Not Even Trying

New template is new

2010-03-11T08:01:00.000+11:00

I like this template. This now means that I'm going to try and maintain this piece-of-shit blog for reals this time(dawg).It took me way too long to figure out how to put this template up which is embarrassing and goes to show just how bad I've become, like a farmer who goes back to the farm after being in the city for many years can't grow pumpkins anymore for the village fair the coming spring.

Fuck you, it makes sense.

It does not get easier.

2009-12-19T03:47:00.003+11:00

I really fucking hate having to say goodbye.

Second Homecoming.

2009-12-19T03:37:00.003+11:00

That's that then. Another year spent studying. Got a Diploma in Film out of it. I had such a good time here in Sydney. It was such an amazing experience and I lucked out by having a bunch of incredible friends.

I will be back in KL on the 22nd. That's this coming Tuesday. There will be much to do in the coming weeks.

For all my nonsense complaints, I'm going to miss this place a lot.

Second Time 'Round.

2009-09-21T10:36:00.004+10:00

As of now, pre-production has begun on all the major projects ( a grand total of 3) that were chosen for this second semester. I am once again the production manager for one of them, working with the same producer as the last one. I say once again because it was basically me and the producer who did the work the last time instead of the actual production manager. This was because he was a massive asshole. I can say this because it is true.

This now also means that I've got a lot of work ahead of me. Casting, location management, equipment, and trying to get things to happen. Truth be told, I actually like it. Feels like I have some sort of marketable skill now instead of just trying to bullshit my way through life.

Not that I'm going to STOP bullshitting anytime soon. I've trained myself far too much. It's too much fun and PLUS, I am a lazy bastard which you already knew. You why you already knew? Because you DUMBASSES are probably the only ones reading this. Spread the word, I need foot soldiers.

I also have to do my own thesis film this semester. I'm trying to get the idea to work, so I will write about it soon maybe. But for now, I'll just say that it involves NINJAS.

Your mind is blown. You are welcome.

In the jingle jangle morning...

2009-09-01T00:18:00.004+10:00

Just came back from a screening of my friends documentary at a film festival/competition. ( He won first place in the HEAT 1 of it, by the way so WOOHOO!)

At the door we were all given our tickets and told to hold on to them because it would be a lucky draw. Mine was number 42 (DON'T PANIC!) which amused me to no end.

Lo and behold, I WON! Now, I don't win shit, EVER. I was really happy about this. Best part? I won a mini tambourine! How cool is that? I'm supremely happy and have been beating on it like a Hare Krishna member on crack.

Now for those of you out there who fail to see how winning a small instrument can possibly bring joy, I say this: "When and why exactly did your soul DIE and leave you so bitter about life?"

The one downside of this though is that I might have just used up all my luck for the next 12 months. I'm possibly fucked.

I can move my fingers again.

2009-08-29T02:38:00.003+10:00

Seriously, from the time I got here I have not bought a single new video game to play. What the fuck is up with that? I bought a sweet-ass monitor for my XBOX 360 and I've just been playing my older games. Don't get me wrong. It's not a bad thing, but I can only keep playing fucking Mass Effect for so long before I just don't care anymore. NEW GAMES NEED TO COME OUT NOW!

The new gaming season is starting though, so looks like it's going to be time for a comeback.

I needs to kill me some pixels.

"Thesis" makes it sound cooler than it actually is.

2009-08-29T02:26:00.002+10:00

This semester we get to do our thesis film. This has been described to us as our own, last, personal film we might ever get to make. SO we are encouraged to do more or less anything we want, to convey whatever story or message or style that we want.

MUAHAHAHA!

This is basically a license for me to try and make any one of my INSANE, BULLSHIT ideas into a crappy student film. Right of the bat, I came up with an ultra-violent film about an interrogation gone wrong. The premise was that 2 government agents accidentally kill a suspect just moments before their superior arrives for the interrogation.

That was going to be a COMEDY.
You can now probably see where my mind is going.

So I've been coming up with some really fucked up Ideas and then NOT discounting them. This is going to be fun!

Writing with words.

2009-08-29T02:01:00.002+10:00

'Sup.

So I wrote this script. It's a political comedy set here in the NEW SOUTH WALES government. It's called FAULTY GEARS. Maybe I'll upload it on here once I sort some stuff out with it.

This script was then supposed to be pitched by me to the lecturers in the hopes that they will choose to fund it for this semester. There are like 41 of us pitching and they have to narrow it down a few times. They will choose 10 or 11 for a shortlist and then from that choose 4.
I went in, pitched it, and that was that.

I did not get chosen for the shortlist.

Am I disappointed? Hell yeah I am. Am I sad or angry? No, I don't think so.

See, I think why I'm not beating myself about this is because I didn't expect anything to happen. That's the way I am. I operate that way. I do my best and let whatever happen, happen.

OR maybe because I somehow knew I wasn't going to be picked. God knows how much I second guess myself.

OR maybe because I realise that is the nature of film making. There will be failures. There will be times I wont get what I want because of small and arbitrary reasons.

I don't mean to sound bitter, but I honestly think the school made a mistake here. We've all read each others scripts. Apart from mine, only about 3 other scripts of my friends are worth making in my opinion. But that's neither here nor there. They made a decision, I have to live with it. That's how it is out there.

So what now? Now, I want to see how else I can get this script made or use it to further my writing agenda. This is by far the BEST thing I've ever written. I'm the type of person who is never pleased with anything I do. ( This stems from years of lows elf-esteem and being short). But this script... GODDAMN am I proud of it. I actually proved to myself that I have what it takes to be a writer, to create something and fuck if i'm gonna let this setback keep me down. It's all hard work from here on out, but I'm hoping I get to rise.

We shall see.

Let's start over.

2009-08-29T01:34:00.001+10:00

HELLLOOOOOO, My faithful peons! It is I, your glorious overlord!

Yes, yes this is a new post and for ONCE this is going to be a frequent thing. At least until I stop giving a shit again for a six months. A lot has happened since I last graced you with my brilliant writings, so lets get to the bullet points:

Successfully started my second semester here in film school in Sydney. I have actually been having a good time at the school. I'm happy with what I'm learning, I'm FUCKING happy with the friends that I have, and for once I'm learning something willingly. I will say this though, it's not all sunny weather and flowers. I will elaborate soon.
Wrote my own script this semester. I will make a separate post about it after this one to expand on that. *SPOILER ALERT*: I didn't get to direct it.
I also have to come up with a THESIS film idea, which is really good because I basically get to do whatever I want ( Meaning Porn). I will also expand on this later.
OH OH! So we had the our film school's Film Festival at the end of June, and it was fun as hell! The movies were all fucking bullshit though, but It was nice to be in like a formal event and I got to dress up so me likey. I have the pics of me all dolled up somewhere I'll post it when I give a shit.
Although, It was awesome to see my name up there in the credits of our film. Also, our film was the only one that didn't suck. If you think I'm being biased then you are a goddamned communist!

