Sunday, November 27, 2005  8:27 PM
The Innies KL & Genting Trip 2005
 Starring (From Left to Right): Luqman: Luqs, Fossil Fuel, Telok Luqman, The Overgrown Mat Melissa: Mel, Everything But The..., Melissa Lane, The Over-the-Hill Prima Donna Felicia: Fel, Peanut Butter Cup, Felicia Link, The Expelled Convent Girl Janissa: Jan, Brownie Batter, Janissa Drive, The Groupie Jingli: Jings, Dublin Mudslide, Jalan Jingli, The Japanese Porn Star Me: Melia, New York Super Fudge Chunk, Amelia Boulevard, The Overworked Assistant to the Porn Star Those are our aliases, our nicknames, our Ben & Jerry flavours, our road names and our screwed-up personalities. Now that we're all familiar with the stars of this entry, here's a short re-cap of the trip. Coffee Bean: Where we slept for the first few hours of the trip cos we arrived at a ghastly 4am in the morning in Genting and we couldn't check in as the rooms weren't ready. We attempted some breakfast and light-hearted morning chatter but it soon succumbed to sleep on those plush couches. If it were Singapore, we would be chased out in an instant with brooms. Genting Theme Park: The theme park that encouraged intimate bonds between the six of us, and where deepest darkest secrets were accidentally, or not so accidentally revealed. The terrifying Space Shot, which is some ten-storey free fall, which everyone but me went on. I'm such a wuss, I admit, but it was funny seeing everyone let out mind-blowing screams when they dropped, with legs flailing wildly. The roomie flume ride also racked up some jitters in certain people, but the Rolling Thunder Mine Train had to be my favourite ride of the day, and we went on it twice! I think we went on almost all the rides- and at the end of the day, we went up the Ferris Wheel and simply took in the breathtaking night scene. It was the perfect end to the day at the theme park. Starbucks: Our unofficial favourite coffee hangout. Somehow we found comfort in the familiarity of that green logo. Talk about the W-curve theory setting in, and our last night in Genting was spent at Starbucks, with that lovely cold weather and us in our under-used jackets and sweaters and scarves, pretending we were in the United States during winter. Boulevard Hotel/ Mid Valley Megamall: Our KL hotel and the shopping centre right next to it. Nothing beats staying right next to one of the biggest shopping centres in Malaysia, the only minus point that it wasn't in KL Central so we had to rely on cabs to get down to the main city centre. But we love Mid Valley and F.O.S. - I'm pretty sure we bought half F.O.S. down. The hotel was a total pampering outlet - we went swimming, the boys went to the gym, we took long soothing bubble baths and snuggled at night into that huge king-sized bed. Roomies: I should probably talk a little about the sleeping arrangements in both KL and Genting - Me, Jings and Jan in one room, and Mel, Fel and Luqs in the other. That worked out perfectly and I love my roomies to bits because they understand that it is only human to live in a messy hotel room; they understand the need for a cold bed at night thus resulting in us sitting on the floor for a whole half an hour so that the bed can 'cool'. The three aliens in the other room even made their bed in the morning! Seriously, what are the chambermaids for?! Haha. So I truly loved the pigsty we lived in, I enjoyed fighting for Jan's blanket rights at night until the 2cm theory was implemented, it cracks me up thinking about Jings and Jan cuddling up to me at night when the other two ends of the bed were left empty (the selfish people probably wanted to cool it first), how Jan and I took bubble baths when Jings went swimming and yet I was the unfortunate one who had to step out in a towel when Jings came back demanding the use of the toilet. I love our theories and I love the self-disclosure every single night before we go to sleep. Malay: Lif Bomba, Zon Tunda, Telekomunikasi and Aksesori are my favourite words EVER. KL Zouk: Clubbing in KL was funnnnnnnnnn! I guess it was because it was in a foreign country and I truly let my hair down that night. Loved dancing to familiar tunes like Summer of '69, Hollaback Girl and Can't Take My Eyes Off You. That was probably the most fun clubbing experience ever, even though the music was weird at times. And of course half the fun was in dressing up with my three beauties - Mel, Jan and Fel - and taking Paparazzi-ish pictures with the boys afterward. Suria KLCC: This was where we made up for the years of A & W deprivation - curly fries, root bear floats and coney dogs! Took marvellous shots in front of the majestic building as well, and that night we also walked round and round and round KL aimlessly, just talking and enjoying each other's company. Card games: Bridge, Uno, Dai Di, Bluff (which I suck at and stupidly embarrassed myself at) and this new game which Jings taught us - Plump. We played cards till the wee hours of the morning during our last night in KL, accompanied by Cottage Fries, Tim Tams and Milo. Old-fashioned fun, and loads of laughs. That night we also posed with our new kinky hair bands, which the guys appropriated for themselves at some point in time when we were watching soccer. I got the Princess one, Fel