I Got a Feeling

Well, just when I thought there'll be no more eventful days until the A-Levels ball next month, I got a pleasant surprise. Jennifer told me she wanted to buy accessories, so she convinced me to go to Midvalley. When I asked her who would be joining us, she said, "Just Pei Pei."

Nothing was the matter until certain oddities happened. In the car, Pei Pei asked us the same question. I had a feeling Jennifer was making some hand gestures in the back seat, and on top of that, the calls kept coming in.

Karaoke was on our list of things to do. When we opened the door of our room, familiar voices sang the birthday song. On the table was a cake for Pei Pei and I. She was just as shocked as I was; while she knew the plans all along, she didn't know that it was a double celebration!

I'm a little tired now, so I'll go on another day.

I just have to say a really big thanks to all you guys - for making today wonderful. Really beautiful day.

June Peaks.

Peak One: Birthday

My 19th birthday had been celebrated with a huge dinner and cake, with the biggest thanks to my Ama and 'Ah Yee'. Next year, it would be very different, I suppose.

And I think to myself: There are many things I wish we can just hold onto...

Second Peak: Popiah Party!!

Parties call for lots of food, and here's a table laden with gorgeous food! There were the ingredients to make popiahs: popiah wrapping, vegetables, eggs, Chinese sausages, sweet sauce and chilli sauce, then there were plates of jellies, tarts and fruits.

I enjoy making popiahs. It's pretty simple if I said just stack them on the wrapping and roll it up. My aunts and uncles (who have requested anonymity) claim that it takes 'skill' to roll them up without the fragile outer layer dessimiting to pieces. I find it fun when it does, though. I hope we'll have another Popiah Party one day.

And I miss the past.
Third Peak: Exams - and over it!

We've been having exams for a month, and now our finals are over! Days spent in the library and at the desk; nights struck with anxiety; guilt trips that come from the slightest pleasure - no more for now. I'll definitely miss college. Below is my quantitative summary of college:

I know who to hand my Maths, Chemistry and Economics textbooks and notes to, but the largest pile has yet to be organised. I never realised how large a pile I had for Literature.

I even took out all my colourful tabs from the books.


At the end of it all, delicious desserts to clear my head.

Candles.

They say that birthdays can be celebrated earlier and never later. I don't know the logic in that; perhaps it goes to say that 'be-earlied' sounds better than 'belated'? Anyway, this year, like many years before, it was held before the official day. More on it another time.

Now that I think about it, I realised that for the past few years, I have been 'working' on that special day in my life. Last year I was more concerned about handing out magazines during a ball which we had no part of. The two years prior to that we had intensive marching practice on the fields in preparation for Sports Day (which, at least, paid off).

Funny how this year it would be a heavy paper in an important exam.

Of course, that would be until 3pm. Hopefully after that, while people shed a tear for the King of Pop, I'll celebrate royally like there is no tomorrow! Not that...I have plans yet. Oh well.

Happy Father's Day '10

For someone who lets our dreams soar...

For someone who fixes and fashions the plane that will bring us to the skies...
For someone who would be there if we fall...

For someone who gives us his all.

Happy Father's Day.

Keep Holding On

It's the usual for us to pull out the cards for a little fun. To a certain extent, I agree with my friends. There is something about the pictures on the cards that capture an interpretation of our lives. Or could it just be us imposing our own interpretations on what we see?

It boils down to what you believe in, I guess.

I asked for my reading, with a question that couldn't get off my mind - "I just sat for a horrible maths paper (even though we already expected it to be tough) and it's bugging me. What should I do?" Three cards were placed before me and the little guidebook was consulted. Here I summarize and link the readings as I heard and interpreted them.

Although I've already decided on a new direction to my goals, I'm anxious over a mistake I've made. Now I'm uncertain of what to do. The solution is simple - stick to the goal.

That's what I'll do. And now I have two papers left.

PS. Yesterday night my siblings and I watched 'Glee' until 2 in the morning. The final song we heard latched itself in my head as I drifted off to sleep.

There's nothing you can say, nothing you can do,
There's no other way when it comes to the truth.
So keep holding on, cause you know we'll make it though, make it through

~Keep Holding On, Avril Lavigne, covered by Glee~

FIFA Video!

Here's a Pepsi commercial which got my family and I laughing all week. It makes me laugh out loud each and every time, even after so many repeats.

And coincidentally, it's on the FIFA World Cup! I'm not a football fanatic, that I admit, but I do watch the final few matches. Yes, I take the cream of the crop. No harm in that.

As for predictions, I'll only make it later on since it's too early to decide.

(I've had it lucky with Brazil and Italy)


Enjoy the World Cup Fever, and I'll treat you to this

World Cup dose of laughter!

Karate? Kung Fu?

We went to watch 'Karate Kid' today. The question that first sped through my mind was, 'Why sucha title when everyone is using Kung Fu?' My mum says they are just reusing the title for the remake. Then again, wouldn't it get you wondering?

That aside, and the fact that the plot was predictable (a remake after all), I like their acting. For one, I've always enjoyed Jackie Chan related movies and Jaden Smith is a really good actor. Star in the making, I'd say. One thing, isn't 12 far too young an age to be going romantic? Bah! I shall give that a pass.

We had a Japanese lunch before returning home. Now I guess I must go back to the study table. Maybe it's just me, but what's the point of learning so much integration and differentiation and all of that?

No offence to those pursuing Maths. I admire people who have the ability to solve equations within minutes. But as a person who don't have what it takes to tear equations apart, if I survive this week, I shall sever my ties with the subject.