Kyd

Mr. Guna

2008-07-09T16:06:00.003+08:00

My MUET teacher, Mr. Guna, passed away yesterday afternoon. He fell down through his house's ceiling while checking on the water tank on July 2nd, which is coincidentally Bunny's 1 month death anniversary. His obituary could be seen on The Star today.

Rest in peace, Mr. Guna. Even though Seafield sucks, you and some other teachers do not (Mr. Kang for example). I'll miss your funny jokes and the class debates you made us do.

R.I.P, Bunny

2008-06-02T13:15:00.001+08:00

This morning, between 12.00 p.m. - 1.00 p.m., my rabbit, Bunny, passed away after living a long life (10 years).

June 2nd, 2008.

Braces Off

2008-01-29T20:10:00.001+08:00

Look at my teeth.

Bro's got a new DS Lite

2008-01-25T20:09:00.000+08:00

And he gave me his DS (which looks old and the side has been chipped off). I'm not complaining. I could still play games on it. The reason he bought a new DS Lite is because the cartridge in the old DS can't be used anymore to play new games. I'm guessing he'll buy a new cartridge for me soon. =)

Cloverfield: 2nd Viewing

2008-01-23T16:23:00.000+08:00

Yeah, so I watched Cloverfield for the second time today. About an hour ago. Alone. And when the movie ends, everyone there said it sucks. People with no brains like them can't be helped. Can't handle the differences it has. Can't understand the ending (because they're too used to endings like good defeats evil, love conquers all).

Heath Ledger's dead wtf.

Look at this:
http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/19627377.html

After you're done with that, read this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westborough_Baptist_Church

Cloverfield

2008-01-20T20:46:00.000+08:00

BEST MOVIE EVER!

That's all I'll say about it. This movie is meant to be watched with you knowing nothing about it. Seriously, don't try to find out anything about the movie before you watch it.

BEST MOVIE EVER!!!

Toys

2008-01-18T18:04:00.000+08:00

SEGA History Collection

Gundam Mobile Suit

Dragon Ball

Sora (Nightmare Before Christmas suit) from Kingdom Hearts

Anyone who doesn't recognize him should die

Wolf Link with Midna riding him from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

Zant

Princess Zelda

Link

The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

Tetra

No idea, haven't completed the game. Maybe a Goron family.

Link

No idea

Final Fantasy characters from various games

Vaan from FFXII

Rinoa Heartilly from FFVIII

Yuna from FFX-2

Cloud Strife from FFVII

Penelo from FFXII

Football fans read this:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/sport/football.html?in_article_id=508998&in_page_id=1779&ct=5&ico=Homepage&icl=TabModule&icc=picbox&ct=5

Wrongwayjack

2008-01-06T18:41:00.000+08:00

You Are An INFP

The Idealist

You are creative with a great imagination, living in your own inner world.
Open minded and accepting, you strive for harmony in your important relationships.
It takes a long time for people to get to know you. You are hesitant to let people get close.
But once you care for someone, you do everything you can to help them grow and develop.

In love, you tend to have high (and often unrealistic) standards.
You are very sensitive. You tend to have intense feelings.

At work, you need to do something that expresses your personal values.
You would make an excellent writer, psychologist, or artist.

How you see yourself: Unselfish, empathetic, and spiritual

When other people don't get you, they see you as: Unrealistic, naive, and weak

What's Your Personality Type?

Why the Hell Am I Still Awake? 2

2007-12-08T03:11:00.000+08:00

I went for Pamela's serving with Clo, Chong and KC. This time, we had soft-boiled egg and spinach for starters, duck as the main course and a tart for dessert. The duck is better than the beef we had yesterday, but not by much.

Went to Pyramid after that. Instead of window-shopping as we planned, we ended up spending an hour inside Popular buying books and comics (I bought two Cerita Panjang Doraemon). Chong bought a book on Chinese Americans.

Went back home for a while, then headed off to meet Adrian at Asia Cafe to attend this metal gig in a building somewhere in SS15. It was fucking noisy and smoky, but it does show that Malaysians do have people who are good in music. Metal's not my kind of music, though. =/ Still, it's a good experience and eye-opener to me.

So back to the topic in hand. Why the hell am I still awake for the second day in a row? I thought I'll go to sleep after watching the fifth episode of One Litre of Tears and after Pui Ling ciaoed but when she returned a few minutes later, I decided to keep her company and watch the sixth episode as well.

Now she's on the phone ignoring me after asking me to SMS a stranger to call her back. So unappreciative! Who could it be? What could they be talking about? A plan to support the Hindraf? Terrorist activities? Or just some simple lovey-dovey stuff that she hasn't been telling me. It's 12 minutes now since she last replied me. Some friend. KDK.

