A rant a day keeps everyone away...

A Dummies for Dummies Guide to Food Blogging

2010-06-24T01:45:00.004+09:00

Come every June-July, I'll be surfing the net for Japanese fine dining (or at least edible Japanese cuisine) to take my dad out on his birthday. Why? Because every year he insists on eating salmon cooked ala Japanese style. I've told him that all he has to do is grill a piece of salmon served with rice but he says otherwise. As most of you know, most Malaysian websites are very uninformative. Especially the officials ones. Restaurant websites without menus, hotel websites without access maps and the most common of all "Site not found/Error 404/Site offline". Hence, I have to rely on food blogs posted by the common peasants who have tasted a slice of luxury in their life and insist on blogging about it. Ok, not all of them are peasants.

So back to the topic of food blogging. Let me be specific, MALAYSIAN food blogging. It annoys the sh*t outta me. I understand the need of you to sound intelligent like a real writer, but right-clicking on thesaurus is NOT the solution. Also, tYpinG liKe thIs is so not professional. We have all learn kata nama am and kata nama khas in grade school, have we not?

Second, photography. You want to look professional. Invest in a goddamn SLR cam or at least a camera with acceptable quality. And read up on lighting for the love of god. Auto flash is not the solution to life. The most important factor in food photography is color, not that white spot of flash in it. And a BIG NO to blue or purple lighting. If you've studied color, you'd know that blue and purple makes food very unappetizing. If the place is dark, get a mini tripod. If my 58 year old dad knows what it is, so do you.

Third: subject of photography. I am not interested in how pretty the soy sauce or vinegar bottles are. Or the entrance of the restroom. Unless the restroom resembles anything like Hooters', feel free to shoot away. The reason why anyone would be reading your blog is because they're looking for recommendation on a good place to eat. Not how cute you think the sauce plates are. And choose a proper angle to shoot your pictures. The last thing someone wants to see is a plate of beef salad with the beef portion cropped off.

Fourth, keep to the topic! Yes, we know there are lots of things going on in your life. Your partner isn't the most faithful person you thought him/her to be. But that's life. Leave topics like that in your personal blog. As I said before, I'm only reading your blog for food.

Fifth: babies are cute. Little girls and boys are cute. Puppies are cute. Food is not cute. Food is either delicious or crappy or anything that can describe the human taste-buds. Yes, the shape of the food may be cute, but all I want to know if it's edible or not. Only Japanese can legally use "cute" to describe anything. It's their culture.

Sixth, information. You wrote 10 paragraphs on how mouth watering the food is. How dining there gave you a life changing experience. Now you have me convinced and I really want to go there too. Then I realize I'm at a dead end. I have no freakin' idea where to go because you didn't provide an address or a slightest hint where in this country is this restaurant located. Or in another case that you have me convinced, I walk in and after showed to my table and gotten all comfy, I flip the appetizer menu to realize everything is in 3 digits. So yes, location and price is very helpful for our wallets.

Before writing this, I was discussing it with the sister. I expressed my concern of how I'd my blog will be bombed by angry food bloggers after reading this post. Her reply: "Hahahaha with what? Roti bom?"

Contributing data to the internet world

2010-06-23T03:23:00.003+09:00

In contrary to a certain best friend saying that my blog was a "waste of internet space". Well, you can't blame me since my last post was in January about job hunting and here I am, almost end of June and still jobless. Just reading the previous post makes me depressed. So best friend, I hope you're happy. This post is for you!

Recently my classmate told me her first impression of me is totally different from what I actually am. Initially she thought I was a serious and hardworking person from the way I introduced myself and greeted her. Boy was she wrong. I have no idea how I actually give out that impression cus if you know me well enough, "serious" and "hardworking" are definitely not in my books. I continued by asking her when did she "discover" my true colors. She said "Hmm...not that long after. You sorta destroyed that image rather fast".

In another case, today my lecturer reshuffled our seats because she thinks working around the same person for too long will "influence" our work. What a load of bullcrap. As if when you work in the industry, your boss will just make an announcement and reshuffle everyone's cubicle. Well now I'm stuck with this guy who I suspect is a damn loli-con (and sorta a loser) on my left and on my right is a guy who probably can count with his left hand how many times he had a conversation with a girl in a year. In other words, I have noone to rant out to during the deepest darkest hours of my 3D modeling class. So with my motivation level down to -5% after that, I didn't feel like modeling my 3D NY Times Square even though I was quite hyped up about it 5 minutes before. Just to kill time, I was googling what building goes where and the names of the buildings for fun. Seriously, it has VERY little relevance to my actual work. Upon seeing how into I was into drawing a map of portion of Times Square, a guy 2 seats away was like
"Wow, look at Koe-san. She's so detailed in her work."
The guy beside him turned and continued "Whoa yeah, you're even drawing it all out."
I turned around and said "Not really. I just don't feel like doing any work."
Guy #1: "....that was disappointing...."
Guy #2: "....whoa that was unexpected...."
So there. That's how I ruin whatever high image they have of me.

Malaysia Boleh.

The Process

2010-01-27T19:51:00.002+09:00

...of getting a job in Japan...I think. I'm not too sure myself. I'm just going along with the flow...

1. You'll have to write up a 自己分析 (self-analysis) and "episodes" of your life which are meaningful so that you can...

2. ...write up a lot of bull in your resume in the 自己PR (self PR/appeal) section. Do include how your existence can help the company in a very humble way. How? I have nfi.

3. Now that you're done with your resume (which I'm not), time to apply for 説明会 (job orientations). There are 2 types that are the 合同説明会 (think Education Fairs but instead, they're telling you about their company rather than their schools. And you have to be really nice to them instead) or 会社説明会 (in-company job orientation). In most cases, they might ask for your resume during the orientation so it's best to take it along. And if they decide to throw you a suprise, they might just have a written examination which consists of either a) a personality exam (SPI試験), b) a short essay in which the few hundred words that you use to express your ideas are analyzed and determines what kind of a person you are, how you think, your ideals etc. And they say a picture tells a thousand words. If they decide to throw a BIGGER suprise, they might just have a group interview right at the spot. During the orientation, it is advised to stand out by asking questions and conducting good behavior. And don't forget to wear a suit on that day.

4. From here on out I'm not too sure since my first job orientation session will be next week but lets just say this is part of the process. Not that the first 3 steps were 100% accurate, so it doesn't really matter if this is. I'm sure a sensible person wouldn't want to go through all this after reading step no.3. So I'm guessing after the job orientation in which you have gave your contact info through your resume to the company, will contact you if you're short-listed. After they have contacted you, you will have to call the company to arrange for an interview. Sounds easy? Hell no. We have a telephone manual on this topic. What to say at what situation. Its just like how Streamyx's helpline tells you to reset your modem for 2 minutes and if all else fails, tell the customer that the fault lies with their device and wash your hands of it. When calling for an interview, do not 1) Call in the first 30 minutes of opening hours, during lunch hour or 30 minutes before closing hours. You don't want to impose trouble on the company during their busy and rest time. Before that, it is advisable to not use your cellphone to make the call. Why? The case where your line suddenly cuts or you run out of battery or other reasons that only happens when you make the most important call of your life might occur therefore use a landline for calls such as these. What, no landline? Then use a public phone. But not just ANY public phone, use one from a hotel where it is quiet and there is a table for you to write down a memo regarding the interview.

