Loneliness.
It has been a while since I last felt this way. Being in a new place, looking at a sea of new, unfamiliar faces brings about this sudden gush of feeling which had been embedded somewhere deep in my conscience, or so I thought. I miss my friends, their voiecs, their laughters which decorated every minute of my moment in school. Those warm, caring and honest appeal that made me feel at home, not out of place.
But they are not with me now.
I've found myself a new circle of friends, maybe. But there is a gap in between which hinders me from expressing my honest feelings. To some, i may appear to be someone unfriendly. I lost the interest to smile at everyone whenever I walk pass them, be it a friend or a stranger. I gave up sharing every bit of detail with people around me. I'm becoming a little selfish. Why? I asked myself. Because no one noticed. No one cared.
Sure, I still have nice friends whom I can discuss homework and assignments with. But, sadly, that is all. No casual talks nor impromptu conversations. I realised: What Puan Indra had told us was true - Your true friends in life are those you meet in high school.
In this phase of transition, I don't have a certain like or dislike towards anybody. I'm still my jolly, happy self. And to those who still go to the same college, having old classmates as college coursemates, be grateful for that because you'll never know how it feels to be all by yourself.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Friday, February 27, 2009
Yuna's Short Story II
There was once a gorgeous girl named Patsy. She was to be sued by the International Association of Correct English Usage ( IACEU ) for calling herself (or being called, for that matter) gorgeous because she was technically a girl instead of a lady
[Patsy: Lol ok proceed]
[Yuna: storyteller says wait, i'm making a phone call]
[Patsy: ok ok go ahead ^^]
So Patsy had a fetish with a car named Honda City. Although the new edition didnt look so nice anymore, she liked it because that's what happens when you fall in love the first time. Like the Matrix,
[Yuna: which you didn't watch, anyway...]
One day she hinted Yuna for the umpteenth time that she should get her one, which made Yuna relieved considering the last request was KLCC.
[Patsy: so Yuna's a girl here
[Yuna: yes she is. She's my inner-female
[Patsy: ok]
[Yuna: Yipin-Yuna: full of awesome and win]
Anyway,
So Yuna decided to start a search for a Honda City, one of the rarest species of Cities around the world, followed closely by Siti Nurhaliza. The rest of the list is made up of all the other Cities in the world
[Patsy: HAHAHAHAHAHA this is good stuff, Yi Pin. Genius!]
Her search started, naturally, from the front of her house, Sg Ara and slowly expanded to the house next door when she realized the search could take years at this rate. Her next revelation was that nobody would hide a car inside their house anyway, before the third revelation that her family lived alone and didnt actually have neighbours. How she imagined a house next door remains a mystery until this day.
She then got up her trusty motorcycle named Hermes, which was involved in a lawsuit for using the same name as the talking motorcycle from Kino's Journey. For days she rode on across the desert, passing by thousands of cacti. None of them said 'hi', of course.. but she was still kinda disappointed anyway.
Eventually when she was almost out of water, she reached an oasis. There was some carving on the coconut tree trunk that wrote "Aliee was here through the looking glass". Who would be named Aliee anyway?
[Patsy: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA]
She didn't give it much thought, and stopped for a drink and to refill her (ironically named) Cactus water bottle.
It was then when she looked up and saw a pink bunny holding icecream watching her lap up the water. The bunny handed her one of the 2 icecreams, which were red and blue, just like in Matrix when Morpheus handed Neo the pills.
[Yuna: Too bad you didn't watch.]
[Patsy: Everything also about matrix 1?]
[Yuna: haha i duno.. just came to me]
So she took the Blue icecream, and licked it
Instantly she knew, it was an icecream of Follow-Me-If-Your-Searching-For-Honda-City flavor. How someone squeeze so many flavors into 1 ice-cream, remains to this day, a mystery.
Anyway she quickly drank her fill and had her water bottle filled to the brim and rode her camel, Hermes.
Did i say camel? I meant motorcycle...a motorcycle that eats grass and has humps
[Patsy: hahahaha I just cant stop laughing]
She followed the rabbit which lead her around for 2 days. Whether the other icecream melted by then, remains to this day, a mystery nobody seemed to remember. Other than me of course. Elephants don't forget.
[Patsy: So you're an elephant]
[Yuna: Did i say elephant? I meant... somebody... who is not an elephant.]
