Today I practically did nothing but waiting! Went for driving lessons as usual in the morning. The cars were all used, so I have to wait for more than half an hour. After my driving lessons, went home and decided to learn my italian. I barely got throught two tracks of my Italian CD when my mom told me to change cos we were going to go out and buy shoes. cos my current shoes is falling apart, the sponge fell out already and all.

Well, knowing my family, I had to wait forever for them to move. Nicely changed, I sat on the sofa and waited and waited and waited. it was like 12pm. then at 2pm, my dad says, let's go do my IC first, since my mom was suddenly missing dunno where. So we got out of the house, and suddenly, my dad's attention turned to the hose and we didn't even get into the car yet! Suddenly he's looking for a screwdriver and I dunno what and I was sitting and waiitng for another half an hour bfore we finally went to do my IC. The person doing the processing stuffs was so slow and I was so irked to see the whole bunch of them. It's like they were just sitting there chatting and smoking, while the person SLOWLY filled out the forms, still chatting.... what in the world.

After that, I went home. and waited some more. after some time, finally my mom and my bro went out. We had to go to the office first, which was pretty far away. After we reached my dad's office, my bro had to settle some stuffs. GOSH! More waiting! and it was so hot and stuffy and i was sooo bored. We finally left the office at 6.15 pm (imagine, all the time from 12pm i was WAITING!) we headed for the mall. but there was a HUGE JAM! and we got stuck till lke 7+ Gosh. Indonesian traffic is horrible! There was this strech of road. Two way, our going going straight and other cars going from the other direction towards us. and then from the left, the cars were all trying to cut to the right. like waht in the world? NO TRAFFIC LIGHTS!! so everyone is just cutting and pushing. the ones from the left are cutting into the middle section where the two way road was to go to the right. TOTAL CHAOS! and the motorcycles are lawless, they just go wherever and whichever way they like. wth..

We reached the mall. Could only shop for one pathetic hour cos my bro had to go for tennis. so we reached the shop at 7.15 and I was trying out shoes. had to quickly make decisions and i finally bought white Reebok Cross trainers. Actually I was in love with this blue running shoes. I LOVE THE BLUE COLOR! It's lovely! It's not the faded light blue that's normally on many shoes, it's a beautiful fresh light blue. I've been looking at it for a long time, but I guess it's not suitable for the weather conditions in the US and considering I will only have ONE AND ONLY ONE pair of shoes to wear in the US, i guess i better get a good one.

Left the mall at about 8.10. one hour of shopping. GREAT! and goodness gracious me i don't know how many hours of waitiing.

I FINALLY went to watch Harry Potter last night. It was a Saturday and gosh, there were SOOOOO many people. We couldn't get the 7pm ticks, so no choice but to get the 10pm ones. Thankfully, the prices of tickets have gone DOWN!! YAY! it's from 35000 (7 bucks) to 25000 (5 bucks!) I suppose it's bcos pirated stuffs are soo easily acessible in Indo, they had to do something about cinema tickets prices.

Anyways, I thought the movie was not too bad. I think it was a good thing that I couldn't actually remember anythign I read from the book (since the last time i read it was in primary school) because if I did, I would have been majorly dissapointed like many others who've read the book. Well, even if i can't remember a thing from the book, I thought there was too much emphasis on Harry and all. yeah, I know it's about Harry Potter, but the other characters barely appeared or even spoke. It's quite sad really. It's exciting you see, to actually see new characters coming out and they barely had any screen time at all. gosh.. so not fun!

The dance scene was too short. shucks. such a killjoy cos it would have been so much fun too! and i just have this whole feeling that the movie seems so hurried and abrupt. Anyways, as I said, I like to see all the new characters appearing. so fun! haha.. Well, if Cedric was supposed to be so cute, I apparently do not think so. But he was okay I guess. But he died so quickly. it's like he just appeared for a lil' while and next thing u noe he's dead. I think there's not enough character development on the part of the movie. if Cavill was playing Cedric, I might have cried my eyes out despite everything. =P

Hmm. I thought Cho was pretty sweet actually, the way she smiles. Don't know why all the girls hate her, but oh welps. She barely appeared too. so not fun! All she did was smile and speak a few words. no fun!! I thought she looked pretty nice at the dance, but all they showed of her was just a flash. Hello, can't they even give ppl time to appreciate all the dresses.. Puhleze.. and of course, Hermione was pretty, as usual. Gorgeous, in fact. Well, based on her looks alone, I don't understand why Ron would ever say that nobody wants to ask Hermione for the dance. I mean.. even if Krum didn't, I'm sure Someone would anyways. but i guess in the book she wasn't supposed to be THAT gorgeous.

