I like it like that, yeah one more time;

I think I'm nocturnal.

In the mornings, I can barely pull myself out of bed and it's not much use setting an alarm because I would turn it off and then wake up an hour later (or even later xD). And I'd instantly regret sleeping so late the last night and vow to myself that I would sleep at like, 9 that same night.

And then I'm back to sleeping at 3am again.

It's like...my eyes can't even close. I've tried putting my time to good use i.e I've obviously tried studying, but the minute I open my book, I start to feet drowsy again. And then I think, ''It worked! Now I can finally get some shut eye!'' And so I lie down. Whoosh. 

Drowsiness disappears.

Poof.

I toss and turn for what seems like eternity. I turn the air-cond on, hoping the breeze would put me into deep, sweet slumber. I start getting cold. The blanket doesn't help. I turn the air-cond off. And my battle with the air-cond goes on a few more times.

I'm still wide awake.

I'm the type that has to sleep in total darkness. A tiny fraction of light would make sleeping an impossible feat for me. But after lying in the dark for hours but not sleeping, my eyes grow accustomed to the darkness and after awhile, it doesn't seem all that dark anymore and if it's not dark, I can't fall asleep!

I close my face with a pillow, blanket, anything...

Then, I feel suffocated. Plan failed. The pillow/blanket/etc comes off and here I am again. Unable to sleep. Exhausted. Sweaty because of the constant rolling around. Then... 

It would be morning.

I did it! I fell asleep! Yes! 

Groan.

It's time to wake up... already? Why did I have to sleep so late? I'm sooooooo gonna sleep early tonight. 

At like, 9.

And on my 18th birthday, we got matching tattoos;

Aww, isn't he just precious? *more oohs, aahs and awwwwws follow* Wait. Something just happened. A thought just made its way through my brain! If I had a dog, I would most probably name him Valentine. Seriously. Just think of it, how many dogs have you heard of with the name Valentine? 

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*Googles it* Ooooookay, so there were people who have thought of this before... but I still think it's a pretty unique name for a doggie, even for a human being actually; but for humans it's just a bit too cheesy for my liking I suppose. But still unique all the same :) I like unique names.

Anyway, before you decide to log on to Facebook or any other site that is probably more interesting than mine, I shall reveal a secret to you. Yes, a secret! To YOU, a random reader, who I may or may not (most probably may not) know. I mean, how often do bloggers do that? (reveal secrets, I mean, not the part about knowing or not knowing their readers) Maybe some do, but it's rare, no?

So, the secret! Because I am so honoured (yes, I really am honoured that anyone bothers reading my feeble blog) that you are sitting there and reading this when you could be doing so many other random things, (like maybe skydiving, washing the dishes, drinking milk, weightlifting or feeding your dog that may be named Valentine, I mean there is just sooooo many possibilities of what people can be doing around the world now, you can't deny that, it's a FACT.) I am going to tell you right now that..... this is SO not a mushy post about Valentine's Day. There, I said it. That's my secret. 

What's that you say? What kind of a secret is that? If you're not saying it aloud, you're most probably thinking that. Well, after this explaination you won't be anymore. What if you were in the mood for reading some non-mushy Valentines' Day posts? Or maybe you wanted to read some mushy ones. By revealing to you this early in the post that this is not a mushy post, I've actually done a big, no, HUGE favour for you! Because you didn't have had to read the whole post (and trust me, this is going to be a looooong one at the rate that it's going right now) just to find out whether or not you wanted to read this! Imagine these scenarios :

1) Reader who wants to read a non-mushy Valentines' Day post

*thinks to himself* : Awww, what a cute doggie (above)! This could be interesting! Hmm... Oh no, I see lots of the word 'Valentine' here. Not another boring, mushy Valentines' Day post. Oh wait, what's this? The blogger wants to reveal a secret! I'm lucky I stumbled across this blog, it's not every day that one gets to know secrets! Aahhh, it says that this is not a mushy Valentines' Day post! That's so totally awesome, now I get to read on and stop searching for what I really wanted to read!

