Its hard writing a post with someone breathing down your neck.Ughhhh.
I wanna go to a place where Christmas decorations adorn the streets and the smell of Christmas fills the air. I guess I feel this way mainly because I have not a SINGLE christmas decor this year. Moving is soooo tiresome.Hehe. But I'm not complaining.
Anyhow just to wish all of you out there a
Blessed Christmas!!
'Tis the season to be jolly.........'
You know, its strange really.
To know that one minute you're just starting out in secondary school and the next you're taking your first step into college. Its not that I WANT to be in secondary school right now. Seriously, to have the thought that I no longer have to fit myself into a school uniform for a good 250++ mornings in a year is quite nice. Scratch that. Its really nice. Heh. That uniform never suited me anyway.
I can still remember vividly my first day in form1. Oh how I couldn't wait to start secondary school. That feeling of starting something new was euphoria back then. That was then I guess. Now ultimate euphoria means new shoes, clothes and bags! Right now, I just can't believe that its all over. The past five years of my life that is.
Till now, I still have trouble digesting the fact that I've finished the chapter. It honestly feels like it was just yesterday that I opened this chapter in the book of my life and scanned the first few lines of the page. Now I've finished all 352641756087 pages. Now the book's closed and ready to be shelved in the part labeled Memories.
Sometime in the future I may just decide to take it down, blow off that layer of dust, remove the cobwebs and flip through it once again. By then I may just have grown more mature (hopefully) and laugh at all the things I did back then. Like stalking guys. But we'll discuss that in a different post. Or not.
Right now I'm just a fille tring to find my way in this big, big world.
This new chapter of my life has just begun and I have yet to engross myself in it. Oh well. Might as well indulge in it since I have nothing else to do :D
Come next Thursday, at approximately 4.30 p.m. , my cerebrum is going on a longgggggg holiday :) :)
Saw this little bird of night perched on a tree in my neighbour's garden. A rare sight indeed. It was just sitting there, staring into oblivion. I have no idea what it was staring at. It sat there long enough for me to snap a few pictures. Didn't dare to get any closer just in case it decided to attack me. Hehe. Although it did look like an owlet to me. I didn't want to take any chances though. I have no idea what type of owl this is. I'm no expert in owls :D
I want no regrets,
When I look back on my life,
At all the things I've done,
I don't want to see a girl looking all forlorn saying,
" What have I become? ".
I want no regrets,
When I look at my friends of long,
At all the things they have done and seen,
And turn to myself and think,
That could have been me.
I want no regrets,
When I look back on the things of the past,
At my actions and words I never meant but said,
I wish to learn now and not repeat,
From all the immature mistakes that I've made.
I want no regrets,
Even when I don't always make,
The right choices in life,
God knows I've done my best,
So I can look back and say " It's alright".
I want no regrets,
Even when the road I take,
May make life seem unbearable at times,
I know the right choices ain't always easy,
So faith in God and stubborn pride
will carry me through such hard times.
I want no regrets,
When my decisions in life,
Cause opportunities to pass me by,
When one door closes, another opens,
So I just won't sit around and cry.
So right now as I walk thorough this life,
I'll strive to do my best,
In the years to come I'll look back and say,
" I had no regrets ".
The level of Malaysian pirated DVDs never ceases to amaze me. Yes, pirated DVDs are increasing tremendously. Look around at any coffee shop and you're bound to find at least 1 DVD seller.
What really amazes me, and gets my funny bone going on for hours, is their subtitles be it in Malay or English. Being a banana I can only read these two. No wise cracks please. On to the subject...
I remember watching a pirated version of Chicken Little less than a year ago I think. Darn, I'm getting old. Can't even remember when I watched it. Dear God, please don't let me turn senile to early..
As I was saying, I turned on the English subtitles as well. (Don't ask why. I've always had this habit of reading subtitles eventhough I can understand what the movie is about. A habit thats hard to break. Must have been too much Chinese soaps when I was younger.)
