Do You Remember?

No seriously, do you remember? Remember what? Remember yourself. This great granpa of ours, Shaun, just sparked this post for me. [Refer to Taggie] This time, I feel....sentimental. So, I've decided to go with what Shaun just reminded me of. Time. My past. What I was and what I am now. It's all great memories. With some unpleasant ones. So, ladies and gentlemen, please bear with another monologue of mine. =D

"Everytime when I think back to my past. I get a mix of feelings. Like a fruit and vegetable punch. Unique. I tend to compare my present with my past. And by doing that, I see myself. What I've changed into. For the better? Maybe. For the worse? Could be. But from my point of view, I've grown both ways. But I guess it just balances out the thing. Can't be an angel, can't be a devil. I'll be me.

Hahah, when Shaun said how he remembers taking me in as Asst. Secretary for I.U. I kinda remember it too. Except in my point of view. I was totally noob. That's what. Secretary work? What the hell is that? I didn't even know there was supposed to be minutes. That changed in a matter of a month or two? Yeah...Then before i knew it, I was Asst. Secretary for the board itself. Phew, how things change 180 in a short time. Getting a great senior was indeed one of my hopes. It came true of course ; ) Well, sometimes things are just that happy-go-lucky.

Now thinking back again. On this chair, writing in this blog itself. This wasn't my past. What I do now totally contrasts to what I did. It's for the better. Well, I've learnt alot in this period of time. I'm grateful. But whatever happens, I still long for the past. The times I had with the ones I love, the carefree moments where nothing else but fun matters. The times where I met my first crush, my first phonecall, my first everything. They're precious precious memories. All I can do now is live up to those memories. Be what I swore to be.

I'mma gonna write a poem for this logue coz I just can't find words for it. Well, here goes.

Pretty pictures on the wall,

Reminds me of what I used to be,

Every rise and every fall,

Including that sting from the bumble bee.

I've laughed and cried,

I've seen the tide,

Of love and pride,

Of how pain just doesn't subside.

Then there's her,

The one I love,

The one I pamper,

The one I'll remember.

These are just memories however,

But memories I'll have wherever,

Till whenever.

Forever.

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hahah, amateurish poetry. Well, it's all i've got to say for now.
But before I go, I want to thank two very special persons, in memory of my memories.

Anne-Marie Choong and Shaun Liew.

You two will always be in my memories. For you have given me countless great ones. You two are like my parents in the Interact world. No one else can ever replace ya'll. May you be blessed now and always. Take Care, love ya.

Joe>>>>>Out.

Let's Look Back And Reminisce.

Hi. I'm feeling dead today. Boring Day. So I thought maybe, I should blog about what? And I've decided, love, Love has been in my life these few days, but not my love. Other people's. Their stories made me jealous and touched. Some even sparked my compassionate side. Some stories were happy and some were sad. It makes me remember my days of romance. Which I had none. I just happened to have a really long crush. 5 years. Sigh. I fall into deep vortex whenever I think of that. It makes me blue. Blue-er than the sky itself. Or the vast oceans. I'll just write a monologue of my thoughts, if you don't mind me talking to thin air. =)

"Why does love exist? Why must we love the other sex? Why is there even a spark in between us? Chemistry, fate, passion, sometimes they just don't fit. Sometimes love may just be a far cry from what we think it to be. It might be beautiful to the many lucky ones, for they are occupied by the bubble they created with the one they love. But it may not be so with the many others who just doesn't have a mate. Some are trying, trying hard to impress the one person they love. But sometimes, not all cries get replies. So, they're just frantically dancing for a queen they adore. But the queen will never fall for a mere entertainer. It is the way of life.

Or is it? Perhaps. It boggles me how the female mind works. It's like a contraption not meant to be understood. You might try to predict what it says, but it's bearly right. I've never been. Sometimes, maybe, it's just not meant to be. I've had an unchanging way of love for 5 years. But my target did not become mine, she have, however, been with many others. Just not me. It's just saddening how love is unrequitted. I've been waiting for 5 seemingly impossible years, but nothing ever came. And when it was time to scrape her out of my mine, it was almost impossible. It was like erasing ink from a paper. It'll just tear the paper. It tore me. Will I ever be the one I ought to be? Never. I'll never be the one I was anymore. I was different. Never the same.

Then there's the question. Why do we even love when the consequences are harder than stone? It's not answerable. It's just that way. No man can change it. Love is natural. Love is hate. Love is forever. It will not vanish from this earth. No it won't. It'll stay. And so we'll walk through the dusty plain of bittersweetness of love in search of the utopia which stands within the plain. Many fail to, but many have succeeded. Is there hope? Maybe? It's not my decision to make anyway. It is the girl's. There has been many girls in my life. Many I've put my love on. Close to none responded. It's disheartening to learn that you're not natural to this. To know that your heart is not what they want. There's nothing more to do but to move on. Until someone comes along.

So, where is that fabled one-half of you in the world? Ah, they may just be in the world or beside you. You have just got to feel it for yourself. I've felt a thousand of it. They've always played in my mind. But there will always be ultimately one. Not two, or three. But a special one you'll cherish so much. The one you'll walk to the end of the world for. The one you'll sacrifice your time for. The one you'll spill your blood for. The one you'll change for. The one that the world cannot separate you from. The one that you love. Have I found her? Have I gave her up? Have I even started loving her? This cannot be foretold but when the time comes, loyalty would I pledge to her. She'll be my rain, my sun, my smile, my soul, my one, my forever love. May she come closer to me day by day, month by month, year by year, lifetime by lifetime. I'll be waiting."

Ah, a truckload of crap. Lamenting about what's not mine. Inducing a symphony of destruction, pain and agony, where it's crescendo will never cease. I'm that bogged. Sigh. Let there be love. <3

Joe>>>>>>Out.

