Mirrors everywhere

STEREOTYPES. No it has nothing to do with audio, stereo, or hi-fi systems. Hm, stereotypes are basically an image of a person that comes to mind when being mentioned of its kind, if that made any sense. Examples.

Nerd stereotypes : Glasses, neat hair, bookworm, scores As' in every subject, quiet, seldom see the sun.

Rich girl stereotypes : Princess life style, takes about 1 hour to comb her hair, will die upon contacting dirt, pink, dresses.

Ah beng stereotypes : Legs wide apart, swinging arms like chimpanzees, coloured hair, vulgarity, tight clothes, motorcycle.

Yea you get the idea. And lately in our community, I can see a new generation of stereotypes rising. Haha.

Malaysian chinese teen girl stereotype : Self-taken photos, act cute, fail in acting cute, act shy, straight hair, loves to 撒娇 (I'm not sure how to say that in english), likes taiwan shows and last but not least... goes crazy over korean guys.

Malaysian chinese guys stereotype : Act cool, try to look as innocent as possible in photos, gel/moose/wax/cream, and of course.... DOTA.

I'm not saying it's good or not to be a stereotype but I think that many actually try to become one. I think that they're not confident in themselves and therefore wants to be like others, or think that it is 'cooler' to be one of them.

To me, this is wrong wrong wrong. People should not be afraid to be different. And the word different, why do you think people use it? Because there's a norm that defines what everyone should be like. And therefore everyone's sticking to it. People have to get that out of their heads. Stop following the trends. Stop living in the shadows of others. Be yourself. Life's too short to be anyone else.

Stay true. =)

Emptyshellified

I have a lot of things that I can think of to blog about but none fits my mood today, I'll save it for another day when I'm me.

Holidays is a fun thing. You get to hang out with your friends, chill out, and just have a great time enjoying yourself. Though it seems that it gives too much free time. My mind starts to wander.

Here, there, everywhere.

Like a monkey out of its cage. Messing up EVERYTHING. Wreaking havoc from within.

I need to stay still. stay calm. collect my thoughts. And delete them. Permanantly.

The good thing is I'm not a person who gets emotional easily and acts emotionally. I can easily realise that my thoughts are plain stupid and snap out of it. But the real question is do I want to? Do I want to act rationally or let myself indulge in my wishfulness? That's my problem.

I know my problem. I will solve it.

All I need to know is HOW.

And the cars stopped

Am I seeing signs?
Clues left behind?
Hallucinating reality?
Is this the only exception?
Or is it just wishful thinking?
Can I walk now?
I wish I knew

It. Not it. It. Not it. It. Not it. IT?

I wish I could shut up
I mean my mind
or rather my brain
Stop giving me thoughts
Stop thinking
Stop working
Ah just go dead
I won't mind
I'll fight myself
And I'll win
But do I want to?
I wish I knew



Nonsensical not poetical.

Lightyear

Alright! Back in Malaysia. Was in Singapore. Fun time with my friends. Jia Min, Ler Ling, Yi Yong, Ci Jyue, Hau Kit, Jia En and I. Needless to say it was a hell lot of fun. Of course I'm very tired. Could sleep any time right n...zzzzz.

Long story short. We went to the Annex in the Science Centre in Jurong East. Pixar's 20th year anniversary exhibition. Showcasing a ton of Pixar film's artwork, sketches, drafts, animation, 3D concepts, short films etc. Animated films undergo countless times of remaking, redesigning, modifying and editing. Apparently, the crew had to work much harder compared to that of real life movies. Anyway, it was certainly interesting.

It rained. Got wet. Reached Plaza Singapura. And I was reunited with my long lost cream puff. Loved it. LOVED IT. Um. Lunched at food court. Shopped here and there. Bought some accesories for my ipod, picked up 2 decks. One of which is the Smoke And Mirrors V4. OH MY GOD. That is the epidemy of card elegance. It's not produced anywhere in the world anymore. So believe me when I say that I'll not open and use it. I bought the Smoke And Mirrors V1 2 years ago. The guy said that now it fetches up to a price of about 100. I think it's SGD. Yeap, even mine which had already been opened. So this V4 baby is going to make me big bucks in the future.

Orchard was alright. Walked here and there, everywhere. Went back to JB Jusco. Black Canyon was not that bad, but again not that good. Whooo, what a day. Back at home. Chill out.

