Well, I didn't die but it wasn't what I would call a enjoyable day. It started off quite nicely, me and my old class from secondary school regrouping as we do every morning and turning heads as we are extremely noisy as a group. >.<
Getting to class, all the guys who tease me were standing at the door, talking to each other. With each new step, I felt my heart getting heavier and I braced myself for the attack I knew was coming. So I stood outside the door, hoping they would just let me pass because I was so not in the mood to be critisized so early in the morning. As one of them opened his mouth, presumeably to tease me again, the door which he was so brilliantly leaning against, was opened by one of our classmates who wanted to exit class. So, yes, he staggered backward and I seized the opportunity to squeeze past them into the class. Phew.
Then, as I thought that all was clear, I realized that all 3 of the guys who tease me mercilessly had chosen to sit right behing me. Sigh. Luckily we were in that class for only one lesson and during lab, which was our second lesson, my friends and I sat in front whilst they sat at the back. Then, after break, they sat in the middle and I practically ran to the seat that was furthest away. This time, all 3 lessons were in the same class so I was safe til college ended.
One of them invited me to join them at the library to study for tomorrow's Biology CT1 (Gasp!) but I was with MS at McDonald's so I didn't join them. Besides, I'm sort of banned from the library since I lost my student ID. >.<
Once again, on the way home, I felt a sense of sadness and despair. I came home and immediately slept til around 6.30pm. I reached home at 3.30pm. =.= My dad won't be coming home til late because he's going to Ipoh (quite far away) so I just had my dinner alone. No news from my brother so I don't know what happened to him. Hmm..
My ESL CT1 today went really badly. I couldn't think of any points for my essay and felt like I was running around in circles. Which I guess I was. Hahaha!
Tomorrow I'm sitting for my Biology CT1 and here I am, writing about my horrible day when I should be studying.
To top it all off, my sister, who's now studying in Melbourne, told me that she's so sad now because my mother's leaving for home on Sunday. She just left a few weeks ago and yet she hasn't made any new friends because her classmates already have their own groups. =(
My mother says that my sister is very upset and is moping around. She calls it 'one of S's moods'. =.=
Anyway, I suppose I should get a move on and at least shower now. Ugh..
Forgive me for the drama for I know not a life without it. >.<
There's been a rumour that the SPM results would be coming out on the 28th of February aka tomorrow. Since there's been no news about that so far, I guess it's not. There's another rumour that it'll be out by the 11th of March which is a Sunday as the National Service (NS) people are getting leave on that day. Some people are saying it's on the 12th or 16th or 18th of March.
I'm so dead.
I get the feeling that I'm going to fail my SPM. Hmm, maybe that's why I had that bad feeling this afternoon. Or maybe I'm going to die tomorrow. Either way, I'm so dead!
On a lighter note, I received my Physics Common Test 1 results. I was shocked when my teacher called my name out as the 2nd highest in class. I was fully expecting a 4/50. However, I can't be too cocky as the top 10 in my class comprises of people who failed too. I achieved a 30/50 which is only a 60/100. Which is so totally horrible!
I received my Biology Quiz 2 results today too. I got a 18/20 (revised marking) which I guess is okay. Without the teachers accepting different answers from their answer scheme, I would have achieved a total of 15/20 which sounds so much worse than a 18/20! So I need to thank my teachers' leniency. Um, thanks.
It's quite a shock to me as everything this year is so cramped. Already this week I have 3 Common Tests lined up in a row : ESL Common Test 1 (CT1) on the 28th, Biology CT1 on the 1st and Chemistry CT1 on the 2nd. On Monday (5th of March), I'm having a Maths CT1. I haven't even started studying for Biology! I'm a goner.
Wish me luck and if I happen to make it through this week, congratulate me. >.<
It was a so-so day. It started quite nicely I suppose as we were all totally getting along and with minimal teasing. It seemed like our class was finally beginning to come together as one!
I guess it started towards the end of college. Due to my inabilty to sleep well last night, I started getting really tired by noon. I think I was quite rude to some people too as I couldn't think very well and my mind was toally blank. Sorry!
While I was driving home, I felt like the world was crashing down on me. I can't really explain it but I felt so helpless and I felt like something bad was going to happen. Somehow, I had a really bad feeling that something horrible is going to happen tomorrow.
That's what makes me want to run.