Anyway, there was a scene in the movie when chicken little said, "Where's my acorn?".And the subtitles read...."Where's my air-con?"...Just imagine a huge giant air-con falling on him!
Another scene, I'm not too sure what was happening already, the whole group of chicken little's friends were running from something. Then I think the pig shouted, " Fish, run for it!"....The subtitles read...." B**** run for it!"...Oh gosh. They called that cute little fishy a b****!...I couldn't stop laughing for a long time.
In another movie which I didn't watch but my mum related to me. Now this is worse because I heard that this movie was on TV and not some pirated DVD. In the movie, a person stands up and says, " I want to make a toast."...My mum was reading the Malay subtitles and they read.."Saya nak bakar roti"...Oh my gosh. How low can you get? Not even to realize the difference between this toast and toast bread??.. Here the character in the movie was trying to make a toast ond we in turn wanted to make toast bread. The TV producers should get some real translators.
Seriously am getting old. Can't remember where I saw this next hilarious part.It was a pirated DVD btw. In the movie, the character said, " Holy shit!!"...Everyone knows he/she was in some kind of trouble or saw something incredible to exclaime like that right? Our subtitles?...You're gonna love this one. They read "Tahi suci!"..Whahahahaha. Yes they really did. Directly translated it would mean that but c'mon already. I still can laugh about it till now. *bursts out laughing*
Recently I watched the The Devil Wears Prada on, you guessed it, another pirated DVD. Anyway the movie wasn't too bad but you'll have to love clothes to really enjoy it. A bit confusing here and there but I read the book before so it wasn't so bad. The English subtitles were horrendous. And to think I was counting on the subtitles to help me understand the movie a little better. Sheesshh. Anyway there was this part in the movie when a girl said, " When the boss is in a good mood, she's very good. But when she's in a bad mood, she's vicious." The subtitles came out before she spoke the words and guess what they said?..." When she's in a bad mood,she's fish shit."....Vicious = fish shit. I was bawling with laughter. Honestly. I even opened my ears wide enough to hear if the girl would actually call her boss fish shit.Turned out to be vicious instaed. * shakes head*
Note to self : Never rely on subtitles on pirated DVDs to understand the movie. Most of them anyway.
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Germae was asking me the other day about what I wanted to be later in life. How easy it was 10 years ago to just say "Doctor".
Anyway I said I wasn't sure as usual. Heck, I'm not even sure what course I'll be taking in college. So anyway I asked her what she thinks I should do.
Guess what my lovely baybeh said?...She said, and I quote, " I feel you could be a Chief Executive Officer"...So sweet of her la. Imagine me a CEO. Hah. *mind floats away to dreamland*.Teehee.
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Happy Deepavali and Selamat Hari Raya to all my friends out there!!!!!
Not at the best of moods at this very moment.
Know what I really can't stand?
People trying to read an article when I'M trying to read it. I don't mind, really, if we're sitting side by side reading the article or whatever it is. This (rant) mainly concerns people who like to poke their head over my shoulder and start reading whatever I'm reading. Look, kindly just ask for it after I have finished reading it ok? I would really appreciate that. Don't just stick your head at my shoulder and start reading it like nobodys business. Do I look like I like to have someone breathing down my neck? I don't blame you if you barely know me. In fact, I'll just stop reading and just pass it to you if you are someone I've just met.
But I guess some people are too dense to get the message after I've done this repeatedly. Ugh.
On a totally unrelated but similar matter.
When someone says your little antic is getting irritating, get the message and stop doing it for goodness sake. Some people have only so much self control. Do we need to stick a note on our heads to remind you all the time? I mean, sure, it was entertaining for a while. Then it just starts to get annoying and gradually becomes downright irritating. When no one else is laughing, the jokes over. Period. Even if you find it funny for some reason or another.
Say it with meeeeee...... TRIALS ARE OVER!!! O-V-E-R!!!
Gosh, I thought I would never see the day. Somehow I pictured a more, er, dramatic ending. Guess not. I was just so tired.
The big day ain't here yet though.
