Friday, December 10, 2004

I'm back! (but not yet...) *HUH?*

Yoz! I'm finally back in M'sia after 7 days away in Australia. I won't be back to S'pore yet till the 19th, though. Will be going to Kuantan with my dad to relax at the beach and watch sea turtles lay eggs if we're lucky.

Spent 2 days in Melbourne during my trip down under, and I had the greatest time of my life there.

I'm in love!

And if you're reading this from Rathdowne, I LOVE YOU, AND I MISS YOU.

Can't wait for June to come!

What's the details? What happened? Well, that's for us to know, and for you to find out from the horses' mouths. :P

I'm in love for the first time, and damn it, it's not like the books or the movies.

IT'S BETTER. :D

Saturday, December 04, 2004

Greetings from Down Under!

Yo my fellow Bloggerittas! I'm now in King Crest Hotel in Sydney! Believe or not, we're in the heart of Australia's red light district... whoa! Anyway, although it summer here right now, the weather is just like Genting on a clear sunny day. Went to the Sydney Opera house, harbour bridge, Bondi beach, royal botanic garden, the Rocks, the Gap... phew! I'll be going to Blue Mountains tmr and get up close and personal with koala bears and kangaroos.

If this post seem untidy to you, that's becoz the cafe I'm in right now charge by the minutes, so there.... :P My photo collection is staggering now, so you can look forward to that when I come back on the 19th!

Bye for now! :)

Sunday, November 28, 2004

I'm Leaving On A Jetplane (ok, so it's a BUS...)

I'll be home in Malaysia from today till the end of Dec. From 3rd Dec onwards, I'll spend a week in Australia with my parents. This means my rarely-updated blog will have even less updates. But rest assured there'll be heaps of photos on this site by the time I come back! :)

To my S'pore pals, my handphone's on auto-roam, so feel free to message if you got anything urgent to tell me.

To my M'sian friends, let's get together sometimes, ya? :)

To my Australian friend, I'll see you very soon.

Au Revoir!

Friday, November 19, 2004

Singapore Idol In Da House!

These 2 days have been insanely tiring. Last Saturday was my school's bazaar day and I'm in charge of the Haunted House(tm). Without mentioning the preparation, the running of the place itself is a beast. I needed to be a ghost, watch my ghost helpers, and the visitors. Parents these days are really a pain in the ass. When we wondered how come some children are so rude and mischievious, the fact is they're the smaller replicas of their bigger, meaner, and downright kiasu screwed-up parents.

If you've been paying attention, u would have known that I hosted Haunted House(tm) last Sat. Then why am I tired for these 2 days?

Anyway, it was 6hrs without rest, food, and piss. And by the time I become half a ghose myself, the Technical Manager came over and told me the principal had decided to extend the Haunted House(tm) for another 2 extra days.

U could hear a pin drop. Or was that a jaw?

Apparently, my principal saw the huge crowd queing for my little venture, and decided to squeeze more cash of my little cash cow. Great, it just happened that the cash cow is attached to me. U squeeze the cow, u squeeze poor old FBJ too. I run the show alone, so 2 more days mean an extra 12hrs without rest, food, and piss. AWESOME!

So, any more detail of the past 2 days would be repetitive, save one. My school ends at 1.30pm on Fri, and guess who's my last visitor? Lo and behold, it's Singapore Idol Top 5, Leandra! She was an old girl from my school, and her cousin still studies here. I have to confess that I'm not a particular fan of hers, but it's still exciting to have a well-known person gracing my humble Haunted House(tm). She was fun to be frightened; all I need to do was walk behind her with a lumious Area 51 alien mask. Hehe... she was such a screamer. The principal must be really pleased with my little creation that she even suggested to Leandra to take a walk on the dark side. :P My kids just gawked at her and mugged her for autographs and photos. Quite pleasant, still young and fun.



To be frank, my Haunted House(tm) was just like Star Wars. It's shabby in reality, but it's saved by great music and sound effects, makes a fortune, and spawns a trilogy (my house lasted 3 days, remember?). I just hope they don't ask me to do it again next year. Remember Star Wars Episode I? Ewwwwww...........

Wednesday, November 10, 2004

Tuesday, November 09, 2004

I Like to <EMBED>...

... not to be confused with "in bed".

Check out this funny ad, done with a little <EMBED>. :P

Sunday, October 31, 2004

How deep is your Hate?

