Barbecue on the Twelfth Night

Twelfth night was awesome! It was very well done. Kudos to the cast, they were amazing. Of course, the same goes to William Shakespeare for writing it. 'Olivia' was amusing, with her crazy-rich-kid like character. Toby and his friends were a fun bunch. The jester/priest/guitarist was kind of everywhere, one of those people who just pops in and glues everything together. Malvolio was awesome too, with his yellow stockings. Antonio(Dinesh!) was fun to watch, and he got the best line; 'How have you made division of yourself?'. All in all, a good play, in my opinion.

After that, I went to the LEYP barbecue in church. They started cooking a little too late but the food was good. The chicken tasted like satay (which is awesome 'cause I love satay). I think we did well. There were somethings we could have done differently but still, I think everyone had fun. Charades was great (my group won!), and the other game, the one I organised, was fun too(I'm not being biased). Everyone involved deserves a pat in the back for the good job. :)

Historical Day Out:)

Yesterday was a blast! Pn.Janaky invited Adeline, Kavi and Me to tag along on their English Society trip. We did, with pleasure! Museum Negara was up first. I have to say, it's not at big as I had pictured it but it sure was fun. We went into the first Gallery which was dedicated to the pre-historic ages. 

Skull!

We also saw 'Perak Man'. We learned about him in History. He was found somewhere in a cave somewhere in Perak. Of course, all that's left of him is bones but still, to see him (no matter how bony) was just surreal. After pre-history, we moved on to not so ancient history. Tanah Melayu before Independence. We saw Portuguese military uniforms, British weapons and even a Nippon-Go Dictionary from the Japanese invasion.

A bicycle used by the Japanese to invade us.

Cannon balls!



Nippon-Go dictionary

We also saw some old things (I have a thing for old stuff!)

The 'ayam jantan' money. People used to use rings and animals made out of tin as currency.



Old fashioned Smith Corona Type writer



.Radio.

Awesomely ancient kerosene lamp

even older-fashioned type writer

After that, we went to the snake exhibition. It was fantastic. There was a women in a glass room, and there were snake everywhere. There was a TV and computer for her to use if she got bored. We also saw a huge anaconda-like snake. Itwas even bigger than Kavi. There were Burmese Pythons and Boa Constrictors everywhere. After the snake exhibition, we stopped by the pet shop to look around.

Grey Male Persian Cat

Adorable!

 

Reminds me of Puss-In-Boots:)


We saw spiders feasting on a fly (never thought I'd see that!), a raccoon hanging upside down from his cage, kangaroos eating and apple, and even some really green frogs! (I love Frogs!)

After that, we headed towards the bus to go to the Bird Park. On the way to the bus, we met this really nice man who was working with wire to make some really beautiful art. He made me a keychain of my name. He did it so fast. THANKS UNCLE! 

Super-Fast creating


  

Smile Uncle!

 Now on to the KL Bird park!



Welcome:)

Blue Love Bird (I think)



The Great hhornbil (Kinda Scary)



Ducky!



Ostrich. Did you know that it was the males that actually build the nests and incubate the eggs??



A barn owl. Like the one in Hogwarts!

 

Small Parrots drinking milk from a cup in Adeline's hand



This parrot landed on her and stayed there right up till we left the parrot Encounter place.

 All in all, 'twas a great day.

~!HAPPY MALAYSIA DAY ALL YOU MALAYSIANS!~

Watcha Lookin' At?

Two down, one to go! Yay! I've finished my MUET and PA essays. Only one more BM essay to go before I'm home free to be bored all day long. I guess just sitting here while Ma was working really got me into it. To pass the time, I did my homework. I should do this more often. Ha ha:)

Anyway, now that MUET and PA are completed, I can focus on BM(which I have no idea how to do at all!) and Literature(which I've not started on yet). Literature will be fun so I want to finish BM first. Get the 'gray' out of the way, and then on to the more colourful ones (I mean 'colourful' as in fun for me to read, not 'colouful' as in the poems are lively. The one's I'm supposed to be reading are about 'Death'. Nothing colourful about that!) Anyway, I'm leaving BM for tomorrow and Lit for Thursday.

