Tag, you're it!

I am a choosy blogger who chooses which tags I would like to do and not to do. And this is one, obviously, which I choose to do.

*tagged by both KW and JL*

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the Rules

- go to wikipedia and type in your birthday (month and day)
- write down 3 events, 2 births, 1 holiday and tag 5 friends


3 Events

1582 - In Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway pay a £40 bond for their marriage licence.

1814 - The Times in London was for the first time printed by automatic, steam powered presses build by the German inventors Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Friedrich Bauer, signaling the begin of making newspapers available to a mass audience

1893 - Women vote in a national election for the first time: the New Zealand general election.



2 Births

1908 - Claude Lévi-Strauss, French anthropologist

1967 - Anna Nicole Smith, American television personality


*cleanest picture i could find off the net*

1 Holiday

# Bahá'í Faith: Holy Day - Ascension of `Abdu'l-Bahá


5 Tags

Zhi Ven

SJ

Karina

Liang

Natasha (do you still read my blog)

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Claude is a guy I come to know from his freaking typical social French theories I learn in Media Studies. And I never knew about the late Anna Nicole Smith sharing the same birthday with me. That's cool.

And the holiday is a freaking awesome event I can't even pronounce. Copy and paste it into Wikipedia for more information. Something religious about all religions fundamental purpose is the same.

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And with that,

I close this tag.



-alexeO-

Happy Birthday.

The same yesterday 4 years ago, a 14 going on 15 kiddo decided to set up a blog for purposes that very same kid cannot remember today.

Thus yesterday, in the sense of roughly 5 minutes ago, was this blog's 4th year old birthday. *screams in delight*

Happy Birthday, Blog o' mine.

*wipes tear*


for the 'emo' feel

The 19th of October, 2003 is my blog's birthday.

4 years. That is a considerably freaking old age for a blog.

Relatively, that is as old as a human toddler who can speak and walk by him or herself already. Most toddlers-lah at least. I think.. not sure. I'm sorry I don't know anything about growing children. I'm the youngest in my family after all.

Anyways, when I set out to make this blog that many years ago, I decided I want to keep it known and open to friends only. And unfortunately at that time, blogging was still pretty much at an infant stage(okay abit exaggerated) and there was no password or 'private blog' function for sure!

I'm glad after that many years, things still remained that way. To my friends who started reading this blog from Day One. I thank you. You must be the few people who knows me better than I know myself. *bows*

And I'm also really glad that I actually took an effort in creating this blog. Because thanks to that, I have many memories carefully jotted down in the span of all those years. All which I can happily read back in the future. Something which I already did briefly yesterday night, as I spent most of my time reading back my archives from 2003-2005.


again for that 'emo' feel.

I don't know about you but I certainly like reading the life struggles of someone that many years ago and comparing it with the life struggles of that same someone today. Better if without his or her knowledge. Yes, I know I'm extremely busybody and voyeuristic.

I've basically started covering and recording my life all the way from the post PMR days in 2003 till my overdone annoying rants on my university assignments today.

It's amazing! You can kinda watch me grow up and all just by the archives of this blog.

These are some of the more significant recorded events of my life in case there are someone out there who may care.

-Here's to the activities my school organised for the students after the PMR examinations and my very first post.

-Here's to the tribute post on the final day of school and the analysis of my SPM papers right from Day One till its final day.

-Here's to my response of me scoring full marks for my colorblind Undang test which I was not meant to, featuring also a frustrated post on how I wasn't given credit for designing a flyer for a Haunted House my class in College organised for a charity event.

It's actually pretty scary too knowing that my life is pretty 'exposed' all these years. :|

But what the heck. -_-

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So, with all that being said, happy birthday once again.

*pops champagne*

to the sucky annoying rants all those years and today.

*raises glass*

and to the many great years to come.


photo courtesy of stevensgarnier.co.uk (damn potong stim i know but i don't wanna get sued)


*cheers*




-alexeO-

Awesome

I just have to blog about this.

The problem, or one of the problem(s) rather, with me is that I am very easily influenced or inspired by something or someone I see. But it's OKAY because a few days later of ignoring that particular subject matter, I go back to my normal, uninspired, boring self.

And once again, I am proven to be defense-less against this stigma.

Why oh why didn't I learn the piano when I was younger?

First, listen to this track by Ciara titled Like a Boy if you haven't heard of it (where have you been?!)



Then,

watch this.





