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A Race To Post More
*pokes* By the way... you people need to vote for a new blogging monster. I hear Tiffany and Samantha are nominated. I think Ling is qualified too, she's been blogging quite a lot.
Wow. By next year June, I'm going to have to fight back for my title!
Hi & Bye
A lot of you had probably known I got back on Friday night (or Saturday morning, however you want to look at it) despite the non-update on this weblog. I can blame it on the problem with the domain name expiring, but I'd be lying if I do that. I just hadn't had anything to blog about, and I've been thinking a lot mostly.
Here's a teensy little update on how my life had been since college started. But if you can't be bothered reading all those crap, to summarise everything, it had been busy.
I was actually contemplating to close down Toothpaste Addict (not for the first time, as some of you might know) and make a brief disappearance from the net for the time being, since I can't even dedicate much time to it. Sometimes it seems to me that Toothpaste Addict and "blogging monster" goes together hand in hand, and since I'm no longer a "blogging monster", I don't see the reason why the other should live on... and eventually die off.
I don't know what's wrong with me now. And earlier I was wondering if I should start an artlog or art gallery kind of thing, but... I don't know. I've been painting a lot (a lot more than usual anyway) in college as a way to get away from the stress of the workload, but I don't know if anyone is actually interested in seeing what I've done.
I'm heading back to KL today at 11AM, and I'm most likely spending the morning elsewhere. This goodbye may last a while, but if I don't check in back regularly from now on, I'll be back home again either on the 8th or the 9th for a brief Chinese New Year break.
Perhaps I'll have reached a decision on what to do with this weblog by then, whether to continue as it is with random period of silence in between or to go on hiatus indefinitely. But whatever it is, I loved (and still do) being at H-Y-P-H-E-N-S.Net. Nothing will change that.
Ling, thanks for everything. I can't believe you tolerated me for so long.
Homework Status
I must finish the 13 pages of Chemistry homework today. It is, after all, due tomorrow. 4 pages of Physics homework due Friday. Mathematics homework due everyday.
Darn.
I wanted to chill out.
You see? My determination to finish my homework never seem to last very long. O.o
Radio In My Head
Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go) by Garbage is playing over and over again in my mind.
It's been such a long time since I last heard any songs (no radio, no TV, nothing).
Change Of Wind
You notice the 180° change of mood? Yeah. Moodswings again, I suppose. It's been happening a lot lately (and I've been hiding out from everyone whenever I get depressed as not to affect everyone else with it... it's pretty contagious), so don't mind me. :P I don't know what the hell is wrong with me now. But it's all right.
I'm hungry. I'm going to have to go grab some lunch later on. *dreams about food*
Hyperexcited
I can't wait till the 25th! It's the Friday that I'm going to be going home for the weekend, and come back to college on Monday (it's a long weekend, and I'm taking the chance to go home).
I'm practically bouncing off the walls right now. Whee!
I... must... restrain... myself!
The only down part of this is that I simply must finish up all of my homework before I go, so that means a very busy week for me, on top of the homework that is given on a daily basis.
But anyhow, I think I can handle it! :) I can, and I will (and I must, anyway). Muahahahahahaha.
Walking In The Rain
This is the first time I've been online since I last blogged. I've been pretty down lately and avoiding the library (thus the Internet) at all costs. I'm online today from a cybercafe (a very noisy cybercafe because there seems to be explosions everywhere from all other computers who are gaming) to clear up my mailbox before they start deleting my mails automatically. But for today, I won't blog, other than this update to tell you that I'm still alive.
A feeling of desolation has hung over me like a dark cloud in my otherwise clear blue sky ever since I woke up today morning (or should I say for the past few days), and it hasn't left me yet. I felt so... alone. It grew heavier and heavier with each step I took when I walked down the road. In fact, it actually rained on me halfway through.
I was soaked.
Still am.
Does that mean liquid (aqueos?) desolation is dripping off my clothes and hair as I type?
Changing Words Into Movie
Oh yes. I've read up to the 4th book of The Lord of the Rings. And I've watched the movie last Saturday with my best friend, Joan (it's so convenient now, she just lives 15 minutes away!). It rocks, even if they did change quite some things from the book itself.
