Blue skies~ Nothing but Blue Skies!~

Let's see,

I called Expedia.com using Skype (it was suppose to be a toll-free number) to see whether I can change my flight date. Blardy buggers, took away Euro $2.00 from my Skype credit and I'm still stuck with the same flight! Bah! I tried all the dates, 13th to the 20th! None of them had any Air India flights except on the 14th... which by the way, would have brought an extra charge of U$3000 for a one way ticket! Wuttha! So, 45 mins and a failed-American-accent later, I gave up and told the young-cute-voice girl (in the most pityful and disappointed manner possible) that I guess I had no other choice but to fly with Air India on the 12th and survive through the 11-hour transit from Los Angeles to Houston! ARGH!

You just wait and see...

Also, I've been planning the routes and transport in Singapore to save time from getting lost. What I learned from my "planning", is that I would make a horrible tour guide. I give up! I am now putting my hopes on my two Malaysian-yet-Singaporean-frequentters friends of mine! PLan plan plan plan! Plan where to eat, visit, eat, play, eat, shop, eat, shop...etc...eat!



Today:

Ben had an urge for KFC since forever, so he sms-ed Joel and Harold like at 4 in the morning?! LoL! Anyway, we went for lunch (DUH! KFC!) and had a good time spoiling Harry Potter for Harold! HaHa! I really really tried my best to speak "code", but Joel and Ben couldn't be bothered, so...Wot the Heck lah! (gg!) Poor Korea-boi... no need to read already~ heheh



Unfortunately for me, I was with guys who could only think about computer games. So, DOTA was inevitable. O well, it wasn't like I had anything else to do...



FYI: I'm kind of sick... A runny nose and sore throat = soon-to-be fever! Gosh..sick!

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

"Neither can live while the other survives..."

Harry Potter is at an end! After waiting several years for the final book to be within my grasp, I cannot help but feel abit (Just abit, mind you!) aimless! What other book do I have to patiently wait for, to keep my mind running rather than just focus on the "muggle" world around me?! Nah, I'm not obsessed about Harry Potter, but I certainly do feel sad there will be no more tales of magic from the awesome author, J.K. Rowling.

The Deathly Hallows is, without a doubt, a book you cannot put down until you have read its contents thoroughly. (Maybe I'm abit blinded to the fact that I have been waiting for this book since forever!). I can't really say much, seeing as many people haven't read the book yet, but I can tell you, it's totally not what was expected! The idiotic rumours that people spread around kind of sets you off guard about what really happens, so it'll actually maybe benefit you or just confuse you further (like it did me).

I open at the close; "I am about to die"

One thing that really touched a nerve on the day I was suppose to be enjoying my book, was the daring stunt pulled by Tesco and Carrefour. How is it possible that previous Harry Potter books (e.g. The Goblet of Fire, The Order of the Pheonix, The Half-Blood Prince) are more expensive than the FINAL book?! How could they set a price, lower than the MAJOR book sellers like MPH and Popular, without properly notifying the public (a few advertisments a few days/weeks before is not counted!) seeing as MPH has been taking pre-orders since GOSH-knows when! I don't really care about the fact I paid RM39.00 extra buying from MPH, but it's the audicity of having the grand opening of the most-awaited book sold at a price and at places that just does not seem right! Good then, for those people who are typical asians of wanting to hold on to every single penny and not see the bigger picture of anything except the "bargain" they had just accomplished.

Earlier, Penguin managing director Eddy Teo urged the hypermarkets to practise good business sense and fair trade.
“The public must understand that bookstores don’t make much profit because their source of income is only books while the range is diversified for hypermarkets,” he said.

*** Taken from an article from The Star***

However, MPH and the other bookshops made a mistake of taking the Deathly Hallows of the shelves because customers (who did not pre-order) had no other choice but to resort to buy from those defiling booths that have the RM69.90 posters plastered basically everywhere. Good to know, that MPH and the other bookshops have finally stopped their boycott though!

Alas, for those individuals that just don't see the reason of wanting to buy any Harry Potter book because of stupid excuses like "You're just making J.K. Rowling richer!", I am appreciative of good and creative work. If YOU had written a book that took all your blood and tears, that you had to constantly focus on for years, creating backgrounds, plots, themes and characters from nothing BUT scratch, and at the end of it, not be paid...how the effing would you feel?! DUH, so what if she's the richest author in the world! So what if she's laughing in our faces as we line up with money in our hands to purchase her books! It's not like we're just handing over our hard-earned cash to her you know!

LoL This is a pretty long post on just a book... But it's a good way to let-slip my opinions without people telling me to shut up about Harry Potter haha!

