Sunday, December 21, 2008
Okay the reason I haven't been blogging for so long is that I've just been busy busy xD And trying to keep myself busy. Otherwise the days will come by so slowly. After all, I AM going overseas on the 31st (OMG OMG 10 more days).
Anyway, just a quick post to keep people up to date
MOST PLANS HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED!
PLAN SO FAR:
Arrive: 31st December 2140hour in KLIA
1st January - 7th January : Kuala Lumpur
8th January - 15th January : Singapore
15th Jan - around the 20th-21st : KL again
22nd - 29th : Penang / Butterworth
30th - 31st : KL
1st FEBRUARY : Fly off to Sydney
I'm seriously so freakin excited to fly solo to another country! XD
Okay, have to rush. Need to find things to keep me busy. Might go to the gym, or visit my friend
- jim
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Friday, November 28, 2008
The beauty of post-HSC life...
MOOD: Tired
MUSIC: Trey Songz - Can't Help But Wait
As the title suggests, the beauty of post-HSC life has finally started to reveal itself to me.
The lack of stress
The lack of teachers
The lack of restrictions
Haha, it all showed itself to me this morning at 1am when we were planning what to do today lol. 8hrs later I had 5 people at my place, another 2 came 5mins later after calling them. Only post-HSC life allows for this last minute planning a few hours before =D
Got a few friends over. Ended up watching a few movies, crapping around at my place. We were all pretty damn bored and didn't wanna spend money so we're camping at each other's houses instead since it's so much cheaper. Plus I need to do ALOT OF SAVING!
Yesterday's dance class was seriously, SO HOT OMFG. Check out the choreography we learnt. Same teacher as in the video. He's taught this set of choreography before obviously:
Now I have to teach this to my friend since she missed the class yesterday and REALLY wants to learn it now. HAHA too bad for missing! =p But man, you feel so sore afterwards! Ohh well, good exercise =)
OVERSEAS TRIP UPDATE
Flight has been paid for and everything is looking smooth.
Now I have to start preparing all the presents and stuff that people want from Australia.
List so far:
- DOLLY : A lifetime supply of chocolate (LMAO. you know I can't supply that)
- jim
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Sunday, November 23, 2008
Been a long time coming ~
MOOD: Getting a little bored and impatient
MUSIC: Big Bang - LADY
Haha, this blog has seriously become deserted ever since HSC finished. So much for blogging more often. Instead I've slacked off alot more and done other things in my time. Well, seriously, so much has happened this last week in terms of events that to blog it all would take up like, 10 pages. 10 pages of junk that no one WOULD read haha!
Okay, so skip straight to the relevant stuff.
OVERSEAS TRIP UPDATE
Bookings have been confirmed.
DEPARTURE - 31st December: Sydney International [1540 hours Australian time ] arriving at KLIA [ 2050 hours Malaysian time ]
RETURN - 1st February: KLIA [ 0900 hours Malaysian time ] arriving at Sydney International [ 1955 hours Australian time ]
Within that one month period I'll be hopping about the place as before stated. As for when I'll be hopping to singapore / hong kong, that hasn't been finalised yet. At least my flight has been reserved and payment is due tomorrow. ^_^v
Still got one month to wait D= Half of my friends have already gone off to other countries RAWR! That's why I'm so impatient haha
Anyway, so many stories to tell, but sorta..lazy LOL!
- jim
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Wow so much for updating often..
MOOD: Really happy and livin' it up
MUSIC: Anything and EVERYTHING
Really, my mood thing above says it all. I'm just having WAY too much fun lately that I really haven't had time to blog at all! =O Okay, time to remember everything that I've done these past few days.
SUNDAY 9th November:
Two parties on at the same day. Shirley had her birthday bash in the city at karaoke bar and pool lounge. Jeff had his huge celebration party at his house with drinks and the lot and what not. Haha Di and I went party hopping. Both of us got up super early, went to Jeff's and had fun there from like 11 - 4pm. Actually, not it really wasn't that fun at the beginning. No one really started showing up (I have no idea why Jeff wanted Di and I to get there at 11 when the next person that came came at like..2pm). So we ended up using his kitchen and...wait for it...started cooking. No joke, we went through his pantry, dug up food and started cooking a quiche pie. Hahaha, it turned out awesome though. Our first one was lacking a bit of after-taste so we redid it for a second time and it turned out great.
LOL a story to tell your kids seriously.
"Ohh what did you do after your HSC?"
