Hotel Adventure

PJ Hilton
After Prefect Lunch 2008.

*four of us are exploring the hotel just for kicks before going home*
*hop into elevator*

Me: Let's go to a random floor. Lucky number?
Liyana: 7!
Shumi: *reaches for 7 button*
Tarsha: No! Not 7! *hits 4 button*
-silence in lift-
Shumi: *words cannot express the look on her face* Tarsha, 4 is the number of death.

*Later on, on level 4*
*In hushed voices*

Me: There's nothing here.
Tarsha: Let's go back.
Shumi: *walks towards end of corridor*
Liyana: *won't stop giggling*
Me: Yeah, let's get back into the lift. And try number 7. We could end up in Hogwarts!
Shumi: Or Narnia.
*pause as idea sinks in*
All: Whoa.

Tarsha: What happens when somebody asks us who we are?
Me: We're tourists.
Tarsha: From India! You can be from Nepal.
Shumi: How about me?
Tarsha: *says something that sounds like roti canai*
Me: Say what?
Tarsha: It's a place. In India.
Me: Oh. Then Liyana can be from Korea!
Liyana: Me, Engilish, no speak! No!

We also visited the meeting room floor, where Tarsha panicked a little and told us to back off, because there're security cameras. Then we went to the swimming pool, but it was raining and some dude yelled at us to go back inside. xD And that was our magicall not-so-eventful hotel adventure. After prefect lunch, which was fun and very yummy. I'm gonna miss everyone ... I barely see most of them in school anymore.

Most likely not posting after this. Tood-loo, good luck to everyone facing SPM, STPM or university finals or what have you.

The last suit you'll ever wear ...

Nope, not this one.
Our first and last day in turqoise.
Maroonies In Blue
MIB
Yes, lame, I know. xD
Not everyone's here, which is sad. :(

But really, following the trend of Men In Black, Maroon really is the last suit we'll ever wear, high-school wise. But we had fun in blue anyway, just for one day. It was awesome; everyone blended perfectly into the background. And recess resulted in all of us scurrying over to Block D and standing anyway. Old habits die hard.

In book-news, I am starting the penultimate Pendragon book. Penultimate means the one before the last one. I can't believe it's ending. A lot of stuff is ending ... but that could just be my feelings towards graduating. Hmm.

The Last Song

UP.

step DOWN.

Cookies for the masses (i.e. the seniors) . Weirdly coloured animals galore!
My personal favourite is the pink duckling. <3

Last Log-In.
I'm gonna sneak in and log-in on Monday anyway, just for the heckuvit.

Last Prefect Recess.
The macaroni was awful. I consider it a symbol of all I've gone through in prefectdom:
Just keep eating. You could stop, but heck, you want your money's worth. And you don't want to waste food.

The Kantin Gang.
Plus Ice-Cream.
Wait a sec, where's Anne? O_o

Before AGM itself.

So how was AGM?
A tad bit emotional. Not as much as last year and the year before, though, strangely enough. I ended up giving a really long emo grandmother story for form 5's speech.
But after all the senior's stood up, there was just one moral to the story, in many different words:

"Don't quit."
"Think twice before you quit."
"Don't quit, let them fire you."
"No, wait, think a million and one times before you quit."
"You don't quit at the slightest hiccup."

It's true, kids! So says the Seniors Against Quitting Society.
Or SAQS.
We're just saying it 'cause we're glad we didn't. <3

And Azalea came! Pn. M wouldn't let her sit in front though, which was kinda depressing. But we got to throw cake at each other afterwards, so it was all good.

So, tie-less and duty-less, what're we gonna do now?
I like what Pn. C said.
We're gonna go wild. <3>

Yippitydooda.

Totally lame rebellion became just a little bit spicier today, but was still totally lame anyway.
I feel like the week flew past in a blur of muted colours. Why? Is it the weather? No idea.

Tomorrow is Prefect AGM.
The Last Day.
Huzzah.
But seriously, I really am excited. xD

Hit me!

-During very long and tedious agama "how to score" ceramah-
Me: *flops onto Nad and onto the floor out of restlessness*
Nad: WTF?
Azryn: Don't hit my friend! *hits Nad*
Nad: WTF?!
Me: *hits Nad*
Azryn: *hits me* Don't hit my friend!
Nad: *hits me* Hit her back!
Me: Oy vey.