Anyway,
On the 2nd day of following the rabbit around, she realized they were going in circles for she noticed her own camel, i mean .. tyre tracks in the sand. There happened to be no desert wind, for the sake of the story.
But there was no turning back, she tasted the icecream, and now she's a follower. They went in circles for another 2 weeks, somehow there was still no wind and her tyre tracks were becoming deeper and deeper
One day when the desert wasn't pink and the sun was shining,as it usually was, the sands beneath her started to rumble. She thought she heard the cry DIGIMON RUMBLE ARENAAAA!!!! .... but she was mistaken, it was just a voice inside her head because she was thinking of a word to describe the rumbling, since she hanged out in the desert for so long and didnt have a chance to read.
*the word turned out to be 'rumble'
All of a sudden, something black and oily burst out of the ground into a fountain.. from all the deep tyre tracks she made, of course.
She touched it and concluded it was indeed, oil, just like the description. Other ways to describe it was slick, hard-to-wash-away-ly, and expensive
[Patsy: Petroleum?]
[Yuna: Ya
Patsy gains +1 point for being smart.Collect 4 more to unlock a bonus boss battle.
You have obtained the weapon: Silent Edge!!
Description: Handy against spellcasters as it has 20% chance of inflicting silence.
what am i talking about
[Patsy: HAHAHAHAHA]
Anyway,
Being a partially educated person she was, she dag further to make sure she didn't just burst any petroleum pipe. And what do you know.... she didn't.
[Patsy: dag?]
[Yuna: Did i say dag? i meant deg. Which in some other language means dug
[Patsy: (i love this story)]
[Yuna: (i love the storyteller. Wait, .............. anyway)]
So she didn't burst any oil-line after all. It was her discovery, and she was gonna be rich. Of course, the first thing she thought of was to buy a Honda City but she would have to find her way back first.
Having travelled around in circles for almost a month, she started imagining stuff that didn't exist... like Yi Pin and imaginary bunnylands.
Who the hell was Yi Pin anyway?
Luckily for her, she had a compass. Before she left, she entrusted the bunny with watching over the oil spill. It agreed, being the one who lead her there anyway.
How it came to know about the oil reserve, remains to this day, a mystery many still try to find out. It has its own talk show where it doesnt do anything but sits on a chair and nibbles carrots, while the audience keep quiet waiting for a sign.
Anyway,
[Yuna: Omg, look at the time. I think I have to continue part2]
So there you have it! Stay tuned for the sequel. :D
[Patsy: Lol ok proceed]
[Yuna: storyteller says wait, i'm making a phone call]
[Patsy: ok ok go ahead ^^]
So Patsy had a fetish with a car named Honda City. Although the new edition didnt look so nice anymore, she liked it because that's what happens when you fall in love the first time. Like the Matrix,
[Yuna: which you didn't watch, anyway...]
One day she hinted Yuna for the umpteenth time that she should get her one, which made Yuna relieved considering the last request was KLCC.
[Patsy: so Yuna's a girl here
[Yuna: yes she is. She's my inner-female
[Patsy: ok]
[Yuna: Yipin-Yuna: full of awesome and win]
Anyway,
So Yuna decided to start a search for a Honda City, one of the rarest species of Cities around the world, followed closely by Siti Nurhaliza. The rest of the list is made up of all the other Cities in the world
[Patsy: HAHAHAHAHAHA this is good stuff, Yi Pin. Genius!]
Her search started, naturally, from the front of her house, Sg Ara and slowly expanded to the house next door when she realized the search could take years at this rate. Her next revelation was that nobody would hide a car inside their house anyway, before the third revelation that her family lived alone and didnt actually have neighbours. How she imagined a house next door remains a mystery until this day.
She then got up her trusty motorcycle named Hermes, which was involved in a lawsuit for using the same name as the talking motorcycle from Kino's Journey. For days she rode on across the desert, passing by thousands of cacti. None of them said 'hi', of course.. but she was still kinda disappointed anyway.
Eventually when she was almost out of water, she reached an oasis. There was some carving on the coconut tree trunk that wrote "Aliee was here through the looking glass". Who would be named Aliee anyway?
[Patsy: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA]
She didn't give it much thought, and stopped for a drink and to refill her (ironically named) Cactus water bottle.
