Chronicles of SleepyHead

Chapter 67: Half Day In School...

noreply@blogger.com (SleepyHead) — Wed, 28 May 2008 08:57:00 +0000

Idea came up a day before, WL suggested to play basketball in CLHS. Yeah, provided transport, we certainly wouldn't reject that right? He picked me up around 7.40am on 28th and we went to have our breakfast with KO and Victor. After breakfast only we picked up CY and headed straight to CLHS. CLHS was packed with students. Lots of activities around, just like usual Saturday. However, we managed to make ourself a place in the basketball court. Wei Xian, Siew Ming arrived later. After a few rounds playing, KO and I met Zhen Ling outside Band room and we went to find the students of L6B4. Ben, Wei Xian with the rest of L6B4's were there rehearsing for the orientation night performance. Well, after listen to their singing, I can just say that it's not bad and I suppose it will be among the quality performances on that night. Later, KO and I continued to play basketball. Around 1pm, we left the school and went to Greenland McDonald's to have our lunch.

Reached home around 2. Took my bath and then brought my dog to the veterinarian centre nearby. The blood test report is out. The vet diagnosed that my dog is suspected to have some kind of tumour. Oh gosh...it was so damn sad for me to hear that. Well, now we still try our best to take care of it. Hope it will recover.

Chapter 66: French Art Festival...

noreply@blogger.com (SleepyHead) — Sun, 25 May 2008 15:52:00 +0000

French Art Festival 2008 was being held from 8th till 25th of May. It consists of French DJ Night, Video Exhibition, Dance Show, La Fete De La Musique and finally French Film Festival. The French Film Festival of Penang is from 20th to 25th of May in Gurney Plaza GSC.

I had join a contest organised by GSC 2 months ago and I've won myself 2 compliment tickets to watch the International Screen movies. I never think that I would won in such contest. GSC management sent me an email and a letter containing the voucher around end of March and April. At first I planned to watch "Paris, Je T'aime" but ended up watching "Ma Vie En L'air" a.k.a. "Love Is In The Air".

I woke up around 11am on Sunday and it was too late for me to rush to Gurney Plaza to watch "Paris, Je T'aime". If I wanna watch it, I need to wait until the next screening time which is 9pm. Therefore, I changed my decision and watched "Love Is In The Air" at 2.15pm. The ticket booth was crowded with people. When I redeemed the tickets, it was already 2.18pm. Waited until 2.35pm then only the movie started. First time for me to watch International Screen movies.

The movie talks about the main character, Mr Quebec who is an safety instructor for an airlines. He was born on a flight but he is afraid of flying. This eventually changed his life...this stopped him from following his dream woman, Charlotte to Australia and lead to a series of event. When he reached his thirties, he faced a dilemma whereby he need to be back with Charlotte or choose Alice (his neighbour). The plot was unique and I like it. Everything from the movie is so authentic. When I was watching the movie, I can never relate to other movies. Not At All! It gave me an whole new experience of watching movie. This is nothing same with those Hollywood movies. Although this is a French movie, the sense of humour is easily understand. A quote from the movie when Quebec was dumped by Charlotte; "Ludo: Don't worry ! A woman, it's 85% water ! Only water, I tell you..." For this movie, I'll rate this 9 out of 10. I really like it. Although I watched it with my father, it was still that great. I can't imagine if I watch it with my fellow friends.

Anyway I've missed lot of stuff for this French Film Festival. I hope I can watch "Paris, Je T'aime" some day. Other than that, hope that next year some of the activities of French Art Festival can be held in Penang. The French DJ Night must be something nice...too bad it isn't available in Penang.

Chapter 65: Small gathering...

noreply@blogger.com (SleepyHead) — Sun, 25 May 2008 15:47:00 +0000

It's holidays again for F6. Therefore on 24th of May, I hang out with my friends in Queensbay Mall. It's been 2 weeks since I met those who gone to TARC.

Around 3.30pm, my mom sent CY, KO and me to the mall. The rest(KH, ST, Ben, WL &Zhi Zheng) were having their lunch at Old Town Cafe. They watched Chronicles of Narnia before that. Well, first time for me to have a look on ST's new hair style. Not that bad la actually. LOL...people just need some time to get used to it. ^^ Later, three of us went to buy the tickets and met up with Zheng Ying. We loitered around the mall while looking for a cafe. To our dismay, most of the cafes were kinda full. While we were still looking for a place to sit down, we met up with YY. Two weeks ago, we were sending her off to Nilai and now she is back. LOL...She will go to Kedah Matriculation College by Monday. So this time, she dyed back her hair back to black. The girls went to the hair saloon while the guys went to Coffee Bean and have their 'man talk'. We talk lots about F6 and TARC. Well, turned out that our F6 orientation week ain't that bad, maybe just a 'bit' boring. As usual, a mocha ice blended for myself. Oh yea, there is something not to be left out. Zheng Ying really has SUPERB socialising skills. While we were chatting there, suddenly he just walked away. We looked there and well...what do u know, he was talking to a few girls there. =.= I've an inner thought that if he had forgot that he on the same table with us? The girls were like magnet to him while he was 100% metal made. Maybe people do have their own way of react to certain things. The time passed fast as we talk. At 6.30pm, the movie started and Ben has to go home, maybe to have his own 'entertaining' stuff. After a long wait, finally here comes Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of The Crystal Skull. It's been years since I last watch Indiana Jones. Well..I suppose the previous sequels have been given thumbs up by everyone. And personally I don't think that this sequel will be the exception. The movie is packed with action and I just realised that it is kinda hilarious too. The stunt is unbelievable! The starting, the plot and the effects are magnificent! Overall, I did enjoy my 2 hours and 10 minutes in the cinema watching Indiana Jones.

After the movie, we walked to Dtrend to find YY. When we reached there, she was just started to dye her hair. As a result, we waited outside there for quite sometime before we decided to have our dinner in Palace of India. Too bad Ben not around, otherwise he may introduce us some of the dishes. I was almost starved to death while waiting for the food. It's almost 9.30pm when the food is finally served. We finished all of them in half an hour. ^^ YY finally has her hair dyed and joined us. Well...her hair...looks completely well care and shines. LOL...In my opinion, black does suit her. =) Eventually, we went to arcade as KO and Zheng Ying want to have a round of Initial D. Around 11pm, I reached home thanks to KH who dropped me.

Long waited dinner.

Chapter 64: Someone is back again...

noreply@blogger.com (SleepyHead) — Sun, 18 May 2008 15:34:00 +0000

YW was back to Penang again from 17th to 19th May. On 18th of May, YW and I went to Queensbay Mall to watch Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.

I woke up at 7.50am that day, listened to my mp4 until 8 something before mom told me that she and dad are going to the Air Itam traditional market for breakfast. I was quite energetic and therefore decided to follow them. This was the second time for me to drive to that market. The traffic should be among the heaviest in Penang. The road is narrow and there are lots of vehicles and people. =.= As usual, had a traditional 'curry mee' which was cooked by coal fire. This is the same 'curry mee' my dad used to have when he was in primary school. And as expected, I sweat a lot just after a few mouth of the noodles. You can imagine how serious was it when I need to go to nearby 'Suiwah' to buy handkerchief to use. =.= Obviously I just couldn't take spicy food. After some strolling at the roadside market, we went back home.

It was nearly 11 when I was back, after taking my bath, I went to pick up YW around 12.10pm. Although we arrived quite early at the mall, there are already crowds. =.= The long queue on Old Town made us to have our lunch at Macedoine Dining. I've learnt to choose my meal wisely. I chose a chicken chop for myself and YW chose a fish and chips. And it turned up not too bad after all. Just that the portion was just a little bit too large and the salad dressing was a bit too sweet. Later, we went to Borders Bookstore before we went to the cinema at 2.30pm.

Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian was not disappointing after all. The storyline is as interesting as the last episode. Not to be left out is the effect of the movie, it is magnificent! The visual is as stunning as the first episode. Moreover, the intro of the movie is fresh enough, at least the Pevensie siblings didn't access to Narnia from the wardrobe. The battle scenes aren't second to those action movies. Not that I was exaggerating but it is better than what I've expected. Other than that, this sequel also introduced us a new cute little rat which can fight, a new enemy which is the Telmarine. This episode is much more based on the battle between the Telmarine and the Narnians. Therefore the movie is much more violent than the first episode though not that bloody yet. The movie is quite long, the running time is roughly 2 hours 20 minutes.

Some scenes from the movie.

Telmarine's tyrant-Miraz's Armour.

We finished the movie at 5 something. After some chit-chat at the atrium at the central zone, I've to leave as I've things to do at night. Too bad I can't stay any longer and join the dinner. >< Anyway it was the first time I went out for movie since I've started F6.

Chapter 63: Orientation Week...

noreply@blogger.com (SleepyHead) — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:02:00 +0000

13th of May...second day in Form 6. The orientation week still didn't officially started. We just sit inside the hall, listened to 'pkm', F6 Supervisor and teachers for talks about school rules, courses, co-curricular stuff, boy-girl's relationships and etc. Other than that, I finally know that how come there are so few cars in the car park. The reason is that the school authorities now strictly carry out the rules that we need to pay monthly parking fees. And before we were being dismissed, the class lists were finally out. To my surprise, I will be in L6F1 and the class will have around 34++ students and out of this number, 5 of them are girls. Biology classes are more lucky as they have just 14-16 students per class. =.= I suppose tomorrow will be another different day.

14th of May...after we had our briefing at the main hall, we proceeded to another hall for the rest of the programs to be carried out. We have some talks from the Tan Chong Express Auto Service which encourage us to taking the courses provided by them. Later on after the break, we have a talk by Tzu Chi Association about environment issues. It did make me more conscious about the global warming issue. As one of the habitants on this earth, we do need to be responsible on what has happened on the earth. The following talk was conducted by a lecturer from UTAR. The talk was on the Biotechnology, Biomedicine, Chemistry and other relevant field. For today, CY, KO, Victor and I stayed back for playing basketball. KH also joined us for the basketball. We played until around 4 before we went back to our home. And I was sick. =.= Flu, headache, coughing and sore throat...Just hope that I'll be well tomorrow.

15th of May...my sickness continued...=.= First, Despark Auto Academy delivered talks about automotive certs. and related careers. They also performed the changing of timing belts on an engine. Later on, Advanced Studies Advisors (ASA) also provided us useful information about our future studies on overseas universities. After that, there was still time left so the counseling teacher gave us talk on sex education. You bet it, HIV, abortion or anything related included. Sort of advise us not to take the wrong step. I wonder why school authority was so worried about this. =.=

16th of May...taken some medicine. Getting bit better than days before. Talks continued. =.= First talk of the day was by International Medical University(IMU) on biology field such as medicine, dentistry and others. Overall, the talks seems well planned and informative. PSB Academy from Singapore was next on the list. This too provided useful information for those who wanna continue their studies in Singapore. Talk on sex education continued by the counseling teacher again. And I can assure that all students got it in their mind at least I'm. LOL...though what have been told already on my mind since years ago. Other than that, this time, the talk covered on superstitious and paranormal stuff too.

20th of May...Both talks today were delivered by INTI speakers. First talk was on Biology field of studies and careers whereas the second talk was on Engineering. Both talks weren't that bad but personally I prefer the engineering talk. Short animation clips were also being played for us. Other than that, we were being given a test to determined our personality by the counseling teacher. Well..this was interesting. The test actually was quite accurate. At least to me, it's quite true. Indeed, I'm someone who worries a lot and also a perfectionist.

21st of May...The talks today were great! The speakers were professors from Monash University of Sunway Campus. They covered Biotechnology and also Electrical and Computer System of Engineering. This talk on Biotechnology actually made me have more ideas of what Biotech is. Overall, both talks were informative. It definitely made me consider going to further future studies in Monash Universities at that moment. LOL...and of course it requires some cash. Not some but quite an amount. LOL...better stick with my form 6 and local universities. Other than the talks, we watched a video clip which talk on drugs abuse. It is definitely hilarious. Never see people to talk like that.

22nd of May...After taken our attendance on the basketball court, we went back to our respective classes for the first time. Well..my class has 32 students...so don't expect to have empty tables and chairs. And I was being called upon by the form teacher. DUH~ He even commented as if I know how to fill in forms. -.-" Later on, we went back to the 'Yu Xiu' Hall for a talk. Luckily the speaker didn't come and the counseling teacher took over. Soon after our recess, we were back to the hall with casual clothes. Soon, the games began. First game...everyone on top of chairs in rows. Then we've to maneuver in that row from the front to the back without touching the floor. After that, we were being divided into teams. And I'm in Team 1. Zhen Ling was the team leader. The first station was one of the team member lie on the ground and must received the water balloon from another team member. And of course, water was everywhere there. =.= Later, the 2nd station games required us to form a circle with newspaper and have the team member in it, move together, acquire the items on floor while stationers have the flour over us. =.= The 3rd station was to transfer the water in a plate over your head while all team members on a flight of stairs. Devastating. Water will pour on your head. =.= 4th station was have a half filled bottle hanging from your waist and try to use that bottle to move a ball across without the help of hands. I was soaked in this station as CY just splashed a bail of water over me. DUH~ 5th station required us to stand on the chairs and try to utilised those chairs and move across a specific distance. While doing so, water was sprayed at us just like rain. -.- The last station however was dry. We just have to spin for 7 rounds and used the mat to blow out candles. When we thought everything has finished, the teams were then combined to become 3 groups. And each of us have to make a circle with newspaper, repeating the previous game. However, have to walk around the 2 basketball courts. =.= After that, things finally ended. LOL...At least this day was better than previous?
related post by noinoi regarding Orientation Day.

23rd of May...was the last day of Sixth Form orientation. As usual, we gathered at basketball to mark attendance. After that, we listened to the talk by the counseling teacher at the 'Yu Xiu' Hall. Thought we can watch a movie to pass that 2 hours but end up listening to talk. Later after recess, a speaker invited by JMECC. It was a talk on engineering field. The talk was just okay. Not that great but still acceptable. After the talk ended at 12.05pm, we had discussion among our classmates for the orientation night performances. Well, I was quite surprise that my classmates actually quite interested in the performances. Without any hassle, we've listed out our performances that night. All the performances were prepared by guys, none from those girls. Other than that, we have chosen out the candidates to participate in the Prom King and Prom Queen event. ^^ My class should stand a chance in that. LOL We left school around 3.30pm without having any lunch yet. And it's HOLIDAY!!!

Chapter 62: Sixth Form!!!

noreply@blogger.com (SleepyHead) — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:49:00 +0000

As expected, I've decided to take Form 6. On the morning of May 12th, CY fetch Victor, KO and me to the school for registration. We were surprised that the car park was actually almost empty. Before went to wait at the school hall, we had our breakfast at the school canteen. Well, there was a raised on price for all the food. However, the price are still lower than the food being sold outside. Around 8 something, we were allowed into the hall for the registration. Then we waited until 9a.m. for the others to arrive. We were divided into 3 groups according to the alphaberts while the girls being grouped as one. Later, Sixth Form Supervisor to brief us everything we need to know about Form 6. Then, the Principal and the counseling teacher had a talk with us before we were finally being allowed to have recess at the canteen. These talks make me realised that Form 6 ain't easy to study at all and I've to really given some effort in order to do well. This mean that no fooling around for 2 years before the STPM. =.=

Shortly after the recess, we were back to the hall being welcomed by various Co-curricular societies such as Librarian, Monitor Board, Prefect and not to be left out Sixth Form Society and General Studies Society. Later on, we had the to vote and elect the committee for the 2 week orientation. CY emerged as the President while Kar Thing from UHS (if not mistaken) was being elected as the vice-president. We shall see how fun the two weeks will be. It wouldn't be bad and dull I suppose. And now we sit CY's Sport & Performance Kancil a.k.a. Purple Box(when there's Victor) to school everyday.

