Vermilion Pt.3

Moved.

2009-03-06T00:00:00.000-10:00

I'm not using http://mysubliminalverses.blogspot.com anymore.

I'll be using http://jonathan.vlexo.net .

For direct link to new blog, http://jonathan.vlexo.net/home

The Craze is BACK!

2009-03-03T19:43:00.001-10:00

Click HERE!

This will be so helpful in practicing designing and coding for the school's newspaper's website.

The Gathering

2009-02-20T15:44:00.002-10:00

First of all, just wanna say sorry about changing the skin of this blog. I wanted something simple but the skin I'm using now does not kick ass at all. I'm not sure what am I gonna do about it, but I think I'm just gonna let it be or maybe just use another default blogger skin.

Alright, this post is just to inform anyone who wants to get hold of me that I'll be in KMC at the Volcano from 5PM today till 3-4PM Sunday... So, please call me on my cellphone and tell me what's going on..

But heck, most of the people I know will be in The Gathering.... Soooo... Consider this post as a spam xD Muahahah!

Oh, I got glowsticks! Woots!

Band?

2009-02-20T01:46:00.001-10:00

Drummer looking for a band to play in.

5 years of experience, chubby and will break almost anything during a gig.

Call me.

Happy Birthday Jerome!

2009-02-17T01:30:00.001-10:00

Happy birthday to you Jerome! I've no idea how old are you but God bless you!

Thank You, God for this wonderful person! Glory to Him!

The James Bond Affair

2009-02-17T00:30:00.002-10:00

Just got back from a movie with Erinn. Watched Marley and Me. It's a good movie, very emotional movie. See, that's why I want a dog! Gah!

The James Bond Affair... Why the heck a James Bond Affair you ask? I've absolutely not idea. It was awesome though. I thought I wouldn't have to wear my blue G2000 (not bragging) shirt in Hawaii but guess what, I finally did, and it wasn't comfortable... Fat boy in a slightly tight shirt and pants? Nuh-uh! I'm not sure whether I brought along the necktie that Han and Cheryl gave to me as a birthday/farewell present (along with three boxers >.<) last year or whether I misplaced it. I hope I left it in Klang, wouldn't want to lose that nice necktie. After helping decorating and setting up stuff for this event after church, I came back to my room just two-three hours before the event. Thought I could take a nap but I couldn't... I had to iron my shirt. Gah! Called John the Baptist Collegiate Ministry to let me iron my shirt in his place. Ironed, took a shower, dressed up (was supposed to dress up as a white cat) and to the party! The party went well... Good decorations, good company, good games (Blackjack baby!) and wonderful food! Those finger foods were awesome! Thank you Hara-s! I feel like eating those bacon wrapped little smokies. Gosh, heart attack on a toothpick! Awesome food! We started clearing up the place around 11PM. I helped out clearing up most of the stuff (I think). Then Nickles, Trebor and Jason stayed back to clean the church. Thank you so much! Before we left Jason brought out his glowsticks... And gosh, it was awesome... I'm gonna get myself a case of these babies... I hope they're not radioactive... A glowstick is supposed to glow for 12 hours but mine is still glowing... Woots! 24 hours baby! 24 hours! Them glowsticks were glowing through my pocket during the Marley and Me movie. Haha! It was an awesome party! The crowd was good. ~~No drunkards trying to hump a lady or a chair.~~Enjoyed the evening. No, the WHOLE day was awesome! Started out a little clumsy but it was awesome!

God bless America!

Taken by Christina:
Blackjack table.
Roulette Table.
From left: Dan Hu, Jason Allen, Nickles Knock, Jonathan Chandrasakaran and Trebor Waihee.

Taken by Ashleigh:

Should I cut my hair? Ummmm, no xD

Taken by Mum:

The poker table.
Blackjack table.
Texas Hold 'Em table?
The Roulette table. Dayuuummm... Those ladies look fiiinnnneeeee....
From left: Mum, Alexis, Christina and Elizabeth.
Show me the shaka!
Yeap... Roulette babeh!
The drinks for the bar.
Shannon and Aidan.
~~The bar serving drinks to virgin people~~The bar serving virgin drinks to people.
Knife throwing.
Paintball shooting.
Arm flexing... Knife throwing...
Bow and arrow-ing.
Stupid pulse thingy game =(
~~Beluga whale smile~~Timothy Paul Chatham.
Joey with his awesome hat!
Dan Hu trying to steal some drinks.
Hannah Tomita throwing knives.
Craps, not chaps.
Love.
Jesus.
Out first try.
Going crazy...
Still crazy...
Smilie Love.
Crazy...
Failed smilie with love.
Lucky guy...
Mum farting.
Merrell charging Nickles' crouch.
Paul gave me a cow head and Trebor gave me a light saber private part.
Nickles with biceps, I think 0.0
Crazy...
Angel?
~~Merrell, do you know that harassing a Beluga whale is a Federal Crime?~~
Me being the baby popping head out. Merrell gave Mum larger boobs and Trebor just gave Mum some intense shockwave fart. xD
Mum with big booty.

More Paintball Pictures.

2009-02-16T21:24:00.004-10:00

Pictures by Mum:
Aidan with his battle scars.

Group picture. So nice.
After everything.
This group candid picture is so pretty.
Nickles.
Trebor.
Me escaping from Jason's shots.
Take ten steps, turn, and unload.
unloading.
Revolutionary Way - This is where you choose a person to be your shooting target, each person takes ten steps away from the other person, turn, take turns to fire, and take one step close after each person fires in a turn.
Yes, I went that close to Jerome >.<
I think that got my belly >.<
I think this was like the second round or something.
Gotta block my groin and upper body xD
We started out that far!

I have nice hair xD.
Headshot 0.0
Nickles got shot in the eye.
Smile even though you died.
Yes #-moto... You "killed" the pastor xD Haha!

Thank you Mum for these pictures! And thank you also to Ashleigh for the pictures. Good times!

Oh Snap!

2009-02-16T02:50:00.002-10:00

Congratulations to Mum and Merrell on the "achievement" *Spongebob laugh*

The Bond Affair - Aftershock

2009-02-16T01:38:00.001-10:00

Muahahahah! Thank you Jason for the glowsticks.

Will be posting about The Bond Affair when I see pictures up on Facebook. Muahaha!

Paintball Pictures

2009-02-13T02:04:00.003-10:00

Pictures below were taken by Ms. Ashleigh Elizabeth Knock:

Thank you to Jaime and Trebor for organising this event. Thanks to John Bjornen for being the referee. Thank God for awesome weather. Thank God for Merrell and whoever who bought the paintballs... And Happy birthday again to Nickles!

Pictures from International Nights 2009

2009-02-11T16:15:00.004-10:00

First of all I would like to thank everyone for attending this event and to my fellow officers of the International Student Association; Ruth for being a darn good adviser, Kohei (Mr. President) for making everything possible (he did most of the job xD), Rie for being a wonderful hostess to the emcees and getting ice cubes for the drinks (I think she was the one who got them 0.0), Gladys for doing an awesome job in advertising, promoting and finding sponsorship and also getting the cast party food with me, Niel for being a good Financial Minister, the right-wing man xD and helping me put up the flags, Arlynne for being in charge of selling tickets to participants and some other small duties and Yuko for helping us out last semester for this event. Not forgetting also the participants/performers in the International Nights this year! Awesome performances from different cultures and colourful people! I wished I could have watched the performances but I had to collect food for the cast party xD. My bad! Not forgetting the stage crew and the theater people! Thank God for the awesome theater people, from the sound person, to the light person, to Drew operating the projector screen, you guys were awesome! Thank you!

Pictures below are by Mikołaj Walczuk (and maybe some by his brother Dominic Walczuk, hope I got his name right):

The ISA Officers.

This picture is by Mum:
Woots!

Happy Birthday!

2009-02-08T03:27:00.003-10:00

Happy Birthday, Nicholas Alexander Knock! You've been an awesome blond, Caucasian, blue-eyed, ripped physique, pizza-deliverer, Fight Clubber friend! Hope you'll enjoy your knew iTouch or iPod Touch or whatever you call that awesome gadget. Sorry for not being able to attend your birthday evening but I just had commitments that I can't set aside.

God bless you in everything you're doing, and planning to do. May He use you to bless others as He is using you to bless the people around you now. Glory to God for this wonderful soul!

International Nights 2009, Night Snorkeling and Geography 102!

2009-02-08T03:14:00.002-10:00

zZZZzzzZZzzzzZzz... Super tired right now but can't go to bed since I just took a shower few minutes ago, hair's still wet...

The second night of the International Nights 2009 was okay compared to the night before. Some of the performances were nice, some weren't. The theater and the green room was super hot though. I saw like a handful of people who were fanning themselves with the program leaflets during the show. So sorry! I told one of the workers in the theater but he said it was normal. But anyways, good job to my fellow officers, to the volunteers (ushers, photographers and etc.), theater crew and to the awesome performers! International Nights 2009 was an awesome experience! Woots!

After serving the performers food after the show, I decided to join the rest of the "gang" to go night snorkeling. It was actually part of a bigger plan to celebrate Nickles' birthday! Happy birthday Mr. Nicholas Alexander Knock! Snorkeling was awesome. It was my second time snorkeling at night since I came here to Hilo. There weren't much fishes or corals to see but just swimming around in the ocean was fun enough. The only downside of the whole snorkeling trip was that, my boots are too big! Gosh! Looks like I need to get a new pair (since I got the boots from Malaysia and used it once on my diving trip in 2007). Fins, mask and snorkel worked fine =). Thank God =). Hopefully I'll be able to go SCUBA diving this coming Friday. Need to call Mr. Bill xD.

I had my Chemistry exam last Friday. I felt like I didn't do as well as I'm supposed to do but turns out that I got a 54 out of 60 marks! That's like, 90%! Thank God! But don't be too happy, Mr. Jonathan... You still have two more mid terms this week! Geography on Wednesday, and Calculus on Thursday *cries* Argh! Currently reading geo while waiting for my hair to dry.

Better get back to studying. I shall post up pictures of International Nights 2009 and maybe some pictures from the night snorkeling trip when I see them anywhere on Facebook >.<

Hungry

2009-02-07T00:47:00.002-10:00

Argh... I'm tired and I'm hungry... It has been a long long day and finally I'm back in my room, took a shower and I'm relaxing... But still no food!

On a happier note, International Nights was the bomb! Seriously, it was awesome! Full house last night! Woots! Thank God! Looks like the Event application on Facebook worked xD. For those of you who are still confused about what I'm talking about, International Student Association of University of Hawaii at Hilo organised an event called the International Nights. It's kinda like a cultural showcase where people from different cultures just perform some dance, songs and even rituals. Awesome event!

