Yee ‘O Lost Souls

OMG I just registered myself as a volunteer!! Hahahaha!

I actually saw this article in the newspaper about Yayasan Salam looking to have 5000 volunteers by 2015 or something. I thought it’d be cool to be volunteering so I went to their website and didn’t spare any mind registering online! Hahaha!

I registered as a part time volunteer. You can register as a part-time or full time. I left my KL address but stated that I am Sarawakian. After all, I’m in KL most of the time. That is, until I graduate.

Go here if you want to register too. I don’t know if they’ll take my online application seriously since it was way too easy to register. But beats nothing, right?

Yayasan SALAM Ignore their English site and juck click Bahasa Malaysia. Their English site is not complete.

Ta’ra!

First week and we already have assignments lined up for the whole semester!!

I have four subjects and so far went to two classes. One class was canceled, and the other class I missed :D. I mean, who goes to class in the first week anyway!? How was I to know that Marketing class would start on time?!

Still, it matters not. My friends told me you have to form a group for Marketing by this week and I quickly attached myself to SGWSS (remember her? the Sabahan Girl Who Speaks Sarawakian?). I became the last person to form her group. The others are her housemates and friends, as she told me. If she deemed them worthy then it’s fine by me.

Then came SBM and HRM. You can have a group as small as 2 people or as big as five people. SGWSS and I linked arms quickly, then recruited Khaye as a third person. We are hoping to keep the number to just us. The other two shared my opinion. We are peaceful together and want to score good grades. Taking on another would only disturb our ‘balance’.

And then it was HRM. The group must have 5 people, but with a twist! You must include people from the other courses as well. There are three courses in the class: BABM (thats me), BET and MOT (not sure what this means). Since Khaye was conveniently sitting beside me, we automatically recruited each other. It was a funny sight. I gave her a look. She shrugged. And it was official.

Then we needed people from other courses. She immediately pointed to the guy sitting a chair away from me. He was from MOT,  and there was only 5 MOTs in our class. Which means, one group will not have an MOT, pending they all spread out in different groups. Then she said "He’s in MOT, let’s grab him before anyone else can!". And I’m telling you, if it wasn’t because of me sitting between her and him, she would have literally grabbed him. But we acted civil and I asked him nicely if he wanted to join. He said okay. He didn’t ditch the class mid-way and didn’t fall asleep either, so he’s a pretty good candidate to begin with. Then Khaye spotted another guy sitting alone in the next row. She didn’t know him, but knew enough that he was in BET (she has a very keen eye it seems…). She called over and asked him to join our group. He said yes.  And it was pretty quick too. Normally I wouldnt join a group of people I don’t know. But I guess he, the guy, wasn’t very close to his coursemates to begin with anyway.

So now there’s four of us: 2 BABMs, 1 MOT and 1 BET.

Then I looked in front, pretending to listen while I sift through The Star the lecturer had passed over to us to look at the Classifields section. Shirley was looking over her shoulder and smiled at me. I knew what that meant. She had given me a similar look before. It meant "wanna group up, you and me?" and when she gave me that look it also implied that she left the decision to choose the other group members up to me. Do I always have that affect on people I wonder.

I smiled back and nodded okay. Then I proceeded to SMS her our current line up. She said okay. Later on the lecturer said we should give her our name list next week. By that time I could have given her our name list by the end of class.

Our final line up for HRM was: 2 BABM, 2 BET, and 1 MOT. I had earlier wanted to recruit Shirley as our BET rep and get SGWSS to fill the fifth slot, but I suppose this lineup is better. If we had gone with my earlier decision, it would be unfair to our sole guy member and MOT rep hehehe. After all, our lecturer said, when selecting employees for a corporation, you must always have a healthy ratio of men and women. To be politically correct, hehehe.

So thanks to us taking on two BETs, there will be a couple of groups without them. In addition, we were the first group to be formed while the others were still trying to figure out how to approach the other strangers in class. I had learned many a valuable lessons from my last group assignments; the early bird gets the worm. When your class is small, the good people are few and they don’t linger long. So grab them as fast as you can!

Man, my recruitment saga is so interesting. I have confident with my 3-person group, but the other two would need a little adjusting. But they would surely be better than my last sem’s group from hell.  And besides, it’s a good opportunity to get to know new people eh? Like my lecturer said, it’s all about networking!

Networking. Hehehehehehe.

Ta’ra!

Was awesome! I’m glad I went, even though I had some inner reservations beforehand. But I went, and I was happy about it :D.

At first I thought it was just going to be a big concert with a lot of exotic songs playing (and exotic musicians). But it turned out to be a whole festival! Which means, they have dance workshops, stalls selling food, souvenirs and other activities.

