CHANG-ING FOREVER.

This leads to... somewhere.. I'm sure of it.

2012-01-26T19:15:00.000+08:00

Want to do something for the earth?

Share this image further and show the

world a mirror.

- Earthian

Honestly, I'm running out of ideas. I wanted to blog about my bucketlist but the main problem would be I don't have one.

Way to go, Emily.
You may bang the keyboard now.

t5r4

My head only manage to hit 4 buttons?! #fail

Ok. This is depressing. It's Chinese New Year and here am I, ~~acting~~ typing like an idiot.

At least I went to the movies just now. Been having movie marathon with my sister. We watched The Viral Factor, just now, in the afternoon. It's a Hong Kong action film that have many scenes shot in Malaysia. Supposedly, I went for the Cantonese version which ended up being a mixture of English, Mandarin, Cantonese and Malay language. For me, I'm totally used to that but I wonder how does other people will since it can be pretty confusing at times.

I really enjoyed the film and I love the locations they choose to shoot the movie. Totally awesome. The storyline is pretty smooth too. Overall 3.8/5

Storyline:

International Security Affairs agent Jon is on a dangerous mission to escort a criminal scientist to another country. En route, a member of his team turns out to be a traitor and shoots Jon in the head while kidnapping the scientist. When Jon wakes up in the hospital, a doctor tells him that within weeks, the bullet in his brain will cause complete paralysis. Jon returns to Beijing to see his mother, who confesses that Jon has a brother in Malaysia who was raised by his father, a gambler. Jon takes a flight to Malaysia to find his brother, Yeung. On the plane he forms a bond with Dr. Kan, who promises to look into possible treatments for his condition. However, when they arrive, Yeung tries to kidnap the doctor and when Jon intervenes, he's also taken hostage. The two soon realize they're brothers, and decide to work together in order to keep the criminals behind the kidnappings from reinfecting the world of a disease long thought cured. - Storyline and Movie poster taken from IMDb

Yesterday I watched Journey 2: The Mysterious Island 3D. The effects were not as good as I expected. But then again, it's really cool how they can visualise these fantasy scenes. It takes a lot of graphic designing and effort! RESPECT! The storyline is not bad too! Totally worth my RM13. It's a family show so there were some funny moments too, I had a great laugh. Overall: 3/5

Synopsis:

Intrepid young explorer Sean Anderson (Josh Hutcherson) follows a mysterious distress signal to a remote island that's not on any map, and embarks on a daring rescue mission while encountering a vast array of mythological creatures in this follow-up to 2008's Journey to the Center of the Earth. Joined by his new stepfather (Dwayne Johnson), an adventure-seeking helicopter pilot (Luis Guzman) and his headstrong daughter (Vanessa Hudgens), Sean navigates the crumbling stone corridors of Atlantis and comes face to face with bizarre life forms while on a mission to track down his long-missing grandfather (Michael Caine). Later, as seismic shockwaves threaten mass destruction, the group must race to escape the otherworldly paradise before the ocean swallows it up. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi (Taken from Fandango.com)

Another than that, I watched movies at home too. For the fifth time, I watched Thor. Yes, just in case, you don't know, I'm in love with that movie, especially Loki. I don't see how he's the villain, he's just misunderstood. I blame Tom Hiddleston for doing an outstanding job, portraying Loki's character. Bloody brilliant. If you haven't watch the movie, YOU HAVE TO. Pay more attention to Loki because Thor is just.. sigh.. Then don't forget to watch the DELETED SCENES on YOUTUBE. [ Link 1 | Link 2]

LOKI, RULE US.
You can forget about Thor now.

This morning, we watched Love You You 夏日乐悠悠. It's, yet, another Hong Kong film that is shot in Malaysia. This one is more towards the BEAUTIFUL SEASIDE we have. This movie impressed me. Honestly, I was just watching it out of boredom. I didn't expect it to be good. Hey, I'm happy.

I tried searching for a summary on this movie but they were not really that good. So here's my version:
XiaMi is an orphan who lost her parents in an boat accident. She force herself to go back to the island near the boat accident in order to fulfill her work assignment that requires to investigate a holiday resort. She lied about losing her passport and then she volunteered to work for free to pay back. Lerh Lerh , the owner of the resort accepts the deal. The real plot starts when a wealthy couple arrives at the hotel. They were supposed to get married there but it didn't turn out well. So, together, XiaMi and Lerh Lerh tried their best to get the couple back together. The rest, I'll leave it to you. OK, so in between or in the end or, perhaps, love at first sight, XiaMi and Lerh Lerh fell in love with each other. That's NOT the best part, I'm telling you - GO WATCH THE MOVIE! ;) Overall: 3.7/5

***

So I ended up doing movie 'reviews' in this blog post.

Odd.
I know. I know.

Over and out.

XOXO

You can save a life.

2012-01-25T12:40:00.001+08:00

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Especially if you're an American.

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Happy Chinese New Year

2012-01-24T23:39:00.001+08:00

taken from here.

Just in case, you don't know what Chinese New Year means, it's basically a new year in the Lunar calender. For more details, click here.

Hello mates. Firstly, I'm thrilled to announce that I go into week 4 in the Survival of the Fittest contest! This will be the last week to vote! Remember, you can vote once, per IP address every weekday! So be sure to head over here to vote for CHANG-ING FOREVER. Your votes are VERY much appreciated :)

Sooooooooo, we meet again blogosphere! Week 3 went surprisingly quick and let's just say I have already forgotten what I did last Monday. *smacks head* I should have blogged earlier. Sighs, life is full of regrets.

Ohwait, I remember a little now, we had our first house practice meeting on Monday. It was.. odd.. in a way... Somehow, I became the 'leader' of the banner/decoration group. I think I did alright, for a first timer and all. (: Tuesday was the usual, I think. WEDNESDAY was GOOD because there was taekwondo practice, but let's just say I still need to practice on my kicking >:) I don't remember Thursday but on Friday, I officially became the president of my school's Buddhist Society. I'm going to try my best to make it a wonderful year for all the members! :P

Saturday involved mostly cleaning and me, scrubbing the floor (which is my favourite job so far....)
Sunday was cleaning and reunion dinner with my relatives. My grandma went back! Something amazing happened too, I was using the iPod to load some Chinese oldies on youtube and then I had to rush out so I let my granny to hold my iPod and continue to watch the video. I'm so proud of her, three years after the stroke and yet, there's improvement :) She can't speak but she can communicate just by staring in your eyes :)

Monday morning was the first day of Chinese New Year. I put on the dress my sister bought for me. I will post a picture of it but the photo is not uploaded yet. Anyways, I visited two temples and visit relatives. You know, the usual.

It's Tuesday today. Went out again. *yawns*

Night xoxo

One more day to a week of joy and heat.

2012-01-19T23:27:00.000+08:00

"WEATHER, Y U SO HOT?!"

We're in Malaysia lah please. This is the CORRECT weather we should be having because Chinese New Year is here!

ONE MORE SCHOOLING DAY TO MY FIRST SCHOOL HOLIDAY OF 2012!

Week Two Down.

2012-01-13T20:34:00.004+08:00

I stayed up to wait for the premiere! PURE PERFECTION.

OHMYLOKI. (Loki is the God of Mischief, so instead of saying ohmygod, I say ohmyloki. Officially infected with the Loki disease. Elin, I blame it all on you <3)

Where was I?!

Ohya. OML, this week went surprisingly well! I love it!

Some amazing events/happenings of the week:
NOT MUCH HOMEWORK in school, found out my CO-CURRICULUM grade for 2010 - I GOT A 'B', ANNA's birthday, ELIN's birthday, SUPER JUNIOR won FOUR awards, ONE DIRECTION announced they'll have a WORLD TOUR and host RADIO STATION, ONE THING Music Video going ~~to be~~ IS out ~~in less than FOUR hours~~, HARRY SHUM JR. was a Trending Topic on twitter for TWO DAYS IN A ROW, NINA DOBREV won PEOPLE CHOICE AWARD etc

OFFICIALLY THE BEST WEEK (SO FAR).

Who cares if it's Friday the 13th?
Who cares if it's 2012?
Who cares if this is my final year in high school?
Who cares if I have a major national exam in less than 10 months?
Who cares if it'll affect my scholarship to whatever university/college I'm going to?
Who cares if I don't know which uni/college I wanna go to?
Who cares if I don't know what field I want to pursuit?
Who cares if I doubt myself?
Who cares if I won't get an A for Chinese?
Who cares if I feel the stress?
Who cares if I'm not doing anything about it?
Who cares if I'm too lazy?
Who cares if I abuse the use of 'Who cares if..'?
Who cares if you're reading this?!

Ok. I DO.

Enough is enough, Emily.

Cut it out.

HELLO EVERYONE. Recently, I CAN'T STOP GIGGLING at the MOST BORING thing ever. I giggle when people are on 'Serious mode', talking, emo-ing, dancing, singing. Also, I giggled at the lamp, it looked so lonely :( but I still giggled non-stop, looking at it.

CALL ME A DOCTOR~ (to be read according to the I NEED A DOCTOR BY DR. DRE tune)

I'm NOT being disrespectful. Trust me, it's my mouth and whichever part of the body that will make people giggle. I have absolutely NO CONTROL over with. Sighs.. That's all for now. Over and out.

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Blogged from iPod

First weekend of 2012.

2012-01-08T22:33:00.002+08:00

When school started...

After just ONE WEEK,

AND...

RUSHING HOMEWORK ON A SUNDAY NIGHT.

TYPICAL.

On the bright side, I enjoyed my weekend. To me, my weekend started when the Friday school bell rang. School's out and time to party! Ok. Not really. We met up with Celine-who-missed-school-so-so-much, ate lunch, talked, walked, window-shopped. As usual, Friday night was TV night! Vampire Diaries and Hong Kong drama. ♥

I slept through Saturday morning and my dad HAD TO wake me up. Ate 'breakfast' in the car and stayed at our empty new house for awhile. Pizza and KFC for lunch - that's how much my family loves fast food yo'. ♥ I studied. Sorta. In my tuition class that is. English! At night was yet another TV night. ♥

Sunday morning was relaxing (a.k.a. I didn't do anything productive.) Spent lunch celebrating Chief Monk's birthday at a fancy restaurant with 20 tables of guests. My lovely Mutti then drove me for the Chinese New Year D2Y Carolling Practice #1. Had Korean food for dinner with my cousins and everyone else. It was so cool and amazing. I think I fell in love with BBQ. After that, had to rushed home to complete my homework. And now I'm done and so I decided to blog! TV night again! Ciao~ ♥

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Survived.

2012-01-06T21:10:00.001+08:00

"It's everything you wanted, it's everything you don'tIt's one door swinging open and one door swinging closedSome prayers find an answerSome prayers never knowWe're holding on and letting go"

iLove this song.

First week of my senior year was alright.

To be honest, I wasn't in the class half the time. I was busy helping teacher with the textbooks return-lend thingo. Trust me, it's one tough job. There's a lot to sacrifice, especially classes. And HOMEWORK. And including all those notes you missed out on. Other than that, it was oddly fun. Ok, so it was tiring but after I have gone through being a camp committee member with maximum FOUR hours of sleep for fix nights straight.. Well.. Carrying books, distributing them, reading out serial numbers for the students to copy, explaining to them about the Malay version books, hearing people complain about it, answering people's questions, making mistakes, learning from them etc was pretty easy but exhausting, that's all.

After school, we met up with Celine in OU. THAT GIRL IS LEAVING US FOR AUSTRALIA! How could you?! I will miss you so so much. You and your brilliant brain. One of these days, you're going to grow up and turn out to be a good good doctor! ;) I know you can do it!

Celine is the one in black with her arms crossed ;)

One more thing...

VOTE FOR CHANG-ING FOREVER HERE.

HAPPY WEEKENDS EVERYONE!
xoxo

One more to go.

2012-01-05T23:30:00.001+08:00

I have one more homework to go. ONE. I'm done with my essay so I'm going to sleep now. Moral homework, do tomorrow. *yawns*

Running Man latest episode - Math challenge was awesome. I can't wait for the next episode Running Man Killers. Ohyeah, bring it on baby.

School was good, I guess. Went to elp teacher again. And tomorrow too. Seeing Celine tomorrow! One last time before she goes to Australia :/

Nights. Xoxo

My last first day of school

2012-01-04T23:27:00.001+08:00

It was super meaningful eventhough I was super tired by the end of the day. I think I ran up the stairs more than 50 times today. I need a better stamina as I was already panting when I reached 2nd floor by foot.

So I'll be sitting at the second row this year. Let's just say I'm just sick of having absolutely no one in front of me. Gah. Ok. It's not that bad, really. I just needed a change.

