Happy 49th Birthday!

I may not be as patriotic as some back home, but, at the very least, I still remember that it is my country's 49th Birthday.

So.. here goes... (with that whole motion of punching the fist upwards)


Merdeka!
Merdeka!
MERDEKA!

Seriously, I'd rather do this than go through the gazillion pictures that were posted on the Berita Harian website of "Datin" Siti Nurhaliza and Datuk K's wedding. I can't stand the fact that some people can spend that much of money on a wedding when that amount of money can easily fund at least 50 student's tertiary studies. Three words. NO EYE SEE.

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On the side note, I really enjoy the classes that I'm currently taking, other than the fact that I'm broke, having bought the art supplies and books for the classes this term. I believe that there are more stuff that I will need to buy later this semester. Sigh. I guess there's a tradeoff in everything :(


Later

The beginning of a hectic semester

I've basically gone through every single "introductory" class for this semester. Having said that, I have a feeling that this would be a hectic semester, thanks to the fact that most classes are assignment heavy. Setting ACC 230 aside, classes this semester consist of creative classes from the advertising and studio art department.

Hope all is well.

Oh.. did I mention that I'm now officially a SENIOR. I'm old. Ya. I know. What ever.

Off to get some of my art supplies and required text.

Later

Cedar Point

Someone once told me that promises are meant to be broken. Nevertheless, I'm keeping my promise, providing my loyal readers with full details of my trip at Cedar Point @ Ohio, last weekend.

Having departed from the campus at around 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Frank directly drove to Ohio. The sky was so pretty then. We ate dinner at Magic Wok, some Chinese fast food restaurant. That was the first time when we were amazed by the incredibly cheap food that Ohio had to offer! Alright. Lets not get caught in the whole cheapskate thing.

After we filled our stomachs, Frank drove to the inn that we booked the night before. The Inn was not too bad. However, it was funny that the basin was outside the bathroom, making it weird when Helen and I were brushing our teeths when Frank and Christa were in our room (yeap. both of us woke up late and did not turn up for "breakfast". Partially because of our little attempt to watch some thriller movies the night before).

Then, we moved on to Cedar Point! As we would have expected of a well-known amusement park, we saw trillions of people, getting ready to ride on Cedar Point's renowned roller coasters (they have 16 in total, plus some other rides). At that point of time, we felt that it was clever of us to have bought the tickets online, the night before :)

And so, at about 10:30 a.m., we took our first gondola ride to the center of the park, leaving the rides near the entrance for later. This, then, brings us to my FIRST roller coaster ride. The Top Thrill Dragster, the fastest and steepest ride in the entire park was my first ride.

Moving at the speed of 147miles (or so)/hour and turning a full 90° around the corners, my first roller coaster was really some experience. A loser in thriller sports such as this, I was not really comfortable with the idea of taking this ride. Neverthless, I brave myself to give it a try (yea.. "the fastest and the steepest".. scary) to find out that it wasn't that bad at all. I mean, I hardly could feel anything, thanks to the fact that the entire ride ended in just 17 seconds.

We proceeded to the Snake River Falls shortly after. This is probably one of my favorites. Having gone to a similar ride such as this in Australia n years back, I was quite comfortable in taking this ride. You could even say that I was excited to go for this ride. However, it was a pity that Christa could not join us. Soaked after the ride, three of us decided to stand on the bridge, waiting to get wet from the next wave. That of course, soaked us for real, from top to bottom, inside out. No regrets!

Next, we went on the Thunder Canyon. Helen and I did not really get wet from this ride as we were lucky enough to be seated in the area where the waterfalls would not hit. LOLz. Then, we continued our roller coaster mania with the Mean Streak, proclaimed to be one of the best wooden roller coasters in the world. I'd say that this one one of the longer roller coaster rides that I've had taken in this entire trip.

After that, we went for lunch at Johnny rocket. The waiter was really good! Never did it cross my mind that waiters had to know how to do synchronized dancing and "draw" smilley faces using ketchup. I was really impressed by the service there. Food was ok, i guess.

Later in the afternoon, we continue to go for roller coaster rides--Wicked Twister, Raptor, Mantis, Millenium Force, and the Corkscrews-- and other rides like the Bumper Car and Ferris Wheel (for Helen and I).

