Saturday, December 31, 2005

Guide For Guys.. Muahahaha!

Stolen from Friendster... I totally agree with this. Guys just don't do this enough! Sighs. Take this as a guide, you fellas who need to get a clue (heehee). But be careful of No. 15. It requires a thorough reading of the situation first.. It could very well backfire *grins wickedly* (Also, I have no time to write a proper post, so I'll leave that to either tomorrow, or 2006 ;P)

1. Tell her she is beautiful or gorgeous (not fine, or sexy)
2. Hold her hand at any moment . . . even if it's just for a second.
3. Kiss her on the forehead/neck.
4. Leave her voice messages to wake up to.
5. When she is upset, hold her tight and tell her how much she means to you.
6. Recognize the small things . . . they usually mean the most.
7. Pick her over all the other girls you hang out with.
8. Write her notes. (She'll love them)
9. Introduce her to family and friends. . . as your girlfriend.
10. Play with her hair.
11. Pick her up, tickle her, and play-wrestle with her.
12. Sit in the park and just talk to her.
13. Tell her funny jokes, tell her stupid jokes, or just tell her jokes.
14. Let her fall asleep in your arms.
15. If she's mad at you, kiss her.
16. Give her piggyback rides.
17. Bring her flowers
18. Treat her the same around your friends as you do when your alone.
19. Look her in the eyes and smile.
20. Let her take as many pictures of you as she wants.
21. Kiss her in the rain.
22. If you're in love with her . . . tell her.

HAPPY NEW YEAR, PEOPLE!!!

Friday, December 30, 2005

Boredomometer

Good Morning.

I feel like writing today. Wooohooo. Although.. Now that I look at the computer, the words have totally flown out of my head. Sigh. Oh woe is me.

Jono and I went to the Aquaria in KLCC yesterday. One word. WOW. All right, so it could've been bigger, but the specimens they had... Mind-boggling! Can you imagine a 2 meter long turtle? Well, you better believe it. It's there!

God, now I know why I Lin is so into diving. It must be amazing to get so close to such awesome creatures. OH! And we saw a huge sand tiger shark!!!! And an excellent example of the symbiotic relationship between the shark and that fish (I forget the name), you know.. the one that sticks to the shark as it swims around... Oh well. But man, do sharks look evil!

I was going through my archives yesterday (due to having nothing much better to do... lol), and I came across some of my.. er.. criteria for Mr. Perfect. Physically, that is (to see it go to my January 2005 archive... :P). And it's good to know that my mind hasn't changed in that aspect. LOL. My mind's been changed about a lot of things lately so... This was a welcome, uh, change.

Anyway. That was the physical bit. Now this is the sort of guy I'd want. Heck, any girl would want. I know I've posted this before, but I guess there's no harm posting it again... witha commentary on each point *grins* Especially since I'm in one of my weird moods now.... LOL. So, here goes..

I dream about a guy...

Who can wrestle with me and let me win (mm... wrestling *grins wickedly*)
Whom I can talk to about anything (now THAT would be the day *shakes head sadly*)
Who laughs at my jokes (lordy... he'd have to have a screwed up sense of humour for that... mm. I LIKE! :P)
Who puts my cold hands in his warm hoodie pockets (now that, folks, is what I call romantic. Hehe.)
Who lets me use his sweatshirt for a pillow (er... only if it's clean.. teehee!)
Who says "I Love You" & means it (okay... this was such a duh one.)
Who will kiss me in the rain, in the sunshine, and in the snow (no comment needed on this one!)
Who calls unexpectedly (you betcha! Surprises are definitely good.)
Who will have many inside jokes with me and remember each one (mmhmm.. this one's got to be one of the top of the list)
Who notices haircuts (or any change in hairstyle, colour.. for that matter)
Who realizes that I say things but don't always mean them (this one's important.. especially for someone who's dating ME :P)
Whom I can go swimming with on hot days (oooh.. *knocks self on head* snap out of it, girlie!)
Who can tell me his problems and let me help (aww *sniffles*)
Who will listen to me talk (haha.. one in a million of a guy, if he can :P)
Who will let me beat him up when I get angry (any guy who can do this is worth it, man! :P)
Who writes love letters to me (I'd have to be really into him, though.. mushy letters of any sort can be a turn off if I'm not totally into him, unfortunately)
Who draws me pictures (even silly little ones will do :D)
Who saves his genuine, big smiles for me (I currently have one smile in mind and .. man! *shakes head to clear it*)
With deep eyes, that can see through faces into depths (now this is where having drownable eyes comes in.. hehe)
Who gives me his t-shirt to change into and not expect to get it back (I should start a collection if he does this... *grins wickedly*)
Who knows my favorite color, song, car, vegetable, perfume, movie... (*sighs*)
Who will shake my dads hand and look my mom in the eye (ah.. the ultimate test.. my dad can be pretty damn intimidating.. lol!)
Who knows my full name--first, middle and last (and pronounces them CORRECTLY :P)
Who will know something is wrong even when I'm trying my best to put on an act (ah... the mother of all mothers!)
Who will kiss me and tell me I'm cute (ya huh.. this'll put him waaaaay up there :P)
Who will let me cry to him (another awww *sniffles*)
Who will hold me & kiss my cheek (*melts*)
Who suprises me and compliments me and plays with my hair (see what I said about surprises? :P)
Who will brag about me to all of his friends (oooh HELL yeah!)
Who's not afraid to give me a great big hug right in front of his mom (totally.. you know you're in if he can do THIS hehe)
Who isn't afraid to hold me in front of his friends and not get embarassed (mmm....)
Who smells like he just stepped out of the shower (haha... nice one)
Who tells me I have a nice laugh and a smile that lights up the room and will simply be mine to hold (how many awws can I put in one post? LOL!)
Who can cook!!! (I suck at it, so... *grins nnocently*) Who respects my beliefs and accepts me for who I am (if he can't do this... bye bye!)

I guess that's it. Waaay too long as it is. That's why I think I've said before... Finding someone who fits all this is.. well. Impossible. Sigh. Oh well. Dreams ARE just that, no? Dreams. Wheeee!

Right. I should stop now.

*ala Sound of Music* Goooodbyyyeeee!

*y'all answer, in perfect harmony, mind* Goooooobyyyeeeee!

Hehe.

Wednesday, December 28, 2005

Po-ems. Pomes. Po-yems.

I came across this "book of poetry" I wrote when I was sixteen. Hardly a book, more like a few pages in a really good quality but obscenely UNused notebook. I'm gonna post some here, coz really - they all literally made me "LOL". Haha. They were beyond corny, but I guess most sixteen-year-old girls harbour more romantic thoughts than can fit into their heads so... Haha.

Anyway, I created a blog dedicated to my period of mild, if rather productive, insanity:

Dreamland Of My Soul

It's titled after one of the many, many silly little poems I wrote early in the morning... (thus turning me into a zombie in school *grins at Ju Li). Now you know the nonsense I used to do.

Laughter is a good thing, so enjoy! If a big, silly, incredulous grin crosses your face, my deed is done, my mission is accomplished. (And if you for a minute doubt my insanity, read 'em again. You won't. Ever. ;D)

Enjoy! :D

Tuesday, December 27, 2005

Christmas Pictures (Too Lazy To Type Anything More Original... Hehe.)

Christmas at my grandma's place is always an... interesting affair. At least, there are always more than 10 people who aren't my immediate family walking around. LOL. Anyway, I'm too damned lazy to give a detailed explanation of anything, so I'll just put up some pics instead :)

The only teenagers present. From L-R: Amanda and Deb (2nd cousins), Jono, David, me and Fred :)

Me with Batman and his older brother, Ryan :)

Jono and me with Batman Brandon. Isn't he just the cutest? (Er.. I mean, Batman, but heck. You too, Jono.. LOL!)


The uh... People In Black. Hehe. (God, I'm lame!)

Me and my baby, Ethan! The two E's! E.F's! Hehe. He's sooooooo adorable!! (Though, don't ask me what I'm doing to my neck.. I don't know, either.)

My mum and Ryan. Wonder what that cheeky lil fella's thinking... He's a smart one, though. VERY smart.

The Monkey See Monkey Do Club! (Head Monkey, 2nd from left. Heehee!)

Baby Ashley with her "Ani"... The youngest cousin. A girl. FINALLY a GIRL! LOL.

Ah.. that's it for now. I'll wait for the pics from my camera... got some hilarious ones there! :) Til then... Adios!

Monday, December 26, 2005

T'was The Wee Hours Of Christmas Morn...

It was around 3.45 a.m. and we were waiting at the traffic light on the way home from a friend's place.. Suddenly we felt the car shudder and heard a loud scraping sound.

In the moments it took us to realize that our car had been "hit" (Actually, it was more like "scraped", but it felt like it at the time... lol), the guy had squeezed through the gap between our car and the barrier (knocking a few blocks down in the process) and sped through a red light.