Oh and guess who's my favourite guy in the whole movie??? No, not Voldemort, I admit I might be sadistic at times but I'm not that freaky all right! I mean, I HATE HIS NOSE! hahah...But still I'm mad... but I like Viktor Krum. I mean, like kiki said bfore, he's dead cool. Yep. the scene where the whole gang enters and banging their staff on the ground and he's kinda leading the pack. Like how cool is that..not only that. I just like him for his looks and all you know. haha. hey, he's not super cute, but he's a tad bit cute alrighty. but he has his fair share of fangirls (though lesser), and I don't plan to add to the number..

Anyways, enough of Harry Potter and gushing over Viktor Krum.. I CAN'T WAIT TILL THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA!It's sad that I'm older than those kiddos now when I was as young when I read the book.. but i really hope it will be good! I've been reading it since I don't know when and I LOVE the books! I think all the kids look good for the show and I especially liked Susan. Which is sad, cos I know she'll be the only one who won't believe in Narnia in the 7th book. :(

First driving lesson today.. hehe.. it was quite fun actually..

Had to wake up real early in the morning and then my mom drove me there. had to wait for the cars cos they were all taken. Finally I got a car and I sat down with the driving teacher next to me. He gave me the key and told me to turn on the engine, which I did. We buckled our seatbelts. The thing is, the car is MANUAL! So I have to control that kopling thing (i dunno wad it is in English) and the verseneling plus all that gigi stuffs. so ??? Anyway, i pushed the verseneling to Reverse and I reversed the car.

At first I kept getting the guy wrong cos he was kinda mumbling when he gave instructions and when he said left i did right and all that stuff. But in the end, It was quite fun anyways. I just drove and drove and the guy will tell me turn the steering wheel, more more more.. and sometimes the car will be going left right left right.. so unstable.. then the instructor will sometimes push my steering wheel in the right direction. And the engine died twice cos I let go of the kopling too fast.. hueh hueh...

There was one stretch of road that was relatively car-less, so i had to CONTROL the speed maniac within me and not try to push the accelerator too hard and speed up. and as all is said, Indonesian roads are CRAZY!! Nobody obeys the law here and the roads are terrible and everyone's just pushing and going and not letting anyone pass. The motorcycles are the craziest, they just cut into anyone's path without caring. Crazy driving. My bro's got into two crashes already.. sheesh. Mad driving. and if you crash into someone, you might just get beaten up by the angry driver. :S My bro crashed into this truck driver and he was all ready to beat up my bro till my dad shouted at him. Scary eh?

Well, after my half n hour driving class, the instructor asked for a tip. (which I heard was customary) and i had no choice but to give him 5000Rp. I was thinking hey..daylight robbery you know. 17 lessons.. 5000 each time.. that will be like 85000 when I finish. and including the course fees... eek.. cheating my money.. haha

minus point: I HAVE TO WAKE UP EARLY EVERY WEEK DAY for lessons. T_T there goes my holiday.

I have written a poem because of the plight Danke is in. Poor little doggie. He is in the old house, and it's messy and dilapitated. Nobody goes there to clean up and nobody bathes the dog either. He eats one meal per day. At night someone will just drive there and give him the food and leave immediately. He waits in anticipation for the food and live in the fear that someday nobody will come. Nobody plays with him anymore. My mom doesn't want him in the new house cos he will spoil the garden. Poor Danke is free to roam in the garden of the old house, but he is kinda jailed cos there's the gate barring his exit. The strays are all free to roam and Danke will howl to them. Alone within the confines of the unkempt garden, waiting all day for dinnertime and looking out in envy at the freedom of the stray dogs as they roam about the streets without restrain.

Such is the life of poor Danke. I hope he doesn't go mad..

Anyways I hardly write poems and never such a long one either. So pardon my writing.

The 'You' refers to the family in general.

Laments of the Jaildog

Did you know that
I cry in the nightime?
I'm all alone, so alone
you're never here with me.

You used to come out when I cry
and played with me till I shut up.
Did you remember you used to love me
when I was a pup.

I waited at the gate every hour
is that you coming? nope.
Fear gnawed at my heart
but I told myself not to lose hope.

Finally you arrived!
I jumped in joy and licked you.
You scolded me and said bad boy!
but I didn't mind, as long as you never say adieu.

I thought back of the time
When little mistress gave me a name.
She said it meant "thank you"
for she was thankful that I came.

You set down my food
and I gobbled at it for I was hungry.
the long wait had made me famished
and lack of bath had made me itchy.