Other than that, school was reasonably bearable.
Barely did my duties because of my totally lame rebellion (which is pretty much like a dead fish - cold and limp.)
Did a pretty good job in PJK gymrama performance. Surprisingly.
And got hit by an epiphany during recess, courtesy of Tarsha.
I want more epiphanies!
God, it sounds like a disease.

Snakehead

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHEREN!

Have a good one. Being 17 is fun. :)
Minus SPM shenanigans, lah.

I finished reading Snakehead, the latest Alex Rider book. And I gotta say, to Mr. Anthony Horowitz: Man, you're not going to give this kid a break, are you? xD I mean, he's gone on seven missions in the past eight months. He's eluded death for like a bajillion times. But I do admit; it doesn't get old.

The torture that the evil villains come up with are ingeniously awful. Especially this one in particular. SPOILERS, people, for those who are eager to read but haven't had the chance to buy it yet. Basically, Alex has gotten himself into a nice, tough situation, as always. And I've always sighed at villains who don't just shoot the hero and burn the remains to be done with it. But this guy really made sense. He wouldn't kill Alex, why?

Simple. Instead, he would cut him open, removing his kidney, selling it on the black market. He would live through the operation easily enough. Then when the time came, they will remove both his eyes. He'll be blind, but still alive. He could do without his pancreas, followed slowly, one by one, by the rest of his functioning organs. And throughout all of this, his blood will be pumped out, leaving just enough to keep him going. And finally, when he comes close to the end of his tether, the prize: His heart. Worth a million pounds. Naturally, he is worth more alive than dead.

And when he finally kicks the bucket, he'll ... have the satisfaction of knowing that he saved a few lives in the process.

Reading that stuff sent chills down my spine. xD So YES. Read the book. Read the series itself, just so you can reach the seventh book. And buy the paperback edition of the seventh, 'cause there's a bonus chapter at the end that explains quite a few things.

In other news, prefects step down on the 7th of July. As much as I'll feel empty for a while, I can't wait. <3

Bits and pieces.

All this new fandom stuff is coming at a completely inconvenient time. >_< SPM, dangit! Or at least until after March test. I'll wait then.

Anyway, school is strangely empty. Wait, scratch that. Class is strangely empty. Laksh and Iffah didn't come (again) so everything was strangely quiet. Had class with CLP in the morning ... she said something about Alysha being a bad K.D. 'cause she was absent today. Which induced many WTF??? faces. :|

Then had Mr. C. I still don't understand what he's saying. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I just really don't get his accent. *flails* Recess was normal. I drew a lot. During duty. Mostly Avatar fanart which I am too embarrassed to post online. Hee. BM was normal, then Add Maths, which was kinda refreshing. Nothing like integration to kick the brain into gear.

Prefects' orientation is starting to get to me. Everywhere I look, juniors! I'm tempted to give them all free signatures so I don't have to think of questions. It'll all be over next week. Grr.

And here're a ouple of drawings to look at. Meet Vamp-Boy, Were-Cub and Hybrid Girl!



Sara-who'd-like-more-drawing-time

Swaps

A lot of teacher-swapping going on at school. Kinda sad, mostly because we got the one whom Tarsha fondly names Cocky Little Potato (CLP). Which is sad. I told Mama and she said that I don't have to focus so much on that subject anyway. But still. I'm sad. :(

On the other hand, we got Mr. H for history, which is very cool.

Let me say that again.

Very cool.

Spent the day highlighting holidays into my planner. There were lessons, but not so much. Physics and Add Maths mostly. Mrs. Sh. went and wished Iffah happy Chinese new year. 'Cause Iffah looks Chinese and all. xD So cute.

Iffah now has a fear of the words 'trials' and 'SPM'. Just sneak up on here and whisper it in her ear, and watch her scream. >:3

In other news, prefect's orientation started today, and I'm sort of caught off-guard here. I don't know what to ask, and totally forgot about my idea of asking the juniours about themselves. So I'll do it after hols or something.

Now, I better go do the huge amount of typing that comes with long holidays, that is essays, ko-ku stuff and random writing.

Sara-likes-starting-holidays

*throws confetti everywhere*

HAPPY 17th BIRTHDAY JASMEET!

