Exams are over. This coming week, all MGS-ians will be free... or not? Skl's decided to hold loads of "fun" activities for us. The way they put it is more troubling and disturbing than cause for excitement.

Four days straight, there's gonna be lots of things going on to keep us frm "gejala yg memudaratkan". Why does the DP always hve to speak lik she's giving a speech or sumting? It's lik she totally mapped out evryting she wanted to say before actually saying it.

Anyway, the main highlight will be:

*drumroll*


Y O G A


Yep, tht's right, folks. Us secondary students r going to b taking up yoga! But I guess I might not, cos, it's against the Christian religion, I tink. Either way, I'm gonna ask Adrian or CCC this Sunday. So while Pn. Nor Chadah (who's teaching yoga, could u imagine? Her voice dahlah so soft, n she plans to spread the pupils across the field, the icky, yucky, home to who knws wat field) explained to us abt how it helpd her 2 yrs ago, n she learnt frm Indian gurus, took away her asthma, how it'll help giv us motivation, to make us succeed in evryting we do. How does contorting parts of our body which definitely aren't flexible cos we - or rather, I - haven't been doing much of wat u'd call exercise help to create a better mind for us? I can't see the light! There's almost no point. N we hve to bring our own mats. Mayb I'll jus sew (not tht I can, haha) sum Good Morning towels together n sit n watch since I might not b participating. After all, it's best to be in the midst of the action, instead of watching frm the cement floor. Lol!

OK, so this morning I finished reading HP5. I'm gonna go get HP6 later. N games too! I've been dying to buy sum games. Mayb Counter Strike n sum role-playing games, the kind I lik. Oh yeah, Wei Shern, u HVE to bring me for McD's Ramadhan buffet lah!

Do y'all agree tht the world is really small? An ensemble mate of mine, Melanie, whom I call Brittany (don't ask y, there IS a reason but I don't wanna waste my time typing abt it) studies in Sri KL, n she's Shelly's sklmate! OMG. Shelly msg-ed me on Friendster n asked me abt it. Then, well, yalah. Also, evrytime I talk to her, I'd ask her when's she going back to China, or is she there. So this time was no diff. N her response was, "Omg, AMANDA HOI JIA ERN!!! I told u so many times adi. I came back frm Shanghai last yr." Hahaha. Can't blame me lah. She's been in 3 skls in 2 yrs. Oh wow! Hehe.

So, yalah, tht's all I wanna blog abt now. Mayb I'll edit this post later n write abt wat games I bought (if I did) n whether I got HP6 (if the books in MPH r in good condition).

I tot during exams I'd keep my distance frm Streamyx, but it's the other way around. Lol. Mayb cos now tht we end at 5:45 PM evryday cos of the fasting month, I hve loads of time to ramble =)

Today's papers were Living Skills n Geography. The former was easy. Hehe. But tht's cos I studied lah. Geography was so-so. Could answer the ques, but not all with absolute confidence. Oh well. Tmrw's the last day of exams. Passed real quickly actually. I'm sort of hyped tht it's the last day, but it wasn't all tht stressful. Haha.

So, it was OK today. Mei Er came to the canteen - tho she really doesn't lik the place. I had burger for break! Hehe. Quite nice. My new fave. I was so hungry cos I didn't eat when I was walking with Jolene. Stuffed myself silly in class. Haha. Then Chew Yong was looking thru my txt-es frm "tht" tuition person. Yong, Kee n Teng were laughing lik mad cos he translated evryting directly frm Mandarin to English so he sounded ridiculous. Lol.

Then at last I managed to pass what was left of the assam aka kidney destroyer (tht I was keeping in my pocket the whole day) to my cousin. Tried to save half, but it ended up a quarter only. So I still gave it to her lah. I mean, I kept it away frm the public eye (or rather, my frens' eyes, n I resisted also lah) so tht no one would eat it. Haha.

Anyway, I miss txt-ing a certain sumone a lot. He's not free till December =O There's really very few guys lik him, ya knw. Oh, and Lyon's got a Friendster account. Yay? Yay! Haha. Man, I dunno what else to write. So, wish me luck for my final day tmrw. Ttfn.

OK, I wanna say sumting abt teachers and their amusing (without them actually knwing they're ridiculing themselves) antics.

Situation #1:

Pn. Rose came into class during the Theory of Arts paper. "Girls, I'm sure you can see tht there's a few pages with answers?" All of us nod, stifling laughs at the stupidity of them who printed and double checked. "The skl decided to giv u all a bonus." Yeah, right! The teachers themselves are in charge of double checking and were too stupid to realize tht FIVE [5] questions had answers. Before leaving, she HAD to say, "This paper, all u need is common sense. No need to hoo hoo ha ha." She said those last four words with hand gestures summore. LOL. Talk abt teachers ridiculing themselves?

I told my elder bro, Jack n he said Pn. Rose shoulda cum into class and go: "Girls, there are sum pages with answers. I'm not exactly sure whether they're the right ones, so, well, just go ahead with your papers. Just wanted to tell you girls tht. Thank you." HARHAR! Tht's so gonna make us insecure, man.

Situation #2:

Mr. Teh was distributing the Science I papers in 2H. When he was done, he so proudly proclaimed: "NO CORRECTION!" Or, rather, it shud be, "No corrections." Lol. Looking thru all the 40 questions, there were countless grammatical errors, wrong sentence structures, misspellings... etc. etc. etc. Hahaha. Mr. Teh, or, lik my Cuz liks to say, TEHCHAIHENG (haha) always had a prob with English, n I mean - ALWAYS. =D But I guess the paper had substance, or, well, I'm just trying to add in a good word on him. Hehe.

Played captainball ryte after skl with Vincent, Gavin, Kym and more. Mei Er came to pick me after I changed in skl. Cycled (on a guy called Soon Teck's bike while he ran) all the way to the field. Stayed there till 6:40PM. Now gotta study. Sigh. Mayb I shud take a nite off n start tmrw. Haha. The exam schedule's totally reshuffled. Ah!

