Speak of Common Sense.

After nearly a month of sleeping at 3am, and waking up at 1pm. Today I had to wake up at 8:30 in the morning JUST for a dental appointment that's at 11.... Man... did I struggle hard to get up this morning. And then I drove.... and drove.... and looked for a parking... and looked for a parking.... and pop~ I was at the Luyang Clinic by 10:40. I handed in my appointment card, and then waited for my number to be called.

About 30 minutes passed. I was sitting down patiently and read the clinic's version of their "Ten Commandments" stuck on the wall..... 1. We will serve our patients with kind, grateful and good manners..... 2. We shall have your registration done within 15 30 minutes time..... ... ... ... ... ... etc etc... and then I came to one which stated "You shall be called for your treatment in no more than 30 60 minutes."... ... I guess all the strikeouts are because of them suddenly realising they worked too slow and needed more "budget" time-wise.

I sat, and sat... and sat... .... day dreaming my boredom away.... I was dreaming I had some super powers which was the ability to distort time... which made me seem to have god-like speed and always appeared to have time to do everything... I could dodge bullets by slowing down time whenever I wanted... ... or speed it up if I felt I had too much of it...

... ... not knowing how long I sat there... or was it I fast forwarded time with my ability?? *Ting....*cyborg woman's voice goes * .... 3.... 1..... 3..... 7.... bilik... 43*... About bloody time now isn't it? I looked at my watch. 12:36; I looked back up at the clinic's "Ten Commandments". "Screw it", I thought.

Well.... and what do you know?? I was in the treating room for like 5 minutes, and they're like "Okay, our next appointment should be.... .... about 6 months from now." ~!? Was that compensation for my lost time or what? Oh for God's sake, I waited one and a half hours just for 5 minutes of seeing some random doctor's eyes only??? Seriously, I didn't even see her face with her wearing her mask since I entered till I left.

No kidding. These people should really use some common sense in queuing people. I waited for nearly 2 hours, for a 5 minute session? Who's gonna gimme back my 2 hours? Besides, unless they count their numbers the opposite way, I reckon that 3143 comes AFTER 3137... whom I saw some other girl who waited much less than me walk into the very same room 43 after that number was called.

So much for being patient.... AND common sense. Some people just have too much of them.... or nearly none.


Anyway, that topic aside... here's a pic I took for today.

 Say "No" to Racism

Somehow, for some reason, I dug my chess set out of the pile of that's been sitting in a dusty room ever since I moved house a year ago. It seems we still haven't unpacked. Haha.... we prefer it that way I guess.

I wanted to have a bit more dramatic lighting to it, but I just didn't have any equipment here and had to use window light.... which was kinda soft for such a photo. Might try another when I'm back in Miri. At first, I thought there was something wrong about it. But then I realised that it looked kinda... racist =.= .... but I still liked the photo... so... ... Say "No" to Racism. ^^

A Bloody Mess

Yesterday afternoon, I was sitting at home trying out some new experiments. I didn't sleep well the night before. And I had to wake up early this morning for Chua's Brother's wedding ceremony. I was very tired, but was determined to finish the experiment quickly and then only catch a nap for the wedding dinner in a few hour's time.

As I was meddling with my apparatus... I was feeling kinda disappointed with the results of my experiment. "Ish... another failure...." I thought. But all by accident, my mind went blank for a few seconds because of exhaustion; my hand slipped. My mind exclaimed "Sh*t!" but I heard my mouth yell "F*ck!". All too soon, the damage was done. And on the floor.... ....

Laid a bloody mess.


I sat there stunned.... .... eyes fixed on what looked like a crime scene....

But my eyes sparkled at the thought.... that it seems the experiment was quite a success after all... ...

Sailing into the Rain

Been more than a week since my last update. Well, it's not that there's nothing to update, but I've been out quite often recently that when I sit at home... I can't think of anything else except about going out again. So pardon my in-activeness, hehe.

Ever been to the islands when it's raining? You should try it ^^ It's really a refreshing experience.

Last Thursday, it was raining so hard... and the winds were so wild I was afraid my windows would shatter. I was getting ready to sleep... and that was when when... "Riiiiiinnngg~~~!" My house phone rang. It was slightly past 12am. "Who would call at such an hour of the night?" and it's my house phone... not many people knew my house phone number. I walked over to it and snatched the receiver, ready to put it down if something didn't sound right...


"Ui~ Hey! It's Jordan."
=.=" *exasperated look*
"What... do you know what time is it?"

*question ignored*
"Do you wanna go to the islands tomorrow?"

"Huh?? Tomorrow you mean like.. tomorrow?"

"Yea... Duh..."

"Who else is going?"

"Some other friends of mine, wanna come along?"

"Err... but the weather... I think..."
*Rain threatening me to say 'no' outside*
"I think not... I'm also kinda short on cash btw..."

"Nevermind about it, just come along..."

"Erm... aar.... K then... what time?"

"Not sure... maybe 6? 7?"

"SIX?? You're kidding?"

"Ahh~ I'm not sure, 7 maybe"

"Okay then... ..."

"See ya tomorrow morning then"


Friday, the next morning... we left at 8:50 for breakfast. And at 10:40 for the islands... ...


The rain hadn't stopped from last night. Besides the fact that it lessened into a drizzle... but the sky remained just as threatening.