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Pics stolen from Pam's blog.

Why the Hell Am I Still Awake?

2007-12-07T04:52:00.000+08:00

It's 4.52 a.m. Gosh. What the hell was I doing all this while? A simple "can i whine?" message to Pui Ling at 1 a.m. led us to talk about various issues including really weird ones, sensitive ones, sentimental ones, and just plain psycho ones. I noticed she had a blog post up at 1.51 a.m. and since I'm still feeling awake and didn't have a proper blog post for a long time (not to mention I'm typing this on my bro's laptop which is a first), it's certainly the best time for me to start speaking my mind out.

Lots of things had happened in the past month. KC lost his father (bless him), a girl commited suicide over her UPSR results (why?!), England failed to qualify for Euro 2008 and Liverpool beat Besiktas 8-0 at Anfield. I always thought that my life was a boring one and which is the reason why my blog is filled with empty posts and fillers, but when I really put my mind to it as I am now, I find out that my life isn't that dull after all.

Since my brain is fresh now instead of being dead as it should, I've been using it for the first time since Form 3. My results for PMR was fair, my results for SPM was poor, and I'm gonna flop my STPM too if I don't use my brain more. "You have good brains," my mother said. "You're just lazy to use them."

How true. I'm just a damn sloth who wants to play video games all my life experiencing virtual worlds and adventures and just forget about all the boring and dull life reality has in store. Who would want to drown themselves in an ocean of papers when they could fight zombies and save the world and get the girl? But then again, this quote from Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World spells out a strong message to me.

"The world is not beautiful, therefore it is."

Utopia... This is a topic I had discussed with Chong and Adrian before. Can Utopia truly exist? What if it does? A world where everything is peaceful and beautiful and everyone is kind to each other and there are no squabbles and arguments and wars and rapes and killings and murders and racism and homophobias. Is that what we really want? Don't we turn the newspaper page just to read about wars and rapes and killings? Who actually reads the Metro section of The Star on charities and sports and social activities and potholes and such? Truth be told, we need evil. Yin and Yang. The Balance. The Order of Life. To be good, we need evil (but do we need good to be evil? lol). As much as the world is demanding world peace, it won't happen. It'll never happen as long as we are humans. Humans with differing opinions. Humans with greed. Humans with lust. Bla bla bla bla bla.

Anyway, I drove to the Taylor's campus at PJ today with Adrian and Chloe tagging along to watch KC's and Pam's advertisements for their Moral Studies project. First of all, Clo and I had to be the guests for KC's friend, Sabah (yes, neighbour of Sarawak) for her restaurant serving. The bun and butter was good, the mushroom soup was quite good, and then... The beef. And the dessert. I left a small portion of the beef uneaten and as for the dessert, I took two bites. The dessert was this pizza-shaped tart/cake which I'm not a fan of. We had orange juice as well. For 3 bucks. 3 FUCKING BUGS. What a rip-off!

KC's advertisement was really well-made. I like the part where the little girl was drawing with her crayons and the girls were sitting and walking Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro style. Other advertisements which are my favourites, the kuai (ghost), and the Blair Witch Project. Who the hell throws a telephone card to ward off AIDS (even though you guys say it's a talisman, it still looks like a telephone card to me)?

It was a pretty long session: 1 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. Chong came at 4 and left at 5.30 with Clo, so Snow White and the 3 Dwarves made their way to an Indonesian restaurant to have Ayam Penyet (squashed chicken) and Ayam Soto (chicken soup). The sambal was nice and spicy, the chicken was good and easy to chew while the soup was just delicious. Pictures will be uploaded once I get them on my comp.

Fetched Pam and KC home, then went back home and played Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock with Adrian. Metallica's One is a really beautiful song. It doesn't sound metal at all. Adrian left. Bathed. Took laptop. Played The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. Mom came. Scolded. Mom gone. Turned off Wii. Chatted with Pui Ling while watching One Litre of Tears (I still haven't cried).

Tomorrow Pam will be serving KC, Chong, Clo and I. Hopefully the food tastes better. Actually, come of think of it, she's gonna serve today.

Pam, you're a really pretty girl now! And you've changed! For the better, of course. More out-going, and you don't hold your curses back.

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Let's talk about relationships since it's the hot topic among teenagers. Adrian thinks that once you made friends, you shouldn't try to make the relationship a bigger one. Pam thinks so, too. But doesn't everyone always say that you couldn't couple with someone if you aren't friends with him/her first? Damn, such differing opinions.

Right now, all I want is just to remain as friends and see how things go from there. Maybe from impulse, it might go beyond that or it might not. Whatever it is, I wouldn't regret what may lie in wait for me based on my decisions. Or I may. Who knows?

