Thursday, July 31, 2008
9:08 PM
Today was okay - all in all. I went for Starbucks interview and i got in! HAHAHA VERY F-ING FUNNAY!
Okay so
Her: Before we start on the interview itself, i'm just gonna ask you questions about you. So i can get an idea of what you're like. Okay?
Me: Okay, sure.
Her: So tell me about yourself, anything, like where you're from, what your hobbies are or what your do in your free time..
Me: Uh.. I was born in Indonesia. I'm a quarter Indonesian...
Her:*looks pleasantly surprised* Oh. Okay.
Me: Yeah and my hobbies.. well i like to write.
Her: Write what?
Me: Uhm.. stuff. Like sometimes i just have stories in my head so i write them out.
Her: Oh cool! Okay. Cos you know, people write differently. Some people see a tree *she points to a nearby tree* and they just write a lot thing on it.
Me: Haha. Okay.
Her: What is your idea of excellent service?
Me: Uhm for me - as a customer -, i don't need people to smile at me. They just need to be nice or friendly. And patient. Cos sometimes i'm not sure what i want.
Her: Hmm friendly... so if they don't smile, what facial expressions do you think they should have to be friendly?
Me: They could always just make eye contact and speak in a pleasant tone.
*She seems to want to start a lecture on the importance of smiling 101.*
Me: (realising i cant get away with not smiling) But that's just for me lah. If i were the customer. It might be different for different people so i will smile.
Her: (pleased) Yeah.
(I HAVE TO SMILEEEEEE!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH)
Her: Can you describe any experiences, for example in school, where you felt very pressured and you had to multi-task?
Me: Yes. Uhm. I was rushing for an assignment due the next day. But the equipments weren't working. There was a lot of scurrying around. Though time was against us, we PERSEVERED. We did not let our emotions get in the way and we focused on completing the assignment. I think this shows how I am not one who gives up easily.
Her: What would you do if a customer was very unruly? Like she would complain and say the cappuccino sucks.
Me: I would ask her what is wrong with it, apologize, and then fix it/make it to her liking.
(Like fuck i will.)
Her: You seem like a very QUIET AND REFINED person.
Me: What? *HAHAHAHA*
(and this is after i told her i wore a bathrobe in sch all day, and after i did this thing that made her jump)
Her: Yeah. You said you like to write. So you seem like you're artistic, you know, can paint one *mimed painting on a canvas*, and play instruments.. So you seem like the quiet type.
Me: haha ok. But refined?
Her: Ya.
Me: (nods) Okay.
Her: Okay, I'm not saying this happens, but you never know. What if a customer asks for your number? And he kept going at it?
Me: Uhm. I'd say "No, I'm working." I would never give out my number. And if he persists then i'd just make him the coffee and not care.
(GET LOST BEFORE I THROW COFFEE BEANS AT YOU, OLD MAN!! or I'd give him directions to Hooters. But if he's cute.. then i just might.. ;). )
Haha. that's what i can remember. Quite retarded. But i got in! YAY haha.
I'll start training on the 12th of August!
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
11:40 PM
fall is here, hear the yell
back to school, ring the bell
brand new shoes, walkin blues
climb the fence, books and pens
i can tell that we are gonna be friends
yes i can tell that we are gonna be friends
walk with me, susie lee
through the park, and by the tree
we can rest upon the ground
and look at all the bugs we found
safely walk to school without a sound
we safely walk to school without a sound
well here we are, no one else
we walk to school all by ourselves
theres dirt on our uniforms
from chasing all the ants and worms
we clean up and now its time to learn
we clean up and now its time to learn
numbers letters, learn to spell
nouns and books, and show and tell
play time we will throw the ball
then back to class, through the hall
teacher marks our height against the wall
the teacher marks our height against the wall
we dont notice any time pass
cos we dont notice anything
we sit side by side in every class
the teacher thinks that i sound funny
but she likes it when you sing
tonight ill dream, in my bed
while silly thoughts, run through my head
of the bugs, and alphabet
and when i wake tomorrow ill bet
you and i will walk together again
cos i can tell that we are gonna be friends
yes i can tell that we are gonna be friends
I like this song. It's very sweet.. childhood sweethearts.. Sigh.
