Help Needed!!

Hmmm.... i need some help. When i look at my blog, i cant help but feel a lil disappointed. It looks so boring and ill-planned. It couldnt be helped tho. Maybe i should've chosen another blog provider where everything is pre-planned and set up is just a click away. But no! I wanted to be smart and create my own blog from scratch. It didnt work out as how i wanted it to be.
Thus now, im screaming for help to enchance my blog appearance. Since im a nuthead when it comes to programming and i can make no sense out of HTML codes and causes me to wtf everytime i tried to change. As u can see, my blog's plain..period. The colours not exciting and the ads are boring. There are no designs to date and my sidebar is at the bottom ( i dont know how to bring it up.. tried many times tho).
So if there's anyone that can help me and willing to spend numerous hours teaching me how to do it - prolly takes more like a few weeks to knock it in my head - Please tell me or send me an e-mail, comment or w/e. Thank you beforehand.

A football team!

Today was one of those days where waking up appears to be a struggle. It's hard enough that i went to bed at 0430 hrs, i was woken up at 8.30. That's 4 hours less than my normal sleeping time!! Apparently, my sis's bf neglected to answer his phone which kept on ringing. I had an urge to smack his phone right into his face but remembered last min that he is my sis's bf and there'll be serious repercussions. So i just set me face on my pillow and cover my ears. It woudl've been more effective if i just went to sleep on the couch in the hall, but i just refused to rise. Apparently i figured i would collapse and die if i rose from my bed. I just stayed on and rolled about trying to figure out the name of the ringtone.
And w/o me knowing, it was already 1130 and i need to shower. Dad was getting pissy as he thought we were late for our 1200 lunch for my cousin's baby full moon. And since i was still sleeping and the nearest target to him, i faced the brunt of his pissy-ness. The lunch was mundane......boring to say the least. However, the sight of babies just melts my heart. They're so small and fragile, needless to say so very the cute and adorable!! With their innocent eyes and hands so small, they look and touch at things which tickles their curiosity. A sudden chuckle follwed with a smile makes the crowd go awww. Babies.... im gonna hv a dozen of em in the future!
And the rest of my day was spent on a couch dreaming of scarlett johansson... XD

Need it to vacate!

I had planned to go over to the registry dept. to get my passport done today. Apparently im going to spend my xmas away from kl again. It's already been 2 yrs since i last celebrated xmas here with my friends but im not complaining much since im gonna get to pick up some taiwanese chix this yr ;). Anyway, things didnt go as planned. Heck, i'd been planning to make my passport since last friday yet im here blogging bout not getting it done.
Anyway, instead of going to the reg. dept., i went to choose tiles for my house with my family in cheras. Boy was it tiring! My dad was being cheap as he refused to use quality and overly expensive tiles going instead for mid-range and cheaper tiles. Of coz, my bro, sis & i were there to counter his rigor of cheapness. So most of our tiles will be from white horse and mml, brands that i've never heard nor seen before. Tiles are just, well....tiles rite? What's so hard about choosing the material that u're going to walk on until the next movers comes along?
We'll be using the same marble floor as b4 and the new tiles will just be for the kitchen, 2nd floor and toilets. For the kitchen, we kids wanted some design for the floor but dad said it wasnt IN. Wth..... he's being cheap but wants to be stylish too!! After arguing for some time, we gave up and went with some purplish and red, not-too-smooth surface tiles w/ no design. It cant be too smooth as it might be slippery and the colour was such coz that's the best looking colour for that range of tiles there is.
I had wanted black floor tiles for my room. It looked good and had a nice feel. My sis also felt the same thus she wanted the same floor tiles for her room. But i aint gonna let no1 take the same colour that i was, so another 'debate' of who saw what 1st and who chose what 1st ensued. Half way thru, dad potong-ed out stim by saying it's too dark and he will not allow it. So much for i chose the tiles 1st. The ever-emollient-grandmaster-guru was taking none of our persuading and cajoling and he stood firm w/ HIS choice. Which was both dull and boring =.= !!
Much fun was to come when choosing tiles for the toilets. Since im gonna sleep in the same room w/ my bro, i followed w/e he said. Yea rite. The original tiles was a 2-tiered-coloured tile of white and dary grey. I was gonna have none of that! Then my bro decided it was too dark. I agreed and he chose a lighter shade of grey where i went over to the woody look. I didnt feel much for dark colours in the bathroom. I just didnt seem to feel rite when u're on the bowl and releasing the 'heaviest thing in the world' ( according to ching ju =.=) in a dark coloured background. A lighter colour will generate the perfect atmosphere for bowel movement. Bro agreed with me altho i dont think he did w/ my reasoning and we went with the woody coloured tile.
After finishing choosing the tiles, we went to have lunch which was my initial motive when i went to my dad's office. Oh, need i state that my dad and sis went to the same shop to select tiles for the same purpose 2 days b4. And apparently my dad was contemplating if he wants to go back there to tmrw to choose tiles- maybe for the same rooms, maybe not-. There goes my plan to get my passport done again.

