SFA 2nd Fencing Tournament... Is That What Its Called?

Hey its me!!!

I took this picture right after I lost a fencing match. Notice how pale I look?

Look at those fencers who went to the next round... *crawls to a corner

During this tournament, I was really not in the mood to fence. Mostly because there were no friends and that the equipment we were given was so bad, we might as well throw turds at each other. The 'referee' had to stop a lot of times because my blade had a lot of problems. But then it turns out that it was my wire that was the problem... but that's just as bad! And the breeches! Gurl, don't get me started on the breeches! Because the breeches' zip was broken so my zip was hard to pull up!! There I was, like a complete retard struggling with my pants zip. It looked VERY VERY VERY VERY wrong.

A guy named Adam was the 'referee' (I don't know the specific title) and when he was trying to fix my blade for the umpteenth time, he took another blade and parried me (parry is to hit my blade with his blade) and OMG it was so strong the parry almost knocked me over. Haha, no wonder la cause he's an international fencer. And he's from my school, Lok Yuk too! *thumbs up. His parry was also so fast, like half a second for two parries. Okay, I'm probably exaggerating.

Oh yeah! Do you see the Milo banner in the picture? Well, thats because Milo sponsored the tournament and brought a huge truck full of cold Milo! I probably drank about 50 small cups haha. This, I did not exaggerate.

And I don't know why la, but I get a lot of advice when I go to fencing. Because right after I took the first picture, the Milo uncle gave me some tips on winning. At first I was a bit skeptical because who is this uncle to tell me how to fence?! But then, he's not just any uncle, he's a Milo van uncle so he must have been to a lot of sport tournaments. Soooo, I just listen la. He told me to steal tactics from the professional ones. Learn the tricks and cheats. Hmmm, yeah, I could probably give it a try.

I already know who to observe. This gorgeous tall girl from UMS called Renee. She beat me with a score of 15-0!! T___T In less than 2 minutes again that!!!

Actually no, it wasn't even a bit close. 15-0!! Can you believe that?

What a shame that I didn't take a picture of myself in my fencing gear and everything. Sigh, oh well! As Mdm. Tan, a teacher said, I looked like a woman warrior.

I also broke a nail! The sacrifices of being a woman warrior. The broken nail is at the index finger btw.



Maybe I'll have more luck next time la.. At least I did better than my first competition last year, where I just decided to quit epee fencing tournament. Now I'm just concentrating on foil fencing.

Caroline-unnie

How we met ah? Well, we were both 14-year-old geniuses so we got to be in the same class in Form 2. And on the first week, Pn. Pang aka Fate made us both sit next to each other at the back of the class, the perfect place for mischief.

Her first thought of me was, "Oh great, now I have to speak English ALL the time." But I surprised her by being able to speak Malay bha! Being at he back of the class, there are alot of things we did.

Talking about our crushes from All Saints, our neighbour school. And our crushes were friends again that! Fate I tell you, fate! But after that, you kept teasing me about my crush.

Giving ourselves nicknames. She was fish because of a certain maths teacher's failure to pronounce 'fish' correctly. And I was whale because one day, I laughed so hard while drinking water that I had water sprouting out of my nose.

And then I remembered the time she popped one of my pimples which I refused to pop, claiming that it will heal faster. (It did!)

And I remembered I pissed her off when I disturbed her while she was colouring her moral poster. Hahahahahaaha!!

And last year, she got obsessed with Taiwan and Aaron Yan (while I got obsessed with Mathias). I thought that Aaron was gay looking and wore eyeliner. But Caroline insisted that he DOES NOT! *skeptical

And then and then! Last year, she was the only one who accompanied me to go to the epee fencing tournament while everybody else was chilling. In the end, I thought 'Screw this!' And quitted the tournament though.

And now, she's one of the very first loyal reader in my blog! Yay!!!

So.... HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAROLINE-UNNIE! You're sixteen now which officially makes you older than me until my own birthday. Hiya, could it really have been only 2 years ago when we were making silly nicknames?

Stuff I Bought In Watsons

Remember how my parents picked me up late at night because they forgot about me?

Well, my mom apologized by taking me shopping in Watsons!! I love Watsons!! I love the soap and makeup and the always-there-discounts!

If there was any shop that I can work part-time, it would be Watsons, no doubt.

These are the stuff I bought.

Actually, I did not buy so much stuff....

