Stuff About Me

To sacrifice your passion, or sacrifice for passion?

2012-01-30T18:53:00.003+08:00

"Yann Martel was born in 1963 and lives in the Canadian prairie province of Saskatchewan. After studying philosophy at university, he worked as a dishwasher, a tree planter, and a security guard. Then he began to write. Life of Pi, his second novel, was published to international acclaim in more than forty countries and won the 2002 Man Booker Prize."

Words can't express how I admire people who study courses that aren't guaranteed a 3 to 5 thousand pay for fresh graduates. If only I could be that person. Only thing is, I don't know what my passion is. Also, I'm not filthy rich.

It just isn't practical for people in countries such as mine to pursue such paths, since an overseas education would cost both my parents' life savings, or probably put myself in an endless amount of debt. Why spend few hundred thousand to be a dishwasher/tree planter/security guard? Then again, education in western countries isn't exactly free, but I assume that it's much more affordable.

That's why you don't see graduates from obscure courses over here, but a sea of business graduates and engineers. Maybe it's a culture, a norm. Maybe because we're a developing country, where obscure professions are not of a necessity. Then again it's probably also not a necessity in many other places ... I have to stop contradicting myself.

Though I doubt my true passion is to have a doctorate in philosophy, zoology, marine biology or English literature, I hope that whatever path that I'm about to venture in would eventually be fruitful and not a waste of timer -- or probably given a second chance when I decide to leave everything behind to pursue something that makes all the difference. (*hint* famous poem reference)

Now, off to actually read Life of Pi.

-Kritz

The Sudden Urge

2012-01-10T02:12:00.000+08:00

Currently lying on my bed, grabbed my phone to blog about this despite having exams on the next day (technically, on the same day).

So last night (once again, technically this morning), I dreamt about the recent grandmum that I just lost. For the past few days, I have been having all sorts of dreams that were disrupting my sleep, better no dreams than sweet dreams really (unless it involves 4D numbers ...). They didn't really made me felt anything ... But this was different.

I saw an image of my grandmum, a really strong and clear image of her, and I started to tear. Then, I woke up. She wasn't doing anything in my dream, just saw her standing there, looking like the years where sicknesses haven't gotten the better of her, gradually draining what was left of her old and fragile self.

Funny for this dream to suddenly appear to me. Chinese use to say one would dream of what normally crosses their minds during the day, but I haven't been thinking about her these days, not to say that I've forgotten about her or anything.

What if she appeared in my dream to bless me during my exams? Then again, how does blessing works? To think that parents will always teach their children to pray for their ancestors' blessings before the altar.

Makes me wonder about the after life. Is it really there? Will I eventually be in a place where all the people that I've lost are there waiting for me? It wouldn't be pretty if Christianity is true because chances are - if all the teachings are true - my grandmum will not be in heaven. Then again, what are the odds of me ending up there.

Wanted to tell my parents about this dream I had ... But I didn't. I didn't want it to just let it drift into my sea of thought, therefore decided to immortalise it in words despite having to sleep ...

Can never forget the day I cried so hard when she passed away ... Probably related to why I am always looking for movies that could make me cry ... Though I have yet to find one ... Then again, it's all fictional.

Whatever it is that my subconscious mind wants me to achieve through this random rambling post ... I hope it works.

ps. Blogging on my phone sucks.

-Kritz

Hi blog!

2011-11-26T20:14:00.002+08:00

Nope, I'm not 'back on track' about blogging as of yet.
I just need a place to blurt about the uncertainties about pursuing a career of being an actuary,
For future reference.

So this representative from Kent called me today, inputting loads of stuff about actuarial science in my brain, leaving me with a whole lot of questions in my head.
Being a representative from Kent, I expected her to sell her uni the best way she could ...
But there are not many neutral parties which I can seek advice from ...

Programming language, is it important?
Apparently, according to her (the representative), she said that Kent uses PROPHET, which is widely used in the industry. She said that Kent bought the rights to use that programming language (or something like that) with millions of dollars/pounds/*inserts currency*.
No idea how accurate is that claim ... but after some googling ... I don't see where it states explicitly that PROPHET is the only important programming language out there ... suspicious.

Makes me doubt the importance of programming language used at degree level ... but then again I can't be too sure about that. Heriot-Watt uses R or something >_> ...

My top 4 choices are now Warwick, Heriot-Watt, Southampton and Kent ... don't ask me why I don't like East Anglia ... gut feeling, maybe?

Warwick, well, for it's MMORSE. Since every uni that tried to sell themselves to me (i.e. Southampton and that rep from Kent) did mention that MORSE is a really good course. But course is course ... question is, how useful is it when I graduate? I don't know. I probably won't be doing actuarial science any more if I were to score an offer from them.

Heriot-Watt ... the very first uni in the UK to actually offer actuarial science. Feels like the pioneer in actuarial studies to me ... but that's just an impression. I was kinda attracted to the masters programme in Heriot-Watt, leaving me with only 3 papers after an extra year of studies, but I was told by the Kent rep that apparently, Kent's postgrad course for actuarial leaves only 1 paper after an extra year for masters (technically ... two, but I wasn't sure what she said. She emphasised on how it was better than HW's MSc. lulz)

She also mentioned that how a second year entry is actually harder to fit in ... and that one might miss out on certain stuff. I personally thought about that before, but I just thought it wasn't that significant. I might be wrong ...

Southampton ... love the thought of studying a degree that's called 'Mathematics and Actuarial Science' and not just the plain 'Actuarial Science'. May seem more challenging in terms of studies, but is it really necessary or practical during my work? That's ... another question. The guy from Southampton did say that it helps for ST papers and their graduates tend to finish those actuarial papers faster than others. Well duh, he is from Southampton =_=

Kent ... didn't really considered this as one of my options before getting a call from their rep, despite knowing that they are quite reputable in this course. Made me wanna change my UEA to City though ... Oh and about their 'year in industrial placement' ... she made it sound important, but then again she kept emphasising on how competitive it was ... probably wouldn't get it anyway.

Then my friend said that one of our mutual friends said that a guy from Bank Negara (yes, I know) said that (heh) this actuarial science thingy is a 'sunset business' and that new econs professions are emerging ... hmmm ... have to do more research about that.

TL;DR version:-
Importance of programming language
Future job prospects
Practicality of course in working field ...
...

Mafan =_=

-Kritz

Breakfast thoughts (and places?)

2011-04-03T00:07:00.002+08:00

My mom brought me out for breakfast this morning. I ate while she went to settle some errands over at the post office (that turns out, wasn't open). While eating, alone, in the crowded coffee shop on a sunny morning, an elderly lady sat down at my table to have her breakfast too. Most older Chinese women in my country have this distinct flowery-patterned button-down shirt and a head that consists of a mixture of white, grey and black strands of hair. I hadn't noticed her face though, being preoccupied with my food.

I imagined looking up and seeing my grandmother's face (I tend to ''imagine'' a lot), but when her food arrived, I looked up and saw just another elderly lady's face. Although she was eating all by herself, she didn't struck me as one of those old people that are neglected by her children; for one, she ordered quite a nice meal with added ingredients and all. She probably enjoyed going to the market every weekend, since a lot of old people do (I assume).

I then continued pondering, what if my grandparents (particularly my grandmothers, since they are the only grandparents that I've actually met) are still alive and kickin'? Since I could drive and all. What would they think about my driving? I could be the one sending them to the market on weekends, while they complained that my driving isn't good enough or I brake too late or I needed to slow down.

I could only wonder.

Now that they had left the 'labyrinth of suffering' (that's a Looking for Alaska reference, by the way), albeit not fast and straight but somewhat less horrible than how most people step into the afterlife.

Question is, how would I leave the labyrinth of suffering? Will the end of the maze be the same for everyone?

Then after breakfast, I walked towards the post office, only to find it closed, and then to the car, to which my mom wasn't there as well. So the option left was to walk through the market, hoping to bump into my mom since her phone was with me and I couldn't call her.

This again, brought back memories of my childhood. I remember trying to keep up with my mom, and not losing my grandmother in the crowd at the same time. Though I would always end up looking for my mother with my grandmother or looking for my grandmother with my mom. It sucked but that routine made it's way into my mind ... so I guess that it was somewhat significant.

My hope of an adventurous exploration came to an end when I saw my mom minutes after walking into the market. I used to remember having a larger crowd ... maybe it was because I was smaller, well, literally.

I realised, that I do not fear walking in unfamiliar places. Even when I started college, having to take public transports to even unfamiliar places, I never had this sense of fear of strangers ... everything seemed like a new experience. But then again, why would I be afraid of mothers and their mother-in-laws?

This has been a very pointless babbling about these thoughts that go through my head. Yeah.

-Kritz

Post SPM results thoughts

2011-04-01T19:56:00.002+08:00

Well, took me long enough to finally decide to sit down and blog about this.

Before I start, here are my results

A+
Maths
Add maths
English (1A for 1119, woohoo~)
Chemistry
Moral

A
Physics
Biology
Sejarah

A-
Bahasa Melayu
English in Literature

B+
Bahasa Cina

The day before the results was a nightmare. In retrospect, I probably shouldn't have worried so much, but we all know that's impossible.

So there was a lot of congratulating, stuff like that, and disappointments too.

I still remember the day before, while I was on my bed, ready for the sleep that was restless, I prayed that whatever the results were, I would be able to accept them.

And true enough, my results weren't tragically horrible, but it ain't exactly the most desirable.

Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful about the results, but there always was a hope that it would be better than what I had expected.

I felt that the results was really the result of the amount of effort that I had put into my studies: good yet not the best. Though I was a little disappointed for my English Literature paper ... sigh.

But really, there's nothing to regret about.

It is what it is.

Though an extra A would've gotten me another 2 grand, or 2 A's for another 4 grand.

But it's too late for that.

I don't know what my parents think though. Of course they would have hoped for 9A+'s, and my dad says that he is proud of my results ... but I will never know. Honestly, I think they expected better.

I moved on quicker than I had expected.

And before I know it, my SPM results will become irrelevant, as A-levels will soon overshadow it. Would I put more effort? Only time will tell ...

-Kritz

you should probably skip this ...

2011-03-14T23:07:00.006+08:00

Hey ... wonder who am I greeting anyway.

It is the month of March already, and SPM results are coming out very soon. What am I expecting? Well, the dream is of course to achieve amazing results, followed by an array of prestigious scholarships, waiting for me to pick from and continue this life of smooth sailing till I step into the working society.

Ain't that an awesome dream?

Results will probably be ... average? I am not exactly the extremely hard-working student that gets the best results, nor am I a genius in any way. Sure, I am also not the 'average' student, but I do not see myself anywhere near being of what I consider as good.

Then again, there is also the horrifying possibility that my results would be less than expected ...

Being in college, once again, I feel the never-ending need of excelling. Let's face it, the chances of being the absolute best at something is close to zero, as there are only so many things one could be the best at but way too many contestants the competition. For me ... it's never good enough. Oh sure, I may have one of the best results in certain subjects, in my school, but it ends there. The cold and hard reality is that any other school could have a whole class that could easily defeat me in any sort of competition ... so what does that make me?

There's this Chinese saying, about not being able to compare with those better than me, but also being a lot better than those that are not as good as I am. As poorly translated as that was, it seems to encourage people to be contended with their lives. But really, what's the point of just being average? It's things like these that that makes me loathe competitiveness, but one could not live without competing. Sure, one might argue that a competition is never about winning, but it sucks to lose all the time!

I have always envied the Americans, because from what I notice from my limited exposure towards them, a lot of them seem to support their daily lives by doing things that they love, and are passionate for. That might not be the case for the majority of foreigners, but it seems that those life choices only exist in western countries. In Asian countries, particularly as a Chinese living in Malaysia, most career choices are based on what brings in the most cash, not so much on interest.

But then again, given the opportunity to do the thing I love ... well, I would be lost, since I do not know what exactly am I passionate for.

Till now, I have doubts about being an Actuary. One of the many reasons of choosing that as an answer to all those never-ending questions regarding what do I aspire to be, is it being somewhat related to maths, and it being one of the jobs with a high salary. A part of me wishes to polish my writing skills, hoping that I could write articles or books, but that again, faces tremendous challenges as I'm not a born writer and it seems as though my skills could never improve. Furthermore, I could NEVER picture myself writing for a living.

Okay, leaving that hanging, aside from academic stuff, there's also personality and leadership qualities to work on. The word leadership makes me nauseous. I personally despise the fact that every single one of us should be a person with the ability to lead, being in high spirits and all ... Why couldn't I be that shadowy character in novels that are not leaders but possesses an ability that separates me from the others? Why must I be a leader? Maybe I'm not seeing the big picture here, maybe I'm just not mature enough, or maybe I'm just not a leader. I guess I hate having to be someone that I am not meant to be ... Or maybe it's the quality of a leader that is somewhat condescending, far-to-reach and not-that-down-to-earth that seems to be the case for most of the time.

And the never-ending wall of pointless text goes on and on and on ...

I shall (hopefully) blog again, with thoughts that are much more organised ... as of now I only need some sort of an outlet to flush out some of them.

-Kritz

Hours spent in college

2011-01-12T21:42:00.005+08:00

FML.

Thank God that my MQA/LAN subjects weren't on Monday ... or else I'd have 4 hours of nothing-to-do-time.

Anyways, happy birthday to me :(
*my blog is like my emo outlet =.=*

-Kritz

Timetable~

2011-01-04T19:30:00.004+08:00

I don't even know why am I posting this.

-Kritz

Thinking too much?

2011-01-03T21:01:00.002+08:00

As of now, I have several thoughts running through my head, entirely different yet parallel flow of thoughts ...

One of it is about my new college life, of course. Today was orientation. It was okay I guess. The director of the A-levels department made obtaining scholarship for tertiary studies abroad sound easy. He said, if I (or someone else) were to anyhow put a finger on one of the names in his list of A-levels students, and bet that they didn't get any sort of scholarship, I would lose. Sounds exaggerated, not that I'm complaining or anything, of course I would want to be one of the recipients of prestigious scholarships.

One of it is about my new college life too, but not of the same context. HELP. Far. Everyone tells me that. Furthermore, it appears to be a huge burden for my parents. So I start questioning, though keeping the questions to myself, why not just drop the scholarship and go for something nearer? Then, on the way to HELP this morning, I see parents bringing their children, way before daybreak, probably to a school that isn't nearby, for the sake of education. I guess sacrifices must be made ... since I've been having it easy for me since primary school and throughout secondary school. Time for some minor hardship? I guess the best way is to get behind the wheels as soon as possible or start using public transport.

Another one of it is again, regarding college life, and again, not related to those stated above. I have to keep reminding myself, that college life is comparatively just a small part of my life. If I were to make a big fuss about this, how could I possibly face larger challenges? A-levels is only 1 and a half years, whereas a degree would easily be 2 more, and if I were to be a certified actuary, there will be a minimum 5 years of hardship, sitting for professional papers, alongside work and probably with a family?!

I should've blogged about 2010. I felt like I didn't give myself an appropriate closure for the epic year. The celebration at She-Reen's house was awesome, albeit there wasn't booze or drugs that made us high, nor was there a lot of shouting or screaming, but I personally think it was the best new year celebration I'd ever had. If only more of us were there. Sitting in the park, just talking and chilling, one of the best things friends could do together. How I wish the night didn't end ...

So what more bullcrap could I come up with?

I realise I like to blurt a lot when I'm feeling a little moody.

I guess it meant that life was good since I had stop blogging for awhile.

Maybe it's time to be active again?

-Kritz

WTF.

2011-01-02T14:25:00.002+08:00

THE MOST WTF THING JUST HAPPENED TO ME.

So I was on MapleStory,
Asking Aaron some questions regarding HELP College,
And another buddy of mine asked which college I was attending.

Turns out, he, too, is a SASA-rian and he's gonna be there at the orientation tomorrow, too!
LIKE WTF.
Small world?

Freaky.
Shocking.

side note: anxiety is kicking in. D:

-Kritz

6H Gathering @ Old Town, Kinrara

2010-12-30T17:36:00.003+08:00

Wanted to post something related to my trip to Genting, but I guess I'll save that for another time.

Teh Ee Chern (TEC) organised this year's gathering for us classmates of 6H, year 2005's batch of SJK (C) Yak Chee.
When I arrived there, after some dim sum with some of my secondary school friends, it seems like Old Town was not open for business.
Apparently, some fire accident happened in the kitchen.
Great.

Nevertheless, we still had our gathering there, albeit the service was terrible.