I skipped most of my classes today ONLY TO HELP teacher to give out the textbooks to students. The thing is, when the gov decides to lend textbooks to students for free, some group of students plus teacher have to sacrifice their holiday and even classes! I missed double period add math on AP and Chemistry too. Ughhhh.

I guess that's really it. Ohya, it feels WEIRD to be a senior in school. Really weird. I need some time to get uses to it. Hehhh.

2011, iloveyou.

2011-12-30T23:49:00.006+08:00

Yesh, 2011 had been a good year. It's not good to compare so i'll just stick with "I FREAKING LOVE 2011". Of course, there was some bad times, but what is it without them? They made me 'stronger' and better. SPARTA!!!!

1) I became an active D2Y-ian.

D2Y CNY Carolling

Me and VAN :)

Camp X at Taiping

Parents Appreciation Dinner (PAD)

Inter Buddhist Fellowship Games

Captain ball

GO GREEN at BGF Food fair.

with Wei Lin! :D

DhammaDuta Youth Camp 2011 (D2YC)

GROUP PHOTO

COMMITTEE MEMBERS ;)

Group Veranja, i was their facilitator!

MERRY BUDDHAMAS

SO MUCH RIGHT? And somewhere after Camp X, there was a paintball session too! It was my first time. Nebiw :3 I'm going to miss the coming up one. :C OHWELL. Anyway, my parents are awesome because they are the ones who send me here and there, and not forgetting to everyone who provided me transport in order to participate in all the events above! THANK YOU! and to all my Kalyana Mitras, IT WAS A PLEASURE MEETING YOU ALL :)

Moving on....

2) WON A CHINESE DEBATE.

Ok. So I was just the substitute speaker, but I swear, I DID helped them with the preparation and all. This debate competition was organised by Chinese Society in my school. Only two upper form teams joined, so we won once = CHAMPIONS. LOL. I know, I know. WE TOTALLY PUT IN A LOT OF EFFORT TO WIN. And hours before the competition, we realised we got the correct topic but we prepared our case for the wrong side (Gov/Oppo), so then we had to negotiate with the other team. Finally, we came to the conclusion that we postpone the debate for a week so that we have time to prepare from scratch again! However, it was still worth our every sweat and saliva. *click for more on The Debate Incident*

3) Two medals!

I'm one of those who don't exercise, who don't usually get medals. BUT, this year (it was in the same month, i think) I got two medals! one from taekwondo competition and another was from my school's 1 Malaysia run B) AND FYI, before these two medals, my previous one I got would be when I was EIGHT. (*shame*)
FULL POST on Medals HERE.

4) Improved. (Academic-wise)
That's what I think anyway. Hey, for the mid term (ONLY. failed to maintain..) my average score was 80/100%. I'm happy. And I really should be more hardworking since next year is SPM year and all :O *NERD MODE*

5) STILL CANT SWIM AND BIKE.
There's always next year. And it's not like I didn't try this year. I DID OK? In fact, I FINALLY went to the pool just a few days ago. And.. it was horrible. I have trust issues with the water. How can someone just 'relax' and just let 'water buoyancy' to float them?! AND PUTTING THEIR HEAD IN THE WATER (!!!!!!!!!). I can't do that. 'Nuff said. About the bike, I still don't have one. And I definitely won't train on my dad's mountain bike. NEXT YEAR IT IS. (Or the following one, who knows?)

~~That's all for now, folks.~~

~~happy 2012!~~

MORE MORE MORE!

(Edited/add on on 31st December)

6) Read a Chinese novel! (in Traditional Chinese characters!)

The book, You're The Apple of My Eye by Giddens. This book was bought in Taiwan and it was really challenging reading it. Well, on the bright side, at least I GET THE STORY LINE. (Not every word though, unfortunately.)

7)Running Mun filled my time.

The production team is amazing and the, um, players in this game show is absolutely charming. I love them! BEST KOREAN SHOW EVER :D I'm rooting for Easy brothers to win one day! CROSS!

8) Danced in front of a reasonably large crowd!
Not alone la, of course! With D2Y-ian at PAD (*pokes picture wayyy above*). It was just a flash mob dance so the moves ain't hard but still, it's something new for me! (The last time I danced in front of a crowd is when I was TWELVE.. )

EIGHT IS ENOUGH. Adios!

2012, Here I come!

MERRY CHRISTMAS.

2011-12-26T23:18:00.000+08:00

Well, you know, the usual, may all your wishes come true, eat turkey, spend time with family, where's my present etc. ♥

Can I just skip that? (how rude.. tsk tsk..)
Now watch this:

:')

THERE'S 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS RIGHT?

xoxo

iSupport Chris Rene.

2011-12-24T11:02:00.003+08:00

Yes, this post is going to be about X Factor USA. So Melanie Amaro won the Season 1 of X Factor USA. I'm not saying she's not good, I just like Chris Rene better. I sincerely hope that we'll be seeing more of Chris Rene in the future. Heh.

I would totally buy his album. This man was in the lowest of his life and yet, he made to get back up and set foot on the right track. I love how music change and inspires him.

And when he is on stage, he is still himself.

Don't be down on Melanie, I am happy for her she has a beautiful gift. Don't worry about Chris - he has many loving people around him and a big talent to share with the world. This is only the beginning for him. Now he is free to do his original work with a great big fan base. Hopefully he will sign with people who recognize his unique talent and have his best interests at heart - that would be the smart thing. kmc4311 (from Youtube comments section)

I've been rooting for him ever since I watched his audition video. He touched my heart. Yes, he has a great story, but not only that - he has talent too. He don't just sing, he connects with the audience.

Dear Chris,I just wanted to say that I've been going trough some difficult times past few months and your music helped me stay alive,helped me feel again,love again.Believe.I think you don't know how inspirational and beautiful you are.True star.You have more than X Factor.You are LOVE.Thank you for coming to our lives.salmonela123455 (from Youtube Comments section)

I'm in love with the song Young Homie (: Listen to "Let It Be + Young Homie" here. ♥

Before I end this, please listen to another original by Chris:

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D2YC 2011

2011-12-19T19:52:00.000+08:00

Greetings, blogosphere.

I had 6 amazing days of my life. I admit, I wanted it to end fast and sweet. My body was slowly giving up. My poor, poor eyes were soooo tired. Yet, I recovered quickly. Why?

This year, I went to D2YC not as a participant, but as a committee member! Gosh, 2 months of meetings and it's finally over. All my worries are long gone. It felt like, I grew up within the days. *drama*

HAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA.

I have to stop this nonsense now.

Camp was fun! I was tired! I had an average of 3 hour sleep for 5 nights! I made mistakes! I learned from my mistakes! I ate 6 days of vegetarian food! I met many, many, many people! LOVE YOU ALL LA! ♥

I'm running out of things to say. But then again, I have no confidence to continue my blog post, you might end up sleeping or leaving! (!!!!)

Just look at my happy face will do (:

OK.

the awkward moment when I MISS CAMP.

SOMEONE PLEASE UPLOAD THE PICTURES.

KTHXBAI.

Time to do the Top Raving.

Alive and Feelin' Lazy.

2011-12-09T21:21:00.001+08:00

Gosh, I'm so typical.

Hello everyone who still reads my blog, beautiful day isn't it? How is winter coming along? The weather in Malaysia is surprisingly NORMAL! - Not too hot, not too cold, and not much rain.

2 weeks until next year. How exciting. My school break has been treating me a little to well. I'm getting lazier as we speak. I know I'm supposed to make use of this 2-month-holiday to catch up on my school works but I'm seriously lazy. And I don't feel like changing that.

My typical day: Wake up at 9am, On the internet all day, The end.

Ok. It's not that bad. (YET)

I went back to school for about a week to help out with the Form 5s returning their textbooks after their SPM and Form 4s getting their Form 5 textbooks, in preparation of the wonderful year ahead. (More like, hectic, stressful year..)

And most of my Sundays were dedicated to religious activities - attending Sunday school and getting involved in organising a Buddhist youth camp (D2YC 2012) Speaking of camps, it's two days away! That's very near. don't want to leak too much information but I seriously hope that everything will run smoothly and I will not, I repeat - WILL NOT mess things up.

Well, there were two days I met up with my primary school mates - Elin and Jia Yee. Heck, it was fun. Who knew 4 years passed so quickly? I feel old already. We watched movies, sang karaoke (Well, more like, screaming all the way and just getting high and crazy. The Usual.) So we didn't change much. Did we? Strangely, it turned out to be WAYYY better than I had expected, although we had our awkward moments. We haven't seen each other over a year! I don't really like shopping but I guess it was quite fun! Nyeh XD

Thanks to Ms. Elin Cho (or is it Mrs. HIDDLESTON now?!) I'm officially a Ton Hiddleston fan. We've gotten so crazy over Loki from the movie Thor that we actually created a facebook page dedicated to him! So if you have a facebook account, support us by liking this page.

he's british. ;)

This holiday:

Movies I watched:

Thor (so-so but Loki was GOOOD), Breaking Dawn (disappointment), Arthur Christmas, You're The Apple Of My Eye, Captain America

Books I read:

You're The Apple Of My Eye, Matched, Crossed, Twenty Boy Summer, Sean Griswold's Head.

Places I went:

Taiwan, School, Home Sweet Home, Restaurant, Malls, McDonalds, Temples

think quick.

2011-12-05T23:11:00.001+08:00

picture found on weheartit

I envy those who are really good at debating. It's not just their standard of language but it's that they are really quick at thinking GOOD rebuts.

Experience comes with practice and today I had my first taste of calling up people who you never met, representing an organisation. As usual, my hands were cold, my brain refused to work. Resulting... well, another hassle. *smacks head*

I'm clueless about my future. Another year of school and it'll be my last. Till then, I must decide - what's next?!

LIFE.

reality

2011-12-03T21:06:00.002+08:00

Words said cannot be taken back. We can say sorry, pretend that it's ok. But the damage is done, the scar is there. Time may heal, things may fade, but it still happened, at one time, we still felt what we felt - anger, regret, disappointed and nothing can change that, no matter how hard we try to hide it, to forget it. The ones hurt will remember it, burying it deep down in their hearts. And often, the one that did it.

So then, what can we do? The clock will continue to tick, life goes on. Perhaps, we might feel more awkward, more distance. We pray silently that miracle will happen - that, suddenly, none of us remember anything. Or we could turn back time and stop whatever happened - only, if time machines exist! (or whatever you people use to turn back time.)

Hence, silent, I remain. Tongue-tied, anger filled. Still, I dare not to fight back, to voice out. It was me who did wrong. I'm that coward that will not admit my wrong in your face. I'm too thick-skinned, too stubborn to take in any negative comment. Perhaps, I need a change.

My Taiwan Experience

2011-11-30T17:24:00.000+08:00

First off, I would like to thank my parents for everything from the money spending to the time shared together. Xie Xie!

I fell in love with Taiwan.

Should I go into the details and make this post lengthy? Hmmm.

Places I visited in Taiwan:
Well, I didn't really go to many places in Taiwan - only two cities TaiChong and TaiPei. The streets are surprisingly clean despite the huge crowd every night!

high above TAIWAN

Their super cool 7-11

first night hotel lobby

cool statue.

view from the breakfast restaurant

bus

high-speed train

family at train station

name of the train station

TRAIN!

inside the train

going to the city

peacock

at the restaurant

family photo!

boat

The Food:
I understand the whole comparing-is-very-annoying-as-you-cant-compare-apple-to-orange-kind-of-thing. Honestly, I prefer Malaysian food. Taiwanese food is less oily, fatty, salty, sweet etc - EXCEPT for their fried stuff, of course. But then again almost ALL fried stuff are tasty. & guess what? I'm allergic to yam (most probably anyway). It's weird when you're 16 and traveling in a foreign country, you find out you are allergic to yam. -.- Seriously, who expected that? It's not like I have not eaten yam before, what's with Taiwanese yam?! The rashes started at 2AM (oh dear lord) I managed to fall asleep several unknown hours later. Way to go. Other than that, the food is acceptable for my Malaysian taste bud.