I went with my sisters and her friend. Who seemed more ready for the beach than the festival.

If only I could wear shorts too.

The picture was actually taken after everything was over and we had to walk back to the car. Cars were not allowed past Santubong Resort you see, so you can only park along the way from the entrance gate to somwehre just before the resort’s car park. Then, you have to walk all the way up the hill to the lobby where they have shuttle services to and from the Cultural village.

A very good move by the organizers if you ask me. So long as you’re patient that is.

But we didn’t complain about it. It was for the greater good if you ask me.

Anyway, there were shops, and my sis had her face painted on with those Iban motives with a blue metallic brush.

And no, I didn’t bother taking a picture of that coz she took too much of it herself already.  Ii woulda have my face painted on too if not because I wore a cream colored veil and won’t go too well with the ink.

We went around the show houses, but didn’t go in, because, really, what’s the point? I’ve been there often enough to know what’s inside.

One thing I noticed is that, whenever you go to a festival like this, you’d expect a lot of water bottles and rubbish littering the place. But the whole area was surprisingly clean! There was no heaps of rubbish all over the place, except for the ever-present dead leaves. Then I thought to myself, if this was KL, this place would sooner resemble a dumspter! It makes me proud to be there, and from the hosting state XD.

It helped too that there was a lot of rubbish bins at about every 4-5 meters. And then, there was the common eating area. You have the food mart, which is an area surrounded by food stalls with a common eating area in the middle consisted of long tables and chairs. The tables were cleaned almost as soon as the leftovers were abandoned by their owners, so there was ample of space for everyone all the time.

And of course, it’s not the music festival without the concert.

The stage is just behind that, but for now its being dimmed because the focus is the crowd. I didn’t bother going into the heart of it because there were people spraying beer over the crowd and that’s…not fun.

It’s just fun watching other people so engrossed in their dancing though hahaha! I even saw this old Indian couple dancing in the middle of the crowd! The area they were in was where people mostly sat, so they stuck out and it’s so fun! I took a picture, but it was too blurry to see D:.

It would be so fun to be one of those people perched on someone else’s shoulders too XD.

I need to get a strong boyfriend one day :D.

I met a lot of old faces too at the festival. I even met Owen! Despite being on the brink of being drunk he recognized me! Surprise, surprise.

I was expecting a lot of drunkards on the way back, as we were queuing back for the shuttle van. But except for one very high lady, who obviously took pills with her beer, other people were quite sober. They’ve had a few cans obviously, but none drunk enough to really lose their minds.

Though we did see a guy sprawled drunk on the boot of his car in the parking lot.

Anyway, fun times it was. Maybe I should go back next year eh? Definitely an event to go to at least once.

Ta’ra!

I just realized yesterday that I had 3 more days left before take off. Which means I’ll be leaving Tuesday O_O. I’m kinda looking forward to going back and seeing everyone, but I won’t be staying in the hostel for long hehehe. Yep, I’ll be in KL from now on. Easier to reach everyone. Everyone who’s not from my college, obviously, hahaha! It’s not like my current hostel is bad. It’s just that, whenever I get home from some entertainment, like say, watch a movie and eat out (other than the blardy mamak stalls), I have to walk a distance. Uphill, and uneven.

I hate it.

It’s especially dangerous at night :/.

Soon I won’t have that problem hehehe.

I enjoyed my holiday you see, because motherhood takes care of all the food and I don’t have to feed myself. That’s the only pleasure I’ll miss the most. But oh well. I get to eat more Japanese food now :D~.

Another thing I’ll miss is the long hours on Kujong. My farking FF12 disk hung up again! And it was going pretty good too. I spent over 60 hours on it and it was awesome. Thankfully I have another faulty disk to get me past that section. That disk is faulty too. I think it’s time I invest in an original game disk. If only I know where to get one. sighs.

I sure hope my funds build up fast. I’m about 1/3 there :D. Soon as I get my pstwo I will get another FF12. Normally they’d give you 10 free games. Who knows what else I’ll choose. So excited.

I’ve been thinking I should maybe become more of a game person instead of an anime person. Games are more…engaging. Though I just can’t seem to get over my fear of Valkyrie Profile 2. A prime example of why games should be turn-based. Unless they do it like FF12 XD.

That said, I’m considering going back to playing Kingdom Hearts. I stopped after about the first 3 hours.

I wonder if tonight I should even bother playing FF12. But whenever I play, I feel so…tranquil. It’s like, whenever the midnight silence fell, I look forward to spending it monster hunting on my PS2. Ahh~ bliss.

Well I’m leaving Tuesday, just so you guys know. Now don’t go chasing me with a mallet in case I forgot to tell you, okay?