Heheh, Interesting Day Indeed.

Okay, where should I start? Maybe morning lah.....since everything was nice since then.

Alright, I went to school this morning, coz got extra curricular stuff to do....not bad, actually. I'm a member of St.John's Ambulance and so....i attended their activities. lol. Well, we basically just march alot there. Great for discipline building. And it feels great to be part of an organized marching group. So.....army like. Heh. then they thought us first aid. This week it's CPR. lol. Well, let's explain abit here kay? hahah, sorry lah....if you don't feel like reading, then skip this! no problems. so, if you see a unconcious person on the road or wherever who needs help, there's five simple steps in order to help the person. they're creatively called D.R.A.B.C. Or, if you look closely, it can be transversed to Dr ABC. see? cool huh? lol. Okay, so actually, all of them is stands for something:-

D=Danger

Danger around you. You should realize that the safety of you is always more important than the patient. Because if you are not safe, you will not be able to save your patient. simple as that. so, ascess the situation around you, and make sure your environment is safe for YOU to treat your patient. :)

R=Response

Response from patient. Talk to your patient, see if he is conscious. If he is, ask for his permission to give him treatment. If he is not conscious, call for an ambulance. Ask anyone near you to call or call them yourself.

A=Airway

Open the airway. Airway means your patient's. There's a maneuver called head-tilt-chin-lift where you'll actually do what the maneuver says, and you'll let your unconcious patient to breath.

B=Breathing

Check if your patient is breathing. See if his chest is moving up and down, erm, listen if he is breathing, and feel if he is breathing. and....bah....i'm too tired to explain the whole thing.

C=Circulation

Haaa, this is the best. Check if your patient is having a pulse. check by placing your finger on the carotid pulse which can be found under the jaw area. If there is no pulse......COMMENCE CPR!! lol. And then there's deeper explaination on that i'm lazy to type....so...that's basically it.

Ah, so...you repeat CPR until the patient awakes or if all else fails, wait for the ambulance. That's basically what i learnt today. they actually demonstrated it too, on a dummy, called Little Anne. XD

After St. John's, Interact had their General Meeting. Went there, there was games, there was chaos, everything was fun, weeee. Ah, so i went home at like....12 i think? hah, then guess what i saw.

I saw a man and ladders outside my house. ??? what the? why?? heheheheh, he was the Astro guy. I finally got it!! Weeeeee, it was so cool to see that finally my house has a tiny satellite dish on the roof. XD And the decoder looks different too. It's smaller and silver in colour. The remote looks better too. Hahah. and so, i get to watch things i didn't get to before. Peace.

Then, at night, went to Pyramid. Didn't expect to buy anything but got this!!

----The Kingdom Hearts II Original Soundtrack!!!

Yay, finally got it after a long wait. Phew. It's RM30 by the way. And it's not ciplak. =P Ori all the way baybee!! Listening to it this very moment. :)

So, it was fun right? Shopping and all.....well, until my mom said, ON THE WAY HOME, that we're going to the clinic to have our blood extracted and checked. O_O

I was like....WTF? Noooooooo!!! Before i knew it, we were there......in front of the clinic....waliao, this is too much. But i figured it might be fun? Nah, just didn't want to freak out. Dammit. So, actually, my whole family was supposed to do it together, so we went there lah...After that, the fella called us already.....oh no!!!

I though my father would do it first to give us strength. But no......he go ask me to go first. NOOOO!!! lol. I can't bear the fact that some doctor ding dong is going to poke me with a needle and suck out my precious blood. O_o. Nevermind....i'm going to act man and just do it! hah! i'll teach my brother who's boss. So, i sat on that chair, the doc asked my name, took out a tiny test tube, which was about.....2+ inches long? with my name on it. Walaueh.....got name summore. So cryptic. Then, i couldn't bear to watch, i closed my eyes......but i could still feel him brushing my skin with the anaestetic or something, to reduce ze pain. So, I hummed a song. LOL! I hummed a song by my fav artist Tanya Chua, entitled "Sa Tan" which means Beach. =P it kinda clamed me down, but i could still feel the syringe penetrating my skin, it's cold steel inside my flesh and the worst part, i could feel the pressure of the syringe sucking my blood....Argh....

Then it was done. As they always cliche it. But when i looked at the little test tube....WOAH!! that's alot of blood!! I was so amused, i laughed. hahah, then it was my brother's turn, then it was my dad's. So, at the end, we all got 'poked' and wa-la, our blood got taken.....we're happy right? Right......=_= hahah.

So, now i'm blogging it here for you to read, coz i'm just that......kepoh. :D

P/S: Kingdom Hearts is a franchise made by a collaboration of Square Enix [Creators of Final Fantasy Series] and Disney. So, basically, it's a really cool game, with lots of great FF characters AND Disney characters, such as Goofy, Donald, Mickey, and a whole lot more. Even Winnie The Pooh is in it. XD it's great fun. Check it out if you have a PS2!!

Until the next post,

Joe>>>>>Out.

Sleepless [Part II]

th:P It's here. Well, mind you, i'm doing this on spot, so there is NO preparation whatsoever, just plain idea oozing. I'm really bored right now, so i'm writing this, so.....enjoy!

~Sleepless~Part II~

Back at police HQ....

"AH, help me! HELP ME PLEASE!" pleaded the Captain.

The whole station was forced to an abdrupt halt, when this chunk of boar meat came charging in the HQ. Everyone stopped doing what they were supposed to and stared at the panic stricken, dirty, once proud, captain. The Coroner was the first to approach him, for he was most irritated by this noise. The Coroner was a tall man. Bulky too. He had a scar across his left cheek that made him look almost.....disfigured. His face was constantly stern that you might mistake him as being angry all the time. He was clad in navy blue police uniform which stands out from the rest of the officers and he had medals hanging on his chest that'll just inspire jealousy and fear. He is ranked Colonel officially but people just calls him The Coroner for the sole reason he has seen so many dead bodies during his army days, the ones he killed. He came out of his office, and stared at the rest of the crew. They immediately went back to work. Then, he continued to walk towards the captain.