Amongst the listed roller coaster. I liked the Millenium Force, the classic roller coaster that does not twist too much. The view while the roller coaster went upwards was a sensation, displaying the beauty of Lake Erie on one side and the pretty lights of the park in the other (it was getting dark at that time).

The Mantis was one of my personal favorites too. We had to stand during the entire ride. It felt different from the Raptor that had about the same course.

I would say that the Wicked Twister lives up to its name, being the wicked ride that almost twisted my head off my body. It was one of the scarier rides, along with the Corkscrew that is responsible for most of the bruises on my hand.

The others played a couple of games along the way later that night. Bumper car was really nice, taking me back to childhood memories of Genting (when I still had the guts to play there). It was definitely a good idea to have gone on the Ferris Wheel with Helen as we managed to take pictures of the night scene at Cedar Point from the above.

At about 10:20 p.m., we departed from Cedar Point to a rest station to eat dinner. We ate dinner at midnight-ish. Then, continued our journey and made it back safely to East Lansing at 4:00 a.m. ish, thanks to Frank.

The entire trip was really fun, and was proven to be successful as all of us enjoyed it thoroughly. However, my only regret is having Frank suffer the madness of having to drive from Ohio back in East Lansing without stopping much.

Please be patient about the pictures as I have yet to collect some of the pictures taken using Christa, Helen, and Frank's cameras. Meanwhile, enjoy the other pictures that I've uploaded in Facebook in the album entitled Cedar Point.

Later

I'm back

Four of us in front of the "Mean Streak"

Will write more about my "first times" and post more pictures later on. I need to get some sleep for now.

Special thanks to Frank, and everyone who made this trip possible :)

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To Meijers with Desmond and my roomie. Then to the hospital to visit someone with Tracy. Shortly after, to Charlie Kang's to dine with Tim, Joe, Andres, Tracy, Christa, Brian, WeiYi, Desmond and Helen.

To my buddy...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

And so, Rowan Ch'ng Jin Leong has stepped into "our world",
the world of the 20s' HAHAHA!

Have a good one, buddy :)

Happy Birthdays :)

Wishing

DAD & TRACY
a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY
May your wishes come true...

Random facts

Peng got his I-20 from MSU!!!!

We (Helen and I) were host for 4 other people in our room (it's a NEW RECORD!), consisting, Christa, Roy, Venus, Kim (our mentor), and Nick (our mentor's "friend")

Venus denied that she loves Hello Kitty when that's all we see on her bed

Roy is a genius in Big 2

Helen got addicted in playing Big 2

Adeline picks "her suitable time" to consume bubble tea

Christa enjoys sleeping on my bed

My brain is disfunctional when I stop using it for more than 24 hours

Rowan got his mobile!

Kim thinks that our room is always full of people

I visited Bryan Hall (home of Venus and Roy-they live on the 3rd floor!; Venus lives in Nicole's ex-room)

My ACC230 book WILL cost me a few more bombs

Memoirs of a Malaysian

Alas! My dear friend; Gianne, sent me the scans for pictures of us taken when we were in primary school. Those were probably pictures taken from a decade ago. Memories, memories....

This is a picture of the trio's namely: Ling Ling, Lisa and Pui Yee. They were one of the smartest in class during primary school. However, it was sad that Pui Yee had to leave for another school before we were done with primary school. I remember playing that staircase 1,2,3... game with Ling Ling and Lisa. Having said that, I'm happy that all of them kept in contact with me :)

Next up is a picture of the tallest girls in our classroom. They were really good athletes. As I was in an all-girl-primary school, we weren't really exposed to basketball, hence my lousiness in that game. However, I remember myself being a good defender for netball. My strongest sport at that time was probably badminton. That reminds me of our crazy attempt (Lisa and I) to play badminton in open air, early in the morning, when it was still dark out (in our librarian/prefect uniforms). OH which reminds me... I HATE RAISING THE FLAG during assemblies. We had to make sure that the flag reached the top by the time the national anthem ends. We would be in big trouble if we didn't do it right (from "Ms. Harimau")

