No more braids!

It was so cold last night that I had to wake up in the middle of the night to wear a jacket and long pants. Winter is approaching..

No more braids. I decided to remove it. It’s so hard to maintain it. Washing it is a problem and sometimes my scalp gets all itchy.

Exactly 1 week of going through this troublesome chorus, I removed it today. In order to remove it, I had to cut out the threads that tie my braids together. It took me less than 10 minutes to remove it.

However, my hair was frizzy after that. I tried straightening it by combing it but it didn’t work but instead a lot of my hair fell off. I wanted to take a picture my hair in a frizzy state but I thought of washing it before taking a photo. Unfortunately, after washing it with shampoo, my hair turned straight again and even straighter than before.

Note to myself, the braids were hard to maintain but yet good and I never regretted making it.
11:59PMMonday, November 18, 2002

I fucked up my Japanese exam. Fucking hell. It was just too hard. The katagana shits are making no sense. They were supposed to be a direct translation from English but yet they didn’t sound like English at all. Who the fuck knows that ‘sutsupagutsu; is spaghetti. Damn, this shit cost 5% of my grades.

Mum called me just now. She reminded me of how lucky I am. I should be grateful that I’m still studying. Many people at my age don’t have the privilege to study overseas like me. I guess the best thing for me to do is stop complaining how bore my life is and cherish every moment I have now.

The university finally returned our caution fees back. Last year, I paid 60 pounds for the caution fee (something like deposit) and the hall has the right to reduce the money if there were any damage caused by our negligence. Bloody hell, all I got today was just 27 pounds, what a way to start the week!
11:50PM

University of Sheffield International Food Evening

I just came back from my University’s International Food Evening. It was amazingly boring and I was too full to eat anything (my housemates made roti canai and curry for dinner). There weren’t much societies participating in the food evening. Some societies, namely the Brazilian and Malaysian Society, didn’t set up any stalls to sell food.

I bought a mango ice cream from the Thai Society. Apparently, it’s well known to be pretty good. It’s not creamy like ordinary ice cream. It’s tasted like shredded ice and mango juice but no doubt its good.

There weren’t many things to do and see. We walked around to check out the stalls and then spent the remaining rest of the night standing on the same spot, watching some performance. As soon as the stalls closed at 1030pm, they had a disco night thing, just like the one they had last year. As usual, they were playing R&B music (I hate R&B shits!). Charles, Wen Dee and I ended up sitting outside the lounge waiting for Siew Lee and Shane (they wanted to stay a little while longer to dance).

The new MASSOC committees were giving out their leftovers. They forced me to take a huge bag of nasi lemak (rice), curry chicken and ‘wantans’ (fried dumplings). Since I was still bloated with dinner, I was trying to give it away by offering it to everyone I know. However, no one wanted it. Even Simon, my Muay Thai committee mate, rejected my offer. Grrr..in the end I was frustrated and decided to return the food back to MASSOC. As soon as I arrived, even before saying a word, the committees gave me a box full of leftovers to take home. Immediately, I threw my leftovers in to the box and disappeared among the crowd.
4:00AM

the ring

IT was fucking freaky! Everyone in the cinema was like loosing their damn mind. Screaming, squirming, closing eyes/ears, some even left the damn theater half way through the show. That was the situation in Crown cinema tonight.

Was really dead bored. Catch the next tram down to catch a movie alone. All that was left screening was The Ring. I thought to myself why not? Big mistake. My fingers are over-strained from covering my ears and eyes. Pussy i know, Fuck off. Just that these movies really scare the shit out of me but i do enjoy the adrenaline rush or i wouldn’t be even considering to watch the show.

It was a good show overall, scary-wise. Was told that the Jap version is much scarier though. Not planning to indulge in that just yet. The english one was bad enough. I don even dare to lay eyes on my tv now since i got home. Oh well….

4:45 AM (Aust)


dyed hair

Tai Lou Leong : Lan ciaw lah mah hai sei coolio ah! All of your hair are going to drop off.(translation : “cock pussy die coolio” doesnt make much sense in english but it does in chinese. Sort off)

Dyed hair today. Wouldn’t say it was good or bad but in a way quite satisfying. I couldn’t bleach my hair cream white with chestnut colour strands though. Hair stylist wanted to charge me fucking 50 Aust per round of bleach. And in order for me to obtain the white i wanted she said i need to go at least 3 rounds of bleaching which would cost me a total of 150 Aust (approximate) not including the short trim i wanted. Not forgetting 5 to 6 hours of stoning on the damn chair.

Couldn’t be bothered i just told her to dye whatever colour that she thought suited me. Wanted to give my parents a shock next week but looks like i have to settle for comments like “OH MY GOD! what in hell’s name have you done to your hair?!” instead of “You’re fucked big time boy, pass me the chainsaw”.

On the other hand, Wei Chen’s scalp is totally rainbowlised. Lost count on the amount of tone he has now. His hair is totally yellowlised, brownised, chestnutlised, blondised, etc. His head looks as though it represents the blardee sun. But it’s cool ‘Respect’.

