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waxed

2011-07-18T23:23:00.002+08:00

I've been in a really shitty mood since I got back to Malaysia. Idk why, but I think it's the exposure to lotsa good looking people. ._.

Anyways, above is an attempt by my Lithuanian friend to cheer me up and she did! :D

Cheers, Arty. :)

home

2011-06-22T01:47:00.003+08:00

The place I lived in for 8 months in the UK.

Only one picture with the front door. D:

And I came back in time just to bake a cake for my mom's birthday!

Nahh. I had a whole week to do whatever I want to lead up to my mom's birthday. :)

I'm back in Malaysia!

WEEEEEE! :D

Cheers, Arty. :)

bath

2011-05-09T20:15:00.002+08:00

The year's gone. What have I done? I have absolutely no idea.

Why?

Because I haven't been blogging.

Cheers, Arty. :)

soon

2011-04-10T07:34:00.002+08:00

Long hair. ALL GONE NOW.

Um, winter's over and spring started. I'm in my last two weeks of my final project of my first year in university. I made lotsa good friends and bonds with old friends stronger. That's basically all the update I can give for now.

I NEED TO UPDATE MY BLOG.

I read some of the comments from my older blog posts and there's always this Anonymous commenter that would encourage me, saying nice things to cheer me up and stuff. Oh, what I'd do to cheer this person up whenever needed. :)

Bon courage, everyone.

Cheers, Arty. :)

happy

2011-02-25T07:46:00.000+08:00

I got a First! :D

Cheers, Arty. :)

me

2011-02-22T03:42:00.001+08:00

I'm back? =|

Cheers, Arty. :)

greeeeeeen

2011-01-13T06:52:00.000+08:00

I swear it's accumulating. I'm taking a picture a day!

..I've just been busy studying, so yeah. :3

Brb, study.

Cheers, Arty. :)

onesix

2011-01-06T21:47:00.002+08:00

Day Six - Melted snow sunny day.

Nice and sunny day today... and I took a picture of melted snow drop?!

HAHA.

Day Six - Chocolate cheese caaaake.

Baked it myself. I didn't actually look up the recipe for a chocolate cheesecake, but yeah.

I'm good. :)

Funmbi and Reena came over for the cake and we revised Building Environment exam papers today! YAY! How exciting! :D

Cheers, Arty. :)

onefive

2011-01-05T18:43:00.004+08:00

Day Five - Milk and cookies.

I've just been eating and drinking (milk) and Facebook-ing and play CityVille all day.

(Cup is a Christmas present from Janice)

I'm just. So. Freaking. LAZY. D:

Cheers, Arty. :'(

onefour

2011-01-04T20:29:00.001+08:00

Day Four - Study buddies!

Reena's room, doing U-values and Thermal Comfort.

TIRED. And pointless days. I feel like dying.

On a side note, I did some major grocery shopping yesterday. Whooping 28 pounds. D:

Cheers, Arty. :)

onethree

2011-01-03T23:19:00.000+08:00

Day Three - In the library.

With Bieber hair.

Studying isn't something I do on a regular basis, so yeah. DYING. :(

Cheers, Arty. :)

onetwo

2011-01-02T23:41:00.000+08:00

Day Two - Southampton Dock.

I made good friends here in Southampton. :D

I'm back in Bath now! Came back about half past ten tonight. :O

Cheers, Arty. :)

oneone

2011-01-01T10:21:00.007+08:00

Day One - First time drinking alcohol.

Susan's room in Southampton. :D

It's a brand new year.

I'm sure that most people regard this as a good thing and I do, too, as well. Though it means that my last teenage year is gonna end in about ten months, I still think it's a good thing.
Meh. I'm writing from my iPod and it's half past three in the morning. I'm currently in Southampton and I'm in Pikky's room. She's on her laptop and I'm on the floor, unable to fall back to sleep. Woot.

2010 was one hell of a year. I had my A2 exams. I received the results of my application for universities. I went to Singapore with my friends, first holiday with friends outside the country. I worked for the first time in Coffee Bean and that literally made my mind a plain mess. I flew to a foreign country, all alone and no one to look after me. I spent my last day of the year having the first alcohol drinking session of my life.

I'm planning on starting Project 365 and properly finishing it by the end of the year. I've got to do this, I really do. I don't have time to blog anymore, or I *simply* don't have the mood to anymore. So I guess starting Project 365 would be a good replacement for the time being. :)

I haven't been writing as well, my English is getting worse. Shit. HAHA.

Meh. Apart from that, I think I'm ready to find someone again. I've been thinking about it and like, I've finally got a grasp of what I should look for and not miss the important thing. Feelings, for one, is something you can't neglect. Be it of your own or your other half, you must make sure you understand what you're feeling is real, regardless of why you think you're feeling that way. If that made any sense. :D

I drank alcohol for the first time yesterday. Define: First time drinking alcohol. Drinking a full glass of liquor and finishing it.

I finished four glasses of Breezers mixed with Smirnoff. Mind you, first time drinking and starting with vodka isn't really recommended. But I ended up just being tipsy and not even red. And so I've been told that I can hold my liquor, which I'm taking as a good thing! Means I can join my flatmates for drinking sessions now! Banzaaai!

But I still hate the taste of beer. Disgusting. ._.

WHAT SHOULD I DO NOW?

2011. I expect a great deal outta you. Make me proud, beetch. :D

I wish everyone a merry, jolly, Twenty Eleven! :)

Cheers, Arty. :)

snow

2010-12-01T06:56:00.004+08:00

Snooooow.

Snow on a leaf! :D

It's not easy taking pictures of snow. REALLY REALLY HARD. But yeah. :D

I had a great time. Guess who acted like a small kid when he got a text that it was snowing outside when he was in a lecture?

I wonder. :3

..and thus ends November!

cheerioseets, arty. :)

blog

2010-11-10T02:32:00.004+08:00

Hello there, dear blog. :)

I feel so ashamed of myself for not being able to constantly blog about my life. I really wonder what made me stop blogging. Maybe it was my A Levels exams? Or was it just simply because I lost my mood to blog or ~~all emotions whatsoever~~ (which really happened, btw, when I was working in Coffee Bean).

Have you ever experienced a point in your life where you were just simply on autopilot? Now, what do I mean by autopilot is that you are so used to a very sequential, mundane routine that you have to follow everyday and thus not actually thinking when you're carrying out certain actions. It happened to me this year, and as hard as I may have tried, I just couldn't get my brain working at all.

..which I think was the main reason why I stopped blogging. Maybe I couldn't cope with my exams, the pressure from my fellow classmates who are geniuses. Maybe I'm just not suited to be "the best of the best" which I have always imagined myself to be.

I work hard. I strive. Most of the times I succeed, seldom I'd fail and often I'd be super upset over the failure.

But

Now, I am a first year undergraduate at University of Bath studying Architecture.

Now, I am a proud student of the esteemed Architecture and Civil Engineering department at University of Bath, for which, Architecture is ranked second in the whole of UK, second to Cambridge.

[Source: ONE and TWO]

Now, I am spending most of my time, having fun designing in design studios. Something which I longed to do for a very long time now.

Now, I am also able to score full marks for my Structures test just now, which consists of a mixture of Mathematics: Applied Mechanics and Physics.

This is bliss. Pure bliss. :)

Apart from that, I brought Domokun along with me to the UK. It accompanied me throughout the entire flight here. Which was freaking long, mind you. Six hours from KL to Dubai and then another seven hours from Dubai to London. After landing in a foreign country without your parents' supervision, I got extremely scared, but Domokun was there to comfort me. :)

My family was there with me at the airport that day. It was a night flight, so I kinda spent my entire Saturday out with my brother and mother. Then we just talked, and talked, and talked. Until it was time for me to go.

It was good, I suppose. I've never seen my dad so teary-eyed before. I didn't know it would be this difficult, saying goodbye. They always say that I love you are the hardest words to say, but I beg to differ. When you're departing with your loved ones, try saying goodbye. It hurts, knowing that you'll probably not gonna be able to see them in person for the next three to four months, but for me, it's about ten

I couldn't stop crying. I looked back, and I saw them waving goodbye to me. I held back the sobs, the tears. As I passed through the gates to get to the departure lounge, I took out my phone and texted my mom. She was replying till I got on the plane. The entire time, I was busy taking tissues out of my bag pocket and wiping away the tears that just wouldn't stop. Annoying. Really annoying.

Well, the flight was pleasant. I met a lady flying to Dubai. She's Malay but she looks really Chinese. She was wearing a scarf (tudung) but still looked really Chinese. She was nice. I was glad that I made a 33-year old friend. HAHA. But still, she was great company to sit beside with on a six hour flight. She was definitely better than a 3-year old baby kicking on my seat for the seven hour flight! D:

Haha, damn. At least now I Skype with my family every Sunday. Because I spend a lot of my time in the studios. It keeps the homesickness at bay. :)

I can't wait to go back to Malaysia in June next year. :)

- - -

I met a lot of different people. My flatmates are amazing people. I learnt so much about the UK, like places they're from and the different slangs that they use. It's pretty much like the different dialects they have at different provinces in China. It's super cute when my Hull flatmate speaks HAHA. :)

But yeah, the Malaysian society here, aka BAMSA, Bath Area Malaysian Singaporean Association is pretty cool. :D

Got cute Malaysiaaaaaan. :)

Until next time, dear blog. Hopefully sometime soon. :D

cheerioseets, arty. :)

university

2010-10-17T16:03:00.003+08:00

University of Bath is beautiful. :)

Full rainbow! :)

Architecture is awesome, too.

cheerioseets, arty.

mocha

2010-09-15T10:58:00.005+08:00

Mocha - I TOOK THIS 10 MINUTES AGO. :D

LOOK AT THAT WINCED FACE, SCRATCHED EAR. *cute*

Mocha is so clingy to me. It's so annoying yet adorably cute. I took so many pictures of Mocha omg. Let me upload them. :D

Scraaaaaatch. :D

..but I have to put eye medication for him cause his eyes will close themselves.

That white colour thing at the edge of his eyes will blind him soon if I don't put the meds. D:

I'll upload pictures of Latte as soon as she's attached to me. xD

cheerioseets, arty.

college

2010-09-08T22:17:00.003+08:00

Things that I'll probably miss when I'm not in Malaysia

Arty Farewell Notes
♥ 2 - My ~~college~~ third home

College.

