Learning To Write, or Lonely Day

Nigel writes Chinese characters now!

Yes, I am attending Chinese Classes now for want of something better to do during these sad days. So every Tues, Wed and Thurs I'm going to walk over to Joerel's house and sit from 10-12 to learn chinese, then I probably just talk crap with Joerel and bully all his younger siblings.

Nigel (Me)'s first essay.

Loose Translation:

My friend's name is Jordan (Jozel gave me the name).

He likes to eat rabbits and carrots.

Everyday he toy (I forgot to put 'play').

His house is big and pretty.

He likes to water plants and plant plants.

He is very naughty and doesn't like to write and sweep the floor.

My mother doesn't like my friend.

THE END.

I know, awesome right? How did he do it in one day?

Cos I have nothing better to do. My life feels really kind of meaningless now.I just wish I could fast forward my life to like a few years ahead, then I wouldn't have to deal with the stress of a teenager's life. Oh sure, adults have to work and shit, but it's not fair when they say that we have no stress. Cos we do, just not in the same way.

So hmm. Being me really really sucks. I wish I could go become a hermit or something. But then I would need to charge my NDS. Hmm...

Who Wants Martel, or We're In Heaven

Kim and Mum went to Manila last night. So guess who's home alone?

Not me, lol. Last night after dropping mum off, me and Uncle Geoff (pronounced "Jeff), our Ang Moh family friend went for dinner at Archie's D Corner (or something around those lines) at the back of the house (near that awesome Penang Char Kweh Teow place). While having dinner, he told me about his life here, and that he went to Starbucks EVERYDAY (OMGWTF). Yep, he's the real coffee connoisseur. He even has his own coffee mugs in Starbucks City Mall, Centrepoint and 1 Borneo. THAT'S how much he goes. He has his own freaking mug. And a Starbucks PASSPORT TOO. WTF. Yeah.

Anyway. After dinner I went home, and Nick Lee came over, and we played Pokemon, Pokemon Cards, Warriors Orrochi, Persona 3, cooked Maggie, ate Maggie, went for a walk to 7-11, bought stuff at 7-11 (at 12 in the night), stayed up super late, ate chips, then fell asleep. The only thing missing was alcohol (COUGH COUGH COUGH).

Erm, so woke up this morning, played more Pokemon, more Persona, Chinese Chess (score was 2-1 to me), had lunch, more Pokemon, and now Nick's showering. I actually feel really pathetic, but I rejoice that someone still shares the love of Pokemon as me. I wanted to start a Pokemon league here in Sabah, but apparently it's not supported here. Meaning there aren't enough people interested. *Sigh.

So tonight, probably gonna stay up late summore, play more Pokemon, eat more junk, watch some movies, use the internet, and basically have less life than anyone else. Then we wake up.

Tuned It Down, Wound It Out, or The Day You Went Away

So I'm back.

Are you all happy to see me?

I know some people are.

I know some who aren't.

Am I glad to be back?

It's, hmm,

Bittersweet.

But yes I'm glad to be back.

UPS:

FOOD

DOWNS:

MUM NAGGING

I HAVE NO PLACE TO SLEEP (seriously, since my sister took over my room, I'm sleeping in my living room. How pathetic is that?)

LESS FREEDOM

The list doesn't look very fair, does it?

You ran away!

Away, Away, or This One's A Cheap Shot

First thing I do when I get home is eat Tuaran Mee. I'm not eating anything in Sabah until I get Tuaran Mee down ma throat.

When am I coming home, then? Date confirmed! See you there :)

Like Chocolates, or Bittersweet

It's over! A whole school year is gone.

Time has not flown, it glided by at this semi-lazy pace, speeding it up and slowing down at all the wrong moments just to piss me off. Looking back, I feel like shedding a tear, and involuntarily maybe I might have, if I could still feel properly. What change did ACS (I) leave on me? Have I left any significant mark? I got 3 cuts yesterday but I don't think that kind of mark counts.

Right now, Kai Shin is about to leave, and Swapnil is clearing out his stuff. I've lived with them for nearly (well ok, maybe not nearly) a year now, and it's hard to say a final goodbye. I know for sure I will see them again, but probably in a different context. To Ryan, I dedicate this post. Thanks for keeping my head sane by being another Malaysian to counter weigh ZeWei's retardedness.