At first we thought he'd been drunk. Then I turn around.. and see blue lights flashing behind our car. And the sound of a horn blasting several times and impatient shouting indicated that it was friggin' police chase... And the policemen were caught behind a line of cars at a red traffic light!

*Note to self* Now, if this was the movies, the police car would've taken the same route as the crazy driver - between the cars and the barrier. They wouldn't have CARED how many cars smashed into each other as a result of trying to avoid both the getaway car AND the police car. BOOOM! BAANG! CRASH! (Er... don't mind me.)

But this wasn't the movies, unfortunately. This was real life. And the Malaysian police are surprisingly thoughtful people. I guess that can be a bad thing (lol), but they waited til the cars in front got the picture and moved aside before TOTALLY speeding off, trying to catch up with that nut.

I hope they caught him. Bloody crazy loon.

One thing though - the police car should've had it's f-in siren on! How the heck are people supposed to move out of the way when they don't KNOW that there's a bloody police chase going on eh? *shakes head in wonder*

And before you think I had too much wine to drink last night (I, unfortunately, didn't have ENOUGH! Muahahaha...*sobs* Sorry.), this really did happen. My dad's car has got the scrapes to prove it. *grins at all family members* Okay, but trust me, even with the existing scrapes, these stand out pretty clearly.

Poor policemen, though. It must've been frustrating, trying to do the right thing, but knowing that your quarry is getting further and further away by the milisecond. I salute them policemen. IMHO, they should be the highest paid people in the country. But that's just my opinion. Anyway, kudos to all policemen... and thank you!

Which brings me to another topic. Now, before y'all think I'm obsessing about Mr. Drownable (as my friends have dubbed him *rolls eyes* lol) again, I'll just tell you that I'm over that. I actually enjoy being "just friends". It totally takes away the pressure... and life is so much more fun that way, don't you think? :) I like this just friends situation.

Whatever else may be said about him, he's a smart kid. A heck of a lot smarter than me, as is apparent right now. LOL. I should've listened to him a loooong time ago.

Anyway. Back to mentioned topic. You know the song, I Need A Hero I posted a couple of months back? Well.. That song's been playing over and over and over and over in my head... and influencing my thoughts. And my problem is, it's fixated on some poor soul in particular to fulfill the role.

Bah. Humbug. (It's Christmas.. it's appropriate to sound like ol' Ebenezer Scrooge... hehe.)

Men in uniform. That's my weakness. *knocks self on head* GET OVER IT, silly girl!

Ah well. MERRY CHRISTMAS again all!

This has probably been the strangest Christmas morning of my life - ever! :)

Sunday, December 25, 2005

Birthday Greetings to the King :D

It's Christmas day. And it looks like I made it to wish you guys in real time :D So... I'll start of with a biiiig MERRY CHRISTMAS!And don't forget.. it ain't all about the presents! We ARE celebrating the birth of the most important person - EVER! Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God :)

Therefore, I guess it's right to say...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS!

I should stop obsessing. It's Christmas, after all. Nothing can be more important than the people you love most in the world, right? No passing thing... Yeah. That's the spirit! Go, Elaine, go! You can beat this thing!

Haha. Well.. Have a wonderful Christmas all! I love you! You know that don't you? :D


Saturday, December 24, 2005

Christmas Is Coming!! Whooppeee!!

I don't think I'll have a chance to go online again before the 25th, so I just wanna wish all of you...

MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Thanks for a great 2005, for all the good times and the beautiful memories... I guess Jono's right. I DO have a lot to be thankful for!

May God's blessings be upon all of you on this most wonderful time of the year! :D

Thursday, December 22, 2005

Stuff-ie!

A questionnaire stolen, yet again, from Friendster :P Don't mind the red and green.. Wanted to be lil Christmas-y. Hehe.

1. Song playing at the moment?
The sound of the fan.. and my dad snoring :)
2. One reason for living?
Pineapple tarts. 'Nuff said :)
3. Do you think you're ok?
Ok? Of COURSE I'm OK. Who says I'm not? Huh? HUH?
4. Ever donated blood?
Nope. I would, though.
5. Fav color(s)?
Blue blue bluuuuuee! (Not orange, even though my bag and pencilbox say otherwise... lol)
6. Accessories you usually wear?
Earrings. Thats about it..
7. One song to describe a heartbreak in the past?
If Your Heart's Not In It by Westlife. I remember listening to it again and again and again...
8. Last place you went to?
Sunway Pyramid ... saw Perhaps Love :) Didn't know Jacky Cheung was THAT good a singer! Phwoar!
9. Last person u went out with?
Jen Yaw - my classmate. (Next time dare me to do something tougher, boy! :P)
10. The most boring sport?
Er... lawn bowling? :P
11. Ever had a baby?
Not that I know of.... hehe.
12. Last movie you've seen?
Perhaps Love.
13. Any piercings or tattoo?
Duh! But... my bro has the same number of piercings as me. How sad is that? :(
14. The most romantic gift..
A car would seem really romantic right now... LOL!
15. Acted on stage before?
Yes. Unfortunately for the poor audience....
16. Been struck by lightning before?
Metaphorically or literally? Lol. Either way - No. Teehee :D
17. Danced with your loved one before?
What loved one? *sniffles* Oh... does David count? LOL.
18. Ever wished you could turn back time?
Plenty of times. I want to relive all my school days again! (Minus the exams of course... lol)
19. What would you do if you woke up one day to find yourself with a member of the opposite sex?
That would depend on whether he was a hottie or not... LOL! I'm kidding. I'm with Ju and Jen - bludgeoning's good.
20. One song that's meaningful to you?
Holding Out For A Hero.. (or I Need A Hero).. Haha. Me and my fantasies about knights in shining armour. Sigh.
21. Last person you met for the first time?
Um... No one in particular. Newest person is Donovan, I think.
22. What will you be doing tomorrow?
Going to tuition. Math. For THREE HOURS! *sobs*
23. Ever thought of robbing a bank?
LOL. Kinda.. 'cept that I've been relegated to the position of "getaway car cleaner". *growls at David*
24. One thing you totally regret doing?
Not practising my piano properly when I was younger. I'm suffering now!
25. Do people like you?
Um... I can't answer this one. Do you? Lol.
26. What was the last game you played on the computer?
Yobi's Basic Spelling Tricks!
27. Someone who means a lot to you at the moment..
Other than my cousins and Insanely Sane? OOoh. Not telling you! *sticks out tongue at you*
28. The color of your mobile phone?
Grey. Or if I'm going to be kind, "silver". Lol.
29. Do you hate someone at the moment?
Never actually hated anyone.. Maybe one or two teachers ... But not anymore.
30. What do you wish to happen now?
That exams will be abolished and all we had to do was assignments. Sooo much easier than cramming 2 years worth of knowledge for one miserable 3 hour paper. GAH.

Random Rubbish

Okay. I know I'm a sucker for musicals. And Perhaps Love has almost the right formula to make me fall in love with it. Star-crossed lovers, melancholy music and sadly pathetically touching lyrics. LOL. Its just as well that there were English subtitles though. Otherwise poor Jen Yaw would've had to translate the whole damn movie for me! (Although the guy in front of me DID make it a little hard to read them subtitles. I felt like a cobra... you know, moving my head from side to side... LOL!)

Christmas is 4 days away. Crikey. That's FAST! Dammit. That means there're only 10 days left of 2005. ARGH! I don't want 2006 to come! It would mean... one year closer to growing up. And I don't wanna do that. Lol. Okay, mighty immature of me, but hell. It's a scary thought, all that responsibility.

I actually have no idea why I'm blogging today. I suppose it's coz I have nothing else I wanna do at present. And because I want to stop myself from.. thinking, too much. At this present moment in time, thinking isn't good for me. No sirree. *shakes head vigorously*

This year was weird. I have no idea how it passed so fast. It's all a blur to me.. I can't believe I've done so many things. They all seem like a dream.. like they never really happened. And that's just plain scary.

Can someone tell me why I'm so goddamned fickle? I don't know what the hell is wrong with me. Sigh. I hate it. I hate feeling what I shouldn't be feeling. I hate that it takes over my mind and refuses to leave. I especially hate the fact that it's so bloody trivial. Argh! My problems are pathetically self-inflicted and it isn't at all amusing. Dammit.

Anyway. Enough of this crap. Lol. It's Christmas! I should be happy! Well.. yeah. Sigh. I guess I'll just have to remember my blessings and quit being a selfish prick. Yep. That's it!

Lol. I'm a sad case, no? :)

Oh, btw, do make use of the tagboard ;)

Wednesday, December 21, 2005

CON: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

I finally got to see the Chronicles of Narnia yesterday. (Okay, so it's only been open a week, but so what? :P) I must confess that I have really mixed feelings about the whole show. Some parts were brilliantly done - like, straight out of my imagination. But some parts were downright dull.

And the funny thing is - the two younger actors (who played the part of Edmund and Lucy) far outshone the two older ones (who played Peter and Susan). Honestly, I never imagined Peter would be such a clumsy oaf. The only part where I truly liked him was when he led the Narnian forces into battle. And Susan? She was just annoying.