5. Now that you've gotten an interview, you're all set to go. Things to bring: a map (to find the place), any documents regarding the interview, shoe polish, mirror, comb, handkerchief and makeup. Doesn't it just shouts "Looks DOES matter?". Arrive at reception 5-10 minutes before appointed time. In the case where you need to use the toilet, use one at another building, not where you're having the interview. In the case where you HAVE to use the one in that building, do not use the one on the same floor as where the interview will be held. Chances of you bumping into your interviewer at the toilet there are higher and you might be makeup-less and you wouldn't want your future employer to see you in your worst. IMHO I think you'd have better chances of giving a better impression in the toilet rather than in the interview room since you're more relaxed at the loo. Who isn't. At the reception, be very nice to the receptionist. At that moment, you are lower than them. If you're gonna be bitchy, do it after you've gotten the job. Say thank you to whatever he/she does. Smile at all times. In the elevator, hold the door for anyone and everyone. Ask them which floor they would like to go to and press the button for them. They might be your interviewer and you want to set a fake but good impression. Think about it this way. After stepping foot inside, if you're at the pantry, play the tea-lady/guy role. In the elevator, play the role of the lift-boy/girl. Upon entering the waiting room, do not think just sitting at any available seat is all. Avoid sitting at the inner most seat. Why? I don't know. All I know is that the seat away not facing the door but closest to the door is your best option. I have NFI.

6. After your interview there is more hell which I'm not sure yet since I haven't reached this far. Maybe I'll continue this when I do find out. Or if I ever will.

For now, I have 2 job orientations in February. One with Capcom and another with Namco-Bandai. I'm praying I just get a job on the spot sans interviews. My ideal scenario:
"You speak English? You've got the job!"
...I wish.

I really dread this...

2010-01-21T20:23:00.003+09:00

So I did it. I sent a sorta informal letter to this company that I reaaaally want to get in and in my Enid Blyton mind, I keep thinking I'm gonna get the job since I can speak both Japanese and English but when I shut Enid out, I just know I'm gonna be rejected. I've been putting off sending this email about the job enquiry because if I do get rejected it means I have to go through the tedious process that every other Japanese go through: job interviews. It's one hell of a process. I'll blog about the things you have to go through (and the inconvenience) one day. I'm so scared I'm gonna get rejected. Please don't reject me **********!

On a side note, I put my name down for Namco-Bandai and Capcom's job orientation. Yes, we have to go for the orientation BEFORE applying for the real thing to know what you're gonna get into. I DID say tedious before, didn't I.

2009...short and sweet

2010-01-04T04:20:00.001+09:00

As the title says.

So, 2009 was

down

dooooooown

and thats it.

Im thinking...

2009-11-19T20:27:00.001+09:00

..of starting a side Graphic Design blog. Well for now. And only so I can brag about it during my job interview next year that I do have a life besides school homework and lazing around. Or something like that. Its probably going to be past homework submissions.

District Sembilan

2009-08-14T03:20:00.005+09:00

Seeing my previous movie reviews (Dragon Tiger Gate and The Prestige) were epic fails, I've decided to try a hand at it again to at least put my LimKokWing school fees to good use (Film Studies class. Cesar will be proud!). So, I'll give it a try with Peter Jackson's District 9.

With great time at the TV comes great knowledge of advertisements ~~or so says Uncle Ben~~ thus led me to watching District 9's trailer over and over and over again. But still I had no fockin' clue what the heck the movie was about. All I knew was it was about aliens and a place called District 9. I also noted how there was no focus on the cast but rather on the name Peter Jackson (in case you didn't know, he was the director of LOTR trilogy and also nabbed the Best Director Oscar). In other words, instead of selling the Hollywood cast, he was selling his name and reputation as a director, thus leading to GSC selling District 9's tix at RM6, unlike G.I. Joe's RM9 tickets. They probably googled Peter Jackson's filmography and came up with Lord of the Rings and deduced that he was an Orc extra on set and assumed he's some B-grade actor that settled for some Hollywood wannabe alien sci-fi movie. Maybe. Don't get me wrong, I do respect him as a director ~~for casting Orlando Bloom as Legolas~~ and I think his work is amazing. But that's besides the point. I'm supposed to be reviewing the movie.

To be honest, when I saw the trailer I thought I'd watch it if someone invited me but I wouldn't be the invitee, until my dad saw the poster of the alien mothership. He said he HAS to watch this movie so I said OK and here I am typing this review that isn't going anywhere. Well my point was actually I wasn't that interested in the movie. But after watching it I did. Sorta. Kinda.

What I thought was quite unique about this movie is the way the movie was told. Instead of the usual 3rd person view; watching the story unfold as an audience, it is told in a documentary-like style. Rather than watching a movie, it feels more realistic than just an ordinary fiction. I was expecting the usual hack-slash alien killing action movies (actually my dad was REALLY expecting that) but this gave a more fresh feeling compared to the norm. I won't touch anything about the storyline in respect of the effort they put in keeping us in the dark about the movie's story. There's a reason why the trailer was so vague.

I know the Wachowski Bros. are fans of Japanese mecha and anime, but I'm quite sure Peter Jackson might be one too. Some designs look preeeetty similar to Metal Gear Solid 4's mecha designs (*cough*Metal Ray*cough*). If you didn't get this part, its just the gaming geek in me writing. I just needed to get this out of my system since I can't share this with my dad obviously.

OK I think this review is even shittier than my Dragon Tiger Gate review. At least I made more sense in the latter. Or I just wanted to show off my so called deep observation skills. I DID wanted to be a movie director in one point of my life. I still do honestly. For a very shallow reason. ~~i just wanna be around celebs at work~~

On a side note, this will be the last movie I plan to watch in Kuantan. There are too many secondary script writers who can't help but express their fockin' ideas.

Classroom Plagarism Law

2009-07-10T20:44:00.005+09:00

...is what I wish for. I'm honestly sick of people stealing my ideas and using it for their assignments. Honestly, Idea Thieves are worst than Art Thieves. Not that I've ever had my art stolen, well technically once in LKW, but that was just an idiot who was looking for a free ticket for his life drawing submission. The difference with stealing art is you have solid proof that's enough to defame the poor bastard for life. A signature, raw data file, sketch, anything can be presented to prove that your art was stolen. But what about ideas? There aren't any ways to prove that THAT was originally your idea. In my case,

Case 1 : Limkokwing GDD Semester 3, I made a map for a local tourism poster assignment pointing out the various tourist spots. In the next assignment, TA-DA another classmate used a map as his design. Well maps are rather common so I didn't give that much of a shit about it so lets move on to...