Watched Old Boy yesterday. I have to say that this film is TOTALLY AWESOME. It's difficult not to compare this to Se7en, coz both film involves meticulously planned act of vengeance. Se7en is a great film, but it really pales in comparison to Old Boy. Perhaps the comparison is not too fair, as Se7en was realistic, while Old Boy sometimes go into the realm of slick editing, arty settings, and surreal flashbacks. The most detailed crime in Se7en took 1 year to execute; Old Boy's took 15 years.

Oh Dae-Su is the unlucky man who got kidnapped and placed in a locked appartment for 15 years. There's no window, and the only thing moving in his prison was the TV's images. He was fed well, and when he tried suicide, he'd be rescued by his captors, only to live longer in his prison. They even drugged him so he cannot become INSANE (which can be a good way to escape from his living hell). From the TV, he found out that his wife was murdered, his daughter's missing, and he's the police
s prime suspect. He dunno who kidnapped him, how long is his sentence, and what he did to deserve this. So he started guessing who did this to him, and jotted down the names of people he wronged in his life in a notebook. Before he knew it, he filled volumes and volumes of notebooks with names. Only then he realized his so-called 'innocence' is not so innocent after all. He wanted vengence, and started training his body for the task by punching the walls till his knuckles peel off.

15 years has past, and he woke up one day on a rooftop, OUTSIDE. The world he knew was gone. His family was no more. The only thing keeping him alive and sane, then, was REVENGE. Little did he know that his captor was not yet finished with him. In fact, it has only just begun...

A plan that takes 15 years to accomplish? Just how deep is His hate? What did His target do to deserve all this?

Really makes you start thinking who you have wronged so far in your life, and what consequences would come out of it. Be careful of how you treat other ppl. Be VERY careful.

Quote / Unquote

"There's a right girl out there for every man."

-- I just happened to like the WRONG ones.

Friday, October 29, 2004

The ULTIMATE Temptation!

December 14th. Never have I loathed the long wait between now and that day. On that day, things will come full circle, and my collection will be complete. Get ready to drool :P

Exhibit A)
4 DVD. 50 mins of extended footage. Over 4 hours of supplementary materials. WHOA!

The Return of the King DVD (Special Extended Edition) Posted by Hello

Exhibit B)
5 DVD. Miniature of Minas Tirith. Exclusive box artwork. 50 mins of extended footage. Over 4 hours of supplementary materials. WHOA WHOA!

The Return of the King DVD (Special Extended Edition) Collector Gift Set Posted by Hello

Exhibit C)
12 DVD. 120 mins of extended footage. Over 12 hours of supplementary materials. WHOA WHOA WHOA!

The Lord of the Rings - The Motion Picture Trilogy DVD (Special Extended Edition)
 Posted by Hello

Wednesday, October 20, 2004

Freak Nation!

Well, just when you think Singapore Idol's reject "Banana Man" was a sight to behold, get this: the song he sang at the audition is REAL. Check out the flash clip HERE! (Requires Macromedia Flash Player)

Check this out! Remember: this is a perfectly still picture... but are your eyes telling you that?

Freaky... Posted by Hello

Sunday, October 17, 2004

The days went by...

On Friday night, I had dinner with Weelee and said that I was happy because I'd get to see Ms N again the next day during our NIE course.

On Saturday morning, I did see Ms N, but I was not happy. That's because she's sitting with another guy. There's only 2 of them in that row of seats. And she looked happy.

On Sunday night, I tried to think back what I did since then, but I couldn't. I just didn't care. I vaguely remember hovering around Jurong Point yesterday. Went to choir practice today but then found out there's audition and no practice, and I couldn't leave coz it was raining heavily. Went for dinner alone at JEC after the rain stopped, then had coffee at Jurong East Library.

I stoned there from 5.30pm to 7.30pm, not really paying attention to things.

I was in a state of utter indifference to the world around me, and I guess I looked kinda scary, coz people were looking at me funny. I can't say that I feel sad, coz I dun feel like crying. I guess I'm depressed, deflated. There's a constant gnawing feeling in my heart, like a bag of hungry rats is eating me away from inside. I felt nothing, coz I have nothing to feel for anymore.

No books were marked today. And I think I'll just hover around like a ghost for the rest of the week.

That's how the days went by.

Monday, October 11, 2004

How to make a B-movie?

