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The following are 4 autistic children in the Ampang Dyslexia Association Centre who I have had the privilege of teaching, playing with and being an abang to during my recent July hols. I am grateful to my mom, the association an to God for giving me a chance to do something constructive during my hols instead of slacking of like some of my classmates.

Shahrir is the probably the one who became the most attached to me. Cikgu Mariam (who's the Teacher-in-charge) tells me that everytime Shah hears my car pull up in the driveway he starts asking "Abang datang?" Shahrir's disabilities is known in the medical world as a "Global", this means that he suffers from everything. A bit of dyslexia, a bit of autism etc. That being said, he's actually quite good. In fact he'll be graduating from the Autistic class into the normal classes. Unfortunately, he's still a bit lax when it comes to sharing.

Iskandar is just soo cute, complete with baby-face, long eyelashes, mischievous yet innocent demeanour and child-like fascination with everything. He's afraid of loud noises which explains his phobia of rain, specifically rain & thunder (just like Haruhi Fujioka!). Also, when there are loud noises nearby, he closes his ears and starts spouting gibberish/random phrases like "Good Morning Teacher" and most commonly "Osa, osa, osa". You just have to hear how cute he is!! His favourite word is radio and he has a strange attachment to said device. Academically, he get's distracted really easily however, he's forte is maths. He can easily count up to 40 whilst the others falter around the 20 mark. Loli-shota anyone?

Chun Hong is well...for lack of a better word..untamed. Seeing as he's quite "new" to the class, Cikgu Mariam is still trying to get him to sit still. He regularly cries but the way he cries is hard to describe. He often cries out in LOUD bursts (Iskandar normally starts sputtering gibberish at this point) but then he'll get distracted quickly and settle down just as rapidly...it's a really weird potentially ear-drum perforating experience. Beneath his 'untamed' exterior, I believe he is normal. It's just that fate dealt him a bad hand. He has a tendency to spout completely random phrases and sing random (usually Chinese) songs. His favourite is CNY songs but also sings a medley of english songs.

Edzra (I think this is how his name is spelt). I know little about this boy since his attendance to the school is quite irregular. He has OCD and throws a tantrum when his schedule gets messed up. I think his disability is something like severe dyslexia. Accordingly, he takes a loooong time to learn something. His speech is also kinda slurred and difficult to hear. He loves puzzles.

Well, well..been a busy (yet fun) week so far especially the weekend. I won't bore u wit d details of college life as most of my readers r aldy in coll, instead i'll skip straight to IFF!

In case you've been wondering IFF is an acronym for International Food Fiasco. It's a big deal for us ex-SSG students cos it's the one time of the year we can congregate in our beloved high-school whilst wearing anything we please (i think i saw sum1 going 4 a lolita look last yr...it wasn't pretty >.<"). Also we get to meet with old friends and even older teachers. For the benefit of a lousy traitors who didn't come, i met up wit 1. Luther, whose hairstyle is like Aang from Avatar, also he isn't manlier or anything (NS failure wakaka)
2. Ming, who isn't as tanned as i tot she would be, she is also suffering from post-NS humour deprivation and is laughing at my jokes...kinda reminds me of Aika Hiiragi of Mx0.
3. Kim, i also expected her to be more "tanned", unfortunately she was more sensible and did not laugh at all my jokes (T.T)
4. Siew Por, lugging around his huge camera as usual.
5. Zuhdi, also changed his hairstyle with much better results.
6. Chin Meng, this guy is....unchanged and better that way.
7. John, always a pleasure to talk to.

I must saw I'm a bit disappointed wit not being able to see En. Adenan. I got to meet Mrs. Andrew, Ms. Mano and Physics God Khoo-sensei. I also met the ever fierce Ms.Lim tho (i saw right through her cheerful facade). Yes, Rita. I did say hi for you...unfortunately she replied by forcing me to buy her currypuff.

Then came Sunday. It's very nice getting together with Josh, Ming, and Wei. Together we are collectively known as Skinny Bouncy L-mo cos Daryl (Skinny) + Ming (Bouncy) + Wei (L) + Josh (emo). Thus the greatest threat to world peace was born...we leave no candy, chocolate, tic tac, washing detergent store undefiled! Mwahaha!

No, this isn't about Milton's Paradise Lost, i'm talking bout MY lost paradise. Haiz...bros came back almost 2 weeks back. Fortunately the competition for computer territory wasn't as intense as before. (tnx to IFF for keeping my bro bz). Alas IFF is over and the competition are beginning to heat up!

