Another tired day...

Yesterday was sure a tiring day. Although, I slacked at the cross country run, by just walking around and chatting with teachers.After that, Siping and Kailing gang took hell long of time to decide whether to take bus or take taxi, they suck!So, we took taxi to Ang Mo Kio. I went separate ways to Orchard to meet up with Joesph Adeth for lunch. Went Macs for lunch. After that, took a slow walk to Plaza Singapura to see if there's any masks.Then, Joesph met some of his friend, and did a devil horn lock. Haha.Apparently, Spotlight is a very interesting shop. They have practically everything. Interesting! After combing the shop, i found nothing cheap and good except for a close up mat.Then, went to Yamaha to look at guitars and etc. Went to Carrefour to play that lousy Casio keyboards, Her Ghost...

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Bionic Woman

Today I went to my dermatologist, Dr. P, because last time I was there he said he would laser this small red scar off my cheek for free. (Secret: I have always wanted to do something about that small red scar on my cheek.) I figured it would be superficial and vain, though, to spend hundreds of dollars on something like a tiny red dot when other girls are walking around with their arms chewed off by sharks and they're not complaining. I feared this would be the first step on my way to Botox injections and breast implants and running a sweat shop completely on the backs of small children.But see, free is a totally different thing. Now, instead of being shallow, I get to be thrifty.First Dr. P gave me this pair of goggles to wear that reminded me of the ones they give you in tanning beds. Only...

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Wal-Mart Guy update

They're going out on Monday! Everyone please cross your fingers that he won't turn out to be a transvestite or polygamist or similar, because that would sort of ruin my newfound faith in the male ra...

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Noctural Creature...

Wow, I'm actually blogging at 4.30 AM!Yes, I'm liking the way of noctural creatures.Haha, this post is nonsense.I slept at 7 pm last evening! Earliest ever! I just lie on my bed after dinner, staring at the ceiling, one hand doing charlier cuts... Then sleep overtook me. Fariza! Your lazy syndrome is infectious! Haha!So here I am, 4.30 am and using the computer (which made alot of churning noises) and listening to my discman and munching on yummy Oreos.Haha. Weird.Later I'll be having cross country run, but i'm not running. I'll be one of a hell slacker and self-headbang and admire the scenery there and act blur. Speaking of this, I need to meet those helpers at Compass Point at 6am.That's about it. = )Hail Metal! \m/In darkness and the Beast, we tru...

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Who says I'm a man-hater?

Because I'm not. I've just noticed that some guys seem to spend a good portion of their time doing things that do not consist of asking me and my other gorgeous and talented friends out on dates.But that's hardly the point. The point is that I can never despair of the male gender because every now and then I'll hear a story like this that restores my faith and causes me to smile and hum showtunes and put aside my plans for taking an AK-47 up to the top of a building and wreaking gory vengeance. (Note: It's been rescheduled for Sept 19th, so mark your calendars! We'll have treats afterward!)Sunday night my teacher roommate was prepping for the first day of school (she teaches high school science). Apparently she had a brain flash of the absolute perfect demonstration to do in class the next...

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Not so much Fantastic, really

I went w/Cicada on Saturday night to support my boyfriend Ioan Gruffudd, who is currently taking a break from being Horatio Hornblower to star in The Fantastic 4. He and I discussed it, and I told him that would be fine, as long as he's back in his breeches and on the high seas within the next year or two.I went to see Fantastic 4, even though I knew the movie would probably not be any good, because that's the kind of supportive girlfriend I am. (Note to famous actors who wish to date me: I'm such a good girlfriend that I'll go see your movies even if they're crap. Only I won't pay full price, because Love Has Limits.)Movie lowlights: It was...

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School of Metal!

Dear readers of this blog, me and my crap MSN crapper Fariza has somehow came up with a revolutionary idea of a school based on metal music and its various mannerisms. Wow.Okay, to cut the bullshit stright, here are the details.School Principal - Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden.School Vice Principal - Joey Jordison of Slipknot.School Mentor - Ozzy Obsoures of Ozzy family (duh!) and Black Sabbath.School Official Counsellor - Corey Taylor of Slipknot. (His counselling session will consist of Jumping the fuck up and to point the middle finger in the air and wildly flung insults.)School English Lecturer - Dani Filth of Cradle of Filth. (This guy here has masters in English! I will do his comprehensions with lots of effort!)School Finnish Lecturer - Ville Valo of HIM. (101% concentration in class!)School...

