Gracias

Okay...I have this theory. Well, it's more like hope-slash-self-denial-slash-wishful thinking. It's that if you don't celebrate your birthday and blow out any candles...you DON'T grow a year older! This means i'm still nineteen and will remain that way forevah!!! Muahaha

So...i'll remain nineteen until the next time I blow out my next two candles which will happen in....NEVER. So, apart from clarifying with you my being forever nineteen, i'd still like to thank the people who sent me birthday wishes and whatnots regardless of the fact that I have not yet aged. Here goes:

Thank Yous* to:

Zhi Xiang

Ivan T.

Sophia

Jeffrey M.

Mei Zhi

Wye Sern

Alvin T.

Khang May

Karen H.

Yong Ming

Mohan

Lee Xin

Kok Ling

Gim Ming

Sandra T.

*this list is in no particular order.

Thank you very much and I really hope I didn't miss out anyone.

PS: I'm leaving for Tioman tomorrow. Yes, i'll be going on vacation with my sister to the island for a three night thing over there. Thus, I won't be able to blog from there. So, until next week!

Back on Track

Yes, I was rambling in the previous post, but you must understand as I was transitioning between the very hectic and exciting life that is KL to the more laid-back Penang style. All I needed to do was to blow off some steam and now i'm back on track. Ready as ever to step up and take charge and live my life. All I had to do was to catch a flick!



+ Iron Man



Iron Man sure did the trick! I'm not a marvel comics fan but this movie sure got me enthralled. Finally...a movie worth watching this year!!! At first I was abit skeptical about Robert Downey Jr. playing the part of a superhero but he executed it to perfection. Gwyneth Paltrow was also great and lets not forget the kick-ass Iron Man suit! I'd say this movie has a good balance of drama, suspense, ass-kicking scenes and humour. So, go watch it!

Back and brooding

So i'm back home in Penang and will be here for the next three months, which is the span of my holidays. And holidays will once again see me in a very active state of rotting at home. I know i've been looking forward to this much deserved break and everything, but only one week into it and I already feel I could use some work to do. I should use this free time to do stuff. You know... positive, benefiting stuff. Stuff that would keep me occupied throughout my spare time to prevent me from pacing around (which I tend to do alot at home). Or maybe I should just laze around. I mean I probably won't have any room to do that in the coming semesters, why not do it now? This could be my chance to eat, sleep, do number two and try my best to gain weight.

I've been raving about coming back home since before my exams begun. And I am happy about returning home but, I think i've slightly gotten accustomed to the KL-life. Well at least I think I do. My perception of the KL-life equals to work on Mondays through Friday and weekends are pretty much spent shopping and hanging out in malls. I'm not saying it's bad or anything...there's just one tiny little problem now that i'm back in Penang...there are no malls. Yeh yeh I know there's Gurney and Queensbay but that's just about it! Nothing more. No One U, No Midvalley, No Gardens, No KLCC, No Pavilion. Hell, Penang needs more malls. Am I rambling? I think i'm just rambling.

So, back to my very tight schedule of boredom, i'm still here, bored as hell on a Wednesday night with no where to go and no one to go out with. It's just one of those feelings I tend to get once in a while where i'm all jumpy and feel like I could run a thousand miles and yet i'm stuck at home staring at the computer screen, typing that i'm staring at the computer screen, and now thinking how idiotic and sad I must be to type what i've just typed. And now if you'll excuse me, i'd like to get back to brooding...

All done

All my assignments have finally been completed and handed-in. All those hours of staring at my computer screen blankly and pretending to know what i'm actually typing about are over...for this semester anyways. The AutoCAD drawings i've been complaining about...DONE. The IBS model building project which threw me into a cleavering mood at he-who-shall-not-be-named...FINISHED. The Design Theory essay that has gotten my brain juices to curdle...COMPLETED. So basically, all of my assignments for this semester are behind me.

The only thing left for me are the two upcoming exam papers which falls on Monday and Tuesday and after all that is done, i'll be packing up and leaving. Heading back to Penang for a cool two and a half months. I've already got things that I have lined to keep me occupied for the duration of my holiday. So, friends in Penang...i'll going back next week after my exams.