As usual, i am the victor cos i can throw my seniority around! However since returning from Aus, they hvn't stop talking bout it as per usual. And as usual i would ignore them however this time is different! Why? Cos they got a chance to play Halo 3 !! *jealous* When I was there all i got to play was Gears of War. It's a nice game mind you but it's just not...Halo.

Hey guess wat! I've got really really BIG news for all y'all...my dad's company just gave us a sweet new E200 Kompressor! YAY!! Well, this is big news to me..once again, Mercedes-Benz has reaffirmed its position as my favourite car manufacturer.

Paradise Regain'd (again, not Milton's but mine)

For Jm:
As far as Eoin Colfer's books go, Airman is less whimsical than his Artemis Fowl books. It's more down to Earth and features no fairies, magic nor child prodigies..no wait, Airman does have yet another well-gifted young boy. The book has many references to medieval France and England, as well as fencing, aviation history but don't worry, there not very deep. In my opinion, the book could've and should've been longer. Overall, it's still a good read. I'd consider it slightly above Artemis Fowl but maybe dat's just cos Conor Broekhart is much more human than the untouchable Artemis Fowl (the guy got physically AND psychologically tortured, all b4 his 16th b'day). In case your already reading the novel, Uncle is my favourite character.

Haha! What a day.

Today, Dad n i made our way to KL Convention Centre for the Popular Bookfest for some quality father & son time. Unfortunately we both split up after a few minutes of entering the exhibition halls but hey, at least we both had our own fun. This yr's bookfest is definitely an improvement from last year's. At least now the english books make up 1/3 of the exhibition. In the last one, half of the bookfest was chinese books and 1/4 was music CDs. As a result, the choices of english books wasn't dat wide. However, this year they had quite a nice selection. I couldn't be anymore happier. They even had a small Anthony Horrorwitz section. The only downside is dat they luv to overcharge on food and drinks but then again being a tourist trap, KLCC has always been a bit expensive. But the best new was yet to come!! Dad actually agreed to buy me the books i wanted!! w00t!! So now i've got:

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows [yes i noe i'm extremely l8 on this book. yes i noe i've become rusty after not touching a book for so long but cut me some slack...178pgs in 3hrs is still quite respectable rite? rite??]
(Harry + Ginny...awww)

2. Airman
[Another Eoin Colfer book. After reading all his Artemis Fowl books, i just gotta read this one.]

3. Alex Rider Skeleton Key
[Been wanting to read this for a super long time]

The more perceptive of you would probably notice that this list doesn't include dystopians (which, if u don't noe, is my favourite genre). On the contrary, are all under the "Young Adults" section which we all noe is just the bookshop's euphemism for "kids stuff". If you're thinkin that i'm reverting back to a childlike state when your wrong! That stage usually kicks in after a man is married (This is why ur moms always call their husbands "big babies"...at least mine does). Anyway, the sci-fi genre here was pitiful. Only one tiny shelf! Sux! At least the Starcraft novels caught my eye but other than dat it was downright dissapointing. They've got a more "How to draw manga charaters" books than the entire sci-fi selection!!

In any case, i'm still pretty happy wit these books i got..Now if you'll excuse me, Harry's interrogating Mundungus...don't wanna miss dat.

On Thursday night mom and my 2 bros left for Aus! This means dat from then till the 5th of June, i will be alone wit dad! N since dad has to go for work and consequently comes back late, i can hv a few extremely precious alone times every weekday to do anything i want! Wat's a boy to do with so much freedom? Unsurprisingly, when i posed this question to my good friend who will not be named, the first thing he said was "watch porn lah" [sic] (-_-")... Obviously this is out of the question when it comes to me. Besides, my Internet connection is far too slow to make that an enjoyable experience. I noe this because it takes ages just to load you-tube or crunchyroll videos...sigh..

Anyway, i was channel surfing the minute i got home on friday afternnoon while surfing the net. Den the ad for Alice Academy came up i tot to myself "WTF is dat?" So i crunchyrolled it. I noe it's supposed to a shōjo anime or wat not but dam i find it really funny. D way Mikan (over)react is so dam cute. So now i'm trying to watch the Alice Academy and Blood+ but my fucking Internet connection is making it so frustating!!! Maxis BROADBAND my ass!! My grandfather can write out the binary codes for the episode faster than this sucky thing loads!! Maxis Broadband sux balls!! It even blocks limewire! Gah!! So please, if you hv any way to remedy this situation, kindly do so before my bros gets back n i hv to wrestle them for control of the com.