Case 2 : Web Design Semester 1, we had an assignment to design a website for this new shopping mall called Breeze Breeze. My concept was design + youth since the mall was rather artsy fartsy so Breeze = fresh = green and just to throw in something different and young, I used orange as my main colors. We had progression evaluation halfway during the assignment so we got to see everyone's website (which I think was a shit idea cus this whole thing wouldn't have happened if there wasn't one) and this certain classmate's website theme was yellow flowers for borders. Me? I used Flash for my top page and vector motifs and green and orange. My lecturer sort of pointed out my design as an example of a good design for a website as well as commented on using Flash. 2 weeks later, we had our presentation and when I saw that certain classmate's website, it was...green and orange. Just a different shade. And flash. My flash was a vertical image slideshow, hers was horizontal.

Case 3 : My sort of Graphic Design class, in the previous assignment we had to design a summer festival poster. The point of the poster was to attract people by making them think the festival is fun. (which festival isn't?) My theme was to make it look like an American comic and in different panels where the various activities of the festival. Note: I used thick black outlines. The next assignment was to design either Terminator Salvation or Transformers 2 poster leaflet. While walking past a classmate's working station, lo and behold, thick black outlines and....suprise! various panels.

Case 4 : Current assignment and also a design contest. There's no prize money or even any consolation but the chosen's poster design will be up on every corner of Osaka city. Which is a very good thing for your resume and pride. It's a fire prevention poster with the motto that goes something like "prevention comes first"...I think. So I designed all the Osaka icons (eg.: Glico man, Douraku crab, Kuidaore Taro p/s: Sandy if you're going "Wtf is all that shit", I suggest Mr.Google) holding a fire extinguisher. I personally liked how Glico man jumping in the air with one leg up holding the extinguisher up with both hands. My lecturer liked it too. Well, he seems to like everyone's design but I'll take it as he really likes it since he told me to put it in my portfolio. Yes, he only told ME that....I think. So while I was bored I walked over to this certain classmate (refer to Case 2) and she was still sketching her idea and....it was Glico man holding up a fire extinguisher in....both hands! What a coincidence!

End of case study.

Okaay...

2009-06-30T21:42:00.002+09:00

After reading MJ's autopsy reports, watching his music videos and live performances on Youtube, I take back what I said in the last post. I'm now devastated over his death. It's such a waste. I'll stop here as I need sometime by myself... eventhough I have lots of that already.

14 more days! Weehoo!

2009-06-30T20:54:00.003+09:00

That's counting down to home for the summer vacation. Haven't been posting here lately cus I've been posting on my other blog which is more like an art spam blog. Sometimes I wonder why I bother blogging. It's not like anyone reads either of my blog. But wtf. It's not like I comment on other people's blog unless I'm really close so maybe its just retribution. I'm just not an online community person.

I must add that I have 2 submissions due tomorrow that I have yet to complete and I'm just procastinating by blogging unnecessaryly, while asking myself why didn't I do it over the weekend when I had 48 hours at my disposal. I'm still wondering.

Somehow, ever since Heath Ledger's sudden passing, I think I'm rather immune to sudden death of celebrities. When I heard about Aaliyah, I was like whoaaaa...that was sudden...., as the same with Lisa "Left-eye" Lopes. Okay I admit that I had to wiki up her last name cus I kept thinking it was Lisa Lobes or Lisa Loeb but I vaguely remember a Lisa Loeb with glasses who was white with long blonde hair. Interestingly, there seems to be a documentary on her during her last minutes, just before the accident. Well obviously the part after the accident or during the accident was editted but I'm quite interested in watching that documentary. Anywaaays, my point was that when I heard MJ died, I was just "oh...okay." I think I'm still in shock over Heath's death. Maybe it's because I watched him grow from that troubled teenager in 10 Things I Hate About You to a gay cowboy in Brokeback Mountain to the best Joker in Batman history. All I remember from MJ was him standing between two trees with the wind blowing really hard while he stamps his feet. Yup, that's the Earth Song, my favourite. Okay while typing this entry I had to look through Wiki and Youtube for reference that I've lost my focus on what I wanted to write. Not that I had a purpose in the first place but whatever. I'll end it here since Earth Song is playing on Youtube right now.

sigh

2008-12-15T21:45:00.002+09:00

Last week Barrett was admitted into a doggie hospital (or vet if you prefer) cus he suddenly couldn't walk and was diagnosed of being paralyzed. Temporary or permanent, we have no idea because Malaysia has great animal medical facilities that there isn't any MRIs for animals so the vet can't pintpoint where he hurt his spine and how severe it is. He was on meds since last Sunday and til today, according to the vet, he's not responding to the medications, which is a bad thing since its been about a week. Mom mailed me today and said that at the worst case he might have to do surgery, which is only a 50/50 chance and the surgery itself costs a bomb. So she's debating whether or not to do the surgery. And if the surgery fails, the only choice is to put him to sleep because keeping him wouldn't be fair to him since he won't be able to move or walk for the rest of his life. Typing this is already depressing. I'm only hoping that he just bruised or sprained his spine and its nothing too severe and he'll heal soon but its hard to tell since, like I said, the medical facilities for animals here is fucktastic. I just can't wait to see him this Sunday and give him a big, warm squeeze and kiss him. That's all I'm looking forward to this time I'm going home. Sadly I won't be able to spend much time with him this time since I'm not sure when he'll be discharged or if he'll get better during my 3 weeks home.

While I was on the phone with my mom, I heard another disturbing story that she heard from the vet thats treating Barrett. Apparently there are roll up in their shiny Mercedes Benz with their pets to the vet and when they're given the estimate bill of medical costs, they just told the vet to put their pet to sleep, because apparently getting a new pet would be cheaper than paying for the medical bill. Heartless bastards.

So anyways,...

GET WELL SOON U CUTIE BARRETT SO I CAN SQUEEZE U TILL U WHEEZE LIKE ALWAYS!!!!

My fellow people...

2008-09-23T21:30:00.002+09:00

Regarding my previous post entitled "Hi! I'm Malaysian...", I deeply regret calling fucker cook,...fucker cook. He is nowhere near a fucker cook. In fact I shall call him Nice-man cook, because, he is indeed a..nice man. Somehow I tried to type this sounding like the President of United States apologizing for sleeping with his secretary but I ended up sounding like Paris Hilton apologizing for her puppy pooing in private property. Well, my point is I take back what I said about him. He's so far the nicest cook at my workplace. Actually they all are. I either look really helpless or they're really nice, cus whenever I try to take something heavy or hot, they'll all stand there and ask "Are you OK?"

Also I would like to apologize to Sony Computer Entertainment. I have decided to back on my word of never owning an Xbox and opt to get a 360 rather than a PS3. I am deeply sorry for the sudden betrayal but at the current situation, I can't even list 5 exclusive games for the PS3 that I'm aiming for. Also, my current financial situation has led to this sudden decision. The price drop for the Xbox360 (about 20-30kyen) is a much better option rather than the 40kyen 40gb PS3. Perhaps one day I shall own a PS3 but just at this moment, I must apologize that I cannot afford to support your company. *floor bow Japanese-style*

Upcoming attractions: Anyone interested in my Japanese written speech on the social studies of the Ah Beng and Ah Lian culture? The information you can get online is truly...interesting. Try wiki.