Yeah, that's basically my academic update as of this point. Personally, it's been pretty much uneventful apart from my usual bullshit, which those of you who know me would be very familiar with.

AAAAAAAAAAAND that's about it. Read more of my shit, I'll be posting more now since I've got nothing better to do.

BOOM!

A solitary practice, resulting from circumstances

2009-04-20T01:33:00.005+10:00

Since coming to Australia, I have broken one of my most important rules that I have held steadfastly for these many years.

I have been eating by my self in restaurants.

That has been on of my chief tenets: That I do not eat alone in any establishment. EVER. But then, since coming here, the friends that I have are too far spaced out and too busy with thier own things that to actually meet up for lunch is sometimes more of a hassle that it's worth. So, without any other choice whenever I have to grab some food outside I have been doing so alone. I feel sad, pathetic and depressed whenever this happens and it had been happening with increasing freaquency lately; brought on by my divine-live laziness.

On the up-side, this is a very, VERY good reason for me to try and get a date soon.

The Food Situation.

2009-04-20T00:46:00.002+10:00

The good thing about being a Malaysian is that you can survive anywhere in the world. The way we are raised, with all the factors involved, I actually believe that we are quite a hardy people.

Unfortunately for me, my one weakness seems to be the availability of good food.

Now, when I say good food, I mean actual tasty, spicy, flavorful food. To be perfectly honest, I am talking about any and all Malaysian food. I am a food snob. I REFUSE to apologise for this. When you come from a nation that worships food above all else, I believe I have the right to be a complete PRICK about what constitutes good or bad food.

I guess I have to live with it, the bland food and the sickening health obsessiveness that seems to be the priority with a lot of the food outlets. I mean, I can understand how "eating healthy" might be a good thing, but fuck if I'm gonna follow it. The best tasting food is the ones that are bad for you. That is SCIENCE.

I really, honestly, and without any reservation miss my Nasi Lemak.

Because I'm bored ( and slightly drunk).

2009-04-20T00:16:00.004+10:00

Mayhaps it's time for an update.

Since we last left our Hero, things have pretty much been following their normal course. Pre-production on our short film (which I will talk about ONCE it's been made) is coming along but we are all hoping it could be just a bit faster. The reason behind why its moving at a relatively slower pace than the other films is that because our film has the most detailed and complicated production design. Don't believe me? Here is my proof: Film A is about a University student who doesn't study, Film B is about a woman who is in love with her best friend's partner, Film C is about an anorexic chick and Our Film ( Clemency and Talisker) is set in THE LATE 1840'S. With the idea that our director has about the translating the script and the artistic styles he wants to bring into this movie, I'm actuall quite surprised we would be able to do it by early next month.

But with all my complaining, we have an excellent team working on this. Our Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Designer and everyone else is completely invested in it. It is going to be fucking great.

Besides that, I have been seriously doing the gym thing. It's not easy, but dammit it needs to be done. Daddy needs a mommy...

I have now become used to Australia, or Sydney to be more precise. The routine is now firmly in place and I have to say it feels good. Especially when there is a break in the routine, like the fundraising night we just had at the school for one of the short films. We had some food and drinks and we saw The Dark Knight again ( GodDAMN, I fucking love that movie).

Classes have now been suspended until we are done with our film shoots, and I am looking forward to going back to classes because once we come back, one of the classes will be Scriptwriting, which I absolutely LOVE. I can't wait to learn about telling stories, which is what I am here for in the first place.

That's about it I guess. I think i'll try to post about some more random things that happen because I kind of get the feeling my day-to-day life is a bit boring, and if I feel that, that it be a fuck of a time for you people who are reading this bullshit.

'Til next time.

Let's Check In...

2009-03-24T14:59:00.005+11:00

It's now been three weeks since I've been in Sydney. I think things are sort of falling into a routine more or less. Classes on most days, sometimes I eat out, sometimes I just go walking around, etc.

That's not to say nothing new has happened, of course it did. Otherwise I'd just let this blog fester without any updates for another year now, wouldn't I?

The major thing (*Salutes* Major Thing) that happened is that I got chosen to be 1st Assistant Director on one of the short movies that will be produced by the students this semester. What does a 1st AD do, you ask? Ha ha, let me explain it to you poor, non-showbiz people. You see, my adorable working-class people, a 1st AD basically is the Director's right hand man. He (or She, but honestly it's better if it's a He because women can't do anything, AM I RIGHT? Hahaha.. right? right? I am so manly.) has to oversee the whole set while shooting and make sure everything that's supposed to get done, gets done in the time that its supposed to get done. It's an important job and it IS a bit daunting to be thrown right into the whole thing at such and early stage, but that's the good thing about this Sydney Film School. You actually get to do shit, which is what I need.

The short film itself is quite good. It's called Clemency and Talisker, and its about a relationship that develops between a prisoner and a guard in 19th century Australia. Heavy stuff. Should be fun to shoot. It's gonna be a good sexperience, I think. (No, that's not a typo)

The other new development is that I have joined a gym and will be starting early next month. I shall give you a few moments to finish laughing.

Done? Good.

The location of the gym as well as my slightly generous class schedule made this whole thing a good idea. That, and the fact that I am out of breath just typing this fucking post. Also, hot girls working out and sweating.

Thats about it for now. I'm happy that I'm now just settled in, and making friends and for ONCE I'm enjoying getting up just to go for classes.

Let's see how long this good fortune lasts, shall we?

I'm Back, Bitches (aka Blogging from Down Under)

2009-03-12T15:45:00.004+11:00

Like some terrible undead monstrosity spawned from the 4th plane of the dark, swirling dark-swirl dimension, I thrust my hand through the final layers of dirt and cow-grass that hath buried me all these eons ago and RISE! I LIVE AGAIN!!!

So it's been a very long time since I've blogged anything, really. A lot has happened in that time. It is as follows:

The whole San Francisco thing fell through. That completely sucked. I was the closest I had come to being actually depressed, apart from every other day before or since. A bit of last minute scrambling and string-pulling however, and I managed to get into the Sydney Film School, in Sydney, Australia. Which is where I am currently situated and blogging from. Not the film school. Sydney, I'm in Sydney.