On the whole, I liked the movie. But I still MUCH prefer the book.

This'll be a short one coz I have to go out right about now. Sigh. I can't believe I missed him. AGAIN! And by just an hour too. *sniffles*

Laaaaa! I wanna talk to him! Why? Me no know. Oh well. Too bad. Sigh.

Tuesday, December 20, 2005

MeMeMe!

I feel like I'm choking right now. I want something so bad right now that it's not healthy. Oh, I know I'll get over this uh.. craving soon enough. But right now, it's torture. Sweet torture, but torture all the same. Sigh. I really know how to get myself into awful situations. Bah.

Time to make another random "about me" list. Coz I basically have nothing more fun to do. Yeeehaw! Well. Here goes.

1. I've suddenly become addicted to the Footloose soundtrack. Okay, just these two songs - "Holding Out For A Hero" and "Almost Paradise". The first one's self-explanatory, I think. Me and my fantasies of being swept of my feet. LOL. I just like the second one coz it's appropriately "jiwang", as David likes to call it.

2. Have you heard of Barbara Michaels? She's just been added to my list of favourite authors. Witty romance stuff - MINUS all the icky (and completely unbelievable) declarations of love and the pornographic love scenes. What more could you ask for?

3. I've been having a craving for Dome's Spicy Olio spaghetti lately. I wish I could indulge in it more often. But it's one heck of an expensive craving! *sniffles*

4. This holiday alone I've been to Mid Valley at least once a week. The record is "Wednesday - Sunway Pyramid, Thursday - MV, Friday -SP, Saturday - MV, Sunday - MV, Monday - SP". That was during the first week of the holiday, I think. Or second.

5. I saw Chicken Little TWICE! AND I missed Zorro. Argh! Talk about a waste of money... Why oh why did they have to put ALIENS into a classic fairy tale???

6. My Mandarin pronunciation still leaves a lot to be desired. Let's just say if I got lost in China, I'd probably get arrested for asking for directions.

7. I loathe the idea of being a year closer to becoming 20. When I was 10, I couldn't wait. Now that I only have one year left of being a teen, I can't help but feel that I'm leaving the best years of my life behind. Damn!

8. I can add at least 5 years to the way I look by curling my hair. Cool! (Or not.. depending how you look at it... lol).

9. I've finally found someone who comes thiiiiissss clllooosseee to fulfilling most of the criteria on my list of Mr. Perfect's uh... perfections (can't think of the word.. lol). Sigh. Unfortunately, a couple of very major items cannot be checked, therefore I cannot declare him to be so. Oh well... I guess Mr. Perfect really is a myth, huh?

10. I've fallen in love with the Lord of the Rings all over again. The music overwhelms me and I find myself wishing that it all really did happen, that Elves really did exist once upon a time... I know, I know. I'm a sick kid.

11. I can't listen to jazz music, or even a saxophone solo, without being reminded of someone. It's the remotest of connections, but that mass of silliness in my head I call my brain just HAS to make it and ruin my day. Pah.

12. I worry about my baby cousins all the time. They're such lil darlings, but there's a streak of defiance that I'm worried could turn them into real hooligans and become totally unlikable, once their cuteness wears off and can no longer distract people away from general bad behaviour. I'd really hate to see that happen, coz really. They're absolutely adorable right now. Hard-headedness and all!

13. If Westlife were to have a concert here again, I'd spend any amount of money to go ... and get the best seats at that! Childhood fanaticism dies hard :)

14. I like playing Chinese ballads on the piano. They're melancholic enough. And I can get rid of some of these... weird... emotions. (That's the one of the reasons why I like playing the piano so much, Ting *winks*)

15. I miss MGS. It's only been a year, but it seems so long ago! I was looking through some old pictures that day and I was thinking... If only I had known how precious those days would come to be, I'd have made the most of them when I could. Sigh. Regret is no fun.

16. I love those pinkish roses. Or is the colour peach? I have no clue. But all I know is, they're one of the few kinds of flowers I wouldn't mind receiving. (My favourites are still orchids.. but not as gifts! LOL.)

17. I've been "legal" for a year, and I haven't even set foot in a club. How sad is that?

18. Ju Li is officially more fit than me! I think I shall sprout roots soon and stick to the couch! (I.e. become a permanent couch potato.. lol)

19. I feel like as if 2005 never really happened. I can't believe I was idle for 6 months. That I actually went to Australia and came home. That I'm in a completely different school and environment. It's like, none of it ever happened! Odd, isn't it?

I think that's it. My brain's fried. Cannot think anymore. I blame it on one person. Who doesn't have a clue about what I'm talking about. And if I have my way, they never shall. Muahaha.

Um. Bye!

All I Want For Christmas Is You...

I loved the movie Love Actually! Gives you that warm, fuzzy feeling :) Anyway, this song's from the soundtrack... and needless to say, I love it! :)

All I Want For Christmas Is You ~ Mariah Carey

I don't want a lot for Christmas
There's just one thing I need
I don't care about presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true...
All I want for Christmas Is you...

I don't want a lot for Christmas
There is just one thing I need
I don't care about presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I don't need to hang my stocking
There upon the fireplace
Santa Claus won't make me happy
With a toy on Christmas day
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want for Christmas is you...
You baby

I won't ask for much this Christmas
I won't even wish for snow
I'm just gonna keep on waiting
Underneath the mistletoe
I won't make a list and send it
To the North Pole for Saint Nick
I won't even stay awake to
Hear those magic reindeer click
'Cause I just want you here tonight
Holding on to me so tight
What more can I do
Baby all I want for Christmas is you You...

All the lights are shining
So brightly everywhere
And the sound of children's
Laughter fills the air
And everyone is singing
I hear those sleigh bells ringing
Santa won't you bring me the one I really need
Won't you please bring my baby to me

Oh I don't want a lot for Christmas
This is all I'm asking for
I just want to see my baby
Standing right outside my door
Oh I just want him for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
Baby all I want for Christmas is You

All I want for Christmas is you baby [repeat]

Sunday, December 18, 2005

Memories..

My kid cousin is here. She's 7. I have no idea what I'm going to do to keep her entertained, poor kid.

It's sad, her not having anyone around her age to play with. The nearest one is in Singapore. Everyone here is at least twice her age or older. And she's an only child. I can't even begin to contemplate how boring that must be. I know David used to annoy the hell out of me, but at least he was a good playmate, most of the time. When we weren't fighting, that is :P

Seriously, I don't know what my childhood would've been like without Sharm and Steph spending every single holiday with us.. and Yin and Ting joining is in the "later" years. All the nonsense we used to get up to... Damn. Those were the days.

We were basically fearless. Okay, so they were and I was always the "BE CAREFUL!" or "YOU GUYS CRAZY AH?!" sort. Haha. But you know.. no matter how many times we got caught, we still did the same thing over and over and over and over...

Trademark things, like throwing golfballs over the wall as a ruse to run to the grocery store behind my house to buy junk (my dad forbade junk food of any sort in the house, thus inciting this particular piece of mischief)... Actually we had pretty elaborate system of deception for this one :P
The "put any prospective boyfriend through hell" bit (we still do that a lil, I think :P), the falling mattress game, Blind Man's Buff, "fear factor", discovering The Jetty, pushing Slurpees out windows and breaking window panes... Gosh.

Oh and not forgetting our attempts at being Westlife, creating elaborate games, developing fears of the Cluedo characters Mrs. White and Miss Peacock. Did I mention that we're a bit on the weird side? Heehee.

Those memories have made my life so much richer. It's such a great feeling to sit down and talk about all that stuff... and laugh at how dumb we were. Haha. It's sad that my baby cousin won't have such memories. Sigh.

I doubt I'll ever forget all the good times - and the trouble they got us into :) And even if we don't see as much of each other these days, I don't think that closeness will change. Maybe on the surface, but never deep down.

And for that, I'm grateful! Love you my darling cuzzies!

Saturday, December 17, 2005

Old Sizzlers!

I'm back. And I'm absolutely dead. 3 days of shopping is no joke. Especially when you loathe shopping as much as I do. But I at least managed to replenish my pathetic wardrobe... and basically used up my Christmas, Chinese New Year and birthday quota. Haha. 7 tops, a skirt and a pair of much needed heels. My white ones look like they're about to fall apart. Haha.

Got into an animated little discussion with my cousins yesterday, about the "ideal age difference" between us and guys. As in guys to date. Lol. They insisted that 5 years older was their limit, while I said I wouldn't mind even if he was 10 years older. And I might even stretch it, at that. And of course, the poor dears were horrified *rofl* Although, I don't know why, seeing as I'm Miss Older-Guys-Are-Hot. Lol.

Anyway, speaking of older guys, I thought I'd make a list of really REALLY OLDer guys. Celebs. Who are still hot. Even though they're waaaay older. Too old for even me (hehe), but still hot.

Hm.. let's see.