Originally i tot being wit dad on the weekends would be a quiet afair since he's kinda like the quiet type. A likely scenario would've been sumtin like:

Morning
Dad: What's your plan for today?
Me: Nothing.
Dad: OK.
Both: ....

Noon
Dad: You hungry?
Me (while eating tidbits): Yes.
Dad: OK.
Both eats.

Night
Dad: You hungry?
Me (again while eating): Yes.
Dad: OK
Both eats.

Midnight
Dad: It's time for you to go to sleep.
Me: Nani? But..but..Alice Academy!!
Dad: NOW!
Me: (T_T) x 1000

Process continues for the remainder of d 2 weeks. Fortunately this didn't happen this week...At least not yet.

At least he took me to the Popular Bookfest today and 2morro to church and Kuen Cheng. Wonder wat'll he do next weekend?? Glee, glee!!

As most of probably know, I like to waste lots of time reading webcomics nowadays.

(Mr.Sean if your reading this, I would like to point out that i don't always play CS during your lesson. I also read webcomics, do other subject's assignment, etc. If you're looking for the gamers then you should ask Jit Hua since he's the one who usually distributes the games)

For those who are remotely interested in joining me then here a short review of what I've been reading thus far.

First up is Lackadaisy by Tracy J. Butler. I first saw this on the daily deviation on deviantART and the art style just blew me away. The strips are done in sepia-tone in order to recreate that '20s era nostalgic feel. The story line is not bad either. It's quite funny with a bit of action. It's set in the prohibition era where a café owner is operating an illegal speakeasy, the character of the characters (all anthropomorphic cats) are extremely varied (Mordecai reminds me of Qayyuum). My only problem wit this webcomic is that it's a bit too short. There are only ~53 graphically stunning pages. Took me bout a day to finish. Highly recommended.

Next we have Questionable Content by Jeph Jacques. The Daryl most of you would probably remember from SSG would never have read this kinda comic. This webcomic is filled with sexual innuendos and has tons of references to obscure bands. So why do i read it? Cos it's the most interesting webcomic with enough content to last me more than a week. Most webcomics with great art usually don't have many pages. This one has 1147 pages. Should last me awhile. I'm up to 1000 sumtin then i had to start pacing myself. Also, it makes fun of indies, goths, emos, nerds and lots more...how can anyone not enjoy laughing at emos (especially emos like Joshua)? It's art is actually not bad. It's one of the better ones as far as webcomics go. As the webcomic is 1147 pages long(and counting), summarising the plot would be impossible. Even wikipedia doesn't do that. So you'll just have to find out yourself. Overall, it's a good read. Recommended unless you wanna keep your eyes as virgin as Luther's.

I highly recommend reading Concerned to anyone who has played Half-Life 2, Especially you SP. It's by this dude called Christopher C. Livingston (I think he's got sumtin to do wit Valve). There was an easter egg in Episode 1 that made reference to this comic; so if it's good enough for Valve to notice, it should be funny enough for you. The humour here is completely opposite to Portal's dead-pan humour. It humour is mostly derived from the main character, Gordon Frohman, who is sooo dumb, he's completely ignorant of the fact that he's living in a dystopia and that ppl around him are living in constant fear. He supports and even helps in the oppression of the human race! There's a lot of in-game parodies too. It makes fun of CS, CZ, Lost Coast, and explains some discrepancies in the game like, why are there so many explosive barrels scattered throughout landscape in wat is supposed to be a depressing and dark future for mankind. A must read but only if you've played the game, otherwise you won't get most of the parodies.

There are still a dozen more webcomics i'm willing to write about but since the more time i spend blogging, the less time i have to actually read the webcmoics, i'll just put a list and make a abrupt end here.

http://www.reallifecomics.com (not recommended unless ur a nerd)
http://drmcninja.com (only recommended if you have a thing for ninjas and doctors)
http://www.shadowgirlscomic.com/ (another one old me wouldn't have read. Wat wit female comic characters and tight clothings? I like the chibi arts tho)

That's it for now.... see you all in approx 2 months time... i hope.

Didn't i just posted a tag like yesterday? Oh well, here we go again....

