Handsomes and pretties

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KAPOWW!

These are long overdue pictures from Talentime. A whole heap of goofing around, looking good, groupies and an inch of Superman. Click here for full album.

I’m so happy exams are finally over! I’ve just been through one of the best starts to a holiday, ever. More to come!

Rude Awakening.

*This post was written last Thursday.* Hi there. I am four-fifths on my way to completing my second Evaluation Exams. What is left is my Career and Enterprise paper on Friday. A few months and two more major examinations: Mock Exams and WACE Exams separate me from graduating with a Pre-University certificate. And at times like these, I stop to wonder and contemplate upon things. I enrolled myself into a reputable private college because I wanted the exposure, something I wasn’t privileged or rather, overly privileged to experience throughout my entire schooling life. Things are different around here. I don’t skip classes as much and I don’t feel that powerful anymore. Simply put, I am slowly being absorbed into the education system. Instead of previously being able to skip school days to do the things I truly enjoy, or maybe even being able to have a say

at how things works around here, I can’t. Instead, I follow what is set upon me, and as an effect, creation and creativity are at my lowest levels. Heck, even in the sense of being who I am. Studying in such a big college, individuality and straying away from the standard deviation are big no-nos. What is expected of me is to study my butt off, pass up my assignments on time and score well in my exams. The major problem with this system is, scoring well only implies that you are a capable test-taker. You know the nooks and crannies of a test and are able to take advantage of that. To the people who skip classes to do what they truly love, I salute you. To the people who doodle on their notebooks because they enjoy art, I salute you. To those that grab on every opportunity to perform, I salute you. As for me, everything I once had passion for, has been slowly disappearing into thin air.

My lenses are chucked somewhere. My blog is almost dying. I don’t create crazy and adventurous to-do lists anymore. My orange wall is only filled with education-related materials: my academic calendar, my exams timetable and a list of chapters I need to study. Horror. And as I am two and a half months away from graduation, this also means that time is running out and I once again, have to choose my path in life. For those of you who don’t know, I used A-Levels and AUSMAT to stall time from having to figure out what the heck I want to do with my life. I have no clue what I want to do with my life. I barely have any interests left because I saw every subject as something I had to score, and I excelled at every one of them just for the purpose of excelling, not truly learning. And, now I’m scared.

This is a rude awakening.

Do I regret? Absolutely not.

Because what doesn’t kill me will only make me stronger.

Cheerios

Hi world without strangers. One fine night, I was really hungry. I called out to my mom, “MA! I’m hungry! Is there anything to eat?” She shoved rojak down my throat. Half an hour later, I once again requested for more food. She didn’t have anything in store for me. I was so sad. My heart crushed into a million pieces. And that was when I invented cereals and milk in a cup.

We humans only think out of the box when we are desperate, don’t we? So yes, about the meal. Having breakfast for supper was pretty entertaining. In actual fact, it was past 12, so it could technically be considered breakfast, but you get the drift. And cereals and milk in a cup instead of a bowl? Pure bliss. It’s like, you don’t have to use a spoon, you just drink, crush the cereals and swallow at the same time.

That’s just another supper adventure in the life of yours truly. Main reason of this post: My Economics paper was postponed to 9.30a.m. on a bright Saturday morning because of my Malaysian Studies paper. Enough said. I hope you are able to experience how agitated I am. BYE, I have to study Econs, again.

AUSMAT Talentime

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Hi occupants of interplanetary craft.  This is 4th August news.  AUSMAT Talentime.  Most of the performances were of people singing, but I wish to think ‘Ausmates’ have far more talents. The winner was a group doing a sketch portraying a war in outer space (I presume) with angels and devils against each other. Someone said it was a typical Malay sketch, then I

realised, I don’t know what a typical Malay sketch is. Forgive my lack of exposure and knowledge in the Malay culture, but I thought it was more of a typical Easter play, something you’d see in a church instead. Oh well, but props to them for their interesting make up. According to sources, I’m guessing they won 300 worth of moolah. I like the fact that all our classes were shortened so make time for the event, but more importantly, I

did not make the same mistake of walking into a class 5 minutes before it ended just because all the classes were shortened and I am a forgetful kid. And more yays for being able to cheer for friends on stage. The judges comprised of our very own in-house lecturers. It was such a pity we didn’t get to have a glimpse of why they were good enough to become our judges, when taunted by the emcees. I guess that is all. Time to sleep. Yawn.