1. Tony Danza (in Family Law)
2. William Hurt (in Jane Eyre... ooh! Old but sexy all the same)
3. Colin Firth! (Need I say more?)
4. Brad Pitt (The dude's old? Doesn't show!)
5. Joshua Bell (20 years older than I am, therefore he is OLD. But oh-so-gorgeous!)
6. Will Smith
7. Gerard Butler (He's 38. Too old. I so sad. Sniffles.)
8. Viggo Mortensen (I know I know... as Aragorn. Haha.)
9. Bruce Willis (He's bald.. but so what?)
10. Charles Shaughnessy (From the Nanny.. thanks Jen!)
11. Johnny Depp (OOOOOHHH! *faints*)
12. Hugh Jackman (This guy's bod is.. MMM!)
13. James Denton (that HOTTIE from Desperate Housewives)
14. Hugh Laurie (Yes yes.. that sarcastic nutter from House. He's oooh!)
15. Chris Noth
16. Bae Yong Jun!!!
17. Josh Lucas (Mr. Blue Eyes!)
18. Vince Vaughn (Don't ask me why.. but I like him!)
19. Jon Bon Jovi
20. Julian McMahon
21. Hugh Grant (In Love Actually and Notting Hill)
22. Richard Marx (Okay, so it's his voice that makes him sexy... LOL)
23. Kevin Bacon
24. David Wenham (Faramir in LOTR)
25. Ewan McGregor
26. Clive Owen
27. Dermot Mulroney (The hottie from My Best Friend's Wedding :P)
28. Owen Wilson (Can act like a complete dolt and still be hot.. now THAT'S something!)
29. LL Cool J (Call me nuts but I think he's yum)
30. Bryan Adams

Thanks that's enough for now.. I'll think up more later. Definitely. You can count on it. Muahaha.
Or don't. If you'd rather not. What talking me? I think I'd better go now. I think this weird crush on someone I shouldn't have a crush is screwing my head around. Sigh.

Toodles y'all!

Sunday, December 11, 2005

What I Want For Christmas...

It's time I made another list... Since everyone seems to have made one in the past week or so. Lol. Yeah, I'm a follow-the-crowder. In that sense, at least. So.. here goes.

My Christmas Wishlist
1. The third book of the High Druid of Shannara series - Straken, by Terry Brooks. (They haven't come up with the regular books yet. Sobs. The big one is sooooo expensive!)
2. Il Divo's Ancora. Been trying to beg David to buy it but.. Aih. Nevermind.
3. A car. Any car, I don't care. (Except a Kancil.) So I don't have to rely on anyone for transport anymore. But... fat hopes la. Sigh.
4. My own laptop. Then I wouldn't have to wait til I come back to Klang to listen to my playlist, write my rubbish, go online....
5. For Ju Li to come home. Sniffles.
6. An all-expense paid trip to Europe!
7. For all my family to be together.. but unfortunately this Christmas is going to be the smallest ever. Sigh.
8. To have a party for all my various groups of friends.. But I'm so lazy to plan it!!! :(
9. A new wardrobe. Haha. But in that case, someone has to make me fall in love with shopping first.
10. New shoes. My pair of heels is so worn out they look 10 years old. They're actually only 1 1/2.
11. This really hot guy from the south-east of the north-west of the world... :)
12. To meet Gerard Butler, Josh Lucas, Joshua Bell, Elijah Wood, James and Oliver Phelps (Fred and George Weasley, for the uniformed), or Ethan Embry. Haha! Now, that would be the Christmas present of all Christmas presents. Bar the car, of course *grins wickedly*
13. All six seasons of The Nanny. I'm hooked!
14. A trip to Red Box with the cousins... We haven't been there in a year!
15. An Insanely Sane sleepover. We all need to meet up again.. It's been ages! (Well, since November, anyway.. lol.)
16. The Phantom of the Opera DVD.
17. Did I mention that I want Ju Li to come home? I did? Okay. Oops :P
18. For Vinder to come home!!!! Okay, so that present will have to wait one more month. Sigh.

I guess that's all. Yep. Okay. I'm done.

Maybe Tomorrow

My favourite NEW Westlife song! :)

Maybe Tomorrow ~ Westlife
Cant believe its over
That you're leaving
Weren't we meant to be?

Should've sensed the danger
Read the warnings
Right there in front of me

Just stop
Lets start it over
Couldn't I get one more try?

Maybe tomorrow you'll say that you're mine
You'll realize, I could change
I'm gonna show you
I'm in it for life
I'll get you back someday
Maybe tomorrow

I forgot to be there
I was selfish
I can see that now

I should've got to known you
Should've held you
When your tears fell down

Just stop
Don't make me beg you
Tell me that you'll stay the night

Maybe tomorrow you'll say that you're mine
You'll realize, I could change
I'm gonna show you I'm in it for life
I'll get you back someday
I will find a way

Wait a minute
Just hear me out
This time I promise, I'll put you first

Turn around now
Your heart can't let you walk away
I'll do what it takes

Maybe tomorrow you'll say that you're mine
You'll realize, I could change
I'm gonna show you I'm in it for life
I'll get you back someday
Maybe tomorrow

There's so much I wanna say now
I just wanna make a life with you (don't walk away)
There's so much I wanna do now
I just wanna make love to you

Maybe tomorrow
Maybe tomorrow

Saturday, December 10, 2005

Family Matters

You know, this post is purely for the sake of posting. Coz I don't really have anything to say. LOL. Weird eh. I usually have loads to say. Most of the time. Okay, more like loads to write. I suck at talking. Haha. Really, I do. My brain-tongue coordination is completely whack.

Anyway, I just got to thinking - I'm lucky. My parents are probably some of the coolest around. In their own ways.

My mum's totally understanding of (almost) everything I do. She knows about all the guys I've ever liked, she's laughed about them with me, knocked my head when I put them on a pedestal.. "Aiyo, you ah... pity the guy la! You better make sure you don't hurt him ah...". Damn, she knows me too well. Me and my "short attention span". I don't think any mother would have been half as tolerant with me and my nonsense. I salute you, ma! *grins*

And my dad? He basically lets us do anything now... Except, of course, if it takes us away from him for longer than 2 days. LOL! He totally can't contemplate that idea. It's touching, but... Hm. Being daddy's lil girl does have its disadvantages sometimes :)

Plus, I have a pretty good relationship with my brother. At least, we talk a heck of a lot more than we fight. Of course, he rarely tells me anything of consequence, but it's still fun when he comes up to me and says, "Hey che, you know ah..." coz I know something really absurd is going to come out of his mouth. Absurd in a completely logical way. If that's possible :) Oh hell. He gets on my nerves, but I can't imagine life without that. It'll be boring.

Bottom line is, I think my family's cool. Not perfect, but at least I have good relationships with all of them. And I'll do anything in my power to make it stay that way.

Wow. From having nothing to write to this.. Phew. Okay. I'll stop.

Sunday, December 04, 2005

Pre-dawn Ramblings

I feel like writing today. Wheee! Writing's good. Very good. I like writing. Did you know that? Haha! I bet you did. You didn't? Well, now you know. Heehee. Oh. And I like P. Ramlee too. Ya huh!

Okay. Sorry about that. It's 2 a.m. and I'm a tad bit high. Methinks I've been watching too many romantic movies. They are not good for health. Mainly because the guys in romantic movies are waaaaaaaaay too good to be true. No WAY are they for real.

Seriously, I think the chances of finding a guy who's as thoughtful, sweet, gallant, chivalrous AND masculine as the "heroes" in these movies are... zero to none. Okay, maybe there ARE such men around... but boy, are they hard to come by! (And guys my age? HAH! Don't even DREAM! Lol!)

Sigh. I just realized something. My head is full of versions of how a guy should look and act that I'm afraid I want so much more than a regular guy can give. At least the guys I know now. Tis a sad state of affairs.

"I want a man not a boy who thinks he can" - Spice Girls, Too Much.

That line totally says it all. But - WHERE TO FIND?! Haha. Gah.. Maybe I should lower my expectations. But.. but.. Aih. I see one or two fellas that fit my physical description of the ideal guy (before you Insanely Sane girls go all "whoooo?!" on me, the guy ain't local) BUT of course, there are a 1001 other factors to take into consideration. Sigh. No fair.

And then there's this small matter of me liking someone who's WAAAY off the charts in the "ideal guy" department. As in off the charts in a bad way. He's everything I've always claimed to "not want" in a guy. Language, music, height (lol)... But yet... he's probably the one person who's caused me the most - for lack of a better word - heartache. How SAD is that? And the thing is, I know everyone is right. We're way too different. But still. ARGH!

Hm. Well, I shan't kid myself. My ideas are obviously totally screwed up. Otherwise why am I falling for OPPOSITES, eh? Tsk tsk. Ahhh. If only Mr. Dreamy wasn't all the way on the other side of the world... and I knew I could trust him. But such things... Not good to dwell on.

Aiks. Should've known that this entire post was going to be about guys again. Gah. I'm obsessed.

No I'm NOT!

Yes you ARE!

