"My colors are blush and bashful"

So I know we just had a mommie gem, but this one is much better than the last one. Also I don't have time to write you anything good today. I'm have to face the fact that I'm going to flunk out of school unless I can get my act together and do a great job on the three assignments that are due this week.Plus, Streets is coming to visit me on Friday and we're going to London (yay, London!) to see Ewan McGregor in Guys and Dolls! This is because life is good right now, even if it is fixing to kick me in the pants. And by pants, I mean trousers. Not underwear. Sickos.So here's a very funny email I received once from my mom when I told her I'd been asked out on a date. Clearly, I wasn't telling her this often enough, because once I did she pulled out the big guns.Ahem:Now, don't laugh, it's just...

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Here comes the sun, doo-doo doo dooooo

First, a bit of housekeeping: the email subscribe thing. Turns out it's rubbish. It works, but it sends you the posts about 24 hours after they're published. And my vanity won't let me even conceive of anyone waiting that long to see what pearls of wisdom have dropped from my pen. So I know people are able to get it through Bloglines and RSSFWD. Does anyone else have a service they really like? Anyway, you should for sure be able to go through those to have your favorite blogs emailed to you (as long as your favorite blogs are hip and have an RSS feed).And now enough of that. I must speak to you of the sun.Yesterday I had to get up at the crack of dawn to do my laundry, on account of people around here think dryers are silly. I went out in the back garden and hung my clothes up on the line,...

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It starts

I have just turned in my first piece of coursework, and it's probably absolute rubbish.(Note: I'm having to start saying rubbish now instead of crap. My American Brothers and Sisters will wonder why that is, since cr*p is not a bad word. Tell me about it, My American Brothers and Sisters. It's slightly crude, as it does reference fecal matter, so you wouldn't really use it at church or anything, but it is nowhere near an obscenity. And even though I checked with like 6 people about the use of cr*p and they all said it wasn't a bad word, I'm slowly noticing that no one else says it. So I will have to stop as well. From now on everything is rubbish. Sigh . . . .)Anyway, yes. First coursework. They call them all essays over here. What's fun (or, you know, panic-inducing) is the part where I...

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Rejoice with me!

This morning, I had a shower.And I'm nearly bursting into tears of joy right now, just remembering it. The shower is finished and it is beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! The bathroom walls are Tiffany & Co blue, and the shower tile is white and gorgeous and I got to take a shower this morning in it.The water was hot and the pressure was perfect and my hair lathered up just right and I never once had to use a jug. It was the first shower I've had in a month, and it was glorious. I can only remember having one shower in my life that was better than this one. It was after a long hot dirty camping trip, and when I stepped into the water I may have involuntarily made sounds, it felt so nice. Also it was at someone else's house, and they could probably hear me at the time (thanks again, Kar!)....

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So many things to get, so little money...

Recently, there's been alot of things that I'm yearning to get. But unfortunately, my wallet isn't very cooperative. So here are those stuff: Both Rosenrot and Gospel of Filth release on the 31st of October which is Halloween. \m/ That's what I call a good release date. Peace through Superior Firepower, a Cradle of Filth DVD, is stated to be out in Oct/Nov, but things doesn't quite seem that way. Really sincerely hope that some news will come from the Cradle Camp soon on the DVD and the book. Live 9.0, which I have been antipicated for weeks, is coming out on the 1st of November. Woot! \m/ And that christfucking evil looking tee shirt, Immortal's...

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The mow-bile phone

So you know how the world is all about opposites and contrasts and all that good stuff? And how even if you have a good thing people will find a way to use it for their own evil purposes?Examples:InternetGood things: Email, my blog, online shopping, Wikipedia, vast hoards of information at one's fingertipsBad things: Child pornography, spam, hate sites, email forwards about sick children in Guatemala named Angela who will be made well if you keep forwarding this emailTelevisionGood things: Educational and cultural programs, great shows like House and Malcolm in the Middle, really funny commercialsBad things: Eroding decency standards, 99.7% of all reality tv, and the kind of cable where there's actually nothing to watch on any of the 72 channels, but you think there must be, so you keep flipping...

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Heaven help us

I went out with the missionaries today, which was a new experience. They asked me to meet them at this girl’s house, because they didn’t know if she would be alone or not and wanted everything to be above-board. Turns out, they shouldn’t have worried. Once her parents (she is 16) found out she’d met the Mormon missionaries and invited them over, they made the time to be there, and they brought the big guns with them.Turns out their family are very faithful born-again Christians, which is great. But right away there were points of doctrine (like the “Grace v. Works" question) that we differed on in our explanations. It's possible that the girl may have had questions, but her parents weren’t having any of that, and preferred to point out the ways that what we believe (or what they thought we...