Anyway, jus got off the phone with Joseph. Talked for awhile only lah. I'm wondering wat shud I draw for my Arts paper. Lik, it's the same ques's lik before. Wei Shern's watching "The Banquet" tonite. NO! Lol. He said he heard frm Mervy tht I said the show wasn't nice, n it isn't. In the end, evryone dies. Jus reloaded my credit. They disappear into thin air so quickly. Haha. Buthen again, tht's cos I txt 012/017 so much at once, lik now, whr I'm spending my RM10 on Lyon. Tho tht is also my fault cos I haven't gotten him a DiGi SIM yet.

Today's exams weren't exactly wat I'd lik 'em to be. Maths II got my whole gang so frust. PJK was great! Haha, cos I studied lah. And Theory of Arts, well, u knw, no one actually bothers to actually read up on it. It's really a bore!

"Yakitate!! Japan" episodes I'm watching r getting more interesting (which here also means lamer n dumber) but they serve for good laughs now n then. I'll come online in half an hr lah. Later!

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Online now. I'd lik to thank Gavin on my blog for making my day =D I was teaching him Cantonese and he's quite good.

Amanda : Lei ho ko ah!
Gavin : Ngo chi tou. Lei ho leng. Lei ho tak yi.
Amanda : Em koi sai. Ngo ho hoi sam lei chan ngo.

Lol! Now he's teaching me Hokkien. Gtg. Lessons. Haha.

Studied so darn hard for History and what came out?! Ntg tht could've matched how much I studied. Tsk tsk. Oh well, happens, doesn't it? But it was a great paper. English went well too. But Paper I, sigh, I made a stupid, big, ridiculous, stupid, big, ridiculous mistake. Ish! Was so upset abt it tht I was practically shouting at Lin Kee when she told me abt it. "What?! NO! NOOOO! Are u sure? Really? This is impossible. How could I? Oh my goodness!" Aih. But a nice thing tht happened today was me, Kee, Teng, Lavenya & Pune-chan celebrated Chew Yong's b'day, which is officially tmrw, 0ct 7!

Anyway, I can tell Wei Shern's pretty bored nowadays. Haha. Sorry I can't chat more than I always do. But I'll cya this Sunday. =) Not talking to her very much. I dunno why. Guess it's lik this sumtimes. Mayb it'll be better, mayb it won't change. Thought abt it once in awhile, but it doesn't bother me as much as the first time. So, it's alright. Also, sorry to Mei Er for always not picking up ur phone calls. Lol.

I think I'll start posting without titles, unless I really hve a nice one formed in my head. Um, well, my bedbug bites r still around, n so's Lyssa's - jus found out jus now - sigh, they nvr go away huh, Lyssa? Haha.

I find reading Harry Potter a lot more interesting than reading txtbooks - obviously - so I hve to finish it before it bothers my revision, cos I don't think I can stop. Haha.

Amanda invited me for sum Oct 14 outing, but I dunno whether I wanna go, or if I actually can. Hmm... Tht's abt all I wanna write now. Blogs are for ramblings by the owner.

I Can't Believe I'm Actually Posting This When End Yr Exams Are Just Beginning

First, I'm most probably writing this cos I'd lik to put my memories of how I felt during a rather trying time so tht I could look bak on it and be reminded of how I actually think cos it jus sort of vanishes when evryting works out again.

So, four days. It felt more lik four years. Exams were around the corner. Feelings and thoughts were a barricade to revisions. Things seemed bent on being dead wrong. But I pulled thru. Rather, He pulled me thru. It might've not felt the way I s'posed it was, but ntg else could've sustained me. Definitely not my own strength. Could this be becoming closer? Or is it jus wat I hope I shud be thinking, and therefore was thinking, knwing also tht it might jus be me thinking and not it actually being true. (A resounding 'Wow' echoes in my head as I take the time to realize I've written a sentence lik tht.) Altho I'm sure I'm sincere and really hoping tht it's truly growth tht's bringing me to think of it lik this.

Anyway, all I thought of, dreamed of revolved around the same thing. Such fervent prayers showed tht it was really what I want. But when it came, once again, tht same feeling jus disappeared - so quickly. When I feel pain, I think, 'Pls take it away,' but when pain is actually gone, I go, 'Mayb I might've been able to manage actually; I should've tried'. Madness, u think? But it is as it seems. Things are peaceful now. Feels weird, cos there's nvr really peace in between. Now I'm wondering whether I jus missed my chance of finally being free, tho it certainly didn't feel tht way. Could be it was jus the beginning stages. But there should be other chances to break it? Takes me thru a whirlwind ride evry single day.

But I knw full well how I actually feel, the feeling tht I don't feel until the moment comes - in desperation - tht it emerges and overwhelms me tht I can't understand why it's even there. Still, if I actually felt it when evryting was alright, I guess I'd really cherish in such a way tht I'd be enjoying it very much. Gah, do any of u reading this get wat I mean?

OK, 1st day of exams, I spent a lot of minutes talking to GOD. It must've been the first time I've ever spoken to Him lik tht. Jus telling Him, asking Him. Difficult tho, cos it feels lik a one-sided conversation. I was thinking today, mayb He is answering, jus tht they can't be heard. Surely He won't jus sit silently? No, of course not. Responses will come, for the joy's in the waiting. Jus help me rmb tht, Lord.

Blah

Final yr exams are less than a week away.
Final yr exams are less than a week away.
Final yr exams are less than a week away.

SIGH...

Anyway, skl days hve been great! Enjoying evry single day wit my buddies in class. All we do is play, execute TUDADA, tear open hampers, pilih kasih by giving to frens only [=P], mess around outside... Man, there's so much I do wit Teng, Kee, Lavenya, Chew Yong & Pune-chan (tho mostly wit the first three, hehe).