While I was driving, I just wanted to keep on going. I seriously considered continuing my journey along the highway and not turning into my neighbourhood. Only sheer exhaustion kept me from actually doing so.
I'm dreading going to college tomorrow. I fear that it is going to be a very terrible day. I'm afraid that my prediction that I'm going to die in a car accident this year will come true tomorrow.
I'm scared that tomorrow is going to be last day on Earth, just as everything is starting to look up.
It was a rather good day I suppose so tomorrow is probably going to be bad. >.<
That often happens to me. One good day, the next a bad day. Ah well.. Anyway, I reached college at 7am - yes, that's 7 o'clock in the MORNING! It was dark and I'd barely slept for 2 hours last night due to insane, inconsiderate people who were burning firecrackers into the wee hours of the night. Everytime I start to drift off to sleep, BANG! =.=
Since I had to drive myself to school today - no easy feat, Subang Jaya's roundabout is absolute killer, even for experienced drivers! - I had to leave extra early to avoid meeting too many cars.
So other than leaving my house and arriving at college at insane hours, I felt like a complete dork and idiot (are they the same thing?) as I realized that my skirt was extremely loose and my shirt was sort of short. As I walked, I kept hitching up my skirt which, by the way, is not very long, so I guess I looked like I was going to moon everybody on the street.
As the day went on, I increasingly felt more dumb as I realized my brain was rusty from such a long discontinued use. I couldn't even do my English work as I couldn't even remember the word 'ripe'. Thanks, MS.
The worse/best part of the day was when a few guys I've been talking to lately from my class started teasing me about everything. It was fun as I've rarely been in the spotlight - my gorgeous friend, WN, was feeling tired as she was finising her homework til late at night - so I basked in it for awhile and teased them back. Then, I suppose I encouraged them too much as they continued to tease me for the entire day! Sigh.. Kept getting criticized - my fingers were called 'sausages'!
So, all in all, today was rather nice. I drove BT and her cousin (who lives with her) home as we finished classes at the same time. However, WN's mom was late so we stayed back with her. An hour later, I decided to leave first as BT and her cousin were looking a little annoyed. And both BT and her cousin praised my driving skills!
Well, so far that much has happened today. Besides the fact that when I got home, looked at myself in the mirror and screamed. I'd worn eyeliner today as I was going for the emo-look (I blame you, Shan) and by the time I reached home, it was all smudged! I was so hideous! Sigh..
Anyhoo, my apologies for the lack of pictures today. Didn't take anything new today as I spent most of the day running around campus.
Ah, to live a day in the life of a Sammers.
And so would yours if you sat next to a gigantic drum,2 cymbals and a 'gong'!!
Can you guess what I witnessed today under the hot, hot sun?
Yup, it's the unmistakeable sounds of a lion dance!
My neighbour had an open house today and invited us over to eat, drink and be merry. Hahaha, I always wanted to say that. Anyway, they invited these lion dancers to entertain us and to bring good luck to their home.
For those who haven't seen what a lion dance is, here are some photos. Actually, I just like showing photos to people. =)
It might be kind of difficult to see but I really do have loads of photos. The first picture is of the 'lions' eating mandarin oranges and beer that have been put on the floor. The second one is the 'lions' dancing around whilst eyeing the mandarin oranges. The third picture is of the 'lions' munching on the mandarin oranges (well, actually, the people under the costume put the oranges into their shirts to be given to onlookers later). The fourth picture is of the lion dance crew banging away on the drums, cymbals and 'gong'. In the last picture, the 'lions' are prancing around 'drunkenly' after slurping up the beer.
If you look closely, you can see the empty, crushed beer cans under the bushes,near the thrilled children. By the way, that guy wearing the yellow robe is supposed to be the chinese version of a clown.
Here's a close up of him reaching out to shake someone's hand on the right. And, yes, that is a mask.
On the left, the 'lions' are eyeing the huge plate of fruits which was on the floor.
On the right, the 'lions' are sizing each other up to see who would get the huge plate of fruits. The gold one got the honour of peeling all those fruits.
Normally, the 'lions' will peel a plate of fruits which normally include a pomelo and some mandarin oranges. My neighbour included a pineapple which I suppose is what made their task so much harder. >.<
While the gold 'lion' set to work peeling the fruits, the silver one ran around entertaining the crowd. It 'spat' mandarin oranges out of its mouth at people and went up to children, begging to be hugged or patted.