The Weather:

at the hill

around 16- 26 Celsius? For a girl that grew up at a place which coldest temperature is 26 C, the weather was superb. During the cold night, bathing usually involves a lot of shivering, but then it's OK. I'M STRONG, or that's what I said to myself anyway. I brought gloves and thankfully, I got to use them when we were uphill, (16 Celsius, I guess)

The People:
One word - NICE. I can't think of any fancy word to describe them but right now, 'nice' seems like the right word. Most of them are dressed very stylish and one look, you'll know we're not locals - or maybe it was our accent. Our horrible Chinese was well, terrible. I don't think I'll survive there speaking Chinese 24/7. Maybe I more practice. Anyway, back to the sweet people, they aren't rude, they don't complain when you ask the prices of ALL there products and leave the store without buying anything, they don't yell or curse at you, instead, some of them apologises for not not having anything suitable for you!. FREAKING NICE. I'd never been to Japan but I got a feeling the Taiwanese got the good side of Japan! :D

The Driving:
I won't say terrible but I'm just not used to crossing the pedestrian when it's green but there are still cars turning into your junction (!!!!!!!!!) apparently, it saves time and Taiwanese trust each other. And people wouldn't want to bang you as it would probably cost them a fortune and a lifetime taking care of you. Motorbikes are really popular in Taiwan, especially for the places without MRT. Well, in the Shilin Food Court or what you call the covered-food-centre, I was happily walking in front of my parents and then they yelled "GOT CAR!" My first reaction was to go to the right side of the street and avoid the car (which turned out to be a motorbike...) The motorbike was trying to avoid ME and we both went right side. It hit the side of me. I felt fine but later there was a bruise at the side of the body. (Note to self: find a new word that has the same meaning as 'side')

near where it happened, only with less people

Always do what you are afraid to do.

2011-11-20T22:12:00.001+08:00

♥

So I've made another quote image today, i don't know what's with me lately. I just like messing around in Microsoft Paint. It's really simple compared to gimp and photoshop.

It's been three days since school is officially over. Next year it'll be my last year and, like everyone, I want it to be a sweet year. So I'll admit it I have improved - academically but in other aspects, I'm not too sure. One thing, I'm definitely not an all-rounder! Somehow I wished Mutti had pushed me harder when i said I didn't want to learn the piano - because I feel like learning now. But then again, I don't really have the time.

There are many things i want to do, example: I want to further study the Korean language, I can't believe I had to stop Level 3 because it clashed with my finals. Now, I'm hoping to self learn and join back in Level 4. I doubt it though. I think I have forgotten 1/3 of my Korean vocabulary. Shame on me, I know. I promise to watch more korean drama in order to improve! *laughs*

What I am REALLY afraid of doing:
SWIMMING.

Seriously - ever since my countless downing incidents, I am just too afraid to put my head in the water. I can swim with the floats but now that I'm 16, it can be really embarrassing. My parents want me to learn swimming just in case I randomly got selected into the National Service. OH THE HORROR.

That's all for today! ;)

Brand New Template

2011-11-19T13:05:00.000+08:00

I finally changed my template after a year or so. ♥ I decided to choose black because black saves energy! (no joke!) By viewing my blog, you are saving energy in a way. (Not really)

I really liked my old template but what I really need is a change. Here's how my old template looks like (just in case you've forgotten):

R.I.P

Anyway, it's a new template now. Thank you, bloggertemplates.com for sharing their templates! xoxo

Delirium Quote

2011-11-17T21:57:00.001+08:00

Love this book.

♥

Another quote image made by me.

I don't really like the white though.

I like the left side more.

I actually typed a super long and deep post, but then I clicked something wrong and the page went away.

THE POST WASN'T SAVED because the internet connection went down.

*smacks head*

Life

2011-11-16T15:06:00.001+08:00

Quote image made by me

The funny thing is i tend to blog more often during preparation for examinations. Probably to release stress? Anyway, I am determined to keep this blog going.

My life have been pretty exciting if you include watching TV series and reading books. I am proud to announce that I have watched up until the latest episodes of GLEE (mash-up episode) and Vampire Diaries.

DO VISIT THE BRAND NEW HARRY SHUM JR.'S WEBSITE. IT'S AMAZING.
CLICK HERE.

It's over

2011-11-03T23:18:00.003+08:00

The thing about exams is it keeps coming back. And when it finally ends, there's something bigger coming - work. That's life eh? It's weird because when you're 16, it's near time to decide what you wanna do in the future. Most probably, you're stuck at doing the same thing all those years to prefect your skills and carry on with life.

~~Yes, I'm babbling. And yes again, it's boring.~~

~~I honestly don't know what to talk about. So my previous blog posts are short. Now that my finals are over it's time I do something. The problem is - what?~~

HELLO WORLD.

I'M BACK.

It's not like it makes a difference.

But yea.

Exams are over.

And I can't wait to catch up with you all. (:

Do you like the large font?

I do.

Check out my twitter images slideshow.

5 more days.

2011-10-30T11:25:00.003+08:00

credits here

♥

This is suffering..

I hate studying.

I'm such a kid.

Heck, I'm only 16.

I need some fun in my life...

from MY INSTAGRAM.

Layout problems

2011-10-22T08:25:00.002+08:00

Looks like Blogger did some changes. My blog layout looks slightly weird, especially on the top. I had to move my Pages bar where my about me, awards, icons, glossary, contact me are located. This totally reminded me it's time to update. However, I only updated my About Me page. Read it if you want too.

So, I shouldn't be online right now. I know I always say that. Using the computer just satisfy me. Hearing the keyboard tapping is SO different from using touch-screen or mini QWERTYUIOP keyboards on phones. What shall I blogged about? Two weeks of exam down, a week break now. Which I am supposed to take this time to brush up my Physics and Biology written practical test, Chemistry Objective, Structure, Essay questions AND the Written Practical. Not forgetting my Chinese examination!

OK. Maybe should go offline now....

weheartit

Say HI to STRESS. Two more weeks and I'm free! FOCUS EMILY. FOCUS. After two weeks, you can watch all your Vampire Diaries, GLEE, Big Bang Theory, Chuck, Running Man, SJM shows! Don't get me started on books, Forever and Son Of Neptune are out and I need to catch up with my House Of Night series! :D

xoxo

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Fire almost burned my house. Almost.

2011-10-21T21:34:00.001+08:00

Just when you think life is absolutely boring and examination are simply meaningless, exciting things happen and it's time for a change.

I shall start with the post title eh? Please sing the following sentence according to Adele's Rolling In the Deep "there's a fire starting in the store, reaching for every single thing and slowly spreading, finally we realised and rushed for water"

I shall end there. I do not want to further damaged the song. Anyway, my sister screamed and we looked. The table fan was on the ground with the melted base. Apparently it was some sort of short circuit that started the fire. Thanks Lord we were home when the fire started. We smelled something funny but we just couldn't locate the source, that is until my sister screamed. There were a lot of plastic in there so image the dangerous gas released! My dad was the hero who poured water over and over till the death of the fire. Luckily the storeroom (where our junks are) is two steps away from the bathroom.

The cupboard in the storeroom was burned. And now cut into piece, ready for disposal. Some people can be so efficient :)

FYI, I'm blogging through my iTouch now. I want to upgrade to iOS 5. Still thinking about it.

Two weeks of exam. Now, a week break and then four days to freedom! I'm so excited. School's put sing out loud!!

Xxx

Emily from iTouch

Hoping for a miracle.

2011-10-14T21:32:00.004+08:00

via http://weheartit.com/entry/15637368

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Going to spend my sweet sixteen (20 Oct) preparing for physics and biology test.

My life is SAD.

R.I.P. Steve Jobs

2011-10-06T13:25:00.001+08:00

My Steve Jobs Story…
Upon hearing this news a day after a new iPhone announcement I just couldn’t believe it. My best friend showed me a twitter feed and it read “Steve Jobs RIP.” Not the words I was expecting to see across an iPhone. My heart dropped. As many people know, I am a huge Apple fan. I have Macs, iPods, iPhone, Apple TV’s but not because I just want to collect them but I truly believe in the excellence and integration of all the products. The same way I like to work with people in groups and how satisfying it is when everything works together seamlessly. That’s how I view their products.
Now I didn’t know Steve Jobs personally. But I was lucky enough to be a part of the iPod campaigns. I was asked to do a test commercial shoot for an Apple product which didn’t mean much to me at the time. Some music player that holds all your songs. Sounded cool to me and I never gave up an opportunity to work especially with the possibility of it turning into a national commercial. Coolest job I did in that time. Just for the fact that I was chosen for my dancing and just my dancing alone. It was a silhouette of me so looks and race didn’t play into it unlike most of the jobs I would audition for. That job is where I essentially got comfortable freestyling in front of people let alone an intimidating 70 pound camera. I would do hundreds of takes with scrapes and bruises on my knees forming by the minute. Even then I always had the energy to go “one more time” because I just felt that I was part of something innovative.
Weeks later, the commercial came out and it was everywhere. Billboards, TV, computers, stores. It felt like everywhere you went, there was an iPod ad next to you. I still felt a sense of accomplishment even though I was not recognizable and just a silhouette. The ads were a success. This lead me to do many more and they kept calling me with some not asking me to dance but pure movement. Throughout this I slowly became a Steve Jobs fan not only praising him for putting a paycheck in my pocket but his attention to detail and his involvement in every aspect of his company.
One year, I got a call from my agent asking if I was able to go to San Francisco to perform and open up for Steve Jobs before he hit the stage to announce the new iPod. It was last minute and I would have to leave in a couple of hours. I dropped everything and headed to the airport. I was extremely excited not only for performing at WWDC but the chance to meet Steve Jobs and just shake his hand. I thought the nerd in me was going to explode with excitement until I got a call from my agent telling me to turn around because they decided to axe the performance. I was heartbroken.
That day lead me to read more about him which lead me to watch his 2005 Stanford commencement speech. I was blown away. Not only was he a visionary and innovator but had a unique work ethic and philosophy like no other. Hearing his story made me realize that there is no right way to do things and when taking the traditional way, you come out with traditional results. I quickly tried to apply his philosophies to my career to duplicate some sort of success. These two quotes hit home for me and I truly live by them.
“You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.”
“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle.”
More products came out which meant more commercials and print ads. Now booking a iPod ad was a big deal and the continued success they had with it kept growing. I was proud to be part of this iconic campaign and was slowly converting to Apple. I have to admit I still had my reserves when the iPhone came out but some convincing from my friend who was an even bigger Steve fan sealed the deal.
In 2009, I was lucky enough to help choreographed for the LXD who performed at the Oscars. I was excited to be there and attend the biggest night in Hollywood. There were some of the biggest stars in the world in that room. But I don’t get star struck so smiling and nodding was the most I would express even when Meryl Streep passed by. (who I adore) Then my friend (who is the biggest Steve Jobs fan) whispers into my ear that Steve Jobs is in the building! What? I turned into a CIA agent and scoped the room out looking for any signs of a semi bald man with round-shaped glasses. Minutes later, I spotted him and yelled at my friend to come look. I felt confident in going up to him and just saying hi since we have that seven degrees of “iPod” connection. With each step towards him, my hands kept getting sweatier and a nervous sensation came over me. Holy crap, I was getting star struck! As I approached him, I interrupted a conversation he was having with Disney’s Bob Iger. I told him about how I did the iPod ads and have always wanted to meet him. I was speaking at 100 mphs and not sure if I was making coherent sentences. He just smiled at me and said, “That’s great! Thank you for all your hard work you put into it. Those were great ads.” I smiled and didn’t know what to say next so I just turned to my friend like it was his turn to talk. And talk he did while he recited one of Steve’s quotes back to him. We were full on nerds. Luckily my friend knew Bob Iger and that allowed it to not be so awkward for Mr. Jobs. We shook hands with him and proceeded to repeat how incredible it was to meet him. After all those years, I was happy to finally shake his hand.
He has influenced the world more than anyone could have ever imagined. An innovator, a pioneer and a genius who only come around once in a lifetime. This is a very sad day but I will use it to remember Steve by all of the amazing things that he has brought into this world.
R.I.P. Steve Jobs
You will be missed!
Harry

- From http://shumbodynamedharry.tumblr.com/post/11086195812/my-steve-jobs-story

I can't focus. After reading Harry's post (above)on Steve Jobs, I look at the history text book in front of me but my mind was already far far away. It happens often, only this time it brought tears into my eyes. So I had to write down my thoughts even if it meant typing with the tiny keyboard on my phone.

Let's play a game, name the first person you think of when you see the following words: youtube, google, wikipedia, microsoft and apple. No doubt when the word Apple appeared, you think of Steve Jobs. I don't know him personally, I never met him, ~~I never hear him speak~~ and yet, somehow, I felt connected to him. He was like a stranger that appeared everywhere, regardless where am I. He was in the conversation in my IT camp, he was in the iPod, iPhone, iPad, Macs, now, he is in iClouds. And I can never ever meet him.

I'm sad.

When I found out he died, I was shocked but not sad. It all changed when I get to know this man through the words of others. I found out how he inspired many with his great thinkings. I was not a fan but I always liked him. He was one of the cool guys and I think highly of him.

