School Rumble

I'll definitely tell you...
that thanks to you,
I was happy...
I'll definitely tell you...
Love... what a puzzling word.
A magical word, that when said...
The world changes.
I'll definitely say it to you.

Right now, an anime that I've been watching is School Rumble. It is seriously nice, you should watch it too. ;)

School Rumble, as its name implies, is based on school life, and generally has a genre of romance and comedy. The male protagonist, Harima Kenji, is a delinquent, getting into fights and shit. He developed a crush with a girl named Tsukamoto Tenma, and was so determined to get into her class that he kowtow to the teacher, making a big fuss in the staff room. Generally, the anime follows Harima as he tries confessing to Tenma, all resulting in failures and ending humorously (for the viewers of course, do you know how much pain Harima is feeling in his heart? XD). Likewise, Tenma liked another guy named Karasuma Ouji, who likes nothing but curry. o.O The character development is very good for an anime with an extensive variety of characters, which I will not go into. If you want to know, watch the anime yourself and find out! XD

CA is here. Bring it!

CA stands for Co-Assessment, and is just a lame series of test.

First test was Chinese. Runny nose plus pressure in lungs. X_X Think I'll do badly for the MCQs (Multiple-Choice Questions), and do well for the open-ended questions of the comprehension (come on, you just lift one whole chunk of text from the passage). Finished 15 minutes before the time to end and went to sleep. Had some rather weird dreams. o.O

One hour of break before Chemistry CA. Was at the library revising with Ephraim and Yoshida.

Chemistry next. I'm confident... that I will flunk it. -_- Most of the questions can be answered by memorizing the textbook, and I never memorize the textbook for a test, so I'd have done pretty badly. Bleh, who cares? It's just a cheap CA anyway. :P

And guess what? After the CAs, we still have lessons! Yay [not]!

Of all teachers to substitute for the absent Geography teacher, the school librarian had to come. She seems rather friendly with Ephraim. God knows why. Funny how when the bell ring and she gets ready to leave, she shouts "How come no one wants to greet me when I am leaving?" Honestly, who would want to greet her [if (s)he has a choice and is not forced to]? Whatever.

Chinese next. Teacher returned our essays, pointing out one bunch of our mistakes (then, I thought I made the most major mistake she pointed out) which ended up as her going so off-topic that she starts talking about sperms and eggs. Yes, sperms and eggs, as in human anatomy. Before she return the essays, she chucked one of them under her black bag on the desk and give out the rest. From a distance, I thought that the essay belongs to me, so I told Yoshida that. He suggested I took it back secretly, but of course, I'm not that hong kan. -_-

A while later, all of the essays have been distributed, with me not having it. The teacher took the essay under her bag and walked to Cheng Liang's place, showing it to him. She claims that the essay is written by another person and is thus not Cheng Liang's work. I was like "Oh my God, did Cheng Liang took my essay, change the name and it becomes HIS essay?". I turned back towards the teacher, and after moments of silence where I decided it best not to declare that that was my essay (in case I made a fiasco and that was not really my essay), I awkwardly told the teacher that I do not have my essay back. Elsen, sitting between Cheng Liang and I, then points to between my chair and my back, and there indeed is where I found my essay. Bloody hell. -_-

Lucky I didn't just declare that Cheng Liang's essay was mine. XD

After Chinese, we had A. Maths. Teacher was giving out instruction booklets to candidates taking 'O' level this year, as well as a verification slip to confirm which student take which subject. Some people are particularly interested in the fact that you can sit for the Bengali language in 'O' level, lol. Ends up I have to pay S$413 to take 'O' levels. Gee, what a ripoff, and they still dare charge in an additional $19.67 as GST. And the booklet contains so many shit that you can easily get confused. Oh well.

After all of the 'O' level commotion, the teacher tried to get everyone's attention back onto A. Maths, except that it proves rather difficult. Then she went "Class, can you all look at the - Faizal!" (Note: Faizal was apparently reading the newspaper halfway through the teacher's sentence.) Laughing, everyone obeyed and turned back to look at a laughing Faizal. We move onto 'small changes' in differentiation, and like always, the teacher takes her own sweet time, so I rushed through the worksheet and managed to finish it when she is still on the third last question. Yet, I do not know how to do the last question, so after asking Larry (who did not know how to do as well), I approached the teacher, and was told that I was quick (or maybe it is just she who is slow?). Turns out I differentiate y=x^-1/2 wrongly. -_-

History is the last lesson, when we watched a video on China when Mao Zedong was the President. American English is difficult to understand in Singapore, and Mao Zedong did not talk as if he is speaking Chinese, so I doubt the class can even understand half of what they are saying. The video replaces the Chinese dialog (interview with old people who lived in China when Mao Zedong was President) with English, which is more difficult to understand. Meh, they'd have done better just adding subtitles. Sub pwns Raw. Rawr. XD

Teacher allowed us to go off 15 minutes before end of lesson. Yay.

Yay

This afternoon in school, during assembly, the ban on handphones (mobile phones or cellphones for people outside of Singapore) has been lifted, although the severe rules imposed would have add up to an almost ban too. No sound emitting out of the phone other than during calls (that means you has lost your MP3 player function, you can only look at the graphics while playing videos, no sounds during games, and you must rely on vibration to determine whether someone is calling you or not) as long as you are in the entire school compound (to which we are stuck in for an average of 7.3 hours per day [Now that's occupational commitment!]). Also, your phone must be turned off at all times unless you are in areas other than the classroom block, the science block and the library. Now that's a big WHAT THE FUCK down there. Running all the way from your classroom to the canteen just to make a call or play a game only to come running back two minutes later? Screw it, that has absolutely no difference with the current situation. I don't see why they are still letting us bring out handphones after all these shitty restrictions. Maybe they just want to shut us up with our "Liek omg, when can we bring handphone?!" Oh well, at least (for the first time in my life, in fact), Mr. Sean Philip Lim has done something good to the school as the President of the Student Councillor. Then again, those restr- Oh, yeah, did I mention that teachers are allowed to check the contents of our handphones at any time, place and reason as they like? Now that's fucked up. Guess Yoshida has to delete all the pornography materials inside his handphone. This blog hereby wishes him good luck as he goes through the torturing session.

On other news, next week, my class is going to a restaurant to learn, of all things, dining etiquette. Three choices out of western, Indian and Malay (I was praying *sincerely* that we not get Indian, or I'd have just play truant *rolls eyes*), and Alvin was sabotaged by the class to draw lots to determine which restaurant we go to. Most of the class was hoping for western (then again, with the other choices being Malay and Indian, who would not? *rolls eyes*), and then, we got Malay. I sighed a heave of relief. Hip-hip hooray! No Indian restaurant! Then, the fact that we got to go to a Malay restaurant reminds me of a comical and very funny audio clip that Dan sent to me via Bluetooth.

A guy (from the voice I think he's a Chinese) is talking to another guy (presumely a Chinese as well), about how an Indian talks very funny, and that he is going to record it (what he recorded is what I am listening to ). Apparently, the Indian works as a waiter in a Malay shop selling food (whether it is a restaurant or a coffee shop, or whatever else, is unknown). The Chineses, wanting to irritate the Indian for fun, first asked for a nasi goreng with pork (pork is forbidden in Muslim religion; refer to halal). The Indian apologizes that the shop has never sold any pork, with a funny accent, I might add. The Chinese asks if there is any "mutubak" (no idea what it is, don't ask me), and the Indian explains that there is a mutton "mutubak", with sizes of small, medium and big (also noting that the small one is only five bucks, very cheap. Cheap my ass). The Chinese asked for a big "mutubak" with pork. The Indian sounds annoyed, telling the Chinese not to disturb him. The Chinese asked if they are Halal, and the Indian replies that they are Halal. The Chinese then asked for a mee goreng. Indian asked if he wants mee goreng with "pertaya (again, no idea what it is. I used to think that the word is actually "papaya", but the context doesn't really fit, so I'm writing what it sounds like). The Chinese corrects him, stating that he does not want "pertaya", but pork. The Indian starting shouting, that they don't sell pork and he'd call the police if the Chinese disturbs him once more. The Chinese asks for soup, and the Indian replies that they have chicken soup and tom yum soup. The Chinese says that he wants pork intestines. The Indian shouts and swears before repeating "NO PORK, YOU HEAR ME?! NO PORK!!" The Chinese claims him down, stating that he understood that and he would not ask for any more pork. The Indian threatens angrily that if he asks for pork one more time, he would really call for the police. Thinking really wittily, the Chinese asked for "nasi babi" (nasi means rice in Malay and babi means pig in Malay, thus pork rice). The Indian screamed at the top of his voice. Part two now, but that is out of context.

So I suggested to Yoshida and Ephraim that we go down there next week and shout "Cher! (Short form for teacher) I want nasi babi!!" We laughed out loud, and the two Malays sitting in between us seem offended, but who cares about them?

Close Male Friend

A woman has a close male friend. This means that he is probably interested in her, which is why he hangs around so much. She sees him strictly as a friend. This always starts out with, you're a great guy, but I don't like you in that way. This is roughly the equivalent for the guy of going to a job interview and the company saying, You have a great resume, you have all the qualifications we are looking for, but we're not going to hire you. We will, however, use your resume as the basis for comparison for all other applicants. But, we're going to hire somebody who is far less qualified and is probably an alcoholic. And if he doesn't work out, we'll hire somebody else, but still not you. In fact, we will never hire you. But we will call you from time to time to complain about the person that we hired.

Another genius from the Quote Database XD

Vernon Watches Hentai

Here is proof that Vernon, who is known as JusticeXZen in MapleStory, watches hentai!





O.O

Note: Author has no idea what 'S and C' is about. Don't think I watch hentai as well. -_-

On a side note: Three more days to Valentine's Day!

RPGs I played

My favorite genre in games is no doubt RPGs, and a proof is that my CD case for my PlayStation and PlayStation2 games are filled with RPGs (then again, some RPGs, like FFIX and FFVIII have four discs o.O). MMORPGs aside, I shall now review on each and every RPG that I have played until now. :P Only RPGs good enough are worthy of notice. ;)

Let's see, the very first RPG I played, like most kids nowadays, is obviously Pokémon on the Game Boy, haha. Unlike lucky children nowadays who get to start with a Game Boy Advance SP and Pokémon Fire Red, I started with a Game Boy Light and Pokémon Yellow. Not bad already, I suppose.

