Recap from yesterday.
Boohoo. I didn't get to Pinji's BBQ. Boohoo.
...Lets start from the beginning.
I went to school yesterday, and met up with the other kendokas, namely Kaza, Riku, Jynn and three Form 2 kedokas whose names I finally knew, Syazni, Hafiz and Syafiq. We were gathering to discuss about the upcoming CCA Closing Ceremony where we are going to do a kendo presentation. There were obviously not many of us who participated, despite having 25 so-called active members.
Yeah, blabla we went to the gym for practice and rehearsal. The event was two days away, minus Friday, so we were sort of in a rush. Even today, we are still deciding what the arrangements should be.
So in the end, yeah. Everything went...not-so-smoothly, got tons of "mou ichidooooo~!!!" from Jynn, hahaha. But we did actually had fun getting to know the omgimustresistbeingapedo, adorable juniors. I seriously can not be paired up with Kaza. Every time I look at her face and she looks at mine, we would burst out laughing. She thinks I look like Doraemon and I think she just looks...amusing?
Everything was packed up at noon, when I decided to go home to Kaza's, since we're having training that night and so that Pau doesn't have to go all the way to my house. Haha and at Kaza's house, ummmmm yeah. We got comfy in blankets hanging out in her living room, which I really like, and yeah. Haha me being the listener and she telling stories about her dearly beloved. She kept on covering her face with her blanket while talking about him, Surely, I'm sure anyone would have gone "awww" seeing that. Okay, now that she's found hers, she's like eff confident that "anyone will someday find their one, and you will too." Who the hell turned her into such a romantic?! >0
And so blablabla went to training. We were half an hour late since we went to pick up Nazz, but I got the front seat! HAHA to you, Riku! XD When we arrived at the dojo, they haven't even started yet. So yeah. After a few more minutes of not doing anything, we finally warmed up and off to the real thing. Lim Han asid he'll divide us into two groups, i.e for those who want to do intensive training and those who wants to do waza.
I felt weak, lazy and sleepy since I didn't get my afternoon nap, so I opted to waza. XD Riku, Far, Hafiz and Dillah were with us and we went to the next squash hall. And man. I should've known what the training would be like since this is Lim Han we're talking about. We learnt 5 new wazas. I don't know what they're called because Lim Han didn't name them, but they were seriously advanced. All 5 wazas used the shortcut cuts, and agility and speed is required. I had neither. If you don't call that intensive training I don't know what is. And since we have to do 20 times for each waza, which means doing 20 times fumikomi leap stamp, which therefore means 100 times fumikomi for the whole thing, it's no surprise that my left foot got blisters.
TIME WAS RUNNING OUTTTTT BY THEN. It was already 9.30 when we finally ended. And then there was an unexpected meeting after that which meant we can't leave early. So basically the whole thing ended at 10PM. We were supposed to be at home by 10PM. So there was no way we could go to Pinji's. I felt sad. Riku, Kaza and Pau felt bad. Hafiz was only thinking about the free food which he couldn't get. I just felt realy guilty because both of us were looking forward to meeting each other, and the food too. ...Yeah.
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Now, off to day.
I was woken up at 7. Being so exhausted last night, I didn't even wake up around 6 plus, which is what I normally do automatically. And yes, I have SCHOOL. Meaning, I was LATE. More practicing. Today we only started training after break time, in the audi. Emm. Getting better, I guess. Uh...hahaha. I kept on making minor mistakes. Our stuff was at the back at the audi. Sir Bio was there. As like many other people, he would ask how much our equipments are. But I wasn't reluctant to answer his question this time since like us kendokas, he spend lots of money on running equipments as well. Cheers for passion! XD
In the afternoon, the only ones who stayed back were Jynn, Nash, Kaza and me. So I had to be paired up with Kaza. DD: The laughter could not be suppressed. But in the end we had to get use to looking at each other. So yeah. It was okay I guess. And finally, we have a perfect arrangement. Yessss. Shall not reveal it for now. But I guess this is the best. For fairness and also time management. On our way to teacher's cafetaria, we bumped into Mr. Ray Geaorge. Turned out he practiced kendo when he was in Bali for six months! Dude! He should have become our teacher-in-charge! He said he liked Kendo and wanted to do it again, but he didn't have the time. What a pity.
After that, just sat around at teacher's cafeteria, where the Karatekas were practicing and grading, that's what I heard. They're cool. Reef came and went at our table. FINALLY wnet home around 3.30. Thank God tomorrow's Friday. I need a break from kendo. There's a limit to everything, you know, even love and passion. XD I stick to reality.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Monday, November 26, 2007
CfBT Charity Run
I woke up at 6AM. Dad made us do that because we had a charity run to go to which started at 7AM. We headed for Serasa Yacht Club for the starting point. There was an option of 2KM, 5 M, and 10KM walk, run or cycle. I chose the 2KM walk. The people in the 2KM walk were the either the unfit, the lazy, or those who just wanted to well, take a walk. I was all three of them. Hey, at least I joined. For the benefit of SMARTER Brunei. XD
So anyway, when we got there, the event had just started so with no stretching whatsoever, I joined with my whole family except for Udin. I thought it would have been great if Udin had joined us since he likes to walk outside. But I guess it was too early for him and he's still asleep. He would have gone berserk if we tried to wake him up early. HAHA
And so blablabla, while listening to some songs, I walked and walked and walked. It was definitely not fresh air that I inhaled because some fish mongers were out there doing business. Booo.. And, soon as we reached the finishing point, which is back at the yacht club, we were given breakfast coupons, and then we lined up for breakfast. By that time I was already really sleepy and grumpy. And then blabla we ate breakfast, had a little speech from one of the CfBT people and from Uncle Malai.
I realised it was already 9 plus so I nudged Dad so that we can go. I had asked him to drop me at Kaza's place so that he doesn't have to go all the way to Rimba to drop me off to training.
