Monday, December 26, 2005 | 12:51 AM

I am at Liyan's house right now, and am dying right now cause her keyboard is killing me. Not literally but yup. Oh well. I still cant go online from home cox there is something wrong with the connection so I think this is my first time online for 7+days again. These are the highlights and lowdowns on my happenings. And before I forget, did anyone know that there is a Math Holiday Assignment 2 stapled behind Math Holiday Assignment 1?!?! I simply assumed that Holiday Assignment 1 was like 3 pages long that's all!!!! (let's not think about why it took me so long to find out.)

The day before Xmas eve, Grandma arrived, along with my 4th uncle's family. Uncle and family wanted to check out Orchard Road in its full festive glory and my dear parents appointed me the tour guide of the day. Can you believe it?! I, the person who has absolutely no sense of direction and memory at all?!

Anyway, I bravely led the way to OR. En route, my aunt who paid by cash for the bus ride, noticed that the rest of the commuters tapped something against the card reader on their way out of the bus and so she followed suit. By putting her palm against the reader. She then asked why there isn't the "di-di-di" sound. My horrified and amused cousin proceeded to lead her off the bus. Wierd that I am actually not laughing at her that but she is a really nice person and that just endeared her to me more leh. =)

Christmas eve was fun, despite s6aye not getting to meet up, which I thought was a pity. Just popped by Weiss' blog and saw what he has written and I am wondering if it could have turned out any other way. I guessed it would have, had everyone made an effort to try and make things work. Then maybe more people could have been happier on Xmas eve.

On a happier note, I got to meet up with yj, jas, leen, liyan n choon. Technically, we were supposed to meet up at 5.30pm. Well, to cut the whole story short, everyone was present and accounted for by 7.30pm, I think. Thanks to you guys for the presents by the way! Am really happy about them =D

Btw, I got new clothes!! Unfortunately my CNY clothes are black and green, and while my mum says it is ok, I do not want to upset my superstitious relatives so I got a skirt now! Whee! Though my bad dad actually made me get the one which is knee length. *pouts* Oh well. =)

Yay! Meeting up with some s6ayers tmr!~ Haha, dz called to ask me to tell zr he is going, which reminded me that he is now stuck with a at least 100g Nokia phone (I think). Hah. Off to finish up those assignments now. Whee!

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Monday, December 19, 2005 | 9:54 PM

Reports on my mundane life:

#1: My bro made it to SAJC. Which I heard is in Potong Pasir. Is it in the opposite direction if NY frm Amk? I have no idea but does this means I will be even later for school? Oh hell.

#2: Grandma is really gona pop over to my house next week and I will get to rise up to the ranks alongside with yj labeled as a "senior citizen caretaker". And based on yj's descriptions of her job scope, I would say my PG rated summary of it into "senior citizen caretaker" is really nice of me le. To yj, hang in there! For myself, I am hiding the knives so as we speak.

Actually, I am pretty ok with my mum's mum. Other than the occasions when she practices gender discrimination, which is about 89% of the time, my feelings towards her usualyy remain in the highly peaceful and calm level. I really think it is a good thing I understand zilch about Hokkien or else that may have worsened things.

Ah, the lovely thoughts I am having about particular members of my extended family right now. (no, not my grandma). Well, this is making me a little agitated. I shall now sum up my thoughts into symbols: #$%^!##. Look ma again, no vulgarities! I think I am getting the hang of this!

Right now, I am freezing my butt off in the bone-chilling comfort of the library because I had unwittingly talked myself into helping out today. It had involved sitting at the table in the library backroom under near north pole conditions (apparently the effects of global warming isnt that obvious if u turn the thermostat to freezer locker room standards) and writing down dates of magazines to be bound into books.

And just now, Mr Tham discovered a scandalous magazine (actually it was a pyschological magazine) with an absolutely revealing picture of a half naked (I didnt dare look) couple. And did you know the drum has Men's Health?! Choon would have loved it!!!

And I heard rather interesting gossip from the library staff too. Next year is gona be a very interesting year with the our new P and VP. Shall end off with this important warning which I think I have to pass on to some s6ayers.