On a seperate note, here's a picture we took during the sleepover at my place while working on the IBS model building project.

- The Cleaver Mafia

Okay, even though I hate doing assignments...but doing it with your friends...makes things betta.

College Stress and Its Effects

Just a little video I recorded...enjoy!

Road Trip

I know the F1 racing championship has passed and NO I did not attend it. Instead, we went to the Sepang F1 circuit just this afternoon as part of a project. Well...more like their project, not mine. I just tagged along. This was like my first time there. I've passed it once but never went in and this time I finally got to see what the fuss was all about. The circuit was pretty big, but seeing as i have no frame of comparison, I might be wrong. The place was great. Its roof structures spanning the entire podium up to the grand stand. It was cool to go there today coz there was no one there except for the maintenence people and some other people who were racing their cars. The only thing I have to complain is the fact that the place it not very well maintained. There was rubbish at the seats and the restrooms had broken doorknobs and the staircases had puddles in them. But nevertheless, it was an experiance.

- The roof structure through surface construction.

- The seating area.

- I think this was at the grand podium.

- Yup...its definitely at the grand podium.

- The spanning roof was really a sight!

- Decending from the podium.

- Umm...no comment.

- We could not resist doing a too-fast-too-furious style pose. I don't know what's up with Kar Weng though.

Even though today was as though the fires from hell had released its skin-searing power, it was a good day. I hope there will be more trips to come.

Another thing happened today. As I was going through my clothes, I discovered this shirt I have with a foliage motif had either Japanese of Chinese words embroidered as part of the motif. I never really noticed it until today. I edited the images to make identifying them easier.

- first pair of weird words.

- second unusual word.

-third mind-boggling word.

-and fourth pair of characters.

I have no idea what it means. If someone knows what the hell those characters mean, gimme some feedback! And by some one, I MEAN YOU, MEI ZHI AND KHANG MAY! You guys should probably know....unless it's japanese of course.

Weird

I just found out something weird about myself. As I was browsing photos of my friends earlier on facebook and online, I discovered I started to get more and more depressed. But as soon as I stopped looking at them, the feeling went away. They were just normal photos of them having fun in the sun and all that stuff, nothing special...Weird.

So far so bad

I was trying to post something yesterday and the internet connection was pretty f*cked up. So much for me lugging my laptop all the way from the hostel for nothing. I guess the internet connection is less bitchy when there are less people using it which usually occurs between 7pm-9pm just before they close.

The library private rooms are mostly emptied out by now except for the one i'm in and for a few others who are obviously rushing for their projects. I too should be rushing for mine but i've been slacking in the past week. Countless hours spent staring the the ceiling of my bedroom or just listening to the grumble of the thunder from the slightly crazy weather.

I've also discovered that PJ, and that might include KL, has eccentric weather. Stormy clouds gathering out of the blue and casting lightning down one after another. It's really crazy ass weather if you ask me. And that crazy ass weather just happened earlier in the day.

I've been wringed out of late due to the onset of assignments and the much anticipated final exams. And when all that crap has passed, i'll be having my semester holidays for slightly over two months! I'm so psyched. A part of me is already trying to get into the holiday mood (which would explain my complete waste of time staring blankly at the bloody ceiling) which is the cause of my slacking. I really need to buckle up and do the last 100 meter sprint for the next 3 weeks as my mother would say. It's the home stretch and it's now or never.

My stressed out state is also contributed by classes itself. I have to face the god-forsaken group i'm in for Interior Behavioral Studies, i've got to do ample research for a very important essay for Design Theory, AutoCAD calls for computer aided plans I have yet to tweak and complete. and I had to participate in a debate for my Architectural History class as it was an assignment. So I hope you can fathom why i'm on the brink of doing a shot of arsenic for breakfast everyday.

I really hope things turn up for the better in the coming days. At least it's good to know i've friends who are there to catch me when I fall...are there?