5 things found in my bag
- pencil case
- Chin Meng's box thingy [Yes Chris i still keep it! (Refer to Flickr)]
- Joshua's Japan thingy (again refer to Flickr)
- phone charger
- 10 boxes of Tic Tac (i wish)

5 things found in my wallet
- IC
- used movie tickets
- used boarding passes
- medical insurance card
- if u look real hard, u may even find some money

5 favourite things in my room
- undoubtedly, my bed....zzzzzz
- d ARSSDC board which d malaysian and indian ISSDC team autographed
- my books
- d air-conditioner
- again, my bed

5 things I always wanted to do
- Skydive
- Go paintballing wit ALL my friends
- Stop time like Hiro
- Come up wit a really good quote/witicism/critism/observation
- Go out with Rita again and again and again....

List out the top 5 presents you wish for
- A laptop. (for specs, refer to previous tag)
- An Xbox 360
- Tickets to Vn, specificaly to HCM city
- I guess a camera would be nice..
- another friend reunion.

The person who tagged you is: Jaclyn

Your 5 impressions of him/her
- short
- NOISY
- not good to copy homework from
- good tour guide
- kaki bola

Most memorable things he/she has give/done to you
stole 3 ferrero rocher from me... after she got 9 from Ashraf!

If he/she becomes you lover, you will
Haha! Dream on! no offence...

If he/she becomes your enemy, the reason will be
Because we all keep teasing her? Seriously, we're just joking k? dun take it personally..

Pass the quiz to 5 people that you wish to know how they feel about you
-u noe the drill, just tag urself if u feel like it.

If you're expecting to see many cool pics of my trip to Aus then boy, ur gonna be disappointed.

Ya ya, i noe...i'm really late bla bla...here goes anyway.

Part 1: On the outside
Name: Daryl Goh Dui Siang
Date of Birth: 11th April 1991 (9.23pm)
Current status: In Syd!
Eye colour: unfortunately d normal asian colour..really dark brown.
Hair colour: same as my eyes, black but wit hints of brown. Righty or lefty: Adamantly right-handed (Politically, i'm a leftist..to the point of almost being a communist. Power to the People!)
Zodiac sign: The best zodiac sign of them all!...Aries, the Ram


Part 2: On the inside
Your heritage: 0.25 hainan + 0.25 hakka + 0.5 hokkien = a banana :'(
Your fear: slightly cynophobic but only of large dogs.
Your weakness: Brownies and books...i once got so engrossed into a book dat i spent 6hrs in d bookshop without even realising it...

Part 3: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Your thoughts first waking up: 5 more minutes....zzzz...
Your bedtime: 10p.m if i hv to wake up early otherwise, 12a.m.
Your most missed memory: ISSDC, MUN, some classroom moments and everything between 8th Dec 2007 and 16th Dec 2007 (especially d 14th ^_^).

Part 4: Your Pick
Pepsi or Coke: Did you know that coca-cola was originally touted as a medicinal drink?
McD's or Burger King: both...just eat lah
Single or group dates: both, depends on the occasion
Adidas or Nike: Adidas
Lipton Tea or Nestea: Milo ice...i rarely drink tea...'cept ice lemon tea..
Chocolate or vanilla: 1. Lemon sherbet, 2. pistachio, 3. vanilla
Cappuccino or coffee: I don't drink coffee...i intend not to get hooked on caffeine till i'm at least 21..

Part 5: Do You...
Smoke: never did, never will
Curse: duh...tho i try not to...
Drink: Yes, duh! Who doesn't?

Part 6: In the Past Month...
Drank alcohol: Yes, and thoroughly enjoyed it.
To the mall: how can any1 avoid d iron claws of the evil capitalists companies, greedily trying to squeeze every last cent out of you?
Been on stage: nope, no thank you.
Eaten sushi: i lost my taste for it..now every time i go to any sushi restaurant, i always order the soba set n dat's not sushi.
Dyed your hair: nvr!

Part 7: Have You Ever?
Played a stripping game: I am above such foolish, games..i hope.
Changed who you were to fit in: Nope. I changed, but not to fit in.

Part 8: Age
You're hoping to be married: YES! Legally of course.