Mr Wan has just mentioned that students caught playing console games in the drum can be suspended. Not confirmed I hope. Oh well, gotta dash.

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Sunday, December 18, 2005 | 10:05 PM

For a couple of days, I have been thinking about a couple of issues and interestingly enough, did not feel like posting them on the net. Not that I can anyway. But now that I can, I feel a certain reluctance to call those thoughts up to the surface again. In fact, I have this general feeling of not wanting to do so to expose my thoughts for further potential messing up.

I have just relearnt that I were and still am an easily impressionable person. At this point in time, I am disliking it. I always make snap judgements and extreme remarks based on the limited amount of information I have. To me, it is something like, recording down my exaggerated thoughts at the moment. I usually revise my thoughts now and then because new info will trickle in. And because for me, I switch off reflecting and thinking when I am generallyin the pressence of people, I don't get to think about stuff until I am at home. This usually means that I will reach home, think about the day's happenings, and then realised thst I should have or not said something. Right now, this sucks. Gah.

Maybe I just cant handle all those bombardment from my outer and inner voices at the same time, ok? To me inflection and reflection should be done alone. This is why I always treasure my alone time. I need to recharge after like 2 or 3 bursts of social activity. And I usualy enjoy the time I have and the peace and quiet I get when I blog. Coz it is only then can I think about some of the stuff which I thought revealed more info about things. However, a downside to this. Sometimes I get caught up and carried away by my thoughts and then I will be unable to differentiate if I am just overreacting or too sensitive or that I got it right. Gah. Tunnel vision isnt just for the other species too.

My rather poor memory doesnt help either. I was recalling what Choon gave us last Xmas with yj n jas some time ago, and we came up with diff stuff. And what we thought happened when we bumped into some old school mates. So I make bad calls when I fail to remember certain events etc. Sigh, my bad.

In essence, this may also be seen as rectifying something after it has happened. Which means, it is too late. Which probably is a reason why people usually learn their lessons in hindsight. For me, especially so. I react and interact by instinct and usually, a little too fast to consider the possible implications of my speech and actions. See? This is yet another entry in hindsight. Gah.

Blogging frenzy dying off now. Think I have written myself out of it.

Anyway, on an unrelated note. Whee!! Happy right now cox Auntie Shirley let me borrow books from the library!! In return as a favour for buying Burnout 3 X-box so that I can now play 2 out of his ever growing collection of games, I am borrowing 2 Harry Potter books for my bro! And for me? Wahaha, I found the paperback for John Grisham's King of Torts! No more reading from the com! And yay, Linda Howard's new bk! *reading heaven* ~~

This however means that, with the restoration of my house com and the introduction of 4 new reading materials, it appears that I may never get to finish my homework in time. So much for doing homework at the end of hols so as to rmb them better. Hah. who am I fooling? I figured I will not finish them on time already! It is now just a matter of finishing hiw much on time that's all. Whee! The heady excitement of rushing holiday assignments!!!

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| 7:15 PM

Dear Santa,

it must have been a busy month for you. Do take care of your health and don't overbinge on those christmas cookies ok? I don't think all those brats, I mean, adorable, sweet, well tempered kids all over the world would want Santa to collapse from a clogged attery before christmas. Much as you need to live up to people's expectations of a pot-bellied, genial and friendly man in a furry red and white suit.

Well, how is it over at the North pole? What with all those global warming and the melting icecaps and rising sea leves, I figured your home just got smaller and is now closer to the sky than before.

Think it is too late to tell you what I want for Xmas already coz you would probably have shredded this letter due to all those poisonous contents and also coz I think there is no more time to buy them!!! *induces panic attack* Well, here's a random list of what I would like for christmas. But here goes...

the possibles..

- new specs (which i could have gotten had I not chickened out and told my mum my last specs were from March and maybe I will get them next Mar)
- >5 MP digital camera (which I could also have gotten cox my mum wans to fufils her promise had I not suffer a guilt attack and chicken out too. mk, you lousy wimp.)
- a sling bag tts big enough for me to stuff my books in..
- a nice big book on sign language (beginner n intermediate level)

and the impossibles..