I didn't get to watch the whole event though. After being introduced on stage, Gladys and I went to collect the food for the cast party after the event. So, I was doing work most of the time, I bet the other ISA officers were busy too.

Awesome experience.... Not this is worth the money and time... Not like ISCF Rally 2008; worth the time but NOT the money!

Can't wait for tomorrow evening. But for now, study!

Superbowl Sunday!

2009-02-03T17:23:00.004-10:00

Pictures by Mum:

Merrell sucking some kool-aid.
Jessica Beck sucking some kool-aid.
Me sucking some kool-aid.
Mum sucking some kool-aid.
John the Baptist Collegiate Ministry sucking some kool-aid.
We all know who won.
Dam, she cute.
*pinch*
My pillow! Shoooooo cute!
Cute people....
Clara is soooo cuuuuttteee.... I wanna keep her, John the Baptist, pleeeassseee!!!
The balloon that Merrell strike my head with.
Apakalypse celebrating the accurate shot by Merrell; he threw a water balloon right on my head 0.0
Capture the flag. Red team base.
Yes Trebor, run....
No fair.... =(
Pwettyy girl... "My hair is yellow, that's why people call me Blondie"- Anavah Endriss.
Briefing before Capture the Flag.
Merrell and Paul.
Picking up rubber.
Paul, Jess Beck and Zach!
The half naked man who made it happen.
Praise and worship in the dark.

Look at how many pictures I am in with my mouth open 0.0

Open mouth #1: Jess Beck carrying Ana, Me, and Merrell.
Open Mouth #2: Trebor and I after Capture the Flag.
Open Mouth #3: Woots Kensy! xD
Open Mouth #4: Group Picture.
Open Mouth #5: Paul and I going back to the dorms.

Superbowl!

2009-02-03T09:05:00.002-10:00

Experienced my very first Superbowl on Sunday! Watched the game (not full) in the BCM. The game was boring (come on, it's American football) till one guy ran a 100 yards (I think I got the units right) to score a touchdown. People were focusing on the way he landed on his neck... But I saw that big guy's knee fall on one of the opponent's groin area. Har!

Anyways, after the Superbowl, we played some capture the flag. Gosh, it was so fun! How could I think of NOT participating in this game. Well, I did in the end xD.

But the best part of the day was getting to ride Jason's moped for a day! Yes! You heard me, I rode the moped for a day! For those Malaysians who don't know what I'm talking about, moped is a scooter, motorized scooter... I was getting the hang of riding it. It's like, I already have a bond with that moped... Argh! I want a moped so I can ride to ~~Kona~~anywhere I like without bothering anyone!

Will be back with some pictures from the Superbowl event. Class in 15 minutes. ~~Need to put on some powder and my suspenders.~~Need to change clothes.

xD

2009-01-30T00:36:00.001-10:00

Good Times, Good Times...

2009-01-30T00:07:00.002-10:00

I still remember my very first rock concert/battle of the bands competition. p(imp)L[ank] and I went to Sunway Lagoon to support Bus Company in the Intercollege Battle of the Bands competition (I think) in December 2007. It was awesome! Congratulations again, Bus Company! Continue playing well for God!

Pictures below are by Prakash Daniel:
Petrina and I in the bus xD
The "hardcore" fans drawing playcards or whatever you call them.
The hardcore fans.
This picture came out in TheStar newspaper I think...

Super awesome! I didn't mosh though... Grr...

Live in Texas, What? 0.o

2009-01-26T19:40:00.001-10:00

Live in Milton Keynes, Road to Revolution, Linkin Park.

This is why they're awesome.

CNY Pictures!

2009-01-26T17:19:00.002-10:00

Pictures from last night's Chinese New Year party (by Mum, thanks!):
Nickles doing his backflip.
My epic frontflip failure.
Kungfu Paul.
Just chilling.
"We look alike and wear each other's pants..." xD Jacob and #-moto
Oh snap 0.0
"Mum, please... Don't jump on me..."
See the missing spring... And me falling >.<
Ashleigh Elizabeth Knock, the organizer... Thanks for everything!
"Smell my knee, Nickles!"
The pushing game...
The food. Yum yum..
Trebor, me, Paul and Nickles.
Shannon Alexis Knock and Aidan Barry (I forgot your middle name 0.0).
The pushing game.
Happy Chinese New Year!
Tess was there at the party last night...
Trebor...
Me >.<

Jason showing his skills.
Yeap, just gotta love the trampoline...

Laziness!

2009-01-26T00:48:00.002-10:00

I'm actually very excited about the new semester but I'm just feeling too lazy and procrastination is part of my life these days. I don't know, I feel like I'm just not as organized as last semester. I need to stop going out so often and study more often. I need to make Friday nights my study nights again! Gosh, the horror!

I had like tonnes of homework and assignments last weekend but thank God I'm done. I'm kinda disappointed that I couldn't help out a Marine Science student in creating awareness in some town over the weekend. I just had too much work on my hands. 20 credits, no credit/no-credit option for any subject this semester. So, every class counts this time!

Attended some Chinese New Year party last night held in Casa Knocks. It was supposed to be a Kaumana Drive Baptist Church Youth event but Asheligh Elizabeth Knock decided to include the Young Adult as part of the party. Thanks for the invitation! It was a reasonable crowd. Really enjoyed the food and the fellowship, especially on the trampoline. Not my fault, haven't been on a trampoline before till last night. It was so awesome! I'll get the hang of doing some flips one day~~when I finally find my bawls~~. Thanks everybody for being such wonderful friends! God bless you all!

I'm hoping to move in with Jessica and Merrell by this summer. Woots! It's gonna be fun... I hope 0.0 xD

Overdued Pictures

2009-01-26T00:38:00.002-10:00

Some pictures from the E-Retreat during our visit to the summit of Mauna Kea (Pictures by Miss Erinn Marie Walsh, thank you!):

Passing on the Invisible Ball...
I like this candid picture.
John the Baptist Collegiate Ministry and Nickles.
Zombies of Thriller by Michael Jackson.
Hannah and I.
Snow!
"Ha Ha! My wife ain't here, I can do whatever I want!"
Candid!

Enjoying the wonderful sunset.
Tell me, do you really believe that the Big Bang actually created something so pretty like this?

Pwetty pictures, Erinn...

REAИIMATIOИ

2009-01-23T13:37:00.004-10:00

Oh snap! The least favourite album for most of the Linkin Park fans. Man, all I can say is that they're missing out on all the fun and creativity. That's the only album I don't have with me now. But thank God for the internet, I'm currently listening the WHOLE album for free ONLINE! Woots! Golden stuff. Somehow, someway, the songs from this album makes me focus more on my work, minus the headbanging xD

Some songs on this album just sounds better than the original piece in Hybrid Theory, at least to me. Awesome stuff! So creative, innovative and sounds so awesome; that's why I like Linkin Park. Sooo aweeesssooommmeee!

Oh, listen here: http://play.napster.com/track/17451109

E-Retreat

2009-01-19T22:07:00.003-10:00

Came back yesterday from another awesome retreat. This time it's with the Baptist Collegiate Ministry. We had an ~~Elephant~~Evangelistic Retreat from Sunday afternoon till this afternoon (Monday xD). It was at some state park thingy near (or on 0.0) Mauna Kea. Lets see whether I can name everyone who went on this retreat: John the Baptist Collegiate Ministry Endriss, Jennie Endriss, Anavah Endriss, Clara Endriss (sps?), John Bjornen, Amanda Richardson, Jessica Beck, Nate Hara, Jessica Tucker (Mum), Merrell Tucker, Erinn Walsh, Timothy Paul Chatham, Trebor Waihee, Cassidy Habig, Ali Herd, Kensy Apaka (Apakalypse), Karl Sunagawa (hifi stereo surround sound), Jason Lee Allen, Nicholas Alexander Knock (Nickles), Joel Cook, Davey Strohl, Jacob Cornella, Aja Cornella, David Mark Hashimoto (#-moto), Hannah Tomita and yours truly, Jonathan Chandrasakaran... I think I got everybody...

I enjoyed and at the same time got to know some of the participants better and learned a bit on this trip. It wasn't much about learning though, it was more like a reminder. I mean, I bet that everyone of us who were there for the retreat already knew what evangelizing is, and how to evangelize... But it's just like an eye opener, a reminder and somehow a motivation to to evangelize. John the BCM and a pastor from Kona side (Ps. Emerson?) shared in this retreat. John the BCM shared in a unique way and Ps. Emerson(?) sharing his unique ways on evangelizing.

When Ps. Emerson(?) was sharing about some of his unique ways (like putting up weird signs to attract people or allowing solicit calls to be made to his number so that he can share with random people) in evangelizing, that reminded me about the first reason why I even made a blog. It's kinda a cliche for Christians but, I created a blog so that I can share the joy and happiness that God has given me in my daily life, and also spreading the Gospel. But I've kinda went astray a little bit with all the ~~strike out~~ words... I don't know... I do it for fun though... Might need to stop it 0.0 xD

We went up to the summit of Mauna Kea when we reached the campsite. First time up there. Super windy. The wind was so strong till it could actually deviate you when you jumped up. And the wind also blew some small ice particles and hit our faces... Hurts a lot 0.0 Good times... Good times...

What would life be without the BCM? What would life be without God? I love this ~~Elephant~~Evangelistic Retreat... Can't wait for the next one... But please, a place with working faucets and shower??

Some pictures by Mum (sorry about the order, Blogger is serious getting on my nerve):
Karl and Merrell after a chocolate-powder-eating showdown.
The participants of chocolate-powder-eating showdown: (from left)#-moto, Karl, Paul and Merrell.

Merrell.
Some random robot dance moves (from left): Paul, Karl, Merrell, #-moto and me.
We were discussing about squatting toilet bowls... So funny to see how these Americans explain to each other how to poop while squatting! *loves at Americans* xD
This is what happen when you don't wash your butt after pooping... You use toilet paper... Mum explaining that crumpled paper can wipe away more poop then folded toilet paper...
Shuttlecock? xD
I've no idea what happened... But Mum looks annoyed by #-moto... And Karl's happy about it..
*cries*
Indian Leg Wrestling; Paul VS Joel.
Pushing game?
Yes Paul, ~~touch~~push him xD
No, nothing to do with pooping, just the pushing game..
I love you, Paul..
Couple showdown!
Trebor and me. Failed competition.
Hannah beat #-moto...
Karl beat #-moto...
When they told me they wanted to carry me with just their index finger, I thought they were joking and it's just a trick... In this picture, Hannah, Karl, Paul and Joel tried lifting me up, looks difficult (of course, I'm fat 0.0)
Before trying to lift me up the second time, they kinda like aligned their hands above my head... After aligning and stuff, they tried to carry me again... And guess what?
It actually works! Nobody knows the explanation on how this works...
Look how easily we lifted Paul...