Kee's bro and sis were in skl today. Tht made me and Chew Yong's jaws drop. LOL! Suddenly she was shouting and suddenly there were two kids and me and Chew Yong were standing there going, "You're related?" "Brother? Sister?" Haha. There's so much surprises in skl.

Me & Lavenya were more lik traipsing around the skl and thank goodness the DP didn't appear at all. Pretending to be competing, fighting wit water, chasing each other and just causing the other plain ridicule. I can nvr experience this again. Oh well, lik Chuan Keat says, make the most of it while it lasts. Hehe.

Today me, Lin Kee, Ling and Lavenya distributed the stuff frm the hampers. Both were stuffed wit really silly things: Coffeemix (whr u'd get a free pack of cream crackers - which was in the hamper too - =O!), muruku, tomato puree, lychee in syrup, Kickapoo, Pepsi Tarik, Kellogg's Cornflakes, and LOTS of biscuits/crackers.

Well, I'll stop here. Note to self: time heals evryting. Signing out~

Which One? (",)

OK, I forgot to put these pics in, so here they are. Opinions, pls! I saw these two portraits of our previous Agung's. So, which one is the one on our ringgit bills? Take ur pick, and let me knw wat u tink. Cos I dunno, they both might be.

KL Field Trip

Excitement was not one of my feelings when I was told tht I was chosen for the History excursion trip. In fact, I wasn't very hyped. Haha. But still, I won't lose anything by going. All I gained was a short-lived awe for M'sian history/culture, time with my "dear berbonding partner" and lots of pics! Anyway, I reached skl at 930 AM, whr a few ppl were already gathered. I took off my left sock and put on my ankle guard. Then, Kee gave me my brand new [means re-washed, re-cleaned] wallet, which hasn't looked so white since the day I bought it. LOL! So, both buses arrived at exactly 10 AM. 2H, 2E, 2P and 2D were in Bus 1, cos Pn. Latha teaches all four classes and she was in charge of Bus 1. Honestly, the ride was horrible! It was so hot and blasted Tamil music was on the speakers all the way to KL. The Indians were asking for sumting called Gajini, whatever tht is! Haha.

Kee - reading (duh, XP)

Lavenya & Anita snacking (y's a bottle of Coke there?)

*Smiles*

"Who is tht?" must be running thru ur head rite now. Frankly, I didn't knw at first. But this is, uh, I don't even knw her name, but I call her tanggachi cos tht means... uh, I dunno wat tht means either. Anyway, I'm aka. Akakaka. [The 2nd one was laughter] It means sister in Tamil. HEEHEE. So, Pune-chan & Lavenya were fighting over who gets to take care of her and they were making such a racket. She was running up and down the aisle, threatening to trip any moment.

We reached our first destination: Muzium Negara. There was this row of vehicles showing the evolution of transportation in our country. Me & Teng were so surprised to find the Proton Saga (then again, it's not very surprising) tht we had to take a pic with it. Lol. Here it is:
Refer to Form 1 History textbook! (Wait, am I rite?) Haha. I don't even knw. I think I am lah. See, it's the real bones! Is it just me or is the skull kind of small? Well, doesn't matter. I've actually seen it. Wow! [Note faked enthusiasm]
These next 2 pics are abt the Titanic. Why is it even in the museum? I tot it was Muzium Negara. It's not lik the Titanic sunk in the Malacca Straits. Harhar.

Look, Cuz, Pn. Nermala! =P

I lik this songket cos it's yellow, n it's called "Pucuk Pisang" sumting

Baba Nyonya bridal room

Check this out, fellow Moral lesson classmates! Rmb wat I said abt the female and male chickens under a bed to determine gender of... blah blah blah? Yes? No? Never mind. Haha. Now I hve PROOF!

We proceeded to the National Planetarium. I found this suit which looks similar to sumting I hve at home XD Joking. Sigh, I'm ever so lame. But this made Yoke Pei laugh, anyway. OK, so, I've been here lik twice, and it's still so boring. Same exhibits, same evryting. Tho I had fun with this electrostatic, high voltage thing. Me, Yoke Pei, Teng, Kee & Catherine touched our fingertips together and got electric charges. Yikes! Hahaha. Below is sum satellite. I lik it gold.

L: Anita's D510, R: My measly E630C... We switched

There was this flight of staircases, whr the toilet is located at the back, and I only went there cos of Kee and Teng. So, seeing tht it looked pretty cool (not tht word lah, summat lik tht) I took a pic of it. Took one of Teng.

This is the flight of staircases

Pics wit frens reveal the poser in u... XP It's true! Being with frens, I can't help but take lame pics of us freakin' posers. Hahaha. Does this one below look real? I doubt. No one holds a sword so callously. LOL!

Watch out! I shall rip u apart if u make me look bad *bares teeth*

Badges! If only we were honoured for such wonderful poses XD

Ooh, money! Let's get 'em for our Aerobikthon... heehee...

I dunno y we did this pose here... but it still looks good... right? =P

My vice~ We're in front of sum NNMB thing

Oh my! Another Proton? Snap!

MERDEKA! MERDEKA! MERDEKA! What's "bertempek"? =_=

J.W.W. Birch was killed with this keris, would u believe it? It's so crooked! Belonged to Seputum, I reckon =P

Not very believable, huh? We hve failed to imitate our lifeless counterparts, 'Ling. LOL!

Then we went to KLCC, which must've been the highlight for most. We went there for food lah. Cos Petrosains and Aquaria didn't work out. I had Skipper Fish & Chips, and so did Yoke Pei. I tell u, she can't eat properly! Haha. As in, she can't cut properly, and she didn't want the flour skin. She scraped the meat only. So funny! Me and Kee were laughing at her, and so was she lah, together with us. LOL! Kee said she ate lik her younger sister. XP

At the elevators, there was this pair of twins who r Malay actresses. Me, Teng and Kee were waiting for the elevator tht takes so long, staring at the twins and going, "Who the heck are they?" Haha. Well, we are ignorant.