It's close to 2 weeks since I've been here, and I'm still kinda adjusting. Moved into my own accommodation yesterday which is this shitty little studio apartment in a suburb of Sydney called Newtown which I will get to in a moment. Basically right now I'm living on my own, which should do wonders for my anti-social tendencies.

Newtown apparently is supposed to be "a vibrant and diverse section of Sydney." I'm starting to think thats code for "freaky as fuck". Just walking around the area for a day I already can get the sense of how weird the place is. Imagine all the little sub-cultures compresed into a district-sized area, and you more or less get the idea. Even the guy at the bank told me that over the weekends, the place attracts " all sorts." This should be really fun/interesting. Don't get me wrong though, it's a very nice place. Full of all sorts of makan shops which is generally in my interests.

The film school, surprisingly, has been better that I had expected. They actually teach shit that is applicable in real life, like filming styles and camera work. Work is piling up though, but I still feel that since for once I actually give a shit about what I'm learning, I will be fine.

So in conclusion, I have now some sort of bullshit internet set up in my place and will try very hard to be blogging often. All you whiny bitches who want to complain about the lack of pictures, please STFU. I am an EXTREMELY lazy person with a seriously communist internet data plan. If at all I am able to upload pics, I will but I much prefer writing so just chill and relax (wish there was an easier word for that). This should be an interesting year lah. So come with me on this journey, wont you? Just sit back and shut the hell up.

Miss you guys. Every single one of you.

15 days...Chinese people got it right.

2009-01-27T15:32:00.004+11:00

I want the Indian holidays ( or any holiday for that matter) to be as long as the Chinese New year holidays, National Economy be damned. I figure people would be to busy eating or sleeping or doing nothing to complain anyway.

'Nother trip 'round the Sun

2008-12-31T22:19:00.005+11:00

It is approximately 4.48 hours left till the year 2009. This has been a tumultuous year for me to say the least.Many things I had hoped to have achieved has not yet been fulfilled, but some things I am extremely thankful for, such as the friends and family I have around me, which basically is the buffer I have against me going Bat-Fuck-Crazy.

This is going to sound like a a cliche, and there are not many people who can actually understand this this (Those who can, you know who you are, no matter where you are), but I an going through a transitional phase. Hopefully lah huh, I will be going to San Francisco soon to do what I want, to get what I want and to Achieve what I want. It's not going to be easy, its not going to be quick... but GODDAMN, I pray it will be better than this FUCK-UP of a year.

I mean, SUNOVABITCH! The amount of frustrating, near-hit, bullshit circumstances I have had this year is unbelievable. Nothing major, mind you... Just small minor instances that add up to the overall Fucked-Up experience that is my day to day life.

BUT.

I have recently decided against this. This happen, and then other things happen. Most things we cause, others we dont. I have now decide to FUCK IT ALL. I am committed to try and live a Worry-Free Life™. What is a Worry-Free Life™ you ask? Shut the fuck up, dont't interrupt me, im typing here. I shall explain later. Basically what it is, is just to relax and give everything else the finger. This is EXTREMELY relevant to my interests.

So, in conclusion and in summary: May the coming year be LESS shittier than the previous and Have a Happy Fucking New Year, Cunts!

P.S. I also pledge to never, EVER be this self-reflective and whiny on the blog again.

Charlie Crews would like it.

2008-12-24T14:38:00.002+11:00

You know that one quote that everyone has in their mind, the one saying that more or less defines who they are or what they want or what kind of outlook they have in life? The one phrase that people can turn to for whatever assurance they need in anything. Yeah. I think I found mine:

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

It is now the third and I figure the final part of phrases that closely represents what I'm about. The other two?

"Dying is easy. Comedy is hard."

"Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die."

I see a pattern emerging. This amuses me.

Penang, Part Deux

2008-12-24T14:14:00.004+11:00

Got back from Penang 3 days ago. This being the the second time I've been there for a holiday, I was actually quite surprised that it was still a really fun experience. Maybe this time around it was because my family and 4 other families went along for 4 days. Maybe because I really needed a holiday without any actual REASON since I don't, you know, DO anything daily (though, it's never easy doing nothing). Maybe I realised after about 4 days in Penang, what I really wanted was to just chill out. I mean actual chilling-out, as in I'm not required to engage in anything if I don't feel like it. How is that different from what I do (or in this case don't do) every other day, you ask? Simple. Every other day, I do have things to do but refuse because I am a lazy fuck. This Penang trip? Didn't have to do jack-shit. I could have just layed on the beach the entire afternoon if I had wanted to and I almost did but I saw a horse and went to touch it and then got distracted by something else. Probably something shiny.

Other things that happened in Penang:

I went parasailing. It was AWESOME. I didn't want to come back down. I have always loved flying and heights and flying high and high flying and getting high.
I also went on he banana boat, which in hind-sight I should now have since i CAN'T FUCKING SWIM. It was really really fun, up until the point where they made it capsize and I still held on to it for fear of drowning. I did have a life jacket on so I would have never gone underwater, but screw you. I hate the sea. It is a bastard.
Ate A LOT. Which is always a good thing. Always.

I did not take a lot of pics this time around, but there is now VIDEO! I shall upload them as and when I feel like it which basically means when I get around to editing it all.

The main thing though, and this is something I find quite fascinating and exciting is that this whole Penang thing really gave me an idea of what I want out of things. I want to just be worry-free and relaxed. I want everyday for me to be like a beach holiday. Not in the sense that I become some sun-burned hobo, but just not take things too seriously and deal with stuff as and when it comes with a smile. That's not entirely practical, but it is a baseline.

You gotta start somewhere so I'm starting here. Now.

El Dos-Dos Grande

2008-12-06T05:19:00.003+11:00

I turn 22 today. Yay. I always become a little bit introspective and feel like something should happen to me, but it doesn't. I also end up feeling old as hell and complain about it, which someone my age should not be doing at the freaquency and quantity that I complain.

Went to the Curve with a bunch of lovely friends who surprised me with cake after the clock hit 12. It was very nice to have people I like around me, especially when its something like my birthday. My great friends are great.

I realise I haven't posted anything new in months because I'm a lazy fuck. This is not news. There is no other explanation for this. I will now run-down the new/major/important/useless things that have occured these last few months.