"Captain. What is this noise? You look filthy. What in the name of the law happened?" he said in a cold monotonous voice.

"Sir....! Th....the....ther.....there was a man! H....h.h......h...He killed my men! A....an....an.....and he took the girl with him!"

"What? He took the girl? Now that's amusing....."

"H.....h.....he....he...had"

"GET A GRIP OF YOURSELF!" the coroner bursted with irritation.

"Y...yes sir!"

"Now tell me what happened."

"He was a skilled swordsman, sir. He came out of no where and slashed all four of my officers!"

"Now why didn't he kill you too?"

"I......I don't know sir."

"I think I know why......."

"Sir?"

"CAUSE' YOU'RE WORTHLESS!!"

"My apologies sir!" and he bowed in a manner, only a dog would've done.

"I gave you a simple enough job. Get the freaking girl back here, into the dungeons, and SLAM, close the doors. Wa-la, no magic required. Now, you're back here, with no girl, and no men. I gave you four. They were worth at least more than you combined. See now, you've just failed your job, and you owe me my men. What do you think I should do with junk like you?"

The captain stares at the coroner with fear. He was speechless. Without a doubt, he knew where this was going......

"No, I don't think you even deserve to answer this question. You deserve nothing, to be frank. Well, let me ask.....ehem* TELL you, what you've done in these 10 years of service, CAPTAIN. As a captain, you're regarded as one of the highest ranking officers in this quarters. You're given a nice, cozy office, to....carry out your daily investigations, and etcetera. Our dear crew here pays great respect to you. For they THINK, you're able to do something better than them. But in my humble.....opinion, you're not. Captain, I've been keeping you in this station this long, not because you're worthy. It's because I made a promise to your old man that I'll keep you comfortable. But I think the promise is well overdue."

"My father? But how did you?"

"I sympathise with your father, for having a child like you. Worthless. He would be sad to see the state you're in now. FAT, useless, a total disgrace to the law. So, I think I ought to do something about it. "

"Sir? But why?"

"You don't need to know."

The coroner took out his gun and [BLAM!] shot the captain in the head. The captain lay dead on the polished floor in a pool of deep, red blood.

"Men, clean this heap up. And I want the tiles changed by tomorrow. We shall not need to step on the remnants of this.......calamity of a man."

"YES SIR!" the crew answered in unison.

The coroner just smiled.

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Marie and the man have reached the comfort of the man's home by now. It wasn't exactly a home. It was a freaking huge one to be exact. He lived in one of the largest mansions in all of London. No one seemed to notice. Bizarre? Perhaps.

"THIS, is your home?"asked Marie.

"Yours truly."

"Oh dear.......This is surreal!"

"It's nothing, just something my GrandFather passed down to me when he died."

"Wait. Are you sure you didn't KILL him to get this?"

"Dear lady, I sure hope you do not question my credibility in acquiring objects such as this! And I surely DID NOT kill my dear grand father! I shall need to slap you if you shall ever insist that did such an act."

Marie was shocked.

"I....erm, apologize dearly then." and she gave a slight bow, though shaky.

"There is no need for that. And I apologize too, for my earlier impudence." he too, gave a bow.
"Shall we?" he invited Marie.

"Oh, sure thing!"

They then entered the monster of a house through it's seemingly tiny double front doors. When they entered, Marie's eyes opened with surprise. Never have she seen such a house in her life. The floors were made of marble, polished to perfection. The ceilings were crafted by what she thinks is the best sculpter ever. The doors were made of polished wood, which gave the elegant dark wood look. Even the handles were made of the finest of steel, and painted gold. Everything was so pretty. Then she noticed one thing. There' s no one around.

"Where are your servants?"

"There are none."

"What? You must be lying. Look, I'm not going to say you killed them but seriously.....why?"

"I live here alone, dear Marie."

"In this mansion?! How?!"

"I've been living like this for a good 15 years."

"Oh my. You managed this thing all by yourself?"

"I do hire monthly maids. But in this kind of situation nowadays, I can't risk letting people know I'm a rebel. What more where I live?"

"I see.....you're in cover then?"

"More or less......but it seems they haven't discovered that I am part of the rebellion. So, I'm not in too much stress."

"Hmm, greatness. But, with wealth like this, why did you rebel?"

"I don't want wealth my lady, I want freedom. Without freedom, I'm nothing more than a puppet. A puppet of the government. And it was my late father's wish that I do not end up helping the wrong side. In this case, it's the government."

Marie fell in silence and she just continued walking. The man then opened a door which led to his reading room. It was huge. The bookracks inside it made it look more like a library.

"Ah, I'm very sorry my lady. After this long trip, I haven't even introduced myself!"

"You may do so now?"

"Thank you. I'm Tren, Tren Almithy. Pleasure to have met your acquaintance, Marie." he took Marie's hand and kissed it.

Somehow, Marie felt really hot. It was as if there was no wind anymore. And what's more, she could see his face clearly now. [It's up to you how hot the main character looks like :P] Marie just realized her saviour was no simple man. He stood with grace and his eyes......they were captivating.

"Marie?"

"Oh! Erm, yeah?"

"Is anything wrong with my face?"

"No, erm, no really."

"Ah, all is fine then. Well, shall we get back to the point then?"

"What point?"

"About why I saved you."

"Ah, sure. So, why?"

"You see.........It was your father's wish."

Marie stared at Tren with disbelief.

"What?? You knew my Father???"

~End of Part 2~


Oh my god, Tren knew her father? But how?? :D that's for you to find out, in the next part! Keep reading ya?