Okay. I shall take this debate offline. And um.. you guys draw your own conclusions. (Although I'm pretty damn sure you're gonna agree with Voice #2 :P)

Ta!

Wednesday, November 30, 2005

19 Ways To Stay Insane.. (Not That I Need 'Em..)

1. At Lunch Time, Sit in Your Parked Car with Sunglasses on and point a Hair Dryer at Passing Cars. See If They Slow Down.

2. Page Yourself Over The Intercom. Don't Disguise Your Voice.

3. Every Time Someone Asks You To Do Something, Ask If They Want Fries with that.

4. Put Your Garbage Can On Your Desk And Label It "In".

5. Put Decaf In The Coffee Maker For 3 Weeks. Once everyone has gotten over Their Caffeine Addictions, Switch to Espresso.

6. In the Memo Field Of All Your Checks, Write "For Smuggling Diamonds"

7. Finish All Your sentences with "In Accordance With the Prophecy."

8. Don't use any punctuation

9. as Often As Possible, Skip Rather Than Walk.

10. Order diet water with a serious face whenever you go out to eat.

11. Specify That Your Drive-through Order Is "To Go."

12. Sing Along At The Opera.

13. Go To A Poetry Recital And Ask Why The Poems Don't Rhyme.

14. Put Mosquito Netting Around Your Work Area And Play Tropical Sounds All Day.

15. Five Days In Advance, Tell Your Friends You Can't Attend Their Party Because You're not in the Mood.

16. Have Your Co-workers Address You by Your Wrestling Name, Rock Bottom.

17. When The Money Comes Out The ATM, Scream "I Won! I Won!"

18. When Leaving the Zoo, Start Running towards the Parking lot, yelling "Run for Your Lives, They're Loose!!"

19. Tell Your Children Over Dinner, "Due To the Economy, We Are Going To Have To Let One Of You Go."

Growing older is mandatory, Growing up is optional, and Laughing at yourself is therapeutic!

~ Another bulletin, courtesy of Friendster ~

PS: The time on these 2 posts are a lil off.. can't seem to change the time, so don't worry. I'm not writing this at 5 or 6 a.m. Lol.

Dumdeedoo

Short one today. A bit lazy to write at the mo.. LOL.

Saw Harry Potter on Monday with the cousins, David and Donovan. I must say GOF is DEFINITELY a much better movie than the other 3. Oh I know, I hate the fact that they altered so much of it (NO WINKY!!! HOW DARE THEY?!) but all the same, it was a much much nicer watch. Not boring at all.

Yesterday was "stay at home and watch TV day". A LOT of TV. I won't say how much though. I can't quite remember either. But I do know I should quit watching so much TV. Oh.. and I finished reading the Lord of the Rings book (which I've just gotten back after a YEAR of separation.. *sobs* my precious!!) for the um... Okay. I can't remember how many-th time. LOL. Let's just say it's a lot-th.

And today! The great Lord of the Rings movie marathon! Participants: Me, I Ting, I Yin. Challenge: Watch all 3 without falling asleep by tomorrow morning. And so far, we've finished 7 discs out of 12 :D How cool's that! Only 5 more to go! We can do it!

Well.. it's been fun. Especially when Miss Lim I Ting asks questions that 2 seconds BEFORE she asks the question, was answered in the movie. LOL! The ears are made for listening.... Hehe.

Yay! Vinder's coming back! I know she hates the idea.. but whaddaheck. It'll be awesome to have her back. Really missed you, girlie!!!!!!!

Okay.. lazier now. Ta all!

Sunday, November 27, 2005

Jumbled Thoughts

I'm confused. If you consider someone a friend.. would you ignore them? Or at least ignore them until THEY came up and spoke to you. Or smsed you. Or whatever. Does that seem like a friendship to you?

Why would you WANT that sort of friendship? Where you, for some reason, don't think you can trust the other person to respect your wishes? Because it's really obvious that you don't. The wary look in your eyes says it all.

You do realize, don't you, that friendship takes work? On BOTH sides. The other person can't always be the one saying "hi" first, or smiling at you first, or catching your eye. YOU have to put in some sort of effort, too. Otherwise there is no way you can even begin to call that person a friend.

Also another thing. I've played around with the idea of "desperation". But then, isn't being desperate grabbing the first thing that comes along? Isn't it being fine with anything, as long as there's SOMETHING?

But I don't think I can settle for just anything. Oh believe me, I've tried thinking about it.. as in contemplating someone else. But it just doesn't work. For some reason, only one seems to cut it for me. No one else can. Apparently. At this point. Maybe a few days, weeks, months, years down the road... I don't know. But now? I am only haunted by one person. I can't change that and it sucks!

Wouldn't it be easier for it just to be a case of "damn, I need A guy!" as opposed to, "damn! I need THAT guy!" Sigh. But of course, life's like that so... suck it up, I will! Sometimes I have to remind myself that some things just aren't worth pining over. Except that my idiotic, brainless (d'oh) heart keeps telling me that it MIGHT be worth it.

Blah. Oh well. I shall enjoy myself. Or at least try to, what with all this er.. "emotional baggage" lying around. And for the record, this whole thing's the LEAST of my problems. 'Cept that it could well be the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back. Not that I'm a camel. Metaphorically. But, you knew that. Duh.

Okay bye bye. Nonsensical rambling's over.

Saturday, November 26, 2005

Whatever.

I'm sorry 'bout the depressing nature of the last written post, i.e. not the lovey-dovey one. I don't know what's wrong with me lately. Sigh. But I guess it's true that bad things don't happen one by one... they just sort of pile up on you til you can't breathe.

Oh lordy. I'm being depressing again. Bit difficult to think about cheerful things at this time, though. Although one thing to be thankful for is that we're ALMOST done with our ecology project.. Just a thing or two here and there. And I'm still waiting for a reply from JY at this time - I need that folio! Sigh. The faster I get it, the faster I can get this over and done with.

I'm tired. I really am. It's difficult to find something to feel happy about, or look forward to. I don't have the strength to fight this depression. I don't see the point... coz everytime I manage to crawl out of it, something else pops up and down down down I go again. It's just not worth the effort.

I guess things'll get better in their own time. Honestly, they can hardly get worse. Or wait. They can, but that's a pretty far-fetched scenario, thank God.

Anyway, I shall leave you with the chorus of my current favourite song from Westlife's Face to Face album (which isn't as good as the first 2, but a little better than Turnaround :P). Song's called "In This Life". I love it! Bye peeps.

Let the world stop turning
Let the sun stop burning
Let them tell me love's not worth going through
If it all falls apart
I will know deep in my heart
The only dream that mattered had come true
In this life, I was loved by you

"Thoughts On Love"

There are things that we never want to let go of, people we never want to leave behind, but keep in mind that letting go isn't the end of the world, it's the beginning of a new life.

Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched and those who have tried. For only they can appreciate the importance of the people who have touched their lives.

A great love? It's when you shed tears and still you care for him, it's when he ignores you and still you long for him. It's when he begins to love another and yet you still smile and say I'm happy for you.

If love fails, set yourself free, let your heart spread its wings and fly again. Remember you may find love and lose it, but when love dies, you never have to die with it.

The strongest people are not those who always win but those who stand back up when they fall. Somehow along the course of life, you learn about yourself and realize there should never be regrets, only a life-long appreciation of the choices you've made.

A true friend understands when you say, I forgot, waits forever when you say, just a minute, stays when you say leave me alone, opens the door even before you knock and say can I come in?

Loving is not how you forget but how you forgive, not how you listen but how you understand, not what you see but how you feel, and not how you let go but how you hold on.

It's more dangerous to weep inwardly rather than outwardly. Outward tears can be wiped away while secret tears scar forever.

In love, very rarely do we win but when love is true, even if you lose, you still win just for having the tingle of loving someone more than you love yourself.

There comes a time when we have to stop loving someone not because that person has stopped loving us but because we have found out that they'd be happier if we let go.

It's best to wait for the one you want than settle for one that's available.
Best to wait for the one you love than one who is around.
Best to wait for the right one because life is too short to waste on just someone.

Sometimes the one you love turns out to be the one who hurts you the most, and sometimes the friend who takes you into his arms and cries when you cry turns out to be the love you never knew you wanted.

If you really love someone never let go, don't believe that letting go means that you love best, instead fight for your love, that's what true love is.

(PS from Me: I didn't write this, but I agree with it.. so.. Yeah. Another bulletin from Friendster.)

Friday, November 25, 2005

Brain Dead

I am exhausted. Which is weird, coz I slept for 14 hours yesterday. But then again, I only slept for 45 minutes the day before, so I guess it's to be expected.

I don't know why my sleeping patterns are so weird. Or maybe I do. See, a person's life isn't always what it looks like on the surface. There are loads of things going on.. and sometimes, it isn't the things that happen TO you that keep you up at night, rather the things happening around you, to the people around you.

In my case, it's a lot of the latter, and a little of thr former. But I don't know which is affecting me more. What I do know, though, is my sanity is being bombarded from all sides, and I don't know how much more I can take before more than my sleeping patterns get screwed up.