It came right up to my table and 'spat' a mandarin orange at a guy sitting at my table. Then it danced a little then ran off to play with the little children that were watching them with fascination.
A young girl is kissing the silver 'lion' in the first picture. In the second picture, the 'lion' is greeting the crowd. The third picture is of the 'lion' scratching itself like a dog. I think it ran out of things to do as the gold 'lion' peeled the fruits as fast as it could. In the fourth picture, the gold 'lion' finally finished peeling the fruits and both the 'lions' presented our neighbour with the plate of peeled fruit. Lastly, the kids are seen petting the butt of the 'lion'. >.<
I guess the picture speaks for itself.
Notice how my neighbour is carrying the plate of fruit.
Their daughter is hidden behind the red banner.
The wife is carrying their son.
I have nothing else to say about this picture.
=.=
After this, they entered the house and walked all around it. It's for good luck or something. After all that, they did this :
After an exhausting half an hour or so, the 'lions' and their crew finally bowed their way out.
The people under the costume were sweating buckets and I don't blame them, it was blistering hot! However, right after they started packing up to leave, clouds took over the sky and an hour later, it rained cats and dogs. =.=
So, that's all I actually did today.
Damn, I think I'm going deaf!
Yes, that's right. Another member of my pet family has lost his life. This time, it's my pet terrapin, Tupai. Unfortunately, I didn't think that he would leave us so quickly so I never got round to taking a picture of him. Imagine how much I regret that now.
This would be how Tupai would look like... If he were alive.
T.T
He was around this size too... Before he died.
T.T
According to my brother, he noticed that Tupai was upside down in the bucket that I keep him in and not moving. Our combined theory is that he flipped over whilst getting off his stone (apparently he does that alot) and because his water level was too low, he couldn't flip back over like he usually does.
I didn't even notice Tupai this morning and afternoon as I didn't enter the kitchen til dinner - we put him outside, where we can see him through the kitchen window. Now I feel like a horrible, irresponsible owner.
The history of Tupai :
At the charity event organized by my school about 3 or 4 years ago, my friend, LX (Parsley's owner) and I debated on whether or not to buy a terrapin. For charity, of course!
LX really wanted to own one as the terrapins they were selling were babies and were totally adorable.
Also, we wanted to spend our RM30 worth of coupons that our school made us buy. The coupons were used for buying things at the charity event or to play games. It was like, 1 coupon for RM2 or something like that.
In the end, as you know, we decided to buy a terrapin after all since we weren't into games and didn't want to buy anything else.
We decided to pool our coupons and share our terrapin, alternating homes each week.
We chose an adorable little terrapin that was swimming his little heart out,trying to get out of his plastic jail.
We decided to name him Tupai, after the nickname I was using on LX at that time.
I took him home for the first week and I remember hand-feeding him as he wasn't interested in the food unless I dragged it around in the water in front of him whilst he chased it, first.
I changed his water every 2 days and let him play in my basin as I washed his tank, which, by the way, often had algae as I put his tank next to my window everyday, so he could watch the world go by.
As the time passed - including horrific bus-rides to school and back with a tank full of water - Tupai grew steadily, until he was so big that I had to put him in a big bucket.
LX and I discussed it and decided that I should keep him as she was getting lazy to tend to him anymore.
Years went by and he kept growing.
For the past few months he had been flipping over and stuff.
Now, he has left us for good.
THE END
My sister said that Tupai probably commited suicide because I didn't pay as much attention to him as I did last time.
=.=
Anyhoo..
May Tupai rest in peace.
I miss you so much Tupai!
P.S. Tupai means 'squirrel' in Bahasa Melayu (Malay). LX looks like a squirrel. >.<
P.P.S That's a good thing, LX!
In the spirit of CNY and getting in touch with my inner child, I decided to make a CNY decoration that was taught to me and my class in kindergarten. Honestly though, it took me about half an hour to remember how to make it and another half an hour to actually finish making it. =.=
Call me the unartistic one. =(
Anyway, if anyone is interested to make these little 'lanterns', I decided, what the hell, I'll just show everyone my *ahem* masterpiece. I sincerely apologize for the lack of artistic talent that went into making this little...thing.
=)
So here we go!
