25.11.2013 - Hang out with friends & meet up with an AFS friend

We were having our last practice session before the International Arts Festival at Genting Highlands when my friends jio (Hokkien sland: invited/asked) me to go for bowling at Sunshine on Monday, which is a day before we depart to Genting Highlands. Another one of my friends wanted to watch Catching Fire at QB and I was more of on his side because Catching Fire is a critically acclaimed movie that no one could deny its greatness. In the end, all the people on the "bowling team" had decided to catch that amazing fire show in the theater with us. Hehehe.. *our evil plan in persuading them had finally succeeded* MUAHAHAHA..

That night, I had decided to ask Khalid to hang out with me as well because he had always been asking me when I am able to hang out or asking me am I free or not in this holiday and I always had to reject his invitation because for some reasons -.-'' To patch things up, I had decided to make the 1st move this time. Luckily he was good enough to agree to meet up with me. Hah.. I also jio Jing Yi out because at 1st I wanna watch Catching Fire with my family so I figured Jing Yi could accompany me to shop while the others are enjoying their movie. And she was also being courteous enough to accept my invitation.

So we took the 10:30am bus from our hometown and headed gleefully to the town. We were discussing on topics like "who do u think will be the 1st who will get married among us?" and blah blah blah shit stuffs xD I love to talk shitie stuffs cuz usually they're interesting o_o And we also talked about ways we express our anger and tension. Okay.. I'm gonna tell u mine here. Okay guys, I'm being honest here... so don't hate me if I'm over aggresive or smtg :P 1st, I will shop till I drop. I shop all the time no matter I am angry or desperate or happy, but I shop EXTRA when I'm insecure. Ok, lemmi give u a real example. Last year, when the PMR result was not out yet, I shopped until I drop every time I go to the mall cuz I feel guilty for not excelling well in my PMR. I don't know what's the connection between feeling insecure and shopping, but I just do that all the time. Finally, when the result came out and I got the result that I aimed for, I started to feel guilty again for buying too many stuffs. So, I eat .__. And I get fat. And I complaint. And I start to feel insecure again so I shop. LOL. I'm a girl who's hard to be fulfilled :/ Not good. Not good at all. 

As soon as we reached QB, the 1st thing that we did is rushing up to the top floor and started queuing to buy movie tickets. We actually decided to buy the movie tickets for 2:30pm but the receptionist ended up giving us the 12:20pm tickets instead. And to add fuel to the fire, IT WAS ALREADY 12pm++ at that moment 0.0! What we did next was - we  rushed down to lower ground to buy fast food from Mc Donalds and put em' into our bags. We were actually smuggling food into the theater .__. 

Decided to wear the nerd frames that I've bought the day before we hang out :B

Ying Xin said I look geekier than evah xD Nerd.. Geek.. All those words are my trademarks. Hah.

And another bad thing is that - I had only informed Khalid to get to QB at about 12:10pm *guilty* All of them went up to the cinema while I waited for Khalid at The Coffee Beans together with Jing Yi (P.S. > The Coffee Beans was our rendezvous that we had secretly made an agreement on the day before) Tee hee... The movie started at 12:20pm but Khalid turned up at 12:50pm, and it was not a bit his fault. Jing Yi (with French fries in her bag that she kept complaining about its overwhelming smell), Khalid and I quickly dash up to the cinema. In the theater, I sat in between Jing Yi and Khalid. Other of my friends sat in the front row. 

My conversation with Khalid as soon as we had settled down.
Me: "Have you eaten your lunch edi?" (munching my Filet O' Fish)
Khalid: "Oh lunch. Yes"
*gestures to Jing Yi to get me my packet of fries*
Me: "Here. Have it."
Khalid: "Oh.. Thanks."

Catching Fire was a good movie, I am telling u guys. Believe me or not, it is! When the movie had ended, we went separate ways with Yee Hang and the others. We embarked on our journey ourselves. We were brave young warriors: Jing Yi, Khalid & me .__. 1st, we went to Forever 21 to get a couple of female (not sure to use girl/lady/woman) accessories for Jing Yi and me. Khalid had to stroll along with us which was a bit awkward considering he's my long-time-haven't-meet-up friend and I should've treated him with a big feast or smtg. Instead of doing that, I dragged him along into Forever 21 and he had to compromise with us so that he won't get beaten up by us xD

After our shopping spree, we just linger around QB aimlessly like fades who doesn't belong to anywhere on the Earth. Then, Khalid said something that blew my mind off (exaggerating).