A picture of the mural in school (near to the bathroom, next to the staircase, in front of the music room and stage). I remember peeling off the previous layer of mural paint, and re-painting it with teachers and other students. It was definitely one good exposure for me. Speaking of the music room, Lisa and I attempted to sneak in during the last day of school (we weren't allowed to go in there for some reason) but was caught red-handed. It was so funny :)

This is a picture of us, in the Kuala Lumpur Tower area. I recognize this place as the entrance of the Tower. Just a little bacground information: The KL Tower was (don't know if it still is) the third tallest tower in the world. That was probably one of my most anticipated trips, because I did not travel much with the school as a primary school student :)

Me... taking charge, ordering people to clean up (I think I constructed the duty roster in the background). I never realized that someone was actually playing a prank on me when this photo was taken until just now. It looks so funny tho. I have a feeling that my love for arts started since then :) Oh! if you noticed the short hair.... it was always like this :) That probably explains why I had the big urge to keep my hair long. But if you were to ask me now, I'd say "go for the SHORT HAIR!"

A season finale picture perhaps? The girl next to me (Choi Thong) was one of my bestest buddies, along with Lisa. She's a small eater, and remains a small eater. We would still hang out even up till today. She's the one who would call me, initiating the conversation, and most importantly, spill out Lisa's gossips :) The way she presents it is often very comical, and I always end up laughing.

So, there goes my first attempt to write a memoir of myself.

I'd like to thank Gianne for taking the trouble to scan these pictures for me.

I might scan more pictures when I go home in December. I wonder which would be more interesting. Pictures of me younger (in Kindergarden or when I'm an infant) or older (pictures in high school). I believe that I've posted pictures of college life before. Ohwell, that's something that I will figure out someday.


Until then, enjoy the last piece of picture, a picture of a number of us after 10 years. Are we a bunch of kids who refuse to grow up or what? LOLz

At Burger King, Midvalley MegaMall-Dec 05


Later

to the Ocean

Dinner at Omi with severall people, namely, Adeline, Nick, Wei, Brian, Christa and Helen. Christa, Helen and I shared a few "special-rolls". On top of that, Christa allowed us to eat her "fried-green-tea-ice cream". It was yummy all right.

Went to the poster store shortly after. I really liked one of the "gadgets" they sell in there. It's basically a phone that functions like a headphone. I guess not all of you will understand what I'm trying to say. Ohwell, ask me when you see me the next time, if you're really interested to know what the hell I'm trying to say.

Later, we spent a great deal of time in MSU Union. Sadly, the ice-cream social was over at 7:30p.m. Nevertheless, we managed to play a game or two of pool. Of course, our sadistic skills (me and helens) were not good enough to impress the guys, hence, the short amount of time on the pool table. However, it was great to have met with some new faces in that room.

Today, was another one of the more interesting days. Lets hope that these days will continue to come.

Later

Unexpected visits

Late last month; Nicole made the most random visits to my room, and (soon enough) it slowly evolved into the "BOO!" kind of visits. Earlier in the week; Christa, while she was working visited me in my room a couple of times. A few minutes ago; Adeline and Nick stopped by to say hello.

During my entire school year, I have people visiting me from time to time. It's always enjoyable to have fun conversations with these people. And yes!! These visits cure boredom as well :) Happy me

Sometimes, I wished that these visits would never have to end until several hours later (some friends do end up talking to me for half a day before we stop. LOLz).

Nevertheless, I'm contented, and hope that people will continue to knock on my door, give me a surprise hug or something (ok.. that was exaggerated), start talking to me, and give me that little opportunity to make them as happy as I am :)

I don't really know the point of this post, but, I know that I'm HAPPY, and sincerely hope that you are.

Pictures, Stories and a Letter

It's the end of summer session 2 for me. FINALLY.

Of course, it's worth a celebration but something really saddens me. The fact that people around me are leaving one after another. Amy, my suite-mate since last September is done with her studies, and will be gone for good :( Nevertheless, I wish her all the best in her life.