I think the one and a half years that I spent in this place were the most productive, emotional and eye-opening time that I've spent compared to anywhere else (in an educational way, the artistic way still belongs to KLPAC. *kudos*)

Imma miss college so much. My lecturers, my college mates, the staff and the LIBRARY. With freaking bean bags! Haha. :D

There're one too many experiences to list out, but I wanna point out that I met one of my closest friends in the whole wide world! HAHA. I think I blogged about her when she left for Australia the month before last. D:

Go see, go see. xD

cheerioseets, arty.

mocha-latte

2010-08-31T21:04:00.001+08:00

Cute kitty is cute. :3 :3
He's called Mocha. :D

..and this is Latte. :)

cheerioseets, arty.

bed

2010-08-27T23:37:00.007+08:00

Things that I'll probably miss when I'm not in Malaysia

Arty Farewell Notes
♥ 1 - My bed

The book I bought today at the Big Bookshop warehouse sale @ Atria shopping mall. :D

Face it. The place where we spent 50% of our lifetime (sleeping) on, is our beds. That very one comfy slab of a thing that lies on wooden planks (mine lies on wooden planks, cause my dad made my bed frame when I was younger) is the haven that most people retreat to at night.

I would definitely miss the bedsheets that I have been using since I was a child. The one in the above picture had been with me since I was like, ten years old? I used to love the days when our (my brother and I) bedsheets were going to be washed. The smell of a freshly washed bedsheets really makes me feel like I'm in heaven. Maybe it's just a personal preference, maybe it's the same for everyone else, but I definitely love to sleep on a freshly washed bedsheet. :D

There were also the days when I started going for late night rehearsals at Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre back when I was in Theatre for Young People (T4YP) and various other KLPAC productions that I was in. When I got my driving license, my curfew got extended to 12AM and boy, how glad I was to have my bed to greet me back home!

Being in a musical was really tough. Even though I wasn't the male lead or a supporting male actor, Kaki Blue was one of the musicals that I know of that has a strong ensemble to back the leads as well as perform most of the dances and songs as well. We are so cool that we could sing and dance at the same time! :P

So yeah, when I reach home late at night, all I wanna do is take a nice warm bath and sleep on my bed. Once my head rests on my soft pillow, I fall instantly asleep.

Oh, how I'll miss my bed. It accompanied me during my (many) sleepless nights, provided me the comfort that some children in other parts of the world might not be able to experience and how it wouldn't ever betray me. Like, stabbing me in the back. It can't stab me. It doesn't have hands. :D

- - -

I'm starting this new series of posts to get my blogging mojo back.

I'll slowly include people posts as time goes by, it's sort of a way to tell people how much they mean to me, as well as leaving them farewell notes before I leave for the UK on September 24th.

cheerioseets, arty.

really

2010-08-19T21:13:00.000+08:00

I am so happy.

cheerioseets, arty.

rawr

2010-08-18T13:45:00.002+08:00

Mrawwr.

I haven't camwhored for a very long time now. :D

Life has been hectic. Kill me. D:

I still haven't finished reading my book(s) which I started reading a month ago. I don't know why. I WILL FINISH READING "The Time Traveller's Wife" TONIGHT. I SWEAR I WILL.

The other book's called "The Cannon," which is a non-fiction book and is *kinda* nice to read. :D

AIYO. Sleepy la, but I need to go work nao. I WANNA PLAY WITH MY CAMERA TOO. D:

cheerioseets, arty.

hope

2010-07-19T22:17:00.002+08:00

Update on my life. I did lotsa things the past week.

Yi Wenn. I ♥ this pic.

One of the many cute shots we took the night before she left for Aussie.

I spent the next few days doing this. I like it, a lot. :)

Stupid boy. :D

Jog For Hope made us cool people emo.
That's how awesome Jog For Hope 2010 is! :)

So yeah, we raised a total of Twenty one thousand ringgit for the Children of Bario and Paws Animal Welfare Society.

Great job Jog For Hope 2010 Committee!
I'm so proud of you guys! :)

cheerioseets, arty.

goodbye

2010-07-12T09:22:00.001+08:00

The first to leave.

There will always be times for these kinda things to happen. You know it's bound to happen when you're studying in a well-known private college studying a well-known pre-university programme. Even if your friends aren't the ones that's gonna go, you'd be the one that's gonna be going. It sucks but there's nothing much that you really can do about it.

I've had my share of fun throughout these past eighteen months. Truly, it's a time that I've never laughed so hard during class with Yi Wenn cracking jokes like freaking all the time. There's also the other classmates that'd laugh along because my laugh sounds like a duck quacking with a sore throat. I'm gonna miss these lil' things when I leave college. Sighh. D:

I'm dedicating this post to Yi Wenn first, just because you guys don't read my blog that often. :)

Yi Wenn

We've got to thank Mr William for putting us four together, back when we had our first Malaysian Studies thingy going on. That's how we really met, if not we wouldn't even be having regular lunches together haha. I really enjoyed just spending time with you, macam waiting for time to pass. It's indescribable HAHA.

You're indescribable. Whichever man that you're gonna marry has got to be a funny man, okay? I wanna see a family of comedians when we all have a reunion in twenty years' time!

When you're in Australia, please, randomly pick out the hot JK and make sure he's super nice and funny too. It's a must la. Studying Commerce is gonna be a bore, so you must keep yourself happy and smiley always. You'll make lots of good friends and have even more fun times than you had with us. Without you, it's gonna be so different haha. But oh well, better move on than being stuck. :D

And there won't be another Arthur Chia to teman you to help you do your stuffs anymore! Hah!

So that's one. Yi Wenn's gonna be leaving for Australia the week after next. Which is totally sad. D:

I haven't gave her birthday present to her yet. )':

GOODBYE YI WENN.

Adieu.

An excerpt of a poem by Anne Bradstreet

Taught what was good, and what was ill,
What would save life, and what would kill.
Thus gone, amongst you I may live,
And dead, yet speak, and counsel give:
Farewell, my birds, farewell adieu,
I happy am, if well with you.

:)

cheerioseets, arty.

panorama

2010-07-11T23:37:00.002+08:00

Singaporeeeeee.
My first panorama. Wee~

I'm delaying my blogging-ness.

Reasons are such as but not limited to:

(1) Lazy

(2) Writer's block

(3) Jog For Hope's is in less than a week!

(4) I have other better things to do than blog now. )':

cheerioseets, arty.

singapore

2010-07-09T01:33:00.001+08:00

Singapore was AWESOME. :D
My first HDR picture, btw.

I wanna blog about it this time! :D

But it's 1am, so maybe tomorrow. :)

cheerioseets, arty.

frutti

2010-07-01T21:54:00.002+08:00

Happae Barfday, dancer girl! :)

I'll miss you, like a lot. )':

- - -

I'm worried like crap.

I'm worried like crap.

I'm worried like crap.

But there's no point in worrying like crap.

I shouldn't worry at all.

After all, all I've been doing these few days is "enjoying myself without much regrets."

But I'm still thinking to myself,

I'm worried like crap.

- - -

Happy that I tried Tutti Frutti for the first time the other day. It's like heaven melting in your mouth omfg! :D

Okay, sorry for the lack of updates, blog. I officially just screwed up my diary. )':

cheerioseets, arty.

waiting

2010-06-21T22:10:00.004+08:00

Notice the flowers. :D
TCSH Graduation Ball: Spring Equinox

It's been a while since I logged on to my blogger's account. I think it's been more than a week. Yeah, definitely more than a week.

Lots of things can happen in a week, like shit loads of things.

Number of significant things that happened in the past two weeks.

one I've finally finished my A Level exams. A whole freaking one and a half years since I started college have passed. I've met countless of people, bonded with hundreds of people (literally) and I made really good friends that would probably last me a lifetime.

My A Level exam results would be out at 8AM on 12th of August. Hopefully everything goes according to my plans. If not, really too bad la. Jialat. I have to cancel plane booking, accommodation application and my hopes and dreams of becoming a UK Architect graduate. Sigh. D:

two TCSH Graduation Ball 2010: Spring Equinox was last Thursday. The picture above is one of the many pictures that I took from the event. We started organizing the graduation ball about three months ago? I say it was very successful. I'm happy, and I think everybody who went that day was happy. So it's all good, right? :D

There are more pictures of that on Facebook, so yeah. Facebook me. :D

three I started playing MapleStory again. Yes, it's something significant to me, so yeah. Let's see. I started a week before my exams ended. Now I'm level 46. Pretty amazing, I dare say. I've also started a new character yesterday and I just made my second job advancement just now. Level 30. :D

Okay, just let me say this. There's nothing wrong with playing online games! :)

four That's pretty much it. My life is lifeless now. Nothing to do, just freaking waiting for my exam results to be released. I think I'll die if I don't get 3A's. D:

Sigh.

I feel like going out nonstop and waste all money until I die.

Or maybe.

Anybody wanna take me go clubbing? :D

I never tried before, and I really wanna try once, at least.

Mm.

Ask me something on my formspring account here! :D

I'M BORED.
WHAT SHOULD I DO?

cheerioseets, arty.

dye

2010-06-14T21:36:00.003+08:00

My holidays started, and seriously, I really had nothing else better to do.

I bought 3 tins of dye powder, 3 sachets of dye fixers and 3 pieces of 5 metres of cotton cloth.

It took me three hours to complete my project.

And probably wasted a lot of water, but it was rewarding. Fun, too. :)

It turned out great. :)

Happy Holidays, everyone.

The end of A Levels.

What do I do now? D:

cheerioseets, arty.

charming

2010-06-07T23:45:00.002+08:00

I wish I was as charming as Mew Mew. D:

A Levels end in two days for me. Freaking two days. One and a half years of studying, friends-making and other activities at TCSH will end in two days.

I'm not particularly sad about how I will miss the people I've met, but sad because I didn't do my best for my exams. What if I don't get my 3A's to meet the conditions for my offer? What happens then? D:

Sighhhhhh.

Simple stuffs make me go D:

On another note, I wanna be as cute as Mew Mew. D:

cheerioseets, arty.

smiling

2010-05-31T20:50:00.002+08:00

Smile, even if others aren't. :)

Smiling is something you can do for free. It doesn't cost you anything, but it gives a lot more than what you think it does. Smile. :D

cheerioseets, arty.

poses

2010-05-30T09:20:00.002+08:00

Youth Fair '10.