Road to Talentime

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Greetings, my loved ones. I had the honour of being a band manager (that wasn’t always there for the band) last week, and for that, I’d like to thank Rosh, Alvena, Charis and Jared. But heck, I got behind the scenes into what goes down for a 5 minutes performance. I stayed around for two days and got to see how much that needs to be done. They’ve practically practiced like everywhere: the store room at SSD, Audi 4, Power Studio, foyer, Alvena’s car and a random corridor. Maybe more than that, but from the viewpoint of an irresponsible manager, I’m wowed.

Time spent together was well worth it. This is the sorta thing I absolutely love. The sorta thing that I know I will, without a doubt cherish when college ends. I’ll probably even tell my kids about this someday. Also, I got some ultra VIP backstage pass to catch Natasha, Jason and Hui Zen practice for their performance too. I must have pulled off an extremely innocent face; looking trustworthy enough for them to let me in even though I’m sort of am already affiliated with their competitor. Up until that day, I never knew it was possible for people to just come

up with a new variation of a song, on the spot. They even allowed me to share my input on the quality of their performance, fuh, I must have been looking very producer-ish that day. On a side note, my second evaluation exams start next Friday and I’m quite sick of exams. But this upcoming one weighs a ton more than all the previous tasks I’ve done so, bleh, got to start my engines revved up, again. BTW, differentiation is haunting. Bye. Integration next.

Got a jetpack with my name on it.

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Hi folks. Updates. I dyed my hair brown. You can’t really see it in the pictures of me, but then again, you can’t really see it in real life anyway. I’m just your average Chinese kid on the block with extremely black hair. I should bleach my hair someday. Roy wanted to have a look at my college in pictures because he claims he doesn’t know how my classrooms look like. So here you

go. First few taken ones in Auditorium 4. Ones in the end are taken in a classroom. Me and Hui Wen, we do it old school. Same amount of craziness, just a change in location. If you were wondering who got to the other end of the auditorium by running on the tables first, I won. =) It was Jason’s 18th birthday. A Secret Recipe cake and an ambush while he was preoccupied. Feels like high school all over again.

I am currently suffering from extreme levels of busyness and freeness. One day I laze around like Bruno Mars, the next day, I’m up and running double time. I’ve completed almost all internal assignments for my course. 3 more exams and I’m done with living life in the extremely fast lane. Feels like I’ve just started college yesterday, but here I am. Hugs and kisses, Sue.

Natasha Yap - If I Die Young

Hi there. This is Natasha Yap. Please give your ears a good time by listening to her cover of the Band Perry’s If I Die Young.

If you love her voice, or her guitar playing skills, or if you love me instead, show some support by spreading this video to your grandmother, your pet goldfish and your annoying brother named Tommy (from Rugrats). Perhaps you can post, share or tweet the awesomeness you’ve just seen. Here’s the link http://youtu.be/J-JifJb0RX0. We are eternally grateful.

Hang on fellas, this is just the beginning of more to come. We have big dreams, so continue sitting on the edge of your chair.

Last Thursday night.

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The last few days of my holidays were spent considerably entertaining. Roy and Nikole came over to my side of the town to have Korean barbeque at Kuchai Entrepreneur’s Park. It was pretty pricey, but at least our stomachs were bloated and we got to eat food in which we had no idea what it was. A few hours of Adobe After Effects for his college event and we called it a Thursday night out.

Saturday was an eventful day. I stopped by my high school for a wedding reception of a teacher, got to meet and mingle with tons of friends, catch up on the latest happenings in school and just chill by the nicely decorated canteen. Then it was off to Roy’s church’s soft opening service – City Harvest Church KL. The place looks spanking dope. The mega ultra huge LCD screen blew me away.

Dinner at Solaris Dutamas with the bunch of good ol’ friends – Roy, Nikole, Pauline and Abel. That place is freaky though, they had a weird performance on stage and Roy called it an evil prayer meeting. Remember to click on Previous and Next for more pictures!