OK, so we knw tht Aerobikthon has been on for a month. Since it was the last day for submission of donations for the competition, 8 of the 10 of us went on a mission as the rest of 2H depended on us. In the end, the 8 of us collected RM121. An Ausssie fellar gave us AS$5! Haha. And he was droning on and on abt Steve Irwin. Lol. Sad to say, we hve lost our pole position. T_T

Returning home, my pal, Kee and dear Darling hve fallen asleep. Haha. I just love catching ppl unawares.
So, tht was the trip! Good thing this post wasn't titled, "[Insert Title Here... Again]". Haha. Anyway, hope I've written enough. Signing out~

[Insert Title Here]

Yes, my post title is lame, but I really dunno wat to name it. Anyway, things hve been the same old same old. Nothing special's happened. This post is mainly to clarify tht my blog is not dead - yet. So, let's begin.

HAVE U EVER FELT LIK U HVE LOTS OF WORRIES, BUT YET U KNW THT ALL UR PROBS HVE ALREADY BEEN SOLVED? A crowded mind. Tht's wat it is. N tht's how I'm feeling now. Frm down-right ridiculous to very confusing... [the cause of my worries includes a curry chicken bun I left under my desk today n hopefully the morning session girl who sits at my place doesn't flare up or anyting, haha, to friendships getting a little too hard to comprehend n grappling with His ways]. Man, I wish I had a Christian friend I could get to easily. Lik, in skl, there aren't very many - close to none, really. Eventho there is, I hardly hve the chance to talk to her. For the last time, Wei Shern, get a mobile phone already! *Sigh*

Feels lik there's so much skl work to catch up on, n I'm almost finishing, actually. It's already September, n 2006 is abt to end. I should make the most of each day. But, how? I wonder... I'm really just typing whatever enters my head. So, basically, I'm just rambling. At least it's nice to record down my thoughts of the moment. Gah! What am I writing?

I'd better stop now. Until I hve sumting else to write abt. Or else my nxt post will be titled, "[Insert Title Here... Again]". Haha. Wait for tht.

The Curve

As mentioned in my previous post, I went to The Curve today. Wow! Borders has so totally replaced MPH, man. It's way better and I've got so many books on my list now. Tho I didn't buy any, cos I only checked 'em out by way of attraction, so I don't really knw if it's worth it and commended or anything. And Chuan Keat didn't giv me any recommendations. T_T Haha.

Being in Borders has reminded me once again tht I really LOVE books. It feels so nice just standing in between bookshelves, especially when I hve the whole row to myself. Hehe. Books are such amazing things. They transport you to another place eventho you're still in the place you were in the beginning. But the only book tht could transform your life would be the Bible. It's the only one! Surely you've read a book, so full of suspense and action but after you read tht chapter, your life doesn't change or anything. It's still the same. Hehe. And of cos, textbooks which we students are subject to study for the nxt 3 yrs or so of our life definitely DO NOT change our lives - well, it just makes it more miserable.

The magazines there are so much better, so says Mum. And I found out something. Hallmark has got to be the place for gifts and souvenirs! The stuff by Hallmark, especially Angel At Hearts are awesome. Magnets are less boring, cards don't say much anymore... Yes, Hallmark is pricey, but they convey a lot in just a gift. Hehe.

Oh yeah, today was the 3rd time I entered a BodyGlove shop. I've always been put off by 'em cos, if you rmb in my June 8th post, the salesppl follow customers like mice is attracted to cheese. Lol. But I guess the outlet in The Curve is pretty tuned down, mayb cos the store isn't all tht big. So, there was this shirt tht I was aiming for since my b'day shopping trip, and I found it there. But they only had S and L. Today I'm heading for Pyramid on a mission to buy my first BodyGlove product. Hahaha.

In The Curve was whr I found the first store selling Etnies stuff. So happy! Evrytime I think Etnies, it reminds me of Desmond and "Grind" - the film on skateboards whr I first saw the Etnies brand. Man, Desmond, hve you been in Zone 5 before? There was two pairs of flip-flops tht caught my eye. One was RM49 and the other RM79. Both are nice, so I'll see which one I might get after the Topshop flip-flops I hve falls apart or sumthing. Lol.

My bro got a non-permanent/airbrush/fake tattoo on his right upper arm two weeks after I got mine. Hahaha. Ironic. His looks lik the Sly Cooper logo. If you guys played tht on PS2 before. Lol. Mine is still there, at least it's worth RM15, right? Wei Shern must be sighing already. Hehe. Anyway, I ate at KimGary's restaurant. I seriously hve a thing for HK food. They're lik fusion food tht looks strangely enticing and tastes equally delicious. Hehe. But this neighbouring table was so annoying. They kept on staring at us. Yeesh. Lik, what is the prob? However, I did not let tht bother me as much cos I was indulging myself in my fave Milo Ice Blended. AH~ Wonderful. Haha. The last time I ate at KimGary's was on my b'day whr Wei Shern fell sick after tht. Lol. So weak lah his stomach. Me and Mervy were absolutely fine.

In the end, I got a bookmark frm Borders tht costs RM17.90! Lik, so expensive for a bookmark, ya knw. But it's really nice. It says, "Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow," and suits sumone lazy lik me to encourage me to continue reading The Power of a Praying Teen cos I use it for tht book. And my bro got me an "Arctic Monkeys" badge frm Rock Corner. More lik, I chose it for myself cos there was ntg else he liked. Now it decorates my pencil case. Hehehe.

Still, 1U remains my fave shopping mall, cos The Curve is kind of empty, but I lik empty places, no crowds. Haha. But 1U is still the best!

What A Week

The hols are coming to an end. Man, what a relief! I'm missing skl awfully. N I've realized it's not cos of frens or studies (definitely not tht, of cos, haha) but it's cos when I'm doing my daily devotion, there's no way for me to be able to share it wit anyone cos I don't leave the hse so I don't meet anyone tht I'd hve the opportunity to share wit. So I'm really missing skl, cos it's more lik a platform to be used, if u get wat I mean.