Singapore singapore singapore Singapore singapore singapore is still on! w00t! Hoping it will be an awesome trip, and a trip that I could hold on in dear memory while I'm stuck in the States. *Sobs* a few weeks left.. hating the knowledge of having to return to packed rooms and shared-toilets.

"The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death"

Enjoy Your Trip

I'm looking at my plane ticket back to the States, the words "Enjoy Your Trip", on the cover of the small convenient pocket thingy, are taunting me... it's so depressing! I still have time.....rite? *SOBS*

Ho hum..

Today (July 14th):
YinMay wanted to go take some "artistic" pictures for her assignment, so off we went with Harold to Titiwangsa lake under da HOT friggin sun (my fault for wearing jeans and black tho!). Anyway, YM was trying to capture random moments with something about light and shadow, candid, and subjects??.. LoL! Unfortunately, Harold and I weren't too keen on being photographed. No idea what she actually took, but I hope she got what she wanted anyway~

NOTE: The Eye of Malaysia.. is so disappointing! I was picturing some Hi-Tech futuristic building or something..something like the Eye of Mordor! HaH! Was I too be surprised when I found out it was JUST a ferris wheel that's 17 stories high! Booooo! (Yea, maybe I wasn't really patriotic or curious enough to find out earlier what exactly the Eye was..!) I really really really wonder how this was suppose to attract tourist for the "Visit Malaysia" thing!! I mean, it's just a ferris wheel............ KL Tower is so much more advanced-looking and entertaining!

Continuing... We went back to Tmn. D and went to Ezy's pub, and played pool! Gawd, I su*k at that big time! **I'm really sorry yinmay! I caused us two games!!** But I had fun...losing.... heh! Mamak for dinner...worst Roti Tissue so far.. having an upset stomach because of that! I can't name the place tho.. I might be tracked down and forced to eat it again!!! NOooooo!



Good thing i found out today is.. Singapore trip is still on! w00t!

To end this post...
YM's work is really good (to me anyway!)
&
COKE KILLS (HaH! Like i'll ever listen to that!)

2 in Less than a Day?!

YUP! 2 entries in less than a day! Amazing huh? =.="

I'm just posting up my maple pictures............. because I'm proud of them!

My good friend LinShen~

Nice view huh?

All my items in less than 40% experience!

Ah, we are NOOBS at heart!

Maple sometimes can rock with strangers

I had nothing better to do....*as usual*

Even Maplers have dreams!

Nbtd2

Ah ma and me ^^

Me.... & Stoopid (Ben Ng HaHaHa)

Why, hello there Yin May!

Christmas brings Joy to everyone!

There are actually loads more, but I really rather these just get posted up ^^

Thats Maple for you! It's a hard and time-wasting game, but it gives me something to do! *Unfortunately, I have to give it up in August when i head back to No-man's Land!!*

I Found A Reason

This blog site should be officially wiped out from the "Blog world". Why? Because My gawd! It's been ages since my last post, and that was before my finals (which by the way, I did pretty good in! HaHaHa *self-praise is no praise*)! HaH! I'm left with less than a month for summer (sad, but true), and some of you may not know yet (whoever the heck still reads this "always-updated" blog of mine), I'm back in Malaysia! Sweet Ol' Polluted Malaysia!

I haven't replied a few emails (Shy Ann, I truly apologize! But I will explain it to you in my oh-so-finally-replied email)

2 months back here has really taught me alot! I missed home like HELL when I was there, I missed even those moments when I had nothing to do but sit in the car and just "chill". I could continue on with the list of things I missed, but let me get straight to the point: I don't think I will miss anything again. Food, of course, it's usual to crave "Asam Laksa", "Nasi Lemak", and so on and so forth, but honestly, it was a waste of time "missing stuff".

I'm home, on a FRIDAY night, with nothing to do but MAPLE/DOTA. Freakily enough, I picked up DoTa on my visit back home. Everybody has said to me, at least once, that I wasted my summer by coming back here; Am I to believe that? Did I really waste 30 hours of flight time, thousands of dollars from my quitting that "hell hole" of a job, and on the air ticket?

Maybe...

Anyway, not too sound so EMO anymore, I just wanted to "awaken" this sleeping blog by updating ANYthing on the blog

You know what I truly miss...

heh, well i can't tell you can I? (fcuk it!)

Okay, TODAY:
I watched Harry Potter with.... (again, I am restricted!). Anyway, despite what ANYONE says, I liked this movie. Yes, they cut ALOT of parts, but you can't expect to watch the entire book can you? Yes, they altered some important parts, but how else would you expect the story to continue with gaping holes?
So, just chill, watch it like you've never read the book. I liked it... Cheerz to J.K. Rowling!

I fell in love with this song;
I Found A Reason, Cat Power (OST for "V for Vendetta" and "Saving Face")

Oh I do believe

In all the things you say

What comes is better than what came before