Elvis Presley, King of Rock

Okay okay, remember how I said I was going to take pictures yesterday?

Well I did! Ta-dah!

There was a huge traffic jam on the way to Genting yesterday (thank god I wore my anti-nausea wristbands) and then after that my dad made a few wrong turns before we arrived at the Arena Of Stars.

So we made it about half an hour late for the championships, but that didn't matter, because it was still nice to watch anyway. They have a few categories, like Professional Modern, Amateur Modern, Professional Latin and Amateur Latin and Under 12 and Under 16 and so on.

For the Professional Modern (I have no idea why they called it modern, or maybe I heard wrong or something), they have the Tango, the Slow Fox Trot, the Viennese Waltz and the Quickstep (my personal favourite. Go check out what it is).

Oh oh, and most of the ang-mos here look really hot with their long-tail tux. :)

The Latin dances were nicer. All the dancers were dancing with such aggresion (the good kind) and passion. The guys look a bit gay, with all the butt shaking and hip moving, but they were good!

Ah yes, there was the Cha-Cha, Rhumba (really seducive dance moves for the ladies), Samba, Paso Doble (Spanish Bull Fighter Dance or something like that), and the Jive (they have an Elvis kind of music to it).





Then there was the under 12, and all dancers consisted of children under 12 years old. My favourite would be the couple wearing fluorescent green. They're both REALLY good.

And then there was the Under 16, and there were 3 Malaysian teams in the finals I think. :)

But I didn't finish watching the WHOLE show, because it was getting late and my parents had work to do tomorrow. So we went for supper, and my wan-tan-mee wasn't at all yummy.

It looks good but it isn't.

And that proves that I was in Genting. :)

My purple heart-shaped ring I bought in Vincci. :)

The restaurant was really empty. It was like, 11pm I think.

Oh and there were these dancing life size bears. Really weird.

All in total, I enjoyed my night. :)

It's Good To Be Me *cheeky grin*

Firstly, Congratulations to ZhiMin for getting in to BRATS. Awesome job. ;)

Secondly, I am skipping guitar class today to go to the Malaysia International Dance Championship that's being held in Genting Highlands Arena Of Stars. Today. At 8pm. And I got free tickets for it. Totally totally cool. :)

And I will remember to bring my camera this time (although it's not like I'm going to snap any photos of the dancing, I don't think that's allowed) to see if I can take some pictures to end the picture-less posts in my blog. But I will not promise pictures, because one never promises something that one cannot keep.

So I am eating dinner at 5.30pm, driving up to Genting to my parents (poor Chel can't come, by the time she's home, it'll be too late to drive up to Genting) and then we're coming home straight after the competition. So yeah.

Oh yes and today, todaytoday I watched Avatar The Legend Of Aang, and the suspense is really....AARGH. Really, that is like, the best element-fighting anime EVER. So so so, I really want to watch it, OH! or even better, get all three seasons on DVD.

Oh gotta go now. Till' then. :)

Racing The Clock

So so so so so many things to go, so so so so so so so little time.

Oh and Michelle Anne Leong, could you please link me on your blog?

THANK YOU.

A Good Blue Book

I bought 4 classics from Popular on Friday. Yep, 4 classics namely: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice (both by Jane Austen, who is a really awesome writer by the way), A Tale of Two Cities (the original version I think, by Charles Dickens) and Jane Eyre (by Charlotte Bronte).

Finally, I can do some real reading. Not that all the books I've been reading before are fake reading or anything, it's just that I can finally get my hands on some really good classics.

Oh and I've decided to read Sense and Sensibility and present it as my book report in school. I've started, just so you know, and the English is really different from what we're learning nowadays. There're no bombastic words or anything, so the language is really simple, it's just the structure of sentences that makes it a little different to read. :)

But other than that it is a very appealing book. To me anyway.

Oh yes, and there's this missing dog near my house.

His name is Arjun, 10 years old, and he's been missing for 2 months now. He's been sighted quite a lot of times, but his owners can never seem to find him. Yesterday I think it was he who came to my gate sniffing at my dog, but afterwards he ran off. And my mom got this flyer about Arjun this morning and called the owners, and they had a really long chat.

They love their dog very very much, so if you see Arjun, give them a call or something.

Oh yes, and go to their website. www.HelpArjun.com

Time Is The ENEMY

Just some random pictures, as my blog is pretty empty of colourful photos. I mean, one who reads my blog just MIGHT get sick seeing teal and white and grey everytime.

Oh yes, and the first picture below is to show Pei how adorable My Pink Sheep is, it's much cuter than her yellow cow sheep. See?

So much for the exam countdown to push myself into studying. I haven't started anything except Add Math, which, well, I have enough exercises to do in tuition and in school.

THAT'S my baby. ;)

And the VOODOO bunny hanging on the edge of it. VOODOO!

Homework for today/the weekend:

English descriptive essay

Chem notebook- do notes

Chem exercise book- do exercises

Physics Lab Report- finish it

Add Math workbook

Add Math 1

BM workbook

Chinese Weekend Journal

Chinese workbook

Modern Math (from 2 weeks ago)- finish it

Done: none

It's A Jolly Day

Why?