Well, how was this part then? I'm more content with this one than my first....so, give me your feedback ya? Till the next part......

Joe>>>>>>Out.

OMG! Time Paradox!!

Erm, okay, it's not what it literally means. What i really mean, is today's a really weird day.

Actually, everything's really normal, UNTIL, i went to have my afternoon nap. THEN everything turned upside down. Phew, it was totally weird, and i was really disoriented after i woke up.

You see, it all started, when i went BACK to school AFTER i came home. Why? Coz i left my FILE at school and for all of you who don't know, it means my life to me. And particularly today, it means even more than my life! Coz there's something belonging to Pn.Chong in there. And if i lose it, it's basically heads off with me. =X damn. Yeah, so i went back, in a SMKSJ shirt, short pants, and slippers, went back into class, which was then already occupied by form 1s, and charged in, asked the teacher for permission to take my things, took it, then headed back out. Hmmm, that was fast. Okay. Then i went back home, did what i was supposed to do for Pn.Chong, then i did what i forebode myself from doing. Reaching for my pillow. It was the worst thing i did today.

So, I took it, fell into a trance, [lol] layed down on my bed, wa-la, i slept. It was 3.30 then i believe. and the biggest mistake i made, i didn't on the alarm. so, that can only mean one thing. havoc.

I woke up at 8.

I haven't had dinner, i haven't done my homework, which i have alot, and i was having a headache for sleeping so long. NOOOOO.

And so i woke up, walked around, and realized, no body was really at home. It was silent. Only my little brother was around, not like he's significant. He was doing his work, and i was holding my pillow, still dazed. My dinner was on the table, but by all means, i do not know why, i went up, and sat on my work table, and started doing add maths. Diu. I seemed zombie. Then it was around 8.45 when my mom came home, and shouted my name. Then I kinda woke up from the trance. I actually went down and ate dinner. =_=

See, what happened was, my mom and big bro went to a seminar, and my dad ain't coming back for dinner, explaining why there's only one plate on the table, which was mine. So, it was like....OOOhhhhhhhhhh........

I blame my conscience. See, for a moment there, i thought it was another day from the day i was in. So, it's like...erm....erm, Gah, it's just weird lah see. It's like i just lost track of time and everything's gone by without me. I felt sooooo left out. lol. yeah, that's about it. and thanks to my oversleep-ness, i didn't have ample time to finish ALL my homework and projects, as i have planned. darn.

Well, since i've had like....5 hours of sleep in advance, i'm not gonna sleep early today. I think i'm gonna just go.........and do my accounts homework now.....T_T

Till the next part of 'Sleepless',

Joe>>>>>Out.

Sleepless. [Part I]

Hmm, i don't know why i decided on that title, but heck. I'm sleepless, so let's get on with the story!!

~Sleepless~Part I~

In the 18th century, there was lack of true security. There was scrutiny, treason, crimes, and petty robberies, running amok in the streets of old London. There were many stories during these dark and sorrowful times, but the story of a girl, was what's intriguing during those times. She was a rebel, a rebel to the corrupted government back then. She was an orphan, and as orphans always are, they're rebellious to the very end. She was no exception. And so, her tale starts in the dark streets of old England. It was a clear night, the moon wasn't shining, but it shed light just enough to see.

She was running. Running down the dark alleys in rags wasn't her desire but she was forced to. Several policemen trailed her down the alleys, with the Captain by their side. She had escaped. Escaped from the place she never wanted to be in, the dungeons. She was panting so hard, she could hardly catch her breath. But she would not stop running, not now, for if she does, all hope would be lost. So, she sprinted with all her might, reaching the next corner, she did something she shouldn't have done. She turned the corner and there it was, a deadend. She had no where to run. The wall was her ultimate doom. The officers were closing in and there was nothing she could do. She was damned.

"Ahah! Found you!" Shouted the Captain. He closed in to the girl and grabbed her by her hair.

"You impudent wretch you! How dare you defy the law! This would serve you another good year in the dungeon, or perhaps, if the Coroner doesn't see fit in that, he would just order a firing squad on you. Hahah, that would be a sight to behold wouldn't it? You've run just too many times, Marie! And I'll make sure this is your last escape."

Struggling with her hair, Marie tried to kick free but the Captain is just too humongous for her to defeat.

"Let go of me! LET GO OF MY HAIR! Ergh, LET ME GO!!"

"That will not happen....dear Marie. [Chuckles]"

"You filthy government DOG!"

"Ah, getting emotional are we? Puh-lease, you are in NO condition to thrash talk me, bitch. Officers, bring her back to her hole, where she belongs . AND if she ever escapes again, I'll make sure you people go into the cell with her."

Just when she thought all hope was lost, a dark figure appeared behind the Captain and his thugs.

"What the? Who are you? You are breaking the curfew you know? WHO ARE YOU? State your identity!" demanded the Captain.

"Dear Captain, dear, el kapitan. Do not anger yourself on such a.......fine night. Tonight is not the night for you to be angry! Tonight is the night where YOU shall shine beneath the moonlight! Ah, such a thought is just amusing. Dear Captain, please, let the girl go shall we?" said the figure.

"EL KAPITAN? You must have brass balls to call me EL KAPITAN! and i have NO intention of prancing in the moonlight you......you!.....you...! ARGH! MEN, GET HIM!"

The officers rushed for the black figure. The figure swiftly took out his weapon, which was a fencing blade, and cut all 4 of them in one clean swipe. All 4 of them lay dead on the cold ground. Then, he went for the Captain. Pointing his blade at him, he slowly advanced, smiling all the way. The Captain couldn't see his face, he could only see the shiny steel of his blood-stained blade in the darkness.

"Ahh! Get away! Don't come near! Or i shall have you in the name of the law!!"

