Holiday

Wheee! It's the Raya Holidays! :)
Unfortunately for some of my classmates and I, we had Public Speaking classes yesterday and today. I saw Justin yesterday at college while I was waiting for the lift. I was surprised because I thought the Public Speaking students were the only unlucky ones.
Me: Hey! What are you doing in college?
Him: I came to hand up my assignment. Today's the dateline. What about you? You don't have class, do you?
Me: Errr... actually yeah, that's why I'm here.
Him: OMG seriously?! 0.o That's sad wei... hahaha.
Me: Yeah, I know. Thanks for rubbing it in :)

I had a midterm paper yesterday, which was the main reason I turned up. Exam on a holiday; sad, huh? :(
Where's the holiday spirit??
That's why I skipped class today.
Lol.

I'm leaving for Singapore tomorrow! :)
My mom said that we're going there to have Dim Sum with my relatives and grandma. Ooh Singaporean Dim Sum, I like! :D
Mom: We're leaving at six tomorrow. Then we'll have Dim Sum with them.
Me: Then by the time we reach there it'll be almost midnight! I thought Dim Sums are in the morning?
Mom: Who said we're leaving at night? I said six in the morning.
Me: But that's SO early!!! Means I gotta wake up at like, what, five?
Mom: Knowing you, I think you better wake up at four.

And I haven't started packing yet.

Haha. I'm such a last-minute packer. The other time, I think I stayed up til 2am finalizing the stuff to bring and the next day I had to wake up at 6. Then when my dad found out, he gave me a good old lecture about packing my things in advance.

Anyway, I'll be back on Saturday.
I'll probably blog from Singapore. I'm sure there'll come a time when my fingers will just itch to blog.

So enjoy yourselves, people. Happy holidays!

Five Hours

I went for the Undang Ceramah this morning. It was torturous.
Thankfully, I had June to share the pain with me.

The driving institution was in Shah Alam. We got there around 9.30 am and went into the class - which reminded me very much of the Kasturi Tuition Centre which I attended last year. The woman in front was giving a speech about how the institution started and other grandmother stories, so June and I went to sit way at the back of the class where the wall was. (We knew it was going to be really boring, and we were prepared to lean against the wall to sleep)

Everyone warned me that this was going to be a torture chamber; but I really didn't know what I was in for.

The woman called me and June to fill up the front seats. We didn't have a choice, so I took one of the tables behind a Malay girl in a brown tudong. Anyway, the table that I had was scrawled with carved words like:

F*ck You Death
PUT ON THE F*CKING MICROPHONE!

and the most outstanding one etched in red:

HELP!!!!!

Wow, so they really do torture you there.

The woman's (let's just call her Puan) voice was high-pitched and almost animated. When I closed my eyes, I visualized a big blue babbling Doraemon in front. She really sounded like that. It was irritating at first, and June and I wanted to die just sitting there. I thought that it was already 10.00 but when I glanced at the clock, it was only 9.40.
Time moved like a snail. Furthermore, we couldn't doze off or play with our handphones because she was just right in front of us. 0.o

The rest of the people in the class seemed engaged in her speech. They were mostly adults and elderly people. There was an old Indian lady probably in her late sixties. She's illiterate. Her handphone rang loudly a couple of times and her ringtone was this really classical Tamil song with lots of "ahhh~" and "oooh~"s and she didn't seem to understand when Puan asked her to silent her phone. She just stared back blankly while her handphone continued to ring. And everyone else just sat there uncomfortably. June and I just tried our best to stiffle our giggles.
At least the Tamil song provided a bit of distraction from the lecture.

That's the lady with the handphone.
And the dude in front of her was probably in his late twenties. I kept thinking of Wentworth Miller from Prison Break when I saw him. Haha. Well, he's like the Malay version of Wentworth Miller. I don't know. Maybe it's the shaved head. Or his quiet demeanor. OMG. Prison Break. I'm starting to miss it so badly all over again.

During the lecture, I caught a glimpse of something small and black running down the tudong of the girl in front of me. I stiffened and leaned a little further to see what it was, and then I saw a pair of antannae staring back at me!! Cockroach! What on EARTH was a cockroach doing there?!

