It's the time of the year for me to have some extra spice in life.. High fever I'm talking about.. had it on Thursday.. Aunty GimSai nursed me well, I got fine and was on the roll whole Friday buying stuffs and doing decorations for the GYM Feast.. Even was fine for 'Wanted' in Pavilion~ haha..
Came Saturday morning, I was shivering the whole night.. and the temperature's rising up badly! I was energy-drained.. totally bad condition.. was so worried coz I'll have to be healthy and fit to start work on Tuesday and furthermore, I have an event on Saturday night to manage - GYM Feast.. Went to see doctor.. got medication and I swear! the tablets are HUGE! gosh.. I need to swallow like 7 big tablets in one go! I feel like puking swallowing them coz one of them has this pungent smell I hatE! yuck!
GYM Feast just over.. Thank god it's over.. the whole thing was okay.. not that great~ hmm.. people just came for food! ergh! anyways.. at least they made new friends.. I do~ huhu! hmm.. Gonna rest early and hope everything will be fine! I need to be well! Got choir practice tomorrow, Monday's my only time to buy things and go out, Tuesday gonna start work! have to remember to search for WhiteBoard Studio a day before going to work! haha.. gonna be a rough day!
*still having fever and gastric*
If tablets are like cereals...
Ayam Tuai?
Look! What a cute way to sell chicken! It's so so cute! Those cocks being wrap like spring rolls and arrayed nicely.. You surely don't find this anywhere else except Sibu.. :) and wth is Ayam Tuai? Harvested chicken? hmm...
Going off for Scrabble session now.. ciaoz~
*Picture taken by Stevie*
I want ice cream
I'm craving for ice cream and June is not a Baskin Robbin's Promo month~ :( prob get New Zealand's later~
*fingers crossed*
Let Me Console Myself Ok?
I came back from Penang on Sunday night.. It was a really great journey.. we stopped by Taiping.. ventured into the old town.. Taiping is really a great place! nice food.. recreational area there is huge! it's like the heart of the town that keeps the city alive.. Hmm.. air there is so much fresher and less humid.. love it!
Penang was pleasant too.. Stayed in Aunt Paulette's place and I felt so blessed! Good food, good stay, good hospitality.. Aunty Paulette's a great host! Shalyn's a great driver too! ha ha.. The tourney I went to this year was fine.. just fine~ Main reason is coz I didn't win anything! not even the lucky draw! so unlucky~ Shalyn got a pendrive.. Aunty Yeap got herself a MP3 player.. Vannitha won herself a MP3 player too and it's green! eerghh! (jealous).. The tourney were tough for me though.. here's how it went..
First day was horrendous.. I lost 3 games in a row.. I lost composure meeting Alastair Richards and Seshi Ramanathan (both much higher rated than I am).. Lost to Sue-Jane.. mistake and unlucky tiles! last game before Day 1 ended gave me a lil' hope.. I thrashed Chow Xin Wei by more than 200 points spread to cover up for the 3 game damage..!
Day 1 ended - I was bottom 5!
Second day was better.. Like any other tourney.. I always do better on the second day.. I won 7 out of 11 games.. I lost to current World Champ - Nigel Richards by 102 spread, US No. 1 player - Jason Katz Brown (he's only 21) by 82 spread, Singapore Grand Master - Tony Sim by 108 spread and Malaysian No.10 - Ramaraj by 41 spread. Not that bad aye.. Considering how bad I am! However.. looking on the brighter side.. I beat Bob Jackman - 2 times Australia National Champion and WSC representative for the Aussie team, John Lam - Malaysia representative to WSC Kuala Lumpur in 2003, Micheal Tang - Singapore big gun, and several others.. not too bad la.. :)
Day 2 ended - I was 13th I think...
Third day was a lil's depressing.. I don't know why I kept meeting strong players.. I met Jocelyn and lost, then Alastair and I lost! both are higher rated than I am.. indeed they are better than me! hmm.. Then I met Shalyn.. that game was actually hers.. I was trailing all the way and manage to trick her to win by a mere 13 spread! I set a trap up... with LIRI which doesn't takes an 'S'.. knowing that she had 2 'S' and hoping that she'll put the 'S' behind LIRI to play the DoubleWord (DW).. My heart was gleeing when she played SWANS hooking to LIRIS.. kept quiet and when she pressed the clock! BAM! I challenged it off! and finished with DRENT (she challenged the word) it's either do or die! but yay.. I won that game and met Uncle Jin Chor pulak! so frus! kept meeting tough players.. but I was really lucky in that game with Uncle JinChor.. Managed to play several bingoes.. and won comfortably (458 - 314). Last game I played another strong U-18 player - Beng Way.. Okay.. I admit I am a sore loser.. I was so angry when he made a bingo and kept scoring so much.. he played UNROBED(76) , HAPAX(67) , and BOTTE(35) and already ahead of me by 80 points.. I just couldn't catch up after the 3rd play.. and lost it totally.. Although I have both the blanks.. Whatever la..