March 2011. My first month with an iDevice. My parents regret buying this distraction. An iPod was suposed to be a cooler music player. To me, an iPod Touch was beyond that. What it can do is limitless. Apple created a platform for developers, gave hope to developers, created a whole new market for them. He changed lives.

We will always miss him.
R.I.P. Steve Jobs
Thank you not giving up when life was tough. Thank you coming back stronger. Thank you creating a revolution. Thank you for your inspiring talks. Thank you bringing these wonderful invention. Thank you for being a legend.

Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu,
Emily.

P.s.// his must watch speech:

October

2011-10-01T11:36:00.001+08:00

Wake me up when September ends~
Yeah right. I had to wake up at 7am on this beautiful fresh start of a hectic month. 20 days to I'm officially 16 and 20 days to physics final paper. 13 days to exam starts and 34 more days till
It ends.

Seriously. Why must the exam takes up such a long period? And why October? Bad bad bad timing alright. We're getting one week off because the third formers are having their national exam. Which ain't really considered as a 'holiday' since we have to revise a year's worth of books.

Exactly a year ago, I was like the third formers now. Excited and nervous. I wish I could go back to that moment. National exam isn't really that hard compared to now. A year later, I'm suffering even more. Why must things get harder when you're older? Why must 85% of the papers be subjective?
Then there's paper 1, 2 and 3. Oh, my poor hands.

Gosh.

Sorry if you're lost. To be honest, I'm lost too.

Life is hard. And it gets harder. I take it as a bad time. I doubt I can survive the 'real world'. Whether or not I will live till that day is still a mystery. I'll probably the last one to know.

To all those of you enjoying life right now, I envy you.

From a little depressed Emily via iTouch

Life - Exam

2011-09-29T18:45:00.000+08:00

♥

I hate exam,

while some people

dream of taking it?

xoxo

I'm not dead but going to anyway.

2011-09-26T18:55:00.001+08:00

Hurray to the blogger iOS app! Now, I can do blogging in front of my history textbook. *yawns*

So I haven't really been an active blogger. Reason? Finals. Yes,exams are here and I can't afford to fail again. I got fairly good results for midterm so people are excepting me to maintain. Apparently, this term's exam results can affect one's entrance to a good tertiary education institute.

I think I might study IT in the future. I'm doing science now, I don't really like biology and chemistry. I attended thus IT Boot Camp 2011 organized by MEDEC and Monash. I got a glimpse of the programming world and I must say - I'm quite keen of it. I must get a Mac OS computer and lay my hands on XCode! Haha. if {self.boxArray == 5} then ( I forgotten the rest )

I really should START studying now. I was supposed to start after my half an hour nap. I ended up taking a TWO hours nap #epicfail

Ciao! X

Emily from iTouch

Lying on my bed at 10PM but I'll probably fall asleep at 11PM.

2011-09-18T22:12:00.001+08:00

One of the rare days when I actually come up with a long post title. What can I say? Lying down makes my mind thinks differently. #imakenosense.

Well, well, well. I'm blogging via email from phone. So if you're reading this, I'm in luck.

Where should I start? I have prefected my skills as a 'pavement artist' - the ability to blend into the background and not being noticed by people. So yea, I'm invisible in some ways. This can be pretty depressing, really.

Anyways, congratz to Steph! She won the competition! I'm so proud of her. Baby, YOU WERE BORN THIS WAY. Somebody is going to be the COVERGIRL of a local magazine. Moreover, she wins stuff for not only herself, but for the school today! Apparently, we are getting better P.A. system. Only then, we can hear Steph's amazing vocals when she perform in school. YIPEEE.

Other than that, my life is pretty boring. I blame myself. School tomorrow. *yawns* M & D wants me to FOCUS on my studies as finals are three weeks away. Oh why can't I be more disciplined and just study everything? Why must I be so good at procrastinating? Facts are facts. Can we change them?

Xoxo
Emily from phone

Blogger app for iOS!

2011-09-15T23:17:00.001+08:00

Using it now! Bloody convenient for a quick post but editing post is definitely not so. Totally ruins the entire paragraph spacing! Just that's all. Picture time!

Yet another busy week.

2011-09-11T20:24:00.000+08:00

I can't believe it. Four more months and 2012 is here! Oh no, it's definitely a good/bad situation here. I mean, 2011 hadn't been the best, but it has it's moment. BAHHH, Emily, stop thinking ahead. Let's think of the present!

So as you all may not notice (or you DID notice ;) I hadn't been updating a lot. It's not the whole i-have-nothing-to-blog-about excuse but I seriously had been pretty busy.

CONFESSION TIME: Ok. I'm bored

That's why I am blogging now.

There. It's out.

The TRUTH.

Not that it is really intriguing. But yea :D

A picture speaks a thousand words. So let's see what words can you 'see' in the photo below:

Spot me with the colourful pants!
(credits to Carol)

Ball, pom poms, girls, red, blue, D2Y, field, sports, Asians (RACIST! Joking.), Chinese (HMMM..), shoes, shorts, pants, shirts, happy, fun, excited, colourful, bright, sunny, nice day, nice weather, building in the background and the list goes on.

To sum it up: I have participated in a Sports event! *clap clap clap* Not that I mattered, seriously, I know I suck and I think I need to work hard on changing that. On the bright side, I managed to play 4 rounds (Yea, I counted) and I HAVE NO NEW INJURIES. Now that's something.

Nevertheless, I am so proud of each and everyone. We didnt exactly win but at least we had bonded through this event. I am so happy that I have finally stepped out of my comfort zone and started to 'do sports'. So I'm not exactly good, but I HAD FUN FUN FUN! All the running have got me hyped up. YIPEEEEEEE.

Anyway, the Inter-Buddhist-Youth-Fellowship-Games 2011 is a success. It's my first year joining and it's really cool to see all the Buddhist gathered at one place and play sports. I met some really nice and cool people. Teehee. Gardens International School has the BIGGEST sports venues ever. Badminton, tennis, basketball courts, football field, swimming pool etc! I'm impressed. After all, it IS an international school so chill, Em.

The games aren't over yet. There's a continuation next week but I'm not going. Today is Captain ball, Basketball and Badminton competition. Next week is volleyball and telematch.

*Yawns* I know.

Celebrated Zoe's sweet sixteen yesterday. We had it 10 days earlier because her real birthday is going to be near our finals. Anywayz, I had lots of fun. It was an interesting night. And OMG, we had our crazy moments. The whole Running Man chasing game thing turned out quite awkward! Bunch of teenagers running in a bookstore! Weird stares everywhere and apparently someone complained about us.

OOPS.

R.I.P.

True heroes :')

Allergy. + Youtube

2011-09-03T14:33:00.000+08:00

♥

The singers in the above video are Steph and Anna.

Do enjoy their soothing voice when reading this post.

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~~Two posts in a day. Well done, Emily.~~ (Draft post abandoned since that day)

It's incredible how fast rashes come and go. And I suspect that I am actually allergy to Luwak coffee because that's the only new thing I tried. It's probably a good thing that I am allergy to something so expensive which only reduce my chances of actually trying Luwak coffee again. My dad's mate sells coffee and I was in luck to have a sip of such unique coffee. It's not really bitter and the coffee taste stays very long. Hmmmmm..

Life is good. My leg is good. I am no longer suffering although occasional contact with my injury sends my receptors PAIN PAIN PAIN signals. OHTHEDRAMA. Anybody feeling down lately? Need some inspirations? Let me tell you, X Factor Australia 2011 have got me hooked!

Gone with the wind.

2011-09-01T08:13:00.006+08:00

TESTING 123 ♥ Everything is so white in here. I decided to try out the new Blogger interface. It does look more modern but other than that, - everything is pretty much the same. I was secretly hoping for some cool new tool. Guess I'm not in much luck. In fact, I think the main colour should be BLACK, FYI - black saves more energy!

from weheartit

Where should I start? It's the first seven hours of September and I hate it. Hopefully that will change. I woke up at 4AM scratching my body like a total moron. My back was so bloody ithcy. I had to bath all over again but it made no help. I peeked into the mirror and saw my whole back with rashes. Worse, my neck is all red. Something's not right. After my failed attempt #456789 of falling asleep, I woke Mutti up.

At 6AM I have totally given up on 'falling-asleep', so I woke up and read The Power Of Six by Pittacus Lore. Done reading the book, the ending is so bloody unsastisfying, how can the author bare to leave the story hanging at its peak?! Oh why oh why.

Computers with Internet connection are somewhat time machines. It was just 'five minutes' ago when I turned on the computer and now it's 8AM. My rashes have spread to my legs now. Yipee. My computer distraction plan is working a little too well. I'm now waiting for Vati or someone to wake up and possibly drive me to the doctor's. I'm afraid I'm having allergies to something I don't know. Oh why oh why.

August is gone and I couldn't be more sad about it. The highlights of the month are:
1) MY BIG FALL ON THE ROAD. My dear wound is still very obvious especially when I'm wearing something above knee-length. It's been six days of torture.
2) MY POOR THUMB with bruise. Glad the pain is gone but the internal blood-stain is still very obvious. Oh my beautiful nails.

credits to whoever owns the photo

3) GLEE 3D CONCERT MOVIE. Harry Shum Jr. and Heather Morris dancing in 3D. Nuff said.
4) SPY KIDS: ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD. My first ever 4D movie ;') I still keep the Aroma scope.
5) D2Y PARENTS' APPRECIATION DINNER. Served, Acted, Danced. Big leap, Emily.
6) MERDEKA MERDEKA MERDEKA. Malaysia's Independence Day!
7) SELAMAT HARI RAYA. Happy celebrations to all Muslims!
8) AMELIA AND ANGELA'S SWEET SIXTEEN! Best day of the month? Never been so high in months.

Here is a MUST WATCH video about memories:

Hard work paid off!

2011-08-29T14:37:00.005+08:00

WAKA WAKA

We performed the following dance:

Many many weeks of practice and meeting,

the event was a success.

I LOVE YOU, MOM & DAD! ;)

Let's see, my parents have been driving me to the practice venue (30 minutes-drive) and back for the past month. What can I say?

I suddenly long to have my own driving license!

One more year to go, Em!

D2Y Parents' Appreciation Dinner 2011 went well, alright! I'm so glad that D2Y gave me the opportunity to be part of this meaningful event. It was definitely the right choice to bring Steph too! She is born to perform! Singing, acting and dancing (Y)

preparing deco for the night

Basically, there's food, sketch, singing and dancing, the dinner lasted for almost 4 hours! Picture speaks a thousand words so here it goes!

Food arriving soon

Steph singing! VOTE FOR HER!

Sketch

Steph in action!

Dancing! Spot my leg on the left ;)

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR EVERYTHING.

[Photos are taken from the facebook album. I own nothing. ]
***

Weekly dosage of GLEE:

Music time?

Pain.

2011-08-27T21:49:00.000+08:00

The following text is typed in a Notepad. If this post goes out, it means that I am finally connected to the Internet. I might have mention this again somewhere in the below post. Heck, i like to repeat things.

WARNING: Long post ahead

♥

Technically, this is my own blog so I can do whatever I want without getting anyone’s permission whatsoever. I admit, I hadn’t been blogging as often as I used to, I seldom visit other blogs either, in fact, I used the computer way less often than I used to. This is amazing isn’t it? Have I gotten over my Internet addiction? Hmmm.

These few days PAIN is what I feel. Let’s start from Wednesday, I accidentally hit my finger when I closed the car door. I just bloody reached school and my whole thumb was NUMB. Holy shyt. I look at my poor thumb, feeling the poor pain, and it had some kind of internal bleeding or whatever. And it was my RIGHT thumb, my writing hand!

I didn’t know where to go, so I asked my friends who apparently, are as clueless as I am. Then, they suggested me to look for a teacher. I went into the teacher’s room and everyone was so busy, but I still managed to get Miss Wan’s look at my injured thumb. She said I’ll just have to endure the pain because the bleeding and stuff is inside my nail. ‘GREAT’.

The rest of the day went fine, beside the pain. The worst part would be using the eraser. Writing didn’t really need the right thumb, but erasing something OH BOY, the pain. I look like a moron trying to erase with my fist. Seriously. I guessed I forget to mention I cried, it’s no big deal. See, my eyes are like a broken tap, it drips and it’s hard to make it stop. I was so embarrassed that I was crying on a broken thumb so I rush to the bathroom with watery eyes. I managed to calm myself down, saying words like “it’s just a finger!!!!”

image from weheartit.com

On Thursday, thankfully the pain subsides. Not as pain as before, but still there’s a slight pain whenever something touches the injured area of my right thumb. Other than that, life is pretty boring. Ditto with school, everyone is just waiting for the holidays to come!