P.S : I lend Ler Ling my sweater. She wore it pretty much the whole day. And actually brought it home.

*Pictures are at my facebook profile*

Yu-le-hu-le-hey

Yay I'm back from the outing with my friends. It was quite fun.

CJ + Jia En + Ler Ling + Wei Bin + His gf (Yea, no need so surprise) + Haukit + Me = FUN

We watched Prince of Persia! Overall it was not bad. and OH MY GOD. PRINCESS TAMINA! She's really really pretty! I melted a bit. I thought that she resembles a character named 'Fields' in Quantum of Solace, the latest James Bond film. She looked better in Quantum of Solace with red hair. After googling, they really are acted by the same actress! Gemma Artenton. To my surprise, Fields' full name is Strawberry Fields. Hah. Strawberry Field Forever!!! (In case you don't know Strawberry Fields Forever is a song by The Beatles.) Anyway, she made the movie worthwhile. =)

And there's a Popular sales on ground floor. Took a look there. I bought the Simpsons' movie soundtrack (laugh all you want, I'm me.) and Beatles string play (thought that it would interesting to listen to) for under RM20. Totally worth it.

We had a lot of food. I had mix grilled curry rice for lunch and a tiramisu + 2 slices of large-size pizza for tea time. Satisfied I am of course.

Though when we got back, the taxi driver katok-ed us.

Driver : RM20.
Wei Bin : Why not follow meter?
Driver : Nah, meter spoiled.
Driver pressed to off the meter which just so happens to be 'spoiled'. Reached Perling. Just about to get off the cab.
Driver : Hmm, masuk Perling dalam ah? Tambah sikit la, RM22.
Me : Do not compromise! (in chinese)
CJ : *Hands him another extra RM5* What a goooooood boy. -.-
Driver : *Gives back RM2.*
CJ : Bukan RM22?
Driver : *Gives back another RM1*

WHAT THE HELL. Had not I been in a hurry to tuition, I would got off the cab the minute when he said that the meter is spoiled and I saw it working. Grrrr. I'm a consumer and I know my rights. Idiot cab driver.

7... 8....... 9............ 10!

Oh finally. Some actions going on. I'm going out with my friends tomorrow. Movies and a mole of fun. Yea 6x 10^ 23 is a lot of fun!

And on Friday. I'll be in Singapore. Pixar Animations exhibition at the Science Center. Yay Pixar! 20 years of animation! If you don't recall, Pixar films are the ones which start off with a jumping table lamp, yea that one. It's going to be a great deal of fun. Looking forward to it.

And next week. Hoping to go Singapore again. Hopefully to catch Toys Story 3 in 3D! I have always liked Toys Story. To infinity and beyond! Of course, I also want to stock up on decks. I think I'll go for the more practical and durable ones instead of those fancy collector's item this time round.

I still gotta write my chinese essay. Ah bummer. I suck at writing essays. Seriously I do. I even heard that what I wrote for bm essay could be considered out of topic, if so people who chose the same title as me are probably screwed as well.

Oh boring kelas tambahan. Totally pointless. The only reason I went to school is that I have nothing better to do at home. So why not chill out with my friends in class. Received some of my results, is happy with them. Mm Mt Sj. Oh why does all the not-bad results have to come out first? I thought they were suppose to be my consolations for the other subjects.

I want to have desserts. Eat it or treat it baby!

Punchline. PATCH!

I know this is not the coolest blog skin or template. But hey, it's clean, clear and it doesn't hurt my eyes. So I'll give it a chance.

I'm not one of those bloggers [mainly girls (no sexism)] who likes to use blog skins with like 1000 sparkling tiny hearts in ther blog's background. And some weird messages pop up before you can read their posts. Like uh, forever and after, you and me eternity, hold my hand bla bla bla stuff like that in chinese. And your cursor becomes some pink little... glittery... thingys. Those right there, are NOT my thing.

Anyway, I hope my post won't look too lengthy because my previous template made them look like reports. People hate reports. Just the word sounds boring and totally uninspiring. So it's time to change.

TADA!

Poooooooof *coughs*

Have you ever felt like you don't know whether to go with your intuition/instinct/feel/heart (they mean the same thing) or just to follow what your logical mind says? It's been occuring to me a hell lot. Not enjoying it.