Chapter 61: Sending off...

noreply@blogger.com (SleepyHead) — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:47:00 +0000

On 10th of May, it was Saturday and I need to go for my French lesson. Well, I drove all the way from my house to Alliance Francaise which located at Georgetown without noticing that I didn't have my wallet with me at all. This means that I didn't bring my IC and driving lesson. I knew this when my dad called me to get it from him outside the centre at 10 something. =.= So 'stiim'

After my French lesson, I went to have lunch at super tanker then have a really short hair cut for Form 6. =.= Soon after that, I went to the bus terminal around 2.20 to send YY off to Seremban. Met with ST and the rest before YY arrived there. She was kinda shocked when she saw us there. She seems didn't expected to see us there. LOL...some of us even lied to her that they ain't gonna make it to send her off. Finally it's time for her to boarded the bus after a while of chit chatting around. So this is the 2nd person from VJS to leave and now left 'S' in Penang, just like a few months before. Wish that YY can adapt well in the new environment and do well in her future studies. And of course not to forget about us(those remain in Penang).

YY and her dad on the bus.

Chapter 60: Wondering...

noreply@blogger.com (SleepyHead) — Fri, 09 May 2008 03:03:00 +0000

I've been wondering what will happen if...
-Fate didn't play jokes on me...
-There's a little bit better of timing...
-Things didn't gone out of my plan...
-Things didn't end in this way...

However, I realised that there's no such thing as 'if' would happen. It just wouldn't. And sometimes we do must sculpture our own future with our own bare hands.

Chapter 59: WHOLE DAY OUTING!

noreply@blogger.com (SleepyHead) — Fri, 09 May 2008 03:01:00 +0000

8th of MAY, another busy day for us...

Morning
-'Yam Cha' with the gang at Sungai Dua.

KH and CY posing.

Noon
-Meet up the rest at Gurney Plaza.
-Birthday celebration for KH and Chin Hong in Redbox.

Birthday boys of May slicing de cake.(chin hong on the left, KH on the right)

-After Redbox, few of us went to have light meal in A&W.

Birthday boy posing.

-After the light meal, meet the others and decided to take our lunch at the Ramen shop (which is now missing in the new Gurney Plaza)

Ordering?
Jun Xiang with his 'unique' expression when he sees the cam. LOL

Night
-Settle down at Tanjung Tokong Subaidah.

Everyone looked tired -.-

-Later ended up at Gurney Drive stretch. Doing what? usual stuff..

Chapter 58: A sad thing... ><"

noreply@blogger.com (SleepyHead) — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:23:00 +0000

For the past few months, one by one of my Closest Friends has to leave Penang to further their studies at other countries or other places. Starting from ZW, followed by GS, YW and now YY. It actually startled me when I heard that YY is going to leave Penang. Furthermore I've no idea that she'll be leaving real soon. ><" However ALL THE BEST to u, YY. Things will be just FINE for you there as all of us here will be crossing our fingers for YOU. And do remember that we'll still here for you if you ever need any help. Other than that, PLEASE never ever forgot us. ^^

Chapter 57: Movies and lots more...

noreply@blogger.com (SleepyHead) — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:56:00 +0000

30th of April, I go shopping with mom, sounds hilarious right? But well, she have asked then I've no reason to reject it. It was the Jusco Day. Went and grab a 'few' stuff. And me, expected to be the porter. =.= However this time I'm lucky as I get to grab a goody for myself, though I've to pay for that. Well, I bought a Sony NWZ-S616F. It's the first music player for myself and my first Sony product as well.

-It has a 4Gb memory.
-It has a considerably nice user interface.
-It has a considerably nice LCD (quite high resolution) though is just 2" which is quite small. It is perfect to view the photos but a bit small for movies on the player.
-It has a simple and straightforward music management. This means you can hardly face any difficulties looking for any songs in your player. You can search a song by title or by other means.
-It has a pretty decent sound quality which is enhanced by 'Clear Stereo', 'Clear Bass' and also 'Digital Sound Enhancement Engine'. Personally, I think that a noise canceling earphones will bring the sound quality to another higher level.
-It has a long battery life. From the data sheet, its 33 hours of music playback and 9.5 hours of video playback. And in real life, I only recharge it after a few times of usage.
-It also allows the users to listen to radio broadcasting and memorize few channels.

Overall, its something that still don't disappointed me. A thing that I'm glad with is that it can play songs in the background while you viewing photos though its a basic things to have in these days.

There's also a new printer being bought. HP F4100. A 3 in 1 printer. It has already proof its usefulness to me for this time being. Hope it can last long and will not require lots of maintenance.

Chapter 56: 1st TRIP!!!! ^^

noreply@blogger.com (SleepyHead) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:23:00 +0000

Since last year, when GS was still around, he has been saying that we should go for a trip somewhere. He suggested Pulau Redang at first. However due to NS, we had to abandoned that idea. Some how in March(if not mistaken) while working in QB, ST eventually came up an idea that was the same as GS- a trip. The destination...was the same too! We informed the whole gang and most of us agreed with that. Unfortunately we had to change the destination to Genting Highlands due to some technical problems. By the time we have everything settle down, GS already in Singapore. Too bad he and Jovy couldn't join us otherwise it would be better for sure. So the dates have been decided and the trip was from 20th of April to 22nd of April. 6 of us(CY, KH, YY, ST, WL and me) joined the trip.

On the morning of 20th, CY's dad fetch me to KampungKu to board the bus. WL arrived shortly after that. However, the girls have not yet arrived. This is what we've worried about. Eventually, they turned up after the bus arrived. =.= Luckily the driver was willing to wait for them. KH will wait for us at Genting as he was at KL for that few days. On the way there, we chat and watched a movie on the bus. Later around 11, we had our lunch at a small town before we proceeded to Genting Highlands. And we reached Genting Highlands around 2.30pm. KH met up with us there in the sub lobby of First World Hotel. The lobby was so crowded and the queue was like more than hundreds. =.= And we couldn't found any seats so we just stood at the side waiting for our turn to check in.

Crowded lobby.

Note our number and the number being served at that time(circled red)

After we checked in the hotel......
Arghh...too much to be told..its better to see the photos...=p
And of course, usual activities to be carried out in Genting are playing all the rides in the Indoor & Outdoor Theme Park.
The rides...

Fun-kart.

Guess who... XD

Children's favourite?
The Cyclone.
The Euro Express.

The meals

At Burger King.

At Pizza Hut.

Group photos

After Sungai Rejang flume ride.

In the monorail.

Random shots

Outdoor Theme Park
Space Shot
Photo machine?
777 tickets earned in the arcade.

This is a memorable trip. I hope that we got chance to go for another trip with ZW and GS. Maybe some interested places in Malaysia or Singapore?

Chapter 55: Random Thoughts..

noreply@blogger.com (SleepyHead) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:11:00 +0000

HEART

Heart is not just an organ...

It represents some kinda complicated feelings in us...

That can hardly be explained...

It is a feeling that we cannot control...

Heart...also represents a fragile thing in us...

Once its broken, it can hardly be fixed back...