My first exposure to the Pokémon games was at Genting, about eight or nine years ago. I was there for a holiday with Dave, and then addicted to WWE (then still called WWF), pulled a few wrestling attacks on me. In revenge, when he lent me his Pokémon Yellow to play (I lent him another one of my cartridge), I saved quite a few times (despite him stressing me not to save my new game), and lying that the sound effect from the saving of game comes from when I access the computer in the Pokémon Center. When he later plays his game and finds not his level 68 Pikachu and level 72 Charizard, but a Level 6 Pikachu and a Level 3 Rattata, he was so furious he chucked my cartridge out of the hotel room and slammed the door shut. XD

Yup, my first game was Pokémon Yellow. Like most Yellow players, my team consists of Raichu (Dave and I traded our Pikachu to each other to evolve them), Charizard, Blastoise, Venusaur, Mewtwo, and the last one I forgot. XD Dave and I also traded and fought with each other using a game link cable, and I remember his ace is Exeggcutor, with its annoying Double Team attack meant that my Mewtwo is not any better than a Raticate. XD Admittedly, the game would have suck if you play it now (especially after playing the third generation Pokémon games), it was quite good back then when I first got it.

Then I got Red and Blue, and began trading exclusive Pokémon to Dave's Yellow, for him to complete his Pokédex. I remembered starting with Charmander, Squirtle and Bulbasaur (get a starter, trade to another cartridge, restart, pick a second starter, trade to another cartridge, restart, take the last starter and take back the other two starters). Well, Yellow was no doubt better than Red or Blue (especially since you can get all three starters alone, and Charizard can actually learn Fly), but you can't complete the Pokédex without either Red or Blue. XD Anyway, Dave completed the Pokédex (he had Mew in his Pokédex, which his friend traded him to and traded back, so even without Jolteon, he was able to get the diploma).

Okay, this is getting less of a review and more of a personal recount. Anyway, next I got Pokémon Silver (I first started with a pirated Gold version, where the language they use pure sucks). I remembered trading the three starters of Kanto to Silver, and when playing outside in public, some guy came to me, looked at my game for a while and went "Wow! How did you get Charizard, Blastoise and Venusaur?". If I was not that young back then, I'd have replied with a sarcastic "Oh, I stole them from Professor Oak when he gave me the Pokédex, that old toad." Well, the graphics were not bad then, with multi-colour for everything and a more interesting plotline than RBY, but if you played third-generation games like RSE, you'd have think the game sucks too. XD

After that, I played Ruby as a ROM on my computer. The plotline was not bad, though it tends to get boring after defeating the Elite Four. The graphics are excellent, can't really find a fault in it, and the double-battle idea is really interesting. The music suits the terrain you are in (then again, the music of every game does so) and hardly get boring (unlike in RBY when you are stuck with that stupid cycling song as long as your foot is on the pedal), and having a custom sprite for each Pokémon (I'm talking about the small ones you see when you access "Pokémon" after pressing the Start button and see their arms wiggling) was really great, though I can imagine the hard work they put in for this, lol. I don't really like the concept of Pokéblocks though, and thus could hardly bother doing Contests.

Next, I played Emerald. I can definitely see an improvement over Ruby and Sapphire. Battle Frontier was a great concept (except the fact that you MUST EV-train to be able to beat it, not just win one or two rounds by luck, and the fact that you gain absolutely no experience whatsoever). Its weaknesses thus made it very boring, and I see only hardcore Pokémon trainers willing to try and beat the Battle Frontier (I mean, look at me, I EV-trained my Mudkip to a level 19 Marshtomp and gave up). The whole concept of mixing the evil plots of Teams Magma and Aqua together (instead of having one team good and one team bad like its predecessor ganes) and being able to capture Groudon, Kyogre and Rayquaza in one single game was excellent too (though some players dislike the fact that they can only be captured after defeating the Elite Four).

After that was Fire Red. It was definitely a great improvement from Red. In Red, Psychic-types were overpowered (Mewtwo and Alakazam, for example, had overwhelmingly high status), and the only attacks strong against them that can do damage, Lick (Ghost) and Drain Life (Bug), only has 20 Power. In Fire Red, a lot of the type inbalance was fixed. Also, with Charmander learning Metal Claw and being able to defeat Brock with a strong attack, most people would actually stop discriminating the Fire Pokémon. A good addition is the Sevii Islands, though without any good plot, but just a "explore the islands yourself, and see what they have to offer", it fails. Less like a RPG, more like an adventure game.

Enough about the Pokémon games, let's go for some "true" RPGs, haha.

The first RPG I played on my PlayStation was Chrono Cross, recommended to me by Dave. As I was young back then, the confusing and conplex storyline made completely no sense to me (I still get confused now when I go and check its plot in its Wikipedia article). Sometimes, having complex and unpredictable storylines are good, especially if they twist and create surprise for gamers, but if your gamers are unable to understand your damned storyline, you have basically done an overkilled. Graphics was surprisingly good for a PlayStation game (both the normal 3D graphics and the FMV were much better than FFIX's in my opinions, and FFIX is the last Final Fantasy game for the PlayStation), and the music suits the theme as well. The battle system was great as well, though the concept of "Elemental Field" can take a while to master (I didn't even care about it in the past when I was young. Just hack-and-slash and the monsters will soon die. XD) The game has forty-five playable characters, thus leaving very little space for character development, especially since the PS game only has two discs (compared to FFIX and FFVIII's four each and FFVII's three). In other words, most characters don't even get "the spotlight" much, and when players choose the three characters they want (most already had theirs early in the game) to use throughout the game, the rest of the characters were mostly abandoned and forgot about. Still, it is a good game, with an interesting storyline (at least it can hardly be predicted, making it boring), good graphics, gameplay and battle system. The first RPG that I had reached "The End", it has definitely set me up for more RPGs. XD

The first Final Fantasy I played was FFIX. Mark brought it to grandfather's house to play, and I liked it, deciding to buy it. Of course, the character design seems childish (I mean, out of eight of your party members, you have a monkey, a rat, and the rest are just downright weird), and the battle system gives little time for thinking and strategy, leading to the simpler hacking-and-slashing method. The minigames were good relief from the main plot, but they can get repetitive over time, especially when you had to dig in a small area repeatedly looking for items to unlock the next area in which you dig. Good storyline, with necessary twists here and there, but not to much as to confuse the player. I just don't like how Trance can be so overkilling, and how annoying it is to accidentally activate Trance when your opponent is just one hit away from death. It is the second RPG I reached "The End".

Then there is FFX. One of my personal favorites. Great graphics, great music, great storyline. Having voices is a plus, especially during the time when it is released, when hardly any game uses voices. Battle system is very good as well, turn-based and allows time for strategizing. The world map was omitted too, instead linking up the locations to each other; another plus. Don't really like the Grid Sphere system though, prefer the old way of leveling up with experience and status and skills are gained automatically. Third RPG to reach "The End" I believe.

With Final Fantasy X being one of my favorite games, naturally I look forward to its sequel when I heard of it online. Sad to say, I was quite disappointed. The music in FFX-2 is not really that good when you compare it to music from other FF games (though they can still be considered good, lol), especially replacing the victory fanfare (which had been around in most of the previous FF games, making it sort of a 'staple' for FF games). The availability of only three characters make the game quite boring, and of course, making all three female is pure sexism (well, the dirty, horny and drooling old men aside). The Dresspheres were a good idea, but the Garment Grids effectively limit the usages of Dresspheres, leading players to only use one or two better ones. Rather than training two level 94 Charizards then five hundred and forty-eight Level 2 Weedles, I suppose. Storyline was good, as can be expected from a FF game, and I really love the good ending. Damn, just 0.8% away from the perfect ending, but I still can't figure out what I missed. T_T Next!

Final Fantasy VIII. Ah. Storyline was decent (though you suddenly transform from a lonely and anti-social orphan, into a mercenary fighting for whoever pays you money, and then into a hero fighting to save the world. Weird.) Music was decent, though hardly any leaves an impression. Character buildup is great as well, though having everyone except for Rinoa being childhood friends is a bit... *blinks*. Had to say the battle system sucks though. Junction system means that no one will ever use the more powerful magic junctioned, and if your GF does not allow you to junction a certain status, it will suck like hell. Drawing magic is especially boring, and is a complete and meaningless waste of time. Most RPG players, when faced with a boss they could not defeat, would train to increase their levels, but in FFVIII, this does not work, because the boss level up with Squall (main character)! O.O If the battle system is like FFX, then I'd at least bother to try and complete the game.

Final Fantasy VII. I have trouble wondering why people give it high ratings. Graphics sucks for a 3D game (yes, yes, I know the game is very old), but 2D graphics can be much nicer. Instead they have to go for 3D, and what happens? They screw up. Materia system is very, very complicated, but is almost nothing compared to the storyline, which completely screws something you call logic up. Don't get the game just because it is a FF, it's an utter waste of time.

Digimon World. Good storyline which gets screwed up by other factors. As the gameplay is partially modeled by the Digimon keychain, the Digimon that follow you needs to eat, needs to shit (which is very troublesome) and will die as well (which is very frustrating). Imagine you training your Digimon to a powerhouse, and then it dies. Frustrating, frustrating, frustrating. Problem is, when you get another Digimon, you have to train it again. Yes, train. Repetitively doing a boring task is what they call training. Utter waste of time, but very crucial if you want to even defeat a puny Kunemon. Death and training combined make the game a huge pain in the ass. Kudos to anyone who beat the game.

Digimon World 2 has a good storyline, too bad the dungeons are long and hard to navigate, and you have limited movement. One very annoying fact is that your Digimon has a maximum level, and you have to DNA Digivolve two high level Digimon into a low level Digimon to raise its maximum level, making the game very very annoying, especially when the difficulty raises as the game proceeds. Kudos to anyone who beat the game as well.