I hope you wouldn't mind my smell
I tried hard to keep clean and used up every trick
but it's not an easy task
when i could only lick.

I raised my head from my food bowl.
You're leaving! But you only stayed a while!
I ran to the gate and call out "come back!"
but you left without a word or a smile.

My appetite is lost
but I eat out of necessity
Why won't you stay and play?
Why let me be so lonely?

I want to be your best friend
To guide and protect always
I'll love you no matter what
Faithful till the end of my days.

So I sat here again and howled in despair
the strays replied, some mocking, some pitying
Do you want freedom, they asked.
I shook my head, no and replied:
I want my family back with me.
To play with and to love.
I want my family to tell their neighbors
just how proud they are of me.

Was looking at the movie profile Tristan and Isolde to see if Henry Cavill was really inside.. haha he is.. this time, i guess we can all watch the movie. Still feel cheated over I capture the Castle, which I haven't watched a PEEP of.... HMMPH

I found that the actress acting as Isolde looked REALLLY FAMILIAR!! then i realised that she was in Colditz.. haha.. i have this horrendously poor memory yah.. Anyways, kinda feel quite bad for Henry. How come he can't seem to get good roles. He couldn't be Cedric in Harry Potter, when SO MANY PEOPLE thought he was perfect perfect. I mean, since early 2004, people were already saying Henry for Cedric. but sadly nobody took heed. But then again, as vicks might probably say.. if he does act in HP, he would have all the crazy fangirls which she wouldn't like. And then there's the James Bond role.. Personally i don't think he's suitable too. but oh well..

Actually I have many things to blog about and I don't know why It's on a movie.. haha.. there's other stuffs really but now I am too sleep and lazy.. ADIOS

Haven't had much time to blog and I daresay I won't be able to blog much either. Have to reach the office to do my Visa application by 7 am tomorrow. EEK! My toe's bleeding, no wonder the mosquitoes love me today. Yes, here in Indonesia, humans have become included in the mosquito food chain...

My new house is not too bad I guess. My bro's room is like a mini hotel room. It has a tv, PS 2, laptop and a phone that allows you to communicate with the people downstairs. But today, the house has been in a chaotic uproar because people are moving everything and everywhere.

Today has been a pretty nasty day, as usual. A lot of people breathing down my back thanks to the visa application. No food on the table cos everyone's been too busy with the house and furnitures and stuffs. and it's bloody boring and all. I daresay I miss Singapore already. and my Disney Channel.

I LOVE PP!!! We had an AWESOME time today!!

Well, I went to my bro's basketball match, which he lost because the opposing team looked purely SCARY! It's like all the tall ang mohs and REALLY TALL blacks. There was this guy who was like a pole man, i swear his hands are as long as some people's legs! LONG AND TALL guy.. they all looked cool though. Awesome play.

After the match, I headed to HB's house. I forgot her unit number. So i went to the eight floor.. looked at the shoes there and saw school shoes so i thought nah.. can't be. Then i went downstairs to the seventh floor. Was looking and looking and then I spotted a cross on top of the door and i thought nah.. not this one either. I went downstairs and TA-DAH!!! I spotted HB's slippers (which we exchaged before!! haha) and i rang the doorbell and hid behind just in case i got the wrong house. HB opened the door! HURRAH!

Well, she tried burning my DVD which didn't really work. and we went to play Bomberman tennis double game! GOSH IT WAS FUN! hahaha i didn't know it could be soo fun! cos the opponents were computer and they keep beating us and we were laughing like mad. Plus the doll figure looked so cute and when it lost it will lie on the floor and shake the legs.. HAHAHA awesome!

Then we went outside and wow..there was a spread on the table man. I ate fried fish with chicken with kang kung (I LIKE!) while drinking soup with fishball. yummy yummy! I kept telling PP about eating my fish husband.. hehe.. after dinner, we went downstairs to play. Now this is where it get NUTS, really nuts..