Then again, the main point of the gathering was about us getting together and meeting each other, talking, gossiping and what-not, right?

'Clicking' wasn't a problem, which was a relieve. Although it was just some usual talk we would have with other friends, it was awesome. For me at least.

And like always, Wu Lao Shi would drop by, despite her busy schedule, to say hi and tell us to behave well, like we always did since primary school :D

Reminds me of how I used to miss my friends. Not that I don't miss them anymore, but time really makes certain memories or feelings fade into the background. Today, they emerged into the spotlight. (That sounded tacky -.-)

Looking forward to the next gathering, and to more awesome gatherings in the future.

-Kritz

Movies!

2010-12-21T18:21:00.003+08:00

So watching Social Network, Bourne Supremacy and Bourne Ultimatum got me into the mood of watching movies again!

Watch movies from a specific actor,
Watch movies from a specific director,
Watch critically acclaimed movies (IMDb top 250!!),
Watch movies that I've been wanting to watch ...

Just hope this mood doesn't die out too soon :(

-Kritz

Failing to prioritise

2010-12-13T17:55:00.002+08:00

Whoa, it's been a long time.
I guess I should start blogging again, at least once or twice a week.
I remember blogging about how blogging has been the only hobby I hung on to for the longest period of time.
Apparently, that didn't last as well.

Tomorrow's the last day of the SPM examinations, the most dreadful subject, Chinese Language (or Mandarin, whatever).
Not sure how I did for my other subjects, dare not have any sort of expectations ... although I will subconsciously have them in my mind, determining the reaction I would have prior to the release of my results. (I'm not sure whether is that sentence phrased correctly -.-)

Hope I will stick to my words.

Boo.

2010-11-15T22:01:00.002+08:00

Hah, scared you there.
No?
Not even a bit?
Awww, dammit.

It's been SO LONG since I've posted something on this cyber-dust-collecting blog,
Even the log in page looks different.

So ... where do I start?

Tomorrow's my graduation day.
I guess this could be considered the first, since kindergarten doesn't count and I missed primary because of stupid chicken pox.
Yes, I can't stop telling the whole world about my tragic past.

5 years, 5 friggin' years.
Well, some time in the future, I'll think of these 5 years as a minor part of my life. Very minor.
But right now, this very moment, the climax of the 17 (almost 18) of my life is written in these 5 years ...
Probably the coming week,
My major exams.

Then again, SPM doesn't overshadow these 5 years.
I believe it's the friends and people I interact with that makes these 5 years what it really is.
Did that make sense?
Gosh, this seems to be getting a little corny.
Sounds like a year-end post, heh.

But the story doesn't end here.
It's another beginning.
Yes, ANOTHER beginning.
My freedom will only last slightly more than half-a-month,
Because my college life starts on the 3rd of January.

I'm officially a SASA-rian,
A scholarship offered by HELP.
I'm not thrilled at all.
In fact, I'm intimidated.

When I was in HELP,
Getting ready for my interview,
I went through the brochure and saw that one of their mottoes is 'To Be Significant'.
I could TOTALLY relate with that.
I DO want to be significant.
Not rich, famous, powerful,
But significant.

Yet, during the award ceremony,
I see people from higher class areas,
With that significant look on their faces ...

The whole vibe is entirely different from those that I've grew up in.
I wonder how in the world could I get use to that.
I'm not a fan of venturing into the unknown ...
Guess I won't be going far?

Suddenly,
I don't feel like being significant.
Maybe I'm just not meant to be some intellectual individual,
Just some common person that blends into the ever-changing society.

Maybe I'm not destined for awesomeness like Barney (NO, not the purple dinosaur).
Oh wait, his awesomeness has another definition.
Blah.

So everyone tells me to concentrate on SPM and put aside other stuff.
But I can't.
I just can't.

Blah.
I just lost the mood to continue this.

Shall disappear for another ... month or so.

-Kritz

Post 555

2010-09-20T19:09:00.003+08:00

I'm getting this close to totally abandon this blog ...

Let me see what I can ... write ...

Bubba Gump is nice, but expensive. Totally miss the greyish mash potatoes.
Tried both The Ship and Victoria Station. Expensive food woo~
Watched The Expendables. Cannot imagine have Ryan Seacrest on it, LOL.
2 weeks of holidays well spent ... playing Maple Story.
Aran level 81 woo~
iPod + bed = amazing combination.
Portable YouTube FTW.
Sejarah = barbiturate without physical side effect ... a little mental though.
Gonna regret this some day.
Want to see Daughtry performing live, so bad.
Won some notebook from AuditionSEA o.o
Won premiere passes from nuffnang the second time (meaning 100% streak) BUT THEY CHANGED THE DATE FROM the school holidays TO THE DAY BEFORE MY TRIALS.

End of post LOL.

-Kritz

I try ... so hard ...

2010-08-14T14:20:00.003+08:00

And that one thing screws everything up.
Sucks when people judge you on one certain unintentional mistake, eh?

I'm, for what it's worth, absolutely sorry for what I've done wrong,
But believe it or not, I wasn't being a selfish jerk,
Somehow, it just slipped out of my mind.

I'm not the kind that will say,
Heck, screw him, I shall verbally screw him up every time I have the chance to do so.

No, in fact, I do try to make things better, whether you notice it or not.

Even with people that aren't friends of my friends,
i.e. a friend that my other friend dislikes.
I'll try my best NOT to dislike him just because another friend does,
Despite having good reasons to do so.
I guess that's just me.

Sometimes, I don't even know why am I even trying.
Maybe it's because I don't want things to be so awkward all the time,
Maybe it's because it's never okay to make enemies.

And I've mentioned before in previous posts,
That I really take what people say about me to heart,
It makes me very ... frustrated at times.
I guess I can't be a celebrity because celebrities have a lot of haters. HAH.
Unless it's some stranger ... never mind.

Even though sometimes I seem like I genuinely dislike a person,
But that doesn't stop me from trying not to hate.
I'm human too, and I have emotions.

I guess it's just human to say FML when they knock their toes against the foot of the bed before sleeping when they had the greatest day of their lives;
I guess it's just human to label a person based on one single incident despite him being decent most of the time.

Oh well. I guess I'll have to let it be.

-Kritz

Epiphany ... ? Destiny ... ?

2010-08-12T15:29:00.003+08:00

So I was looking for a book to read,
(Yeah, I know, I should be concentrating on my studies ... whatever)
Going through my cupboard of books,
I saw Dracula ... Hunger Games ...
Didn't feel like reading those,
So I continued staring ...

Then I saw this book,
103 Mathematical Theorems, Axioms, Paradoxes and Stuff.
Yeah, I know, crazy.
But the crazier thing is I actually bought a book about DNA Fingerprinting and Letters from a Nut last year,
All three of them together from Scholastic.
What a waste of money =.=

So I grabbed that book about math,
Flipped open and saw this:

Shayan Sen (the author) studied at Trinity College, Dublin before completing his PhD in mathematics at Cornell University. He currently lives in Toronto and works as an actuary.

My reaction was like,
WTF?!

Okay, I guess this is a sign.
Actuary is what I will be studying! I guess ...

-Kritz

Tagged ...

2010-08-01T18:46:00.003+08:00

... by Michele.

When was the last time I was tagged?
(It's friggin' rhetorical, duh)

Ten different things I wish I could say to 10 different people

~~What's your problem?~~
~~Dude, get a life.~~
~~Wtf. Get off my nerves. (Get it? Instead of saying stop getting on my nerves ... never mind)~~
~~What the hell is your problem?~~
~~Stop thinking you're so (inserts adjective). Pfft.~~
~~... ...~~

Okay to sum that all up, it's all harsh stuff with colourful vocabulary. What ... one could wish right? Heh.
There's probably some mushy stuff there, but I rather not mention those ...

Nine things about myself:

Don't really know what I like. That's ... something, right?
I have a PSP? Is that considered?
Oh and I have an iPod Touch too.
I like Rubik's cubes, but I'm kinda lazy to put effort into improving it.
I like watching movies? Good movies.
I like reading books with some depth to it.
I spend way too much time in front of the computer.
Love thrill rides. Sort of.
Generally a dull and boring person. I guess. o_o

Eight ways to win my heart in a relationship.
Okay this seems a little ... weird. So I'll just skip this part.

Seven thoughts that crossed my mind a lot:

Swear words. hehehe
The fact that I might be very successful one day ...
... or maybe just a very common office worker that has a dull life. *nightmare*
The vast possibilities when I step into tertiary education. Certain changes I would like to make ...
About my lack of interest that hinders my selection of courses to take up. Pondering about something non-existent ... lol.
To think of something no one else had thought before.
The possibility of ... 'that' happening. Okay I don't exactly know what's 'that'.

Six things I do before I sleep:

Switch on the air-conditioner.
Brush my teeth.
Wash my face.
Set my handphone's alarm clock.
Set my alarm clock. (Yes I set both).
Occasionally, snuggle in my bed with my iPod, surfing the net if I don't feel like sleeping yet. (But forced to)

Five people who means a lot:

Dad.
Mom.
Certain friends.
Certain teachers.
Certain relatives? LOL

Four things I'm wearing right now:

Pants.
Shirt.
Briefs. (Don't look at me like that. It's not like I'm not wearing them -.-)
~~Nail polish~~ That's all.

3 songs I listen to often:

Songs? How about singers/bands instead?

OneRepublic
David Cook
Daughtry

Actually those are my favourite 3 bands, but not necessarily bands I listen often. LOL

Two things you want to do before you die:

Have my life flash before my eyes 8D. Oh wait, that's something that happens, not something I want to do ... bummer. Do something ... significant?
Do those stuff that I'd love to do but not have the courage to. Don't even bother asking what.

One confession

I spend a lot of money? lol.

-Kritz

Random update ...

2010-07-31T16:47:00.002+08:00

So about that review about Inception ...
... maybe some other time ...

Getting emo in 4, 3, 2 ...

LOL.

Yeah, it's this uncertainty and lack of direction that has been bugging me these days.
He has his music thing, he has his basketball thing, he has his piano/guitar/music thing, then she has her translating thing, then she has her photography thing, then she has her blogging thing, then she has her thing with pets, then she has this thing for writing, then she has her secret life thing, then he has his photography thing too, then he has this ...

Seems like everyone has a thing, except for me. Boo hoo :(

When will I finally find something that I'm actually ... good at ... interested, at least.

Maybe there's just nothing o_o

Maybe I'm not looking hard enough >.>

Maybe ...

Meh. Who cares. Right ... ?
>.>

If only I was exceptionally brilliant or something.
But that ain't the case too.
This urge to want to stand out in the crowd ... it's there.
And no body-size related jokes please.
Doesn't mean when I don't get offended by those,
You could go overboard with it.

And the media and worldly-views of a lot of stuff is getting to me ...
And that day there was this morbid curiosity that struck me ...
Hmmmm ....

-Kritz

Finally!

2010-07-26T19:06:00.002+08:00

The twitter bird holding the 'Follow Me' sign is officially functional!

Since I sort of lost interest in blogging,
I shall end now.

p.s. INCEPTION WAS MIND-BLOWING AWESOME. Will write the review of it ... hopefully ... someday ...
p.p.s. Sorcerer's Apprentice was meh, but on the plus side, they played OneRepublic's Secrets 3 times!!
p.p.p.s. Toy Fair was lame -.-
p.p.p.p.s. I bought a yoyo! But ... >.>

-Kritz

Stuff points at blog URL

2010-07-17T14:59:00.003+08:00

Don't really care about blogging anymore ... but anyway ...

Went to KDU ... can't remember when,
For Maths and Science quiz thing,
Managed to get a medal for being in the top 50,
Quite happy about it I guess.

What else happened?

Got 4th place in class,
Can't expect to get higher since I didn't put in the effort the others had ...
But that doesn't mean I'm satisfied with my results, lol.

Oh!
And I'm finally done with my Additional Mathematics Folio.
Mine was sent to PPD, lol,
Teacher specially thanked us (KM, CY and me),
Because the higher authority (lol) wanted to check a group that did Question 1 (there were 4 questions),
Only 2 groups did Question 1 while everyone else did Question 4.
And apparently mine had a tinge more of originality compared to KM and CY's,
So mine was picked.
So yeah :D
Not that mine was exceptionally good,
Just a lil bit ... original?
Yeah ... uplifted my mood a little.

Gah, that's all I remember.

And it's official, I'm one of the chosen ones.
Talk about the 27% probability.
More like bad luck.
Screw this -.-

-Kritz

Of sucky results and an inevitable farewell.

2010-06-25T19:05:00.003+08:00

Results!
Bad.

Let me see ...
A+ for Mathematics, Additional Mathematics and English.
A for Moral, History and Physics.
A- for Mandarin and Malay.
B+ for Chemistry and Biology.

Was REALLY happy to score 97 for Additional Mathematics,
Like seriously,
Happier than winning 2 rounds of zone-level debates!
Especially when paper 2 was set by Pn. Tan herself.

REALLY happy to score 72 for Mandarin too!
My very first A- for Mandarin for SPM level!
The teacher even thought I had the essay question before the exam,
Because it seemed too good to be true.
Kinda insulting but, nevertheless, :D
Then again, my traditional Chinese part sucked.

Chemistry and Biology sucked,
Especially the essay parts.
Guess I'll have to ... ... you know ...
Lost quite a lot of marks for the Novel and writing section for BM, :(

Doesn't seem that bad,
But kinda bad when compared to other classmates.
Not that I'm being competitive,
But their results are used as a reference.
Especially when people are getting 10~20 marks more than yours for a single paper >.<

Oh well,
What's done is done.
Next?

* * *

Pn. Tan left our school,
Our (5 Alfa) Mathematics and Additional Mathematics teacher.
One of the best teacher I've ever had in my schooling life,
Not just her effective teaching method,
Her way of explaining things,
But also the personal advice she gives,
The times where she joked with us students.

It was such an emotional scene when the girls started crying,
And all the hugging,
Even I was sniffing,
On the brink of tearing.

I believe it's as hard for her as it is for us,
Probably even worse.
We've only been under her teaching for ... a year and a half?
Whereas she's been in this school for over 10 years ...

But one's capability shouldn't be limited,
For a person that could teach so much more ...

If there was an article written about what a teacher should be,
Or an essay about their most respected teacher,
Or an inspiration to be a teacher to educate the future generations,
I believe she'd be one used as reference,
Pn. Tan Kim Leng,
Our beloved teacher :D

All the best in her endeavours,
As a matriculation lecturer :)

-Kritz

The thing I loathe.

2010-06-22T16:45:00.002+08:00

I really, really hate debating.
The mere flashback of it makes me sick.
I mean REALLY sick.
I feel so mentally and psychologically tortured, lol.

I'm currently trying to find out why do I loathe thee so excessively,
Is it the immense amount of tension?
Is it the fact that I'm not good at public speaking?
Is it the fact that I'm not prepared for it?
Is it the fact that I don't have much experience?
Would having more competitions in school help?

This is the very first time I joined an actual debate competition,
No, an actual debate in fact.
I previously had 2,
One was without preparation,
While the second one was ... sort of debating with myself.

I think I'm sick, lol.

Went to SMK Seksyen 4 today for a zone level debate competition,
Up against SMK Puchong (had no idea that existed, sorry, but then again, what are the odds of a student from that school reading my blog? lol) for the first round,
Public shame is an appropriate means of punishing criminals as the motion of the debate.
We were the opposition team for this motion.

I was the first speaker, and the person to give the reply speech.

Gosh.
THE HORROR~

Somehow, we won.
OH CRAP,
WE DID NOT PREPARE FOR 2ND ROUND.

The best part of the day was meeting a bunch of my old friends,
Those from 6H and those from Success Score,
Ah, miss them, sort of.

Had no appetite.
Did not feel well.

2nd round,
Up against Seksyen 3.
They went straight to Round 2,
Because their opponent in Round 1 withdrew.

So basically, they had the whole morning to prepare,
While we had like ... 1 hour?
The motion was young people should be subjected to night-time curfews as a way to reduce crime.
We were the governing team this time.

They were so ~~bitchy~~ mean,
Greeting us as the 'wise yet confused governing team',
Boasting about their impenetrable 'skyscraper',
Saying our points were 'feeble'.

I have to say,
That strategy had a great role in relinquishing our morale,
*applause*
But somehow we won.
Both teams were equally shocked.

Can't believe we're in the finals.
I loathe thee, debate.

-Kritz

Maybe I should just ... stop

2010-06-20T10:11:00.002+08:00

Bye holidays,
Had ... fun?
Probably not called fun ...
Just a few stress-free days.

