the cat and the moon.

so i have been reading Helen Brown's "Cleo", and i noticed how the cat is always linked to the moon. is there an affair between these two?

and i do notice how some cats like to sit on rooftops or windowsills, staring up at the moon. Zorro does that, and so does Hometown, occasionally. 

i've seen books which covers consist of cats nestled against the backdrop of a full moon. just what is the link between these two?

is it the pupils of the feline that changes its shape as the day changes, much like how the moon changes from crescent to gibbous?

i borrowed more books on cats today, most of them being non-fiction stories like Cleo. plus Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne. a classic!

alright, i wanna continue with my reading.

to write is not as easy as it seems. you need to research on life, in terms of facts and your own experiences. true enough?

still unable. still trying.

in maths, i learnt to count. now i'm able to give the right amount of money when buying things and making sure i have the correct change.

in english, i learnt how to speak the language. now i'm able to communicate with people easily be it locals or foreigners and won't look stupid when being asked directions in english. 

in mother tongue, i learnt the beauty of my Malay roots. now i'm able to interact easily and happily with my grandparents in Malay and understand their stories of the past.

when i was young, i learnt to brush my teeth, to put on my clothes myself, to put on my socks and shoes myself. now i'm able to shower and dress myself up easily without any difficulty.

when i was a baby, i learnt to have feelings, to bawl, to giggle. now i'm able to laugh when i'm happy, cry when i'm sad, and shout when i'm angry.

when i got my heart broken, i learnt how to smile instead of crying when hit suddenly by the memories. i'm still unable to apply that in life, but i'm trying. 

cute waiter! [just a quick update]

we can't totally forget somebody just bcos we want to. however we can learn to feel unaffected by the memories with that person. 

i'm a fine one to talk, yeah. i guess i am still  learning this the hard way. 

so i met a cute waiter today. he's from Nepal! his name is Ri-something-dell something or something. holy shit, i really hadn't caught his name. obviously he hadn't caught on mine either.

o well. but he's really cute. especially when he smiles. but... nah... still not to my what's-that-word. doesn't leave a deep impression on me in more ways than one. o well.

wanna see my dinner for the day?

ramen.

by the way, i hadn't gone to the school's Racial Harmony Carnival. still feeling a little sad about it, so... *sigh* o well. i'm gonna sink into depression if they're still talking about it on Monday (which they will definitely be).

so i've been hitting my little brother with the cushions since like, forever, and today he read my book of superstitions and was devastated to find this:

" hitting a child with a pillow... will shorten his or her life. "

i laughed into his face and was like, "you're not a child." and then i hit him with a pillow repeatedly while chanting "minus one. minus one. minus one." i'm such a douche, i know.

i'll blog more tomorrow.

pre-Racial Harmony Carnival blues ):

reasons i want to go:
1. it's my last year in secondary school.
2. i do feel like wearing traditional costume.
3. just a little stroll around the school compound, it is a sorta solitary escapade.
4. i wanna give the sec 2s my support man.

reasons i don't want to go:
1. i don't have the coupons thingy.
2. social problems.

well, yeah, pretty much that's it for the urghs section. the perks are more than the urghs. should i go??? this is a toughie.

neighbours, blood, and colours.

proof that you don't talk or dislike talking with your neighbours:
1. you're about to leave the house when you hear your next door neighbour's keys unlocking their gate, so you retreat into your house and pretend to tie your shoelaces again.

2. when you're walking home and see them in front of you, you walk slowly to avoid taking the same lift as them.

3. you see them from the distance walking towards you and quickly take out your phone so you can look down and pretend you hadn't seen them. [and they hadn't called out to you either!]

4. when you see little kids running past your window into their house everyday, and you're wondering when the hell did they get kids.