We went down to play sparklers and was standing at the grassy area and suddenly I SHRIEKED! cos there was a frog there. we both started shrieking and ran to the cement floor. then we looked at the frog. HB said so fat! hahaa.. we started taking picture of the frog. It's still small and reallly cute. we continued walking and encountered another frog! Afterwards, we decided to light our sparklers, but it wouldn't the lighter wouldn't light!! HB had to run up n get another lighter n matchsticks. then we were using the matchsticks and we thought, this would take forever man.. so HB ran up (AGAIN!) to get candles.

then we lit up the candles. and happily started playing. but the wind was so strong!! so we decided to move. We moved to another space. and PAINSTAKINGLY lighted up 3 candles. and just as the candles were all lit up....HB SHRIEKED! and i jumped cos suddenly a frog jumped in front and landed where the candles were. we all started jumping and screaming and laughing and the frog jumped off and the candles all died!!! we honestly couldn't stop laughing.

then we decided to move the candles to the drain and light it up there, hoping there was less wind. and we can't seem to light up the candles and our matchsticks were depleting FAST! and HB was lighting lighting and the matchstick BROKE!! It was hilarious i tell you. We just laughed like mad. and droplets of water kept dripping on us and i told PP it was lizard saliva and she went EEEE!!! But it was soo frustrating cos each time we just manage to light ONE spraklers, the candles all go out. So we decided to move again.

and this time, it was WIND FREE!! and boy we finally lighted up all our sparklers, made wishes laughed talked and HAD FUN!! the sparklers burnt up too fast and they bend a lot haha. After we used up everything, PP n me used the burnt up sparklers n started play acting at some chinese opera thingy. haha so funny! and later we went to the carpark and had more play acting on taxi driver n ghastly passanger. and it was so so so so funny cos PP will suddenly tap me on the back and say" shien shen ah..." I was like jump and then.. AHAHAHAHAH! later we played the romeo n juliet thingy and HB kept poking me and we ended up having a huang fei hong fight! and later HB murdered Juliet's boyfriend (not Romeo), some passerby, another blind passerby.. it was so hilarious. Cos it was all impromptu and she just suddenly, STAB! and i'm like AHAHAHAHA! later she devised her own death by tripping on the kerb!! GOODNESS GRACIOUS ME!! IT WAS HILARIOUS!!

While we were doing our activities, so many passerbys kept looking at us and we called them "witnesses" cos we believed we are arsonists. and lots of couples who keep walking here and there. and one time, this couple came down and the woman was carrying a baby. and HB said: "WAH! So fast!" HAAHAHAHAHAH i really couldn't stop laughing man.. it seems like she meant one couple went up n next thing u noe they came down with a baby already.. AHAHAHAH HILARIOUS!

After we had our fun playing, we went up and ate fruits. Mangoes, kiwis n jambu. yum yum! and Hb's dad sent me home. I LOVE TODAY! IT was full of fun n laughter laughter laughter. I think my mouth split today! :D I LOVE PP!

HUAHHH!!! My mom told me to arrange two whole shelves (with three racks per shelves) of BOOKS! So dusty and all! I feel so icky and itchy now, and it's before bed too! ICK!

Went out to meet Sally, Clef and Mindy just now. Met Sally first, who dressed up very nicely. Then we walked to meet Mindy and Clef. So long since I last saw Mindy, still the same haha.. she didn't change. Clef looks like... I don't know wad.. that's the only word I can use to describe. He have to get a hair cut cos his hair is REALLY LONG and all over his face and I have to give him a hairband and call him to push it back.

We drank coffee and ate and talked a lot of nonsense. All the lame jokes, as usual. We seem to be a very lame bunch. Then Sally brought camera and Mindy, as usual, was busy taking pictures of herself. and Clef was forever hiding behind his hands. Nobody seemed to have changed. Sally had to go off early for some stuffs. Sigh, was hoping we all could meet up longer. We took some more pics bfore she left and i felt so gigantic amongst them suddenly..ehehe..later, the rest of us just walked to Borders and looked at books. I had a $30 Borders voucher and was busy thinking what I wanted to buy.
You see, I wanted to buy
1) 2 Mickey Mouse videos (10.90 each) and one Piers Anthony book. have to pay extra about 4 dollars..
or
2) The Chronicles of Narnia (all 7 books!!!) costs 29 plus..
or
3) Xanth, Piers Anthony novel (3 in one) I would have to pay extra 7 dollars or so..
So I was thinking and thinking which set should I go for? 1,2 or 3?? I so badly wanted the Mickey Mouse videos, but Kelly (whom i bumped into at Borders) said no no no. DOn't get Mickey. waste money. Mindy said the same. But I LOVE MICKEY! So I was just thinking and thinking and i thought ah well, i'll just come back another day and decide again.

So, me, mindy, clef left Borders to go home. I was going different directions as them, so I said bye. Then Clef passed something to me and said it was for me. OHMICROD~! It's the two mickey mouse videos I wanted to buy. I was so so so so so so flabbergasted! Cos I just showed him the videos, and expecting to buy it, BUT i didn't expect him to buy it for me. it's like stunned shock amazement surprise wadever. But gosh, i really really have to thank thank thank thank him. That's one of the best surprises man..

Haiz shall miss all 3 of them when I leave..