Sorry about the order... More pictures to come.

Thank God for awesome people!

Nobody!

2009-01-19T21:56:00.003-10:00

Nobody deserves to die! Nobody! Not even a drug addict, an alcoholic, a Satanist, NOBODY! Nobody deserves to die!

Funny how some movies that you think wouldn't be teaching you anything, but end up teaching you something? I was watching The Dark Knight in Trebor's house last Friday night (guy's night) and the part where the both ferries just stopped working and the Joker was telling the passengers on both the ferries about triggering the explosives on the other ferry. One ferry was carrying innocent people, and the other was carrying prisoners. I could have been like that guy who was wanting to trigger the explosive of the prisoner ferry, I could be selfish. But I stopped focusing on the movie for awhile and asked myself, who gave me the right to decide on whether who should live or die? It would make so much sense that the prisoners are expendable because of all the laws they've broken. But who am I to decide?

I said something very harsh before the movie when practicing in church. I regret saying those words now.

Nobody deserves to die. We were made equally by God. We are all sinners. No different from a prisoner, a drug addict, an alcoholic. The only difference is that I have God in me. But I don't show it.

Nobody ever deserves to die.

Forgive me, Lord.

Oh...

2009-01-15T12:23:00.002-10:00

Remember Jason Allen leaving us to go for his training and stuff? He's back 0.0 Complicated reason but yeah, he's back...

Thank God for the safe journey back here. He's going back for training in April.

I think he came back just to re-experience the whole kidnapping thing again. xD

I loathe Calculus Lab =(

I'm Dumb...

2009-01-15T00:01:00.002-10:00

This will either be one of the best semester ever in my college life, or one of the lousiest. Why? Because I'm dumb enough to take 20 credits! Yesh, I'm taking 20 stinking credits this semester! Why so dumb, you ask me? I've no idea. I just felt like taking 9 classes, so I did. What the heck...

I'm currently enrolled in General Chemistry II, General Chemistry II Discussion, General Chemistry II Lab, Calculus II, Expository Writing (ENG100), Oceanography, Geography Culture thingy, Marine Biology Lab and Writing Intensive in Oceanography (my Oceanography class is partially an English class now). So actually, it's only 8 classes. But still, Jon, what the heck you doing?

I never read this much text before after SPM. Even last semester, the only textbooks I touched were my Chemistry and Psychology textbooks. And I think you all know how rarely I read my Psychology textbook.

This semester is so different from the previous semester. Just when I just gotten use or comfortable of/to something, the semester ends. Looks like I just have to suck it up and get used to these kinda changes. Chemistry classes are so dull these days because Amber ain't sitting next to me anymore (she doesn't have to take the second part of Gen Chem), I found out that I'll be working alone in my Chemistry Lab, I have a new lecturer for my Calculus II class, I'm in a new room... The list just goes on and on...

Come on Jon, you can do it! Thank God for wonderful friends, a wonderful room, a pair of supporting parents and a good roommate (his name's James)... ~~Love those pictures on your wall, James...~~

4.0! 4.0! 4.0!

Hi and Goodbye!

2009-01-12T00:46:00.002-10:00

Awwww... Tess just went back to Cali! Her flight was two hours ago over at Kona side. I don't know her that well but things are gonna be so different now. She's so nice to annoy... Sorry #-moto xD!

I have class in like approximately 8 hours time. I should probably go to sleep right now. But what the heck, it's been a long time since I updated my blog and it's probably the last night that I can stay up late with a carefree mood! Wooots! Haha!

Went to church yesterday. Played in the Young Adult service. We now have a new name for this ministry; Reflect. Simple, yet meaningful. Thank you Nick. But I like calling ourselves the Kaumana Drive Baptist Church Young Adult Ministry... So cool... xD

After church, Nick and I picked up Tess and #-moto to go to Kona because Tess flies out from the airport there and we didn't want #-moto to come back alone. We left early so that we can attend something like a Baptist churches meeting. Forgot the name. We attended that meeting to support John the Baptist Collegiate Ministry to get back funding for the BCM and stuff. Thank God we did. And yes John the Baptist Collegiate Ministry, we support you xD!

We went to Outback for dinner. Had some good fellowship then went to the airport. So sorry #-moto and Tess. Might have ruined both your privacy being together. But I really had to pee before we made our way back to Hilo. My bad. Anyways, seeing someone leave is so, sad.

I finally met my new roommate. He came in like 9am yesterday morning. His name's James and he seems like a nice guy. So far so good. Likes to play guitar and the ukulele. And Erinn is finally back! WOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

I have class from 9am till 4:15pm later... So, I think I better go get some sleep xD. God is great, all the time. Believe me, I've seen and experienced His greatness.

Taming the Tongue

2009-01-08T14:11:00.002-10:00

James 3
Taming the Tongue
1Not many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly. 2We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to keep his whole body in check.

3When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal. 4Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go. 5Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. 6The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

7All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man, 8but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

9With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness. 10Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be. 11Can both fresh water and salt[a] water flow from the same spring? 12My brothers, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.

Two weeks ago in the young adult service, Nickles shared about the new years resolutions and stuff like that. Then the pass Sunday, he shared with us his struggle to like show his love towards his family by giving hugs and just be patient and stuff like that. There were a few people who went up to share (Jerome, Christina, Jessica and Merell I think) about their struggles and how they can make that their new year's resolution to change that particular behavior or habit.

I was reading the Bible like last week and I came across this passage about Taming the Tongue. Wow, it's just so straight forward and it's something I wanna work on this year.

I don't cuss much but I did, and still am indirectly. Instead of using the word shit, I use crap... Instead of using God's name in vain, I use some other phrase... When I was reading this passage from the Bible, I remembered also Ps. Ronald Teo's sermon about using cuss words and stuff. Even though you're not using the word fuck (just an example) but you use some other four letter word (for instance, fish or basket!); it's just gonna be the same as saying the word fuck.... Same like for the word crap... It's same like shit.... I'm still cussing in a way...

Another struggle is also about talking nonsense and stupid stuff and all... I regret saying them after saying them which is no use... I don't know... It's just that after reading this passage, I've been very careful with the choice of words or stuff that I'm gonna say...

New Year resolution!

Please forgive me if you don't understand. I'm super sleepy right now and I'm typing this, doesn't really help. My bad...

Bye Bye?

2009-01-06T14:50:00.002-10:00

Kinda late to post this entry but, bye Jason. Jason left for Black Hawk training yesterday.

I met Jason like few months ago (September I think) in church. He's really a very nice guy. He doesn't look like an army person but he's tough 0.0 Well, enjoy a year and a half of training, man.

To say goodbye and to show that we love him so much, the Young Adults of Kaumana Drive Baptist Church planned a farewell "party". We dressed up as terrorists and kidnapped Jason. Dam it was fun. 8 of us had our own parts to play in this awesome plan. Nickles called Jason to go for a run, #-moto was the van driver, Tess was the videocamera-woman, Jaime was the light person (to shine lights on Jason's face so he doesn't recognise us), Merrel was the making-loads-of-gibberish-noise person and the person who tackled Jason, Jessica was the camera-woman and also the person who would "console" Jason if he had any post-traumatic experience, Trebor was the head covering person and I was supposed to tackle Jason with Merrel. Gosh, it was so awesome! Can't wait to watch the video and for the pictures to be posted up... It was awesome!

See Jason, we love you. Come back two years later, I'll convince Nickles to have that hammer scene next time. All the best in training and God bless!

Yipppeeee!

2009-01-06T08:27:00.003-10:00

3-4 weeks of winter break is coming to an end. Just 5 more days to go before my "fun-time" has to be limited as classes start next Monday. Part of me doesn't want to attend classes but part of me is just so excited to start the semester. I'm taking 19 credits again. Officially 16 now because I can only add one more class on the first day of classes. New semester, new books. I don't really have any books to sell since I'm going to take Calculus and Chemistry again (part 2 >.<), so I can keep those books. Then I have this Biology book which will be handy to me for the coming years, I hope. If not I'll just sell it away. The only book I need (and have yet) to sell is my Psychology textbook. Stupid bookstore here. They sold me the book without a CD but when I wanted to sell my book back they didn't want to accept because I didn't have that particular CD. Grrr... Stupid people. Anyways, shopping for books for the upcoming semester has been going quite well. I'm buying my books online via Amazon.com since books in the bookstore is so frigging expensive. Only left two books to get. I've been doing loads of stuff during the winter break, especially after the Oahu trip. Thank God I came back to Hilo earlier than planned. Had loads of fun with my friends here. I finally gotten to visit Kona (the other side of the island) and played in Hapuna beach (one of the very few white sand beaches on this island). I finally went snorkeling with my new gear (it was a dumb idea to bring almost all of my stuff there, but least I tried them out). I finally went up to Mauna Kea and played with snow. And maybe, I'll be going SCUBA diving this coming Friday since the weather is has been nice for the pass couple days. Gonna call up that diving guy. Thank God =). And now, for pictures (no, not from my camera 0.0): Nick reaching out for the Frisbee in Ultimate Frisbee Water game. Me getting the wipe out 0.0
From left: Trebor (closing eyes), #-moto and me.
#-moto and Trebor.
Nick celebrating.
Shaun (or is it Shawn? 0.o), Nickles' brother. Shhhooooo cuuuuttteee...
Three-way chicken fight. Shaun (or Shawn?) on Ps. Todd, Griffin on #-moto and surprisingly me on Nickles. Look at that useless flabs 0.0
Too lazy to move in the water >.< No, we weren't leaving the beach. We were walking to the hotel nearby to sneak in and use the jacuzzi. xD. Didn't work though. And yes, I'm fat >.< Pictures above were taken by Aunty Donna, Nickles' mum in Hapuna beach.

New Years Eve 08. Jacob and I.
3VS3 Badminton game. Christina, #-moto and me.
Our opponent: Jacob, Jason and #-moto's baby girl; Tess. Yeap, she arrived on the 30th of December ~~on First-Day Priority Mail.~~ xD
Me "smoke-bomb-ing" John the Baptist Collegiate Ministry.
See, all these are legal in Hawaii 0.0
Trebor and I at the Visitor Center on Mauna Kea.
From left: Tess, #-moto, Nickles, Me, Jason and Trebor.
Tess has this pulling-white-hair-fetish. I'm her newest victim.
The snow on Mauna Kea!
McFlurry Oreo xD.
Me getting ready to pelt someone with a snowball and wearing a beanie wrongly.

Christmas Eve 08 party pictures at Jertina's place and BCM by Christina. Mauna Kea trip pictures by Christina (except the last one, that was taken by Jaime).