Osaka here I come...maybe?

2008-08-27T22:29:00.004+09:00

Getting into college in October...yayness! Problem is college is in Osaka, and doesn't help that its in a the heart of Osaka, meaning housing there will cost a bomb, meaning no more waking up one hour before class and walking down the street and still be on time, meaning I have to go through rush hour on the trains every morning. Well, I did always love city life, but definitely with a car. Well, maybe I can use this chance to finally get on the "ladies train" that I hear so much about. I've rode on one but it wasn't peak hour so it was just a normal train/carriage/whatever you call a part of a train.

So, list of things that will happen and things I need to do:
1. Orientation starts on 1st of October
2. Japanese classes finish on the 26th of September
3. Need to move out completely from my current place on 30th of September
4. Need to find a place in Osaka before I actually can do list items no.1-3
5. Try to figure out my finances since I kind of blew most of my pay on my trip to Tokyo
6. Endure part-time job till September the 10th
7. Wait for House season 5 on the 19th of Sept. (ok not so important but i just watched the season 4 finale and got teary :P)
8. Hope to go home for winter vacation.

Chat Bat Rat Internet

2008-08-09T23:23:00.003+09:00

I just made an amazing discovery and I'm bored enough to blog about it! I'm currently using 3 chat programs (sometimes 4) which are MSN Messenger, gtalk and Skype and each program is used with different groups of people; Skype is for friends from my current school so half the time its set on Japanese keyboard settings, gtalk is mainly with friends from AMD days, but sadly I don't use it as much as last time. MSN is mainly with people who I am very close/RL friends and people who still care for me LOL. Occasionally the "i-need-help-kthnxbai" friends pop up on MSN thus the 24hour "away" status. At least I have an excuse as to why I'm ignoring someone ;)

There is also the Yahoo Messenger, but usually used when all other chat programs fail. I think I still have an AIM account somewhere and ICQ. #9950337 is my account number. LOL I still remember it after 11 years.

p/s: I take back about 3/4 of what I said about the cook from the previous post. Either he got smacked in the head and became nicer or he had a temporary memory loss and forgot he was nasty. The other day he asked me something in Chinese and I was like "eh?" I think it was Chinese, not so sure. Then he asked me "You're not Japanese right?" and I said no I'm not. *thinks* "Did you forget about making fun of my Japanese before?" Then he asked me where I'm from so I said Malaysia (truly asia) and he was like ohh... Weird. But lately at least he says excuse me or he sounds abit nicer than before. When I pass an order to him he doesn't grumble bout it like last time. *cross my fingers he stays that way all the time* Today he actually helped me with something which suprised me. And it was during his meal. Extra suprised.

I still refuse to take back what I said bout the fucker asshole. Forget B, he has been upgraded to Fucking Ass. uncensored. fullstop. I hate him wholeheartedly. If there was a license to kill only one person in you life, at the moment he will be that person. Example today, I was taking out a plate of fried rice and I wasn't sure how to serve it. UNFORTUNATELY that fucking asshole was the only one there and I HAD to ask him. Honestly, Japanese people eat every damn thing with just chopsticks, from steak to rice, so you'd expect them to eat a normal plate of fried rice with a damn pair of chopsticks. When I asked fucking asshole he was like you have to serve it with a ladle-spoon. So I was like OK. But NOOOOOO its not fucking enough for him. HE HAD to add:
"if you don't eat with a spoon how are you gonna eat? Try and think about it."
I was so fucking close to throwing that plate at his face. Then I forgot to serve soup with that damn plate of fried rice but since his Oh-so-greatness told me this morning to serve it with every plate of rice he HAD to come all the way to where I was and said "You forgot didn't you? I told you this morning about the soup." and I'm thinking FUCK YOU I'm fucking busy and if you have the fucking time to come up to me and tell me about SOUP you can fucking take it by yourself and serve it you fucking asshole. Again I felt like pouring the whole pot of soup over his head and burn him. Not like anyone would care and it'd do the world a favor.

I'm pretty sure he's not well liked in university. Today a colleague commented that it was rude (obviously she commented in a polite way. she was Japanese) that he was calling the manager "oji-san" which either means old man or uncle. He was bragging to a new colleague that he calls the manager "oji-san" and sometimes "ossan" which is considered rude for Japanese I think. She was quite an elderly woman and she kept saying "it's not good to call him that". Then he wanted to show off even more and started calling the manager "oji-san" when he came in. The manager just grunted an annoyed sound. I wonder how thick his skin is. I hope he never gets a job in Japan and is forced to go home and work at some 3rd grade company which hires just about anybody and pays him peanuts. *prays*

Hi! I'm Malaysian...

2008-07-21T00:22:00.002+09:00

Today is the exact reason I told my mom why I don't bother or go out to make an effort of befriending any Malaysians here in Japan.

Yesterday I started my part-time job from hell. A waitress at a Chinese restaurant affiliated with a hotel...aka a reputable slave. A senior showed me how the place works and she explained it to me politely and patiently and the manager was quite understanding that I don't speak Japanese that well. The cooks however are quite bitchy. One minute they're nice, another minute they might snap at you. And they say women are hard to understand. (all the cooks are men)

Today, my senior didn't have a shift so another "senior" took over. The senior was a fellow Malaysian. He shall be named The B. (you should know what B stands for. definitely not BAGUS or anything that sounds nice) NORMALLY, in a far away place where you know not of anyone from your homeland, you tend to HELP the ones that are from where you come from. At least thats what I see in my school. Koreans help their people, Taiwanese, Thais etc. but not Malaysia truly Asia. I swear my manager was more excited to see another Malaysian than he was. Not like I was excited, I couldn't give 2 shits about him. First of all, he KNEW I was coming in for work today and he didn't even bother introducing himself or where he was from. Then he was like "Oh, you can speak to me in Cantonese, English (which I doubt he can speak) or anything if you don't understand. Easier for "commu-ni-kaaaay-shon." At first I was like whoa, he speaks really good Japanese. But I sure as hell ain't telling him that since he's such an ass. THEN, after a few minutes he wavecalls me....I repeat, WAVE CALL, since I'm pretty sure my parents forgot to give me a name when I was born, and calls me into the kitchen. He throws a basket full of small cups and says "Arrange this neatly" in Japanese. No please. So WTF happened to "communi-kaaaay-shon" The B? I know for a fact there is NO reason to stack them up neatly cus the cooks are just gonna mess it up when taking it out in a hurry. So practically the whole evening he was bossing me around like making me take plates in cus he's too good to be carrying a tray with dirty plates or cleaning up a table. He cleans halfway, he sees me, then he stops whatever he's doing and points to me to finish it up. I cursed him almost every minute I'm suprised he didn't drop dead or hit something and fall down.