Digimon World 3 has a weak storyline. Basically, you are here to enjoy a virtual reality game, yet you are forced to save the world from total destruction against an evil villain group. And your main objective (similar to Pokémon), to defeat four strong players and earn their 'badges' (forgot what they are called), then become the Grand Champion of Digimon Online (*cough* Pokémon Master ripoff *cough*). But guess what? Saving the world takes priority, and unlike Pokémon, which has you earning badges while screwing up the works of the evil organizations, you forgot about earning the 'badges'. Not only that, but the long ways between two 'badges' are so long that the player is more likely to forget about it too. And referring to the ending of the strategy guide, apparently the RPG ends when you saved the world. Yup, your four 'badges', in the end, are useless. Completely useless. Not to forget that the difficulty of battles is set extremely high, so you waste a lot of time circling an area with weaker Digimon and fighting like no tomorrow. Very very boring. Again, I salute anyone capable of beating this game.

Alright, time for some seriously good but relatively unknown RPGs. Arc the Lad Collection is said to be one of the earliest PlayStation games, but as the English translators take their own sweet time, it came out when the better games are already in circulation, thus not many people know about the game. It actually consists of three games, Arc the Lad, Arc the Lad II and Arc the Lad III. The storyline was simply awesome, and the battle system is very well done as well. Of course, not much to complain about the 2D graphics, seeing that it is one of the earliest PlayStation Games. AtL is really short, and it took me only one day to beat it. AtL2 has a higher difficulty, with difficult monsters swarming at you left, right and center, battling can get very boring. AtL3 was really great, just that people don't like how you are forced to go on a side-plot between the exciting main plots (I don't mind that though). If only I can replay AtL2, I will. XD (I borrowed the games from Dave.)

Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits was a sequel of Arc the Lad III, only ten thousand years later. Thus, the storyline shifted a lot, though we still get the "Save the world from total destruction" crap like in almost every AtL game. Great storyline, great graphics, great music, just too little voices. Battle system was a great improvement from AtL3, an upgrade from 2D to 3D though still with the same concept. You get to control two main characters, and the game shifts from one to another continously, which is a plus (except one team is a lot weaker than the other). I just don't like how much the storyline shift from AtL3.

Arc the Lad: End of Darkness was a sequel of Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits, and solved the questions occurring at the end of AtL:TotS, though it added way more questions. Again, the storyline shifted a lot, but some concepts are still forced to abide with TotS, making the storyline rather weak. Battle system is real-time, a break away from the standard turn-based battle system in the four previous games, and although it is done to make the game playable online, I still don't like it. Battle system, truthfully, sucks. Storyline sucks as well. A disappointment to the Arc the Lad series.

Come to think of it, I don't really play too many RPGs, huh? XD

Dragostea din Tei

Found a video of the Dragostea din Tei tune sang in English. Sort of have the same meaning as the Romanian song, but does not follow the translation 100%. Somehow I can get the feeling of the singer. Must be personal experience. :(

Miya-hee, miya-hoo, miya-ho, miya-haha
Miya-hee, miya-hoo, miya-ho, miya-haha
Miya-hee, miya-hoo, miya-ho, miya-haha
Miya-hee, miya-hoo, miya-ho, miya-haha

Hello. Salute. It's me, your duke.
And I made something that's real to show you how I feel.
Hello. Hello. It's me, Picasso.
I will paint my words of love
With your name on every wall.

When you leave, my colors fade to gray.
Numa Numa eh. Numa numa numa eh.
Every word of love I used to say,
Now I paint it everyday.

When you leave, my colors fade to gray.
A little on this day, all my colors fade away
Every word of love I used to say,
Now I paint it everyday.

I sold my strings,
My song and dreams.
And I bought some paints
To match the colors of my love.

Hello. Hello.
It's me again, Picaso.
I will spray my words of love
With your name on every wall.

When you leave, my colors fade to gray.
Numa Numa eh. Numa numa numa eh.
Every word of love I used to say
Now I paint it everyday.

When you leave, my colors fade to gray.
A little on this day, all my colors fade away
Every word of love I used to say,
Now I paint it everyday.

Miya-hee, miya-hoo, miya-ho, miya-haha
Miya-hee, miya-hoo, miya-ho, miya-haha
Miya-hee, miya-hoo, miya-ho, miya-haha
Miya-hee, miya-hoo, miya-ho, miya-haha

When you leave, my colors fade to gray.
Numa Numa eh. Numa numa numa eh.
Every word of love I used to say
Now I paint it everyday.

When you leave, my colors fade to gray.
A little on this day, all my colors fade away
Every word of love I used to say,
Now I paint it everyday.

Unlucky Day

Today is really an unlucky day indeed.

During morning assembly, while waiting for the bell ring and the flag raising ceremony, some fucked up bird decided to drop two atomic bombs on the cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima on my right shoulder. In other words, it dropped its fucking piece of shit. Damn fucked up, man. And Ephraim described it as if it is damn big and obvious. Fucking bird. If I have the ability to shoot it down and capture it, I'm going to fry it crispy and feed it to hungry people in Bangladesh. Sure, you may think of them as unworthy of receiving such precious food, but having the honour of being fed to us supreme... [insert whatever race you are here, any race pwns blacks any day of the week and twice on Thursday] is too good for a fucked-up bird like it. Yes, I am racist, sue me. :D

P.E. (Physical Education) lesson was first, and holy shit, I forgot my P.E. T-shirt. Unlucky note number two. Went to the toilet with the three noobs [Vernon, Yoshida and Ephraim] while they change into their P.E. T-shirt. I used the mirror to inspect my shoulder, wasn't even that big or obvious. Bloody Ephraim, describe it like end of world. I'm going to even more mock him on the fact that he is about as short as this message.

Had to play the silly game Larry's group came up with. A rigged-up version of Captain's Ball where captains at both ends had to hold a loop. Ball had to pass by the loop to score, and can only be shot within a boundary. And a boy had to pass to a girl. Game was damn stupid to be honest. And during the game, I knocked into Serene, causing her to fall down and get injured. I'm very sorry about it, Serene. :( Yoshida got injured as well, though I did not notice when/where/how he got injured. According to Vernon and Ephraim, some girl knocked him down. Wonder which girl was so brave to dare cross the "Death God". :P And Samuel was playing like what fuck, running up and down and snatching the ball from our relaxed hands like a monkey. Don't be surprised the score is 9-1, especially when we have two injured players and two slackers (Vernon and me V^_^V [Sir Winston Churchill's V for Victory sign XD]).

Geography next. Teacher wants to flash the answers for the questions in Geography Workbook for us to copy down as corrections, but yet she sucks using the visualizer (nope, she has not improve one bit since this blog post), so she spent like fifteen minutes getting it to work. Gee, I don't know how someone clever enough to increase the brightness when she wants to zoom in can teach. Then again, thank God that Sean Philip Lim [guy with looooooooooooooooong name who thinks that my name is long, for fuck's sake] didn't bitch. Anyway, Yoshida noted why we usually spent one hour doing workbook corrections (the teacher takes a damn looooooooooooooooong time getting the visualizer up for us to copy). The teacher also expressed his hatred for the visualizer, when both Yoshida and I think that it is the visualizer which hates the teacher. Oh well, whatever, I'm glad I brought my One Piece manga to read. XD

English next. Had to write a passage using a bunch of words borrowed from other languages we researched on last week. And it was a bunch of crap to be honest. I mean, how does someone put the words "mêlée", "junta" and "fiasco" into one single paragraph? Okay, maybe you can do a "The king had a mêlée match with the revolutionaries to prevent being overthrown, which is a huge fiasco. The victory of the revolutionaries lead them to set up a junta.". But with other words like "antipasto"? "The junta later on went to had antipasto to celebrate"?! Out of boredom, I flipped to a few chapters later on "words borrowed from French". Saw the word "flambé" there, and when I referred to the answer key, I thought it would be a perfect attack name for Sanji, who uses French for attack names (examples are Collier [Neck] Shoot and Concasse [tenderizing meat].) Just imagine, Sanji heating up his shoes using Diable Jambe, then running to the opponent and kicking him to set him on fire. Flambé Shoot! Okay, he has a Diable Jambe attack named Flambage Shoot, but Flambage means Buckling when Google translated it. o.O

Recess next. Crazy Addicted Chemistry Nerd Ephraim was reading two thicks books [guess the subject *rolls eyes*] from the library, and Yoshida suspects he had a crush on Miss Gan [Chemistry teacher]. Well, to not be that offensive, I'd just simply like to note that this is not a good sign. Yoshida was reading his E. Maths textbook, and Vernon reading an A Maths book from the library in preparation to the test tomorrow on Binomial Theorem. When the bell rang, we got out of the library and went back to class. Passing an arch, I tapped the top part while calling "Ephraim!" loudly (mocking at his height, signifying that he is so short he cannot touch it). Yoshida told me Ephraim was not here, but joined in the mocking party anyway by bending down and calling "Ephraim! Where are you?" as he looks around the floor, as if looking for a cat or an ant (signifying that Ephraim is as short as a cat or an ant). I joined in the party, and a while later, Ephraim came. We laughed out loud at the expression on his face.

E. Maths was damn boring for a good boy like me who has done his homework (:)), because the time is used for lazy noobs to do their homework. :( [Actually I've done it during her last E. Maths lesson when she was talking to the walls, while no one bothered to listen lest they suffer from 'brain drain'.] The teacher started the lesson by announcing that the test on Binomial Theorem tomorrow was postponed. Everyone cheered, including me, but yet Yoshida pointed a middle finger (probably because he had already finished studying for it). However, Permutations & Combinations and Circular Measure were added into the test, reason being the class flunked it. *cough* *points at self, with 23/25 for P&C and CM test* *cough* Was initially reading One Piece manga through the boring lesson, then sleeping, then playing Blackjack with Yoshida, then Big Two, then Uno (yes, with poker cards). I was under the impression that a war, a battle and/or a riot can break out under her nose and she still does not realize it. Oh well.

A. Maths next, same teacher for two hours. Was going through the A. Maths test I aced. Just copied the corrections (two whole lines wrong among two pages cause a 8% deduction of marks. Win already lor. -_-) from Yoshida, and we talked cock sang son, and teacher still did not care.

