MERDEKA!

Heyos! As a true Malaysian, I am obliged to publish this Merdeka day post, even tho I am not in Malaysia and am suffering from a total lack of sleep. However! I am proud to be Malaysian everyday! So although I honestly do not feel much of the Merdeka atmosphere or spirit, I believe it resides somewhere within me, thanks to a certain Mr Zahir.

Anyways, the 31st of August, the day we fucken pwned the British in the boardroom.(Yes Tunku, we're proud of you.) I remember it as only a public holiday back when i was back in Malaysia. Now that i'm not in Malaysia nemore tho, it seems to hold a little bit of extra importance, making sure that we don't forget our own national day, and as Justin said, feel at least a lil more proud today to be a Malaysian.

Yes, I am crapping, and so, i will go to bed. Malaysia Boleh!

*Insert Merdeka slogan for 2006 here*

While I Live..

"To be loved is nothing, it's to be preferred that I want"

I grabbed that quote of a great book I read in like 2 days. It's called "While I live" by John Marsden, and imho, it's really well written. I picked it up, started reading it during my free, coz someone(whose name totally escapes me atm) reccommended him to me once, so I thought i'd give it a go, and I just couldnt put it down!

Well, the story is set during a post war period, in Australia, or somewhere nearby I think. It's about this girl, Ellie Linton, who narrates throughout the novel, in first person, about her life. In the first chapter, she loses her parents, and then it all goes downhill from there. She fights to save the farm her father bought, fights to save her friend, and her relationship. School for her, is something she really wants to do, but she can't really keep up with it coz of all that's happening for her. The book brilliantly tells of all her hardships, how she has to fight her own custody battle, over who would have control of her finances, how she struggles to take care of the deaf kid her parents adopted, whom she finally came to see as a brother. It makes allusions to poems at times, and the pace is phenomenal. At times, it's slow and mellow, like when her parents die, and at others, it's electrifying and so exciting it gets ur adrenaline pumping. I guarantee you, it's one read u wont regret, so if u havent read it, go pick it up!

Well, on the topic of books n entertainment, I saw this trailer in the cinemas, the same day I watched Vice, of this movie called World Trade Center, with Nicholas Cage n stuff in it. Apparently, it's based on a true story, and imho, it's gonna be like a Ladder 49 kinda show, but OH MY GOD the trailer was good. It made me really wanna watch the show, and really empathise with the policemen in the show, all within 5 minutes. Ok ok, to give you a better picture, here's what I remember of it:

*Scene opens with a group policemen who are shocked to find a plane crash into the wtc.*

The seargeant goes, "ok, we've got to evacuate the building. Who's with me?". Slowly, one by one..a few of them push forward.."i'll go sarge"
While they're in there, they save some ppl and try to evacuate the panicked people. Then, the second plane hits the building and it collapses.

Seargeant shouts, "Ruuuuunnnnn", and a few men manage to escape.

*cut to a scene where 2 of them are shown*
they're lying on the ground, pinned by huge concrete slabs..
they cant get to each other..so all they can do is shout to each other..

*flashback*
u see them with their families..
a guy having sex with his wife..another with his son..
another with his parents..
and all this while..they feel like giving up..
the seargeant, who's also trapped..says.."You can still see the light..dont give up"

In desperation, one of them writes I <3>

*Screen goes black*

A montage of images flash on the screen of their lives, and their loves, and their efforts to escape.

Damn i really wanna watch it! Check out the webbie as well:

http://www.wtcmovie.com/

Auckland Special!AU Open Day + Movie Review: Miami Vice

So, today for the first time, we got the chance to check out Auckland U campus n stuff. Went a lil late to Ivan's house n reached there like 9+..missed the first few general lectures hehe. In the end, went to BSci lecture and like the Health Science dept talks. All in all, I pretty well know the path I -want- to take, just hope that I'll be able to get into Biomed then Medicine the next year. Mostly merits n above needed, I reckon i could fill that criteria, but so far..9 excellence credits and 8 merit credits, 4 achieved. Will just have to see how it goes at the end of the year eh.

Overall, I guess I kinda liked the atmosphere n stuff of AU. It's big and modern-ish, tho I didnt get the chance to check out the Health Science Faculty building. I actually havent seen many unis so I probably am in not the best position to judge, but GOD the library was HUGE AS! The campus? I was totally lost-enough said. Also, i reckon the best talk award I would give to the Biomedical Science speaker. It was totally awesome how he rapped about Biomeds, and I believe he wrote the lyrics himself too! A sample of lyrics i think i remembered:

"So you wanna do medicine and be a quack,
With biomeds you're on the right track!"

"Yo, Yo yo!
Your life begins as an embryo,
......"

Anyways, after that, we got bored, so we went to go watch a movie, which was complicated as well. I actually wanted to watch either "Dragon Tiger Gate" or "My Super Ex Girlfriend" but noooo, I went and finally watched "Miami Vice". Anyways, here's what I thought of it.