It's 5.39 a.m. now and I'm still awake. Otk.

Fact or Myth?

2007-12-02T15:09:00.000+08:00

"Girls have periods and boys wank. Everybody." - Toru Watanabe in Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood.

For Gamers Who Play Music Games

2007-11-26T22:27:00.000+08:00

O2 Jam, RF, Guitar Hero fans, witness the might of a 9 year old kid.

Grapefruit Tea

2007-11-25T21:14:00.001+08:00

oh lovely change
a breeze of grapefruits and
jasmine seas
sexy burgundy skies
sweet peppermint candies

will the breeze become my air
or should i have to hold my breath
for i don't want to be your chinaware
nor game of solitaire

oh the wind of love
come down from above
and circle around me
I might let you in

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What's your opinion on the picture and words?

A New Family Member

2007-11-22T18:01:00.000+08:00

Samsung LA37S81B 37-inch LCD TV. It costs only about 3k+, which is a huge price reduction compared to the LCD and plasma TVs I saw on stores last time which cost around 10k-20k. This TV is currently placed at my living room, but it would be nice if this beast is in my room for gaming purposes. One can only dream.

Fanservice

2007-11-22T11:20:00.001+08:00

Gaming With Bro

2007-11-20T22:40:00.000+08:00

For the first time in years, I played a video game with my brother! Without any of his friends around asking me to join in. He asked me himself. Big surprise indeed. The game we played was Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles.

It's a 2-player co-op on-rails shooting game (like Time Crisis and House of the Dead). It's a pretty fun game, going through the main stories of RE0, REmake and RE3 plus a new scenario was added detailing the fall of Umbrella.

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Vacation plans, vacation plans. Chong and I are planing to have another trip to Pangkor again (because it's the cheapest) on the 13th of December till the 16th. Anyone who could go or are interested in going please inform me! We want this to be a 6-person trip again, since that is a good number of people to have fun with (not over-crowded, not too little). I do have several candidates in my mind now (you know who you are) so please tell me you could go! This is probably the last vacation we'll ever have, since the college-going people will probably study overseas next year or the year after. So, in layman's term:

Venue: Pangkor Island
Date: 13th-16th of December 2007
Costs: RM200+ (excluding chalet prices)
People who are going to go: People whom you'll probably like to hate, but wtf.

Fly

2007-11-19T14:16:00.000+08:00

If you're part of a band performing on stage and a fly suddenly buzzes around you, what will you do?

It's amazing how P'UNK~en~Ciel (alter-ego of L'Arc~en~Ciel - each member switch their positions anti-clockwise) could still keep a straight face when they have this woman moving around them spouting out random words at times.

The chances of anyone viewing the video is probably nil, but I'll just try my luck.

Shocking News!

2007-11-18T17:53:00.000+08:00

It's really surprising to see someone change in a day. Just a gesture, an action, and your life has turned a total 180. You fall head over heels over someone, but is that person your chosen one? Do you want to spend the rest of your life with him/her? Are you sure you made the right decision?

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What happened to all of my singleton friends? They're all now swimming in a sea finding their one true love who's stranded in a deserted island praying for someone to scoop them away to safety. In a city of lights, I'm the splotch of darkness covering the shine. Light is happiness, but the darkness is where our emotions are free to be released.

What's the advantage of being in a "relationship"? What is a "relationship"? A pass to touch your partner all over/sweet lovey dovey words/sex? When you think about it, the factor that is preventing you from putting your arms over the opposite sex's shoulders are all the claims of "oh, you love her!", "your boyfriend ar?". Are we only allowed to love one person? Is it an evil act to love more than one? Can't we hug or kiss someone who's not a "partner"?

I admit that if I were to find out my wife is hanging out with a different guy, I'll probably be upset. But if I were to find myself attracted to another girl and yet being in love with my wife, I'll be wondering why is it a sin to love more than one girl. We are all selfish beasts, always wanting more and not willing to give.

But I'll persevere. Just to be able to talk to you, to share hopes and failures, living the ticking time-bomb, seeing that little lip of yours curl upwards, makes someone a little happier.

And it's the little things that count.

Emo post requires an emo picture. The person that captured my alluring charm? Tinesh Kantan thank you man you're the best.

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What are the shocking news? Tune in to CJC channel.

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Inside joke: Do I turn you on? Ksbk.

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I wanna be your dream catcher

Dressing up as girls

2007-11-15T22:08:00.000+08:00

Do any of you guys ever thought about how it would be like to dress up as a girl? Lots of people said I have a girl's fingers (during Form 3, Grace wanted my fingers so badly), I'm thin and I think I have an androgynous look. Chong told me a few days ago that I could look like a girl if I wanted to. Note that when I said imagined myself as a girl, I don't imagine myself looking like a pondan. It's the visual kei look.