"I went to a friend's party, and instead of enjoying myself, my friend and I used his kitchen and started cooking"
HAHAHAHA
Well, our train was for 3:15pm but LOL, by the time we finished playing Nintendo Wii it was like..3:30pm so Di and I were like, super late for Shirley's which started at 4. Ended up gettin to karaoke at 4:30pm. And even then it wasn't that great. SOMEONE KEPT HOGGING THE KARAOKE MACHINE *ahem* michelle and sheena... *ahem*
Anyway, after that, headed BACK TO JEFF's til like 11pm. Haha, lots of fun =]
Nintendo Wii + half drunk people = HILARITY.
Absolutely hilarious to watch people's coordination just collapse completely and seeing them not know how to hold the controller properly HAHAHA.
Monday 10th November:
My day in to relax and SAVE MONEY. Can't remember what I did. All I remember is that the day passed before I realised it haha. Oh, started playing RO again. HeartbeatRO. Nice slow rates [ 50/50/50 ]. Not too fast so that it's ridiculously imbalanced, but not too slow that it seems like eternity before reborn. Max levels = 99, so it's a really balanced server. All my friends that used to play RO decided to play again. So that's like..20 people all playing on the same server..again. XD So fun
Tuesday 11th November:
ANOTHER day out. Grace called me the night before and was like:
"Jim jim what're you doing tomorrow?"
Haha ended up going to city with her and her friends, Bren and myself. Just basically shopped around. Went to check out all the suits and dresses at Myer + David Jones. Buying gear for formals and all that sort. TAROCASH has a 60% off sale til Monday! =O
Good brand + good quality stuff + cheap prices = WIN.
After that, went to play pool. Bren and I pretty much treated all the girls to free pool, so that's more money out of my pocket HAHA.
Total expenses: Little over $50 i think
Gosh I really need to keep a tab on this..Considering I really NEED TO SAVE if I plan to accomplish my "bring $1500 overseas to spend on clothes in an asian country"
Today:
DANCE CLASS STARTED!
Ohhh yeaaah. 6pm - 7:45pm sessions at Syd. Dance company in Parramatta. Haha the warmups are insane! They're even harder and more strenuous than the choreography. Like..literally, one hour of stretches, isolations and warmups with 45mins of learning a routine. That's how much emphasis they put on fitness in dance classes.
Not many of us there actually. Only Jaemin, Nathan, Kerry and myself. Was expecting others to join. AHAHA apparently, MR EDWARD CHAN is joining us to dance in the coming weeks. OMG LOL
Eddie: "I will never dance"
Whatever happened to that Eddie?! Just cause you finished HSC doesn't mean you suddenly change your views! AHAHAHA ohh well, not that we don't want you there. It's just so LOL that you changed your mindset so fast =p
And yeah, here I am now, back from dance class and pretty tired ^^;
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OVERSEAS TRIP PROGRESS
It's turning out quite well. Sent out a few emails to people, asking them to help me make lists on PLACES TO GO. Well considering the reason for my overseas trip is
1. see relatives + friends
and most importantly
2. GO SHOPPING (for clothes mostly)
you can tell that most of the list is just shopping malls and places of interest.
TARGET: Trying to bring $1500 AUD to spend overseas. Converting to ringgit, thats about over RM3000 haha. PLENTY to spend on clothes! yaaay
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Anyway, that's the progress. I'll keep you all informed!
- jim
PS. DJ KUNI's sessions are about to start pretty soon. Give me 1-2 more days to talk to DJ kymchee and fix up my technical problems and I'll be good to start live-DJing!
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Saturday, November 8, 2008
LIFE STARTS
Haha my goodness, I was supposed to come home and blog after finishing the chem exam, but seriously, WHO WOULD?! Straight away after exam, went out with a whole bunch of people to party in the city all night =D Ahh man, the life is so good now. I don't feel any stress, any pressure. I have the freedom to go out and party and relax and actually do things i WANT to do from now on!!
Overall, the exams really weren't that bad at all. I expected them to be really stressful and what not, but overall, not that stressful. Which is good and bad. Good in that there's not so much pressure. But also, not enough stress makes you REALLY lazy, and you just totally slack off. But ohh well, I think I did good in all my exams. Kept focused, worked at it, and now that it's all over, I'm really feeling the relief and enjoying every moment now =D
So what's my plan after HSC? Hahaha welll....
Yesterday: Stayed at home and rebuilt my computer as well as cleaned out my room. Oh my GOODNESS, my room was an ABSOLUTE MESS. Just to show you how messy:
IT's like a tornado went through it ...
more tornado. See that black garbage bag in the middle? That's where I threw all my rubbish...
My bed. Can't even sleep in it!
Just take a look at HOW MUCH I had to throw out LOL
And it all finally making its way into the wheelie bin in our house
Okay seriously, guess how much the garbage bag weighed in the end. It was filled with all the notes and paper I didn't need since school finished after all, and I'll NEVER do the course again. It weighed..