Physics next. Paid attention to teacher talk about magnets for like half an hour, and could no longer stand it, so I went to sleep. Woke up fifteen minutes later, when the class had to do Ten-Years-Series. Most did not bring and were talking. I did bring (along with my English Ten-Years-Series. Lord Saradomin knows why I brought it for. -_-) it, but when I saw the questions, I was like "Forget it." XD

Chinese next. Was really great halfway through the lesson when the ugly girl sitting in front (who always had to turn left to talk to Samuel, thereby exposing her ugly face to us. Just writing this sentence causes me to imagine that scene and shudder with disgust. I don't even know why Samuel bothered to talk to her She isn't worth sitting in Fym's place. ) had to go off for CCA. Alvin, again, was playing a fool with one bunch of stupid yet funny jokes, but my crowded brain does not seem to bother to remember them, so you don't get to read them. XD

During dismissal, the four of us ran into some pathetic Scouts sitting on a bench. No-lifes, sacrificing their worthless lives to doing push-ups openly on the fields, witnessed by students and teachers of the entire school, punished by sadistic idiots who get their satisfaction out of seeing you suffer.

Oh well, though today is an unlucky day, I suppose I had to look at the bright side. I could have gotten a punishment for not bringing my P.E. T-shirt, I could have copy Geography correction ten times (I anyhow made that up :P) or I could have been chased by those dastard Scouts and forced to join their sadistic ranks, doing push-ups in the field as a form of humiliation. Those thoughts really made me re-think about my day. Phew, guess I should be happy my day didn't get any unluckier. I'm just guilty about hurting Serene. :(

And oh, Yoshida shared a funny yet racist riddle to brighten up my day.

Q: What do you call an Indian who ran past you?
A: Bangladesh! XD

Bangla is the racist term to call a black (not like we care XD), and dash means run. Put them together, and you get the country! XD

Liang Shanbo and Juliet

My heart wants to sing a song to you
The lyrics are as sweet as ever
But I am shy; I have no courage
To tell you, that I love you

Why are you still not saying anything?
Unless you do not know my heart?
No matter what method you use to indicate
I will, tell you that I do

Among a thousand words and phrases
There is only one which can vindicate my heart
Among a thousand words and phrases
Only one is enough to let us
Cuddle up to and rely on each other

I love you
You are my Juliet (Juliet)
I wish to become your Liang Shanbo
Every happy day
Every romantic night
Won't let go... I love you...
...of love ...forever

I love you
You are my Romeo (Romeo)
I wish to become your Zhu Yingtai
Every happy day
Every romantic night
The beautiful love blesses the future

Why are you still not saying anything? ()
Unless you do not know my heart?
No matter what method you use to indicate
I will, tell you that I do

Among a thousand words and phrases
There is only one which can vindicate my heart
Among a thousand words and phrases
Only one is enough to let us
Cuddle up to and rely on each other

I love you
You are my Juliet (Juliet)
I wish to become your Liang Shanbo
Every happy day
Every romantic night
Won't let go... I love you...
...of love ...forever

I love you
You are my Romeo (Romeo)
I wish to become your Zhu Yingtai
Every happy day
Every romantic night
The beautiful love blesses the future

I love you
You are my Juliet (Juliet, oh...)
I wish to become your Liang Shanbo
Every happy day
Every romantic night
Won't let go... I love you...
...of love ...forever

I love you
You are my Romeo (Romeo)
I wish to become your Zhu Yingtai
Every happy day
Every romantic night
The beautiful love blesses the future

Chinese New Year

Seeing that I stayed up to 5am the previous night to blog as well as to sub the videos, it is pretty incredible that I can manage to wake up at 9am with the help of an alarm clock. XD

Note: All money mentioned are in SGD (Singapore Dollars). Kindly refer to a currency converter for the amount of money in your own country.

Got a red packet from my old man, containing $100. Wow. XD We left at 10am in yet another sense of urgency, fearing that everyone would already be at grandfather's house but us. Stupid traffic jam halfway, I hate traffic jams. Decrease efficiency. -_- Reached grandfather's house at 11am, when we yet see again just one pair of shoes. -_-

Was thoroughly bored that morning, so was walking around grandfather's two-storey terraced house, helping do odd jobs and listening to music on my mobile phone. Grandfather gave me a $40 red packet. :D

At about 1pm, Dan, another cousin of mine (gee, I really should get a family tree up, everyone is all confused about which cousin is which XD), arrived with his family. His mother gave me a red packet consisting of twenty bucks. Okay, sure, I know that money is not of the problem, it's the thought that counts, but whatever. :P

Dan and I, due to a long-term 'isolation', were not talking much. Went to have lunch at 1.30pm, was eating most of the abalone on the table. XD At about 2pm, Dave came, relishing my boredom effectively. Dave's mother gave me a record-breaking $200. Now that's enough for a whole lot of stuff. :D

Dan, Dave and I were playing card games, like the game Dave and I played yesterday with Mark and Edmond that requires the winner to have four cards of the same number in his hand to win, and Quadruple Seven. Dave and I played a game of Fishing as well. We then decided to play blackjack, and gamble. XD Unleashed quite a few pwnage Five Dragons which gives me odds of 1:3. :D But then I still ended up only winning twenty cents. Lady Luck is not with me. T_T

Mark came later. His mother gave a $10, but I guess that's better than nothing, considering the fact that I don't think she likes my "don't give me a damn about parents" attitude. XD Mark joined in the blackjack game as well. XD Around that time, Dan had to leave, probably to go to the house of his maternal grandparents.

Then came Edmond. His mother gave me a $10 red packet as well, all in $2 plastic notes. XD And the red packet is of a bowman from MapleStory. Gee, I don't even play a bowman (okay, my odd bowman on Bootes is level 13 or 14. o.O), why the bowman? At least give me a warrior (level 40) or mage (level 28), right? XD Edmond joined the game as well after getting some 'financial security management'.

Then my family had to leave for grandmother's house. Dave said he wanted to go to his aunt's (mother's sister's) house, while Mark and Edmond were staying a bit later. We left.

Not surprisingly, we were first at grandmother's house. Read the newspaper with nothing to do, lol. Then Dan came a while later. Noticing that his father owns a Nokia 6280, I offer to connect both of our phones with Bluetooth and play games in multiplayer mode. We first played Rally 3D, when I got owned twice. Then we played Snake III and I won every time, due to him knocking into me, except for our last game when we knocked into each other and resulted in a draw.

Mark came. Nothing else better to do but to watch television. *rolls eyes*

After television, we went to the room to enjoy air-conditioning. XD Discussed about what to do, when we decided on playing basketball. Due to a lack of basketballs in grandmother's house, we had to nevertheless get one. Since Dan's house is the nearest, he called his friend, whom he bought a basketball with together, and asked for it. Dan then asked his father to bring the basketball from his friend's house, who is near his house. Grandmother heard of the plan and rejected it. Win already lor.

With nothing else to do, we stayed in the room. Ignoring Mark's suggestion for billiard and my great and perfect suggestion of ice-and-water (T_T), we decided to wait for Dave-aniki (big brother) XD. Dave came, and followed by Edmond and his brother Edwin. Entertainment in the form of violence ensured.

After minutes of violence and laughter, we settled down and played card games. We had a variety, from Cheat! to Blackjack, from Big Two to 'getting four cards of same number'. I won at the only game of Cheat! :D And during 'getting four cards of same number', Mark, Dave, Edmond and I were all playing 'ji seow' tactics (which we named ourselves XD), by keeping cards with different numbers in our hands to ensure no one can secure victory. Only Dan was collecting cards trying to get four of the same number. XD After that, Edmond had to leave, presumably to visit his father's friend(s).

Then, news of the fact that grandmother is following vegetarianism for the day, and that she did not cook dinner spread. We decided to walk to McDonald's (whack yourself on the head if you do not know what that is) across the PIE (Pan Island Expressway). Dan thought that we were supposed to run through the dangerous, car-filled expressway. Edmond pointed out obviously that there is an overhead bridge for us pedestrians. Mark suggested Dan run past the expressway naked. I agree that it is a good idea, seeing that everyone would stop, to take out their camera phones. Next day on the headlines of the newspaper, "Male teenager crosses road naked". o.O

The 'operation' was supported by my mother, who agrees that the dinner is not suitable for us. With that, we quickly went off towards McDonald's. Unable to find an ATM (Automatic Teller Machine) for Mark to withdraw $20 (don't ask why he need $20 for), we head to McDonald's directly. Mark and Dan ordered a set meal each for themselves, while Dave and I got three large packets of French fries for everyone to share. Almost could not finish it, due to the fact that I ate three slices of ba gua and a can of Coca-Cola back at grandmother's house just now.

Walking out of the restaurant with our stomaches full, we proceed back towards grandmother's house. We finally found an ATM on the way, yet Mark did not want to withdraw money any more. Lol wtf.

Back at grandmother's house, my mother informed grandmother that the four of us went to McDonald's for dinner. Yet, when we went back, some lame freaking smart alec bastard (one of us four, can't remember who) lied to grandmother that we were instead playing basketball just now. Thinking that we ate no shit and that we are hungry like fuck, grandmother offered one huge bowl of rice to each of our overwhelmingly full stomaches. Fucking bastard, I feel like beating up the lying smart alec. So, I, being the most full, had no desire to add any more shit to my stomach, especially when the food looks... unappetizing. So I got reprimanded. What. The. Fuck. This world has no more justice.

Went back to the room playing more card games. Yawn, I miss those Chinese New Years when our yet immature minds allow us to play ice-and-water. I guess I kinda dislike being a grown-up now (Child at heart here :D).

We decided to ji seow Edwin some more with my video camera. Then I used my red packet as bait and lured Edwin to get it. Unable to do so, he started beating me up with his painful punches, so I went outside and basked under the protection of the adults. Until his mother and grandmother came, thinking that I snatched Edwin's red packet and watch him futilely snatch it back, took MY red packet and gave it to Edwin. -_- God, this world has no more justice.

We left at midnight sharp. Looking forward to whatever shit we'll have tomorrow.

Happy Chinese New Year

First off, to all my nakama, my family and my friends, Happy Chinese New Year! :D

This blog post is made two hours into the Chinese New Year, and in other words, 2am on the first day of Chinese New Year. Mistakes are bound to be made when the sky is dark and the mind is less focused, so please excuse me for any typo errors, spelling mistakes, grammatical errors and whatever crap wrong with this blog post. Thanks. :P

So, yesterday, I was last-minute shopping for a pair of new clothes. Chinese customs state that people must wear new clothing on the first day of the New Year or something like that, so might as well.

