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A good time to start twitting, as I will not have much time to post my usual lengthy blog posts once I enter university.

Speaking of university, I have applied and have been accepted at University of Nottingham.

Going for foundation in engineering, and then most likely to continue by going for a 4-year degree course in mechanical engineering.

Intake on the 25th of April, orientation on the 22nd.

Parents wanted me to keep away from the Sunway/Subang area. Loads of distractions there.

25th April. It's this soon. Just a week after I'm back from my New Zealand holiday.

Leaving for NZ on the 2nd April, will be there for 2 weeks.

I'm prepared to learn living on a budget, to get to places around myself and stuff.

Got some help from the Singapore trip, but my cousin did help a lot.

But I can't really wait for it. I'm ready.

Anyway I've no more time to post lengthy posts, so it ends here.

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Last Meeting Days For Some

I have been still experiencing the Paramore concert aftermath.

Still love them loads.

But I suppose some of you are a bit fed up of me talking about Paramore, after 6 continuous blog posts about it, so it's time to do something different.

Anyway, a day before the SPM results day, Kelvesh, Firdaus and Lucas came to Coffee Mug for a drink.

They looked really nervous there. I wasn't anywhere near that.

Let's see whether I remember anything interesting they did... I know Firdaus came really late, after the other 2 finished their drink.

Lucas ordered Watermelon, Kelvesh ordered Orange and Firdaus ordered Kiwi.

I arranged the glasses, and, considering that Lucas and Kelvesh likes talking about lame stuff, I decided to do the same. I arranged them like traffic lights.

Out of nowhere they got so excited and Lucas took pictures of them, and uploaded one on facebook. I didn't know people this age will get THAT excited over it :P

Nobody commented on that pic though :D.

The next day, went to school to pick up the results.

Reached school at 10.20a.m. Saw quite a number of people waiting. Old classmates. Most of them haven't changed one bit, from my observation.

College stories came about.

Devin said that he broke a college chair while laughing so hard. No surprise.

He said Leonard, his other college mate, will always sit next to girls.

Once he sat next to one, then found out she was aged 20, then straight away sat next to another. I burst out laughing with a few others when I heard that.

Nothing left to do there, as I found out that the results will be out at 11.30a.m, I decided to go to Era Walk for breakfast. Went with Firdaus, Fong and Subrash.

Firdaus took us for the very short drive there. But it was enough to scare the heck out of me.

I felt like killing him when he was driving. Not a good driver at all. And he can say that his driving is good. And tells others what to do some more.

Happened once when I was sending him home from A&W. Irritated me like hell.

Anyway that day he cornered very aggressively, signaled very late, almost hit an oncoming car while reversing. I vow never to enter a car which Firdaus is driving, ever again.

Anyway we had, or at least I had breakfast at Alan Kopitiam. And I walked back to school.

By then, it was 11.40a.m. Results were out. I've got no intention to reveal results of others here.

But they, whoever the "they" are, screwed my English Oral cert.

They made 4 mistakes with the gradings of my oral cert. If 1 mistake, it isn't so bad. 4!!!!!

I have to return to school anytime soon to get a replacement cert, as I made a complaint.

"They" also made one grammatical error in my Director House Report. Ugh...

But many of my former schoolmates left fast, I saw some crying, a few with joy, and a few with despair. Elijah was crying, many wouldn't have expected it, but I wasn't that surprised. I know that every tough guy has their softer sides.

Went to Jusco, saw a few friends there.

I thought Jusco would be full of my batch-mates. But hardly any.

Everybody was away, somewhere. At least half of them, I won't meet again. Ever. I couldn't even say goodbye! :(

For some of those who don't have facebook, I can't really contact them any longer... I will miss them.

But later in life I will be meeting new people. College and work. Hopefully I'll end up meeting the right people.

Anyway the next day, dad found out my results, wasn't too happy about it.

But somehow I still felt pretty calm about it.

Saturday, guess who I saw at Coffee Mug.

Justin, the 10A+ fella and Nicholas!

They came with most of their family members, covering a total of 10 people.

When I saw the group coming at first, I was like, oh, no, don't lah, so many people!

Then I saw the two come, and woah, it's ok then. :P

Justin - unchanged. He's still well known for giving a certain stare and making me laugh.

Nicholas's mum gave me an RM10 tip at the end. Thanks!

Met my very old friend, Asyraf, my schoolmate which I lost contact with since Standard 6. He came too.

Eventful, tiring day.

But still, I was stubborn and followed my 3a.m+ sleeping time schedule. And woke up 7.10a.m to get ready for church. Needed to pass the Paramore T-shirts to Francisca.