Being one who watched countless B-movies since young, my feeling for B-movies has changed more than once. From being excited and interested when I was between 10-16, to being jaded when I was between 17-24, to being amused by it right now. B-movies have a tendency to become formulaic, so it doesn't matter whether the movie was made with $1,000 or $1,000,000. They've become so predictable that I can roughly type out a "primer" where you can just plug any B-movie in and it'll all fit just fine. This list is by no means exhaustive, and will be updated once I think of something new.

1) The cop is always late.
You hear me right. The police always show up AFTER our hero has fought till near-death and made a miraculous come back to clean up the mess.

2) If the hero has a team, there'll be at least 1 female and/or 1 Black. America being America, it would want its audience to believe that sexism and racism don't exist in films. But hey, we're talking B-movies here, so who are we trying to kid? This leads to the following points:

3) The Black dude will die/be wounded/be rescued by the hero like a helpless puppy. Reference: Deep Blue Sea, Predator, Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, Alien Resurrection, Terminator 2. Let's face it. If the Black dude is not the hero, there's no point letting him become anyone heroic, hence this point.

4) If the Black dude is the hero, then everyone from the other races MUST die. Reference: Blade, Predator 2, AVP, Spawn. Whenever the Black dude gets his just screen time, the director overdoes things and let everyone else who're not Black die.

5) The hero gets to bed the only female in his team with a lame joke. Reference: ALL James Bond movies.
Bond: (insert lame joke here)
Girl: Haha. You're lame and funny. Let's have sex now.

6) All action movies MUST have an action sequence within the first 15 mins of the movie. Before Speed, all action movies took at least 30 mins for anything remotely exciting to happen, such as The Poseidon Adventure, The Towering Inferno, Earthquake etc. After Speed, every action movie tries to up the ante by bringing forward the action earlier. Even the latest Exorcist tried this trick just for the sake of it.

7) Jean-Claude Van Damme, Steven Seagal, Chuck Norris, Dolph Lundgren, Hulk Hogan. Any movies starring these stars are sure B-grade disasters. The new celebrity added to this list is, unfortunately, Jacky Chan.

8) Shameless hint of a sequel. The villain lays eggs! The villain has a twin! The villain's belongings are shining! The villain is the hero's father/son/sibling! Whatever it is, the villain always come back, in one form or another.

Sunday, October 10, 2004

I'm a sicko!

Yes, I am officially sick. Cough and sneeze. Went to the doc and was given an injection and slapped with a $50 bill. He gave me a 2-day MC to recover... but I don't think I'll use it... Got so many things to settle this week, how can I rest? Gotta slug it out, I guess...

Thursday, October 07, 2004

Got Eggs?

I Love Eggs!

Simply cute beyond words! :P

Saturday, October 02, 2004

Children's Day

Well well well... I finally got enough free time to update this blog. What have I been doing? Oh nothing much... besides setting an exam paper, preparing for a NIE assignment, marking books, preparing for Children's Day item, performing in a wedding, that is. My beloved PS2 has been neglected for a long time. I think she's gonna file for divorce soon. Darn...

On Children's Day, it was chaos for some of the items. Not all of us have time to actually run through our items. Someone in the group is always missing. My lindy hop item is the first item of the show, so we have the duty to raise the bar for this whole show, and I think we did quite a good job, and we actually had FUN doing it! :) The fun part about performing for students is that the younger ones just keep on waving their hands to their teacher on stage, like their biggest fan. For the other last minute items, some turned out to be quite good, while the rest, well, at least we hoped that the kids are too young to tell the flaws. :P

The supposed grand item is the finale, where all the spoof celebrities just went on stage one by one and just do whatever until the music ends (yes, it's THAT simple). We got Britney Sneers (spoofing Britney Spears), Buay Paiseh (Beyonce), Powder Bluff Girls (Powerpuff Girls), Bruise (Blue), Ta (S.H.E.), Front Stones (Flintstones). Too bad I got no photos for this extravaganza, as all of us were at backstage going, "Who's going out next huh? What's going on?". Well, what the heck? We're not out to win awards anyway. :P

My school's parents support group is always very impressive when helping us organize this kind of events. They actually bought KFC mashed potatoes and Pizza Hut pizzas for all the kids. Mind you, the pizza slices are bigger than some of the kids' faces! That led to some wastage, which was a shame, really.

I was assigned to look after my P1 kids, so I brought along my cam. :) When I asked them how was the show, all they could say was, "Eeee... you danced with a GIRL!!! Eeee..." It's a girl's school thing, I guess...