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One tired day...

Phew. It was sure tiring today!Woke up at an unearthly hour of 6am for A Maths mock exams. I shan't talk about it, what's there to talk about EXAMS? Give me a break.Then me and JJ rushed off to Suntec for Lawrence and Priscilla's The Spook Show, feeling abit excited, because it's a 2hr magic show at only $4!!! Damn, when we reached there, there were already swarming with people, mostly Christians obviously. I could almost sniff that stifling stench of those brainwashed and odd people. Yuck.Anyhow, we went in. OMFG, that place is huge! I think there's around a good amount of 10,000 people, good enough for a decent mosh pit. And, the lighting/sound system reminded me of Slipknot's gig, it's the same! Haha, crazy me.There were ghosts galore drifting around, trying very hard to spook people...

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I never want to get into a car ever again

Yesterday I drove to Rexburg and back. I don't recommend that anyone ever do that, unless it's for a real good reason. My reason was good (picking brother coolboy up at the airport and taking him to the BYU-Idaho) but that doesn't make the drive any nicer, or the crick in my neck any less real, or my beastly temper any sweeter.So, BYU-Idaho.That place is just strange, and takes the case for uptight. There was some orientation meeting entitled "Why you don't wear capris, shorts, or flip-flops, ever, and if you do you go straight to hell." I'm stunned those people still have the ability to poop. But hey, smart parents could use the shorts/flip-flops rule to their advantage. I know I would keep my grades up to avoid crap like that and get into a real school. (And for those of you who do attend/have...

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Les Miserables rocks!

Here's one of the tracks, Master of the House.Thenardier:Welcome, Monsieur, sit yourself downAnd meet the best innkeeper in townAs for the rest, all of 'em crooks:Rooking their guests and crooking the booksSeldom do you seeHonest men like meA gent of good intentWho's content to beMaster of the house, doling out the charmReady with a handshake and an open palmTells a saucy tale, makes a little stirCustomers appreciate a bon-viveurGlad to do a friend a favorDoesn't cost me to be niceBut nothing gets you nothingEverything has got a little price!Master of the house, keeper of the zooReady to relieve 'em of a sou or twoWatering the wine, making up the weightPickin' up their knick-knacks when they can't see straightEverybody loves a landlordEverybody's buxom friendI do whatever pleasesJesus! Won't...

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This will have to be quick

I apologize I cannot give you the attention and well-crafted prose you deserve, but I'm training my replacement today and it turns out that it's hard to blog when someone is spooned up to me at my desk. (It's not the guy's fault, though. He doesn't have a computer, or a desk, or a chair, or a phone yet, on account of I still have all those things. Because I'm not gone yet.)Anyway, the Utah Shakespearean Festival. Lovely, wonderful, beautiful weather, great companions, so much fun, I don't know why I haven't been going every single year and watching every single play. Saw Stones in His Pockets Monday night, and I can't say enough good about it....

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Pass the Depends, please

Because I'm officially old. Last night I went over to Cicada's lovely and well-furnished home, now complete with bliss-inducing ceiling fan (which will feature very soon in this story). We were supposed to be watching A Room with a View together.She made us pina coladas, I set up the ground rule that I don't actually watch the part where the naked Englishmen frolick around in the pond, but that she was more than welcome to, and we got started.But it turns out that my bedtime is 9:30 or something, because I fell asleep pretty much 5 minutes in, lulled by the BICF (as mentioned in the first paragraph). I woke up for the scene where George just BAM kisses Lucy Honeychurch in the field w/the sun and the barley and the my pulse is gettingfastersoletsjustleaveit. Woke up again for the scampering...

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Maestro.

Here's a raw idea of what Maestro's logo gonna be like.For your infomation, Maestro is made up of 2 people currently, namely me and Siyang. :)Maestro is to be activated after the Bloody ...

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Just wanted to share...