5. you're at your house floor waiting for the lift and when it comes there's a little boy in the same uniform as your little brother's, and you think it's his friend but it's just the kid at the other end of the corridor and you're like "who the hell is that!?"

these are just my personal experiences, really. there're many other evidence that i don't talk with my neighbours at all, especially the ones at both ends [there are a grand total of 4 houses on the floor i live on].

there was this once, when i was waiting for the lift on my house level, and when it finally came there were people in there, and i thought they came from the above storeys so i squeezed myself in.

i thought the woman would be like alright let's push the close button, so when she didn't, i voluntarily did so. that was when i noticed the man was oddly near me, and also when the woman was like, "hey, excuse me."

get it??? my main point is that i hadn't recognised my own next door neighbours, bloody hell. that was super embarrassing!

wanna know something strange? the two houses at both the ends of the corridors, the ones which i really seldom interact with (in fact never), are the ones with dogs in their household, past and present. i do talk with the people in the house that has the cat Spike.

you see, when i was young, probably in my mid primary school life? there had been this one time when i came out of the lift and two dogs came running to me suddenly and slobbered all over my body, bloody hell.

i screamed like HELL, what do you think? i really hate dogs, i tell you. that incident just fueled my hate for canines. and it distanced me from the neighbour that had those dogs, which's the one next to my house.

neighbours aside, my day had gone pretty alright today. (;

doesn't that resemble a kitty? 

and yes, i got myself suspended again today. had to sit on the floor today, because we have been "getting too comfortable on the tables".

suspension wasn't that fun today, apart from these two sec 2 boys who had to write a 500-word reflection about their case. read one of theirs, it kinda made me burst into laughter!

so during lunch, syaz and i were walking past the parade square where a group of sec 3 boys were playing frisbee. saw that one of them was Bryan Kok, so he waved at me. he waved at syaz next, and that was when i turned away for a sec.

when i turned back again, syaz was laughing her ass off and the group of sec 3 boys were gathered around bryan who was apparently having a massive nosebleed. such a dramatic change of scene! i was stunned beyond words i tell you.

once syaz managed to calm down from her fits of laughter, she told me what happened. bryan had hit his nose on somebody's shoulder pretty hard it seems. there was really a lot of blood!

yes, that's pretty much how my day at school went. when i got back, i'd immediately gotten started on my Geog Prep exam which Mrs Sherri just gave today. a week late, yes. but s'ok. and i've gotten my Chemistry Prep paper too, courtesy of none other than Mrs Mimi Ang.

look at my Maths section B.

 seven eggs, if you get what i mean.

was playing around with my cammie and t'is what i'd done!

don't you just love colours?

and i've no idea why but this picture looks kind of... lonely, somewhat. 

in the midst of my geog prep exam ok.

pushed far away by something that came out from you. maybe t'is how our parents feel.

maven.

heidiho. ohidieh. currently i've nothing intelligent to share with you guys, so i'll just be sharing with you how my day went.

didn't go to school! head was throbbing non stop in the morning. i actually got frustrated at my alarm, the fact that it's a metal song not being of any help.

i'd thought of staying home for the whole day but then i remembered a library book which was due yesterday. thus forced myself to make a trip to the library. haiya.

went to Tampines' because i wanted to get a notebook, too. paid my fine and borrowed a book about overcoming fear before making my way to Urban Write to get the last of my quotes notebook collection!; "Last But Not Least".

such a beautiful family.

as well as two pink pens with beautiful ink. alas! when i went over to pay i realised that i'd totally forgotten to bring my Urban Write bag, so i had to ask for another.

i like how Tampines was bustling with adults and not many students. even the library was empty, deprived of students.

back at Pasir Ris, got myself steamed chicken rice from zee Ananas before taking bus back to Elias Mall to get a cuppa milk tea.

look how square it is! 

did a little bit of Maths, and the arc radians topic is kind of okay, i guess. on the other hand i'm really irritated with the number patterns thing! gotta keep practising then.

aside from that, this what i just learnt that i wanna share with you guys;
Euphoria; extreme happiness.
Trepidation; extreme fear. [fact: Trivium indeed teaches many new words!]
Lividity; extreme anger.

let's do our best to widen our vocabulary, okay? mine is not very good too, actually. in terms of Bahasa Melayu, my frasa berbunga and pancaindera is good but not my kosa kata. yes, like that. *grins*

a long, long time ago, there lived a little girl. her mother said to her, "sometimes i find it more worthwhile to read dictionaries rather than novels." the little girl never took heed of her mother's words but looks like she is, now! the end.

find out more synonyms for common words, like salutation for a hello and valedictory for a goodbye. i just learnt the latter! the former i'd heard the spider use; from Charlotte's Web if you remember.

and you can check this out if you have a problem with American and British English. that link is not one of my old posts about the topic, but a Wiki page.

the title of this post, "maven", means someone who expertises in a field and is willing to pass on the knowledge to others. well i'm using it to mean someone who shares knowledge. not calling myself an expert now. in fact most of the stuff here are things that i just recently learnt.

gotta keep learning!

i'm still shocked that a particular person (she knows who she is) had to mention my English when reprimanding me about the clique matters. English aku tak bersalah sey! *laughs* o well.

i'll blog again if i feel like it. would like to continue with my studying right now. (;

 woah, the clouds are moving pretty fast today.