What Could've been...

It was announced that we’ll be having cooking comp today and preparations were made. However, half the no. of rovers had go for some jati diri shit and the other half started giving excuses to not come for it. Fine, we still had 2 hopefuls who we thought would come. However, ying ling text-ed nicks last min saying she couldn’t make it and we couldn’t even detect sharifah’s scent. So what can 4 scouters do?

We start off by starting a fire. See the 2 bricks?

Allows air flow and the pan to be placed on top!

A bigger fire! Well, the bigger the better aint it? Besides, it makes the cooking way much easier.

What u see is that u get. We didnt bring enough ingredients but we made do with what we have. Salt, cabbage and some beans. Added also.... EGGS!!

So how do cook the rice w/o a rice cooker? Simple. 1) build fire. 2) wash rice and pan. 3) Place rice into pan and pan over the fire. 4) Get a banana leaf to act as the lid!! Caution, banana leaf is flammable..

Our way of opening can foods w/o a can opener! ( It's MY idea) Get a hammer and a flat headed screwdriver and start hammering.

It's almost like the government. 1 person to do the job. 1 person to advise. Another to look and the last one to take pictures to be posted in the papers - in this case blogged- !

PRISTOOo!!! Our meal. Consists of Friend rice with veggie's, cabbage friend with carrot and green beans, red beans with egg, egg ( again =.=) and chopped chicken....with yes u guessed it, EGGS!

Nicks and danny. Ghey

Me and liks. Check out the look on liks's face. Ghey x10!

My ROVERS.... u gals see what u've missed out on? Not only was the food delicious, the process of cooking it was fun too!! So what can 4 scouters with few ingredients do? We cook up a wonder! =)

CHEERS!!!

P.s. to my rovers: Come for meetings!

Going Down Fighting!

When problems arise, it normally causes frustration. When that problem is hard or cannot be solved, the frustration boils up to anger. More often then not, this causes the person to quit trying solving the problem. But there are some who wouldn’t give up at all cost. The will continue to fight every battle until the war is won….or lost thoroughly. This inability to give up or let go could be both good & bad.
I am an asshole, for I belong to the group that just wouldn’t give up. No matter how bleak the situation looks, I somehow will find smth to push me to just fight that little bit longer. For I hold on to the belief that if I do not give up, I still have the chance to succeed and to achieve what I desire. With this belief, I harp on things that matters to me. Clinging on to them like a lost child who found his mom. Sometimes it produces beautiful results, other times I crash and burn.
It’s crappy to think of ppl that I’ve hurt or disappointed. It sucks when ppl place high hopes on me and I couldn’t live up to it. I needn’t go very far for an example. My parents have always aspired for me to get good results. They are not hoping for fabulous results like all A’s although it would be fantastic if I could. Nevertheless, when I presented to them my report card for my finals, they weren’t pleased. I could sniff a hint of disappointment in their voice but I could smell anger too. Altho they still managed to maintain their composure, it can’t be mistaken.
Anyhow, I know I’ve done badly and I too am angry with myself. The ultimate competition is with urself and it seems that I always seem to lose to my other half. Thru yrs of gaming, I’ve gained the ability of not being able to concentrate on my studies. Apparently when I open books, I get stunned, net or even lulled to sleep. It is a problem which is getting worse and is depressing. Even more so since my ultimate responsibility now, is to study.
But this doesn’t mean I should give up rite? After all, I’ve taken the 1st step of acknowledging that I have a problem. Now I just have to continue waging war for I might have lost the battle but the war is not over yet. But even if it is, I’ll continue fighting for after all, I am an asshole.