Children mutilated to make choir of seraphim, their songs a cry to heaven that heaven did not hear.- Anne Rice 's Cry to Heaven pg. 510.The death of one is a tragedy. The death of a million is just a statistic.- Marilyn Manson's Fight Song.I've felt the hate rise up in me.Kneel down and clear the stone of leaves.I wander out where you can't see.Inside my shell, I wait and bleed.- Slipknot's Wait and Bleed.Love's the funeral of heartsAnd an ode for crueltyWhen angels cry bloodOn flowers of evil in bloomThe funeral of heartsAnd a plea for mercyWhen love is a gunSeparating me from youA prayer to a god who's deaf and blind- HIM's Funeral of Hearts.We are the new diabolic.We are the bitter bucolic.If I have to give my life, you can have it.We are the pulse of the maggots.- Slipknot's Pulse of...

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Infernal Saint is spawned.

Here are the evolutionised logos of my soon-to-surface band, Infernal Saint. The final one is the most decorated one. ;D Enj...

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The Aftermath.

It's been 5 days since that hellish experience of Slipknot's gig.And, I'm like still stuck at Fort Canning Park in my spirit, still relishing that electrifying and exhilarating moment of sheer brutal insanity. All the madness. All the sic-ness. All engrained in my mind.The aftermath is disasterous yet sweet. The disasterous side is that you regret not doing the things that you wanted to do, like mosh more or to shout louder. And then, you will despair why everything happened so fast, you cannot register into your long-term memories. You despair why you didn't get the VIP tickets. All the regrets. Why didn't I go earlier?The sweet side is that you knew it that your dream is fullfilled, and that's enough said. That sweet sense of satisifation is overwhelming. That feeling can linger in your...

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My weather pixie

I think she might be on crack.57 degrees? What the heck?We may need to have an interventi...

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The Week of the Education

So this week was Education Week at my university. Thousands of people from all over descend upon the campus like so many locusts, for the purpose of getting knowledge. That's what they say they're doing, anyway. We all know they're just here to get away from their families and meet up with all their friends to talk about how darn much the campus has changed in 25 years. The classes are about everything from religion to finances to parenting to fashion ("The Denim Jumper: It's Still Hot, No Matter What Anyone Says!!!)Most people who come here for Education Week are lovely. They're excited to be here, they're having a great time, the classes are great, and the world is just fabulous.Unfortunately, I never meet the lovely people. I meet the weirdos.I ran a booth in the student center for several...

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Since I'm feeling lazy . . .

. . . it's a quiz day. When I was a kid I wanted to be a teacher because I thought grading papers was the coolest. When I was older I wanted to be a teacher because I thought randomly springing quizzes on punk teenagers would be all kinds of fun. I eventually decided not to follow a teaching path, much to the disappointment of therapists everywhere.Anyway. The quiz.1. What is your full name? Miss Nemesis2. Where do you live right now? Provo, UT, for the next 39 days3. What are you listening to right now? The gentle hum of flourescent office lighting. If I decide to mix things up, I might put in my new Wicked soundtrack, which is not a burned copy at all.4. What's the last thing you ate? Ooh! I know this one. Warm blueberry muffins from scratch with fresh blueberries, courtesy of Savvymom....

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Some pictrues of thy Gig of the Year.

ENJOY. Shawn Clown is effing comical with that mic aka 'gun'. Corey, you made my year!Hail Slipknot. I know my wait isn't wast...

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IMing with Cicada (totally work related)

Cicada says: So have you ever heard of *Kitchen Confidential"?Nemesis says: Yep. I've seen the book in bookstores and in your brother's car.Cicada says: Yeah . . .Cicada says: Well, the guy says that you only need one knife.Cicada says: But make it a good knife.Nemesis says: Like what, a big butcher knife for everything?Cicada says: He suggests "Global" because they're really good and relatively inexpensive.Cicada says: But "relatively inexpensive" means about 80 bucks.Nemesis says: And then if you lose it . . .Nemesis says: But you wouldn't lose it.Cicada says: Well, how do you really lose a knife.Cicada says: I mean, where do you take them? Other than from one side of the kitchen to the other.Nemesis says: Someone could steal it.Cicada says: hahahaCicada says: Well, if I used *that* rationale...

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Slipknot gig, FINALLY!