There’s been tones of good movies out in the cinema lately. Red Dragon was awesome in ways it was really gruesome and thrilling at the same time. Road to Perdition would interest the slow action type movie fans. The Two Towers looks really promising and not forgetting Chambers of Secrets as well which is already out in Malaysia! Gawwdd Austalia is really slow.

Look what i found! look what i found! *faints*


Avril6 (26k image)
Avril Lavigne is teh sexxe!!

4:45AM

japanese classes during reading week. grr

» It seems that Nagai Sensei has quit her job as a lecturer for our Japanese classes. A young Japanese lady who seems to be inexperienced is replacing her. However, she did a good job today. She was able to make me remember everything she taught by repeating over and over again.

Some of my classmates were commenting on my hair. Andre, from Germany was telling me how she made dreadlocks on her hair. She said she did it herself and all she did was just by not washing her hair. She said that the hair would twist automatically. Euwww
11:40PM

Wednesday, November 13, 2002

» This new hairstyle is really troublesome. Sleeping and washing it is amazingly hectic. My scalp hurts when I sleep on one side. Washing it with shampoo takes a lot of time. And worst of all, I had to bear with the outburst of human emotion from my friends. Some just couldn’t stop insulting it and some just couldn’t stop praising it.

I had to attend MASSOC’s new sub committee members meeting today so that i could brief the new web page team. This year, we have more people joining than last year. This year we have 12 members (!!) compared to last year of only 4 members. However, when I asked someone to volunteer to take the post of team leader, no one dared to take the position. It was very hard for me to explain things because there are nothing much to say to all the members. I have to pass the important information to the leader and brief him all the things he needs to do. I was really frustrated that no one was bold enough to take up the post and in the end I selected Ben Tze as the new web team chief due to the fact that he once tried to run for the President post and he seems capable of doing something. I gave him a short but strict guideline to follow namely that to make sure that all the committee members are involved in the web page and tear down the new web page.

I was wearing my beanie throughout the meeting. I showed it to my other friends and they were shocked and subsequently I had to wear it throughout the whole day.

Frederick’s suggestion on a new photography team is finally realized. However, there was only one person who joined the team.

Frederick made a long speech to the new editorial team. He asked one by one about their past experience and briefed everybody about the job. Once again, no one volunteered for the post of Editor in Chief, Frederick had to select one. He seems to be urging this attractive girl named Su Anne to be the Editor in Chief and in the end she finally agreed. No doubt that good looks helps a lot.

I wanted to study today and even brought my heavy Intellectual Property textbook to the Union. Unfortunately, by the time the meeting finishes, it was already 5pm. The library is already closed due to the Firefighters strike tomorrow. The talks between the Firefighters and the government went well at the beginning and their intended strikes were called off. However, early this week, the talks were called off because the government refused to increase their wages by 40% but instead they offered 11%. Many other things are closing early tomorrow. Hopefully, I wouldn’t affect anyone of us seriously.
11:50PM

braided hair

» Finally, after 2 weeks, I braided my hair. It’s quite painful due to the fact that the stylist will be pulling the hair over and over for few hours (thank god mine too 1½ hour). According to the stylist, the plaits should be removed in less than 2 months time otherwise it will look horrible. Furthermore, she advised that I should wash my hair too often, a rinse with cold water will do. Fuck it man, I’m going to wash my hair everyday. I don’t want my hair to stink. hehe

All my friends who saw me with my new hairdo went like ‘wow’. Most of them screamed in disbelieve but Cynthia was the only who was totally speechless. She stared at me but didn’t say a word.


9:30PM

basketball competition!

» Bad news. Chuo Ming wasn’t the only victim of the theft that just occurred today. Mindy’s wallet was also stolen when she left in the living room. She had to make a lot of phone calls to report the lost.

I’m braiding my hair tomorrow. aaahh
11:20PM» Ah, I have just been informed that I’m no longer in the basketball team. The team captain submitted the teams’ form with his own preference without informing Chuo Ming first. Chuo Ming, who obviously didn’t know about it, recruited his own people and formed the team. And therefore, there were too many people in the teams. Since I’m went back home and even offered to quit the team, I’m not playing for MASSOC anymore. I think I’ll just go to Somerfield and get my groceries shopping done. hehe
4:40PM» Gah, I just rushed home to check my laptop. *phew* it’s still here. Apparently someone stole Chuo Ming’s hand phone when it was left in his room. Someone forgot to lock the door and probably the thief literally walked into the house.

I was in the basketball court, waiting for the basketball competition to start. After Chuo Ming told me that his phone was stolen, I was worried shit and rushed back home to check. Thank god, its still here. I still have to rush back to Goodwin Sport Centre for the competition in a while.
4:30PM» Damn, all of a sudden, I was informed that I’m in the Malaysian and Singaporean Society (MASSOC) team B basketball team. Chuo Ming added my name into the list without telling me and later this evening, I will have to play against the Chinese Society and the Caribbean Society.

Our team consists of the people who I usually play with in King Edward’s School. Jason, Chuo Ming, Charles, Alex and I will be in the first 5, while Frederick and Jonathan are reserved players. However, I insisted that Frederick should play in the first 5. I’ll substitute after the first half. Don’t ask me why, but I think all substitute players deserve at least a game.