:o


that's right.

that pianist has A LOT more piano renditions of famous hits. check out his profile.

Awesome. with a capital A.



-alexeO-

Do you love me?


*click to enlarge*

for the curious, a simple evidence of how my life is like in monash.

i know i am very 'wu liao' and 'mengada'. that's why i'm posting this up.


ah, to feel loved is a good feeling to feel.



*side-note: my semester is over omgz i still can't take it. first year over omgz omgz omgz.*




-alexeO-

Pyramid 2





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AND





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Pyramid 2!

or a.k.a an extension of Sunway Pyramid which popularity was sadly dying.

It's almost like a battle between the shopping malls over here in the Klang Valley. First 1 Utama had their extension, then, it suddenly created the trend for other shopping malls to extend themselves too! Now Mid Valley has their own new neat section, which I haven't visited, and Sunway Pyramid now has Pyramid 2. And I heard there's a new mall in KL by the name of Pavilion or some sort.

If there is indeed a "battle" proceeding, in the short term, it can only benefit one party. My shopaholic friends and non-friends alike. *thinks* I can already name a few.

But that's not the point. The point is, Pyramid 2, which I visited few hours ago and to my dismay, not all the shops are occupied yet. Which probably and HOPEFULLY, explains the 'not-so-syok-ness' of walking around unlike other malls. But what do i know anyway? I'm not that much of a mall fan. :/ But I get a better .. vibe? walking in other malls lah. That's just my lousy worthless opinion.

So most of the shops at the lower levels were occupied, and the shops at higher levels had the COMING SOON huge posters stuck outside of their 'under-construction' shops. After walking for a little while, it slowly became annoyingly familiar and dull. :<






Hm.


You know what?

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I really have nothing else to say.

Everything else in the mall felt .. ordinary.

Maybe an exception given to the 2 different colors of the dome thingy lah, as displayed earlier in this post.

But other than that, everything was pretty much the same.

I actually decided and went and take photos because before I left for the mall, JLYap, the 'ronery'(lonely) NZ boy asked me to. And I also thought it would be a good practice for my photographing skills which I lack quite a bit. Hehehe.

And after browsing through the photos which I took just now, I suddenly had an inspiration to make a blog post out of it since,

1. I did not have anything else to blog about
2. My blog lack photos
3. I've always wanted to try a critique-like blog post on a place or an event cause I enjoy reading them in other blogs but it clearly shows here that I can't write them as much as I like to read them. :(

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*cough*

So,
lala.


Even though walking around wasn't the most pleasant in the world, at least some parts of the mall were cool.


Another part of the mall


New-age directory board = a computerised one. pretty cool but if you ask me, i personally prefer the classic non-digital directory board. but that's just me.


Pyramid 2. Everyone should check it out. MOST of the shops are occupied.. really. Maybe only 15% or so are not.. so.. yeah!

:)



*side-note: final week of the semester this week. yay.*




-alexeO-

I'm DDA. Dangerous Driver Alexeo.

Today was the first time I drove while feeling incredibly sleepy and exhausted. Well I actually felt sleepy while driving before but that was during the medieval ages(not really) of my driving lessons and I had an instructor beside me + I was driving manual therefore more initiative to stay awake but nvm.

I think I know why. It has to be the 3-4 hrs of sleep I had for the past 2 days. No thanks to the presentation I had. And ended up not being satisfied/ happy with the presentation which I've done. As expected.

So anyway, I was super sleepy when driving on the way back just now. And now I finally know the significance of the advertisements on the radio which I found over-played especially during festive seasons. :|

It was damn hard to concentrate I tell you. You know the feeling of you just wanting to close your eyes and let your mind drift off. My eyes were INCREDIBLY heavy, and the little second I had of having my eyes closed when i BLINKED felt so good. It was super tempting to just close and wander off but I FORCED myself to stay up! I had to!

So I turned the volume of the radio up, but to no avail. I just felt more and more sleepy.

It was almost like a battle against myself.

Then ironically enough, don't know if you guys know this but there's this advertisement of a child singing to the 'rock-a-by-baby' tune on the lyrics of how one shouldn't drive back to their kampung when they feel sleepy or something??

I THOUGHT THAT WAS CREATIVE LAST TIME. BUT NOW I AM THINKING OF HOW RIDICULOUS AND DANGEROUS THAT AD IS!

