Random Updates bundled up with a Rubber Band
- February 4th, 2008
I haven’t abandoned my blog for that long, right? Well, it’s not that I don’t have anything to blog about, just that I’ve been feeling way too lazy to type anything down. Hehe. Right to this point, I think most of my posts are moderately (if not extremely) long and I still don’t feel like posting a new entry with 3 or 4 photos of a new shirt and a few lines saying "I LOVE MY NEW SHIRT BYE!" because I still feel that my blog is a sacred place. LOL.
Anyway, I have a lot of updates so I shall just squeeze them into this post so I bet this is going to be pretty long (just like the ones nobody ever reads even after visiting my blog for 5 times or so).
Update #1: I’ve wanted to post this up sometime ago but starting a new entry out of it would be like making a mountain out of a molehill, since it really isn’t such a big deal. I think.
SOMEONE ASKED ME THE FUNNIEST QUESTION EVER!!! A few days/week ago someone from another country (not telling where) asked me THE FUNNIEST QUESTION ever!
"Do you have macdonald in malay?"
No, you didn’t see that wrongly. By macdonald, he meant McDonald’s. And by malay, he meant Malaysia. This is even funnier than him asking me "You’re Chinese, and you’re in Malaysia?". I hope he doesn’t read my blog.
Sometimes I wonder if people really think we (Malaysians) live in trees. The love for McDonald’s is like… PANDEMIC okay? EVERYONE loves McD. Well, almost anyway. I could have easily lied to him that we have McDonald restaurants on top of trees and are only reachable if you used the lift. Climbing would take too much effort unless you’re a chimpanzee. AND I bet he would’ve believed me if I said since there are so many trees here with so much leaves, the Malaysian McD has a special drink called ‘DEW ON ICE’ because there’s just so much dew EVERYWHERE.
But of course, fooling a 15 year-old would only make myself look like a good-for-nothing-super-irritating 14 year-old.
Update #2: I haven’t received my offer letter yet. How sad. This just means that I can’t apply for the hostel placement yet since I haven’t even registered. Which is even more sad because I really don’t want to get a weird roommate. I checked my call logs and it seemed that they’ve already called me last Wednesday to inform me that they were sending it out but until now, I still haven’t received the official letter lor! I hope the courier service people aren’t planning to send it only after CNY which would be a TOTAL NIGHTMARE! I shall go and pester the not-so-efficient agent again in the morning.
4 days just seem so slow now that the orientation’s nearing and the intake is in February aka THIS FREAKING MONTH! Getting replies 2 weeks after application seemed so fast back when I was still sitting for my exams and was in no hurry to book tickets/get a room/start packing.
Nonetheless, I don’t want to fret too much because I’m quite comfortable worrying about things like ONLY HAVING A PAIR OF NEW JEANS FOR THE SEVEN DAYS OF CHINESE NEW YEAR!! (which is seriously no big deal at all)
EDIT: I just got a call saying that they’re only sending the letter to me TODAY. Hopefully it’ll arrive tomorrow. Thank you Mr. Postman in advance!
Update #3: I GOT NEW SHOES! Hahaha. I’m just uber happy that I actually found shoes that I like that aren’t overpriced. They weren’t exactly cheap, but they were definitely quite worth it to say the least. Don’t feel like posting photos of them up yet because I’m not that bored (when I start posting photos of them from every angle from 0 degree to 359, then you’d know the reason hahaha). But seriously, THEY WERE ON A 50% SALE!! WHERE CAN YOU FIND ADIDAS SHOES WHICH ARE 50% OFF?? (scrape out pasar malam, and ps. not that the brand matters that much anyway) And they’re really comfy, unlike the B.U.M shoes I got, which I still think are fake although the boss/shopkeeper gave me a long story of how they bought the company blah blah blah. And that doesn’t matter either because the shoes are nice. Hahaha.
EDIT: Here are the photos which I took very hastily to show Elaine and Ryan.
Update #4: I think Miri has the CHEAPEST CONTACT LENSES in the whole country! I bought 2 pairs of colour contacts for only RM28 each yesterday! So cheap right??? They’re FreshKon’s, though. I normally buy FreshLook contacts because there’s this one shop that sells them for RM43 and they’re on that forever-going ‘Buy 2 Free 1′ offer. So if people tell you that the best price they can give you is RM50 with the ‘Buy 2 Free 1′ offer, THEY’RE FLAT OUT LYING TO YOU! I’m still stocking up some FreshLook contacts for KL though. For those of you who’ve always wanted to get colour contacts but never had the guts to do it, start with ‘FreshLook’s Brown’ because it’s a really nice colour and it looks very natural. But if you already have very brown eyes (which I don’t *sour*) then don’t bother wearing brown coloured contacts. AND PUH-LEASE, if you have DARK skin, please do not attempt GREEN or BLUE because it’ll seriously make you look like a vampire/some form supernatural creature unless you’re super confident you would look like Tyra Banks (fat chance).
Oh! Amethyst is a nice colour.
And grey is nice too.
Can see? can see? can see??
Maybe not. My eyes are too small. Bleh.
Update #5: Speaking of contact lenses, I remember wearing them for 20 hours EVERY DAY during last year’s Science Camp. I only took them off when I was sleeping (which was like.. for 3 hours??) and had to put them on the whole time I needed my vision because my glasses were broken! It’s amazing that I didn’t get an eye infection (not complaining bout it *touch wood*). As usual, I was browsing through all the photos in my laptop and found a video I made regarding the Science Camp. Which was really fun and very camp-ish in every way although it was at a Tea Garden instead of a challenging naked forest. Anyway, I’ve uploaded the video on Vimeo (because the quality’s so much be
tter than YouTube’s) and here it is:
I love sweet memories.
Don’t you?
Update #6: Speaking of camps, my former school, Kolej Tun Datu Tuanku Haji Bujang, organized a camp for the students who got straight A’s for PMR last year in Similajau (I jump from topic to topic so smoothly, don’t I?). I think it was only for PPIK (Persatuan Pelajar-pelajar Islam Kolej) members, though. And something tragic happened. According to Nisa, 3 students were found missing; one was found and was hospitalized, one was found dead yesterday evening and the other is still missing.
"They were jungle trekking. It was already at the final point then they went into the water. The current was strong. The one who survived hung onto a tree root."
2008 had only just begun and there’re already so many news to fill the obituary pages in the papers. First it was Heath Ledger’s shocking sudden death, then there was the bus crash and now there’s this traumatizing event.
At some point it all feels as if Final Destination has become more than just a movie.
Deepest sympathy and condolences to those who’ve lost their loved ones. *stops self from saying a series of sad and scary things*
I can’t think of anything else to say because there really isn’t that much that can be done to repair the damage now. All we can do is to prevent it from happening again. And we MUST do that.
Update #7: Why didn’t anyone comment on my previous two posts? I’d like to think that not everyone came to my blog by accident while trying to Google for Edison’s sex scandal photos.
Cya!
XOXO