It now looks like I'll be going to the USA to do my film course, specifically The Academy of Art in San Francisco. I am excited about this slightly. I hope it works out.
I am almost positive that I have 7 seperate medical conditions that are either dangerous or life-threatening and I am not doing a DAMN thing about it. I really, really should though. Everything hurts at some point throughout the day. Again, I am getting old.
I did the ke-la-bing thing a few times. I honestly do not have the energy for it, and yet I end up going from time to time. Why? Because I have no other friends and I'm bored and I have issues and I kinda like it a bit but not too much.
I have been eating like there is no tomorrow. This mainly stems from me being bored almost all the time. This also is a major contributing factor to the second point, as I am constantly stuffing myself with so much junk that im surprised my body hasn't shut down yet.
One family from my mom's side is migrating to Australia next January for good, so that SUCKS. I'm really happy for them but I'm sad because god knows when I'm gonna see them again. I try not to think about it often because it depresses me to no end.

So that's mainly it. I should get back to some sort of regulary updating now, since I've got fuck all to do anyway. As for now, I am sleepy and I've got my birthday dinner and some after-dinner plans that my cousins have in store for me that I'm sure im going to be feeling the next morning.
In conclusion, I'm 22 now. Let's see if I can last till next year.

Also, CAKE! ( The best thing about birthdays, because CAKE is awesome and if you dont agree you are a communist bastard.)

Giving You My Opinion: Mirrors

2008-08-14T22:51:00.002+10:00

MIRRORS

DIRECTED BY ALEXANDRE AJA, WRITTEN BY ALEXANDRE AJA & GREGORY LEVASSUER, STARRING KEIFER SUTHERLAND, PAULA PATTON AND AMY SMART.

The decision to watch this movie was a very spontaneous one. We ( Kah Hoong, Lordson and I) we just generally wasting time in 1 Utama yet again and thought we might as well watch a movie to kill time. We didn't know what to watch initially because there wasn't enough people to watch WALL.E and properly enjoy it. We ended up choosing Mirrors because it seemed like a good film that was interesting and we will give anything a try.

I am, of course, lying.

The main reason why it HAD to be Mirrors was because of Keifer Sutherland. Jack Goddamned Bauer. Even before the movie, we were making stupid '24' jokes and it didn't get much better in the cinema either.

The movie itself was quite enjoyable and the scary parts were nicely done. The visual effects , mainly the gore, was really, really good. Bloody and gruesome, just the way I like it. The 'final confrontation' didn't mesh with me that well because I thought it devolved into monster horror territory instead of ghost horror, but the actual ending was really good. But this is not the point of this review.

About halfway through the movie, I turned to Lordson and said "We're watching this movie for wrong reasons, right?" He wholeheartedly agreed. You see, we're all jokers. And we're massive TV geeks. And '24' is an awesome show with as awesome hero thats just ripe for stupid jokes. Throughout the movie, we were trying to see where he acted like Jack Bauer, or how many times he would say 'Damn It'(answer: 4). Every single time Keifer Sutherland's character raised his voice, we cracked up. If that wasn't enough, me and Kah Hoong were trying to figure out when the 'Final Boss' would appear so the hero could 'finish the level' and 'win the game'. Yes, I'm fully aware of the stupidity involved, but damn if it isn't fun.

I dont quite know why we did it. You could argue and say because it was a scary movie and we trying to lessen the impact, but movies don't scare me anymore nowdays. You could say maybe the movie was too boring and that we were trying to pass the time, but it wasnt boring at all. Me, I'm gonna just blame that whispering bastard ('Jack Bauer's voice has two levels: whisper and kill') for being so kick-ass.

Strong Medicine

2008-08-09T02:24:00.004+10:00

I'm not having the most annoying flu I've had in a long, LONG time. My nose is so stuffed that its putting pressure against my fucking skull. It's like I have a plastic bag over my head but the air is being continuously sucked out. The meds im taking ain't helping either. It's not making a lick of difference. Fucking 'Modern Medical Marvels' my ass.

Also, yes I haven't updated for a while cause frankly, anything that happens usually happens when Im with most of the people who read this blog anyway, so fuck it. It gets redundant. I might have some free time coming up soon, which is to say I might not be as lazy as I am. When I start getting paid to ramble on about bullshit, THEN maybe this might become a consistant thing.

As of right now, this is just a mastubatory activity for me. (Go look the word up, perverts)

I'm Back, Back in the PJ Groove

2008-06-14T19:39:00.004+10:00

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAhhhhhh.....

I've been back exactly 1 week today. Feels sooooo good to be home, I can't explain it. Well, I could but it would have something to do with meta-physics and birthplaces and hypersapce bypasses so i'll just spare you the details. The point is, im happy to have returned home safely.

The flight sucked donkey balls. I had to make a stop at both Frankfurt (HORRIBLE airport that had the gate where I was supposed to board my connecting flight all the way across the other side of Germany, or at least thats how it felt) and Bangkok (which I did not know I had a stop in. It wasn't on the booking information or on my tickets). The fight from Frankfurt to Bangkok itself pissed me off, because for some inexplicable reason I could not get my neck into the proper position to relax in my goddamn seat. So I was drifting in and out of sleep, with a stiff neck for 14 FUCKING HOURS. That was fun.

Since I've been back, I have been eating like there's gonna be a global food shortage. I mean its scaring even me. I doubt that I will still be alive by July at this rate. I plan to consume at least 20% more than the national average of Nasi Lemak that gets eaten in a day by the end of the month. See, this is my problem. I know its bad for me. I even tell people it's bad for me. And yet I do nothing. Because I love it. Bad, very very bad.

SIDE NOTE: What the FUCK is up with the weather? NO seriously, this is not even a joke! How can it be this hot outside all the time? Did the Earth move closer to the sun? What's going on? I'm sweating harder than an Indian at a police road-block. Goddamn.

I have also been meeting up with people lately, which is the second best thing about coming back home (The first being the food. Screw you guys, unless you buy me lunch). I've really, REALLY missed everyone, more than they can know, so it's been great. Still got a bunch more people I need to catch up with though so I really hope that happens soon. Shouldn't be a problem, as I have ample time seeing as I'm only going back on September the Something-or-Another.

Now comes the confusing part. What do I blog about now that I'm back home. I could write about my day-to-day life, but I don't really wanna be responsible for mass homicide by exposure to boredom. I could write about any interesting stuff when it happens, but the next Ice Age would roll around before that anything exciting happens to me. Or, I could be really fucking evil and subject you guys to any number of my own fiction stories that I constantly get ideas to write about. Although some of those writings have been banned by the Geneva Conventions, so I'll have to probably have to get my lawyers to take a look at it first.

Anyways, that's how it's gonna be from now on I guess. Much more of my insane ramblings and twisted observations. It's all your fault because YOU ASKED FOR IT.