Khalid: "So.. Have you guys eaten yet?"
Me: "Yeah.. I mean.. no. I mean u told me have eaten right? o_o"
Khalid: "Uh.. Actually, I hadn't. Sorry, I was confused with your question. I thought it was the fries you were asking me."
Me: "Oh dear, I hate u Khalid. You lied to me! .. Ok, let's go and grab some food. You decide where we should eat and we'll go."
Khalid: "Is Dave's Deli okay with u guys?"
Me: "No prob. Let's go."

We got our tummies filled at Dave's Deli. I kept encouraging Jing Yi to talk and mingle with Khalid but she just kept saying that her English is bad.. It doesn't really matters actually. As long as you talk! Nothing is more important than talking for me. Even though my English is not that good, I just talk. LOL. Talking is my daily medicine :P I just kept talking to Khalid and recalling all the good memories of KIZUNA and sharing our lives with each other and more talks about AFS stuffs.

I like boys to be shorter than me when taking photos .__. Weird habit of mine.

I'd like to say this is a selfie more than a SELCA. I don't even know if there's a difference between selfie & selca :3

Then, we went to Popular. I've bought two books there that cost me RM53. The 1st book is Save Haven by Nicholas Sparks. The 2nd book is How to Think Quick Under Pressure (I actually bought this book to polish up my debating skills but later on found out that it was a book about life goal and stuffs like that. LOL) After I made my payment, we went to Brands Outlet and I'm feeling sorry to Khalid again because I had to abandon him for a short while >< 

Girls are never through with selfie :P

We were wearing the same top from Brands Outlet!

 

Collage of my alien junior & me . By: Jia Qi (AKA: Jessica Qi Qi)

This picture is a bit blur but I love it so much :* We awesome people RAWWKKSS! \m/

Later on, we just kept strolling aimless again and just looking out for cool stuffs in the stores. I figured I'd get something for my friends on their birthday so we went to Materials. Materials is the only place where I can find cool stuffs to get for my friends. They've got a lot of DIY stuffs that look very delicate and exquisite but at the same time it doesn't lose its meaning because you can actually DIY to cuztomise your own stuffs ;) In the end, we didn't get anything but we did get a couple of photos. I'll just post the funniest. 

Both of us looking completely DOPE here .__.

After our stop at Materials, we went to Borders. I actually saw a book that I'm very much interested in. It's a book about Tamara Mellon. Owwhh.. I'd LOVE to buy it (if any one of you is courteous enough to buy this book for me I wouldn't have rejected your kindness xD) if I was not feeling guilty to have committed a crime called - overspending .__. So, in the end, I didn't get that bloody book :'(

I felt that Khalid and I should get something together since we've not met with each others for ages. So.. Our next stop was - Memory Lane! :D :D

I seldom go to Memory Lane cuz the merchandise there are just way too expensive >< Anyways, we had decided to try our luck there to see if we could get something.

At last, we got a pair of key chain for ourselves! :D It's written "didn't have your name" on the key chains .__. It's stupid alright. Stupid, yet awesome \m/

Yeah.. That's about it. Till next time chaps! Ta~

Collage of our day . By: Jing Yi (AKA: alien junior)

British Council YA3 Saturday Class RAWKSS!! \m/

I'm experiencing dull days now. Next year, my parents have decided that I have to discontinue my British Council lesson because of my poor exam results and whatsoever. I were crying so bad for days and days and if it's not because between my sadness there's that Genting Chinese Orchestra competition to lift up my spirit, I think I would've been feeling so dang sad for the whole week. Now that the Chinese Orchestra competition had ended, I'm having that kind of feeling again :'/

LAST YEAR

From the beginning, I wasn't that close with my British Council friends. I've been attending classes there for two years and I've only got very close with my friends this year around April. We started off with a not-very-bad-but-so-so note which didn't really bug me at that time. JaNe confronted that she used to hate me so much because she was more of the whatever type of girl while I am more of a "good" girl who follows everything the teacher says. (Me: Of course! I'm new to the environment, what do u suppose I sould do? All of u are veterans for God's sake :P) And Kyle thought that I was a boy when he 1st saw me in the class o__o Well, I certainly do not hope I still look like one now. Last year, I was in S3 and my friends were different from this year's. Last year my friends were Wendy (she's still in the same class with me this year :D), Jane Khor (note that there were two Janes in our class last year), Crystal (I already forgot who she is and how she looks like) and Jia Lin (she's in Sunday's class this year). We were a contrast to JaNe's gang (consists of JaNe, Amphany, Chuok Hwa & .. ) as their gang is always so hyperactive and crazy whereas my gang was more of a followers' gang. Another group was the boys' group: U'Wais, Kyle, Ze Fei & Najib (forgot his real name or should I say I never know his real name xD) Not much of memories last year. All I remember is U'Wais always said I looked cute with fringe when I straightened my hair and changed my hairstyle before departing to Japan. And when I told u guys that the proudest thing that I've ever achieved is getting the KIZUNA scholarship, U'Wais was like: "One of my friends is going to Japan too!" And I was like: "Is your friend Khalid?" And he nodded. And both of us were so high! :P None photo taken.