It was.. okay.

I took the train back.

..and that's the end of a boring day.

I'm not ashamed of my pimple scars.

I had two papers on Friday. Maths Paper 3 (hard paper) and Physics Paper 4 (HARDER paper, so hard that the paper didn't even tear when I attempted to tear it). I was busy studying for Physics Paper 4 the whole of last week + the week before last. It didn't actually work. I think I'm gonna fail the paper. It was just too tough. I feel like killing myself now. )':

To top that off, I had to ride on an emotional roller coaster that I didn't want to ride. Painful, excruciatingly so.

I.

Do.

Not.

Know.

How.

To.

Feel.

D:

- - -

On another note, I watched Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time yesterday, with my brother and my aunt. :)

Gemma Arterton is so pretty and Jake Gyllenhaal is surprisingly hot. *cough*

I'm so downloading the game. I'll wait for Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands. CAN'T WAIT. :D

In the meantime, I want a body as hot as Jake Gyllenhaal's. HAHA. *wishes*

cheerioseets, arty.

mask

2010-05-23T21:14:00.003+08:00

My first facial mask. HAHA.

Eh, so malu to put a picture like this up on my blog. xD

cheerioseets, arty.

dreams

2010-05-22T21:25:00.003+08:00

Something I have always wished for.

Looking back into something that never existed seems kinda pathetic, and a lot of people also say that "look forward and not backwards." But I can't really help it.

Now is not the time to be thinking of stuffs like this. Exam periods are important for a reason. I should really put my mind into studying and not about unimportant things (in this context) like how badly structured my social life is. That's really unimportant now, isn't it? D:

Sometimes I wish that I haven't met you.

Sometimes I wish I was nicer to you in the beginning, so you'd talk to me more often.

Sometimes I wish you'd like me just a weeeeee bit more. :P

But yeah, wishing for things like this is kinda impractical and whiny. Therefore, I'll stop complaining and start doing something. Maybe something pessimistic like, "Make myself hate you more so I won't have feelings for you anymore." Sounds like a great plan to me. :)

Anyways, I wrote something during Physics a few weeks back. I was feeling a bit down that day, cause I had a dream about someone and I really felt sick in the stomach. I mean, I'm already dying cause I can't tell that someone how I feel, then I have to dream about that person summore. Damn giler babi mean one my own subconscious.

Bah, but it's alright. I've already let the person read this. So I guess it'd be fine if I put it up here and let the emoness seep out. :P

Dreams

You were in my dreams last night. It got more vague as I became more aware that it was a dream.

I remember that I was feeling sleepy. We were in my living room, you sitting on the single seat sofa. My head laid softly across your thighs and you gently stroked my hair as I fall more and more asleep.

It felt good. I've been having these weird dreams as I fall into restless sleep every night. It does me no harm, but all I feel when I wake is that empty void that I want your warmth to fill in.

I don't think you'll understand how I feel, cause I myself don't know what I feel. I don't know what I want from you. It's disgustingly horrid to even think about it logically. Is this what they meant when people say, "Life is not all about looking for someone to love?"

Yeah. Kudos to me, aye? :)

Time to sleep nao. D:

cheerioseets, arty.

fierce

2010-05-18T20:57:00.002+08:00

Mew Mew starting to look fierce. Not.

Took this shot of her just now. :D

FURTHER MATHS PAPER 1 OVAH! (:

I should start on Maths P4 now. *going*

cheerioseets, arty.

octagonal

2010-05-16T21:12:00.002+08:00

Hakka Octagonal Village

Further Maths Paper 1 on Tuesday.

Maths Paper 4 on Wednesday. I haven't started studying for Paper 4 yet. =(

cheerioseets, arty.

flexible

2010-05-11T21:10:00.006+08:00

You are not alone.

You are beautiful, in every single way. Cause words can't bring you down.

Looks doesn't matter.

Good looking people might appear to be nice, but they can be devils behind that beautiful masks of theirs. Not-so-good looking people on the other hand, can be really nice if you actually know them for who they are and not how they look like.

*tells self*

- - -

Happy 19th Birthday, Jie Cong. :D

I know it's a bit late, but I was looking through the pictures I took during the past month. So many things were going on at once, so yeah. :)

Anyways, did you know that I'm quite flexible? xD

See, I can stretch over another person! :D

Fun times. I need to go out more often. xD

Maybe my exams. :)

cheerioseets, arty.

2010-05-09T14:03:00.002+08:00

Beggar stray cat. :O

A2 is a bad word. It's like a curse. )':

I hope I'll pull through this hurdle. I don't wanna face failure for this one. The consequences are too severe if I don't get through this. My future, and everything else.

May I have the wisdom to do my best, my absolute very best.

cheerioseets, arty.

swivel

2010-05-06T21:33:00.002+08:00

Domo needs to be saved! :D

I've been doing some thinking again. I think I need to slow it down. My exams are coming, I really need to start studying and cloud my mind with everything else that's unimportant to my future.

I had a few dreams about you this week. It was freaky. I mean, dah lah I no chance to be with you, then you come and appear in my dreams. Leave me alone. D:

But yeah, I've been feeling like craaaaaaap these few days because of that stupid dream. So yeah, get out of my life. I already blocked you on MSN, that's my first step to help me forget you.

Forget. D:

*emo*

I'm better off with Domo.

cheerioseets, arty.

embarrassing

2010-05-04T19:48:00.003+08:00

I iz pro camwhore. :D
KL Trip, taking our group picture. :)

The most embarrassing things (of 2010) happened to me today.

Case 1
I was walking past the hang out area in college at about 4. There were two guys and a girl sitting there. And I heard, "Hey Arthur," coming from that direction.

Guess what happened after that, dear blog. :O

So yeah, I was like, "Hey!" and all I got were blank "What?" stares. Sigh. Kill me. *blush*

Case 2
I met a guy named John Lim today. I think he's from Cempaka Damansara. Tried to shake hands, I said to him, "Hey Arthur, I'm John." *shakes hands*

KILL ME PLEASE. D:

I seriously think it's the exam stress that's coming on to get me.

Bad day today. I never had two embarrassing things happen to me on the same day. Everything has a first time, why does it have to be two embarrassing things at once? )':

cheerioseets, arty.

handover

2010-05-01T23:37:00.003+08:00

Guess who? (2)

Random thought:
I'm gonna miss Taylor's College Sri Hartamas.

Isn't it beautiful? The hangout area.

I guess I'll be posting up pictures of the whole campus before I leave, then. :)

cheerioseets, arty.

talent

2010-04-30T22:45:00.005+08:00

Guess whoooooo. :)

I'm a very happy boy today. I played with a Tamron 10-24mm f/3.5 and played more with my 50mm. The 10-24mm is an ultra wide angle lens, like, REALLY wide that kinda wide. xD

I was at college from 7.30AM till 9.30PM. I r super tired right now. Worst part was that I slept at 1AM this morning. *yawns*

Taylor's Got Talent 2010 memang showcased the best of Taylor's College Sri Hartamas. I'm really happy that I went for it ~~instead of studying at home for my very much more important A2 exams~~. :)

The winners of Taylor's Got Talent 2010, the Korean Club.
50mm, trusty manual focus. :D

Guest band from Malacca (again, as for Earth Hour.)
50mm, trusty manual focus. :D

Other contestants.
Phui Yuk's Tamrom 10 - 24mm f/3.5. Ultra wide angle! :D

Voting for the winner for the top 2 for TGT.
Wide angleeeeeeee.

I've got more pics, but I try to limit myself to 5 pictures per post, so yeah. :)

G'niteeeeeeeee. I really need to sleep. xD

- - -

Oh. I actually had a proper conversation with someone who I've been trying to talk to for a very long time now, since we met in January (someone I likeeee.) *happy* :D

cheerioseets, arty.

sleepy

2010-04-27T20:59:00.005+08:00

The flower.

I've got myself a slight fever. Damn it. )':

I came back home a bit earlier today, 4.00PM, which is definitely earlier than my daily return-home time. And I just crashed.

Slept for four hours straight. I was in a semi-conscious sleep where I could think what I want and sort of reminded myself that I shouldn't be sleeping right now. All I remembered was that I was vigorously thinking about finishing my Chem revision paper.

As bad as it sounds, it was actually the best sleep that I had in a very long while. Maybe I'm resisting the sleep too much, I don't know. )':

Tomorrow's Challenge
Since Chung Wye just called me and asked me to take photos for the Administration Staffs and PS2, I shall challenge myself and bring my camera and mount my manual focus 50mm. :D

Shooting the whole day in Manual Focus! :D

cheerioseets, arty.

priority

2010-04-25T19:13:00.002+08:00

Sunday, 25th April 2010.

A day with my 50mm @ Nikon Centre, Berjaya Times Square

About a month ago, I registered myself for a Photo 2 workshop at the Nikon Centre here (Berjaya Times Square). Having read through the syllabus for Photo 2, I decided that it would be (somewhat) beneficial for me if I joined this workshop as I really needed to learn more about depth of field.

Well, the first part of it was about Exposure and controlling your DSLR in Manual Mode. That I already know, but it was fun that I actually learned it formally. *coughselftaughtcough*

Heh, anyways. Pictures from today. :)

I ♥ MY 50MM.

Boo cause it's manual focus.

Overexposed by 1/3 f-stop.
Like how I take almost all my pictures. :P

Meet Danny Tung. :D
He uses a D90! *jealous*

Portrait of me taken by Danny.
Sadly my 50mm has no auto-focus. )':

Shooting in shutter priority. I increased the f-stop so the depth of field would be quite far, hence the awesome bokeh at the back. :)

Shooting in shutter priority again. Twist and turn!

Overall-y, I guess my day was fantabulous. Now all I need to do is concentrate on my studies. Tonight, I'll finish up Chem. Yay to that. Then Imma concentrate on Further Maths. :D

TOODLES.

cheerioseets, arty.

parting

2010-04-23T19:09:00.004+08:00

Meet Mewi Wan Mewobi.