Something like that

So, anyone else?

Cooking

2007-11-14T21:35:00.000+08:00

For the past few days, I found myself venturing into something which I have an interest to but never really found the time to learn it: cooking. I tried to learn a bit of cooking by observing how Chong made our lunch and dinner last Saturday and the spaghetti which he made for KC, his brother, himself and myself last night.

It was delicious, of course. I wish he had made more. >.>

Besides that, Chong and I had been playing Cooking Mama: Cook Off. I would have gladly uploaded a video of the game being played, but Chong refuses to send me the video which was recorded with his phone. What a bummer. It would have shown you guys how Chong could cook so well, because of a certain skill that he has. As for what skill that is, you have to ask him yourself.

Embracing Freedom

2007-11-13T11:26:00.001+08:00

Three days ago, I was staying overnight at Chong's house because he has achieved total freedom. His parents are holidaying at Vietnam and will be back this coming Wednesday. Don't you just love it when you have the house all to yourself and be able to do anything you want without your parents' restriction? Well, in this case, Chong's younger brother stayed with him but it's still freedom.

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Saturday, November 10th 2007

My phone's alarm was blaring away its techno tune which I have set at 8, but I ignored it and thought to myself I'll lie down for a few more minutes. At 9, Chong SMSed me to wake up because I had promised to play tennis with him at Court 9. =.=

Washed my face, brushed my teeth, got my tumbler filled with water and off I walked to Court 9. It was a quiet morning. The people and animals are just beginning to start their day. I got to see some familiar faces from SMK USJ 8 in basketball clothes walking around the area. They still look the same. The year hasn't changed them at all.

Tennis was a bit of a bummer. It was my second time playing and clearly I haven't improved at all. However, Raymondo and Chong played pretty well. Tennis balls flew over the court's fences. Little boy looked on at Chong's muscular body as he swung his racquet gracefully.

Stopped playing at 11 and Raymondo went back home. Chong accompanied me home to pack my stuff and we went shopping for groceries at Giant. Some Form 6 Seafield-ians are working part-time there as well.

He cooked macaroni with cheese for lunch. It was absolutely fabulous. Girls, if you want a husband, consider Chong Jia Cherng. ;)

We spent the day looking at YouTube videos of L'Arc~en~Ciel and Utada Hikaru, some South Park episodes and random chit-chat. His brother was playing Midnight Club 2 on my PS2 in the living hall all the time.

For dinner, we had this:

Broccoli, carrots, Russet potatoes, squid, Spanish mackerel, mango chunks and mango smoothie

Needless to say, this was delicious as well. His brother had his dinner earlier as he needed to leave for basketball practice. We ate this while watching Fight Science. It's amazing what martial arts could do to people when it's dealt perfectly.

Since Chong had to get up early for his Chemistry tuition, I watched Liverpool-Fulham with his younger brother at 1 a.m. His brother cooked duck-flavoured instant noodles for the two of us. He now owes his friend a breakfast and lunch since Liverpool won 2-0. :)

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Sunday, November 10th 2007

Had bacon, fried egg, sausages and mushroom soup for breakfast (Chong's work, again). I drove alone to my music class once more. Fetched Chong to Asia Cafe to have our lunch there. Had miso ramen. It costs RM6, but I guess it's okay to spend a little bit extra on food once in a while. Hung out at his house again for more South Park episodes, then he came over to my house for a short moment before we returned to his house to fetch his brother to have dinner with us at the restaurant behind my house. Chicken rice with tofu.

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Monday, November 11th 2007

Chong came over again at 4 p.m. to play some Wii games (Rayman: Raving Rabbids, Medal of Honor: Vanguard and Wii Sports). KC came over at 6. Had our dinner at Taipan after that at one of those Chinese hawker restaurants there. Drove alone to my English Literature tuition class since my parents are away attending a wedding dinner.

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You're an embarrassment to Malaysia, Zainuddin.

Of Hati Malaya and Deepavali

2007-11-09T20:32:00.000+08:00

Good evening, people. The past two days have been eventful ones. On Thursday, Chong and I watched Hati Malaya at Summit while yesterday, a small group of friends attended Mercy's open house for Deepavali.

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I supposed Hati Malaya was made to instill patriotism into the rakyat to commemorate our 50th National Day but unfortunately, the movie failed to meet my expectations. The story is too long and draggy, and I feel that some of the acting is really poor. Chong cried because he felt touched, I cried because I yawned too many times. The key points of the movie are (this includes good moments and bad moments):

1) The Sultans (with Jalaluddin Hassan as the Sultan of Kedah wtf) crying as they waved to the Malay people cheering them.