It was then when she looked up and saw a pink bunny holding icecream watching her lap up the water. The bunny handed her one of the 2 icecreams, which were red and blue, just like in Matrix when Morpheus handed Neo the pills.
[Yuna: Too bad you didn't watch.]
[Patsy: Everything also about matrix 1?]
[Yuna: haha i duno.. just came to me]
So she took the Blue icecream, and licked it
Instantly she knew, it was an icecream of Follow-Me-If-Your-Searching-For-Honda-City flavor. How someone squeeze so many flavors into 1 ice-cream, remains to this day, a mystery.
Anyway she quickly drank her fill and had her water bottle filled to the brim and rode her camel, Hermes.
Did i say camel? I meant motorcycle...a motorcycle that eats grass and has humps
[Patsy: hahahaha I just cant stop laughing]
She followed the rabbit which lead her around for 2 days. Whether the other icecream melted by then, remains to this day, a mystery nobody seemed to remember. Other than me of course. Elephants don't forget.
[Patsy: So you're an elephant]
[Yuna: Did i say elephant? I meant... somebody... who is not an elephant.]
Anyway,
On the 2nd day of following the rabbit around, she realized they were going in circles for she noticed her own camel, i mean .. tyre tracks in the sand. There happened to be no desert wind, for the sake of the story.
But there was no turning back, she tasted the icecream, and now she's a follower. They went in circles for another 2 weeks, somehow there was still no wind and her tyre tracks were becoming deeper and deeper
One day when the desert wasn't pink and the sun was shining,as it usually was, the sands beneath her started to rumble. She thought she heard the cry DIGIMON RUMBLE ARENAAAA!!!! .... but she was mistaken, it was just a voice inside her head because she was thinking of a word to describe the rumbling, since she hanged out in the desert for so long and didnt have a chance to read.
*the word turned out to be 'rumble'
All of a sudden, something black and oily burst out of the ground into a fountain.. from all the deep tyre tracks she made, of course.
She touched it and concluded it was indeed, oil, just like the description. Other ways to describe it was slick, hard-to-wash-away-ly, and expensive
[Patsy: Petroleum?]
[Yuna: Ya
Patsy gains +1 point for being smart.Collect 4 more to unlock a bonus boss battle.
You have obtained the weapon: Silent Edge!!
Description: Handy against spellcasters as it has 20% chance of inflicting silence.
what am i talking about
[Patsy: HAHAHAHAHA]
Anyway,
Being a partially educated person she was, she dag further to make sure she didn't just burst any petroleum pipe. And what do you know.... she didn't.
[Patsy: dag?]
[Yuna: Did i say dag? i meant deg. Which in some other language means dug
[Patsy: (i love this story)]
[Yuna: (i love the storyteller. Wait, .............. anyway)]
So she didn't burst any oil-line after all. It was her discovery, and she was gonna be rich. Of course, the first thing she thought of was to buy a Honda City but she would have to find her way back first.
Having travelled around in circles for almost a month, she started imagining stuff that didn't exist... like Yi Pin and imaginary bunnylands.
Who the hell was Yi Pin anyway?
Luckily for her, she had a compass. Before she left, she entrusted the bunny with watching over the oil spill. It agreed, being the one who lead her there anyway.
How it came to know about the oil reserve, remains to this day, a mystery many still try to find out. It has its own talk show where it doesnt do anything but sits on a chair and nibbles carrots, while the audience keep quiet waiting for a sign.
Anyway,
[Yuna: Omg, look at the time. I think I have to continue part2]
So there you have it! Stay tuned for the sequel. :D
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Yuna's Short Story!
This is copied from our conversation in MSN on the 20th. Read on...