Moisturiser

ZA Total Hydration Foamy Cleanser

Watsons Cream Shampoo (Lavender)

Watsons Body Lotion (Lavender)

Watsons Cream Body Wash (Rose)

IN2IT Foundation

Shavers

The moisturiser sucked. Sucky sucky sucky. Why? Because it leaves my face feeling oily and it doesn't absorb easily. I don't know what brand it is because I tore out the ugly sticker because, well, its ugly.

The cleanser is amazing!!!! My skin felt so moisturised after using it and it foams easily, so no need to use a lot. It was on sale so I bought it cheap. *cheapskate haha. Normally when I use other cleansers, my skin would feel so dry it hurts if I don't use a moisturiser, but now it doesn't! *big shiny eyes!

The Watsons brand items are really nice smelling. The lavender is to relax me and I bought the rose only because its pink. But the rose body wash really made my skin velvety feeling oh!! Only RM 10 each.

The foundation sucked too. It didn't give me the coverage I needed to cover my spots but maybe when my skin is fully healed I would use it just to illuminate my skin a bit. But for now, I'm still not using makeup so my skin will breathe But I caved in today and put a teeny tiny bit though.

And the shavers are like normal. They last a lot of uses so I like that. And the colour is pink and purple!

Of Pretty Bugs

This is the scenario in class :

Sarah, Frieda and I were sitting on the floor (who knows why haha) and we were talking.
When SUDDENLY le awesome bug suddenly appeared on Frieda's arm. And that bug fell to the floor.

We weren't really scared of the bug but we were interested in it because it has EYELASHES! Have you ever seen a bug with eyelashes before?!

Then Caroline, Vanissa, Jessica and Carlin, thinking we were reading a magazine, joined us and saw the bug too.

So there we were, staring at this bug with eyelashes. (Teenagers and our free time haha). Our faces were so close to the bug, that if it were to fly, our faces would get it. At first it was like the eyelashes were glew together but then slowly it spread. Is that how it tells us to back off? Haha, it should feel lucky, to be surrounded by girls.

Then Sarah did the unimaginable. She touched the eyelashes!!! So brave! She said that it was hard and sturdy. Hmmm, I wished I had the guts to touch it.

While touching it, suddenly the little critter flew! Holy £#*%! All 7 of us cringed back in horror and I think a few of us screamed. Lol, and the whole class was staring. Especially BJ was laughing like a lunatic.

While we were all explaining how the bug had eyelashes, Wahyun bad assedly got up, rolled a bunch of newspapers (where did that come from) and walked over to the bug. 7 of us tried to stop her then SMACK! Bye pretty bug. Sigh... everybody was silent.

You would think that was the end but no. Our class monitor took the roll of newspaper and made sure the thing was dead and swept the dead carcass out of the class.

Well, that was how Bug With Eyelashes died.

It wasn't a dragon, but it came close.

Caroline-unnie found a pic of it!!

Les Miserables

These days, my favorite songs are songs that are not very popular amongst teens.

I AM SO LOVING THE MUSICAL, LES MISERABLES!!!!!! My dad bought the DVD a few months ago and I've only saw it last week. How did I go through life without watching this???!

This is one of the few shows/performance/movies that have given me goosebumps and all I can think about now is the story and the amazing songs! I love love love!

The last time I felt like this was when I first saw Twilight, but lets not go into how I was a foolish child.

Anyways, back to Les Miserables.

Here's my FAVORITE PERFORMANCE. Its the original casts of Jean Valjean (the characters name) and they have all gathered for the 25th anniversary of the musical. *hyperventilate

Do you see what I am going on about??

If you dare say it sucks, better not say it to my face. *cracks knuckles

The song is about Jean Valjean praying to God to save a boy (Marius) which is his daughter (Cosette) loves  while the boy is fighting a war because Jean Valjean couldn't bear to see his daughter so sad.

But thats only about 0.8393843 percent of the story! Its really sad because .... no spoilers!

Thats Eponine! My favorite character. I know that feel. I've been there too Eponine, you are not alone! She is singing about being alone because Marius only thinks of her as a friend and hes in love with Cosette. Ooooh, friendzoned.

And and and!!!

The best part is that there is going to be a movie with Anne Hathaway, Russell Crowe, Hugh Jackman and Amanda Seyfried in it!!!!! Oh Lord what have I done to deserve this blessing!! :DDDD

The song One Day More, with both the old and new casts.

Haha, my friends in class are probably annoyed because I keep singing the songs with my thoroughly horribly tuned voice wtf.

Sam's Farewell

One of my friends in school is moving to Australia!!

Everyone I care about is leaving! First, it was Gabriel, then Cruise, then Jerard... and now Samuel. Whyyy??