A peek under the hood?

2008-06-06T11:08:00.002+10:00

I was walking towards the food shop here on my last day (2 am) and I was lacking a 1 pound coin to get the meal. Suddenly I found one on the road. Kick-ass! A bit further along, a black cat crosses my path. What the hell? I was thinking "Fuck it, I'll go to the shop as quickly as I can." Once there I got the meal for a pound cheaper and got more food in it. It was kinda surreal for me.

The universe pulses, and we are merely the echoes of its heartbeat.

Reflections.

2008-06-06T06:12:00.004+10:00

*Lights an antique oak pipe*

As I sit here in my room with less that 23 hours to go before my plane takes off (20 hours), I'm thinking back upon the past year that I've spent in Coventry. All my belongings having been packed, I feel a strange sensation inside of me. It might be the sandwich I had for lunch, but more importantly it could be that I'm beginning to feel the emotions thats usually arise when something is nearing it's end. I would like to dwell for a moment upon my experiences here, The Season of 07-08 in Coventry.

It started with the blistering cold that almost froze my middle nipple off. That lasted for about, oh let me see, 5 fucking months. In that time, I discovered that Coventry was a wonderful 'city', with its city center just marginally bigger than a horse stable. I also learned that England is a place where good food goes to die. The amount of junk food vs. actual food I put into myself is staggering. Class was amazing, and then it sucked donkey balls. Usually after turning up for class and not knowing what the fuck just happened, I would retire to my room for massive amounts of gaming, tv watching, and lying on the floor crying to myself about how WONDERFUL my life has been so far. It was magical. My friends were really nice, all 5 of them. I figured, "Hey, it worked before so why mess with something that isn't broken?". It was really nice to hang out with them at the many places in town, such as the pub up the road, and the pub further up from that and the pub opposite that pub. The nightclubs were amazing, as I could dance around like a retarded gibbon along with similarly disenfranchised and highly delusional university students such as myself. Hooray for socialising! My trip to London was good as I spent the whole beautiful day in London visiting sights by myself and eating by myself and taking pictures of myself BY MYSELF. Other minor things include the complete lack of any chili sauce, the ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY Daylights Savings Time, the cinemas that were virtually empty, how affordable things were with the exchange rate of about RM6.3-RM7.1 to the Pound and the general convoluted and confusing way of going about carrying out day to day business. I learned a lot about myself here, most of which resulted in agitating my clinical depression. Overall, it was a unique and very interesting experience.

*Takes a puff of the pipe*

I can't fucking wait to come back home.

Homecoming

2008-06-04T21:10:00.003+10:00

The tickets have been bought, the stuff is being packed and goodbyes are being said. I'll be landing in KLIA on Saturday evening after what I expect to be a VERY long flight. I have a 2.5 hour stopover in Frankfurt before taking the connecting flight home. I think I'll start to feel sad about leaving Coventry once the plane takes off, cause I know there's no turning around after that. It was like that when I left to come here. Anyways, I'm so damn excited to be coming back because I really miss a lot of people and a lot of things. I actually feel like I want to do MORE with you people but this time actually do it. We'll plan it out. We'll have fun.

See you guys very very soon.

It's been a while

2008-05-28T09:20:00.005+10:00

Yeah,
I haven't posted anything in a while. Lets just say it was because I was busy with exams and assignments ok? ( Look, you and I both know it's not true but lets run with it and move on. Alright? Good. )

So what have I been up to since *looks at previous post* MARCH?! Holy shit! Wow, have I been lazy. Dammit. OK, ok from March then. Right.

So shortly after the robot post, I was on Spring holidays or Easter break or whatever it's called. I went down to London to stay with some of my relatives. There are my relatives whom I did not even know I had until a few years ago. Some of them I've never met till I came here. It was good to sort of reconnect, to see more of where my family came from, to hear their stories, to feel their culture. My granduncle and grandaunt and their children and families. Living about an hour outside of London. They made me feel really welcome and they were so accommodating i felt really bad sometimes. Why? I don't know. Another one of my 'quirks' (aka issues).

I stayed there for a week. In that week I managed to do quite a lot of stuff, I have to say.Here then I present to you the aforementioned Stuff (CLICK PICTURE FOR BIGGER QUALITY. CLICK LINK BELOW PICTURE FOR FULL ALBUM. CLICK "WEB ALBUM" IN THE SIDE BAR FOR MY ENTIRE WEB ALBUM. CLICK HERE TO WATCH A CUSTOM SLIDE SHOW I MADE.)

1. On the first day after I arrived, my uncle (with whom I would be staying with for the entire visit) took me for a car ride to London itself. I wasn't expecting this, and I was excited. The reason it was a car ride though was because of the BASTARD weather that day. It was dark and cloudy and rainy. We only ended up driving around in London for a while but it was still great. I got to see Buckingham Palace, Piccadilly Square, Trafalgar Square and all sorts of other places. Finally the rain stopped after a while and we had dinner in a Chinese Restaurant. In London. It made me smile.

From London 1

Right in front of Buckingham Palace

2. A few days later ( I seriously forgot the dates and the what it says on the web albums are not exactly accurate ) I went to the Royal Air Force museum outside of London with my OTHER uncle and his family. That was seriously awesome. I went nuts. I was so happy in there even I couldn't take it. I was trying to touch everything, even the ones behind rope. The amount of pictures I took there within a 3 hour time period was INSANE. There were World War I and World War II planes there, from both sides and even some older planes from all over world. It was massive. They had a whole separate hangar just for the bombers, it was Huuuuuge. My uncle bought me a cap.

From 4-9-2008 RAF ...

Lotsa planes, but no snakes anywhere...

3. The main thing about my visit to my relatives place was that they said they were gonna take me sightseeing around London. So I was patiently waiting for when that would happen. It happened the day after the RAF outing. You see, my uncle and aunty are working and thier kids are small, so my aunty said " Why don't you take the tube (train) and go to the Madame Toussauds Wax Museum?".
So I did. I took the tube from the nearest station and went to London City. By Myself. Time's like these I feel like I need more friends, but I digress.
London city in the afternoon. AMAZING. Went to the wax museum, which is great. Some of the wax figures look so realistic it scared the shit out of me. The whole place was crowded so at some points I didn't know which were figures and which were people. Took a lot of pictures there, 'twas fun.

From Madame Tussauds

" Somebooody stop him!"