Ta’ra!

I was thinking, would it be too late for me to take up journalism? I mean, would it even be "right" for me to take up a course other than business? Since high school, I always knew I was destined to do business and get lucratively rich doing it too. Or die trying. But perhaps because I already learned a lot on my own prior to taking the course I felt some of the stuff boring. All the same, journalism and language is something very close to my heart. I like to write, obviously. :/

Then I thought, I’d feel very out of place in a course other than business. Imagine me taking up engineering! *gasp* Never!

So then, I start thinking, if you know, my studies go without a hitch (means I’m not repeating any subjects or whatever), then I’d be graduating mid 2009, and I’ll be only 22. I’ll be one of those early-graduates and people are sure to bug me about getting a freaking MASTERS! Do I even need to spell it out I have no plans of furthering my studies to masters and to PhD?!

ALTHOUGH! Now I may make an exception. It’s just that I’m not heading to that direction. So instead of a Masters degree and whatnot, I’ll be taking a diploma after I got my degree! How’s that? It’s only 2 years and a half, not much difference from a Masters degree, right? And I may take journalism if I want to. There’s even an institute close to where I live in KL so I don’t have to travel far, and saves on accomodation, eh?

Then I also wonder if you could postpone the repayment of your study loans because you are continuing your studies?

I heard such things can be arranged.

I wonder…

Ta’ra.

Yep, I found myself a new role model. My previous ones include Michael Dell and Oprah Winfrey and Tyra Banks. Though I still look up to them, including Ellen DeGeneres. I love her too. Hehehe.

And guess what? My new idol isn’t even human! My new role model is, believe it or not, a meerkat.

Meerkats look like this.

Have been watching Meerkat Manor a lot recently and fell in love with the program xD.

My favorite, who is now, my new idol, is one named Shakespeare, part of the Whiskers family. He’s the courageous big brother who always get the group out of the stickiest of situations. You can check out more on him in the official site.

Meerkat Manor. You can even meet the whole family there :D.

Though, people are more acquainted with this meerkat.

I bet a lot of you guys grow up with him too!

Hukana mattata, aye?

Now, allow me some space to talk about FF12. Yeah, I fear I will not be able to finish it in time for me to go back to KL. But on the bright side, my funds are building up fast. If you want to donate, I welcome it :D.

So, I realize, as I was playing, how much I miss the element of the Final Fantasy games. What is THAT you wonder? Well in Suikoden, the game ends after you take over the capital and defeat the big bad rune. But in FF, it’s defined by harder and harder battles, and more of them. All the sidequests involved defeating this boss or other. There’s barely any mini games. Suikoden had been increasing the number of mini-games in consequent titles.

Yeah, yeah, I know there’s a fishing mini-game or other in FF12 but I have yet to uncover it. Still, there’s really few of them compared to Suikoden you know.

Now I’m torn between the silver and white pstwo. Give me suggestions.

Also, some days ago I went webhost shopping, and found out that you can, for the rest of 2007, register for a .com.my domain for 50 ringgit a year! The usual price is 100 ringgit, so you got a 50% discount due to the celebration of Malaysia’s 50th birthday. But of course, a normal .com domain is 50 a year. And I found this great webhost, and very cheap too. The hosting plan I want was 100 ringgit a year, plus 50 for domain registration, which equals to 150 ringgit per year!!!!!111111ONE

Isn’t that just GREAT?! But you know what’s the sad thing is? They don’t accept credit cards! So since I don’t have cheques, my next best option is to bank in. But its 150, and you pay only once a year, so its not so bad. At least I spare myself the explanation to daddyo what’s that 150 I charged to the VISA is, hehehe.

You know ho old people are. Skeptical. I once told him I want to do an online business and before I could finish he launced into this whole speech about how university kids are conned off their whole PTPTN loan by some online money scam. Then I told him (or tried to) that I’m not into any of that, and explained that I’m doing a business, not some dodgy Swiss Cash thing, and he went quiet and said, "wait till you graduate first".

If you ask me, he didn’t understand a thing I said.

Just goes to show, some things, or rather, most things, are better kept under yout hat :/.

Ta’ra.

Frustrated I am at Kuja and his stupid touch panel. I’ll blog again when I found my motivation.

I still have some holidays left, so I won’t be hitting the books in a while, but studying keeps your mind sharp either way, regardless of what it is you’re studying :D.

One of my problems is that I am Photoshop-disabled. All I want is to be able to draw a decent-sized leaf and I’ll be happy! I don’t care when you people out there scoff me for not being able to use Photoshop and gloating how freaking easy it is. Fact is, I don’t know how to use it and I’m just learning. Painstakingly slow at that too.

