Non-passive.

The goal has been to sleep earlier so as to not wake up to find myself simply dying when morning comes.

I love how we're so versatile. Some of us may dread change, and some of us may crave it and grow unsettled after a period of monotony, but there's no denying the fact that we simply wouldn't be able to advance without change, and we're so good at adapting to it, it doesn't take long before whatever's new is accepted as the norm.

So yeah, that's how it is with school and holidays. Adjusting to not being home and sleeping in air-conditioned rooms and eating good food. But busy-ness (with procrastinating and being frustrated at not being as productive as I would like to be) is helping me ignore that and the weather's been really kind today with all the raining and the windiness and the relatively low temperatures. Oh absolutely loving it.

Height and weight check during PE today was a total wake up call 'cause yes I have to shed those extra pounds and there's no reason to put off doing that. Where's my resolve? I've been so stupid for taking my long-ago TKD training for granted. Complete idiocy right there.

Spent Malay coming up with questions to quiz the other group. I don't know whether it's more funny or racist that we purposely split into groups according to race, with Faiz, Aisyah and Insan being in one group while Kevin, Yos and I are in the other. Yeah, Malays versus Chinese. It's on, all right. Nothing like a bit of competition to get the drive going.

Doing urban geography this sem for Geog, and I have to admit I'm feeling rather eager. City planning and buildings and layouts. Awesome stuff.

Math, oh Math. That's all I have to say.

Cell Bio was surprisingly okay, considering it started at four in the afternoon and we were all tired as heck. Ms Huang made conscious efforts at preventing us from falling asleep, which was nice of her.

All right, sleep here I come.

Night.

P.S. I still refer to 'Roxanne' by The Police as "the prostitute song", because it's true. Love that song.

P.P.S. And 'Every Breath You Take' will always be "the stalker song", because the lyrics are just plain creepy no matter how sweet you think it is.

Higher.

We are total nerds. Just realised (through Facebook, of course, because that's where all the "in" nerds get their information from) that π% of 1337 is more or less 42, the answer to life, the universe and everything. Now that's just awesome.

Listening to a bit of Creed at the moment, and I say "a bit of" because I only have three of their songs and that's evidently not enough, but I absolutely adore them.

Mentoring first thing in the morning. Having a bit of trouble with this friendship montage thing we're supposed to do, because a draft (or two) is due soon and we haven't started. I probably should. It's interesting how nobody really knows how to define friendship. What is it, exactly? I like to think of it as not being ashamed about anything you do because they'll love you no matter what. It's about being able to do stupid things and have people do them with you, and then being able to look back on those times and laugh at the memories that brought you together.

Yeah, I've been through enough to know that the older you get, the harder true friendship is to come by, if you haven't already found it. There's never going to be anyone who'll be by your side all your life, because it takes time to meet them and then there's a thing called distance and parting and time and death.

Morbid thoughts there, so better stop myself.

Had non-existent Malay afterwards, so just sat in the canteen watching our resident cat stroll around like a boss.

Then Math just scared me. I have to keep telling myself I'm not that stupid. Math is my friend, yes. I think once you've experienced not knowing a thing and feeling completely lost, it just comes back to haunt you even though you know you'll be fine. It's just a thing I have to overcome.

Chem was fun and totally productive, because we spent a good forty-five minutes watching volunteers scoop water out of containers. I'm not being sarcastic when I say it was a good learning experience, though. Mr Murali is funny.

Then had two hours of idle nothingness because I opted to not take PPV (the pre-Math honours module) before Econs, which was "sitting-in-the-theatrette-for-ten-minutes-and-then-being-dismissed" all the way.

And then ate during our monthly cluster birthday celebration.

Need to stop eating so much, honestly.

Going off now. Planning to sleep early tonight.

Adieu.

P.S. Priorities, where are they?

Jobless monk.

Oh hey there, just done watching yet another episode of Pokémon season 2, or better known as the Orange Island season where Ash and Misty leave Brock behind 'cause he's too busy trying to pick up chicks and go ridin' on a Lapras from one random island to another with a dude named Tracey.

