicals in Biochemistry. I have a thing against Chemistry. ^^

time must have taken its toll on me

The fact that i never really had much interest in Korean songs, lately though i've been listening to them..counted LOTS compared to last time where i never even touched them. I'm in a situation where my playlist gets too OLD and the OLD songs just lay there, untouched. I need some NEW STUFFS. Fresh air. New tracks. Sth different to listen to. Not that i found anything nice and all but like i said, i'm giving Korean songs a try.

So far, i've listened to some by uh...Big Bang, DBSK (this is coz a fren is like a fan of them so i got songs from her), and others like SHINee, BoA (like duh...) and LeeHyori.

Now...about Big Bang- i'm not really feeling them yet. Maybe their style or songs just ain't my thing.

DBSK- i don't know really, the only FAST songs i've liked were like Rising Star and O.Jung.Ban.Hab. Their slow songs...were a bit so so for me. Maybe a few la. But none of them leaves much strong feel to me or catchy.

SHINee- oh i like one or two of their songs. Their vocals are pretty good. and i like the R&B style.

BoA- i tried, like really hard to give her songs a try, but i ended up deleting them all. (i just can't find a spot to like her songs, maybe i listened to the wrong tracks though but i have sth against her vocals.) I heard/read from forums how she's great in dancing and all...well for an artist/singer, it takes their songs for me to love first rather than their other talents.

LeeHyori- i've read she's having the sexy/hot image and all...i don't care much about that part of her. I find that i atually like her songs more than BoA's...(just a few from her new album, It's Hyorish). her R&B style is working very well for her. And her vocals isn't as annoying as BoA's to my ears. Sometimes i really wonder why is BoA soo soo sooo OVERRATED??? Beats me, seriously.

i need new songs to listen to before i got bored to all of them.

is it really THAT GOOD?

Twilight, the vampire romance movie which got everybody hyped. I can't comment much since i havent watched it. Well, if anyone close to me has it, then i'll test it out, but if not, then it's not the movie on my list, that's for sure. I don't know, romance with vampire? (I'm more for bloody and gory vampires killing off their poor victims).

Oh and i heard that in the book/movie, the vampire doesn't burn himself under the sunlight but rather * sparkle*...like what the hell is that supposed to mean, really? That is totally beyond me. But i'm giving it the benefit of a doubt though. I know fangurrlzz have been going GAGA over that male lead (who was in Harry Potter), forgot his role. But yeah, the hype.

Oh man! I really wanna watch those movies on my list now.

And i'm waiting for Batman to come out too. Gotta see the JOKER himself in his final movie, although i've never been that much into Batman stuffs or Spiderman...or any of those kinds of action hero figures. (RIP Heath Ledger).

Thank god tomorrow i'm free. like the whole day. We're supposed to have Microcomputer lab from 9-11 am but that only starts next week. And our Biochemistry lab (2-5pm) also starts next week. I'm telling you, i just hope i can SURVIVE just by attending ALL the LABS which took almost all of our time in a week. It's gonna be tough this sem. But *prays to God* so, yeah...xDDDDD

movie list 2009

imdb is like the source of everything movies...the latest till the oldest.

so here's my list:

1. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt dying as a baby? as time reverses itself for him?) this is a must watch.

2. Marley & Me (well, this is just for the sake of light comedy and depressing ending)

3. Valkyrie (is that even a word?) maybe it is for the Nazis...(Tom Cruise in some Colonel role) Hitler assasination ...what's there to miss? I'm all for the war and political dirt!

4. New York, I Love You - for the sake of love and *whatever is it* that makes the title. But it's filled with amazing group of casts! like like...
Kevin Bacon
Orlando Bloom
Natalie Portman
Bradley Cooper (i dont know who he is but he's handsome)...
Christina Ricci
and people... who may seem a bit lost in Hollywood like
Shu Qi and Maggie Q

AND i just made a GREAT UNBELIEVABLE DISCOVERY

GORAN VINSJIC (ER) is in there too ( who cares if he's credited as just a * man on the beach* he's cute and he's eye-candy...OMG
What the hell is this movie??? Having so many stars????!!!! (i bet they pay them small amounts though..coz they're treated as extras...(the irony)
so, definitely gonna catch this one. Even if they just appear for brief moments...maybe, maybe not.