Having done the test yesterday [and yes... my prediction was correct! that wasn't the final score :) ], we presented out final project today. Again, I failed to take pictures of each individual projects, but all in all, it was great. Ohh!! I managed to take a picture of our TA's project. She constructed the volcano, and as you can see, some "artificial lava" was produced. We saw that "causal effect" a couple of times. By the time she ran out of the solution, part of the chair and the floor beneath it was in a mess! LOLz That, sort of reminded me of science fairs during secondary school and in College :)


I'm glad that everything went well. I mean, what more could I ask for? There was so much fun in hearing out what the others did, and best of all, we had food (cookies, snacks, pretzels, muffins etc) and drinks (water, pop, 2% milk, and 1% milk, which according to Elliot, is for the healthier people... LOLz) So, there you go! The crazier version of a picture of us. There is another serious version.. but I didn't like that.. HAHA! I'll probably hunt for Jean Raber and Dr V. to take a picture with them during the start of Fall. *I AM SERIOUS* Especially Jean Raber :) geheheh

Speaking of grades, I received an acceptance letter from "The National Scholars Honor Society." I remember filling in the application online, having received an invitation before the start of second session. Now the BIG question is... should I sacrifice 75 bucks (for a lifetime's membership) to join this Honor's Society. Joining the National Dean's List (this was F.O.C), which presumably is similar to thi Honor's Society doesn't seem to have helped that much. Or maybe, I'm just not making the most out of it.

Please give me your feedbacks about whether its worth to invest 75 USD :) I'd like to hear opinions from all of you:)

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My fingers and wrists are happy, having played the piano at the Kiva for about half an hour. Satisfied :) Speaking of which, this is my one year anniversary in MSU (of course, excluding the 3 weeks break in December) :)

War against CAPS LOCK key

I came across to this article while browsing through the WWW just a minute ago. Having read the article (its just a short one), I came to realize that what they're saying is pretty true.

The CAPS LOCK key is seldom used nowadays - except for that few times when we need to uppercase a whole sentence. We're so accustomed to using the SHIFT + Letter button that we're no longer using the CAPS LOCK key, as much as we did 10 years ago. Wait a minute... Did I even use it 10 years ago.. Sweats.

Having said that, I strongly support the annihilation of that key!!! muahahaha. However, some people still see the value in that key, suggesting that it could be relocated in a different place, specifically next to the SCROLL KEY.

Whatever the case might be, it sure was an interesting article. Check it out at Engadget.com

The tradeoff

So.. there you go.. the tradeoff of getting a 50% off a meal at Harpers... I hated it when I first sat down. Even thought of leaving the place without tipping :) Oh well, I'll forgive them for making it look a little more artistic LOLz. Speaking of Harpers; Mike, Helen, Bryan, Wei Yi and I went there for dinner today. This was, in fact the first time when we went there for dinner. Meal was ok. Conversation was funny. That was pretty much it.

Will have to work on the presentation for tomorrow. That's the one last thing for COM200! Can't wait to get over it.. hahaha.. After that, I'm going to self-teach myself dreaweaver and etc. Got some of the books that might be useful from the main library :) Its good to know that the library has books that can be quite useful in this kinda stufz :) OH... I went to the basement of the main library for the first time. Its a pretty cool place.. LOLz

Later

[dot]-ness

The rivalry between MSU and U-Mich, upgraded by a notch, thanks to Hush Puppies
"The Spartan Slippers"
"The Wolverine Slippers"
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For the leisure of looking at slippers of other schools, visit Hush Puppies.com
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Dedicated to Kitky who's in UWM :)

Good things to remember

In dedication to my sister and friends...

I remember having been forced to sing songs, make stupid pledges, and playing third graders' games during a certain day of the year in high school. To me, it was one of the most boring days in my entire experience in high school. I mean, what do you expect? We had to sing the same o' song every year, do the same things. So, as you would have expect, me and my friends would just sing along, shout on a key or two, and that was pretty much it [period].

Never would I imagine that I would, one day, enjoy singing the same O' songs whole heartedly with my soon-to-be-seperated friends. It was during Form 5, when we gave it all out. Sang with all that's left of us -- with hopes that we would be strong enough to pass the hurdles that were in front of our eyes [SPM - the last public exam in the Malaysian education system (for most of us) lar people!!!].