Get to the the bullshit straight. So here it goes:Corey said, Singaporean maggots are a bunch of fucking insane bastards, and it's one of the craziest crowds around.' And I loved it.At the end of the show, Corey knelt down and bowed to the crowd! I think Singaporeans really impressed him. Cos during the Spit it Out, the crowd is automatic of getting the fuck down to the fucking ground, and the responsese were HUGE. I already loved the feeling of jumping down together as one whole maggot corp. FUCKING AWESOME SENSATION.I was there early, so they were having a soundcheck. I saw all of them unmasked. Mick is one giant! When they left for dinner in mini buses, the crowd banged on the windows, it's really harcore.2 females fainted, but not me, well, almost. Tired from that long 9 hour stand.The...

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Oh. My. Gosh.

Yesterday I was skimming the discussion boards at Digs, and found a thread for people who are trying to track down books that they read years ago but whose titles they can't remember. And I found what looks like pretty much the Best Book Ever.This is the poster's description, by the way--not mine. Ditto for the typos and formatting:(italicized comments added by me in the manner Eric D. Snider and his angry letters. My compliments to Eric D. Snider. Call me!)In the beginning of the book the heroine is at a party where her cousin is getting engaged. (The cousin's fiancés is really a spy along with her brother) In the first chapter, the cousin finds his fiancés looking through some paper and he realize what she was doing so he beats her. Her brother(whom everyone thinks is her cousin and lover)...

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My China Registry

It seems that I am supposed to be getting one of these, apparently. You remember the recent cat-fight over my mom's china, yes?Savvymom called me the other night, all excited.SM: Mom says we can all go register for china and she'll start buying it for us for Christmas and birthdays and stuff!Me: Huh?SM: Yeah! And so I'm at the Dillard's homepage looking at Wedgwood and I'm trying to decide which one I want.Me: Mom wants us to go register? Even if we're not getting married?SM: Yes! And if you get 5-piece sets for all of the major holidays then you'll have your whole set in just a couple of years! So which ones do you like?It was all a bit much to take in. There's also still a slight question of whose idea this actually was--Mom's or Savvymom's. I got the impression from Savvymom's that it...

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Weekend Highlights

Highlights:Friday night is a blur--must've been all the liquor.Streets of Belfast bought our tickets for the Utah Shakespearean festival. Yay for Irish plays!Did absolutely nothing productive on Saturday. It was marvelous.Bought a huge bin of fresh blueberries at Costco, so have been adding them to all my foods. Check me out with my antioxidants.Saturday night dinner at Ottavio's w/the girls. Had possibly the best tomato soup in existence. It was this creamy tomato basil soup, and there were little bits of tomato and onion in there. Next time I'll just ask for a vat of that and skip the pasta. Got the portobello ravioli w/basil cream sause, by the way. Also good, but not as good as the soup. Then the 4 of us split the monster chocolate cake.Lovely roasted chicken dinner Sunday night at Savvymom's,...

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I CAN'T WAIT. I CAN'T WAIT.

4 LONG years... Desparately waiting... Now, it's left with only ONE day in the countdown counter. The long, hard and perilous wait is soon over.I can still remember, when I fell in love with the first Slipknot song, which happens to be Spit It Out, around 4 years ago. It's raw brutality and sheer speed of that song captured my heart. Soon it became a sought after passion for me, I went around hunting for the impossible-to-find-in-the-heartlands album, Iowa. Iowa is the FIRST metal album that I listened to properly and then succumb to. I went around unearthing their Live videos from the net, feeling tons of jealously and envy that those people in the videos can watch Slipknot Live. Soon, the fever roared up so high, I almost made a mask which will look like Joey's.Then I went to purhcase Slipknot...

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2 more days to Slipknot gig

Wow, time passes fast! It's only 2 more days left to Slipknot Gig! I'm feeling the heat and madness of the Knot already. Can't wait for Purity, Left Behind, (sic), Wait and Bleed, Spit it Out (because of the notorious quote of, 'Get the fuck down to the fucking ground right fucking now') and the list of songs goes on.One word, CAN'T WAIT.Anyhow, went to Ning's Little magic Shop Auction yesterday. It was fun at Little India, Tekka Market stuff rocks. Cheap and generous servings. The auction is a very good catch although I got nothing. Collected my orders. Mini Zomie is a little disappointing... But I had fun with my spongeballs! :PThen I went to Orchard to meet my family for dinner and some shopping.And again, 2 more days to Slipknot!Oh yes, I got a B3 for my Chinese O levels. Dang. But heck,...