Watched Toy Story 3, yay~
Thanks to nuffnang.

Did nothing, at all, almost.
I wonder what would happen to me tomorrow?

Time to ... get myself back together?

-Kritz

Holidays are ...

2010-06-12T23:42:00.004+08:00

... kinda boring. But I'm not complaining. Heh.

So far, watched 2 movies,
Robin Hood in the cinemas

And To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) at home.

Yay, big pictures.

Went out with a bunch of friends on Friday,
They watched other movies while I watched Robin Hood alone.
Finally get to watch movies separately, was so fun, LOL.

Robin Hood was not bad, I guess.
I don't know what to say about it.
Enjoyed it? But the ratings weren't so good ... so whatever.

To Kill a Mockingbird, wanted to watch that for quite some time,
Finally had the time, and mood, of course.
Very first black and white movie for me :D

Went to my driving instructor's funeral.
So sudden.
But we arrived late /=

Became a outing instead.
Went bowling and snookering.

Went out on Friday again,
Ping pong and bowling this time.
Then night market ... well, at night.

Time's a wastin'~

-Kritz

I wanna watch Toy Story 3

2010-06-05T22:52:00.002+08:00

No, seriously. I really want to watch Toy Story 3!

It's been 11 years since Toy Story 2,
Who would've thought the 3rd installment would eventually be created?

Yeah, you guys know the drill,
I grew up watching Toy Story,
Part of my childhood,
Yadda, yadda, yadda.

But it's somewhat true, I guess.
I won't be exaggerating about how Woody or Buzz made me who I am today,
But damn, that duo left a big impression in my head.

Truth be told,
The storyline is kinda vague for me right now,
It's sort of the same for every other Disney cartoon I've watched when I was young,
Despite having watched them over and over and over again ...

What better way to relive a part of my childhood than by watching Toy Story 3?
The magic of Disney is that when you watch it from different perspectives, i.e. at different stages of life, you'll gain different things.
When you're a child, you'll probably get hours and hours fun and enjoyment; but for me, I'd enjoy not only the comedic scenes, but also the values behind it that I failed to take notice when I was younger.

Anyway,
Back to the topic,
Toy Story 3 :D

New toys,
A favourite toy... hmmm.
I guess my favourite toy would be Peas-in-a-Pod!

*awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww*
I wish I had these when I was young,
Even now in fact,
They are SO CUTE.

Judging from their expressions,
The middle one would be outspoken, the one on the right would be soft spoken, whereas the left one would be a little mischievous.

Warmth, security, tightly-knit (not ... fabric wise), blushing, awww...
*squeeze*

Then there's this teddy bear,
Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear :D

Looks like some reliable ~~person~~ toy one would seek comfort from,
Full of wisdom? Maybe it's the walking stick?

Would be very much huggable if it was life-size, whoa.

But then again,
Looks might be deceiving.
Hmm?

Despite the new toys,
We should also learn from Andy:
He never threw his old toys away when he had new ones,
He treasured all of them as if they were his family.

So here's a small tribute to the gang that made Toy Story the legendary animation that it currently is.

You've got a friend in me~

The thought of watching Toy Story 3 exhilarating,
Since the anticipation and hype has been building up since last year!
Besides, I've somehow or rather became a fan of Tom Hanks,
Amazing actor :x
Adds to the desire to watch Toy Story 3 :D

So there's my "I wanna watch Toy Story 3" post,
Organised by Nuffnang.
Check it out!

*credits to Nuffnang for all the pictures*

Sigh.

2010-06-03T17:21:00.002+08:00

woot yay, end of exams.
*note the lack of exclamation marks and capital letters*

Gosh, it's finally over.
3 weeks of ... not being able to study properly has finally over.
I think I'd be missing the days where there's no homework,
No duties,
No pointless extra co-curricular activities,
No staying back ...

I wish there would somehow be a balance between the normal study days and the exam period.

I feel so ... not-as-happy-as-I-should-be right now.

Before that,
Internet.
Internet's been down since last Friday or Saturday,
Can't really remember,
Finally got it back yesterday.
Lovin' the download speed,
Love being able to plurk before I fall asleep,
Guess I'm very much grateful right now.

I have no idea why I take what people say so seriously.
Even though it's not entirely accurate,
But it shows what people think of you,
What impressions they have,
And it sucks /=

On the bright side,
Spending time with friends act as an anesthetic for that pointless thought that drags my mood down.
But other than that, it bugs me a lot.
I probably shouldn't give a damn,
But it's harder to not give a damn about giving a damn than to just not give a damn.

Damn.

Shouldn't let that spoil my holidays.
But it has already done some damage ...

Gah, why do I even care?

-Kritz

Last American Idol post ...

2010-05-29T10:42:00.002+08:00

I present thee, the winner of American Idol Season 9

Lee DeWyze!

So happy that he won :D
43 episodes later, the American Idol has finally been crowned.

He deserved it :)

And goodbye to Simon as well.
Can't imagine what Idol would be like next year without him.
But I guess we'll see.

Oh and congratulations to Crystal Bowersox as well.
She'd probably have a successful career as well, despite not winning Idol.
Not that she's bad, I'm just not a fan.

* * *

Anyway,
Back to school.
2 weeks of examinations down, 1 more week to go.
Gosh, I don't know what to say about the mid-terms.
I really didn't put the effort exams required in terms of studying and revision.

Whatever,
Can't wait for the holidays.
lol, heh :D

-Kritz

Like ... who cares?

2010-05-21T19:52:00.002+08:00

So yeah. Hello :D

Had my driving exam on Monday~
Gosh, I was so worried that it would screw my midterms up.
While the whole world was studying over the weekends,
I had to balik kampung and after coming back,
Attend my last driving lesson.

Other than that,
I was freaking out, lol.
So that was my excuse for not having the mood to study >.>

MONDAY.
While everyone attended school,
I had to wake up 5 in the morning and go to the exam place.

*AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH*
Thank goodness I had a friend there to accompany me.
Or else it would be worse @_@

My greatest fear was the slope.
Oh the agony when you're accelerating for your life,
Lifting the clutch with extreme caution,
Waiting for the sign to release the handbrake,
And therein lies your fate,
Will the car go forward? Stall? Roll down the slope?

I was lucky number 11,
While my friend was number 4.
1-10 all went over the slope,
None of them failed!

Then it was MY TURN.

So I stumbled into the car,
And everything was so surreal.

Next thing I new.

Heh.

Passed ._.

Everything else didn't matter,
Parking and 3 point turns were not a problem.

AND WOOTS,
ALL DOWN IN 6 MINUTES. (well, according to the slip)

Relief.
Joy.
:D

Then it was the on-the-road test.
Everything went well,
Passed.

And 2 days later,
Obtained my P license.
WOOT.

Now that's a part of history.
I milestone in my life has been conquered.

* * *

Exams~
In the school hall,
Heat, tension and excessive carbon dioxide all in one room.

Didn't really study for Bahasa Melayu, English, Sivik and Maths.
Studied seriously for Sejarah.
Had to.

Whatever with the exams.
Blek.

Oh yeah,
Had a stand fan woot.
Thanks to Pn Lau :D

* * *

beLEEve!
Gosh, I wish Lee DeWyze wins :(

-Kritz

It's not that I'm complainin' but ...

2010-05-14T19:12:00.002+08:00

Badminton craze 8D
Sorry, not really a part of it because my parents aren't.
But I would watch if no one else was hogging the TV ...

Anyways!

Busy with creating this school's teachers' day bookmark.
Turned out not that nice but my creativity and skills are very limited,
So yeah.

Took pictures in school,
Gonna miss one on Monday :(

Exams sodifnisdfsdfosdfsdfsdfsfdsdsdfsffaswrsyeyryurthgnsdasfsgvafrdfdsfnos
No point complaining about how I wanted to study earlier but end up studying last minute ANYWAY.
Oh well,
Should probably make the best out of this last-minuteness.

Kampung,
Last lesson,
Exam,
Exam!

-Kritz

Lazy :(

2010-05-09T17:26:00.002+08:00

Lee DeWyze for American Idol of 2010!
All his AI performances are amazing!
ESPECIALLY THE BOXER.
LOVE that song so much right now.
No, he's not seemingly good just because this is one of the worst season of AI history.
He IS good.

Recently stumbled upon this tumblr about Friends the TV show,
Makes me so wanna watch it all over again.
How I wish I could own the DVD boxset of all 10 seasons.
Expensive x_x
Amazing series :(

Hari Anugerah is over!
Had to take so many pictures, gah @_@
So not my thing.

Exams woot!
So dead.
Hahahaha.

Driving exam.
ARGH.

Okay I don't feel like blogging out of a sudden =.=

-Kritz

Screwed up, hehe

2010-05-03T18:20:00.003+08:00

Homework, studies, time management and student related stuff,
Screwed up, heh :D

Oh well.

On the other hand ... Lee DeWyze should totally win American Idol. LOL.
Gahh, his singing is so nice.
And this time I'm not biased about anything,
Since I watched every episode,
Unlike previous seasons.

May 17th!
Driving exam.
AHHHHH.

Screwedddd up~

-Kritz

Pokemon and American Idol!

2010-04-19T19:06:00.003+08:00

Aww, Andrew's out.
Wish he would stay longer, but I guess his time is up. :(
Oh well, Lee better win this. LOL

POKEMON!
FINISHED POKEMON YELLOW.
FINISHED POKEMON CRYSTAL TODAY,
IN 2 FREAKING DAYS!
WITH 1 FREAKING MAIN POKEMON!
GO TYPHLOSION!

Took it slower for Pokemon Yellow,
Trained my Pikachu, Charizard, Blastoise, Venusaur, Dragonite and Mew equally.

Next up, Emerald?

-Kritz

Reminder.

2010-04-16T21:17:00.021+08:00

~~Surat pelantikan.~~ [DONE!]
~~Tag pengawas percubaan.~~ [DONE!]
~~Set of 1119 objective questions.~~ [DONE!]
~~Physics exercise.~~ [DONE!]
Moral Powerpoint - Keamanan dan keharmonian.
Touch up powerpoint for Bahasa Cina. (been saying that since forever)
Something about Kelab Memanah? Oh yes, passing the carta organisasi to some kid ...
~~Prepare for Sejarah tuition exam. (doubt I'll actually do that ...)~~ [OVER!]
~~Prepare for Chemistry tuition exam.~~ [OVER!]
~~Prepare for Physics tuition exam.~~ [OVER!]
~~English Literature homework, 'crimes' of Sheila and Gerald.~~ [DONE!]
BC - completely lost. Loads of essays to copy and workbook exercises to finish up.
Some PBSM demo thing next week.
~~Calligraphy competition next week? Have to inform people ...~~ [OVER!]
Sivik folio. Not that I need to do much :P
NIE. But that can wait :O
Prepare for BM oral test. D:
Sejarah BBM conpetition D:
5 Komsas questions!
More Chemistry practicals to copy.
Complete Chemistry exercise book. (one of the things that never seems to be done)
Complete Sejarah exercise book. (same case with Chemistry)
Complete Physics practical book. (same case with Chemistry and Sejarah)

Last (actually I think I might have left out some) but not least,

MID

TERMS

WOOT

-Kritz

Life, lives.

2010-04-09T20:20:00.002+08:00

*click, scroll, click, scroll ... *

Reading these entries -- well, not exactly reading, just glancing through, allowing words to grab attention of my vision, processing paragraphs of words like a robot, except that I don't actually analyze it like a robot. *coughrubbishcough*

It's hard to comprehend how our lives were once revolving around each other, like the earth and the moon, like a magician with his ring trick. And exactly like the magician's ring trick, they cease to exist as one entity with a sleight of hand, entirely separate beings, like distant parallel lines, without the fate of meeting each other, never intersecting.

Watched Kelly Clarkson's music video this afternoon, 'Behind These Hazel Eyes'. Immediately, my memories in primary school with my best primary school friend came back to me. It's been a long time since primary school memories were so vivid.

To think that soon, my life's bond with my secondary schoolmates will soon be miraculously disconnected from each other, it ~~makes me emo~~ scares me. Sure, we'll meet up, chat online, stuff like that, but it would never, ever, be the same again.

Suddenly, it doesn't feel safe to be complacent.

The engravings that they left on my life seem to gradually fade away, as life moves on, coarsened by time and reality. Not noticeable, but if I look closely, it's there, it will always be there.

Friendship reminds me of the effective collisions of particles. If they knock head-on, overcoming activation energy and whatnot, a reaction occurs. Chemistry. Not that sort of chemistry. =.=
While other encounters, will only result in disoriented collisions, not evoking a reaction, probably resulting as mere acquaintances.

Oh, the wonders of life. Simple, yet complicated.

What lies beyond?

-Kritz

short update ...

2010-04-05T20:00:00.005+08:00

Got myself involved in the school's debate team.
Great.

Debate on Friday was kinda fun,
But too bad it was really counted as one.

Totally inexperienced in debating,
But have to join a competition near the end of the month.

Went back to school on Saturday to have some crash course with 2 experienced ... speakers.
Members of the Toastmasters' Club,
Mr. Christie and Mr. Stevens.
They are planning to start up some interact club in my school,
I think.
Not like it would be a big impact on me,
Since it's my last year :(

Oh wait, :)

Then immediately after that I had driving lessons.
Gosh, somehow I know I'm not exactly a born-talent at driving,
And somehow that's hindering me ...
I don't know,
It's encouraging me to take things slower.
Learned parking and 3-point-turn.
Right arm sunburned D:

Then there was Sports Day on Sunday,
On Easter Sunday.

Been absent from church for God-knows-how-long (pun? not exactly using God's name in vain so ...)
When I go back,
I'll be bombarded with "long-time-no-see's".
Save me :(

Anyway,
Sports Day!
Tiring,
Sunburned, AGAIN.
Didn't do as much as other PBSM-ers did,
But not exactly did nothing.
Congrats to everyone who took part,
Congrats to Kian Siong who was crowned the athlete of the year :D
Congrats to Eirban who was the president of the winning house, Red (a.k.a. Cougar, LOL) :D
Congrats to the PBSM-ers for not screwing up :D

Holidays on Monday!
Which is today!
Suffering from sunburn D:
Played ping pong :D

-Kritz

And that bitch did her thang once again, GET A LIFE DAMMIT.

Random stuff + Driving + Starbucks

2010-03-28T19:48:00.002+08:00

Random Stuff
Should I submit this to FAIL Blog?
Or Engrish Funny?

A picture of the tree in front of my house,
More flowers than leaves @_@

Will take a better picture of it ... hopefully ... before everything is gone.
Dad said there was more flowers earlier.

This random plant I saw while I was in the cemetery,

* * *

Driving
The whole experience was surreal, dream-like.
And now it's as if I've never attended that lesson before.

Basic stuff, really.

Better than I expected, in fact.
I sort of predicted spend the first half hour stalling,
(I actually looked up for the accurate phrase for the Cantonese phrase 'sei for', ‘死火’, it's when your engine stalls, i.e. when you release your clutch pedal too fast)
But in the end ... good? I guess.

Looking forward to my next lesson :O

* * *

Starbucks
Went to Starbucks in IOI yesterday,
In conjunction of Earth Hour.

Drank 2 cups of dark mocha,
One venti (large) and one grande (medium).

Mom bought this special tumbler :D

Now I can get RM2 off for every purchase if I use the bottle ....

-Kritz

Linger~

2010-03-26T16:57:00.002+08:00

The freshly coated walls reeks of paint,
Suffocating;
But people with peculiar senses,
Like me for instance,
Have this equally peculiar acquired affection for the smell of paint <3

*inhales*

Okay, that was random.

Read ANOTHER 2 books :D :D :D :D

The Giver, a novel that gradually revealed it's dysfunctional dystopian society, disguised as a perfect and ideal one, a utopia.

Grabbed it from Kinokuniya because it was a Newberry winner. Other Newberry winners on my shelf include The Westing Game, which I thought was quite epic, and Holes, required in my English Literature subject.

Other dystopian fiction I own include Fahrenheit 451, Supernaturalist, a short story - Harrison Bergeron, Hunger Games - which I haven't read.

Not that I'm a big fan of them ... but I thought it was quite interesting to have quite a few stuff all somewhat related @_@

Nice book, well duh, Newberry winner. About Jonas (damn, Disney killed that name), a perfectly ordinary boy in a seemingly perfect society. While he turned 12, like everyone else, he would be assigned an Assignment, based on observations by the Elders, I think. But apparently, he wasn't ordinary. Being assigned to be the Giver, he is slowly exposed to the truths that have been hidden from the citizens of the Community ...