My packing isn't done.

Yesterday was a fun day. Played a lot. Ate a lot. Had dinner with the roomates sans Leo but plus Jonta at Botak Jones, awesome place. I feel rather nostalgic now, but it's probably for the best.

Now the cupboard's almost cleared, and I await for my transport (Kim and Ling), I look back on ACS (I), and... It's like a box of bittersweet chocolates. You taste the bitterness, as well as the sweetness that you might hit you a bit later. I'll miss my friends at 3.1 and 3.17, as well as the Hall 4 'brothers'.

The Best Is Yet To Be.

3 Night Flight, or Guilty Pleasure

For the past THREE nights, I had buffets on ALL three nights. Haha, to view the pictures, click here.

Anyway, WED was Christmas Dinner @ Boarding school. We had christmas dinner a whole two months (and 4 days) before because everyone was going off after school term ends, right? So we celebrated Christmas in October. Was quite good, enjoyed the food, not too bad.

THURS was our Hall Outing, where Hall 4 went to Swissotel Merchant Court. Our hallmaster (who again, shall not be named) had some connections with someone there, so they were able to accomodate all 40+ students plus the hall tutors and their families PLUS our very own Dr. Ong, who came for dinner too. I ate too much to quick, that I was so tremendously full, that it was actually painful for me to walk. Had a wonderful sleep that night though.

There were actually a lot of people vomiting in the toilets, because they ate too much. Does that tell you something about how bad the boarding school food normally is? I hope so. Now you know what I went through.

So last night, FRI, ZeWei (the freak whom those of you reading my blog would know, lives in the same room as me for the past year or so)'s mum took me and Kai Shin out for dinner (Swapnil 'booked dinner already', Juno 'had some work to do', and Leo just doesn't like 'other people's parents). We had Jap buffet at Hoshi, at IMM. Hoshi is awesome in the way that you can eat as much Jap food as you want, you just have to wait a little while for the food. Me and Ryan (Kai Shin) ate ONCE AGAIN to our hearts content, all the while listening to ZeWei's mother bashing ZeWei:

"But ZeWei..."

"ZeWei AH...."

It was one of the most fun dinners I've ever had :D Honestly!

Thinking of going to Ikea later with Ryan to eat meatballs ^^

Tweeting at WIT, or I Gotta Feeling

So I was right, right?

What was I right about? That this weekend would be a busy, busy one. Sunday was fun, at night we went to The Fullerton hotel to celebrate my Godmother, Yeoh Siew Hoon's **th B'day (I won't put her age here, just in case she doesn't want to see it!). First we went to the rooftop for cocktails (I just had champagne), and the view from the rooftop was fabulous! You could see the old Singapore (The courthouse), the now Singapore (The Esplanade), and the future Singapore (The IRs, or Integrated Resorts). It was quite fun, and yeah, the company was fabulous, as usual. I hang out with the oddest but most fun people, and they're all more than half my age. But I really love their company, because once they get to know me and my sister, they don't look at us all reproachful, condescending, etc.

We had one of the most wonderful dinners I think I've ever had. Wow.

Anyway, some pics!

Amazing view.

All of us on the roof, before we went for dinner.

Me, (from left) Corrine, Meenah, Jenny

(From left) Lay Cheng, Don, Craig's Thai gf, Christine

(from left again) Jon, Yi Ling (Godma's niece) , and the B'day "Girl" herself

It was great fun.

Monday, me and Kim went to help out Mario and Morris, these two great guys at their Brand Karma talk. Although we felt really out of place, it was eye-opening. Think about it, when you pick your holiday destinations or hotels to stay at, would you rather believe the websites of the places themselves, or stories from people you know that have been there already?

"Our story beats their story" So true.

All these big shots in Suits.Me and Kim got plenty of stares, like "Wtf are these kids doing here?"

After that another cocktail party XD With AWESOME sushi!

And today, Tuesday, I'm now at the Web In Travel (or WIT for short) conference which my godma is organising, she's on the stage now with some more guys in Suits.

What is my role? I'm a Tweeter, Tweeting and the Twitters' Roost :D

The ballroom

The Twitter Roost

More later.