Sleepy as hell, but still went. My dad supposed to go to, but he couldn't wake up :P.

Drove the Manual-drive Mercedes to church. First time driving the manual to church.

It was stressful. I was trapped at the area where I was near the hall entrance. Cars coming from all directions.

Luckily I'm able to work under stress :D.

Found a small opening, got cars to move along. I stalled twice, got damn scared, but it was alright, I got out of that area without a scratch. Then went another round, parked a bit far away.

It was the first time I reversed park since the day I went for my JPJ license test :P.

I realised I was less than 2 inches until hitting the parking meter pole. But survived.

(I'm going to church what, takkan God wanna put me into an accident leading there! :P :P :P)

After 15 minutes finding a parking space, I reached church in under 5 minutes late.

Saw Natasha Lim there, and the way she jumped and said Hi to me, it was so funny. I would love to impersonate her jump once I see her again.

She's really scared of dragonflies too. I should address her as 'Dragonfly' from now on. :D.

Anyway passed Fran the Paramore T-shirts, and got back a total of RM186 back.

4 bucks short from what I was supposed to be paid. Hmm... purposely gave less, hoping I would give a discount, eh?

Nah, I know Franny wouldn't do that. You're a nice girl, right? :D

I sort of challenged her to wear the t-shirt straight away. Didn't want. You betrayed Paramore! :P

Anyway was in church until about 2.30p.m, Zeno, Simone, Lydia was there.

Lydia said church has Wi-fi. You gotta be kidding! Church!

Anyway, forced down a shot of Espresso to stay less sleepy during work.

Went to work, busy like mad. Felt like Singapore all... over... again.

Paramore/Singapore #6

NOTE: Please read posts #1 to #5 before you read this :D

March 8 - 1337 SIN

Walked back towards the Esplanade, bought a few drinks (I was THAT thirsty from the immense walking, with my heavy bag too), and headed to the Fountain of Wealth.
I took quite a bit of asking around and some instinct to actually find the place.
And damn, I never knew the fountain was actually inside the shopping mall - at Suntec City Mall.
I didn't think I would have taken that long to find it, then I saw my mobile phone clock, and I saw it's 3p.m! WHAT?
Can't believe I took THAT long to find it. And it wasn't actually far away from the Merlion.
But loved the adventure. I like walking in circles in unknown areas by myself anyway. :D
At the fountain of wealth, I did follow what I'm supposed to do - I put my hand in the fountain, and walked around it 3 times. Not that I believe it will make me wealthy, but I found it pretty cool to do it.
Soon, it was about 3:30 in the evening, so I decided to head back home. Was tired like mad walking, ankles and knees killing me. Imagine for people who are not very fit!
I searched for the MRT station. Entered the City Hall, and followed the signs above leading to the MRT station.
Guess how long I took to find it. 25 minutes!
I was walking and walking and walking and walking, and wondering when will it ever end.
Although I did make a few wrong turns before I turned back, and had to drop by 7-11 to buy Mars bars. Energy content of a single Mars bar - 1050 calories! Perfect for quick energy, especially when you don't have the appetite to eat any meal.
However... I saw the sign - "No food and drinks - Fine 500$". I immediately hid my food and drinks into my bag. :P

March 8 - 1603 SIN

Finally at the MRT station, one guy helped me buy the ticket, as I wasn't sure how the system works.
By the way, Singaporeans are really nice and down to earth people.
He explained to me which train to go on, and which lane I was supposed to take. Really good.
Soon, when I was there, a tourist thought I was a local, and asked me how to get to a certain location via the train.
I made a guess, a smart guess of course :P. I wouldn't want to make a wild guess, it would be stupid.
And I was right in the end :P
I was surprised I was asked in the first place, as I really looked like a backpacker. :D
Traveled by train to Kranji, where buses travel to Larkin, one of the main bus centrals in Johor.
It's so much cheaper to go from Singapore > Larkin > Seremban, rather than Singapore straight to Seremban.
You can save up to RM70! And that's not little at all.
Anyway went to Kranji, got on the bus for Larkin.
Went through Woodlands customs in Singapore, no problem.
Travelled by the same bus for a few minutes, arrived at the Johor Bahru customs, no problem.
Suddenly, when I wanted to go to the bus downstairs, it was not there.
It appeared that the bus left me behind.
I was searching around the whole terminal, no sign of it. I even asked the police there. :P
I panicked, as normally people won't get dropped off there, and buses are normally full.
Luckily, about 20 minutes later, there was a bus with one seat remaining. Ah, phew!
I did have to spend another RM1.40 to Larkin, and the bus driver was pretty rude (Malaysian), but the heck. At least I can find my way home!
Traffic was horrible. Only reached the Larkin bus central at 5.45 evening.