It also reminds me of Suzie Q. haha
8:27 PM
OK. I've actually got a lot to say but at the risk of boring myself I'll just talk about Friday.
Friday in theory was about 2 things: the last IS presentation & Splash.
We got an A for IS!! YAY!! That justified waking up at 6am although the thing was at 11. I love IS. It's probably the only A-able module. And I got As for every assignment, Woohoo!! But then I think about my other modules and then i wanna...
I had to kill time cos Splash was at 6. Somehow i did it. There was skyping and Yong Tau Foo involved. And i went to the radio office to start on the writcom essay. DID NOT DO AS PLANNED.
Ok back to Splash. It was so so bad it was actually quite funny. We sorta ditched it and went into Halo Bar. Was quite fun.. haha. We sneaked Chicken wings in. But then that bar girl came over. She said we couldn't eat outside food in there and that Alicia and I had to buy drinks or we'd have to get out. So alicia pretended to decide on her drink and the girl left. She came back again of course.. and then left again.
This was when Lamont, the bloody genius, told me to play pool with some guy so i could hide from her. Oh yeah there was a guy at the pool table. He was old. Anyway i lost the game and then he handed me a drink. Macalleres or something. It was dry whiskey on the rocks. And i was like "What?" And he said I lost so i had to drink it. Something about his colleague ... think he was trying to say that his colleague said i had to drink it. Lame. And i was like "Uh, ok."
Then i went over to Kym, Lamont, Darrick and Don at the fooseball table and told them what happened. It was quite funny they said he was trying to kill me. Then Darrick took it and had a gulp. Then Lamont had some. So did Kym and Don. And it was gone. So after a while i was just sitting on the couch with Alicia when that guy came over, drink in hand.
He was like "Where's your drink?" I nodded at the empty glass on the table. (this is so narrative, but anyway..)
He was like, "OH WOW!" Then he asked if i wanted another .
"Eh.. no. I'm good." I was really saying, "Fuck off."
He went over to Mok ( think they just had a round ) and handed him the glass. Mok downed half of it and they were talking so stopped caring. Next thing i knew the guy came back, this time, whiskey bottle in hand. He poured it into my glass. I tried to give a "WTF" face but i don't think it worked. HAHA then Kym, Darrick and Lamont came over to my RESCUE!
The funny thing was.. Darrick was like "Dear, are you staying over at my house tonight? Tomorrow's your sister's wedding then we have to get up early. (or smth like tt)" AT THE SAME TIME, Lamont was behind me touching my hair and shoulders like HE was my bf. HAHAHA i don't know how it must've seemed to that guy, but he went away.
And all was good again. We played fooseball and i wasn't bad!! haha. So that was last Friday.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
10:16 PM
My rehab thing fail. Seriously now. I failed every portion.
Today, I met Butter! She's this small little pussy cat. Omgosh so SO CUOOOTEEE!!
Some guy saved her from drowning - I don't know where exactly or how it happened but that dude is AWESOME! They brought it to the FMS office and have been taking care of it. How nice.. Good people.
And then they named her Butter. And she likes boobies (Haha, my kind of kitty). She likes to clutch on to them. She also likes to put her head into stuff. Like say... cleavage. Or armpits.
Haha. Very affectionate little thing. But she's unwell. Girl's not pooping. The Girl needs to poop!
Gah. I wish i could adopt her but my Kat would never allow it - forget my mom. Damn.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
8:14 AM
Rehab statusDays without coffee: 10 yesterday. 0 today.
Days without alcohol: 30 (aaahhhhh)
Days without sex talk: o
Days without saying 'fuck': 0
On an entirely separate issue..
Haha.. if you've seen the video for Last Nite by The Strokes, Jules looked so stoned. But then again he looks that way ALL the time. Haha so funny. I love em =).
On Regina Spektor..