Part 9: In a Guy/Girl
Best eye colour: irrelevant
Hair colour: physical
Short or long hair: attributes

Part 10: What were you doing?
1 minute ago: dying to play my uncle's xbox 360 and/or Wii
1 hour ago: walking out of departure gate D of Sydney International Airport.
1 month ago: Studying in Taylor's College.
1 year ago: Exactly 1 yr ago, it was 2 days after the KLMUN conference.

Part 11: Finish the Sentences
I love: Rita. plain and simple.
I feel: excited / hot (as in temperature wise) / sleepy (i hvn't slept for the past 39hrs)
I miss: my fellow Sri Gardeners.
I need: more time, more money and more of my Rita.

Part 12: Tag 5 People
One: Go
Two: Ahead,
Three: Knock
Four: Yourselves
Five: Out

List out 5 presents you wish for:
a) Rita
b) A 2+ GHz dual-core, 160GB, 2GB RAM laptop, preferably HP but i'm not picky.
c) An Xbox 360
d) Powers like the characters in Jumper. Guess where i'll jump to.. =)
e) Sharper wit and more chances to use them.

Really, really sorry for the ubër late post. Reality has been really busy.


25 Jan 2008, TCPJ FYE Orientation Night.

This event is definitely worth blogging about...unfortunately since i don't hv d time 2 do so, i recommend reading Jaclyn's, Kuan Yew's and/or Taylor's FYE's accounts to get an idea of what happened...(Jaclyn's one is the most detailed, TFYE only blogs up till the end of the treasure hunt game)


My comments/thoughts/rants on this event are:

1. Staying true to Malaysian tradition, the event started about an hr after the "official" starting time.
2. I did not get my face painted. Why would i waste RM5 painting my face?
3. This is probably the closest to a concert i hv ever been...lame.
4. I willingly volunteered for the games as opposed to being dragged out like many of my classmates. (except for the pole dancing game..duh! I'd nvr enter such a game.)
5. Yes, i did take part in the newspaper game but fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on who u ask), my partner wasn't a girl...there were only 2 teams with same gender members...Ashraf n i was 1 of them...stop laughing! At least we came in at a respectable 3rd.
6. I was the last FIC student to leave..at around 11pm.


26 Jan 2008, Pavilion outing.


Lemme summarise wat happened…
At around 1pm, we met. Then we talked, walk around and talk summore 4 d next hr. Eventually, we head to d food court…fortunately, I had just taken my breakfast b4 I came…no need for me 2 waste $ on the overpriced garbage they serve there. After that we went to the cinema…and argued over wat movie to watch 4 d next half-hr.. (-_-“) Finally decided on Mad Money (i voted 4 Sweeney Todd)..ok movie lah..

The only thing worth elaborating is J.Co. Josh and i decided to leave d others (who were just standing around, talking...again) and try d J.Co donuts..i find the Al Capone quite nice, tho the others were a bit to sweet...didn't stop us from eating it tho! In conclusion, J.Co made me miss Krispy Kreme even more.

Went home at around 6-ish, straight away study for Comp test.


30 Jan 2008, Club & Societies.


I think that's d date... Anyway, i've signed-up for:

1. Badminton (normal lah)
2. Bowling (wanted to learn a new sport, squash wasn't there so i just took bowling)
3. Adventure Club (sounds really cool, we get to go rock-climbing, flying-foxing, etc.)
4. Computing Club (FIC students are automatically Computing Club members)
5.Music & Dance Club (now this is the real shocker...i dunno how well u noe me but i'm not really d dancing type, i signed-up for this so dat next time i'm in a formal occasion, i won't be making a complete fool of myself)

7 Feb 2008, CNY.

The very reason for my 2 months overdue posts...CNY! This yr's CNY wasn't as bad as 06'. This yr's CNY prep was just simple house-scrubbing...as usual, the whole family will be busy scrubbing, cleaning, wiping, polishing, vacuuming, and/or washing the whole hse. This yr, i got of quite lightly...all i did was clean the comp area and hand-scrubbed the porch wit my bros...dat is all..





Finally! I'm done wit this super-late post...now pls excuse me, i've gotta update my facebook and flickr.

Got tagged by Jaclyn.

1. Do this tag and answer all the questions in your own blog.
2. Delete question no.20 and add one of your own question instead.
3. Tag 8 victims to do this tag.

Questions:

1. What is your dream when you were a small kid?

Frankly speaking, i didn't have one...i just played, slept, eat, irritate mom, play somemore

2. What is the happiest thing in your whole life?

Something that happened on the 14th of December 2007...secret

3. What do you wish to have right now?

Wit. I'd settle for a good dystopian fiction tho.