Next book, classic, To Kill A Mockingbird.
Literary fiction, hmmm, my favourite. I think.
I don't know whether does the fact that it's a critically and generally acclaimed book affects my judgement (judgment? screw spellings) on it, and due to my lack of intelligence and experience and distinct taste for books, all I could say is I LOVE THIS BOOK, and I don't even know whether does it come from me.

I wish I had the time to reread the book, albeit the storyline of it wouldn't be of a surprise anymore, I would really like to read it in detail this time round. There's so much I've missed out, the little details such as the historical events happening in that era, phrases that are of a different generation compared to mine (not that I'm an expert on phrases in my time...). So much more to look into. Wonder how does people around my age relate to historical events that happen half a decade ago. Or maybe they don't.

The characters in this book sort of stuck with me. Atticus, Scout, Jem - especially Atticus. He's ... well ... cool. His speaks with wisdom, does not conceal truth, does not allow his children to live in lies, has a flare for the finer things in life, a man that lives up to himself, able to see that discrimination is bad even though it was part and parcel of life at that point of time, understanding, doesn't just stand aside with crossed arms, has something up his sleeves that could impress anyone but prefers not to be boastful ...

Even downloaded the movie, 1962, black and white, can't wait to see how the actor portrays Atticus Finch!!

* * *

American Idol ... sucked.
Bye Paige and why-the-hell-is-Tim-still-around.
And no one seemed to notice Aaron sang "I can see the weak" instead of "I can stay awake"?
Okay maybe the 't' sound in 'stay' wasn't emphasised enough, which made it sound like "I can say awake".
Not that it's important anyway.
Blah.
Don't know what to expect next week.

* * *

Have to go back to school on Saturday? NOOOOOOOO!!!!!

-Kritz

Update :D

2010-03-23T17:02:00.003+08:00

Short post before I start with my homework >.>

* * *

AMERICAN IDOL :D
Top 12's, woo hoo!

Been listening to the studio versions,
Have to say, I really like Andrew Garcia's Gimme Shelter,
Although for the moment,
Chances of him winning Idols are really slim,
But I like his song the best.

Others were great as well,
My other favourite, Lee Dewyze's Beast of Burden was nice too.
It was ... generally 'nice', yeah. Nothing epic.

Then David Cook performed during the results show!
One of the best Idols so far :D

Jumpin' Jack Flash,
Not a big fan of the song,
But his performance rocked.

Managed to get the song,
From iTunes,
Through DCO iTunes JJF Gifting Project :D
His fans are just so good D:
My very first song from iTunes store :D

* * *

Well,
Holidays are over and it's back to school.
Managed to do quite a lot of homework during the holidays,
Although not everything,
But probably the most since ... forever o.o

And till now,
I have no idea when am I going to start my driving lessons =.=
Ahh~

-Kritz

Confused.

2010-03-06T21:24:00.002+08:00

Gosh. I'm just so confused.

*takes a deep breath*

It's not that I think it's stupid or anything,
But I just hate the fact that every question against it could be answered in 3 simple answers.
And everything seems so contradicting.

Every visit is just so painful for me.
It starts with mixed feelings;
Progresses with delight;
But end feeling empty.

The consequences of both paths are not pleasant as well.
One would result in myself being socially (well, partially) rejected,
Or maybe frowned upon and constantly being called back.
Or maybe worse, not cared for at all.
The other path would result in ... well ... the state of confusion I'm currently in.

BUT then again,
I can't personally make a decision,
Because I'm probably already biased against one of it,
And asking for advice would be ... pointless.
Well, probably because I'm just looking for one who would agree with me,
But that's just as equally screwed up as being biased.

If only something would make me change my mind.

* * *

It's so nerve-wrecking to wait for the first term exam results!
Okay I exaggerated a little.

But I was quite nervous while waiting for my maths results.

I hate it whenever I say that I'm worried for my results,
And people will say stuff like,
"Aiya, you worry for what, lah."
That's actually better than some that keep it to themselves, even with a sense of hatred.

I don't go around saying that I failed my exams,
For subjects that I have no confidence or didn't study well,
It's NATURAL to feel a little worried.

For subjects that I'm quite confident about,
I'll just not make any comments.

IS THAT SO WRONG?

If you don't want to congratulate me for getting good results,
I don't mind.
It's not necessary, at all.
But don't bother trying to share your good results with me,
Cause then I'll be wondering why should I care when you put on that face when I share my joy?

This post is so full of negativity /=

* * *

Caught American Idol on TV today,
Re-watched a little.
Lee Dewyze is good, lol.

-Kritz

AI stuff again. [updated with top 10 girls]

2010-03-04T17:38:00.006+08:00

I never understood why the girls were better than the guys,
But after the top 20 performances,
I could see why.

The girls are REALLY good.
Well, singing wise.
Probably not the performance,
Due to the song choice.

Unlike the guys,
It was hard to pick just one or two girls to root for.

Crystal was good. Liked Katie. Siobhan was a good end to the show. Kinda liked Katelyn. Still clinging on to Didi's Terrified. Lilly had her swagger.

The remaining would be Haeley, Paige, Lacey and Michelle.
I liked Paige's Walk Away, though, because everything else seemed just a little too dull.

Well, the only one I truly dislike would be Haeley.

RESULTS are out!
Better than last weeks.

* * *

Yeah, bear with me. Heh.

Top 10 guys first~
I must say ... it's so ... not ... amazing ...
The whole episode is just so ... meh.

First up, Michale Lynch.
Soulful, bluesy kinda thing.
Well, preferred him without his guitar,
But still not a fan of him.

Next, John Park.
I don't even remember what he sang.
Crap.
*recalls*
Ah, never mind.

Casey ...
What's his full name?
What's wrong with my memory these days,
Argh.
*googles*
Oh yes, Casey James.
With his electric guitar.
It was amazing, how he made a great pop-rockish song so dull even with an electric guitar.

Alex Lambert's voice is quite nice :O
Kinda liked his performance.

Todrick Hall.
It's funny how the judges contradict themselves.
Maybe it's because he's just bad and anything doesn't suit him after all.
And when the music was becoming more intense,
You know, like the climaxing part,
His tone of voice remains the same ... oh well.

Jermaine Sellers,
Dislike him the most among the top 10 guys.
His introduction video included a small part about him bitching about the judges,
But finishing the sentence by contradicting his point.
Facing the same dilemma as Todrick,
The judges gave contradicting comments as well,
And he was on the verge of killing the judges.
And he was playing the 'I'm a Christian' card,
Which kinda contradicts the whole point of Christianity.
And people like him for his personality?
I dislike him because of his personality.
Urgh.

Ahh, Andrew Garcia.
Another weak performance,
Says everyone.
I actually enjoyed last week's,
This week's, not so much.
I really hope he's not one of them that starts off amazing and ends up getting no where near the top of the competition.
That would be sad :(
I really like his singing ...
Oh and he could break dance as well?
Well, there's still hope.

Aaron Kelly, hmmm?
I don't know what to say about him.
It's not like he can't sing ...

Tim Urban, Mr. VFTW's pick.
Better than last week,
Well, it would suck REAL bad if he actually sucked even worse.
But still, meh.

Another favourite of mine, Lee Dewyze.
His singing wasn't epic,
Or amazing,
But I liked his performance,
Probably because of the genre of music he picks?
Hope his singing improves.

Since I'm not a producer or anything,
I guess I'm allowed to be biased :P

Downloading top 10 girls' performance~

-Kritz

Deprived of human rights.

2010-03-02T18:52:00.003+08:00

I slept 3 and a half hours last night?
Why?
Exams.
Was it worth it?
Unfortunately, no.

Emphasised on something that DIDN'T EVEN CAME OUT.
They have great reputations for messing with our heads.
I bet their are laughing like a crazy maniac in their underground lairs.

First 2 papers were killers,
Moral and Mandarin,
Spent a full hour on each of them,
Writing non-stop.

Next 2 papers were killers as well,
Chemistry and History,
Although requiring less time,
But unfortunately ... requires more skills.

The given scope was form 4 chapters 1 and 2,
Form 5 chapters 1 and 2 ...
And the study momentum sorta went DOWNHILL,
Well,
Lack of time anyway.

Didn't even study much Chemistry.
Dead :D

The excessive last minute studies shouldn't bring me so much false hope,
Gotta tell myself that last minute studying will not guarantee good grades,
But only helping me prevent getting ugly results.

OH WELL :D

Oh, and to those people who think that I'm a hypocrite for saying such stuff,
Go away.
Just because I worry about different grades DOESN'T mean I'm trying to boast or show of.
It's a matter of being content with different grades.

Last day tomorrow,
End of nightmares.
So much to study ...
Gaaaah.

-Kritz

The pleasure of studying.

2010-03-01T18:57:00.003+08:00

As the bead of sweat rolls down,
Gathering others that lie idly,
Halfway from it's pore,
Lacking of substance to break the tension,
To break free,
But conveniently being invited to join the stream.

Like a stone that gather the moss?
Unlikely.

Like the raindrops that race across the window;

Leaving a trail that gathers itself,
And disappears;
As it rolls itself into the green fabric,
Rolling itself into oblivion;
Tickling the senses along the way,
And crashes head-on,
Into the countless strands of adeptly woven cotton;
And it's no where to be seen.
No where to be found;
No way to be retrieved;
Spreads out,
Vapourises.

Exam week~
More like, 3-out-of-5-days exam week!
Yeah, it's a small exam,
Nothing major,
But it doesn't mean I can just waltz through it.

STUDY :D

-Kritz

American Idol Season 9 rant ...

2010-02-26T10:35:00.003+08:00

Sorta rewatched and wanted to add some stuff. Added stuff will be in bold.
Woots, top 24~

Top 12 girls episode sucked.
Top 12 guys were better IMO.

Don't really remember the girls,
All I know is the judges seem to think everyone is trying to be someone,
And they all lack of originality.
I'm rooting for Katie Stevens for now.

Top 12 guys ...
I sorta spammed my plurk while watching,
So I could remember each contestant better.

Guys seem to do the exact opposite of the girls,
They had TOO MUCH originality,
That it wasn't nice.

Didn't like Todrick Hall's "Since U Been Gone",
Because I love the original song too much? Perhaps?

Aaron Kelly was okay voice was not bad...

Did not like Jermaine Sellers,
Kinda painful to listen.
Indeed, when he's trying to hit those notes. Painful.

Tim Urban sang Apologize,
STOP SINGING APOLOGIZE,
Previously, runner-up David Archuleta and winner Kris Allen sang Apologize before ...
Tough luck.
But he was technically the 'worst' contestant,
Being the replacement for another contestant that was disqualified.
That ... Thaddeus dude should be the replacement.
I thought it was a huge mistake when Randy (I think) said he did NOTHING WRONG.
Yeah, leave him in a state of confusion while he walks off. Great.

Joe Munoz was okay ...
SHOULN'T HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED.

Tyler Grady ... erm ...
I don't really like him.
Okay he didn't suck, but he got eliminated. So yeah.

Lee Dewyze was NICE.
Sorta shocked when Kara and Randy didn't like it,
But amazingly Simon agreed with me o_o
I'll be rooting for him.

John Park's wasn't really nice.

Never liked Michael Lynch,
a.k.a. Big Mike,
Seems like he's singing the exact same thing for first solo performance on Hollywood Week,
2nd solo on Hollywood Week,
And top 12.
Urgh.

The introduction for Alex Lambert was funny xD
Reference to Mary Powers!
Didn't liked him performance?
Hmm. Sorta liked his voice.

Casey James' performance was good,
But I don't really like him, lol.
Kara likes him though.
That cougar =x
Yeah his performance was really good /=

Last but not least,
Andrew Garcia~
Was okay,
I guess o_o
His voice is amazing, haha~

Seems like the last singer for both guys and girls were spotlights,
Since it was kinda obvious that AI likes Katie and Andrew,
But too bad this time they didn't blow the judges away.

Ellen basically likes EVERYONE.
And hopes that people would vote for EVERYONE.
She's repeating the same thing over and over again for every single contestant ...
She did gave some advice,
But she ends with "I like you, and I want people to vote for you" or something like that.

Results coming out soon~
Results came out.
Janell shouldn't have been eliminated,
Her American Boy during Hollywood Week should have been enough to keep her for a few more weeks ...
Even though I don't see Joe being the winner,
I don't think he should be eliminated so fast.
Ashley ... well, she was on the verge of swearing,
And ironically she had to sing Happy again.
Bye Tyler.

-Kritz

Books.

2010-02-23T19:11:00.003+08:00

Read William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
And Anita Desai's Fasting, Feasting.

First off,
Julius Caesar.
It was a play about the famous assassination of Julius Caesar.
It was in some olden form of English,
So there was some difficulty reading it.

Here's an tongue-in-cheek 'abridged' version of it. source
*forgive me for a little cuss words, I want to keep it original*

BRUTUS: I love Caesar!
CASSIUS: He's a power-hungry bastard. I think we should kill him.
BRUTUS: Dude, we totally should.
DECIUS: Happy Ides of March, Caesar. Ready to go to the Senate?
CAESAR: I dunno. My wife just had a dream about you and the rest of the senators washing their hands in my blood, so I think I'm going to call in sick today.
DECIUS: Okay, I'll just tell the guys that you're a pussy who lets his wife tell him what to do. They'll understand.
CAESAR: I'll get my coat.
*Caesar skips off to the Senate, confident in the knowledge that he's in a Shakespeare play, where dreams don't predict anything and main characters never get offed*
CAESAR: Hey, why didn't anyone tell me it was Bring A Dagger To Work Day?
THE ENTIRE FUCKING SENATE: WE KEEL YOU!
CASSIUS: Good, he's dead. Now to hold a huge funeral and let his best friend deliver the eulogy to the large, violence-prone mob.
BRUTUS: Cool. Take it away, Antony!
ANTONY: So the guys who killed Caesar aren't bad guys, really...
CROWD: WOOOO! WE LOVE BRUTUS!
ANTONY: ...but Caesar was generous and humble and basically god on earth, and they totally killed him in cold blood.
CROWD: RAAAAAAA! KILL THEM ALL!!! *grabs torches and pitchforks and kills fucking everyone, including a random poet who has the same name as one of the conspirators. I'm not even joking.*
BRUTUS: Man, ruling Rome was a lot more fun when we weren't being invaded by Octavius.
CAESAR'S GHOST: BOOGEDY BOOGEDY BOOGEDY! AVENGE...oh, wrong play. Uh...BOOGEDY!
BRUTUS: Oh, hey Caesar.
CAESAR'S GHOST: Uh...that's it? Not even an "eek?" Fine, whatever. I'm going to see you a second time, by the way. BOOGEDY!
BRUTUS: Huh. That was weird.
CASSIUS: GOD DAMMIT WE'RE LOSING THE WAR! I AM OVER THIS SHIT. Hey you, hold my sword while I impale myself.
SERVANT: Sure thing.
CASSIUS: *dies*
BRUTUS: Let's see: Rome is being destroyed, all my friends have either been killed or committed suicide, my wife just poisoned herself, and I'm about to be captured by enemy soldiers. *turns to audience* HEY, DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS?
AUDIENCE: SUICIDE TIME!
BRUTUS: THAT'S RIGHT! *dies*

THE END.

EPIC.

* * *

Next up: Fasting, Feasting.

Book about India,
Woman discrimination,
Treading foreign lands,
Traditional marriage,
Religion,
The dysfunctional society we live in,
Conservative upbringing,
The longing to break free,
Superficially skin-deep views of the norm,
... etc. etc.

Doesn't have any EPIC events that leads to drastic character changes,
Probably a more ... subtle ... gradual ... change ... for one of the characters.
Stereotypical views on traditional Indian families.

... etc. etc.

Started on Friday; finished Tuesday. (my reading, not the story)

Hmm. Okay book I guess. Nothing too serious or deep, but definitely has a lot of literature elements in it.

p.s. both books are in the SPM English Literature syllabus.
Not that I'm studying them or anything,
Just for casual reading.

-Kritz

Happy Chinese New YEAR~!

2010-02-21T12:24:00.002+08:00

~~Started off with reunion dinner...~~
WAIT.
Before that,
Happy super belated birthday from my blog to Tiong Hsien~
Went to his birthday party,
Didn't blog about it...

So yeah :D

Back to where I started.

* * *

Started off with reunion dinner,
Saturday, I think.
Yes Saturday.

Aunt ... Anny?
Used to calling her the Teochew way,
But I call my uncles by English.
Hmm?