More later. I need to get my ass back to the apartment now, and then go out with my friends for dinner.
Anyway, I also borrowed The Diary of Anne Frank from the library. I read it a little already.
Writing
Tiffius has gotten a letter from yours truly! :) Hehe, actually, I sent several other letters on the same day to different people, but it will take longer to reach destinations that is not in Malaysia.
Whee! :) At least I now know that at least one of my letters arrived safely. Hehe.
I might get addicted to writing letters next. Don't worry. I'll make sure I write long, lengthy, boring letters until you get utterly sick and tired of listening to me ramble on and on in the letters I write. ;) My handwriting has also deteriorated a lot since college, so I hope you guys won't mind. ;P
By the way, I've taken to writing a paper journal again. Explanations later.
Do I Sound Like A Net Addict?
I found a cybercafe in walking distance that offers an affordable rate (expensive, but not as much as the other one I visited yesterday). It's nestled at around the corner, about a block away from the apartment. I saw it when I went to get keys copied.
I wish I hadn't.
Now I'm going to have a whole bunch of trouble trying to resist the temptation to go online everyday.
:P
Bye!
Gotta go! I have Physics class up next. I have no idea why there is a one-hour break in the middle of classes on my Monday schedule. O.o
Besides that, I need to search around for something for my finger to stop the bleeding (and hopefully the hurting too)... :\
It Hurrrrrrrrtts!
Ahhhhh.... F---!!
Not supposed to cuss in here, it's the library.
My finger hurts so much! But it's all my own fault anyway because I had stupidly enough played around with the penknife (again) that I keep in my pencil case during Chemistry, and while I was playing with it, my hand slipped and cut a chunk off the top portion of my left middle finger. And now it's bleeding like anything, but thank goodness my blood isn't dripping all over the place.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! :'( It hurts!
Starlit
Psyche is so sweet! Look at what she made for me.
Clickety!
My day just brightened up (by the smiling star?) a million watts. Thanks, Psyche!
The World Is Against Me
Something really funny is going on. I sent out about eight emails yesterday (and replied all the personal emails I got the past week), and none of them seemed to have reached its recipient.
What went wrong?! *sob* I swear I sent them... I did click on the correct button! I even sent some twice (after someone told me that they didn't get anything from me).
*crawls to the corner and sulks*
Montrous Monitor
The monitor here is really huge, by the way. It might be 21". I haven't measured. :P It's just really huge.
I be scared.
Edit: I forgot to say that I'm in the cybercafe right now. The rates be high. I have to log off really soon.
It's Okay
It's really okay if you no longer check in here for updates anymore... I understand. We're all busy with our own lives, and I expect you to be too than to bother with something that doesn't change from day to day.
I don't expect you to read the same thing over and over again.
Things To Do
- Finish Chemistry assignment
- Complete Biology notes on various organelles
- Finish Mathematics homework (80+ questions a day, goodness!)
- Get an ID photo taken and mail it back home
- Get keys copied
And so on and so forth. I can't remember what else I'm supposed to do.
...
Oh yes. Tutor my roommates on English and help them with their ESL (English as Second Language) assignments.
A Suggestion You Should Take
Someone write me! I'm bored here.
Amazing
Wow, the library is so empty now. Half the computers are not used. Normally it's hard to find an empty one cause everyone wants to use the net.
I'll say it again.
Wow.
Complaint
Dude, I'm shivering like heck in here. The library is friggin' cold! My fingers are frozen. Ack ack ack.
Yes, I'm still here (still doing work, or rather, repeating work). Blah. What a way to spend a Friday (and a Saturday, tomorrow!).
Fa-bu-lous!
My research and summarizing work for the past couple of hours is wasted. Looks like I'll be here the whole evening (not if I can help it, because I haven't even eaten anything since yesterday's dinner!).
*sob* I wish I'm on my own computer... with Internet access.
