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Wednesday, 21 January 2009

Sayonara~

I've been complaining about Xanga for a fair bit.

And I've decided to stop griping and take action!

I know should have done this a very long time ago, but (let me say it again) Xanga has been hiccuping and I don't like that. Today happened to be a good day for Xanga, hence my presence.

My loyalty in blogging now lies in Blogspot.
Why?
Because I'm a very impatient traitor.

Who cares if Blogspot is so overrated and overused?
It's obviously overused because it's reliable, duh.

So, for those who don't already know, here's my new location:
http://www.prologueforyou.blogspot.com/

And those who already do, comment more.
Make your mark on my blogspot and I just might remember to send you an invitation to my wedding.
(That, and you'll stay off my shitlist. And trust me, no one wants to be there next to the HK couple and lousy SS2 drivers. Oh no.)

I'll see you at the new place then.
Cheers~

Thursday, 11 December 2008

An Epic Return

SPM is done and I'm back from Hong Kong.
Missed me?

I know I haven't been posting as regularly,
and I'm sorry if I've been leaving you out from my little
adventures.
If you can even call them that.

I was a little short on time to have blogged at all after SPM.
Given that it was outings and catching-ups and
all those sort of activities you wind-up doing post SPM.

I'm sure you must be wondering about Hong Kong.

Well, until Aunty Peg sends me her half of the photographs,
I'll just leave you wonder for the moment.

Here's a tease:

Don't ask who that is, he just walked in the way all of a sudden and pissed me off in the process.
And he wasn't even good looking, so he didn't have any sort of excuse!! D<

Tuesday, 18 November 2008

No, it's not too goddamn early to be singing Christmas carols

FALALALALALALALALA!

Yes, I'm still active folks!
Just thought I'd reward myself and
write up something quick.

Additional Mathematics was the equivalent of
shittingglass

Moral was along the lines of:
"Give me nonsense questions?
Fine, you'll get nonsense answers then."

Yeap, yeap.
But besides SPM papers,
I decided that I'll be compiling a playlist of
EXTREMELY SUPER COOL CHRISTMAS CAROLS!

I'll be calling on the help of Christmas enthusiast:
MAYURI MEILIN!
Please and thank you. ;3

Good luck for the rest of the papers Form 5s!
And as for the Form 4s, continue slacking off
and remember to make a good job of it too!

Come on, it's lovely weather for
a sleigh ride together with you~

Tuesday, 04 November 2008

Jape

I haven't chronicled my whole journey towards SPM for a while, haven't I?
But that's not really important, is it?

But I needed to give you guys this one chance to laugh at my stupidity or misfortune...

At about one o'clock in the morning, I decide to hit the hay.
No, I didn't stay up to study.
Lolololol.

I folded myself underneath my blanket and turn off my reading light.
A few minutes passed and I just closed my eyes,
still fully awake and waiting for sleep to take me.

Suddenly, I feel something on my arm, which was under the blanket.
I sleeping on my side, so when I opened my eyes I could see a dark shadow right in front of my face.
A rather rodenty shadow.

I didn't even have enough time to swear appropriately.
I carefully tried to lift my arm and the thing scampered away.
One...
Two...
Three...
FOURFIVESIXSEVENEIGHTNINETEN!!
I sat up and turned on the lamp.

No sign of the rat/rodent cousin.
I quickly alerted my mother through a text message, since we all lock our doors.
No reply.

I snuck out and knocked on her door.
My mother was more spooked than I was, she even invited me to sleep with her and Dad.

Ugh, yeah.
I didn't really get to sleep until 3 in the morning.
But it was a restless sleep, I had to keep the light on
and I kept on waking up to check if anything small and mammalian was sitting on my face.

Heh.
I'll elaborate further if you ask.
I personally have to say it was quite an interesting episode.
Lol.

Thursday, 16 October 2008

Middle-Child Syndrom

I'm sure one to talk,
being the
oldest.

But today,
something happened.

It happened fast and unexpectedly.
And it hit me so hard.