16 out of 100.

 my hot pink Ministry of Clothing tee. 

man, it sure was a chilly day. and the night is not any better. hohum. had to sit in the corner of the classroom during recess in a bid for warmth!

so after English i had stayed in the classroom and ended up talking to Ms Adimah again when she came over to wake me up. man i like her more now!

i got back the prep papers that i did manage to take, which are Maths and Physics. i got the same marks for them both.

had spent my last two periods sitting in the canteen finishing up my SS prep before looking for Mrs Sherri at the HOD office to pass it to her.

finished up my English assignment after that til the bell rang and i was literally the first student out the gate!

when i got home, i, well, fell asleep. and now i have a fine of fifteen cents for a book that's gonna be due by the time tomorrow comes.

o! i'd managed to capture the sunset. wanna shee?

 from my bedroom window.

i realise that my tuition seems to be rascist somehow, Malays on one side of the classroom while the Chinese were on the other. what's worse is the fact that other than me there's only one other Malay girl. 

so for the past few weeks Mr Chan had been saying again and again, "why don't any of you have questions for me? wah my students all so good ah?"

and then today, he was telling us how the Maths O Levels would be earlier than the past years this year. some joker was like "why ah?" to which Mr Chan replied, "because they know this year's students all so good one what!"

kay yeah it is an inside joke. but that was funny!

okay i'll tell you my Maths Prep results, ok? t'was 16. 16 out of a 100. thus the title, in case you haven't noticed.

am i bothered by it, you ask? hmm....

and one more thing. was talking with Kak Siti about wedding stuff. and she said i could try draw my ideal dress, and baju kurung design. hmmm....

no? ok gimme a few more days. let me play around with other designs first (; it's been a while since i last drew dresses, so yeah.

2NE1's latest MV.

i forgot to share this with you guys.

Dara's hair looks great!, and so are Park Bom's vocals. and she looked so cute when she placed her cheek to her knee.

i like the situations; the cabins and the lighthouse. has an olden day ring to it, somehow. to me, anyway. right.

just to make things clear, i'm just a listener of 2NE1; and just 2NE1. i don't really like any of those other groups be it girl or boy. 2NE1's unique, and their vocals are worth commending especially in their live sessions. in my opinion there really hadn't been any need for autotune for them.

as for their videos, as i'd mentioned before i like how there're stories to their MVs rather than just random dancing here and then there and then here again, like, you know?

this's so fucking cute. i kept laughing at the little random moments here and there. feels strange watching them talk instead of sing, right?

that aside, what's up with Youtube? why the hell do the videos keep loading all over again just because i hit replay?

okay, i shall blog again when i feel like it.could be tonight, could be tomorrow, could be this Saturday. heh. goudennate for tonight, just in case.

p.s yeah. Dara's hair is awesome. 

p.p.s i hadn't forgotten Trivium or Sum 41 or There For Tomorrow. ok? just taking a break from all that. many of the songs had memories attached to them, so yeah. i'm trying. i've been trying, what do you think i've been doing for the past 5 bloody months?

p.p.p.s woah! just checked my phone and there are, like, 17 new texts!