5. Yes Man - not really a big fan of Jim Carey (i thought his face looks weird, so are his movies) but maybe i'll watch this for comedy.

6. Seven Pounds - Another Will Smith movie. After watching The Pursuit of Happyness few days ago, i have come to form a newfound respect for this guy. And since the reviews were great, i need some drama.

7. Changeling - for the sake of watching Angie in some mental institution again and the fact that most of her lines consist of " my SON...my SON" and if not, " NOT my SON...NOT my SON". But having Clint Eastwood as the director, i won't pass on this movie. Ever.

that's it for now as of today, this year, this half of the year until new stuffs come streaming out.

introspective

there's nothing introspective about this post. I came across the word while browsing through Avril's site, the thread discussing how they want her new album, the 4th one to be introspective.

And how they want her to stay away from the whole fun/poppy TBDT, which to me...is kinda kiddish. You see, i was in the Rapid KL this morning on the way to the town and the TV in there was playing a scene from her Toronto live, The Best Damn Thing track. And like...everybody in the car had their eyes on her. Well, on the screen. And i remembered how weird it felt like, having one of your fav artists showing up on the screen, and the crowd (people who might not care one thing about her) seeing her running around on stage..and it's all pinkish and she's all blondie.

And it struck me there and then. I MISSED HER OLD STYLE. LIKE TERRIBLY> . <

I want her to go back to her UMS era, the dark era, the dark moody period where she channeled all her angst in her songs, just screaming away like a mad girl. I don't want all the pinkish girly stuffs anymore. (it's annoying)

And i watched her Toronto live DVD, it was not as entertaining as her lives before, even if she might have brighter screens onstage, and having pro dancers on stage with her, and better backdrops, i want the old avril back. I want the old lonely stage, where there were only her, and her other 4 bandmates.

Her dancers suck and the whole new style just sucks...Urgh. There's no doubt that i liked her new album before, but that was the first time i listened to it and it had sounded fun, but now i want her to move towards mature stuffs.

Make acoustics. I want her to make a new album that showcases her true abilities, write her own songs like maybe 99% rather than having 4-5 other guys writing with her. and i want more angry songs. I know she's all happy now, being married and all lovey dovey with the hubby. But gosh...i really missed the OLD AVRIL!!!

i told you this post has nothing introspective about it. it's just a piece of junk crap.

(goes and listens to UMS)

(piece of junk)

today we went to Kajang, Metrokajang, the only nearest supermarket in Bangi area. Sad, i know. But anyway we went to the bookstore to get ourselves log books for our lab records, then some more foolscape paper...(i never knew it was spelled like that till then).

Then we head over to Pizza Hut, got two sets of cheese baked rice...(oh this was soooo yummy!!!)


of coz with the mushroom soup, it's goooood...but i didn't finish it. My tummy was overloaded.



This was made by my aunt at New Year's Eve. It's really nice too! I should've gotten the recipi from her, i forgot.

cutest thing ever i've ever eaten though has got to be this. (this was during dinner in KL with my family during the trip).



And so it was drizzling but it's all good. And i came home, watched Eagle Eye, halfway, gone to bath and resumed it. Not bad the movie. Definitely action-packed and it doesn't bore you. Kinda scary how computers can be extremely destructive by the way. I wish i could hack.

movie marathon

New Year Eve was spent at my aunt's house, we watched this Hokkien/Minan singing competition on Astro, till 12 am plus before hitting the bed.

New Year was like any other day. Somehow it didn't feel any special to me maybe coz whether it's 2008 or 2009...it just doesn't make much difference to me. Life as usual goes on. Still go to school, still do assignments, still come back and watch movies, sleep and eat.

I didn't make any new year resolution. Becoz i know by the time 2009 comes to an end, i would've forgotten what i had wished for. So there's no need for that.

I watched The Pursuit of Happyness starring Will Smith on new year. I remembered that much. And it was a great film. Will Smith is definitely one of those great actors out there. With lines or without lines, he makes sure the character rocks. The movie is great. Worth watching.

I'm watching World Trade Centre now. Why is it that i chose depressing movies on new year? God knows.