2) Reader who wants to read a mushy Valentines' Day post

*thinks to himself* :  Awww, what a cute doggie (above)! This could be interesting! Hmm...I see lots of the word 'Valentine' here.This could be just the thing I wanted to read! Oh wait, what's this? The blogger wants to reveal a secret! I'm lucky I stumbled across this blog, it's not every day that one gets to know secrets! Aahhh, it says that this is not a mushy Valentines' Day post! It's good I found out sooner, that way I didn't have to read till the end to find out that it was actually very un-mushy, LOL. *continues searching for a different blog*

So, you see, my secret is actually a very valuable one :DDD *big grin*

Today is not only Valentines' Day. Today, the 14th of February, could very well be someone's birthday, a wedding anniversary, a day someone passed her driving test, a day someone got their very first job, a day someone buys their first house; you get my point. In fact, if not for the title 'Valentines' Day', today would just be a, day. Like any other day. I mean, imagine if tomorrow was Valentines' Day instead of today. Then, today would just be like any other day, right? And then imagine if there was no such thing as a Valentines' Day, but you would be going out with a random dinner with your other half. It would be special, no doubt about it, but would you be as enthusiastic or have that tingly weird feeling you have when going out on a 'special' day? 

You see, the mere title of this day unites everyone in the sense that one would feel that one has to do some extra special for their other half today, because it is the day. And you have to because, all your friends with other halves are doing it too (when I say doing it, I mean doing something special for your partner, please don't read between the lines here, just take the literal meaning) or if you don't your other half wouldn't be happy with you.Or, if you do not have a partner, you would probably wake up and tell yourself that you wouldn't be jealous at all when you see all those couples canoodling each other. Don't know what canoodling is? Google it, I just did :D And then you start getting those thoughts at the back of your head that makes you wonder why you are not like them. Maybe that's why the Single Awareness Day was created. I still don't get why the word 'awareness' was used. I think it should be Single Amazing Day, because today is just a day, and only gets its hype from its title. The worse thing is, is that the acronym for this day is SAD O.o. Why should it be that way? I think days should be wonderful and enjoyed at a leisurely pace on a daily basis, don't let a day with a title let you down :D

Imagine this other scenario (I like taking my readers on virtual mind trips, or something of that kind. Look! another secret I just shared). It's your anniversary with your other half. It's only unique to the both of you and nobody else. It would feel special, of course, but would you have the urge to do something really special like you would want to on Valentines' Day? Which would be a 'stronger' day, Valentine's or anniversary? On one hand, Valentines' seem to be like 'the day' because to girls, you would want to swoon your other girlfriends with all the things your other half did that would be sweeter than sugar AND honey while for guys, they wouldn't want their girlfriends having to say 'nothing' when asked about their plans and guys would also want to avoid their girlfriends sudden PMS-like mood when she discovers that he did not plan anything special, although she had real PMS just last week. For anniversaries, it would only be special to the couple and since it would be difficult to talk about the day's plans without sounding like you are bragging, the weird tingly feeling may not be there.

The whole point is..... gosh my fingers are really tired. LOL. The whole point is...... wait, I need to get a drink, I'm thirsty too. Okay, the point is that let us not be so easily swayed by our emotions just because today is a day with a title. And if you do not have any plans, this day comes every year! So, fret not, I say. Wait. Another thought just came to me. A day is usually special because of it's rare occurance, right? I mean, during New Year's day, people party like it's the end of the world tomorrow or something. And they may end up with a terrible hangover or fatigue for the next few days. They wouldn't mind any of this, because hey, "once a year mahh". So, I guess that's what make certain days special. But leap years are an even rare-er occurance. I mean, sure, most celebrations occur annually, but leap years only happen once in four years. Why doesn't anyone celebrate leap years? Maybe it's just too rare. But what if your birthday is on February 29? I think leap year birthdays are so awesome. That way, I only age once every four years! *eyes start to sparkle at the thought of it*

Anyway..... you didn't get a gift this year for Valentines' Day? You sob your heart out because you'd have to wait a whole year for your other half to do something special. Well, don't. Smile and tell the world that the day would lose it's true meaning if you feel sad. Today was not meant for fancy dinners or for expensive presents, roses or chocolates (although I do love my chocolates!). Today is about spreading your love to your loved ones, and making sure they know you love them :)

Imagine another situation :

*not Valentines' Day*

Boy : Honey, I've made dinner reservations at 8.00pm tonight. I can't wait!