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To Megatherion!

Woot! Today was an eventful day! Finally got to go out with Rei! Went to delicious Subway for lunch, then to Penninsula the Metaller's Sancturary! After some walking around, we went to To Megatherion. Damn cool place to chill at. Impiety frontman is friendly, neat! Even offered us free beer! There's these 2 14 years old guys there, good that metal clutches are expanding! Muahaha! Then went to the jamming room to watch those 14 years old jam. Haha, so sorry that we took up some of their time to do our crap. But hey, I tried vocals at a real studio finally. Came out quite well! hehe! Can't wait for Infernal Saint's jamming sessions man!Chilled out somemore, Impiety frontman shared a jewish domainance consipracy secret with us. Quite a shocking revelation for me!Then, bought an Immortal badge...

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Speaking of . . .

I forgot to tell everyone the story of Registering with the NHS (alternate title: Welcome to a Year of Free Drugs, Baby!). It was pretty much the easiest thing ever. I had to get a prescription for my lovely beautiful friend Yasmin, so they sent me on back to speak with the doctor.She took my blood pressure and asked me the fun standard questions.Dr: "Do you smoke?"Me: "No."Dr: "How often do you drink?"Me: "I don't drink."Dr: "Are you sexually active?"Me: "No, I have never been sexually active."Dr: "Have you ever been pregnant?"Me: "Um, no." (See above.)Dr: "And what prescription is it that you want?"Me: "Yasmin. My doctor back home put me on it for hormone-balancing and it's worked really well, so I'd like to stay on it."Dr: "And are you using it as a contraceptive?"Me: "No, just for the...

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Ceroc your mom!

I learned 3 things today.1. My new voltage compliant flat-iron is rubbish.2. Some freakshow girl at BYU-Idaho today hit my baby brother in the face with a plastic soda bottle when a conversation didn't go her way, which split his eyebrow and caused much bleeding. Note to said girl: If you ever touch my brother again, I will make sure that he charges you with assault and battery, and that you end up in handcuffs, which is where you belong. And if he won't do it, I'll grab a nice brick and we'll have some vigilante justice. I don't care who wasn't paying enough attention to you--you'd best get some coping mechanisms now. 3. Ceroc is possibly the funnest thing ever.I went dancing tonight after Institute after hearing everyone talk about this weirdo Ceroc thing for weeks now. And now I can see...

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Relish the carnage once again! And Again!

Oh my fucking god!!!!Check out these insane pictures of Thy Event of the Year! Joey and SG Maggots! WOOT! SICness has reached its peak!CANNOT WAIT FOR LIVE 9.0!!!!...

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Departure NCHS...

I have came to a sudden realisation that my stay at NCHS is soon to be over. So, this post is to tribute to everything that's intriguing, worth to remember during my stay at that school. This gonna be huge long and exhaustive post.Sec 1 - Entered this strange class of 1F. Went in timid and extremely quiet. The school looked massive to my immature eyes back then. I can vividly remember that the orientation camp was a hellish experience. The rice is like bricks and the milo is diluted. Have to bathe in 3 minutes or the senior will bang on your door and off the lights. Tryants! Then some weird fag gave the name, 'Felicity' for the class name. What the heck man! Being a typical law by law singaporean, I went with the crowd. So as time passes by, everything went boring. I remembered during a calligraphy...

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Mommie gem

I just remembered this one, and since it was my Mom's birthday and all this week, I think it's time to share. (Please remember the ground rules, though: We can talk about our own moms, but not other people's.)Last Christmas there were more of us in Utah than in Alaska, so my parents and coolboy flew down to see us instead. They stayed at my place and we had a tree and fun was had by all.I walked into the kitchen one morning to find my mom at the stove, cooking chicken. I looked over and saw that she was cutting the chicken in the nonstick pan with a metal knife and fork. This is my mom, mind you, who is an excellent cook and has really really nice kitchen stuff and knows about nonstick pans.Me: "Mom . . . are you using a knife that pan?"Mom: "Uh huh!"Me: "Okay, see, we don't use metal on...

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The Biological Ammagedon!

Today is GSE O levels Biology Practical Nov 2005 paper. *OKAY OKAY. Cut the fucked up crap and say the main thing*Went in, saw a huge penknife. Immediately thought of EMO kids and the EMO talk with Fariza. Then blah blah blah. Majority of it sucked like a horny *beep*. And that's quite enough said. I couldn't see any VISIBLE differences or similiarites between that disgusting Fig 2.1 and the cut surface of specimen W2 which is just a carrot. What a sohispicated name for a veggie?! So I merely crapped it through.And, I noticed yet another conspiracy. Your affectionate childhood cartoon hero, also known as Bugs Bunny has a major pact with Cambridge. He obviously supplied those inferior quality carrots to us. How evilish can a rabbit get? Dang. Enough said about that shitty practical.The thing...