It's all for the future.....

When one is propelled into power, there is much that is needed to be done. Responsibilities to bear and decisions to made be it wise or unwise. There is often a hierarchy where the most powerful does not mingle or have contact with the superiorly inferior subjects. However, when those in btw does not or rather, could not do the jobs that were assigned to them, should those at the top not begin to have direct contact with those at the bottom and thus overriding the middle class? Or should they advice and maybe replace those middle classmen with more eligible ones?
Either approach causes much problems and matters worsen when a problem pops up b4 the previous problem is solved. As I’ve stated in my previous post(s), we had decided to directly oversee the moulding of the lower class overselves. The middle class has proven to be inept at controlling the lower class and in dire need of help.
We came up with a few guidelines and rules for the remaining weeks of sr. It was agreed upon by myself and liks w/o much contention from the rest. It would seem that they couldn’t care much. But if they could only see that if we, together with the form 4’s fail to mould the sr’s, we will be overloaded with responsibilities next year. We have STPM to study for, but we cannot afford to neglect next yr’s scouting term. And if the sr’s could not be transformed into proper seniors, who can we depend on to do the work? Are we, form 6’s t go around asking for sponsorship? Or do we want to stay back till late at nite to build gadgets. Hmmm, we wouldn’t really know unless we don’t hv any seniors to begin with next yr.
So we’ve decided that there will not be whacking on the 1st week of our takeover. Furthermore, daily reports will be toned down. That is, during tues, thurs and sats, there will not be any physical contact and push-ups will be to the minimum. Assignments will also be reduced to the extent of which cannot be known but reduced nonetheless. Seniors who order breakfast will have to pay for their meal and activities will be held daily. Also, on the 1st week, all activities will be unity based for that’s what I see that is lacking most.
I am actually reluctant to change much to sr month for I believe that it’s the most crucial period for a scout and they have to be best. If it is toned down too much to allow all these pu**ies to join, what will our troop become? Furthermore, will they be able to handle tough situations or will they opt to quit and just run like what they’re doing now? These are serious implications that need to be taken into consideration. Yet, any changes are that going to be made can only be made thus so when we’re already running the show not while we’re at the sidelines watching. GOD SPEED!!

Where art thou?

Saturday’s agenda can be a drag if you’ve had a wild nite. The feeling of laziness creeps in slowly and will scheme ways to ignore our zeal and make us just stay home and sleep. But no matter how hard I partied the nite b4, I will always be there for sat agendas albeit late sometimes. So I wake up early and drive to sch expecting to see at least 15 boy scouts, 8 rovers and 5 SR’s! Alas, it was not to be. Ytd, I saw bout 10 maybe 12 boy scouts, 3 miserably rovers out of 12 and 1 eff-ing SR!
We had Base Games and it was going to be fun. Provided we had enough scouts for it. We had 3 rovers (Barathi, Wen Yi & Ying Ling), and so we continued with Base Games. There are 6 bases namely Bottle, human pyramid, kim’s game, rope, ice and mines. Bottle is where scouts use ropes to get bottle(s) out from an area. Where the bottle might be placed on a chair, table or on the floor and they cant get within 5 feet of the bottle. Human pyramid requires them to uhh,well from human pyramid with the topmost person writing the patrol’s name on the wall with chalk. Higher u go, the better u are =). Kim’s game is just memorizing and in rope, they have to make a 5-pointed star with a long rope. Difficulty: All but one is blindfolded and the one w/o the blind out is the coordinator where he/she will give orders to the others to move. Scouts are required to dip their hands/arms into a bucket of water and collect 3 one cent coins. The bucket is half-filled with ice and water, and salt. And for mines, one member is blindfolded and the rest of the patrol is to guide him/her thru the maze. It is not easy!
Thru all these, the 3 of em showed tremendous team spirit and enthusiasm. Altho w/ only 3, they didn’t complain much. There was the occasionally rant bout getting darker. Don’t they know that morning sunlight is good for their health? Tsk tsk. Anyway, I truly appreciated for them coming for scouts even when all their friends jacked. My respect for them has been elevated! Keep up the good work girls; maybe we’ll promote you to acting patrol leaders? Well, just maybe!
Oh, my *insert maligning word* Sr’s. Where art thou` ytd? Knoweth not, thou` had agenda? Knoweth not, thou` presence was needed? But know this, you are not just embarrassing yourself, you are tarnishing the image of the troop. And there are many of us who will move mountains to preserve it.