the Empress Dowager, Mel the Playboy Bunny and Jan some raunchy cat thing. Bukit Bintang: Our last day was spent here shopping! The Levi's (Jan, Jings and I in white) and the Benetton's (Luqs, Mel and Fel in colours) headed for some delicious BBQ-roasted chicken rice and then we just walked and walked and walked around Sungei Wang and Lot Ten (We got these receipts after we paid to enter the toilets in Lot Ten, and it said 'Lot Ten' on it, and Jan thought we got ASSIGNED toilets hahaha) and bought tons of DVDs. Bus Ride Home: As mentioned before, the six of us squeezed into four seats on the ride home, which was super funny because we could have seriously saved money had we known we enjoyed the close proximity. And the most hilarious part was after the Yong Peng rest stop, some sleeping gas engulfed us and ALL of us sank into this deep sleep, and we did not even wake up when we arrived at the Malaysian Immigration. We were the last ones off the bus, in an absolute frenzy. Luqs only had time to think of his Ramly burger when he awoke first at the immigration checkpoint. Picture-taking: The photo whores took 300 pictures in the 4-5 day trip. Couldn't upload all of them on Flickr, but I did upload 77, which was a tough task from 300. But the essence of it is mostly captured at http://www.flickr.com/photos/glamqueen/. If you want to see the rest, and share our whorish joy, let me know. :) I do professional slideshows. As of now, we're all back home, still meeting up ever so often and not looking forward to school starting again. I really thank God for friends like you guys. Love you all. :)
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Tuesday, November 22, 2005 10:20 PM
the nice and the bitchy.
It does not pay to be nice. Not in this world we live in, definitely not. I'm sick of being Miss Sugar and Spice, simply because I'm tired of having the world trample over me. I admit, sometimes you need the attention, and being nice does not warrant you any. You're just the girl behind the scenes whom everyone assumes will be there for them forever and therefore she gets left alone; it's okay when no one walks with her because she won't take it to heart, it's fine when her small gestures go unappreciated because that's what Miss Nice is supposed to do.
I want to be a real bitch. I want to have that personality and that spunk that stands out from others because in this screwed up world, that's what people appreciate. What's the point of being a smooth diamond when it's the jagged rocks that get recognised instead? This whole entry is unlike me, I suppose. But whatever, I couldn't care less anymore. Now I see why some people worry so much about image, because there are only a certain handful of 'images' that this world aspires to be, and niceness is not one of them.
On another note, my legs ache like hell. After a whole year of not even running 200m at one shot, I decide to run 3km yesterday morning. Brilliant I am, and now I'm suffering. I need to stay home and recuperate and decide what type of bitch I'm going to be for the rest of my life.
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Sunday, November 20, 2005 8:09 PM
the best trip ever.
The trip was seriously the most fun I've had in a looonnng time.
I don't even know how to start to describe it - From the bus ride up to Genting to sleeping at Coffee Bean to the Genting Theme Park where Luqs thought he was going to die on the Space Shot and Jings screaming like a girl on the Flume Ride to taking endless shots in our lovely hotel in KL to shopping at Midvalley to clubbing at KL Zouk where we danced like we didn't have a care in the world to lounging around the hotel pool while the guys went to the gym and then finally wading in the pool together to heading down to Suria KLCC to take these artistic shots of ourselves to heading down to Bukit Bintang for more shopping and then to the bus ride home where we managed to squeeze ourselves into four seats when we had six allocated seats, wondering why in the world we paid for the two extra seats when we liked sitting this way better anyway cos it was easier to talk.
Not forgetting the endless amount of self-disclosure every night, I swear we know each other inside out now, down to every little detail, especially among the roomies. The Hokkien Clan's book that will be published in time to come by Koay, J. L., Chia, A. and Ng, J. containing the best theories in the world - The 2cm theory, The Walking Arrangement Theory, The Balance Theory, The Basic Rights of Human Kind and many other theories are still in the works. This trip brought us closer together in ways we've never thought possible; now the six of us even sound the same. Fascination over the Malay language, card games that last late into the night, trying on kinky hairbands at a random girly shop, whacking every single food item KL has to offer, having your two roomies snuggle up to you at night when there's so much space over at the two ends (one even attempting to climb on you in her sleepy stupor) - the memories are irreplaceable.
I guess I will come up with a detailed trip reflection thing soon with all the pictures - which is a feat on its own at about 300 pictures in five days. The Innies have outdone themselves once again.