We were in Serasa after all and just few minutes later, heck, I don't even think it was 5 minutes when we manage to find Kaza's house. So I took my stuff, changed into my gi and hakama and by the time I finished, Pau came.
I played Dynasty Warriors in the car using Kaza's PSP, but I can't see much X( And off we went to training. At training, we were back to basics. Yay, I am happy. It's just that I still bsically suck at basics especially Do cut, the cut to the abdomen. I don't know why but I still suck. And we had to do a friggin Do marathon, as in, hitting he Do on your opponent on both sides until you reach the end of the hall, and reverse. Gah. Kept on hitting the body instead of the armor. XD Gomen Shiro said to not lose eye contact. Problem is, while I was hitting his do, he kept on having this smile because of my mistakes, which made me laugh and basically lose eye contact. Dammit, be serious, will you, even though it was friggin obvious that I was making mistakes.
Yeah, and then we did kiri kaeshi. As the attacker, I can say that I don;t suck THAT much, I think, except for my footwork. Too short. XD, but as the receiver, I suck. I totally suck.
And theeeen, break. But we didn't take a break. Just...played around. The senpais were in the other squash hall and we got the space to ourselves. Yay. Had a kiai match with Fizu. And then, the stomachache started. Must be because of all the kiai-ing, but maybe also because my period =/
Fizu and Pau will do the sayu men hayasuburi while RIku and Far will find a chance to enter.
Once Pau and Fizu raises their shinais, Riku and Far will do the Hayasuburi. So both pairs bsically alternate with eachother.
As you know, hayasuburi is done at a high speed, so it was not easy to synchronize with all three partners. But in the end, they managed it. It was a spectacular sight. Even I was getting butterflies in my stomach just watching. Wish the others were there. They were in the other hall watching the senpais shiai-ing. When they finished, I clapped my hands enthusiastically. Kaza, Eddie and Nadzif-senpai who were also there clapped their hands. It was such a memorable moment. XD I tried doing it but nah, not yet. Maybe one day. I mean seriously, don't you think that's a good training technique? You get to get used to sync with your partners and at the same time increase your speed, you know, like if your partner is faster than you or slow you can try to catch up or slow down accordingly and maintain. It is just so awesome. Wonder what the senpais would say if they saw it. Hope it wouldn't mean breaking the rules or something like that. I want to try to do it too!
Yeah, and then some time later, the training ended. The people left were Riku, Kaza, Pau, Fizu, Cahya, Far, Eddiemaru (XD doesn't eddiemaru sound better than Maru?) and me. Maru complained that his parents always picked him up late so we stayed with him. Hah it was late alright. We didn't mind since I was going with Pau anyway, and Cahya and Far got their own cars.
But then, even after he was picked up, we still hung around the cars and stuff, telling stories. I was so thirsty and hot I desperately gulped Kaza's bottle of WATER down. EWWWW so people, congratulate me for drinking water. XD Haha and we didn't realise that the time was already 1.30PM. We went into the cars in a rush, and since the others in the car were feeling hot and thirsty as well, they decided to stop by at my house for some drinks. And Kaza needed some ice for her arm. It was red because of her shiai. So yeah.
At my house we stopped. I decided to let the use the downstairs area, the area where we normally use for functions and hence it looked clean and tidy. XD The aircond at the dining area did not work, so I took them to my living room where we sat around the table and had iced milo and sarsi. They each took a packet of keropok ayaym (you know, the very delicious one in green packet with a drawing of a chicken in the front, I forgot the brand) and since we have the privacy we much needed, stories poured. Riku was busy pairing us up with every kendoka she can think of, because she wanted more kendo couples, what ever that term means. XD And Pau and Kaza told us what happened to them on that particular night with a particular person. Blarrr.
They went home with their thirst satisfied and good thing they helped me carry the stuff to he kitchen. lol sorry for not being...um, a good host. XD
So anyway, when we got there, the event had just started so with no stretching whatsoever, I joined with my whole family except for Udin. I thought it would have been great if Udin had joined us since he likes to walk outside. But I guess it was too early for him and he's still asleep. He would have gone berserk if we tried to wake him up early. HAHA
And so blablabla, while listening to some songs, I walked and walked and walked. It was definitely not fresh air that I inhaled because some fish mongers were out there doing business. Booo.. And, soon as we reached the finishing point, which is back at the yacht club, we were given breakfast coupons, and then we lined up for breakfast. By that time I was already really sleepy and grumpy. And then blabla we ate breakfast, had a little speech from one of the CfBT people and from Uncle Malai.
I realised it was already 9 plus so I nudged Dad so that we can go. I had asked him to drop me at Kaza's place so that he doesn't have to go all the way to Rimba to drop me off to training.
We were in Serasa after all and just few minutes later, heck, I don't even think it was 5 minutes when we manage to find Kaza's house. So I took my stuff, changed into my gi and hakama and by the time I finished, Pau came.
I played Dynasty Warriors in the car using Kaza's PSP, but I can't see much X( And off we went to training. At training, we were back to basics. Yay, I am happy. It's just that I still bsically suck at basics especially Do cut, the cut to the abdomen. I don't know why but I still suck. And we had to do a friggin Do marathon, as in, hitting he Do on your opponent on both sides until you reach the end of the hall, and reverse. Gah. Kept on hitting the body instead of the armor. XD Gomen Shiro said to not lose eye contact. Problem is, while I was hitting his do, he kept on having this smile because of my mistakes, which made me laugh and basically lose eye contact. Dammit, be serious, will you, even though it was friggin obvious that I was making mistakes.
Yeah, and then we did kiri kaeshi. As the attacker, I can say that I don;t suck THAT much, I think, except for my footwork. Too short. XD, but as the receiver, I suck. I totally suck.
And theeeen, break. But we didn't take a break. Just...played around. The senpais were in the other squash hall and we got the space to ourselves. Yay. Had a kiai match with Fizu. And then, the stomachache started. Must be because of all the kiai-ing, but maybe also because my period =/
Haha I just have to explain this because this is so awesome. Riku, Pau, Far and Hafiz had a cool idea. I'll just let eh illustrations explain. (The illustrations were made just when I did this post, so hope you don't mind and understand it.)