I might be getting a new digital camera. Maybe >.<

Rusty, Very Rusty

2009-01-02T19:06:00.002-10:00

I really need to practice playing drums. I went for this Sunday's worship practice and I sounded bad. I felt good playing again but I can't seem to master my dynamics anymore. Argh! Need to jam more.

Jason Allen is going off to Alabama (I think) for his Blackhawk training. Gosh, I just met him a few months ago and now he's leaving..

Happy New Year

2009-01-01T12:57:00.002-10:00

Did you know that in Hawaii, you can get fireworks/firecrackers (or like how Joel Cook likes to put it, pyrotechnics) legally in your shopping malls? People here in Hawaii don't have to go to Petaling Street (Malaysia's "China Town") to find for the "right" people, or don't have to go into certain "right" barber shops to get these colourful explosives. All you need to do is to walk into Walmart with some money, and get some "goodies". Well, not goodies actually. They can't play aerial fireworks. Haha! ~~Wusses..~~

What do people do here to celebrate the coming new year? Just playing fireworks... And yes, not forgetting throwing fireworks at each other 0.0 Haha!

Had fun yesterday on New Year's eve. I went out with Wan Chian for lunch in that Vietnamese restaurant (Hilo Rice Bowl is the name I think). Awesome food. After lunch, I went out with #-moto and Tess. #-moto did some surprise serenading for Tess. Jacob came with his new Taylor acoustic guitar, his Sony Alpha DSLR camera and his Sony Handycam Videocam for the whole serenading session. Then we went to Jertina's house for some intense 3VS3 badminton game, fellowship and dinner. Thanks a lot Jertina for inviting me. Awesome food. Just gotta love the poke. Woots!

After Jertina's house, we went to the BCM for gathering. But when I got there with Nickles, most people had already left. But it was all good. We played firecrackers, loads of them 0.0 Haha! It's funny to see how fathers and married men played firecrackers last night. Seriously, I've never seen people throwing firecrackers at each other like that. Haha! My dad would slap me if I would try it 0.0 HAHA! Well, fun people =).

2008 was an awesome year. I never loved kids this much before, I never did my own laundry with my hands, I never sat on a plane on my own before, I celebrated my first ever Thanksgiving, I celebrated my first ever Christmas without my family, I celebrated my first ever New Year without my family, I've never played this much percussion before, I never watched these much movies ever before in a year, I never enjoyed going out with people these much before, I drove on the other side of the road in the left side of the car for the first time, I cycled further than the mamak store to Shooters for the first time, I went clubbing for the first time... All was and is good.

Thank God.

Kona!

2008-12-31T02:54:00.003-10:00

You just gotta love Kona! Haha! I went back to Kona yesterday with Nick and #-moto to go pick Tess (#-moto's girlfriend) up from the airport there. Yes, she's HERE in Hilo! Colourful character.....

Anyways, we (me, Nick and #-moto) left Hilo for Kona around 1PM-ish. It was like a 2 hours drive I think. We went to several places. I finally got to taste Subway's meatball sandwich. Awesome stuff! To kill time, we watched Yes Man! starring Jim Carey in a theater. It's a good movie. A typical Jim Carey movie.

Tess' plane arrived around 9PM-ish... #-moto was super excited when he saw her... They hugged like right beside of the arrival gate with some distance from me and Nick. They Both of them were talking and talking and hugging and more hugging till Nick and I felt left out. Haha! It was an awesome day!

Welcome Tess. Thank God for awesome friends. Glory to Him.

Oh, good news... I got that online webmaster job for the school's newspaper board.... WOOTS! THANK GOD!!! Time to get my geeky game face on 0.0 Woots! Glory to God!

Whoa!

2008-12-31T02:15:00.007-10:00

Time is passing by so fast. One day I'm helping teachers in a kindergarten to quiet down the class, another day I'm in National Service, and the next day I'm here in Hawaii. Long story short, 2008 was an awesome year. This is kinda a cliche post. Most of you would have already predicted how a post on the 31st of December of any year would be. But I'm still gonna continue because it's so frigging fun! Haha!

Started this year with my first job ever. I worked in a Q-Dees kindergarten (pre-school) from the beginning of January to early March. I've always loved kids but kids don't necessarily love me like how I love them 0.o Kids cried and avoided me most of the time during my first few weeks in work. But thank God they kinda grew comfortable with me. Gosh, the amount of cheeks I had to pinch was so ~~orgasmic~~awesome.... I didn't earn much but it was all good. I wasn't thinking about the experience at first. All I wanted from this job was first, to burn time after the examinations, and second, to play with kids 0.0 Haha! Thank God for this awesome first time experience!

Shu Pei with that small little kid whose name I can't remember.

I only remember the middle girl's name (Evelyn)... The other two I can't really remember.

Shirlyn in black, Shu Pei in that dark blue Punjabi suit (I think), and me in orange with some cute kiddies.

Sally is the far left girl, I'm hugging Bryan(sp?), Shirlyn is carrying Evelyn's sister whose name I can't remember. Gosh... I'm bad with names...

Me and Shirlyn with that girl again.

Yee Xin!

Shirlyn with Alice and Joey =).

Thilaga(sp?) and the worse cry baby ever 0.0

Shu Pei and Shirlyn.

Me and that girl's name I can't remember... Gosh!! Grrr...

My working period ended a few days before getting my SPM results. I scored 10A1's (A+) and 1A2 (A-). Screw that A2, thank God =). Haha! Then one week after receiving this good news, I left for Kuching, Sarawak for my National Service. Never liked the whole program and the trip at all. Never liked any activities. The only thing I enjoyed was the company God has blessed me with. I made loads of awesome friends there. But there were only a few of them who were really close to me in camp. One of them was Jun, my first NS friend. Then I met Martin Tan, who later became the Senior Guide of the whole camp, made an awesome friendship with Ng Ian Shaun, Jin How kinda blended in with us, then Tat Yang (who was the Bravo Company's Patrol Guide) also kinda blended in with us... Not forgetting some local Sarawakian boys like that soccer player whose name isn't popping up in my mind right now. I was in the National Service for only 2 months, but that was enough. Couldn't stand it at all.

Me and Bob.

The dorm I stayed in with a bunch of colourful people.

Me and Jun.

Shaun, Me and Jin How.

Martin and I.

One of those slacking moments in National Service.

I attended Form 6 one week after coming back from National Service. I'm considered done and gotten my certificate for National Service already. I attended Form 6 as a backup plan if my application to study in University of Hawaii at Hilo is rejected. I kinda like found out that I already gotten a place in the University like two weeks into Form 6, but I decided to stay since I've nothing better to do at home and just join the orientation program 0.0 Yeap, I'm weird. But I enjoyed it. Mainly because I bonded so much with Reinchez for the first time since knowing him and being in the same class as him since 2003 till 2007 (2008 actually, since we were classmates for a few weeks in Form 6 xD).

I kinda bummed at home and went out with a few people during my free time after getting out of Form 6. I can't really remember much about the outings except going out with Amelia Tee, Fong Hei and of course, with Kaviraj, Guna and Bernie. Good times, good times.

I got to drove on my own as well. See, when the time is right, your parents will surely let you drive alone. And they did let me drive alone. Muahahhaa! Had fun driving alone for at least two months 0.0 Haha! Can't remember much about stuff I did after my short spell of Form 6. I remember attending a Zhi Yuan's farewell/birthday party. It was awesome.

I remember driving one night when I was sending Brendan back home and my eyes started to itch and later tear for no reason. This almost made me clip a motorcyclist. Missed that guy by a few centimetres. Thank God nothing bad happened! Wait, I think it was after that ISCF 2008 rally. Yeaps. Haha! Lay Kuan spent a group of us some awesome mamak food! Woots! The nasi lemak wasn't really tasty though. Grr...

Then the next thing that I would have remembered was the farewell/birthday party my parents threw for me. Thank God for awesome parents. Fat Indian and Short Chinese xD Wooots! FTW! It was a night to remember. Seeing my school friends and church friends come together... Just so awesome. Not sure whether you guys enjoyed it or not, but I enjoyed it. I remember you guys trying to make me cry. That was so awesome. I remember Bernie and the rest of my former classmates singing our secondary school anthem to me. I remember p(imp)L[ank], Samantha Ong, Su Ling, Bawanie, Melody Teo and Jessica Soo plus Joel on the piano serenading me with two very emo songs that would've made me cry. Love all of you! I don't think I have any pictures with me here but I'll import the album from Facebook. Thank God for awesome people He has blessed me with.

Last but not least, coming to Hawaii to study. Woots! Thank God for allowing me to come here to study and to know more about His creations. I turned down a full scholarship offer just to come here to Hilo to get my Degree in Marine Science. Dumb move? I don't think so. I think He had all these planned out from the beginning. Thank GOD! I remember meeting Yu Yok in the airport, I remember moving in to my first room (C108, Hale Kauanoe) and meeting my first ever roommate, Andrew Hardy, who later moved out to Hale Kehau (the resident hall I'm in now) and getting a new and awesome roommate, Mr. Matthew Surerus! Meeting new people like Baby Picon, Jaymen and Jenny Junko Nakano xD! Awesome people! Joined (not officially, YET) Kaumana Drive Baptist church and the Baptist Collegiate Ministry. Grew closer to these people and enjoyed every second with them. Met awesome teachers that taught me well in my first semester (except Psychology 0.0). Got awesome grades and enjoyed my first semester here in UHH! Thank You, GOD! Thank You for everything You've done for me. Since the beginning of the year 2008, till this very time as I'm typing this post.

I would list down the names of my friends here in Hawaii but I'm afraid I might miss someone's name in the process. So it's best that I don't do that. All you need to know is that, I feel very blessed and happy that I got to meet all of you =). All of you have been a blessing to me, I hope I am the same to you. Everybody, whether you're from Malaysia or from Hawaii, a light coloured skin person or a dark coloured skin person, a Christian or a Muslim, a blonde or a brunette (or red haired people), clever or not so bright, short or tall, thin or fat like me, handsome (or pretty) or not so attractive like me, nice to be with or annoying, I thank God for every soul He has blessed me with.

Cheers to all of you as time passes by quickly in the last hours of 2008. Don't worry, 2009 will be awesome for you and me. I know it. I love all of you, and I love YOU, God...

Happy New Year to everyone in the earlier timezones and Happy Early New Year to everyone in the later timezones.

Oh...

2008-12-29T22:35:00.001-10:00

I moved into my new room already =). And now, I'm gonna start on Twilight.

Christmas

2008-12-29T21:58:00.002-10:00

Wondering how I spent my Christmas this year without my parents? No? You don't want to know? Well too bad, I'm still gonna share it with you guys. Har! <#-moto slang>Sucka!!