Anyway, she came earlier that day.

Went to Uncle Edward's house at night,
Ate food that he bought,
Not too bad,
Beyond my expectations.

But then again,
I didn't have high expectations :D
Just in case :D

Listened to adults talk,
Interesting stuff.
Took random pictures of his house deco.

BIG ... fruits.HUGE plant.

Moved on to Uncle Allan's house.
Drank some wine,
Sat around.

Did I mention receiving angpaus?
Yeah, what's CNY without angpaus? :D

Angpau? Angpao?
Oh, I don't know.
I somehow prefer angpau.

Or I could further extents of referring to it as a red packet.
But that doesn't sound as catchy as angpau.

Okay enough with stupid rants.

* * *

~~On the first day of new year my true love gave to me~~
First day,
Balik kampung!

Lightened the load by stopping at Sekinchan,
Which is where the relatives of my mother's side are,
And moved on to Teluk Intan.

Weather.
Hot.
Scorching.
Sun.
Me no likey.

Took loads of random pictures of the sky,
Was kinda bored anyway.

Argh, reflection.
Nothing better to do, really.

Collected a few angpaus,
Sent my aunt back home,
Saw some random uncle holding a big DSLR in the village area.
D:

Not that I'm obsessed with DSLRs,
But they ARE kinda fun to play with.

Went back to Sekinchan.
Collected angpaus~
Mingled around,
Played with my cousin sister's DSLR.
The bag holding it was VERY, VERY, very dusty.

Here's a random picture of my cousin sister's (another one, not the one with the DSLR) daughter.

Went home on the second day of CNY.

* * *

Pretty much did nothing for the next few days,
Till Friday,
When I went to Blake's house.

Prepared food ... a little.
Watched Paranormal Activity,
Door broke,
Parents came back.

It was as if the police raided a house with drug addicts hiding in it.
But everything turned out okay :D

Chit-chatted,
A lot of people were there,
Sorta enjoyed ... most of the time.

* * *

Saturday,
Went to She-Reen's house.
Ate homemade nasi lemak,
Played AuditionSEA,
Watched a little of Marley and Me,
But had to go to Kai Wen's house.

Went to Kai Wen's house,
Had a tour,
Sat around,
Relaxed.

Everything was ... just fine. :D

* * *

Last day.
Went to church in the morning.
Came back.

CNY this year wasn't epic or anything,
But I guess I have no complaints.
Angpau money reached 4 digits anyway,
Woo hoo~!

-Kritz

3 trips - 1 post

2010-02-10T21:17:00.002+08:00

Trip #1 : Chinese Calligraphy Competition at Summit USJ

Practiced a little on the day before ...

Sucks. I know.

Believe or not,
I sucked even worse on the actual day, lol.

That morning,
Was Road Run day.

While we were waiting for our transport ...

Syn Jie with my iPod :O

Little kids preparing to RUNNN~!

Reached Summit ...
Went into this ... place we never thought existed.
It was basically an empty ground in the Summit building,
Like a construction site,
Dusty and everything.

Girls in skirt and floors just don't match.

Snacks that Hui Teng's uncle prepare

Kinda accidentally tore my first paper,
So I just practiced on that,
And screwed up my second paper because I wrote the wrong words,
And they ran out of paper,
And the Malay girl beside us has an extra paper,
Which was a little torn,
So I asked for it,
But what I wrote was WORSE than my very first one ...

Oh well /=
Never meant to be.

Went Sushi King!
I bought Subway ... so I ate less at Sushi King.
Just ... had ... to ... buy ... Subway.
But a seafood sandwich is just ... shouldn't exist.

Karmern's Scallops

Syn Jie's ... chicken?

Hui Teng's ... ?

And presenting ...

The main dish of the day ...

Yee Sang!

Woots :D
After much lou-ing,
And me snapping pictures with Karmern's DSLR,

This was the end product :

The Yee Sang's not bad,
But I don't really know ... cause I haven't really ate an actual Yee Sang before.

OH, and Hui Teng was obsessed with saying the word 'LOL' out loud,
So we made this :D

We finished it anyway,
So it wasn't considered wasting food ;D

Walked around,
Watched performances,
Walked more,
Results!

Well, congratulations to Karmern!
Finally winning after so many years.
Wasn't jealous or anything,
Just a little sad,
A lil bit.
Didn't blame the torn paper,
Or the floor or anything like that.
Just ... well ... kinda sad that I couldn't write nice calligraphy :(
But then again ... I've never really practiced ...

Oh well :D

* * *

Trip 2 : Subang Parade

Went with mom,
To buy Chinese New Year clothes.
Bought 3 of them ...

Ate at Dave's Deli.

They should consider renaming it to Dave's GRAVY.

Since ...

My lasagna had gravy.

Even the sausage had gravy.

Nothing ... amazing.
Decent ... I guess.

* * *

Trip 3 : IOI Mall.

Went with Kian Siong, Karmern and Hui Teng.

I saw 6 people I knew!
Probably the highest record?

Oh, for your information,
99% of my visits to IOI,
I'll definitely meet someone I know.

Oh, and this was my first time taking the Metro Bus.

The 6 ~~lucky~~ ones are :

Daniel Siow (on the bus, made me O.O)
Jeyshaan (he was walking out)
Michelle Low
Justin Low (I don't know, somehow it was VERY awkward when I saw these 2)
Darren Wee (was working in Seoul Garden)
Jeremiah (senior ... graduated ... 3 years ago?)

Bought a mechanical pencil for RM10.
Crazy, I know.
The crazier thing was Kiang Siong and Hui Teng each bought one as well. xD
The craziest thing was Hui Teng offered an extra RM5 to me because she wanted the white/transparent one ...
I current own that, and she has a yellow one :D

Bought stuff,
Went home,
Thanks to Karmern's mom :D

-Kritz

FML.

2010-02-01T19:32:00.007+08:00

Not really in an FML mood ... but ... never mind.

Attended the 10 hour long seminar yesterday.
Before that, 2 random pictures.

#1

In a stripper :O
*okay, ignore my immaturity*

#2

Random sandwich.
Consists of tuna, cucumbers and onions.

Officially sick of tuna once again.

Didn't finish that stack in one go =.=
Thought I could but ... was already full when I finished the first set.

* * *

Back to the seminar.

I shall conclude before starting,
That it definitely wasn't worth 10 hours and RM108.

Not saying it was bad ... but it really wasn't worth,
For me at least.

The hall was kinda warm,
Shouldn't have brought the sweater,
Made my bag swollen.
Only till the end,
It got a little chiller,
But not till the point where I needed a sweater.

Pictures. Blurry pictures.

During teatime ... Dexter was doing something suspicious...

Angeline was trying to grab my iPod Touch from the clutches of Yi Shen.

Random speaker (not one of the main speakers),
Climbed on the table and gave us a fired-up motivation ...

... that didn't last long.

What annoyed me the most was probably the lack of brightness in the hall.

For goodness' sake,
It's UM,
The most prestigious university in Malaysia,
Yet you can't make sure that half the lights are working?

The ceiling is lined with fluorescent lamps,
10 for each lining,
Yet the most that were lit was 5 out of 10,
And in the picture,
There's one line with only 1 lamp lit.

I was actually waiting for an evaluation form at the end ...
But I guess when it comes to seminars with professional speakers,
You don't get to evaluate them and rant. D:

I preferred the male speaker over the female one,
Can't remember their names =x

Oh well,
No more seminars for me :D
Hopefully ...

-Kritz

My rant on the SPM mandarin subject.

2010-01-30T23:14:00.004+08:00

The SPM Mandarin subject is infamous for it's difficulty in scoring an A.
Why so?
Oh, I don't know,
Maybe Chinese people just love to give their us Chinese a hard time.

Sure, few decades ago,
It's almost impossible to get an A for most of the subjects,
Getting straight A's would be the work of a prodigy.

But in the current situation,
It isn't hard to score A for all the subjects,
Except for Mandarin.

And it's gradually becoming tougher.

I don't see the point in making Mandarin tough,
It's not even a main subject,
But it's so much harder in comparison.

The Mandarin paper consists of a lot of Classical/Literary Chinese,
i.e. 文言文，古文，名句精华, etc
You don't see other language subjects having classical language as a big part of the paper.

In fact,
Not understanding those components DOESN'T make one 'bad' in that language.
So why emphasise on that so much?

A lot of teachers couldn't really teach this specific component of the language.
So how are we gonna study for it?
Reading?
Without guidance?
How?

Language is something that requires time,
And consistent practice,
But to study a language (referring to Classical Chinese) that we don't ~~frequently use in our daily lives~~ USE AT ALL is just ...

I just hate the fact that the Mandarin paper has these,
Even the modern part is tougher than other languages,
But at least it's understandable,
And for that, I could blame myself for the lack of reading.

Even if I read Chinese papers daily,
Read all sorts of contemporary Mandarin novels,
I'll still have the same level of understanding for Classical Chinese.

It's just ... unfair /=

Teacher mentioned that we are the future for the Mandarin subject.

Fact is,
If I'm still in Malaysia,
I wouldn't encourage my child to take that subject.

-Kritz

cough sniff cough sniff

2010-01-30T14:55:00.002+08:00

Random post.
I don't really know when someone posts a comment on one of my posts,
So once in a while,
I'll go check ... to see if there might be some comment that I didn't see.
Surprises me, sometimes.

* * *

Been having coughs and cold .. or is it flu?
For the past week.
Probably because I've been deprived of sleep?

Finally had my rest today.
Last Saturday was robbed by the school's replacement class,
And Sunday was due to the fact that I had to go for the 6 hour theory class for driving.

* * *

Supposedly,
My family and I had to go back to my mom's hometown today.
Then my cousin called up to tell us to come another time ... due to something.
So I immediately signed up for the 10 hour seminar on Sunday.

THEN SUDDENLY,
My aunt called and told us to go back again.

Crap =.=

After much ... reasoning,
My dad allowed me to stay at home,
So here I am,
Alone at home.

It's not that I don't want to see my relatives,
It's just that I REALLY NEED A REST.
Why can't adults accept the fact that I'm dying already,
With all my time dedicated to doing a student's duty.

* * *

Been watching American Idol.
Can NEVER catch it on TV,
So I had to download them.
After 8 season,
I finally could watch the entire season 9.

My favourite guest judge so far is Katy Perry!
I now have newfound respect for her,
Mainly because of her attitude. xD

* * *

With time allocated for homework,
Watching American Idol,
And other miscellaneous stuff,
I wonder when could I start revising form 4 syllabus.

At some point,
I felt that all 3 science subjects are in fact,
Very very interesting.

Even history, a little.

Maybe it's the side effects of not having enough slumber ...

I wish I could just sit down,
Without the burden of having to do other school related stuff,
And just enjoy studying.

Sigh.

* * *

I read in the recent Reader's Digest,
That multitaskers suffer from the lack of concentration.
That never occurred to me before,
But it's true,
I can't never spend a full hour doing homework.

Juggling between homework, MSN, iTunes, Plurk and Facebook DAILY,
I hope the consequences aren't too harsh D:

* * *

There's this girl,
That I really can't handle.

Okay, that sounded like I'm trying to tackle her =.=

What I'm trying to say is I find it hard to be around this girl.

OKAY THAT SOUNDED WRONG AS WELL.

Put it this way,
I can never cooperate with her in anything because of her terrible attitude.
I'm not judging or anything,
That's wrong.

But I just can't stand her.
Argh.

I'm trying not to hate or dislike her,
Because that ain't healthy ...

BUT IT'S HARD.

* * *

Oh well,
Time to go back to my pile of homework.

-Kritz

Kiasu

2010-01-29T16:26:00.002+08:00

*huffs and puffs and blows the dust away*

Okay.
I admit I am kiasu person D:

Not that I despise losing to others,
I just don't want to ... lose out.

Okay, not in all situations.

The situation I'm referring to here is that seminar I'm going this Sunday,
A crazy 10-hour Malay Language Score A blah blah seminar.

Oh well /=

Other than that,
I'm done with my 6 hour car theory thing!
Woohoo!

And I feel like quitting Biology at Meridian ...

And I have to decide whether to change to the earlier class for History ...

Oh well /=

-Kritz

What are the odds?

2010-01-18T22:29:00.002+08:00

When you finish your homework, like LOADS of it, and teacher doesn't really differentiate those who did and those who didn't. And in the end, everything's the same.

When you DON'T finish your homework, well, mainly because you spent too much time finishing the previous one, the teacher SUDDENLY takes notice, making it SUCH A BIG DEAL.

Apparently, when you don't finish your homework, like once, you are IRRESPONSIBLE, A BAD EXAMPLE, A BURDEN TO OTHERS, blah blah blah.

I'm not saying that my actions were correct. I knew for my dismissal of certain homework would result in such consequences, but why wouldn't the world cut me some slack.

Then again, I'm clearly aware that the world is a cruel place and slacks aren't meant to be cut.

It's just not fair that SOMEONE could do whatever they want, yet expect more from others.

Seriously.

Oh by the way, I said the ikrar for the first time in my secondary school life.

And I found out yet again that something you expect to be good will turn out bad, whereas something you have no expectations off would surprise you.

End of rant.

Now more homework to attend to.

=.=

-Kritz

17! For the first time.

2010-01-14T16:35:00.005+08:00

Happy belated birthday to ... me :D

Okay ... I think most of the stuff I wanted to blog about is already lost.
Celebrated my birthday at home,
With cake :D

Became the president of the Archery and Chinese Society.
Rank for BSMM still pending /=

Cleaned up the magazine room, lol.

Won something from MTV Swag!!
It started with Blake's craze for Lady Gaga,
And her Fame Monster.

While searching for alternatives to obtain the album without spending any cash,
While he was stalking some radio station day and night,
I stumbled upon MTV ASIA's site.

Then, I saw the contest to win this DIVA HAMPER.
I just entered the swag code : Diva,
Which I didn't actually see on MTV channel,
I just assumed that was the correct word, lol.

Then this mail came :

Hi,
Congratulations! You’ve Swagged yourself a Diva Hamper with the following CDs
Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster
Rihanna - Rated R
Mariah Carey - Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel
Miley Cyrus - The Time of Our Lives

And I thought it was one of those scam mails,
Being a little skeptic,
But then again,
The mail had my number and address correct.

Oh well,
At least I won something,
Although not something I really want =.=

Too bad none of my friends are crazy fans of these people,
Or else I would've just gave them the CD.

I guess I'll have to sell them or something ... lol.

I feel so motivated to join more contests now xD
Too bad the one with Daughtry's Leave This Town didn't work /=

EDIT : I ALMOST FORGOT!

-Kritz

Movies!

2010-01-10T18:34:00.006+08:00

1 week of school ended and I've already watched 2 movies with my dad :D
What a great way to start a new year.

First movie - Cirque Du Freak: Vampire's Assistant.
I was a fan of Darren Shan's vampire saga series,
And sorta made my dad read all 12 books as well.
We wanted to see the movie,
Even though it might not be a good one.

Indeed, it wasn't any amazing movie.
Had to go all the way to Mid Valley to catch this movie,
Since it wasn't available in IOI Mall.

Didn't like Darren,
But Mr. Crepsley turned out to be not bad.
At first I wasn't too happy with this actor portraying Mr. Crepsley,
Turned out to be good after all.

Next was Sherlock Holmes!

LOVED IT.
I loved the whole settings,
The British accents,
The fashion at that point of time.
Plot wise, not bad.
A lot of twist and turns,
The way all detective stories should be.

Makes me wanna grab some Sherlock Holmes books.

Oh, and here's a list of movies I've watched during the holidays.
Just in case I'm not gonna write anything,
I'll just list them here ... for ... fun.

*according to the sequence I downloaded, because I couldn't remember which movie I watched first*

The Ugly Truth (2009)
Gamer (2009)
I Love You, Man (2009)
My Sister's Keeper (2009)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
You've Got Mail (1998)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Cast Away (2000)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Love Happens (2009)
Die Hard (1988)
Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Philadelphia (1993)

*other movies that I have yet to watch, but already downloaded*

The Terminal (2004)
The Green Mile (1999)
The Notebook (2004)
The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)

Whoa, 18 movies o_o
8/18 starring Tom Hanks, lol.
Amazing actor.

Quite a few of them are 'classics', in the top 250 IMDb list.
My favourite among them would probably be ... a lot of them. D:

'The Ugly Truth' was ... okay. Average

I didn't like 'Gamer'.

'I Love You, Man' was ... okay? I really don't know what to say about this.

'My Sister's Keeper' was tear-jerking.