Anyway, this whole week has been filled with burger Ramly, Slurpee & Maggi Mee. Haha. But I've pretty much accomplished nothing intellectually beneficial. Except today, whr I hve at last completed my Geography project. Wei Shern came over around 330 PM to help me. He helped last yr too. So, we finished in one day. He made up all the ppl. Actually, they weren't fake. Sum were real. Cos he put in his frens whom I dunno at all. Then we also put Ee May! Haha. You're aged 27 and a chef at the corner restaurant. LOL! Wei Shern's idea. But this proves tht we still rmb u always. Haha. Then he drew the map for my hse.

The whole day I was txt-ing Chuan Keat, who seems to be real free this week. I'm sure when skl begins, he'll be as busy as ever! OK, tmrw I'm going to The Curve to visit Borders. Heard it's awesome. Let me find out for myself. Hmm, so this week is coming to an end. N I didn't really do much. Wasted my days watching anime. I'm so gonna turn into a part-time otaku. Haha. Oh well.

Also, thx to Ah Kym Bo for making me loved Hillsong United all over again! Man, I'm so hooked on 'em. It's almost the only thing I hear on my iPod Mini now. Haha.

36 the Musical

OK, so Friday night marked the first day of the 36 Musical Drama Evangelistical Youth Night thing. Haha. Friday's turnout was less than expected, luckily I wasn't ushering on Friday, else it'd be pretty boring. So, tht night's msg was more laidback and relaxed, and there were sum minor glitches in the musical and others. For example:
i) Jonathan switched on the light when Nadia was abt to change
ii) Joshua said "Mum, whr's Mich?" instead of "Mich, whr's Mum?"
iii) Majority thought tht the drama was hanging at the end
Apart frm tht, it was a great performance.

Saturday night, I arrived at 715 PM. It was a huge letdown cos most of my frens said they couldn't make it. But it was also a huge surprise when my best fren appeared! =D Then, Lyon arrived. Yay! Lyssa was holding my bag, which was pretty empty cos I took evryting out. So, me and Wei Shern (ushers - especially bad at PR skills) were trying to take this opportunity to open up! Lol. Brian was lik, "Smile lah, usher." Haha.

During the musical, I sat beside Jolene. Then, when the msg began, I changed place to sit with Lyon. He's so tall and it seemed difficult cos he bent forward, leaned, bent forward. Haha. And what were you doing with your hands? Lol. Sadly, Amanda couldn't make it. T_T Couldn't take any nice pics, cos video-ing the drama took lots of space. But I deleted it cos Han really took the video poorly. Haha. I took sum pics with Lyon, but unfortunately, Lyssa has to be the worst photographer! Lol. Her hand is SO shaky.

Mr Lian is a great speaker. On Saturday night, it was a more serious msg. And the turnout was strong! Praise the Lord! Hopefully, we'll hve more evangelistical events planned in future.

It's been the norm tht we all adjourn to a certain mamak. So, nearly the entire church went to the Esso mamak. We needed 8 tables, and not only us, there were others sitting elsewhr too. Lik, the PKGH group took around 5 tables, and we (KGH & KJGH) took 8 + 3 [beside us but not joined]. There was this waiter who came around and set sumting on the table tht looked lik sum blended thing. Ser Young was, "Apa ini?" The Indian fellar said, "Ai cha-klat." D'you knw wat tht is? It's ICE CHOCOLATE! Lol. For those of you who figured it out when I wrote ai cha-klat, you're very bright. Haha. So funny lah! Wit the Indian accent and the hand gesture summore.

Me & Mei Er wanted to stay over at Boon Hoy's but he was lik, "NO GIRLS ALLOWED!" Haha. Then Nadia asked me over, but my dad don't lemme spend the night at Kym's hse. Sigh! But nvm.

Before we left for the mamak, I was all, "Don't worry! I'll make it to worship tmrw." And I didn't turn up. Haha. Mei Er & Wei Shern kept on saying I'm lebih. But, my eyes really couldn't open. Now so tired, cos just now went to play captainball at the Chetty field. It was so hot! So much for inaccurate weather forecasts for Klang - specifically. Haha.

Oh yes, btw, Wei Shern, thx for the book and albums you borrowed me. I'm planning to study Power of a Praying Teen to grow as a Christian. Hehehe. Any devotion book recommendations? I'm currently using Ignite Bible Bits. Feel free to leave comments on your recommendations, not on the tagboard, pls. TQ! OK, signing out.

Ws, Riceballs, Electronics & iPods

My day was - and will be - filled with the above subjects. OK, first, I returned to skl after not being around y'day. When I arrived, I saw Ching on the floor. She started scolding me for skipping skl y'day, cos then the meeting had to be cancelled. Haha, sry! Sooner no longer (haha, Chew Yong's words) Angel came. Three of us sat at those tables for studying in the kantin lama. We started talking abt friends n stuff. Angel said tht out of all her friends (in general lah, sort of) I understood her the most. Heehee. I feel honoured.

After tht, when skl began, Lin Kee showed me the onigiri (Jap riceball)'s tht she brought. Me and Ching took a random pick n ended up with both same: carrot. But it tasted more lik porridge than rice (tho porridge cums frm rice, both differ). N there was only two pieces of carrot in it! Haha. Then, I had another one in class during Moral period. It was more lik I was just holding it, cos I planned to eat it on the way to class when we returned to 2H. So I was waiting outside the staffroom holding my half-opened onigiri. Mr Teh was behind me n I didn't realize. Chew Yong was pointing, then I turned, gasped n covered my riceball. But Chew Yong said he saw it, cos he was tiptoe-ing n looking over my book which covered the onigiri. True! When skl ended, he was walking the opposite direction past us. Lin Kee said, "Bye, Sir," n he asked, "How was the sushi?" I didn't hear, I heard, "How was the sushley?" Lin Kee turned to me n said, "Haha, he asked how's the onigiri." I looked at her quizzically, then realized what she said. When I turned to look at Mr Teh he was still watching us, n he laughed when I half-smiled, half-laughed.