I'm going to share this with you all because
I don't want it to happen to anyone else.
Trust me, being caught in all this
sucks.

Big time.

My grandparents are back from America.
They were there visiting my uncle and aunty.

Aunty Raph is the oldest.
Uncle Francis is the youngest.
That leaves my mother
stuck in the middle.

For a long time,
my mother has always been
the less favoured.

My grandfather loves my aunty.
My grandmother babied her only son.

Do you know why my aunty and uncle are in the States?
Because my grandparents could afford
to send them there to pursue their studies.

Why didn't my mother go?

Well, I think I got the answer today,
subtly at least.

"If your mother was intelligent,
she wouldn't be here."

This happened over dinner.
I was hungry, so I ate with my grandparents first.

My sister and mother were upstairs,
sister probably keeping mother company
and mother probably working on laptop.

Over the past two days, my mother had been complaining of stomach pains.
My mother's very prone to gastric and migraines, so this was pretty normal.
She was feeling better today, so she wasn't writhing in pain, which was good.
Otherwise, I would have forced her to see a doctor.

Anyway, going back to the meal.
I was eating my chicken when my grandfather says,
"Shouldn't your mother be eating now?"
"Huh?"
"She's been having gastric, right?"

Uh-huh, she has, but did I forget to mention she was feeling better?
Oh yeah, I guess I did.

"Yeah, she should. I'll go scold her later,"
I give a half-laugh, with all serious intent to nag mother later.
"Your mother should be little bit more intelligent,"
grandpa says, and I go quiet.

What was I suppose to say?

"Hah. If she was intelligent, she wouldn't be here."
Grandma can say some really hurtful things,
whether she knows, I don't know.

But really, how could my grandparents say such things?
Especially with the fact that my mother is taking care of them,
and not my aunty and uncle?

I mean, my mother and father could have chosen to take care of my other set of grandparents.
But, no, they didn't.
Mama and Yeh-Yeh are living in Cheras and managing themselves without a maid.

I don't understand.
I know that they don't
Hate
my mother.
But how can they such things about their own
daughter?

This really made me upset.
It even made me
hate my grandparents
for that one moment.

I told my mother.
But she didn't looked hurt.
She told me,
"It's alright. I'm not angry. I don't feel hurt."
"As long as I have your love, Dad's love and Zoee's love,
that's all that matters."

That made me feel a little better.
But that still stop me from thinking,
You might say that, but do you really mean it?
Or is it because you've been living with this for so long,
that you've become
numb?

Monday, 06 October 2008

Quickie

As the title goes.

My parents decided to
adopt another
DOG.
I can't object; after all, I'm not the one
who'll be taking care of the mutt.
Her name was originally Sheba, but they renamed her
Starr.
She's a Labrador-mix, with an exceptionally high-pitched
(and annoying) bark despite her large size.
Sorry, no pictures yet.

Thanks Kay for the reminder.
(T____T;)
I know I have quite a number of
TAGS
pending, but expect anything too soon.

"OH!"
Anyone interested to form a
study group
for the next few weeks?
If you are, just contact me. ^^

Friday, 26 September 2008

Cavalier

-stretches-
Trials are finally over.
Which only means we're closer to the actual exam.
D:
No shit Sherlock!
Bummer.

I have to admit that I've been rather out of it lately.
It's hard to put my finger on it,
but the only way I can express it in words is like this:

Cold, intangible fingers wrap themselves around my neck.
I can feel myself losing oxygen, but I don't scream.
They squeeze:
tighter.
Holding my breath--my heart is racing,
but it's not fear. It's not dead it's not alive.
A shadow that needs no light;

I haven't any other idea how to phrase it.
Don't ask me, it's just gibberish to you as it is to me.
. . .
-awkward ellipsis-

On the brighter side, it's
RAYA HOLIDAYS!
Which is another term for
study break

Oh well, at least I can brush-up my Chemistry and Sejarah.
And I have a few outings to look forward to
i) Digital Mall bargaining with Nic.
ii) No tuition!
iii) Move date with Kate and Scott.
iv) Ouran High School Host Club.