Now, when I bought the tickets for the museum, I bought a double-deal kinda thing for the museum AND the London Eye, the gigantic ferris wheel by the Thames River. It was valid for a month and I assumed I would be coming back to London before I'm done here. The wax museum didn't take too long (again, thanks to my depressing lack of friends. Seriously, someone introduce me to someone.) and I thought "Fuck it, i'll go to the Eye".
A short tube ride later and I was at Waterloo right BESIDE Big Ben. A leisurely walk over the Thames and I was there at the base of the ferris wheel. Since it wasn't a National-School-Public holiday season, there was virtually no lines. I got on the thing and it was SAUCESOME. I love heights, always have. You could see so much from up there and this was in the evening as well so the it was just as the sun was setting on the city, it looked MAGNIFICENT. I have this thing about cities, I just can't explain it. I love being in them, looking at them, feeling it living and breathing. One of the very little pleasures I have in life.
Once that was done (it only lasted 30 minutes, way too short if you ask me. I know you didn't, I don't care) I took a slow walk around the Thames, starting from the south bank walking eastwards till i reached a bridge to cross over to the north bank and walk back to the station. I was soaking up everything as I walked, and all the while I was thinking to myself how much I didn't want to take that train.

From London Eye an...

Great Views

4. A couple of days later I went to hang out with Suresh, my 24-year old uncle from Malaysia also. Hadn't seen him in a while so it was really good to meet up again. It was soooooooooo nice to finally be able to meet and talk with another 'Negarawan'. He showed me around his campus and parts of his town, and I stayed there overnight because he invited me along for a party that his friends were having. It was a good time.

The next day, I had lunch and then packed my stuff and headed back to Coventry. I had a really good time there, honestly. What's gonna happen now is im going to miss the place a helluva lot. But then , I'd like to think that means I've got a reason to go back.

Someone get Sarah Connor...

2008-03-25T09:46:00.002+11:00

Check this shit out.

Thats BigDog. It's a robot developed by an engineering and robotics company called Boston Dynamics. Apparently one of the applications for this would be to serve as pack mule for troops in war zones that have hazardous terrain. If you know even VERY VERY little about mechanics or engineering or robotics, I'm sure you'll appreciate how hard it is to make things walk, let alone move and balance itself that way. It's INSANE. I'm sure some of you would be getting a slight MGS4 vibe from this and I don't blame you.

This is how it starts, you know.Slowly but surely its gonna get to a point where THEY become more or less like US. And then it's theres gonna be a Skynet and Squiddies and Number Sixes all over the place. I for one welcome our emotionless, robotic overlords.

Mmmm, Number Six... I would betray humanity for you in an instant.

Indecisive

2008-03-23T01:37:00.002+11:00

It just went from incredibly strong winds and FREAKIN' snow, to sunshine and blue skies in the space of 10 minutes. What kind of bullshit is that? To make things worse this is the FIRST thing I'm seeing when I got up.

Oh, now its snowing again.

This is messing with my mind. Bloody nature.

We just don't talk anymore...

2008-03-12T04:08:00.002+11:00

I've added a small chat-message-box thingie to the sidebar because all the cool kids are doing it.
Let's see if this improves conditions.
I highly doubt it.

Ch-ch-changes (a bit...)

2008-03-09T22:28:00.005+11:00

So.

The 2008 Malaysian General Elections are over. The results have been described as 'Shocking!', the country's political structure has changed, and everyone is trying to figure out where we all stand now. A new dawn for Malaysia? Maybe. We'll see. Right now, with the way things are and the way it has turned out, my thoughts and feelings can be summarised as such:

"Please don't fuck this up".

Barisan National is still the federal government, which is good. They've done a lot (of good things, too), and they can lead the country well, no doubt about that. But the problem is that there were not enough checks and balances. Too much free reign, if you will. The Opposition won A LOT of state seats and enough parliamentary seats to deny BN a 2/3 majority. Which is also good because we need limitations in our government. Elected officials are given executive and legislative powers with the hope that they would not ABUSE the privilege. And thats what it is. Being elected into office is a goddamn privilege, not a right. Thats why I think that having a significant opposition presence in the parliament can benefit things. At the very least, think of it as an oversight for the federal government. Hopefully, with them there, they can act as a guiding force to get things done.

But then again...

The problem with the Opposition is that there seems to be a lot of disparity within themselves (obviously). It looks like many arguments are gonna arise from this because each of the 3 parties have fundamentally different agendas and ideologies. My fear is that they are going to spend so much time with in-fighting that they won't get a chance to do any good. They've been given this chance, hope they can prove themselves in the next 5 years.

But all in all, I'd say this is a good thing. For everyone. This 'upset' has been a long time coming. Not just this year but the past few year's worth of events have been leading up to this. And say what you will about party politics and who's right or wrong, I think it's about time for a change, and in whatever small way we have that now. Our job, though, will now have to be more aware and involved. We don't have time to be complacent, we need to be active. How, I don't know. At the very least, we need to know what the hell is going on. I know I do. (Editors note: I know you're thinking, "WTF is he talking about? He didn't even vote , much much less register so who the hell is he to talk about politics?" I say to that " Shut your ugly face!" I've seen almost every single episode of THE WEST WING, so I think Im uniquely qualified to be a political commentator. Suck It.)

At the end of the day, I've got a good feeling about this. This is something new and something different. And it's something we sorely need. And yes, we all know nothing is perfect, ESPECIALLY government. Sir Winston Churchill said : "Democracy is the worst form of government except for all those others that have been tried". It's the best we have, so lets hope it works. Keep watching, people.

...Winston Churchill was da man.

Good Vibrations

2008-02-27T12:31:00.007+11:00

Holy Crap!

At 1:01am in Coventry, whats seems to have been a tremor from an earthquake just hit.
I was just trying to get some sleep when i felt the whole room shaking suddenly. I didn't know what the hell was going on or what to do, so I just kept on lying down. News seems to be just trickling in at the moment, more on this as it develops (or when I feel like writing about it)...

Chun siaaaaaaaaal...

UPDATE (2.10am)
NEWS WEBSITEs:Apparently, according to the US Geological Survey's website, it was a magnitude 4.7 quake in a place called Kingston-upon-Hull, which is approx. 140 miles north east of my location. Damn, dude...

UPDATE (7.30pm)
Yeah, yeah hours later... So now we know it was actually a 5.3 magnitude quake and the eipcentre was in a region called Lincolnshire which is nearby Kingston-upon-Hull as was initially reported. I was walking around today trying to see if there was any structural damage to any of the buildings nearby but there was none. One guy in the flat opposite mine said he actually saw his laptop moving to the side as it was happening. It was a quite a weird experience and the first time for me and as usual my reaction was completely not appropriate: I kinda liked it, heh...