Girl : *scratches head, strains her brain to think of any occasion that may fall on that day. Thinks to herself : Impossible! I can't have forgotten what day today is! He's the one who forgets, not ME! Lets see..... anniversary, no, Valentines' definitely no, I would know when that is, birthday no..... ahh, what is IT?!*

Boy : Honey? 

Girl : *snaps out of trance and answers meekly, unable to believe that she can't remeber what today is* Dinner? Tonight? What's tonight? 

Boy : I just wanted to have a nice dinner with you and surprise you at the same time *big grin*

Girl : *heart melts like ice in hot lava* AWWWWWWW! THAT'S THE SWEETEST THING EVERRRRRR!

See, wouldn't that situation be so totally awesome? Didn't I tell you that today is just a day with a title? :D

Anyway, of all my readers tonight, one would stand out to be the most special one of them all : (and this reader is special everyday too)

*Sings it like Katy Perry* "All this money can't buy me a time machine (Nooooo)
                                     It can't replace you with a million rings (Nooooo)"

                                             Lol, Happy Valentines' Day!<3

You had my heart inside your hand; and you played it to the beat

Let's face it. The only public transport that I ever take is one that does not touch the ground. No, it's not a bird, it's not a plane and neither is it Superman. Those aren't modes of public transport in the first place. What's left then? Yes, it's the LRT. Occasionally, I do take the Monorail, and I have taken the train at the Ampang Line, but that's only when I need to go to Berjaya Times Square or Pavillion. Or Sungai Wang. Or Fahrenheit 88. Gosh, that's a lot of places to go.

I'm well aware that there are buses but why take them when they emit noxious gases, thus worsening the pollution that is already so eminent nowadays? Furthermore, buses tend to be irregular and unlike the LRT that dashes past all the unnecessary traffic at the bottom, buses are massive and huge and always get stuck in those jams that KL is famous for. Adding more poisonous fumes into the air and leading to all those respiratory diseases. With all that smoke and toxic fumes filled with carbon monoxide (which can cause carbon monoxide poisoning since it binds to haemoglobin MUCH, MUCH easier than Oxygen does), it's no wonder my peers and I tend to fall sick ever so easily nowadays. And there's constantly people coughing and sneezing in the LRT, making it the one part that I dislike about the LRT. And guess what, it's caused by the pollution. That's caused by buses. Hmph.

I used to really like bus rides. But that was when all I had to do was get onto the bus and sit next to the window and enjoy the ride. The part I despise is the hard part. The part where I have to find out which bus goes where, and which bus to take. I soon got used to that, by observing the numbers and signs on the bus. However, what I haven't (and probably never will) gotten used to is the irregularity of the buses and the time I waste waiting for the bus and then later waiting for the bus to start moving again when it  gets stuck in the jam. Which is hardly ever unavoidable if one is to drive in KL. Unless you drive in the wee hours of the morning.  But who does that. Right. I hear someone say, ''Me? I do that! And what's wrong with driving early in the morning? It's a good way to skip the jam!'' Well, let me rephrase that. Lots of people do that, and its a commendable effort, but really, I just really treasure my sleep and my time will come when I will have to resort to leaving my house early to start work, but until then, I'd prefer to sleep early. And besides, the LRT is always there for me.