I picked up another kitten from the roadside. :)

NAH, I'M JUST JOKING. :D

It's Mew Mew connecting to her dark side. Like they say, everybody has a dark side and all. So I guess this is Mew Mew's dark side. Mewi Wan Mewobi! HAHA. *syiok sendiri*

Exams are coming up in about less than three weeks. I'm supposed to be studying and I'm supposed to be in the 'studying mood' but I'm not. I don't know what will happen to me at this rate. If I don't start studying, there goes my conditional offer from University of Bath. And I can't let that happen. D:

I'm so excited about going to University of Bath! The people I'm gonna meet there. (Hopefully very nice people) The beautiful scenery at one of the most beautiful places in the UK.

The awesome sport facilities that University of Bath has to offer that the Malaysian Sports thingy had an agreement with the UBath to let M'sian athletes to train for the upcoming 2012 Olympics to be held in London which means that I will be able to meet all the famous M'sian athletes!

Yeah, that. xD

BUT my point is that I really need to get myself studying if not I won't even be able to book my plane ticket to London in September. FMLs.

Help?

- - -

I took both the SAM and CAL classes informal shots. :D

I kinda miss my class' photo-taking session last year where I asked my class to wear something blue-ish and all. I was bald back then, so my picture in the yearbook is a bald one. Oh well, what to do right? At least I got RM900 for being bald. HAHA.

I wonder what will happen to us all when we go separate ways and face the chance of not meeting with each other anymore?

But I don't think it will be like that. My college mates are special to me, I guess. We're in a totally different relationship compared to my secondary school mates. It's just different. There's a sense continuity in this. Hopefully we'll be able to meet up in London or somewhere there for a mini-reunion of some sort. :D

I'm trying to be happy here. *tries*

cheerioseets, arty.

trip

2010-04-19T19:06:00.003+08:00

Bottom of KLCC.

I had a fun holidays. Not only I was in college during the entire holidays, but I also went to various places in KL on Sunday, the last day of my holidays.

The Photography Club (which I involuntarily revived) had its first trip on Sunday! It was sort of a spontaneous one-week thing. It was also my first time taking the KL Hop On Hop Off bus around town. The best part that it's only RM12 for Malaysian students for an entire day's trip. :)

KLCC again. :D

We met up at about 8.30AM at the Orchestral hall entrance cause that's where the bus stop for the KL Hop On Hop Off is. Then off we go for lots and lots of shutter happy people! :D

Petaling Street.

Tunnel Warp! :D

Started from KLCC - Petaling Street - Walked to Central Market - Lake Gardens - Then back to KLCC! We stopped at lots of places in between, but meh. :)

Fun, but I was worrying about my trial results during the entire day. Sigh.

~~I FAILED FURTHER MATHS.~~

- - -

Happae 19th Barfday, Jie Cong! :)

That was the other thing I did the night before Sunday. =P

- - -

Die. Finals in 3 weeks' time. ._.

cheerioseets, arty.

lens

2010-04-11T19:20:00.004+08:00

The box. Look at how smooth the bokeh is! :D

I got my Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D. :D

My first non-kit lens lens! :D

I went to a shop in Berjaya Times Square cause the last time I went there, I asked for the price of the Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D. RM395.

I paid with cash. :O

Well, I was saving it for a several weeks already, so I guess it was okay. I felt kinda sayang when I handed the guy my money. D:

When I stepped in the shop, I asked the guy behind the counter, "Do you have a Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D?"

Then he asked, "Were you recommended from the Nikon centre?"

"Umm, yeah? How much is it?" (Actually no, I wasn't, I was just coming back here from the last time I was there)

"Oh, it's RM420."

Then I looked surprised. My mom, too. My mom was quick with her reply, "The last time we came, you quoted us the price of RM395."

He stunned. xD

- - -

ANYWAYS, my D5000 can't autofocus with this lens, cause the lens is a D AF Nikkor and the D5000 can only autofocus with a AF-S or AF-I CPU lenses only. So sad. But yeah, I'm already getting used to the manual focus.

But heh, the main reason why I bought the 50mm f/1.8D was for;

1) The clarity of images tha is produced, and

2) The awesome bokeh that comes with the f/1.8 aperture size. :D

I'll probably test out the bokeh tonight if my brother wants to bring me out for a night drive. But but, the bokeh in the first pictures shows everything! :D

Here's another picture of Brownie that I took earlier on.

Brownie's eyes are really nice. The clarity. :)

Oh wells, I'll definitely have fun with my new lens. :D

cheerioseets, arty.

bath

2010-04-07T00:50:00.002+08:00

Trials are over. *happy face*

That's probably the only reason why I haven't touched my blog for a such a long while, lmao. Yeap, ~~it's not because some dolt decided to spam my cbox with retarded comments~~ but just because I simply don't have the time. :D

For all I know, I'm definitely smarter than the person leaving those comments in my cbox. :)

So, I can't really be bothered about him/ her. :D

Thanks to the random people backing me up. No thanks to the dolt who's insistent on trying to do dunno what to me, heh.

- - -

I'm lazy to blog again, so I'm just gonna write this list down to remind myself of the things that I need to get done by.. sometime soon. *procrastination*

List of Uninteresting Things That's Gonna Happen
1. Finish designing the Graduation Ball poster.
2. I'm saving money for a 50mm f/1.8! Getting it next weekend. :D
3. Stop downloading applications for my iPod. :O
4. Actually start studying for my A2 exams which is in 5 weeks time.
5. Attend SGMUN conference, but I takut clash with my Photography Workshop on the 25th of April. *sigh*
6. I'm watching West Side Story on May 20th! :)
7. Be less annoying to my friends in college. :P

- - -

Four university rejections and four months later,

I got an offer to study at University of Bath! :)
Conditional offer: AAA (A for Physics and Chemistry)
Course: K100 (Architectural Studies)

I'm really happy that I actually got the offer, heh. Since it was the last university that replied me and all I had were rejections from the other universities that I applied to. )':

Oh well. Study hard, do well, get into University of Bath. :D

- - -

Holidays start tomorrow! :)

cheerioseets, arty.

struggle

2010-03-25T20:41:00.003+08:00

Struggle for your life, Mew Mew! Struggle! :D

Hence,
Life's a struggle, betch. :D

Don't go for looks; they can deceive.
Don't go for wealth; even that fades away.
Go for someone who makes you smile,
Because it takes only a smile to
Make a dark day seems bright.
Find the one that makes your heart smile!

*takes notes*

WAIT, IT'S THURSDAY ALREADY? D:

Counting down to death day (A2 trials), which is next Monday.

I can't wait to fail all my papers. :)

cheerioseets, arty.

mint

2010-03-23T20:20:00.002+08:00

Trying out something new. :D
Ignore the paper lines. ._.

Giving someone all your love is never an assurance that they'll love you back!
Don't expect love in return;
Just wait for it to grow in their heart,
But if it doesn't, be content it grew in yours.

A fact of life. It's really interesting. :)

Ugh, and I'm not mad about the person who posted the comment in the previous post. I'm just stating the real facts. xD

Aiyo, J, don't worry about it so much. I really meant it when I said "I understand your good intention and honest." :P

cheerioseets, arty.

arthur

2010-03-21T21:14:00.005+08:00

Because Mew Mew is just too cute when she was younger and still is.

Have a friend named Arthur Chia Teck! Special name! He is a boy who likes to do girly stuff, like camwhoring really really gao lat, designing pretty things, shopping with girls, and err, he talks like a girl too. How can a guy have eeks, squeaks and hand movement like anime girls when he talk? So geli right..

Erm, he calls himself “arrrty”.. +_+ During school days everyone disrespects him and called him GAY. he was treated ntg like trash just because of his attitude. even girls don’t want to go near him in our class because they are afraid they will have rumours about them liking arthur. Well what do you know, typical school days la.

Now he is doing quite fine, just a few years and we are now in college, he is still being himself but everyone grew optimistic and think he is NOT gay but VERY UNIQUE. :D

There are lots of Arthurs out there, Arthur from Shrek, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, King Arthur bla bla bla, but I still prefer this UNIQUE Arthur I know. :)

It's so against my blogging ways to blog twice in a day, but I had to.

Found this comment on another blog when I googled my name.

Well, I understand your good intentions and honesty haha. :)

Justification, though you might not be reading this.

1) First of all, you got my name wrong. The name's Arthur Chia Tek. I'm really proud of my name, and you are too, I guess.

2) Why do you say that camwhoring is a type of 'girly stuff'? Do you know how many guys out there that likes to camwhore? I assure you that they would so pissed if you said that 'camwhoring' is a type of girly stuff. Heck, I've even written a blog post the reason why I like to camwhore. It's here if you can't find it.

3) Did you also know that all the pretty things that you guys steal from the net are mostly done by guys? Yes, it's not girly.

4) I shop with girls because I just like to talk to them while they shop. Period. I go shopping with my mom every Saturday but I never buy anything also. I don't like spending money on clothes. Unless, of course if they're cheap. :)

5) I like talking to girls, what can I say?

6) If it's geli then stop looking at my hands. @_@

7) I don't call myself Arrrty. It's cause http://arty.blogspot.com is already taken. If not I would've just gotten that instead. Did you realize that I never wrote Arrrty in any part of my blog? It's only in my blog address. Kthxbai.

8) Ah, I actually had my fair share of friends in high school. They actually didn't care about the way I acted, and meh, how the fuck was I treated like trash? I REALLY enjoyed my school life. :D

9) And hello, lmao. All my friends were girls in high school. I think only a few of you were avoiding me because of the stereotype. People like Alanna, Huey Ru, Pik Kuan and Leng-Lei are sort of my 'real friends'.

10) I guess I just really hate 'typical school days'. A school is a place where you gain knowledge. A place where your friends STUDY and not go around speculating about a certain boy with weird hand gestures. :)

11) I've always been fine. Maybe I should've pointed that out earlier. :3

12) But thank you, for preferring me over anybody else. LOL. Good save. (Y)

Point is, get your facts right before trying to describe me. It a bit hard if you don't know me well enough. I guess I just don't like people describing inappropriately.

I am, after all, Arthur Chia Tek.

cheerioseets, arty.

roxy

2010-03-21T11:58:00.003+08:00

You're so pretty, Roxy.

But..

Domokun is prettier.

- - -

Thinking about it, I'm gonna miss my friends in Taylor's College Sri Hartamas. It was really really memorable. Just as memorable as my life in WMS.