Next would be the cook I want to dump in Tokyo bay, or in this case Kyoto bay along with The B. Wrapping them up with their beloved dumplings in a sack and tying it down with all the pots and pans from the restaurant and dumping them down the bay would be the top of my wishlist. This fucker of a cook is probably from Taiwan or China, since he speaks a different dialect of Chinese so I'm not sure. He could be another fuckass from Malaysia, I'm not suprised. Since he and The B can speak decent Japanese considering they're foreigners, they think they're too good to be grouped as a "foreigner" and act all high and mighty. Hello dear fuckers, fyi I work the at the same kitchen as you, I get the same pay as you, I breathe the same foul smell in the kitchen as you. So wtf are you so proud of? At least I'm doing this as a part-time job while you are stuck in that hell hole for probably the rest of your life. Pray do tell which part of that are you so proud of. I wish you all the best you will get deported. May your mighty Japanese skills save your sorry ass. The cook kept making fun of my Japanese and The B was joining in. Now you know why I hate them.

This started when I was on my way out of the kitchen when the food delivery bell rang. The fucker cook shoved 2 plates of fried rice into my hands and said this is for 3 persons and the other for 4 persons. Who the FUCK would know straight away what the fuck that is. Then he repeated like I was an idiot "this-is-for THREEEEE people, that is for FOOOOOUR" and started telling the other cooks how I don't even understand what is 3 or 4 people. Fineeee, that I can do with, THEN when I asked another senior, she asked the cook whether its for the customers and he started shouting that it was for the reserved table blablabla. Yeahuh....3 person, 4 person = reserved table. Wow wee. Later he asks whether I eat "fried chicken" (because they pack extras for the staff to bring home). Question of the year! So I said in Japanese "Ii desu" which means ok. At least thats what I learnt in basic Japanese. The fucker says out loud, "What kind of an answer is that?" Then The B chips in "Its either you answer 'Iranai' (don't need) or 'Iru' (need). Who the fuck answers like that. Its not the problem about the language, I'm sure all languages don't reply with a "don't need" when you refuse something. Fuckers.

Later I heard The B talking with the cooks. Probably fucker cook asked him whether I'm from the same country as him and oh wow! you speak so much better than her. The B answers "Because I'm a genius". I was holding a broom at that time and you have no idea how I wanted to shove it up his ass. Then slice the cook with his kitchen knife.

All in all today was a bitch. I now have no plans to befriend any Malaysians I find in Japan or have any relations to them whatsoever. Well, so far all I've met are MALES so I'll see how it goes if I ever meet a female. The first Malaysian I met in Malaysia could speak decent Japanese and he was in Advance course when I was in Beginners. He never offered to help around knowing I couldn't speak Japanese at all and he preferred to hang out with Japanese or other nationalities. None of my encounters with Malaysians in Japan has turned out pleasant, thus my new resolution.

So I hope the fucking cook and The B will have a good and long life in hell they call a kitchen. I honestly rather them get deported though. At least then they will feel the reality that in the end of the day, they're still a fucking foreigner.

A future career as a...

2008-07-08T01:02:00.003+09:00

...police sketch artist. Here is proof:Ok, before I start this post let me be clear of a few things.
1. This is a sketch of a classmate in Semester 5, Pokelai.
2. Dear Pokelai, if you're reading this please do not think too much of having your sketch in my blog. It's just that when I saw this I thought of something to blog.
3. No, I'm not saying you're a criminal.
4. I'm sorry if you're offended if it looks nothing like you. I could tell you weren't that pleased when you saw the sketch 2 years ago.

With that cleared up, let me start explaining. I've always wondered how the police actually choose their sketch artists. Well, I have to admit most of my observation are from TV series or movies so whether or not those sketches are as "accurate" compared to real life sketch artists, I am not sure. But considering that the entertainment production business has a much bigger budget to hire a real or better sketch artist than the police force, my opinion still stands at their sketches being almost unidentifiable or hardly recognisable. Well, considering their only source of information is from a sketchy description from witnesses, I guess its forgivable.

My point is, I was looking at this picture and somehow I realised how much it resembles a police sketch. You know it's a potrait, you know there's a person out there who looks like that, but you just don't know who the fuck it is.

p/s: Police sketch artists get a big fat check for their job.

Say hello to...

2008-06-05T00:32:00.002+09:00

Gatorman (ゲートルマン）

Gatorman was a result of a trip to the zoo, a model from life drawing class and Semester 5 life drawing final assignment...and also how I have something for crocodiles. (I know alliGATORs and crocs are diff, but calling him Crocman is so off) This was the initial sketch for the final to be done on board with charcoal but lets just say, the final looked way off, and lets not talk about it. In my 3 years of going through the helltime of life drawing, I would say this was my favourite life drawing piece I have ever done. Sadly, it was only scribbled on one of my doodle sketchbooks used in class to kill boredom.

By now you must be wondering ytf have you been made to stare at a sketch of a naked man who looks like he contracted a C-virus (croc virus lol. Resident evil influence) and grew a tail and for no reason has a peacock feather sticking out of his head and for even no reason whatsoever, having a bullhorn out his forehead? I just wanted to show off that I have creativity at being random! Enjoy.

p/s: The model had a nipple ring, thus there's a ring sticking out. I wasn't trying to accessorize him.

My Thoughts On...

2008-05-26T22:01:00.002+09:00

...Dragonball...the movie....made in America....so....fuckin....WRONG!

My thoughts:
-Goku looks like an idiot.

-Yamcha looks like a DVD seller.

-Chi Chi looks like an American Idol contestant.

-Bulma looks like...not Bulma.

-Master Roshi aka Datuk Kame (don't ask me, ask Msian translators) looks like an Ah Beng uncle who hangs out in Chinese coffeeshops/kopitiams drowning in cheap beer.

Is it just me or does this seem like a big budget scale Dragonball cosplay convention?

I think I have developed...

2008-05-23T01:06:00.002+09:00

...superpowers? No, I have not been on a Heroes marathon that resulted in hallucinations, if thats what you think.

I recently realised, if I concentrate real hard and close my eyes (holding my Japanese dictionary), I can actually, really, listen to my neighbours crystal clear. What she did today, what time she came home etc. Could this be a sign of superhearing powers!?

...oh wait. Its the superthin walls and superloud bitch next door.

Good shit!

2008-04-21T19:23:00.002+09:00

Best vid I've watched on YouTube in awhile:

I want...

2008-04-19T20:44:00.002+09:00

...a PS3 reaally reaaally badly. Like reaaaally badly.

PS3が欲しくて、たまらない。。。

Endings...

2008-04-13T01:44:00.002+09:00

...that are so bad, you'd feel like crying.

What made me rant bout how bad endings are a real bitch was cos I was as usual procastinating a task that was due 2 weeks ago by my very friendly-if-you're-in-her-class Japanese teacher by watching this show which I had been waiting for since January after watching the trailer that was seriously breath-taking. It's actually an online game in a game, meaning its an offline game, that turned into an anime as a sequel, then made into a game again as a sequel of the first game, and made into an anime as prequel to the sequel of the game then made into a fully 3D CGI movie of the sequel of the game that was compiled in 3 games. But if I think about it now, I think in between there was an anime of the prequel to the first game and later a novel of the prequel to the sequel of the anime of the sequel of the first game. Lost? Go wikipedia .hack.