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Me and my big dumb mouth

Last night I had a lovely Sunday dinner with some of the other YSAs (or "Young Single Adults," as our Church likes to call us, which is a nicer name than "That Rabble Who Can't Get Married"). One of the guys mentioned that he'd recently started reading the Times & Seasons website, and that he was really getting into the whole blogging thing.This is where, without thinking, I piped in with, "Hey, me too! I even have a blog of my own and it's funny!"Whoops.Him: "Really? I'd like to see it! What's the address?"Me: "Ahhh . . . I don't remember. And maybe I don't actually have one, now that I think about it."Him: "Come on, I'd be interested to see it."Me: "Ennnnhhh . . . Nnnrrg . . . . tssssss . . . . "Okay, see, it is one thing for people who already know me pretty well to get on here. They...

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Fun deprived...

Recently, a strange illness fell upon me... I'm becoming like a living dead and my emotions are mostly numbened except when I listen to metal. I feel that myself and everything is slowly fading away, seeping away. All due to the excesive mugging! Fuck. I so wanna have a time machine and catapult me to the time after my Os, but it's all just a dream. At least, can anyone make this period of time endurable and more ''enjoyable'' although it can be futile to do so.The waiting and dreadiness in me is killing me. Anyone please, help me! Tell me a joke! Now the things I look forward is a good meal and good music. I missed those days when I frequent the library, Orchard road where I walked aimlessly around Far East/Taka/Hereen/blah blah. I missed the days when I hanged out with cool people like...

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Hung. over.

Well, perhaps not in the literal sense of the word, but I will tell you what happened and you'll see what I mean.Remember that Birmingham dance? My friend Ph.D. texted me last night to say she wasn't going to be able to go anymore, so I phoned another person who'd offered a lift to ask if he was still going. Turns out, he wasn't going anymore either. Just as I was looking at the possibility of another Friday night alone (pro: I could put on my pjs and just eat peanut butter all night long, con: I would be spending yet another Friday night alone) he said that he was going to a birthday gathering for someone I knew, and very kindly invited me to come along. So, faced with the party or peanut butter, I went with the party.We met up and I asked him where we were going. Keep in mind that this...

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High once again..

Holy fuck! I'm listening to Live 9.0 streams via Roadrunners now. Fucking brings me back to Aug 16th Fort Canning! Relishing the SIC chaos! \m/This might be a picture taken from Singapore's gig!Click he...

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ps. Happy Birthday, Mom!

Happy Birthday to my sweet Mom, who will quite possibly always look about 15 years younger than she actually is. Have I mentioned that we're all really really hoping to inherit that from her, along with her china?I love you, Mom!* Also, this picture was not taken by me. It was taken by Savvydad, so I just want everyone to know that right n...

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It is time

I must speak to you about the men.And no, this is not the part where I start making the exciting announcements that some people have been making lately. Have I mentioned that I'm very happy for both of these amazing girls? Because I am, even if those announcement do tend to somehow serve as yet another reminder that I will die alone, and that the closest I've been to any action in, like, years, was that time on Sunday when the Scrunchie Lady kept pawing at my lap. Oh! And the closest I've been to dating happened today when I was walking down the sidewalk and some jock yelled, "Oi, b*tch!" out his car window. I bear him no ill will, though. He'll get what's coming to him, preferably in the form of a bull moose through his windshield.So. The men. Lots and lots and lots of them are jaw-droppingly...

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I'm eating a Krispy Kreme donut Right This Second

That's right. It's a day old, but it's real and it's mine, and life is full of daisies and clover and sugar glazes and saturated fats. They've opened a store in Birmingham, I guess, and the missionaries brought some to my friend Ph.D.'s family, and she wrapped up two of them to give to me. They will be getting a thank-you card for that one, since I am now One Who Gives Thank-You Cards, daltongirl. It's been a great day foodwise, actually. I made my very first Indian cuisine. Thanks to the good people at Tesco who make jars of tikka masala, it turned out to be pretty easy:1. Buy chicken for the first time in months. Cook it. Do not cause a grease fire.2. Pour jar of tikka masala over chicken. Heat. Do not cause a grease fire. Wipe splatters off wall.3. Cook rice. This will be hard without...