THIS YEAR

At the start of this year's term, I was still a little bit alienated from them because our class started off as a big class that consisted 15 pupils. This year's classmates from last year's class: U'Wais, JaNe, Kyle, Yan Kit (he's on and off last year so he doesn't really belong to any gang last year) and Wendy. New friends: Ginger, Wai Sheng (shrimp), Jason (he's an acquaintance) and Khai Yee (she stopped for the last term as she will be having to face SPM). So it was a really big class at 1st but later on most of them stopped to concentrate on their SPM. So it's just us who's left in the end. And the best thing about this year is - Kyle returned during the 2nd semester!! :D I was not very close with him last year. But I think we got closer because of AFS. We often share our experience with each other through messages. So you could figure out easily why we're so close naturally. It's a small class, and we just got together as a pack eventually. 

Exclusive photos:

Kyle has returned to British Council! :D :D

Okayy.. I just noticed that U'Wais is always behind me in our group photos.. And Ginger is always beside me! Awesome \m/

With Guille, Kyle's host bro from Spain. Ginger & I were so crazy about him. LENG ZAI! :P

I went to British Council straight away after my JCI masquerade ball .__. Ginger is beside me! U'Wais is behind me as well! He's my angel! :D :D Our height matches perfectly right? :P

All of us look cute in this collage :D :D (credits too Ginger's hairband)

Last week's exclusive photos:

Dear Ginger, pls stay awesome and don't u ever dare to turn into an Onion ._.!

:) Stripes lovers. Hah.. We look good together :P

 

Wide smile. Hearty chuckle. :D :D

Beautiful collage by Ginger :) Look how awesome she is!

What a fabulous group photo :D But Kyle's not in it :/ The guy beside U'Wais is shrimp btw.

 

Ahh.. This is what I call perfection. Actually Kyle's shirt and mine matches too huh.. :P Too bad we didn't get personal photos :/

It's so good and fortunate to know all of you. 

All the whys that brought me to you guys:

1. Why did I 1st decided to sign up for British Council? 

Last time, I was quite boastful of my English level of command because I thought that I was so good (Actually I were just above average and a little bit better from my friends. Not excellent.) So I decided to challenge myself by going to British Council. Plus, I really like the way aboriginals speak with their accent and I had imagined the friends at British Council would be cool kids. And I am not wrong. They are AWESOME and COOL!

2. Why did I passed the placement test and ended up being placed in S3?

I don't know how I did it. I mean, I know myself for sure my standard of English wasn't that high.. But maybe because the essay that I was being asked to write on is "My Holiday" and I just wrote that essay at my another English tuition class the day before I went for the placement test. So I still remembered some really good vocabs (that I considered high level words) like cost you a fortune & blah blah blah..

3. Why did I chose Saturday class instead of Sunday class? 

The reason I chose Sat class at the 1st place was because of Yan Kit. I was quite afraid to blend in into a new environment so I thought that it would be better if Yan Kit was in the same class with me. If Yan Kit was in Sunday class, there's a huge probability that I will go for Sunday class. There wouldn't be so much of heartache now and then huh? :') 

4. Why did I continue British Council this year?

I really love the carefree environment and having a bunch of friends who are so supportive to each other. It is a feeling that I've never felt in my whole life. Even with my school's friends I feel a little bit uncomfortable with some because there are always so many secrets between friends and I just don't like the way they create "friends zone" and whisper to each other and trying to show off their relationship by creating their "secrets" or "fancy words". I mean it's okay if they wanna do so but just STOP BOASTING and babbling in front of those who are not in their "friendzone". Bodoh tongkoi @@ And maybe it's also the way they think and the way I do differs a lot. Most of my school's friends don't talk Ryan Higa or celebrity stuffs with me and I feel like I am an alien among them .__. Really! One of my friends even nicknamed me "Alien" and asked me if I always speak English at home cuz I just couldn't get what she's saying to me for most of the time. With u guys, everything fits in perfectly. I just feel SOOOO me with u guys! :'D