'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatball' was ... well, a cartoon.

'You've Got Mail' was light and nice. If it wasn't for that cruise trip I wouldn't have watched so many movies, and I think all of this started with this movie. But watching this a second time might be boring.

'Saving Private Ryan' was NICE, one would wanna watch again.

'Cast Away' could be my favourite, another one that I would wanna watch again. Wilsonnnn~

'Pulp Fiction' was too ... deep for me? It's like Grand Theft Auto in real life, with the cut scenes and everything. Not that I don't understand the movie, but I just don't find black humour that amazing.

'Love Happens' ... not much love happening. Was more like a story of a man finding himself with help from another girl.

'Die Hard', niceeee. Classic action movie I guess.

'Sleepless in Seattle', same main actor and actress as You've Got Mail. I preferred 'You've Got Mail' much more because 'Sleepless in Seattle' seemed stupid to me.

'Forrest Gump'! It's totally like 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button', except for the growing younger part, because it was narrative and mainly about flash backs. I might wanna watch this a second time ... maybe.

'Philadelphia', not bad. Much on the reality side. Worldly issue or something like that. Inspiring I guess.

If only the holidays were longer. Sigh.

-Kritz

Rat race.

2010-01-08T00:09:00.002+08:00

Yesterday, there was 40 students for the Biology tuition class.
Then today, both Physics and Chemistry classes were fully occupied as well.

It suddenly occurred to me that studying is nothing but a gigantic rat race.

Thousands and thousands of students are studying everyday, dreaming of achieving the best possible grades, in order to get into a good college, or getting scholarships to study abroad.

Everyday, students appear in school early in the morning; later in the evening, they all go to their respective tuition classes to continue studying.

It's suddenly seemed so scary to me.

To top it all, I have to sit for some short exam in tuition next week, and with the results, I'll be allocated into a different class. Amazing, I know. Even tuition centres have exams to differentiate stronger and weaker students.

Studying is such a competitive thing, no matter how much you hate it.

You can say you want to study for yourself, and not compare your results with anyone else. But even so, it IS competitive. Somehow or rather, you're involved in this circle of comparison (did that made sense?!).

Sigh.

I hate competitiveness.

-Kritz

First 2 days of school...

2010-01-05T15:59:00.002+08:00

Rained yesterday, YES!! Didn't have to read the school vows in front of the entire student body.

Had loads of homework on the first day. Hate it.

Bought my exercise books after school. After lunch in fact. I went to the restaurant opposite of my school for lunch, and when I was going back, I saw that the book store was still open so I quickly went there. They storekeepers were impatient, probably because it's way over their work time. But then again, I don't see the point of trying to chase me away if you know that I'm gonna buy anyway. =/

Loads of homework today.

Sigh.

Even much more than yesterday.

And my mechanical pencil friggin' broke. The tip just, broke ==
Went to dig out my old mechanical pencil, but guess what? The rubber friggin' melted. It had an awful stench.

I'm tired D:
But I have to do homework.
Sigh.

-Kritz

Last day D:

2010-01-03T23:20:00.002+08:00

New year, new beginnings, put everything behind us.

I wish.

I didn't finish my holiday homework. :D I'm so dead, yay~!

And I'm going to embarrass myself in front of the school tomorrow, by reading ikrar (vow).

ps. Thanks to Darren for the free Komsas reference books.
pps. Thanks to Kentze for that chocolate bar that travelled quite some distance.

-Kritz

Happy New Year ~!

2010-01-01T13:04:00.002+08:00

*speaks in a monotonous voice*
Yay, new year.

It's taking me forever to think of something to blog about this special event. Happy, I don't see why; sad, well ... not exactly. So it's a new year, with new responsibilities, new priorities, new obstacles. I don't even feel sad that 2009 has just went by ...

I basically feel nothing about the new year, except for the fact that I will be having major exams, the significant one in altering the course of my future unlike the previous 2. Sounds stressful already. So would I finally wake up and realise that I should really start taking things seriously? I really hope so.

New year resolutions, well, I might not go according to plan, like always, but I guess I'll list down some. To study harder, grow spiritually, mentally, waste less time ... blah. I can't believe I'm 17 already, seniors in my secondary school. I don't feel that I'm thinking mature enough as a 17-year-old. And the thought of having to study like crazy is already making me want to go back to 2009. I guess I really hope 2009 wasn't over after all.

Add maths and maths to maintain, 3 science subjects to buck up on, putting more effort in memorising history, writing and reading more of the 3 languages, being more serious about my English literature. I actually thought of taking up bible knowledge again, but I'll probably give up anyway. Not exactly the hardworking type.

Not only that, I'll have to put more thought in deciding which career path should I take. It's been constantly in my mind, but it's so hard to decide. I'm not even sure which subject I'm really interested in, really good in, something that could last forever and not lose interest of. A gigantic milestone in one's life is waiting for me somewhere in the near future.

Sigh.

Happy new year.

-Kritz

No Apologies!

2009-12-29T15:04:00.002+08:00

Had this 'seminar' thing,
No Apologies,
Targeted for teenagers,
About premarital sex and stuff.

It was great,
And suited even for people who had a bad past.
Topics like drugs, sex, masturbation, pornography,
All in one day @_@

Never had I heard the word 'sex' being repeated so many times in one day.

* * *

Tip for students looking for big/gigantic sized school uniform:
There's this shop in South City Plaza (yeah, not the best place),
Pow Heong Design a.k.a. Ph.D,
Also the supplier of their own brand of clothes,
Big sizes woot.

There are also other places which sell their stuff but that's the main shop la.

Good quality too.

* * *

Screw holiday homework!

-Kritz

Crammed update

2009-12-23T13:23:00.005+08:00

6H gathering!
When was that?
Can't remember.
Went to Pao Bing.

This was what I ordered.
Didn't even eat breakfast.
Had ice for brunch =o=

You can see our form teacher,
Wu Lao Shi :D

* * *

Edison Cube arrived!

Wanted to write a review,
But sorta lost the mood to do it.

So anyway,
Here's a short one.

From stuff I see online,
Here's the difference.

It didn't came in a weird box, with ribbons, green-red combination wrappings.
There wasn't a personally written thank-you note.
The blue isn't dark, it's actually quite similar to the standard colour scheme.
The orange is kinda light, though.
Was super tight, and the caps didn't fall off.
I almost though the caps were sealed, and there was no way of adjusting the tension.
But I got it off anyway, lol.
Didn't cut corners at first.
Loosened it and now it's great!
But probably not as amazing as those I seen online?
But better than what I previously had anyway.
Was worried sick that it wouldn't meet my expectations D:

* * *

Ceramah undang!
Small room o_o

Something written on the door in beside the last row =x

The 6 of us sat in the last row.
There wasn't much to teach,
So we spent most of the time watching pointless videos,
Just to fill in the 5 hours.

After that,
We went to Otak-Otak Place in the IOI boulevard.
50% off! Thanks to Karmern's mom!

My Nasi Briyani Dam,
Not that nice.
The chicken was ... overcooked.

My berries blended (I think).
Nice :D

* * *

Other than that,
I've been watching loads of movies,
:D

Will post about all of them,
Definitely.

-Kritz

Star Cruise trip :O

2009-12-14T21:11:00.005+08:00

I'll just post some randomly selected pictures that briefly describes my trip :D

Port Klang - Pulau Indah

First day, went up ship around ... 4pm?

Random hallway in the cruise. Towards the restaurant which serves Chinese cuisine.

Inside the Chinese restaurant. There's actually 3: Chinese, Western and International (buffet).
My mom's TRYING to read a book in the background. Didn't work.

Where the sea and sky meet at the horizon.

Some magic act, those 'underwater death-defying escape' thing.

2012 :O

In Patong Beach, Phuket, Thailand.
Lots of pubs and pole dancers.

Soap carving.

More soap carvings.

Painter. Nice paintings D:

Sunset again, lol.

SINGAPORE!

Singapore~

If only there was a ray of light.

Christmas tree :O

Celebrating my father's birthday on cruise. Free cake, courtesy of Star Cruise, Libra.

To be honest, the trip was kind of boring.
It's like, eat-sleep-eat-sleep-eat-sleep kinda thing.
Sure, there are gyms, discotheques, shows, lounges, pools, pubs, jacuzzi, casino and jogging tracks,
But not everything is suitable for me.

Watched a lot of HBO during wee hours :O

Food isn't top notch,
But not too shabby.

Would be great if a big family or a bunch of friends went on trips like this,
More boding and quality time I guess.

Wish I had more time in Singapore though D:

-Kritz

One Utama Trip

2009-12-05T23:34:00.005+08:00

Tiong Hsien, Yi Shen, Kian Siong, Wei Jien, Kar Mern, Angeline and I went to OneUtama.
Thanks to Tiong Hsien's mom for sending us there and fetch us back.

Arrived,
Met up with Wei Jien,
Thanks to his parents for helping us purchase 7 tickets for Ninja Assassin,
Rated 18SG.

Went to find lunch.
Spent like, forever walking around and around,
When we FINALLY decided to go T.G.I. Friday's,
Tiong Hsien, Yi Shen, Kian Siong and Wei Jien waltzed into Carl's Jr.

Kar Mern, Angeline and I were like o_o

Fine, we'll eat at Sakae Sushi.

MERRY CHRISTMAS ~

Friggin' RM9.90,
Waste of cash.
But oh well,
For special occasions :D

Tastes weird =o=

The three of us decided to share 1 set of these,

Yum~

I ordered an extra California Roll,
But devoured in 2 bites without taking a picture.

And I seriously hate the ocha with roasted rice.
Tastes like chao da stuff mixed with my green tea =.=

Darn full ~.~

Since the 4 boys finished their lunch faster,
They went off,
And I didn't want to tag along 2 girls shopping for clothes,
So I walked alone, YAY~

Found OneRepublic's album in Rock Corner ... and 2 or 3 other record stores.
None of them had the deluxe version though.

Oh, and I saw this mother with her daughter,
Frantically looking for her son.
I was like, er ... should I help or something o_o
Then I continued walking ... and walking ...
And I saw this small boy walking around aimlessly with tears in his eyes.

I was like ... er ... what should I do o_o
Then I heard his mom's voice,
And they eventually found each other.
Relieved, that I didn't have to do anything, lol.

Met up with the boys,
Was kinda ... coincidental because I was walking towards the cinema,
And they were leaving the cinema.
They played snooker or something.

Soon after,
Went to watch the movie.

The plot was okay,
The effects were okay,
The gory scenes were ... exaggerated.
The whole movie is about blood splattering like nobody's business.

Oh, did I mention?
First time watching 18 above movie in the cinemas.

Anyway,
His chains remind me of Kratos of God of War,
And his ... overdrive? Last attack? Limit break?
His last epic attack anyway,
Was like Cloud's Omnislash.
Heh. But it wasn't too bad.

Movie ended quite late since it was a 4.40pm movie.
Went for dinner in a Vietnam Kitchen,
Just realised I didn't take any pictures of my dinner =o=
Not bad,
Though I sorta lost a little money since I paid for everything first,
But never mind.

KARMERN STILL OWES ME RM20 (or more).

The going back part was the best!
Okay it was kinda stupid, lol.

We sort of split up,
Angeline, Yi Shen and I walked in a group since the others went on.
It was like explorace or something,
So fun and exciting at the same time, haha.
In the end,
Our 'group' won the imaginary race,
And since they were still away I thought I wanted to use that voucher for McDonald's before it expired,
At the same time,
Treating my 'team mates' to those RM1 ice creams.

But they weren't too far after all,
And the queue was long,
So I lined up at the separate kiosk for the treat since I already promised them.

Oh well,
I don't think I'll have any other chance to use that voucher D:

Oh by the way,
Going on Starcruise tomorrow,
Bye?

-Kritz

New headphones!

2009-12-04T18:46:00.004+08:00

When it comes to gadgets,
My mom is like, super efficient :D
Thanks mom!
(she sponsored half)

My Sennheiser HD 201.
Not exactly one of those amazing headphones out there,
But I've read a lot of good reviews about it,
And my mom managed to get a dealer price of it.
So why not?

Of course,
I'm no audiophile (too costly),
But it's good enough for me :D

3 metre long cable @_@

Fits my ears perfectly.

SENNHEISERRRRR

*cancels 'headphones' off my wishlist*

-Kritz

Headphones ... headphones ...

2009-12-03T15:43:00.003+08:00

Need a pair of headphones.
Speakers?
Yeah, they're definitely better,
But since my computer is in the living room,
I don't get to use my speakers much.
What's the point of even listening to anything when the volume has to be so low,
You can't listen to anything?

Not wanting to spend too much on headphones,
I've been searching and searching,
And sort of narrowed it down to Sennheiser HD 201 and Philips SHP2700.

Reviews are mixed,
But most of them agree that Sennheiser has less bass,
Or something like that.

This is as troublesome as deciding which Rubik's cube to buy,
Seriously.

Wasting my time.
Gosh.

EDIT : GOSH. I JUST HAVE TO SPILL THIS.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH ASKING.
It's not like I'm forcing him to buy something,
I'm just kindly asking,
WTF MAN.
DON'T HAVE TO FRIGGIN' LECTURE ABOUT THE VIRTUES OF SAVING EVERY SINGLE TIME.

-Kritz

Yay! Dead blog 8D

2009-11-30T11:00:00.001+08:00

Let's see what I've missed out.

Class party (jamuan).
Gosh that seemed like a year ago.
Was fun,
Loads of food.

What else.

Played Final Fantasy VII on my PSP,
The remake of the PS1 version that was released on PSN.
Finished it in like, 2 weeks.
The lifelessness of it :D

Went to renew my passport.
Took 5 friggin hours.

Celebrated church friend's birthday in Shabu-shabu,
Not bad :O

Ate breakfast with cousin in Yuen Garden,
A place where you actually queue up before entering.

Slacked around.

To-do list :

Chinese essay for competition
Chinese slide show of the officiating of our school
Holiday homework
Read novels
Yay can't remember!

-Kritz

Random stuff that I wanted to post quite some time ago.

2009-11-16T14:36:00.004+08:00

Went to school today to register new students.
I was in charge of Yak Chee students (my beloved primary :3)
Less than 60 out of 72 showed up,
And probably around 40-50 applied to change schools.

HAH.

There's this weird, proud feeling for my primary school xD Shhh.

Wasted time though.

* * *

Went to Papa John's for lunch last Friday,
Ate with Pn. Liew and Pn. Chua,
Went to watch 2012 after that,
With Kar Mern and Hau Nung.

Although some parts of the movie wasn't amazing,
But I really liked that movie,
I guess when it comes to movies,
I don't really hate anything.
Oh well.

* * *

Went back kampung last Saturday.
Look! Random antique kerosene lamp!

* * *

Last, last Sunday,
My dad went Genting with his retiree friend,
While mom and I ate at Steak Out!

Potato Salad!

My Rib-eye Medium Steak
Yummmmmmm~~

My mom's ... mixture of a lot of things

The bill was more than a hundred,
So far the most generous dinner I've ever had with my mom.

THANKS MOM!

-Kritz

Marks the end of a milestone.

2009-11-11T19:58:00.002+08:00

(*points at the title* not exactly, just thought it was ... well ... fancy. ;x)

So today,
Went to school as usual,
Aside from sitting around,
Meddling with my Rubik's cube,
Blabbering all sorts of crap,
From the "Grandfather Paradox" to the spiteful personality being portrayed by Miss Angeline Tan,

We took our dreadful results back.

Quoting from Karmern,
Taking our results was definitely more stressful than the exams itself,
Or maybe just too full of suspense.

I'll try not to post any results here,
Till most of them are returned to me.

But anyway,
BM p2 was definitely the scariest so far.
The look on the faces when my friends walked back from the teacher's desk was dreadful enough.
But I was quite satisfied with my BM marks.

BI, lol.
I blabbered for my continuous writing.
But still managed to score well.
I feel bad though,
But not bad enough for me to forsake my marks and do something stupid.

Went for 'English Literature' class for the last time,
Why inverted commas?
It's because I haven't been learning anything literature-related for quite some time.
Since the day I somehow realised that taking English Literature for SPM is impossible,
I just lost my heart for it.

Sure, I could always learn something for the sake of just obtaining extra knowledge,
But I've been doing that for half-a-year.
I guess I always had a tinge of hope deep down inside me that I could somehow still sit for English Literature.

Being unable to take English Lit really made me lose the heart to continue studying for it.

Sigh.

Did I mention my essays were utter crap?
Seriously,
I can't help but to despise my own writing despite being called a hypocrite.
Sure, scoring in English is one thing,
But being able to write something good,
Is not easy, at all.