It affects our emotion for days...months...or even years...

So please do take good care of your heart...

Any person without a heart is pathetic...

It's like a living dead...

Chapter 54: Happenings...

noreply@blogger.com (SleepyHead) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:09:00 +0000

I've hang out a lot with friends for the past few weeks and of course I've watched a lot of movies as usual.

It was a bit special on 22nd of March. That day, I went to Alliance Francaise for the petit déjeuner(light breakfast). It is a regular event which is held once every term ended. This event is also opened to outsiders who are friends to the members. French style breakfast which consisted of various pastry was being served there. We had conversation among ourselves. I left there around 11am.

On 27th of March, I went out with YW for movies. Before we went to buy the tickets, we had our lunch at Chun's Restaurant.We met up with Aimun and her boy friend outside the cinema there. What a coincidence! So we decided to watch movies together. After some discussion, we've decided to watch 2 movies that day. First we watched Awake at 1.45pm.

Awake is a movie about a rich capital-investment firm's director, Clay waking up from his anesthesia during his heart transplant surgery. He was awake and aware BUT he couldn't do anything as his body was paralyzed. I was quite shocked that this is a situation which will actually happen in real life. However, his surgeon, Dr Harper didn't realise this. Soon, Clay discovered that there's a conspiracy being carried out towards him. Dr Harper, Clay's newly wed wife and also the other surgeons were in a plot to kill him so that they can get Clay's money. In the end, Clay with the help of his mother managed to save himself from being murdered. The movie ain't really that nice but the plot and the story are something new to me. Other than that, it was also an experience to see how a surgeon cut through the flesh in a heart transplant surgery. Jessica Alba and Hayden Christensen did act very well though I prefer the cast of Hayden in Jumper.
Cindy joined us after the movie. We strolled around in the mall before the second movie started. Finally, the second movie which is 27 dresses started at 5.10pm. 27 dresses is a movie which will definitely NOT be on my must to watch list. However, watching it with friends just wouldn't be that bad. Not to comment that this movie is lousy but it is definitely meant for girls...same as Enchanted. The storyline of this movie is actually kinda new. However it did give me a sense of likeliness with 'The Devil Wears Prada'. Don't know why, but I was having a minor headache during the movie.

After the movie, we went to Max Gourmet which is opposite the mall to have our dinner. After we finished our dinner, we went back home.

And from 28th of March till 19th of April, I've watched quite a number of movies with my fellow friends...mostly Gang of 5+VJS. Due to the time restriction and 'pressure' from few friends, I've to make this post short.

On 3rd of April which is my off day, I watched Death Note 3: L Changed The World with KH and ST. The movie is way worse than my expectation. I expect a movie which is as nice as the previous sequels of Death Note. However this Death Note 3 is barely related to the previous Death Note sequels. I wouldn't say that this will be among the movie I like. The storyline and the effects just don't seems stunning enough. I thought it will be related lots to the Death Note however it is more about L and what he has done to save the world.

4th of April night, after I finished my work in Queensbay Mall, I rushed to downtown. Yeah, end up there at Red around 10.50pm to joined the rest. It was actually a so called farewell gathering for YW. And it was like for her birthday which is on 7th of April. Everyone had enjoyed themselves that night and GS sang. We left there around 1am. Happy Birthday in advance to YW and Take GOOD care of yourself there. Do come back to Penang frequently. ^^ Anyway there's an advise for those who want to play Smack Jack, Please do keep your nails short.

The next movie was on 10th of April. It was Nim's Island. I watched it with ST and YY before I worked. This is an adventurous movie and contain some comedy genes in it. \Lots of computer effects were used. The plot of the story is interesting. It is about a girl who lives on an isolated island with her father doing research on marine organisms. The girl who is called Nim, has a few 'pets' with her on the island and she has given each of them a name. On one day which Nim's father has to leave the island to do a research on a type of protozoa, a storm hits the island and also the area whereby her father was doing research. As a result, her father's boat was totally wrecked and he is lost in the middle of the sea. In the mean time, Nim's favourite book's author, Alexandra Rover contacted her. Knowing Nim's chronic condition on the island, Alex who seldom leaves her home decided to rescue Nim! And so begins the hilarious journey and Alex's fictional character, Alex Rover is always beside her during the journey. The movie will be suitable for kids too...and I suppose kids are within their targets. As a conclusion, it wouldn't be among my favourite movies.

It was 11th of April. Mr Lee Ghee Siong aka Bananagod has a sudden change in his plan and well...he was off to Singapore to further his future studies in Ngee Ann Polytechnic. There should be no worries for this dude. He should enjoy Singapore lots and can adapt there well enough. It's like the cultures are in his blood. On that day morning, we went to the airport to send him off. KH fetched me there. On the way, we met WL's car and GS's car.

We chat in the airport after GS settle his stuff. Roughly 11 friends were there to send him off. LUCKY him. LOL...

GS with his ONE and THE ONLY expression.

Some of the guys there.

Extra: Update on GS in Singapore.

Looks cool hur...meditation?

16th of April...went to watched Street Kings with KH and WL in Queensbay Mall as it was Movie Day. The movie started at 12.15pm. After the movie, I've to work again at 2.30pm. ><

From the trailers, I've expected that this movie must be packed with actions especially gun fighting. The opening of the movie for sure didn't let me down. However, the whole movie is more to talking than action. Though from time to time, there are some intense gun fighting between the cops and those gunmen, the movie need some thinking too. It shows you some untold stories of the police force. How some criminals were being shot dead before they can even surrender. Slowly, the movie will reveal a conspiracy behind all those events in the movies. Eventually, Detective Ludlow (Keanu Reeves) was being framed by his superior and other colleagues. The movie also features some corruption involved in the police force. You can also discovered how police will deal with drugs, criminals and also the undercover policemen in another way(the unofficial way). Keanu Reeves is still as cool and good looking as before in Matrix.

Keanu Reeves during a gun fighting.

The next day, 17th of April which is my off day, WL, ST and I went to buy food and snacks for the Genting Trip. Before we went to Tesco for the purchasing, we went to the travel agent to settle the payment. That day, we actually bought quite lot of biscuits and snacks. After that, we placed the food at my house and ST and I went to QB while WL went home. We went to find YY first before going to the cinema. Due to time restriction, we decided to watch Definitely Maybe.

At first, I thought this will not be a nice movie. However, I found myself wrong after the movie started. This movie is damn funny. It's about a daughter who check her father's love history. What a new theme...and the way of presentation is fresh too. In short, the movie is nice and everything is just about the right point in it. You can never ask for too much.

Chapter 53: 2nd batch NS...

noreply@blogger.com (SleepyHead) — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:11:00 +0000

19th of March morning I fetched KH, GS for breakfast in Kampung Jawa. CY met up with us afterwards. After we finished our breakfast, we went to PISA to send KO and also Tze Jian for their National Service. This is the first time I'll be sending my friend off to NS as I missed the first batch. I think he should be able to adapt and find himself comfortable there in the camp.

Although we still had our breakfast before going there, we still arrived earlier than KO at PISA and eventually we met lots of ex-schoolmates there too. We first met Tze Jian there with his bags. YY and ST arrived later but still way earlier than KO. That time, I was thinking what this KO was doing until so late still don't want to arrive. After some long waiting, KO finally shown up! We've a group photos after he finished his registration. We fool around there before I finally had to send the sick ST to work. Luckily she didn't blackout during working.