"Oh yeah? Come get me."

"Nooo! Please! I beg you! Take the girl! She can go!!"

He moved closer and touched his blade on the Captain's face.

"Kapitan, please, behave yourself next time, or i might just be forced to cut off your ear............and your nose, and your other ear, or perhaps, i'll even take a finger as an extra."

"Yeesss sirrr!! [crying] Pleease, do not cut my eaaaaarr! And not my noose!"

"Be gone, lesser being. Go back to whence you came."

"Thank you! Thank you oh lord!" said the captain and he sprinted back out the alley.

With the captain gone, the figure turned his attention to the Marie. She was still sitting on the ground, stunned by what she have just witnessed. The figure helped her to her feet.

"My lady, are you hurt?"

"Emm, I guess not. Wait. Let's not get into this yet. What have you done?!"

"I just saved you?"

"OH, thank you very much! [sarcastically] Now we have FOUR dead officers? What the hell was that supposed to mean?"

"[Clears throat] It was self-defense, dear lady."

"YEAH, sure! Killing people in self-defense. Great excuse MONsieur!"

"Is this how you greet your saviour? If it is, i'm afraid i've got the wrong person."

"Erm......sorry,but this is just plain unacceptable! You've just made me and yourself the enemy of the state or something?"

"That, you need not worry. I have ways. Just let it go will ya?"

"What, you're gonna slice more people?"

"Please understand, Marie, that my blade spills the blood of whom deserves the blow. It will not seek the blood of the innocent nor the vigilant. Rest assured on that."

"Wait, how did you know my name?"

"I was about to explain that, but we've got to run. Hordes of government hounds would be pouring over this place in no time. There's no time to lose, come!"

The man took Marie by the hand and ran down the alley. The moonlight now shined over London with all it's glory............

~End of Part 1~


Where would he take Marie? What is his connection with Marie? and why did he save her? Well, let's find out in part 2 kay? hahahah. Erm, how was it then? quite cacat i think. Didn't live up to what i though it should be. Sigh. well, tell me what you think about it! thanks! till the next part,

Joe>>>OUT.

I'm Not Happy.

Erm, it is caused by the sole reason of me being unable to blog for two days until today, and school is starting tomorrow. darn. Yes, but i'm not gonna tell you the rest of my unpleasantness. It would be regarded as whining, and i don't want to whine. Not to my readers. Well, i'm here at this hour to present you my FIC! yay yay, i'm writing my own story man. Well, not in this inscrapoulous post. I will do so in the next! which I will do immediately. So, please, enjoy.

Interact IU > Leo IU. Period.

Hello people, i'm back. I just came back from Leo's IU. I've posted in the previous posts that i'm gonna report about it, and how it fared against ours? Have I? Well, whatever, i'm gonna report on it anyway. Sorry Leos out there, but it wasn't spectacular! So, don't expect me to praise it.

Here i am, tired as heck, coz i woke up early to get ready for this event. Haih, i even borrowed my dad's blazer so that i could look good there! Well, i didn't need to. It wasn't what it was cracked up to be. After Interact's IU, i must admit it is abit hard for the Leos. Coz it has set such a standard for IUs that, it is just hard to beat. Well, i have explained before how great our IU was......phew, i wouldn't want to do it again. So, please understand, Leos who happen to come across this review of the event. I'm not trying to belittle it or what, just tellin the truth.

So here goes.

REVIEW OF LEO'S 5TH IU, 2006:-

okay, this'll be MY review, no one elses. It's my opinion, no one elses. This is not an interactor's review. It's an ordinary guy's review. this should be really clear by now, so, no complaints! let's go by chronology okay? yeah....so, the location. Summit Hotel...not bad. It's a pretty place, the ballroom's great, nice chandeliers, and stuff like that. One thing that wasn't good, the stage. It was tiny. I mean, it's not long enough, it's wide, yeah, but not long enough. so, i'm quite sure the performers were turned-off too. Hmm, oh well.

Next, let's see, the events. I'll go by whole in this one, no point going one by one. Coz, they're all the same to me, lacklustre. They had games, lucky draws, bands, shufflers, ONE sketch, bands, and shufflers. -_- Well, one thing i want to touch on sooooo much, the games. Lousy. They could've just chucked the whole thing out of the program. The lucky draws......boring. The bands? Sux. Even the great One Way Street sounded like shit on stage. [Work on it PA guy!!] shufflers? Sri KL's shufflers did not look as great as they were at Interact's IU. The lighting were off-target. Lousy lousy lousy. haih, i felt bad for them. coz they are actually great shufflers. Phew, tough luck. Well, i'm not gonna bang on the performances anymore, coz people might get upset. well, there were a few noteable performances, such as, the 'ultraman' dance, done by Mok Wai Hong and gang, which was pretty amusing but the emcees came along and spoiled it by repeating it many many times during games. sigh. Erm, the 'dirty dancing' was pretty good too, done my Mitra Goh and friend. [forgot her name, sorry!] hmmm, then the closing act was pretty funny too, with Joseph Lai as a girl. Reminds me of our dear interactor Reuben Kang as Laura! lol. Well, that was pretty much it. The show was actually spoilt by too much useless games and bands. They could've done better by arranging the events properly. Coz, there were just too many bands after another. They could've do one band, then one dance, then one band, then one singing, etc. You get the idea. and yeah! speaking about singing, Ei Jean did a wonderful job. Nice voice there. Well, at least she made the show a liiiiittle better. That's it about the performances for now, i could've continued till next morning. Sorry, i'm very fussy and abit harsh for a judge. No hard feelings Leos.

NEXT, the food. Hmm, this i would not complain. It was pretty good actually. There were a wide variety of food and they were mostly good. So, not bad on this one, but the pudding could do a little better. :) Yeah, thanks to the food, i was able to skip dinner. heheh.