Sigh, as Chong said, its probably fate.

First and foremost, special thanks to Sarah and Julia for buying the cake and snacks.  And Sarah also worked hard to cut up the cake.

At first, I heard that Samuel didn't want a farewell party so we were kinda worried that he wouldn't like it. The party was supposed to be a surprise but somehow, Samuel found out. T____T Lol, and he was told to act surprised though (why are we like this haiya hahahah).

And it was one of the memorable times this year because almost all the 3AM1 classmates were there. We also wrote on a card to give to him and his face was priceless when he received it. The card had 1 Direction's face on it so of course he would love it because he LOVES 1 Direction. But it's not about 1D's face, because the words we wrote has sentimental value, wishing him luck and saying we miss him. It can't be easy to move to a different continent/country, having to make new friends and get used to the environment of Aussie's.

I wonder if it is harder to be the one leaving than to be the one left behind. Hmmm...

Anyways, when Samuel made a short speech, I almost (almost only!) cried! My eyes were watery but no tears came out. And with all of our friends in the same class only made it much more emotional. Thankfully, Hasyrul was being his usually funny self so my mood was lightened up.

After that, nothing much happened except a certain someone cried because she would miss Samuel (you know who you are!!) haha.

Towards the end, a few people made speeches.

Julia said that she would miss him eventhough he always teases her.

Chong's was a long one. Almost 5 minutes. He said that he saw Samuel the first time when we were 13 and he thought that Samuel was short. Then they were formally introduced when we were 14 and that was when they grew close (that was our cue to say awww).

Sarah said that she will definitely miss him and that HE SHOULD NOT BE INFLUENCED BY THE BAD THINGS.

Michelle said good luck to Samuel in his life in Australia.

Jessica was so lol. Saying that when she first saw Samuel, he was on his father's lap. Haha. And that when she first saw him, she thought he was stuck up. How wrong she was!

So....

Good luck Samuel!  I will definitely miss our jokes and do visit us if you can. When you do, we'll give you a great big hug! Haha. And I think that you are very lucky to get to live in Australia and that I'm very jelly of you.

Late Late Late

Today was an eventful day.

Originally, I was supposed to go home at 4.30. So, at 4pm, Vanissa and I cleaned up the workshop a bit before leaving.

When we left, we went out and there was Amanda and Elvena at the bus stop. So we talked a bit. Elvena told me a story of a Korean ghost story about plastic surgery. *shivers..

Anyway, first, Vanissa left. Then Amanda left. Then Elvena left. and soon Jessica left. And I was all alone. Around 5pm, my dad still hasn't come to pick me up. But I wasn't worried, its normal to be a little late right?

Around 5.30pm, Jess came back out to accompany me and we talked talked and talked. Then she finally had to go home around 6pm. That was when I decided to call my parents but they didn't pick up!

With all the afternoon session kids around me hollering, I decided to go wait inside the gates. Until about 6.30, Cikgu Dahlan, asked me when I was going home, who was pucking me up and such. And I said that it was okay, my dad probably has a meeting. So he said, 'betul ah?' And I confirmed it with a nod and a smile. I wish I hadn't. I wished I said 'No! My dad forgot about me.'

Because I ended up waiting till 7.40pm. And Nasir convinced me to follow Ibrahim to send me home. I pat that time, I was just about ready to cry. T___T it was dark and lots of mosquitoes were biting me. And I was tired.

So yeah, finally Ibrahim sent me home. Lol, he drove really fast. Anyway, thank you Ibrahim and Nasir!

When I arrived home, I saw that both my parents car were gone.

I had two theories as to how they could not pick me up
They forgot their youngest daughter existed and went to school.
Someone died.

When I saw that my parents were out I thought someone died. For a moment there, my anger faded. As soon as I stepped into the house my aunt immediately embraced me. OMG WHO DIED??!

Nope, everybody is pretty much alive. My aunt told me that my parents were panicky on their way to pick me up =='.

Apparently, they had a miscommunication on who was picking me up.

Their text...

Mom : I'm finishing work late.
Dad : Crystal already picked up. <- that dot is supposed to be a question mark.

And my aunt thought I was shopping with my mom.

Then aunty told me that my parents were screaming because of panic and took two cars to pick me up just in case one was faster. I feel so loved!!

When they both came home, they immediately apologized. Well, my dad apologized and my mom made excuses. But that's okay, when I ask to go shopping tomorrow, who could they say no right? Hahaha, my master plan is going smoothly.

Now, I am cleaned and ready to go to sleep. Good night, person who is reading this!