This Rooster head couldn't seem to care less that the sky looked like it could capsize the boat.

The rest of the trip was mostly the same... we did what we'd usually do on the islands...

Played the banana boat....

Got dumped into the water...

Went swimming...

Buried friends....

Meh... nothing out of the ordinary this time... except the fact that it was drizzling for most of the time, and the water was icy cold.

Until~! We were on our way home.

The sky was like "Rooaarr....~" and I'm like "Oh Gosh...~".... We heard our boat driver shouting "Aparu~ Aparu~" (It was the name of their company) hurried onto the boat... and set off on our 'acupuncture' trip back to the Jetty.

Imagine traveling at 60 miles an hour.... ON Water... with waves going sideways and in opposite directions at 20 miles an hour.... You're literally sitting on a Rodeo Bull that has a flat saddle to flatten your buttocks. And the rain didn't make things better! Raindrops hitting your face at 100km/h speed feels like needles penetrating your skin. And my bath towel that I wrapped around my neck turned from slightly wet.... to SOAKING wet. Seriously, haha, it was a fun ride... but I'm not gonna do that everyday.

The trip back was about 10 minutes... but everyone was going "Are we there yet? Are we there yet? What's taking so long? I can't see anything! How far are we?" lol... While me... ... all the while I was worried about the boat overturning... ~.~

I guess some things are worth experiencing... although they might seem stupid and just don't seem to serve the purpose. But sitting on a speedboat under the rain... ... I guess it was pretty soaking speedy. You should try it once in a while though ^^

Intermission

Hey there. So I've actually been meaning to post something since quite a couple of days ago, but my internet just won't seem to allow me to upload photos and stuff that I wanna use for my post. So I think I'll just have to postpone my solid updates till later.

Things have seemed to settle down a bit lately. The yam-cha's are getting less... our ridiculously sudden plans are slowing down... we've eaten most of the good food we've known of... and people are starting to go back to their studies...

I've also been feeling kinda bored lately. So today, I spent my time surfing around this cool site, called "DeviantArt". It's a site, for whoever who thinks themselves as artists, to gather, to upload, and it's virtually one of the biggest collection of artwork on the net!

Basically I go there to get inspiration on my own photography and miscellaneous other stuff. It's just a site I use to kill time though at the moment. I haven't any REAL artwork that can compare to what they have out there yet. If you're interested, go have a look. They certainly have photographs that make you go "Wow..." Or if photography is not your interest, I'm sure you can find something else that'll keep you busy still.

Anyway... that's all I have to say for now... until my Internet let's me upload my stuff.

p/s: Planning to go for some Light Painting photoshoots one of these days~! Should be sometime during Midnight though. Anyone interested??

2009: Pushing the Limits

In the blink of an eye, 2009 is now already history.... 10 years ago, I never would've imagined myself actually being 20 years old and studying in a Uni. But it seems sometimes the future is far more unpredictable and unimaginable than possible.

Looking back at my 2009 New Year's Resolutions:

1. Make as many precious memories as possible - checked
2. Look at the world in a different view - checked
3. Be a different person - somewhat... checked
4. To come out, step up, and enjoy this world - eh.... don't think I fully fulfilled this one yet.

It looks like I couldn't get all my resolutions achieved... hmm... well, but at least I made it up to most of them =) Stepping out and enjoying the world as it is however... isn't something easy to be done... sometimes there's just so many things you wanna shout and scream and curse about... so... pardon me, haha.


So many things happened in 2009... There's been many fun and memorable stuff, yet also tiring and saddening times, most of them pushing the limits of what thought I already knew or thought possible. But all in all... that's what life is, isn't it?. I can't manage to list them all down, but of some of left a deeper impression in me than others... namely...

Having moved house TWICE in the First Week of the year.... was definitely a tiring job...

Went to KL for 2 weeks, ate nice stuff ^^

and spent 3 days in Malacca...

And had the BEST cendol I've tasted so far...

Had a blast on my Birthday getting drunk ^^


Learned the Consequences of missing a flight


Found out Frisbee isn't just for dogs


Realised what loneliness feels like.


Found out boredom drives you CRaaaaiiiizzzieee...


Had SIX bloody units in a sem.... and nearly drove myself MAD because of that.
So I had to throw in my all just to PASS my units. Thank God I did.


Tried Paintball... twice... and got a couple of bruises...
but forgot to take photos... in risk of my camera getting shot =.=


And lastly... Climbed to the Highest peak in Southeast Asia

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2009.... truly another meaningful year. Even though there're times when I feel I could do better... I guess... you can't always do it all can you...

Most Satisfying Experience of 2009:
Reaching the Summit of Mt. Kinabalu of course~!! It's tiring, cold, mentally draining... but at the very end, it's all worth it!

The Hardest and most Painful times of 2009:
I guess there were two times. The first was during the first few weeks of my second sem.... where I had to get used to staying without my old housemates... and cope at going to campus alone.
The 2nd was studying for 3 units on 3 consecutive days... which nearly had me give it all up.

Lesson learned in 2009:
You never know until you try.


New Year's Resolution 2010:
1. Challenge myself to take a blind leap once in a while. (Instead of my usual 'surefire' methods)
2. Try something.... different... (but what haven't I tried... that's different?)
3. Love myself more.
4. Chase my dreams.


Till 2011 comes...