Then, there was the crowd. Hah. This is a tough one to crack. It's not entirely their fault but it isn't the crowd's fault either. The crowd was quite a number actually......but, they started leavin like nobody's business when it was three quarters through the show? yeah. there were just a handful of people left at the tables after that time. even my table was rather empty. i would have to say security wasn't tight enough. And shows weren't attractive enough. well, cant blame security too much, there were too many entrances. and the crowd was near dead. No real responses whatsoever, just like a few tables were cheering, one at the time.... tough crowd, as all the emcees would say.

Ah, that reminds me of another thing, the emcees. The initial emcees were okay, they were Sara Lau, Zuhir and Zamri? Was that their name? i'm only sure Sara is correct, the rest are in doubt....so correct me if i'm wrong. so anyways, the main emcees were fine. Nothing wrong. BUT, calling out 'guest emcees' for each and every event as if it was the oscars was a big mistake. some of them can't emcee, and most of them are just for show. so what's the point? there is none. So it's like calling these ppl up for nothing and they're wasting our time and we're wasting theirs. sigh. But i could see the original emcees were trying hard to impress the crowd but the crowd just wasn't responding. oh well. tough luck. again.

Then, there's the PA guy. I think he is the one guy everyone should blame for the bad show. He is really that bad. compared to Interact's PA dude, he is nothing but a fraction of his talents. This guy sucks! he placed the lights unstrategically and the freaking lights were annoyingly spraying at the audience and doing a poor job giving the performers what they need! SPOTLIGHT! and that too, the spotlight was awry, i guess this is only the fault of the technician, which is really lousy too. Both of them = bad time. and also, they're like damn dumb in the light timing, it keeps turning on and off, and what do i get? headache. stupid guy. screw him. sigh. in a nutshell, the sound system was bad, the lighting system were bad, and there you go, screwed up performances. -_-

Hmm, i've reviewed around five elements by now, and yeah, i think that's all i need to tell and all you need to know. If i go on, it'll take forever. So, i'm gonna sum this up now. In conclusion, this IU was a below average IU, with some good performances and some pretty entertaining stuff, but overall, it's just what you don't need to attend. It could've been better, coz i don't see much effort in the part of the performers and organizers, everyone was like half-concentrated, so there goes their IU, spoilt. Well, i wouldn't know, maybe they had problems to go through? perhaps internal affairs? yeah, I wouldn't know.

So, to finalize a score for this event, i would give a final verdict of:-
4.3/10.0

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ehem, so back to myself. i realize my critical side is very unforgiving. :P but one thing i wanna say to the Leos, JIA YOU!!! you can do it guys! we'll see next year! good luck sister club! XD

and one personal note of mine regarding ze event, i really give my sympathies to Leo's teacher advisor. she was the one least enjoying the show IMO. the VIPs left after a while and she was sitting there....ALONE! T_T i wanted to cry for her already, so lonely. sigh. and the Leos could do nothing about it. she's your teacher goddamit!! give her some care! sigh sigh sigh. =_=

Wooh, that was long. my hands are kinda tired....buek. but please, i hope i do not offend any Leos who happens to read this, by accident or not. Peace to us all ya? :D

Well, that's pretty much my day actually, Leo's IU. I've now got my homework to catch up. hopefully i'll be able to. >.< So, i guess i'll stop here for today. And yeah! one more thing, i'm gonna write a fanfic [a story] soon, i need your opinion on whether i should or not. Write it in the comments box please? please, please, please? hee, your support is all i need. Thanks ya'll! See ya in the next post!

Till then.....Joe>>>>>>OUT.

Highlight: RAIN.....HEAVY RAIN.

woot, here it is, another post! this is the...erm.....4th one! without fail!

okay, so......today, was tired. slept at 3 yesterday. :P shhhhhh, don't tell me mom! hahahah. but you see, i woke up darn early.....9 i think. so i was like.....wwwooooooaaaaahhhhh.......really dizzy. Then, on my comp as usual, rot as usual....then went out.....wait. went out? yeah. went to the IC making centre in PJ. then came back after a while. what did i do after that? do homework........what? don't believe? i did!!

Why? coz it was piling up like dirt. if i dont clean it up soon, i'm gonna get busted, for real. well, and so i did. Then, at 1 something, we went to the IC processing centre in PJ again. Our whole family's getting their ICs changed coz of the address, we shifted, remember? heheh. and my lil bro's finally getting his one. Well, happy family, we all got ICs!! then you wont believe what happened, my dad agreed to bring us to Sungei Wang! woohooo! my fav place to go!

the only bad thing was......

it started raining AFTER we went inside. so, we were stuck at Sungei Wang....for a pretty long time.....and what's worse? i had to run through rain. why neh? coz actually, i was at Low Yat Plaza, the place opposite Sungei Wang, and my mom was STILL in Sungei Wang, getting her hair done at Kimarie. Well, i had to be the escort to bring her to Low Yat. Coz, maklumlah, females have lousier sense of direction compared to us men. :P hahah. so, being the great child i am, i ran through heavy rain, got wet, and went to get my mother over to Low Yat Plaza. well, stupidly, the rain was less heavy on the return trip, so my mom didnt get wet. -_-

Nevermind i thought, more love to my mom huh? so, we went home......i was freezing cold. but i am MAN, so i didnt grumble. :P then another annoying thing happened when we reached home. The auto gate ISN'T opening! this can only mean ONE thing. the power is out. turns out that the whole row was out of power. so....it was up to me again.....to open the auto gate MANUALLY, IN THE RAIN. it was raining heavily again FYI. argh, and oh well.....at least i got to close it with the help of a......brolly. yeah, like it does alot...-_-

so, there was actually a power outage. so, we had no fan or anything. not even lights. but everyone of us got to bathe and we were going out to have steamboat! yay! nice spicy tom yam to help me warm up! sure is a treat on this rainy day. :D [the power was still out btw.]