4. When is the last time you horse laughed?

When i was typing question 20.

5. What did you realize recently?

Taylor's College PJ doesn't have enough convenient toilets or rubbish bins

6. Which bad habit in you that is the most unacceptable?

Laziness, addiction to slacking, forgetting important info during tests...oh u mean 1 bad habit?

7. When you are unhappy, what will you do?

Blog, or isolate myself.

8. What are you afraid of losing?

Rita, my N93, Touch n' Go card and Taylor's Student ID card (dun 1 2 pay fine!).

9. Within 5 years, which target is the most realistic one?

Getting into RMIT (or maybe UTS) and meeting up wit Rita, Cho Sek, Kar Wai again.

10. When you met someone that you like, will you confess or hide your feeling?

Hide 4 awhile while waiting for the "right" moment. In reality, I just confessed.

11. List out 3 kind of people you hate the most?

My bros (just jk) Err...i don't really hate anybody.

12. Define loneliness?

lone; solitary; without company; companionless. Source:www.dictionary.com

13. Are you satisfied with your life now?

Yes but that's no reason for it to stop getting better.

14. When is the most recent time you felt touched?

In the train...oh u mean emotionally?

15. Where is the most beautiful place that you've visited?

Vietnam..but then again, i find the urban landscape of Syd, Houston, KL beautiful too..

16. A song that is playing in your mind recently?

refer to musicbox. Almost everyday a different tune goes through my mind. Now it's the Potential Breakup Song (because Angel played it dat day on her laptop and it's really catchy)

17. If you have a wish to come true, what is it?

Rita would be with me, I had $50billion in the bank and I would already have a secure job waiting.

18. Do you have anything to be worried or scared recently?

I'm a student. Of course i've got sumtin to be scare about! Tests! SPM results! NS nxt yr!

19. If the world is going to end, what will you do?

Migrate to another equally habitable world.

20. How many Jay Chao fans are there in Taylor's College?

1, Jaclyn

This is the first time i got tagged so, if i broke any "tagging" rules, sry. If anybody wants to tag me in future, go ahead...just don't expect straight answers.

Ppl i wanna tag:

Rita, Joshua, Siew Por, John, Kimberley, Wei Li, Chin Meng, Nazeera.

If my mood now was a colour, it would be grey (gray to you Americans). The flattest, most monotonous, solemnest, bleakest, emotionless, dullest, lackluster, tenebrous, unilluminated grey. Not to be confused with depression.

I don't know what brought about this state of mind...just felt this way. At breakfast, i seem to have lost my appetite, then for the rest of the day, i just felt really..lethargic-ish..at least college cheered me up a bit..but as soon as i got home, i felt grey again. In times like these, i feel like being alone, to be completely isolated and have time to just read a dystopian fiction or a satirical novel in peace..instead i wasted 10 mins of my time just blogging about it. Life seems quite tiresome at times.

Can't believe it...i forgot to write about my classmates! Better late than never, i guess...

My class isn't that big actually, only about 15 ppl. However, we get like a new student every day and we'll probably get a few more in March and June due to the month's intake. So far, our class consist of:-

Lee Khuan Yew (no relations to Singapore's ex-president / owns a Ben Q laptop),
Lim Aik Chuan,
Nurul Ashraf (pc modding aficionado / owns a Toshiba laptop),
Zeann,
Jon (who shares the same birthday as me, albeit in 1990),
Dickson Lim (who bears a resemblance to Alex of 4Sc3 / owns a N93i and tablet pc),
Tai Li Ter (really quiet guy),
Dennis (from Korea and kinda like Luther in some ways, except for the accent / owns a Samsung laptop) ,
Ahmed (from Africa / tallest and oldest guy in class, age 22),
Mohamad (who hails from Yemen / owns a Toshiba laptop) ,
Jaclyn (who kindly showed me the ways of the Malaysian public rail system),
Angel (1 of the 2 girls in class / works part-time as a Starbucks barista / owns a Toshiba laptop),
Daryl (youngest in class / age 17 / possibly the only one without a laptop / active game peddler with partner-in-crime, Jit Hua) ,
Jit Hua (Daryl's partner-in-crime / active game peddler),

There's a few others whom i didn't mention...this is probably because they're not on the blackboard 6, FIC namelist.

Stupid title...getting blogger's block.