2) Money being thrown from the balcony of a building to the people below as donation for Tunku Abdul Rahman's trip to London.

3) The citizens were using ringgit.

4) The British people are speaking Bahasa Melayu.

5) Semangat Melayu was portrayed instead of semangat perpaduan antara bangsa-bangsa.

6) Syarifah Amani being her usual cute self.

The movie lasted for 2 and a half hours. That's pretty long for an educational movie. I would have liked it better if they showed the Chinese's and Indians' role towards independence instead of just the Malays, unless the history facts say otherwise.

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I went to Chong's house at 6.15 p.m., and while we were waiting for Pam to arrive, we watched an episode of South Park (it's about this kid being sent to a camp to make gay people straight after his father caught him sucking Cartman's wiener - long story). Chong told us that he'll be having his dinner with his family, and off he went from the room, leaving Pam to tell me her college life until Chong returned. We have to wait for KC to arrive too, so we ended up watching another episode of South Park (this time, it's about how a man taught Cartman's mom to train him to be a good son). KC arrived just after the show ended, and we scrambled our way to Chong's red Proton Saga to bring us to our destination.

It's déjà vu all over again, as we were at Mercy's place for Deepavali last year too. Izzati, Ying Sin and Shu Leen were there. All of them seem to be doing great, and we had our dinner and long chats at the dinner table. Topics range from KC's marvellous cooking to having a bisexual liking me. It would have been better if our conversations could last longer, but unfortunately Pam has to leave early so we fetched Pam to Giant as her mother is waiting for her there.

In the end, the three bachelors went to Leo's for drinks. It seems that the business there has degraded a lot. The pretty waitress wasn't working yesterday night, which was a pity.

Next stop: Chong's house. World of Warcraft, YouTube videos, wooden katana and UNO cards sum up our time there. Chong fetched KC and I home at 1 a.m.

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Group picture

Chong's sunglasses.

8

2007-11-07T10:25:00.001+08:00

8 is the lucky number for Chinese people.

8 is Steven Gerrard's number in Liverpool Football Club.

As of today, there's a whole new meaning to the number 8.

Liverpool 8-0 Besiktas

RAMPANT REDS THRASH BESIKTAS

" Yossi Benayoun struck a superb hat-trick to ensure Liverpool's Champions League dream remains intact as they hit eight without reply to overwhelm Besiktas at Anfield.

The Israeli completed his treble at the Kop end as other goals from Peter Crouch (2), Steven Gerrard and substitute Ryan Babel (2) gave everyone hope that Rafael Benitez's men can still reach the knockout stages.

On a night of milestones, in which Sami Hyypia made his 100th appearance in European competition and Rafa Benitez celebrated his 50th Champions League match in charge of Liverpool, the Reds started strongly and could have taken the lead on four minutes but Andriy Voronin steered his shot wide after a great knock down by Crouch.

The visitors looked shaky in defence and three minutes later Crouch somehow powered a header wide after John Arne Riise's cross found him unmarked six yards out before Alvaro Arbeloa's heavy touch prevented him from getting a shot on goal after wonderful link up play with Benayoun.

The Israeli was enjoying himself and on 13 minutes he was unlucky to see his first-time shot cannon back off the near post after Javier Mascherano had played in Alvaro Arbeloa down the right.

It was only a matter of time until Liverpool got the breakthrough and it was fitting that the impressive Peter Crouch was the man to get the all-important first goal.

Voronin's attempted through ball was diverted into the towering forward's path on 19 minutes and after his first effort was saved by Hakan Arikan in the Besiktas goal, he reacted instantly to fire home the loose ball.

The Reds were in complete control and three minutes later Fabio Aurelio's corner was met by a powerful header by John Arne Riise but the Norwegian's goalbound effort was brilliantly headed off the line.

Crouch then fired a sizzling effort just wide from a tight angle before Benayoun netted his third goal in a Red shirt on 32 minutes.

Andriy Voronin broke down the left and when his searching cross found the Israeli unmarked in the box, he composed himself before drilling the ball past the keeper.

It was a comfortable lead for Liverpool to take into the interval and it got better within minutes of the restart.

Voronin cut in from the left and played a reverse ball to Riise and when his stinging shot was parried into Benayoun's path the midfielder tapped home the simplest of goals.

And it was déjà vu on 56 minutes when the diminutive playmaker completed his hat-trick at the Kop end, gleefully snapping up the rebound after Steven Gerrard's powerful free-kick was pushed into his path by the bemused Arikan.