- A bulldozer (as compared to a car, so I can run down not only pedastrians but annoying motorists too)

- For America to just sign that damn Kyoto Protocol. It is bad enough reading an article every other week on global warming becoming a real danger and that there will be more natural disasters to come, but to constantly see Bush being in the news for not wanting to sign the protocol just because developing countries are not included is plain irritating. I do suppose you have been keeping up with the news, dear Santa, apart from reading long lists of christmas wishes like mine. Still, check this out.

"In a letter to Senator Chuck Hagel on 13 March, President Bush stated his opposition to the protocol on the basis that, by exempting countries such China and India from compliance, it is unfair. However, to put this into perspective, it is worth noting that the US is responsible for 25 per cent of global emissions of CO2, while it is home to a mere four per cent of the world's population. More importantly, its greenhouse gas emissions per capita are more than 20 times those of India and eight times those of China. There can be little doubt that the US has a huge historical carbon debt and should recognise its responsibility for contributing to solving this problem." (http://www.wwf.org.uk/News/n_0000000268.asp)

- Peace and love everywhere!! Oh man, even I think you will find that impossible. The only bottled intangible is death and there are many variations for example, poison. The other intangible that was managed to be extracted and contained is destruction, and that is in the form of bombs and missiles. But seriously, let's just aim for peace first, shall we?

Oh well, have a Merry Xmas, Santa.

Love,
mk.

PS: Can you please like fix up that ozone layer while you are at it? I think the idiot who wished for having a cooler world and warmer hearts messed up the descriptions and you took him literally. Maybe you can work at correcting it. Thanks.

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| 6:24 PM

Wow, I am amazed. I haven't been online for I think around 7 plus days, and nothing changed much. So much for the fast evolution of mankind through technology. Oh well, I am currently in school cox my dear brother invited his dear friend for some male bonding session over the last installment of LOTR, (I had to sit through through the earlier two on Channel 5 cox my bro won the fight over the TV remote control) and more importantly, he brought along Windows Xp for re-installment!! Salvation!!

And thus, I gladly threw open my humble abode's doors and warmly welcome him into my poor hut and kindly withdrew from their pressence and made my way to the school.

Kinda on a blogging frenzy because I have been starved off the com for a loonnng time, and I do agree with Christie actually, my entries do seem a little short, aren't they? Well, length of entries are inversely proportionate with the length of time the Sedition Act is in effect, I would say. =P

Well, what have been happening the past week? I don't think I can recall exactly but I guess as Jas says, lost my sense of time le =) Let's see...

I think Monday was spent playing bball and soccer. Oh yar, that was when Zr and I had to walk the perimeter of the school to reach the court only to have Weiss and Ms Yau tell us the other side gate was opened. And kind hearted Weiss decided to adopt this poor lonely abandoned soccer ball (his description sounded more fun than mine la..) and saved it from the cruel elements of nature. Hahaha, and I amazingly was the top scorer for soccer thatday cox I was so lousy that no one bothered to really guard me, and I think they couldn't bear to make life more difficult than it already was. =P Hey, kicking a soccer ball in a straight line is hard ok!!!

Tuesday, I went to watch School Superstar at J8. Argh. Bottom line: Samuel made it. Louis didn't.

Casualties of the day..
mk: aching knees, wrathful mum, depletion of fiancial resources
julia: aching back
cmh: ??

Wednesday was most probably spent resting at home ba..

Then came 3 consecutive days of shopping. by the way, Far East is really the shopping place of hell. Don't go there unnecessarily.

The first day, went shopping for Xmas presents. Yj and jas have a theory that the further down you go in the building, your intelligence decreases proportionately. I personally experienced first hand, the loss of muscle coordination and bumped into yj. All in all, I would say shopping is only fun when you know what you are looking for and importantly, have the spending power. Both of which I did not possess I wld say. Spent the day after watching Perhaps Love, and am currently in love with both male and female leads and touring Orchard. Spent Sunday with my parents at J8 shopping for clothes.