No More Time
Argh, well, crap. Everyone's out with new layouts and I haven't even started (no time to play around with the computer even when I've brought it along to college...) on anything. I was hoping that I would, or could, or whatever. And upload it during Chinese New Year break (in February) or something.
And by the way, if you're wondering why I didn't plug any of the "new" layouts... it's because I didn't get to see half of them. :\ I only have time to scan through some weblogs (I do mean scan... a word here and there).
Now I have to get to work. :'(
Net Addiction Strikes Back
I'm getting addicted to the net (and blogging, even if it's not much fun when I don't get to talk to my friends while doing that) again. Now I find it so goshdarned hard to leave the goddamned computer, even if everyone is miling around cause this is the college's library.
No, wait, I must remind myself that I'm not back for good. *smacks self*
Search Word
All right, all of you, 'fess up! Who did a search on me behind my back (while I'm away, of course)? >:O
Schedule
Oh yes, my schedule (for Semester 1). I'm in PM1 class (according to some lecturer, PM means Pre-Medical?), taking full Bio-Science subjects.
| Day | 8:00-9:00 | 9:00-9:50 | BR | 10:10-11:00 | 11:00-11:50 | BR | 12:10-13:00 | 13:00-13:50 | BR | 14:10-15:00 | | Mon | BI | BI | - | MA | CH | - | - | PH | - | - | | Tue | MA | BI | - | CH | CH | - | TS | PH | - | - | | Wed | PH | CH | - | BI | MA | - | LAN/5 | LAN/5 | - | TS | | Thu | MA | MA | - | CH | PH | - | BI | TS | - | - | | Fri | PH | PH | - | BI | MA | - | LAN/5 | CH | - | - |
MA - Mathematics
BI - Biology
PH - Physics
CH - Chemistry
TS - Thinking Skills
LAN/5 - Malaysian Studies
BR - Break
Missing You
You know what? I miss you people so much, I can cry...
*sigh*
I'm starting to feel the a tiny little bud of homesickness growing in me. I want to go home! Classes is really stressing me out (especially when all the Science and Mathematics stuff are now in English and I'm just not familiar with the terms even if I'm good with normal speech!), and this is just the beginning of it, when everything is "simple". That means things are going to go more difficult from here onwards.
I wonder if I've made the wrong choice to come here, to even take 'A' Levels as my pre-university programme? I'm starting to doubt my own decisions.
And missing everything that used to be norm for me isn't exactly helping much.
*sighs again*
Still Kicking
*gasp!*
I AM NOT DEAD!!!
It's Friday already. Goodness. I survived one week's worth of college, Cambridge 'A' Levels. So what do I think of college life now (or rather, pre-university life)?
Tiring.
I didn't expect it to be so. Ugh. I'm supposed to be doing research for my Chemistry group assignment right now, but sheesh, I need a freaking break (which is why I'm blogging, but I'd have preferred chatting much much more... I really, really miss you guys). I need someone to rant to!
The lecturers kept us rather busy too with tons of homework and assignment everyday for all my subjects, so normally I'm not "free" until around midnight, and by then I wouldn't have much things to do when I will have to go to college again by 8AM the next day. I haven't typed a journal entry for days. I just hadn't the time or the energy to.
But other than "tiring", it's also very fun, mainly because my apartment mates are all really friendly and outgoing. I've met a lot of new friends (which I really didn't expect it to be so because I'm rather on the silent, reserved side of things), mostly my apartment mates, those who lives somewhere around where I am, and my classmates.
I'm really glad how things turned out now, and somehow, I'm feeling a little more optimistic than I usually am. I think my apartment mates perkiness (they really talk non-stop, I wonder how they do that) is affecting me a little.
I might just survive this whole ordeal of pre-university. *crosses fingers*
Update Status
Accessing from the college library's computer. ;P But I can't really connect to any chatlines as that is the library's rules and I'm not going to take any risks lest I get blacklisted from the library forever, so I'll just settle for blogging and stuff like that. I did write some journal entries, but they're not with me now so they won't be uploaded until I have more time to visit the library (and hopefully snag a free computer every now and then).