5. Why are we so freakin' close this year?

If it's a big class and Chuok Hwa is still in this class, JaNe would not be sitting on the same table with me because she hated me last year (I am pretty sure she doesn't hate me now cuz she was the one who lent me her shoulder to cry on when I (she) told my friends that I'm discontinuing next year :') And if it wasn't that a lot of new and strange faces popped out in our class this year, we wouldn't have stick to each other that close. I still remembered that JaNe's jokes at the beginning of the year was a bit awkward because all the new faces.. I'm telling you, they're a TOUGH CROWD! Making them laugh wasn't as easy as making me laugh so.. I wasn't enjoying myself so much compared to how much I am enjoying the togetherness of our class now. And for most of the reason, we're close because we're all very awesome in our own ways B) 

So that's about it. All I hope is I still live in your hearts and you wouldn't forget me even though I am not around with you guys anymore! :') Keep in touch through LINE! And let's hang out sometimes! Although Saturday class will never be the same again without me, I think what you guys will do is grief for a short while and move on. That's what everybody does so I can't blame you guys even if you guys have forgotten me one day. 

A friend leaves, there's a vacant, and time fills it.

I know my Saturday will never be the same anymore without you guys. I just wanna tell you guys that I really love you guys and you guys are the best that I've ever had!! :') 

Thanks for the memories YA3!! <3

The magical 11-11-2013

11-11-1997 is a red letter day for me and my family, because it was the day that I was born into my family! *yay!* I am a very lucky girl who has all the people around me showering me with infinite love and cares a lot about me. For this, I am thankful to God. I'm thankful to God that I'm still alive and I am officially 16 yesterday! So... you guys should be able to guess that yesterday was my birthday right? :P

This year, my birthday was a very special and different one. My friends had organised the most surprising birthday party for me. It's not exactly a party cause a party is an event where we can see balloons bouncing here and there and spraying cans scatter all around the floor everywhere, but it's really a very touching little turning-to-sixteen "official ceremony". I was really surprised girls, thanks! I have to thank Mei Ying & Xiao Wei for your cake and flower petals xD Kirrthana, thanks for always putting up with my nonsense attitude for the whole time and thanks for that little party and your lovely present. Xiang, thanks for the pins. Yes they are absolutely definitely unmistakenably very handy. Ying Xin (star), thanks for your post-it and Wei Yan, thanks for your handmade butterfly key chain. Had a blast of time with you throughout this year! And Min Qi, I really appreciate your handmade bracelet! Honestly, I had never expected that someone would crochet a bracelet for me. You're so sweet Min Qi! Thanks a lot! *hugs* Sze Chyi, thanks for your silver star and as you wish, I'll be the blazing one, standing out from the crowd for you! Chee Ching, I really love the bookmark that you gave me. It's so pretty thank you! 

The presents I had received on my birthday! :D

Presents on the 2nd day! :D This picture just won't rotate ><

Also Shen Zao, Leanie, Yee Hang, Sze Chyi, Mei Ying, Xiao Wei and Kirr, I'm glad that you guys are with me when I needed moral support to gather up my bravado and make a brisk decision. Thanks for giving me the courage to decide and be free from the cage of glum. And thanks to my family members too who wished me happy birthday and who sent me funny video clips to wish me happy birthday. Thanks to my parents and grandma, who have always been taking good care of me since the past 16 years and also be more than willing to sacrifice for me :')

To celebrate my birthday and share the joy with you guys, I'm going to share with you 10 facts about me. I'll try to keep them simple and straightforward. I wanna let you guys to know the real me, and not who you think I am. So, brace for it!! The real me might me a lot different than the virtual me in your mind. Here it goes!

10 Facts About ME

1. My real name is Tan Jia Qi

Okay.. This is a bit strange, but I've gotta tell some of my overseas friends / acquaintances that my real name is NOT Jessica. Jessica doesn't exist on my identity card. It's a stupid name I came up with when was in form 2 (14 yrs old) cause all of my cousins have Christian names that start off with the alphabet 'J'. To join in the fun, I used the superficial name 'Jessica Qi Qi' to create my Facebook account. I thought that I could change my Facebook name back to my original one but then, I had changed my names for too many times and serves me right, Facebook rejected my request upon changing my name T.T

2.I love nature
I love nature a lot. I love the feeling when the biting wind blew upon my face and drizzling rain falling on my skin, giving a chill to run down my spines. Walking in the rain and allowing the raindrops to soak my attire makes me feel so alive. I love the breeze of the cold sea and the crisp air in the forest. I really love the greenery and lush of the bewildering plants growing in the wild. It kills me whenever I see the destruction that human race had placed upon our beloved mother nature. It really does. I don't like animals though. I have phobia to cats because I once stepped on the tail of a cat and the cat gave out a loud "MEOW~" and ran aimlessly which gave me an utter shock. So.. NO animals for me. Animals that do not bite is still okay with me but those with fierce eyes and unfriendly whiskers, no thank you.

