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"I'm so indie that I saw a band by myself in an underground room and afterwards I killed them so that I would be the only one who knew of their existence"

Cute.

Wen Dee's 18th Birthday Cocktail Bash

Whoa...this was the latest non-sleepover party I had ever attended in my still relatively short 18 years of life, though I went home around 1am while some of them got to stay on till, what, 4am? *Envy* Then again, the games they played after I left were absurd. Or at least the punishments were (I'll get to that later). Perhaps it was a blessing in disguise, me going home early.

Oh, before my memory lets it slip again...Happee Burfday, Wan Wen Dee! Welcome to the legal age of 18 (well, not exactly legal in everything yet)! And thank you so muchie for inviting me, you were a gracious and beautiful host =) LoLz.

Birthday Lady unwrapping her present

Anyway, I arrived at Wen Dee's around 9pm, more than a little late (the wondrous Chinese culture), after consulting the map thrice and taking 1 wrong turn thanks to the near pitch-blackness. Bi Ying, Rachel and Kevin were already sitting on the couch watching some Saturday Nite Live TV programme and munching on something that resembled a sushi. Oh yeah. They WERE sushi.

So, I joined them. Until I-don't-know-how-long-later, in came Stephan, Phyllis, Song Lin, Eunice, David and Andrew. (Reminder: I didn't keep track of Wen Dee's other friends) And there we lounged in the living room, while the host brought us various concoction of cocktails for us to try out, till midnight. Seriously. Of course, we DID cam-whore. It was the main by-product of a party. And crapped.

By the time the 2 sides were called to cut the birthday, a sliver of warmth was creeping through my veins and I was kind of bubbly, like a pre-giggle feeling, which wasn't in the tiniest bit good. The last time I let that feeling grew, I ended up puking in my godparents' house. In the confines of the toilet, thank God. So, I occupied myself as long as possible with the piece of cake, diverting my attention from that addictive Grenadine. I felt like some freshly intoxicated crackhead,

though I knew I was far from it.

But whatever. I'm no Wino worshipper.

Bi Ying, Rachel and Kevin were the first to leave and we didn't even have a group photo, as in just us music coursemates =( Sadnya. Oh well, at least we took tons separately.

Games started like around 12.30am, I think. I was only involved in 2. The first was like musical chairs, but passing a card with our mouths instead. Imagine the tens of thousands of millions of trillions of invisible-to-the-naked-eye microorganism depositing themselves onto that card from our mouths...happy happy microscopic creatures getting dumped onto the card like kids brought to a playground...and...oh alright. I quite enjoyed myself during that game, especially when I heard my favourite song 'Leavin''. I just didn't fancy the punishment. I SUCK at dancing. I could shoot myself for that.

The second game was passing a lemon from 1 person to another without using the hands, but any other part of the body. And I mean ANY other part. *I hear sniggering* The sequence, which I can't seem to recall, was made by everyone picking a card. Since I got a 3, I was way back in line. Not exactly a good thing coz by the time Stephan had to pass the lemon to me, they wouldn't allow me to use the crook of my arms to hold on to the fruit. Nor the front of my neck. Those parts were repeated way too many times. Gah. I used the left side of my neck. It worked. Hah.

And no hah. It didn't get past Andrew. Somehow he couldn't use his right side of the neck to clip the lemon from me. And it fell. Twice, to be honest. But the first time I shoved the lemon back up my neck before anyone saw it (Someone did though, but she waved it aside). Stupid squashed lemon. And because of it, we both had to dance as a punishment. Someone played 'Fall for you' by Secondhand Serenade -__-"

Dad came soon after, when we were taking a break and thinking about what game to play next. Too bad. I was beginning to feel warm again though. Had too much of that Chiva + Sprite. Argh. Better to be safe than sorry. I did NOT want to get sick in front of everyone.

Anyway, photo time!

'Sex on the beach'

Yesh, that drink I was holding was called exactly that

Bi Ying and me

Song Lin, Phyllis and me

Andrew with that dead-bitter drink, whatever it was called. And Kevin.

With the birthday girl!

+

=

With the guyz
David and Stephan

Beckham

Andrew

With the chicks

Inside

Outside

Outside again

Does anyone have the clearer version of this photo?