I remember asking for help on photoshop and people around me kept saying the same thing: "it’s easy!" even though in truth they are really not that good, and those who are really good at it won’t spare even ten minutes of their time to help you. Sometimes, they give you that ten minutes only to gloat some more about how freaking easy it is. Annoys the hell out of me.

At the end of the day, I realize the only one who really care is myself. I care whether I am able to draw my leaf and how it turns out so no thanks. I’ll enroll in a short course if I have to, or buy the freaking book, or go back and forth to the library to read about it because I will prolly not read the book at home.

So don’t judge me on how much time and money I’ll be spending just to learn one ‘easy’ program. It’s easier getting help where help is given, even at a fee. It’s better than wasting your time begging other people for theirs.

*mutters unintelligible things*

There’s a bunch of other things I need to familiarize myself too. But why the hell are those external courses at a time that’s so inconvenient to me??

Ta’ra.

I said I was going to spend last night writing, but I didn’t. But I also didn’t spend it on Kujong playing FF12 too. I have proof. Because last night you see, I was working on this:

What is THIS you ask? Well THIS my friend, will someday make me a millionaire. It’s a rip off from this.

But of course, the real deal will not look so similar. Still, it is kinda funny hehehe.

And like all bright ideas, I can’t share it with you yet. No. I’m still working on it. Like I said, it’s nothing more than a silly logo, but it’s a start.

I keep saying that  I want to be a billionaire someday and get famous or something. But now I’m thinking if it’s such a good idea. I mean, just having a big house is enough to have people knocking on your door asking for money. I wonder if Irfan Khairi the infamous ‘Jutawan Internet’, (I use the Malay term because of the ridiculous grin on the cover of his book) had that problem. I mean, just winning 100,000 dollar on the lottery is enough to have a buttload of people claiming to be your friend.

Being rich can be so mafan.

But I would rather be rich than not rich at all. xD

Ta’ra!

In my last post I talked of a Telenovela. It’s been a week since then and I no longer follow that Telenovela hehehe. This is due by several reasons.

1) I’ve been going out and to the movies :D. That is correct!! On Thursday I had my share of cheesecake at Bing’s, and the next day I watched the Earth get plagued by aliens twice! This means I finally caught Fantastic Four and later that night watched Bumblebee and the Autobots in action. I have to agree with Me. Bumblebee is a charming robot. The fact that he wasn’t as visually appealing as he should be was more than made up by his bubbly personality. Even two days later I could still hear gunshots in my head. I WANT A SEQUEL!!!

If not I’d love to watch the movie again :D.

2) I finally got an exchange on my FF12 disc. And my new disc is working perfectly. So far.Still, I made a point of saving game whenever I pass through a save point. :/ Ignorance can be…painful.

3) I am refreshed from my writer’s block. It’s a good thing I’m playing game again. They always fill me with renewed vigour to write. And it’s no bloody fanfic.

4) It’s the holidays so what else to do but be content?

Yesterday I had an 11+ straight hour of gaming. I started at about 3:45 pm, and ended at 3 am. By then I was just…bored by it. If I don’t play today I will spend the time writing instead.

FF12 is an awesome game so far. It’s modeled like its MMORPG prodecessor FF11. I  thought I’d hate it since it’s not turn-based like all the previous FFs and even Suikoden. But it’s actually not bad. With turn-based, you usually just press auto on all the normal encounter and have to put up with their victory and item/loot screen after each battle, which can be annoying when you’re in a long dungeon. Still, turn-based, though it can grow boring at times, is secure. I like to be secure O_O.

I had just checked the game’s guides today, out of curiosity. I normally like to blunder my way through a game my own way, and discovering things by accidents, and do a clean sweep during my second playthrough. But I like to get the best ending the first time around and some endings can only be achieved by fulfiling certain requirements. As far as the guides are concerned, there seems to be only one ending to the game. And that is the way I prefer it. Multiple endings are annoying :/. They say ‘multiple’ but there’s really only one good ending. The other two are either a glorified ‘game over’ or a make up, average ending where the world is saved and everyone lives (or almost everyone).

And I can’t quite place who’s playing with accents when it comes to the characters voice acting! Is it the Japanese? Or the Americans who do the English voice. I mean, look at the Imperials. They have a slight British accent to their speech, while some Imperials even have a weird Scottish accent! But the funniest must be those Skycity people. They have an INDIAN accent!! OMG so funny!!!

The funniest thing must be because they were actually very serious!! It’s hard to take people seriously when they are speaking English with an Indian accent deliberateIy. But of course for these people it’s ‘natural’. Still, can’t stop me from laughing.

Ta’ra!