Oh when I look back now
That summer seemed to last forever
And if I had the choice
Ya - I'd always wanna be there
Those were the best days of my life
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Monday, November 14, 2005 5:56 PM
exams are over. over. over.
Exams are over! OVER OVER OVER!
Yayyyy.
I finished my paper early today, I dunno I guess there's just not much to write about computer stuff, and my brain wasn't really functioning anymore anyway - the air-con was too freakin' cold and people were distracting me by walking out of the examination hall. I've never walked out of an examination hall before the paper ended, and a part of me felt like doing just that. But there was twenty-five minutes more to kill, and of course that nagging part of my brain went on about how I should check my answers and stuff like that, but I just wanted to GET OUT OF THERE - to liberation!
So I walked out! First of firsts. Hahaaaa.
The royal muggertoads leave for KL and Genting tonight - Mel, Fel, Jan, Luqs, Jings and I - Mel said something really funny on the bus after the exam today. She had this hugely excited grin on her face as she proclaimed, "People are going to Carl's Jr, others are going to Sentosa, but we are going to Malaysia! We are like HOW happening can."
I'm CANNOT wait to leave. By tomorrow morning I'll be gorging on the A & W's and Dunkin Donuts which I've been missing out on all these years. Speaking of which, I still haven't packed. But I've visualised all these outfits in my head so it should be fine. The visualisation part usually takes the longest. :
Hellooooooo holidayyyyssss!
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Sunday, November 06, 2005 11:47 PM
muggertoads taking exams.
At church this morning, I walked past a room filled with cheerful laughter and loud singing. They were just kindergarten kids, the oldest one probably being five years old, but yet they were worshipping with unbridled innocence and huge smiles on their faces. It was such an inspiring scene that I just stood there and stared at them for a few minutes. Sometimes, I really feel the need to learn from them, children can really teach you a thing or two about your selfish self filled with cognitive complexities (cognitive!).
And it all boils down to this. The past few horrifying, draining days and nights are now culminating this week in five days. I am SO sick of studying, even though I can't say I've covered everything thoroughly. It feels almost surreal taking an exam, since I haven't taken one for an entire year. And my last exam seriously feels like another life, like eons ago.
The royal muggertoads have become transmigrants - we've studied everywhere - from the airport (Coffee Club, MacDonalds), to Mel's house, to school (Hall 14 reading room, Hall 13 tv lounge, CS benches) - with tummy fillers such as Popeye's, Indomie, Tim Tam's, Kettle Chips, Famous Amos, Lays, Ruffles, Cadbury Chocolates, Snickers and not forgetting our all time favourite Snyders (Warning: Jalepeno SUCKS, we had to play Jing's drinking game just to get rid of it).
I HATE Chapter 8 of CS 101. URGH. I've been at it for like hours and nothing's going in.
Good luck for all the papers, my dear muggertoads, and in a week's time, we'll be jetsetting out of this country and screaming down the rollercoaster cursing Hsueh-hua for making us mug this terrible book.
 Me and Fel at the CS benches, studying at 5.40am in the morning. Luq's watch tells the time. I'm NOT kidding.
 At Hall 13 tv lounge - studying is never a distraction from photo taking.
 Succumbing to sleep - poor us. I'm that bunch of hair sticking out from beneath the snuggly covers.
 Psuedo-smiling at Mel's place - we LOVE studying. This picture is really family-portrait-ish.
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Friday, November 04, 2005 4:03 PM
cognitive in the ACRC.
Just typed an email to Mel who's happily lounging around the beaches in Bali and drinking those heavenly milkshakes. Decided to just copy a part of email here, as a brief description of what's happening right now in the ACRC, where we're supposed to be studying - "The five of us are occupying that big wooden table in the centre, with me at the head of the table cos I'm charging my laptop. Next to me on my right is Fel who is dressed in her NEW miniskirt, and studying studying studying 111, she's the only one not plugged into her laptop. Then next to her is Luqs, on his Apple, not sure what he's doing but he's staring intently at the screen and drinking hot coffee. On my left is Jan, she's also studying 111, dressed in her nice pink sweater and using a BROWN highlighter, as usual drinking Nescafe. Next to her is Jings, who has been listening to the same Cantonese song since this session started, cos I can hear through his earphones from way over here. He occasionally breaks out into song as usual, not withstanding the fact that the whole place is quiet but him."
I am so NOT studying. And if I see the word "cognitive" one more time, I think I'm going to scream. It appears everywhere - 101, 102, 111 - like, stop it already. Cognitive schemata, cognitive abilities, cognitive this, cognitive that.
But just a piece of useful information compliments of dictionary.com: "Cognitive: Having a basis in or reducible to empirical factual knowledge."
I bet someone will thank me for that after the exams.
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