Two days ago, I went to Tampines Mall with the naggy woman of my mother. Either the design sucks, the colour sucks, or the price sucks. And my mother seem to pick up those clothes I hate most and suggest them to me. Freaking hell. So we went to Century Square. Actually wanted to buy a shirt with a collar and buttons, you know, to sort of show my 'maturity' (though I'm proud to admit that I'm still a child at heart, and very much one :D). So I chose one that seems to fit it, and guess what my mother said? "That looks like something your father would wear." Fuck it, for god's sake, who is the one wearing the damned pair of clothes? I don't get a decision in what I wanted to wear? And those she picked, either the colour sucks, or the design sucks, or worse, as happened a lot more times, both.

So I decided to "whatever, fuck it, let's just choose one and get the hell outta here". So I picked a T-shirt (sigh, mission failed :() with blue and red colours. Chinese customs state that red clothing is worn throughout the Chinese New Year, as red will scare away evil spirits and bad fortune. I state that red clothing is worn in remembrance of slaughtered brethren, as red signifies blood. Lol, Blood Elves. XD Blue is my favorite colour, kthsbye.

Remember from blog post Valentine's Day Gift that Sean and I went to Century Square to look at manga? Well, I went there again, and decided to buy One Piece Manga Volume 44. Though the expensive price ($8.10) sort of made me regret it, it was still a good buy. Indeed, reading the conversation word-by-word can cause me to spend two hours indulging myself in the Great Age of Piracy. XD A great manga, just too bad that we have it free online too. o.O

I watched Pokémon on TV this morning. XD Ash and his friends let out their Pokémon, and they angered six wild Geodudes. Kind of funny that they had to run out from those Rollout-abusing Rock Pokémon, when they have among their ranks Pokémon like Squirtle, Corpish, Grovyle and Mudkip, all of which deal quadruple damage to the Rock and Ground-types. And they still run like chickens. God.

Was pretty bored afterwards so I spent like three hours sleeping after reading my One Piece manga for a while. XD

Woke up at 5pm, when my father was in an urgent rush to get to grandfather's house for reunion dinner. Still feeling sleepy, I was like "It's alright. We are the earliest every year, it's time we reverse the situation." At 5.30pm, we left, and guess what when we arrived at 6pm?

There's only one pair of shoe outside my grandfather's house: My grandfather's shoes.

Wow, they win already lor, still reluctant to come after 6pm. SMSed Mark and Dave and asked where the heck are they. As usual, Dave did not feel bothered to reply. Mark, on the other hand, was bathing and stated to arrive at 7pm (if I remember correctly XD). I replied with a "I'm feeling sian." He asked me to count the number of leaves outside grandfather's house. o.O I gave him a bullshit number. XD Went to do Sudoku on today's Today. o.O Difficulty stated was 5 stars, and I can't finish it either way. XD

Sian: A wonderfully concise Hokkien adjective which conveys boredom, weariness, frustration and emptiness. The English equivalent would be "ennui".

At around 6.30pm, Edmond and his family arrived first. Next was Mark's family, and Dave's followed. Was watching The Best Bet on TV, but then something wrong with grandfather's television's reception, so quality sucks, and subtitles are unreadable. And the parents (not just mine) are chattering and chattering and chattering, so no one can hear a shit what the characters are saying. Conclusion? Fuck it.

Went to eat reunion dinner. Like every year before this year, we "children" (though no longer children again, more than half of us are already working XD) get to eat first. Like every year before this year, parents had to control what we eat, using chopsticks to take whatever we dislike into our bowls. Like every year before this year, I finished first, grabbed a cup of coca-cola and went upstairs to listen to my music in peace without disturbing others.

After a while, Mark and Edwin, Edmond's younger brother, came upstairs as well. Complaining about the warm temperature, Mark marched into grandfather's room and turned on the air-con. Edwin and I went in as well. Edwin, when not under adults' supervision, has an extremely violent side of him, and he tends to reveal it everytime we meet during around Chinese New Year. This time, during Chinese New Year Eve, is no difference.

A picture says a thousand words, and a video says a thousand pictures, so a video says a million words, and three videos say three million words. Just give me some time to add subtitles, since we mostly speak in Chinese. :)

All right, done. Made them into fillers for my fanfic One Piece Adventures which depict the adventures of me and my crewmates across the Grand Line. If you haven't read it yet, do so now! XD Anyway, here are the videos.

After that we played some card games using poker card. We first played Quadruple Seven, then Daidee, then some game where we traded cards to each other and the first player with four of the same number of cards win. Mark kept winning the 'trading' game. -_-

Then we went to grandmother's house, and then some Loyang temple to pray. Kind of boring, lol.

And then I went home and started blogging. XD

Born To Be A Winner

Let's do it!

I wanna be the very best
Like no one ever was (no one ever was)
To catch them is my real test
To train them is my cause!

My whole life has led to this
Time to test my skills
I know I just can't miss
Gonna show the world

Born to be a winner
Born to be a champion
Born to be a winner
Born to be the very best
Born to be a winner!

Every challenge along the way
With courage I will face (courage I will face)
I will battle everyday
To claim my rightful place!

Come with me, the time is right
There's no better team (there's no better team)
Arm in arm we'll win the fight
Gonna live our dream!

Born to be a winner
Born to be a champion
Born to be a winner
Born to be the very best (very best)!

Born to be a winner
Born to be a champion
Born to be a winner
Born to be the very best!

Born to be a winner!
Born to be a winner!
Born to be a winner!

Crazy Rainbow Scene

I really love this scene from Crazy Rainbow, the eight opening of One Piece. Funny how I dislike the opening when it first debuts, now I quite like it. XD


The scene starts at the beach. Sanji is tending to Nami and Robin dedicatedly, pouring wine for the ladies, while the others are playing in the sea with a ball, hitting it up to the air and preventing it from dropping. Luffy and Chopper, having eaten Devil Fruits, would become helpless if they come into contact with the seawater, and thus are standing on a small boat.


Nami and Robin turn to look at the boys, having a lot of fun.


Nami offers a toast to Robin...


...but then notices something wrong.


Turning her head, she...


..saw a freaking huge dinosaur...


...and freaks out! Well, Sanji too, to a lesser extent.


Zoro: What the?
Usopp: ARGH! WHAT THE HECK IS THAT!?
Luffy: WOW! IT IS SO HUGE! SO COOL!
Chopper: Help! It will eat us up! T_T


Make way for freaked out Nami, fleeing from dangerous dinosaur!


Favorite part, Sanji carries Robin, as though carrying his bride XD, and runs away from the approaching dinosaur. Just look at Sanji's face of love and happiness! XD

On a side note, this morning when we got back our Chemistry papers, I got a 34 out of 50. Wow, for someone who thought the he would definitely fail, this was a good score indeed. And when I compared to Ephraim's 33, Yoshida's 31 and Vernon's 30, I was delighted. Vernon got the highest for Chemistry in our class last year, so being able to beat him is good. :D

But, damn, Larry beat me by 1 mark. :(

School Day

Strangely, I have been rather sleepy these past two days. I always sleep before 11pm (sometimes accidentally or purposely going after the time for a while though), and I still feel as if I need more sleep. Going to sleep earlier is not an option either, I have a serious time constraint due to school life and EPP, which cut into my time so much I have not been playing RuneScape for several days already. T_T

Like yesterday, I heard the alarm go off at 6am, yet I could not be bothered to wake up. My mother comes into my room at 6.15am and tries to wake me up, but I told her not to, promising myself silently that I will wake up at 6.30am to have breakfast. Come 6.30am, I still did not want to wake up, thinking I'll have breakfast in school. So I slept to 6.45am, when I have no choice but to get my lazy ass off the bed and change into my school uniform.

Kinda pathetic, eh? :P

Today, February 15, is not only Total Defence Day, but also some Children Cancer Day. Anyway, we are to wear a lame yellow ribbon to raise awareness for it. When I asked Wei Sheng why he did not put it on when the teacher asked us to, he made a good point by replying "If you want to help, you either donate money or help out in their activities. What's the freaking use of raising awareness?". But meh, whatever, we have to wear it anyway. Luckily it is only for one day.

And here comes the Total Defence Speech, spoken by a Girl Guide in my class and a black bastard in a freaking Scouts uniform. Do they really have to say that speech every single freaking year? I mean, I already know those five aspects of Total Defence since I was four, and I can even read them with their letters reversed! Listen! Yratilim Ecnefed, Lacimonoce Ecnefed, Livic Ecnefed, Laicos Ecnefed dna Lacigolohcysp Ecnefed. I know I'm pro.

When we reached the classroom, rumours of the whole class getting a yellow form for each student are spread by Mr. Sean Philip Lim, our dear President of the Student Councillor who is not to be mixed up with the other Sean, who is a really good friend of mine. Some sarcastically cheer, some were shocked, some were surprised, some showed genuine terror in their face. I was one of those who cheered. :P Mr. President has some verbal problems, thus when asked why, his answer does not sound as if it belongs in an English dictionary. And when Yoshida went to pick up the two flyers on childhood cancer that were given to us just now and which we threw away onto the floor (:P), I suspected it was because of littering in our class. Well, I just took a look at the messy piles of textbooks and workbooks Angeline and Hiok Joo, the two girls who sit in front of me, dumped messily and I can tell as much. I replied by picking up the tissue Ephraim used for wiping marker ink out of a transparency the previous day and chucking it into the bin.

It was Geography first period. Teacher was talking about urban renewal of Singapore about forty years ago, and simply seems to jump left and right in the textbook, to the extent where I was confused and no longer knew what she was talking about. Can't be bothered to listen, I simply flipped to where I last read the book to and started reading on India's electronics industry. I wonder why those MNCs chose to set up their business in India. I mean, their employees aren't a pleasant sight, are they?