After 3 days of trawling through shopping malls for endless hours, my body went on an overload and I crashed woth a migraine. Miserably, eating sushi alleviated the pain a little only. (I knew I should have bought more!!! Bah.) Reached home, jumped into the shower and immnediately went and sleep the damn fucking rock concert off. I just saw Jas' entries. And I agree, shopping is kinda painful actually. More on shopping when I feel like it ba.

Hmm, this is getting too long and boring. New entry then.

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Monday, December 05, 2005 | 3:24 AM

Another day spent playing bball and soccer.
Hah. I realised that my ramblings during matches are seriously affecting my concentration. Gah. And I am sprouting wierd words like "Gah!" "Argh!" etc. So look ma, no vulgarities!

Well, not if I can help it at least. Hmm, I am finding it a little different playing bball with s6aye as compared to with yj, vk or amb. Will have to make my adjustments ba. Anyway, finally I didnt injure anyone today, except for my glasses. And that baddie at the optics shop charged 2 bucks!! When I knew it goes for free at some other shops. Whatever.

Hmm, learnt qute abit today. Guess things cant be rushed so I shall just be true to who I am and let things work out on their own. But on another note, there are times when I really just want to let other people take over and just do whatever they say or suggests. It is hard to keep one's energy level up all the time.

On a more cheerful note, I scored a goal today! For the other team though. I was supposed to be goalkeeping. But alas!
The ball bounced off the post, off my legs, and rolled into the damn goalposts.

Well, at least half of the ppl on the field is happy. That is gona make me feel soooo much better.

Which reminds me.. Chingay!
It was really fun! What struck me the most was how readily I was able to shed my reservations and jus did whatever they taught us. Like just let them lead. This is striking me as something of an irony, or coincidence. Gah, nvm.

I loved their energy, and their courage to perform in front of us! Oh man! They looked as if they were enjoying themselves so much! They are the best lesson they can teach to all those people there, if everyone would just be willing to learn. Had loads of fun, just that the weather was a tad too hot. Still, happy day!!

I am so spoilt. My bad.

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Saturday, December 03, 2005 | 11:59 PM

Whoops, spent so much time on making adjustments to my blog that I dont have much time to blog le. Gah. Ok, it was more of me asking jas all those stuff and her helping me with it. =P I shall admit that I didnt do much. THANKS BABE!! Okay, gotta have my share of fun, (hence the titles to all those links) for a while, or at least until the death threats I received from these babes amount to 2. =P Will attempt to seek permission to link s6ayers soon. =)
Hmm, no time to blog about the Chingay thing le! Anyway, there is bball tmr with some s6ayers! I hope it doesn't rain!!

Ok, I gotta mention this important thing about Chingay,I just cant resist.

The shakers and tee shirts are in... PINK !!!!!!! (I can hear Aileen gloating =P)

Argh!!!~ *horrified shriek*

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Friday, December 02, 2005 | 7:57 PM

Oh man! I am in such a christmas-y mood now. =) Woke up to cold tiled floor and chilling breezes. I finally see why people like winter, man, it was great to just huddle beneath a blanket, ok, two blankets for me, and just lazing around in bed! Waha, and the coffee taste stands out sharp against the morning chill too, as if all the tastes and nuances of the beverage was crystalised by the brittle morning cold!

I am currently listening to christmas jazz on WMP. And it is really making me high. I am going around on Friendster giving testimonials to my friends. Whee!!! I realise my alone time at home really are great ways to inspire my to do smthg mad. Hmm, I still haven't finished writing about my day about Wed.. But after seeing Terry's entries, ( he just updated about his trip to Australia) erm, haha, I feel too exhausted to continue about my day. =P But still, going overseas for a holiday sounds wonderful and he sounded as if he had a great time, so yeah man!

Oh! Just remember that I spent last night stuck to my seat, heart in my mouth as I watched Singapore fought back from a distressing 8-11, 7-11 defeat to equalise with 11-7, 11-8 and go on to defeat Malaysia and win a place in the finals with a smashing 11-5 (i cant rmb how much they won by) !!

That was really a heart stopping match man. Whoo! Feeling warm and sleepy!

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