I really need someone to tell me when to listen to which part of my brain, the conscious mind or the subconscious mind. I don't know how to make a decision right now. And that's why I have not yet done so. Still just leaving it hanging is not a resolution to this problem, or rather dilemma.

There's like an angel and a devil in my head. One says yea go go go do it, end your misery or you'll regret it. Do it while you've got the chance. And of course the other one is like no you will not act, stop being foolish, sit down and think, and think somemore, and then forget about it.

So so very dark. I don't like this post. Not me. Cloudy.

Nothing to do with anything

I just wanna blog, yea like just write crap here. So since I have nothing much to talk about, I'll reveal the origin of my blog name, Twilight Remix.

The first two words that popped up in your head when you see this title is probably EDWARD and JACOB. Though contrary to what you might think, this name that I came up with actually has nothing to do with the book or movie whatsoever. Aright let me break it down for you.

I started to blog somewhat 2 years ago, when I was form 3. I originally had the idea to set up a blog of mine is because... *drumroll*.... to jot down the lame things and joke Soon Ming said. I know, you're like "what kind of crappy reason is this?". Well. It's not my entire reason to blog, but it got me started. That is why this blog was initially named ice--joker (ice-joker was unavailable). Sooming likes to joke, and his jokes are as cold as the place in the fridge where you make ice in, so I settled with this name.

After some while, I started to treat this blog like a real blog, an online journal I would say. So I wanna make it my own, thus I changed its name. Oh yea one thing is that I feel that ice--joker somehow sounds game-ish, like one of those xXsuperdragonwarriorXx35948y394_00353 you'll find in online games.

Then it hit me. TWILIGHTREMIX. Sophisticated. Hard to spell. Hard to remember. Gee come to think of it, what a lousy name. Anyway, I knew this word TWILIGHT before the book and movie came out. There was a tv show called Twilight like about 10 years ago, and I really liked that word. And soon after I started to do card magic, I created an effect where a card pops out after a series of cuts. I named it Twilight. I modified the effect, making it into a four-card-production, thus Twilight Remix. So yea why not name my blog after my trick.

Wow it's been 2 years plus now. Still going strong, going hard. =)

This post was so not intrigueing. Ish.

Pinky promise =)

Well well well look what we have here : ME. uh yea just me.

Finally, three gruelling weeks of torture, torment, non-stop-liquid-papering, head scratching, heart pounding, book disgesting week is OVER. (Right now I can hear like cheers and applause behind me.) And yes I'm as high as the ozone layer in the stratosphere which the CFC break up and that I drew the diagram wrongly causing me to lose 6 marks. That's how high I am.

Anyways, a summary on the exam. Everything was fine. Bio and Chinese was freaking hard. I don't even wanna talk about it. But one conclusion that I gained from this exam. For science subjects, there will probably we one easy paper, one moderately tough paper, and one super difficult paper. So yea if you see paper 1 and 3 easy, then you're pretty much screwed for paper 2. At least that's what I have observed throughout this exam. And shoutout to all those tip-takers, please score better than me to prevent me for despising you. I mean what kind of student can not score well when they already know the questions? Much love. =)

A lot of stuff happened during the exam period. One of which is the T-shirt issue. I'm really fed up with it. It seems that people are out of obstrust my plans. Anyways, I don't plan continue that failed project. Not that I'm giving up, just that if I were to make it work, I would have to change almost every aspect of it. In the end, I will not like it, the buyers will not like, and it'll be vastly different from my original idea. Thus, it has no meaning, no point. Maybe I'll blog about it some other time, I don't want this jovial post to become a rant. SMILES!

This holidays will be a busy one. I'll have to design the notice board for the club, I'll write an english article for dinamik ( if you know me well you'll know what it'll be about), and hopefully also that kind of rhyme or rap thingy about the whole class, that would be nice. Uh I wanna go to Singapore, for sure. Well sure I'd be more than glad for you to join me. A bunch of movies are a must, but in the end I'll probably watch only one or two. I'm editing videos as well, hopefully to shoot more. Card card card. You have no idea how hard it is to shoot a 30-second card magic video and most importantly, to make it look good-slick-cool-astounding-flawless-mind-blowing-awesome. And non-boring. That about sums up my holiday plans.

Oh yea my dad wants to bring me to see the Beatlemania concert, I wanna see LU CHEN in Singapore. Hopefully I'll get a chance to do so.