Social Studies next. She gave us yet another structured-essay question and expected us to finish it by end of period. Wow, isn't it good to be a humanities teacher? Just give out questions and collect them. -_- Meanwhile, the teacher was collecting the Social Studies files to note who have them and who did not. Jasmine apparently can't find hers. To tell the truth, I was sorta worried for her, hehheh, and I suggested buying a new one, since our files are all empty anyway. Fortunately, she managed to find it. Thank Lord Saradomin. :) Unfortunately, I finished the structure-essay question first, so when the teacher asked who is finished, I was forced to give out the files. Damn, I'm never declaring that I finish first ever again. -_- Ephraim and Vernon, two smart alecs who finished after me, had to give out marked worksheets. Haha, owned, bubs. :P I got back my test paper. Looking at the bright side, I passed, with a score of 26/50. Looking at the other side, Yoshida had 34, Ephraim 35 and Vernon 30. -_- When the teacher annouced the highest marks for boys, she declared it was Yoshida with 34, forgetting about Ephraim. That shorty gets double-owned. :P She didn't collect the homework she gave out last week. God damn it. And I rushed to finish it the previous night when I could have blogged about One Piece 294 (which was good yet sort of boring, wait for my review). Nmaa whatever.

Elementary Mathematics (E. Maths for short) was next. When the teacher, who happens to be our form teacher, came in, the first thing she talked about was us getting yellow forms. Apparently, it was because during the last two days, our Physics teacher was sick (hope he gets well soon, he's one of the best science teachers I ever had... Then again, the competition isn't really strong...) and a relief teacher came for two of his periods. She gave us topics in the Ten-Years-Series to do. After writing the instructions, she cared no more about the class, going off one side and reading a book (which Yoshida strongly believes is a Kama Sutra) and when the bell rings, signifying the end of the class, she just walks off without dismissing us. And then, guess what? She comes and informs the Disciplinary Master that we were making too much noise for the two hours she was in our class! Now come on, this is pure injustice, and you know it. Of course, the whole class knows it as well, so we made cries of protest to our form teacher. She better brings justice to this case, I tell you... Of course, we can solve it by another alternate way that involves the word 'violence'. :) The unhappy class asks for her name, hoping to settle it with her one way or another. Our teacher seems to be able to read our minds, and refused to give her name, until a while later reveals it as "Cynthia", which was also the name of one of our classmates. Needless to say, everyone went to stare at her. Yoshida, being very unhappy, wants to write her name on the Death Note, with a very cruel, evil and sadistic way of killing her, for which I shall not blog about due to the fact that I do not wish any children reading this to get a haunted nightmare tonight. Yoshida also talked something about a petition, asking the whole school to sign it. Then we will show it to the principal. If he rejects it, we take it to the MOE, and if that doesn't work, we'll take it to the President of the United States!! Though I was fast to note that George Bush probably doesn't even care about us anyway. XD Honestly, if the whole class really got yellow forms, this is going to be the most ridiculous disciplinary action ever taken in the whole history of education, which existed as far as back as Greek times if not earlier.

Wow, long paragraph. O.O Anyway, for the remainder of the E. Maths lesson, we learned more about vectors. I rushed through the worksheet given without any difficulty and proceeded to do the questions in the textbook stated at the end of the worksheet with speed. When I finished all but two questions left, the whole class was still at the end of the worksheet. -_-

After recess, when Yoshida, Ephraim and Vernon were all discussing about and looking up difficult English words for don't know what reason and when Vernon was threatening to beat up the Physics relief teacher if he can find her, we had Chinese. Teacher merely reads the textbook to us. I spent a majority of my time sleeping. :P

Next was English, when we had to write a composition. Now that explains why those three were doing shit during recess. The one I wrote was a disaster, with a lousy storyline and hardly any good adjectives for description. I should be glad if I can pass. XD The composition topic was "Write about a time when you saw the unpleasant side of a friend you really liked" or something like that. Of course I got to make it up. All right, so what if Yujun and Peter smoke, Dave is always late, Stefan and his weird personality and those shit? They are still my nakama. No way am I going to defame them like this. No way in hell, man.

Chemistry SPA (Science Practical Assessment) was last. I was saying stuff like "I bet you five bucks our teacher will reprimand us for being late." Yoshida added, "No need to bet. I confirm she will." Ended up she didn't. Rofl. Had to sit with Fym during the lesson. We had to plan a procedure for testing out whether which shell contains more calcium carbonate. At the start, I decided to react it with acid, but not knowing what its results would get, I wrote down the chemical equation, deciding to use hydrochloric acid and starting with CaCO₃ + HCl →. I worked out the equation, knowing that the reaction would form a salt, calcium chloride, thus I wrote CaCO₃ + HCl → CaCl₂. With the remaining hydrogen atom, a carbon atom and three oxygen atoms, I can clearly tell that the [insert opposite of reactants here, forgot, I think products :P] are water and carbon dioxide, so I completed the stupid chemical equation CaCO₃ + 2HCl → CaCl₂ + CO₂ + H₂O, not forgetting to balance it. Somehow, I mixed up with hydrochloric acid and wrote, on my paper, hydrogen chloride. XD Took me a while to find and correct that silly mistake. Another mistake I made was that I somehow thought the gases produced were carbon dioxide and hydrogen. o.O When I went to Yoshida later, I asked why he only wrote to measure the volume of carbon dioxide. I then wrote the stupid chemical equation on his paper, and he, with an insult, told me that it is actually water, not hydrogen. Blur Samy. :P I did not state the mass as well, thinking it'd be stupid to crush the shell into powder and measure the mass just for constant variation's sake. But whatever, since everyone wrote it, I might as well jump onto the bandwagon as well. I just wrote "Add 1g of Shell X", making people wonder, "How the hell do I add one gram of Shell X?". I'd be damn if the teacher did not wonder that, to be truthful.

Blur: Used to describe someone as rather inept or in a world of his own. May also be used to describe the feeling of being dazed. A common usage is "Blur like sotong".

And school is over, whee! :D Damn, this blog entry took me one hour. -_-

Note: While writing the paragraph on Chemistry SPA, my grandmother called and asked for my father (who's sleeping) and my mother (who's AFK. I mean away. Computer geek. XD), and for the first time I can remember, actually said "bye". O.O

Valentine's Day

There's a special place in my heart
That only you can touch -
A place where I can go and feel you near.
Throughout the day I think of you.
I see your smile, hear your voice
And in my thoughts you lovingly appear.
The way we love each other
Makes it hard to be apart
So when I can't hold you in my arms,
I hold you in my heart.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Argh *freaks out*

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day. So fast?! O.O

Alright, I already know who to give, what to give and why to give, but I still not know how to give, when to give or where to give. Anyone willing to, please show me the path to the road of enlightenment. In other words, anyone with pieces of advice, please offer. Thanks. XD

If only we have walkthroughs and strategy guides on the Internet for Valentine's Day instead of games like Final Fantasy.

Got the results of my A. Maths test in school today. When the teacher announced that the lowest got 4 or 7 out of 25, Yoshida says "Thank you. Thank you." as if signifying that it is him who got the lowest. Well, he's always like that, claiming he flunked his test every time. Well, if he failed, everyone will fail too, he's easily the ace of the class in mathematics. Anyway, when the teacher announced the highest got 23 out of 25, I followed him and went "Thank you. Thank you." for fun. Yoshida replied, "Obviously not me.", which I heard as "Obviously not you [you refers to me]." due to the fact that I said something to signify as if I got 23 (which I actually have no idea who got 23). And then when the teacher announced my name, I was like Holy shit! So I went to Yoshida and literally shouted at him, repeating his words, "Obviously not me!?", which I still thought refers to me. Whole class was clapping (:DD) and Vernon was doing the "Wtf?" hand gesture to me. Haha, bub got only 7. XD

Earlier, I spent one whole hour of Chemistry sleeping. Felt alert after hearing the bell ring, signifying the end of the period; so alert that I shouted "Storm, earth and fire - Heed my call!" XD

Valentine's Day Gift

First and foremost, I'd like to give a great thanks to Sean, who had been my best friend since Primary 5 (five years ago) and will hopefully still continue to be. :D

To be honest, I was pretty frustrated about Valentine's Day, though you probably can tell by the countdown I've been having near the ending of my recent blog entries. Although one of the mottos I live by is "Why do today what you can leave for tomorrow?", by Jecht of Final Fantasy X, this is a pressing matter and had to be done as early as possible, yeah. XD

Well, I didn't know what to buy or where to buy, so I got Sean to go with me. After two days of persistent persuasion, he reluctantly gives in.

So we promised to meet at 6.30pm in the evening. At 5.40pm, I was ready to leave, when I called him. Apparently, he did not want me to go to his house to meet up, I think because of his sister taking a nap, and also due to him bathing at the moment (which makes me wonder how he can answer my call while in the toilet singing "In the toilet, I am bathing!" ), so we'd meet up in his void deck. Fearing he'd be late like a certain cousin of mine (*cough* Dave *cough*), I protested, but had to reluctantly agree in the end.

So I took a bus there (obviously, as if I'd take a jet plane ). Bus was traveling at pretty low speed, thus I reached there in 20 minutes. 6.10pm, I reached his void deck. Sitting on a table there is a chubby man, listening to music from his handphone on the table. Wearing a pink T-shirt, short pants and sandals, which is definitely not the outfit of someone who is entering Tampines Mall, I was quite sure it wasn't Sean (he wasn't that fat when we last met, you see). And I walked closer, HOLY SHIT! It is Sean! So, yeah, I walked up, said "Yo!", and then we left for Tampines Mall.

According to him, he had gained a lot of weight over the past few days, and he is working to reduce his weight. Hope it succeed, I'm not used to having "an Alvin" as best friend. Sean isn't that fat anyway, he's just the average between a normal person and Alvin. Though that's already quite chubby for me to get used to. No personal offense, Sean, just go out and do more exercises! XD

Alvin: Fattest boy in my class, with Larry being the second.

Went to Tampines Mall, and Mini Toons at the third floor. They were either too big, too small, or too expensive. About 90% of the merchandise available falls into the third category. Not to be cheap or anything, but my budget is limited, and I do not earn my own money yet. T_T I swear though, that when I start earning money I'll buy a much better and more expensive one? :P

Not finding anything good (I actually did find one I like, but it's out of my budget range T_T), we went to Toys 'R' Us (Sean's pronunciation of the store name was kinda funny and comical). He stopped to look at the Gundams (which Dave reads as 'Gun-Damn', when it's obvious it's read as 'Gun-Dumb' :P) there, while I fooled around with the dual light saber available there (as usual, I never fail to play around with it every time I go there :P Quote: "We went inside Toys R Us. Rofl. When we reached the toy swords stands, Hong Wei suggested to Sean to run. =.= So I picked up a sword and fooled around. Bloody hell, they don't wanna play with me... :3" from Lol 6A Gathering).