First things first, we need the supplies:
- 'Ang pows' - I suppose normal red paper would do, I'm not really sure >.<
- Scissors
- Cellophane tape
- Needle
- Thread
The book was just so the needle and thread could be seen. It's not really needed.
Now we shall begin!
Step 1:
Snip off the flaps of the 'ang pow'.
If you are using a piece of red paper, I suppose this step should be ignored.
However, the piece of paper should be folded down the middle. You'll see why in the next step.
Step 2:
Cut the 'ang pow' into semi-strips length-wise (where the folded part is) but remember to leave a little space at the other end (the non-folded part) or you'll just end up with strips or paper!
Step 3:
Lay it flat as illustrated in the picture on the left.
Step 4:
Tape the ends of the 'ang pow' together after sort of rolling up the 'ang pow'.
I'm not sure how to explain it but I think the picture sort of speaks for itself.
Ok, in other words, tape the parts that aren't in strips at one end to the other. Make sure the strips are pointed downwards. If that makes any sense. =.=
Step 5:
Tape up the other end as shown in the picture on the right. As you can see, the folded part sticks out so that the strips can be seen clearly. It's actually starting to look like a lantern, right?
TA-DAA!!
Step 6:
Thread through the top part of your new lantern!
Here's the final product of all that effort!
It's not that pretty but it's best I could come up with as like I said, I have no artistic talent. T.T
However, for those who do not want to go through all that trouble yet want to add a little CNY cheer into your house, this is the simplest way to decorate your house. It's really easy and looks quite nice for something with little to no effort.
Really, all that needs to be done is to stick the 'ang pows' like this on a wall. It's not as nice as the normal decorations like the 'tanglung' that normally hang outside the houses of people who celebrate CNY.
Sadly though, my family didn't buy one.
>.<
Now here's a picture of what my aunt can do. She's quite artistic as you'll be able to tell. Sadly, we're not blood-related.
She made this lantern during last year's Lantern Festival. It's made out of old magazine pages. Please don't ask me how to make it as I don't even know where to begin.
Well, I suppose that's another talent I can rule out.
After 20 minutes of playing tennis, my friend, BT, just looked at me and said 'Let's wrap it up, shall we?'
>.<
And here I was, thinking I was some sort of tennis prodigy because I managed to serve properly during my first time playing a couple of weeks ago.
Well, obviously I'm not.
This is what I would look like if this were me.
Sadly though, this isn't what I wake up to every morning, this is Maria Sharapova, the tennis superstar!
So, instead of my tennis racket being within range of the ball (refer to picture on left), it would be somewhere above my head.
I guess that's one more sport to cross off my list. >.<
My favourite cousin, DT, is leaving for Melbourne today to continue her Psychology Degree. She came back in December to attend my cousin's wedding. I'm going to miss her very much!
During her one-month stay in Hong Kong, DT bought me some stuff (she likes doing sweet things like that). Among the many things is my very own Sam Bear!
Just in case some of you couldn't see why I named it Sam Bear, I took a close up --->
She told me that she'd bought the bear especially for me when she saw the tag on it's foot. Isn't she a sweet thing?
Have a safe trip, DT, and don't worry, I'll take good care of Sam Bear!
I have been informed that my friend's first dog, Parsley, has sadly left our world.
My friend, LX, was on holiday at Thailand when it happened. She returned to the news of her baby's demise.
Parsley, as mentioned above, was LX's first dog. Parsley was a stray dog, brought home by LX's sister, and loved by the entire family. I was told that everyone who laid eyes on her fell in love with her immediately and not even her strict mother could turn sweet Parsley away.
I remember meeting Parsley for the first time. She had the most beautiful, large eyes and the shaggiest coat that I had ever seen. She also had an extremely long body and was multi-coloured - patches of brown, black and white - all over. Having 3 dogs of my own and slowly adapting to how they respond to actions, I knew how to approach Parsley without causing her to growl at me like she had done to my other friend, J.
I fell in love with her.
And how could you not when you see this meek little sweetheart wagging her tail at you like you were her favourite person in the world? Also, she would rub herself against you in such an adorable way that even stone-hearted people would melt and give her a little kiss - if she didn't smell so bad. >.<
The poor little baby didn't even get to say byebye to her owner.
However, she did get to spend her final moments with her son, Cow.
May she rest in peace.
We miss you, Parsley!