Day 3 saw me missing top 20 just by that bit! I was placed 21st out of 50 players.. how sad! heish! but I must admit it was a tough field.. and my ratings went up! yay!
Okay.. his might be a boring post for non-scrabblers.. here's some nice words I played and I saw during the tourney.. WOBEGONE, ECURIE, HAPAX, TANRECS, ZORILLE, COHOG. TYIYN. TWADDLES, PINYIN, VIRULENT, SKIWEAR, FREITIER, WHOOPSIE, MANTOES, ZEBRASS and VAGRANTS.. gonna study the words now.. planning to complete 6000prob before MENSA tourney.. :)
*anyone wanna play scrabble?*
Facelift
Ta da!
I think its time for a new skin.. and Yay! I got myself a new skin for my blog..
I admit it's not easy doing this.. trying to figure out the html thingy.. delete certain unnecessary stuffs.. haha.. but anyhow.. everything turned out just right~ hehe..
It's bit yummy la... I can't wait to blog even more.. added few extra settings to this blog~ :) so all you flavas! haha.. you guys made my life wholesome! :P
*satisfied*
Away to Penang
Fuhh....
Monday's Kungfu Panda was not too bad... Bryan got new car! heish.. Mazda RX8 summore! so cool looking.. and it's red!
Tuesday's Scrabble Rapid Training was fantastic.. Played the whole day.. Had great homecook meals.. FFK my Godsisters.. sorry *evil grin*..
Wednesday's haircut was nice! I like my new haircut! it's short and nicely primped.. Watched Get Smart.. funny! Right.. and Anne Hathaway.. was a bomb! she's more than nuclear hot! haha.. I think she look so much better than Angelina Jolie.. :)
Thursday's trip is gonna be so fun! yea.. I mean "fun".... Alex's gonna talk about the ISA.. Politics.. Economy.. bla bla.. those who read Malaysiakini.com.. Gosh! Gonna die with all these subjects~ Uncle JinChor will crack jokes in between.. Me and Vannitha will sit quietly and listen.. I don't wanna respond coz I think I'll look dumb! haha.. I think it'll be good! Those who don't know.. Uncle JinChor is the Kopitiam actor who plays the role as Uncle Chan - the old Chinese Uncle who's best friend with Uncle Kong - Mano Maniam <=is it Maniam? hmm.. nvm... Ahh.. yes.. I'm talking about my travelmates to Penang.. Friday's food hunting in Penang gonna be great! I miss Penang Food! hahaha... Saturday's battle arena gonna be scorching HOT! I'll be beating everyone! Sunday's podium gonna see me walking home as Champion! Muahahahahhahaa
Okay.. being a little too ambituous here.. bluerk.. Dream Martin.. you won't win! yes.. I know~
*yay*
Occupato~
Gosh.. it's only 4 days before the big tourney! on one hand, I cant wait.. on the other hand, I'm nervous and scared.. Been practising alot! yes! I mean a LOT! ahaha.. Back from Malacca, I spent whole day at Aunty GimSai's house playing scrabble.. Promised her and another Scrabble friend from Penang.. So next mission would be Penang Open on Friday! Pray for me~
Now have to come out with the planning for Gonzaga Feast.. I think I better make a list.. Haven't have time to cut my hair! My hair now like berus! I don't like it! Yuck~
I'm glad there's no classes or education related matters now.. Felt so relieved! for now la..~ hmm..
*tired*
Clarification
I think it's time for me to clarify some things so that people wouldn't misunderstand me as a person~
#1 I'm not a rich kid la! I'm living with RM600 a month and that includes my monthly rental!
#2 I can spend extra money on movies and food coz I save my monthly pocket money through eating at home, skipping unnecessary meals and also doing freelance! It's not easy! pls understand!
#3 I'm still a student.. I'm not a working adult~
#4 I don't have really close hang out buddies who find me for outings.. I kept mentioning about this friend or that friend.. It's either the same person or hibyes.. okay? Don't keep saying.. "you have so many friends what~..." I don't.. My church pals are the closest to me now! I don't hangout with classmates often too beside having classes or lunches after class! so please don't keep assuming I always hangout or chillin' with classmate when I'm not~
#5 My housemates have been a sore these days! blegh.. It's either busy studying or petrol price increase.. So I stay at home most of my days! Yes! I might be the biggest whiner on earth! coz it's true! I'm really bored at times..
#6 Honest! I rather spend my whole day playing scrabble than to be felt sympathetic by people out there!
#7 I might not be the greatest friend but I know who's true and who's fakin' it out in front of me!
*annoyed*
Hobbit-ism!
As I promised.. this CLASSIC picture! woo.. so drama right? okay.. I'm not retarded or vertically challenge~.. FInE!! I am vertically challenge! horizontal too! hmm.. but standing next to him just made me look un-short right?because he's 6'5".. make it 198cm tall~ Gosh.. he's so tall that I wish my I could grow just 5% of his height.. and I'll be SO GRATEFUL! la la la...