See that retarded squashed lemon?

The only group photo we took

P.S. 6 more days, my sexy people!

Still sober

It's past 2 am and I just got back from Wen Dee's cocktail party in celebration of her 18th.

Had an awesome time.

Am feeling kind of warm now. Too many sips of alcohol.

I'd better go to bed before my body starts reacting in an unflattering way...

Happy Birthday, Wan Wen Dee! And yes, you were the prettiest girl last night!

P.S. Photos, please?
P.P.S. Meanwhile, to my sexy sluts: the outing's on the 22nd, next Saturday. Most probably in Sunway Pyramid. Don't ask me about plans. I'm all about spontaneity. By the way, Amanda suggested Seoul Garden in 1U, what say you?

Count down: 7 more days, babes!

Counting down...

Had planned to slither back to my room to catch a few winks (I'm sooo sleep deprived these days) before the accounts meeting, thanks to the loathsome and horrendous project due next Wednesday (Procrastination is our middle name), but got dragged to Wen Dee's group's Film & Arts meeting instead. Wen Dee needed me to help her in explaining some of the points in the assignment guideline, though in the end I just sat there and chatted with everyone/toyed around with Emmanuel's, aka Emma, iPod/daydream since she was fine with conducting the whole meeting without my aid.

The meeting ended way earlier than expected. In fact, it ended 2 hours in advance. To pass time, we decided to visit Ming, who had contracted measles, or so Kevin claimed. I had no inkling whatsoever what measles' symptons were. Anyway, the 7 of us squashed into Rachel's car, with Kevin behind the wheels, Andrew aka Andrea in the passenger's seat, and me, Eunice, Wen Dee, Rachel and Jia Wen jammed up in the backseat. The 5-minute ride to the Angkasa apartments was literally a pain-in-the-ass. I swear, if someone had opened one of the back doors, we would all have tumbled out of the car like dangerously stacked cards.

On the way there, Wen Dee kept trying to reach Ming but no one answered the phone. Dito with my attempt. He did call back, finally, but we were already crowded outside his door and busy shouting out his name. Apparently, he went back to Pahang and wouldn't be returning till next Wednesday. Riiiiight.

And so, we went to Eunice's apartment instead, where we each received an sms from Ming apologizing for not being around and saying that he would belanja us makan when he got back >.< LoL.

Lingered for a little while longer then headed back to college where Wen Dee, Jia Wen and I were dropped off to attend the accounts meeting while the rest went shopping at Sunway Pyramid. GAH. I LOATH that accounts project. Stupid stupid project. I wanted to shop sHOp SHOP!!! *Sigh* At least we did manage to complete 2/3 of it, despite Wen Dee kept spying for hawt guys shooting hoops in the gym opposite through the window. *Rolls eyes*

After the meeting, Jia Wen came to my room to take a nap but the both of us ended up munching on one and a half bag of peanuts on the bed while she waited for the rest to come back and me for my mom. She liked the garlic-flavour peanuts too =)

Mom came about 30 minutes after Jia Wen left. Home! And hello, weekend!

P.S. Take care and get well soon, Ming!
P.P.S. 8 more torturously long days to a wild paaaaartay, my sexy sluts! Till then, best of luck to those going through the ever-treacherous exams! Freedom is just around the corner, baby!

First week of November

Monday (3/11):
Overspent my daily budget by 4 bucks but what the heck. It's not like I go on impromptu outings everyday.

Anyway, tagged along with Jia Wen, Rachel, Kevin and Timothy for lunch and movie at MidValley after Composition class. Was kind of worried that they would resolved with catching The Coffin coz, trust me, I DO NOT go down well with horror movies. I can't even remember when was the last time I sat through one.

But lucky me. We watched Bangkok Dangerous instead =)

Was rather disappointed with it though. Nicolas Cage's movies were always either adrenaline-pumpingly fast-paced or his character wickedly smart or plain absorbing. This movie, however, was just so...laggy? I kept waiting for action, for bombs to detonate, for his character to make an unexpected move, for anything that would cause my eyes to bulge and mind to go, "Whoa", but it just didn't come. Oh well. And it didn't help the last action movie I watched was Eagle Eye. It was the best yet.