I liked it.

Sigh.

:)

cheerioseets, arty.

fail

2010-03-19T19:25:00.001+08:00

I suck at acting cute.
I wasn't trying anyways. xD

cheerioseets, arty.

rejection

2010-03-18T21:38:00.005+08:00

Rejection! :P

I got two replies from UCAS track application today and the day before yesterday.

Here's how it happened:

I slept early the night before, only to wake up at 4AM with a leaking nose that doesn't seem to want to stop leaking. So I just went to the toilet and grabbed some tissues to remove some snot. :D

I usually sleep with my iPod beside me on my bed. The reason being I use my alarm clock in my iPod and my phone, so I can't sleep without both of them. SO YEAH, I checked my email using my iPod. (Yay to permanently switched on WiFi)

"UCAS Application Status Notification"

Sigh. I logged on with my UCAS ID, which I memorized out of convenience.

Sigh.

Yesterday's was University of Newcastle. Today's is UCL.

FML x infinite.

So yeah. I r not happy right now. No one cares about me anyways. :O

Apart from the anonymous person who keeps on commenting on my blog. Thanks. :)

..and my very supportive mother. University hunting this weekend. I hope I can apply not through UCAS. :)

I wish you would take notice of me, it's me who's been jumping, waving like mad.
Just for you to take notice of me.
Just one bit.

OH I GOT CAKE FROM YASMINE TODAY. :D
Thanks, Yasmine. :)

cheerioseets, arty.

leave

2010-03-17T18:50:00.004+08:00

I don't wanna see your face anymore. GO AWAY. D:

I despise cute people. Just go die, please.

In case you haven't realized, my Facebook account isn't there anymore.

cheerioseets, arty.

glad

2010-03-15T19:50:00.002+08:00

Why can't life be this straight? :)

I'm glad.

I'm glad that I've finally settling down in college, though it's not my first year here.

I'm glad that my workload is almost nil right now. Like, ECA things. :)

I'm glad that my future is dim right now. Because I haven't gotten any offers, but I'm able to concentrate on my studies especially for the trial exams that are coming up in two weeks.

I'm glad that I'm overrrrrrrrrrrrrrr *cough*.

I'm glad that I don't really care anymore. :D

I'm so glad. :D

cheerioseets, arty.

formspring

2010-03-13T21:29:00.003+08:00

Nostrils flare! :3
This angle is a typical guy first-time camwhoring angle.

Ask me anything!

Click here to ask me anything!

If you have camwhoring questions, ask me!

Or you have something important to ask me, you can ask me here!

Dislike me? Tell me in rhetorically here!

Or you can ask me directly in the box on the right! :)

Thanks to formspring.me

I like my self portrait series. :D

cheerioseets, arty.

cookies

2010-03-11T22:19:00.003+08:00

Photo shoot with myself. ♥
I LOOK SO LALA. HAHA.

UCL interview in two days! :)

I'm bringing cookies for people tomorrow. It weighs a tonne. :D

Ask me if you want one. =)

On another note, I'm so worried about my interview that I don't really care about what other people think of me already. :)

It's a good thing. :)

cheerioseets, arty.

yawn

2010-03-10T21:59:00.000+08:00

*yawn* Yeah, I'm pretty tired too. :)

cheerioseets, arty.

sided

2010-03-09T22:26:00.002+08:00

The thing about one-sided love?

You'll always be the lonely one.

Well, you've still got friends, right? ._.

I don't think I'll ever confess to someone that I like, just because it's impossible for my feelings to be reciprocated.

I love myself, and that's all I need.

That's what I keep telling myself but it doesn't turn out nicely in the end.

cheerioseets, arty.

whatever

2010-03-04T20:47:00.004+08:00

Whatever shrubs from whatever town in whatever China.

I haven't been updating my blog like a normal emotional person would. Wouldn't a normal emotional person update his/ her blog consistently with a lot of emotional post about their daily lives and what not? Yeah, I haven't been doing that.

Hence, here I am, sitting my fat ass on this really uncomfortable plastic chair that I've been sitting on for about 6 years now that consistently gives me a backache every time I sit in front of my computer for 6 hours at one go to finish my assignments, writing this blog post to make sure that I have enough creative/ emotional output so I would not have to blow up the next time someone asks me, "How are you feeling?"

Well, in any case, if anyone ever asks me, "How are you feeling?", I think I would either (i) burst into tears or (ii) make up a lie that I'm absolutely-blooming fine and almighty.

..which is not how I'm feeling right now.

How am I feeling?

I shall do this in point form again.

How does Arthur Chia feel at the moment

ONE I'm stressed about my UCL interview as well as the unfinished assignments that they had requested me to do. The standard for Architecture punya portfolio is really high and I don't think my quality of work as of now would be sufficient for me to get admitted to UCL. That brings me to my next point.

TWO I'm starting to feel that I'm inadequate and not capable of being a good leader. Seeing people around me criticize the way other people do things, for example, I'm not the kind of a person that would do things and instead, I would just rattle on and on and on about my ideas and not putting any effort into seeing it succeed or whatever. I think that's the kind of person I am.

THREE I feel that I'm untalented. People would usually say, "OMG THAT'S SO NOT TRUE." But I know who I am and for one, being talented is not one of it. Have you ever heard of the phrase, Jack of all trades and master of none? That's me. For one, I really suck in piano. I don't take some time off to play piano at all now. I just lost my drive to do anything that I used to love doing most. Especially the thrill and joy in designing stuff. I just don't take the initiative anymore.

FOUR Exams. Oh. My. Gawd. Exams. I'm feeling the heat of exams and that's not a really cool feeling at all. Really really hot. I feel like dropping Further Maths, but I've been told from young not to easily give up on things, but yeah, I don't wanna fail, so I'm putting a rather large amount of effort in doing just that. That also brings me to my next point.

FIVE I feel friendless, again. You know how people have their really tight group of friends that you can always rely on? I don't have that group of friends. Or so I just can't see them right now. I know la, there's my normal hanging out gang that I go out with once in a while like Pikky, Dee, and Nana and there's also my classmates, which I absolutely adore watching them argue over Further Maths questions. I was really happy when they came over to my house on the 4th day of CNY when I invited them over. I should've gambled with them as well. Sigh. :) But yeah, there's more people that I want to meet, I don't know why either. Maybe I should just don't expand my social circle anymore. Maybe that's the reason why I'm feeling friendless. ._. BUT I HAVE MY FRIENDS THAT I TALK TO EVERYDAY LIKE, JUST TALKING. That makes me a tad bit happier about my life.

SIX I care too much about what other people think about me. I've heard some pretty nasty rumours about me in college, but yeah, it just hurts me so much, and I don't know why. It's to the extent that I care about what people think about me when I'm sitting alone studying in the corner of a corridor alone. They think that I'm a loser cause I have no friends with me and studying alone. That's what that goes through my head every time I see someone looking at me when I'm studying alone in the corridor. Srsly. ._.

SEVEN I suck.

EIGHT I think I also suck as a friend. As cliche as it sounds, I feel that I suck for not being there for those who needs my help the most, for whatever much that I can do for them.

NINE I just made myself feel more depressed. But I don't feel like ranting about that here.

TEN I like someone and dare not confess. Loser much.

Fudge my life.

Event organizing, being the president of an organization. I don't think I'm capable of doing any of it. I've always have been the follower and not the leader.

FMLFMLFMLFMLFML.

UNcheerioseets, arty.

domo

2010-03-03T21:07:00.000+08:00

Domokun isn't scared of anybody!

..but I am, of everybody. :O

cheerioseets, arty.

fire

2010-03-01T21:09:00.002+08:00

I want to feel that burning passion I had for things that I once loved doing.
Now, it's just ashes at the bottom of the same ol' barbecue pit, where my
Fire once burnt, and sparks flew.

I need to pull myself together.

cheerioseets, arty.

bokeh

2010-02-25T21:40:00.002+08:00

Original bokeh #1. :D

I iz tried new bokeh techniques. Lo and behold!

Failed ♥ bokeh #1.

Failed ♥ bokeh #2.

I need a new lens. I'm aiming for a Nikkor 35mm f/1.8. Original price iz RM900, but maybe I can get it cheaper? :D

If not, I'll just get a 50mm f/1.8. :)

- - -

Hectic week, and I'm still not done with my UCL assignments. Sighh.

- - -

I've been having suicidal thoughts. All because I'm feeling lonely. Kill me please, someone. I'm begging you! D:

It sucks to have a crush on someone. No, seriously. Kill me, please.

I hate crushes.

Kill me, please. ._.

cheerioseets, arty.

cookies

2010-02-22T23:24:00.003+08:00

Hint #1

I've been working hard for my UCL assignments thingy. :P

Guess what theme this is. Hint #1 is above.

The second one is below. :D

Hint #2

Guess the theme! :)

cheerioseets, arty.

kill

2010-02-21T23:52:00.001+08:00

I bet Mew Mew is saying,
"Oh God, kill me please."

I wanna be Mew Mew and die like that. In her arms. And I can blame her then. :D

cheerioseets, arty.

suicide

2010-02-20T22:02:00.005+08:00

Mew Mew's profile picture.

I feel like making a Facebook fan page for Mew Mew. That will show just how much I love Mew Mew (and not how much of a Facebook addict I am). Mew Mew is terribly cute, despite being a rescued stray.

I don't know when's her birthday though. Should I know? Does that make me a bad owner? I think I'm a bad pet keeper. I don't take care of her. My brother/ mother does. *bad*

Oh well. :)

- - -

I ~~fruitfully~~ spent eight hours in college today. TCSHMUN Mock Conference. Fail. D:

- - -

Char. :D

- - -

Kill me, I feel like dying. I actually came up with a list of methods to kill myself. Let's see if they work. If all else fails, I'll get Itchy and Scratchy to kill me.

My dad would so kill me for using the word, die, so many times during Chinese New Year. ^^" Oohh! Another method to kill myself! LOL

Arthur's guide to killing yourself

Least painful way of dying: Channel car exhaust into your car and take a nap.

Messiest way of dying: Slitting any artery in your arm. Especially the ones near your elbow or wrist. Death within seconds.

Least messiest way of dying: Eat sleeping pills and never wake up.