Found a toy flower, almost the only suitable thing, but alas, too long for me to put into my bag. We next went upstairs, walking past the shops and looking at the merchandise displayed outside. Hardly anything caught our attention, except for a replica of the Death Note, but that is, alas, totally out of topic (Give a girl you like a Death Note and see how hard she slaps your face -.-). We walked past the arcade, and Mr. Grade-A guai kia* did not even want to go in despite me saying it's my treat. Meh, not like I actually want to play there. We already have House of the Dead IV and the latest one there is still House of the Dead II. -_-

Went into a shop selling CDs and VCDs. He was showing off what animes he had watched, and I see that he had watch 90% of the animes available there. Anime freak. :P

Then we went back to Mini Toons. Bought the one I liked, heck care about the price! X(

We went to Century Square next, for him to look at manga covers. He shows off which manga he read, and I bet he, too, read 90% of the manga there. -_- Naruto, Bleach, Death Note, MAR, etc., etc., the list goes on, and I fell asleep after listening to the forth one. :P Latest One Piece manga (the only manga I can find there that I read :D) was Volume 44, and that is the latest volume. But I already read Chapters 431 onwards, which are chapters from Weekly Shounen Jump. :P. Whatever, I can read it off the internet anyway. :P

So we went downstairs. On the escalator, I showed off my new handphone and took a camera image. :P Let me get it on my computer... :3



Apparently, Sean did that face purposely. That guy is a professional at making funny faces. As he said five years ago in Chinese, "I'm no good at laughing, I'm only good at making people laugh."

And oh, we seem blurry because we are in constant motion due to escalator or being under our feet. o.O

Went to Shop N Save at the basement for Sean to buy wholemeal bread. Boarding the escalator, a man with two small girls at his side cuts in between Sean and me, making it difficult for us to chat. I asked him to excuse me politely, yet he stares at me in such a rude way and shouts angrily, "Can't you wait!?". Mother fucking asshole, he didn't have to shout, right? Yet he stared at me in such a "Fucker, want to fight?" way. If I didn't want my Valentine's Day present to be not damaged, I'd have showed him how the Hero fight! I'd have hit him with a Fiery Twin Dragon Slash, then a Sakura Slash, then a Coiling Cutter, and a Rubber Rubber Cannon, then an Anti-Manner Kick Course, and a Chaotic Weather, followed by a Max Three Hundred Billion Volt Volley, and a Charm Demon Sleepless Night Demon Slash next, a Banishing Blade and finally a Hellfire Hurricane! UNLEASH EVERY SINGLE STRENGTH AND ATTACK OF MY NAKAMA BEHIND ME! RARGH!! *Warning. Rant in Singlish* Fucking cheebye, shout shout shout. Ask him go home suck his father's dick lah. Two girls beside him sure he kidnap one lah, this type of man sure no wife one lah. Even got is either blind literally or divorce in less than three days. His face looks like those standard rapists you see on newspaper. Pity those two girls nia, don't know kena taken where. Skali another Wang Na case I laugh I tell you. Fucking bastard, if I was his son, I'd have jumped down building and commit suicide. Ka ni na bu chao chee bye.*End of rant*

Fucked-up bastard, ruined my good day. I know that rant has caused a negative impact you have on me, but not complaining about it is serious injustice. I hope that you can understand my feeling. Thanks.

*cough* Let's not talk about the asshole any more.

Anyway, we went home. XD

*Note: Sean is a Grade-A guaikia.

• Dare not step into an arcade
• Die die must reach home before time set by his mother
• Reports to his mother every bit of detail what he is doing outside
• Mother calls him almost every second to check on him, not like he needs checking
• Very fillal to parents
• Noted a guaikia by Yujun, which automatically brings him to Grade-A standard.

Guai kia: Something like good boy.
Die die: To go all out, with no possibility of non-compliance. The Singlish equivalent of "die trying".

Reply To Jasmine's Blog Quiz

This blog post is a reply to a quiz on Jasmine's blog entry on the 10th of February. Italics texts are quoted directly from her, while non-italics text are my replies.

Then there was another talk show... and some quizzes. For example... (translated from chinese to english but my translation may not be that accurate)

1) You went to a very grand restaurant. What type of cup would you expect to use?

- Crystal cup
- Wooden cup
- Paper cup

Its mainly about what you look for as a partner.

If you choose crystal cup means you care about people's appearances, you prefer good looking ones...
If you choose wooden cup means you care about inner beauty and prefer to see the personality of the person...
If you choose paper cup... wah... this is the worst kind. Who will use paper cup at a restaurant sia...

I wouldn't choose a crystal cup. Crystal is a very precious and delicate material. It is often very rare and expensive. If I use it, the cup would have to be washed. If the unlucky washer happens to break the cup while washing it, and as you know, he or she has to end up as a washer for a job because he or she is most often poor and needs income, then he or she would have to pay for the crystal cup, thus making him or her poorer.

I also would not choose a wooden cup. Wooden cups, like all materials made of wood, are made from logs chopped from trees. Trees play an important role in this world. Please refer to this Wikipedia entry on why we should not cut trees. Thus, as many of you would already know, logging is a controversial activity due to its environmental and aesthetic impacts. If I choose a wooden cup, I would just be encouraging woodcutters to cut more trees down. This contributes to terrible events like global warming and depletion of ozone layer. We do not want that.

And I would not choose the paper cup either. Paper cups have an environmental impact. Although the cups themselves are made from renewable resources (wood chips), paper cups actually consume more non-renewable resources in their manufacture than cups made of polystyrene foam, since converting the wood chips to paper pulp requires energy. During their life cycle, the only significant effluent of polystyrene cups is pentane. In contrast, the manufacture of paper requires several inorganic chemicals and creates large amounts of water effluents. Similarly, recycling polystyrene cups has less impact than recycling paper cups. Paper cups are, however, more biodegradable than polystyrene cups, with the caveat that in an anaerobic landfill paper cups will generally remain undegraded for a long time.

So how? I'll just drink from the bottle directly. ^_^"

2) You were on the streets when you saw a performer and a very fine monkey. You paid the performer $10 and he asked what you would like to see in their performance.

- The monkey cycling a bicycle
- The monkey dancing ballet
- The monkey playing with the sword

If you choose the monkey and the bike, you are a very nice person, and you are simply satisfied and okay with almost everything.
If you choose the money dancing ballet, it means you care about how people present themselves as... whether they are gentle or rough... have manners or not... and so on.
If you choose the money playing with the sword... this is the worst answer...

I would like to see the monkey cycling a bicycle. It is rare to see monkeys cycling a bicycle, and of course to see it would be an eye-opener. Want proof that monkeys cannot cycle bicycles? I have one perfect example. There is a monkey I know that cannot cycle, he is in my class and his name is Vernon. [Fear the shifty eyes!]

I would also like to see the monkey dancing the ballet. It is nothing special when the monkey is a female, but it would give me a chance to roll on the floor and laugh out loud if it is a male. Imagine a male monkey dancing ballet in the street. World record for funniest scene, anyone?

I would also like to see the monkey playing with the sword. Worst answer, considering I'm a swordsman? O.o

So how? I'd rather have my ten bucks back to spend on games. XD

3) After walking past a lake, you came to a house, you went in, it was filled with darkness. Suddenly, there was light coming from somewhere. You looked at where the light is coming from. How many candles do you expect to see?

The number of candles represent how many people you can like at the same time and shows how devoted to your partner you are!

Yami no hikari...!!! O.O [Means "Light of the darkness" or "Light in the darkness" in Japanese]

I scrolled downwards and accidentally read the answer before I can answer the question, thinking it too is part of the question since the two before were MCQs (Multiple Choice Questions).

Thats about all for those quizzes. My answers to those quizzes was crap. Lol.

"Were", Jasmine, not "was". :)

You Have Two Cows

TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM:

You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull. Your herd multiplies, you sell cows and bulls, you buy cows and bulls and the economy expands. You sell the lot and retire on the income.

AN AMERICAN CORPORATION:

You have two cows. You sell one, and give the other one drugs until it can produce the milk of four cows. You are surprised when the cow suddenly drops dead. You hire a consultant to analyze why this happened.

A BRITISH CORPORATION:

You have two cows. Both are mad. You set up a welfare state to look after them. They use up all your money.

A FRENCH CORPORATION:

You have two cows. You go on strike, organize a riot and block roads, just because you want three cows.

A JAPANESE CORPORATION:

You have two cows. You re-design them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create clever cow cartoon images called Cowkimon and market them worldwide.

A TAIWANESE CORPORATION:

You have two cows. You send a spy to Japan to try copy their high-tech chip milking strategy. It doesn't work so kill the cows and sell all the meat to be eaten at some Taipei night market. You produce thousands of fake Cowkimon merchandise and sell it at the above-mentioned night market.

A CANADIAN CORPORATION:

You have two cows. You make a hockey team consisting of your two cows.

A GERMAN CORPORATION:

You have two cows. You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves. However, they need lebensraum.

AN ITALIAN CORPORATION:

You have two cows, but you don't know where they are. You break for lunch.

A RUSSIAN CORPORATION:

You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows. You count them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them again and learn you have 12 cows. You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka. If only the cows would stop drinking, you could count them properly.

A CUBAN CORPORATION:

You have two cows. They try to swim to Florida.

AN IRAQI CORPORATION:

You have two cows. They are actually biochemical weapons.

A SWISS CORPORATION:

You have 5000 cows, none of which belong to you. You charge others for storing them.

AN INDIAN CORPORATION:

You have two cows. You worship them.

A CHINESE CORPORATION:

You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim full employment, high bovine productivity, and arrest the newsman who reported the numbers. The party owns all the rights to the milk. The party sells so-called educated milk under the brand-name 'Mao's Milky Marvel'.