March 8 - 1755 KUL

Found a bus heading to Seremban.
By then, I was sickeningly exhausted. The bus was pretty good, they felt like airplane seats :D
And so when the bus left, I finally got to sleep. After almost full sleepless nights, tiring few days as hell, I managed to sleep. Thankfully the seats were comfortable.
The bus had a TV, and they showed this Chinese action movie when I woke up.
It had very interesting subtitles. I'm suspecting, someone wrote down the Chinese words, and they used a direct translator from the internet or something, then just inserted it into the movie.
I couldn't stop laughing. There's one guy in the movie named Lung, a.k.a Brother Lung.
And the subtitles kept saying "paru-paru"!
There was one point I just had to burst our laughing. When one girl in the movie was shouting his name - "Lung!!!" "Lung!!!"
The subtitles showed "paru-paru!" "paru-paru!".
Some people in the bus laughed too.
I did watch it until the end, although I didn't really understand what it was about, it looked pretty interesting, the action and stuff.
And finally, reception came back! My phone could call and receive calls again! My mom was extremely worried about me. She even asked whether I was still stuck in Larkin or Singapore. :P
The bus arrived much faster than expected. I initially told my mom 11p.m, and the bus arrived at 9.45p.m :P

March 8 - 2150 KUL

Got out of the bus in Terminal 1.
After starving quite often in Singapore, appetite-less, suddenly I became awfully hungry again.
Back in Seremban, tired, hungry. And every place in Terminal 1 was closed by then. I was shocked!
So I walked all the way to the 2-floor KFC for a meal.
More walking that means. But I felt like I got used to it.
When ordering my food, I saw a few staring at me with the huge bag on my back, with my sleeping bag tied to it.
I was more focused not to knock anybody over, especially if they're carrying trays.
Ordered a Zinger Burger set, and used my Coffee Mug experience, used one hand to carry the tray around loads of people, and bring it to the 2nd floor.
I finished my meal in about 5-7 minutes, the burger, the wedges, the drink. I was that hungry.
And then called my mom, asked her to pick me up, then walked to the area.
Guess where? Church :D
I felt safest there. I had loads of valuables - wallet, camera, MP4 player, cell phone, and Paramore merchandise :D
What a journey. Worth every minute of it. So many challenges, so much hardship, so much sacrifice, just to watch Paramore. And no regrets at all!
When I reached home, I straight away took out all the Paramore items I bought, and started taking pics of them to be posted on facebook :D.
I was still so hyped about the concert, I couldn't really sleep.
What time did I sleep? 6a.m. Yep.
The best possible way to end the day?
Watching Wigan beat Liverpool 1-0. Hahah! :P. Sorry Lucas.

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I might take a few days break from blogging. (That's a lot for my standards already)
Anyway, to those who are so curious about my results, I got
1A+, 1A, 2A-, 3B+, 1C+, 1C.
Happy?

Lastly, I support PAS, I like PAS! No, not the political party, but the Paramore Addiction Syndrome. :D

| To be continued in post #... nah! Don't worry, no more! :P |

Paramore/Singapore #5

NOTE: Please read posts #1 to #4 before you read this.

March 8 - 0105 SIN

Went by taxi back to Kenny's place to pick my bag up, then headed off to his friend's place, where I'm staying.
After midnight taxi fares are increased by 50%. Woah!
Met the room owner, Douglas, and I suspect his girlfriend, Jacinta.
Woah, it was pretty messy. But cool. He had a collection of 'antique' amps and 5 guitars!
Of course, I had to get my hands on one. :D
I picked the classical guitar, because that type has strings where there's the least likelihood for a string to break.
Then Kenny told the rest about my playing by ear.
And so Jacinta started to ask me to play like every song she asked me to play, whether I heard of them or not.
It seemed like she was bullying me.
But then, I thought I lost touch, but I did really well.
Played nearly every song well, although there were songs I never heard in my whole life.
Did that until like... 2:30 in the morning?
Went to wash up soon.
Oh dear... Douglas's place's toilet... Ugh....
It's... just... horrible. I won't explain it.
Although I needed to clear my bowels, I just couldn't. It looked disgusting.
But I did bath and pee of course :D
Went to sleep right after. After a tiring night, didn't take long for me to sleep, although I did feel the Paramore Hype Aftermath.
After a really really really really exhausting day.