Make Up

A picture of Mathias Lauridsen to kick start this post.

Originally, I was going to write a post about pork and how every other food magically loses it's taste compared to it. But I thought that this topic would be a bit insulting to some people, and I will not put Mathias' picture in a pig post.

So, I will just post about my life.

Today, I cleaned the bengkel in school. I don't know why, but my theory is that my maternal instincts are taking over and Mathias can finally propose!!! No la, I think that the layer of dust just annoys me so much. Anyway, the dust was floating all over the place because I stupidly forgot to turn off the fan and so, I had a layer of dust on my face after I finished cleaning. Maternal instincts satisfied!

So.... I took a wet tissue and wiped my face clean (it took 3 pieces of tissue) and my face was squeaky clean! That means... MY FACE WAS BARE... that means.... I HAD NO MAKEUP!!!!!

I instantly felt imbalanced (just like when I haven't gone shopping in a long period of time).

Looking in the mirror, I was horrified and.... I can't believe I'm going to write this, I popped a few zits. Yucky I know! Gross. Revolting!

After that, I decided to reapply my makeup, and Caroline-unnie and Elvena 'experimented' makeup on my face. Mind you, it was only foundation and powder. Even with an impressive amount of foundation, and even when it was covered, I thought, makeup makes me feel heavy...

So I took it off again with the help of Caroline-unnie.

What a waste of foundation!!!

So then, we all got into the topic of skin care. Here are the conclusions.

• Everything you use on your face is poison unless it is to treat already-there-flaws. (by Elvena)
• Don't pop your pimples. (By moi -me-)
• Make up makes your skin worse. So only use make up when your skin is clear so that the zits have air to breathe. (Caroline-unnie)

Pfft, I can totally go through the day without make up.

Oh yeah, and today in class, we learnt how to say "pfffffffft". Its a very useful skill to express 'bitch please' in a censored way.

Aaaaaaand, another picture of Mathias to end this post.

Wise Advice Part 2

Felt so artistic when I took this picture. Feels like a captured a moment of perfect timing, seh.

Today I had fencing again and 1m1s. But!! I get to skip 1m1s to work on sindex! I feel so blessed that I can escape the scorching sun. Btw, 1m1s is a sports thing that every student has to go through. I initially joined cheerleading, but due to escaping a lot, I just ignored it. And they ignore me! Haha. Personally, I think 1m1s is a waste of time. You could choose basketball, netball, football and other sports. Y U NO FENCING??

Today we divided our parts in preparation of sindex and I became the 'pembentang'. Which means that I'm representing my group on the interview. Which is just as well, cause my speaking skills is something to be proud of, pfft. And I've done some voice training while rehearsing for drama so my voice is loud and clear when I want it to be.

We were supposed to work on sindex the whole day, but we had nothing to do anymore when the time to go for fencing came so my friends decided to go for training. At first I was a bit apprehensive to show myself but then I thought, don't be a damn coward! It was a hard battle between myself and myself but then, myself won.

So I went there, and coach asked me if I felt any better about my... ahem... situation. I said no. And coach said don't worry, take your time. I'll be beside you.

(Big shiny eyes)

Thank you thank you thank you so so so much coach!! I really needed those words of encouragement. And so, I am not going to be worried about this silly matter anymore. I will get rid of my discomfort because I believe that its all in my head. And that I'm just judging this the wrong way because of my friends teasing contaminating my thoughts.

So, tomorrow, I will go to training with a happy heart. Willing to turn over a new leaf!

I've decided to take advice from this tree now!

Be content with my natural beauty? Does that mean I have to.... oh gawd.... no... GIVE UP MAKE UP???!!! No la, I am content with my natural beauty already. That's why I don't feel weird/fake/guilty when I wear makeup. Besides, I only wear foundation and powder as my everyday makeup. In fact, I don't even think there is anything wrong with getting plastic surgery. But I probably won't do it because of the ridiculously high prices. But I will however, get braces! God, my teeth are horrible. Thank the person who invented photoshop!

Quote

There is no good or evil, there is only power. And those too weak too seek it.

Wise Advice

I had school today.... a Saturday! And I noticed that nobody was really surprised that there was school when the teacher announced it yesterday. Guess we're so used to it already.

But, unlike the normal kids who sit in class listening to teacher's endless talking, I went to fencing!