My grandparents will be home soon, I missed them...
Actually, not really.
OMG! Cold hearted bitch can't even miss her grandparents!
The two months didn't seem like the actual time,
it really just flew pass my head.

Hm.
So, yeah, I'll see you guys after the raya week
or at someone's place for food and money.

Yey, they're finally out.
Loveless took ages. OHGOD.

'It's all coming to an end.'

Thursday, 11 September 2008

Red

So, I haven't been updating very recently.
Sorry about that guys, exams are clotting up pretty much my whole September plans.
And it doesn't help that I know
Loveless 8
has been released and I can't go out and buy it yet.
Bummer.

Anyway, I don't want to get carried away.
I'm not suppose to be leaching off my neighbour's internet.
(not my fault they didn't password it...)
And my parents might find me online anytime soon.

Let me just show you something from last week.
It was an accident filled with photo ops.

Don't worry guys, it's not real blood.
I couldn't indulge in such a thing,
the authorities would have me.

What happened was, allow me to put it briefly:
Ill-behaved red pen
+
Pissed off Inessa
=
Red ink EVERYWHERE

The quality is phone quality,
I couldn't handle my camera and risk getting it red too.

....

I LOVE YOU PEOPLE!
-random outburst of truth-

I would elaborate further,
but I'll save that for a really long&gushy post.
;D

Sunday, 24 August 2008

A Week's Worth

The holidays are coming to an end,
and we'll all be groaning and moaning tomorrow morning,
dragging our feet to school with zombie expressions on our faces.

But I'm actually looking forward to it,
because I've been feeling rather cooped up at home;
feeling rather lonely. D;

Tuesday
The Photography Club's outing to Astro!
I really want to thank:
Kate, Nicole, Debbie & Ale
for their lovely company!
We left school at 9 o'clock and returned at 12 o'clock.
Initially, it was planned to be from 8.30am to 3.00pm.

And you wonder why you can't get any reception when they have
FIVE of these at their headquarters
and a BACK-UP
in Cyberjaya?

Oh.
And I need Debbie to scan in her
BusArt
a revolution on illustration! xD

Taken by Kateh!
Even Cikgu Mustafa has taken to calling her that! xDD
Well, it's my fault really for yelling
"KA-TEH! HELP ME TAKE A PICTURE!!"
Sorry Kate.
>>;

OHOHOH!
&&&&!
We had
McDonald's!
Ohh. The sin of a BigMc and french fries.
Thanks for lunch Nic!

I feel really bad for not having taken photos of the troupe! Dx
DAMMIT.

Thursday
I finally got out of the house!
Mum took Zoee and I to The Gardens.
I untung the most from the trip!
(Well, Zoee could have gotten more books,
but she wasn't feeling too good. D:)

TACTICS VOL. 5!
The anime and manga are
completely
different.
Haruka's a lot nicer (&insouciant!)in the manga.
If you like pretty boys, humour and take a special interest in
Japanese occult, you'd like Tactics.
If you're interested, just ask me for the books.^^
AND SWEAR TO ME YOU'LL PROTECT THEM
LIKE I PROTECTED THE MAAN SCRIPT.
Otherwise, if they come back DAMAGED
I will ripe your heart out and eat it infront of your eyes.
-vampyrglare-

Plus, I have seven pretty new Copic markers
courtesy of my sister.
Thanks
ZOEE!
Debbie bought me my first seven;
I owe here a lot, thanks duckie. ;D
(Yes, that's Steve's ass)

Sunday
The Olympic Closing Ceremony's starting soon,
don't forget to catch it at 8.00pm guys!
Now, I've got to have my shower, so I'll leave you to
drool over tonight's dinner.
Home-made PIZZAS!
(I advise you get a bucket to catch the drool
before looking at these pictures xD )

Friday, 15 August 2008

A Documentary

I don't know where these pictures are coming from, but they just keep coming.
More stuff from the MAANdays
(yes, they just refuse to die).