Because life is totally on the verge of coolness, despite all my rants and complains about how horrible Form 4 life is (especially to ShuLin, and I am so sorry to have irritated her in whatever way possible).

Oh oh, because, I got chosen to be on the Photoshoot Commitee Board! I mean, that's something to be happy about right? *high five*

And the best thing is, I get to work with really great and fun people! That's an even happier thing. *high five again* :)

And according to Pei, we're going to organize the best photoshoot session ever! Oh and she came up with a very systematic plan, which I'm very proud of.

I'm being enthusiastic, and if you can't deal with that, then, ah well.

Too bad for you.

Oh yes, and I can't wait to see the list of probationers who passed the Entrance Exams.

And one last thing: I want to say a small HaHa to Michelle's currently latest post. *grins*

Down A Dark, Dark Pit

I think, that Form 4 life is stressing me out. If it isn't stressing YOU out, then well, good for you! If it is, then, join the club.

My teachers (as I have often said many, many times) are weird.

My Biology teacher doesn't give us any extra exercise to do at all. So I have no idea how he expects us to pass the upcoming exam in 2 weeks.

My Chemistry teaches everything from the textbook and so I don't really see the point of listening to her in class.

And my Math teacher, OH MY MATH TEACHER. She doesn't stop talking. In fact, she NEVER stops talking. She should learn to hold her tongue, really, she should. Because the more she talks, the more frustrated and confused we all get by her explainations. Oh and her tone- the way she speaks- it's like she's so reluctant to teach us, because well, she practically drags every word she says. "Underrrrrstaaaaanddddd?" God, it's annoying.

Ah yes, and she also gives us a truckful of homework. It's like she thinks we have nothing else to do at home except do the exercises she gives us.

So yes, the exam is in 2 weeks, 2 WEEKS! And I haven't done much studying.

And I've just bought my reference books to Physics and Chemistry, but Biology is all out of stock. Well never mind about that now.

So, right now I have to finish all my homework, understand Modern Math, Physics and Biology, study and revise all the 10 exam subjects, and not die before the exam starts.

How can people say that Form 4 is a honeymoon year? Because I don't feel relaxed at all, in fact, I'd rather go back to Form 3 and retake PMR if I could. Really, because Form 4, is just demanding and busy.

Oh yes, and I have to congratulate Pei for being an aunt. :)

Just A Little Bit Longer

I'm surprised. I slept for 5 hours yesterday and when I woke up today morning I didn't even feel sleepy, or tired for that matter. In fact, I felt energized. I think the spirit of the Cross Country Event got to me. :)

So anyway, I ran for my life today. Okay maybe not for my life, but I ran the fastest I could, and tried to ignore the fact that my feet were hurting and I got the feeling that my trachea was closing in on me. Yes, I have asthma. Not that serious, but it was enough to make me stop running and start walking to get myself to breathe properly again.

So the time limit was 40 minutes time. And I made it back to school (with Michelle!) in 40 minutes and 2 seconds time. 2 seconds! We (and the rest of the P2 girls behind us) were closed out from registering our names! How awful, right??

But the event was still enjoyable, in a way.

Aaaaah. :)

Friday The Thirteenth

Okay, just clarify something: I am NOT going to watch Friday the 13th movie. Heck, I'm not even interested in watching that movie. It doesn't appeal to me, at all. So there.

Oh and for some of you blurheads, I named my post Friday The Thirteenth because TODAY is Friday The Thirteenth. And for some of you even more blurheads, FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH IS BAD LUCK. Why? There are a few theories why so go check it up online.

Oh and I can prove it to you that it's bad luck.

Today:

1. My sister caught a cold and a fever.

2. Her friend forgot to bring her pencilbox to school.

3. The YE interview results came out and some of my friends didn't pass (names shall not be revealed).

4. My Chemistry teacher called me 'baby' when I asked her a question (she calls everyone her 'darling students'. *shudders*).

5. My afternoon was totally horrible. And if you don't know why I shall not tell you.

6. PeiShe got ketchup sauce on her shoe. I hope it doesn't leave a stain.

See? It's bad luck for everyone!

I remember that there were a few more incidents about bad luck, but right now I don't remember any of them.

Oh and the ironic thing about today is that this whole Bad Luck Day happened just one day before Valentine's Day! Which also happens to be the Cross-Country event of my school.

Weird huh? :)

"The Character Rachel Moron"

AHA! I finally found out who I was named after: RACHEL MARRON.

Not MORON, which I accidentally told Pei that, but MARRON. RACHEL MARRON.

She's this pop star character in the movie The Bodyguard and she's played by Whitney Houston. And I know that it's not such a big deal being named after someone (most people are named after a lot of people anyway) but it's still nice to know who you're named after, even though she is a fictional character and can sing really well. :)

I will go find that movie and I will watch it. And then I will really and truly know why my parents named me Rachel, a name that 4 other girls in my form share.

Oh and I finished my BRATs essay, and it's ready to be handed in.