The next ‘big’ thing would be my fall on Friday morning. Seriously, bad things should really pick a time to hurt me, and that time is definitely not right before school starts. Because it sucks and I have to deal with the pain WHOLE MORNING, endure the questions people ask, feel my carelessness and how dumb I was. On the bright side, at least they cared.

After my mom retired from teaching, I have been following my neighbor who is also a teacher to school almost every day since July. (Once, I overslept) But now, she’s retiring so my mom thought it would be good if we gave her a nice present for her retirement. School had a ceremony for her, so I was to bring the fruit basket and give it to her on stage.

Picture a girl with a heavy backpack, one hand carrying a bag filled with her textbooks, another was the fruit basket. Just as she was walking through the big gate, she missed a step and fell. HOLYCRAP. Because after the big gate is car park with super rough surface road. In the results, my right knee bled like nobody’s business. PAIN PAIN PAIN. Mrs. Wong was so kind to help me clean my wound :’)

from itsirrational.com

Apparently, I was the only one in the entire class that is giving her gifts. To be honest, I was embarrassed. BAH, but then I got over it. The another Form 4 (I believe it’s also known as fourth formers in some countries, and ‘Juniors’ in US) class (and class as in 40 students not the entire form – ‘class’ in US?) gave her nothing and the class monitor had to rush up stage to give her a HUG. The students of that certain class was proud that their class is totally ‘bad’ and ‘mean’, so I get it, you’re real ‘cool’. PFFFSHH.

The seniors are sweet though. Someone even made big card writing her name and waving it through the crowd. AWWWW. There’s a class that gave her a big dog soft toy! And when they give gifts, the whole class goes up stage and hug her, take photos and all. It was quite a scene :’)

At least my class wasn’t so bad because my mom bought a box of chocolates and suggested I wrapped it with paper. Then my classmates can write on the paper wishing her a happy retirement or something. Since it was a day before the holiday, my class was half empty, so I had to write their names for name and that’s all.

Sorry if this is too long and boring. I just couldn’t help it, I HAD TO type it all out.

from weheartit

Anyway, I FINALLY WATCHED GLEE 3D MOVIE. I had to watch it alone because it’s either that or I won’t get to watch at all. I went to the mall with Vati, he waited for me as I watched GLEE 3D. I went into the cinema early and I was like THE ONLY ONE THERE in a freaking huge 3D cinema. Maybe because it’s a weekday but still, ONLY ONE PERSON? The movie started and one girl sat two seats away from me. Ok, so I wasn’t “alone”, two girls in a huge cinema. I sort of regretted going to the movies alone.

Darren and Harry! Beard coming soon? ;)
credit here.

Then a bunch a boys entered the cinema after missing like 15 minutes of the concert movie?! A bunch of people came in half an hour later. The cinema that can sit up to 200 people has 15 people inside. WOW. It’s a waste of electricity, resources etc, I don’t even know why I cared so much. Maybe it’s because I’m disappointed at ungrateful people to even realise what a rare opportunity that Malaysian cinema is actually screening GLEE CONCERT MOVIE!

THE MOVIE/CONCERT was great, I LOVED IT. The 3D effect ain't that good, but wow, the whole cast dancing and singing on stage was freaking amazing. I felt like I was at the concert, I wanted to jump and sing along but then again I wasn't alone in the cinema so yea. (DARN IT.)

seeing him in 3D was AMAZING. credit here

IT'S HOLIDAY BAYBEH. A week off is just what I need. (I hope) I woke up 7AM on the first day of holiday! YIPEE. I wanted to come online but my Internet won't connect so I am pre-typing everything in Notepad. WHY WHY WHY. My knee hurts. Apparently, it has infection or something like that. My wound 'cried' because the surface of my wound is wet. Like it won't form a scar or something, My mom says it contaminated or something like that. Apparently, simply dapping the wound with antiseptic is wrong, you're supposed to wash it thoroughly, HOW WOULD I KNOW? i don't usually injure myself like that!

Cross your fingers and hope I'm safe. xoxo

Vote for my mate!

2011-08-20T22:02:00.002+08:00

♥

Vote for my BFF here!

She's on page 3;

Search for 'Stephanie Tiow'

Click 'UNDI' (aka VOTE in Malay)

Thank you so much,

as you guys can see from the above video,

Steph is very very very talented.

This competition is called Gadis Remaja Terkini which basically means Next Teenager Girl.

It's a great chance to show your talent and Staph definitely did it!

It's really a pity that they had to leave the ending of the video like that -.-

She havent even reach the PEAK of the song, where Adele goes "we could have had it ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL"

BAH.

VOTE VOTE VOTE!

PLEASEEEEEEE.

**
[EDITED on 20 August 2011]

Since many of you are quite clueless of how to vote for her (my bad, my bad)
I decided to use pictures/print-screened images to solve the problem.

1. Sign into your facebook account.
2. Open this link that will lead you to a facebook page - Giant Ants Talent Hub
3. Like the page.
4. Click the 'Gadis Remaja Terkini' button on the side bar, below the 'wall' and 'info'.
(or the circled area at the image below)

4. then click the 'Top 5' link next to 'Galeri'

5. Click 'Stephanie Tiow'.

6. Click 'undi'

AND YOU'RE DONE :)

Busy week. Busy month.

2011-08-20T22:00:00.010+08:00

IT'S SUMMERRRR.

None of my business, really. Why? (Here Emily goes again!) Malaysia is a summer-all-year-long country. One season, One country, One Malaysia. We're basically very similar to Singapore, except of bigger lands and dirtier toilets.

August. It's not the end yet, but I insists on blogging about it.

FACT: Malaysia's Independent Day is on 31st August.

MERDEKA MERDEKA MERDEKA MERDEKA MERDEKA MERDEKA MERDEKA

I want to thank Malaysia for having so many different races. And thank you for all the public holidays that are for certain people to celebrate certain religious/race rituals etc.

I'm trying not to sound racist here:

As long as there's a holiday,

I'm happy.

No joke.

Go ahead, celebrate. It's holiday baybeh!! And guess what? The recent public holiday falls on Amelia's birthday! We went for a handcore karaoke birthday party! SING 'TIL YOU DROP.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMELIA & ANGELA.

My girls are officially 16 now :')

(Not that it's a big deal, Malaysians don't get to drive at 16. Ohwell.)

Long story short, the party was amazing. I never have so much fun in weeks. And I have never spent so much money in years. I'm so glad the girls loved the unique file my mates and I made for each of them. Oh, that precious moment they had on their face when the saw the content of the file! *girlish moment*

Next:

WE FREAKING WON THE CHINESE DEBATE.

Mind you, after 9 years of official Mandarin education, I still can't quite master the language. Praise the Lord that I didn't have to speak because I was the reserve speaker. All I needed to do was some research and jotting down whatever the government team says - and struggling through it because (a) I'm NOT good at listening and writing down in Mandarin, I can't think of how to write the word! It's not like English, where you can roughly spell the word out from how it sounds.

WELL-KNOWN FACT: Mandarin words are too many and too similar! & LOTS OF STROKES.

(b) the speakers are speaking way too fast. (c) none of my team mates read what I jotted down, I have a very very horrible handwriting. (d) I put the d to make it looks longer. HAHA.

Anyway, the debate motion was "Natural disasters are more disastrous than man-made disasters". And the motion was REJECTED. The government team claimed that it was very tough for the 'pro-natural-disaster' to win. HAHA. Guess what, it IS possible. SORTA.

See, SW got the text message from the Chinese Society saying that:

Your debate topic is 'Man-made disasters are more disastrous than natural disasters'
You are the opposing team.

"Opposing team. Topic is Man-made more disastrous. Ok, so we're PRO NATURAL DISASTERS."

That was what we thought. We spent one full week, debating against each other, knocking our own points down, building a stronger defense wall, came up with unbeatable points . On the supposedly debate day, we realised WE PREPARED FOR THE WRONG SIDE. Meaning, both teams prepared for the PRO-natural-disasters side! Oh, the horror.

Yes, people, imagine four sad and disappointed girls, with grumpy and worried faces. It's so energy-consuming, really. So Linda, Amelia and I decided to have a little talk with the organising chairperson, we discussed with the other team and finally came up with a 'solution'.

Postpone the debate. Give us a week to prepare for the REAL side.

Brain-washed all our 'Natural Disasters are so freaking SCARY' thoughts are replaced with MAN-MADE DISASTERS ARE WORSE.

We freaking won! UNBELIEVABLE! Apparently, last year Linda, Amelia lost to the seniors and now we won! Teacher said next year they might send a team to debate with other schools'!

So happened, my English teacher said that our oral test would be a fake debate. Pre-prepared ones. And guess what top we chose? You'd guess it! (Or not. It depends.)

SPY KIDS: ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD.

My first ever 4D movie :')

It turns out, 4D isn't a big LEAP like Avatar. It's basically 3D with a scented card that has different numbers on it. And every number you rub, a different smell comes out. I don't want to spoil it for you, so you'll have to watch the movie yourself to find out what smell ;)

The movie was great. It's a kids show, sorta. The message was simple and clear. The storyline was interesting and exciting. The cast was good. The humour was err... humourous. The effects were acceptable. All positive comments from me.

this photo was posted on my dailybooth account.

Thank you, The Star for giving out the free pairs of tickets. And thanks, Mich for bringing me and driving me there.

PARENTS' APPRECIATION DINNER.

It's gonna be on 28 August. Been practising for the dance, memorising the script for the sketch. Busy busy busy! But it's all going to be worth it because I'm performing for my parents! Thank you D2Y for giving me this opportunity, filling my Sundays with meaningful activities. Teehee.

Skyscraper.

2011-08-10T15:55:00.000+08:00

♥

I love this song.

Demi Lavoto did it again, baby.

I don't care whether it's sad and depressing,

I still like it.

**********

I feel like watch 50/50.

It's basically about dealing with cancer.

I love those kinds of movies.

GLEE CONCERT MOVIE COMING SOON :) x

History of this blog (1, 200th post.)

2011-08-08T16:22:00.000+08:00

I'm on the way to somewhere special (':

Photo by Irene

I can't believe it. I have posted 1, 200 posts (if this post goes out, that is) My life have changed (sorta) since I started blogging. I THINK my writing skills SLIGHTLY improved. Definitely, I changed the ways I see things (hopefully more mature). Watched tons of youtube videos. Met many other awesome bloggers, webmasters etc. Gosh, I feel old.

Four years of blogging is not as easy as it looks. The temptation of deleting the whole blog, leaving no trace behind and start over has indeed occurred several times. Yet, and still, I'm here. Typing. Let me tell you about this blog's history (yes, surprisingly, it has one)

It started out on evilpao.blogspot.com. Yes, weird link, I must add. I was merely 12+ then. 'Evil' seem cool and 'pao' sounds Asian. I hope you get why the blog link was immediately changed into differentisspecial.blogspot.com. Well, at least this had a better meaning. Different IS special. I still believe that one.

One day, my cousin was using my house computer and he decided to go through my web browser history, resulting, him reading my blog. OUT LOUD. Not good. Back then, I wanted the blog to be my little secret, somewhere I could really write my feelings down. So I freaked out when he read my post, I changed the blog url the minute I got on. Hoping to get rid of him here. Teehee.

Since then, I was stuck with diaryofemilyc.blogspot.com. Initially I wanted diaryofemily.blogspot.com. Without the 'c', but someone already had the link (still is). I think it was last year when I finally decided on my blog title - CHANG-ING FOREVER. 'Emily C. Blog' sounded too serious and boring. I got the idea of using my surname in the blog title from Harry Shum Jr. (Suprise, surprise) He's web is SHUMbodynamedHarry.tumblr.com

I enjoy blogging and have no plans on stopping. Slacking, maybe. Stopping? Never. Even if I wanted to stop, I shall read this post one more time and continue to blog. Blog has now become a part of me. It's one of the top things of my favourite list, and when I introduce myself, I'll always add in 'blogging' as my hobby :) That's all for now. ;)

iLuminate

2011-08-06T22:46:00.001+08:00

♥

You really should watch the video above. They are bloody amazing.

Below is their Quarter Finals performance:

Introducing iLuminate™, the first patent-pending wearable, wireless lighting system.
Control lights on performers and moving set pieces from any DMX console, a MIDI device, or via a custom iPhone application for an interactive experience. You can also have us program your show and trigger it via Protools or with a click from our web interface.
Our small and light-weight devices include the EL8, which wirelessly controls 8 channels of el-wire (Electroluminescent Wire), and the LED12, for controlling 12 channels of LED Tape/Ribbon and, with RGB ribbon/tape, supports color-mixing.
This is perfect for dancers, aerialists, choreographers, stylists, musicians, DJs and set designers. We're also an innovative, brand new way to highlight event staff, brands and logos.
The iLuminate™ wireless lighting system bridges the gap between choreography and lighting design. We bring audiences the very first in cutting edge luminography.