Honestly, if I had to use one word, i'd say, Superficial. 3 words? Cars, guns, sex. It's the Tokyo Drift type show la. Like, the storyline doesnt really matter, just the cars, the guns and the sex are the main attractions of the film. Ok, it doesnt help that Colin Farell(is that how u spell it?) and Gong Li have nearly 0 chemistry on screen. They just look like they wanna fuck each other all the time, not much in terms of "love" that sposedly develops during the film. Come on, it just felt awkward..Soo awkward. Most memorable scene to me? One of the team members blasts a freaking HOLE thru a kidnapper's head, luring him out of concentration by threatening.

"Boy, I can blow a hole in your medula, so you'll be dead from neck down, and ur body won't even know. You believe that?"
"I...."
*BAM!* (blood splatters everywhere, a hole is blasted in his head)

So overall, i'd give it 3.5 stars outta 5. An average grade of B+. Also, it portrayed Malaysia as being a jungle where drug dealers live! Bastards! Oh, another weakness of the film is that it plays a lot on stereotypes, like the controlling Chinese family thing, and the rebellious daughter, and like the black/latina police force, with just one white guy or 2. All that jazz..

Anyways, hope it's been useful. If u like films like what i've described as superficial, go watch Miami Vice, i'm sure u'll love it! Tootles!

We're all Africans! O_O!

So, first off, no offence to all of u who believe in the story of genesis, and that God created human beings, like perfectly, outta clay or a spare rib or something. Fossil evidence clearly suggests that we evolved from apes, which in turn evolved from monkeys and so on and so forth.

Well, DNA evidence suggests that all men come from a common ancestor, and that they have the same DNA strand, theoretically coming from a single person, or, biological Adam. And, biological Adam originated from Africa. Meaning, he was black. Consider the ramifications of this.

All white ppl were descended from blacks.

Even Asians are descended from blacks, seeing that a DNA analysis of women from all ethnicities trace the lines back to an African woman as well. So what u ask? Does this make white ppl superior, as evolution might have made our skin colour turn from black to white, and does it make us more than one species really? Or, if we look at it another way..are Asians, as the most populous ppl in the world, superior because natural selection chose more Asians to live than any others? To be honest, there isnt a way to tell.

Wanna know what I think? Well, doesnt matter, coz i'll tell u anyway. I say f*** that s***! Finding out we're all descended from the same ancestor does NOT mean we are one more evolved than the other, neither does it mean one of us are superior to others. We're all homo sapiens, until further notice. So why does racism occur? When you insult a guy for his skin colour, you are insulting your distant cousin(albeit many times removed), and especially if ur insulting that person's COLOUR in particular, consider that you are insulting your OWN forefather, biological Adam! So, to all you people who hate a certain race or colour out there, think twice before insulting someone's background, coz guess what? YOU HAVE THE SAME ONE IDIOT!

Bottom line: Racism sux, your stupid if you don't see that.

Ohmigosh..another one!

Here we go again..lol, i AM awfully bored tho, so i may as well..
7 Things about me.......

7 Things That Scare Me:
- Death
- Being Alone forever..losing all my friends that sorta thing
- turning gay(zomg..someone kill me if this really happens)
- torture(obviously..)
- letting people down..(which, at some point in my life, i prolly have already done)
- revealing too much about me
- losing all sense of sight and sound

7 Random Songs At The Moment:
- Mamma Mia
- Tears and Rain (i'm addicted!!)
- Eyes on Me
- Cry by Mandy Moore
- This is the night
- Do it to me
- Kiss goodbye

7 Things That I Like The Most:
- My laptop
- potato wedges (mm mm...good)
- My books
- My phone!
- The blue sweatshirt Kevin gave me for my bday 2 years ago whichihavenotworntilnow
- The number 3(ok, being a lil random here, but yes..i do like 3)
- my bed

7 Important Things In My Bedroom:
- The bed
- The person on the bed(Me la..what u thinking?)
- My laptop
- My watch
- My cell
- Wallet
- Sunnies

7 Random Facts About Me:
- I am down with the flu
- My mom hassles me to go to bed
- I am hoping to give blood 2morrow
- I sing in the shower
- I am totally outta ideas
- I dont sound like a kiwi, yet i doubt i sound like a fully fledged malaysian any longer
- I hate being protected..

7 Things I Said The Most:
- Awesome!
- "-lah!"
- Bleh
- Jesus F***ing Christ(sorry..habitual)
- Yup
- Sweet
- Aight

7 Things I Plan To Do Before I Die:
- Fall in love
- Write a book
- See every city in the world
- Save a life
- Have kids(yes, very important to continue the family!)
- Survive a real street scrap
- Commit a crime

7 People I Want To Pass This On To:
- Jho
- Jeremy
- Mawa
- Sandy jie jie
- Rach(u promised u'd come check it..Muahahaha)
- Some guy
- Some gal..