Study, study, study.Thats what I'll be doing for the next 2 months so please don't label me a nerd. SPM is just important to me ok.
I'll update later when I have more interesting things to yack about.
XOXO,
Sara
Being sleep deprived is slowly becoming my daily routine. I know its self-inflicted and all. I guess I never learn. Somebody shake some sense into me. Beat me if you need to.
Oh how I managed to survive this past week is beyond me. Another week to go. Not exactly hyped about it but I don't think anything can be worse than this past week. I don't suppose anything can get worse. At least I hope not.
*Looks to the sky*(or rather the celing)
This post may turn a little emo at the end so please don't mind me.
As you probably guessed, I was confirmed today.
To say that the day went perfectly would be a total lie. It started out anything but perfect in fact.
Woke up at apporximately 5.15 a.m. I wish I could just smash my clock at times. I set my alarm at 6 a.m. and it wakes me up at 5 a.m. When I set it earlier, it doesn't even ring!...Stupid clock.. I'm refraining from chucking it just because its purple...I'm a sucker for all things purple. So yours truly here was as usual half blind and could not see that it was only 5 a.m. , woke up, bathed, and got dressed. When I was done dressing, I realised it was only 5.45 a.m. Stupid, stupid clock.
Then........
To my utmost horror, I saw yellow spots all over my white blouse!...Oh gosh I was gonna faint right there and then.... Mummy!!!
She was sleeping la.... So I had to slowly torture myself and figure out what to do. To cry or not to cry?..Thank god I didn't have to torture myself too long...Mummy woke up and took care of things. She did her best but the yellow spots still remained although faintly. They weren't even tiny ones....To me it looked huge! Of all days... At least no one noticed la.....
Went to church early. Had to assemble in the hall. Instructions were given and then walked into churh with my Godmum. She gave me a beautiful present! Mummy gave me one too! *beams widely*
Sat through the normal mass. Then the time came for the annointing with oil. He got oil into my hair!!!!...At least it wasn't that much la...But I thought it was only to be on my forehead le....It was a normal mass except for the presence of the Archbishop. Then it was time for photos!!.. And you know I never miss out on camwhoring.... : D
The family..
Dad. Sara. Mum.
Sara. Godmum.
Sara. Sonia.
Sara. Shaun.
Po-po. Sara.
The crazy but lovable friends....
Sara. Marianne. Dada. Fran. Sookie. Angeline.
Calvin. Sara. Germae.
Sara. Adam.
Sara. Sanjan. Marianne. Matthew. Colin.
Sara. Adeline.
Sara. Marianne. Normman. Colin.
Adam. Sara. Marianne. Colin.
Sookie. Sara.
Sara. Cass.
The Archbishop..
Germae. Archbishop Murphy Pakiam. Sara.
As much as I have been looking forward to Confirmation, there has always been this nagging little feeling inside me. The feeling of losing touch with all my friends in Sunday School. In a way, Confirmation marks the end of my Sunday School years. As a student at least. There's always a chance that I may go back and help out.
Its depressing really. I will definately lose touch with some of them. Sure we may meet each other in church but most of the friends I am close with go for the earlier masses. There's a 90% chance none of my sunday school friends will read this so I guess I can be as sappy as I want to be. I am soooooo gonna miss all of them. After ten or so years of being sunday schoolmates, its gonna be a little difficult to grasp that I won't be seeing them on every sunday from now on.
No more waiting for each other outside the classroom or in the corridors.
No more toilet breaks for the sole reason for doing our hair.
No more gossiping about the hot guys in out church. (I know, I know its bad. But we can't help it ;P )
No more listening to wild stories from our respective schools. Really wild stories. Its great to know about what happens in other schools every now and then.
No more calling each other to find out if there is sunday school. Half an hour before sunday school starts :D
No more mindless conversations.
No more bullying the teachers.
No more bullying our seniors who were helping out. We still love you guys.
No more havocs in class. Yeah, I'll even miss the havoc.
No more camwhoring with the girls.