Most suffering way of dying: Drowning.

Most painful way of dying: Jumping off a building and landing on concrete/ spikes.

Most sadistic way of dying: Slitting all non-major artery/ veins in your body and wait till you bleed to death.

Saddest way of dying: Seeing your loved ones around you cry and you're paralyzed with a life threatening cancer.

How a musician wants to die: Listen to a badly played violin concerto with horrible piano accompaniment and proceed to take a gun out and shoot self in the head.

How a photographer should kill himself: Use an external flash and blind himself till his eyes start bleeding and wait to die.

How a gamer commits suicide: They don't even have to try.

How computer geeks try not to die: Nourishing self with nearest snack such as but not limited to: Cans of coke, cookies and Corntoz.

How Arthur wants to die: Eat sleeping pills and never wake up.

I should go and buy a carton of 'em sleeping pills now. :)

cheerioseets, arty.

coke

2010-02-18T22:11:00.002+08:00

Life's a sad can of Coke left alone in the back of the fridge.

..says me. *emo*

cheerioseets, arty.

open

2010-02-16T20:06:00.008+08:00

Mew Mew welcomes wealth, too, now! :D

I think I'll go by this new principal of mine:

If you can survive one day without Facebook, you'll probably go through your daily life without having obsessively going to the nearest computer to check your notifications.

Among other online social networking side effects that you can overcome by not logging on to Facebook, you will also be less stalker-ish and actually learn how to socialize with people again. :D

Arthur Chia

I will try it out for a few days, I guess.

I realized that every time I do not get any notifications when I log on to Facebook, I'd be so depressed the entire day. I don't know why I feel that way, and I do not like the feeling at all. So, I'm opting for the above method of not logging on to Facebook which is, literally, a life-sucker.

- - -

Chinese New Year have been great so far, met nice nice people and got nice nice ang paos too. I just got back from my dad's hometown in Parit Jawa, Muar, Johor. :D I slept throughout the entire trip which includes the time I spent at their house as well. I feel bad, but I was just so tired! Can't blame me! HAHA.

The jam coming back to KL was bad as well. Stupid police had to block the entire road just to catch people speeding on the emergency lane. Like, wtf, right? D:

- - -

On a totally different note, I've been trying to reconnect with my friends that I haven't spoke to for a very long while. I seriously blame Facebook for this. No more Facebook. I shall use MSN instead! HAHA.

So, if you wanna catch a movie or anything, I'll try to go out with youuuuuuuuuu. *hint hint*

- - -

Okay, I've got Sky Adventure Club meeting tomorrow at college at 11. I think I'll go earlier to draft ideas for my assignment for the UCL interview. ^^

Mm, I think I'll put up the email I got from them. :D

SHOULD I?

Rawr, anyways, open house tomorrow! Can't wait to see Kelvin again! :)

cheerioseets, arty.

cousins

2010-02-15T23:08:00.002+08:00

Shh. We're cousins. :D

1) I had a rather pleasant Chinese New Year up till now. Uncle's open house yesterday and I just got back from my aunt's open house, made a new friend. A guy named Wern Juan. xD

2) I watched Small Big Soldier with my parents and relatives during Valentine's Day night. That movie with Jackie Chan in it. :D

3) I have not started on my portfolio crap yet. I'm not even bothered by it. How laaaaa? I haven't even been replying my e-mails, especially the universities that sent me those e-mails. D: D: D:

4) I had a nice Single Awareness Day yesterday. Ended on a good note. :)

5) I'm going to sleep HAHA. Tired. :D

6) My picture quality is reducing. )';

cheerioseets, arty.

chinese

2010-02-14T00:12:00.005+08:00

Happy Chinese New Year! :)

Warm greetings and abundant blessings for a very prosperous and happy Chinese New Year! :D

Yummy yee sang. *chew*

Even Mew Mew is celebrating! :D

Doesn't matter if you're far abroad, technology will bring us together! :D

..and laughter is needed anytime, anywhere, during Chinese New Year.

I hope this will mark the beginning of a very good new year for me. Everything from A2 exams to university applications, I wish everyone luck in everything you do! :)

On another unrelated note, I've been scheduled an interview for UCL next month. I need to bring (1) A portfolio, (2) Five assignments given by them and (3) (hopefully) A good impression. :)

Wish me luck! :D

cheerioseets, arty.

accident

2010-02-10T19:42:00.005+08:00

R.I.P.
Despair Bun
February 2010 ~ February 2010

1) I got into an accident today. ._.

2) On another note, I haven't been visiting my own blog on a daily basis. I'm so ashamed of myself. Hell, I don't even get one Cbox message a day anymore. =(

3) Maybe I should update more often.

5) Maybe not. D:

6) MATHS TEST TOMORROW.

7) Aiyo, I'm still having sleepless nights. It's not exactly sleepless, but I wake up feeling worse than before going to sleep. D:

8) I'm still emo-ing over that stupid crush thing. WTC! D:

8.1) WTC stands for What The Crap. :)

9) I've been using the emo-face emoticon a lot recently. It's the one that's gonna appear at the end of this line. D:

10) I feel a tad bit happier when I blog with a list. :D

11) MATHS TEST TOMORROW.

- - -

Tonight, marks a new colour of emotions to be understood.

By the way, did you know that screaming into a pillow really loudly really helps letting out your frustration? I feel liberated. Really really liberated. Well, the tears that comes after the shouting needs to be taken care first, of course. :)

I feel as though I can achieve anything as long as I try. I really do. So, I'll bring up the courage and I will do what I need to do to stop this 'madness'. :D

A million and one,
Each vivid and clear.

I struggle to understand what I'm supposed to do, the frustration that I built up for nothing. The answer is simple, yet I made it so complicated. If things weren't supposed to happen, then so be it.

- - - End emo - - -

I'M HAPPY.
ARTHUR IS HAPPY. :)

cheerioseets, arty.

dead

2010-02-08T21:17:00.003+08:00

Why is life so colourful?

I'm dying. Sort of like suffocating/ asphyxiating, but less dramatic and more realistic. D:

I'm tired of everything, for now.

There's nothing that excites me anymore.

There's nothing that intrigues me.

Nothing. )':

cheerioseets, arty.

♪ Currently playing ♫
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No 3, Opus 30 III Finale Alla breve

posing

2010-02-07T00:38:00.004+08:00

I miss my Kaki Blue friends. :)
Shot at The Saffron, Sentul.

- - -

I wanna treat my mom on her birthday. With my first paycheck! :)

Yeah, I haven't used the money I got from Kaki Blue yet. HAHA. :D

(Talking to thin air:) Sorry for the lack of updates. Been one hell of a week HAHA. Or rather, the new year, 2010 has been really bad for me. It's tiring, and stressful.

I'm stressed over the fact that I haven't gotten a single offer from any universities that I applied to.

I'm stressed also because that I have to send three different portfolios to three other universities that JUST requested them. Due date is in four weeks. Wtf. D:

I'm stressed because I'm single and I will be celebrating Single Awareness Day on Valentines Day and CNY. :O

I'm stressed because my parents fought this morning over me. )':

I'm stressed because I'm not asleep even though it's like, 2AM and I'm supposed to wake up at 8.30AM!

I'm stressed because I'm stressing over all the wrong things. HAHA.

Anyways, I was looking through my pictures. This was part of a picture series that we took at Jack's place. Swam, then ate pizza at his apartment. :)

Tripods are so convenient. HAHA. :D

Yes, we were acting. Posing, rather. :D
THIS PICTURE MAKES ME HAPPY.

cheerioseets, arty.

shut

2010-02-03T21:55:00.003+08:00

Shut up already! D:
Stop telling me what to do, and what not to do! =(

- - -

Yi Wenn got that constipation bun for me when she went to Hong Kong last week. :)

I haven't been sleeping well recently. I'll try a different approach to sleeping today.

I'm not looking forward to anything recently. I'm in that phase again. The one where I don't effing care about anything anymore. I hope I snap out of this soon, though. It really is a drag.

- - -

What do you do when you meet someone you found really cute?

I would really want to know. The new intake is giving me a headache. I'm just gonna go straight to the point:

I like this person who I found was cute. But then...

People tell me that looks aren't everything. Sides, I don't really believe in love at first sight. It's scary. Disturbing too. Then what's the point of stalking good-looking people?

I'm giving up, it doesn't matter
What I think, what I do
Because it will not suffice
To get me what I want.

I suck at poems.

cheerioseets, arty.

shy

2010-01-31T20:31:00.002+08:00

This morning. Before the hair cut. xD
I haven't been smiling a lot in pictures recently. I wonder why. :D

Zomg. I'm happy yet not very happy. I was happy that I had a great time chatting with lotsa people last night. I'm unhappy because my eyebags aren't going away cause I've been sleeping at 2 every night/ morning.

I was waiting for 3 hours for my mom at the hairdresser today. Well, yeah, I had my hair cut, which is pretty much nothing like the picture I took this morning. It's almost as short as when I had my hair shaved off last year. Sort of like that. :D

Anyways, I was waiting for my mom, so I went to Popular to get some stationeries for my brother and myself. THEN THEN. I saw this book, "How to Feel Confident."

It was like, "Shit, I've just gotta read that book!"

..and so I did. All these while I've been worried about what others might think of me when I'm walking past them, but in actuality, they, too, are worried about what I think of them. I'm just gonna believe in that. Don't spoil it for me. :)

The book also said some stuff about asking myself questions during my absolute free time. I've been doing this for the past few months, actually. Now that I've finally found a book explaining why I've been doing this, it actually makes me feel happy that I'm not the only one feeling this way. Maybe it's the shy part of people that the author emphasizes on.

The author also mentioned that even if someone appears to be an extrovert, greeting people when they first meet them and do not appear shy at all (LIKE MEEE), they actually do suffer a lot inside. Everything that the author used to describe these "people" was actually applicable to myself. D:

So yeah, people.

I'M SHY.

Anime cosplayers. Not shy, but very shy. :D

cheerioseets, arty.

try

2010-01-30T23:58:00.000+08:00

The sky is a lovely sight. Outside my window. It was a Sunday morn. :)

It's not that rare of a sight. I think that we really miss out the beautiful things in life. If you can miss out these big, beautiful cloud formations in the sky, can you imagine the small, gorgeous things that we have easily ignored?