While I was finishing up my PA essay (Ma went out to the Hospital for a meeting), I heard a tapping sound coming from the sliding door so I went to investigate. Slowly but surely, I crept to the sliding doors and my stomach did a back flip. there was a huge Monitor lizard knocking on the doors (trying to say 'Hi' maybe?). I just stared at it for a while and then grabbed my phone to take some pictures! The thing is, I did not bring my USB cable nor did I bring my memory card reader. Thankfully, I found a memory card reader on Kak Zaleha's desk. So here he(or she) is:

I don't know what species exactly

Long.. Really long!

Whatca lookin' at??

Long claws too

It had yellow spots on its scales near the claws. Quite cool actually. Anyway, while I was uploading the pictures, it ran away. It's probably still out there in the garden!

Who Live's in A Pineapple Under The Sea??

SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS!

I found something to get my blood pumping and all excited about making a cake! Jez just got her driver's license and she's a little stressed about SPM (trials and all) so I decied to bake her a cake. A spongebob cake for the spongebob freak!

I made an Almond Butter cake and used a creamy butter icing (as per the recipes given in the class I went for).

Work In Progress~~

I spent a little more time on it than anyone else would but that's because it's my first cake and I wanted to get it right. I found a picture of the 'Yellow Fellow' online and I used it as a template.

FINISHED!

I'm so proud of myself! I managed to make this cake all by myself and wasn't a huge disaster! At this time, I would like to thank Aunty Clara for teaching the ways of baking and decorating a cake:) THANK YOU!

Back To Basics

We now have our very own bread maker! The bread tasted good (normal actually but somehow much better because it was homemade...in a manner of speaking) I had so much fun. I kept checking the machine every 10 minutes and counting down the time to my first bite. We made normal white bread as a start. Once we manage to get that right, we'll move on to ma's walnut bread. After that it's sun-dried tomato bread. I'm so excited! Unfortunately, I still haven't started on my homework yet. How terrible of me! No worries, I'll make sure I get started tomorrow. No more delays. I really don't want to slog it out at the last minute. I need to get it done comfortably. I shall and I will!

Now I'd like to talk about the 'p.s' I wrote on my last post.
*Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc - After this, therefore because of this (I got it from "West Wing" the TV series). I realised that this applies to almost every situation in life. Not every situation, but almost. When we do something, there are of course consequences and those consequences happen because of what we did. Hence, Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc:)

*Hebrews 11:1 - Now Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. I think we've all forgotten what Faith really is at some point in our lives. We forget, sometimes, that is the simplest things that have the most power. Faith is simple but it's not easy. We need to trust and believe before we can have faith and those two things aren't easy either. However, it's the wonder of the human race that we can still have Faith even in our darkest times. It will go missing at times but we'll never lose it completely.

*I have no comment on this because I believe it's true:) Haha!

Alrighty, I have no idea what else to say so that's all for now. Aloha!

Love, Sanity & Faith (or Lack of It)

So, on Saturday, we re-arranged the furniture in the hall. The junk is all out and things were moved here and there. The hall now looks much bigger and much less cluttered. I like it! We were thinking of re-painting the hall. I suggested different colours for each wall but that suggestion seems to have led to a discussion on my sanity:) Today, I waged war on my room! I was fighting from the crack of dawn (10am to be exact) till way after lunch time. This first battle ended with almost 75% of my room re-organised and cleaned. All that's left is the junk under my bed which I feel requires a whole day to itself. This battle may be won the war is still on. I have two weeks (13 days to be exact) to raise my flag in victory.