Anyway I've gotta go now, because I think my TV show's on.

So, till then! :)

Polyjuice Potion

I know I said that I would get aluminium tin cans from my friend's house yesterday but I forgot. Yep, I shared 2 cans of Jolly Shandy and I FORGOT to bring the tin cans home. But never mind, I can always finish the two cans of Soya Bean in my kitchen (yucks).

Oh and as for my friend's house, she has the most awesome garden ever! I mean, her garden got like, Best Garden Awards and stuff like that, and she has fishes, 2 dogs, a rabbit, 5 roosters and 2 hens. Or was it 4 roosters?

Oh oh yes, and I actually gambled last night. Yep, real gambling, with real money. The first ever time I gambled in the History Of Rachel. Oh and I lost 14bucks altogether, and my sister was the ONLY one who didn't lose any money but in fact gained 40 bucks. 40!!!!!!

Oh oh and I finally took some pictures, with my phone, not my camera, because I forgot to bring my camera, AGAIN.

No it's not wine. It's just juice. Peach juice. Really.
:)

Oh and the colour is like, so pretty!

Ah yeah we were playing BlackJack, and the four of us got 21, coincidentally. HOW COOL IS THAT?

Um yeah, they're playing some new game, called Something-Something. I have no idea how it goes.

And finally, Jolly Shandy with less than 1% of alcohol. The aluminium tin cans I forgot to bring home.

And there were fireworks last night, really loud, set off by the neighbour two houses behind. So we all got to see really pretty (and really LOUD) fireworks. And my throat is so very dry from drinking all that juice and shandy yesterday. In fact, that was all I drank last night, except for the 3 glasses of water at dinner.

Wand Of Elder, Never Prosper

Yes people I know. I've had about a few blogskin changes in the past few weeks.

But I've finally found one I love!

I have no idea why but the colours of white and teal just attract me so much.

Oh and I'm going to a dinner tonight at a friend's house, and I'm planning to do some gambling. Yeah like real gambling. With real money. And not monopoly properties anymore.

AAAND I'm going to collect whatever empty aluminium cans for the recycling competition in school (such an environmentalist don't you think?) ;)

And speaking of dinner with at a friend's house, I went to a family friend's house for dinner yesterday too. We have a chinese new year reunion dinner once a year, and we take turns going to each other's houses and paying for the dinner each year.

So last night we drove all the way down to Klang, had a REALLY filling dinner (with shark fin soup!!!!!! aaahh!) and played The Life Game for two rounds. And everybody took the LIFE card to become the President, except me. :(

I don't think I have the luck in board games, seriously.

And I forgot to take pictures, again. In fact I forgot to bring my camera along.

One last thing before I leave, a shout-out to Chelsea to UPDATE HER BLOG. And also to SeckWei for LISTENING TO MY RANTS ALL THE TIME, and lastly to Pei to ask her to ENJOY HER PARTY.

Magick Moste Evile

I am definitely not up-to-date. Especially on the current top music. Heck, I don't even tune in to Hitz every morning anymore (well, actually I always forget to *cheeky grin*). So all I can do now is go to the Hitz.fm website, check on their latest hits, play it on youtube and if I like it I'll just download it.

Ah yes, and it shocks me that how little people actually hand in their entrance exam assignments to the Editorial Board. I mean for a moment there I thought there would be piles of CDs and thumbdrives to look through but it turned out there was less than 20.

Bah, what is wrong with you people?!

Okay the deadline is tomorrow. Hopefully the results will turn out to be better. :)

Oh, and guess what happened today. Okay nevermind don't guess I'll tell you.

I missed the ride home today. The van left when I came out after house practice and it wasn't there. The. Uncle. Left.

So I called my mom and asked her to come and fetch me and she was in a VERY bad mood, because I woke her up from her much-needed afternoon nap and she had to waste her petrol coming all the way to school to pick me up. So as a result of payment I had to pay (yes, literally pay) 15bucks to my mom. Yep, she's strict.

I think my downloads are almost done!

Till' next time folks. :)

Grumble The Grubby Goat

Oh wow, I haven't been online (or touched the computer) for the whole CNY holiday week!

Oh, wow, the CNY holiday was fun! Definitely fun alright! And although I did receive a lot of angpows I spent $190 of the money paying my dad back. 

So for the CNY week I:

1. Disciplined myself by not going online.

2. Watched a lot of TV.

3. Ignored my hw until today.

4. Played Monopoly twice.

5. Finally won Monopoly!!!

6. Finished reading NARNIA!!!

7. Gambled Monopoly houses playing BlackJack.

8. Learned a new trick on my calculator.

9. Watched All's Well Ends Well, 10 Promises With My Dog, and Gone With The Wind.

10. Bluetoothed half a dozen themes and games to my phone.

11. Am not looking forward to school at all tomorrow.

Oh and I had swollen eyes again from watching 10 Promises, even though this IS the second time I've watched it. And Gone With The Wind is actually a very nice movie! It's very very long though, about 4 hours long. Agh!

And no pictures today. Sorry. :)