12.45pm, GS fetched us(YY, KH, Zheng Ying and me) to Traders Hotel for an education fair. Apparently GS have already lost his sense of direction and he can hardly recognise any roads in Penang. LOL...At the education fair there, I met YW who was there to helped out her school. First time for me to see her wearing formal. LOL...And on the way getting out, I met Cindy who was there with her fellow friends. After that, we went to Prangin Mall Wong Kok to have lunch before we went to watch Ah Long Pte at 4.55pm. Second time for KH and me to watch. So it was like nothing much to laugh as we can already expect what's the next joke. =.= That was the first time I enter Prangin Mall Cathay Cineplex. The structure of the cinema is just weird and people in front of you can actually block your view. Other than that, there's some irritating light leaking out from the left of my seats and the seat is just awful. It's weird that people still visiting this kinda cinema though the price wouldn't be lower than Golden Screen Cinema.

Soon after we finished the show, we went back home and actually it took sometime for us to have YY back to her house as GS really don't recognise any Penang roads. -.- Other than that, we also trapped inside some traffic congestion as in Sungai Ara area. And I reached home roughly 8 something and by that time, not yet have my DINNER!! -.-

Chapter 52: For the past few weeks...

noreply@blogger.com (SleepyHead) — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:25:00 +0000

It's been quite some time since my last update but I can't help it...I was too busy. LOL...

26th February, I tried to 'service' my printer which was not working for more than 3 months. It actually stop working as it reached its life span for some of the parts. So some services were needed in order to make it work again. After some research on the net, I've decided to do it on my own. With some help of the tools, I managed to open the printer and wash the ink pads inside. The ink pads which were completely soaked with ink were taken out and wash in running water. I have to let them dry overnight before they can be put back into the printer again.

Before
After removing the cover.
The pads.

However, the printer still refuse to work even after reset the protective counter. =.= Gonna leave it there for further 'trial and error'.

Still remember my mini lobsters? If not, here's a review of that. Well...after such a long time waiting the next ecdysis, there's still aint any. However on 5th March night, my sister found out that something were tangling from the abdomen of one of the mini lobster. At first, my sister thought that there were some worms or parasites growing there. After the help of torch light, the doubt was clarified. They were LITTLE LOBSTERS. Obviously they were their offspring. Now I know why they always stay inside their little 'log home'.

See that bunch of things tangling?

Close-up reviews that they are the offspring and you can even see their eyes.

Another close-up.

When we thought that's all, something caught up my attention. It was a little thing moving around. A closer look reviews that it was one of the offspring. It left his father. And now only I know that it was the father who carried the offspring and the offspring can actually leave their father whenever they want.

This one swimming around.

Another one exploring the aquarium.

I'll keep an eye on them. More update on these mini lobsters will be posted soon. =p

6th March, special outing. LOL... For this time, it was with KO, ST, Huan Phern, MH, Chien Wei, Zheng Ying and Sao Yun in Queensbay Mall. We've watched 10,000 BC that day.
10,000 BC is a movie which emphasis on the visual effects. Lots of the CG effects were used and it actually ain't too bad. And for the storyline, it actually quite mixed up and it just make me keep thinking..how come they can figure out a story like this. "Egyptians came all from so far to capture some 'pre-historic' people?" I just wonder if Egyptians really existed since 10,000 BC ago. Other than that, the ending was kinda 'magical' and yet 'ridiculous'.

After the movie, we went to Borders Starbucks to have a drink. And for me, I just ordered a tuna danish. First time for me to try that. But it turns out to be quite okay. Not to say bad or great. While we were chatting there, ST kept taking photos of everyone of us. And this made us to make our moves too. Photos can tell.

The danish.

ST avoiding the cameras.

Later at 7pm, we went to have our dinner at Macedoine Dining. The dish was....ermm...kinda weird taste. I don't know why but that just doesn't suits my taste bud. Especially the green sauce..totally turn down my appetizer. Don't know what kinda cuisine is this. However, others' orders seems not bad. The price ain't too high in Queensbay Mall.

12th March...The day has finally came. SPM result being released. Early in the morning, we still went to play basketball until 9 something. After I've taken my bath, KO fetched KH, GS and me to the school. We were joking all the way to school. Around 10 something, we reached the school. Its weird that some people was actually leaving there with a paper file on their hands. It turns out to be that the result have been released. After I reached the class where I should have taken my result, I saw lots of my ex-classmates there. Soon, I collected my results but I still don't realised my result until one of my friend just snatched it and look for me. I was like WTH...I can hardly believe I got that result. I was expecting like 6 or 7 A's. Pheww...thank god that I was being blessed. Well, the result actually not that nice yet..I was like almost getting a straight A2's. However, if compared with my results in school, this was exaggerating. After some chit chat with friends, we all back to our respective home. Soon, I went to Queensbay Mall earlier as I have to take my lunch there at Wong Kok Restaurant. Later that day, YY and ST dropped by around 4pm. At 5pm, I've my dinner with them at the Breeks Cafe.

At 10.30 pm, ST followed me back to my house. After YY arrived, we left to Chun You's house. We are the last to arrive that day. The rest already enjoying themselves there.

At 12am sharp, I've to send YY and ST back as ST going to have the car test the next day. Well thanks to Chun You and the other guys, we did some great time there. After back to house around 12.50, it was the time for newspaper reading before I went to bed at 1.10am.

On 13rd of March, I watched movie with YW at Queensbay Mall GSC. Contacted her at noon just to check out whether she recovered from the fever. And YES, she did recovered so we decided to go for a movie that day. I arrived a bit late that day around 2pm. YW suggested to watch Rule#1. None of us know that it was a horror movie until YW asked the staff there when she was buying the tickets for Cindy and her friend. Cindy and her friend arrived at time and when we were about to enter, we were asked for our IC as the movie is strictly for 18 and above. All of us turn out to be 18 and for Cindy? She didn't bring her IC along and in that case, she can't enter the cinema. Therefore she and her friend change to watch Chronicles of Spiderwick while YW and I watched Rule#1.

He is so damn nice looking and yet good in acting.

Rule#1 was definitely a horror movie. The opening was a shock for me. The movie was actually bloody and the storyline was not that bad, at least it was interesting for me. The ending was so damn surprising. It was completely out of my expectation. Thumbs up for the scriptwriter and the director. At first I thought it was some action movie but suddenly it turns out to be a horror movie. DUH...nearly got me out of my seat that time... -.- This movie was horror enough for me as it shows everything and it was like so terrified when you saw someone being possessed and eventually tortured themselves till die. So anyone of you out there who missed this movie, should actually watch it especially for those who loves horror movies. This is for sure a movie not to miss.

After the movie, we chit-chat a bit before leaving home as I need to have dinner with family that night.

Anyway ST has passed her driving test on 13th of March. Well...now she can drive legally on the road. However, none of us has the chance to be one of her passengers yet. Maybe it's a good thing too!? LOL...

The next day, 14th of March. I received a birthday present from a close friend of mine. Well, I was surprised when I unwrapped the present. It was 2 tortoise figure piggy bank. LOL....I like it so much! For sure, I'll treasure it and well...THANKS a lot! ^^

On 16th of March, I've watched movie after my work with KO, YW, Cindy and Ai Mun. And the movie was Ah Long Pte.
I heard from friends that the movie was kinda funny and a bit explicit. This is the second time for KO to watch this time. After we bought the tickets, we have our dinner at Chopper Board just before the movie started. The movie is about the triad world and underground loan business. Then as usual was being presented in Singaporean-Malaysian humour. As this is a comedy, can't really have high expectation on the storyline itself. After the movie, we went down to the McDonald's for some light meal before we went home respectively.

Night of 17th March, after WL and I finished my work, we went to LA Galaxy which located at Upper Penang Road to meet the rest. They were having some kinda outing as KO will soon off to National Service. We arrived there roughly 11 and had some hard time to locate them as we never went there before. I've just order a Cranberry juice there and the environment was just...ain't that pleasing. We didn't stay till too late that night and went off soon around 12 something.