The rest of the day I spent catching up with Nadiah. We haven't seen each other in a while but when we met it was like we were never apart (I sound so romantic... haha!). Anyway, we had fun telling each other tales about our new school (UiTM Penang for Nad & LaSalle PJ for me) and our favourite subjects (Cooking for her & BM for me). She's really enjoying herself and I'm glad. I really missed having her around and I know that all too soon I'm going to have to say goodbye again but I'm not going to think about it just yet:)

Moving on, I'm pretty sure that my sense of timing and bad memory when paired together will hurt me one day. I accepted Nad's offer to break fast with her tomorrow but I forgot that the Tuesday that I planned to go out for dinner with my family is actually this Tuesday (tomorrow) which means I'm going to have to cancel with Nad. I feel terrible because this is the second time I've had to cancel with her and both times were my own fault. Of course, she understands but I just feel bad for doing it. I'll make it up to her:)

A few of things I just felt like posting:
*Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc After this, therefore because of this
*Hebrews 11:1 Now Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
*I said to ma today, "I lost my sanity when I cut my hair" and she replied, "You need to have something to be able to lose it". My dear mother:)

14 Hour Day

Before I really start, I'd like to mention that today has been a really, really long day. We (ma and I) left the house at 6am and only reached home a little after 8pm.

T.G.I the last day of school!!!!!!! Two weeks off and even though I have homework (3 1/2 essays & 1 objective paper to be exact), I'm stoked! I've got it all planned out and this time, I have a feeling that things will go according to plan. Obviously, I'm going to stay up late today, just to mark the beginning of the holidays :)

Apart from being the last day of school before Raya, today I went to my first ever CSS meeting and English Lit class. I'll start of with CSS. They're a bunch of hyper catholic boys, in love with their religion and so completely stunned that there is a girl in their group. I'm not too sure but I think it's been a while since they've had a girl in CSS. Anyway, being the only girl, my dear mother's predictions came true when they unanimously decided to make me their new Secretary. I'm honoured of course and I'm happy with the way they welcomed me. They were of course shy, as was I, but I can see us all getting along quite well. I'm very excited for all the planning of activities to start. Many of them go to the same church and it's nice to have a little piece of it here in school too. It's like a connection between home life and school which I've never really had. They're good boys and I'm looking forward to the coming year.

On to Literature, of the English nature that is. We had our first official class today in one of the CERiA cabins. I have to say, out of all the classes I've ever attended in my entire life, this was the most exciting (BM ties with it for 1st place, though). We read through and analysed 3 poems by Hardy (just to begin with). It is still an intimidating subject to me but I feel that with the help of our teacher, we'll be able to make it through fairly well. The poems we covered today were the simpler ones and from what I gathered throughout the class, the teacher thinks we'll be able to understand the meanings quite easily. I'm having a great time. So far, the only glitch is in finding a proper venue to meet up. CERiA was fine when the classes were supposed to be on Saturdays but now that it's on a weekday, we'll need to source out another option. The last resort will of course be the teacher's office but I think somewhere else (maybe a park or a quite cafe) would be better and less imposing. She's already spending her time on us so let's try not to take her space as well. She really fun to study with and she's so obviously passionate about Literature that learning isn't so much learning as it is an experience with her.

Once Monday comes, I'm getting into my school mode to make sure I finish my homework as soon as possible. I know I've said that before and it didn't happen but this time, I'm all charged up and in the mood, which I'm sure will last through out the holidays. Right now, I'm in a mode where I can see myself doing all the things I want to do, experiencing and living the life I want to live. I can see those images so clearly in my head that I just know I'll be able to get there. That's why I know I'll be able to finish my homework fast and spend the holidays like I've always wanted too. ::) It's a powerful feeling. A 'sometimes-you-just-know' moment. This is it. I know it is!

LET THE HOLIDAYS BEGIN!!!!

Continuation of My Rambling on The M'sian Censorchip Board

There is another word and comment I'd like to add.

The word 'bust' from the song Bust A Move in Glee. Being a Gleek, I'd like to state that the censoring of this word really ruins the flow of the whole song. How can you completely enjoy Mr.Schuester's version of Young MC's Bust A Move complete with a dance number when the word 'bust' is completely left out? But then again, the word 'sex' was not cut from the song. Hmm, the logic seems to be missing here.

I'll keep updating everytime I hear another unworthy word censored. It's just so aggravating.