I know I could be overreacting to one or two things, but it's kind of hard NOT to when so many other things are happening at the same time. I wish I could be 100 % open about what they are, but privacy doesn't permit me to, so I shall have to be satisfied with this.

It's funny... there is something going on now that I could normally handle. I should normally be able to. I'm guessing that it's affecting me more than it should because of all the other shit going on.

Or at least that's what I'm trying to convince myself of. Because the alternative is something I would much rather not consider. That it's affecting me because I "care" too much. Not a pretty thought, that one. At least, not under THESE circumstances.

I'm sorry for being so cryptic, but you must understand that I have no choice. I have no other outlet. Writing in my diary hasn't helped, so I guess trying this is one of my limited options I guess.

Sorry again.

Wednesday, November 23, 2005

More Of The Same..

Today was another typical day at school. School during the holidays, that is. Ordered chaos. And as usual - a trip to Gasing Hill. God, I feel like I know that place backwards and forwards and upside down now.

Today's "expedition" had a few more people than normal... 6 of us, to be exact. We decided to be different and follow the stream, i.e, wade through it. Initially we were busy trying to keep our shoes from getting soaked, but in the end, all of us ended up with water at the very least up to our ankles. Sigh. My toes will never be the same again!

And for our efforts, we caught... a moth (which died, was thrown out... then was fished out again by Jen Yaw... sad :P), a grasshopper with HUGE eyes, and two big ants. All that in 1 1/2 hours. I don't know when I've ever felt so pathetic... Wait. Oh yes. I have. That dragonfly. Right.

Anyway, we're halfway done with all our projects... Kind of. The plants one has just been started, but we're making pretty good progress thanks to Jess' and Dickie's (lol!) efforts. Wheee! The faster we're done, the faster I can paarrrtaaayyy! Oh wait. I forgot. Math homework. ARRGHHH!

Sigh. I just received a message on Friendster about missing people. I wonder... Can you miss someone when they're standing right in front of you? Is it possible? Coz if it isn't.. I must be a weirder nut than I thought!

All righty... Bible class now! See you people when I next get to a computer. Sigh... I wish the see was literal, but oh well. One day, someday...

What talking me?

BYE BYE.

Tuesday, November 22, 2005

What HOLIDAY?!

Ah.. it's such a relief to know that I'm not the only who's slow at updating blogs. Well, with the exception of a certain Mr. KP Chen, who's updated his blog again, thank God. Otherwise I'd have a real lack of reading material online. Sigh. Why is it that people tend to blog simultaneously? (Or so it seems la..) I either have absolutely NOTHING to read, or I end up taking hours to finish reading everything. Gawsh.

In response to Mr. Dane-skee, au contraire, I am NOT on holiday. Only in name. The amount of time I spend in school, I might as well not BE on holiday. As most of classmates can attest to. For more info, you should read Kok Pun's blog. A really amusing take on the 3 projects we have to complete by January. I know it sounds like we have plenty of time, but in reality we don't. Sigh.

I just found out that A Level's students have a choice on whether to take Ecology as part of Biology. Bloody hell. Lucky a***s. How nice is THAT? The bloody quadrat and line transect sampling thingies are giving me a headache. Why oh why... Head of bloody Ecology. Graaaaaaaaaah! Anyone wanna trade?

I like the insect catching part, though. Highly frustrating, but fun all the same. Only... You have NO idea how difficult it is to get a variety of bugs big enough to preserve. 25, to be exact. Sounds easy, no? Except that PJ has an extremely limited selection of bugs, and the forest reserve has yet to yield anything larger than the average cricket. Oh, plenty of big spiders.. but unfortunately those are arachnids so.. Pah. Technicalities. The look like bugs.. that should be good enough for everyone. Hahahohohaha.

Honestly, though, it's been good fun. Especially when 4 of us were outsmarted by a dragonfly. Yep, you read right. We spent half an hour trying to catch a bloody DRAGONFLY! And guess what. We didn't. Bah. Humbug. (Don't know why I like typing that.. hehe.) I can't believe it! A DRAGONFLY managed to outsmart us. EEEEEEEEEEEEE! That is just SO bad for morale, man! *roflmao*

Anyway. Yeah. There you have it. My pathetic holiday in a nutshell. School school school, with a couple of movies thrown in here and there. Okay, maybe not a couple. I think I've seen almost all the movies... Except Zorro. And Harry Potter? I'll probably be seeing that soon. At least, I hope so.

I miss my friends. I miss my cousins. But most of all I miss the camaraderie I once had with someone. It's saddening, but not exactly unexpected. Oh well. I'll either learn to forget about it, or maybe we'll get it back again someday. God, I hope it's the latter! I hate the fact that we're like strangers now... Sigh.

Christmas is coming. Wow. I can't wait for that... But it does seem a shame that the year's gone so fast. We just don't seem to have as much time as we once did. I can't help feeling rather sad about that. I guess this is what it feels like to grow up, huh?

I guess I'd better stop before I start getting all depressing again. LOL! Ladeeda everyone, til the next time I actually post anything worth reading!

Sunday, November 20, 2005

I Will Love Again

The Insanely Saners "theme song"... At least on the journey to One Utama it was! :P Nice song though... And I must say amazingly appropriate. Haha.

PS: I will write a proper post when I'm not so tired. I promise.

I Will Love Again ~ Lara Fabian

Did I ever tell you how you live in me
Every waking moment, even in my dreams
And if all this talk is crazy
And you don't know what I mean
Does it really matter
Just as long as I believe

I will love again
Though my heart is breaking
I will love again
Stronger than before
I will love again
Even if it takes a lifetime to get over you
Heaven only knows
I will love again

People never tell you
The way they truly feel
I would die for you gladly
If I knew it was for real
So if all this talk sounds crazy
And the words don't come out right
Does it really matter
If it gets me through this night

I will love again
Though my heart is breaking
I will love again
Stronger than before
I will love again
Even if it takes a lifetime to get over you
Heaven only knows
I will love again

If I'm true to myself
Nobody else can take the place of you
But I've got to move on, tell me what else can I do

I will love again
Though my heart is breaking
I will love again
Stronger than before I will love again
Even if it takes a lifetime to get over you
Heaven only knows
I will love again

I will love again
One day I know
I will love again
You can't stop me from loving again, breathing again
Feeling again
I know, one day, I'll love again

"What's LoooOOvvVvVveeEee.."

I got this from the Friendster bulletin board again. I like it coz a lot of it is true. We're all so used to the "romancy" version of love, that we forget the little things. Trust kids to observe them! Pick your favourite quotes people.. Personally, I like No. 1, 2 (it's hilarious! :P), 5, 6, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16 and definitely 18. A lot of wisdom for an 8-year-old, methinks. But read it. After all, out of the mouths of babes...

A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, "What does love mean?" The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:

1) "When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love." - Rebecca, age 8
2) "Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other." - Karl, age 5
3) "Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs." - Chrissy, age 6
4) "Love is what makes you smile when you're tired." - Terri, age 4
5) Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK." - Danny, age 7
6) "Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss." - Emily, age 8
7) "Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen." - Bobby, age 7
8) "If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate." - Nikka, age 6
9) "There are two kinds of love. Our love. God's love. But God makes both kinds of them." - Jenny, age 8
10) "Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday." - Noelle, age 7
11) "Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well." - Tommy, age 6
12) "Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken." - Elaine, age 5
13) "Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford." - Chris, age 7
14) "Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day." - Mary Ann, age 4
15) "I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones." - Lauren, age 4
16) "When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you." - Karen, age 7
17) "Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think it's gross." - Mark, age 6
18) "You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget." - Jessica, age 8

Thursday, November 17, 2005

Just Filling In The Time...

This thingie was rounding Friendster ... and the heading was "12 Signs Of Falling In Love". What do you guys think? Is this a representation of love? Or merely infatuation? Methinks it's infatuation LOR (take THAT, baby brudder :P)... But I don't know. All those who've really been in love... (like my darling big sista ;P), kindly do tell. Haha.

12. You'll read his/her IMS over and over again

11. You'll walk really really slow while you're with him/her

10. You'll feel shy whenever you're with him/her

9. While thinking bout him/her... your heart will beat faster and faster...

8. When listening to his/her voice, you'll smile for no reason

7. While looking at him/her, you cant see the other people around you... you can only see that person

6. You'll start listening to SLOW songs

5. He/She becomes all you think about

4. You'll get high just by their smell

3. You'll realize that you're always smiling to yourself when you think about them

2. You'll do anything for him/her

1. While reading this, there was one person on your mind the whole time.

Sunday, November 13, 2005

Drove Drive Driven Driver Driving...

It's so nice to have a car! I can go wherever I want, whenever I want. Well, technically. Coz I'm banned from certain places, like Bangsar, for one. Although... I don't usually have even the tiniest inclination of going there, so. Doesn't matter. Hehe.

Can't believe it's been more than a year since I got that license. It's taken my parents this long to actually trust me to drive around by myself. How sad. Okay, by drive around I mean in an area larger than within a 5 mile radius.