18th of March, after I finished my work at 6pm, I watched Chronicles of Spiderwick along with YY, ST and ST's so called colleague, Ah Yew.
Chronicles of Spiderwick turns out to be a kid's movie. =.= It was an adventurous, fantasy and a little bit of comedy type of movie. It was totally out of my expectation (blame me not to watch the trailers first). The movie is all around that house out of nowhere and some CG generated goblins here and there. Other than that, the storyline is just for kids (that's what I can say). Overall, if compared with Chronicles of Narnia or Lords of The Ring, this is completely out of its league. And its okay for you to actually miss this movie.

Chapter 51: First Movie after started working...

noreply@blogger.com (SleepyHead) — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:25:00 +0000

Life after working is very busy. I'm almost like an workaholic. I've just noticed that I shouldn't work at all as colleges just have May intake and not April. -.-" As a result, I'm always working and can hardly have time to hang out with my fellow friends. *sigh* ><

I was desperately looking for time to watch movie and I noticed that I can watch movie around noon and have lunch in the mall just right before I started to work at 2.30pm. And this 'discovery' leads me to watch STEP UP 2: STREETS on 3th March with KH.

I'm not those who will dance but I quite like to watch people dance, especially street dance. I've watched "You Got Served" but I don't have the chance to watch Step Up yet. Hopefully someday I can watch it, should be nice. Step Up 2...I didn't expect much from this movie as it's not the kind of movie that I usually watch. However, for me, this is a movie worth the money. The moves and choreography with the music were super duper nice. The opening was awesome. It drew my attention to continue the movie. The opening is a group of masked youngsters (410 crew) swing around the poles and make their moves in the subway and documented as the Prank. The battle between Andie(Briana Evigan) and Tyler(Channing Tatum) at the Dragon is among my favourite scenes of the movie. The moves by Tyler were breathtaking, especially the final move. DAMN COOL...Moreover, the Prank by MSA Crew is funny yet creative. The scene of 'Tuck u'...damn funny. Not to be left out, the MSA Crew is not just can dance but brings laughter too. Other than that, the main actor Robert Hoffman who stared as Chase Collins obviously drew lots of the female audience attention as he is so nice looking and yet can dance well. LOL...Overall the movie is fully packed with dance moves and choreography. Other than that, it's hilarious too. Belows are some of the photos from the Step Up 2: Streets.

p/s: Don't miss out the Step Up 2 Original Soundtrack. NICE SONGS. LOL..

Chapter 50: First Day WORKING...

noreply@blogger.com (SleepyHead) — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:33:00 +0000

28th of February was my first day working as part time sales assistant in BORDERS Hallmark. I choose to work there as KO will be leaving there soon, so I'll just replace his position. Other than that, it will be a nice way for me to spend my time when most of my close friends wouldn't be around after April as they will be going for colleges or NS.

That day morning, we all agree to go to play basketball. However, after we reached there for 20 minutes, rain started to drop. ARGH..the floor was all wet and we just have to cancel it and went to have breakfast nearby.

Around 1p.m, KO and I have reached Queensbay Mall. After we drop our bags at the Borders, we went to look for something to eat before loitering around in the mall. At 2.30pm sharp, we were back to Borders and STARTed working. Actually is learning things up from KO.

At 5, it was our break time. Yeah....this is one of the moment I'll be waiting other than getting home when working. We met up with WL, Zheng Ying, Zhi Zheng, Chin Hong and Victor for the dinner at the Arena.

The 'not so cheap' meal.

Before going back to work at 6pm, I ate a bread just to fill up my stomach. Working there aint FUN at all, but I think I'll get used to it soon.

My duty there...
-Assist the customers
-Explain the details of goods
-Prevent people from copying the cards in any forms
-Prevent the damage of goods
-Make sure the goods in nice display

Like these lions a lot...their hairstyle are sooo spiky...=p

Lastly, hope I'll enjoy my work. ^^

Chapter 49: The Day Before Working...

noreply@blogger.com (SleepyHead) — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:29:00 +0000

27th of March, the day before I have to work, I went to watch Vantage Point with KH and KOK. This should be the day which I'm still free to go anywhere at anytime I want. Starting 28th, I will be working in Queensbay Mall. ><

Different poster from what we've in Malaysia.

Before I watched this movie, I was expecting some kinda action packed film. Well...it didn't disapointed me. It was no doubt that it was an excellent action film. I meant since when you ever see a film with high speed driving stunt on narrow streets and yet there are lots of pedestrian. The stunt co-ordinator must have encounter lots of obstacles to film that movie. The blue hatch back used in the film should be worth buying as it's capable of completing so many stunts and the driver still survive after such accident.Other than that, the explosive scenes....must have swallowed quite some dollars. Moreover, the storyline was just amazing, lots of suspense. Things tend to happen out of expectation. COOL...and the way this movie was filmed was quite special also. First time watched a movie with so many flash back. It should have earn its credit. ^^

Just before we left, we went to BORDERS. KH sure enjoyed himself there. LOL...

Chapter 48: Celebrations...

noreply@blogger.com (SleepyHead) — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:09:00 +0000

Friday, 22th of February, its the Birthday for Chun Yee. We've planned it days before to go out and celebrate it together with others who was born in the month of February. After I finished my banking stuff, KH and I went down to New World Park to have a look at the places we would go that night. Just to make sure everything wouldn't go wrong. He fetched me around 12.45pm and we reached the New World Park around 1.20pm. The car park was full and as we were about to give up finding a place to park the car, a car was moving out right in front of us. Thanks God. Otherwise, we may never found a parking spot in that peak hour. Before we had our lunch there, we looked around for any suitable restaurant or lounge. Mizi Bistro was our first consideration. ST have introduced that bistro before. According to her, the food is nice and reasonably priced. So it would be a suitable place after all. After we finished our lunch, we left there. On our way back, KH suggested maybe 淦火锅 (Golden BBQ Steamboat Restaurant) will be a nice spot too. And finally after some discussion, we agreed to go there. Weng Liang and Jun Xiang were responsible to buy the cake. A search in the internet, found the contact number of the restaurant. KH made the reservation soon after that. And around 7.15pm, he fetched me there again. And both of us is the earliest to arrive. After a while, Chia Huey(birthday on 25th February) arrived. Victor Chan, KO and Zheng Ying were the third batch to arrive while Chun Yee(birthday boy) and Chun You arrived later. Weng Liang, Jun Xiang, ST and Chin Hong were the last to arrive. -.-" And by that time, it was around 8.30pm. Almost an hour later than the expected time. TOO bad GS (birthday on 26th February) couldn't join us as he was in the NS camp at that moment while Tze Jian (birthday on 24th February) who need to work couldn't join us too.

Everyone's here.
Birthday Boy.

p/s: more photos to be obtained from CY, KH, ST and Zheng Ying.

At 10.30p.m, we left the restaurant and headed to the New World Park to find a place for us to have the cake. However, we saw some kinda performances being carried out in the main stage. KH suddenly suggested why don't we make CY up the stage. After some efforts, and there goes CY on the stage, being questioned why is he being called NOI NOI. LOL...The video will explain the rest.

CY on the stage(arrow pointing).

Around 11pm, we decided to go to Gurney Drive to eat the cake. LOL... When KH and I went to pay the car park fee, we found out that the ticket was invalid. As a result, we can't pay the ticket and we couldn't leave there. Lastly, we found the management office but there wasn't any people inside. A security was with us there until the person in-charge arrived about 10 minutes later.

KH in the tiny office.