Yes, I've finally moved on from my "I must only watch the first season because the rest is crap" nonsense, because to be honest with you, my resolve isn't as tough as my curiosity. Also, Dawn's Piplup is too cute to be missed out on.

I've come to a conclusion that getting glasses has only enhanced my apparent nerdiness, and therefore I should not let anyone see me wearing them. But then again, there's nothing to be ashamed of, is there? I'm unsure.

So I enjoy watching Pokémon, and was once so obsessed with the Sims (from the original to TS3) that I'd play for hours every day. So I'm an epic fan of LotR and like comic books and stuff. So what. Let it be. I like it (although I honestly don't know why I'm in a math and science school; I'm not cut out for it, really).

But whatever. I like to be able to see things clearly once in a while. It's fun. I bet a lot of people take being able to see out of both eyes at a time for granted, but it never fails to amaze me. It's so cool, trust me.

School today was okay, thankfully didn't die. Had Math, and realised I've completely forgotten how to differentiate things. Then had Physics, where Mr Yeo spent most of the time talking about completely irrelevant things and tormenting Insan with balloons (talk about irrational fears).

Bio was nice, because it was all evolution. Evolutionary Bio is going to be awesome, I can feel it. Am totally going to enjoy this module.

Then went out after school with MJ and Rania to get Wai Yin's birthday present, came back, finally met Woan Chyi ('cause she only got back today, for totally reasonable reasons), had dinner, slacked, cluster meeting-ed, and now I'm here still avoiding work.

Whoops, gotta go now.

Adieu.

P.S. Why are some people so jobless?

Valencia 2011

I think I might've just followed (not watched, because I can't do that without television access) the most uneventful F1 race in a long, long time.

According to Twitter, it was the fourth race in F1 history to finish without any retirements (or third, I don't know how reliable my sources are), and with the greatest number of finishers (24) ever. It's really, really epic, and great news for all the teams, but everyone else were all leaning their heads on their hands and waiting for something to happen (which didn't, evidently).

GrandPrixDiary has made all sorts of comments about the ridiculous uneventfulness of the race on Twitter, which never fail to entertain me.

And yes, best results Ferrari's had all season, with Alonso in P2 and Massa in P5 after Vettel, the forever-number-one boy. Congratulations to Red Bull for getting both drivers on the podium (again), with Webber in third. Then came Hamilton, who kinda got lucky, in my opinion, and tamely didn't crash into anyone or commit any other obnoxious act the stewards might've looked into.

Honestly, it was an absurdly uneventful race. It's times like these when I don't have to feel bad about being unable to watch the race live on television, 'cause no action means nothing missed out on.

Wow, that was really sadistic of me.

Anyway, been biding my time ever since I got back, watching YouTube videos and checking out the other members of YTF and not doing those English articles that I promised myself I'd do. Whoops.

School starts tomorrow, and hopefully we all survive the first day without dying or anything. Oh yeah, go us. Totally. Now all I have to do is iron my uniform and throw a few things into my schoolbag and then settle for some mental preparation by repeating the words "I'll survive" a hundred times.

Go me.

P.S. I love Twitter because I get to follow F1 people. It's an awesome community.

P.P.S. Things will be back to normal tomorrow, and part of me is thankful to be out of this idleness.

Heaven Help Us.

Hello blogosphere. I'm back because it's the penultimate day of my holidays and I just wanted get the ball rolling again.

Listening to 'Heaven Help Us' by MCR, because I realised I didn't have that song when my cousin played it in the car earlier. I love how she loves MCR too. So very proud. We spent the drive pointing out to my mum that MCR's 'I'm Not Okay (I Promise)' helps us by telling us it's perfectly okay to accept the fact that you're not okay. And since acceptance is the first step to facing a problem, it's good for you.

So yes, I love MCR. I will never tire of saying that.

Anyway, just deleted a post entitled 'Montreal 2011' because I fell asleep before I could type anything. Was epic disappointed when I woke up and found out about Ferrari's terrible luck. Congrats to Button on winning, though. Couldn't have been luckier.