so, i had to open the door manually again. nvm, we're gonna have good food, i thought. this is when something really stupid happened again! lol! it was so stupid i laughed at my disfortune. JUST when i closed the gate.....and turned my back on it, the power came BACK ON!! i haven't even went into the car!! hahahah. it was total pawnage. i think god must love playing with me. He must've had a good time today huh? getting me wet and exhausted and all. XD

so, the meal was great, was really full, but scared i put on weight pulak.....and then i came back and i blogged this here. hee hee. so free right me? yeah......and actually that's all for today. one more thing! tomorrow is Leo's IU. hieh hieh hieh. we'll see how it goes eh? heheheh. Well, i wish them luck again. we'll see how they work under pressure. i'm looking forward to seeing how they fare against our great IU. XD

so, that's it for today folks, till the next poooooost,

Joe>>>>OUT.

Leo IU, Here I Come!

Well, i'm not gonna bitch about my day today, but i'm gonna rave a little about it. :)

erm, today ain't too great, but the best thing about today is i'm going to another IU! weeeee, i got the suggestion when talking to a friend. he asked me whether i'm going but i actually wasn't. Somehow, he managed to make me ASK my seniors about it and call the Leo people up to see if there's anymore seats. Thankfully, they have. Weeee, i'll be sitting proudly on the Interact table. eheheh. Next, was my dad's permission, i was kinda scared to ask, coz he might just say no due to the ticket pricing, but heck, i've gotta try!

then, suddenly, he striked me with the perfect answer. He said yes! weeeeee. I so love him now. well, he said yes coz he said i should show my face at the function coz the Leos showed their faces at our function....or something like that. XD and what's more? he's letting me use his blazer! it's soooooo cool. well, i love my family more and more. plenty of love to them then! :D

aahhhh, so now, i've got something to look forward to besides my homework. :P and everything's going well so far.....money, clothing, transport.....they're all settled so far....hehe. well, i'm gonna wait for that day then! till the next post, i'll be reporting on how the Leo IU went, and let's see how the fare against OUR Interact IU eh? hehehe. Well, best of luck to them.

Viva La Interact!

What a stupid day. Idiotic, Hectic, Stupid.

this is gonna be dumb. really dumb.

see, my day today, [14th March] was pretty lacklustre at first, i woke up at like....9? yeah, and then ter-sleep again and finally woke up at...10.30? oh god....what a pig i am. then, my peeps, Hee Zhern, Jia Jun and Wai Kit came to do the physics project we were supposed to do for school. we done that, then we took pictures for the moral that we are supposed to do for......yeah, school. Well, that was two things in one day! semangat-ed sial......

For moral project even better, we actually walked to school, hahah. well, that was a piece of cake, and JJ was our photographer, heh. Then, my day turned into a shit hole again. just sitting infront of the comp......rotting. nevermind, i told myself. the day will turn better!!

Erm, it didn't.

well, of course, i got a certain phone call at 6 something :D it was a great gift to my conscience. well, then i went to pasar malam. LOL.

why i wanna go there? i also donno. guess i'm just too bored huh? yups. what did i buy there? noothing. yeah, i just went there for the smell of the fish. [sarcasm] so, i came back smelling fishy too. :P nolah, just joking. lol.

So, what did i do after that? i went to my comp. and guess what? msn was flooded with peeps. it was crazy! i was like talking to......8 people at once? but some came and go, and if i totaled up the people i talked to tonight....it's around 13. oh my god! 13 chat boxes?! that's spam!

that was okay, the problem about the chatting part is when this jinjang people came to talk to me. what they did was, they set me up. it's a stupid story, so i'm not gonna blog it here. but i was really hurt by it and even when i'm typing this, they're still busy apologizing to me. ;) stupid people. well, that just made my day stupid. Thanks jinjang fools! Gah.....

Well, this is not much of a post but i figured, why not just tell it? and blogger just screwed up by not letting me upload picts. what? bah, nevermind. well, i gotta stop here then. till my next post, see ya guys.

Hello and Goodbye I.U.

Well, regarding the topic above, I would like to say hello and goodbye to my first and best I.U.

Hey, ya'll. It's already two days past Interact's 10th IU night. And, i'm not over it. not just yet. It's one of the memories that's etched into my mind. I just couldn't forget it. So, what did i do? I made this blog for this little reason so that i will not forget this, or anything else important for that matter. So, i will start to yak now. If you are allergic to long posts, please leave, you're allowed too...heheh. But, it's just what i feel, and it is this much in words. But it's only words, and it can never really tell what i felt on that wonderful night, the 11th of March 2006. This will be a night to remember.

Well, i'll start from even before the night itself. Let's start from last year. It was during December i think. Well, i was enjoying my December holidays of course, PMR was great and i'm busy flinging the bucks i made from my parents. Then, came Interact. I am Asst. Secretary of the club for the ones who don't know. And my senior is Sara Lau Der Yin. I'm proud of her, yes, but this is not about her. Well, it's more about our I.U Director, Anne-Marie Choong Wei Lin. [Sorry for the full names!] Well, it was her who called. She called for an I.U meeting. These things can't be good, it never was, well, at least that's what i thought at that time. Well, it was hell then. She started poking us with work, so much work i couldn't believe it. I've never done this MUCH work! Well, for me, it was ALOT of letters and things i suck at, such as calling for sponsors. Well, never was the one with the great silver tongue, eventhough i do talk alot. Well, so, the work kept flowing in for 3 whole months. During these months, i wrote at least 10 letters, all of great importance, and i've organized an exhibition, erm, called for sponsors, and much much more. All of these just for IU. It's not to say their hard to do, but with Form 4 being such a bitch, it's just really hard to cope. Well, we got through, and it was thanks to her too. She gave alot of guidance, thank god.