I will admit that she isn't the prettiest person. So whatever. You can call her ugly, call her a she-man.. ON AIR, but I won't care anymore because i love her all the same (and defending her will lead to law suits and millions in damages). To each his/her own. She is BEAUTIFUL to me (with extra gorgeous hair!). But seriously now, people are more than their looks. If i was gay just for her looks than i'd be a failed piece of shit person, wouldn't I? Probably already am lah but.. less so. And see how i have turned this into an issue? GAh.. all the IS classes are rubbing off on me.
I'm a peach.
She hadn't been a virgin and he hadn't be a godSo she named the baby Elvis to make up for the royalty he lacked
- Regina Spektor , Braille
Sunday, July 13, 2008
5:25 PM
Okay quick recap on my week.
Monday was alright. I cant remember much of it except that Elise and I were working on our stereo assignment with DAWS 7 till late. There were a bunch of really 'kitsch' kids in the next room and they made a hell lotta noise. Someone's bra came undone. I shall not name whose but i will say it wasn't me (sorry). So she had to go behind the tables and daws to fix it. At that point i was like "Okay." *shrugs*. But then i heard someone from next door exclaiming "Eh you ren zai huan yi fu!!" I looked over at the window separating both rooms. And those shitheads started crowding around the window. There was a door at the korner too and some of them tried to peek through. They were all excited and shit. And i just wanted to kill them. But it was hella funny too cos someone who so cute! She was like "GAH!" and she hid under the table!! HAHA! So cute rite? I asked her to come out but she wouldn't.. then i saw some girl staring at me. SO i looked back. And she turned away and was like "Eh ling wai yi ge ren zai kan wo!" I wanted to smack her. So this whole thing lasted for a few mins more. Cause those retards have no lives. She stared at me again. I stared back AGAIN. She looked away. Again. What The HECK. Finally they left.. laughing and all. Shitheads.
Tuesday! I don't remember tuesday. Why can't i remember tuesday. OH! Yes. Tuesday was short. Or it was supposed to be cos lecture ended at 1pm! Then we rushed to the DAWS again. But after a while we had to give it up cos ppl booked it already. And then we switched to an Mbox but it couldn't work. So there went 3hours. It wasn't a good day. A lot of running up and down. We got to hang in the radio office for a bit though. Elise and Lamont were bent on finding that midget porn. And I"M The Horny One.
Wednesday. I will skip this.
Thursday. Bah. I was still affected by Wednesday. So i was kinda bummed. But it turned out to be a much better day. Cos of socpysch! haha Elise and i had this great fight. We were so awesome! (hope we scared ppl next door. wldn't it hv been so awesome if they were the same bunch of shitheads?) I got to get rid of some aggression so it was GOOOOD.
Friday. I boxed with my brother. And I lost. Dammit! We were pretty rough.. he almost dislocated my left shoulder. And for a while my entire left arm went limp. Haha. Fun though.
(notice how my comments getting shorter n shorter.. I'm getting lazy)
Saturday. Went to make my ReSpekt Tee! Haha i know it's silly but i was nervous. I felt like my baby was in surgery or smth. It needed to be okay. And it was! Haha. I got a couple of stares for it. A guy chuckled at me on the train. (A mat didn't notice cos he was busy taking pics of himself haha!) The day was pretty fine.. My grandparents came to town! They didn't see the shirt though cos i changed. Phew. But at night... gugh.. some shit happened. Or should i say.. That asswipe happened. Made me pretty upset. But i got over it and later learned what F.M.S really stands for (Ooh).
~My current rehab status~
Days without coffee: 7.
Days without alcohol: 26
Days without sex talk: 0 =/
Days without saying 'fuck': 0
P.S: I'm sorry i lied about the 'quick' part.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
7:17 PM
Well, to lighten up the mood of my blog a little bit because it's been pretty solemn, AND because today has been relatively good (beats yesterday - the worst F-ing day of sch), I thought I'd share some pics of my kitty Kat. Yay =).
I've had her for about 5 years now. Unfortunately, the earliest pic i have of her is from 4 years back. I don't know what happened to the ones before that. Sigh.
Haha she was pretty small then.. I remember that blue collar. She looked good in it. Got all torn up though.
She is so cute!
She went into my closet and started clutching and nibbling at all the lace-like stuff. That's my skirt btw.