March 8 - 1015 SIN

Kenny woke me up. By then Douglas left for school/college.
Took a bath, and luckily I bought the Paramore T-shirt. I didn't have any other T-shirts, clean ones left in my bag. So I wore it.
Packed my stuff, and left the place. The bathroom there was a place to remember, but not in a good way :P.
Followed Kenny to the bank. And then he had to go to school.
So at around 11a.m, I was on my own. Time to explore places.
Walked around for places to eat, didn't have my breakfast until then.
I went to McDonald's, already knowing that the usual food in Singapore sucks.
I just bought one McSpicy burger there.
Why do Malaysians have to lengthen the bloody thing and name it "Spicy Chicken McDeluxe"?
Anyway, yeah, bought one, and struggled so much to finish it.
It tasted no different from the ones in Malaysia, but I still didn't have much appetite. All the way in Singapore I was like that.
But I still managed to force my way to finish it.
Then, I went to Starbucks to buy a drink.
Shocked? After all my anti-Starbucks talk?
Maybe. But I only bought a drink from there, because it's the very only place, where if you convert SG$ to MYR, it's almost the same. Everything else, stuff in Singapore is more expensive than Malaysia. So yeah.
And bought the Signature Hot Chocolate. Iced.
I was embarrassed. The Starbucks Barista/Waitress made fun of me for ordering ICED Signature HOT Chocolate.
Ugh..... But I salute her for not being afraid to do so.
And the Singapore Baristas are better than the Malaysian ones. :D. Serious. At least they blend the chocolate properly, not like the ones I buy in Malaysia.
I bought this also because it contains a lot of calories. Loads of energy, required for the long walking.

March 8 - 1209 SIN

I went to search for the Merlion. I decided to challenge myself and keep walking while searching for it.
Without asking anybody.
I kept walking and walking, trying to refresh my memory of the routes I was walking the day before.
Really really tiring walk. But I found it after 50 minutes of walking.
I did go into the Esplanade just before that. Really cool place, and Kool and the Gang are going to perform there not long to go. Wait, they're still alive?
I relaxed at the waterfront area for a while. Nearly fell asleep :P. So jet lagged from the previous day.
But shortly after I walked 10 to 15 minutes to the Merlion. Earlier the Merlion was in sight, but was still pretty far away.
Reached there, and I never knew there was a baby Merlion! Heheh.
But the big one, the real one, is big :P. When I went nearer, it felt so nice to feel the small water sprinkling on me. It felt very relaxing. Although some people were running away from it :P.
Soon, got one Japanese girl to take a pic of me near the Merlion. The pics where I was standing on the steps and sitting on the Merlion barrier. (illegally :P). They were pretty good pics.
And then I went to the other side, the main area where photographs should be taken.
Got this dude to take pics of me. This time the pics wasn't that great. But what the heck.
I still looked pretty good in the Paramore T-shirt. :D

~Gotta sleep. Gonna post my last Singapore blog post, post 6# tomorrow~

| To be continued in post #6 (Last post) |

Paramore/Singapore #4

Please read Posts #1, #2 and #3 before you read this.

March 7 - 2203 SIN

I went out of the Indoor Stadium.
And woah! Loads of people were still screaming away!
And loads of people were playing Brick By Boring Brick on their mobile phones or their car radios.
It was madness! And all of the same song!
I was like... enough, enough! Have some variety a bit :P.
But it was pretty cool watching people go crazy, even after the concert ended.
Shortly after, I wanted to go have my dinner. The last thing I ate before that was around 5p.m where I ate one bag of chips, that was about it.
Hungry, but when I went to the mall nearby, every restaurant was full, with ridiculously long lines.
At each restaurant I walked to, I kept looking at the line, going to the next one, and again, doing the same thing. I didn't feel like going to eat in the end.
At 10:45.pm I went back to the Stadium, peeked backstage and saw the band going into their van and heading off, to their hotel I suspect.
Quite a number of cars were following them all the way.
At 11p.m I went to the restaurant at the Stadium area. Wanted to eat something, was ridiculously hungry at that time.
Saw the prices... NO WAY! Paying about RM80 for a meal. That's way worse than Manhattan Fish Market!
Since I was on a budget, I would sacrifice and stay hungry for that period.
Kenny was supposed to come and meet me at 11:30p.m.
Since the whole trip I couldn't use my phone at all, I had to go look for someone for me to borrow a phone. By then the stadium was pretty empty.
It was 11:40p.m by then I got a little worried. I did find someone to borrow a phone. He looked reluctant, but still gave me the phone for a minute. Kenny was on his way that time.
I gotta thank the guy who lent me the phone.
I actually wanted to go and find my way back, but then I wasn't sure where Kenny would be, and he probably would have been searching for me there.