And yes. So that tune played. -_-

The freaking tune is freaking effective in making one feel 10x more sleepy. If you play that song right, everyone who is a little sleepy but still manage-able will end up in a 'worser' condition la. Imagine how dangerous that can be. Noobs.

I changed the radio station and continued to drive.

Must...reach... home.. I told myself.

Must..

Reach..

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And then random-weird thoughts u normally have in your dreams started to pour in my mind 'forcefully'.

Like how I was back in my tutorial classroom and how this girl who doesn't usually talk to me is talking to me now and how I was making a fool out of myself.


This is the most interesting moment .

The transition from being awake to being, asleep.

You know how when you are still aware of the things around you such as the feeling of your bed and the look of your ceiling but your mind is already far far off thinking about some random stuff which you will explore further during your deep sleep?

Yes. That.

I had that when I was driving.

And it was freaking dangerous.

I was aware of the car in front of me, and I was aware that I was in the car, and I was aware that my foot was on the pedal.

It was just that, I wasn't thinking so much about driving anymore, but more of the part where I embarrassed myself in front of the girl I never spoke with.

Do not sleep. Do not sleep. I was telling myself. And if you don't realise the possible danger of my situation, I was actually driving on a highway. The Federal Highway. On the middle lane, of course.

Then. About 2 seconds(i think or i hope) later,

I could see the front view of my car slowing shifting towards the right. Oh crap, I thought to myself. I was entering another lane and somehow, just somehow, with the undeniable power of sleep, I was simply not awake enough to shift my car's steering wheel.

Just then,

Bam. A sudden willpower to FORCE myself awake struck me.

ALEX THERE MAY BE A CAR AT THE RIGHT SIDE AND YOU DON"T KNOW IT AND YOU REALLY DON"T WANNA GET INTO ANY TROUBLE CAUSE OF ALL THE HASSLE AND THE DANGERS OF IT.

Imagine those words converted into an emotional and mental alarm.

I somehow managed to push the dreamy blurry foggy thoughts away and I was now fully conscious, but still sleepy, but conscious of my actions.

My swirve to the other lane was not much, but still it was enough to collide with another car if there was in fact another car there in the first place. I was damn lucky there wasn't. But a car on the right lane wasn't that far behind anyway. Imagine if he sees this silver Waja shifting to the right aimlessly all of a sudden and back. No wonder he sped past me after that.

So my friends, please do not drive when you're sleepy. I learnt my lesson. You THINK you can control and be awake just for that very few minutes but no. The power of sleep is greater than you think. Do NOT underestimate your sub-conscious strength.

If you really need to drive, at least, get some caffeine before hand.

Ok I really wanted to make this post short but I guess I failed miserably.

I have one assignment left and I am incredibly pleased. After the presentation, I felt, lighter. Shaddap you. I know not physically-lah of course. -_-

One assignment if you don't count the visual test I have to hand in next Friday. Ok-la. make that TWO assignments.

And next week will be the final week of my second semester in Uni. Perhaps I would summarise the semester up again when it's all over like how I did for my first semester.

And, if you are a loyal fan of mine, you would expect a post about my apparent insecurities in this post, but I thought about it and come to think of it, some things are best kept to myself and I guess I shouldn't share it anymore for the benefit of myself and everyone else who reads it.

hahaha.

I'm such a mengada person. In Wei Liang's words.

Ciao.



-alexeO-

Insecurities

I'm actually extremely insecure about something I don't normally share or talk about with anyone.

Can you guess what it is?

More info next post.



p/s: to my SSC school-mates, do check out my December 2005 archives and be prepared for the ride of your lives on the nostalgic emotional roller-coaster. Posts include updates on the final day of SPM, Genting Trip, Prom Update and Pics. Please don't comment on my 2005 writing style please. It changes every year I notice. :/




-alexeO-

Hm

October is here and that can only mean one thing.

Super duper long break starting from early next month!!

People from other faculties damn jealous when the hear that my exams will start on the 1st of Nov and ends on the 2nd. Haha! But what is compromised is the fact that I have heavy weightage for the assignments of some of my units + early tests okay?? Grr.

And nice to know that some friends studying overseas would be back soon here for the hols.

I hope none suddenly comes up to me and speak in some farnee wtf ghey accent. If that's the case I'm gonna really hit damn REAL hard. Gah. Don't accent me, thx.

And with all that being said,

I'm off.

..to.. no where in particular. My boring usual routine la! Zzz.