I hate not being able to master any language,
All of them are half-hanging.

Why D:

Well,
Thank you teacher Chu Lie (I actually don't know how to spell my English Literature teacher's name, LOL),
For guiding me for the whole year,
Criticising my poorly-written answers,
Constantly pushing my mind to dig deeper,
To explore and elaborate with more in-depth analysis.

Though I fail to improve much.
=/

I don't know.

Gahh.

-Kritz

Post-exam post

2009-11-06T17:59:00.003+08:00

Gosh,
Chemistry was a killer.
PE was ... whatever.
Everything doesn't matter,
Because exams are officially OVER!

Things to do (for the moment),

Finish the last season of Friends.
Watch my 6gb full version of Advent Children, FF cutscenes that I bought quite some time ago, and some movies that I have.
Read novels!

YAY,
So FREE NOW.

-Kritz

Mid-exam post (9)

2009-11-05T16:43:00.002+08:00

A. k. a. 500th post!

First week
~~Monday : Malay p1, Malay p2~~
~~Tuesday : Biology p3, English p1, English p2~~
~~Wednesday : Mandarin p1, Mathematics p1, Mathematics p2~~
~~Thursday : Moral, Chemistry p3~~
~~Friday : History p2, History p1~~

Second week
~~Monday : Physics p3, Physics p1, Physics p2~~
~~Tuesday : Biology p2, Biology p1~~
~~Wednesday : Mandarin p2, Additional Mathematics p2~~
~~Thursday : Civics, Chemistry p1, Additional Mathematics p1~~
Friday : Chemistry p2, Physical Education

DUN DUN DUNNNNNNN

LAST DAY.

Civics ... I don't know.
Crapped a lot.

Chemistry,
Not good =.=

Add Maths,
Well,
Had time to double check,
So yeah.

LAST DAY AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

-Kritz

Mid-exam post (8)

2009-11-04T15:48:00.003+08:00

-Kritz

Mid-exam post (7)

2009-11-03T16:50:00.002+08:00

-Kritz

Mid-exam post (6)

2009-11-02T17:45:00.002+08:00

-Kritz

Mid-exam post (5)

2009-10-30T22:13:00.002+08:00

First week
~~Monday : Malay p1, Malay p2~~
~~Tuesday : Biology p3, English p1, English p2~~
~~Wednesday : Mandarin p1, Mathematics p1, Mathematics p2~~
~~Thursday : Moral, Chemistry p3~~
~~Friday : History p2, History p1~~

Second week
Monday : Physics p3, Physics p1, Physics p2
Tuesday : Biology p2, Biology p1
Wednesday : Mandarin p2, Additional Mathematics p2
Thursday : Civics, Chemistry p1, Chemistry p2
Friday : Additional Mathematics p1, Physical Education

I think my uneventful exam period is actually more blog worthy compared to my daily mundane life.
Cool.

Studied till 2am in the morning for History.
Of course, studied according to the tips given.

:D

But only managed to cover 2 out of the 6 essays,
And I had to study 2 more in order to answer structure questions ...

So I decided to wake up at 6 and continue with the last 2.
In the end,
Finished 1 more and the last 1 in school.

I actually planned to wake up at 5,
But that gives me only 3 hours of sleep.
4 sounded better.

And I was having headaches.

My gosh.

So History is finally over,
Yay.

1 more week left.

Actually had chinese class today.
Teacher said my essay was 逊色。
FML.

Suddenly Yi Shen's mom appeared,
And when she said she received a call from someone,
I thought she was going to say that someone saw her son playing truant, lol.

But apparently,
Someone actually made a threat call,
Saying her son was kidnapped.

That was kinda scary.

Meaning either someone was just playing a prank on them,
Or there's really someone targeting them...

Anyway,
I'm glad everyone's safe.

Stupid prankers.

Pit stop!
2 days of rest!

-Kritz

Mid-exam post (4)

2009-10-29T15:05:00.003+08:00

-Kritz

Mid-exam post (3)

2009-10-28T15:27:00.002+08:00

First week
~~Monday : Malay p1, Malay p2~~
~~Tuesday : Biology p3, English p1, English p2~~
~~Wednesday : Mandarin p1, Mathematics p1, Mathematics p2~~
Thursday : Moral, Chemistry p3
Friday : History p2, History p1

Second week
Monday : Physics p3, Physics p1, Physics p2
Tuesday : Biology p2, Biology p1
Wednesday : Mandarin p2, Additional Mathematics p2
Thursday : Civics, Chemistry p1, Chemistry p2
Friday : Additional Mathematics p1, Physical Education

I actually left out PE.
Last day.

Uhhh... Gosh.
I feel so sick right now,
Kinda wanna puke.

Chinese.
I don't know.
Hopefully it turns out good.
D:

Maths 1,
Not bad.

Maths 2,
A total contrast compared to maths 1,
Even though set by the same teacher.

Everything was sailing smoothly until teacher wanted to collect the papers back and I realised I didn't even saw the last page.
PANICKED.

But managed to finish it anyway,
Thank goodness it wasn't one of those graph questions,
THANK GOD T_T

Now,
I just wanna vomit.

English Lit classes,
Planning to stop them,
No point anyway =/

-Kritz

Mid-exam post (2)

2009-10-27T15:08:00.002+08:00

First week
~~Monday : Malay p1, Malay p2~~
~~Tuesday : Biology p3, English p1, English p2~~
Wednesday : Mandarin p1, Mathematics p1, Mathematics p2
Thursday : Moral, Chemistry p3
Friday : History p2, History p1

Second week
Monday : Physics p3, Physics p1, Physics p2
Tuesday : Biology p2, Biology p1
Wednesday : Mandarin p2, Additional Mathematics p2
Thursday : Civics, Chemistry p1, Chemistry p2
Friday : Additional Mathematics p1

Time moves slow D:

Biology ... okay I guess?
I really laughed when I saw the questions,
Although I'm not sure whether did I score for it.

But it was basically the main 2 things I studied.
Or more precisely ... read through.

^o^

English, lol.
I wrote "The day I decided to do nothing".
I really hope the crap I wrote was relevant.
I should have just stayed on the safe side than trying to do something new,
During the exams.
Ah.

English paper 2 was so ...
Weird.
Oh well.
Mandarin tomorrow x_x

-Kritz

Mid-exam post (1)

2009-10-26T21:52:00.002+08:00

First week
~~Monday : Malay p1, Malay p2~~
Tuesday : Biology p3, English p1, English p2
Wednesday : Mandarin p1, Mathematics p1, Mathematics p2
Thursday : Moral, Chemistry p3
Friday : History p2, History p1

Second week
Monday : Physics p3, Physics p1, Physics p2
Tuesday : Biology p2, Biology p1
Wednesday : Mandarin p2, Additional Mathematics p2
Thursday : Civics, Chemistry p1, Chemistry p2
Friday : Additional Mathematics p1

So ... many more.
Gosh.

I don't know what to say about today's BM,
Hopefully it turns out good :D

Didn't study for tomorrow's exam, YET.
And it's almost 10 already D:

Was so ... tired in the afternoon,
With the hot weather and everything.
Slept for one hour before tuition,
Woke up cranky and everything.

Stepped on my injured toe during tuition,
Blood oozed out 8D
Had to clean the tiles of the evidence with my foot, lol.

8D

-Kritz

Pre-exam post.

2009-10-24T17:09:00.003+08:00

Hello blog! (huh? what?)

Monday is the day I'm going to sit for my finals!
Excited, in a way,
But worried, might just screw up.
Actually, high chances of screwing up. Heh.

So let's see,
Did I mention about this probationary prefect (my rank),
Who was a part of the organising team for the recent annual dinner?

Apparently,
He went from lower,
To lower.

Stealing RM500 ain't enough for him,
He decided to throw pictures of other prefects that were collected for some game into the ditch.
Why wouldn't he just throw himself off some building. -.-

Anyway,
Finally finished my kerja amal (charity work, lol) reports,
Handed in,
And I'm FREE!

Though I still have exams.

Started studying today,
Though it was really NOT effective.
But I have not much time left =.=

Here's the timetable for my own reference :

First week
Monday : Malay p1, Malay p2 [shit loads of writing, Bukit Kepong D:]
Tuesday : Biology p3, English p1, English p2 [biology D:]
Wednesday : Mandarin p1, Mathematics p1, Mathematics p2 [mandarin D:]
Thursday : Moral, Chemistry p3 [shit loads of memorising to do. chemistry D:]
Friday : History p2, History p1 [the climax of the whole finals. NIGHTMARE D:]

Second week
Monday : Physics p3, Physics p1, Physics p2 [physics D: (duh, lol)]
Tuesday : Biology p2, Biology p1 [I sort of like Biology, but for me it's hard to score. So yeah D:]
Wednesday : Mandarin p2, Additional Mathematics p2 [mandarin .... D:]
Thursday : Civics, Chemistry p1, Chemistry p2 [chemistry is hardest for me among all 3 science subjects, so yeah D:]
Friday : Additional Mathematics p1 [FREEDOM!]

-Kritz

Short up-to-date update RE-UPDATED

2009-10-20T18:30:00.004+08:00

Ignore the oh-so-lame title.

So basically,
Today's the last day of my holidays.

Even though it's uneventful,
I really ... have nothing to complain about.

Thing's I've done during the holidays (Friday - Today): -

Getting pwned by Chaos (of Dissidia, in Inward Chaos) millions of times. FYI, he's the final boss of the whole game and has 3 forms. So far made it to the 3rd form for like, twice. IT'S HARD.
Cubing. The usual. Trying out stuff. Admiring those sub-20 videos on YouTube. Wondering when will I be there.
Reading novels. Finally started, it's been quite awhile since I received that stack of books from Scholastic. Finished 1 so far, Peak. Started reading The Westing Game.
Spent a whole night going through family albums with my mom. It was fun, looking at my parents and close relatives, how they looked like when I wasn't even a speck of living entity in this realm. And also, pictures of me when I was ... cute. D:
Watched Friends, currently at season 9!

Today,
I finally started to touch homework!
Started with my moral Kerja Amals.

Gosh,
I thought it was over when I finished those Tugasan Harians,
Now I have to make up more lies to get good grades for my SPM,
Kerja Amal =.=

So far,
This whole afternoon,
I managed to finish 1 kerja amal,
Yay!

3 more D:
And also ... other homework.

AND EXAMS.

Update at 1.45am :
That picture above,
Ignore that.
I actually did 2 and had to redo both of them due to some mistake (duh).

Yay! 4 done! Gosh, if only everyday were the last day of holidays.

-Kritz

CUBES <3

2009-10-19T16:49:00.002+08:00

It's about time I posted this.
Been delaying and delaying.
I'll just ... post more pictures and comment less.

My 3rd postage received!

Alloy cube! Heavy. Expensive.

DIY Kits! Type A-II

Crystal cubes!

ShengEn DIYs. Type F

Megaminx in the back, painted white on the left, mini DianSheng right.

Yong Jun 2x2

Goldleaf block cubes.

My lovely megaminx! :D

My DIY Kit!

Not .. my alloy cube.

Only 2 were mine,
Others were for ... others.

-Kritz

Not the post I had in mind, but anyway

2009-10-14T16:22:00.004+08:00

Wanted to blog about Rubik's cubes but I'll leave that aside for some other time.

So ... last Friday,
Studied the first chapter of Form 5 Additional Mathematics.
Quite fun eh?

Ate Dominoes sponsored by our Biology teacher,
Puan Lau.

Since Hang Yang was absent,
We guys thought ...
Why not leave him a slice?

Heck,
Just give him a whole pizza!

Doesn't see that nice eh?

Oh wait,
*digs through some plastic bag*,
AH HA!

PERFECT.

And here's the mastermind behind all this,
Just kidding =x

*picture credits to Kar Mern*

Monday,
Went to Mid Valley with mom and her friends.
Walked separate was,
Met up with Eirban,
Watched Surrogates!

Bruce Willis looks damn weird in that surrogate of his,
Young, with some weird hairstyle,
But kinda looked more Bruce Willis like compared to that old dude in the poster.
Oh well =/

Tuesday,
Gosh,
Bathed 4 times!

Woke up,
Bathe,
Went to school,
Came back,
Bathe,
Went to Pearl Point International,
Came back,
Bathe,
Went to Breena's birthday party,
Came back,
Bathe.

The party was nice and simple,
Although we had to remind ourselves to not speak so much mandarin.

The first dish,
And the only dish I managed to take a picture of before everyone started to devour them.

Chocolate strawberry cake from Secret Recipe!

The young, younger and youngest!

Oh well,
Holidays are over,
But not for long!

-Kritz

School trip to Museum of Asian Art, UM.

2009-10-09T22:07:00.002+08:00

Yesterday,
A bus of form 4s (and like 2 form 5s with 3 teachers) went to Malaya University to visit the Museum of Asian Art.
Well, we weren't fans of museums (except for Night at the Museum!), art ~~or Asia~~,
We just ... like school trips. :D

It was organised by the History Club (explains why 2 form 5s had to follow),
And they kinda forced us to write reports,
But heck,
Like I would do that.

Dextrous Lockshop, lol.

So we went there,
Greeted by this ... usher?

Didn't quite listen,
Couldn't listen anyway.

The mini museum,
With themes revolving around words like "atomic bomb", "Nagasaki", "Hiroshima",
Was ... mini.

There was gory drawings of the aftereffect of that atomic bomb,
A lot of them.

There was also this section where people were teaching how to fold origami cranes,
Which seemed to be the main attraction of the WHOLE thing. -.-

Didn't quite listen to the tutorial though,
Since I already knew how to fold that.
Even taught others how to fold it.

Then the crowd moved upstairs,
Where there was more stuff to see.

Pieces of broken ceramics/pottery/stuff.

Yeah, they even preserved the note. lol

There were also ... not ... broken ones.
It's nice.

Then in the next room,
We had to attend some ... talk ... lecture ... whatever.

The topic of the talk ... ... ... had nothing to do with the real thing.
Nothing much at least.

Lecturer

So we listened to him blabber ...
On and on ...
About the awesomeness of nuclear energy ...

He did a great job of confusing us all though,
So far,
From what I understand,
He said Uranium is renewable,
Nuclear energy is all pros and no cons,
H1N1 stands for Hiroshima 1 Nagasaki 1.

Could do without the talk.

So later on,
We went down for some food,
Went back to the small display of museum stuff that I didn't really looked at the first time I came in.

Some touch screen thing

When will _________ (go figure) realise that having boring Wall of Texts on some high tech-ish thing DOESN'T help in understanding or attractiveness (maybe a wee bit),
The only great thing is the touch screen thingy where you spam because you have nothing better to do. :D

Some ... deformed ... bottle.

Some ... piece of ... bowl stuck to ... some rock ... cement ... whatever.

~~Beggar clothes~~ School uniform?

Wall of peace. lol?

Oh yeah,
The crane origami originated from that incident,
Something to do with some person folding a thousand of them and making some miracle,
Signifying peace or something.

Go freestyle, lol.

Little Boy ... Fat Man ... what are they doing? Disguising the bombs as ... humans?

The main attraction once again,
Folding,
Writing,
Pinning.

Cameo of Josh's hands in my blog, lol.

I folded 1 and helped Josh to fold the other one. -.-

Before we all went back,
I saw this ... hanging cranes ...
Tried taking pictures ...

The air-conditioner kept blowing it and it just spins like nobody's business!
I wanted to take one close up with loads of them blurred in the back ground.

Didn't work. -.-

Went back,
Went home,
End of not-very-informative school trip.

-Kritz

Gosh, where was I?

2009-10-04T19:22:00.002+08:00

Okay okay ...
Had dissecting last Friday,
Biology,
Lab rats.

They stink real bad.

Dissecting was ... a nice experience?

At least I didn't tore it up into a million pieces,
Might as well blast it into smithereens =.=

Went back kampung,
Had to attend the ceremony for my grandmother,
Marking the 100th day that she passed away.

Inward Chaos in Dissidia is crazy.
Oh well.

Finished with my Biology presentation for tomorrow,
Hopefully everything turns out well.

Ordering cubes again,
3rd time from the same person,
5th time overall.

Didn't really do much homework,
Kinda left most of it at home while I went back kampung.

Friends! s06e16 DONE!

-Kritz

sleeping sucks.

2009-09-30T22:59:00.002+08:00

If only sleeping was just one of the things people enjoy to do,
And not something necessary to sustain life.
Then I'll have more time.