Nodame is interrupted by some guy's catchy ring tone on the train
she leaves for the toilet once they reach the competition grounds
from there she stepped into bunnyland sporting her favourite sailormoon uniform, which she got sued for copyright charges, but anyway
the bunnies tell her there's a mini game she needs to complete before the competition
the evil master of puppets is plotting to take over bunnyland and Nodame has the key to stopping him- her octopus mouth kiss
Patsy: ..............
somehow the master of puppets reacts strangely to the kiss and will be stunned for 5 seconds, giving them enough time to put him into court for copyright infringement over the name of a song by Metallica
which is incidentally also the Master of Puppets
anyway, Patsy decides to join in the fray and sets her dotlings lose
they charge upon the hill on which master of puppets has built a castle
realizing that dotlings are unable to crash through the wall, they use plan B, which is to lure him out
at first they thought of hiring Leona Lewis to do some sexy singing in front of the castle, but she was busy recording her cover of the song Run by Snow Patrol... so they rushed to plan B-2-
which is to hire Snow Patrol which was the original singers of Run
after 2 days of singing, which is quite long, considering it takes 10minutes for Micheal Phelps to count to infinity twice while doing the backstroke,
Patsy: HAHAHAHAHAHHAAAAAAA
yi pin: (hahahahahahahhahahahah)
they were about to give up when suddenly they saw a figure standing on the roof
the black figure was clearly seen under the moonlight, it was the master of puppets himself, sporting some sexy underwear
actually it is said by some to be not sexy, since it was full of holes, it could be that it was easier for him to urinate that way
tune in to the live debate on channel 9.10952 tonight
Patsy: !!!!!!!!!!!!
im so gonna blog this
so the master of puppets have finally appeared
Patsy's dotlings seem to have obtained some success in their plan to rid bunnyland of the evil conquerer by forcing him out
on a separate note, Nodame has been, all this time, watching a new season of Purigorota which in Bunnyland, has the cast of Friends acting on the show instead of the regular cartoon. This remains a mystery til this day.
she shouts Gyabo! everytime Monica who is acting as the bad-boy of the story starts kissing Chandler for no apparent reason, who are both in the Purigorota series, guys.
yi pin: u dont watch friends do you
nvm... back to the original fake story
by forcing the master of puppets out, Patsy's dotlings seem to have obtained some success in their plan to rid bunnyland of the evil conquerer
the master of puppets looked towards the sky with sorrow in his eyes, and it looked as if his head was heavier than... it doesnt matter we're not writing literature here
it started as muttering, and steadily grew louder. eventually he shouted :" WHENEVER I'M SAD, I CUT MYSELF.........."
"........ANOTHER PIECE OF CHEESECAKE...."
and with that, he wobbled unstably on the roof, and as if the whole bunnyworld entered some slow-mo Matrix fight scene,
Patsy: uhhhhhhhhhhh........ dont stop halfway lah
Yuna: sry, accidentally hit enter
the master of puppets fell off the roof, slow-mo of course, with everyone's view turning 360 degrees around him. Just like a Matrix bullet-time scene.
Yuna: u didnt watch Matrix did you
lol
anyway
he fell and fell, and eventually hit the ground.
every single resident of Bunnyworld crowded around the master of puppets, eager to see if he has actually died
his tummy has split open and the ground around him was splattered with cheesecake
the dotlings were of course, celebrated and Patsy was left unknown, darn those ungrateful dotlings
the commemoration of the random chain of events ignited a party where everybody was required to be so drunk they want to sleep with Homer Simpson
Homer Simpson was unable to be contacted for further inquiries on press times.
and Nodame, suddenly remembering the piano competition, ran out of bunnyworld from the rabbit hole
she noticed a rough carving on the wood that seemed to read "Aliee was here". Who in the world would be named Aliee?
anyway, she didnt give it much thought.
once she got out of the rabbit hole and back to the toilet, she immediately called Chiaki to tell him about the strange string of events that happened while she was watching Purigorota
Chiaki, being the matured person he was, didn't take any of it in and closed her phone
Patsy: awwww
since then she has been sitting in an exceptionally dark and somehow purple corner, growing mushrooms
that was until she was notified of her turn on stage when she sped off
the end.
*applause*
omg
i haven't spewed so much crap since
the last time i spewed so much crap
hahaha
*there seems to be another story about Patsy and Polar Bears. till next time..
This story is copyrighted. Only Patsy has the right to publish it. Thank you for your cooperation.
