Meet Me Halfway

I haven't been online for the WHOLE WEEK, and believe it or not, I am now online for study purposes. :)

That's right, I am printing additional exercises for Chem because I am determined not to flunk it.

P/S: I don't care what people say about the Black-Eyed Peas, I like them for all that's worth.

Breathe In The Fresh Jungle Air

Hello! I am back from Taman Negara, Pahang and it was by far the best nature trip I've ever had. :)

And do you know what's even better? That I didn't meet any leeches or mosquitoes while trekking in the jungle. Nor did I see any tigers or elephants or crocodiles, which I was actually excited to see.

I have loads of photos on both cameras that I brought for the trip that may or may not be uploaded onto Facebook depending on my laziness to filter good/bad pictures.

And here is what I learnt/been through/enjoyed during my trip:

DAY ONE

Drove to Jerantut, Pahang where we were brought to a jetty and taken on three sampans to the wildlife. Reached our resort in the evening and did nothing at all for the rest of the day.

This is the sampan we took. It's more of a, motorsampan I think.

Tried my hardest to study Moral on the 2 and a half hour journey on the sampan but FAILED.

DAY TWO

Got up early in the morning and went for jungle trekking. Altogether we trekked about 7km long in 4 hours. I was surprisingly not so tired. Oh yes, also went for the Taman Negara canopy walk which is proclaimed by the guides as the longest canopy walk in the world. Or Malaysia, I don't remember which.

After lunch, we went for a river rapid ride with the motorsampans and visited an aboriginal village. Like a REAL MALAYSIAN ABORIGINAL VILLAGE.

The jungle scenery looked breathtaking in the morning sunlight. :)

I am a self-proclaimed Jane of the Jungle because I swung on 2 vines and let out a shrill cry both times while I was vine-swinging.

The canopy walk- is the best part of the jungle trekking. It wobbles and shakes and you just lose yourself in there while enjoying the view I tell you.

The river rapid ride. I got splashed from head to toe. EVERY PART of me was soaking WET.

This man is the head of the aboriginal village I think. He makes his own blowpipes (the ones spiked with Ipoh poison that we read about in textbooks) and wears a shiny Rolex watch.

This kid is 11 and he knows how to make fire by frictional force of wood and rotan.

Went back to our resort by means of standing behind a truck. It was so cool.

DAY THREE

Went for a boat tour. The scenery was GORGEOUS. It's like those kind of jungle scenery you see in Cuti-Cuti Malaysia advertisements and postcards. SO SO NICE I TELL YOU.

Landed at a fishing showhouse where they were supposed to show you how to catch these HUGE river fish but the showhouse was closed down already.

After lunch, took a bus back to Jerantut and then drove back home again.

Dad found out that some foreigners were filming this Swedish reality TV show. :D

The whole Taman Negara is filled with this kind of scenery. Everywhere you turn there's this vine hanging down and this big 200 years old tree.

And this is why Taman Negara is so well protected and can be counted as our beloved Country Heritage.

And with this I am going to sign off because I need to sleep. Good night. :)

Eye Of The Tiger

I just finished my packing for my Taman Negara, Pahang trip. Whoopee!

Yes, I am going to the middle of the jungle for 3 days and bringing my books to study with me.

Though I highly, highly doubt there'll be any time for studying in between all the jungle trekking, boat-riding, sightseeing and resting out of exhaustion.

Fun for the Holidays, Boo for the Upcoming Final Term. I'll be smiling and frowning at the same time, if such thing is even possible.

And then when I come back I have lunch to go to the next day, and tuition to go to the day after that, and then- studying studying and more studying.

Now I am going off to dinner at my godbrothers' house, and we'll either be playing Monopoly/Cluedo/PokerCards there or cramming for our FinalTerm/SPM.

P/S: The Black-Eyed Peas, The All-American Rejects AND Beyonce are holding concerts respectively on the 25th September (Hari Raya, cramming for exam), 10th October (PMR Holidays, two exam papers left to cram for) and 31 October (HALLOWEEN AND A CONCERT. HOW COOL IS THAT?) :D

The Stamp Of Approval

I typed out a really really long post about copycats of blogs, but then I deleted it all.

Because Aaron said,

Aaron... Is so bored says:

just give her the benifit of the doubt lah

FINE. But just you know, if this happens again, you'll have to scratch out your 2nd Explanation, you hear me?

Pineapple Juice

I have no idea which one was the worst.

Midterm Chem paper, or today's Chem paper. :S

I shall not blog about it.

I have a choice of either crossing my fingers or studying HARD for the next 2 Chem papers

I obviously need to devote time to study Chem on a daily basis, but as I said, no self-promises. By the end of the day/month/year I'll be labelled a self-promise breaker.

So much for blogging about studying my butt off today's Chem test.

I'm just thankful that the Malaysia announced a last-minute-holiday, giving me

• one extra day to study
• the time to go buy pants before I set off for Pahang
• at least one good night of sleep before I wake up to a full late-night study mode again

And now I am off to relax, read a book, watch some TV before going to tuition and coming back to -

OMGITSRAININGMYRABBIT!