So today I'm enjoying the first holiday of the college year. So boring.Wish i could spend it with Rita...haizz.. At least i got to chat with her, unfortunately my messenger is all screwy and disconnects sporadically, so damn annoying! Screw you Murphy's Law!!

Anyway, dunno wat else to blog about...writer's/blogger's block....guess i'll just end now and devote my remaining on9 time to RITA!!

Wooohoooo!!! I'm so bloody happy right now! You wanna noe y? It's because i passed my English Proficiency Test...Wat so gr8 about passing this test you ask?? Well, it just means that my college timetable will be much free-er :D

So, my college timetable will be:
Mon, 12pm-4pm
Tue, 12pm-4pm
Wed, 9am-4pm
Thu, 12pm-4pm
Fri, no class!!

Super nice! Now i have even more time to lepak!! Yeaah!!

P.s: My condolences to Jit Hua who unfortunately did not pass the test. Guess it's 9am-4pm for you. At least now you won't have to car-pool with me anymore. (except on Wed)

Today's Henry's (my bro) b'day. As usual, i got him what i've always got him every year...nothing. Don't start thinking that i'm a bad brother...well maybe i am but hey! I bet most of you out there probably don't give your siblings presents on their b'days too right? Anyway i'm close enough to my brothers so that even if i don't get them anything, my relationship with them is not affected at all.

So for my bro's dinner, we went to a Japanese restaurant behind Ampang Point. It's called Tuna House. Because it's run by some Koreans, the food was a fusion of both Korean and Japanese cuisine. The choices was limited though so i just ordered a Soba set as did Geoffrey (my youngest bro) cos i'm not really a sushi fan. Henry and my dad love sushi though, so they ordered a sashimi set. I tried some kimchi but i didn't like it. Wonder why the koreans love this stuff, tastes dead yucky to me...guess it's a cultivated taste.

Today i took a bold step into a new chapter of my life story, today was my first day in Taylor's College! Unfortunately, i got lost.

As usual, i made an effort to arrive early so i arrived at the campus at around 7.15am, only to find out that i was too early and had to wait till 9am. So i had to wander around aimlessly trying to kill time. Luckily i met Sarah and her mom who managed to make the wait less boring. Then we met up with Jit Hua (he's also taking the same course as me) and finally Peh Xin Yi. Then at 9, we were all herded to the Multi-Purpose Hall to listen to the welcome speech and other talks...boooring!!! The talks lasted till around 12-ish. Lunch was quite a different experience from SSG's. In SSG, i would usually take a look at the food lose my appetite. It's expensive and tastes like cold, disgusting, leftovers...because it is cold, disgusting, leftovers!! In Taylor's I was suddenly thrust into an environment where i had soooo many choices...so wat did i order you ask? A burger.

New resolution: To try every stall by the time i leave.

The fun really started after lunch, we had this team building activity. Had quite a lot of fun till i remembered that i wasn't in some holiday camp but in college. 1st we played a game where we had to line up according to our birthdates but we weren't allowed to speak to each other.

Next we were separated into groups (our group was named No Name, courtesy of Sarah) and had to grab these coloured balls from a middle ring and put them into our team's ring. We also have to steal balls from other teams to get as many balls as possible. Obviously with a game as competitive as this, someone's bound to get hurt in the mayhem. Unluckily for Sarah, she was the only one who suffered any injury in the form of a broken fingernail.

Then we were given kindergarten-level ABC jigsaw puzzles which we had to assemble without speaking to each other. Not much of a challenge for a group college students right? Wrong! The pieces were all mixed up with other groups' pieces so we had to run around trying to ask around for the right pieces without speaking.

Last but not least, we played a game called Trust. 3 small groups had to combine into 1 big group and each member had to be carried through a hula hoop suspended a good 5 feet from the ground. Obviously i was one of the first to be carried through. Fortunately, most of the heavy ones were on the other team. Still, most of the time our hula hoop broke whenever we get someone through.

Today was really fun, just wish college will be this fun everyday.

Happy New Year Everybody!!

This year will be a special year cos it's my college year!

So for this year my resolutions are:
1) Maintain my relationship with Rita.
2) Stay in touch with my friends/ex-schoolmates
3) Try to improve my Chinese speaking abilities (or lack thereof).
4) Try to keep my blog alive by updating it at least once a week.
5) Gain weight. (impossible! but i must try!)

27th Dec 2007