Sometimes, fencing training can be kinda uncomfortable for me because the assistant coach makes jokes that are way over boundaries like joking that we're having dinner and whatnot but teacher told me that the real coach is coming! So yay! I went to training with a light heart. The first 30 minutes, we waited for coach to arrive. The others were just sitting there, twiddling their thumbs but not me!! I was being productive, doing jumping jacks and push ups haha. Jokes. I would never do something productive.

Anyway, when coach finally arrived, I saw that the damn assistant coach tagged along. FFFFUUUU----

But that's okay. Calm... calm...

I avoided him the whole time so it wasn't that bad. Until...

Coach told me that I needed consistent training, because I had potential (blush) so I told him I didn't want to. Because I felt so awkward and uncomfortable and I just had to tell him the whole story!

And he gave me a wise advice...

"You should change the way you think about it. Instead of feeling insulted, you should feel grateful. We can't change the world, but we can change how we think about it."

Yeah, I guess so... Btw, that wasn't really what he said, I just summarised it. Haha. Anyway, it makes sense right?

And so,  I feel grateful that this assistant coach is comfortable enough with me that he can joke these kinds of jokes to me.



And while going through facebook today, I found this. And I thought it was sweet, no?

Who's the bitch that made Zac Efron cry??!!!

Farewell Narrative Paragraph

To the sea, I stared as the sun shone it's last rays of light under the horizon. My black hair was blown back by the salty sea breeze and I remained as still as a statue. Far ahead, a battle ship carried the warriors out to battle, to fight for our people's right to the land. I didn't know if they could see me, but nevertheless, I raised my palm and waved one last farewell before turning my back and began the long walk back to the village. I never saw my brothers again after that day.

Wants

Someday, I will be rich, successful and famous. I would wish for happiness too but I'm already so happy with my life right now.
List of things that I want to have and do in the future :

• Be a millionaire.
• Live in a huge house.
• Have a pastel pink car, with my own chauffer. Oh yeah, a different car for each day haha.
• Travel to other places like Europe or Korea. Especially Japan and Paris (top of the list) !!! Then, because I'm a millionaire, I can shop anywhere and have my own private translator. But I will always be cheapskate la, becasuse cheap things makes me happy. ^^
• Be best friends with celebrities and korean idols haha. Have to start learning korean now la!

Now for the ones that I really really really want!!

• To win SINDEX! It's an invention competition and the deadline for the prototype is next Saturday. I want to win! I want to win! I'm gonna give it my best to win! Screw studies! I'm going to put all my energy into this! And...
• I'm also going to work very hard to win the Sabah Fencing Competition. But this one, its okay to lose... Because its a solo thing. SINDEX is a group thing.

And the small things that I want but its okay not to have

• To not be tired when chemistry class starts and suddenly come back from the dead when it ends. I need to pay attention to chemistry.
• Not to fail anymore papers! Eh... this is important!
• To do my assignments on time. But I always put it off until the last minute.

I guess that's about it. Of course, there are a lot of other things that I want but these are the ones that are on top of my head.

 

Funny!

Harry's Shirt and Mathias Lauridsen's Beauty

He finally grew into the shirt. When I was much much younger, I didn't understand Harry Potter at all. I thought that because the book was so thick, I wouldn't be able to understand it. It wasn't until the Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 1 that I decided to read it. I was totally hooked and became one of those creepy obsessive fans for a while.

Then when I finally finished the last book, I didn't know how to go on with normal life anymore lol. Haiya, I really wish that I lived in a magical world. T__T

Oh yeah! I've also become obsessed with Mathias Lauridsen. He's a danish model. Yeah, I'm just into his good looks. But seriously, look at him, he's a walking piece of art.


I understand if you've fainted because of overdose of beauty.


I LIKE PEOPLE IN GLASSES
And and!!! I think the scar on his cheek adds points for beauty. Sigh, if only flaws worked that way for me.

O.O

Someday I'll be rich and have a specific car for each day too!

...

And while I'm already dreaming, might as well wish for a pony too.




Perpetually bereft of a relationship... as long as there are musicians!

Dinner Post

What I had for dinner.

Sadly, I'm the third kind.

In this world, there are three kinds of people..

Those that understands math, and those that don't.

Nonsense

Haiya, what kind of nonsense am I posting in this blog...

Anyway, here's a poem I produced out of pure boredom while waiting in the library! More nonsense!!


I scrunched my face,
Face in my dusty palms,
I began to ask myself,
How could I be so dumb?

A voice in my head,
Whispered softly to me,
The voice gently said,
Wait patiently and see,

So I got on my feet,
And glanced to the skies,
I tightly shut my eyes,
And told myself 'I'd try!'

A Whole New World

Every single time :)