3. I'm NO miss goody two shoes

A lot of people have been telling me over and over again that I look very quiet and easy-going (and "steam" as well). Easy-going is true, I am easy-going, but quiet is only a camouflage. I'm no quiet girl AT ALL. And being an active or rather a hyperactive girl doesn't make the name "miss goody two shoes" fit for me. I like to play prank on people and do a lot of childish stuffs that sometimes might irritate one who is in a bad mood. I don't talk with a very soft tone although I have a very soft voice that can barely be heard when I am talking with a bunch of very "loud" friends. See? I am no miss goody two shoes.

4. Shopaholic, yes I am 

I'm a shopaholic who will never be tired of shopping and buying nice clothes and accessories. I crave for almost every fashionable dresses and eye-catching jeweleries and my mum nearly got to sell off the house because the temptation for me to shop is too hard to resist (this is not a fact, just exaggerating my passion for shopping) I LOVE jeweleries with star pendant like crazy! :D :D

5. Song maniac

I'm a song maniac who always hums the tune of certain pop music or sings lines from any pop songs in the class. My friend would be like: Can you please stop singing already? You've been singing for the pass one hour! >< I just can't help it, sorry /.\ I like to create songs sometimes but the songs were pretty awful. When I talk about superstars with my friends, I would always be seen whooping about and giving out excited yelps without fail. When no work is occupying me, I will always ask my friend to pick a song for me to sing for them, which I will then receive compliment from some and at the same time dismay from some xD FYI, I love to rap but I'm not a very successful rapper. LOL.

6. Red & blue hair dyes rawwkss!

I love red and blue hair dyes and I have a prophetic feeling that I will dye strips of my hair into red after I graduate from high school. I think that is why I love rockers so much because most of them dye their hair red. Also, people always wonder whether I dyed my hair brown or not. Please people, it's a definite NO! How can I abide the school rules and dye my hair when it's still not holiday yet? And FYI, I hate yellow and brownish hair dyes. Those colours make my healthy and silky hair looks so sick!

7. I dislike wearing skirts

Well, I used to wear skirts when I was in primary school like.. EVERYTIME and EVERYWHERE. I don't know what's wrong with me LOL. All of my friends back then wore shorts/pants and they kept on asking me why did I like to wear skirts. Probably all the influence from Barbie movies that I had been watching during my childhood years (I watch Power Ranger for most of my childhood time btw) So.. I don't know why I liked to wear skirts so much that it had became an obsession. I am being honest right now, to admit that I don't own any shorts/pants until I was 13. I bought my 1st shorts when I was in form 1 and from then onwards, I've never bought any skirts in my life. Skirts are way too uncomfortable, especially for a hyperactive girl like me who can never be glued onto a chair. Right now, I have 5 pairs of shorts/trousers/pants (excluding casual ones that I only wear in the house). Congratulate me! .__.

8. Not really into pink

Seriously, this is another fact about me that has a close relationship to my childhood years. When I was in primary school, I was the pinkish girl. Everything that I had bought must be in pink colour. Something bizarre is that, of all the skirts that I've bought when I was younger, they are all in pink colour (except for one or two) >< If I like a pencil case a lot and it has a myriad of colours to choose from, don't even give a second thought that I would go for other colours but pink. Because of my over-enthusiasm for pink when I was small, pink can never be my favourite colour again because I found out that pink is so not me. I like blue, gray and dark brown now. Light pink is still okay with me though. Any colours that are not too vibrant is fine with me.

9. Sometimes, I can be dull

Didn't I just say that I'm an hyperactive girl? Don't get me wrong, I am! But an hyperactive girl can also be out of battery sometimes. I do speak a lot for most of the time and I am always too noisy that my friends had to call me to SHUT UP. But I can be very quiet at certain times. Under a few circumstances, I am very unusually quiet. 

- Firstly, when I am thinking. When I had a sudden feeling of deja vu or I could've just witnessed an incident that had a huge impact on me, I tend to think a lot. Really a lot. I just keep on thinking and thinking questions like "what if..." or "but why..." or "he/she should..." 

- Secondly, when I am reading novels. Please don't talk to me when I am reading a novel cause it's very distracting. Sometimes, I might shoo the person off unconsciously by waving my hands off to her when she tried to approach me while I am reading a novel. I'm sorry if it's very offending to you guys. Again, I can't help it! >< It's in my nature.

- Thirdly, I'm just very exhausted or my mood is very much affected. Nothing much.