I've had bad experience with buses. Besides getting scolded by a lady recently for asking about the bus times, I also used to take the bus during my kindergarten days. With my cousin. Every Fridays. I remember only very vaguely, the face of the bus driver, but he was a certain Mr. Lee and he had a cane to whack the more mischievious students. I never got that harsh punishment but I often hated it when he got angry, because that meant that my daydreams in the bus got disrupted. And I hated him trying to show us 'who's boss'. And I was also disturbed my buses being irregular during my childhood. My cousin and I never knew the number of our bus. We were never told about any number. Instead, we were only told to remember the picture of the animal printed on the side of the bus. See, each bus had a specific animal printed on its sides and the other kids seemed to use that to find their buses. Our driver only drove the bus on Fridays, other days he'd drive a white van. So, we were never really accustomed with the bus we see once a week. Once, it came really late and most of the kids had already left on their buses. All we knew was that we had to look out for the bus with the goldfish on it. Time passed and it felt like eternity.Cliched, I know. But hang on, it gets better. Cousin and I went to ask a lady about the bus and whether she had seen it. She asked us about the number of the bus and was surprised we didn't know it. We could only tell her that it was the ''goldfish bus''. Sounds pathetic, huh? I know, hahaha. She didn't know of any mysterious ''goldfish bus'' and so she couldn't help us. We left and I stood around looking out for it, while my cousin went off to talk to some friends. At last it came, and thinking my cousin was behind me, I went up happily (more like RAN up the steps). And sat down. And no Michael Leong. So, me being the nicest little girl ever, I went back down looking for him. Left. Right. No Michael. And my bag was in the bus. Thinking it might leave and I'd lose my bag, I went back up to get it. I climbed back on the stairs and I was on a higher level, so I scanned the area outside again, and there he was. Oblivious to the fact that the bus was here and that his poor cousin that is a week younger than him had been looking all over for him. He was still talking to his friends. So I shouted from the bus, but he couldn't hear. I kept telling Mr. Lee that ''Michael isn't up yet'', but he didn't seem to care -.- I gave a final loud shriek and my cousin heard it, and so we got onto the bus.  With me nagging him for not looking out for the bus and not listening and for all the trouble he put me through. LOL, that's as far as I remember. So, you see, buses annoyed me since I was like, 5.

Oh, the whole post was actually to tell all my non-bus-taking readers about the FREE shuttle bus service that's available from the Bangsar LRT station to MidValley! I bet so many people will be thinking, ''That's it?'' But, I just found out, so read, read, read all about it!

Mid Valley Megamall is offering free shuttle bus service to and from the Bangsar LRT Station daily between 8.00am – 11.00pm. Customers can board the free shuttle bus at the Mid Valley South Court bus stop. For details, kindly contact Mid Valley Customer Service Hotline at +6(03)2938 3333.

Monday – Thursday

Service available at every 30* mins intervals (*Subject to traffic conditions)

From Bangsar LRT Station
First Departure : 8.05am
Last Departure : 10.40pm

From Mid Valley Megamall (south court bus stop)
First Departure : 8.10am
Last Departure : 10.45pm

No shuttle service between these times
10.55am – 11.25am
3.10pm – 4.10pm
7.30pm – 8.00pm

Friday – Sunday

Service available at every 30* mins intervals (*Subject to traffic conditions)

From Bangsar LRT Station
First Departure : 8.05am
Last Departure : 10.50pm

From Mid Valley Megamall
First Departure : 8.10am
Last Departure : 10.55pm

No shuttle service between these times
10.55am – 11.25am
2.45pm – 3.45pm
7.15pm – 7.45pm

Source: http://www.midvalley.com.my/shuttle.asp

PS : I don't hate public transport.

Others who broke my heart, they were like northern stars;

When you were little, have you ever wished that you could just blink your eyes and then immediately grow older so you could do so many other things that you couldn't do as a small kid? Well, if you never did, you must be abnormal. Research has proven that no matter how happy and carefree children seem to be, they are always hoping to grow older. Strange, huh? And strangely enough, adults wish that they would not age. These human wishes clearly contradict. So, why the change of mindset? When will humans ever be satisfied with what they have? If they wanted to be older when they were younger, shouldn't the wish remain and shouldn't they be happy when they do grow older, just as what they wished for? Makes sense, doesn't it? 

Well, for one thing, the part about the research... I made that one up. Just to pull your leg (I find this idiom strange). But as a child, I did regularly wish I was older, much older. Lousy childhood, you say? Well, not quite. I just longed for the freedom and envied adults who could do as they please, go where they like, sleep when they want, eat basically anything and most importantly, not get scolded constantly. One thing that I forgot that adults do is, work. And when I was old enough to come to the realisation that adults have to work and pay the bills, I stopped having those wishes. And for a substantial number of years, I was fine (not that I was never fine, I always was fine), and I led my life as normally as any normal person would and I was content with being a girl and a growing teenager. And it all went okay. UPSR, PMR, terrible Form Four year and SPM passed. And the dreaded SPM results was better than what I expected. So far so good, yes? Sure. 

