Happy (belated) Birthday to me

Yet another birthday has passed.

The big 21.

Posted a wishlist for the first time, didn't get anything from it. As expected.

Ah well.

The funny thing is the person who asked for the wishlist gave me something that was sweet and thoughtful anyway, although she didn't get it from the list ^^;;


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Funny Chinese Variety Show Video

For all who know chinese...

Here's a really funny video clip my dad posted on facebook =x

They're supposed to guess some words while their partner tries to explain the word to them in english. Her english is atrocious though, and she keeps finding ways to let her partner guess without actually explaining the actual meaning in english. I kept laughing when she said "one cut forty four... is how much"... Hahaha... She actually meant "one minus forty four" - and it's such an unorthodox way of trying to tell him the words.

If you don't understand chinese I think you can probably still find these parts funny:

1.09 - 2.45: Damn funny, even if you don't understand chinese. In case you can't see the english words on the screen it says "Curse and Swear" - but actually it's something more like swearing something and then saying something bad will happen to yourself if you don't fulfil it.

2.49 - 3.42: OMG.

5.04 ~: This is the part with "One cut forty four".

There are quite a bit of taiwanese parts, but their reaction makes up for the parts we don't quite get ^^;

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Driving Test....

OMG. I MIRACULOUSLY PASSED! (Okay this piece of news is about a week late but *coughs* ah well)

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Wishlist

I have posted a wishlist on the side of my blog for fun =X Since someone was totally supporting the idea of me putting up a wishlist when I mentioned it in passing =x Heh.

Driving test next friday!

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Consequences

Everyone has to live with the consequences of their own actions...

There's no way to run.

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Happy early 21st Birthday, Dear Friend

I have an important friend (whom I've not contacted in a while) who's going to celebrate her 21st birthday sometime this month... And I really want to be there.

Problem is, I don't think I'm 'there' in her heart any longer and I feel awkward if I suddenly tell her "Hey I want to go to that birthday celebration that I'm not even sure I'm invited to go for".

I finally logged in to livejournal to read up on her latest entries... And it hurt, for some reason, to know that my existence is no longer... Well. That I don't seem to cross her mind any longer. Probably my fault though, to have let us drift apart so much.

Ah well.

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Rotten Day

Today's been absolutely crappy -_-" Like, totally. Since I started my first lesson... The best thing that happened today was meeting Manda along the corridor and bumping into Lynette in the foodcourt-

I've been in a 'I don't want to talk to anyone as long as I can help it' mood today... As soon as I feel a teeny bit better something else happens to throw me back to the dumps.

Hope the rotten day wears off soon- I'm totally not looking forward to tomorrow.

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Poem: The Fire

Wrote a new poem quite a couple of weeks back during lecture:

The burn

of wood,

       of oil,

  of pure black charcoal

     stank, and

 suffocated,

Darkening the surroundings, and

removing the red, the blue, and

the green, leaving

nothing but the gray.

And black.

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Annoyed.

Quite annoyed.

When my mum doesn't see me studying I'm "Not Working". When I'm replying an sms I get stuff like "So how's your study? You look more dreamy than anything else." Like what, I'm expected to be studying 24/7??

When I get damn pissed off I get the impression that they just want to drive me crazy.

It'd be nice not to get snide remarks once in a while. It'd be nice to be left alone. It's not easy being in Uni.

2 more papers.

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Understanding 'Impossible'

Took this off one of Karen's shared items.

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Hm.

Sometimes when I talk to people who are just very crude or constantly make jokes about other people for no reason or are just generally cruel and inconsiderate, I just lose the desire to talk to the person- Even if I was bursting with things to tell just a couple of seconds before.

Using vulgarities or degrading people when you're really angry for a valid reason is acceptable, but when you just do it 'for fun', or just 'in passing', I just... Can't stand it. For some reason. Don't know if it's weird.

But I guess that's the reason why my close/good friends are who they are- ^^

Manda reminded me about my blog name a while back.. But I'm still thinking of a new title.

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Glad.

Exam Fever

Exams start tomorrow.

9 a.m.

... ...

Shit.

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Gone

I feel trapped.

All around.

Work is now my worry, my problem, and yet, my refuge.

I want to break free.

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I need an outlet

Live by your words

A quote from John Fitzgerald Kennedy:

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

So true.

Empty words mean nothing. Absolutely nothing. If you mean it, do it. Only then can the true meaning be conveyed. If you cannot live by it, don't even mention it. Don't promise anything. That will only show how insincere you are.

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Lost

It's been way long since I last updated >_< Sorry about that!! *brushes away some cobwebs*

School: School has started, and has been one hell of a ride. I've got a load of stuff, with hardly anyone to bitch about it to. I just wanna block everyone out of my life sometimes and reconnect myself with the world once this is all over.

I won't say I'm stressed... But I'm just at a point when it'd be great if I could run away. Not from work, but from everything else, so that I can do my work.

I'm behind schedule in my practicals, don't know what I'm supposed to study for my 2 midterm tests this week, have a load of tutorials that I'm struggling to understand... The list goes on.