Although we have been in the same class for about ten years, its sad that I never really got to know some of my classmates at all. Especially the quite ones. They just keep to themselves la. At least the guys were more open this year. Got to know some of them better.
When will I ever get to see this scene again?
Got another er.... statement, per say, that I look like a Japanese girl. Are my eyes that small?
Maybe I should just jet off to Japan and get the opinions of some real Jap people. It can't hurt right? Besides, I've always wanted to see cherry blossoms ; )
I want to see snow someday. Real snow. Not the kind that you see on TV or even man made snow.
I don't know where the thought came from. I thnk it came from one of those daydrems that I'm beginning to have ever so often nowadays.
Maybe I've watching one too many Christmas movies. The kind of winter wonderland thing has kind of rubbed off on me. Somehow seeing people all covered up in thick coats just to stay warm, snowflakes getting caught in their hair, throwing snowballs and making snow angels has made me wanna experience what its like to see, taste and feel actual snow.
Highly unlikely for me to actually experience snow in this insanely hot weather la. Goosshhhh its burning hot nowadays. I feel as if I'm constantly living in an oven. Thank God for air conditioners.
I have seen man made snow before though. Twice in fact. Once when I went to Korea and the second time in China.
It was nice to see the whole place covered in white but I don't think anything beats seeing snow fall from the sky instaed of coming from some man made machine.Ok, I wouldn't actually know yet as I've never actually seen snow fall from the sky but I'm betting its tons better.
I almost got too see real snow. Almost.
I was in China right? When I was there, the tour guide did say that it might snow sometime soon. So there I was praying it would snow. Even a little. And guess what? It snowed.Yup, it did. Two days after I got home. Can you believe my luck?
I read about it in the newspaper. If I had stayed a little longer....Ugh. Oh well. Someday I'll get to see snow.
Anyone with extra cash to spare to buy me an air ticket to Europe? *bats eyelashes*
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Was talking to my cousin a few hours ago. We got into the topic of food. And she starts complaining about her nonexistent belly. Please. That girl has no tummy whatsoever. Compared with mine....
She totally cracks me up sometimes. Anyway, it went like this :
Leen : You know what? I feel as we grow older our will power to diet has disappeared la.
Sara : I totally get it.
L : So now have to double the workout time la ( makes a face)
S : You don't say. ( makes a face back)
L : If not ah, the belly just gets bigger.
S : (stares at her nonexistent belly) Puhleez la.
L : Seriously la.
S : Nevermind la. Can do belly dancing what...
L : No need la. The belly already dances by itself.
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When I was younger, I always dreamed of getting into an Ivy League college. Possibly Brown, Harvard or Yale.
Still am in fact. I like the sound of it. I dunno why.
Ivy. IIIIIvy. Ivvyyyy. : D
Sounds extremely prestigious. It is in fact.
The catch?..You have to be super smart to get in. You guys probably now that already. I know I'm no where near it yet but I can still dream can't I?
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My Confirmation is coming. And I still haven't chosen a name. Eventhough I've been thinking about it since forever.
I haven't found a name a really like yet but I've found some that I really don't. Honestly I don't. No disrespect to the saint of course.
Big no-no's :
Abigail
Barhadbesciabas ( I can't even pronounce it)
Bobo
Blitmund
Blitharus
Bodagisil
Caecilius
Cerneuf
Corbmac
And many, many more...
Sara Abigial Kang? Sara Bobo Kang?... Hhahahaha. Its a laugh a minute.
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I knew it wouldn't last forever. My World Cup fever. I'm still contemplating if I should stay up to watch the final between Italy and France. My fever kinda subsided after Brazil got kicked out. Ish. And its not like I'm a big fan of France or Italy. Hmmm...
My feet hurt. They really, really do.
Note to self : Wear sport shoes the next time I plan to do extreme walking.
Canteen Day was a success. Didn't make as much money as we hoped but it was fun nonetheless : D
Holland got kicked out. They should have won. Noooooooooo.....