Anyways, the movie was a big disappointment storywise. The 3D was cool and well made, with details like hair strands and character design blablabla but story? As no no as purikura. This made me think back of all the bad endings that I have encountered.

Personally, I think the most important part of a movie/story is the ending. People usually ask, "Hey, you remember what happened at the END of that movie blablabla" not "Heyy, you remember what happened in the middle of the movie when blablabla". Stupid examples make good points. And sadly most creative writers fail to satisfy viewer's needs to a perfect ending. I think I learnt in one of my class that everyone's tastes are different so there is no perfect ending. But at the very least, make a goddamn decent one. So here is my compilation of bad endings. I'll make a list so you'd avoid reading in case I'd spoil you before you on stuff you haven't read/watched: From Hell, most King of Fighters series, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Pirates of the Caribbean, War of the Worlds, Dragon Tiger Gate, The Departed, I can't think of anymore at the moment.

Ready?

OK, From Hell was just unsatisfying. One minute you see cool JDepp and next he's wasted to death.
FFVII was just, more of a wtf thing. Somehow most Japanese movies/animes/games/whtever have the tendency to stab, shoot or kill the main characters and they come up fine and dandy with sparkling candy to save the day. Same goes for FFVII: stabbed, shot, and at the end fine and dandy.
PotC? They should've just stopped at part one, like Matrix. Just cos LOTR could pull off a trilogy, Harry Potter would be pulling a seventology (no idea what you call that) doesn't mean everyone can.
War of the Worlds. If you watch it, you know.
DRAGON TIGER GATE??? As I said waaaay back, ah bengs in Hong Kong+Japanese comic osplay fighting like a cheap TVB kungfu series. I swear the main bad guy's costume was from a game I played...This is hands down the worst chinese movie I have ever watched.
The Departed? Go watch Infernal Affairs. Even if you have to watch a trilogy to get to the same point as The Departed. Oh wait, skip part 2 of Infernal Affairs. Edison Chen is in it.

And lastly the mother of all bad endings no doubtly goes to: King of Fighters '99 (i think) Hong Kong comic by Hui King Sum. I even remembered his name to avoid buying the same mistake. Let me just summarise the whole story:
KOF main characters fight, reveals new boss called...King! KOF peeps tries to fight King and gets killed one by one. Then, TADA the main character (Kyo) shows up and gets pissed off for him killing his friends and fights. He too lost to King and King starts laughing because he is now the strongest man in the world. He laughs and laughs and he explodes and dies because he had too much power and the power that exploded somehow revives all the KOF peeps that he killed. THE END.

Now you know what I mean. Honestly, I just wanted to share that shit of an excuse you call a story since I paid 3 bucks every week for that crap all the way till the end. Ok, technically my dad paid for it so I'm trying to make his penny worth it. So I hope you all enjoyed that story.

Purikura Wars

2008-03-07T02:09:00.004+09:00

Today I finally remembered why I hate purikura. WTF is purikura? google it. Today was my Intermediate class farewell party and seriously, its nowhere near a real party.
Point 1: No alcohol. The last party I went to without alcohol was at my own birthday party when I was 8. Even in middle school we at least had beer in the punch...thanks to my sis.
Point 2: Shit planning. Although the organizer cried twice in a day because of the party, there isn't a likely chance she'll be reading this so yeah, the party sucked. It was fun for awhile but thats all. Our class teacher didn't even make it to the party to show how much fun she predicted the party was going to be. Even the food wasnt great. Plus the fact people don't eat according to their share since the dinner is prepared per head. So I paid 3200yen basically just to drink free flow of soft drinks, which were hogged by the same people who didn't eat according to their share. I swear even latecomers ate more than me.

Yeah the first paragraph has nothing to do with purikura so this is where the puribitching starts. The first time I ever took a purikura pic was in Singapore when I was 15. I only had a close friend with me so it didn't seem so bad. The next time was after graduating high school. Us almost 10 girls stood in a tiny booth to take a microscopic pic. The machines weren't even bilingual without any English help and the attendants were rude as fck. So really, what ARE these things doing in Malaysia? I'm sure every Tom, Dick and Harry, or in this case, any Siti, Ah May and Selvi would know how to work this fully Japanese machine out. Camera aims at our feet and clicks! and our first pic was wasted on the beauty of our worn out sandals n sneakers. Attendant says its our fault for pressing the button (which was conviniently outside the booth while we were inside) so no refund. Blablabla take pics while holding in your breath and TADA u have a 3x3.5cm sticker picture! After that someone gets pissed when they see only a strand of their nostril or a finger or tip of the left eye while others get a half-body shot. Things start to get ugly, people walking out while refusing to take their share of the sticker blablabla life goes on.

Today same thing happens. 8 people stuffed in a booth, trying to take miniscular pictures. One gets pissed off, asks for her money back since she's not in the pic at all and walks off pissed and unpurikura-ed. I guess i was alil luckier. I think I spotted my eye. After you've taken the pic, there's more to come. Designing that lil fck purikura. Of course the girls who stood in front runs to the design panel. Grabs the stylus and starts putting flowers and princessy crowns on themselves. I fcking swear all the pics turned out pink with flowery borders. The "designers" get cute ribbons, cool sunglasses, shiny tiaras, etc. What do you, the redundant ones get? Afros, half a ribbon or crown (or more like your face or whatever that you managed to get a pic of was covered by the "designers'" cute accessories) or ugly ass shit stuff. And no they won't consult you. Afterall you paid to take a purikura of them, not with them. They're just using you to cut down the overall price.

Seriously, I'd rather use that money and play a good game of shooting at the arcade instead. Same price, more fun, less hassle. Even holding a shotgun playing House of the Dead 3 and playing a whole stage ain't as tiring as fighting for a spot in a purikura. And trust me, holding that shotgun is dead tiring. I have yet to see the pics I took just now but I really don't give two fcks (Azavedo, 2004) about it. Probably going to stick in on my red electronic dictionary not because of the memory, but cus the paint is peeling off.

So unless you have less than 6 people you're quite safe to go but advisable to go with only close friends who wouldn't go off crying when they only see half of their body in the pic. I end this endless long bloody rant with "Say NO to PuriKura".

I decided my future through...

2008-01-10T21:02:00.000+09:00

Wikipedia.

I'm serious. No shit. I wikipediaed "Game designer" and it requires alot of writing. Most game designers have a cert or something in writing and has nothing to do with art. So ytf game DESIGNer? Why not Game Writer or Game Thinker or Game Planner? OK Game Thinker sounds dumb but game DESIGNer just gives the wrong impression. At least to me it does. It took me 7 years to realise that.

So...I have decided to be a character designer! I know that can't go wrong.
Character + Designer = character designing.

Only reason I'm writing this is to avoid studying for my test tomorrow. Both are unavoidable but I like avoiding them because I'm a licensed procastinator and my mother knows it.