I'm not one to tell people how to enjoy their lives and all, but I guess appreciating the small things in life is important as well. I've been ignoring lotsa things recently. The people around me especially. I'm not sure why either.

I don't wanna come up with a whole list of reasons as to why I'm being anti-social to some people and others not. I guess I'm just picky. I'm pretty *shy* when it comes to talking to people I want to talk to. It's either, 1) I think they're too good-looking to be my friends, or 2) I'm just scared they'll have a bad impression of me.

I think I try too hard sometimes.

cheerioseets, arty.

huggers

2010-01-29T23:35:00.003+08:00

I spend too much time there. :O

The weekend is here already. Kill me please. :D

I have no idea how many times I've used that phrase HAHA. But oh well. :)

TODAY TODAY. I had our very first Tree Huggers' meeting for the year with Kee Aik. It was.. Better than expected. A lot of people turned up and most of them are actually excited about the activities that we're gonna be doing this year.

We've already started planning for Jog For Hope this year. I hope it'll be just as successful as the one that we had last year. Minus the problems and everything else that we encountered. Since we have the experience now, it should technically be easier for us. :P

Aiyo, Tree Huggers. I ♥ you. :D

- - -

Die. Physics test that I didn't study for was so hard. *insert unsmiley here*

I kinda hate Physics now. Not because the teacher sucks or anything (Well, she does. :D) but because the topics scream "Wtf!" in your face just from reading the introduction. That's the fun part of Physics, I guess. Knowing how things work and how they're done. ♥

Circular motion; Electric Fields; Gravitational Potential Energy; Oscillations. Sigh. I hope I won't fail this test. I'm so not used to failing anything. Except Sejarah. :D

- - -

Random lamp @ Old Town. :D

Completely random post, I know. I have every right to do so, right? :D

Omg, I finally yawned. I can go to sleep now! (:

cheerioseets, arty.

satisfied

2010-01-26T19:48:00.003+08:00

Regarding my AS Level results.

I'm satisfied with what I have. :)

- - -

Taylor's University College Main Campus ECA Drive Day

What a mouthful. Seriously. :O

Aiyo, tired. I was at the main campus as a representative from Editorial Board of Taylor's College Sri Hartamas. :D

Purpose: ~~Stalk good looking people~~ Observe how the ECA Drive Day is run in comparison to the one we had in our campus last Friday. :P

Capoeira performance. SO AWESOME CAN. :D

I had fun la, lotsa freebies as well. :D

I met so many people, which I can't really list all out here. But I know I met my mom's Goddaughter there as well as friends that I haven't seen for more than half a year. :P

Other than that, I spent most of my time hanging out with Miss Dachaini and the Marketing department staffs. :D

OH, the best part of the trip was the jam at Sri KL. We were supposed to go into the road after Sri KL BUT it was the time after school and there were so many cars parked before the turning into the road that we needed to go to. The best part? We thought that the parked cars were actually waiting for the traffic light. So we waited, and waited, and waited, and waited. Then we realized that the cars were actually parked by the roadside. What an experience.

ANYHOOS.

Congrats to Sheng and Gee. :)

cheerioseets, arty.

poke

2010-01-24T16:52:00.007+08:00

Rant post. You need not read. D:

- - -

Today is Mew Mew's day out. Yes, that's her leg. :D

I've been sleeping like hell recently. If only hell would've been a bit better, I wouldn't be complaining. I'm not sure why I've been so sleepy or I'm just recovering some sleep debt over the past weeks of sleepless nights. I actually do believe in sleep debt and how much it affects my life. I kid you not.

Exam results are due to be released tomorrow at approximately 8AM in the morning, provided the CIE servers do not crash and burn as my friends had said. I really hope not. I really wanna know how badly I've done in the exam. I just realized how important my AS exam results are. How they play a significant role in the overall A Levels results. If I screw this up, I would've basically screwed my entire A Levels results. D:

I'm sorry for the bad paragraph structuring and everything. I'm just not in the mood to actually think how to write. It's so bloody hot today. The weather's been really awful to me. I don't think I'm drinking enough water either. A bowl of cendol isn't really good for my health, too.

Someone, kill me please.

On a side note, I think I should seriously start socializing IRL.

Speaking in acronyms or abbreviations are signs of online social addiction. IRL stands for "In Real Life." That's how bad my case has become. I need to start socializing in real life. It's as if my online self has a life of it's own. *online online online*

I've met lotsa people during the past week and I would really love to get to know them. Non-online-ly. I've got some of the new students from the January '10 intake on my Facebook account and it's sad that I have to talk to them that way, instead of IRL.

Sometimes I wonder if I can live without Facebook. Many of my friends would immediately hit me with a "NO" smack hard centre in my face without a single hint of hesitation. That's how addicted I am to online social networking. =(

I'm so not proud of it.

I'm not afraid. I really am not afraid. D:

It's not that I do not want to smile. I just don't have a reason to anymore. Apart from all the normal "I'm grateful to be alive," or the "I'm grateful to even have clothes to wear!" type of reasons, I'm actually unhappy about some parts of my life. Especially the loner part of me.

You might say that I'm not a loner cause I speak to the people who needs people to talk to, but most of the time, people don't even talk to me by themselves. I have to approach people to talk to me. It's an issue that I alone will understand. I doubt anybody will be able to understand that. Not one person has spoken to me regarding this. Maybe because they don't see the need to? I don't know. Aiyo, I'm not thinking straight right now. I swear the heat is really getting to me.

Fudge this. I wanna enjoy life. Let me enjoy life.

I want somebody to enjoy life with. Friends, maybe?

Someone special would be nice too. )':

cheerioseets, arty.

doomz

2010-01-23T17:23:00.006+08:00

Happae 19th Barfday, Jessica Mak! :)

I went straight to Palate Palette after ECA Drive Day from college to celebrate Jessica's 19th birthday with her. Little did I know, the birthday girl herself came late. Haha. :D

Well, we had fun introducing ourselves to each other as Jessica wasn't there yet. At least I knew one of them that was there. The guy in the checkered shirt in the picture above is a friend I met at KLPAC Open Day, Justin. :D

I was really really tired and I lost my voice cause I was getting students to join the Photography Club that I'm currently helping to revive. I feel uber lazy last night. Hence, the thought of socializing just made me even more emo. Sigh. I don't think I've ever been this quiet in my life. T.T

But it was like a pseudo-reunion thing, I guess. Kaki Blue peeps she invited.

I look like shit. I always do. =(
But you guys look fabulous. :D

College has been hectic recently. I could only get like 3- 4 hours of sleep everyday for the past two weeks. I may not be in Student Council or anything, but I really felt like I was. (Though I really do not want to be in Student Council.)

I napped for about 3 hours plus without knowing the time just now. Then how did I come up with that figure? Iono. Just a hunch, I guess. *tired tired*

One of the pics that I was trying to sell on ECA Drive Day.

No one bought it. I'm cheerfully depressed.

One, the Tree Huggers Club won best booth and we got RM200 for that.
Two, no one bought my pictures. I can't even cover the printing cost. Sigh.
Three, I managed to get about 60 odd members. So that makes me happy.
Four, my AS exam results are coming out on Monday, the 25th. =(

Therefore, I'm cheerfully depressed.

See that? That's like, two good things and two bad things going on simultaneously. I don't know how I'm supposed to feel. Sigh.

AS exam results gonna be online on Monday! GRR.
8AM. 25th of January 2010.
The end of Arthur Chia.

uncheerioseets, arty.

tank

2010-01-19T22:11:00.000+08:00

Life is like a tank of water. It's gotta run out in the end. D:

cheerioseets, arty.

wedding

2010-01-18T22:42:00.003+08:00

A wedding gift for my friend which I went over the weekend. :)

It's my first friend's wedding. It means that I'm getting old as my friends are already old enough to get married. Her name's Ain and she's 23 years old this year.

Just saying. :)

CONGRATULATIONS, AIN.

It's also part of my portfolio. HAHA. :D

- - -

Okay, so I lied. I've been emoing recently cause no one wants to talk to me. It makes me sad, but it's the truth. I'm not sociable.

Face the fact, I really hate approaching someone to talk to them. But that is what you need to do to make friends! Grr. Annoying much.

*annoyed*

cheerioseets, arty.

ugly

2010-01-15T22:26:00.005+08:00

This is Kah Fai. His blog is privatized. Even I can't see it. D:

But he's a classmate of mine. A very nice one at that.

Random post for today. Cause I'm emo and it's not doing me any good. Just pictures. I wanna be happy. I WANNA BE HAPPY. OKAY? :D

My theory is that:

Arthur's Theory of Emoticons and Happiness:
The more happy emoticons you use, the happier you are.

..But pictures of good looking people makes me sad. I don't know why.

Miss Tina, Ian and Miss Dee, our new ECA director.
She's so cool. Part-time model too. :)

..and the ugly one. I won a bottle and got a free can of Revive isotonic drink. :O
Yeah, I was wearing all blue today. ~~Including my underwear~~.

Hell, I think even my brother's toothbrush is better looking than me. :P

Thus, I bought myself some oily unhealthy food to make myself feel better.

But oily food doesn't make me feel better. In fact, it actually makes me feel worse cause I'll get a sore throat, grow fatter and even get some pimples! Grr.

College life has been terribly irritating. The new intake has made the new student population to be around an estimated value of seven hundred odd students in a three-floor college that is built to house roughly around a thousand students.

I don't think I can take it any longer. This new intake has granted me only headaches and more headaches as the campus is now like a giant loudspeaker. Sounds bouncing off the walls like nobody's business. I got a 9.8 magnitude throbbing headache just from the sound. It was like hitting the back of my head countless of times without sympathy or whatsoever.

I had to take a break from Maths class as well. I couldn't freaking concentrate.

Sigh. I hope it all ends soon though. Like, they finally settle down to college life and actually stop making so much noise and start paying attention in class. That'd be great, really.

I hope I'll be happy over the weekend. Bad week. Bad noise. Bad headache.

cheerioseets, arty.

sick

2010-01-13T21:18:00.001+08:00

Orientation. :)

Meh. I'm not feeling well mentally again. I don't know why. Don't ask me. :O

cheerioseets, arty.

brother

2010-01-12T20:44:00.005+08:00

My brother doesn't usually smile..