Today, having heard of a couple of those songs, plus some other songs which I thought were inspirational (I even posted up the lyrics for some of 'em), I am once again, being reminded of the motivation I had back then, the previous me who had the "I-am-not-afraid-of-anything" attitude.

For those who are in the verge of giving up (haha.. don't think any of you are), I hope that this would bring back your "fighting spirit!". On the other hand, if you're in good conditions, I congratulate you. May this entree serve as a reinforcement for you.

May I now, present you with the last set of lyrics (for those who are illiterate in the Malay language, I apologize.. LOLz)

Enjoy, and best of regards :)


Fikirkan Boleh

Jika kau fikirkan kau boleh
Kau hampir boleh melakukan
Jika kau fikirkan ragu-ragu
Usahamu tidak menentu

Jika kau fikirkan kekalahan
Kau hampiri kegagalan
Jika kau fikirkan kemenangan
Kau hampiri kejayaan

Engkaulah apa kau fikirkan
Terkandung dalam pemikiran
Kau fikir boleh melakukan
Fikirkan boleh

Percaya apa kau lakukan
Tabah apa kau usahakan
Bertindak atas kemampuan
Engkau boleh

When you believe

Mariah Carey & Whitney Houston

Whitney:
Many nights we pray
With no proof anyone could hear
And our hearts a hopeful song
We barely understand
Now we are not afraid
Although we know there's much to fear
We were moving mountains long
Before we know we could

Chorus:
There can be miracles
When you believe
Though hope is frail
It's hard to kill
Who know what miracle
You can achieve
When you believe
Somehow you will
You will when you believe

Mariah:
In this time of fear
When prayer so often proves in vain
Hope seems like the summer birds
Too swiftly flown away
And now I am standing here
My heart's so full I can't explain
Seeking faith and speaking words
I never thought I'd say

Chorus:
There can be miracles
When you believe (When you believe)
Though hope is frail
It's hard to kill
Who know what miracle
You can achieve (You can achieve)
When you believe
Somehow you will
You will when you believe

Bridge: (Both)
They don't always happen when you ask
And it's easy to give in to your fear
But when you're blinded by your pain
Can't see you way safe through the rain
Thought of a still resilient voice
Says love is very near

Chorus: (Both)
There can be miracles (miracles)
When you believe (When you believe)
Though hope is frail
It's hard to kill
Who know what miracles
You can achieve (You can achieve)
When you believe
Somehow you will
You will when you believe
You will when you believe
You will when you believe
Just believe
You will when you believe

Hero

Mariah Carey

There's a hero
If you look inside your heart
You don't have to be afraid
Of what you are

There's an answer
If you reach into your soul
And the sorrow that you know
Will melt away

And then a hero comes along
With the strength to carry on
And you cast your fears aside
And you know you can survive

So when you feel like hope is gone
Look inside you and be strong
And you'll finally see the truth
That a hero lies in you

It's a long road
When you face the world alone
No one reaches out a hand
For you to hold

You can find love
If you search within yourself
And the emptiness you felt
Will disappear

And then a hero comes along
With the strength to carry on
And you cast your fears aside
And you know you can survive
So when you feel like hope is gone
Look inside you and be strong
And you'll finally see the truth
That a hero lies in you

Lord knows
Dreams are hard to follow
But don't let anyone
Tear them away

Hold on
There will be tomorrow
In time
You'll find the way

And then a hero comes along
With the strength to carry on
And you cast your fears aside
And you know you can survive
So when you feel like hope is gone
Look inside you and be strong
And you'll finally see the truth
That a hero lies in you

Greatest Love of All

Whitney Houston

I believe the children are our are future
Teach them well and let them lead the way
Show them all the beauty they possess inside
Give them a sense of pride to make it easier
Let the children's laughter remind us how we used to be
Everybody searching for a hero
People need someone to look up to
I never found anyone who fulfill my needs
A lonely place to be
So I learned to depend on me

Chorus:
I decided long ago, never to walk in anyone's shadows
If I fail, if I succeed
At least I'll live as I believe
No matter what they take from me
They can't take away my dignity
Because the greatest love of all
Is happening to me
I found the greatest love of all
Inside of me
The greatest love of all
Is easy to achieve
Learning to love yourself
It is the greatest love of all