I reached Hilo around 6:30am on the 24th of December. Trebor came to pick me up from the airport around 7am... We went to McDonalds to get some breakfast. The chicken biscuit sandwich thingy is actually tasty. Haha! I hung out in Trebor's place till lunch time. We played some Wii Sports and Smashbros games to kill time. We had lunch with Jaime and friends (Trebor and Jaime's friends, new faces to me, except Daniel, I think I got his name right 0.0). Trebor sent me back to the dorms after lunch. I took a very long nap. Then in the evening I attended the Candle Light Christmas service in church. After the service we went to Jertina(Jerome and Christina)'s place to celebrate Christina's birthday. Happy 2Xth (I don't know the exact age 0.0)! God bless you! Had fun playing Signs. Awesome group game.

I went back home with #-moto to stay in his house for a couple of day. I think I've already mentioned this in my blog but I'm gonna mention it again; the #-moto Manor is so darn pretty! ~~Marry me, #-moto!~~

My Christmas was awesome this year. I spent the time with the #-moto family. His parents are very nice people. His dad reminds me of my uncle (Uncle David) for some reason 0.0 Haha! Dave (need to use his first name here since his parents are also known as #-moto >.<) and I woke up around 8:30am-ish to help out his dad to prepare breakfast. I have some pictures of the awesome pancakes Dave prepared... Huge banana pancakes. Yum! Dave's dad is a good cook. He's Japanese but he cooked a Mexican dish (I forgot the name) very well, I think. Tasted good. After breakfast we opened presents. I got a present from the #-motos; Dave's old band's T-shirt... Thanks!

I'm not sure why some families here in the US have their Christmas dinner early on Christmas day. I think it's just tradition. We had our Christmas dinner around 3pm-ish... Yup, dinner. Haha! We went to this awesome place called Volcano House. It's at the same place as where the Young Adult group of Kaumana Drive Baptist Church went for the retreat few months ago. AWESOME FOOD! Buffet style some more... Babi, makan puas-puas.... Thanks again, #-motos!

The next day, I helped out Dave and Joel paint Dave's old house. I kinda enjoyed helping them. Haha! We had to stop work early that day because the rain was getting heavier and heavier every second. So Dave and I decided to join the Knocks and a Waihee to go to Kona for a one night and one day stay there. It was an awesome journey and an awesome time to "waste" with the friends He has blessed me with.

Kona was awesome! Four of us (a Knock, a Waihee, a #-moto and a Chandrasakaran) swam at night at the swimming pool. There were salt and chlorinated water in the pool 0.0 Haha! The next day four of us went to the End of the World/Earth (I forgot which) to jump off the cliff there. It wasn't as high as the South Point cliff but it's scary enough. It took me around 45 minutes to man up and take the leap. By that time Nick has already jumped off the cliff at least 4 times. Haha! It was awesome! I wanted to go again but I didn't have the guts to do it again. Gosh, regretted! Then we went to Hapuna beach; one of the few white sand beaches on the Big Island... Gosh, I love white sand beaches. Puts a smile on my face. I had a fun time with the Knocks, a Waihee and a #-moto...

That basically sums up my Christmas this year. Awesome? Yes =). Thank God...

I owe a Knock, a #-moto and a Waihee big time!

Pictures will be up as soon as I figure out how to grab it from my cellphone. Grrr...

Some Pictures

2008-12-29T20:08:00.007-10:00

Some "briefing" before walking down to Haumana(sp?) Bay.

Some number plates at the Pearl Harbor memorial place.

The Laupolas.

Jaymen and I.

Haumana(sp?) Bay.

Jaymen's place.

Jasmine's room. They have two XBox-es 0.0 Haha!

Jaymen's game faces.

That beautiful-beach-which-name-I-cannot-remember.

Jaymen and his classmates.

Me.

Gah!

2008-12-29T01:34:00.003-10:00

Grr... I just can't understand why must Verizon make it so difficult for me to download pictures from my cellphone to my computer, and to upload songs from my computer to the cellphone. This just sucks big time... To add salt to wound, my digital camera is seriously busted! GAH!!! Looks like technology just doesn't like me. Grr...

Okay, here's my abridged story of my Oahu trip: Left Hilo around 5:30PM-ish with Amber and Chase. I forgot that I'm not allowed to carry liquids into the airplane and I kinda like got stopped twice at the security checkpoint because of that. Grrr... First it was my shampoo (checked in my bag later), then my water bottle 0.0 Haha! My bad! Reached Honolulu airport around 6:45PM-ish. Amber's mum came to pick us up (Amber and I, Chase went with his parents I think). It was a long ride back to Aiea(sp?) where Amber and Jaymen lives. Never seen so many cars here on Hawaii till that night. Brings back memories of KL with its infamous high traffic, traffic jams and gridlockings xD. There aren't as many cars on the road in Hilo. Anyways, Amber's mum dropped me off at Jaymen's place. His house looks good. Small and simple, enough for the family. I kinda like the look of the house too. I met Jaymen's friends; Brent, Shannon and another girl's name who I've forgot. Then met Jaymen's family. It was all good. Didn't do much during the first night other than playing XBox and watching Fast and Furious.

After some sleep, we went to the Pearl Harbor place. SS Arizona I think. They named the place after a warship because they built the memorial on top of the remnants of the ship. My digital camera started PMS-ing and hence, not much pictures from that area. Have quite a few on my cellphone but just need to figure out how to download them into my computer. GRRR! We went to Jaymen's grandparents' house after that. I forgot what's the name of the place. We had our early dinner there. Then back home to Jaymen's place where we called Brent over to play more XBox.

The next day, Jaymen's family took me out to that Haumana(sp?) Bay where Jaymen and I went snorkeling while his dad was cruising somewhere else and Jasmine (his sister) and his mum were just sitting on the beach relaxing. It's a very beautiful place. A MUST go if you're planning to go to Honolulu for a holiday. Clear and pristine waters, colourful fishes, dull corals in the day 0.0 Haha! But it's all good. Snorkeling gear kinda expensive though. Just go to Walmart and get cheaper stuff there.

We were tired after that outing and I can't remember what we did after that. All I remember that it was a very long night 0.o Haha! Then the next day we went to a beach which the name I can never ever remember. I think I asked Jaymen twice already. Haha! It's not Waikiki, it's kinda like a few beaches by a few resorts but they're open to the public. Uber beautiful place. Jaymen says it's prettier than Waikiki beach. Plus, this place isn't as crowded as Waikiki. Brent picked me and Jaymen up to the beach where we met Jaymen's former classmates. Can't remember their names that well though. Played a few ummm, "inappropriate" games with them. Then we made our way to Pearl Ridge Mall(?) for lunch where Jaymen and I and a few other people bought food from some restaurants and ate our meal in Taco Bell xD Haha! Awesome. In the evening, Brent, Jaymen and I went to Ice Palace where we ice skated with Baby Picon, Ms. Jenny and Karla. It was fun. A bit too pricey for ice skating for me 0.0 Haha! After that we went hunting for frozen yogurt (or like how Erinn says it; fro-yo) but all of the shops were closed. So we decided to go to this ice cream place and we got some delicious ice cream. Yum yum. We made our way to an arcade area where we played pool and ping pong.

Jaymen passed me over to Baby Picon the next day. Went out with her and her parents for her birthday lunch. Island Burgers is the name of the restaurant I think. A MUST visit. I forgot the name of the shopping mall though. GAH! The prices are reasonable for the amount of serving they give us. Then for the rest of the day, Baby Picon went shopping while her parents and I followed closely behind xD haha!

That basically sums up my trip to Oahu. I'll upload the pictures some other time. I woke up like an hour ago to go grab my TB medicine. No, it's not serious. I have the virus in my body but it's not active but it will be active when I grow older. So yeah, gonna take the medications. It's free =). Thank GOD =). Oh yeah, don't worry when you're speaking to me face to face because my virus cannot be passed around since it's inactive. So, please don't avoid me? xD.

Now, back to sleep. Night night 0.0

Glory to God!

2008-12-25T19:52:00.001-10:00

I got my results back! Muahahha! Glory to God!

GPA: 3.92 Woots! Was aiming for 4.0 but 3.92 seems alright for my first semester! No worries, 4.0 next semester then! WOOOOTSSS!

THANK GOD!!!!

Wasssuuuppp?!

2008-12-25T19:45:00.002-10:00

I'm not sure if anyone ever visits my blog anymore but I'm still gonna be stubborn and update this almost dead blog whenever I'm free! Woots!

Yes, I'm back to Hilo from Oahu. I have some pictures both from my cellphone and my camera. Will post up the pictures when I'm free. I'm currently staying in #-moto's mansion. We're in my dorm room now just to use the internet since he his connection isn't that good in his mansion. House too big, signal not strong enough for the whole house xD Haha!

Oh, I busted my digital camera. It ain't working anymore. GRRR!

Oahu was alright. Thank God for awesome friends and their family! Especially the Laupolas! Thanks Jaymen and family for the awesome hospitality! Thanks for taking me around and showing me some places in Oahu. Thanks to the Picons too! You guys were awesome! God bless you all.

Will post a more elaborate story on my outing to Oahu next time.

Merry Christmas to all of you people! Love you all! God bless!

Woooooooots!

2008-12-19T04:08:00.002-10:00

Woooots! I'm done with finals and the semester! Wooots! Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! It has been an awesome first semester! All glory goes to Him for all the blessings He has poured out on my life! I thank God for the wonderful crowd that He has blessed me with! Seriously, without you guys, I would be facing too many problems and I would be super lonely and bored in wonderful Hilo. Thank God for you guys, God bless you all!

Psychology paper yesterday was alright. I didn't put in as much effort as I had for my other subjects because I took the Credit/No-Credit option for Psychology; means that all I need to do for this class is to get a C. Yeap, just a C. This doesn't affect my Cumulative GPA but it counts as one of my Social Sciences requirement. Wooots! I was shocked that we had to answer 152 multiple choice questions! Haha! It was all good though.

After the exam, I had dinner. Then went out with #-moto to go get some dinner for himself. Then we stopped by some movie shooting thingy near Erinn's place. We waited for like 15 minutes for something to happen but nothing happened. I think it's kinda like a big movie, I don't know. Then we went to Erinn's place. Chit-chatted for awhile, then movie time! #-moto and I met up with Erinn and Trebor in the cinema to watch The Day The Earth Stood Still. It's kinda a nice movie. It's not your typical alien invasion movie where humans battle out with aliens and stuff. It's kinda like an eye opener to me. No spoilers here xD. Go watch it =P.

"If the Earth dies, you die. But if you die, the Earth doesn't die."