So I've been happily going here and going there... To Mid Valley, and Sunway Pyramid.. Aaaah bliss. Except for the traffic jams. Those suck. Big time. And crazy-assed male drivers who think looking into your car and not noticing the traffic moving is a good way of getting your attention. Well, yeah it was... but totally for all the wrong reasons :)

I'm going out with Dav tonight... I wish Ee May and Jen weren't busy with exams and assignments! Then we could all go together-gether! Haha. And JU LI! You see? Now I can drive everywhere and you're not to be seen on this side of the planet. Bah. Humbug.

It's such a NICE feeling to have a car to yourself.. I mean, knowing that you'll never want for transport. That is THE best feeling, ever! Okay, one of the best, anyway. Oh well. Time to go pick ol' Dav up. I'm just writing this coz I can :)

Saturday, November 12, 2005

Decisions, Decisions...

Holidays have officially begun. Whoopee. I say OFFICIALLY coz we still have extra classes. Meaning, at least 3 almost-school-like days next week. Sigh. And the whole of this week was spent doing nothing but preserve cockroaches, flies, and one or two other unfortunate bugs. Gah. Cockroaches ain't so scary when they can't run around, though. Hehe.

It's official. Operation "Give Up On Him" has been set into motion. Sigh. I wish I could come to any other conclusion. God, you have no idea how much I wish that! But... I can't. How can I conclude anything else when he obviously doesn't care enough to make time for me? Lol. That's a clear indication as any that he DOESN'T feel the same. Coz I would've found time for him, whenever, do the best I could, no matter the circumstances.

Oh well. I guess I'm beginning to accept it. After all, one person can only make you cry so much... right? Haha. And the last thing I am, or want to be, is a clinger-on. Someone who can't let go. He can't meet me halfway, so I shall not force the issue. Instead, I shall leave him be. In the "liking" arena, at least.

Sometimes I wonder if this is really such a bad thing. I mean, I wouldn't mind fading back to invisible status. That's the whole trouble when you fall for someone with a lot of friends. You end up feeling like a specimen under a microscope. People who've never even given you a second glance suddenly greet you, treat you like an old friend. Sigh.

Also, he seems perfectly happy with the way things are. He definitely does NOT feel the way I do... Unless, of course, he's a superb actor and is able to mask his feelings. Highly unlikely, I think. So .. why rock the boat? I should just leave him be. He'd be happier. Is happier.

So in conclusion. I suppose you guys agree with me too, right? Sigh. I need advice, people! Although only people who've seen us interact would be able to properly tell. Uck. Oh well. Let's just take it as, if he doesn't tell me something directly, I shall assume that it's time to give up, let go and move on.

Oh, btw, my results so far a pretty okay... except for maths. Sigh. Disappointing, but not unexpected. Lol. Only the Bio paper left. Faster, Pn. Felicia!!!! Faster!!!!

Sunday, November 06, 2005

Of Crazy Friends and Food-Critic-ing

Yesterday has got to be one of the strangest - but funnest - days ever. Started the day off with lunch at Adrien's grandma's place (she makes EXCELLENT ayam masak merah, btw and Ade actually baked a pretty great chocolate cake - ALL BY HIMSELF! :D)... and lepaked there til about 4 something, taking pics and watching TV.

We were pretty bored, and kinda free too, so that led to plans to "go somewhere". Trouble is, it took us almost an hour to decide where that "somewhere" was. Haha. Anyway. We finally agreed to go to Bangsar.

Parked at Bangsar Village, took a mandatory stroll around the mall, then proceeded to shops BEHIND the mall to check things out. And BOY can Ee May and Davina shop! We went into almost every boutique we came across... But at least I have something to show for it. Got myself a bag. Haha. I KNOW I need clothes more than I do a bag but... aiya. Lazy la!

By 8, we were all REALLY hungry. Problem was, we couldn't decide where to eat. Walked around two blocks, nearly went into La Bodega... Then Ade says he knows Hartamas better. So we decided to go there instead...

But we missed the turning. And ended up on the road to Mid Valley. Which we had distinctly wanted to avoid from the get-go. Talk about sad! Anyway, since we were too hungry to wait much longer, we headed to MV instead. We THOUGHT about seeing a movie - but seeing the LINE at the cinema was more than a turn off.

Adey wanted to eat at Piccolo Mondo.. so we went there. (BTW, I hate the decor at PM MV. It's so... unconducive to cosiness.) We ordered a pizza and stuffed pasta (I can't remember what it's called.. something ripieni or something like that). The pizza was WEIRD la! The toppings were like, categorized. Two slices had ONLY olives, another two slices had ONLY chicken ham... You get the picture. But the pasta thingy was GORGEOUS! But oh-so-expensive. Sigh. But Adrien paid for it all. Yay!

Were still not all that full from PM... so we went next door to Madam Kwan's! Yep, folks! We were restaurant hopping... Like bleedin' food critics. Hehe. Anyway, we found the prices TOTALLY unreasonable to the sort of food (whaddaheck? 13.50 for a nasi lemak?!!), so we ordered just dessert. Which was bad enough. 9.60 for goreng pisang and ice cream? Hah! Small plate some more! The waiter was a little bemused with us... but I don't think he'd have been too happy when he saw the last thing we did to "make his day" (or at least Davina did)... she took out the carnation that was part of the table decor... and poured Ee May's gula melaka sauce on it!!!!!!

After leaving MV... I was still hungry. So we went to Lotus to have nasi lemak! YAY! I love food... and eating. Oh oh oh... and there was this guy in Lotus who wasn't exactly that good-looking.. but oh-so-attractive! When I met his eyes it was like *PING* WOW! And I could tell he noticed too.. Coz he was smiling at me after that. But gosh. Wow. Hot Hot Hot. (Methinks Jen would like him, too *winks*)

Anyway... Yesterday was FUN! We should do that again when we replenish our monetary supplies. Hehe.

Today, I went for karaoke with Kenny, Shih Chung and Eugene in Bangsar. Phwoar!! Fun man! Almost 4 hours of sing, sing, sing! But fuuuyoooh! I didn't know ol' Shih Chung was a rocker! Haha. And Kenny... wahlau! He can sing Mariah Carey, man! Awesome! And I was right - Eugene IS one of the hottest 30 something year old guys I know :) Haha!

Right. This one has been LOOOONNNG. So I shall stop. But thanks to all you people who've made my holiday so enjoyable! I love you guys!

Saturday, November 05, 2005

Jen Jen Is 18!!! :)

Wow. The weeks almost over. It's back to school on Monday. Eek. Talk about a looming death sentence!!! My poor poor report card *sniffles* It's gonna be all red... :(

On Wednesday Ee May, Dav and I took ol' Jen out for her 18th birthday. Yay! Now all us IS-ers are 18! Wheee! Hm. Ok. Back to the point. Anyway, we lepaked at Jenna's house first... and methinks Ee May single-handedly (okay, so I helped her a little :P) finished one and a half jars of murukku! Small jars laa.. Oh, and the cookies were divine! Thanks Jen :D [I love Deepavali.. hehe]

After eating as much as possible of Jen's cookies without effectively spoiling our lunch, we took a REALLY SLOW drive to pick Davina up. And when I say SLOW, I mean SSLLLOOOOOWWWWW. Haha. That was fun. You go girl, Ee May! :D

Went to One Utama for a change of scene... And we were bawling our lungs out to songs like "The Trouble With Love Is" and "I Will Love Again". Haha. It's so NICE to have girlfriends to just let loose with and generally behave like maniacs with. Ooooh. Our theme songs. How sad. Hehe.

Lunch at Chilli's. As per usual :) Goodness, their servings are HUGE! When will we ever learn? *shakes head sadly* I felt like a stuffed cow the whole day after that!

Aaah.. there is nothing better than a good meal, and hilarious conversation with the people you're closest to. And it is so nice to have someone to moan to about the blurness and dumbness and all around insensitivity of the male species. Okay, maybe not all.. but just the guys we seem to come into contact with. Gah. With one or two minor exceptions.. none of whom we're attracted to, however. SIGH. Tis a sad state of affairs, that.

But it's okay! As the theme song of the day went... "I will looooooooooovvvvvveeeee aaaaggaaaiiiinnnn!"

So yeah. I love you Insanely Saners, and welcome to the club Jenna! :D

[P/S: Ju.. wish you could've been there!]

Thursday, November 03, 2005

Quizzy Time!

Hey all... This is me being bored again. And I promise.. It's EASY this time! Really!

Take my Quiz on QuizYourFriends.com!

Wednesday, November 02, 2005

Kidsies

I am bored. I love the holidays, don't get me wrong. But I'm bored. And you know something? A week really is waaaaaaay too short. Especially if there are public holidays thrown in. Coz you really DON'T feel like going out on those days. Unless of course you love being in gigantic crowds, where you can't breathe, let alone move...

Sigh. Sometimes I think I'm a masochist. But I really can't help it! It's scary how much he means to me. I'm just not willing to give it up until I'm 100% sure that there's no chance at all.