First post for the year!

2008-01-05T18:57:00.000+09:00

Woohoo....

Happy New Year.

...

I actually did something for New Years! I got a job at the bank, built a whole lotta houses and almost became a millionaire! While sipping on a cocktail! Ok...I was playing Monopoly (pronounced meh-noh-peh-lee acc. to Annie) while sipping on a cocktail...and forced to be the banker and was accused of embezzlement. So that's basically what I did on NY's, hotpot + alcohol + Monopoly. Sadly I didn't get drunk. Just couldn't count my money right.

Since EVERYONE seems to have a 2008 resolution I decided to make one. I know it won't work but wth.

1. Import a BBgun to shoot at the neighbour's kids when they start bouncing their ball against my back wall during the weekends.
2. Try and get a part-time job that doesn't blow me off every week one day before the job.
3. Play with snow
4. Meet up with Sandy. OMG it's been too long! (btw when is your graduation?)
5. Get in a fckin relationship. (this is one resolution that never happens!)
6. Cook better
7. Start practising my art since it's going down the drain
8. Save more money
9. Pass the 日本語能力試験 Level II and actually sit for the 日本留学試験
10. Go Huis Ten Bosch and Tokyo
11. Try out an onsen...maybe
12. Check out Tokyo Game Festival this year
13. Sleep on a hammock

Jingle bells Batman smells Robin layed an egg...

2007-12-25T23:22:00.000+09:00

Dear Diary,
On Christmas eve I...
- ate kimchee nabe while listening to Thai music
- did not receive any Merry Christmas messages because noone wants to pay to send me a text message (actually I got only 2, and one of them was by request)
- did not get my White Christmas I had imagined since in every Christmas movie or drama it conveniently starts to snow when the clock strikes 12am
- watched a totally unnecessary Cantonese movie. by the end of the movie you're left to wonder, what was the point of this movie. at least it has not overthrown Dragon Tiger Gate as most unnecessary, irrelevant, pointless HK movie in my list.

On Christmas I...
- woke up at 3pm and lazed till evening
- was too lazy to buy food so feasted on snacks. so much for carved turkey
- had a hot bath and had to get out of it after 10 minutes cus I got dizzy LOL
- read really corny n cheesy teen romance mangas. its addictive but really...cheesy. how many gang members in dark alleys are that good looking and would fall in love at first sight for you? yeah rite! (not to mention is actually secretly the son of some huge corporation and has a fortune awaiting him)
- blogged about Christmas

I wonder what I'll be doing for New Years... :D

Weekends...

2007-12-15T23:40:00.000+09:00

...aren't what it used to be anymore. :(

What I used to do during weekends was hanging out (at 1U or Laundry most of the time to check out my 2 hotties LOL. u know who they are sandy ;D) till wee hours or until I get the ever-so-popular "call from mummy" about how late it is or "do you know what time it is" or "do you plan on coming back?"...in which those questions do not actually have an answer because if I do tell her the actual time I'd get yelled at for being smart and if I really do not plan on going home that night...I knowwhat'll happen the next day. Anyways my point is how I don't do anything on weekends anymore...when I don't have anyone to call me to ask about the time!

Most of my weekends are spent by me getting up in the afternoon, lazying around, cooking instant meals to eat while watching my TV shows then that's it. In case of times where exams are near (like now) I'll add in some studying but other than that its still the same thing. I call this the "out of pajamas into pajamas" weekends. Cus when I wake up and laze till evening, I know I won't be going out so why bother dressing up. Just shower and get back into nice warm PJs. I supposedly got a part-time job on the weekends but seeing how the guy has screwed us over 2 weeks in a row, I'm in doubt whether I got the job or not.

So there, my weekly-weekendly great adventure. Not that I'm complaining that life here sucks, I really enjoy it here and I think my liver would survive another 5 years since I moved here, and noone to wake me up every Sundays. But I guess without anyone nagging at me I got a whole lot more lazier. If only the shops/bars/pubs/malls in Japan doesnt close so early or wipe me out of my monthly allowance life would b perfect. Throw in a car (with Sandy in it) that doesn't run out of fuel as a bonus and I'm in paradise.

So now excuse me while I get into another pair of pajamas for the day.

I is for Greedy...

2007-12-01T20:11:00.000+09:00

...and yes I can spell. (to sandy if you're reading this)

No thanks to Sandera talking about food with me made me made this list. Thats a whollotta mades. Anyways I'm making a list of food I wanna eat when I'll be back in March!!! I quote a friend who said I would "Roll back home" in March because of winter but I think I'd be rolling back to Japan in April instead....or I might just roll both ways.

1. Fatty Crabs!!!! (bcos Sandy said fatty n the first thing I thought of was this)
2. Cheese Crabs and mantaos!!!!! mmmm.....
3. Taiwanese beef noodles in SS2
4. the night market food in paramont
5. any mamak stall esp in SS15 (Selva's + Darus)
6. Hokkien noodles from Uptown
7. alchohol
8. William's :D

and I can't think of anything more. Anyone who's reading this and plans to take me out for FOOD, please cross out Sushi King, Genki Sushi, Mr. Teppan, Sakae Sushi, Kiku Zakura or any of resemblance to those outlets in your list...if you have one. I know this entry makes me sound like a pig but what do you expect when you only have 6 pieces of inari from Nakamura in winter! The other pigs got to the discounted unagi sushi before me. :(

p/s: to rina, didn't know you actually read my shit! I feel honored.

私は勉強する予定です。。。

2007-09-03T22:41:00.000+09:00

...translation? I PLAN to study. Whether I do it or not, it's the thought that counts. Deshou?

How my study plans have evolved into...a whole lot of plans. I had planned to cook a nice breakfast (pancakes, sausages, eggs and hashbrowns...yummm) then clean my room before afternoon last Sunday. Then study the rest of the afternoon. Turns out, I woke up AFTER afternoon...if there's such a thing...at about 1.30pm. Turns out my pancake batter was rotten (no shit Sherlock, it was in the fridge for a week and a half...or more?) so I had a pancakeless brunch. Cleaned my room in what I would quote my mom "kwai wak foo" way, direct translations: A ghost drawing a talisman, direct translations: A very effortless job. Packed like 3% of my stuff in a box in preparation to move on the 15th of this month, and then...STUDY TIME!...or not.

Ended up having Audition sessions (the game, not *insertcountry*Idol sessions) till night without studying or touching my schoolwork. Hesitated for about an hour on whether or not to cook dinner or instant-noodlefied dinner then lay my books neatly on my table to PREPARE to study. Ended up in my futon asleep till 10pm. I finished my homework then got distracted by a friend who invited me to play Solitaire on MSN. Shiet that game is soooo addictive.

Today, I PLANNED to study again. Got home at about 4pm and decided to take an hour nap then start studying. Got in bed, turned on my DS and played the evening away. And no, I didn't take a nap. Took a shower yadayadayada and again, sat down in front of the neatly laid kyoukashos (textbooks). 2 minutes later, I'm on my futon waxing my legs.