Nodame is interrupted by some guy's catchy ring tone on the train
she leaves for the toilet once they reach the competition grounds
from there she stepped into bunnyland sporting her favourite sailormoon uniform, which she got sued for copyright charges, but anyway
the bunnies tell her there's a mini game she needs to complete before the competition
the evil master of puppets is plotting to take over bunnyland and Nodame has the key to stopping him- her octopus mouth kiss
Patsy: ..............
somehow the master of puppets reacts strangely to the kiss and will be stunned for 5 seconds, giving them enough time to put him into court for copyright infringement over the name of a song by Metallica
which is incidentally also the Master of Puppets
anyway, Patsy decides to join in the fray and sets her dotlings lose
they charge upon the hill on which master of puppets has built a castle
realizing that dotlings are unable to crash through the wall, they use plan B, which is to lure him out
at first they thought of hiring Leona Lewis to do some sexy singing in front of the castle, but she was busy recording her cover of the song Run by Snow Patrol... so they rushed to plan B-2-
which is to hire Snow Patrol which was the original singers of Run
after 2 days of singing, which is quite long, considering it takes 10minutes for Micheal Phelps to count to infinity twice while doing the backstroke,
Patsy: HAHAHAHAHAHHAAAAAAA
yi pin: (hahahahahahahhahahahah)
they were about to give up when suddenly they saw a figure standing on the roof
the black figure was clearly seen under the moonlight, it was the master of puppets himself, sporting some sexy underwear
actually it is said by some to be not sexy, since it was full of holes, it could be that it was easier for him to urinate that way
tune in to the live debate on channel 9.10952 tonight
Patsy: !!!!!!!!!!!!
im so gonna blog this
so the master of puppets have finally appeared
Patsy's dotlings seem to have obtained some success in their plan to rid bunnyland of the evil conquerer by forcing him out
on a separate note, Nodame has been, all this time, watching a new season of Purigorota which in Bunnyland, has the cast of Friends acting on the show instead of the regular cartoon. This remains a mystery til this day.
she shouts Gyabo! everytime Monica who is acting as the bad-boy of the story starts kissing Chandler for no apparent reason, who are both in the Purigorota series, guys.
yi pin: u dont watch friends do you
nvm... back to the original fake story
by forcing the master of puppets out, Patsy's dotlings seem to have obtained some success in their plan to rid bunnyland of the evil conquerer
the master of puppets looked towards the sky with sorrow in his eyes, and it looked as if his head was heavier than... it doesnt matter we're not writing literature here
it started as muttering, and steadily grew louder. eventually he shouted :" WHENEVER I'M SAD, I CUT MYSELF.........."
"........ANOTHER PIECE OF CHEESECAKE...."
and with that, he wobbled unstably on the roof, and as if the whole bunnyworld entered some slow-mo Matrix fight scene,
Patsy: uhhhhhhhhhhh........ dont stop halfway lah
Yuna: sry, accidentally hit enter
the master of puppets fell off the roof, slow-mo of course, with everyone's view turning 360 degrees around him. Just like a Matrix bullet-time scene.
Yuna: u didnt watch Matrix did you
lol
anyway
he fell and fell, and eventually hit the ground.
every single resident of Bunnyworld crowded around the master of puppets, eager to see if he has actually died
his tummy has split open and the ground around him was splattered with cheesecake
the dotlings were of course, celebrated and Patsy was left unknown, darn those ungrateful dotlings
the commemoration of the random chain of events ignited a party where everybody was required to be so drunk they want to sleep with Homer Simpson
Homer Simpson was unable to be contacted for further inquiries on press times.
and Nodame, suddenly remembering the piano competition, ran out of bunnyworld from the rabbit hole
she noticed a rough carving on the wood that seemed to read "Aliee was here". Who in the world would be named Aliee?
anyway, she didnt give it much thought.
once she got out of the rabbit hole and back to the toilet, she immediately called Chiaki to tell him about the strange string of events that happened while she was watching Purigorota
Chiaki, being the matured person he was, didn't take any of it in and closed her phone
Patsy: awwww
since then she has been sitting in an exceptionally dark and somehow purple corner, growing mushrooms
that was until she was notified of her turn on stage when she sped off
the end.
*applause*
omg
i haven't spewed so much crap since
the last time i spewed so much crap
hahaha
*there seems to be another story about Patsy and Polar Bears. till next time..
This story is copyrighted. Only Patsy has the right to publish it. Thank you for your cooperation.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Upcoming posts.
1. Yuna's creative fiction.
2. College buzz.
3. Another short story!
If the writer fails to update by 30/2/09, kindly call: 04-6479657 to lodge your complaints.
Local charges apply.