Today was my FIFTH visit to the dentist in two weeks. Imagine that 5th!! and what was the dentist busy doing? filling up my bloody cavities because I got so many she can't do them all at one go. And i tell you it's physical and mental torture cos you have to sit in that chair squirming as you hear the whirring mechanical sound that goes drill drill drill and then you feel the pain agony suffering.

I had so many injections in my mouth today and honestly I have no idea how long the needle is but I can feel the feeling in my lower jaw still where the needle was POKED in. At first she jabbed at the lower jaw. But my teeth still hurt, so she promptly poked again at another spot. Oh bloody Pollo, it mighty hurts. Not physically but mentally. Everytime she did a cavity, my heart was pounding and I felt like this was a huge nightmare. Despite the anesthetic I could still feel some pain, plus the whirring sound and the sharp instruments.

BAH! What a traumatic experience. T_T

Yesterday was a fun day! :) PP came over at 6 plus and we waited for Banana to come. SO, we were playing racing games. HUZZA! I'm hooked on racing games now. They are sooo COOL! It's so exciting, and the speed and crashing, HUZZA I LOVE IT!

Okay, soon the banana finally came and we went to the Esplanade! NICE NICE NICE! I love the Esplanade at night! Unfortunately, something went wrong with my right feet and every step I took hurt. ANyways, we saw CHOCOLATE COVERED STRAWBERRIES!! And bought one each hihi.. then we went up to the terrace there and purposely sat in the middle of nowhere and happily savoured our oh so delicious strawberries. Suddenly this brilliant idea came to us, why not make fondues? A quick check at PP's watch.. It's 10 pm... and we could make a quick dash to Carrefour before it closes.. BUT we just arrived at the Esplanade. Anyways, we left it at that and started sleeping on the floor and laughing like nobody's bussiness (in the middle of nowhere remember). but yeah, it was soo fun! and then we went down, bought candy floss, walked around (or limped around, in my case) and then it was 10.28pm. We guessed that Carrefour will close at about 11, so we thought, ok, let's dash to Suntec City now. and so We did and boy was it a long way... I told those two to run ahead first while I limped at the back. Soon, i lost sight of them and got lost 20 thousand times finding Carrefour!!

Finally, I rejoined them, already at the cashier and huzza we got our ingredients. We reached home sleepy at 12am... Because the bus stop was at the other side of the building. GOSH Suntec City is tooo big for my liking. Oh and I was standing there when suddenly this guy just bangs into me full force and it was soo painful. Turns out this blind guy heard the bus and dashed to hail it, not knowing someone was standing there and that the bus was on the other side of the road.

Anyways, we got home, rested a while, drank warm milk and got to work! first we chopped the LOVELY Strawberries. YUMMY they smell good too. And then we chopped the Bananas. and we said banana(XN) is going to eat bananas... Then we melted the chocolate and opened the bag of marshmallows. We wanted to get kiwis actually but no money. Anyways, we proceeded to turn off all the lights in the house, lighted a candle and starting eating in the dark and chit chatting. and so we ate and we ate and we ate, till I felt sick cos it was so sweet but the strawberries and bananas were wonderful! and we talked and talked about everything till it was 2.30 am or so..

Then we had MIDNIGHT RACING! But a quiet one cos we didn't want to wake our mom up. so we had to turn down the volume and we started racing again. Fun Fun fun!! after that, we went to the room and chit chat a bit, played cards and PP said, it's almost 4 am. and we got a shock! How time flies!! and we were planning to wake up early the next morning to go to East Coast Park and cycle. so at about 4.30am, I said, let's sleep.
Trouble.. I COULDN'T SLEEP! Sheesh... It wasn't very nice, and I could only sleep well till earlier in the day at about 8 plus.. and we woke up at 11.30 am and decided to cancel the east coast outing cos I still couldn't walk properly plus we didn't really know how to go anyways. We wanted to eat Waffles in the morning but breakfast was already prepared.. so oh well. After breakfast we played cards a little more, more racing, bomberman blasting (which was.. oh boy fun fun fun~) abit of FFX and stupid sandworm and MORE RACING and finally they all went home.

and I went to the room... and SLEPT! hehe...

Yosh.. I'm packing all my stuffs now. Throwing away lots of stuffs including all my nicely filed history notes and all. Plus some of my old storybooks and chinese storybooks.

I'm hardly online these days cos my mom doesn't like me to turn on the computer at all cos of the darn electric bills. Basically I'm just rotting away at home and reading books all day till I'm sick of reading. Sigh..

Have to meet up with everyone real quick. before I go away.