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Welcome to England, where we really REALLY don't want you to get pregnant

This England thing just gets better and better!A few months ago, my doctor put me on Yasmin birth control. (I promise, I'll keep the TMI factor low.) She says it's for purely medical reasons, but she's probably covering her bases in case I turn out to be some closet nymphomaniac. I'm not, by the way. I don't think. I mean, who's to decide what automatically constitutes nymphomania, huh?(I just realized that the above paragraph will probably bring some interesting visitors to this site, since last week someone got here by doing an MSN search for "Kiera Knightley topless." Hoo boy.)Anyway, love Yasmin. She/it is my new best friend, as is the Canadian pharmacy that let me order the pills online for less than the Wal-Mart pharmacy would have charged me (about $35 a month). Along with this newfound...

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From my mother

I hesitate to write this, because my mom might read it and think I'm making fun of her. But I'm not, and no one else had better say anything rude or I'll kick them in the head. It's one of those "I can talk about my mom but you can't" things. You understand.Every time I go home, my sweet mom invariably says something that wins the prize of Comment That Would Completely Destroy My Self-Esteem if I Didn't Already Have an Over-Abundance of That Stuff. She never means it that way, because she's one of the sweetest ladies in the world. This is part of what makes it so funny.Mom is coming down to visit for the next two weeks. She says it's so that she can attend Education Week here at BYU and then take coolboy up to college in Idaho. Only I think she actually just wants to play with baby Savvy...

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Soapbox

There is an LDS wedding announcement on my fridge right now. (Okay, there are actually about 5 LDS wedding announcements, but I'm here to discuss one of them.)I am happy to report that this announcement was sent to my roommate rather than to me, because if it were from my friends I would feel slightly conflicted about writing this post. I would get over it, though, because I must do my duty.Enclosed in this wedding announcement were two small inserts. You may think these contained an invitation to the ceremony itself, or perhaps directions to the reception. You would be right-thinking but dead wrong. One insert was pale blue, produced by Target's Club Wedd, and read What They Really Want.The other was white with silver lettering from Crate & Barrel, and read If You Really Want to Know...

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She's an angel straight from Heaven!

Here's a recent picture of my darling baby niece, whom everyone must admire and adore. (You can do it silently in your head, if you wish.) This was a day or so before she filled her family's Subaru to the brim in vomit.Savvymom swears that she said my name yesterday. Of course she waited until I wasn't there to do it. Still, you can't get mad at a precious genius baby who loves her aunt the most, yes she does, a booo-shee booo-shee booooo . . .Oh. Ahem. Excuse me, not sure what happened there.And no, I don't know what I will do when I move to England and can't see her anymore. I'm sure she'll be just fine, since she has a loving family and a...

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Matchmaker, matchmaker, make meeeee a match

So I'm back at work now, after my successful battle with the scurvy. Only I'd probably better go get some orange juice or something so I can keep staving it off. Thank you for your good vibes and kind wishes on my behalf. They comforted me marvelous much.This morning my boss brings in a very cute guy who is interviewing for the position I will be leaving.Boss: "Hey [Nemesis], this is [Cute Guy]."Me: "Hello, Cute Guy. Nice to meet you."Boss: "I wanted Cute Guy to meet you because he's single."The office suddenly got very quiet, w/the occasional smothered chuckle and guffaw.Me: "Well, isn't that nice . . . "Turns out what he meant was that he wanted me to talk to the guy about what it's like doing this job (with the travel and lack of social life) from the perspective of a Singleton, since...