Accomplished very few things during the holidays. Only things I've done are watch 'Green Lantern' with my family and then rewatch 'Inception' with my mum, reread 'A Series of Unfortunate Events' (and hence stiffened my resolve to get a tattoo of an eye on my left ankle), and eat and eat and eat (weight-gaining over the holidays is acceptable because of the availability of good food).

Realised while watching 'Green Lantern' that glasses really do work wonders. I swear I've never seen a movie that clearly before. Such clear picture. That was probably why I thought it was all right, and enjoyed it. Wasn't expecting much, to be honest (after 'Thor' disappointed, I wasn't taking any chances). They can't introduce something that epic in one sitting.

And yes, I have gotten a pair of glasses, but the good thing is that I can choose when I want to wear them and when I want to look like less of a nerd. That's because I don't really need them, but I don't want to overstrain my eyes like I've been doing for the past few months, and also because being able to watch movies clearly (amongst other things, of course) is super addictive.

Yeah, all right.

Sums up my holiday.

Back to school and non-rotting-awayness tomorrow.

Going to be oh so fun.

Fun fun fun looking forward to the new sem.

P.S. Daniel Handler is awesome.

P.P.S. And so is Neil Patrick Harris. I love him for his talent and sense of humour.

Dreadfully Ever After

Just in case anybody still reads this (which I have come to highly doubt over the years, because honestly, people tell me frankly that they simply don't care), yes, I am in fact still very much alive, albeit on a dosage of antibiotics to fend off an evil-looking ear infection that's interestingly painless but really itchy.

Doctor says I have allergic reactions to impure (cheap, he means) metals and my piercing holes are now fiercely rejecting them and I'll probably have to go piercingless for the time being until I get them repierced or never do.

But who can stand not having piercings once they've already had? I mean, they look so awesome, and I can't stand looking sub-awesome without them.

Anyway, apart from the minor setback, I've accomplished a few things in the past few days.

Finished watching all the available episodes of 'The Big Bang Theory', and watched many, many of the Shaytards' vlogs, and attempted to play a few songs so I won't seem to be losing out to those other self-proclaimed guitarist people.

Also, I finished reading 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After' earlier on, and it was awesome. There's just so much awesomeness and gore and ridiculously put romance one book can handle.

I'll probably never be able to look at Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' the same way ever again, because I will forever associate the Bennets with Shaolin and the Darcys with Shinobi and the entire setting in early 19th-century England with pestilence and zombies and unreasonably unreasonable people.

I seriously hope they make a movie out of the entire series, and thus enlighten the rest of the world to hilarious bloody zombie-ful action-romance-comedy. Fingers crossed.

Oh, and speaking of movies, if 'The Hobbit' production disappoints, I will lose faith in Peter Jackson forever, and then amass as many crazed LotR fans as possible, fly out to New Zealand or wherever he'll be and then seek justice.

There, I have spoken.

Adieu.

Farseer.

Been off for a week, and now I'm back leeching off the Internet like Rebecca Black's 'Friday' thrives on YouTube dislikes.

My lack of Internet activity has put me back another week from the Shaytards' vlogs, but that's okay, because they'll still be there waiting for me no matter how long I put off watching (unless, of course, the Internet dies, God forbid). I've got my own living to do now.

Just finished reading 'Assassin's Quest' by Robin Hobb, and man was it good. So well laid-out, and so nicely fit together. No complaints there.

So like, yeah. I'm like, still stuck in the Realm of the Elderlings and have to pull myself out of it and into reality.

Watched 'X-Men: First Class' a few days ago (days of the week no longer matter to me because I'm on holiday and all non-school days are pretty much the same). I loved it. I've come to this understanding that the movies depict their take on the situation, and do not necessarily have to strictly follow the order of the comics (which are confusing on their own). So yeah, this take was good and I enjoyed it, although it unnerved me to see Azazel so minion-like and not being a boss like I've always envisioned him.

Apart from that, I've done nothing much other than eat, sleep, and eat again.

Oh yay.