This is the original position, Okay, actually this is the chuudan no kamae. Aeriel view.
Fizu and Pau will do the sayu men hayasuburi while RIku and Far will find a chance to enter.
Once Pau and Fizu raises their shinais, Riku and Far will do the Hayasuburi. So both pairs bsically alternate with eachother.As you know, hayasuburi is done at a high speed, so it was not easy to synchronize with all three partners. But in the end, they managed it. It was a spectacular sight. Even I was getting butterflies in my stomach just watching. Wish the others were there. They were in the other hall watching the senpais shiai-ing. When they finished, I clapped my hands enthusiastically. Kaza, Eddie and Nadzif-senpai who were also there clapped their hands. It was such a memorable moment. XD I tried doing it but nah, not yet. Maybe one day. I mean seriously, don't you think that's a good training technique? You get to get used to sync with your partners and at the same time increase your speed, you know, like if your partner is faster than you or slow you can try to catch up or slow down accordingly and maintain. It is just so awesome. Wonder what the senpais would say if they saw it. Hope it wouldn't mean breaking the rules or something like that. I want to try to do it too!
Yeah, and then some time later, the training ended. The people left were Riku, Kaza, Pau, Fizu, Cahya, Far, Eddiemaru (XD doesn't eddiemaru sound better than Maru?) and me. Maru complained that his parents always picked him up late so we stayed with him. Hah it was late alright. We didn't mind since I was going with Pau anyway, and Cahya and Far got their own cars.
But then, even after he was picked up, we still hung around the cars and stuff, telling stories. I was so thirsty and hot I desperately gulped Kaza's bottle of WATER down. EWWWW so people, congratulate me for drinking water. XD Haha and we didn't realise that the time was already 1.30PM. We went into the cars in a rush, and since the others in the car were feeling hot and thirsty as well, they decided to stop by at my house for some drinks. And Kaza needed some ice for her arm. It was red because of her shiai. So yeah.
At my house we stopped. I decided to let the use the downstairs area, the area where we normally use for functions and hence it looked clean and tidy. XD The aircond at the dining area did not work, so I took them to my living room where we sat around the table and had iced milo and sarsi. They each took a packet of keropok ayaym (you know, the very delicious one in green packet with a drawing of a chicken in the front, I forgot the brand) and since we have the privacy we much needed, stories poured. Riku was busy pairing us up with every kendoka she can think of, because she wanted more kendo couples, what ever that term means. XD And Pau and Kaza told us what happened to them on that particular night with a particular person. Blarrr.
They went home with their thirst satisfied and good thing they helped me carry the stuff to he kitchen. lol sorry for not being...um, a good host. XD
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Kitchen Disaster.
I BURNT THE FRICKIN CHICKEN.
Mum told me to cook this morning. But Anti Min wasn't there so I called her. I decided to cook chicken with oyster sauce. As usual, my screams are audible throughout the house as the oil "reacted violently" with the garlic and ginger I put in. I mean, I was expecting the oil to do that, but I was obviously still scared. Then I put in the onions, the chilli, chicken, some water and finally oyster sauce with the salt.
Then, I left it to cook. To play the my sister's PSP. For the next....20 minutes? Suddenly I smelled something like toasted bread. I wasn't that far off. It was the smell of burning chicken. XD So I rushed to the kitchen and tried to save the chicken. Only the surface of some pieces were burnt though. But most of the water evaporated. HAHA I remembered my maid telling me to add water to this almost burnt sausage I made, as she said it was to moisten it back? SO I thought the same thing would do for chicken. Bad results. The burnt parts of the chicken mixed with the water and gave a bitter, burnt taste to the gravy. But the taste of oyster sauce was stronger though. XD
My dad called after that to check up on me and I wailed..."IT'S BUUUURRRNNNNTTTT!!!! I DON'T THINK EVEN THE CAT WANTS ITTTT~!!!"
But he calmly said, "it's okay, we all learn from mistakes."
That's it. Then, when they all got home, the chicken was served, along with some last minute veggies I cooked. My mum lectured me. No surprise about that. Haha.
I now agree with Froggy's saying, "When the cook a stressed, the food cooked will be bad." LOL I was stressed because I hate oil because it's scary and I don't like it. Then when I cooked the veggies, I was stressed because of the burnt chicken. Overall, the whole thing was bad. I should never cook unsupervised ever again.
Mum told me to cook this morning. But Anti Min wasn't there so I called her. I decided to cook chicken with oyster sauce. As usual, my screams are audible throughout the house as the oil "reacted violently" with the garlic and ginger I put in. I mean, I was expecting the oil to do that, but I was obviously still scared. Then I put in the onions, the chilli, chicken, some water and finally oyster sauce with the salt.
Then, I left it to cook. To play the my sister's PSP. For the next....20 minutes? Suddenly I smelled something like toasted bread. I wasn't that far off. It was the smell of burning chicken. XD So I rushed to the kitchen and tried to save the chicken. Only the surface of some pieces were burnt though. But most of the water evaporated. HAHA I remembered my maid telling me to add water to this almost burnt sausage I made, as she said it was to moisten it back? SO I thought the same thing would do for chicken. Bad results. The burnt parts of the chicken mixed with the water and gave a bitter, burnt taste to the gravy. But the taste of oyster sauce was stronger though. XD
My dad called after that to check up on me and I wailed..."IT'S BUUUURRRNNNNTTTT!!!! I DON'T THINK EVEN THE CAT WANTS ITTTT~!!!"
But he calmly said, "it's okay, we all learn from mistakes."
That's it. Then, when they all got home, the chicken was served, along with some last minute veggies I cooked. My mum lectured me. No surprise about that. Haha.
I now agree with Froggy's saying, "When the cook a stressed, the food cooked will be bad." LOL I was stressed because I hate oil because it's scary and I don't like it. Then when I cooked the veggies, I was stressed because of the burnt chicken. Overall, the whole thing was bad. I should never cook unsupervised ever again.