Went to Nose after the movie, where Jia Wen spent 20 minutes sashaying in a pair of black with green stripe heels before buying it. There was a pair of black and silver heels that I liked. Plus, it wasn't that high. 2 inches at the most? I didn't get it though. I was broke. Maybe next time, when I drag my mom there one day.

Got back just in time to cook dinner with Joanne (I brought marinated pork and stuffed it into the fridge. Shhh). Yes, she brought a rice cooker with a steamer on top. Save a lot on food, you know. Good investment.

Wednesday (5/11):
Dad called from Dallas in U.S. with news hot and fresh from the oven: Barack Obama won the election! Cheers! Here's a toast to America's first African-American President!

Since it was around noon when he called, that meant it was about 10pm on Tuesday at where he was. Cool =)

Thursday (6/11):
Happy 18th Birthday, Kevin 'Lah' Ong!

A bunch of us (10 of us in total) celebrated his birthday at Wen Dee's mom's restaurant, Nihon Kai. Took my ages to order since I wasn't familiar with Japanese food. Ended up ordering O-something-something-Don.

And then Andrew saw Wen Dee's fried chicken pieces. He LOVES fried chicken. So I shared with him and ordered an Ala Carte plate of it. Damn I was bloated.

After lunch, Wen Dee, Eunice, Phyllis, Andrew and Stephan headed to Sunway Pyramid to do some shopping. The rest of us had no idea where to go since some of them had to leave at 4pm, which was an hour and a half away. So, we went back to college and idled by the road to it, and stoned. For 15 minutes. Until Kevin came up with the idea of going to Tesco. It was near our college and it had free parking -__-"

And so we spent the remaining time circling the place, scrutinizing at things like we hadn't seen them before. We ended up buying a bar of Cadburry chocolate and Pringles (I think).

So, yeah.

P.S. Weeeee....Dad's coming home from U.S. tomorrow morning! And so is the set box of Twilight!

The visit

Tuesday (28/10):
And so came my sis to my campus for that insane 3 days 2 night 'field trip' of hers. Didn't do much that day other than touring the place and making a visit to the nearby Giant to replenish my apparent depleting stock of junk food.

The gym. See that area above the Digi advertisement? Yeah. That's where I work out during my free time.


One of the computer rooms in the computer lab.

I think she was on Facebook

School of Fashion?

Microbiology lab

Examination hall. We snuck up to the forbidden floor for like, 2 minutes. Don't look at me! She insisted it!

FYI, my bed's on the right. Neat and tidy, ain't it? NOT. My sis even bombarded a portion of my roommate's desk with that toaster of mine!

Wednesday (29/10):
I swear, my room is a hell of heat-trapper. It's like living in a mild sauna in the morning, then a preheated oven by mid morning, a porcelain heater all through the afternoon and, even during the night, a thermoflask or some sort, keeping the hot air trapped in the room until it's literally impossible to sleep. What the heck happened to the continuous downpour of the monsoon season since the week before last?! I miss that! At least the air stayed cool all day long and I don't sweat like a pig and had my hair matted to my head. I hate smelling like dung.

Anyway, I pitied my sis, being cooked up in my room like a chicken being roasted over a fire. The suffering would be less had she came last week. Oh well. So, we spent as much time outside (and I don't mean sunbathing, mind you) as possible, taking a looooooong lunch (by chewing endlessly on the food) and lingering in air-conditioned shops, like Watson, on the way back to the campus.

At Fun OK (try saying it in Cantonese)

Vanilla milkshake, provides enough glucose for your body to last at least a month

I would probably say the same for my Blue Mountain drink

'Da bao' the milkshake. Saved all the fuss, and not to mention plastic bag.

Decorations

To prolong our time at the cafe to savour the cool air

The killer bear

Reached the hostel around 4pm, took a short nap, a quick shower and then it was pasar malam time! Seriously, even the press of bodies and the heat coming from the 'open-cooking' couldn't beat the heat in my room. Sheesh.


Thursday (30/10):
My sis couldn't be more thrill to leave one place. Especially when we were heading to a place with an opposite climate - the ice-skating rink! It might as well snow.

But first thing's first, lunch at Secret Recipe!
The sinfully delicious seafood macoroni with cheese

My expression said it all

Sis requested to take a photo with Joanne, so I had one taken too =)


In case you're wondering, I wasn't drenched in sweat. I just had my bath

One and a half hour later...
If only it was frigid cold in there...