BUT..

:D :D :D LOL.

China trip '09.

I love my brother because he doesn't show that he cares.
I love my brother because he always gets mad at me, but try to be less angry.
I love my brother because he drives me around when I don't have a car to drive.
I love my brother because he takes care of me when I'm sick.
I love my brother because he tries to take care of my when I'm sick. :P
I love my brother because he's so shy when it comes to strangers. Especially cashiers. LOL.
I love my brother because we wrap Mew Mew in a blanket yesterday and laughed all the way.
I love my brother because he memang cannot be replaced. :D

I would tell all of this to him, but he'll just shrug it off with an "Okay."

So I'm keeping it for his funeral. :)

- -

On a completely different note, I was at the Taylor's January '10 Orientation today!

So tense for what! xD

It was fun overall, for them and for us it was just so effing tiring. T.T

Congrats to the Student Council! Not all of them are here though.

cheerioseets, arty.

wrap

2010-01-11T23:31:00.002+08:00

That's Mew Mew. That's what my brother and I do when we're bored. ^^

Oh well. POSTER DESIGN. Haha! I've been so fixated on getting LIKEs for my poster design. xD

Here's what I need you guys to do:

FIRST THING'S FIRST!

1) Become a fan of PC Guru Malaysia here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/PC-Guru-Malaysia/189481291750

2) Then go to my design and LIKE it! http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3766073&id=189481291750

I need at least 800 LIKES to secure the winning spot! XD Get your friends to help me too! ;D

Thanks. :)

cheerioseets, arty.

family

2010-01-09T23:15:00.002+08:00

Cousin's birthday at my house.

Just a small dinner. My mom's cooking's the better out of all 5 siblings. XD

Today's been a really interesting day. I spent half of my day outside the house instead of promoting my poster design on Facebook. My mom was being unusually rude today. But it's okay. I'm already used to it and it's okay for family members to be in a bad mood once in a while.

As a family, we should be tolerant for things like this so we can do the same to them the next time. :)

Anyways, I spent the rest of my day doing this:

Here's what I need you guys to do:

poster

2010-01-08T19:55:00.006+08:00

My poster design! :D

I'm pretty sure most of you has heard about the SPAM I've been spreading on MSN.

Truth be told, it's my first time participating in a competition like this! I mean, I've always been sucky at competitions but this time I really wanna win!

How did it all start? My brother sent me a link over on MSN about this competition. So I decided to read up on it. Mind you, that was on Monday. The deadline for the competition is 5PM today. At that time, I thought it would be a bit too rushed for me.

BUT YEAH. In the end, I decided at 12AM this morning to participate haha. And so, after 3 hours of drawing something out, I came up with the design above. AND SO.

Here's what I need you guys to do:

365

2010-01-07T20:55:00.002+08:00

2009 was a good year, I guess. :)
Yi Wenn wrote that on the wall btw. LOL.

I made many new friends in 2009. Most of which I truly enjoy spending my time with. My classmates, Kaki Blue people, T4YP 09 and others.

I improved as an individual as well. I learned more about myself. What I can and can't do, my limitations as a friend. I can't really explain what I feel overall, but it's just that general happy feeling about yourself. I really hope I get more of that this year.

I'm turning freaking nineteen this year. That's how old I'm gonna be in about 10 months time. Sigh.

TWO ZERO ZERO NINE.

I wanna:-

ONEGrowAsAHumanTWOGrowAsAnArtist
THREEPassMyPianoDiplomaFOURLoseFiveKayGee
FIVEGetStraightA'sForMyA'sSIXGetIntoAGoodUni
SEVENStayStrong!

Iza took this last year. ♥

I just realized a lot of people are taking up Project 365. But I'm not. Should I? LOL.

cheerioseets, arty.

lightroom

2010-01-06T00:14:00.004+08:00

Chaozhou back alley. In front of my uncle's house. :D China.

I guess I went *a bit* overboard with Adobe Lightroom. I just downloaded Lightroom 2.5 an hour back and maaaan, kinda confusing at first but it's fun to play with.

It's so much more easier to edit photos with Lightroom and Photoshop. I kinda regret not getting it earlier. I'm gonna start getting used to using Lightroom from now on. Uber amazing program!

Anyways, off to bed for me now. Editorial Board meeting at 2PM today. D:

College starting again next Tuesday! SO EXCITED. :D

- - Edit - -

The post above was written at 12 something in the morning. Hence, this one below is the morning post. :D

- - / Edit - -

What I did for Christmas

..was that I was hanging out with my family in Chaozhou, Guangdong, China. :)

Of course, my uncle's birthday fell on Christmas day as well. Major coincidence, but we had very very good food at Baker's Hotel there. Traditional Chaozhou food. Familiar to me cause I kinda grew up eating those food. xD

But since I spent my Christmas in China, I didn't do anything Christmas-y apart from the family time. So, I bought myself a webcam. But I haven't used it much since I bought it, except for my new MSN Dynamic Display Picture. xD

I was feeling like shit this morning, after dropping off my mom at work cause of the horrible, horrible traffic. The camwhore in me decided to take over. I guess it's like a self-defense mechanism. In order to save my camwhoreness from losing out, it took over me and I had the compelling urge to camwhore.

It's all true, believe me.

I printed this out on Monday, at college.
I printed another one at the printer shop thingy on A3 harder paper.
RM0.80 for the paper and RM3.50 for the printing. I need a cheaper printer shop. D:
It's for a wedding gift for my friend's wedding next Sat.
Keep it a secret aite. :)

Feeling a bit moody, hence a moody pic. Can't blame me now, can you? :D

..and yes! Bloody hell. My legs are huge. HAHA.

Meh. Editorial Board meeting at 2PM later. I'm so looking forward to it. D:

cheerioseets, arty.

kong

2010-01-05T11:07:00.002+08:00

Taking the train to Mongkok (Hong Kong) was pretty awesome.

It's good enough that we didn't have to follow a tour guide. But traveling to Hong Kong by train? I don't think you'd get that with tours. xD

I wish I could've brought some back but I didn't buy any in the first place. :P

The roads were pretty crowded. Just like Chow Kit. But my mom posed anyways. :)

The street where I got my jacket dirty cause I squatted to take this picture. =(

After walking around the north part of Hong Kong, we stopped at the mall on the right to go weewee. :D

But meh. That place reminds me of KL. I did enjoy everything else though. The time we spent looking for a shop to eat WANTAN MEE. The wantans are the size of a golf ball. Bigger, in fact.

The ones back in KL? The size of my thumb.

cheerioseets, arty.

chaozhou

2010-01-03T21:56:00.004+08:00

A bridge in Chaozhou. Where my ancestors lived.

China is a nice place. Especially when you don't have to follow a tour. I spent more time with my cousin's family though. China isn't that bad when you have relatives there. :)

My nephew, the glutton.

My uncle, the birthday boy. :)

cheerioseets, arty.

fireworks

2010-01-01T02:36:00.005+08:00

01/01/2010 00:06
1/2 Shutter speed without a tripod. I damn giler babi proud. xD

The booms at Tropicana City Mall.

Blue fireworks. So special. :D
1/2 shutter speed without tripod! Heh. ♥

Happy New Year! :)

A lot of things happened this year. Some that I'm proud of, and some that I'm not. It's kinda stupid if you regret doing those things, but what's the point of regretting?

Time doesn't rewind just for you. You might as well plan out what you should try to do to prevent it from happening again in the future. That's what I think.

I'm not about to list out the various things that I've done throughout this year, nor do I want to boast about the achievement that brought me thus far. I've still got a long way to go. 20 odd days more to my AS results which I'm deathly afraid of. I didn't do my best and I think it'll bring dire consequences to me. But too late for regrets, huh? :)

Too many things to look forward to this year. I really can't wait for the end of 2010 and sit in front of the computer, looking through the pictures that will bring these changes for the new year.

Have a great new year, everybody! :)

cheerioseets, arty.

year

2009-12-31T18:25:00.002+08:00

Rawr. Wish me luck!

New Year

The stuff that we learnt,
It never leaves our side.

The people that we meet,
They will come and go.

The growth that we make,
It helps us succeed.

Much time has elapsed,
Three hundred sixty five (and a quarter) days.

Embrace the new,
And need not forgo the old.

A time to celebrate, a time to cheer,
A time to cherish them all with beer.
With this I leave the best of this year,
To all who toast with me, this cheer!

Happy New Year!

cheerioseets, arty.

china

2009-12-27T20:31:00.001+08:00

China was awesome. Wallpaper. :)

Going relative's house now. Brb. :D

cheerioseets, arty.

stare

2009-12-18T15:51:00.003+08:00

Shut up. I haven't camwhored in ages and I think I deserve the right to. :P

Today, the most interesting thing(s) happened to me. I was at Robinsons at Gardens. Then this girl was walking to my direction, towards the escalator. Then, she waved.

The only natural thing for me to do was to wave back and so I did. She looked kinda familiar, but I can't put a name to her face. She suddenly realized that I might not know her, so she quickly walked towards the escalator and pretended that this never happened.

When we reached down to the next floor, she was staring intently at a rack of clothes that wasn't very interesting at all. So.. I don't know whether I know her or not. xD

THEN. It happened again. This time all the way downstairs outside Cold Storage. My mom and I were looking through the fake Christmas trees and lights. Then then then right, this girl was walking through the aisle with her guy friend and she stopped.

She turned her head around and looked straight at me. I looked back, of course.

We were like,

*stare*

*stare*

*stare*

..for at least 10 seconds. Which seemed longer at the moment, of course.

Meh. I don't know what it is, but it has been a REALLY weird day today. Heh. :D

cheerioseets, arty.

notebook

2009-12-17T23:45:00.002+08:00

I can haz a new handmade 56-page notebook made from recycled materials. :)

That and Blogger's uploader failed me again. It resized my pictah. ._. Uploaded this to Imageshack heh. :D

Well, at least I did something productive today. :P

cheerioseets, arty.

cheerioseets, arty.

you

2009-12-16T23:38:00.001+08:00

The side of the room that I spend a lot of time at.

On a strangely unrelated note:

I like... you.

cheerioseets, arty.

hug

2009-12-16T09:28:00.001+08:00

I really need a long hug right now. :(

uncheerioseets, arty.