And then came the STPM years. The only public exam where I actually scored a couple of C's. Mind you it wasn't so bad, I still had the letter A in my string of results, heeeee. So yea, feeling confident that I had done well in the SPM, I decided to undertake the STPM. I didn't do as well in this exam and failed to secure a place in a local university. (This is starting to sound like my memoirs, or something.) Anyway, I did get into Brickfields Asia College, in Brickfields, as the name suggests (People actually ask me where it is) and am comfortably pursuing my law degree now. 

Oh yes, I did work for awhile after my STPM, and then I started having those wishes again. Working wasn't so bad after all. And I sold off a huge pile of my STPM books for more pocket money. And I was able to purchase my own clothes and other stuff I always wanted with the money. The feeling of being independent is undescribable. I need the feeling again (I'm jobless now since I'm studying). 

So, I've been having those wishes a lot lately, the feeling of wanting to be older, and to be able to live alone with a partner, having my own house, own car, going where I want to, buying what I want to. Wishes, just wishes. And, I've been telling my younger self, ''This is how old you wished to be at that time? Why couldn't you have wished to be older?!'' 

If I did make the correct wish, to be just a bit older than what I am now, maybe, just maybe, time would pass faster, and not at this super slow-mo snail-pace that it's currently at. So, I guess, the wish I made when I was a kid did come true after all. Fast forward 15 years and I'm now living the age that I wished to be in all those years ago. And to think about it, all the years passed by in a flash. But now I'm wishing again. Wishing that I am older.

Never ever ever met a guy so fly, got me hooked like apple pie;

Is it possible to cry during a Transformers movie? Of course NOT, right? I mean, it's basically all about robots mostly, rivalry, major destruction to public property (:-p), a bit of humour here and there, the cool cars (Ferrari! xD) and sam's new girlfriend (I find his new girlfriend, Carly much, much better than Megan Fox. She's so much more classier and her clothes are to DIE for.) So, how does one cry in this movie? Simple. When the lovable Autobots are sent away and they say their awfully heart-wrenching goodbye moments with Sam What's-His-Name. I seriously can't get his surname. Well, I didn't cry, otherwise a certain some one next to me would have poked fun at me, but it really was the sad bit of the movie. Awwww.

The movie has been getting rather poor reviews lately (1 STAR!), but it's not that bad of a movie in my book. I found it rather enjoyable despite missing the beginning part (the part on the moon!) and had my source of 'supplies' to munch on if there were boring parts, LOL. And I simply adore the little robot and toy car robot in the movie, and Bumblebee's errmm, voice that changes all the time xD hahaha. And also, I love watching the cars transform, that was awesome :) but most of all I liked it because YOU were there (hint hint xD) Cheesy, I know, but thanx babe, loves!

Like a flower bending in the breeze, bend with me; sway with me.

 Took this with the self-capture mode

on my new phone xD

Ahh, the holidays have come... and is almost gone.. well, for me that is. Unlike the school kids, I only have a 1 week break. Actually it's 10 days. But I'm not counting the weekends, because I don't have class on weekends anyway. 

On the very first day of my much-needed break, (VERY-MUCH-NEEDED in fact, my homework pile was virtually growing) I went swimming with the boyfie :D We had been looking forward to it ever since his break began and needless to say, it was AWESOME :D Spent a couple of hours swimming and then a bit of camwhoring around the club (:-P) and then later golf...on the ps2 at my place :D haha. By the time boyfie left it was close to 9pm and time for me to pack... for my family trip to Ipoh the next day :D

 

 The pool :D

 

 LOL<3

Didn't do much on the first day in Ipoh, lazed around the house, went for sunset mass and then dinner in a restaurant at Kinta City. Left for Penang the next day, and stayed there until Tuesday. In Penang, we went to Queensbay Mall, and there was a Libresse roadshow. Got some free samples (Grandma says I get free samples everywhere I go xD) and I also had to do a catwalk with a Libresse advertistment sign. I won a mug, with my picture printed on it, for doing that xD hahaha. Now that's an epic experience.