Imagine.. he don't need to stand on chairs like I usually do to fix the curtain or change light bulbs.. or even reaching those high cabinets.. He can see so clearly in concerts even if he stands like at the back row! He doesn't need to take pictures in between people's arms like Linda did.. :P haihz.. but there's many things only "short" people like me would be able to do... like.. err.. (consoling myself).. err.. avoiding bending down while walking between the tree branches.. *shit! Lost of words~* I'll think of one later!
Oh.. I forgot to introduce my friend pulak!..He's Roosevelt or Roosie! :P
Just got back from wedding mass and lunch! so tired and lack of sleep! only have an hour to sleep before preparing for the evening mass later! After that Choir practice and watching Hairspray in Patrick's aunt's place.. retro night tonight! woohoo! Do I sound excited? oh gosh.. no.. I'm so tired.. still need to see Anthony coz he need my help to do publicity for the Lifeline Conference.. hmmm.. Shit la.. I'm becoming so commited to Lifeline.. I don't wanna be so busy! hmm..
Oh! My name appeared on TheStar yesterday! Scrabble Scene! huhu! *bannga*<_random>
*over the top*
*tired*
Oil Price Hike
Oh.. I'm not whining.. I just thought it would be great to share this in my blog.. I got it from an email sent by my dad's friend.. Apparently, I think the comparison is relevant.. I don't understand why the sudden extreme price hike and the savings would be used to subsidise flour, rice and oil? hmm.. How much can the government subsidise when half the money is filling their own pocket? and to think of it.. If there's no such price hike, the country wouldn't develop.. Malaysians just needs to learn to be more independent.. less dependency on the government because they're not a good pillar to lean on! It's for the rakyat~ Oh gawsh! LAME old Slogan! WTH!
oh gawsh.. I'm still as bored as ever! Can't wait for CG tomorrow! yay!.. Oh.. I had my dimsum cravings satisfied y'day night! after spending 15 minutes queueing at the petrol station for fuel~ ha ha.. Many others queued up for more than an hour.. I saw the massive crowd at every station! crwazeee!!! BUT IT'S GOOD THAT AT LEAST MALAYSIANS ARE GATHERING TOGETHER AS ONE TO DO ONE SAME THING! MUHIBAH! hahahahahaha
*free*
WTF?
As usual... layan-ing my boredom.. i went website-hopping~! so I decided to go see this website I was clicking on some KBU student profiles.. hoping to see Zizi's face in there~ coz she took part that day when they were doing the promo in college.. and.. my kaypoh-ness.. I went reading some of the profile coz it's kinda funny reading their slogan of why they are natural~ so weird right?
I am the most natural because...... <-- it takes time to figure that out! hmm... what was your answer that day uh Zi?? curious
!!!annndd! I found this profile page the MOST hilarious and ridiculous! omgosh! even the webmaster's bit off la I think! This is one of the lamest grammatical error I've ever encountered.. can't they just stick with root word? spot the mistake? hmm...
Guess I'll let you be the judge~ tell me what you think!
*bored*
Teaser...
Sometimes, when we're lost and confused.. we blame God for putting us to the test! and we curse! but have we ever have a pause and think what was the reason you were put into these tests and temptations? Have we no eyes to see what's good and bad? Have we no conscience to differentiate the better and worse?
*cranky*
Long Day
Indeed, I told my friends I've started my very long "break" of 4 months but it seems as though the burden is just starting to build up!
The movie thing is working fine.. still need to polish here and there
I regretted not going to the Interiors Malaysia thingy.. It looked fun though.. Congrats to Ryan and Adelyn for winning 2nd and 3rd for the Student Category Design Competition.. hmm.. at least my college got standard a bit~.. :P
But instead of doing something unproductive.. I skipped the Interiors Malaysia thingy to serve God.. yea.. it was a noble thing but I felt that if I could do both, it would be better.. and today was pretty much hectic.. was in church from 2pm till 11pm.. it's so long~ and I got to know that the choir recording practice will start next week~! every weekend~.. die lo! I didn't even have time to think about or plan my trip back to my hometown~ then I have to study for my Scrabble competition in 3 weeks time! omgosh!!!
Today I attended a talk on sexuality in church after mass.. was persistently invited by the Lifeline members that I couldn't run away but go.. I feel it's bit lame! and bit too conservative esp on the contraceptive and homosexuality issues.. and there were a few clashing issues.. hmm.. well, I don't really find it fruitful but ya, basically made me hate Catholicism more listening to all this! It's this part of Catholicism that I don't like! too conservative la sometimes! Well, being a Catholic can be so tough sometimes due to too many obligations and stuff!
Life's tough to think about! At this point of time.. I am thinking.. have I done enough to make me feel proud of myself? What achievements have I accomplished in life that I am to boast about? What great things have I done in life that serves good purpose? hmm... sometimes, thinking of them just made you ponder to sections in your life that you've not visited for a long long time.. I really need to plan my time well and not having my mind wander too much around un-necessities!
I miss my HUNS in UK and Australia.. :(
*emo*