Additional note: The number above is not in the correct order. But they are the actual numbers that make up my house phone number. =D
2. College buzz.
3. Another short story!
If the writer fails to update by 30/2/09, kindly call: 04-6479657 to lodge your complaints.
Local charges apply.
Additional note: The number above is not in the correct order. But they are the actual numbers that make up my house phone number. =D
Friday, February 20, 2009
This week
I managed to:
1. Sail through the rough waves of my first economics test.
2. Pass my driving test. (What a relief!)
3. Finish my first essay-writing assignment for the year.
4. Finish my accounts homework.
5. Take some time off to sleep in the afternoon.
6. Savour some French toasts.
7. Drive without knocking down poles. XD
8. Dream of nice things.
9. Watch 3 episodes of Nodame Cantabile. X(
10. Blog. :D
1. Sail through the rough waves of my first economics test.
2. Pass my driving test. (What a relief!)
3. Finish my first essay-writing assignment for the year.
4. Finish my accounts homework.
5. Take some time off to sleep in the afternoon.
6. Savour some French toasts.
7. Drive without knocking down poles. XD
8. Dream of nice things.
9. Watch 3 episodes of Nodame Cantabile. X(
10. Blog. :D
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Reminiscence
It was just another regular trip to Queensbay Mall for dinner with Mom. We chose to dine in Kim Gary because I was craving for the French Toast. Yum! Scratch that. We met up with my mom's old friend, and alongside her, was her granddaughter.
The little girl reminded me so much of my childhood - horrifying milk teeth experiences, Primary school days, extremely strict class teachers. But the real reminiscent began when I walked into Toys R Us. I remembered very well my first trip to Toys r Us. There was only one outlet in Penang at that time, and that was in Bukit Jambul complex. I could still recall how I pestered my parents to buy me Oscar, the purple alien from Tommy and Oscar. I'm still able to feel the dejection I felt that time when I was refused a board game, reason being I had no one to play with. I was just a normal girl longing to own nice toys.
As I was walking along the aisles, I could see that toys are constantly revamped and improvised. The wonders of technology. Perhaps kids nowadays are more intelligent. I arrived at the dolls section where different versions of Barbie are displayed. Barbie, it used to be every girl's dream to own at least a collection of it. Her clothes, shoes, accessories... Of course, the price has definitely skyrocketed, costing more than a hundred to own a reasonably nice collection.
Then I moved on to the plush toys. As I was running my fingers on those furry, cute animals, the tender touch I felt beneath my fingertips remind me, yet again, my fetish for soft toys. I used to have a lot of soft toys sitting nicely in the cupboard next to my bed. But they are all given away. I can't say I had fancy toys, for my parents rather spend their money on education, especially music. Buying toys, to them, was just a waste of money. I agree with them now.
Finally, the Board Games section. One of my favourites. To date, I still long to own a Monopoly set, just for sake of having one. :D hint: My birthday is on the 15th of June. Nahh, scratch that. Back in 2003, after the gruelling UPSR examination, I had my first brush of absolute freedom, for serious studying only will begin the next year. So my friends and I brought different games to school to kill time. We played Monopoly, Scrabble, Upwords, Jenga, Pictionary and the most common one, UNO. I guess that year was when we played so many games that we were sick of them! Since then, absolute freedom never recurred. (:
We made a stop at Baskin Robbins. Yet again, ice-creams have their own evolution! From the basic Chocolate, Strawberry and Vanilla, we now have ice-creams that come in rainbow colours, unique combinations of flavours which of course, cost more than the 30 cent ones we used to buy from the school canteen. 20 times more, in fact.
That was one meaningful trip to Queensbay, I have to say. Very different, indeed. Well, I hope this feeling will reoccur someday, just so my sunken memory of my childhood will resurface...
The little girl reminded me so much of my childhood - horrifying milk teeth experiences, Primary school days, extremely strict class teachers. But the real reminiscent began when I walked into Toys R Us. I remembered very well my first trip to Toys r Us. There was only one outlet in Penang at that time, and that was in Bukit Jambul complex. I could still recall how I pestered my parents to buy me Oscar, the purple alien from Tommy and Oscar. I'm still able to feel the dejection I felt that time when I was refused a board game, reason being I had no one to play with. I was just a normal girl longing to own nice toys.