We were pretty worried about the game with the Chinese Society. You see, MASSOC and Chinese Society (Chisoc) have this implied rivalry and so far, MASSOC’s performance is much better than the Chinese Society in the social sense (ie events). This will be the first time Chisoc and MASSOC will be compete in a game of basketball with each other. Losing to Chisoc is the last thing we want to do.
3:15AM

Basketball till sunset

» It’s funny how one’s luck changes within a short period of time. I had a really shitty day today. I missed my Muay Thai classes again this morning. I couldn’t wake up in time for it (even though the class is on 1pm).

Secondly, for the umpteenth time, I injure myself while playing basketball. Someone smashed his shoulder on to my lip which subsequently bleed. And someone scratched my hand till it bleeds with his fingernails.

I’m used with injuries nowadays and therefore it didn’t really spoil my day. Unfortunately, the calamities didn’t end that way. I lost my beanie, which is also a gift from my dad. I have no idea where I left it and checked every part in the house that I went to and even to the extent of walking back to the basketball court alone to search for it.

The basketball court, located in a school, was pitch dark and deserted. I staggered unwillingly around the spooky area. Ironically, couple of months ago, I had a nightmare of that place. I dreamt that I was alone in the basketball court in the middle of the night and suddenly 2 balls kept on bouncing by its own. I was pretty disturbed by the nightmare for few days.

The nightmare kept on playing on my head throughout the search. Despite the effort I put into my search for the beanie. It was never found. I’m deeply saddened with the lost of my beloved beanie!! sob!!
11:15PMSaturday, November 9, 2002

» What a relaxing day. I woke up late in the afternoon, had brunch and then played basketball till sunsets (by the way, the sun sets at 5pm nowadays).

We were playing with a bunch of Brits who weren’t really good. But it was worth a game. After the Brits left, we invited another bunch of Caucasians playing on the other basketball court. One of the guys suggested that we divide our team according to our race, and therefore it will be Asians v Europeans. I agreed with it but not with a racist intention. However, coincidently, Chuo Ming and I were wearing white t-shirts and Charles and Frederick were wearing black. The bunch of Caucasians was wearing the identical colours as us, two black t-shirts and 2 white t-shirts. We ended up dividing according to colour.

Chuo Ming and I paired with Julius and Richard (the Caucasians). Unfortunately, Richard doesn’t really know how to play basketball. He was basically throwing the ball in all sorts of way. Despite that, we’re just playing for fun hence we don’t really care how the game is played.

Nowadays, we made a habit of introducing ourselves to the other teams before we started playing. It seems that a basketball court is one of the best ways to make friends.

Mindy made bread pudding today. She got the recipe from ‘The Naked Chef’s” cookbook. It’s pretty good especially the custard she made. She bought those mini Baileys liquor and mixed 2 small bottles into the custard. Yummy.
11:50

installed XP

» Horrible Horrible weather. Its been raining ever since this morning. I don’t mind it if I’m at home, sitting in front of the laptop, enjoying a cup of coffee with the heather on its maximum level. But unfortunately, this morning, with only 4 hours of sleep, I had to wake up at 730am just to attend a 9am seminar. To make the matter worst, its not the only class I have today. I still had to attend classes till 5pm. Furthermore I had to walk under the rain to another faculty just to attend different classes. Well obviously, this is nothing compared to work. When I was 12 years old, I was working in this Chinese coffee shop. I had to wake up at 6am every morning and stand on the sink, washing cups and utensils throughout the day.
11:00PM» I finally found the courage to format my laptop. It took me an hour to backup my files where i had to transfer all of them into Charles’s computer. And now, after 2 hours, my hardisk is partitioned and i’m running on Windows XP!
9:00PM

muay thai tonight

I bet Scotty is reading this. hehe
Once again, I missed my 9am Criminal evidence class today. I was already awake before 8am but unfortunately, I went back to sleep and woke up 4 hours later. uuhh

It seems that Tanaka sensei has been teaching Japanese for 7 years. He told us when I asked him a question regarding the ‘existent verbs’ in class today. My question was whether do we use ‘arimasu’ or ‘imasu’ when we refer to a sentence, which consists of an animate object and an inanimate object. He scratched his head and said, “My 7 years experience no one ever asked me this question!” It took him a while to figure out how to answer me and finally, he said that we could use ‘arimasu’ and ‘imasu’ according to the wording position of the subjects. For example “ringo (apple) to (and) neko (cat) ga imasu and “inu (dog) to toh keh (clock) ga arimasu. However, he vaguely explained to me that this sentence usually doesnt happen (??). I guess probably Japanese has another way of explaining it.

The people turning out for our Muay Thai classes are shrinking. There were barely 40 people attending the classes today. Fortunately, we managed to make a small profit for today.

My Windows ME is fucking up. It keeps crashing and hanging horridly for the past few days. I’m going to format it as soon as I backup all my files.
11:50PMHappy 20th Birthday to my darling Melodyyyyyyyy…….!
1:30AMI got this Korean MTV from Khai Fei. Watch it!
kiSs – i dont know what’s the fucking title! – (18mb)

12:05AM