After we settle the ticket fares, we were being told that we can leave. However, we waited for another 5 minutes before that man management supervisor arrived to manually open the automatic gate. Finally at 11.16pm, we left there heading towards Gurney Drive where the others have being waiting for us there. We ate the cake and chatted. For the mean time, some of the others, Victor, KO, KH, Weng Liang and CY were having there 'photo session'...posing there. After a hell lots of shots taken, it was clear that Victor and Weng Liang are the 'BEST MODELS' and they are 'artistic' too....maybe a little bit too OVER. LOL...Some photos of them.

Group photo.

Soon after that, we went back to our respective house. It was an memorable and fun night. Too bad that others couldn't join us.

A special apology to ZW; sorry that we were unable to find any laptops to bring there so you can be there to celebrate together via video call. We'll try our best to make sure for other events, you just wouldn't be left out. ^^

Chapter 47: Finally Gurney Plaza...

noreply@blogger.com (SleepyHead) — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:21:00 +0000

Pheww....its been a long long time since I hang out with my friends in Gurney Plaza. Queensbay Mall which is nearer and with a cheaper parking rates has became our first option ever since its opening. 20th February, the DAY I returned to GP. LOL... It was Wednesday but we didn't went for movie whereas went to Redbox. ^^

Zheng Ying fetch me around 11 something and we went to pick up Chin Hong before going straight to Gurney Plaza. We reached GP around 12 something to 1pm. After having lunch and meeting up with Wei Chen and Zheng Yang, we started the karaoke at 2pm. Actually I was having sore throat, but I still sang. Yeah..I sang. And in fact, I sang quite lot. LOL... Too bad ST couldn't join us that day. Otherwise we would be lucky to hear female voice. KH also didn't join us as he was not having mood to sing that day. LOL...Zheng Ying and Chin Hong are the two who didn't sing much. However, Zheng Ying got sang 'New York New York' and 'What I've Done'. The following photo and video will explain the situation.

Zheng Ying with his serious poses when singing 'New York New York'...LOL...

At 5pm, we left the Redbox and went to play snooker. KO, ZYing and Chin Hong played snooker while I was transfering images from ZYing's mobile phone. At 6pm, we left there and Zheng Ying fetch me back. THANKS...^^ The others went to Queensbay Mall after that.

Chapter 46: Isolated...

noreply@blogger.com (SleepyHead) — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:27:00 +0000

ISOLATED

Technologies keep evolving...

But do men evolve?

We ain't sure about that...

But what we're sure of is that we are relying more on tech...

Tech is around us...anytime, anywhere...

Tech brings humans closer to each other...

But this brings some SIDE EFFECTS too...

Let's say if your mobile phone didn't rung even once on one day...

You might doubt if someone out there...still remember you...

If your Instant Messenger didn't received any messages someday...

You might doubt if there's someone on this earth still...care if you...ever exist...

These are just some of the examples of the side effects...

There are lots more...

We seldom notice them....seldom...

Tech does bring us together...

But in FACT, it will cause us to be ISOLATED within a fraction of second...

Chapter 45: Valentine's Day??

noreply@blogger.com (SleepyHead) — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:24:00 +0000

Thursday, 14th of February, the date known by lot of people especially couples as the Valentine's Day. Well, as usual, for me, it is just another day since I'm still single. YW was back in Penang that time and we went out to Queensbay Mall for movie. I reached GSC around 2 and wait for her. Luckily she ain't late and arrive a few minutes later. Otherwise we'll have to queue for a long line. The cinema was kinda crowded though it was weekday only. The queue was much longer than usual weekdays. Although the seats we got ain't at the centre but it was good enough as we didn't need to sit at the front rows. Not surprising that most of the patrons were couples. We watched Jumper since both of us have watched the other movies.
Jumper is another movie from the director of Bourne Identity and Mr.&Mrs. Smith. For that reason, I was expecting a action-filled movie. As what I've expected, the movie is full of non-stop action. And I really like the moves where 'Paladins' and the 'Jumpers' fight. The effect of 'Jumping' around is cool enough and the special effect group sure paid lots of effort for that. I suppose Hayden Christensen who cast as David Rice is handsome enough to attract all the attention of the ladies in the cinema. He acted as Anakin Skywalker in the Starwars episode 2 and 3. Other than that, I hope the movie can be a 2 hours film rather than 1 and a half hour.Overall, the movie can be better if the storyline and the editing of scenes can be smoother. Therefore, I can't say that this is a better movie than Bourne Identity and Mr.&Mrs. Smith.

After movie, we walked around the mall looking for a place to dine-in but end up at La Boheme. I bought myself a bread and we just sat on the bench and chat. Later, we decided to go to Starbucks but too bad there ain't any cozy cushioned seats left. Therefore, we went to Coffee Bean. I bought a German Cheesecake while YW bought herself an ice-blended. The cheesecake is nothing special and I think that the Blueberry Cheesecake tastes better.

We left there around 6.30p.m. YW went back to her house while I went to chat with ST for a while before went back to house. Looks like this year's 14th of February wasn't much different from last few years. However, its NICE enough to have a movie with YW. At least this day wouldn't be so bored.

Chapter 44: Days went by as usual....

noreply@blogger.com (SleepyHead) — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:39:00 +0000

11th of February, first time I visit Queensbay Mall after ZW left. Parents went there for movie where as I loiter around the Mall...visiting friends. As usual, BORDERS is my first choice. Took a book and read near Faber-Castell counter there where I can chat with KO too. Together with KO went to find ST before going for lunch at Chopper Board. ST and her colleague, Sam joined us soon after that. ST always faced difficulties when she need to have her meal as ZW and YY ain't there to share her meal too. However, she just need to deal with this for a few more weeks as YY will be back real soon. Later, I fool around in the mall before I left there around 5.

ST enjoying her spaghetti.

13th of February, it was a movie day and of course I wouldn't miss it. KH didn't join us as he got something to do and just left ST ,her colleague and me for the movie. We watched the 'Kung Fu Dunk'. Reached Queensbay Mall GSC and bought the ticket while ST 'escorting' her colleague to the cinema.

'Kung Fu Dunk'...a bit of disappointment for me as the movie is in Cantonese. >< Thought it would be Jay's voice but turned out it was dubbed by another person. Despite the disappointment, I still like the moves and the effects. The storyline isn't outstanding but the soundtracks and the movie do match well. At least, this movie will not on my "Lousy Movies List". Soon after the movie, we went to Old Town to have lunch. Later, we just loitered around the mall and around 5, I was requested to go back by my mom.

Chapter 43: First few days of February...

noreply@blogger.com (SleepyHead) — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:01:00 +0000

4th of February, finally got the chance to see YW. Its been months since I last saw her. It was lucky for me to have actually got the chance to go out with her. She just came back to Penang for a roughly 5 days. And my mom was odd that day, allowing me to use her car. But thanks to her, I can go to Queensbay. I went to fetch YW at 1 pm sharp. After reached there, met Cindy at the skating ring. Thought she can join us to watch the movie but she refused as she wants to 'exercise' more. LOL..After we bought the tickets for P2, we had our lunch at Wong Kok Restaurant as the fussy YW couldn't made up her mind where she wanted to dine in. I couldn't believe that YW actually had 2 egg tarts for her lunch. Thought at least have some noddles. LOL...Well, when we went back to the cinema, we met ZW. She was looking fishy that moment. -.- maybe dating with her secret boyfriend. LOL...Well, its actually a friend of ST and her who watching P2 with her that day. Anyway it was the first time I saw someone who can't found their seats though the cinema was well lit that time.