Ale and Jo.
Was it only Ale's arm that was cold?
Or does this look like binary fission?

Here, we have an excellent example of the paperus hunterus.
This species prefers to approach weaponary
through more energy perserving methods.
Armed with their paper spears and sheets of newspapers,
they're especially speedy and merciless when stalking their prey.
"WE HUNT WASABI!"
"YES! AND ALL MAAN HATERS!"
"AND THEN WE COOK THEM OVER FYAR!"
(featuring Mal and Kay)

Now, for the works...
I'm sure my fellow readers are familiar with our sister
Kate. She tagged me from her 14 August 2008 post.

Here's the shit!
1. Each player of this game starts off with
15 weird things/habits/little known facts about yourself.
2. People who get tagged need to write a blog of their own
15 weird things/habits/little known facts
as well as state this rule clearly.
3. At the end, you need to choose 5 people
to be tagged and list their names.
4. No tags back!! Srsly.

My participation in this tag doesn't go beyond rule 4.
Only because not many people know I have a blog
and most of the people Kate tagged are my own friends.
The ones who haven't been tagged are either too preoccupied with their own lives
or don't have a blog. ^^

* * * * *
1. I can't ride a two-wheel bicycle.
Almost got hit by a four-wheel drive with
a Melay maniac behind the wheel.
No way I'm getting back on.

2. A lot of people mistake me for being
Japanese/Korean/Vietnamese.
I can undertsand Korean and Japaenese,
but Vietnamese? Srlsy, you can't even
recognise your own kinsman?

3. Relating to the above:
I speak with an accent (a few of my friends
have told me so...) and with GOOD english,
so I'm often mistaken for a non-Malaysian.
(OH YAY)

4. You know when you were 5 or 6 years old
you'd have a favourite cartoon show on national telly,
because there wasn't Astro yet?
Yeah, mine were Ultraman and Power Rangers.
And then I graduated to X-Files,
although I had a hard time understanding anything
while scaring myself shitless.

5. I talk to myself. Quite a lot,
so don't be surprise if you hear me muttering to myself.
No, don't worry, I'm not calling you names behind your back.
(Or maybe I am, but I'm more likely to say it to
your face anyway. :X)

6. I'm real chicken shit.
I hate watching HORROR movies,
unless they're not Japanese or Korean,
and you let me "LALALALA" really loud and close my eyes
at the really SCARY bits, then that should be okay.

7. I can sleep in one position and
not move until I awake-up the next morning.
And I'm a really light sleeper, I even wake up if papers
flutter off the table and onto the floor by my study table.

8. I'm don't get sleeping problems when I have caffeine.
I don't even know if it makes me more alert.

9. I like to pretend to a real scene kid.
I get some kick out of it. Then again,
sometimes I feel like I am one...
Well, not exactly to urbandictionary definitions,
but getting there.

10. I've got Magpie Syndrome.
Or ADH-"OHMYGOD,SHINY!" syndrome.

11. I once wanted to be a paleontologist. xD
There's quite a list really... but I'll save that for some
random moment.

12. If I'm not mistaken, I think a boy kissed me once.
Well, he missed anyway, so it doesn't really count.
He wasn't right in the head to begin with anyway...
No, I really mean it, this boy had noggin' problems.
And I had to sit to the twerp in standard 4
and he had some crush on me?
Then again, he liked almost anything with a vagina.
It was happening when I was talking to...
Kel Vin(?) who sits in front of me.
And the guy just suddenly says something incoherent
and missed kissing me on the cheek.

13. Not many of you might know this,
but I was very meek and shy when I was younger.
I let other poeple lead while I supported from behind.
I grew out of it when I hit secondary school.
Thank God.

14. My favourite movie as a kinder gartener was Forest Gump.
And it's still one of my favourites. x)

15. Lastly, I really lament not being born a boy.
Imagine how good looking I'd be!
(Ask me nicely and I'll tell you who I' date!)