I believe the children are our future
Teach them well and let them lead the way
Show them all the beauty they possess inside
Give them a sense of pride to make it easier
Let the children's laughter remind us how we used to be

Chorus

And if by chance, that special place
That you've been dreaming of
Leads you to a lonely place
Find your strength in love

knock on 485

Seriously. I am declaring Saturday as my "procrastinating" day. I've noticed this since the very start of Summer school when I always failed to do something productive, academic wise. Its fine when I need to work (yes. literally work), or help out a friend or two, may it be designing stuffz, or reading through their master pieces. So be it. As far as I know, these Saturday breaks have been my "breaks" for the fast paced weekdays :)

As usual, I spent half of my day, sleeping - on my desk (don't know why. don't ask me). Later, went to dinner with Nicole, Christa and Helen. The food today wasn't all that great, but we had nice conversations going on. We spent a whole deal of time talking about being "collectively known as Indonesians", softball stuffz, big plans etc. Speaking of dinner, the cafeteria, for the n number of time (only during summer) was packed with other students: conferencees, soon-to-be mentors, summer school students etc. In relation to that, I really liked how Nicole said that "we were [there] when it was packed [with people, and we [were still] there when everyone's gone". That just demonstrated the hours we spent in the cafeteria, talking and munching on food o.O!!!

Shortly after, we went to 485. Had lots of fun playing MarioParty 4 on Nicole's game cube. Being the "loser" in games, I had to ask a long string of questions. Whilst doing that, Nicole showed us some dance moves. I was obviously shocked, but deep in my heart, fascinated by the skills of those dancers. In the end, I was placed second in the game! Not too bad for starters :)

We continued talking and listening to various genres or songs as Helen left for our room. Jewel, Scorpions, Aaliyah, Alicia Keys are the only singers/groups that stayed in my mind. I was confused with her collection of songs of different genres! She had country, contemporary, light rock, classic rock, R & B, Pop, Hip hop, etc. Some genres just doesn't make sense to me. :P Oh well, I guess it takes time. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the songs. They were, ok, I wouldn't say "melodious", but, they were pleasing to my ears. LOLz

Got to get some work done :) *doing that motor-biking dance* or whatever you call it :P

Sliding away, with style

Interesting series of events

Had lunch with Linda, and surprisingly Andrew too! :) They're really nice people. Talked about many things, laugh about everything so on and so forth. Looks like its going to be fun in the month of September, with all that's been planned. Lets hope that these would be a good "comma" for my ever so busy semester :) Oh yes.. we ate at a Chinese Cuisine Restaurant instead of the pre-planned, Owen Cafe... LOLz :)

***

Went to admin building to settle some stuff. Then, to bookstores to do some "tiru-ing" to get the ISBN (with evil plans in the mind) so that I can get the books at a cheaper price online. The first bookstore we went to was the Spartan Bookstore at IC. Due to some circumstances, we proceeded to the Student Book Store by Grand River.

Alas, we succeeded in carrying out our master-evil-plan :) While searching for the don't-know-how-many-digit numbers in the bookstore, I came across several other books for Telecommunications and Studio Art classes that interests me a lot :) I think I'm going to see if they have those books in the libraries. OR ELSE.. I might try and see if I have any luck in finding cheap books online :)

As we were on our way to CVS (There was a RED ALERT sign which says: LOW FOOD STORAGE in the theater of our minds), we had the chance to witness some live band, in conjunction with the Folk Feast, happening this weekend at East Lansing. Speaking of which, we were both happy to get a member card (which was free) because with that, practically everything in that store was on SALES. Our eyes went *bling bling* as we were strolling down the lanes of that shop. Happy :)

***

Been brushing up my resume to send it to potential companies/non-profits for internships. Eye-ing on a few of them. Lets hope that I have the motivation and OUHMP to carry on.