I absoultely loathe cockroaches. I hate them more than rats. So instintively, I jerked back in my seat and I was inching my desk away from the girl. The cockroach was climbing up her chair again and the funny thing was - she didn't know! It was happening behind her. If she leaned back, she would squash it. Eww. But luckily for her, she didn't. The cockroach finally crept back down her seat... and maybe crawled across her pants and she finally noticed it when it reached the bottom of her jeans. I saw her flicking it off onto the floor and the ugly brown thing scurried toward another woman in the front. Haha. My whole attention was diverted toward the cockroach that I wasn't paying attention to Puan.

So when she asked me a question, I was caught offguard and I simply blurted out the first thing that came to my mind. We'd arrived on the different types of signboards.
Puan: Carissa, tell me what's the meaning of the signboard.

It was a diamond-shaped signboard with a picture of a cow in the middle.

Me: Cow.
Puan: Obviously it's a cow la. But what's the meaning of it?
Someone else: Cow farm.

Hahahaha.
Aiyo you wouldn't believe the kind of funny answers that came from some of them.

You know the sign with a skeleton and a big X over it? It's a symbol for danger, but one of the men there said "Cemetery."

LOL.

Then at 11.45, she finally let us off for a 20-minute break.
Puan: Be back at 12 ok! Don't be late!

But at 11.50, she told us that we would be having another instructor to teach us and he wasn't here yet... so we waited outside the classroom until 1pm. Some fell asleep.


I was studying my nails. Haha. Which reminds me. I'll need to remove the fading polish. =p

However, the next hour passed kinda quickly. I realized that Puan wasn't all that dull. She was actually quite funny and entertaining with her jokes. She even told us some interesting stories about her previous students. I liked this one alot:

There was this man who was a bag of nerves when he took the exam. Puan was the examinor. When he got into the car beside her, he was literally shaking and sweating from head to toe. So on the road, he sort of panicked. When she told him to go slow, he gased the oil pedal. When she told him to turn left, he swerved right instead. So she finally asked him to change the gear - and his hand was groping for the gear while his eyes were on the road... so he accidentally grabbed her thigh, thinking that it was the gear. The examinor got a shock and wanted to fail him - until he apologized and explained that he was extremely nervous.

That gave us all a good laugh. The class started off badly, but as time moved on, things just seemed to improve. Then at the last 15 minutes of the class, she gave us some questions to do; all of which I'd never learned before.

I scored 35 out of 40, I think. June too. Haha. But we lost out on the part about cars cutting into each other's lanes and which car should have the right way, etc. =.=

We're probably taking the Undang exam two weeks from now. Lol. I'm surprised that I'm finally getting over that dumb driving phobia that I used to have as a kid.
I always knew that driving would be challenging, but I never knew I'd accept the challenge.

I guess they're right; it's time.

Mickey

When my cousin brother was a baby, he had large, round eyes and a tiny nose. I used to think he looked like a cute, cuddly hamster =p So I nicknamed him Mickey (like Mickey Mouse) since he doesn't have a first name. Mickey Tan. Hehehe. =)


Anyway, he's only seven but he's such a camwhore.



Remember the conversation I had with him a while ago about his crush named "Sarah"? He said he liked her because she was pretty. A few days ago, we had another chat. This time, things had changed.
Me: So do you still like Sarah?
MK: No.
Me: Why?
MK: She very bad wan.
Me: Then who do you like now?
MK: Te long.
Me: Huh?? What's that?
MK: My friend la.
Me: Girl or guy?
MK: Guy.

Oh boy.

Straight

My Philosophy lecturer is a very interesting man because he likes discussing various issues during our lessons. Some of the common few are politics and homosexuality. Why am I not surprised? Today, he suddenly launched into a speech about human sexuality. This is his theory:

Picture a scale ranging from "heterosexual"(no sexual desires toward the same sex) to "homosexual"(no sexual desires toward the opposite sex). A normal human being is positioned right in the middle of the scale, and whether he or she ends up being a homo or a bi or a straight person is based on his or her own preferences.

"Does that mean we're bisexuals?" someone asked.
"Yes." Eddy replied.
I saw the smiles on everyone's faces starting to falter. The awkward silence was then broken by uncomfortable laughter.