16.8 KILOGRAMS
That must be like, the equivalent of 6 trees or something. Seriously, OMG. I was thinking of the poor trees. My room became 17kg lighter because of redundant paper I didn't need anymore. Good thing I didn't end up burning it like I had planned to. I'm just thinking of how much carbon dioxide I'd have let off into the atmosphere. Only add to global warming HAHA.
Also with my computer reformatted, it's now FAST again, and doesn't lag anymore. Ohh man this is going to be AWESOME ^__^v What sucks though, the reinstalling of EVERYTHING. Lucky I have all the source files hidden away somewhere..If not I'd have had to redownload everything ~___~ Takes HOURS just to install everything again..eeeesh
Today: Another relaxing daaay. Woke up late, just totally relaxed the day away. Went to library and borrowed a couple books including...a few cook books! Haha I'm gonna get started on learning how to cook. Moroccan food looks pretty damn awesome, so might get cracking on a few dishes sometime in the future.
Also had a dinner party to celebrate my bro's birthday. He's turning..what..11 on Tuesday so yeah, had the dinner outing today =D omg, eating at a malaysian restaurant makes you miss the place D= Lucky I'm going end of this year, CANNOT WAIT!!!!!! More on this further down..
Tomorrow: DOUBLE PARTY!! Party hopping. Already planned out the logistics of transport. Leaving really early, coming back really late. Haha 2 parties =] I'll take LOTS OF PICS for you guys!
Okaay..as for things I'm planning to start:
1. DANCE CLASS - Yess! I can finally start dance classes after I got my mum's approval! 6 - 7:45pm at Sydney Dance Company in Parramatta every WEdnesday. Beginners hiphop sessions. If I feel confident enough I'll move up to intermediate, but for a first shot I'll give beginners a try. A whole bunch of us are going to. Ohh man, THIS WILL BE GOOD
2. Pick up jobs again - I already tutor 2 kids, but I had to take a month off tutoring at the pre-uni tutoring centre 'cause Natasha - my boss - wanted me to focus on HSC. Well, called her straight after HSC and told her to HIRE ME AGAIN!! Ahaha now I'm just waiting for her to call and tell me what times and I'm THERE
3. COOKING - As before stated, you watch me. I am going to become a PRO COOK x3
4. LIVE-ONLINE DJing - Ahaha okay this is just, so totally cool. A week ago, I found a forum: http://www.asianload.com/ and was looking through it, and found that they had a live-streaming asian music radio run by volunteers, asianload community members and dedicated fans of asian music. After a few days studying with the online-radio on, I decided, "hey lets get to know the community" and so I did. Ahaha few days later, i was like "ohh what the heck, after HSC lets try LIVE DJ-ing!!" So I handed in an application and all that, and YAY I am now an ASIANLOAD DJ-in-the-making. Why I say in the making..I haven't really worked out my schedules and times that'll fit inside my week.
But so far, it's looking to be Monday nights and Thursday afternoons (australian time). Since the radio itself is based in America, times there are TOTALLY different. It's like..19hour gap between Aust and Western California. That's just NUTS man.
So after I get my schedule and post it, COME TUNE IN TO DJ KUNI's LIVE DJ SESSIONS.
5. OVERSEAS TRIP - Okay my overseas trip is totally and utterly confirmed. I'm leaving around end of December (Christmas period) and staying till about..early February? I'm definitely staying for Chinese New Year in Malaysia with all my relatives. The plan so far:
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Countries: Malaysia , Singapore and Taiwan (this still to be confirmed)
Length: 1.5months around
Order of countries: So far it's lookign to be KL --> sg --> penang --> KL --> taiwan --> KL --> sydney.
Basically, KL is my base and everything else stems off it. I'll be going in week-long blocks probably, except for the KL trip after penang. That shouldn't be more than a day or two before I head to Taiwan.
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Anyone in msia / sg wanna meet up? Let me know what day you're free and we'll hang out. Treats are on me =D Just don't go blowing my money and spending like..a bazillion dollars!
As I always say, keep you all posted on the details
Ahh life is looking good. Cannot wait to get more things to do in the future =]
- jim
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Monday, October 20, 2008
NEW BoA CALENDAR ARRIVED
MOOD: HAPPY HAPPY!
MUSIC: BoA - EAT YOU UP
Ohh and just one more thing, new BoA calendar finally arrived. Bought some stuff off yesasia with my friend and he gave me the calendar today that arrived at his house last week. Haha basically, these calendars aren't meant for any purposeful use. Essentially, it's just posters with numbers on them! Haha here's a few snaps
The curly-hair look is really different. Not quite used to it. But hey, it's BoA. What's there to complain? =p
- jim
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ENGLISH IS OVER!!