FMIS Concert |and| Others
"Check it out! I'm a talking slipper! But I'm stupid. I'm so stupid I just had to open my stupid mouth while the girl who was wearing me was in a rush!"Anyway, that was basically our job. Then for the rest of the show we basically did nothing but play with the kids. XD An as far the shows are concerned, they're just...well, they were performed by kids, so you wouldn't expect much from them anyway, right?
Then, finally, the moment we've been waiting for, REFRESHMENTS, baby!! XD Yeah. Haha. It's usual mee goreng and kuih-muihs with tea and coffee and whatnots. Spent the rest of the tme sitting around with Kaka Emma and Man talking and talking and what else, eat.
In the car, Man wanted to borrow my sling bag since she's going out later at night, so I'll be holding her handbag for the time, as a remainder. LOL. I don't use handbags =_= We went home, but dad had to send the rest of my younger siblings home home first, and after sending Man, my father, my sister and I headed to the mall. Forcefully. I didn't want to go because well, of my stupid shoes. I was still wearing my bagu kurong and tudong. Then, my sister suggested me to wear her converse shoes which she left in the car. Em, helloooo, baju kurong+tudong+handbag+converse shoes=poklen wannabe? And we're going to the mall, the HQ of "thempeople". What if they labelled me as one of them? Ohnoes. Azzah wanted to find a PSP charger since she lost hers. We found a two-in-one USB cable PLUS charger for $12 at this game shop close to the food court. But if you buy the charger pack only, it costs $25. Haha what a bargain. We also bought some games for $10. Yesssss. I can finally play the PSP again! XD Yeah it's hers, but hey, there's a Bleach game in it. XD
And then, dad just had to go into this shop filled with punk and hip hop accessories. My sister's fault. Seriously, who brings their dad, especially conservative ones to a shop like that? Branded ones too. Dad was sleepy at that time, and when he's sleepy, he is very "mendulur" somehow. He let my sister by this $Idon'tknowhowmuch and me a $39 jacket. DD: I felt guilty, but my sis insisted. Hmm. I'm just gonna keep quiet. XD
That's the end of the day for us. Dad just could not keep his eyes open anymore. Better let him rest after all the money he spent that day. Haha.
Then, finally, the moment we've been waiting for, REFRESHMENTS, baby!! XD Yeah. Haha. It's usual mee goreng and kuih-muihs with tea and coffee and whatnots. Spent the rest of the tme sitting around with Kaka Emma and Man talking and talking and what else, eat.
In the car, Man wanted to borrow my sling bag since she's going out later at night, so I'll be holding her handbag for the time, as a remainder. LOL. I don't use handbags =_= We went home, but dad had to send the rest of my younger siblings home home first, and after sending Man, my father, my sister and I headed to the mall. Forcefully. I didn't want to go because well, of my stupid shoes. I was still wearing my bagu kurong and tudong. Then, my sister suggested me to wear her converse shoes which she left in the car. Em, helloooo, baju kurong+tudong+handbag+converse shoes=poklen wannabe? And we're going to the mall, the HQ of "thempeople". What if they labelled me as one of them? Ohnoes. Azzah wanted to find a PSP charger since she lost hers. We found a two-in-one USB cable PLUS charger for $12 at this game shop close to the food court. But if you buy the charger pack only, it costs $25. Haha what a bargain. We also bought some games for $10. Yesssss. I can finally play the PSP again! XD Yeah it's hers, but hey, there's a Bleach game in it. XD
And then, dad just had to go into this shop filled with punk and hip hop accessories. My sister's fault. Seriously, who brings their dad, especially conservative ones to a shop like that? Branded ones too. Dad was sleepy at that time, and when he's sleepy, he is very "mendulur" somehow. He let my sister by this $Idon'tknowhowmuch and me a $39 jacket. DD: I felt guilty, but my sis insisted. Hmm. I'm just gonna keep quiet. XD
That's the end of the day for us. Dad just could not keep his eyes open anymore. Better let him rest after all the money he spent that day. Haha.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Hisashiburi da ne
After two frickin months of being inactive, I have finally stepped into the dojo again. Haaaaaaaa~
Pau picked me up, and others who were with him were Riku, Hafiz and Kaza. Lol a car packed with kendokas. Awesoooome. XD
Honestly, I was kind of nervous coming back to training, since, I don't know. Em, I felt that I might just be rusty and looked more like a beginner and stuff. The horrors. But everything turned out fine. Wait. Slash that. Everything turned out crazy D: Well, at least it was to me. We were told to the 20x men cut, 20x kote cut, 20x do cut and 20x sayu men cut in one go. Oh gaaaawd. And then 70 haya suburi. I was exhausted by the 30th. Damn. I used to be able to stand more than that.
And then we did kata. Riku still had something against kata, so she was not really into it. The problem with my kata was because I was paired up with Raito who is damn tall. So the distancing between us didn't really work because I was, quote from Yazin-senpai "short...-er than him." It's like, when he was going to attack and I step back, I didn't move far enough, and when I was supposed to attack him, he was totally out of reach. I was more used to pairing up with people my height, or people slightly taller only. Daaaarnnnn.
And then, end of training, and after all the annoucements, it was 9.30. We went to Ahan Thai. It was my first time eating there in my gi and hakama, so it felt awkward. The others were used to it, though. And I didn't bring any moneyyyy. But Kaza had an extra dollar so I ordered a one-scoop oreo ice cream. XD Riku and Raito were nice though. After I finished my sad little piece of ice cream, Riku decided to pour some of her XL sized honey dew juice into my bowl, we had an extra straw. And then after finishing that, Raito gave me some of his milo. Lol. Funny. Thanks, guys. XD I felt guilty but they didn't seem to mind.
Arrived home around 10.30+ because mum called. I just remembered that my dad won't be home that night, he'll be staying overnight in Belait, so basically I was supposed to be home. Lol.