 

 Grandma and I during dinner :D

My grandma is simply wonderful,

and that's where my portuguese roots come from :)

 Me, on my mug

We also visited the Snake Temple in  Penang. There aren't many snakes there anymore though. Bought some souvenirs there too. My sister bought the cutest t-shirt, it says 'how to use the LAH', on the front with examples of sentences with -LAH at the back, haha.

Dad drove us all back again to Ipoh on Tuesday and we reached there in time for dinner. I wasn't hungry so I followed my grandma, Godma and uncle to the pasar malam (I love pasar malams that are huge and actually sell stuff and not just food, as I'm not really a foodie).  Thank heavens I haven't had dinner yet, Godma treated us to wantan mee at a hawker stall near the night market area after walking around.

 Random pic of my sister 

hard at work doing her

'tekat' (embroidery)

I woke up really late the next day, and so couldn't accompany Grandma to the dentist. Spent the day roaming around Jusco in Kinta City then dinner at a seafood restaurant. Went to another pasar malam after that where I bought 3 highlighters (only RM 1 for a highlighter!) and 4 ball point pens that were really nice to write with (guess what, RM 1 for 4 pens!) We all had to sleep super early that night because we were all attending Ascension mass at 6.20 AM the next morning. I was actually planning to wear my jeans and tshirt and sleep so all I had to do the next morning was wash my face and brush my teeth and I would be all set to go, but no I didn't do that. Grandma and Godma were supporting my idea though, they know what a sleepyhead I am. Grandma literally dragged my feet out of bed this morning, after calling my name 3 times. Yea, she's that strong.

Had breakfast after church, and went to Tambun for some fruits and then walked around in Giant. Then went to the Old Andersonians' Club for banana leaf lunch :D Left Ipoh at around 2 pm and was back home by 4-ish. 

I still have 3 days left of my break, and what better way to spend it than tackling my ever-growing homework pile, because guess what, I haven't touched it yet :-p

And to my boyf, have fun in HK k? I mish you so terribly much now :D

So, why don't we go somewhere only we know;

I really like this. LOL

If you were to walk down the row of shops near my college, you'd see many people standing around giving out flyers, scratch and win cards, asking for donations, asking you to sign up for a new sim card, etc. I don't mind their presence as long as they do not bother me or force me to buy their products. But there was one day where this guy promoting sim cards walked up to me and asked me to sign up. I said that I didn't want it, while walking away. I was carrying 2 thick library books in my arms and so he put the card on top of the books and made small talk by asking where I'm from. So, I stopped walking, and said 'Tak Nak' repeatedly until he got freaked out, I think. LOL. It was like ''TakNakTakNakTakNakTakNak...'' You get the picture.  Hey, it really does work.

On another day, there was a man distributing A4 papers. I thought they were the usual lose weight flyers or something. But it was more interesting. It was an article about the world supposedly ending on May 11th 2011. At that time it was like, ''woah, I thought people only do these things in movies''. Haha. But anyway, the world didn't end because here I am typing this, and there you are reading this. But Imma look out for that guy in case he gives out more articles like that, haha.

And 2 days ago, I had this conversation with my classmate:

S : You walked from KL Central right?

Me : Yea, why?

S : Did you see the shooting that was going on?

Me : OOOOOH, policemen shooting bad guys? Damn, I didn't see.

S : Er, no. Some people were shooting a movie there.

Me : Oh, that kind of shooting -.-''

Apparently, Nicholas Tse and Jay Chow were in KL Central shooting a movie and yea I actually walked right pass the movie location. I only noticed on the way back, haha. This time I opened my eyes to look out for them. I didn't see Jay Chow but I saw Nicholas Tse when I went to KL Central again to have lunch the following day. I don't know what he looks like because I have never watched his movies, but my friends pointed and said ''that's him in the blue shirt!'' So, yea, I think I saw him, in a blue shirt. 

The things I see on the way to college huh? :)

P/S : I miss you :) <3