Saturday, January 03, 2009

New Year Resolutions...

NO this is not my NYR, because i have never believed in having any. it has always amused me how ppl actually set NYRs, wanting to fulfill them at the start of the year, and somehow it just dies off by midyear. of course, there are those select few who actually follow through and manage to accomplish whatever they set out to do at the start of the year, but as i said. a select few. the majority just dies off. i suppose its another facet of human nature. set goals. be ambitious. and then, im busy the whole year working, being with my family. yeah who hasnt heard those excuses? and im not saying theyre not true, im SURE theyre true to a certain extent, but still. i dunno, ive never been one to set goals, cos i know that if i dun fulfill them, my mind will be screwed up by the "fact" that i failed. and all the psychological baggage that comes along with it. which is why, for me, i just work as hard as i can, and whatever i get, i TRY to be satisfied with it. though those who know me will definitely know that is hardly ever true. so i guess thats one bad point about not having a goal. you're less prepared for the fall. but i think ill take that anytime. twice the pride, double the fall. so halve the damn pride. jeez. its only simple maths.

Friday, January 02, 2009

"Helheim, Avalon, I don't care what it's called. Where is it?"

- Lara Croft, Tomb Raider: Underworld

Hey, this is my 100th post!!! Celebrate!!!

First day...

OK i am so gonna start bitching, big-time. what a stupid, draining first day of school! i mean, the first 2 periods were class admin, but after that, lessons started. we started redox reactions in chem (thank god ive read the whole chapter), then nevina started on SS, giving notes and everything, then going into development for geog. then luckily malay was a slack period. then recess, then physics started on magnetism (thankfully only the basics), and i was in time for english to know that i had a journal for homework. lovely. 3 lessons i learnt in 2008/ things i learnt abt myself. self-reflection. what a biatch. oh yeah, and nevina gave homework. read chapter 6 and fill in the worksheet. due week 2. journal due monday. WTH.

Okay, then after all the academic crap, after going for friday prayers, had to drag myself back to school for NCC EXCO meeting and photoshoot. bloody hell, stuck in the freaking hot uniform, burning in the sun, squatting down until my leg hurt, just to wait to be positioned and then smiling my totally artificial, vapid smile for the camera. then limping back to meeting venue. then enduring 3 hours of mindless talking and pretending to look occupied. then actually having to talk. though, thankfully i was only called on to opine once. other than that, it was just sheer boredom, listening to everyone else spewing their impromptu "preparations" regarding 2009 workplan. i swear, i lost more than a million brain cells in that 3 hours alone.

Bloody hell, who could ever have a more taxing day??? that is probably the worst first day ive ever had. and my schedule just keeps getting more and more packed from next week onwards. sigh. back to the grindstone. well, anyway, happy weekends.

bitching completed

Thursday, January 01, 2009

Happy New Year...

HAPPY new year to everyone out there. this is my first post of this year. whoopee-doo. lovely. its back to school tomorrow, and i have cca after school. stupid EXCO meeting, and then i have to bring my whole uniform for photo-taking. who in their blessed right mind has cca on the first day of school? even the other UGs arent having training. its just mine. just my luck. i wonder if even the sports/games are having training. i wld actually look forward to school tmr, except for the fact that there's cca. i swear to god.

Anyway, tomorrow i am officially Sec.4. trust me, it is scary. especially when i can still remember my primary 3 days. in detail. its amazing how much time has passed, really, and all the changes time has brought. to be completely honest, its disconcerting, to say the least. and this year is also my o-level. as in, all my subjects, and not just S4ML. and THAT is scary. sigh. its like PSLE all over again. something i will never forget. then once results release, its choosing which school you're going to go to. again. oh yeah, tomorrow will the final time i'm starting a year in SJI. in one year's time, god only knows where i'll be starting school in.

I actually feel sad about it, i've really grown to like SJI and i've grown up with it so much, and its given to me so much as a person. i really can't bear to leave it all behind, and if i had a choice, i would definitely choose SJI again.i havent regretted joining SJI for a single moment (even if there are irksome things like CCA), ever since i stepped into the school. its hard to believe, but im actually so attached to my school, and i love my school. i spent the best years of my life here in SJI, i think, no, im sure. and im really, really, loath to let go of it all. thats the thing about me; i hate moving on [;)] and i hate change. sure, that'll probably make life a hell of a lot more difficult for me, but i dun really care.

I am going to start well tomorrow, because its the last time i get to start. and i know, i will never regret my choice, never regret the path that i have taken. "Never doubt what you have done" Damn right that is, and damn right i am never doubting what i do. S4, here i come.

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Fish Head Curry...

OK, so i decided to cook fish head curry. ok , not exactly red snapper heads, but ikan kembong, i think. (ikan kembong is mackerel) :D anyway, decided to post pic of it! thank goodness it tastes reasonably edible; i dun usually cook curry. i decided to try my hand.

Fish Head Curry...

Monday, December 29, 2008

"I need Thor's belt to get his hammer, and i need the hammer, to kill a god!"

sorry, been playing too much Tomb Raider...

Sunday, December 28, 2008

Humanity...

OK, i dunno if i have actually rambled on about this previously, but i feel the need to reinforce it again. honestly, ive never liked being a human being. sure, it comes with the supposed benefits of higher intellect, reasoning, logic and the capacity to reason and etc. but still. i really wouldnt mind giving all that up just to be able to lead a simple life, like an animal's. all u do is hunt, and hibernate. its such a simple existence, without any moral ramifications and choices. its either hunt or be hunted. i like having that kind of clear-cut choice in life. sadly, thats exactly what life is NOT. its NOT clear-cut. its all in shades of grey. i mean, yes, having some things in shades of grey is ok, but having everything in shades of grey? that just makes me feel really blind and vulnerable. i want to know that i have a future, you know? something like that. not some cloudy vision of what may or may not happen.

And being able to think so much? jeez, my head hurts from thinking TOO much? im thinking about this, about that, worrying about this, about that. whether ill get good grades, if ill get into a school of choice, if my friends will still be my friends, if i can handle heavy workloads and so on and on. with an animal, no. nothing like that. just think about how im gonna find my next meal. i dunno about u, but im just really jaded of all this nonsense. i seem to like the word jaded a lot, as if ive actually lived that long. right. thats what those parochial, know-it-all adults will say. oh, you havent lived as long as i have. yeah i DONT want to live that long. its such a boring life. its not as if i could do what i wanted anyway. i mean, is it possible for me to go travelling around the world in search of historical artifacts? dual-wielding USPs? ok, so maybe ive been playing too much lara croft, but hey! if thats really what i wanted, could anyone give that to me? no. no. no.

Yeah, ive got big dreams. so? theyre still dreams. dreams can come true? ive yet to see anyone's dream come true. make sure u tell me when urs does. if im still alive, after the millenia or so of waiting. if im lucky. i mean, its not as if being human is so great. we're the only creatures who actively seek the destruction of our own species. how sick is that? all the genocides and wars in history's books. i may be wrong, but i dun think animals have full-scale species wars or engage in ethnic cleansing. yeah, im a pessimist. glad u noticed. ill tell u wat. im also a nihilist (read: life has no inherent value). its so redundant. life, i mean. i believe the world is already going to hell. (cf. Matchbox Twenty's 'How Far We've Come') as cruel as u find this to be, i derive amusement from the efforts of the world in trying to save their precious earth. its absolutely futile.

so, heres to the world: GOOD LUCK!
p.s. its in green for the world. if ull permit me.