The hosts were playing some wonderful football by this point and on 69 minutes Gerrard got in on the act when he latched onto Voronin's return ball to power in on goal and smash in the fifth of the night.

It means the skipper is just one away from equalling Michael Owen's European record of 22 goals and he owes a huge debt of gratitude to Voronin, who clocked up his fourth assist of the evening with an inspired Cruyff flick.

The Reds then capped an incredible night with the sixth on 78 minutes when substitute Ryan Babel finished off Benayoun's cross with an audacious flick at the near post.

It was all going Liverpool's way and on 81 minutes Ryan Babel charged down an attempted clearance and watched on in delight as it looped over Arikan and into the net.

Babel could have had his hat-trick on 84 minutes but his close range header smashed back off the bar before Crouch finished what he had started way back in the first-half, when he headed home Benayoun's cross two minutes from the end."

Source: http://www.liverpoolfc.tv

This is Liverpool's best match since the day they defeated Derby 6-0 at Anfield last September. This is the match where Liverpool has played their best football and showed that they are still genuine title contenders for the Champions League crown and the English Premier League title. As long as they keep to this mentality and style of playing, I'll be grinning every time I watch them play (like I did earlier this morning).

19th minute: Peter Crouch
32nd minute: Yossi Benayoun
53rd minute: Yossi Benayoun
56th minute: Yossi Benayoun
69th minute: Steven Gerrard
78th minute: Ryan Babel
81st minute: Ryan Babel
89th minute: Peter Crouch

Pui Ling thought that the SMS ringtone she heard was from her dream. Well, I'm sure she didn't expect it to ring 8 times detailing the glorious moment of Liverpool's triumph. ;)

This is why you should stay true to Liverpool, girl.

Sorry Jijiman, it looks like Arsenal's 7-0 trashing of Slavia Prague isn't just enough to break Champions League record. Still, Arsenal is an incredibly good team. ;)

You'll Never Walk Alone.

Aqua

2007-11-06T20:46:00.000+08:00

I miss Eurodance music. Listening to Aqua's songs again, I realized how big of an impact music could have on someone's life. It brings up lots of old memories and makes people feeling nostalgic. I still have Aqua's Aquarius album, but I lost Aquarium (which is a cassette) a few years ago.

The last decade of the 20th century is the last time I paid any attention to the radio or music channels on TV. International music (read: Hollywood-type [why the fuck does the word "international music/movies" consists Caucasians and blacks only? racism!]) has gone down the drainhole, washed away to the polluted sea of rap and raucous lyrics, where sex sells and dance moves have replaced the soul in music.

Pretty faces are seen on TV singing while the real talents are singing on the streets and bars because their faces and appearance does not meet up to the standards of the entertainment industry. People want to see handsome Prince Charming and Cinderella. They do not want to see a toad on TV moving to the beats of Thriller. It's sad, but that's the reality on what the entertainment industry has turned out to be. It's all about the money, glory, more money and glory.

People say that the only music I listened to are Japanese music. They do not know that I don't fall in love with every Japanese song that was played to my ears. I saw a Japanese boyband perform on Music Station on Animax a few weeks ago. They suck. It was obvious they're using their young, fake smiles to enthrall the audience. It was obvious that most of these bands have people behind the scenes writing their lyrics and composing the songs for them.

Musicians whom I respect are people who write lyrics and compose songs by themselves, people who are trying to make the world a better place through their musics, bringing out our emotions, taking us to a different fantasy world. This is where OLIVIA, L'Arc~en~Ciel, Caroline, Utada Hikaru come in. These are the true gems of music in the 21st century. Beck, Björk, Queen, Michael Jackson, The Corrs, Natalie Imbruglia. Not 50 Cent. Not F4. Not Taiwanese boybands.

A Fine Frenzy is the first new gem of "international music". Alison Sudol, known professionally as A Fine Frenzy is a new indie artist in the industry. If you like the Corrs' Home album, you'll find yourself liking One Cell in the Sea.

And as for people who think video game music is childish, please listen to any of the Final Fantasy soundtracks before you open your mouth. Piano teachers in Malaysia are teaching young kids To Zanarkand as part of their lessons. Liberi Fatali was played during the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens during the women's synchronized swimming event. Shadow of the Colossus has an epic soundtrack which could fit into any movie starring a lonesome man and his horse fighting 16 colossi to revive his dead loved one. The 4 Silent Hill games' music would creep you out and make you feel disturbed were you to listen to them alone (did you know the movie's music is taken from the 4 games' soundtracks?).

If you disagree with me, that's fine. People are entitled to their own opinions. However, if you want to post childish remarks like "u suX! z@c 3Fr0n r00lz dUdE!", please get a life.

P.S.