My cousins

Hui Qing, me, sis and Hui Mei

=)

Weeeeee...

An update, finally

Monday (13/10):
Had the first quiz for Probability and Statistics, which was considered disturbingly late. I mean, most of the subjects are already having, or will be having, MIDTERMS. Not that I'm at all anxious about it or in the least bit a worshipper of the subject, I'm simply just not a fan of what the short semester people are currently going through: sitting for their finals barely 2 weeks after midterms. Though I doubt that would happen to us. But still.

The quiz was easy, to say the least. It was like retaking Add Maths all over again, in a simpler version. And no, I ain't boasting. Other than the awfully detailed steps and non-sensical formulas, it was merely the careful poking of calculator buttons. Seriously.

Tuesday (14/10):
Seems like Tuesday is our unofficial Pool Day. Either Ms Hazlin was in an oddly bright mood, or that she didn't have the mood to lecture, or simply because she finished lecturing what she intended to lecture, we were let out an hour and a half earlier. Weeeee...So to Fireball we went. And we brought along a 'Special Guest', and his friend, too (eyebrows arch knowingly at Wen Dee).

I must say, my skills fluctuated a lot. In one game I was hitting 3 balls consecutively and I was missing almost every single shot in the other. It was interesting playing against Stephan and Timothy from Foundation I, but, honestly, they shouldn't be allowed to stand next to each other. Everytime they did, Jia Wen and I couldn't score at all. And they kept scrutinizing us, purposefully staring with feigned concentration when it was our turn to strike, then gloated when we didn't score. *Rolls eyes* But they were sociable and friendly people, seeing as it was their first time playing pool, or even mixing, with us.

Wednesday (15/10):
Classes were usual. Had a replacement class for choir. Pasar malam sucked though. Thanks to the heavy downpour, the asphalt was slippery and wet, with muddy sludges of God-knows-what. Plus, we went right after the rain stopped, so plenty of the stalls were not open yet. In the end, I bought myself a chocolate ice bubble drink and ordered some food from a cafe at the doorstep of the campus. So much for my long-awaited junk food shopping at the night market.

Thursday (16/10):
Happy 18th Birthday, Bi Ying!

Went for lunch at Leisure Mall to celebrate the Yellow Girl's BIG 18! And just for the occasion, those who were informed tried our best to find and wear a yellow shirt/blouse, the birthday girl's favourite colour. On the full scale, the whole table looked rather yellowish indeed (okay, that came out wrong).

The only let-down of the day was the patience-testingly, blood-boilingly late arrival of our food. Well, maybe not mine, and Andrew's and Bi Ying's and Rays', since I ordered early. But the rest of the party (there were 12 of us in total) had to wait more or less an hour and a half for their orders! Apparently, the machine had some set-back or some shit. Meaning, their orders weren't sent in. What the heck! Everyone was so damn pissed off.

But let's forget about that. We just have to avoid going to that restaurant in the near future.

Hope you had a great time, Bi Ying!
(Photos will be uploaded once the birthday girl sent them to me)

Friday (17/10):
Our choir concert of the semester again (short semester for the Degree students)! Meaning, no more choir classes after this week! Cheers!

Okay, choir wasn't so bad after all, what with grumpy Ian teaching us only 1 of the 2 classes in a week and Cikgu Vincent the other, it was just the time slot that annoyed me. I mean, who with a sane mind would want to travel all the way to college on a Friday evening? And for merely 2 bloody hours? Not to mention the times when the class ended early and those people driving had to get stuck in the jam on the way home. Talk about time planning.

Anyway, all's well, ends well. The whole concert took a little over 45 minutes perhaps. Even my family came, partly to boost my attendance, partly to fetch me home. Plus, my sis wanted to see for herself the 'honorable Kang'. It was said he was 1 of the judges for the MSSD/MSSS choir she took part in (or was it Ian?).

Here's some photos:

Top row: me, Rachel, Wen Dee
Second row: Ee Ling, Phyllis, Song Lin, 'Cikgu', Jia Wen
Squatting at the front: Rays

Seriously, he looked better 'live', as in in-person