Okay.. on to less depressing stuff. The Sunday School year is almost over. *sobs* I'm dreading it.. I've really come to love those kids a whole lot. They're great.. and at that age, so lovable! Coz you get to see the transformation from timid little pre-schoolers to a little more mature, "know-it-all" 7-year-olds! Once they're 8, that endearing innocence is lost... Sigh. How do teachers do it? I wish I could be there, watching them grow up. But I can't so.. oh well.

It's so weird.. I can't believe I'm old enough to be called "teacher"! Sometimes it doesn't really register.. "Teacher Elaine". HAHA. God.. And last Sunday, at Mass, one of the kids spotted me, and was like, "Teacher, come sit here!" Well, how not to go, right? So I had to sit with her and her sister throughout the Mass.... and their guardians were looking at me funny. Haha. I was flattered.. but seriously damn uncomfortable :P

I love kids.. I really do. I can picture myself working with them 24/7. There's nothing more fulfilling than watching them grow and learn and know that you had something to do with the way they've turned out. A positive impact. If they just learned one good thing, it would be more than satisfactory.

Wheee. Maybe I should forget dentistry and go join I Yin's staff. Lol.

Tuesday, November 01, 2005

Whee.

Patience. That's what I need. Patience. I can't believe this is the third time I'm blogging today. Sigh. I must be out of my mind. Talk about no life!

Today was boring. Slept for most of it. Now have a headache due to um.. sleeping too much, on top of the fact that the dam burst last night. Blah. I look like someone punched me in both eyes. And I feel like I've been punched in the gut. Oh, and knocked over the head with a sledgehammer.

My mum bought me the Cinderella VCD! Yay! But she only did that to try and cheer me up.. Poor thing. She's worried about me. Can't say I blame her. I'm worried about me too. HAHA.

God, I'm an idiot. A fool. A stupid dumb ... whatever. Suffice to say I sorely lack brains these days. I just wish I knew why I'm acting like an illogical duh-brain. I should be going, "who cares?"

But dammit. This time, I care. I bloody care too bloody much and I hate myself for it. Sigh.

The last time I was this foolish was 2 years ago.. and at least then I had a valid reason. This one just stinks.

Oldies!!

You know.. sometimes oldies are much much nicer than the newer songs. Take these two, for example. They totally sum up stuff that girls go through.. or rather, feel. I know they're both on opposite ends of the feeling spectrum, but phwoar! The lyrics really touch a nerve... Especially the first song *grins wickedly*

I Need A Hero
- Footloose OST

Where have all good men gone
And where are all the gods?
Where’s the street-wise Hercules
To fight the rising odds?
Isn’t there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
Late at night I toss and I turn and I dream of what I need

I need a hero
I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the end of the night
He’s gotta be strong
And he’s gotta be fast
And he’s gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the morning light
He’s gotta be sure
And it’s gotta be soon
And he’s gotta be larger than life (larger than life...)

Somewhere after midnight
In my wildest fantasy
Somewhere just beyond my reach
There’s someone reaching back for me
Racing on the thunder and rising with the heat
It’s gonna take a superman to sweep me off my feet

I need a hero
I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the end of the night
He’s gotta be strong
And he’s gotta be fast
And he’s gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the morning light
He’s gotta be sure
And it’s gotta be soon
And he’s gotta be larger than life

I need a hero
I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the end of the night

Up where the mountains meet the heavens above
Out where the lightning splits the sea
I would swear that there is someone somewhere
Watching me
Through the wind and the chill and the rain
And the storm and the flood
I can feel his approach
Like a fire in my blood

I need a hero
I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the end of the night
He’s gotta be strong
And he’s gotta be fast
And he’s gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the morning light
He’s gotta be sure
And it’s gotta be soon
And he’s gotta be larger than life
(Repeat 1x)

I need a hero
I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the end of the night

HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU
- Olivia Newton-John

Guess mine is not the first heart broken
My eyes are not the first to cry
I'm not the first to know
There's just no getting over you

You know I'm just a fool who's willing
To sit around and wait for you
But, baby, can't you see
There's nothing else for me to do?
I'm hopelessly devoted to you

But now there's nowhere to hide
Since you pushed my love aside
I'm out of my head
Hopelessly devoted to you
Hopelessly devoted to you
Hopelessly devoted to you

My head is saying, "Fool, forget him."
My heart is saying, "Don't let go. Hold on till the end."
And that's what I intend to do
I'm hopelessly devoted to you

But now there's nowhere to hide
Since you pushed my love aside
I'm out of my head
Hopelessly devoted to you
Hopelessly devoted to you
Hopelessly devoted to you

Sigh.

I'm disappointed. Not exactly surprised, but disappointed. Sigh. I know I totally overreacted last night, though, which is why the post is gone. It's hard to be fair when you feel like crap. I guess I should give him the benefit of the doubt, hey? What other choice do I have?

I know y'all are wondering what I'm talking about, but just be thankful you didn't see last night's post. Coz it was stupid. A totally un-called for reaction and I should slap myself for it.

Right now, though, I'm thinking more rationally... But hell. I admit there is a little nagging doubt. But heck. There's an explanation for everything. Maybe not what one wants to hear... But an explanation, nevertheless.

Oh.. And I deleted the post because it would cause unnecessary heartache. On my part, mostly. Oh well. It's sufficient to know that while I'm a little down, I'm also thinking straight again. Which is more than can be said for last night.

Thank God I could delete it before it caused any trouble. I really need to check my emotions so they don't get overboard.

Dammit.

Sunday, October 30, 2005

-nothing-

Aahh.. After a month or so of stressing and watching other people stress out, it's so NICE just to be able to sit back and relax. Exams really do make you appreciate the simpler things in life. Like being able to sleep as early as you want, and wake up as late as you want. Haha. It was sooo nice to wake up at 7 today (sorry la.. internal alarm doesn't allow me to wake up later than that) and know that I could go back to sleep again... Which I did! Aaaaaahhhh... BLISS!

Didn't do much today.. Just sent my bro and his friends to JJ for them to go check out a movie. I didn't go, though. My poor mum had loads to do at home.. and it's a good thing I didn't go out, too, otherwise she would've collapsed or something. So I was her driver for the morning.. although she can never quite resist making out like she thinks I can't drive to save my life. Literally. Pah. Haha.. Oh well. At least she let's me take the car 'round by myself. That itself is an improvement!

With any luck, I'll watch all the movies I want to see this holidays :) Well, with the exception of those which haven't come out la! I'm sick of missing all the movies I've wanted to see coz of bloody exams and school.

Oops. Have to stop now.. Sigh. Mom's home and I've been online for, like, 5 hours already! Yikes! I'll just have to continue some other time!

HAPPY DEEPAVALI and SELAMAT HARI RAYA to all my Indian and Malay friends!! Love y'all!

Silly Personality Thingamajigs

Your Personality Profile

You are pure, moral, and adaptable.
You tend to blend into your surroundings.
Shy on the outside, you're outspoken to your friends.

You believe that you live a virtuous life...
And you tend to judge others with a harsh eye.
As a result, people tend to crave your approval.


How You Life Your Life

You seem to be straight forward, but you keep a lot inside.
You're laid back and chill, but sometimes you care too much about what others think.
You prefer a variety of friends and tend to change friends quickly.
You tend to always dream of things within reach - and you usually get them.



You Are 60% Weird

You're so weird, you think you're *totally* normal. Right?
But you wig out even the biggest of circus freaks!


You Should Learn Chinese

Surprised? You shouldn't be - Chinese is perfect for an ambitious person like you.
You're a natural entrepreneur, and a billion people are waiting to do business with you!





Your Love Number is

6
Who you fall in love with is all about who you trust.
Loyalty is important to you, and you want the most faithful of lovers.
In return, you never let your heart or eyes wander.
Open and honest, your relationships tend to be free of secrets.

What Is Your Love Number?

How You Are In Love

You fall in love quickly and easily. And very often.
You give and take equally in relationships.
You tend to get very attached when you're with someone. You want to see your love all the time.
You love your partner unconditionally and don't try to make them change.
You stay in love for a long time, even if you aren't loved back. When you fall, you fall hard.


The Keys to Your Heart

You are attracted to those who are unbridled, untrammeled, and free.
In love, you feel the most alive when things are straight-forward, and you're told that you're loved.
You'd like to your lover to think you are loyal and faithful... that you'll never change.
You would be forced to break up with someone who was emotional, moody, and difficult to please.
Your ideal relationship is open. Both of you can talk about everything... no secrets.
Your risk of cheating is zero. You care about society and morality. You would never break a commitment.
You think of marriage as something precious. You'll treasure marriage and treat it as sacred.
In this moment, you think of love as something you don't need. You just feel like flirting around and playing right now.



You're a Shy Kisser

You *do* love to kiss, once your comfortable with it
And that means knowing the person you're kissing pretty well
You usually don't make the first move when it comes to making out
But you've got plenty of intensity in return