3
Lazing on the CPU and leaning against the webcam.
I love when she sleeps like that. This is the point where you'd see her grow in size.
Oh and i absolutely love her eyes!
Note the green collar. =). Looked good in it too.
She crawled into my school bag! haha. She used to sleep in it all the time. Oh, the times she'd lie on my worksheets or textbooks to get my attention...
She had this fondness for shopping bags. And boxes. Those are her favorite things. Bags and boxes.
That's my gym mat she's on. It's her bed now though, cause she kept digging her claws in it! Never play monopoly with your cat. Ah.. she used to have her own bed but its gone now. And i lost the pictures.. =(
For a brief period last year, my bag was her bed.
She reminds me of a turkey when she does this.
This was last March. She had an ear infection that made them really itchy. And she had this little wounded bald patch on the top of her head cos she mis-scratched. I was pretty worried cos she got depressed in that thing. So quiet and obedient. =(.
Haha. She's fat now right? But it's all good. She still can lie on the top of the computer chair. ;).
Her new bed? My laptop carrier.
Haha I would show more pics but i'm quite lazy now..
So long~!
I'm gay.
So what?
Don't judge.
My butt. - Mark Hoppus
10:26 AM
She was lying on the floor and counting stretch marksshe hadn't been a virgin and he hadn't been a godso she names the baby Elvisto make up for the royalty he lackedAnd from then on it was turpentine and patchesfrom then on it was cold Campbell's from the canAnd they were just two jerks playing with matchesCause that's all they knew how to playAnd it was raining cats and dogs out side of her windowAnd she knew they were destined to becomesacred road kill on the wayAnd she was listening to the sound of heavens shakingthinking about puddles, puddles and mistakesCause it's been turpentine and patchesIt's been cold, cold Campbell's from the canAnd they were just two jerks playing with matchesCause that's all they knew how to playElvis never could carry a tuneshe thought about this irony as she stared back at the moonshe was tracing her years with her fingers on her skinsaying why don't I begin againwith turpentine and patcheswith cold, cold Campbell's from the canafter all I'm still a jerk playing with matchesit's just that he's not around to play alongI'm still an ass hole playing with candlesBlowing out wishes blowing out dreamsJust sitting here and trying to decipherwhat's written in Braille upon my skin...
This song has me. I love the feeling of being completely immersed into a work of art. It is a whole other reality,similar to this world, but with different dimensions. I become someone else. I love that. And for this song, it is effortless. There is a violent, vivid imagery and in my mind it has a dance - one with the essence of a contemporary and lyrical dance. I have no idea how to describe it but in my mind it is brilliant.
I am her. And in this place i am bounded by responsibility and the dread of last month's rent. A deep longing for a new life.. because this one has come and passed me by. Because in this one i am a by-product of that one moment of pleasure and misdeed.
Yeah okay Mr FInder, i know I'm weird. My mind does this a lot. It's sort of like a habit. I can't shake it off it just happens. But i'm okay with it. I realise sometimes i may seem emo, or whatever, but that's just me temporarily off to another country. And by the way, the trips aren't always as depressing as this one. Haha sometimes my head is invaded by this whole story , and then a song omes along and fits right into this little scene and i just keep replaying in my mind over and over. And it evokes whatever feeling that it is supposed to be in me.
HAHA I THINK I NEED PROFESSIONAL HELP. But then i really love bathing in the muck and mud. You are so calling me emo and weird. I can feel it.
But hey, I like weird. RS has this whole idiosyncratic vibe and Mia Michaels ( my fav dance choreographer ) is totally strange.
And I'm back to writing essays again.
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
7:19 PM
Breathe it in and breathe it out
And pass it on, it's almost out
We're so creative, so much more
We're high above but on the floor
It's not a habit, it's cool, I feel alive
If you don't have it you're on the other side
The deeper you stick it in your vein
The deeper the thoughts, there's no more pain
I'm in heaven, I'm a god
I'm everywhere, I feel so high
It's not an habit, it's cool, I feel alive
If you don't have it you're on the other side
I'm not an addict (maybe that's a lie)
It's over now, I'm cold, alone
I'm just a person on my own
Nothing means a thing to me
(Nothing means a thing to me)
It's not a habit, it's cool, I feel alive
If you don't have it you're on the other side
I'm not an addict (maybe that's a lie)
Free me, leave me
Watch me as I'm going down
Free me, see me
Look at me, I'm falling and I'm falling.