Finished that Mooncake Festival Poster with Kar Mern,
Still had no idea how I got myself involved in this.

Wrote a 4 page essay for English Lit class, lol.

Didn't do my Moral Kerja Amal,
Gonna be lectured tomorrow,
Hope not.

Now there's this SMS notification from school,
No comment about that.

This Friday,
Dissecting!
:O :O :O :O

Next Thursday,
Going to Muzium Seni Asia!

I want my PMR holidays D:

-Kritz

Out for lunch!

2009-09-27T22:53:00.002+08:00

*look at my shining 5x5 ~_~*

So after morning service today,
I decided to follow my parents out for lunch instead of staying for youth.
Furthermore,
I was already struggling to stay awake during the Sermon,
So it was better that I went home for a nap.

So we went to this ...
Seapark ... sister's ... curry ... noodles ... can't remember.
*googles*
Ah, yes,
Sisters Curry Laksa (Seapark),
At Bandar Puteri.

This is what I ordered:

咖喱鸡二度米粉河粉

Chicken curry laksa, that ... thigh area chicken.
RM8.30 (If I remember correctly)

Honey Lemon drink.

Er ... everything's ... not bad.
Quoting from my dad, 'above average',
We went there because it was recommended by newspapers and stuff,
So yeah.

Went back,
Slept,
Woke up,
Procrastinate,
Decided not to do homework,
Blog,
Sleep :)

ps. Finished Dissidia!

-Kritz

Regret? NAH.

2009-09-25T15:28:00.003+08:00

*say HELLO!*

Somehow,
I don't feel regretful for not studying/doing homework/reading books during the holidays!

Watching Friends was absolute fun!
3 Seasons down in less than a week :D

At least I didn't waste time slacking around,
HAH.

Got all tuition exam results back!
Scored 92 for Biology,
Markings were kinda lenient.
Friends got around my score too,
So it's average I guess.

Scored 80 for Chemistry,
PHEW.
I was worried about my electrolysis part,
And it was BAD!
Got half the question wrong,
But had other parts to cover for it.

Scored 84 for Physics,
YAY!
Highest!
Happy!

It's Friday.
Never hated Friday so much

It's so close to Monday D:

-Kritz

Mosquito food.

2009-09-22T01:46:00.002+08:00

Ate at the same restaurant for 3 days straight while I was in my mother's hometown.
The food was nice!
Get to eat loads of yummy seafood,
Especially those fish eyeballs!

It's not extraordinarily delicious,
But I kinda like it, somehow.

What's 虾姑 in English anyway?

Oh heck,
The food there was nice for sure,
And I bet the mosquitoes enjoyed my blood too.

It's so disgusting to scratch my feet and eat at the same time,
-- OKAY, I didn't exactly do that,
I actually tried using one leg to scratch the other leg,
Equally disgusting,
But heck, who cares?

Watched the whole 1st season of Friends,
That very old and long sitcom,
Since I had nothing better to do.

I also spent a lot of time searching stuff about Rubik's cubes,
Watching videos related to Rubik's cubes,
~~Drooling over pictures of Rubik's cubes~~

So basically,
What I've concluded is:

For DIYs - Type D is currently one of the best. A is not too bad as well. Joy cubes and Edison cubes seem interesting but only available in Korean/Japan.

For 4x4x4, 5x5x5 and so on,
Rubik's brand sucks the most,
Eastsheen is better, but colour scheme is always wrong,
Mefferts are better, but mostly tiled,
QJ once used to be know as Clefferts, a Mefferts clone, but definitely not bad at all.

Those 4 brands are for 4x4x4 and 5x5x5 only.

There's also a V-cube,
Manufactured in Greece,
Mainly 5x5x5, 6x6x6 and 7x7x7.
If I were to ship in a set of those,
It would cost me around RM420.

WHICH IS A LOT.

Okay,
Done with my Rubik's thing.
I would definitely appreciate it if you were to give the set of V-cubes to me as a present,
HAHA.

Did I mention that my mom bought me a new phone?
YAY!
Thanks mom!

-Kritz

Answered prayer

2009-09-18T23:45:00.002+08:00

I'm currently in my mom's hometown (again),
Lying on a bed,
Blogging on my cousin brother's laptop.

Thursday,
Near the end of school,
Kian Siong gave me a civic text book.
I was like,
Whose is this?
*flips open to look find for the owner's name*
IT'S MINE!!!

MY LONG LOST CIVIC TEXT BOOK HAS COME BACK TO ME ~_~
Thank God for this answered prayer.

I was actually worried of having to be slaughtered by those SPBT teachers.

Thank God.

Went Midvalley this morning,
With Tiong Hsien, Kian Siong, Hang Yang, Kar Mern and Angeline.
Ate Carls' Jr,
Watched Tsunami at Haeundae,
Ate Sushi King.

Movie was NICE!
Well, I never expected it to be THAT nice,
I just wasn't hyped over a Korean Movie.

The movie started off with a story and everything,
Not just jumping into tsunamis,
The show was touching,
I even teared D:

But if you are the type that wants every single detail to be accurate,
There might be some places where you'd spot mistakes,
But I don't really care about that.

Went back kampung straight from Midvalley.
Nothing much else I guess.

-Kritz

My deepest condolences.

2009-09-14T22:30:00.003+08:00

My closest non-Chinese friend (lol?),
Just lost his father recently.

He was absent for quite some time,
So today when he suddenly came back,
He was definitely bombarded by questions and concerns.

He kept telling us to wait till BM class.
We had no idea why,
But he seemed moody.

While I was chatting with some of my friends,
2 prefects came in,
With a metal tin wrapped with paper,
With words written on it.

Words like 'Mohamat Eirban Ali',
'bapa' and 'meninggal dunia' immediately struck my mind,
And the whole class as well.

Suddenly,
There was an awkward moment of silence.

My deepest condolences.

* * *

KWY called 4 times today.
Gosh.
Save me.

-Kritz

TGIF!

2009-09-11T21:32:00.002+08:00

Yay! Friday!
I guess I shall take the day off and do absolutely no homework at all :D

Remember that I blogged about teaching Kiew Wei Yong add maths through the phone?
The next day,
He went around his class boasting to others that he knew how to answer those questions.
Wow,
So much for my patience and effort.

Had more prefect meetings.
I absolutely dislike those meetings.
It's always on Thursdays,
And it's the day where I have torturous 2-and-a-half-hour-long tuition classes.

One of the reasons I can't help but to 'fish' in Chemistry class.

Oh well,
I hope our plannings turn out well.

Gosh,
I can't remember what to blog again.

I should really blog daily no matter it's long or short so that my memory stays fresh =/

-Kritz

Short Term Memory Sucks

2009-09-08T23:25:00.002+08:00

I do remember of wanting to blog about something when I was chatting with Blake ...
But now I kinda lost it.

Anyway,
How am I going to say this,
Fasting season right?
There's actually people smuggling food for those who are fasting.
Sigh.

Wei Yong called me a gazillion times today,
Asked me about add maths.
Texted him workings,
This that,
Answer a million of his calls.

When I was eating dinner,
I decided to ignore his call till I'm done.

I totally forgotten that he's the type that would never give up calling.
So without second thought,
I immediately went and SMSed him that I was eating.

Just when I finished,
He calls.

And that happened for like .... hours.
I was so ... annoyed,
But I tried to keep my cool and helped him as much as I could.

Seriously,
I couldn't even concentrate on what I was doing >.>

I hate texting add maths workings.

-Kritz

Can't ... stand it

2009-09-07T21:23:00.002+08:00

(Gosh, I almost never felt like blogging like I used to)

There's this ... old Volvo car 2 houses away from my house,
My neighbour.

It's kinda ... old,
So it has to be 'warmed up' before driving.

Then all hell breaks lose ...

... from the exhaust pipe.

The pollutants literally stings my nasal cavity and my lungs.

I know,
They might not be able to afford to change a car or anything,
But it really, really smells bad.

And no,
Closing the doors and windows doesn't work.

Sigh.

* * *

Went out for lunch today,
Wanted to ate some noodles advertised on some flyer,
But in the end mom and I decided to eat something else.

Drove in circles in Jalan Kenari (opposite of IOI Mall),
Went to Bandar Puteri for a few more circles and finally decided to eat at some simple restaurant.

Seriously,
I was expecting something nicer since we don't eat out often,
But mom was getting super pissed so I thought better to just shut up and eat.

Guess what,
When I was happily Sudoku-ing on my iPod Touch,
Some random person runs over to my place and pokes me in the arm.
LOL.

Never expected to see Kar Mern there @_@

I saw Wai Kit too,
My primary school classmate.
Small world eh?

Took away (not literally) a packet of chicken rice for my dad,
And went to Puteri's Giant for awhile.

Have not been there for quite some time since Kinrara already had a Giant.

Went back and dad exploded because the chicken rice included a disgusting chicken ass (lol).
It was ... not cleanly removed of it's fur and it was just ... revolting.

Boycotted,
LOL.

Hopefully someday soon,
I'd get to eat something other that the usual >.>

* * *

When was the last time I blogged about daily events like that,
Feels ... quite ... nostalgic,
LOL.

-Kritz

Lost of words.

2009-09-07T00:33:00.002+08:00

Finished my add maths homeowork on Friday,
And spent the next two days slacking like there's no tomorrow :D

What else ...

-Kritz

Pissed.

2009-09-02T23:26:00.002+08:00

School today was ... nothing much.
Very much like ... yesterday.

Not much studying.
Busy playing Rubik's cubes all day.

Cashed out from Nuffnang.
Finally.
After like ... a year?
More maybe?

Gosh,
So pissed off over little things.

My books are circulating the class,
Weird ._.

Scored 98% for my additional mathematics,
Stupid careless mistake,
I actually could've scored full.
Dammit.
(I seriously won't give a damn if you think I'm boasting,
I'm just saying the truth)

I'm in such a bad mood right now.
Damn.

Scored 67% for my English Literature.
Quite good for a first timer?
I was hungry and sleeping during the exam,
Excuses, excuses, heh.

Blake came over to watch Hannah Montana the Movie,
I can't believe I watched it!
Okay,
Seriously,
It wasn't that bad anyway.
Probably better than High School Musical 3.
(Haven't watch)

Stupid mood.
Argh.

-Kritz

Summary of Holidays!

2009-08-31T19:04:00.002+08:00

Okay.
Hope I can remember.

I remember eating at Jojo's Pan Mee,
In Jalan Kenari,
Opposite IOI mall,
Was documented on some food programme,
1 day 5 meals （一日五餐),
Went there to try out,
Not the branch that the programme went though.

Ate Pan Mee with Herbal Chicken Soup,
Special,
Not bad :D

Went The Gardens after that,
In search of my Rubik's cubes.
Went to Action City.
SOLD OUT.
In the end bought several cubes at some stall in Midvalley:

4x4x4 QJ Rubik's Revenge
Void cube
2x2x2 QJ Pocket Cube

Thanks dad :D

Remember receiving the parcel for those cubes that I ordered online.

*censors background*
*censors address*
*censors phone number*
*censors second phone number*

:D

Behold ...

Stickers :D

One of them had something wrong,
Sent it back for a replacement,
Received it.

Remember that I went hiking at Apek (Apeh?) Hill,
Somewhere in Cheras.

Damn challenging,
I still walk like a gimp till this day.

2-3 hours up to the waterfall,
2-3 hours having fun and lunch at the waterfall,
2-3 hours back down and home.

Painful experience,
Worth it?
I guess so.

Cousin sis came over to stay for a few days,
Along with her friend.

Her friend has this ... dry humour that only my cousin sis and I could comprehend.
Yeah,
It was quite fun.

Can't remember much ...

End of holidays ._.

-kritz

Pit stop

2009-08-21T15:28:00.002+08:00

HOLIDAYS!
YEAH.

WOOT.

IN CONJUNCTION OF THIS HIGHLY ANTICIPATED EVENT,
I SHALL BLOG IN CAPS.

MUAHAHAHA.

ENJOY!

SO BASICALLY,
I WENT TO SCHOOL WHEN THE WHOLE WORLD DECIDED NOT TOO.
IT WAS BORING.
SUPER BORING.
ONLY HAD EIRBAN AND A RUBIK'S CUBE TO HELP KILL TIME.

ANYWAY,
I HAVE SO MUCH STUFF THAT I WANT TO DO DURING THIS LITTLE PIT STOP,
BUT COME TO THINK OF IT,
1 WEEK IS REALLY SHORT D:

OH WELL,
SHOULD MAKE THE BEST OUT OF IT!

YEAHHHHHHHHHHH

-KRITZ

The torture is over!

2009-08-19T15:16:00.002+08:00

The peak was probably yesterday,
Where I slept at 2am.
2am.

Had to cram studies like mad,
But it has paid off!

Well, sorta.

3 days of intense exams and studying,
Probably a kick start for me,
Or else I wouldn't even bother studying.

Maths results was back,
Yay!
It was easy,
Just most people got loads of careless mistakes.

Will have to face other results soon,
But this isn't anything anyway,
Considering they are all 1 hour tests,
Not everything is covered in the exams.

But it was definitely torturing,
Partially due to the pressure that I had self-inflicted,
To force myself to cram even though time wasn't of an essence.

Gosh,
The holidays are near,
But such a short period =/

Hopefully something great happens.

-Kritz

Short post

2009-08-16T22:46:00.003+08:00

Seriously,
I don't oppose of people who wants to 'memartabatkan bahasa Melayu',
But please try harder?

It's already meaningless that they want to change Science and Mathematics back to BM,
With all English phrases 'Malay-fied',
But what for trying to change those English words into Malay words when the exact translation is already available?

Today,
I saw the headlines of some local Malay paper,
Aktres Popular something something something.

What happen to words like 'pelakon wanita' or 'terkenal'?

One could probably write a long list of words that are unnecessarily changed to Malay phrases.

-Kritz

Er ...

2009-08-16T16:59:00.002+08:00

Why am I blogging when I have nothing to blog about?

Anyway,
CRAP,
I have exams,
Even though monthly,
Meaning not that important,
But I still need to study for it ... somehow.

It's just 3 days,
How hard could it be?

Holidays are coming soon!
Even thought for 1 miserable week.
Homework, tuition, studies,
Probably half that week is gone.
Hopefully I can set aside some time to learn my OLLs and PLLs,
Maybe even an outing!
But with this A(H1N1) business,
Going out would be a little risky, eh?

Went back to my mom's hometown 2 days ago,
On a Friday night,
Skipped replacement class on Saturday,
Nothing eventful I guess.

NEED TO STUDY.

-kritz

Stuff About Me

To sacrifice your passion, or sacrifice for passion?

The Sudden Urge

Hi blog!

Breakfast thoughts (and places?)

Post SPM results thoughts

you should probably skip this ...

Hours spent in college

Timetable~

Thinking too much?

WTF.

6H Gathering @ Old Town, Kinrara

Movies!

Failing to prioritise

Boo.

Post 555

I try ... so hard ...

Epiphany ... ? Destiny ... ?

Tagged ...

Random update ...

Finally!

Stuff *points at blog URL*

Of sucky results and an inevitable farewell.

The thing I loathe.

Maybe I should just ... stop

Holidays are ...

I wanna watch Toy Story 3

Sigh.

Last American Idol post ...

Like ... who cares?

It's not that I'm complainin' but ...

Lazy :(

Screwed up, hehe

最近比较烦。

Pokemon and American Idol!

Reminder.

Life, lives.

short update ...

Random stuff + Driving + Starbucks

Linger~

Update :D

Confused.

AI stuff again. [updated with top 10 girls]

Deprived of human rights.

The pleasure of studying.

American Idol Season 9 rant ...

Books.

Happy Chinese New YEAR~!

3 trips - 1 post

FML.

My rant on the SPM mandarin subject.

*cough* *sniff* *cough* *sniff*

Kiasu

What are the odds?

17! For the first time.

Movies!

Rat race.

First 2 days of school...

Last day D:

Happy New Year ~!

No Apologies!

Crammed update

Star Cruise trip :O

One Utama Trip

New headphones!

Headphones ... headphones ...

Yay! Dead blog 8D

Random stuff that I wanted to post quite some time ago.

Marks the end of a milestone.

Post-exam post

Mid-exam post (9)

Mid-exam post (8)

Mid-exam post (7)

Mid-exam post (6)

Mid-exam post (5)

Mid-exam post (4)

Mid-exam post (3)

Mid-exam post (2)

Mid-exam post (1)

Pre-exam post.

Stuff points at blog URL

cough sniff cough sniff

Short up-to-date update RE-UPDATED