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I need a stiff drink

I probably won't get one, though.Today had two highlights. One was my Information Search & Retrieval or something like that class. The teacher is Scottish, so I like to listen to her talk. Only it turns out that for about 45 seconds I was dead asleep in my chair with my chin on my chest. So embarassing, but it was in the afternoon and the room was hot, okay?Anyway, after the lecture we had our practical, which was called "Meet the Reference Section." Did you know that it's possible to find answers to things without using Google? Crazy. Anyway, she gave us this list of questions and a hint of the books we might find the answers in, and sent us to it. For your reading pleasure, here they are:1. Who is 8th in line of succession to the British throne?2. What is a eutrophic lake?3. How many...

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Expand the clutches of Metal!

Muahaha! Recently I have subtlely propagated Metal Music and HIM to one of my friends in class. No doubt, he succumbed into the clutches of metal and is now helping me to propagate HIM to others. But my fear is that HIM will become a fad in my class and then thus becomes under-valued. I really hope it won't happen, NO. And why are they so slow? After so long, then they are enlightened that Good Charlotte is pathtetic and a load of posers, also known as Gay Crying. SLOW! But Metal is still ever-powerful and mesmerizing by any means of measurements. \m/ Long live Metal! Anyhow, it's been eons since I talked anything about flourishes, my sub-obession for the past 2 years. Well, I'm coming up with this concept of a full length continous performance. The name is From Genesis to Nemesis. I'll obviously...

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This made my day

Someone found my blog by doing the following Google search:"handcart" mormon frozen children utah stupidPlease fess up if it was you, because you nearly made me fall off my chair laughing.On a sadder note, I realized today that I spend a lot of time blogging. Like, hours per day. And while that was fine when I had a job and pretty much sat in a chair eight hours a day, it probably isn't going to fly now that classes (and the related readings/writings/killing of self) have started.So I've decided to budget myself. I'm only allowed to spend 1 hour per day blogging & emailing. When I think about it, after my breathing resumes, that's quite a bit of time, really. If I spent that much every day towards scripture study and meditation, just think about what a good person I could be! Instead,...

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The song of the righteous is a prayer unto Him

But maybe this doesn’t count if the song sounds like crap. The noise that came from tonight’s choir practice could not be considered a prayer, I don’t think. If anything, it was like a prank call or some other obnoxious thing, which will probably be met with swift retribution in the form of a plague or drought or similar.I should tell you I’ve been spoiled this past year by having the best ward (Latter-day Saint congregation, for anyone not familiar w/the lingo) choir director ever. She is amazing and talented and pushed us and expected all kinds of greatness. It was wonderful—we just trusted that she knew exactly what she was doing, and that if we did what she said we would sound amazing. I got all into the Joy of the Voice.Yeah. The joy, she is gone. First off, tonight’s practice lasted...

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Woot!

Wow! Watch this video! Parkour at its best. Click here! Happy watchi...

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Well, at least they warn you

On the day of my department orientation, one of the lecturers told us that we would pretty much be taken out back and shot if our cell phones ever, ever ring in class or anywhere else in the department. At the very least, we will be verbally attacked and publicly humiliated in front of all of our peers.Now, this is a system I can agree with. After the horrific experience during Camelot at the Shakespearean Festival this summer, I'm through with mercy. And, of course, some girl's cell phone went off right after the lecturer finished saying that, but the lecturer cut her a break since it was orientation. I was disappointed, though. I had my torch out and everything.My point is that so far the Brits seem very good about warning people regarding the painful and bloody consequences of their choices....

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It's like I've been transported through time

If y'all would care to look at the photo album to the right entitled "My Digs," you will see the charming view of my backyard. You will also see that my laundry is hanging from the line out there. That's right. There is no dryer. There is just this tiny washer that takes 1 hour to wash clothes, and then you hang them up, much as the pioneers did. I understand that it saves on lots and lots of energy and money this way, though, and I'm extremely lucky not to have to try to do this in a laundromat or dorm room. So please understand that the following is not a complaint, but a cultural observation. This morning found me crouched in front of the washer with my eyes squinted and my mouth agape. It's one of those front-loading kinds so I could see exactly what it was doing. This machine was not...

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Relish the carnage once again!

Woot! The final art work for Slipknot's first Live CD, 9.0 is done, fresh from the oven! You lucky readers are going to have a sneak peek here whilst I upload it at the bottom of this post. Gosh, the mention of this momentarily surged my adrenaline level in my bloodstream and suddenly I feel as though my soul is sucked back to August 16th at Fort Canning. Damn, it still feels so surreal as I look at my ticket stub now. Since that terrifying experience, my life has been effectively separated into 2 segments, Before Slipknot gig and after that. *breathe* Ok, I'm back to normal now. Anyhow, I was asked to pose for a couple of pictures during the gig, so I MIGHT be appearing in the booklet whatever. Hehe!As I have promised. This post will be talking about Dark Light. Vampire Heart - A power and...