It is not a habit, it is cool I feel alive I feel
It is not a habit, it is cool I feel alive
It's not a habit, it's cool, I feel alive
If you don't have it you're on the other side
I'm not an addict (maybe that's a lie)
I'm not an addict
I'm not an addict
I'm not an addict
Falling in love with this song again. She sings it so purely, it just swallows me whole.
Saturday, July 05, 2008
10:20 AM
Man i woke up today and I felt.. sad. I just have these stupid thoughts in my head ( and by stupid i don't mean suicidal; different kind of stupid ) I They're only stupid because they're true. Unfortunately. Maybe i've earned my nickname huh?
I miss many many things..
And I'm sorry for many many things..
God, okay moving on cause i don't want to make this post entirely depressing. Uhm, The Strokes!
Yeah i love them. It's funny cause i used to be crazy for Kanye West in sec 3, and i checked up o his itunes playlist and he had the song 12.51 by The Strokes. So i checked that out and started liking them from there. I had only 5 songs from them and then i found out they HAVE TIES WITH REGINA SPEKTOR.
She was still relatively unknown when she came out with her first album. They "adopted" her as their lil sister ( how cute) and went on tour together. And she got much more recognition from there. So cool of them. Their cool factor went up so many notches after i read that.
Haha been checking up on more songs and i "dig" it (lil Patches style). I love them now.
Thursday, July 03, 2008
8:10 PM
You know what? I can't believe i forgot to mention this. It was probably the most fun i had during the two-week mid-semester break (hi-fens.. aren't they cool?). My 4H Outing!! Haha. Damn we had a good time.
First ones to test the water! See, I didn't plan on going in.. at first anyway.
Who ARE these cam whores? Haha just kidding. I miss you.
Haha i was trying to balance. I probably hurt WanXin. I got on her twice. We crashed twice. "One two Down Up" right? Haha wadever. I'm heavy. My scale says 50.5kg, but i'm sure it's lying. Back to picture.. Everyone is so.. peace-y. Oh yeah. Ignore the moss on my head.
That was just some random girl who joined us.
I guess we were all just.... wet. So we took a picture. (thx for the shirt, Mr Finder)
They whored around without me. Well, i had to go out in the sun and wind to get as dry as possible. Brings new meaning to the term Blow Dry.
Haha ok. So there were many great moments and people that weren't captured on camera. Like the other 20-some odd people that were there. (Cos only the cool ones who went in the water are worthy of getting their pictures taken - not kidding)
That day was so great.. Everything from shivering in Vivocity with my wet under garments to getting ripped off at FoodRepublic ($10.70 for like ... rice with 3 "liows"? Hell no). I so miss you guys.. I wanna do it again!!! We NEED to do it again.
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
1:09 PM
Fuck. I sorry. But I was so screwed - I curled my hair. Yeah, there it is.
It cost $450. I know. I KNOW! I F*ing KNOW! I got ripped off!!! I Stupid. I noob. I Sad...
Sigh, okay lets move on. I'm gonna go make my Regina shirt tomorrow. And I really REALLY have to thank Arthur for everything. (Man, you are awesome! =) ) He did everything. And i just.. tried to describe what i like. Or thought i liked.
I can't believe he put up with all my shit.I mean I was really anal about the littlest thing - it can't be helped, I've got the twitch. But he tweaked every little detail that i had a problem with and was so nice about it. If I was in that position I would be like, "Ah, screw you! Go do it yourself ...Pendejo." But that's me. SO THANK YOU ARTHUR!! YOU ROCK!!
Gosh i owe you big time. I have to get you something. But i'm broke now. And i can't make anything cos i'm lousy so you'll have to wait. =).
One last thing.
ELISE!!
Okay I'm done.