March 8 - 0005 SIN

Finally we noticed each other. By then, not a soul at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
I realised how quiet Singapore was when I was on my back to the place I had to stay in. DEAD!
I saw one person walking right in the middle of the road.
Every place was closed in town.
I did go to one of the stalls somewhere with him.
I bought Nasi Goreng Kampung.
I don't remember eating rice this hot in my life. I did ask for spicy, but I expected the Malay restaurant type of spicy in Malaysia. This was ridiculous.
I didn't even finish half of it. It didn't even taste nice in the first place. Appetite throughout the day did not improve, although I still felt agonisingly hungry.
Wasted 5$ for the rice. Now I know what these people were talking about when they said that food in Singapore sucks. :P
Was really thirsty too, Had two drinks.
Soon after, Kenny showed me the Esplanade and the Merlion. Wished I had my camera with me during that time. It looked beautiful at night, except for the surroundings, where I mostly saw cranes.
I can't imagine how the place would be like in 5 years. Would be really gorgeous once the buildings are finished.

That's it, off to work now, will continue in Post #5 after work.

| To be continued in post #5 |

Paramore/Singapore #3

NOTE: Please read post #1 and post #2 before you continue here.

March 7 - 2000 SIN

The concert started right on time.
Much to my surprise, there WAS an opening act.
I've no idea what the name of the band is, it's a Singaporean band as far as I know.
It was similar to Paramore - all guys except the lead singer, female.
When the girl came on stage, people were screaming like mad. But it was short lived.
I was laughing away when most of the crowd thought it was Hayley Williams, Paramore's lead singer was on stage.
The opening act sang 4 songs, and took about 20 minutes.
I was pretty happy about it, as I heard from Kelvesh, the opening acts for Green Day's concert went for 1 hour 20 minutes. That is very long.
During the break, I was talking to this girl beside me. She was pretty cool.
She was shocked to find out that I bought 3 Paramore T-shirts. :P
I did see around the stadium. It was a sell out. Except for the cheapest seats.
Soon the lights dimmed. The whole crowd was anticipating the start of the performance.
It was nearly pitch black. The usual Paramore intro was played during that time.

And suddenly Hayley appeared, she went crazy as the crowd did too. It was loud! Deafening.
Nobody was seated. Every single person was up.
And the first song was Ignorance. Really nice performance. She did shout quite a bit of the song.
The second song was Crushcrushcrush. I knew the whole lyrics for this song, so I just sang my heart out.
The third song was That's What You Get. This really got the crowd going even crazier and louder. Everybody had their hands up, jumping like mad. It was one of the most fun ones.
I did see a news article, that 10 people needed treatment by the end of the song. Wow.
And then they played Looking Up. I jumped as high as I can during the Whoa-Oh-O-Oh, Whoa-Oh-O-Oh! And
sang at the same time. At the end of the song, I started coughing. Started to feel the loss of voice.
The 5th song they played was Careful. I think it's the perfect song to play since quite a number of people got hurt :P
They played Let The Flames Begin right after. Love the guitar solo. And they played an extended version of it. Really nice.
Soon, they decided to play a song from their first album. They played Never Let This Go, one of my favourites from the album.
The band took a 2 minute rest. They were pretty tired, and finally the crowd didn't go crazy as before that.
And it went a little mellow after. The Only Exception was played. Hayley said that at one point its video was named Video of the Week on MTV. She got almost everyone to wave their arms from side to side during that song. Loved the feeling. A very meaningful song.
I did record about 35 seconds of the performance in my phone. But quality very poor, and I only did it for a short while. I wanted to enjoy the concert rather than recording all the performances.
And back to getting really pumped up again, Pressure was played. Back to jumping like mad again. We all just went nuts.
The next song was For A Pessimist, I'm Pretty Optimistic. It was the song where I knew the least of the lyrics. I didn't really know the lyrics of the verses. But still, never backed down, went for it, even when it's just guessing the words. :P
The next song - My current favourite - Where The Lines Overlap. I was so passionate about this song, that I actually heard my own voice in this song. The rest, I couldn't even hear my voice. But I still sang as loud as I could though for all the songs. And I love the lyrics, it suited me, that 'no one is as lucky as us' (those who came for the concert).
I suspect there were loads of Twilight fans there. They all went mad when Decode was played.
I think it was this song when the speaker or the guitar on the lead guitarist failed? Damn... I didn't hear part of the lead. But the lead guitarist, Taylor York, yes, not Josh Farro who didn't tour still ran around with his guitar, just for the fun of it.
When he got his replacement guitar, his guitar was slightly off key. But the PA system people slowly fixed it. Thanks to them :D (It's Singaprore, not Malaysia :P)
Misery Business was next. More jumping to do. Hayley changed the lyrics a little. From 'I'm sorry honey', she changed it to 'I'm sorry Singapore' :P.
13 songs done. Paramore closed the event with Brick By Boring Brick. She did say that Singapore has the loudest crowd she has ever experienced. She also promised to come back within less than 5 years. (Fran and Sofea, it's your chance!)
We all used up the last bit of our energy for the song. It looked like the crowd favourite.
And lastly, the band members started throwing stuff towards the crowd - drumsticks, Hayley's water bottle :P
14 songs were pretty alright. But they only performed for 1 hour 30 minutes. Wished it was longer.
Another regret - Not bringing my camera in. Loads of people took theirs in. And nothing was done.
Wished I brought mine in... Gah!
Next time. Maybe next time.
And ah... I went out a little too late.
I was late by about 30 seconds from being able to buy a limited edition poster. Gah! Again!
But the concert experience itself was awesome. My first concert. Great. Superb. Brilliant.