As I was walking along the aisles, I could see that toys are constantly revamped and improvised. The wonders of technology. Perhaps kids nowadays are more intelligent. I arrived at the dolls section where different versions of Barbie are displayed. Barbie, it used to be every girl's dream to own at least a collection of it. Her clothes, shoes, accessories... Of course, the price has definitely skyrocketed, costing more than a hundred to own a reasonably nice collection.
Then I moved on to the plush toys. As I was running my fingers on those furry, cute animals, the tender touch I felt beneath my fingertips remind me, yet again, my fetish for soft toys. I used to have a lot of soft toys sitting nicely in the cupboard next to my bed. But they are all given away. I can't say I had fancy toys, for my parents rather spend their money on education, especially music. Buying toys, to them, was just a waste of money. I agree with them now.
Finally, the Board Games section. One of my favourites. To date, I still long to own a Monopoly set, just for sake of having one. :D hint: My birthday is on the 15th of June. Nahh, scratch that. Back in 2003, after the gruelling UPSR examination, I had my first brush of absolute freedom, for serious studying only will begin the next year. So my friends and I brought different games to school to kill time. We played Monopoly, Scrabble, Upwords, Jenga, Pictionary and the most common one, UNO. I guess that year was when we played so many games that we were sick of them! Since then, absolute freedom never recurred. (:
We made a stop at Baskin Robbins. Yet again, ice-creams have their own evolution! From the basic Chocolate, Strawberry and Vanilla, we now have ice-creams that come in rainbow colours, unique combinations of flavours which of course, cost more than the 30 cent ones we used to buy from the school canteen. 20 times more, in fact.
That was one meaningful trip to Queensbay, I have to say. Very different, indeed. Well, I hope this feeling will reoccur someday, just so my sunken memory of my childhood will resurface...
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Hodophobia
To date, my fear for driving is a huge pain in my butt, be it driving on the road or just the 3 mandatory tasks that one has to go through in order to pass the driving test.
1. Slope.
Initially, I wasn't afraid to do this at all. I thought it was -fun-, to say the least, because I love to step on the acceleration pedal while going uphill and downhill. Grins. And the brakes, yes. But eversince the QTI (I don't know what it stands for), I don't quite enjoy doing this task as much as before, reason being I failed to perform this task correctly for 3 times in a row, and it all happened during the QTI. I earned a heap of bad comments about that from the... the... uhh... man who was inspecting at that time. Hence, the fear.
2. 3 point turns.
I'm sure many of you will agree with me on this one: This is the easiest task of all three. My 3 point turns are all pErFeCt! But apparently, yesterday, one of my front tyres kissed the first pole when I was attempting to exit. My confidence, henceforth, has been embedded in the core of my spine.
3. Side-parking.
3 poles hit during my first attempt, and 2 during the QTI. I shall elaborate not, for it will stir some laughter and sarcasm which I believe will bring me misery, rather than relief. Life is harsh.
4. Reverberation of the fallen poles.
And that brings hyperventilation and rapid heart beats. Don't believe? Ask Angelin.
Any advice?
When will the day when I'm no longer afraid to drive come?
May Buddha Bless Me.
1. Slope.
Initially, I wasn't afraid to do this at all. I thought it was -fun-, to say the least, because I love to step on the acceleration pedal while going uphill and downhill. Grins. And the brakes, yes. But eversince the QTI (I don't know what it stands for), I don't quite enjoy doing this task as much as before, reason being I failed to perform this task correctly for 3 times in a row, and it all happened during the QTI. I earned a heap of bad comments about that from the... the... uhh... man who was inspecting at that time. Hence, the fear.
2. 3 point turns.
I'm sure many of you will agree with me on this one: This is the easiest task of all three. My 3 point turns are all pErFeCt! But apparently, yesterday, one of my front tyres kissed the first pole when I was attempting to exit. My confidence, henceforth, has been embedded in the core of my spine.
3. Side-parking.
3 poles hit during my first attempt, and 2 during the QTI. I shall elaborate not, for it will stir some laughter and sarcasm which I believe will bring me misery, rather than relief. Life is harsh.
4. Reverberation of the fallen poles.
And that brings hyperventilation and rapid heart beats. Don't believe? Ask Angelin.
Any advice?
When will the day when I'm no longer afraid to drive come?
May Buddha Bless Me.
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