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I'm gonna party like I like to party

And it's called I've got a loaf of bread, a slab of brie straight from la France, a Granny Smith apple, and the last Cadbury Whole Nut chocolate bar. Hit it.I needed this party, because I trudged about 3.5 miles today, carrying all kinds of bags in the gloomy mizzling weather. And for those of you who ran 3.5 or more miles today uphill in the snow or whatever and are wont to congratulate yourselves, just shut up. I don't have to hear it from you.Good thing that happened today: I got to shush someone. In the library. Much like a librarian would do.It was awesome.The library has 4 floors. The top floor is my department, the 3rd floor is kind of the free-for-all floor w/the periodicals and the computers and copiers, and it's where people can talk and use cell phones and mill about and stuff....

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Wow, I feel so loved!

Two people (Streets & my Dad) have emailed to see if I've been run over by a lorry, on account of I haven't posted in two whole days. Let me just say that even though I haven't been posting, I've been thinking about posting pretty much nonstop. This becomes a problem during times when I'm supposed to be thinking about other things, like Information Retrieval Services.For instance, I debated about telling you this story, and it looks like I'm going to.Ahem.Yesterday I got up from a very long lecture and started walking to my next class. As I walked, I noticed that my jeans felt odd, like they weren't fitting right or were bunched up in some weird way. I kept walking, figuring that I was just imagining things. But then I got cold, so I tugged at my scarf to re-tie it around my neck, and...

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Amidst everything...

Good news! Good news! My sister officially look like Marilyn Manson now. WOOT! She went for hair modelling, and the hairdresser gave her the Marilyn hairstyle. Saddly, for various untastful reasons given by non-metalheads, they loathe this superbly cool image and become ashamed of it. Why? Plus, you got this image for free and you earned a heftly amount of 700 dollars just for it! Alright, I'm so looking forward to seeing her this weekend. Uber coolness. Still speaking of siblings, my brother's hair is getting long, resulting in a very very queer phemonemon. Upon looking at him at a certain angle of elevation, he actually look like Matthew Heafy of Trivium! Gosh! That young talented vocalist, yes! Good, for that reason, I support my brother in not cutting his hair. Oh yes, Slipknot is featured...

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I started school, I went to the grocery store, and my weather pixie is a liar

She kept showing these partly cloudy skies, but I tell you those skies were leaden today, people.It was finally the first day of school. And since I've seen Finding Nemo approximately 300 times this past summer (compared to the 700 times Savvymom has seen it) I now have Nemo in my head, shouting, "First day of school! First day of school!"I think it went okay. I picked up my ID card, wherein I look really nasty. I got a login and password, neither of which work. And the director of the department came in and basically said that we were all going to drop dead from all the coursework, and that he was very excited about it. And that this won't be like the lazy little 3-year undergrad programs we're used to. This was worrisome, since it took me 4 years to get my bachelor's and I have no idea...

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Finally! Dark Light!

Woot!Finally, after 3 perilous journeys in vain for Dark Light, I got it at a queer location of Towers Records. Well, the cover looked insane! Your heart will go awww and melt at the sight of it. Hehe. Music-wise, you got to scrutinise and 'Feel' their music, then Bam! You are hooked to it. Ville Valo, I <3 you!As for these few days, it have been a foul time stoning at home, being unreasonably oppressed and coerced to study. Fuck. I'm beginning to loathe this so-called home of mine. I'm not that lousy and I've been putting consistent and reasonable amount of effort onto my studies, what the fuck they want? I do not give a two fucked up hoots about them. Rant all they want. I won't become a fucked up mugger shitbag for the sake of Os. I see no reason why people get so uptight about studying,...

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SPIDER ALERT DON'T LOOK SPIDERS SPIDERS!!!

This is my warning for those of you who may not wish to just get slammed in the face with a spider picture.But I have to take a poll to figure something out, and this way I can save words.Have those of you who are squeamish about spider pictures gone?Yes?I promise, they're going to be coming up now.Alright then. And please understand that my camera does not have a great zoom, so this picture was not an easy one to take and I started squealing like a little girl.Savvymom, this isn't a hobo spider, is it? I know they shuttled their way over to the US from either Europe or Asia or something, but I couldn't remember which. Here's a picture of it...

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