Btw, our Living Skills session was on electronics. Had to pasang the stuff lah. Obviously, I did very little. Lin Kee n Yan Teng was bending and arranging my LEDs n wayar pelompat. Hehe. Pn Nadiah cried in class. Yep, "garang-garang pun menangis kan," she said.

At last, my sis gave me her iPod Mini before she left for the States y'day T_T She actually gave me her iPod Mini, u knw? Cos my Shuffle went for repair (my bro's too) n Jo's ended up spoilt n mine got fixed. So I'm passing my Shuffle to Jo n Che gave me her Mini. Yay! I love her! Haha. Not only cos of tht lah. Tonight Ko will reformat it for me. Hope he returns early. So, tht's my day today. Reminder: Thursday got club meeting. Do not miss this time, Amanda!

8 hrs at MVM

As u all knw, today my ensemble got performance in MVEC so I hve to be at Mid Valley Megamall. I was there frm 1 PM to 9 PM! Cos my bro's guitar ensemble got pushed back to 8 PM so we had to stay. My goodness! Dah lah my feet aching. Sigh. N our string ensemble performance was so not happening. They didn't knw we'd need microphones. C'mon! Of cos we'll need 'em. It's a performance, for crying out loud. Anyway, we got our mics after Brandenburg. Tht's a relief. Luckily, they didn't ask us to replay Brandenburg. I'd mess up worse.

The Music of the Night was OK OK. But me and Ee Lyz couldn't hear Violin I frm the other end (whr Violoncello was situated). The teacher, who sat beside me and plays the viola, said she could only hear the cello, and couldn't hear the first violinists. Understandable, tho, cos me and Ee Lyz were right beside her.

Yesterday was better. Ee Lyz started the beat and I was so lost! I didn't even see her give a signal. She looked at me and realized I wasn't following. Then, I dunno what happened. Eventually, the violinists joined in when they saw me and Ee Lyz plucking, so, yeah. Tht appealed more to the audience. News was the only song tht was clear was Yesterday. Man!

Chinese Takeaway, which was s'posed to be done really well, kind of got scattered all over the place. The cellists (both of us) missed the beginning and only started at A. Also, the melody part disappeared too. Haha. We pretty much spoiled the whole thing for ourselves. But we had fun. Now I've gotta buck up for the 2nd Sept. performance, which is rumoured to be really formal formal (note the repetition) in a hotel. Right.

After tht, the skl treated us to McD's. Blah blah blah. Then me, Ee Lyz, Leena & Mee Wei went window shopping. We were observing biker chicks and biker guys. U knw biker chicks who are Malay girls who wear all black, really gothic make-up and sharp spikes round their necks lik dogs? N the biker guys are Malay fellars who wear nerdy tops and jeans which flare at the thighs (which is super-weird) and wrap around a little above the ankle, which makes them look unusual. Quite a number of 'em. Sum with huge sunglasses and dangling bling-bling too. Lol.

Oh, and before I forget, I bumped into Cheng Jin near the GSC cineplex. What a surprise, man! He was lik, "Hey, Amanda!" Then he waved. "What're you doing here?" "Cheng Jin! I hve a performance here." I gestured to the three others who were so blur. "Flute?" "No, cello. Flute is Su Yin lah." "Yah! Haha." "Mmhmm. OK, bye!" "Bye!" And he went off. Lol. Brief conversation but what a huge surprise! He's sure gotten more good-looking then before. Haha. Ee Lyz, Leena & Mee Wei were lik, "Oh, oh." U knw lah, frens are always lik tht. Doesn't matter tho.

When my frens left for PJ adi, and I was still stuck in MV, my elder bro, Jack took me to Haagen-Dazs. Ah, it was the first time I'm tasting Haagen-Dazs ice cream. I ordered Strawberry Cheesecake which is my fave even for Baskin Robbins. Having three scoops of ice cream: Strawberry Cheesecake, Rum Raisin & Macadamia Nut [shared with my bro] it cost RM28.55! Wow! N the scoops were darn tiny, I tell u. But I guess it's standard for a brand lik this.

Now I'm back and am so tired. Hope I hve enough energy when I'm in worship tmrw. OK, I'll stop here. Signing out~

36 @ KGH

Another opportunity to evangelise, ppl of God! Hehe. KGH YF is staging a musical nxt Friday & Saturday, 18th & 19th. At 7:45PM. Stars are: Go and find out lah. Last 6th May there was a rally too, so any of you who missed tht, try to make it this time.

Below is the flier for this upcoming event. Nice, rite? I wonder who designed it. Haha. Who designed it, Wei Shern? Everyone is welcome... even old folks (lik Uncle Yoon Loi said, lol).

Adrian says tht this speaker, Mr. Lian Mung Yee is really good. And if you wanna invite loved ones or friends to a rally, this would be the right one. So make an effort! Pray abt it and God will answer. God bless! Signing out~

Intricate Complication

It has happened again. Man, and I was being so nice. I don't get it. If sumone doesn't tell u anything, then how do they expect u to understand them? Yeesh. But, there's a bright side. It was exhilarating! Now I'm thinking I should've waited. Then again, I hve no patience to stand and embarrass myself. After all, I lepaskan geram on Teng adi when we played badminton. My right arm aches. Oh no! I forgot to do warm down, and I'm having my dinner in front of the monitor. Sei foh! Hang on.

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OK, I hope I did enough. Haha. I really did the warm down, in case u're thinking I'm joking. Anyway, back to the "Intricate Complication". This is so twisted. Btw, Sakai, sry I couldn't break with u. Had to handle what I handled. Lol. I told my friends abt it cos, u knw, they can tell when sumthing's happened. Besides, me jumping, groaning, and rapping my knuckles on the desk incessantly must've said it all. Then, they came to a conclusion: I was not at fault, but it might appear so frm the other perspective. Tho, logically, there would be no reason for such complicated upset-ness towards me. Haha.