The Traitor Game.

i don't know why you had to mention my English, actually. it's just my best school subject; is there a problem with that?

so t'is my current book;

it's about this fantasy world, a country, created by these boys named Michael and Francis. the former was the one who really created it, but when the latter got to know about it he contributed to it as well.

it's called Evgard, and from what i understand, this world consists of two opposing races Mereish and Evgarders. the Evgarders have always been bullying the Mereish.

there are different perspectives in this book, the real world with Michael, and the country Evgard with Argeshya, or Argent. Argent is kind of like a mixed blood; he was born Evgard but grew up a Mereish. his mother abandoned him somewhere in the borderline of Skyph and Evgard.

so back in the real world. Michael had problems from his previous school thus had to be transferred, and his mother had invited a new schoolmate of his over to socialise, because she was afraid and concerned about the social life of her precious son.

that was when Francis discovered Michael's world of Evgard, in the form of drawings, including maps, characters and all that. the secret of Evgard became their bond.

as the title suggests, this book plays a lot with loyalties and betrayal, in both the real world and Evgard. when Michael received a note in his locker I KNOW WHERE ARCASTER IS, he got really convinced that Francis had betrayed him by telling somebody about their fantasy world.

many events follow suit threatening the friendship between the two boys, and their humanity. as for Argent, he was caught between the Mereish and Evgarders, unsure of which to betray.

the Evgarder Duke's son, Columen, had won Argent as a slave from his father, and that was when the two boys bonded. this was what made Argent torn between his loyalties for the Mereish and his Evgarder friend.

well it's what i understand, anyway. you should read it! it drowned me. and you know it's a good book when i say that (; but from what i observe it has many elements of religion, that is, well, not mine.

the thing that made me think the most was the Judas floor from the world of Evgard. it's a floor that crumbles when you make one wrong move; the only way of making it across is simply by knowing the right path.

Michael had thought of it too, he had wondered if there would ever be anyone who happened to cross the floor through the right path by chance. if anyone had crossed it, not fallen through, and never even knew it was a Judas floor.

come to think of it we've all walked across many such floors without knowing of it, haven't we? for example someone who'd once been a hair's breadth away from an accident. looking back, if he or she had been misplaced by just one step to the right... get it?

yeah, so the concept of this floor was pretty cool. and so was the whole book.

i like how Michael could think of a whole new language [or two, since there's Mereish as well as Evgard] for a world that he just fantasised. and there're even swear words! 

so, how was my day, you ask? i spent the whole day sleeping! *look of disbelief*

aww. so cute, right? a white tiger.

i had a really long dream, one that took my dream-self literally for a ride. the road was like a roller coaster track! i see it all right now, but i can't put it in words.

yes, i hadn't gone to school today, because Tuesdays are long and i'd just get myself suspended anyway.

oh, i'd like to share with you guys a blog i just recently found; My Favourite Books which, as the name suggests, shares the author's favourite books. hah, you don't say.

and it's updated on a regular basis, too! don't you just love blogs that are?

transition.

TODAY! so, today.

about 45 minutes later
ok so i kind of backed out my plan.  i was all geared up, with lappy stuffed into my backpack planning to make a trip to the library to blog, but then i got lazy.

so i plopped myself back onto the coffee table in the room, and tadah. here i am.

haven't posted webcamwhore pictures for such a long time!

since i've nothing sensible to say, i'll just share with you my Monday and how it went.

i'd had my hair up from home today, you know! no special reason, really. i just felt like it. [then again that has its special reason, get it?]

alas! [and alack], i got snatched from my exam desk before we even placed our bags at the front of the room. out of the blue suspension; couldn't take my English 2 and Phy/Chem papers.

unfortunately for me as well, i hadn't brought much studying material. only had my notebook of notes, so couldn't do any practise or create new notes. haiya!

so spent nearly the whole time just writing in my diary. and i even managed to camwhore with myself for a while, wanna shee?

turn over a new leaf indeed. pfft.

so i had my Malay O Level oral examination today. t'was fun while waiting for our turns, chatted and laughed a lot with the others.

when it was mine... surprisingly it went alright, if compared to my mid year [or was it prelim] Malay oral. my reading was steady [usually it'd be fast] and my Bahasa Baku was consistent. alas, so was the stupid grin of mine.

i find it somewhat embarrassing that there i was, smiling and grinning away throughout the conversation with freaking hand gestures while the examiners were there just staring at me, still and poker faced with the occasional nod.

so guess what, i actually went over and talked to zee MKI about his n level oral when i saw him at the bus stop. "ni confirm tengah mabok", he must have thought as he stared up at me with raised eyebrows.

i think i kind of splashed some water at him, because i just washed my hands and was like waving them into his face when i was saying hi.

o, speaking of which, earlier on at suspension! syazana called out to me and i was like looking at her while she asked her geography question when it suddenly rained on my arms.