We hung out at the cinema parking lot, Walmart parking lot and then we headed for Kens. So nice to just fellowship with these people. Can't wait for Scuba Diving and snorkeling and spear fishing this break.

Can't wait for OAHU! Wooots! Will be flying off in 12 hours time. Got loads of stuff to do later today. Need to do my laundry, need to put clothes into suit case so that when I come back from Oahu, it will be easy for me to transfer my stuff to a new room. Woots! Can't wait! Can't wait!

Thank God for all the blessings He has poured on me, thank You, Lord!

Forgive me, Lord, for I have sin. Thank You for the people around me, motivating me in every step I take. They're like Guardian Angels that You've assign to me. Thank You, Lord. Amen.

dance

2008-12-18T02:04:00.002-10:00

WOOOTS!! ONE MORE PAPER TO GO! No motivation to study for this exam... Gah! Psychology, don't have to study hard for it. All I need is a C... Gah!!!!!

This weeks has been an awesome week. Yes, life here in Hilo without examinations is so boring. You can ask Trebor how boring is it. Even the last movie in the cinema is at 10:15PM.... 10 frigging 15 PM! What happened to midnight movies?! Haha! Super dead town at night.

Anyways, thank God for His blessings! I can never have gone through this week without His guidance and blessings! Calculus exam was alright. I was expecting for a much more difficult paper but I'm not gonna complain... Haha! I didn't know how to do like two questions, but it's all good. I did some workings for those questions, can get some marks from there. Right after the Calculus paper on Monday, I had Chemistry. The paper was easy. Seriously, I was shocked. But not gonna complain xD. Thank God! My final grade for Chemistry is A (99.4% or something like that). Glory to God!

On Tuesday I had my Marine Biology Cellular Processes paper. Thank God this paper wasn't cumulative. Just two to four weeks of work required a large amount of time to review for the exam. Expecting an A from that class. Then on Wednesday (yesterday) I had my Marine Biology Diversity paper.

Guess what? I woke up late for that paper. I woke up 30 minutes late! Haha! I jumped off my bed, changed, and walked to my class. No, I didn't drink any water, I didn't brush my teeth nor wash my face, just took my bag that contained my pencil case in it and walked; fast 0.0 Haha! The paper was kinda easy. Thank God for this miracle =). When I entered the class, almost every student turned their heads. That was frigging embarrassing... I just smiled at my lecturer, took my paper, and sat down at the back of the class. My lecturer asked me whether I was feeling alright or not. Haha. All I did was smile =). Well, that's now behind me, gonna review my Psychology now. Been fooling around the whole day.

I biked to Erinn's place to go to a club (Shooters) just right below where she lives. She never been there before. So we decided to go check out the place. Man, it was boring. I mean, it isn't as good compared to the clubs in Malaysia, even though I've never been to a club before. The music wasn't that good but I had a good time. Felt like a dork though. I was carrying a bag and I wore surf shorts. Haha! And we danced, danced and danced. Then I biked back to campus. It was a long bike. Haha!

Oh, I just got back my bike from Nigen =). The brakes aren't working properly. Super long bike trip plus loads of long uphills. Knees are celebrating now while I'm sitting down. Haha!

I never wanna go to a club again, unless I don't have any choice. Good experience though.

Thank God for the safe journey and awesome time =).

Quarantine

2008-12-13T23:14:00.002-10:00

I will never, ever, ever, watch, a, horror, movie, again. Never!!!! Yesh, I'm a wussy, I admit! No more horror movies, no more! NO MOREEE! It's a good movie but, nuh-uh... Never again! NEVER!!!!

Need to study now =(. Forgetful boy.

Fridayyyy!!!

2008-12-13T03:12:00.002-10:00

Whoa! Long Friday =). Woke up quite early for a holiday, around 8-9AM I think. Did some revision and then went down to the Verizon shop near Walmart. Gosh, I feel bad for spending so much money this month, even after canceling the camera deal. Looks like I really need two jobs next semester. I want that Online Webmaster job real badly. I'm not godlike in that field, but I have the skill. And we're gonna be using some online software anyways, that would be easy. Gah! If I get that job, the pay I get will be used to pay off my phone bills. Sheesh, why must all nice and good things be so frigging expensive in Hawaii? *pouts*

After getting my new phone and a phone plan, I went out with Erinn to a sushi place. Tasted alright. I had a little too much of wasabi 0.0 Never really liked it but, I kinda need it for the Octopus and the Calamari sushi. Haha! We had green ice cream after the sushi, it tasted real good. Yummy stuff. Then we went picture taking with her Nikon D80. She's good 0.0

Came back to the dorms and did some light reviewing on Calculus. Then went Jerotina's (Christina and Jerome) house for some caroling practice. Trebor gave me and Paul a ride to the place. Had fun singing 0.0 The song is stuck in my head now... "Merry merry merry merry, Christmas..." Forgot the name of the song though 0.0 My bad xD After the practice, a few of us (me, Trebor, nick, Jason, Christina and Jerome) played some board games and stuff. I finally gotten a chance to actually play Twisters. I like it but it was super torturing. Curse these fats of mine. Gah!

We chit-chat-ed after the games and yeah, I'm back now, to my room. Currently going through my test papers and quizzes in my Marine Biology Diversity class. Gonna sleep soon, I hope.

I forgot that I have practice later today at 10AM! Haha! This is bad, this is bad. Thank you Christina for reminding me!

Woots, good times, good times.

Oh Yeah...

2008-12-11T10:16:00.002-10:00

I got promoted from being a Monitor, to a Reader for the University Disability Services department. Means, I'll be getting paid a little bit (really little 0.0) higher than what I usually get. Thank God =).

But guess what? I received an email from my Marine Biology lecturer, asking me whether I wanna be her tutor for her Diversity and Cellular Processes class or not. GOSH! I'm super duper packed next semester 0.0 Argh...

Thank God for the blessings =).

Sleep =)

2008-12-11T09:52:00.002-10:00

Whoa! Days without naps are just so slow going. I think for the pass one week and a few days, I only took like a cumulative of 2-3 hours of nap. I sleep late and wake up early most of the time. I finally felt the tiredness and fell asleep for almost 12 hours! Haha! Yes, I went to bed just minutes after 8PM last night, and woke up around 7:14AM just now. Woots! Feel refreshed and rejuvenated; till I started reading Psychology *smacks head* Well, thank God for the awesome rest and now I can ignore Psychology till next Thursday (my last paper, woots!). Studying Chemistry now. Kinda worried about Chemistry since I didn't do so well in my last test. Everybody did badly in the class but that shouldn't be a reason or an excuse for me to feel good about myself >.< I'm now reviewing Chapter 4 and am feeling hungry. Gah! I need some peanut butter and jelly sandwich =(. BCM had that for yesterday's Free Lunch! xD

I didn't do any studying for almost 6 hours yesterday! Gosh, the regret and the guilt! It was worth it though. I hung out after getting out from my Chemistry lecture class early at the BCM till lunch time. Played some checkers and scrabbles with Nate to kill time. After eating those beautiful peanut butter and jelly sandwich, Zach and I made our way to the Chemistry lab for our Lab Finals. I'm kinda confident that I can get an A even though I don't know how to answer two questions from the paper. Haha.

After the exam I went back to the BCM to kill some time before John the Baptist Collegiate Ministry gives me a ride to go get my diving equipment. These people are so fun to be with. Gosh, if only there was a mamak here, that will be super awesome cool.

And yes, I finally bought my very own diving equipment. I have most of the stuff except a tank (0.0) and the lead weights. I bought a compass because, I'm in Hawaii 0.0 Haha! All I need next are a knife, lead weighs and a pony tank =). Woots! Gonna go for a refreshment dive this coming break. Anyone wanna be my buddy?

Argh! Study Chemistry now, Jon! You fat little piglet... Eat and sleep so much... GOSH! Need to finish Chemistry by tonight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PS: Oh, I'm not getting the Nikon D80 anymore. But I'm getting Verizon xD

Rumah Kopi!

2008-12-09T02:12:00.002-10:00

Woooooohhhhoooooo!!!! The BCM had the last Rumah Kopi(Coffee House) yesterday evening. So cool! Not much Christmas carols though =(. I hate like two cups of coffee just because it was the last Coffee House for this semester. Wooohooo!

Before that, Erinn and I went for a run... Okay, not Erinn and I... She ran, I walked most of the way. Too fat, sprained my back a bit... She's super good... I'm like, wow. And I took off my glasses before I ran so all I saw was a small blur red spot running super far in front of me... Haha! You'll do well, Erinn!

I'm tired now... So sleepy... Not because of the run, it's because I've not been sleeping early and no naps in the day. So, gonna go offline soon.

Thanks Erinn!!!!!!!!!!!!

Insufficient Fundings.

2008-12-07T01:22:00.005-10:00

Last Friday was the best Friday ever in my life so far. That Friday morning started out normal, waking up around 7:40AM, walked to class, did my Chemistry test and then came back to my room by 11AM. And that's it... I didn't go swimming because I was frigging tired. And the plan was to cook some Mi Goreng for #-moto. So, was just surfing the net after Chemistry test and bumming in the room. Then I IMed Erinn to ask her to come eat lunch with us too. So she did. Started cooking around 1PM. That instant noodle Mi Goreng tasted sooo awesome... And I used one Brahim's and the Rendang Chicken packets edi. Haha! Hope both of you liked it.

After that we just hung out and chatted with each other. #-moto showed us some pictures of him when his cheeks was super bloated 0.0 Haha! Then we Skyped with Tess, #-moto's baby girl. Haha! Her teeth is so white. You guys should see how both Tess and #-moto manja(Malay word for pamper, acting cute) with each other. So frigging cute. Haha! Then after Skype-ing with Tess, we went to go get some Poke; raw fish, a Hawaiian delicacy. NO, it ain't sashimi. Poke tasted so dam frigging awesome. That Spicy Tuna Poke was the bomb, man. Tasted super duper yummy. I want more, but insufficient fundings.

Got the poke, then #-moto and Erinn wanted to get some shave ice. I don't know what's so special about the shave ice here. People are kinda like, wow-ed because of shave ice. I mean, it taste awesome but, it's just shave ice 0.0 Well, those flavours that Erinn and #-moto picked tasted awesome too.

Then we went back to school, I was late for my meeting. After 40-50 minutes in the meeting, I came out to attend some Astronomy talk with Erinn. It's super Physics stuff. I was super blur 0.0 Haha! It's kinda interesting though, binary stars. >.< Not my cup of ~~eggnog~~tea. After the talk, both Erinn and I went to go eat in the school's cafeteria while Mr. #-moto disappeared to somewhere. Dam ninjas... Anyways, Erinn got a free meal (thank God) and we ate a lot.