And today, as expected, muscle craaaaaaamps. =D And one more thing, apparently Bamboo Blade is getting popular now, since it is about kendo. I mean, few months ago, when I stumbled upon it on the internet, not a single soul I asked ever even heard about the manga. Lawl yeay bamboo blaaade.
Pau picked me up, and others who were with him were Riku, Hafiz and Kaza. Lol a car packed with kendokas. Awesoooome. XD
Honestly, I was kind of nervous coming back to training, since, I don't know. Em, I felt that I might just be rusty and looked more like a beginner and stuff. The horrors. But everything turned out fine. Wait. Slash that. Everything turned out crazy D: Well, at least it was to me. We were told to the 20x men cut, 20x kote cut, 20x do cut and 20x sayu men cut in one go. Oh gaaaawd. And then 70 haya suburi. I was exhausted by the 30th. Damn. I used to be able to stand more than that.
And then we did kata. Riku still had something against kata, so she was not really into it. The problem with my kata was because I was paired up with Raito who is damn tall. So the distancing between us didn't really work because I was, quote from Yazin-senpai "short...-er than him." It's like, when he was going to attack and I step back, I didn't move far enough, and when I was supposed to attack him, he was totally out of reach. I was more used to pairing up with people my height, or people slightly taller only. Daaaarnnnn.
And then, end of training, and after all the annoucements, it was 9.30. We went to Ahan Thai. It was my first time eating there in my gi and hakama, so it felt awkward. The others were used to it, though. And I didn't bring any moneyyyy. But Kaza had an extra dollar so I ordered a one-scoop oreo ice cream. XD Riku and Raito were nice though. After I finished my sad little piece of ice cream, Riku decided to pour some of her XL sized honey dew juice into my bowl, we had an extra straw. And then after finishing that, Raito gave me some of his milo. Lol. Funny. Thanks, guys. XD I felt guilty but they didn't seem to mind.
Arrived home around 10.30+ because mum called. I just remembered that my dad won't be home that night, he'll be staying overnight in Belait, so basically I was supposed to be home. Lol.
And today, as expected, muscle craaaaaaamps. =D And one more thing, apparently Bamboo Blade is getting popular now, since it is about kendo. I mean, few months ago, when I stumbled upon it on the internet, not a single soul I asked ever even heard about the manga. Lawl yeay bamboo blaaade.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Nitta-sensei's Farewell Party
Gaaaa....kanashii da yo~
Ehm, so we've been practicing since the past 3 days for the song Home Sweet Home by Yuki. The practices were sort of dull, because almost nobody came, damn it. But today, thankfully, everybody did, do we finally had a decent practice.
We moved on to the Residence of Ambassador of Japan at around 1++PM. Cool place. Not really all japanese-y, but there were some of the parts where it was japanese-y. Haha. It felt awkward at first, since we, well, were in an AMBASSADOR'S house. Of course, in our mind, ambassadors are normally the no-nonsense, strict, cold, serious, formal and all that typical attitude of a middle-aged man. We wore shoes in there, and we didn't want to step on the carpet, so most of us were lined around the carpet, subconsciously. That's why his first question when he arrived was, "Why are you all standing beautifully around here?" XD It was a very casual arrival and stuff, and other than us, there were not more than 10 people over there, so it was cool.
And then he spoke in japanese, and although we learn japanese, we were unable to translate what he said since he said it so quickly. XD But I didn't really want to show my "huh?" look, so I tried to answer as much as I can, with the very few japanese words I can think of at that time. "Yasashi desu." "Sukoshi desu." and all those stuff ending with "desu". Kept on reminding myself to use "desu" too. Must be formal, we are talking to a japanese person of higher ranking, that's what I keep on reading on the internet. Hahaha. But then, he talked about animes with us! and explained to us the difference between the particle "wa and "ga". He should be Nitta-sensei's replacement. XD
And OMG there was sushi! For free! XD I miss sushi, but I just can not seem to afford them for the time being, so it was very refreshing. Me, Froggy, and some form twos get to sit with Mr.Hashimoto the ambassador, our principal, Mr. Ogihara (whose name keeps on reminding me of onigiri, which makes me feel VERY guilty D:) and a very sweet, japanese lady in purple whose name I forgot. I felt guilty because of that since she was very friendly. She asked me what's my favourite japanese song and the first thing that came to mind was "Domoto Koichi- Kagen no Tsuki" And she was like laughing and tapping my shoulders and said, "yeah, I like Koichi too! I prefer him over Shuichi!" XD So yeah, we talked about Kinki Kids. Weeeeird. But I don't feel awkward anymore.
Then, Froggy was nervous about her solo, Beatiful World. Kept on going to the toilet. Then, I began to feel awkward again because Mr. Ogihara was sitting next to me. I was embarassed because Nitta-sensei told them that I took kendo as well, so they shot many questions towards me. About how long I've been taking kendo, who teaches me kendo, how much do I like kendo, how good am I at kendo. One of them didn't even know that there was already kendo in Brunei.
And then, eating time. Of course, with the stereotypical japanese in mind, I took just a few pieces of sushi, just to be polite, haha. But then, noticing even the ambassador himself took many rounds around the food table, so what the heck. And boy, was I stuffed. My cravings for sushi fulfilled, the sushi tray almost empty, everybody was happy. Although I wish I could take the leftovers back home. XD
And after some more conversation with the ambassador and the em...embassy officers? it was time to sing. Oh gawwwwwd. Haha. It was emmm...okay? I don't know. Twas horrbile~!! Antah eh. And there comes out my malay. XD
After that, a photo-taking session. And then some informal photo sessions. All too soom, it all ended. I had this conversation with Nitta-sensei.
Me: Ja, sensei, sayounara(goodbye)! *bow*
Sensei: Iie, iie, ja mata(no, no, see you)!
Me: Sou desu ne, sayonara ja nai! Ja mata...raishu? (Right, not goodbye, see you...next week?)
Sensei, including the others who were nears laughed.