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Somebody kill me please

I'm sick--possibly dying, even.You know how when you're gorging yourself on food at a party, there is always that moment? It's the moment where you can either stop eating and feel pleasantly full, or you can take that One Last Bite and consign yourself to hours of gastrointestinal misery.I took the One Last Bite.It was a brownie bite covered in powdered sugar, supplied by Streets of Belfast at the clothing swap party (more to come on that later). And I'm sorry that I have to keep typing out "Streets of Belfast" but I realized that if I abbreviated it I would be casting serious doubts on my dear friend's gender, parentage, and personality. Maybe I'll start calling her "Streets." That sounds cool and hip an' stuff, right?Anyway, I ate the brownie bite and have not been the same since. I dragged...

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Weird bloke on MRT.

Alright, today I met up with Siyang, Tham, Barney, Yanru at Orchard for a very very boring session. Sat at BK and blah blah, sniped for brevity.Then, Tham suggested to go to Clark Quay to meet Tom for something. Then went to Liang Court Macs for dinner plus another session.Then the exciting part, on our way back, on the train. This balding old bulldog-looking bloke stared at us when we were flourishing as usual etc. Then he blurted something like, 'Hey, you teenagers, don't play cards ah! You know you play cards, the police can arrest you. Ai yo, better don't play with cards. Later the police come catch you, be careful ah!' in chinese.We were like stunned by his almost senseless comments and feeling quite pissed. But heck, we continued to flourish, challenging him right on. Who cares?!Then,...

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Wings of a Butterfly video

Here's a new video for your pleasure.It's not yet released, and it's Wings of a Butterfly by HIM. Oh man, what happened to Ville? I prefer his semi-long hair that is semi-curly. That's more HIM-ish.Enj...

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Crap, now I'm famous

They finally got me. I spent the last 6 years of my life doing my absolute best to avoid them, and today they got me.I'm going to be in the promotional material.Every year the photographers run around in a frenzy, lassoing unfortunate employees and making them pose in all kind of ridiculous ways. As a full-timer, I could usually invent an excuse to get away. ("Sorry, I have to go to a meeting." "Can't help you, in the middle of a big project." "Oops, can't, I have a pelvic exam to go to.")The poor student employees, on the other hand, have no defense. They're just offered up like sacrificial lambs or cattle. It's especially bad for those with any hint of non-white ethnicity. The higher-ups are onto them like nobody's business. And no, don't even get me started. I still work here, so it would...

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The price of beauty

I have problems.For about the 8 bazillionth time, I've had to go put makeup on in the office restroom.You may ask why I do this, and you would be right to wonder.Is it the lovely green flourescent lighting, which makes every woman look and feel her best?Is it the strange looks I receive from other bathroom visitors and custodial staff?Is it the delightful air freshener, which lets out a perfumed mist every time it senses my approach?Could it be the feeling of power I get as the woman in the stall behind me sits and suffers in silence because she just can't relax and do her thing knowing that I'm standing there listening to her?But no, it's none of those. I'm just a lazy disorganized slob who can't get her trash together in the morning. I actually set my alarm to go off 15 minutes early this...

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Random Highlights

So here are the things that have been good about this week:My cool sister and sweet niece came back from their vacation, albeit covered in barf. They brought me a Ghirardelli chocolate bar with almonds. It's created by a precise blend of deep-roasted cocoa beans and hand-selected ingredients, and the roasted almonds perfectly complement the smooth finish of the chocolate. I got to visit and be jealous of Cicada's new apartment. Only I'm not jealous of the mosquitoes. Or the heat. Or the neighbors whose idea of watering the lawn consists of throwing down a garden hose in the middle of the yard and letting it run for hours before moving it over to a different spot in the yard. Those people are water wasters, which is right up there in my book with puppy killers. But the rest of the apartment...

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Future employment prospects

So I'm the luckiest girl ever. My sweet friend Shannen has agreed to give me some editing work while I'm in England! It won't be a whole lot, maybe two projects a month of 15-20 hours each. But hey, that's perfect, on account of sometimes I won't be able to work because I'll be in Belgium eating chocolate and practicing all kinds of French on good-looking non-smoker men.Savvymom says I need to be sure to only spend that money on things like travel and shoes. She's right. Otherwise I might be tempted to do something stupid like pay off my student loans early or add to my retirement account.I found one of those quizzes online that HR departments supposedly give to potential hires. And in celebration of my upcoming job, I figured it would be fun to take it. Feel free to play along, but don't...

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More pictures

For your visual pleasures......

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