The above text in bold is copied from their official website.

This picture is Harry's current twitter profile picture.

Thank you, Harry Shum Jr. for tweeting about them

or else it'll take me a longer time to discover and support these talent people.

iLuminate.

[Translated] Super Junior-SUPER MAN LYRICS

2011-08-05T20:43:00.001+08:00

SUPER JUNIOR CRAZE IS BACK YO'! 

♥

(bam bam bam bam)
eunhyuk rap
when i am coolly dancing in the group that’s one of a kind in the world and uniquely moving the world
donghae rap
all the elfs in the world fall fall fall for me
run run run to me
let’s rejoice in this moment together
yesung:
i (emotionally) touch those people that have genuinely, quietly loved me
kyuhyun:
there haven’t been moments where i’ve said useless things or not been truthful
everyone:
our scale is the best and our scale (english) is the best
everything has to be the best
super junior is only missing the ‘man’ from the name of ‘superman’
our passion is the best and our concentration is the best
who would be able to say we’ve finished
super junior is only missing the ‘man’ from the name of ‘superman’
(bam bam bam bam)
heechul:
now, now, now, who is it?
(shindong!)
shindong rap:
so why do all of you look back when i am right here
who the hell are you looking for
i am shindong
leeteuk:
should i pluck the stars for you, count them
one, two, three
with the stars we’ve lost
we are thirteen stars
everyone:
but we are not lonely, we have sm family and ELFS
ryeowook:
don’t be disappointed, don’t judge/betray us
you have already become drunk by the super holic
sungmin:
try singing the song, and now even follow the dance
let’s get excited together
everyone:
our scale is the best and our scale (english) is the best
everything has to be the best
super junior is only missing the ‘man’ from the name of ‘superman’
our passion is the best and our concentration is the best
who would be able to say we’ve finished
super junior is only missing the ‘man’ from the name of ‘superman’
kyuhyun and sungmin:
when your heart is sad, when you want to listen to a song,
when you need something to lift your spirits up,
we are next to you, let’s all come together
everyone:
super junior
we are super junior
we are super super man
ryeowook and yesung:
when you’re very bored and surfing the internet, if you just type in ‘super’ our results will come come out
we are always by your side
scream it out
super junior
we are super super man
eunhyuk:
even if they don’t know of us, we try our best every day,
donghae:
if they question who who who we are, we show them our results
everyone:
even if the road we walk is barren,
we are in the end, super junior
THE LAST MAN STANDING

translated by stanningotps@tumblr
Translated lyrics copied from Dede.

THANKS SHERY SUJU FOR SENDING ME THE LINK :)

I can't express how I feel now. Yes, I'm one of those crazy Korean fan girls now. All I can say is even though there's only 10 people in the 5th album - SUPER JUNIOR IS STILL GROWING STRONGER. They are forever No. 1 in my heart. I'M FOREVER AN E.L.F (Name for Super Junior fans)

Their latest music video have 1.6 million views in just ONE day:

♥ 슈퍼주니어 ♥

PHAILED. Probably.

2011-08-03T17:07:00.001+08:00

Well.. At least i know a bit of Taekwondo.

I'm not gonna lie. I say I'll probably fail because I secretly hope that, despite my stupid mistakes, I can still pass. What can I say? A girl gotta dream.

I started taekwondo last year, so I'm just a green belt (third-lowest grade). At green belt test, there's basic, taegeuk and sparring test. I know for certain I will fail at sparring round. Mind you, it's not like you're gonna fight with your partner, it's all just pretend - a show. Everything was pre-taught like, who attack who defend etc. I had to do with this girl I seldom see in practice. As the results, she was BLUR during the sparring. Then, followed by me - confused, lost, looking at other group's. BAH. I didn't even do the third style!

SCREWED.

Ohwell.

Better try harder next time, Emily.

DONT freak out. Just focus.

YEAH RIGHT WHATEVER. RAWR.

2011-08-02T15:01:00.000+08:00

this picture was found here.

♥

This one is for the memories we made

and for the sweet dreams we had.

(No share for you, Nightmares!)

***

"Yeah. Right. Whatever." is what I often say these days. Why? Monthly test. Had our short history test today. Let's just say the paper stared at me and yelled "Come on, you seriously think you know the answers?" No. Duh. Teacher only informed us there was a test a day before, and my short attention span cannot bare to study more than a page. Bravo, Em.

What worse is I was told that there's a Chinese test tomorrow. And look where I am now. I should be studying. I know, I know. I know that but somehow I just don't feel motivated anymore. BAH. (spot the three 'I know's!) Sometimes I just want let everything go. (I do that very very very often now. Just sayin')

RAWR.

IL VOLO.

2011-08-02T12:23:00.045+08:00

What's happening?

Grab a picture of them!

The closest I got :')

At the show case.

So recently, Il Volo came to Malaysia for their autographs session + showcase. Thank you, Steph for giving the tickets. I had a wonderful time standing an hour plus waiting for them and hearing them live. I manage to record down some songs they sang, and sorry for the poor quality:

By the way, the above video is the first ever video I have uploaded on Youtube successfully. *claps* Thank you, thank you. However, since the quality is so lousy, I shall embed people's HD quality videos here:

Well, you see/hear the difference. *smacks head* I want a DSLR badly. Anyway, the boys were AMAZING. Their voice is so powerful. ♥

Some facts about them:

From Wikipedia: Il Volo (English: The Flight) is a trio of Italian pop-opera teenage singers, consisting of Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto, and Gianluca Ginoble.

From youtube: They performed on American Idol.

THIER OFFICIAL SITE HERE!

It's August baybeh.

2011-08-01T22:34:00.002+08:00

b-e-a-utiful
Megan Nicole's voice is amazing.
This song is wonderful, describes what I'm feeling right now.
I'm such a teenage girl. Ohwell.

****

Today it's the first day of the week, the month and the first day of Muslim's fasting season. So happy fasting to all my Muslim friends out there! One more month till Raya ;)

School was exciting, as usual. Interesting things happened and no, I'm not telling you anything, this time I'm keeping them to myself. so ciao..

Xoxo Emily from phone ;)

Blogging from iTouch.

2011-07-31T20:21:00.001+08:00

Great girls.
Koreans.

***

My day was great.
I need to practice dancing more :)

Xoxo
Emily from iTouch

Looking forward to the weekends, weekends.

2011-07-29T22:25:00.000+08:00

NOTE: The post title is to be read/sing in the tune of Friday by Rebecca Black.

I just finished typing a whole lot of korean phrases. I think I have sorta mastered their keyboard version. *brags*

A brand new song by Jason Chen.

I don't have much to say but lately, I've been reading a lot. Between classes, after school etc, I managed to read finish 5 books in less day 7 days. Among the books are Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater , Revenge of the Spellman by Lisa Lutz, For One More Day by Mitch Albom and Boys That Bite by Mari Mancusi

Currently reading:

Five People You Meet in Heaven

by Mitch Albom

Party Rock Athem.

2011-07-28T20:52:00.001+08:00

Quest Crew ♥

I'm addicted to the song Party Rock Athem.

Recently watched their music video, it was different and amazing.

I'm not surprised it has 134 000 000 views.

Check out the acoustic version by Victor Kim

;)

{EDITED/ADDITIONAL}
These guys above are from Quest Crew.
The winner of America's Best Dance Crew Season 3.
Since then, they've been travelling around the world to perform.
Quest Crew is one of the crew inside the Party Rock Anthem music video.
You can spot Hok (The dude in the purple top up there) easily in there. He's shuffling.
The one on the right is Victor Kim. Another talent, another wonder. Dance well, sing well. Perfect.
{Trying to type this as long as possible to continue the pyramid effect! Haha. I am done editing here. Thank you}

KARMIN.

2011-07-26T16:30:00.000+08:00

♥

They did the best among other covers of the very same song.

And guess what, even Harry Shum Jr. liked this.

I know that because he posted this video on his tumblr.

Teehee.

I don't think I'm keen to talk about my day.

Just tryin' to keep to cheerful mood :)

xoxo

Regretting.

2011-07-25T20:05:00.000+08:00

♥

I need to cheer up :) 

There are many things I regret

I added two brand new ones today.

"It's alright."

xoxo

P.s.// ADD ME ON GOOGLE + ;)

C'est la vie!

2011-07-23T16:47:00.001+08:00

On the bright side, at least I get to use this French phrase C'est la vie! (I don't know how to pronounce it though... HAHA)

Few things I learned today;

i do not own this photo. Credits to weheartit.com

1) Never promise someone something few months ahead.
When I say 'Never', it's really "DONT.EVER.DO.SO" kind of thing. ~~I know I might be contradicting Justin Bieber but heck.~~ So here's the story: Lydia and I have been planning to go to World Stage Malaysia - an annual concert organised by MTV Asia. We went last year's one and had tons of fun. This year, we wanted to do the same. I probably owe Lydia a lot, she's always the one winning tickets and bringing me along. So sweet of her eh? I must be some real good company. Sadly, things changed. Plans don't turn out well. All I can say is I've failed my friend. Last month, Lydia announced that she won a pair of tickets to World Stage Malaysia 2011, and is bringing whoever that provides her transport. I quickly said ME ME ME but I might go home early since there's school the following day. After all, my parents provided the two of us transport to the previous 3 concerts we attended together. The little Emily inside thought it will be the same for this time too.

That is where everything goes wrong.

Fast-forward to now, one day before the concert. My dilemma started as problems kept popping up. The concert this year will be held at somewhere that is a complete, I repeat - COMPLETE new place to me, my dad, my mom. This place is newly opened, (probably last year or something) it's a small 'city' - One way in, one way out. Imagine when the concert ends, and 15 000 people rushing out of the place, cars will probably be lining up HOURS to go home. Plus, the concert probably ends after midnight (I went home at 1am last year BEFORE the concert ended. We skipped the encore performance by this Korean girl group, Wonder Girls) Long story short - Problem #1: Venue , getting there, and going back. Major problems.

Problem #2: Confusing arrangements. (Basically TRANSPORT PROBLEM. Again.) My father suggested me to follow someone back if possible. Wise choice, dad. Lydia the 30 Seconds to Mars fan had decided to stay till the concert ends so she arranged her own transport back - she is following another girl back. I can't follow that girl because her car was full. 'Great'.

credits: here

Problem #3: There's 30% chance to see 30 Seconds to Mars perform live. Our plan soon became: (This is going to be confusing.. Hang on. ) Lydia's phone call woke me from my sweet after-lunch-nap, but it's alright. She said that maybe she can ask Jin (who is deciding whether to go or not - and yes, she's having transport problem too.) whether can her cousin go since he can drive and have car. But the problem is he probably don't have the tickets. YET.

See, tickets are not the problem. Everyone's either having transport problem or they don't feel like seeing Pop Shuvit, Neon Tree, Beast or 30 Seconds To Mars to perform, my facebook homepage always have a least one or two friend finding a buyer for their tickets, OR asking for transport, like me. I found out Ange got a pair of tickets and wants to go but she, too, can't find transport. So the plan was to ask her to join us and her extra ticket give to Jin's cousin. So then Jin's cousin can go and fetch us back. Perfect plan.

Or so that was what I thought. For a moment, I thought all my problems are finally gone. I can go to the concert and come back! How great. I should probably make up my mind on what to wear, pack what to eat while waiting etc. HAH! Dream on, Emily. Remember how Jin's cousin haven't even say he can yet? *smacks head*

At first he said he can. So Lydia called me, then I told Ange the plan. Surprise, surprise, Lydia called me back again and say that transport is still not confirm yet because Jin's cousin might have something on and she asked me to inform Ange as well. So I did. Followed by another call by Lydia, crushing my hopes, killing my remaining 30% chance of going. I, then, (notice all the 'then's, somewhere teach me some new words, please!) have to apologise ('apologize' for Americans) to Lydia that since I don't have transport back, I'm probably not going. I said I was sorry. She was on her own now. I'm such a jerk.

I feel terrible. Or maybe worse than that. Who knows? I'm such a bad friend. Lydia said her mom won't let her go if she can't find someone to accompany her. No mother would let their 16 year old to a concert alone. (Not that I know of, anyway) I suggested her to ask Edward since she mentioned that he was going too. She sounded quite sad, after all, I was sorta her concert buddy.

EMILY, YOU SUCK.
Indeed.