You can find me in the club, bottle full of Bud
Mama, I got that X, if you into takin' drugs
I'm into having sex, I ain't into making love
So come give me a hug if you into getting rubbed

Remember back then
When we played on the dandelion hill
Till the sunset
We didn't need anything else

Your choice.

P.P.S.

"Aqua will be reunited soon. The group's four original members will reunite in the very near future. The band will go on tour in 2008, and a new compilation album with some new tracks has been announced. This was confirmed at a press event Friday the 26th October 2007."

YAHOO!!!

Last day of school!

2007-11-02T21:11:00.000+08:00

Well, I declared it myself anyway. No point going to school next week due to Deepavali and the week after due to SPM/STPM.

DJ called me out again to Taipan. Went to Old Town Kopitiam's and got myself a cup of coffee (it has a special name). I think I'm allergic to caffeine (is that even possible?). I felt a bit dizzy when I drank the coffee at Leo's, and I felt the same after drinking Kopitiam's. I used to be able to drink coffee without any problem, but now things seem to be a bit different. :(

It's a rich man's place, alright. The customers there seem to consist mostly of balding businessmen and aunties in their 30s with dyed hair. Will I end up one day as one of those people in their tight suits and pants? It's horrifying. How could these people live everyday meeting up with people they hate and putting up a fake smile just to get a business deal? It's really weird.

We talked about girls, school, college, and girls. Girls are really wonderful beasts but at the same time they could be damn bitchy. The same thing applies to guys too because we could be just such arseholes at times. And yet, we are still attracted to each other. Life is a complex thing, indeed.

The world is not beautiful; therefore it is.

Medical Story: A True Account

2007-11-01T18:51:00.000+08:00

So, I was talking to my friend a few minutes ago. She's a medical student who (obviously) has to have experience on the field and apparently, there are dumber people in the world of sex than the ones in my previous post. Here's the excerpt of our conversation:

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(6:34 PM) -yumei-|season o: bah

(6:34 PM) -yumei-|season o: oh

(6:34 PM) -yumei-|season o: speaking about clueless sex

(6:34 PM) -yumei-|season o: got one from the clinic

(6:35 PM) -yumei-|season o: a couple came in saying they couldnt conceive

(6:35 PM) -yumei-|season o: so part of the info you need to get is how they are having sex

(6:35 PM) -yumei-|season o: so

(6:35 PM) -yumei-|season o: doc asks guy

(6:35 PM) -yumei-|season o: how they have sex

(6:35 PM) -yumei-|season o: guys says

(6:35 PM) -yumei-|season o: 'saya masuk batang saya dalam lubang dia la'

(6:35 PM) -yumei-|season o: doc says

(6:35 PM) -yumei-|season o: 'lubang mana?'

(6:35 PM) -yumei-|season o: guy says 'lubang biasa la...'

(6:36 PM) -yumei-|season o: then doc persists and asks again

(6:36 PM) -yumei-|season o: and the guy says

(6:36 PM) -yumei-|season o: 'tali pusat la'

(6:36 PM) -yumei-|season o: doc = swt

(6:36 PM) Kyd: WTF?

(6:36 PM) Kyd: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

(6:36 PM) -yumei-|season o: its like

(6:36 PM) -yumei-|season o: you would think

(6:36 PM) -yumei-|season o: that the guy would get a clue

(6:36 PM) Kyd:

(6:36 PM) -yumei-|season o: from

(6:36 PM) -yumei-|season o: 1. the thing isnt going in

(6:36 PM) -yumei-|season o: 2. its causing pain!

(6:37 PM) -yumei-|season o: >< (6:37 PM) Kyd: it hurts to get a dick shoved to the tali pusat? >.>

(6:37 PM) -yumei-|season o: well

(6:37 PM) -yumei-|season o: imagine the girl

(6:37 PM) Kyd: er, i don't know. cause i think it's pretty harmless actually and wouldn't hurt

(6:37 PM) Kyd: unless his dick is a flaming hot rod

(6:37 PM) -yumei-|season o: As you all already know, Jin decided to hand the reins of blogging to me. I'm not really sure why he did that, but I'm sure he has his reasons.

(6:37 PM) -yumei-|season o: har...

(6:37 PM) -yumei-|season o: its not the heat

(6:37 PM) -yumei-|season o: its the amount of pressure the guy would exert

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Seriously, wtf?

Taking Opportunities

2007-10-31T14:44:00.000+08:00

How often do you take the opportunity that falls upon you? Be it learning how to sing, playing the guitar, cooking, swimming, etc. How often do we take the opportunity to upgrade ourselves and constantly pursue more knowledge? Knowledge does not equate the textbooks and revision books you bought.