It might not end well this time. But I guess it's a chance for me to see how far I can manage without. After all, I've been thinking abt such an opportunity. Might as well take it.

Now, abt P.E. lesson this evening. I didn't lepas geram on Teng lah. I lepas geram on the shuttlecock using my racket! Obviously... Swt... Haha. Then before going back, Puvanaes came to me and said, "I saw sumthing amazing today." I looked at her quizzically. She went on to explain tht she saw a certain classmate receiving instructions frm me to pick the shuttlecock which I, receiving a bad hit frm Teng (haha, OK lah, it was my fault too, I shouldn't've hit it knwing exactly what d outcome would be). I feel so bad cos it's Ahdesya's. But it was really worn out, broken feathers and stuff, therefore I shall explain to her with heartfelt regret =D Really, Puvanaes is just kua cheong-ing. I don't hate her anymore [I don't mean Puvanaes, I mean who Puvanaes is talking abt, if u don't already knw]. I just don't talk to her. Maybe I should. But I dunno how to begin. So let's put tht aside first.

So, today I learned how to say "Urp... !" in 3 diff ways, and I'm gonna torment u with it, Angel! One thing I can look forward to tmrw is the Thursday meeting of the Club of W's. Yay! Tht is whr we're gonna play 007 Bang! and I shall go "Urp... !"-ing to annoy Sakai. Hehe.

That's all lah. But I remind myself once again, the only one I need is You... thru it all~

Past Few Days

This is one of those boring posts with no particular highlight being the driving point of said post.

Anyway, y'day I had another one of those fights (which I'm so used to, but will be over before I knw it). Man, how can I compensate for how I explained it? Forget tht la, evryting'll be fine. Can't be communication-less for too long, after all. Just hve to wait. But I'm OK... as always.

So, there was also the Club of W's, um, 2nd or 3rd meeting? I had assam laksa n it's not bad. Shared with Angel (Weirdo #6 aka Sakai) cos, well, she asked. N she had a sore throat, but being the kind person I am (haha, self-flattery, helps increase self-esteem) I still let her eat mine. Outcome: I am down with sore throat now. Eating lots of Fisherman's Friend Apple & Cinnamon, the only flavour I lik. There's s'posed to be another meeting today, but Weirdo #2 aka Vain is unwell. We shared lotsa food: keropok, biscuits, tart. N I made Sakai hold lotsa stuff for me. She said tht "friend" n "servant" r diff. Not apparent to me tho. LOL. Jkjk.

Other things this week is a performance in Mid Valley's exhibition hall at 1430 hours (lol, 230 PM). Ah! I hve to buck up, man. Practiced twice, and I'm still a bit slow at Brandenburg. Hve to sit beside the teacher summore, cos Ee Lyz get's the outer hand. Ugh! But I luv Chinese Takeaway, so easy, and so's Yesterday. Yin Shi, pls join the ensemble again! ='( My cello strings r turning green, lik dragon scales. LOL. Really, Ee Lyz always covers up for me when I'm lost. Haha. N luckily we're not playing Canon. Imagine, the same 8 notes for over 5 mins. Suicide, man.

The music exam last Thursday was alright. Messed up twice, but apart frm tht, did OK. However, Chew Yong, Lin Kee, Puvanaes & Lavenya spread the news tht I was admitted to hospital (specifically, according to Puvanaes, Pantai Medical... what, man!) Appears my leg has turned into a serious case, n the day before we played badminton, n my hold on the racket made my hand all red, n I called it blood, so Chew Yong said tht I'm admitted cos of my hand too. Seriously. N when skl ended I got text-es frm classmates asking me which hospital I'm in (I tot they knew?) n how m I keeping. Hahaha. I feel so bad and came clean the nxt day.

Well, tht's abt all. At least there's sumting to read now.

Good Day

God has blessed me wit a better day than y'day. Sure, I got sum stares today. Ching aka "Vain" (hoho, weird buddy) n Ee Von came over to ask me y I was standing y'day. I explained, n they said I looked really scary. Oh well, I'm getting tht a lot. Anyway, after tht, during Maths class, Mr. Choo came back, n he looked at me n said, "Y? Wat's wrong wit u? Amanda?" Then when I gav him sign the BKK, I told him. He was lik, "Wanna sue a not?" I said, "Yes. My brother n ur son can b my lawyers." Haha. Tht's cos his son n my bro studied together in UWE in UK, blah blah blah.

During BM lesson, En. Yarha also asked me, "Kenapa berdiri semalam?" I had to tell him my story. Then he said, "Saya terkejut." Cos of seeing me stand la. After tht was English, n Pn. Pari called Chew Yong in front. I knew I wud b nxt, but I wasn't exactly worried, cos I had sumting else to focus on: Lavenya! U knw, I fell into the drain (n had a taste of those pokey plants) n got both legs hurt. Man! Y'day n today, Lavenya n Lin Kee hve been taking turns to urut me wit Chew Yong's minyak kapak. I've been shouting n goin, "Ai-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya" and "Har har!" Not laughing, tht's jus how I sounded when it's really pain, n I go "Ai-ya... " when it's abt to be really pain. LOL!