10. Emotional & sentimental

Emotional is my second nature if sentimental is the 1st. I can be quite emotional sometimes especially when somebody does something that pisses me off. One of my close friends even saw me crying while laughing at the same time once and she said it was pretty eerie 0_0 I really hate it when somebody tries to get everything into her control but when everything has gone awry, she starts to blame people and cry because everybody is spewing her with negative comments. I'm not a judgemental person but I really hate people who are very pretentious and giving off all those unneeded false sincerity. When it really got on my nerves, I can just spit everything out no matter to who. I still remember once when I was very angry with Chien Hooi for being over-defensive that I just blah all the hateful stuffs to my English tuition teacher - Pn Cheah while all the other students were gnawing at me like I had turned into a monster. But, I am also very sentimental and I am a cry baby, especially when I am watching Korean dramas. I'm easily touched by little act of kindness and all those little things that people do for me. It's hard for me to forget all the good things that people had done for me because they never fail to touch the depths of my heart. I do remember.

I hope you guys learn a little something about me through this post and just wanna let you guys know, I really love you guys! *kisses*

Ta~

Jessica's back in da HAUZ!

"A big hello to you people who still view my blog after my blog has been dilapidated for so long :P 1st of all, I would like to express my gratitude to you people who has been giving me unconditional love and support the whole time and thanks to all of you who really love my blog, even it's not actually that good. I'd say I'm an amateur in blogging and I'm really trying my very best to express myself through words. Sharing my little world with people out there who are yearning to know me better is my pleasure. I am thankful that I have you guys with me the whole time." :') *feeling touched & grateful*

Enough being said, this week, imma share with you guys some of my recent discoveries on YouTube. YouTube is basically my daily medicine and I could never ever recall anytime that I've had my laptop on without listening to songs on YouTube or without viewing YouTube videos. I got to know from my British Council friends - Jane, Ginger and Kyle that there are some people who are called YouTubers that actually post their videos on YouTubes. Their video logs are mostly about their daily life, facts about themselves or some controversial topics.

List of my favourite YouTubers:

1. Ryan Higa (NigaHiga)

The 1st YouTuber that I came across is - Ryan Higa. Some of my friends were viewing his video at British Council during the break time, and to be honest, I wasn't taking the video seriously at 1st because I really had no idea about who YouTubers were or what these videos were back then. Unable to resist my curiosity, I began to search for Ryan Higa's videos all over in YouTube after I reached home. Surprisingly, his videos are no craps. They are hilarious, inspiring and a good dose of energy booster when you are doing your homework in the middle of the night :D One of his videos that really got me agreeing with him from head to toe was the one he did on MAPOTI - Most Annoying People On The Internet. It is really an awesome video and what he said in that video was so freaking true. This guy is a laughing stock himself sometimes. It's just so entertaining and funny to see him disagreeing with himself in his videos. I also love his Skitzo videos and among all of the fictional characters in Skitzo, my favourite is Regina. You guys should go check his Skitzo videos out! Don't forget to subscribe as well! :D 

2. Cornor Franta

He is my 2nd favourite YouTuber - Cornor Franta. He has a pair of green eyes which he had mentioned in one of his videos :D  He's a guy who is very random and all his YouTube videos were mostly very useful tips and he grasps teenagers' angst very well. It's like he can read my mind and do a video evolving around topics that a majority of teenagers would be interested in, such as - how to know if a guy likes you, things that he doesn't understand about girls. His appearance has changed slightly from the past few years until now but that little changes are more than enough to enhance his natural charm. He's just so random and I really love his randomness. The 1st time when I saw his video, I swore that imma write a letter to him someday. He's really a fun guy and a guy who is not afraid to show us what's beneath his skin :D He posts new videos on YouTube on every Monday so make sure you'd view his video and subscribe to him!

3. JC Caylen (Justin Caylen)

This dude is SWAG. He's one of Corner's friends and I think they got to know each other through YouTube. He looks so sunny and he's so funny. DANG!! Although he's not extremely good looking, but his videos are very funny and one of his funniest video was the one that he played prank call on people by asking them out for a date. But all of his prank calls were epic fails because his voice actually slowly slipped back to his normal voice and eventually they knew it was him. It was pretty funny though. His parents had divorced when he was still a little innocent and dewy-eyed boy but that doesn't affect his psychological balance at all as now I see in his videos is a presentable boy making funny YouTube videos and trying to bring positive influence into people's life from all around the world. He has a very sexy voice that I find it very mesmerising *_* (I'm under his spell) To understand him better, you can view his "Draw My Life" video and you might find him an interesting guy as well, just like the way I do ;)

Additional info: Btw, Cornor and Justin and a couple more of their YouTube friends like Ricky Dillon have a collaborated channel on YouTube called - "our2ndlife". All of them usually take turns to post their videos on that channel so make sure you go and check this sub channel out as well. 