Well, you see, it's just that, after every lesson, we would say, "mata raishu, sensei.(see you next week, sensei)" So yeah. That's the point behind the conversation. X( I very sad.
And then on our way out, the ambassador casually send us out and said "come again, come again!" And no idea why, I was the unlucky victim who got slapped at the back by him. *cough* yes, very friendly. I thank Liilah and Katak who were there to prevent me from falling from the effect. XD He was also a strong hand shaker. XD
Anyway, here are the photos we took. :(
Look, the carvings on a table, it is depicting a war. Not clear due o reflection from the lamp.
Also the same table. It looked hard enough to carve those scenes, mean. That craftsman got my respect.
Darn, it's blurry. But it was really pretty. I assume this is ikebana. They used axora flowers with palm leaves and...no idea what those other leaves are.
Nitta-sensei and me (Shuttup, just llok at her, not me.XD)
This is just put here for cuteness purposes.
Ehm, so we've been practicing since the past 3 days for the song Home Sweet Home by Yuki. The practices were sort of dull, because almost nobody came, damn it. But today, thankfully, everybody did, do we finally had a decent practice.
We moved on to the Residence of Ambassador of Japan at around 1++PM. Cool place. Not really all japanese-y, but there were some of the parts where it was japanese-y. Haha. It felt awkward at first, since we, well, were in an AMBASSADOR'S house. Of course, in our mind, ambassadors are normally the no-nonsense, strict, cold, serious, formal and all that typical attitude of a middle-aged man. We wore shoes in there, and we didn't want to step on the carpet, so most of us were lined around the carpet, subconsciously. That's why his first question when he arrived was, "Why are you all standing beautifully around here?" XD It was a very casual arrival and stuff, and other than us, there were not more than 10 people over there, so it was cool.
And then he spoke in japanese, and although we learn japanese, we were unable to translate what he said since he said it so quickly. XD But I didn't really want to show my "huh?" look, so I tried to answer as much as I can, with the very few japanese words I can think of at that time. "Yasashi desu." "Sukoshi desu." and all those stuff ending with "desu". Kept on reminding myself to use "desu" too. Must be formal, we are talking to a japanese person of higher ranking, that's what I keep on reading on the internet. Hahaha. But then, he talked about animes with us! and explained to us the difference between the particle "wa and "ga". He should be Nitta-sensei's replacement. XD
And OMG there was sushi! For free! XD I miss sushi, but I just can not seem to afford them for the time being, so it was very refreshing. Me, Froggy, and some form twos get to sit with Mr.Hashimoto the ambassador, our principal, Mr. Ogihara (whose name keeps on reminding me of onigiri, which makes me feel VERY guilty D:) and a very sweet, japanese lady in purple whose name I forgot. I felt guilty because of that since she was very friendly. She asked me what's my favourite japanese song and the first thing that came to mind was "Domoto Koichi- Kagen no Tsuki" And she was like laughing and tapping my shoulders and said, "yeah, I like Koichi too! I prefer him over Shuichi!" XD So yeah, we talked about Kinki Kids. Weeeeird. But I don't feel awkward anymore.
Then, Froggy was nervous about her solo, Beatiful World. Kept on going to the toilet. Then, I began to feel awkward again because Mr. Ogihara was sitting next to me. I was embarassed because Nitta-sensei told them that I took kendo as well, so they shot many questions towards me. About how long I've been taking kendo, who teaches me kendo, how much do I like kendo, how good am I at kendo. One of them didn't even know that there was already kendo in Brunei.
And then, eating time. Of course, with the stereotypical japanese in mind, I took just a few pieces of sushi, just to be polite, haha. But then, noticing even the ambassador himself took many rounds around the food table, so what the heck. And boy, was I stuffed. My cravings for sushi fulfilled, the sushi tray almost empty, everybody was happy. Although I wish I could take the leftovers back home. XD
And after some more conversation with the ambassador and the em...embassy officers? it was time to sing. Oh gawwwwwd. Haha. It was emmm...okay? I don't know. Twas horrbile~!! Antah eh. And there comes out my malay. XD
After that, a photo-taking session. And then some informal photo sessions. All too soom, it all ended. I had this conversation with Nitta-sensei.
Me: Ja, sensei, sayounara(goodbye)! *bow*
Sensei: Iie, iie, ja mata(no, no, see you)!
Me: Sou desu ne, sayonara ja nai! Ja mata...raishu? (Right, not goodbye, see you...next week?)
Sensei, including the others who were nears laughed.
Well, you see, it's just that, after every lesson, we would say, "mata raishu, sensei.(see you next week, sensei)" So yeah. That's the point behind the conversation. X( I very sad.
And then on our way out, the ambassador casually send us out and said "come again, come again!" And no idea why, I was the unlucky victim who got slapped at the back by him. *cough* yes, very friendly. I thank Liilah and Katak who were there to prevent me from falling from the effect. XD He was also a strong hand shaker. XD
Anyway, here are the photos we took. :(
Look, the carvings on a table, it is depicting a war. Not clear due o reflection from the lamp.
Also the same table. It looked hard enough to carve those scenes, mean. That craftsman got my respect.
Darn, it's blurry. But it was really pretty. I assume this is ikebana. They used axora flowers with palm leaves and...no idea what those other leaves are.
Nitta-sensei and me (Shuttup, just llok at her, not me.XD)
This is just put here for cuteness purposes.I am still waiting for Anis to send me the other phots. Hurry uppppp~!!!
Monday, November 19, 2007
Yesterday!
Lol heyhey bloggie, been busy. XD
Yesterday, I had two choices. ICC - Kendo demo, or Katak's place - singing practice. I actually wanted to go to ICC, but somestuffhappenedduetoacertainsomeoneandIampracticallytiredofheranticsbutI'mnotgoingtomentionwhosheisbecauseeveryoneisfrickininlovewither
so I decided to go to Katak's place. I was supposed to accompany her to some jamming studio where there is a piano or keyboard available so that she can practice with Andy for a talent show they're joining next year. Andy's playing the piano and she's singing. Great combo, because Andy's a good pianist and Katak's a good singer. They're sining Iwao Junko - Scarlet.
lol Anyway, both jamming studios we went to were closed and the keyboard was not available respectively, so, suggested by Andy's father, we decided to go to his house since he has a piano.