Dude, I missed you guys so, so much. But I did write some letters that I'll send soon, around weekend when I have time to go trekking around the area in search of a box to drop the letters in, but I don't have some of the addresses that I need. Blah. Well, if you want to write to me, I think some of you already has my current college address (if you still don't know and you're not stalkerish, you can ask around for it... hehe, I'll leave it to the Protagonists to judge that)... except that I gave the wrong apartment number (I messed up before I got here). Whoops! Hehe.
I'll... email my current address to you if I actually remember your email address. :P
I have no idea when I'll be able to get online again, but hopefully soon? This is the first time I've been online since I left on Friday morning. Ouch. What a long, long time of not being online. My email is full of junkmails. Ouch, again.
Another Goodbye
Last post before I go. I leave in about 5 hours time. I'll write to those who I have their addresses, snail mail if I can't get online to email you all and stuff.
Love ya. *huggles*
Arwen Evenstar
So I'm bored, a little depressed, and in an attempt to take my mind off things I took yet another test.
With all the hype about The Lord of the Rings, there's a personality test that defines which character you're most like. I think the questions are silly, but my result is Arwen, Elf, the daughter of Elrond.
I have finished The Fellowship of the Ring, the first and second book out of the six, but Arwen doesn't really feature in there so... I don't know much about her. O.o Did the movie follow the book or did they change a lot of stuff there?
Need to watch the movie soon. *nods to self*
Parents. Kids. Sheesh.
So anyway, Samantha and I were talking about how some parents treat their children most appallingly. And then drifted to the topic of how we'd be if we are parents ourselves (I don't plan to be, by the way, because I'd make a lousy one). And anyway...
Me: If I have kids, either I die or they die. There's no such thing as coexisting. :P
Samantha: lol. hard to find a guy who doesn't want kids though
Me: lol. Really? All guys want kids these days? :P
Samantha: most guys do!
Me: I haven't gotten around asking them.
Okay, so I'm just going to do that. Guys, are kids really that essential?!
If so, do the childbearing yourself. Hrmph.
Filing Complaints
Something is seriously wrong with my GM and my ICQ. Sheesh. I can never blog nowadays (since two days ago or so) without meeting with an empty, white, blank page somewhere sometime. Well, scratch that, 90% of the time. >:O
And ICQ won't let me connect yesterday and today morning.
Furthermore, my cache is being an evil bastard it is, and IE would not load images properly when I'm surfing, which doesn't help because lately it seems like a lot of people are launching new layouts and I want to see them properly!
Okay, I'm done griping. :)
Light & Dark: Chapter II
Tiffany gave me a link to a Final Fantasy VIII character test. It has been confirmed that we're both the goddess of light and dark... or the sorceress. Whichever. :P
# 1 Rinoa Heartilly
# 2 Sorceress Edea
# 3 Squall Leonhart
# 4 Irvine Kinneas
# 5 Quistis Trepe
# 6 Seifer Almasy
# 7 Ultimecia
# 8 Cid Kramer
# 9 Fujin
# 10 Selphie Tilmitt
# 11 Zell Dincht
# 12 Raijin
It's a little surprising though, because I expected to be more like Squall Leonhart, despite him being a guy and all. Cryptic and all (and the world-famous "Whatever..."). Dude, that guy has some serious issues.
Hehe. Did I tell you that i have been driving my brother nuts with my constant "Teehee!" ? Muahahahahaha. That's said in referrance to a particular Selphie Tilmitt. :P
A Colorful Personality
I'm such a walking contradition. My primary color is blue, and my secondary color is red. Those two characteristics are completely opposites (and the freaky thing is that some parts of them actually sound like me). Oi vay.
What color are you?
Last Day
My last full day at home. Actually, it was supposed to be my last not-so-full day at home because Dad wanted to go today evening (at around 6PM), but I argued over it and now we're going at tomorrow morning at 5AM. *gasp* That's so friggin' early... you know that means I have to be up at 4AM?!
And he won't let me stay up all night either (that was the deal... we don't go today evening only if I agree to sleep unvampirely early today). Bleah.