guess what, it turned out some teacher who just walked out of the toilet was jiggling his hands his sides, so the water went all over me! i was so shocked. but yeah, it was funny.

so today aside, tomorrow's my bruh Haikal dood's N Level oral. ALL THE BEST! to him, he's gonna do a great job cause he's a good talker. really, really.

steel-shelled snail? more like a salted slug.

why did you have to say all those? this morning, i was just telling myself with determination that i was really going to move on. was doing a good job so far, too. 

stop sprinkling salt onto the slug.

had started off the day, and this post, excited and happy and all. but both seem to be ending in disaster.

what's in her bag?

dogs are man's best friend, right? [well it's what they say but i am, as you all know, supporter of cats] and then jewelery are woman's best friend.

hmmm but then again so are shoes. and handbags. hmmm. in any case, i am here to blog about something totally random and nothing to do with how i've been doing these days; the bags that i carry.

i don't usually carry bags, but i do have a supply of that. they all serve a different purpose, and this is a quick guide of knowing what i'm carrying and where i'm going, just by looking at the bag i am using.

 backpack.

the one with my beautiful name [missing its apostrophe though] pinned onto the brand's logo.t'was a birthday [15th] present from a friend of mine called Yue Ting.

what's inside? usually books; plural. library books and TYS. the small compartment usually consists of tissue packets, pens [lots] and compact mirror.
when's it used? school, study sessions, tuition. most of the time, really.

shoulder bag.

bought nearly two years ago, when the bag shop called Eight Percent, was it? well, when that shop was still existent at Ws.

what's inside? one book, and my diary/pen. phone would be chucked into the small compartment if i even feel like bringing it.
when's it used? when i'm just making one simple trip to the library, usually Pasir Ris'. only when i'm too lazy to hold those two items in my hands.

purse.

bought it about two years ago too. the little shop at Century Square, the lane by Coffee Bean. sometimes comes with a strap [a white one which i attach to it so i can sling it over my shoulder].

what's inside? some money, ezlink card, a rubber band, clips, and my phone. basically like a sub wallet. usually accompanied by red camera.
when's it used? when i'm dressing up, like in a skirt and stockings, and have no pockets to stuff my necessities in.

this bulky bag which specific name i am unsure of. duffel? 

bought early this year to reward myself. reward about what? the reason remains a mystery.... initially used just for school.

what's inside? laptop, clothes, two cameras, a white tiger, many wires, toilet stuff, a book.
when's it used? when i am going out of the country, or sleeping over somewhere else.

what's that? what about when i'm not carrying any bags? pockets, baby. usually when i'm not carrying anything, my pockets are just stuffed with my wallet [fact: i have matching wallets with zee Nicholas buddy *grins*] , ezlink and phone. occasionally a pen.

and there you have it! you just survived reading a guide on things that will prove useless in your daily life.

#20PeopleImHappyIMet [edited!]

Natalee mentioned me *blush* so, i shall bring forth now this trend from twitter! because i feel like it. maybe not 20 though, since i kind of lack the social bonds to summon enough for this post.

01. Mayang cousie!

02. Aidil cousie XD

 03. Asleah Bby. 

 04. Si Ying Cowberry. 

 05. Shu Shan Jie. 

 06. Pearl bestie. 

07. Sabrina Dota. 

08. Priscilla pretty lady.

09. Farizah Fari-fari. 

10. Syazana Small Monster!

11. Nicholas Jude! 

[sorry no picture of just me and him!]

12. Natalee the chaotix!

13. Haikal dood! 

[no picture of him too, so sorry. unless i rip, but i'm lazy.]

14. 'Irfan noorhalim. 

[a very old picture. i have one from 2009 too, but that's an eyesore.]

15. Muzzy Malek.
[no picture of him too, but he's on the list alright.]


16. Azreenie!

17. Timothy.
[yes, no picture of him, too. maybe there is in my 2011 archives but i'm still lazy.]

18. 4/2 2011!
[i can put in a group, right? still considered people, right?]

19. the younger twin.
guessed it, didn't you? [it still pains me to write his name, admittedly.]

last but not least.......

20. you! 
[bonus if you are already on the list! *grins*]

lalala, blahblahblah. always got him one. always.