You know it's seriously weird when you're in the midst of a BM class and suddenly your mind starts wandering to kickboxing. Well, technically its not weird when your mind starts wandering..... but to kickboxing? Hmmm.... Weirder still when your friend suddenly turns to you and blurts out that she wants to try kickboxing. Maybe it was due to the essay we were dicussing. It was an insanely boring essay on martial arts and the sort.
Me: Cikgu, boring la karangan ini.
Mr. Z: Eh, tak ada alasan. Nak dapat 'A' untuk SPM?
Me: (barely above a whisper) "Great".
So its actually been there for a while. The urge to try out kickboxing I mean. I never told many people for fear of them getting freaked out or something but I've been wanting to try out kickboxing for a while now. Somehow I feel that there might be something calming about venting your anger at a punching bag. Throw in a a few kicks. Don't label me as weird though. You never know till you try right?
We adolescents have many frustrations after all. Well at least I do. Been feeling more agitated than usual lately. And I can't blame it on PMS because its past that. It really sucks when you can't even figure out why you're angry or upset. Ah, 'tis the life of a confused teen.
I have no idea where the urge to try kickboxing came from so please don't ask. Could it be from watching too much telly? Or maybe from a few stray hormones?......Somehow I feel that the latter is more convincing and therefore to blame.
Anyone wanna try out with me? We'll find a place swarming with hot guys to ogle k? They might inspire us ;) I'm assuming no guys are reading this.
Ok, so maybe now is not the best of times to start out something new. SPM is coming after all. And I'm lazing around more than usual, constantly finding things to do and blogging when I don't exactly need to just to avoid studying. Heh.
I'm beginning to feel the pressure though. Doesn't help when people are counting down the days for you. Do I look like I need more stress? *rolls eyes*
My TV's backkkkk..Well, technically it is. Its actually our spare TV moved to the living hall. But hey, no complains : )
Hari Keusahawanan is coming up. Can't say I'm very excited though. Guess its because I've been through it before. But the hype will catch up sooner or later. I hope it'll be a big success though for my sake and for the sake of my dear classmates.
Been thinking more than usual lately. Sort of. I'm a mess. Honestly.
I'm PMS-ing. Not exactly a great time to get on my nerves.
Just when I thought nothing worse could get on my nerves, guess what?
My one relief breaks down. Yes its my TV. I just realised I can't live without it. I'm not the only one though. My whole family is pining for it like as if the whole world has come to an end. Its embarrassing really. To think we can't live without the TV for even a day. We've resorted to the spare TV which unfortunately has NO, I repeat NO ASTRO. We're sad. After watching an episode of some made in Malaysia FBI show, probably trying to imitate those Crime Scene shows we finally gave up as there is nothing else on normal TV.
My TV chose a very good time to break down. Not. Its World Cup time la....means there won't be any football to watch ( not like I'm missing any important matches yet. But still..). Call me a hypocrite but I kinda got into the spirit of it. The football fever is soooo contagious. Although I still wouldn't stay up to watch those 12 or 3 am matches la...I can't watch my van Persie, Kaka or Torres la... *sobs*
I have to worship lead tomorrow. Without any practice beforehand. Oh joy. :(
So its finally here. The time every football fan has dreamed of. The time when every hardcore football fan will be glued to the TV. Its World Cup time. Oh joy.
Sorry for the lack of enthusiasm. I'm not a big football fan like some of my peers as you can probably tell. But considering that I do know at least 10 % of whats going on, I feel as if I deserve a pat on the back. *pat pat* : )
Honestly, the times when I actually do watch a match would be for the footballers or because there is nothing better to watch on TV. Or if my brother or dad is hogging the TV. Which is very, very rare. I'll be bombarding my brother with questions about the game and I think he probably gets fed up with me. Oopssss... ; D
Be ready for a whole month of football mania people. Not like it didn't start a few months ago. Sometimes I don't understand what the hype is all about. Some of them act like they would die if they didn't watch a live match. Whats the big deal if you caught the repeat? I hope my peers who are reading this won't kill me for saying that. For the record, I fully support your dedication to the TV set for the next month. Heck, it only happens once in 4 years after all.