Some of the other really cool and awesome YouTuber channels that you should also subscribe to:

Ricky Dillon

wahbanana

dmingthing

So that's about it! Do tell me how you feel about their videos and which is the best to you after you've watched their videos. I am really curious about what you guys think. And also please don't forget to share with me other YouTubers that I have not discovered on YouTube yet. I'd like to watch their videos too! 

Happy Deepavali and have a great weekend!
Ta~ :)

A poor, tired soul

I feel like I am living in a shell, a world of hollow and grief. The exams are like tonnes of stones that are building a mountain on my back, crushing my bones into ashes and feeding on my energy like parasites feeding on their hosts. To be honest, I have prepared in advanced and put in a little more effort than I did in my previous exams. The sad case is, I have laze in the my genes - in the backbones, in the blood pumping from my heart to the whole body, in every particles that made up my whole body. It's inevitable, which leads to a cluster of very serious consequences. I hate exams but I wanted to get a scholarship and get some good education in America or UK. So, I still need to study to get good grades in my SPM, then only I have a mere hope of getting the scholarship. I've always wanted to further my studies to America or UK because I love their culture and I love to blend into new environment and get in touch with different kind of people from all around the world. Conclusion: THE ONLY WAY OUT IS IN.

It has been a few very busy and tight-scheduled weeks for me. I don't really schedule my time because I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT. I just get so disorganised and so untidy all the time which, again, leads to what I'm facing right now - exams failure and exams phobia. My grades are not hiking up and it's getting worse and worse. Exams phobia is mainly caused by my poorly "undernourished" grades that would probably be a child who is suffering from kwashiorkor if made a comparison to a human. While others are having "fat and mouth-watering pork ribs" grades (AKA: excellent grades), I'm oblivious to the fact that - it's time for a change.

Let's just hope that I'll turn over a new leaf.. which I will probably not.

Till next time chaps. Ta! :D

Photography workshop at The One Academy

After the last school bell for the morning session rang, I hurried back to my granny's house and changed into my AFS shirt and rushed back to the school as quickly as I could because I was afraid that I might miss the bus. Yes, I had signed up to attend the photography workshop organised by The One Academy College and I was so fortunately to attend this photography workshop conducted by Joel (one of the conductors at the college) for free! *claps*

If you know me very well, you will definitely know that I am a photo maniac :P I love to capture little things and little gestures of people during events and I love candid shots a lot. Candid shots are one of the most beautiful photos to be taken yet because every gesture, every smile, every happiness that slips off that pair of eyes are from the depths of your heart. Sadly, this is a cruel world. I am a half-professional in photography but my friends often call me a pervert just because I love to take candid shots. Oh well, I guess I could be counted as a half-pervert. Pervert? No :P

Anyways, I still love to take photos at places where no one will ever notice me and magically freeze every single happy moment of my life and people that I appreciate in my life by using my camera. So, I had made up my mind to participate in this photography workshop because it was a golden opportunity to me as I have no photography foundation at all .__. 

Poor Zong Yao's head was being cut off half xD

As soon as we reached The One Academy College, we were all amazed by its landscape. The bushes was neatly trimmed and kept and there were two models of the cars in the Pixar animation movie - "The Cars". The person in charge of this event welcomed us warmly at the entrance before we entered the college. The interior design of the college was really comfy and warm. It was more of a little cottage than a huge building meant for a college. Even the design of its bathroom was very spectacular. 

The One Academy staffs were very hospitable. We were given free lunch to fill our tummies just in case we had not taken our lunch.

Settling ourselves down in the room

After the lunch, we went into a small auditorium room where brief speeches were given by the facilitator. The 1st facilitator during the 1st session was a woman who looked like she was in her late 20s. The facilitator introduced the courses available at The One Academy to us and showed us a lot of short videos produced using digital animation by their graduates. I sat on the front row so it was very chilly due to direct expose to the air conditioner. The facilitator taught us a little about the digital animation production flow including boarding of the plot and story. My teeth were chattering and I had to go for a few round of toilets by the end of the session then. 

The facilitator gave us a five minutes break, then continued the 2nd session shortly after the break. The facilitator who conducted the 2nd session for the photography workshop was Joel. The 1st question that he had asked all of us was a basic one, but it was also the hardest to answer - "What does photography mean to you?" Well, the 1st thing that would automatically come off the top of our head would be this equation:

Photography = Taking photos

Of course this answer was not wrong, but to be more precise and scientific, the right definition of photography would be: 

The process of producing a still picture by recording light radiation.

The 1st thing Joel told us about photography was: "Photography is a very expensive hobby. If you don't have enough money to spend, don't involve in photography." Well, that was quite true. Despite of the price of the camera itself, the equipments and lens for the DSLR camera would already cost you a fortune.