Okay even though I said I wouldn't post till next month, i really COULD NOT help myself.
My most hated subject (probably because it's the most tedious, and somehow, the effort you put in doesnt always equal the marks that come out) is finally...yeh, FINISHED!
I just literally came out of that exam hall screaming, along with a whole bunch of us that finish it too. Seriously, we're all so happy it's over. Now we can concentrate on subjects that MAKE SENSE, and actually are really enjoyable to study!
So yeah, that's my rant for the day. Next exam's in a week. I have a few days to party, then it's back to hitting the books and doing nothing but past year's math papers for a week. And believe me, compared to english, I'd gladly sit down for 5hrs and do maths rather than english
Countdown: 4 EXAMS LEFT and only 17 days to go. It's just a waiting game now
- jim
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008
aaaand....
CONGRATS to yee-yee for ace-ing her first semester exams! Ahaha good work la s2~
2 A's, 2B's and a C. Keep up the good work.
But pahaha, C for Moral Studies? Someone needs to work on their morals and ethics =p
- jim
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GOODBYE FOR A MONTH
Well everyone, this is it. The final set of exams of high school. I'm going to seriously put my heart and soul into this last month and WORK WORK WORK for it. Enjoy it while it lasts (yes even exams believe it or not lol). Probably won't be blogging for this next month, and next post will be me going CRAZY after the 6th of November Chemistry exam. Ohh I'll probably just drop by, go asl;kjfl;askjflas;djf and then run off and party with friends that afternoon ahaha!
Timetable:
Tuesday 4th November: Physics (9.25am - 12.30pm)
Thursday 6th November: Chemistry (9.25am - 12.30pm)
PARTY AFTER!!!!!!!!
The timetable is seriously nicely spread out. Subjects are pushed together (maths together, sciences together) in almost consecutive days with whole weeks off to prepare for the next. I really love this timetable =)
Wish me the best! I'll see you all, hopefully, in a month !
To those taking the HSC ~ study hard. Work for it. Give it everything you got because this won't come again. Cliche'd but so true - your future depends on this.
- jim
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Friday, October 10, 2008
SEVEN DAYS
MOOD: "can't wait til its over". other than that, v. happy ~ ^_^
MUSIC: yu yamada - cosmic ride // younha - telepathy
Ah, its just totally sunk in. HSC starts in 7 days. The last set of high-school exams.EVER. It's so exciting, yet at the same time, so so scary. After this, I can REALLY say that my high-school days are over. These last 2 years of high-school, all leading to these final set of exams to conclude on the 6th November. EXCITING MAN. =) I remember blogging MONTHS ago about 6th November, these set of exams and stressing about them ahaha. Yet now, I'm somehow, so at peace? Complacency kicking in? HAHA crap!
Hmm, I think what's making my mood today is younha's telepathy MV. Saw it this morning and oh my gosh, it is so uber cute ahahaha.
Compare this to back when younha just started off, her famous HOUKIBOSHI:
You really can tell the difference. She's matured, gotten a sexier image and made herself seem so much more outgoing. Really contrasts to her shy, innocent image she started with. I reckon its a change for the better. But hey, sexy is almost always better eh? =P ask any guy ahaha
Same routine today really. Wake up late, eat, stay around, study a bit. Ohh actually...
Went to optometrist today. Have no idea why. Mum dragged me along haha, so went there. Got a new pair of "slip-on" sunglasses? They're sunglasses that go over your existing ones (weird huh). To be honest they don't look that great lol, mum just wants me to wear them when I drive (fair enough!). $70 pahhh. I didn't even ask for them, but ohh well, I guess I'm not complaining. =P
Hmm, had an interesting talk with the kid's mum that I tutored today. She was like "ohh James has started showing a big improvement all thanks to you!"
Ahahaa and on the inside I'm like "...please don't flatter me T_T" but yehh, she was really happy, so I guess I was happy too. I mean, he's improving, I'm getting paid, she's happy. Everyone's happy. Win-win situation. But ahaha omgawsh the flattery was a tad too much =( But the satisfaction pays off in the end aye?
OHH I FINALLY GOT MY Ps YESTERDAY. After the 3rd attempt, I finally managed to pass that damn driving licence! Ahaha, now I can finally drive on my own. But my parents keep telling me "NO DRIVING TILL AFTER HSC". They just don't want me to crash and die before my final set of exams......ahaha....=(
Anyway, relatively average day, but I did find something interesting.
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=645080
The world's tallest man, is now the world's tallest father. Quite interesting =)
- jim
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