After the dinner, we went to Messica's (Merrell+Jessica) house for Rachel's farewell party. #-moto was like, hey, just come along... Haha, so we did. We had some fellowship-ing and we played the game, Gestures (I think). It was a super awesome game. And I found out the hard and embarrassing way that underwear (briefs), ain't called spender here... And the next time you wanna act out for your friends to guess "spender" in the US, never make an underwear pattern. NEVER!

Rachel left the Big Island at 6AM (I think), and now I think she'll be almost reaching her destination (or already reached the destination 0.0). Whichever it is, I pray that she'll be guided by the Holy Spirit and she'll persevere, till her job is done in that place. I didn't know what to say to her in the party when everybody was wishing her... I was like... "Hi Rachel, nice to meet you, God bless..." I really didn't know what else to say... Well, nice to meet you, Rachel. Hope to see you again.

From left: Nate, Merrel and Me.

Me and Nick. I was using the balloon to annoy him. All he did was laugh and said it felt weird. *echo*

Me and Erinn.

Yesterday I woke up early (around 9AM) to attend praise and worship practice for today's service later at 11:30AM. Then I went for the food drive thingy at Safeway where Jerome, Nick and I played some Christmas carols. Man, you guys need Feliz Navidad... It's the ~~feces~~awesomest song, ever! After that we went to Jack in a Box. Thank you son-of-pastor Nick for spending me lunch (I owe you my life now, I think 0.o?). After lunch I went to hunt for a new phone line/plan. Too expensive man.. Super expensive. Americans are being cheated everyday by their fellow Americans. Sorry about that. But looks like I need to get cheated too because it's the cheapest option of being cheated when it comes to phone plans and stuff. Gosh, being cheated ain't fun. Stupid Verizon.

Nick learning how to play the ukulele for the carols thingy. Jerome teaching him.
Me, ~~the Mojo~~playing the djemba drums. Super duper high. Brings back memories of Christmas caroling with Rangers. Wait, only two times, but, still memories, right?

Pictures above by Christina. Group pictures with Jessica and the food drive pictures with Aunty Donna (sp?), Nick's mum.

Evolution Says...

2008-12-06T21:49:00.001-10:00

... That humans will evolve to have cells that can use Carbon Dioxide for respiration if plants would extinct one day.

No?

Wake Up, Fellow Brothers and Sisters!

2008-12-06T01:11:00.002-10:00

HERE and HERE.

I'm not gonna blame anyone. This post is not to point fingers at anybody or to offend anybody. I've loads of Hindu friends, so don't judge me. Three of my close friends are Hindus.

I'm not sure who's behind this, for now the speculation is that the Hindu extremists are behind these killings. So what should we do, fellow brothers and sisters in Christ? Pray? How much prayer do we need before someone actually makes a stand for ourselves? No, I'm not asking all of us to take out weapons and start blasting at people, I'm speaking about standing up for ourselves; voicing up our concerns. There are many ways to help the Christians in India other than violence. I know some of us are very angry that other people area abusing us by killing innocence people. But, be patient and stand up. It's time to rise up, o church. Prayer can only get you so far, we need action too. Praying to God to give me a 4.0GPA but not studying is impossible; we need to do our part too. No use hating anybody here. So, stand up and voice up.

To Christian leaders out there, do something. God help us.

Woots!

2008-12-05T01:26:00.003-10:00

Ladies and gentlemen,

After waiting for around 2-3 months, after filling up the same application form twice, after countless phone calls, I have finally received my... *drum rolls*

SOCIAL SECURITY CARD!

Yeap, almost an American now. All I have to do to be a full American is to watch football, drink some sissy beer called Bud Light, hate other countries, eat in McDonalds and grow more obese, sing some baseball song, get a girlfriend just to breakup with her so that I'll have an ex to hang out with, and smoke pot.super duper happy... Now I can finally show my card to the Career Center, making me legit to earn money. Whhhhhhheeeeee!!!

Thank God =).

Ride was awesome, Erinn and Rob =).

Oh yeah! THANK YOU MR. JOHN THE BAPTIST COLLEGIATE MINISTRY FOR TAKING ME TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION OFFICE (2 Frigging times!)!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH...

Life in Hawaii to Me....

2008-12-04T21:08:00.002-10:00

Life here in Hawaii to me is kinda like a youth camp. GY Camp, Camp Metamorphosis, Central District Pow Wow and any other camp. There's always a start, and unfortunately, an end to these awesome camps. We make friends, we get contacts (especially girls' ones) and after camp, we try to catch up with each other; after camp, we go HOME. Even though I'm gonna be in Hawaii for like, 4 years... This doesn't count as my new home. I still see home to be, Taman Klang Jaya, Klang, Selangor, MALAYSIA. Life in Hawaii for me is like a youth camp. We meet new people, spend 4 days together (or two-theree months if you're in National Service 0.0); eating, sleeping and bathing together, then after 4-5 days, we part from each other. Some cry, some laugh, while others (like me) feel optimistic that one day, we'll meet again.

Life here in Hawaii to me is like a youth camp. I met Rachel Heath like 4 months ago. She's the one behind all those kickball, dodgeball and spud games. It's only been 4 months and tonight might be the last night I see her before she leaves for wherever she's going to for missions (no, it's not that I don't wanna know where's she going, it's that she can't tell anybody, but I think I roughly know where is she going). Will I see her again or not? What if I DO see her again? What if I DON'T see her again? Questions like these are sure to be in your mind in the last night of youth camps; Will I ever see my close friend in camp again? Will I meet Rachel again? I've only known her for four months. In this short period of time, I saw that she's a very passionate person, she's a very obedient person, she's a very independent person. And the best of all, she's a blessing to everyone around her. When I mean everyone around her, I mean EVERYONE. God bless you, Ms. Heath. Go and continue being His humble servant, go share the Good News, go glorify His name, and give thanks for all the hardships that are in front of you. Never ever give up. Don't get disappointed if someone pushes you away or refuses to listen to the Gospel.

James 1:2-8 (New International Version)

Trials and Temptations
2Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. 4Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 5If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. 6But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; 8he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.

Persevere, it'll be sweet in the end, you know it's worth it =).

Life in Hawaii is like being in a youth camp, where there's a start, and an end, in every youth camp. What happens after the end is up to you and me; whether we want to keep this joy to ourselves, or whether we want to share it with the people around us.

Life in Hawaii to me, is sweet. Thank You, God. Thank You, Ohana; both here and back in Malaysia.

Package Has Arrived =)

2008-12-03T17:15:00.004-10:00

My package has arrived! Thanks to my parents and my cousin who works in DHL, Singapore, I finally have an electrical kettle... Plus, instant noodles from Malaysia (MiGoreng) and BRAHIM'S!!!!WOOOOTSSS! Brahim's instant Malay traditional food. WOOOTS! It's not as good as the original ones but, it'll suffice for now. Muahahhahahhahahahah!!!!!!!!!

Rendang chicken!

All my instant noodles.

Brahim's..... 0.0.... Yummmmmmm....

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

PS: My parents forgot my favourite Brahim's; Sambal Ikan Bilis (Spicy paste with fried small anchovies).

Speaking about my parents. I think their reaching their destination with the Royal Rangers where they're going for a mission trip. Hope everything's fine with them. 10 days of no mother pestering me on Skype. Makes me imagine bad stuff. Well, they're in God hands... Go glorify God's name.

WOOOOOHHHOOOOOOO!!!!

2008-12-02T17:34:00.002-10:00

I thought I completed my Marine Biology Diversity research paper last night, but I was wrong. Okay, this is gonna sound so stupid but, I thought bibliography/references are part of the 5-page research paper. Not completely my fault, it's my frigging first time! I had like at least THREE people telling me that I'm wrong and I need one more page. Well, I came back after my Marine Biology Cellular Processes class just now in the afternoon (around 2PM), sat down in front of the computer (I always do 0.0) and started searching for more information about my topic (which is Polar Bear: Sea Ice Habitats). Thank God I found two to three awesome journals! Little bit of tweaking here and there, finally I got my fifth page filled up (I asked my lecturer whether can I just fill up three quarter of the fifth page, she said NO)! Woots! Thank God, thank God! I hope everything is fine. I sent an email with my paper attached to it to my lecturer. Hope she has time to go through my paper and still give me enough time to correct any mistakes before this weekend.

I picked the classes are want to enroll in next semester. Registration for next semester is tomorrow. Need to be quick. Classes that I will be taking are: General Chemistry II (lecture, lab and discussion), Calculus II (lecture and lab; grrr), Expository Writing (English again?!), Oceanography (lecture only) and Marine Biology Lab. Why am I not planning to take Oceanography lab? Because it doesn't fit my time table. I wanna take one more subject, a general education or social sciences requirement subject. Thanks to the labs I'm planning to take, I'm not able to pick Introduction to Business. Gosh, I really need summer school then. Don't want to stay in college for five years 0.0

Chemistry quiz and test this week. The horror! The horror! And I've yet to finish my chemistry lab report and pre lab for tomorrow's lab. GOSH! Die die die...

Memorandum

2008-12-02T10:01:00.002-10:00

No, the British isn't the culprit this time... Just a memorandum from my Psychology teacher.

December 2, 2008
MEMORANDUM
Survey of Psychology, Psy 100
Each student who completes all required research participation
and/or study reports for your class will receive
5 additional points added to their final examination score.
Regards,
Professor Paul W. Dixon

5 points?! Yes, be grateful, I get it. But why only 5 points? =(. Sorry sir, you're a darn good psychologist, but teaching? Maybe you were good but, I don't learn much from you. Please continue being a kickass psychologist and please give retirement a thought, good deep thought.

I'm not emo I'm not emo I'm not emo. pL's emo pL's emo pL's emo.

Okay, I'm glad that the semester is almost done =).

Why Do Good Things Have To Come To An End?

2008-12-01T21:42:00.002-10:00

Why? =(... I know it's not the end END, but the end, as in the end of the semester, the end for Coffee House, the end for Connect services, ~~the end of Guitar Hero~~. Why? Why? Why? It has only been a few months now and I feel so "bonded" to you people here. Really thank God for a family like you guys! =).

Well, let the good things end, and let the better things begin =).

DONE!

2008-12-01T21:22:00.002-10:00

I'M DONE WITH MY RESEARCH AND TERM PAPER! MUAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA! ~~Kiss my ass, research and term paper!!~~ First time writing these craps... It's stressful yall! it's stressful =(. Okay, I exaggerated. Not stressful, just takes up all my free time that has been allocated to surf the net blankly. I could have completed my research paper for Marine Biology over the long weekend but my professor didn't post up the examples I requested during the weekend. She posted it yesterday 0.o I don't count yesterday weekend, I think =P. But long story short, I finally got it done, sent my draft to my lecturer, hope she likes it, then STUDY STUDY STUDY! I finished my term paper for Psychology as well.. Just two pages of information, hope it's enough to give me at least a C. Woootsy!