AN AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION

You have two cows. Business seems pretty good. You close the office and go for a few beers to celebrate.

A NEW ZEALAND CORPORATION:

You have two cows. Your sheep are jealous.

A MEXICIAN CORPORATION:

You have two cows. Both try to cross the border to get to USA. One cow drowns, the other now produces for USA.

A PAKISTAN CORPORATION:

You don't have any cows. You claim that the Indian cows belong to you. You ask the US for financial aid, China for military aid, Britain for warplanes, Italy for machines, Germany for technology, France for submarines, Switzerland for loans, Russia for drugs and Japan for equipment. You buy the cows with all this and claim of exploitation by the world.

A MALAYSIAN CORPORATION:

You have two cows. You milk them and agree to sell at the price of RM0.45 per thousand gallons. You then increase the price to RM0.60 per thousand gallons or you threaten to cut the supply. Your buyer agrees and you again demands the price to be increased to RM3 per thousand gallons. Your buyer has no choice but to agree, and you again up the price to RM6.25 per thousand gallons. Your buyer gets fed up and buys milk from the neighbouring country of Indonesia.

A SINGAPOREAN CORPORATION:

You have two cows. One cowpei and one cowbu.

Kaobei kaobu: Hokkien term meaning "to make a lot of noise". Literally: "cry to the father and cry to the mother". Means either to bellyache or nag or cause a hullabaloo. Sometimes all three at the same time.

XD

One Piece Anime Episode 293

At long last, ADC-Elite Fansubs, almsot the only good One Piece fansubbing group, has released One Piece Episode 293. For a long wait, 293 sure did not disappoint fans.

The episode started with Chopper and Kumadori. Chopper, like during the ending of One Piece 290, ate a third Rumble Ball out of desperation and goes into "Monster Point". Kumadori attacks it with a rapid-fire version of Shigan Cue, but Chopper's defense is so thick that the devastating attack did not even leave a scratch on him (not like Shigan Cue is supposed to scratch o.O). People said that Chopper's Monster Point were a combination of all of his seven points other than Brain Point, and must be his Guard Point that leads to his high defensive attribute. Anyway, Kumadori, not one to back out easily, fires a Shishi Kebab on Chopper, hitting his face dead on, but the powerful attack, which previously had injured Chopper greatly, failed to work. Kumadori tries kicking Chopper with a Rankyaku Renge, but instead Chopper roars (now is he a reindeer or a werewolf?), raises a hand and slams Kumadori to the ground.

The scene switches to Nami and Kalifa. Nami tries to figure out what Kalifa did to her and Sanji, causing both to lose their power. She realizes fortunately that Kalifa ate the Awa Awa no Mi (Bubble Bubble Fruit), freaking Kalifa out, not expecting that Nami would be able to get it correct. Anyway, Kalifa thinks that Nami, regardless of whether she has the knowledge of her opponent or not, has no chance, adding the fact that she is an assassin too. Nami makes use of some of her electrical attacks in her Perfect Climatact, making Kalifa wonder what her weapon is all about. Kalifa uses her Devil Fruit power to weaken Nami's legs, and the navigator falls to the ground, unable to have his legs to support his legs.

The scene again switches back to Chopper and Kumadori. Kumadori, after a single attack, simply looks like shit. Chopper roars again (did he somehow obtained the spirit of Grom Hellscream, whose last name had been obtained by his loud and intimidating roar before and during battles?), raises both of his fists and hammer Kumadori rapidly. Kumadori before the attack instinctively activates Tekkai, but obviously Chopper was able to break through it with ease.

Franky, after his battle with Fukurou, climbs into the hole formed when Fukurou was blowed downwards by a specially "SUPER" Coup de Vent by Franky. He retrieves the forth key, and deduces that since Kumadori had the third key, and neither Kaku nor Jyabura had the second key, it was Kalifa who had the second key. He started climbing up the walls back to the Tower of Justice, to assist the rest of the Straw Hats in their fights against the CP9. He encounters Chopper, breaking the wall out of the kitchen and holding onto a helpless and shitty-looking Kumadori with one hand. He tosses Kumadori all the way back to the Courthouse Plaza, where shocked Marines find the CP9 assassin, totally beaten up like shit, not believing what happened. Chopper, out of control, attacks Franky as well, whom just recognized the huge monster in front of him as the "deer-gorilla". Franky lies at the bottom, near where Fukurou lies, asking what's Chopper's problem.

The scene then switches to Robin, Spandam and Lucci. Hearing the crash caused by Kumadori crashing into the Courthouse Plaza, Robin stops once again, the second time after stopping due to hearing the crash occured when Luffy broke down the metal gate with a Gomu Gomu no Gigant Pistol after activating Gear Third. Spandam, again, assures that no one is coming to save Robin. Luffy continues running, his footsteps getting louder and louder. I don't know why he won't just do a Gomu Gomu no Rocket or activate Gear Second and Soru, but hey, it's his choice. Anyway, Lucci tells Spandam to go ahead, taking Robin to the Gate of Justice, while Luffy finally meets a wooden door. He kicks it down, Sanji-style, and meets with nobody but "pigeon-bastard". Luffy and Lucci prepare for their battle.

TO BE CONTINUED -.-"

Five more days to Valentine's Day!

New Handphone

Note: Handphone is Singlish which actually means cellphone or mobile phone. I'm just too used to the term "handphone" to use the proper English one. Thanks.

Bought a new handphone yersterday, whee! :D

Went to Tampines Mall at about 5pm, to the M1 shop on the third floor. Queue was long, so I had my mother queue up first while my father and I went around the shop and looking at handphone models. I took a liking for Nokia 6288. Good camera functions and availablity of MP3 and radio functions. Thought Vernon's is the same, turns out his is Nokia 6280. -.- Looks the same though.

Boring detail now.

Network of UMTS, GSM 900, GSM 1800 and GSM 1900. Dimension of 10cm x 4.6cm x 2.1cm, weight of 115g. Size of 240 x 320 pixels (lol ratio of 3:4. I thought it'd be HDTV of 16:9... T_T 3:4 = 4:3 when you reverse it :D). It has a type of polyphonic with 64 channels and MP3. Phonebook of 500 x 16 fields, and card slot comes with 512MB free. Compare that to 6280's 64MB. Bub, owned. :D Camera of 2 megapixels, 1600x1200 pixels, VGA video, flash; secondary video call VGA camera. Other functions include Push to Talk, Java MIDP 2.0, Stereo FM radio (visual radio), MP3/AAC/M4A/eAAC+ player, T9, Organiser, SyncML, Voice dial/memo, Built-in handsfree and a standard battery, Li-Ion 1100 mAh (BP-6M). No idea what most of them are. *shifty eyes*

There were a bunch of numbers available for new people, all of them which start with "8282". It is supposedly a lucky number for Chineses, though I do not know what it actually means, and since Chinese New Year is coming up, might as well. My father found a number "8282 8386". I asked him why it is nice. Turns out 8386 is from our apartment number #08-386. Now there's one benefit of buying 4D. (Edit made on 28 March 2008: I'm referring to new handphone numbers for those wanting to get a new handphone and line, by the way)

So yeah, bought one. Went to food court on forth floor in Tampines Mall for dinner. Pure expensive. Not going there to eat again. -_-

Came home at 8.30pm (queuing up takes about one whole bloody hour -_-) and spent thirty minutes keying my Contacts into my new handphone. I should have read the manual sooner and located where the Infrared is, so I can easily send business cards through Infrared instead of keying every single number into it. -_-

Whatever. Finished Contacts at 9pm, and had to revise for the two tests the next day (in other words, today). Or should I say, forced to revise. Pumped in a lot of effort into Chemistry, spending two hours of drinking coca-cola just for its caffeine just that I would not fall asleep. Woke up at 5am again in the morning for Chemistry. Coca-cola = Life for midnight oil burners and devoted computer gamers.

A. Maths is easy (don't quote me on that, skali I fail o.O), despite me just briefly reading it, while Chemistry is so difficult even despite reading the textbook for more than three hours. Bloody hell. Don't want to put any more effort into Chemistry liao lah! Focus on other seven subjects, I just need to pass five subjects to enter Polytechnic anyway. -_-

Skali: Adapted from the Malay word sekali, meaning "once" or "on one occasion", denoting a one time occurrence. However, in Singlish, it is commonly used convey a general cautionary sentiment with a hint of foreboding. ' Skali' loosely means any one of the following, depending on the context: "If you're not careful, you may find out that..."; "What would happen if..."; "Unexpectedly, it turns out that..."
Liao: A Hokkien tag which depending on the context can mean either "already" or "finished".
Lah: The ubiquitous Singlish tag. Used like a fullstop in a sentence.

During recess, I paid $8.30 for Chemistry Ten-Years-Series. Bloody waste of money, and I only had $6.35 during that time, so I borrowed two bucks from Ephraim. Bloody hell lah, now I -$1.95. Win already lor. Note to self: Pay Ephraim two bucks tomorrow back.

Spent three entire hours trying to futilely install some lame shit program called Nokia PC Suite to transfer files between my computer and my new handphone. Turns out I only need to access F: folder and dump everything into the memory card. Bloody hell, waste of my valuable precious time. -_- Time is suddenly so useful to me, because stupid school takes up almost half. -_-

So now my handphone is filled with every song my iPod Nano has (wonder what am I going to do with my poor MP3 player now T_T), and downloaded a One Piece theme as well. Luffy at the wallpaper has the evil look, as if saying "Watch out, I'm going to kick your ass". Scary. :S But there's only one theme on One Piece in the website I looked in. Better than nothing, I guess.

Now I'm trying to edit my One Piece 273 (favorite episode :D) to make it smaller, limited size in handphone, haha. Now I can watch Luffy go Gear Second and pwn Blueno with a Gomu Gomu no Jet Bazooka everywhere! :D Provided I did bring my handphone out. Fear the quality would be like shit, lol.

After that, I'm going to rip Believe, Kokoro no Chizu, Brand New World, We Are (Straw Hats Version) and Crazy Rainbow out of the One Piece episodes I have and add them to my handphone. Maybe I should download episodes with We Are, Hikari E and Bon Voyage as openings and rip them out as well. XD

Six more days to Valentine's Day, time indeed does not wait for anyone, haha.