The mini auditorium room

The word "photography" originated from Greek words.

Photos- : light
-graphos : drawing

There are basically three types of cameras being sold in the market now.

1. Compact digital camera

2. Hybrid camera (compact+DSLR)

3. DSLR (in full: Digital single-Lens Reflex)

Some specific terms in photography:

•  ISO - the light sensitivity of the image sensor
• Aperture - the opening of the iris in the lens
• Shutter speed - the valve that controls how long the light flows through the lens onto the image sensor

After the 2nd session ended, Joel took us to the studio where we got to see all the equipments used in studios. We also actually had the chance to take photos with the back lighting shone on us and used the big sheet of gray paper as the background during the practical photography session.

The playful side of Miss Lam, our disciplinary teacher xD

"Star-crossed lovers" xD Ying Xin, you light bulb!

We spent the rest of the time in the studio and had a blast of time there. Around 5.30pm, the photography workshop ended and all of us took the bus home with a lot of new knowledge gained. I felt really happy because I fostered closer bonds with some of my acquaintances and Chee Wan had also captured a lot of photos of me on the bus when we were heading back home.

Today was a precious lesson indeed.

I love photography even more now, more than I had ever did before. 

Long live, photography!

Ta~

The summary of my 3rd 2013 semester school break

School break doesn't mean anything special to me as my daily life goes on as usual *pouty face* But semester break is still what everybody is anticipating. It's really hard for us student to not to think of holidays because during the holidays are when we can finally stray away from the claustrophobic classroom and homework! But the holiday's going to end soon, which indicates that I'm going to face the cruel stressful reality soon. During this school holiday, apart from the Chinese Orchestra practice and additional class for add maths, I got to spend my own quality time doing things that I like such as what I am doing right now - blogging :D
Incidentally, I got really interested in doing what I have done in this school holiday too! Like really obsessed.

P.S.: Although I'm the "hangat-hangat tahi ayam" (English: I like something and dislike the particular thing really fast. Correct definition I hope :P ) type, but when I really really really get obsessed with something or someone, I will dedicate my whole heart to them.

Dubious, isn't it? Well, I'm here to certify that it's true!! .__.

MY CURRENT OBSESSIONS LIST:

1. Playing guitar

Ugghh.. My funny hair and Wei Chung's guitar

Guitar rawwkkss \m/ I am very very terribly in love with guitars right now. I just love to play country songs with guitars and sing to the accompaniment of the guitar. I'm currently trying very hard to practice playing guitar to perform at the up-coming JCI installation. MUAHAHAHA.. I must be insane right? Why would any newbie in playing guitar wants to perform playing guitar + singing only after a week of practice? The answer is : no one. So we can only draw one conclusion, which is : I am insane! But I think with the help of Wei Chung, Google and Youtube, everything should be just fine.

2. Dancing

So all of my avid blog followers/readers must be acknowledged that I've just attended a flash mob practice session a week ago, right? Now, I'm going to update you guys about a private dancing practice session conducted by our JCI installation organising chairperson - Chien Hooi (more comfortably called TCH). 

6.8.2013

Rushed to TCH's house right after KY's party. Was soaked wet because Kirr splashed water on me :/

Captured during the dancing session. TCH was our 'mentor' who was a still a toddler in dancing herself. Behind me was Chong Hui Xin (Ah Chong). She.. 'photobombed' xD

PWEEWIT! Behold, our one and only TCH :D :D

7.8.2013
En Yee finally appeared at TCH's house and she was flattened out by the moves of the dance. Whoosh.. Hopefully we can successfully memorise the steps of the dance in time.

3. LINE chatting with British Council friends

Ginger created a LINE chatting group and all the British Council classmates were added into the group. At 1st we planned to hang out during this school break, but unfortunately everybody was pretty busy with their own stuffs, so the hang out was canceled. But we are definitely going to hang out during the year end school holiday. WOHOO! By the way, I really felt so happy for Kyle. He applied for the Brats and he actually got to attend the workshop held specially for the Brats members on this week for four days!! They actually got to walk around on the streets and interview people!! (I am mad at you Kyle for not informing me earlier!! -.-) I missed this year's but I'll surely apply for the Brats next year!! ><

This Saturday is my red letter day - JCI Installation 2013! Although I'm not like a really important person in the organising committee, but I'm really looking forward to get to know some new people out there. And people, it's a masquerade! I bet it's going to be something exciting for us teenagers! Just can't wait to see how good everybody would be looking on this Saturday! 
Meanwhile, enjoy the time left of your semester break pals! :D :D

Till then, ta~