P2 is a nice movie for me. It is definitely horror and brutal and I fully agree that this is a 18 and above movie. Though the plot is simple but its always surprise from the killer. He never runs out idea of torturing and killing someone. Overall, this is not a movie that will waste your money. By the way, ZW screamed quite loud from the back there. Though a few rows ahead of her, still can heard her screaming during some horror part of the movie. I guess she had her head inside her bag during the movie. =p

After the movie, YW and I went down to meet Cindy and Ai Mun who has just being 'released' from NS. We sat just outside Jusco there chatting while Cindy enjoying her ice-cream and waffle. After that, we went to Border's Starbucks. YW got herself a Mocha Ice-blended while Cindy and I shared the Strawberry Lamington(strawberry cake with coconut). We ain't sure about the taste of the cake. Kinda doubt if its tasty. But it turns out to be a little bit too sweet. Still acceptable.

Strawberry Lamington.

Later at 7, I received a call from my mom and I was forced to go back. Anyway I did enjoy myself that day. A nice movie with a nice friend. =)

5th of January, GS and YY finally back from NS. Didn't see them since last December. GS looks damn 'handsome' with his bald head. LOL...He was driving that day, he was quite blur...can't even remember how to go Queensbay Mall. -.- think he really stays too long in the camp. GS, KH and I met up with Zheng Ying, ZW, YY and BJ. ST, CY and the rest didn't join us as they were working that day. It was the first time I dine in Dave's Deli. The sandwiches are really expensive, around Rm10 whereas other dishes cost around Rm12++ which are much reasonable. Ordered a plate of chicken chop sort of thing for my lunch. The counter ain't really customer friendly as it was quite high. Well...the food was not bad. Maybe I'll dine there next time.

Healthier than McD? Maybe...

Anyway Thanks to Zheng Ying who treat us to Häagen-Dazs for the chocolate fondue. Before 6pm, KH, GS and I returned home while the others still enjoying their time there. At night, Gang of '4', ZW and her sister, ZY, Chin Heng, Ming Han, CW and Zhe Kang went to KAYU to gather around and have some 'light' supper. Too bad we didn't have the group photos that day. Around 1a.m, we went back.

6th of January, Chinese New Year eve. Early morning, went to play basketball with my friends especially GS who just back from NS. In the morning, KH asked me if I want to follow him to buy mandarin oranges for Than Lin and also cake for ZW. At 11 something, he reached my house. On the coastal highway, I got take note of his driving speed. It was over 80km/h. However, I didn't warned him yet as I forgot that the speed limit for that part of road is 70km/h and not 80km/h. And well, just when we saw the traffic ahead, we realised it was a roadblock. And the result, he earned his first ticket. 4th among the gang to drive but the 2nd to receive ticket after GS. LOL... and its CNY, he sure know how to spend his 'ang pao' for this year. Soon after that, we reached the Tesco. Bought the mandarin oranges and headed to E-Gate Secret Recipe to choose the cake. Chose a Tiramisu(tira-MIS-U) cake for her.

The ticket. Lucky speed...88km/h when being issued.

Spotted the cake.

Secured =)

This year's reunion dinner was quite special for my family. My uncle and his family ain't joining us for the reunion dinner this year and my brother was still in Germany. Therefore, it left 4 of us including my parents having the reunion dinner. The table ain't as crowded as usual. However, it was NICE that my brother can join us for the dinner through the internet. It was lunch for him over there but dinner for us over Malaysia. Technology sure proof that distance can be shorten via video conversation. I'm glad that my family still can get together for reunion dinner though my brother was having on the other place over the wire. Anyway it was a bit of disappointment as I can't join KH, CY, ZW and the rest for that night. However, I stay online till 2 a.m. before going to bed.

7th of February, the first day of Chinese New Year. I woke up quite late for this year, around 9 something. After having breakfast, went to my uncle's house where all my relatives will meet together. When we reached there was roughly 11 something, other relatives were already there. For last few years, my family was always first to reach. But not for this year. LOL...After 1p.m, we went to Penang Buddhist Association to pray before went back home.

Penang Buddhist Association.

My first Levi's-511 model...not available in Malaysia...

8th of February, it was a special day. We were going to throw a surprise party for ZW, just before she left us to further her studies in Australia. I suppose to join CY,ST and YY to buy things for the party that afternoon. However, due to some reason, I couldn't join them. ><" Luckily, I was managed to join the party at night. Thanks to KH for picking me up. =) When we arrived with Chin Hong at ZW's aunty house, ST,Weng Liang, Chun You and JX already there...blowing the balloons. Well...I joined in. LOL...blowing balloons was a fun thing to do also. And later on, others arrived...GS, TZ, JJ, Jia Rong, CY, Han Tung, Chia Huey and YY. We were fooling around while preparing and planning. And of course, GS didn't change at all, still the same old GS, crapping his 'theory' there. LOL...Anyway, we all did prepared a card for her. All of us, leave her a message and signed while VJS member, ST and YY had prepared a photo album for her. Well...it was nice that we all got the chance to look at it. The photos were so NICE especially the first photo. LOL...During that time, ZW still don't have any idea about the surprise party. Her relatives and family members were helping us with the surprise party. And thanks to that, it was a real surprise for ZW. After she came in the house after dinner, she saw ST and YY in the living room. She was like....'How come you all are here..." LOL...the surprise didn't end there. Both of them lead her to the dining room where all of us gave her a surprise with the 'party poppers'.She was like speechless for quite a moment. LOL...And Weng Liang came out behind the curtain and gave her 'a bouquet of flowers'. Well...after that, it was hug for them and photo session. LOL...too bad I don't have the photos but I believe others will post it soon. Later after that, we drink and eat while chatting, singing songs and also piano performances from ZW, GS and YY. Something not to be left out, WL still help ZW to finish the beer when we insisted that she must at least drink it. Other than that, 'he' still feed 'her' the cherry while 'she' feed 'him' the chocolate. *wink* Photos will help to explain what have actually happened that night. LOL...

GS requested for this photo...don't know his intention...lol...

GS crapping time, Chin Hong and Tze Jian look like his fans.

A Sponge Bob calendar with special messages meant for ZW. =)

Everyone enjoying themselves.

ZW and WL...LOL...what's their expression...kekez

p/s: more photos on Chrocky's blog...others photos shall be posted if received.

We left there around 2 something in the morning but the fun didn't end there. We proceed to ZW's house. However it left KH, CY, GS , Chun You, Han Tung, ST, YY and me there. Well...we chat and ate the snacks provided. I need to spend a little bit more time with her as I can't send her off at the airport on 9th February. We left at 3.50a.m. So damn sleepy at that moment. Just before I left, a hug with ZW. Argh...felt so sad at that time because it came up in my mind that ZW is going to left. sob ><" A last message sent to her when I back to house. Felt that it was a must for me to do so. Went to bed with an 'upset' heart...miss her so much. 9th February, it was the day, the day ZW gonna left for Australia. Thought I can talk to her that morning but it seems like she was kinda busy that moment. Too bad I can't send her off, need to attend my French class that morning. ><" On my way to the class, I received a call from YY that GS still didn't show up his face. OMG....He sure overslept. I call his house and it was confirmed that the lazy fellow still sleeping on his bed. He should be the one that represent Gang of 5 to send ZW off...end up none of us send her. Felt so sorry for that but this doesn't mean that we're going to forget about her. In fact, we not just wouldn't forgot about her but to miss her a lot too. In the French class, I could hardly pay attention. I was damn sleepy and yet thinking about how was the atmosphere there in the airport. Just wish if I could be there. Finally it was the day she left. Can hardly believe this. Well, for the past few days after SPM, always hang out or meet with her. So ZW was like a part of the life. Therefore, it is no doubt that I'm missing her. I believe not just me but all her friends here in Penang miss her too. Well..just hope she can take good care of herself there and adapt real soon. Lastly ALL THE BEST to ZHAO WEI! And I can guarantee that I'll never forgot about YOU. NEVER...In fact, miss YOU a lot. So just don't change too much yea.... =)

A leafless tree...