Just recently, there was a newspaper article on how clueless Singaporeans are on sex. One famous Dr. Love actually has to see his patients having sex in front of him so he could figure out what is wrong with them as they couldn't get pregnant. Here are some of the factors:

1. Man pulls his dick out before ejaculating
2. Couple claimed to have sex, but the woman's hymen is still intact

You may earn all the money the country could offer you, but when it comes down to what should naturally be a common part and practice of life, you're totally clueless about it. Is this due to your ignorance of the world and that your mind only has money in it? What would happen if you were to lose your job and you couldn't do anything else because you only have the knowledge and skills on one particular aspect?

In my opinion, certificates are just pieces of paper. They're not important. What's most important is experience. Learning things through your own life. It is much better to learn things yourself by going out and exploring the world instead of emerging yourself into books. In fact, books would not exist if there weren't anybody who dedicated their life in exploring and discovering new things. Books are just tools. Life is an experience. A journey.

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I had a good long talk with Pui Ling yesterday. Thank you, little angel. I never had someone putting up a ridiculous picture of themselves to make me laugh. You're the first.

Gorgeous girl in gorgeous shirt with a sweet heart.

P.S. Is there a male version of that shirt somehow?

Digging Up An Old Friend

2007-10-30T17:59:00.000+08:00

I skipped school today, got permission from my mom to drag the TV from her room to mine and the PS2 is all set up. I haven't touched it since the day Form 6 started. Played 30 minutes of Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria and I stopped. I used to love RPGs a lot, but recently I can't get myself to play RPGs for long periods of time (or any other game, for that matter). Maybe I'll try replaying Fatal Frame after abandoning it for many years. I couldn't play Silent Hill since my PS2 refuses to play PS1 games anymore. A shock to my heart will do me good.

Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria

Fatal Frame

Silent Hill

Driving Alone

2007-10-29T16:19:00.000+08:00

Yesterday morning, a simple SMS from my music teacher indicated that I have to leave for my class early. My dad was out, and my mom just woke up. The solution? Drive there alone!

Finally my mother decided to give me the chance to drive alone, instead of having her by my side all the time. This is a good start! I brought along Utada Hikaru's ULTRA BLUE album to listen to in the car (it's been a long time since I listened to it). Nothing special happened on the way there and back home. No crazy men on rampages ala GTA.

Liverpool drew 1-1 against Arsenal. It was disappointing. They should have killed the game off earlier.

Oh, and today's the last day of exams! I don't feel the jerk of freedom as I used to, though.

First Blog

2007-10-27T21:11:00.000+08:00

As you all already know, Jin decided to hand the reins of blogging to me. I'm not really sure why he did that, but I'm sure he has his reasons.

Since this is my first time blogging, I don't really know what to talk about. I guess I'll start with how I spent the day today.

I woke up at around the time when it was still raining, I guess it was around 7.00 a.m. at the time. It's a pretty chilly day, so even though I felt quite awake then, I decided to lie on my bed for an extra period of time, which is something I couldn't do very often due to me being in school. As it turns out, I went back to sleep until the clock showed 9.00.

Unexpectedly, a friend of mine (DJ) texted me saying he had just finished his test and wanted to meet another friend of mine (Chong), since he haven't seen him for a long time (I think it has been over a year since they last met). DJ came to fetch me at 11.30, and just as we were heading to Maju-maju, Chong called me to tell me that he had changed his mind and was eating at Sri Melur. We quickly changed directions to head to Sri Melur. We ended up going the wrong way (we took the road to Summit) so we had to make another U-turn to get ourselves to USJ 17.

Once we reached there, we quickly ordered our food and drinks and listened to DJ's life in the US. He told us of how he nearly got into fights with guys twice his size and how a girl just took one look at him and asked her sister to ask him out for her. He sure had lots of fun, being able to go overseas and experiencing the different culture there. Apparently some people thought that he came from a place where handphones and the Internet do not exist.

DJ paid for my lunch while Chong fetched me home. I ended up spending the day watching Se7en and studied a bit of Malaysian History. Malaysia has to be the most boring country in the world in terms of its history. It sucks that the Malaysian education system does not insert World War II and the Nazis into its History syllabus. It just makes Malaysians look stupid in the eyes of foreigners if they were to be asked about these matters.

My grandma and aunt came to my house around 4 and my family went off for dinner with them at a restaurant at SS15 (I think it's SS15, at least. I couldn't remember). Had porridge, fried rice and apple beancurd. It was alright, but the prices are ridiculously expensive (RM10 per person).

Came back home, and here I am typing this up. Football matches will start in approximately 10 minutes but I'm not really looking forward to them. The match which I'm really looking forward to starts at 11.55 p.m. tomorrow.