2) Plan something that will actually work. like seriously.

80% of the things I plan will not work out. I should probably get an award for that. May it be gatherings, vacation, dates, society meetings or even a simple game. Sigh. Anyways, don't count on me, I have lost hope. I'm giving up. I disappointed myself (which is fine by me, after all, I am useless) but I have to go and disappoint someone else. Damnit, Emily.

3) Don't number things because you always can't come up with enough content.

I shall not elaborate on that. It will only make me even depressed. Goodbye, Earthlings. I shall be at the next takeoff to somewhere outside of the universe. Or so, I hope. Yes, Emily, keep hoping. (Contradicting with No. 2. HOORAY! Not. ) Always keep the faith.

Dear Emily,

I LOVE YOU.

Sincerely,
Emily

Let the coin make the decision.

2011-07-22T21:23:00.001+08:00

i seriously feel like doing that right now. Hey, guess what, there's so much on my mind right now I just had to blog about it - even though i'm using the email-blogging service. I'm that desperate.

The question now is should I risk letting out my feeling when i have absolutely no control of who might read this, whose feeling i might hurt, who'll get mad. Whatever. I don't care. Put the blame on me. Scratch that, I can't handle it anymore. Leave me alone, would ya?

I'm a very indecisive person. Make that my Fact #6 on previos Tagged post. Back to the point, please please please don't throw me a ton of possibilities and choices on me. I can't handle choose. Right or wrong, I'll probably be the last to know. Unfair eh?

Believe or not, I'm actually controlling myself. It's been awhile since I've swear online. I'm planning to keep it that way. It's hard, tough, takes a lot of practice you know?

Ughhhh, I am so mad right now. At who, you'd ask? A very good question, but I guess the answer is somewhat obvious: myself.

Smack my head and say 'you useless girl!just make a damn decision already!' as a wise (coughs) lady (coughs harder), i need to weigh my options. Yes, I'm a freaking Chinese, we're careful when making decisions, so shush! (steorotype!)

See how successful I was at letting out my feelings without exposing the whole fandango? That's life baby. People have secrts. Secrets aren't secrets when you let them out. It'll never ever be. You tell one person, it's only a matter of time, they'll tell someone they trust. And then the people THEY trust tell another bunch of people thay trust. These people then will tell.. Sighs. I think you get the idea now. The end.
Xoxo
Emily from phone.

Coloursplash.org is having a giveaway!

2011-07-22T18:16:00.000+08:00

This is your chance getting your own domain or even a $5 Amazon giftcard. All you need to do is head to Coloursplash.org and see the How to Enter section. The best part is the winner will be chosen at complete random! How amazing is that! So what you're waiting for? Go to http://coloursplash.org/giveaway now!

xoxo

The End.

2011-07-21T15:03:00.003+08:00

I can't believe the Harry Potter movies ended. (as in, the last one is out!) I watched the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 yesterday and it was really good. (Probably better than Transformers: Dark Of The Moon. Just saying. :) I secretly hoped that Harry and Ginny's son will be with Ron and Hermione's daughter. You know, since Harry and Hermione ain't a couple. *fantasy*

There is this concert coming up on Sunday, I'm going with Lydia to see the one and only 30 Seconds To Mars. However, transportation is a problem thanks to the 'awesomely' far location. Vati is quite (very) reluctant to drive me there. We'll see. (;

Here's an amazing performance by KINJAZ back in 2006:

P.s.// Dont forget to vote for "FLORIDA, Mimi Goon" for People's Choice Award!

Youtube Videos Time (:

2011-07-19T22:04:00.001+08:00

Yes. Harry Shum Jr. fever is on!

I envy those lucky Australians that get to meet him!

You can say that I'm dying to watch Season 3. I heard Harry Shum Jr's role as Mike Chang is getting pretty serious! Haha. I just can't wait to see the more of him. GLEEk ON! :)

Anyone heard of Glee Project yet?

The Glee Project is an American reality television series from Oxygen. It serves as an audition for the FOX TV series Glee.
Each episode of The Glee Project is given an overall theme and covers events that have taken place in about the time span of a week.
Homework assignment
Contestants are given a "homework assignment" that entails learning and practicing segments of a chosen song. At the beginning of each episode, contestants perform their respective parts of the song in front of a mystery guest judge from the Glee cast. The contestant that completes the homework best is given a one-on-one session with the guest star and a principal part in the music video.
Music video (group performance)
Contestants then create a music video "inspired by the performances on Glee". In preparation for the music video, contestants record parts of a song in a professional studio with vocal producer Nikki (née Hassman) Anders. They also learn choreography from Zach Woodlee. The entire process is overseen by Glee's casting director Robert Ulrich.
Callbacks
During callbacks, the bottom three are revealed. They are then assigned a song that they will perform in hopes of being "saved".
Last chance recital
The bottom three of the week perform their assigned songs in front of Ryan Murphy himself. With input from Woodlee and Ulrich, a decision is made and one of the bottom three is eliminated.
Final callbacks
Unlike most reality competition shows, contestants are not directly informed of their elimination. Rather, the bottom three are notified when "the list is up" and discover their fate as they find their name on the list. Following the final callbacks, the eliminated contestant sings lead on a segment of "Keep Holding On" by Avril Lavigne with the rest of the contestants as backup.

Here are a few contesnants I have my eyes on ;)

Damian McGinty, CUTEST ACCENT EVERRRR.

Cameron Mitchell

the two of them

The next is a female :)

Marissa von Bleicken!

Enough with Glee, my favourite is still the Classical Gene Kelly. He's a legend. Back in the good old days......

Surrounded by familiar people yet feeling all alone.

2011-07-18T20:23:00.002+08:00

Credits to bruisedteeth (Shelby)

I often have this feeling of being alone. Lonely, perhaps. I have friends, we chat, we laugh, we do silly things and that's about it. If you ask me, do you have a best friend? My answer would probably be "I don't know". I can consider myself as 'friendly' but somehow I can't seem to decide who is my 'best' friend. I don't spend exceptionally lot of time with a certain person, or I tell that certain person all my secrets. - Now that I've thought of it, I probably have one or two close friends whom I shared my secrets with. ( not that I have many to share.)

I guess that's life. People come and go. Maybe that's why I don't err.. "commit" into relationships - may it be friendship, romantic relationships etc. Ohwell. That gotta be something to do with being a Libra, I guess. Or from I what I remember of Libra. - Or maybe it was the personality test, I got ESFP. - I'm not too sure anymore.

So yea, this post is sorta more 'emotional' as my usual blog posts are either about my day or entertainment. I hope to meet new friends in the future or maybe find that someone who I call as my best friend. (: xoxo P.s.// Before you go, do remember to vote for FLORIDA, Mimi Goon here ! Your votes are much appreciated.

2nd medal of the year!

2011-07-17T16:10:00.002+08:00

I don't usually get medals because I don't really join any competitions. Recently, in fact, hours ago, I participated in the UNITY Taekwondo Poomsae Carnival 2011 (Ain't it 'Competition'?) Long name huh? For green belts and below, we did taegeuk 2. And for blue belts and above, they did taegeuk 4. So basically, it's all standardised ('standardized' for Americans) in a way, probably easier for the judges. To my surprise, I got third prize. I went home happily with a bag containing 5 cans of Gatorade, 400g of MILO, a medal, a certificate, a new shirt and more experience!

Ta Da! ;)

There isn't much pictures I can post as I didn't take the initiative to capture the moment. The above picture was taken when I reached home. Teehee.

What is 'taegeuk':

Taegeuk (sometimes spelt taeguk) patterns form the backbone of the grading system for WTF (World Taekwondo Federation) Taekwondo in the same way Kata is practised in Karate. There are eight WTF patterns (Taegeuks) for Kup grade (coloured belt) students to learn and demonstrate during gradings so that the student can display their proficiency in individual techniques and the ability to perform techniques in a logical sequence. There are further patterns for Dan grade (black belt) beginning with Koryo. The Taegeuk patterns are all intended to simulate multiple attacks coming at the student from all sides.

The Taegeuk patterns become progressively more complex, and introduce more advanced techniques the higher you go. Taegeuk Il Jang (the first pattern, said to symbolize "Heaven and Earth") is the simplest employing only the bare basic techniques. Taegeuk Pal Jang is the eighth and includes much more complex techniques, and more complex ways to string them together. Many people regard the 6th Taegeuk pattern (Yuk Jang) to be the most complex and difficult of the Taegeuks, and possibly more difficult than some Dan grade patterns.

The Taegeuk patterns were originally intended for use by junior grades studying the WTF Taekwondo system. Over time, they were adopted as the basis of the grading syllabus for adults as well replacing the Palgwe forms, which are still in use by traditional ITF Taekwondo schools. The Taegeuk patterns are described in David Mitchell's Official WTF Taekwondo (a great reference for any student) as "Basic Taegeuks for practice". I would say they (particularly the later patterns) are anything but simple. To get them right requires a great deal of practice and understanding of the various techniques.

It's important to note that once a pattern is performed at a successful grading, you carry on learning that pattern throughout your Taekwondo training. The examiner may well ask to see Taegeuk Il Jang (or any pattern previously learnt) at any one of your higher level gradings, including Dan gradings.

There are entire books available giving advice on how to perform patterns correctly, and of course an instructor will always have his/her advice for the student on how to improve a pattern. I would offer these simple words of advice for good execution of Taegeuks:

The Taegeuk patterns involve imaginary opponents - you must look at those opponents for the pattern to appear realistic, not at your feet, or other people around you.
All the techniques need to be performed with precision, accuracy and power. Your examiner is expecting to see techniques that will be effective in blocking the attack of an opponent, and kicks, strikes and punches that will disable that opponent.
Taegeuk patterns start, and finish on the exact same spot. When you practise, take a note of your starting position and check that you end in the same position. If this doesn't happen, some of your stances need work.
The final move of a Taegeuk is returning to Ready Stance (Joonbi), not the last strike. If you are performing a pattern for an instructor/examiner wait for their command before wandering off!
Practise, practise, practise. Unless you are an incredibly gifted student (I know I'm not) you will not get enough practise within your Taekwondo lessons, so try them out at home as often as possible, particularly if you are expecting to grade in the near future. A Taegeuk takes only a minute or to to go through completely.

taken from Olympic Taekwondo

I joined the same thing last year and I didn't win. Mostly because I was too nervous! One thing, I do things super fast when I'm nervous. So yea, I learned my lesson. This year, I didn't even practise much. My heart beat really fast when they were calling out our names and arranging us to compete. And I was quite happy when i heard I got through the semi finals. Oh, I didn't know I won third when they announced. Linda had to tell me she heard my name being called out. The person announced the winner list for Under 18 Junior category and I was one of the Top 5!

July seem like a medal month! I got two medals within a month. I mean, my very first medal was back when I was 8! The next one was 8 years later - now! Haha. At least it's a good thing eh? Anyhow, I am currently motivated to be more active in my co-curriculum activities. (How greedy of you, Emily!)

My medal from the 1Malaysia run (:

xoxo

P.s.// Dont forget to vote for "FLORIDA, Mimi Goon" for People's Choice Award!

Your help is very much needed!

2011-07-16T18:08:00.004+08:00

Hey everyone! I need you guys to vote for Mimi Goon at the Miss National US People's Choice award! Click here for the link. She's the second one, Florida, Mimi Goon. Currently, she has 8.6k votes and is currently 4k votes behind Amanda Middleton.

I've 'met' Mimi at this really cool guild in Neopets back in 2009 or something. She's really cool and was even featured as the model in our guild layout. She is also a ballerina. She joined many ballet competitions and beauty pageants too. So you can sorta tell that she really wants to do this. And now, you can help her too. People's Choice award would really mean something to her. So please please please, vote for her as many times as possible? *puppy eyes* Thanks mates. Do leave a comment after you voted.

screenshot of the guild

Looking at bright sky, searching for the hidden stars.

2011-07-15T15:17:00.000+08:00

Photo by Elizabeth.

So what's up? I am proud to announced that I finished Vampire Diaries Season 2! Honestly, I think it was better than Season 1. Team Damon! He is such a sweet handsome bad boy. HAHAHA. This series is probably one of the best I've seen in my entire life. Ohgosh, I can't wait for Season 3 that is coming out in September! Begging September to hurry now :)

My mom came back from Hong Kong on Wednesday. She brought back lots of delicious snacks and pretty clothes for me. Apparently, she finds it hard to converse in 100% Cantonese. Haha. I know how hard it is. My family is too used to mixing up several languages when speaking, may it be English, Chinese or Malay. Still, I hope to visit Hong Kong soon. We'll see, we'll see.