Just when i thought the work was over, [i'm now talking about 2 months after all those things] i was suddenly pulled into the I.U sketch!! NOOOOOOOOOOO!!! I hated it, i despised it, i belittled it, and i questioned the authority of Anne-Marie. She can't do this to me! no! not now! not when my homework is piling up! no!! Well, what could i've done right? she IS my senior and i've utmost respect for her. So, i decided to play along. Hahah, what did ya know? i loved it! what a stupid boy i was, immature, impudent, irresponsible. Well, since i loved it, i decided to play even more roles. In total, i played at least 4 roles. A farmer, professor, grandfather and monk. It was dastardly fun but worrying at the same time, coz i have to practice so much and remember so many actions. This made me go home late almost everyday. Heheh, nevermind loh, i thought, coz i live so near to school now. :D well, it got much busier when it was one week before the thing! I had to literally skip class just to rehearse. I thought it was stupid and time wasting man....oh yeah i did. I cursed, alot.

Hmm, let's then fast forward the process a little, let's talk about the night itself. Okay, so came the night. It was 11th of March, I woke at 8am. I am supposed to be there at 10am. Hehe, funnily, i took my time really slow, and i actually reached there at 10.30 i think. hehe, naughty me, i know. well, i was darn nervous then, i was scared i didn't bring the necessary things there and i was not prepared for the sketch! we were supposed to rehearse for the last time there. the show starts at 4. and due to a few complications, and people problem, we couldn't start rehearsing until it was 2! so, we wasted like.....ALOT of time. Tension built really rapidly. My heart was beating fast and i was worrying as though this was the end of the world. Well, "WTF lah" i said to myself. "Let's just do this!" I can't afford to freak out during the play, so i gathered all my confidence and gathered all my luck. it was 4 already. the people are here, they're growing in numbers. They're here to see the show, and i'm supposed to be one of the people responsible to make it a great show. I took a deep breath and prayed........

Well, it's gonna start, yeah, all the board members gathered, and we made that 'put your hand in the middle with everyone else and then cheer' thing. And then i screamed "Let's get the show on the road!!". Just to relieve my stress. So, then, the show started, starting with the fashion rock, then the speeches, then the band performances, then the dance, then it was my turn. THE FIRST SKETCH. i was supposed to play the farmer in this one and also the grandfather of the prelude. i only memorized the lines for the grandfather the day itself. stupid me. Well, it went a little bit like this....

"*Sigh* Dare you challenge the wisdom of an advanced man,
Lend your ears to these words and HEED these words of wisdom.
The world has left your mind to be corrupt and decieved.
Blinded by the light of the box, dear child of mind,
Let me enlighten you. A time long ago........"

Then i sprinted backstage.

I was supposed to play the farmer remember? hahah. Well, i went on stage with a dustpan. Yes i did. It was supposed to be a hoe. XD well, the sketch went better than expected and the crowd loved it. I was hoe-ing, i was whacked by gangsters, i was mourning the death of my family. It was all worth it. The crowd enjoyed themselves and clapped their heads off. I could hear the loud sound even on stage. I was elated. YES! the first quarter of it is done! and so far, everything's great, everyone's loving the show, the food is tasty, and security was a breeze. I got into my formal wear and began to entertain the people. I asked around for responses, even the Leos said it was great, :D but most importantly, the ex board acknowledged the greatness of our I.U. I was so happy i didn't eat. :P

Well, things were going so fine i didn't believe it. Then, it was my second sketch. I was supposed to be a professor, who kills vampires, well, i'm Prof. Van Helsing, thank you very much. XD i played only a small role this one. only two scenes. Well, the audience loved the other scenes which were done by Kishok, Brenda, Fuad, and dear Anne-Marie. Then mine was just fitting into the great work they've already done. I killed the vampire in the end, though as un-stylish. heheh. After the end of the second sketch, i was elated once again by the great applaude i heard from the crowd.

From there, i knew this was a success already. My worries were gone, they are things of the past. The night was changed into an undeniable joy. Then, came the finale........we danced the dance of Romania and enjoyed the heck out of ourselves.

After that, it ended. This was the moment of truth. I missed I.U. I didn't want it to end. But it has, nonetheless.
I went home in the saddest happy moment of my life. Happy for it was a success, sad for it has ended. I couldn't sleep that night. I went home at 11. i managed only to sleep at 2. memories of IU kept popping up. Again and Again. It was that great. And i realized that i miss the large amount of work Anne gave. I also realized, there will be no more rehearsals, no more silly acting, no more fooling around, no more bloopers, no more great teamwork. It was all left in the past, in the very ballroom. We are never getting it back, but it will always remain in my head. Never leaving it.

There is one person i would like to thank so much after that night. The one person who made me enjoy my job, the one person who made this IU happen. Miss Anne-Marie, Interact SMK Seafield's very own IU Director. I can't thank her enough. These memories belong to her.

And, in memory of our great IU, thanks to EVERYONE who helped, and to the BOD for supporting my lousy role and standing with my complaints. Hehehe.

After that night, i have decided on one thing. One very true thing. I will, and i always will be....

Proud To Be An Interactor.

Yours Truly,
Han Joe~

Wooo, another Blog?

well, here i am, with ANOTHER blog. i've gotta stop this....lol. well, for your info, i've got one on friendster, one on msn, and one on multiply. now, i got this. heheh, i think i'm gonna stick to this.........hopefully. heheh, well, this will be like, my online runaway for my feelings. here will be where i let my feelings flow and hopefully, people would read. yeah, i know, my feelings are crap to some people. but i cherish it the most. for it is the sole thing that has kept me going after all these years of sorrow and joy. well, wa-la, here it is! my new blog :)