OKOK, abt Pn. Pari. Then, she called me after Lavenya applied Savlon antiseptic cream (she put so much!) Here's the conversation:

Pn. Pari (PP): What happened y'day?
Me: I was passing sumting to Chew Yong n Pn. Khairiah saw us.
PP: Wat were u passing?
Me: Liquid paper.
PP: U couldn't keep it urself?
Me: I knew I had to go in front for the Spelling Bee thing so I didn't want it to be visible whr I hid it so I gav it to Chew Yong (I said this real fast so she wouldn't hear the "whr I hid it" part =P)
PP: OK. N u didn't keep it in ur bag?
Me: I took it out. (Wat a lame answer! If it's not in my bag, then obviously I took it out, rite? Aih. I'm so illogical sumtimes.)
PP: Mmm... [Looks at my leg as I bend down to check on the cream] How's ur leg?
Me: It's OK. But standing y'day kind of put a toll on it. (This is so true! Lavenya said my leg really changed colour after standing for 35 mins y'day. Oh oh, skl abuse!)
PP: I didn't understand why they had to make u two stand. Actually, I didn't realize u both were there. N she (DP) had to call all the prefects to stand behind to make it more obvious. (I so did not realize tht DP did tht, cos evryone was whispering "Spotcheck... ") I've spoken to her before to not ask students to stand. It would jus demotivate them. I mean, tell me, out of so many students, only u all were talking? There's almost 600 students, n I can say tht almost half of them - 300 - were talking. Sum in front also I saw them chatting.
Me: Yeah, true. In fact, I was shocked also when she called me. I didn't tink tht I had to stand. N when I came to skl, a few ppl were looking at me. Sigh.
PP: I was shocked too. Cos u r good girls. I was very sad tht they asked u to stand. When I went home also I was tinking tht tmrw when u girls cum back to skl, surely u will feel embarrassed n receive many stares. But nvm them.
Me: Well, actually, I was afraid tht I'd be disappointing u. It's lik, 2H has a bad name already...
PP: [Cuts in] No, don't tink tht. I'm sure all the teachers knw tht u r good girls. I'll make sure they knw tht u r good girls. (I wonder how... (".) But, Amanda, jus forget it. She's the discipline teacher. Out of so many students, she chose to pick u all as examples for the others. Wrong examples.
Me: [Nod, nod, nod]
PP: Take this as a challenge to show tht u're better than this. Don't feel tht cos u had to stand, then u're no good already. When u leave this skl at Form 5, get straight As n walk out wit dignity.
Me: [Nod, nod, nod] (Wat was I to say, anyway?)
PP: Chew Yong, cum here. (Chew Yong shuffles uncertainly) [Then Pn. Pari repeats wat she said to me abt the dignity thing, n looks at me as she says this, then Chew Yong looks at me expectantly] ("Wat?" my face says) Now, girls, u go back to ur seats. [Gets up, n turns to the class] I'm sure u knw d incident y'day at assembly? Three of our girls were called to stand up. I wonder how u all were feeling when u saw them. Surprised? Sad? Happy? I'm sure u all were surprised n sad, definitely not happy. I was too. But u knw, girls, let this b a lesson to u to talk less n work harder. Stay alert. When it cums to assembly, jus don't talk until u can.

Really, she's the only teacher tht I've ever felt cud cum close to being a mother for me in skl. Anyway, tht's wat she said. Quite a lot, eh? Then, after tht, evryting was pretty normal. But I thank God once again for being ever so faithful to me. When I came to skl, I knew He was wit me. All I had to do was get thru the day. Thank you, Jesus! U hve rode n overcome this tiny storm wit me.

Bad Day

I had a bad day... on Wei Shern's b'day summore. Aiyah! It started lik this, well, OK, I was passing Chew Yong sumting, n I went abt my own business, not doin anyting. Then Pn, Khairiah (frm here on known as DP for Disciplinary Teacher) (see, I still show her respect, yeesh) came to us and blah blah blah. I was SHOCKED. She ordered us to stand when evryone sits. I was praying the entire time. "Oh Lord, help me, pls. Do anyting. Whatever. Jus don't spoil today for me." Cos u c, I wud b getting my Spelling Bee prize after such a long time, and Lavenya & Jas Min came up to me b4 tht n were lik, "U're getting ur prize today, Manda! At last." I tot so too. But, of all days, y today? Jus lik when I got my Pres tag, 2H was announced dirtiest class n we had to stand in front. Is it always goin to b lik this? So when they announced the Spelling Bee "Johan", I could feel all eyes on me. Took a deep breath, walked in front wit ntg in my head. Received my prize, managed a weak smile and a thank you, turned back n kept my eyes reverted frm evryone else's. Evrybody mus b tinking, Ah, Spelling Bee. Oh, Amanda, rite? Yeah, tht one standing. But I needn't care abt them. Frens has been telling me tht I looked real sad-angry when I came back after taking my prize (haven't opened it until now. I offered Yan Teng my certificate, it's worth ntg to me rite now). I wonder if I've let down my class, lik 2H has got a bad enough name, n now... Oh well, I might b blowing things out of proportion. But I'm a real exaggerator when it cums to things tht seem exaggerated to me. Do I make sense, Cuz? (Directing it to u, cos u sort of understand me when I don't make sense =])

Romans 8:28 says, "In all things God works for the good of those who love Him... " I knw I must b making a big issue of this, but it is big for me. Still, ALL THINGS. I txt-ed Chuan Keat n he said "time heals evryting" n u knw, he's a real comfort! =D But, well, I've got sum real great frens too. Jolene's been so nice. Hehe. N Rob's a huge help too, cos, well, she disliks DP too n she jeling-ed at DP for making me stand. Wit a bow, I say THANK U! Not only tht, she wrote a post abt today, go c it, a more rough point at DP. But it's not lik I hate DP now. I'm not angry at her - at all - in fact. I'm jus upset tht d day I waited for had to b ruined lik tht. Altho my cousin hasn't been very helpful, but one thing she said jus stuck: "U made it thru today, rite? Then u'll make it thru." So eventho I might b getting stares n stuff, but I figure tht Hebrews 13:5 speaks well: "Nvr will I leave u, nvr will I forsake u." OK, altho, yes, it might seem lik a real small thing, but u knw, it's big for me (I knw I'm repeating). N things lik this, they jus, I dunno, at least for me, it makes an impact. But it's good, cos, lik I discover sum tings. Either way, I pray tht my week will go on fine. Another verse, hehe, 1 Peter 5:7 says, "Cast all ur anxiety on Him because He cares for u." N all God's ppl say, AMEN!