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Sr's...you're a disgrace!!

When I joined scouts in form 2, it was only because my friends lured me in. It was fun, no doubt. But I wasn’t as enthusiastic bout it during that time than I was now. I just didn’t feel that tingling feeling that just calls out to me to go for scouts. Form 3 was no different where I was present for meetings bout twice a month. It sure as hell was shitty to be my patrol leader.
Then there was SR. It was going to be held after PMR and we were all asking each other if we’re going for it. I remember that I was close to no1 during form 3. But what I do remember was Danny coming up to me asking if I will join SR. I do not know. So I asked in return if he was joining and who else will be. “He: Dunno” After pondering thru for about 2 mins…max, I said yeah, I will join.
There was no turning back. There wasn’t a reason to do so. I had the best 2 yrs of my life in sch after that which I shared with 10 other assholes. After SR, I went on to become SPL and the secretary. This achieved by me who wasn’t even active during my form 2 and form 3 yrs. Ironic!
Now that I’m in form 6, I’m currently overseeing the SR month with the only other 4 assholes that stayed back for form 6. We are facing problems, it wasn’t new. Just that it’s more severe this year. Attendance is a joke where they will come one day and be absent the next. There are even rumours of quitting.
It’s their fault for acting like girls or maybe it’s just they way they are. But I hold this more to the mistakes of the form 4. Maybe their sr month was screwed up and they weren’t brought up correctly. But their failure only reflects on our inability to pass down traditions and teach the batches after us.
After a meeting held recently, the form 4’s was given until Wednesday to prove that they can handle the sr’s accordingly. If however, they fail and the sr’s attendance and sorts do not improve, we, the form 6’s who was hirheto only arbiters will personally take over the sr. And if I ever were to take over, I’ll make sure the sr’s suffer till they can take no more. Hmmm, but isn’t that what they want?

Weee....fun!!!

Having 6 periods of physics is enough to kill. Actually it would if I paid full attention in class but when u’re in a closed room, with air-conditioning and a boleh-makan bench, it’s quite impossible to resist drooling over the table. But the second my head touches the table; looney will go “Wooi Hong, Don’t sleep!” And she will then go on for a minute with some nagging which will be followed up by some smart remarks which in turn will generate either another minute of nagging or the class to burst in laughter.
But that’s insignificant really. What is, is when we’re running (metaphorically) back to class to embrace the tenderness of our chicken rice which was calling out to us so badly since 1100. As we’re descending down the stairs, Chai had that sudden urge that often is the spark of a stupid action to slide down the railing. Hmmm, what’s so dangerous? He might just fall and break his neck or smth rite? Nthg serious, really. And I digress. So, while he was giving his butt a massage, Nicks apparently too had a sudden urge that often is the spark to do smth stupid to give him a lil boost. Maybe he thought that giving him a lil extra speed would generate extra excitement for him.
Sometimes, no harm is done when dumb actions are enacted. Sometimes, but not today! Chai fell, and he fell gracefully with his whole body spread over the staircase. I was laughing, and so was aaron. That came to an abrupt end when we saw his wrist. It wasn’t normal. The part of his radius bone near the carpal bone (wrist) was protruding slightly, no, a lot, no, slightly. Okay it was protruding out. It wasn’t pretty but we thought it to be just a dislocation. So we decided to get my car which was in the carpark behind the form 4 block but we couldn’t find the guard to get the gate open. Thankfully, Khai zen parked his car near the form 6 block and we took his car to send Chai to the hospital.
We wanted to send him to tung shin(nearest hosp) but apparently it is a private hosp. and we will hv to pay to admit him there. So we detoured to HUKM in BTR with aaron leading the way. I’ve nvr been to HUKM b4 less so about going there. So we got him registered and the 2 helpers was cracking jokes bout how it happened. Anyway, he got reeled into the emergency ward and nicks followed him in.
We waited for about 20 mins b4 heading to the cafeteria with athur’s sis who kzen contacted. Apparently chai was just beginning to get his X-ray when arthur’s sis went in to check on him on our behalf. He still had to have his ‘dislocation’ corrected and then plastered were he will then undergo another X-ray. After bout 15 mins in the café, we went back to the waiting area to await the arrival of Chai’s mom. She was very grateful that we sent him there and thanked us. We failed to mention that one of us was the culprit to her son’s misery and I wonder if well get the same treatment if we did? I think we would, for parents are such that they don’t care how it happened just so that it did and they will do everything in their power to relief as much as possible the pain of their child.
Apparently our assumptions were wrong. It wasn’t a dislocation. In fact, he broke 2 bones on his wrist and will have to undergo surgery. His mom moved him to tung shin hosp. which I don’t know why for HUKM looks way much better.
All I can say is that it was a freak accident. It looked like nthg to me but in fact was more serious than it looks. No1 is to be blamed but CHAI AND NICKS (Yes, nicks, feel bad!!) At least this will teach all of us a lesson to not push when some1’s sliding down the railing or maybe….to not slide down railings at all? Let’s all wish Chai a speedy recovery so that he can slide down railings soon!! Cheers!