-alexeO-

Red Eyes

For those who see me in person very often, they will know that my eyes are constantly puffed up and red in color.

Most evident after I drink especially. Hehehe. Blood-shot eyes they call it me thinks.

But not only when I drink la. I mean, it was most 'prominent', during my schooling days. Freaking bloody red eyes the whole day. Ppl not daring to look straight into my eyes. The super uncomfortable feeling. Bloody itchy but cannot rub if not it worsens it. Argh. The torture.

Anyway, I've seen eye specialists in attempts to rectify the sad state of my eyes..

Yes. You read right. Plural. Specialist-sssss.

So after the thorough(not really) check-up(s), i realised i've got some so-called "common" allergy. due to something in the environment my eyes are sensitive to.

and the gaya thing is that NO ONE knows what. but it's something which I have to find out and avoid.. one eye specialist told me that it's possible to do some allergy test. something like sticking dustmites, bla bla bla, on ur back then see which one turns red(???). Duno. My health knowledge damn limited. But anyway i heard it costs alot..hm, I saw that once though on House. :/

got damn many things in the air rite.. how to possibly find out...

but..

i actually think i know what it is.

it's.. the... smoke.. from... cigarettes!! i really think so omg.

well honestly i'm not a smoker-lah. Ok, I just lost all respect from wild sexy clubbing chicks with that statement but it's ok..

n the stupid thing is, i'm forced to expose to the polluted smoky air everyday! the thing is, Monash carpark, I duno if i mentioned before, is connected to the Monash campus via a bridge.. and ... smokers, like to crowd at that narrow bridge.. to do whatever they do.. so everytime i cross, so ngam rite, they will release a puff. Sigh imagine if there are 5 smokers.. and everyone releases a puff.. T_T

Sigh. Me sensitive eyes can't take it lah. :(

So now that 'you' know, please avoid smoking in front of me ok? THANKS! Not just that I don't smoke, but my eyes.. are just.. very very allergic. :)

Does this mean I wouldn't be able to club anymore? O_O
Since clubs in Malaysia are bloody polluted with smokers? O_O

Hopefully clubs in this country will implement the no-smoking-in-clubs rule soon like how they implemented it in other countries. Then that'll be awesome.

But not all is bad with this condition of mine.. For one, I like to use that as an excuse so that I don't need to drive when I'm feeling lazy (but not fake one okay, really damn uncomfortable with my eye condition)! :D

And two, I've got an extra extension to one assignment bcoz of my allergic eyes~

Haih.

But if got a choice, i still hope it goes away..

but life is not about having existing things you want but the search for it rite?

Haih. *emo*



-alexeO-

ESPN-STAR SUX

Hello. It's the European Champions League week once again.

And once again,

once FREAKING again,

they are.

Not.

Showing.

Arsenal's.

Game.

F.
k.

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.

"So what are they showing?" a little voice from the corner asks.

Man Utd vs. Roma, and freaking Stuttgart vs Barcelona.

@#$%??

????

You tell me.

Bye.

I'm really gonna send a mail now.

Why is Media Prima(Tv3, Ntv7, 8tv, channel 9) not showing Champions League matches anymore?!! They showed last season? Did Astro tell them not to? If that's the case, I'm gonna be really pissed. So freaking selfish want all the ratings to themselves and yet not showing all the matches. FREAKS. MANURE SUPPORTING CUNTS!!

And I received something funny in my Monash e-mail today.

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NOTICE TO STUDENTS

RE: BLOGGING

It has recently come to the attention of the University that there have
been several blogs written by students on the internet which were
derogatory in nature and made against the University and its lecturers
("the Blogs").

As such, we wish to bring to awareness that there are laws in Malaysia
and disciplinary policies at Monash University relating to such matters.
The words used in the Blogs could be construed as defamatory or seditious
words and constitute offences under the said laws and policies, thereby
placing the blogger ("the Offender") in danger of attracting legal action
and/or disciplinary action against him/her.

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lol.

I personally think lah, what is said in the virtual world should stay in the virtual world alone. The further contents of the e-mail sounded pretty threatening. Like state duno wat law wat law. Need meh? :(


But of coz, being the high-in-moral-and-ethical-values me, of coz I wouldn't do such defamatory acts! Bwahaha.


Ok. Something to take my mind off the cunts from espn-star sports.


sorry for being vulgar.


cunts.




-alexeO-