I WANT MY HOLIDAYS!!!! sooo badly :(

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My textbooks costs a [few] bomb[s]! :(

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It was another DDR mania night yesterday. With the key players: me, Nicole and Shang! We played for approximately 2 1/2 hours from 7.30-ish to almost 10 p.m. Having won "the battles", I played the game for 2 1/2 hours' consecutively!! Sweat =.=

It was tiring, yet fun :) I'm looking forward to the next DDR mania! :)

Left.Top.Right.Bottom :)

Sliding off :)

Laughter

Found this funny comic strip online. It appealed to me because of its main theme, "laughter is the best medicine", more so, when its actually a spoof version of that ever so famous line.

Looking at this strip reminds me of the "good old days" when laughter was literally infectious :) Its really easy to know. Just start laughing, and you'll see the others follow you laugh :) At least, that's what happens to me. I can't stand it when someone starts laughing, even if I did not what they were laughing about :P

Looking at the strip also reminds me of my hidden ability: an ability to laugh for 5 minutes without stopping :) Eugene used to say that I'm on drugs because he thought that I was always hyper. He and Chang were probably the very first people who gave me that remark. Till this day, I still get that statement once in a while. LOLz. I guess I never grow :P

I remember laughing with family members; my "mentors"; good buddies; teachers, primary and secondary, art, dance, tae kwan do, piano, school band etc; friends from tuition, friends from school, fellow band members, friends from extra classes/activties, from competitions, from ADP@Taylors, from the "anime-network", from MSU etc; professors - my special dedication to Jean Raber and Steve Edward; COMArts Advisors! - Niki, Jung, Nicholas, Jessicca, Kate, Nancy; co-workers; Admin - April!. It is you collective efforts that made me who I am today. Tho, I admit that I have not been laughing as much recently :) Nevertheless...

THANK YOU!
For shaping my personality, in a way that makes me a person that is constantly HA HA HA-ing :p

Lets hope that none of you will get sick of this in the future, because SERIOUSLY... I just like to laugh. But in any case, you find it annoying, please put a temporary [period] on me because I do not wish to irritate anyone :) Afterall, you are my BEST assets.

Hikaru-no-go mania

I finished all 75 episode of the Hikaru No Go series in less than half a week.. Ah... such reminiscent of youth :)

NEXT STOP! Yu Gi Oh GX [maybe]

Later

Agenda

Earlier:
Did a little "carrying-the-boxes-up-the-steps".
Then, got rested for a couple of hours.

Later:
We went to dinner with Mike.
Wei joined us for a movie.
Movie was funny.
Mike filled in gas on the way back.
That too, was funny

Now:
To relax a little.
Finish up assignment.

Met:
Paul, John, Tom, Furee, Ayaka, Andres, Kevin, Mike, and Wei.
Am a happy person :)

Signing off

If you asked me to define myself,

I would say that I am:

M ichevious
A mbitious
N eutral

E xtrovert
E vil

W acko
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How would you define me?
If you have nothing better to do: how would you define youself? :)

DDR mania

Was out since morning to hunt for something at the mall with Nicole and Helen. Will probably go there again sometime at the end of this month or early next month.

We then, came back for lunch. Shortly after, went to urban outfitters (we purposely chose a "strategic" location so that we didn't need to walk too far). I realize that my roomie really like that place. In fact, she admittedly post in her xanga, saying that she gets crazily hyper whenever she goes there :) Spent a great deal of time there before we walked back to our resident hall.

Then, we both rested for a while, doing random stuff.

The day (which was 3/4 gone by now) continued with DDR (Dance Dance Revolution) for nearly two hours. It was fun, and a good way to exercise too :) I'm definitely going to play that again, sometime soon :) It somewhat reminds me of lessons I took when I was younger :) I personally preferred the fast-paced songs :)

After that, I had the most interesting conversations EVER with my family. IT'S A SECRET :)

Then, ate, what I call... "dinper" (dinner+supper) at midnight. I wonder if I'll ever try eating "brunchnerper" or, ok.. maybe "brunchdinper" someday :)

Then, dozed off a few hours later

Domestic animals falling from the sky

Just my maniac way of saying that its been raining cats and dogs.

Later

Behold:

My dessert of the day, having eaten a full course dinner + another dessert before hand :)

Is my appetite getting a little too big? (no kidding)

Oh well... just figured that it might be a good idea to do some photoshopping of this picture.

Enjoy :)