Giving You My Opinion - Cloverfield (contains spoilers)

2008-02-24T03:30:00.007+11:00

(Editor's note: This will be the first in an indefinite-part series where I write about my thoughts concerning whatever it is I want. I figure this would be good way for me to become more like a dick since I already have an online internet web-log and use it to talk about myself, I might as well start giving opinions)

So after a long time waiting, I finally went and saw 'Cloverfield' the other day. I've been waiting for this movie since it was announced, I was following the hype, I was just like everyone else: "What's it gonna be like?" "How will the monster look?" " What the hell IS going on on the island?". I got caught up with the back-story and the viral marketing for it for a while before I left for Uni but after that I focused on the press coverage of it. Before I actually saw it i talked some some friends and cousins and I got the impression that people seem to have mixed feelings about it. Well, whatever, it's a monster movie and I'm gonna see it anyway so I went in expecting a damn good time cause im a fan of monster movies/action movies.

SWEET. HOLY. CRAP.

I had such an incredible time for that 84 minutes it was ridiculous. I haven't felt like that after watching an action movie in a long time. I FUCKING loved it. Every damn minute of it I enjoyed immensely. Let me explain.

Even before the movie came out, and after watching the trailers and reading the news about it I was already damn excited for the movie. Going into a movie that has a relatively weird concept (I'll talk about that later) with high expectations usually wouldn't be a good idea because more often than not nowadays your just setting yourself up for disappointment. 'Cloverfield' appealed to ALL of my sensibilities. Every single one of them. For me it had everything in the absolute right quantities: The comedy, the drama, the character development (yes there was!) and the PHENOMENAL action sequences.

For those of you who don't know, It's about what happens to these group of 4-6 people in Manhattan during a monster attack on the city. That's basically it and thats the genius of it. You see, I think the reason why people are sort of dismissing it is because we're all so used to the generic scenario of action or monster movies: Larger than life hero in the middle of a crisis kicks-ass and saves the day. This movie isn't about that. This movie is about you and me.

Thats where I think the concept of the first-person perspective comes in. It gives you the feeling that "Holy shit, this is happening right now TO ME!". It gives you that perspective of the people you see in other movies running away from the bad thing thats happening. It's being compared to the Blair With Project and i think thats fair because that movie gives you the same feeling of "Shit, this is real, this is happening". You see it from the perspective of people on the groud in the middle of the shit. It isn't about some military special forces dude being a hero or some scientist in a lab coming up with an idea, It's about what would happen if something so catastrophic occurs and you were right there in the middle of it.

And thats where it shines. It shows everyday normal people thrown into this unreal situation and they're just trying to get out alive. The first 20 minutes sets it up perfectly. Rob is going away, His brother Jason and girlfriend Lily are setting up a party for him, Rob has had a thing with Beth (mutual friend), and Hud (Rob's best friend) is obsessing over Marlena (Lily's friend). Thats all you need to know about the characters at the beginning. They are just like everyone else. No super-powers, no elite training, nothing. Just people dealing with life. And then the monster hits. Oh, baby does it hit.

My mouth was open anytime they had those outdoor sequences where the monster attacks. The way it was choreographed so that you saw just enough but not too much of it was inspired. It gave the sense of intensity that something horrible is happening but you don't know exactly what it is. That sense of impending doom, if you will. Only its not impending, its down the street knocking buildings over. The monster itself I'm happy to say was bad-ass. No one knew exactly was it was gonna look like but im extremely pleased. It had the right level of scariness and bat-shit insanity you'd expect from a 300-foot pissed of sonuvabitch. It completely laid some horrific whoop-ass on the city, man. And if that wasn't enough, the smaller creatures it brings along with it were creepy as fuck. A tall, menacing monster i can deal with. Dog sized creatures with razor sharp teeth that hunt you down in the dark? I would cry.

What I also liked about it was that over the course of the film I felt really connected to these characters. Rob risking everything to save Beth who's trapped in her apartment. Lily, who saw Jason die, following Rob to help him and Hud who's Rob's best friend being a best friend. Oh and Hud, I absolutely love this guy. He is what I meant when i said this movie is about us. He's there showing us what we would see and saying what we would say. Trying to figure out whats going on while helping his friend, trying to get the girl (Marlena) and staying alive (although the last part doesn't work out too well for him). Marlena though I think really stuck with me. In one scene, all the characters had the chance to join all the other people of Manhattan to evacuate the city but none of them did. Marlena had the least connection to any of these people and yet she stuck around. I transplanted myself into that situation. That scenario where I could make a choice to go and escape with all the other people down the alley or follow my friends deeper into the shit. I really, really ended up liking all these characters by the end of the film. And towards the end when Rob and Beth are finally reunited, it just warmed my heart and thats saying something for an action film (and the fact that I have no heart).

So thats basically it. Awesome movie that I think took the concept of first-person camera perspectives and did things with it that has never been done before by giving you and up-close look at a situation we could never actually comprehend fully. Sorry for the LONG article, I just had to say it, it really is AMAZING if not groundbreaking altogether. I bloody loved it.

Oh and yeah if it was me, the alley wouldn't even be an option. I'd be chasing the bastard all over the place.

'Cloverfield' sequel

INDY!!!

2008-02-16T01:51:00.001+11:00

Yessssssss, Yes Yes Yes...

New Post? It cannot be!

2008-02-13T07:41:00.000+11:00

Ok yes fine I'll update this crap.

People have been saying I haven't updated my blog in a long , long time. They also have been saying " Yah lah, post lah something so we know what going on."

First of all, shut your bloody whining, I will post when I feel like it!
Secondly, yeah I know. The thing is, and here's the thing: I haven't been posting because of 2 reasons mainly.
The first reason is basically time. Between my laughable attempts at socialising, desperately trying to finish my assignments and vigorously touching myself, I just haven't had the time lah.

Honest.

The second, and real reason is that im just plain lazy.

I mean I don't have to explain lah right? You people have known me long enough to know how lazy I am so lets just not pretend. At this point its kind of a given that at any opportunity for me to be lazy, I'm gonna be lazy. I mean, how long have i known you people? Half you people I see almost everyday and sometimes SEVERAL TIMES a day ok? So me being lazy shouldn't be news.

Now some updates.

Last year I spent the Christmas holidays with Daniel and Tze Nie in Sheffield. Both of them were damn nice and accommodating and gracious hosts. If you ever get a chance to go to England to do Games Technology in Coventry, I highly recommend spending your first abroad Christmas with them. Tze Nie was super nice and cooked damn chun food and did a lot to make me feel welcome. Daniel was very....Daniel.