Dilemma that is Iraq

Iraq is an example of a failed democracy state. No, it wasn’t even a democratic state to begin with. After the ‘liberation’ of Iraq from the iron clad fist of Saddam Hussein, there’s been nthg but bloodshed. The strife between the sunni insurgents and shia militias is aggravated by a weak and powerless government.
After 3 yrs with the situation deteriorating rather than improving, what options are left and which is the most feasible? Should the US cut and run? Or should they stay and try to win over the insurgents? The argument for the US to cut and run is that they will cut and run in a few yrs time so what wrong with doing early the inevitable? But then again, how will the world look at the US for doing so? On the other hand, the cost of staying the course will come at the price of men and million of dollars.
For all that, the US should stay in Iraq regardless of the results of the mid-term election. They owe it to themselves and the Iraqi ppl as much to make iraq at least liveable. It is wise to get the cooperation of both Syria and Iran who each supports singly Sunnis and Shias. Their influence is undeniably strong and their ‘advice’ might coerce the militants to give up their arms. Thus, the US should hold talks with iran and Syria even if the nuclea negotiations with iran falls apart. It is for the best.
Furthermore, the U.S. with their military might need to stop covering in their bunkers and counter the insurgencies. It will be dangerous and gruesome but there is no other way to flush out the terrorist. Like they use to say “The best defense is a good offense.”
Moreover, it is well-known that the Iraqi police, controlled by the Internal ministry is deeply infiltrated by the militants who sometimes assist or even perpetuate themselves in the tit-for-tat killings btw sunnis and shias. Yet, militants are still being integrated into the police force. Stricter screenings is needed for applicants and Al-maliki needs to have the willingness to persecute the guilty.
Persevere, persevere and persevere. I believe that the US cannot afford to cut and run. They are better off staying and iraq combating insurgents. It’s already been 3 yrs and who knows how long it might take to flush away the insurgents, 2, 3 maybe 5. But the US should stay for as long as it takes. We cannot afford insurgents taking over and turning iraq into a terrorist stronghold. Persevere!

Amex!!

After months of pestering and cajoling, my parents finally agreed to get me one. They wouldn’t at 1st for they’re afraid that I’ll lose it. I don’t blame them, im famous for losing things..but that’s in the past!
Actually I’ve already submitted the form 2 months ago but when I called them up 2 days ago, they said they did not receive it. So I requested for the form to be fax-ed over to me. Alas, Since being taken over by Maybank, I think it a necessity for their service to sux, hmm, all local banks service sux? Thus, I dialed them up ytd, and they – miraculously – fax-ed the form there and then. Hmmm, what happened to the required sucky service?
So I filled up the form perfectly and fax-ed it over with a photostated copy of my I.c. After bout 10 mins, a person from their office called saying that I hv to fax over my photostated I.c. again but in a lighter tone. I when back to the fax machine and tried to fiddle around finding for the tone settings but only found a bunch of other buttons which seems to be of no use.
My mom’s going to fax over my I.c. for me today and I hope she doesn’t forget. Guess I’ll just hv to call her in sch to remind her! =)
I just home that my Amex plat sup card will be here pronto! Cheers!!
( This should be what it looks like. Nice aint it?? ^^)