I'm supporting Holland this year.Robin van Persie!! * muax muax* Brazil is a hot fav among Malaysians. I'm supporting Brazil for Kaka. He's hottttt. Thats the only reason. Hehe. England?...I dunno. Not a big fan. I also have a feeling an underdog will surprise us this year. : )
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It's back to school in 2 days. Can you believe it? 2 days!!!! Whare did my 2 weeks go????
I want my holidays : (
I feel like I'm still living in la-la land with no cares in the world.
Reality bites. And it bites hardddddddd.........
Watched The Da Vinci Code with the girls today. I know I'm like major late but hey, at least I managed to catch it. Wasn't as good as I'd pictured it to be. Started yawning about half way through the show. Kept testing my memory power to remember who killed who before it actually happened on screen. Childish I know.
Keeping my fingers crossed for Pirates of the Caribbean next. Trying not to get my hopes to high so I won't be dissappointed with the outcome.
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Ever wondered how things somehow become so much more interesting when you have to study? (In my case its having to finish this completely pointless PJ project that I feel serves no purpose whatsoever. And studying of course)
Reading chick-lits are way more fun.
The need to sleep more is there.
Somehow the TV has more interesting shows.
The mall is looking so much more appealing. (Which makes the fact that I'm going to 1 Utama tomorrow so much more fun)
I'll be leaving for Penang tomorrow. Again. Don't ask.
Heck a week, well almost, has gone by and I still haven't gone out for a single movie. You'd think a girl with two whole weeks of hols would have tons of time to go out. I'm a sad, sad person.
Instead of going out for movies, I've been going for tuition. Yup everyday for the past 5 days. Ugh, I pity myself. Then again, I did resolve to start studying earlier. Maybe it's a blessing in disguise. A huge disguise.
Don't get the wrong idea though. I've not been studying 24/7. I do have more time to laze around. Sleep more. Eat more. Catch up on my TV time etc. I just wanna go out and watch a movie. Or two ; )
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A lil overdue, but no matter...
Went for this A-levels course on Monday with Kerry. Wasn't exactly what I pictured it to be though. I expected a long lecture on the course which undeniably I'll be half asleep half way through. Heh :)
Instaed we were split into groups of 3 each, thank goodness I got Kerry. Each group had a mentor and that mentor was supposed to bring each group to his/her respective classroom. We sat in the same class for the next 4 hours or so. I guess the point was to show us how lectures were conducted and such. Our classes, or rather their classes before lunch break were Thinking Skills, Physics, Maths and Chemistry. We understood about 15% of what was going on. The rest was absolute greek to us.
Then came our lunch break. Lunch was provided but our mentor said that the food in the canteen sucked.He wanted to take us out but we declined cause we were going to meet up with Charlene for lunch. He was nice to ask us out though.
Came back an hour later and were told that Economics, our next subject was cancelled because the lecturer was absent. Oh well. All wasn't lost though as we spent the next hour watching this hilarious comedy the students undoubtedly downloaded for times like these.
We were late for our next "class" which was in the library cause we sorta lost track of time. Figures. After that we were told to fill in some questionaries as usual. So thats about it really. Found out that it costs a bom for tuition fees alone. Sheessshhh. All they care is about these days is making money.
Exams are oveeeeerrrrrr!! *beems*
My my, I never thought I'd be so happy to see the day exams finish. Somehow this exam period seemed to go on and on forever. I can still remember the day before exams started and praying to survive. Tadaaaa! I'm still here..
I'm beat.
I need my nappy time.
I need some me time.
Sorry for the extremely boring post. It seems that all I can write about is exams. But then again, nothing much has been going on except for exams. So yeah, bear with me. I'll put up more, er, interesting posts asap.
PS : I'm praying for Katherine to win tomorrow. Mainly because I just don't like Taylor. I just don't. Although he did sing that last song pretty well. I'll give him props for that. Oh well.
Nites. *muax*