I think I've finished packing yesterday night/today morning, and I don't know what else to pack. I'm fretting, because I'm afraid I'd have left something essential back here.
What do you really need anyway?
When The Sun Sets...
The vampire awakens. :P Thus that would be the hour a vampire would like most.
But enough rambling. Chris made me a paradise! :)
Five-Pointed Star
I've been obsessing over pentagram pendants again. I shimmied over to eBay to look at them (just too look at them, mind you, because I don't have a credit card and I cannot afford to buy things online lest I get addicted to it), and oh my goodness, I am in love! :P
Look at this! And this!
With all of my obsessiveness, I got Ling and Cessy into checking them out as well. Hehe.
Bah. Well, I can only dream.
Light & Darkness
< pandora > she's a vamp.
< Xebular > oohh
* pei shows fangs
< pei > Hehe
< Cessy > lol
< Cessy > she's also goddess of light and dark
< Cessy > i think you're more of dark and tiffany more of light
< pei > Vampire goddess. Goddess vampire. Who cares about the details?
< pandora > loL!
< pei > Whaaaaaaaaat?
< pei > lmao!
< pei > You haven't encountered the EVIL Tiffany!
< Cessy > lol
< Cessy > reeally.
< pei > Just like you haven't encountered the GOOD pei
* pei pouts at Cessy
< Cessy > lol good and pei don't go together
Oh, right. People has such a great trust in me! Can't they see that I'm such an innocent little angel? I'm good, dammit!
O:-) Did I just curse?
New Layout At Zeroniq
Okay, Chris has a new layout, and I just plugged him yesterday! Hehe. Go visit him, cause even though it has frames and only work properly on 1024x768 screen resolution, it's really a fresh and uplifting layout (I can't find any way else to describe it). I love looking at it.
But anyway, you people suck. You're just making my layout look old and stale and ancient.
*looks mournfully at the fungi growing on the edges*
Tips To Be Safe
I always check if anyone is near (near enough to hear what comes out of the speakers) before I click on a link provided in #protagonist. The links there are not always safe to click on, especially when there are other beings in the proximity.
Hehe. I've been saved a few times because of that too. :P
MORE New Layouts
Tiffany is generating layouts like there's no tomorrow! Now there's a new look at Verbiage with the cutest main graphic ever to meet the New Year with.
And of course, after a long long "hiatus", Zhi Ling the webdesign genius has finally came up with a new design for Overload. *bows* When will we ever get to be half as good as you?
...
>:O! *goes on a mass-smacking* You people with new layouts needs to be smacked! Where is Samantha and Cessy, the people in charge of that department?
Spiky Fruit
The smell of durian is invading the whole house. Ack.
*gags*
New Layout At Daynah's Journal
Daynah has a lovely new layout at her journal. I love it (and what an extensive use of brushes, hehe!). When I say lovely, I mean lovely (and I hardly use this word!). And utterly sweet too. :D
Bookmarking
So guess what I just did?
I cleaned up my bookmarks and added some more bookmarks. Kind of beats the purpose of making a shorter list. Jeez.
Maybe I should've just surfed from my own weblog links, like Samantha does.
News Update, It's 2002!
So anyway, Tiffany has a new layout for Seraphic. It's pretty and icy and it has reindeers!
Lele has new layouts for her weblog and journal too. Spiffiness. I think I fell in love with grey once again (the first time was when Sookie had an obsession with grey, and the grey-bug bit me).
Dave has moved. The Protagonist Boards has moved (and currently having a Secret Valentine game going on, so go join the fun and signup!). And meet two of my latest weblog stalkage, Yume and Chris. They are going to be additions to the long list of weblogs I stalk. ;D
I have a rather tentative idea of what I want to do for my next layout, but it requires some work even though the end effect is rather simple. I haven't started on it yet.
No idea if I'll ever get around to it.
Bottoms Up!
It's 2002, therefore I speak from the future to most of you who are still in yesteryear.
So anyway, Happy New Year! :)
Mom is right now in the living room, trying to get everyone drunk with XO. Hehe! Well, alcoholic beverages is just not my type. At all. :P
*collective eww at the smell*
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