Moving On.

It's now bloody February and the thing I feared the most has happened. I have settled into a routine now. Get up, go class, eat lunch, do work, DON'T do work, eat dinner, sleep. Wash, rinse, repeat ad nauseam. It's understandable I suppose. There not much for me to do here. ME. Not you or someone else, ME.
See for me, a city means big-big, shiny-shiny, noisy-noisy. It's too small here, the city. Coventry itself is kinda big, but it's spread out like most of the places over here. I'm a KL boy, lah. Must have that congestion where you get sick of seeing so many people walking by you that you feel you just wanna go home but can't cause its raining and the train station is bloody crowded.
THAT'S a city.
So now my days are occupied by doing work and trying to figure out what I'm gonna have for lunch. Thats why any opportunity to go out or do something fun , I take it only.

As for pictures I've got a lot of them, so what I'll do is I'll upload them to a web-album or something (Picasa, Flickr, etc.) and then give the link to any of you that actually gives a shit.

So thats more or less it. I'm on a one week break now so I think once I start getting into the rhythm of "blogging" these things will become semi-rare so good for you people who got nothing better to do in life than read this crap.

Oh, and also Gong Xi Fa Chai to everyone. EVERYONE. I don't care if you celebrate or not, I'm wishing you. UNITY people, UNITY.

I'll leave you with this: It's a bunch of my used cereal boxes stacked up and 2 empty bottles of milk.

If you have to ask why, then you don't really know me very well.

Magic Beans

2007-12-21T23:33:00.000+11:00

I remembered something that I had forgotten all these years.
I LOVE bean bags.
In Daniels place there's these 2 orange coloured bean bags that he'd forgotten about till he showed me around his place. As im typing this completely irrelevant post im sitting against both of the bean bags, one stacked on top of the other, and I cant remember the last time I've been more comfortable.
There was a time, back in those days when everything was much nicer and simpler, that I remember that i really really wanted to get some bean bags. I also remember seeing at some point one GIANT bean bag, and I was in love for a time. But, like the classic Romeo and Julian, it was not meant to be. We were so different from each other. The time was no right. Our families forbade it. And in the end, it was finished. No one actually died, lah but still it was forgotten.

And is it not worse to have loved and forgotten then to never forget and be in pain?

Yeah, suck on that bitches! Never thought i could come up with deep crap right? You all don't know Jack Shit lah unlike me. I've known Jack for a long time. Nice guy but full of it. (It being shit.)

Holiday Season (aka the only good thing about University)

2007-12-21T07:48:00.000+11:00

I'm now at Daniels place in Sheffield, spending Christmas with him and Tze Nie over the holidays. I was thinking (thats never good) that it would be nice lah to spend Christmas with people you know and love (friends, family, former jail-mate etc.). The alternative for me was just staying in my room in my flat back in Coventry alone cause everyone else had left. And that, even for me, is just sad. For me Christmas is a time to just be happy lah and just celebrate whatever it is you want to celebrate with everybody else. Why we only do this at one point in the whole year I seriously dunno, but its like that so I want to celebrate ~~together~~ togader-gader. Seriously looking forward to spending time with them, miss Daniel and Tze Nie like hell lah. At least now I feel a BIT better about me being 756,895 miles away from Malaysia, because now I got 2 people I knew from before I came who I can see. That fact itself makes me very comfortable.
Also, i will post my pictures all whenever i bloody feel like posting, so relax.

Incidentally, this whole blogging thing is fun. A BIT fun only, not so much. I will try to do it more often. What you minions need to do is get more people to read it. Thats not a big thing for me to ask since im going to give you guys this amount of genius writing. So get on it!

Fine lah, I'll blog...

2007-12-07T00:51:00.000+11:00

Ok, lets get it over with.

So 2 days from now I will have been here for exactly 2 months. So far, so good lah. More or less settled in and got into a routine already (get up, go class, come back, pretend to do work, etc..).
Not exactly sure how to describe things some more, plus the 3 of you who are even gonna bother reading this crap I probably told everything to already. But since you people wont stop bitching, ill tell it all again lah.

There,England. Happy?

OCTOBER 8TH 2007

The first day here. After dunno how many bloody hours on the plane(s), finally landed in Birmingham International Airport. I dunno what people mean by culture shock lah, but I felt something lah. Like sadness plus confusion plus irritation. Yah correct. Landed there had to drag my 2 goddamned heavy bags BY MYSELF, went to the train station and found out how to get to Coventry from there and then stood in the train with my 2 goddamned heavy bags BY MYSELF, had to drag those bags BY MYSELF up and down bloody staircases when i finally reached Coventry (the train ride was not too bad lah the country side all looks chun)

SHEEEEEEEEEEP!!!

Then after all that travelling I reached my flat but couldnt relax yet, no no no. I had to run around the ENTIRE university campus trying to look for my faculty building to register and enroll and all that IN THE RAIN. Pwned. Finally after that was done I came home and just relaxed a bit lah , and thinking where Im gonna go after the first day is done.

AFTER THAT

The next day, I went around the Coventry City Center trying to find out where shit was. Took me like about 2 weeks lah to more or less know where all the shops, supermarkets, banks and all that are. Then met flat mates also, damn nice people. Slowly slowly I found out lah where places were and where to get food (most important) and settle bank stuff and all that. Nothing particularly exciting lah but It was a learning experience, to see a new place and find out about it. Happy about it lah, because at least then the sooner I got familiarised, the sooner I could start adjusting.

NOW

So after that I just started going to class (fun lah but challenging, the most technical of all the creative computing courses so NO, I'm not JUST sitting and playing games the whole day you idiots... I'm studying AND sitting and playing games the whole day), do work, Go out whenever I can and just generally try do things normally lah. The food ah, hiyooooo nothing is spicy at all anywhere and all the same kinds of 'western' food that we get from out Ming Tiens and food courts and things like that. The biggest adjustment is not having mamak. I don't wanna talk about that cause then Ill just get sad again and have to go strangle a puppy to feel better. The main thing is I got over the home-sickness(i think) and now just trying to to what I have to do lah. Because after so long finally feel like Im starting something and doing something worthwhile and moving forward, so see lah what happens.

Also, today is my Birthday. Celebrated with flat mates lah, it was fun.

But also wish could have celebrated with you guys. Would have been chuntet.

Love all of you all , you know who you are(not like I know so many people also ahahahaha).

Take care. Miss you all like hell, like hell.

Test

2007-08-03T15:22:00.000+10:00

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