*Okay I'm back and I just saved my rabbit from being drenched in acid rain (you're probably thinking: whatintheworld-?)

But anyway, I shall end this post with a BIG BIRTHDAY SHOUTOUT to CARMEN CHUA, who just turned sixteen today, :)

HAPPY SIXTEEN, CARMEN.

Off The Tip of My Tongue

I think I could just kill Limewire right now if it were a breathing object.

I tell you it just bugs the hell outta me when I see the "network error" message.

Which means no music downloading until I-dunno-when.

Anyway, the finals have officially started and I, as usual, am screwed.

It's like I can never achieve a perfect average score but then again this is what I get for ditching intense listening to my teachers (unlike the rest of my verysmart classmates) when in class and the laziness to study for the exams until the very last minute.

Promising myself never gets me anywhere so I have stopped self-promises.

But as of a few weeks ago I have found the best ever inspiration to study because I do not want to be left out as the dumb one. And I will study my butt off and cram every single information in my head even if it kills me. Which is what I did for BM Lit. and am doing now for Chem.

BM Lit. was OK today, I feel proud for studying all 25 pieces of literature when all that came out was 2. I am pretty sure I got my answers right even though my fingers felt like they were torn apart by the end of the 2 1/2 hour non-stop-writing paper. :)

And as for English I wrote a proper ending for my essay this time! This is the big difference of bringing a watch to school and knowing how many insanely minutes are left to the end of the paper.

And now I'm off to study for Chem, whoopee!

Oh, For The Love Of Pete!

OH. MY. GOD. PEOPLE.

I tell you- it is NOT FUNNY to send an S.O.S. message to someone else's phone.

Especially an S.O.S message that says "Help! I'm in an emergency. Please call me."

This message will freak people out, like it did to me.

So anyway, I'll tell you what happened with this whole S.O.S. message incident.

It happened less than 15 minutes ago. I was chatting with my sister and I was reciting my English oral presentation to her, when suddenly her phone starting (I don't even know what's the right word for this) BEEPING. And it's not the usual you-have-received-a-text-message buzz from cellphones; this BEEP was like those kind of emergency alarm system they have in top secret facilities you hear in movies.

Yes, THAT BEEP. The one that usually comes with a red siren warning.

OMG, I've found the right word for it.

My sister's phone started SIREN CALLING.

And my first thought was that my sister had like a new message tone or something. But apparently it was THAT S.O.S. MESSAGE from my GODBROTHER. So I panicked. I thought he'd been kidnapped or something. Another part of me thought he was joking, but I didn't think that he would play such a stupid joke. I mean, c'mon la, such jokes are just plain IDIOTIC.

You could cause a HEART ATTACK. THE MESSAGE RECIPIENT COULD'VE DIED.

Well ANYWAY, I called him immediately. And apparently he was in tuition and he said something about his S.O.S. message system blah blah blah and all I knew was I was shouting at him and he was apologizing.

BAHHHH.

I don't even know how many CAPS I used. You count.

Oh and I'm not mad. I'm just.....agitated.

So so stupid, I tell you.

Well, It's The Truth!

It just struck me.

Do you what's the best thing in Malaysia? :)

It's the ability of the people to come up with a song for just about every occasion.

Like, they have a song (or in most cases- songs) about Malaysia's flag, and about the Independence Day of Malaysia, and the Rukun Negara, and about Denggi, and about how to clean the compound of your house to avoid Denggi and even one about some Toilet campaign.

I swear, I am not kidding.

My tution teacher has just about every song that Malaysia has created for past occasions, present occasions and occasions-to-come.

It's kindda cool isn't it? :D

Go search on Youtube.

I tell you I am not kidding.

Let's Paint The Town, We'll Shut It Down

Right.

So I found out that the Black-Eyed Peas are coming to Malaysia on the 25th of September, their event is for non-Muslim, 18 years old and above fans because it's an alcoholic event organized by Guinness and that it's held at a theme park near KL.

So that means I need a plan to sneak into the concert without being detected.

And disguising myself as a hooker definitely will not work.

If only I was 2 years older!!! :(

I bet you their concert will be HUGE, and that it'll be AWESOME.

OMG, it's held in a theme park right?

I'll just spend one whole day in the theme park, and I'll ride the ferris wheel over and over and over and over and over again (they can't chase me out because I'm paying to ride the ride!) and I'll view the concert from the ferris wheel- hopefully they'll stop the ferris wheel (when I'm exactly at the top) when the concert starts, realize that they have someone stuck on top of the ferris wheel when the concert ends and let me down.

This way I get to enjoy the whole concert without drinking any alcohol, paying only the ferris wheel ride tickets and I won't be breaking any rules!

Either that or I'll dress up as an 18 year old, but my height'll give me away.

I'll fake my IC or something.

I'm not desperate to get into the concert la, it's just that it's the BLACK-EYED PEAS and they're my favourite band at the very moment!