It's what you choose to believe. And I don't support his theory, no matter how logical it may seem. That's just a bunch of bullcrap to me. Sorry Eddy. But you're still one of my fave lecturers :)

The Least Expected

It seemed like any other day. Except it wasn't.

One of my primary schoolmates whom I've not met in years just passed away this morning. She's only eighteen. She had been suffering from brain cancer a while ago. The last time I saw her in person was about 2 years ago, when my school hosted some event (Scout's Night, I think) and loads of people from other schools came by. She was there too, and I remember noticing that she had white hair sprouting from her scalp. I thought it was probably genetic, so I didn't bother asking. At that time, I wasn't aware that she was suffering from brain cancer.

Though I was never close to her, I was taken aback when the news reached me today. Someone whom I once knew just died. I think it took everyone by surprise.

It was too sudden. Just some time ago, I was talking to her and asking her about her school. She was laughing and looking as cheerful as ever.

Reality often isn't fair.

I think I'm going to stop now. I just can't really think of anything else to say here, because I'm still trying to get over what just happened.

Right now, I really hope her family will be okay.

A Trip To Remember

A few weeks back, Makarios and I had to lead a team of Form 4's on a mission trip to Negeri Sembilan. That mission trip was the highlight of our week. It certainly changed our lives.

Here's the video that I did for the presentation on Sunday.

The loading takes a while; but thanks for being patient! :)

(The song is Everything To Me by Avalon)

Hooked

Prison Break.

Just the right break I needed.

Thanks, Jia Yang! :)

Of Food, Movies and Pests

I'd sum up my day in 3 words: food, movies and pests.

FOOD
My Cell Group planned a surprise farewell party for Joanna Saw cuz she's leaving for the UK next week. The dinner was held at Rachel's place, and when I arrived, everyone was still setting up the dishes and the barbecue stand. Marinated chicken smothered in honey, grilled garlic bread, scrumptious hot dogs, salad with dressing, delicious fried Chinese noodles but unfortunately, I had to leave early so I totally missed out on the luscious cheese-coated marshmallows, as reported by Aaron.

The food was utterly tasty. My favorite was the garlic bread. =)

It was Shern Ai's birthday yesterday!! Anyway we decided to celebrate it again for her, so here she is posing with that opulent piece of strawberry cream cake.

A smiling Shern Ai =)

Ai Ai posing with her cake and Chee Liang

Cake :)

Then Rachel got out the drinks... and that was when some silly things cracked the surface.
Chee Liang was holding up his glass of 100 Plus. Bernard took one look at it and went, "That's not 100 Plus you're drinking. That's diabetes." Lol.

And then about 15 minutes later Bernard was complaining about his headache. Instinctively, I just uttered the first words that came to my mind; without really considering what I was saying.
"You should take panadol and 100 plus. Really helps."

*everyone burst out laughing while I realized my mistake.*

"Wah Carissa! You want to kill him ah?? Panadol and 100 Plus??" Chee Liang joked.
"No, no. What I meant to say was, you should just take 100 plus alone, not panadol." I told Bernard.
And then I laughed so hard I couldn't breathe.

I blame the 100 Plus. Bernard's right. Too much sugar. Screws up the brain. Hahaha.

Jo and Chee Liang.
[CG assistant and CG leader]

Awww Jo I'll really miss you !! :(

MOVIES
Thanks to Limewire, I downloaded Meet Dave and Camp Rock. [Yes, I'm going to revert back to being a movie-frenzy girl again]
Meet Dave was awful. =( I think I wasted an hour on that movie. I forced myself to get through to the second half, only to give up and delete the movie before I reached the ending. That's to prove how much I really disliked it. One word: bo-ring.

Camp Rock was surprisingly better than I thought it'd be. It's a gazillion times nicer than High School Musical. It featured the Jonas Brothers [Joe Jonas as the lead actor. Loved the hairdo.] and Demi Lovato [loved the voice].

And then only about 30 minutes ago, I was listening to Hitz.fm and DJ Ean was having a conversation with a female caller.
DJ Ean: Hey! So I'm going to ask you a very simple question, and if you get it right, you will win free tickets to the premiere of Camp Rock!
Caller: Okay.
DJ Ean: Here's the question. Spell "Camp".
Caller: C-A-M-P ?
DJ Ean: CONGRATULATIONS!!! You've just won free tickets to the opening of Camp Rock!