Kantoi kena tag..or just perasan

Wah, Jho's gotta have some psychic powers or something on his bday. Btw, it IS 22nd Aug, his bday that i'm writing this on. First time getting on his blog i got tagged..or did i?(God knows how many other Ians he knows..n god have mercy on them too..haha, jk)

AWESOME PPL I WOULD WANNA MEET
1. Jessica Alba, just coz she's hot, and it'd be great to get to know that person under all that hotness...*sizzles*
2. Shakespeare(if he really existed..)
3. Josh Groban, coz i honestly can't believe his voice'll sound that awesome in real life
4. Zidane, so i can tell him how stupid he is, and how i laughed when he got sent off
5. Robert Jordan
6. *** **

THINGS I CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT
1. Water..doh..H2o ftw
2. My laptop
3. My cellphone(communication communication communication)
4. internet access(NZ's net is soo bloody *something*-ing bad)
5. A purpose

I WISH I COULD
1. Read people's minds(not with stalker intentions, it's just be cool..hey, least i didnt say see thru stuff ok?)
2. Move super fast
3. Fly, like, for real..flap my wings n fly baby!
4. Draw
5. control fire, it's obsession, i try it all the time..(kidding..or am i?)

I WANT
1. to go to uni ASAP(I cant believe someone feels the same way as I do)
2. A choice in everything i do
3. to be as rich as Bill Gates, not to be greedy or anything, but money makes the world go round, simple truth
4. to make a difference..somewhere, somehow, to someone
5. A better digital camera

SONGS THAT I THINK ARE AWESOME
1. Tears and Rain-James Blunt
2. Eyes on Me- Faye Wong
3. You Raise Me Up- Josh Groban
4. Kiss from a rose- Seal
5. Gallery- Mario Vasquez
6. I Believe I can Fly- R. Kelly
7. The World's Greatest- also R. Kelly i think..

HOW I SEE MYSELF IN 10 YEARS
1. hopefully alive..that's numero uno
2. starting to strike out on my own as a doctor
3. making a steady income
4. maybe seeing someone
5. definitely living away from my parents, but not that far

RANDOM FACTS
1. I still play RO (i hear the *gasp* s)
2. I'm shivering
3. The world is round

I TAG
You and You and YOU!*points randomly* Basically, if u've read this and not done it, DO IT

Virgin Post

Aight aight, so i was just dabbling around yesterday on the 3mouseblog and i just thought i'd give blogging another shot. I mean, yeah, i rant a lot on a lot of my other blogs, and this might end up to be the same, but as they say, nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Anyways, i'm still trying to learn to customise the blog n stuff, and to totally make it "my own" n all, so give me some time aight? Also, i reserve the right to be lazy and totally give up on my blog at any time =p.

So anyways, had a pretty lazy day at school, started off with media where we did absolutely NOTHING, coz our teacher went to "finish off some stuff". To think we're supposed to finish all our media project preproduction work by next monday too. Well, i guess i dont blame her since she's kinda busy, added to the fact that she's pregnant too(The fact that she's really nice and generous with marks totally makes it alright with me =p). Anyways, yeah, bio, english, calc, chem..nothing much. We DID make this super long nylon thread for chem, which was really cool tho, i mean, u mix 2 liquid substances and u get a thread which u pull out seemingly endlessly from the liquid,.Simple, but really cool.

Anyways, it is getting warmer here, but i am falling sick. It's totally at odds with the weather conditions. The flu bug's going around tho, so i guess i musta caught it from somebody or maybe it was those 1-2 days that i felt strong enough to walk around the house with only a tshirt n shorts on. Bloody virus chooses to infect me outta so many ppl in my house. I wonder what would happen if someone develops a gene to stop ALL cell replication for a short period of time. THAT would kill off the virus quick enough, as well as possibly be a cancer cure, if not being able to regenerate cells doesnt kill the patient before that haha.

Well, i have run outta things to say, so i might leave it at that. Oh, maybe i'll recommend a book or 2 or a song or something, just to cap it off. I have just read the full version of "The Phantom of The Opera", and imo, it's great! It's mysterious, and intriguing. The full version is so totally worth the read. The love affair between Christine and Raoul is kinda depicted as less than perfect in the beginning, which only makes it more realistic, coz it kinda lets u in on Raoul's doubts and his misgivings, which we guys can probably relate to. The book also gives more insight into Christine's real feelings for the phantom, and how she's torn by her pity towards him, and her love for Raoul, which, imo, is awesome as well. So, dont be deterred by that lil book u read in form 2, go pick up a copy of the full version, or better yet, see if a library close by has it =)

Also, my song choice for today. If u have never heard James Blunt's Tears and Rain go download it or something. It's such an awesome song, i am so totally hooked! Anyhow, here's an FFVIII video clip featuring that song, courtesy of youtube.