It was awkward at first. We were in a guy's house, and it was his own father who sent us there. AWKWAAAARRRDDDD. But then, his family was friendly so we finally managed to settle down and eat the cake Katak baked for Andy, it was his birthday. XD It was good, but she was in denial. XD
So yeah, they practiced while I just...sat there and did nothing. But Katak was too shy to sing, so we ended up sitting at the dinner table and chat-chat. We played the Clow Cards, haha predicitng stuff. So many weird questions were asked. My questions were, will I ever get to meet Yui? Will I go to Japan one day? And will I *toooooot*? XD Haha stupid answers those damn cards gave.
Then, we went back to Katak's house. Andy's dad sent us back. I feel guilty DD:
So yeah, lol, we were talking about Katak's Curse song and story. I helped her translate some parts of the song into japanese, at least the ones that I;m sure of. Then, finally, I went home at 7.30pm.
The end :D
Yesterday, I had two choices. ICC - Kendo demo, or Katak's place - singing practice. I actually wanted to go to ICC, but somestuffhappenedduetoacertainsomeoneandIampracticallytiredofheranticsbutI'mnotgoingtomentionwhosheisbecauseeveryoneisfrickininlovewither
so I decided to go to Katak's place. I was supposed to accompany her to some jamming studio where there is a piano or keyboard available so that she can practice with Andy for a talent show they're joining next year. Andy's playing the piano and she's singing. Great combo, because Andy's a good pianist and Katak's a good singer. They're sining Iwao Junko - Scarlet.
lol Anyway, both jamming studios we went to were closed and the keyboard was not available respectively, so, suggested by Andy's father, we decided to go to his house since he has a piano.
It was awkward at first. We were in a guy's house, and it was his own father who sent us there. AWKWAAAARRRDDDD. But then, his family was friendly so we finally managed to settle down and eat the cake Katak baked for Andy, it was his birthday. XD It was good, but she was in denial. XD
So yeah, they practiced while I just...sat there and did nothing. But Katak was too shy to sing, so we ended up sitting at the dinner table and chat-chat. We played the Clow Cards, haha predicitng stuff. So many weird questions were asked. My questions were, will I ever get to meet Yui? Will I go to Japan one day? And will I *toooooot*? XD Haha stupid answers those damn cards gave.
Then, we went back to Katak's house. Andy's dad sent us back. I feel guilty DD:
So yeah, lol, we were talking about Katak's Curse song and story. I helped her translate some parts of the song into japanese, at least the ones that I;m sure of. Then, finally, I went home at 7.30pm.
The end :D
Thursday, November 15, 2007
I AM FUCKING FREE~!!!!
For the next three months.
List-to-do:
SO LONG~!!!!
List-to-do:
- Back to kendo training!
- Cut my hair
- internet
- movies
- comics
- internet
- diet XDDDD
- Sleepover at Pinji's!! Garlic bread, milo and DDR, here I come!!!
SO LONG~!!!!
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Die. Asshole.
First and foremost, I know posting at least once everyday when you have the most difficult exams ahead of you is not good for your health.
Okay, so lets go on with the post now.
I went to my grandpa's house today. Man, Qils and I get to "play maids". Because my grandpa has not yet replaced his maid who went back to Indonesia. Blablabla. They had to to leave at 2 because they have tuition. So I was there, alone with my grandpa, doing some A. maths revision. It was okay at first.
Then, my dad came. I was very, very wanting to go home already. I was tired, hot and bothered. My grandpa has demands which I was trying to cope with, along with the stress of not being able to answer some of the stupid A. Maths question. The exhaustion just went up to the point where I was feeling pissed off with the whole world. Hate, hate, hate.
I just had this random thought of shoving a random rifle up some random person's ass and then shoot them with it. Don't know why.
Maybe I should just go fucking sleep after this, damn it.
Oh a happier note, I SAW THE BRUNEI KENDOKAS ON RTB TODAY, THE KENDO PROMOTIONG IN BELAIT THING, DURING RAMPAI PAGI! I AM SO JEALOOUUUSS~ Oh, and the kendokas interviewed seem to speak with weird malay. Don't tell them I said that.
Okay, so lets go on with the post now.
I went to my grandpa's house today. Man, Qils and I get to "play maids". Because my grandpa has not yet replaced his maid who went back to Indonesia. Blablabla. They had to to leave at 2 because they have tuition. So I was there, alone with my grandpa, doing some A. maths revision. It was okay at first.
Then, my dad came. I was very, very wanting to go home already. I was tired, hot and bothered. My grandpa has demands which I was trying to cope with, along with the stress of not being able to answer some of the stupid A. Maths question. The exhaustion just went up to the point where I was feeling pissed off with the whole world. Hate, hate, hate.
I just had this random thought of shoving a random rifle up some random person's ass and then shoot them with it. Don't know why.
Maybe I should just go fucking sleep after this, damn it.
Oh a happier note, I SAW THE BRUNEI KENDOKAS ON RTB TODAY, THE KENDO PROMOTIONG IN BELAIT THING, DURING RAMPAI PAGI! I AM SO JEALOOUUUSS~ Oh, and the kendokas interviewed seem to speak with weird malay. Don't tell them I said that.
Friday, November 09, 2007
Do you love me?!!!