Done with waxing I plan to continue my study session. And here I am typing this. And no, I haven't started studying yet. Probably after this, if I don't get astrayed AGAIN!

p/s: Yes I lied in my previous entry. I didn't update the Merdeka spirited quotes because everyone was out on Merdeka eve celebrating and leaving their MSN's online while I was being kind enough to wish them without getting any replies.

Merdeka!!!....not

2007-08-30T22:48:00.000+09:00

Haven't blogged in awhile so in celebration of Merdeka (Malaysian independance day), I am blogging today! (not true)

Never was one to celebrate merdeka but always used it as an excuse to go out till late at night, so I thought of trying to see how many people on my MSN list has the Merdeka spirit. Here goes:

My sis
Me : Merdeka is coming...Do you have your flag ready???
Sis : Up my arse.

Benji
Me : Have you hung your Malaysian flag on your balcony?
Benji : Like hell I did.

more to come....

So as you can see, Malaysians are proud of their country.

Dummies guide to save a 留学生 from deprival

2007-06-30T04:48:00.000+09:00

By attempting to cook food from home by yourself when you've never cooked a non-instantified meal. Not to mention your microscopic apartment has only one electric stove and that's about it. 便利ですね。。。

TRIED to look up the recipe for Nasi Lemak.

Ingredients

1 Cup Rice,(washed and drained)

2 Cups Santan

1 Pandan Leaf, (tied in a Knot)

1/4 Teaspoon Salt

(and this is just the ingredients for the rice)

Just by reading the ingredients I gave up. Where the fark am I suppose to find damn coconut gratings in Japan? I can't even find a coconut, hell, what more the gratings??? And pandan leaves? I sure as hell wouldn't wanna be caught in a situation explaining what a pandan leave is to the shopkeeper.

To make things short, I scrapped the Nasi Lemak idea in less than 2 minutes.

Taggerded

2007-06-19T22:59:00.000+09:00

Tagged by woofworks.

INSTRUCTION : Bold the statements that are true to you.
Italicize the statements that you WISH are true. Leave the fibs alone.
Then, stab 3 people to do the same test..

1) I miss somebody right now.
2) I do not watch tv these days.
3) I wear glasses or contact lenses.
4) I love to play video games.
5) I have tried marijuana.
6) I have been in a threesome.
7) I believe honesty is usually the best policy.
8.) I have changed mentally over the last year.
9) I curse.
10) I’m totally smart.
11) I’ve broken someone’s bones.
12) I’m paranoid sometimes.
13) I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free.
14) I need money right now.
15) I love sushi.
16) I talk really, really fast.
17) I have long hair.
18) I have lost money in Las Vegas.
19) I have at least one sibling.
20) I have worn fake hair/fingernails/eyelashes in the past.
21) I couldn’t survive without Caller ID.
22) I like the way I look.
23) I am usually pessimistic.
24) I have a lot of mood swings.
25) I have a hidden talent.
26) I’m always hyper.
27) I have a lot of friends.
28) I have pecked someone of the same sex.
29) I enjoy talking on the phone.
30) I practically live in sweatpants or PJ pants.
31) I love to shop.
32) Enjoy window shopping
33) I would rather shop than eat.
34) I don’t hate anyone.
35) I’m a pretty good dancer.
36) I’m completely embarrassed to be seen with my mother.
37) I have a cell phone..
38) I believe in God.
39) I am an adrenaline junkie.
40) I watch MTV on a daily basis.
41) I have passed out drunk in the past 6 months.
42) I’ve rejected someone before.
43) I want to have children in the future.
44) I have changed a diaper before.
45) I’ve called the cops on a friend before.
46) I’m not allergic to anything.
47) I have a lot to learn.
48) I’m shy around members of the opposite sex.
49) I have made a move on a friends significant other or crush in the past.
50) I have tried alcohol before.
51) I own the South Park movie.
52) I would die for my best friend.
53) I think that Pizza Hut has the best pizza.
54) I have used my sexuality to advance my career.
55) I love Michael Jackson, scandals and all.
56) Halloween is awesome because you get free candy.
57) I watch Spongebob Squarepants and I like it.
58) I am happy at this moment!
59) I’m obsessed with girls/guys.
60) I tie my shoelaces differently from anyone I’ve ever met.
61) I study for tests most of the time.
62) I am comfortable with who I am right now.
63) I have more than just my ears pierced.
64) I walk barefoot wherever I can.
65) I have jumped off a bridge.
66) I love sea turtles.
67) I spend ridiculous money on makeup.
68) Plan on achieving a major goaldream.
69) I’m proficient in an musical instrument.
70) I hate office jobs.
71) I love sci-fi movies.
72) I think water rules.
73) I went college out of state.
74) I like sausages.
75) I love kisses.
76) I fall for the worst people
77) I adore bright colours.
78) I can’t live without black eyeliner.
79) I don’t know why the hell I just did this stupid thing.
80) I usually like covers better than originals.
81) I can pick up things with my toes.
82) I can whistle.
83) I can move my tongue in waves, much like a snake’s slither.
84) I have ridden/owned a horse.
85) I still have every journal I’ve written in.
86) I can’t stick to a diet.
87) I talk in my sleep.
88) I try to forget things by drowning them out with loads of distractions.
89) I have jazz in my blood.
90) Climbing trees is a brilliant past-time.
91) I wear a toe ring.
92) I can’t stand at LEAST one person that I work with.
93) I am a caffeine junkie.
94) I cosplay or know what cosplaying is.
95) I have been to over 15 conventions.
96) I will collect anything, and the more nonsensical the better.
97) I’m an artist.
98) I only clean my room when necessary.
99) I like a person of the same sex.
100) I love being happy.

Me stabz Rina (if u actually read this...hore), Annie and...noone.

Curry Fireflies

2007-06-17T00:01:00.000+09:00

You Are 60% Slacker

You are a bit of a slacker - though you can pull it together and live a somewhat normal life.
If you're young, this is probably phase you'll outgrow. And if you're already grown up, you need to get off the couch a bit more!

Are You a Slacker?

Thats more than 50% of an average person so hell yeah! I'm a slacker!

I ate curry at an Indian restaurant in Japan. In Japanese you'd say its ぜんぜんからくない！ Why do they even bother calling it curry when it isn't an ounce spicy? They use pepper instead of chillis!!! Eating there reminded me alot of home like when I was bumming in Cyber, me and Sandy would chill at the mamak downstairs with teh ais and roti canai + tandoori (i'm making myself hungry typing this) while I watch the mamak workers checkin her out. Also reminded me of my after working hours where me and some friends at work have dinner at the nearby mamak place where I made the waiters call me "boss". It was a nice feeling eventhough I practically forced them to say it.

I also saw fireflies for the first time in my life! I'd actually enjoyed it if my damn contact lenses weren't so friggin dry and made me 40% blind.

And I am 70% behind schedule in studying yet doing nothing about it. Yayness.

Oh, and I just moved my blog from LJ. Might've should've mentioned it at the beginning of the post.