Wish me luck. This week's gonna be hell.

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Tired.....

Looks like this Saturday's gonna be an extremely tiring day for me again...

I got sick for the umpteenth time this year. Don't really feel like pushing myself this time.


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Hope I get well soon...

Personality Quiz

Personality Quiz: I just took this personality test that was found on my brother's and Christine's blog... I thought the results kinda hit home... But >_< Not sure...

"Think of themselves as gentle, conscientious, and mature": I can assure you I didn't say that in the test @.@ Not like that anyway >_< Wahhhz...

If you want to try it out, click here.

In case you're interested, my results are below:

Results

Your answers suggest you are a Nurturer

The four aspects that make up this personality type are:

Summary of Nurturers

• Care for the important people in their lives
• Strive for harmony and avoid confrontation
• Think of themselves as gentle, conscientious, and mature
• May have trouble making decisions that could hurt others

More about Nurturers

Nurturers are quiet people who believe in order and diligently look after the people they care about. They focus on the needs of others and establish routines to help them meet their commitments.

Nurturers are the most likely group to say they prefer a job where the same thing happens every day, according to a UK survey.

Nurturers remember details that are important to them, such as their friends' birthdays and anniversaries. People with this personality type value others' feelings and may challenge behaviour they think is insensitive.

In situations where they can't use their talents or are unappreciated, Nurturers may feel bitter and seek support by complaining to their colleagues. Under extreme stress, Nurturers may become preoccupied with the worst possible outcome and believe that they are heading for disaster.

Because they are so caring and loyal, Nurturers run the risk of being taken advantage of.

Nurturer Careers

Nurturers are often drawn to jobs that allow them to help others.

It's important to remember that no survey can predict personality type with 100 percent accuracy. Experts say that we should use personality type to better understand ourselves and others, but shouldn't feel restricted by our results.

When the going gets tough... ...

When the going gets tough: Do you get days when you have to stay back at work cause you have a lot of things to do, and have to be done soon? Impending datelines that you have to fulfill that come at you all of a sudden and force you to give your full attention to it?

People who work in the IT line (and probably other lines too) should have more than enough experience with that.

On days like that when you get emotionally tired and stressed, wouldn't you love to just listen to music and relax after that, or receive encouragement or some form of push from the people close to you? Or otherwise, just for them to leave you alone so that you can handle yourself and your responsibilities without any extra stress?

I do. Usually I hope for the last because it's too rare for me to get any of the other choices. Except from some people, whom I sincerely am grateful for (oh, how I enjoy talking to those who always emit that positive aura whenever I've got a lot on my hands)

Tough + Tough days: On terrible days like those, don't you just positively hate it when people start scolding you for staying late, telling you that you're supposed to do this and that, and that you don't manage your time well, basically that it's because of something you do that caused you to have to stay late (those that give you the impression that they're saying it's your fault that you're staying late, and that something you're doing is wrong instead of moving forward) Or when you bump into those people that start blaming everything and everyone one around you for your predicament. (oh, I know some people prefer this option. I'm just not one of them.)

If it's online I'll probably just ignore that person (know how they say you shouldn't focus on the negative stuff yo?), but when it's not as simple as closing a window, it really just tortures you to have to listen to that person (given a choice I wouldn't), and piles up on your emotional stress (sometimes more so than the work is giving you). Especially when you know what they're saying isn't true, and you're just way too tired to bother arguing with them.

When it gets too much for me and that person is really going too far, I will ignore them anyway, regardless. Or just put up a front for them, until it tides over (if I'm way over my tolerance level this never happens though).

My colleague and I were talking about how we seem to have people doing that to us during our worst times, and how it seriously gets on our nerves. I'm grateful for the consistent encouragement that comes in the form of your colleagues though. ^^

Moving on: As they say, "When the going gets tough, the tough get going".

It's misleading what the 'tough' part really encompasses sometimes, though.


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Ah well.

Blogshop Open!

Whoa manz! My stock for my blogshop came yesterday~ =D

See that up there? That's my parcel that came when I was at work yesterday ^^

Oh! I don't think I mentioned before this right..? =S I opened a new blogshop! It's got an extremely unoriginal name: ~* Blogshopperz *~ But it's the best I can come up with at the moment =X

Girls who are viewing this... Do go to http://blogshopperz.blogspot.com [click here] to take a look ;) See if there is anything you want, ya? =D

I really hope this comes out a success... >_<


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Hopeful

New Site

Yoz people!!

I expect I had a lot I wanted to blog about... But I can't really remember them right now... I decided to post today on this dusty blog, just so I could inform those who're still following me that I have created a new blog for fun/interesting stuff I come across: ~ Sit Back and Relax ~

That does not mean that I am abandoning this blog... Not at all. This blog will be more personal and local, while the other one will be happier and more generic. =x Guess you could just pick which one you want to follow if you're lazy to follow both ^^;;

I'm intending to create a third site soon =x *coughs* ^^;; You'll see. [I don't think most of you will be following that though]


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Crazy me