Better late than never: '10 facts about me' tagged by Sherry

2011-07-10T22:27:00.001+08:00

this beautiful picture can be found here.

1) I procrastinate.
No surprise there eh? It took me about two months to actually get started on this tag. So yea. I guess I kinda proved my point.

2) I am addicted to err, addictive stuff.
Nope, not drugs or smoking. It's just plain TV shows, internet. Lately, I've been obsessed with Vampire Diaries. One of the best series ever, this might be even better than Chuck, my all-time favourite TV show. Ohwell. I'm getting off topic anyway.

3) I am an Asian in Asia.
I certainly don't represent Asia or whatever. I'm just that teenager that so happen to live in a country in Asia. So yea. I won't say i'm very Asian because, apparently, i failed my 'Asian test'. It's just this lame quiz on facebook. One of my biggest flaws would be using chopsticks. I don't know how to use them 'in the right way', as long as I can get the food into my mouth, I'm good.

4) I love watching dance videos.
May it be Diversity, LXD, Quest Crew or whatever dance-related video/movie, I just can't get enough of them. (Probably because of my obsession with Harry Shum Jr. Oh well.) I love Harry Shum, Victor Kim, Lydia Paek, Poreotics, Daniel 'Cloud' Campos etc. Step Up movies, Fame, Make It Happen are examples of dance-related movies I've watched. Feel free to recommend some to me! Just so you know, I CANT DANCE. Ironic huh?

5) I good with kids.
Mutti always teased me with my 'fan club'. Somehow, I just get along with kids really well. I think it's because I'm childish and the kids think I'm just one of their friends :) Kids are cute. Although I must admit, some of them can get annoying sometimes, especially when they treat you like their 'friend' and things can get rough. Still, so freaking cute kids.

6) I want to explore the universe.
Everyone got a dream. Mine is just a little difficult to achieve, along with risk, risk and more risk. For now, i'll be staring at the pictures or watch a video about our universe. I wonder if aliens were true. Look what I Am Number 4, Transformers, Star Wars etc did to me! Imma freak now. How cool, how cool B)

10) I'm bad at math.
Geddit? Ok, so I'm lame too. And lazy. Bah. That is so me, I guess. Procrastinate and laziness does not make a terrific combination. Ohwell. Way to go, Em. Sigh. I'll PROBABLY add more in the future. Taa'

xx

Updates on my life.

2011-07-09T20:13:00.001+08:00

where should I start? i wanted to blog about school food because it is such a torture eating school food. like seriously, the tasty ones are mostly unhealthy. fried fried fried. yummy yummy yummy. haha.

So, how's life Emily? Splendid. Recently I downloaded some brand new apps on my Nokia E5. Amazing stuff. My phone now has games! oh the joy (:

Friday was a school holiday for my school only. (it's a long story) The day before was Sports Day! This year is slightly different, I felt that i've contributed the most this year, compared to the past 3 years. Anyways, I was in the banner group for Blue house. Honestly, I was finding trouble all along. Just when you think making a banner is easy, difficulties seem to find its way. I have not idea since when 'banner group' became 'decorating team' as some who refer us to. I see the connection and then I dont. 'More work to do' is what I saw. sigh. However, the banner group/decorating team managed well (You must be really confused, reading all this, and not really understand everythng. It's ok.) Long story short: never underestimate your job. the easy ones can turn out hard. The end.

Emily from phone.

MOVIE REVIEW #16; Transformers: Dark Of The Moon

2011-07-08T19:46:00.000+08:00

via google images

Hello there. I hate to say this, I expected more from this movie. Action is good, sometimes too much will lose one's interest. I yawned a lot in the middle. The fighting finally got better when the building 'snapped' into two.

Surprisingly, the Megan Fox replacement is a pretty good actress. Everything else is good. The graphics were absolutely so real that you might be freaked out.

I guess this is going to be a short review.
I rate this movie: 3.5/5

AUTOBOTS (:

If we could only stop for a minute,

2011-07-02T22:54:00.000+08:00

Let's see, most of schools in Malaysia today had a little run or so called 'jogathon'. The route my school ran was short -1.3km. Well, it's a good thing too. For example, I got a chance to get into the Top 20. I reached school as the 11th fourth former, but I was too dumb to take the number from the guy that keep tracks of the time, resulting: falling back to no. 14. But it doesn't matter, apparently, as all the medals are the same. It's just a recognition. 1Malaysia run FTW :)

After that, we joined a recital marathon organised by Kechara. I read four short chapters and I must say, I DID WELL. I'm quite surprised that I survived that long. My mom and I stayed there for three hours, and I left because I needed food. It's quite embarrassing to have your stomach grumbling all the way.

My night was good too. Our whole family hit the mall. One thing about malls with cinemas, it's always hard to find an empty parking lot. Speaking of cinemas, I WANT TO WATCH TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON. No such luck for this weekend. Sigh. I heard the movie is quite long.

Anyway, I guess that's all.

Empty Place.

2011-06-30T14:56:00.000+08:00

Close your eyes
and hear the wind
that the ceiling fan makes

Close your eyes 
feel the wind
brushing your face

Close your eyes
and wonder off to
anywhere but here

Close your eyes
think about everything
and simply just smile.

Now, open your eyes
realise that you are
in a half-empty class. 

A random 'poem' by M. Emily C.

In case your wondering, my class was half empty. Cross that, only a quarter of us were in class. The rest were busy preparing for Sports Day. We, the ones in class, are the ones that are not very active in out co-curriculum. Ohwell.

Something's not right.

2011-06-28T15:57:00.001+08:00

from weheartit

Well, well, well. Where should I start? I am no longer addicted to facebook, ditto twitter and even blogging! Time to time, I sign in blogger.com to moderate comments but I always didn't feel the urge to create any new post - until now that is. What is worse I find myself no longer addicted to the Korean Drama - City Hunter. (!!!!) Don't get me wrong, the show is still fantastic. It's just somehow I lost the urge to watch the latest episode. I can always blame the ultra-slow internet connection! I tend to loose my patience.

The thought that have been haunting my mind: I don't feel like doing anything. Been laying around, doing nothing these few days. I went to the mall and saw Shout! magazine April Issue with the Justin Bieber Promotional VCD, I begged my dad to spend RM23 on it. I don't know what was I thinking, buying an old issue for so much money. Maybe the problem is - I was not thinking at all. Now I feel bad wasting so much money on a magazine when I could have save up for a book or something. I'm getting weirder alright.

The other day, I asked money from my dad so that I can buy this RM6.50 fried chicken. I ended up eating only half of it. Again, it tastes just fine, somehow, middle through it I didn't feel like eating anymore. What is happening to me?

The things I loved are now just nothing. Plain. Something is missing and I don't know what it is. Imagine how frustrated I am. Sigh.

Another fast week.

2011-06-24T17:06:00.001+08:00

What? It's Friday already? So I haven't been blogging as often as I used to. I was either too lazy or just simply wasn't in a blogging mood. Hmmm.

I don't really know where to start. Surprisingly I can remember last weekend clearer than the weekdays that just passed. School was fine except on Thursday where we only have 2 periods of actual studying. The rest the day was filled in by substitute teachers. It is considered as a good thing because we can finish our homework in class and then start talking. My mates and I talked about the good old times in primary school. How young and innocent we were!

from google images

Lately, I've been obsessed with this Korean drama called City Hunter. This ain't no soap opera but an action-romance drama. It's basically about a man raised to take revenge on the government but he has a kind heart as he knows that killing is not the solution. Instead, he digs out their dirt and secretly sends he evidence to the police force. The police wants him caught because City Hunter is breaking the law along the way. Oh, the City Hunter falls in love with a Blue House (Americans use white house and Blue House for Koreans!) security guard. The drama is still going on. And keeps many fans on the edge after every episode!

The cast is amazing. The lead actor and actress are both extremely hot. It's not just their pretty faces but also their talent in acting! The characters are well portrayed and the storyline is fresh and exciting! AHHH, I JUST CANT GET ENOUGH OF IT :)

Religion.

2011-06-20T20:50:00.004+08:00

from weheartit

Ahhh. It's been awhile since I preblogged a blog post in a notepad then copy and paste it onto blogger. Man, the internet connection these days is really bad. Where should I start? Nowhere. (HAHA)

Enough with the jokes because they are not funny. Fathers' Day was well spent. The entire day I was with my dad! We went to the Wesak International Film Festival 2011. Get this, we watched FOUR movies. Ok, 1 movie and three documentaries to be precise. The sad part would be I fell asleep at the last ten minutes of the 2-hour-long movie. Sigh. It's about the life of a Japanese monk. It's not exactly boring but more of slow. It's a miracle I survived that long before I fell asleep. Hmmm.

The documentaries are quite good: Dalai Lama Renaissance, Buddhism in America and Buddhism in Europe.

From weheartit

I find it amusing how documentaries ended up being more interesting than movies. Haha. These Buddhism-related movies are really good. Even though I don't meditate or chant everyday, I am still very proud to call myself as a Buddhist. ^^

p.s.// HAPPY FATHERS' DAY

It's Saturday baby.!

2011-06-18T22:47:00.000+08:00

Lovely day. I am inspired to speak/ type better English. The movie Miss Potter is delightful. The way they talk puzzled me. What happened to the people nowadays? Imagine us all speaking it their o' so perfect English. I'm afraid I'm in love with their beautiful accent.

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That was quite fail of me. Hmmm. Anyways, yes, I have another movie review to write. Not now, unfortunately. It is late and I am tired. (Lame excuse eh?)

Today was a fruitful day. Did my korean diary, watched few episodes of drama, went out with family, read a book, cooked dinner etc. Life is good. I am so thankful for everything.

I guess i've forgotten to mention the fact that I improved. Last year, I was having the fear of getting last 10 in class. And now I am Top 15 in class. Standing proud on the 'top', who knows I'll end up? I never did. Now let's just hope I'll remain there ;)

(For those who don't know, in Malaysian schools, we have this thing called 'class position' It is the arrangement of students in class according to their average marks of all exam subjects. Real crappy, to be honest. It is supposed to make us more 'competitive'. Oh well. )

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2011-06-17T23:07:00.001+08:00

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WOW, what was all that about? Well, it's actually my way of earning some extra allowance ;) Teehee. That's the wonder of Twitter, really. Because of twitter, some genius Asian created an advertising community recruiting people to advertise products, contests, deals etc simply by social networking! That's exactly what I'm doing now!

Twitter also brought celebrities closer to us fans! And no, I don't mean stalking. With twitter, celebrity can tweet what THEY want to let us know. Some even reply their fans! Need an example? HARRY SHUM JR.for instance:

Never going to deleted this email. EVER.

From twitter page. *click*

AMAZING EH?

FYI, Harry acts as Mike Chang in Glee. Don't tell me you didn't notice him, he's so fiiiiiiiiiiiiine. The way he dance is absolutely breath-taking.

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MOVIE REVIEW #15: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules.

2011-06-17T23:07:00.000+08:00

I didn't intend to watch this movie. I only need because the tickets to X-Men and Kung Fu Panda 2 were SOLD OUT. (Geez, holiday season)

This movie is surprisingly interesting and meaningful too. It's about two brothers who don't get along, eventually became friends. Rodrick is a mean brother that enjoys bullying his younger brother, Greg. Greg as a middle child is bullied by his elder brother and always get blame for his younger brother's wrongs.

Even worse, school was not as good as it turns out to be. The girl he is having a crush on just called him Fregley. The first part of the movie tells us about Greg's problems: his brothers and his crush.

In between his adorable friend, Rowley appears. They tried to make a video so that they can get famous on youtube. It was hilarious. Rowley danced to the song Tik Tok with his cute moves and expressions. AHHH. One thing, the cinema was filled with A LOT of laughter. We all will laugh crazily even though it was really very funny. Weird huh? I can you can spread laughter!

I rate this move 3.9/5

MOVIE REVIEW #14: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.

2011-06-17T22:58:00.001+08:00

To be honest, the movie was really good but not as good as the previous ones! I remember the older ones are funnier. However, I still enjoyed watched Stranger on tide. It is very interesting and entertaining.

I think most of us will definitely show a thumbs up Johnny Depp! He is such a talented, unique actor. Penélope Cruz plays her character well too.

The movie is basically about three groups competing to reach to the Fountain Of Youth: The Spanish with a head start, the English and pirates. On the way, they had to collect mermaid tear, two chalices and maybe something else but I'd forgotten about it. (OOPS)

I really love the mermaid part. The mermaid were not what we usually fantasize. The love story between the Syrena the mermaid and Phillip - a stalwart missionary. The ending is very fairytale-ish.

Lastly, I rate this movie 4/5 and I hope to see more sequels soon!