I'm one day early wishing though, but hey, it's all good fun. :3
You're the oldest on the prefectorial board! xD

Went to Red Box at the Curve to celebrate Jasmeet turning seventeen. There was a quarter of the Form 5 prefects there ... me, Rui Rong, Chyna, Angie, Nadiah, Shifa, Nahjan, Ilham, and of course, Jasmeet. There was a lot of music. And singing. Off-key singing. But fun off-key singing.

I brought my camera, and I bought batteries ... but then realised that I bought AAA batteries instead of AA batteries. *facepalm* Oh, the irony. So I got no piccies. :(

Later on Angie, Nadiah, Shifa, Nahjan and Ilham went to watch Cloverfield and I left a half hour later to check if Ikea was selling meatballs for Mama. I was crossing the road, then I saw Papa's car driving into the carpark, that was a weird feeling. Then all of us went to Ikea and ate meatballs, instead of me, 'cause I ate chicken.

Then we went clothes shopping for Nazim and Hanna, then we went to Popular. And I finally bought Seventeen Against The Dealer. <3 style="font-style: italic;">Sara-who-feels-many-kinds-of-accomplished-this-weekend

Lists

There's nothing like a nice warm shower after walking up and down the merentas desa route. No, I didn't run/jog/hurry. I've broken some sort of personal code, I know it. xD But it was the only time that Tarsha could tell me the drama story, and seriously, running + talking is a torture. And I'm choking on my own phlegm, so yesh, excushe me pleashe. :p

We made it in good time though, so it's all good.

I'm planning on starting the drama script after I've finished all my homework, find a time slot somewhere. I have to get it done soon, Ms. T's started breathing down my neck. Scary business.

So, ko-ku has officially started. This is what I'm involved in so far, so I remember:
# Prefectorial Board. Biggest responsibility school-wise. Whoot!
# Nahjan's Newsletter. xD Send all ye artworks, comments, writing and complaints to this here address ---> sriamanbulletin@gmail.com
# Editorial Board - English Segment. I'm pretty excited about this.
# Drama Team. I seriously want to win. This dream's been nibbling since I was in Form 1.
# Secretary for HU. There weren't many Form 5s (dudettes, where did you all GO??? D: ) and I'm just happy that I didn't get Prez. (Go Ling Shin! xD)
# Green House. Dang the whole creativity-stomp out thing the school's doing.
# Taekwando. A little loose with this. But I want the exercise. xD

Hmmm, I think that's it. Very manageable, I think. I guess when you wear maroon, you automatically end up doing lots of stuff. I think it's fun. My workload isn't as big as some people.

And, I have found fellow people who find something weird and unsettling about Twilight. xD Problem is, some people say that New Moon is as boring as a grit of dirt. Why? No Edward Cullen. Dang the dude. I can't seem to like him, but you can't deny he makes the series what it is. Dang diggity dong. So now I'm all fickle-minded and unsure whether to buy, or borrow. *starts furious coin-flipping*

Speaking of that, here's my current To-Buy-To-Read List:
# Come A Stranger - Cynthia Voigt
# Seventeen Against The Dealer - Cynthia Voigt
# Snakehead - Anthony Horowitz
# Sleepwalker - Robert Muchamore
#Thieves Till We Die - Stephen Cole

Yup.
Till next time.

Sara-who-is-happily-busy

Day 2

Day 2 of school. *checks self* All limbs still attached. Head still firmly placed between shoulders. Glasses still intact.

So far so good.

It's been a hectic two days. What with it being single session and all. First day, got homework already. Prefect work is pretty big. It'll slow down once everything smooths out. Not too much of lessons yet.

My relief class this year is Form 1, which is FUN because 1) Not much of disciplinary problems to take care of and 2) I am a senior, nobody would dare cross my path. *insert evil laugh* However, I realised something when I was doing duty this morning. It is the first day, so I guess it's expected, but ... the Form 1s are kinda ... big-eyed. And staring. O_o;;; They were watching my every move, and they were standing so still.

Makes me wonder if we were like that in Form 1.

Well, we'll see how it goes next week. Grace period ends on Friday, then we can really crack down on this whole disciplining thing. Meh. xD

Sara-who-has-to-study-now