| To be continued in post #4 |

Paramore/Singapore #2

(Please start reading from post #1 if you haven't)

March 7 - 1229 KUL

I arrived at this place called Yong Peng, and there was a food court there.
It's supposed to be the lunch break for the passengers.
I really had no appetite during that time. Tried to eat something light, couldn't finish it also.
I was so sleepy, didn't get much sleep, and didn't sleep in the bus. Had this fear feeling actually, first time travelling long distance in a bus.
Went back into the bus to continue my journey, feeling ridiculously tired, but I just couldn't sleep.
Called my cousin, Kenny for the address of the place, so that I could fill it in the immigration form.
Couldn't get him.
Then, I called his GF, and she told me to just write Ang Mo Kio.
I was pretty nervous actually, because I was afraid that I won't past customs or can't find my way later or something. :P.
I was being very pessimistic.
Anyway, Kenny soon called, thankfully, and I managed to ask him for the full address.
Almost at Larkin, one of the stops, I told Kenny where I'm arriving. And all I could find out from the bus driver is a road. Jalan Sultan.
That's about our last contact by phone.

March 7 - 1551 SIN

Arrived in Singapore. Looked more like a construction site than anything else, the area we were dropped off.
Tried using the phone, I could not contact anybody at all. I couldn't find any network.
Couldn't use the phone at all!
I was looking around, walking around that area. 4.00p.m, no sign of him. I was starting to worry, as I had to go to the Singapore Indoor Stadium at 7p.m to collect my ticket.
And then, about 4.15p.m, we saw each other! Finally!
If only my phone wasn't like that...
Anyway that's a small relief.
We then walked about something like 25 minutes (it felt like that long) to a Chinese "coffee shop".
It's pretty different from Malaysia.
This coffee shop - No smoking allowed, air-conditioned, well-dressed waiters/waitresses and a good clean toilet.
Would love these type of places in Malaysia.
The won-ton mee was quite good too. That was the one meal I actually finished.
One is $3.50, which is about RM8.50, which isn't too bad actually from what I feared.
I wanted to go to the place I'm staying to take a bath.
But time would not be on my side if I do that. So what the hell... I'm not bathing :P
I changed my clothing at the Suntec City Mall. The bathroom of course.
By then it was about 5:30p.m. I needed to be at the Singapore Indoor Stadium by 7:00p.m to collect my ticket.

March 7 - 1806 SIN

Went by bus to a place I don't know at all with Kenny.
Then I took a walk which felt like over 30 minutes towards the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
It was 6.40p.m when I reached there. Just nice. Went straight to get my ticket.
Got the ticket, checked it, and I saw, ROW 14.
I looked at the ticket, and was like, hey! Is this a con? I was told 2nd row!
But I thought, what the heck... I still can watch them live.
Kenny was nice enough to carry my luggage back to his place.
Soon after, I went to the Paramore merchant, selling T-shirts.
I bought one for myself, one for Francisca and one for Sofea (they're paying back :D)
Each T-shirt was 40SG$, which was a lot less than what I expected it to be. So yeah, I had enough money to buy 3.
I bought a drink for myself. I barely had a chance to drink all day in Singapore.
Heheh. I finished my drink before I even made it into the concert hall. :P.
The damned line to enter the concert hall was crazy long. It went around the stadium. Almost fully around it.
I was pumped up for the concert. Went straight to my seat. I was one of the early birds there.
And guess what, I was in ROW 2 after all! Just that the 91$ seat rows started from number 13. Strange, but cool.
I was really happy with the seat. I was just one Lucas or one Bernie away from the 111$ seats.
That's the good part about booking the ticket very early. The results are exceptional.
I just couldn't wait!