LOL. This is Hitz.fm wor. Supposed to be the Number 1 hitz station in Malaysia .... And that conversation would so totally degrade its image to foreigners. But who cares? It made me laugh =p

If only such questions were posted in my finals.

eg: How many letters are there in PHILOSOPHY?

PESTS
I hate cockroaches. I truly despise them. Everytime I see one, I get sick to my stomach and I feel the urge to run about 10 miles away.
Logically, everyone hates them.
I was alone in my room when I saw an ugly fat cockroach scuttering across the floor and I watched in horror as it suddenly flew right toward me! It didn't come near me, but it tried to and I panicked. I did the best thing I could do.

'Mom!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cockroach!!!!!!!!!'

My mom is super Mom I tell you. Hahaha. She's not afraid of bugs and insects - in fact, she loves torturing them with that electric pest-zapper racquet. It's a handy device for sending a jolt of electricity through the bodies of those disgusting pests. It practically roasts them alive =) And she enjoys it alot.

Roasted cockroach. HAH. You're dead meat now.

Oh kayyy it's almost 1 am now. I'm off to bed!

Happy Birthday Ho Kye Le! ;)

Like a Grape

Here's a quick update just to prove that my blog isn't dead.

The holidays are over and I'm officially back to college now for my 3rd semester. Considering it's going to be a really short semester, most of us decided to take up 2 subjects. Some of my friends took 3. Kudos to them - it's not easy juggling 3 subjects in 7 weeks! I took Philosophy and Public Speaking. I am blessed with some of the best lecturers in Inti this sem =) Mr. Eddy for Philo and Ms. Kalai for Public Speaking.

Eddy's really funny and in his class, anything goes. It's Philosophy; where endless questions meet no answer.

In Public Speaking today, Kalai asked some of us to describe ourselves by comparing ourselves to either a fruit or an animal... or anything you want. She gave us 5 minutes to think about it, and then randomly called out names and the chosen ones would have to go out there and talk for a few minutes. There were some rather interesting ones.

One guy looked quite blur when he got up there. He was still thinking about what to say. Finally,
Him: I think I'm like a snake.

Wow that got my attention.

Ms. Kalai: A snake? Why would you say that?
Him: Snakes always sleep after they eat. I'm like that too.. after I eat, I go to sleep.
Ms. Kalai: Okayyy... but snakes are usually used to represent the type of personalities that people don't like... you know, devious, sarcastic, cunning, those that can't be trusted...
Him: Ohh.
Ms. Kalai: (jokingly) So, are you like that?
Him: *silence* Yeah. Sometimes.
Ms. Kalai: You mean you can't be trusted?
Him: Sometimes lah.

Hahaha. Okayyy. Well, that was clearcut and very frank, not at all subtle and snake-like. But I liked his honesty.

Then it was my turn. I just cooked up something random. I wanted to say "I'm like a mango" because I LOVE mangoes, but Jay Hong said that already.

"I'm like a grape... because grapes are small and so am I! Hahaha. And the reason I chose grapes is because I like purple."

Well, those are true facts wat... I'm petite. Lol. (I get to wear high heels ok!!) And I really love purple. I said a bunch of other stuff... Which isn't that important anyway. Those were just silly little things that didn't make sense. Hahaha. Enough of that.

By the way, I watched Wall E and You Don't Mess With The Zohan last week.

Wall E was average. It was completely overrated. It's just about 2 robots who fell in love and I don't want to spoil it for you if you're planning to watch it.

You Don't Mess With The Zohan... all I have to say is WTH?! The storyline's absolutely ridiculous!!! If you liked Borat, you will definitely like this one. At least Zohan's much better looking than Borat. Borat looked like a clown.

On a random note, I don't know if I've mentioned this here before...but some people just crack me up.

My Physics lecturer thought LOL meant Lots of Love!!!!!!

I seriously LOL-ed when she told me that.
She's almost 50, I think. Or maybe a lil younger. Hahah I don't know.
But she told me her friend sent her an sms with LOL in it and my lecturer replied with "LOL to you too."