My dad just said this to me, "I'm talking a short nap in your room, you go ahead and use the computer." My reaction? "Mmmmkay." He must be really sleepy to say that. It's 10.24PM, a school night, although I'm not going to school tomorrow. Usually at 9.59PM he'd say, "SLEEEEEEP~!!! D:"
So I am really taking advantage of that. Thank you, daddy. XD
Well, at least now I have a purpose to go on the computer. Kennysia.com :D I first heard of him a year ago, when my friend said he resembled my econ teacher (ZOMG NOT TRUEEEE) But when I went on his site, well, the contents did not interest me. Then, few days ago, I don't remember how I re-stumbled upon him, but yeah, I began reading again, And I just continued on reading through his archives. I still haven't finished reading his old and new posts, so I'm gonna keep reading until I'm through with them. Then, probably I'll open a textbook or something. XD
Other than that, another source of online entertainment is Yuichi Tsuchiya. More known as Tuti by his friends. He is just so lovabebel. I first knew him through the Bleach musical clips I found in youtube, he was playing Ichimaru Gin. I've always like Gin. LOL. And then I started to check out about him. Haha all I can say is "OH, TUTIII~" Him smoking is a little turn-off, but that dude is just soooooo "OH TUTIIII~" XDD
So I am really taking advantage of that. Thank you, daddy. XD
Well, at least now I have a purpose to go on the computer. Kennysia.com :D I first heard of him a year ago, when my friend said he resembled my econ teacher (ZOMG NOT TRUEEEE) But when I went on his site, well, the contents did not interest me. Then, few days ago, I don't remember how I re-stumbled upon him, but yeah, I began reading again, And I just continued on reading through his archives. I still haven't finished reading his old and new posts, so I'm gonna keep reading until I'm through with them. Then, probably I'll open a textbook or something. XD
Other than that, another source of online entertainment is Yuichi Tsuchiya. More known as Tuti by his friends. He is just so lovabebel. I first knew him through the Bleach musical clips I found in youtube, he was playing Ichimaru Gin. I've always like Gin. LOL. And then I started to check out about him. Haha all I can say is "OH, TUTIII~" Him smoking is a little turn-off, but that dude is just soooooo "OH TUTIIII~" XDD
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Stupid Barney
Barney, our big purple dinosaur friend will come alive, just by using your imagination. Man, the kids on his show must be high on drugs or something. If a doll can turn into a dinosaur just by using your friggin imagination, I'd be using it to turn an inflatable katana into a real one anytime. Just by using your imagination, you can go to all parts of the world, make your wishes come true, and get anything you want. Wish reality was as simple as that.
This is all that I've been doing on the day I have my exams. Every time when I reach home from school, the first thing to do is go online. And continuing that non-stop until 9 PM. Blog-surfing was the main event of the day. It's a way to let out the exam pressure. I would only dare to resume revising the next day. Or maybe I'm just being plain lazy with my lame excuses.
Friendships turn sore every now and then. I'm just sad that this particular friendship did not last that long. Well, it's not like we had much to talk about anyway. So when we have nothing to talk about, well, we just don't talk to each other. When we do have something to talk about, yeah, hit it.
I want to go and eat now. Bye.
This is all that I've been doing on the day I have my exams. Every time when I reach home from school, the first thing to do is go online. And continuing that non-stop until 9 PM. Blog-surfing was the main event of the day. It's a way to let out the exam pressure. I would only dare to resume revising the next day. Or maybe I'm just being plain lazy with my lame excuses.
Friendships turn sore every now and then. I'm just sad that this particular friendship did not last that long. Well, it's not like we had much to talk about anyway. So when we have nothing to talk about, well, we just don't talk to each other. When we do have something to talk about, yeah, hit it.
I want to go and eat now. Bye.
YUI <3
This whole post will be dedicated to one of my favourite j-artist, YUI.
YUUUUUI~!!!
YUUUUUUUUUUIIII~!!!!!!
WOOHOO, YUUUUUIIIII~!!!!!
Actually, yeah. Nothing. I just love her. LIstening to her songs just isn't enough. I want to meet her. DD:
Sorry for the abrupt randomness.
YUUUUUI~!!!
YUUUUUUUUUUIIII~!!!!!!
WOOHOO, YUUUUUIIIII~!!!!!
Actually, yeah. Nothing. I just love her. LIstening to her songs just isn't enough. I want to meet her. DD:
Sorry for the abrupt randomness.
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Tummyache.
Staying healthy is such a drag.
I am home alone today, and it 9.56 AM.
Currently chatting with Pinji <3
Planning a sleepover. Already. And our exams haven't even ended. XD
And about the BM thing, I don't know. I guess I'll just go "pasrah" and crap.
I feel like eating ambuyat.
My parents, sister and I went to Ahan Thai last night. The BBQ chicken was nice. The cocktail Ice blended, not really. Too milky.
Oh gosh. I am just plain bored. I should study for the scinece subjects now. D:
I am home alone today, and it 9.56 AM.
Currently chatting with Pinji <3
Planning a sleepover. Already. And our exams haven't even ended. XD
And about the BM thing, I don't know. I guess I'll just go "pasrah" and crap.
I feel like eating ambuyat.
My parents, sister and I went to Ahan Thai last night. The BBQ chicken was nice. The cocktail Ice blended, not really. Too milky.
Oh gosh. I am just plain bored. I should study for the scinece subjects now. D:
Thursday, November 01, 2007
The worst mistake
I had my Malay exams today. I made the worst mistake in my life too. I don't know. Last year's depression is coming back. I am going to flunk my Malay for sure. I did a huge mistake in paper 1, I misread the question and therefore used the wrong format. Go me in ruining my life. Why is it always this time of the year? That was why, a tear or two would always appear but I manage to make it unnoticeable. My friends kept on saying, "It's okay. Your paper 2 will help." and other encouragements. It makes me all the more mad. I wish I'm not a Maktab Sains student for the billionth time. It's normal to have people to re-sit for an exam. it's just not so normal for a student from MS, at least I'm sure that is what everybody thinks. My biggest fear is disappointing my parents. I know I'm not always on good terms with them, but this is just too serious, you. It beats the fear of being a student from MS who got transferred out of school because she flunked her friggin Os. I've already told my parents to be prepared, I don't want them to have such a shock later. I don't know. I'm such a negative thinker, and shit happens.
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