| To be continued in post #3|

Paramore/Singapore #1

This is going to be pretty long, so I would have to divide this blog posts into a few.
And I've no time to type everything before I head for work anyway.
Before we get to the climax, lets go slowly. Start from the 'permulaan', then ' perkembangan', 'klimaks' and 'peleraian'. :D

March 7 - 0036 KUL

On my way back from work, went straight to Lucas's house.
It was supposed to be Edmen's surprise birthday party, but at the time I reached there, he left already. :P
But I was still there, until 2:45a.m. During that time I was creating an event for my last work day. But more details next time.
I just couldn't wait for the concert.
I reached home around 2:5oa.m and guess the number of alarms I set for the next day, where I had to wake up around 8a.m. It's 4. But that's not really shocking. See the later one.

March 7 - 0756 KUL

Woke up around this time. Guess in which alarm I woke up with. NONE! Instead, I actually woke up a few minutes before the first alarm!
But I just lied down until the first alarm rang.
Left the house at about 9.25a.m. Reached there, ahead of schedule for the bus.
There was the same type of bus I supposed to go to at Lane 22. I was supposed to go into the bus on Lane 21.
There was no bus at Lane 21.
So I went to the bus driver in Lane 22, and asked him whether this was the bus I was supposed to enter actually.
He said never mind, just enter, same thing, going to Singapore also.
So yeah, I just entered.
Soon after, the bus started filling up. And I saw the same type of bus going to Lane 21. Damn.
I didn't dare change back buses because I submitted my ticket already.
And the bus I entered was full. There was one extra person inside.
And that would have to be me.
But I stayed in the bus anyway. :D. Yeah I'm cruel, but I had to do it. I didn't sacrifice everything only to leave a bus.
Anyway lucky for me also. One woman had her small daughter, and she could have her on the lap during the journey. So all seats taken without one person having to stand.
And of all places, they ended up next to me. I didn't tell them about what I did though :P
This bus did have a delay. 30 minutes in fact.
But luckily still. The other bus which I was supposed to enter, had an even longer delay. So all good :D

March 7 - 1030 KUL

Departed for Singapore. The bus was pretty cool.
Adjustable seat, has the adjustable leg rest, can put the seat to lying down position, and has personal light.
Not bad. But I wished there was personal entertainment systems on it. But at least I had my MP4, listening to of course, Paramore songs :D
Was still thinking to myself, luckily they didn't check.
I submitted my ticket already, imagine if I was chased out and not allowed to enter the other bus.
I got lucky, but yeah, feels great :D.

| To be continued in post #2 |

It's Finally Here!

Before I relate my blog post to the above topic, I'll just run through yesterday's events.
Decided to go back to St. Pauls for their sports day.
I wanted to see how they're doing, especially for my team, Director.
I'll support them all the way.
Last year, we won by just 5 points, with Barnitus in second. They needed me, I scored 21 points last year.
This year, I went, and got a pretty good reception from some of the students and teachers.
Not really by the Barnitus house members, they have been my rivals in school, and will always be.
And they were in first place before the sports day, 7 points ahead of second placed Director.
The rivalry has been relived.
I saw the Directod house marching... they all look like bapuks!
Gay cap, solid white T-shirt, tucked in...
But what the heck.
I left school at 4:10p.m, went to Marrybrown to have Fish-N-Chips.
Had to get ready for work after.

I took out my phone and...
The screen cracked!
The touchscreen isn't functioning anymore...
Ugh...
Luckily I still can do everything with the keypad.
But the Paramore trip is overshadowing it
And just today I found out... Director are overall champions... again!
Woohoo! So happy they could do it without me this time. Proud of the lads.
And time to laugh at Barnitus, for bragging, and losing a second time in a row to us.

Nothing special happened at work yesterday.
Went to Station 1 Cafe in Era Square for supper.
Ate some Lobster BALLS (Yes, they taste much better than it sounds)
Very crowded, even at almost 1a.m.
Alcohol is served there, that's about why.
Not that I took any there though.
And today, had bak kut teh for lunch with the family.
And my thoughts were fully on the Paramore trip.
It's here! Tomorrow! Already! Really looking forward to it.
I'm packing my stuff already. Can't believe it's this soon.
Man I gotta memorise some lyrics.... never did anything of that yet :P
But here I come...
30 hours left to the concert!