This gal is not bad in nature, but it's just so hard to teach her the lesson of communal living. Sometimes after I bark at her, she would stop talking/playing/fidgeting, but would be back doing it again after 2 mins. She would try to act cute to get away when I really looked mad. Then there are times when she would come to me to double check on the homework I've given out, or to let me check her homework corrections. Can't tell from this pic that she's a troublemaker, eh?

Troublemaker #1 Posted by Hello

Now this is a major headache. She displays no sense of remorse whether I talk sense with her or scold her. No homework ever come out from her. Then, she lies. Her classmates alienate her. She spits at them whenever they make the slightest remark about her. All teachers know about her. What annoys me is that during spelling, after I read the question, she'd say, "SO EASY!" Then her spelling would get less than 30. Her background is a sad story though. Parents divorced, now living with her dad who comes home late, and her grandma. Both can't help her with Chinese. Recently I've been calling her mom and dad, and I think she's starting to make progress. At least, I get to collect her work nowadays...

Troublemaker #2 Posted by Hello


Freaky Bunny (and kids love it!) Posted by Hello


Kids with their pizza and mashed potato Posted by Hello


Savouring the food... Posted by Hello


Spot the BIG KID! Posted by Hello


Clamouring for the camera! Posted by Hello


Even I can't resist the camera :P Posted by Hello


Kids will be Kids :) Posted by Hello


My P3 Kids Posted by Hello

The parents also prepared a sumptuous meal for the teachers after the children went home. Some of us were dead tired, but as you can see from this pic, there's a kid in all of us. :P

Even teachers become playful on Children's Day Posted by Hello

I actually asked a friend to help me baked cookies for my kids as their Children's Day gift. It was phenomenal! I even gave out the crumbs to them. Hehe... now that's a tough act to top next year...

Monday, September 27, 2004

Busy, busy, busy...

Well, no time to do a massive update, so here's a few pics from my friend for your entertainment. Maybe I'll post something during the upcoming Children's Day holiday. I'm in-charge of a Lindy Hop item... hope it'll be good... :P


The Bear's Excuse Posted by Hello


Rock 'n Rule Posted by Hello


CAT-stapo! Posted by Hello

Saturday, September 18, 2004

Movie, Anyone?

I got 2 free movie tickets to The Terminal at 6.40pm TODAY (18/9), Lido. Anyone wanna go with me? Just call me if you're interested. :)

Sunday, September 12, 2004

Girl, Friend

My Girl
My Friend
My Girlfriend

My Girl got My Friend
My Friend got My Girl

So

I got no Girl
I got no Friend
I got no Girlfriend

Zen Moment

There's a hole in the world tonight
I look inside it
and saw myself staring back at me
so I'm happy,

There's a hole in my heart tonight
I reach inside it
and felt a stroke of sadness
so I'm dizzy,

There's a hole in my head tonight
I listen to it
and heard a debate of my selves
so I'm crappy,

There's a hole in my life tonight
I try to fill it
and there's never enough soil
so I'm lonely.

Thursday, September 02, 2004

Teacher's Day

My first Teacher's Day. Quite a unique experience. The kids that normally drive me up the wall became angels on this day. They said they're grateful... thankful... give me gifts... lie blatantly in my face and said that they'll be good students... what's not to like? :P

The girls were absolutely NUTS! Spraying party spayers and shooting party poppers at me... But I got 2 full bags of gifts in return. :P The usual useful red pens, chocolates, and the useless photo frames. It's quite interesting to see what kids perceive as meaningful gifts to adults. One thing stood out is a G2000 short sleeves shirt. Her mom is a teacher in my school and she once asked me why I always wear long sleeves and I answered it's becoz I only got 2 short sleeves. I think she used this day to get her daughter to give me the shirt as a teacher's day gift. Aww.... The girl was excited when she saw me wearing the shirt after the teacher's day holiday. :P Some P1 kids also hugged me... sigh... what to do? *push push*

The parents prepared a great buffet lunch for us, but they also played Hot Potato to SABO the male teachers... Just what are the odds of every male teachers getting the Hot Potato everytime the music stops??? Ah well... all in the name of enjoyment, I guess... OF OTHERS! :|

Taken some pix that day. Enjoy! :)


My P3 Kids Posted by Hello


My P4 Kids too shy to take class photo... (except one?) Posted by Hello


CREAMED! Posted by Hello


See You, See Me Posted by Hello


My P1 Kids (They're not shy AT ALL) Posted by Hello


So cute... (more so with the mistake :P) Posted by Hello