Unpredictable

Yesterday and today, absolutely busy.

Running here, running there.

But there were some huge upsides to those days.

Yesterday, quite a number of familiar faces turned up.

Firstly, my parents came. I was pretty surprised, I wouldn't have predicted my dad to come to this place.

He did complain quietly about something, although I heard, but not my fault, either the head waiter or the chef's fault :P. Either one didn't follow it correctly, although I explained.

Luckily he still liked the food.

And then, Danesh a/l Thiagarajah came with his parents.

Glad to have a complement from him.

And finally the noisiest group of them all...

Theresa Belle, A.E.C.K.Y Low, Nicole Wong and Sharmili Nair (never knew her before) came.

They... I mean we were laughing like crazy most of the time.

Nice to see that they enjoyed their food too.

I managed to get them a 10% discount.

Theresa wanted ice-cream, heard one scoop is RM7.90, and straight away - Uh... nevermind!

Eh, Theresa, you haven't offered me a discount in Sushi King yet! :P :P

I'm calling you Sushi all the time :D

This morning, I had a real good wake up call.

My dad bought me a new mobile phone. WHAT?

I never asked for one, never requested, never needed one, didn't exactly want a new one at the moment either.

But it's cool. Real cool.

Phone name/Phone brand name: Absolutely no idea! I didn't even bother to look. And by looking at the phone, none of you can guess what brand it is either. Seriously.

Advantages (might have a lot because my previous phone only can call and sms) :

1. Woohoo! I can log on to facebook via the phone now

2. I can easily go to Eurosport for the latest sports news.

3. Love the ability to play songs and listen to clear radio, with good sound quality

4. I finally have bluetooth! :P

5. There's the world timezones, which makes it easier to find out time differences, especially when watching live sports matches, or even for my Auckland trip

6. You can watch TV with it!

7. Two sim cards can be used at the same time.

8. Nokia batteries is compatible with the phone. Excellent, I can use one as a spare battery.

9. 3.2 Megapixel camera.

10. (The best part) It's only RM375!

Disadvantages:

1. Messaging is hell for this phone. The dictionary messaging is so much more complicated than the Nokias/Sony Ericsson etc.

2. TV isn't that clear, and I only can get local TV! I wished I had ESPN...

3. The phone's framerate is pretty slow online. Very slow in fact. Not the internet speed's fault.

4. I can't play Mousehunt on this :(

5. Battery life - Around 6 hours. That's pretty miserable.

6. The melody composer... the instruments sound really irritating.

Overall: Considering it's just RM375, it's definitely worth it.

Now I can take pics from the Paramore concert! Woohoo!

Next blog post... maybe tomorrow, or only after the Paramore concert.

BTW, manager, I want my February salary.

It's March Already?

Times seems to be passing pretty fast for me.
It's a good thing I guess, with the Paramore concert coming very soon.
More and more things are being settled.
All I have to hope for, is for the bus to not crash, and to get a bus ticket back home. That's all.
And another thing to look forward to - SPM Results Day.
I just want the result and get on with life.
And I would like to meet my old friends there too.
Schoolmates to look forward to:

1. Deepak - Wonder how long his beard will be when he's back in school.
2. Bernard - Wonder whether he has changed one bit also.
3. Karshan - Want to find out how many piercings/tattoos/eyebrow shaves he has.
4. Jeremy - Will he still have his red-coloured hair?
5. Sri Raam - Will he have any hair left on his head after National Service?

Schoolmates NOT to look forward to:

1. Khairul - One of the most braggy person there, and irritating too.
2. Pavendhran - I would except him to say "Hah! I got more A's than you!"

And a lot later in March, The Fray's coming to Singapore!
I won't go though, it's too soon after the Paramore concert!
Need money, and also, too many things to organise.
Such a shame...

Anyway, remember the last paragraph of the last blog post if you've read it?
It has happened again.
Another girl, insisted to go to the gents' toilet. And went.
What is happening to this world???
THAT'S IT! 2012's going to happen like this! :P

Finally, today, I went to visit Esther Devadas (Uncle Philip's daughter)
If you didn't know, she was a victim of a hit-N-run. A van hit her.
She was knocked unconscious, and was brought to hospital.
She was there for a full week.
Thank the Lord that she is feeling better now, she has been discharged, although she can't walk yet.
It's good to see their family happy again after a really tough week.