Today was frigging hectic! I blame the ~~MOFO~~uber hard Calculus lab homework that's due tomorrow. Why am I cramming you ask? If you were in this class, you wouldn't wanna do any of the work because; i. I find the class useless ii. the software we're using for calculus lab is useless iii. why the heck am I suppose to spend time learning some software that isn't even used in the professional level?! Well, it's all done, thanks to Justin (the tennis player, I mentioned about him before over here) and Keith (my super dedicated MARE172 tutor, and now, my Calculus tutor xD)!

Parents are going to Thailand for some mission work. To those who are reading this post/note, please pray for them. Thailand is a dangerous country to be in since the military started going against their own government in Thailand. Well, God bless you both and please, please don't break your neck, mummy...

The BCM Coffee House session just now was awesome! The numbers were small but I'm speaking about Paul, John the Baptist Collegiate Ministry and Kensy... They sang some Christmas carols... Wooots! I want more! I want more!

Of Cold, Slight Fever, and Tears.

2008-11-29T13:29:00.002-10:00

Argh! I gots the colds agains. Grrr. Body temperature increasing as well. Gosh, need to study! Will sleep earlier tonight, I hope xD.

Went out last night with Nick Knock (*giggles*) and Trebor. We went to watch Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist. All I can say about that show is that, it's so frigging fake. Either that or girls just don't like me. How can you get a girlfriend in a few hours time? That doesn't make any sense *paranoid* Anyways, the movie was alright. Better than Twilight (yes, hate me more, girls). It's kinda like a chic flick comedy movie. I enjoyed the storyline, but I don't agree with it *paranoid again*

My future band's name will be the Jerk Offs. Or, Jack in a Box...

Speaking about Jack in a Box... Gosh, I enjoyed that greasy and fattening and unhealthy burger last night! What? I hear you people talking about Carl's Jr.? Nothing close man! Carl's Jr. is a small little footnote on Jack in a Box's epic ass... Yeap... Jack in a Box is officially my favourite fast food place... Till I get too fat (fatter than now I mean xD) and have no money for food though :P.

I really need to start writing my papers! I think I'll finish my term paper by tonight (for psychology) and then my research paper by tomorrow night (Marine Bio). I asked my lecturer to post up examples of research paper online but she didnt (I sent three e-mails, reminded her three times face-to-face)... Argh, just gonna do it, submit my draft copy, and then do some corrections. Then I'm gonna study, everyday till finals are done... After that, OAHU BABY!!!! Wooots! Olivia the Band, here I come... ~~I'm gonna jump up the stage, hump #-moto's leg, and lick his guitar~~ WOOOOHOOOO!!!!! Mosh pit babeh!

Oh yeah, after Jack in a Box, we went to Kaumana Caves (dam, Kaumana Drive street, Kaumana Drive Baptist Church, now Kaumana Caves... what's next? Kaumana Twin Towers?!). It was awesome. It was my first time caving... Didn't quite enjoy it to the fullest... Not because it was at night or anything. But because I was wearing flip-flops and a long sleeve sweater thingy... Gosh, my flip-flops are terrible damages now. Speaking about damage, I ripped my one and only favourite pink pants (yes, I do have a pink three-quarter pants)... Well, Nick Knock (giggles) says he'll stitch it for me... Or did he say his mum can stitch it for me? Hmmmm... His mum sounds better...

Woots! Playing guitar tomorrow for church! Muahahahah! I hope they don't use cappo, cause I'll be screwed if they did...

*cries*

~~stupid p(imp)L[ank] teach me how to be emo...~~

500th Post!

2008-11-28T15:51:00.002-10:00

Nothing special for you people but it's special to me. I had blogs before this and never achieved this milestone before, so it's a darn big thing. If I'm still posting in my Metal For God blog, I would have a total of about 800+ posts. I posted in other blogs too, so I think I've posted at least 1000 blog posts before. Woots! Nothing big for you guys, but big deal for me.

So what should I do for my 500th post? Should I finally finish my second video log? Should I post pictures? Should I sing a song? Should I start confessing about how I feel about that special someone? Nuh-uh! None of those! *I don't have a special someone, girls hate me*

What I'm going to do is, to write a list of "things" (characteristics, attitude and etc.) I'm looking for in a girl. What made me wanna do this? I was reading Ashleigh's Myspace blog last night and it reminded me of the old list sitting somewhere in my room in Malaysia. So, here it is:

Looks are secondary in a relationship, but that's the first thing you see in a person. So, the girl I want, must be good looking, at least better looking than I am.
Must be super uber caring but knows how to draw the line when pampering me. I like attention, everybody does.
Must be able to be patient with me for I am a playful person, I'm immature.
Must be able to tell when I'm serious and when I'm playful.
Must like me pampering her.
Must think rational most of the time when making decisions.
Must understand how I feel, or at least try to understand.
Must be able to let me speak my mind, and listen to me.
Must let me make a stand if she thinks I'm wrong.
Must be my bolster.
Should know how to cook a little bit.
Must know how to dress up properly.
Must keep her dignity and her family's name.
Must honour her parents and build a relationship with mine.
Must have nice hair.
Must be able to control me.
Must be my motivator and encourager.
Must not be shy to talk to me about anything.
Must trust me for I will trust her.
Must like music. Playing instruments is optional.
Don't mind bad English.
Must be smarter than me.
Must take control when I'm weak.
Should not be humble for I am humble to her.
Must not control me all the time.
Should not be jealous or envy all the time when I'm not with her. It's okay to feel that way. Because I'll be jealous if she's out with her friends rather than being with me.
Must scold me and help me break my bad habits.
Must like short and ugly Indian guy (me).... Means, must love me for who I am but be honest about everything she dislikes about me.
Must like children.
Must work with me to make this relationship a success till we get married, and till the day we both die, for I am not looking for a short span relationship, I want marriage!
Referring to the above requirement, she must love kids and be ready to give birth and take care of at least two kids. I want four but she has a choice too, and I will respect it.
Must like my last name =P. Pronounce it right if she can.

I'll update those when I need to. But the below requirements will never, ever change:

MUST be God-fearing.
MUST be saved in Jesus' name. If not, how is she going to motivate and encourage me?
MUST put God first in our relationship.
MUST agree to build a relationship not only physically, but spiritually; building our relationship with God together.
MUST remind me of His Word for I will also remind her of His Word.
MUST pray together most of time.

I'm sure there'll be more in the future. For now, I need to focus on my studies. A relationship can wait. I don't have the time and the money for a girlfriend now. Money is not important in a relationship you say. It IS! I wanna be able to pamper my girlfriend with gifts because I choose to do so. Simple gifts.

But the main problem is, WILL I EVER GET A GIRLFRIEND?

*laughs*

Congratulations!

2008-11-28T15:50:00.001-10:00

Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Toby Lim... Your baby boy looks cute... God bless him and both of you. Make sure you take care of the baby and feed him. Make sure he has chubby cheeks when I get back, so I can pinch his cheeks...

God bless =).

PS: He looks like a Man United fan to me.

Pictures.

2008-11-28T14:04:00.003-10:00

The carved turkey.

The cranberry sauce.

Mike (Yu Yok's husband), Me, Wan Chian, I forgot the woman's name, and Frank.

Roasted Lamb!

Carol (I think) and the pretty little baby girl, Sophie.

The carved turkey again.

Sweet potatoes with some crispy chocolate something.

Pumpkin pie. Delicious!

Sophie!

The uber delicious stuffing!

Stir fried vegetables.

Noodles, yummy.

Roasted Lamb.

Wan Chian and I.

me and my meal.

Crab salad. Mmmmmm....

PS: I had alcohol last night. I thought the person was joking when she told me that a milk-looking-drink contained "Cream, rum, rum and more rum..." Super strong 0.0

Thanksgiving Dinner

2008-11-28T00:29:00.002-10:00

What should I compare a Thanksgiving dinner to? I know! Deepavali meals! haha! They're super delicious and super filling and the crowd is awesome. Only differences are, I don't get a Deepavali packet (xD), I don't get a nice Indian meal and the people aren't Indians xD Haha! Dam I'm mean...

Anyways, I went to Yu Yok's house for Thanksgiving yesterday. She's the person who helped me get into this university. Before the gathering (it starts at 4PM in her house), I went to Wan Chian's place to bake some cookies. It was supposed to be like how Shannon Knock baked the cookies for lunch after the Young Adult Service a few Sundays back (I think it's Shannon 0.o), and it tasted so good! It's kinda like the cookie dough baked into a cake-like dish... We tried doing that but it didn't work 0.0 But we had to bring the bad cookies along anyways. Sigh... Sorry Wan Chian!

The gathering was nice. The crowd was elder than me, and elder than Wan Chian too. But it's nice meeting new people... And oh, there were kids. Cute little small people, especially the baby girl... Gosh, I abused her cheeks >.< The food was awesome... Pictures with Wan Chian.

Nick Knock thinks I'm not cool enough to hang out with him... Meanie.

And oh...

2008-11-27T00:05:00.001-10:00

Happy Thanksgiving people. Go kiss your loved ones.

Silence.

2008-11-26T23:57:00.002-10:00

During the Eleventh Hour prayer meeting the other night, we heard only the crickets chirping. Usually it's the Coqui frogs who makes loads of noise at night. They make the annoying "co-qui" sound, bad singing, worse than me. But tonight, there are neither. No crickets and Coqui frogs, nobody walking around, nobody playing the ukulele, nobody screaming and shouting, just silence. Not used to this but, it's so peaceful =).

My eyes are closing. Argh! Need to study Chemistry! I'm not sure whether I wanna follow the BCM to the other side of the island this Saturday or not. If I can't get my papers done, then I think I'll be calling John the Baptist Collegiate Ministry to ask him to cancel my name. Argh!

I'm lonely =(.

BCM Thanksgiving Dinner

2008-11-26T01:27:00.003-10:00

Wooots! It was awesome... Amazing... Looks like the emu fire (not sure of the right spelling) worked well. The turkey tasted awesome! Two things missing though: Where's the kickass gravy and the awesome stuffing?! ~~Rip off~~It's alright... What matters is that we had a good time fellowship-ing with each other, getting to know each other more... Like I found out that Steven and Joel were such fun guys to be with, I found out that Paul eats very little, I found out that Erinn loves desserts so much, I found out that pies must always go with coolwhip(sp?), I found out that Nick isn't following his diet plan properly, I found out that we (John the Baptist Collegiate Ministry, Trebor, Joel and I) make a good Guitar Hero band... Good job to everyone that made this event a success... It's not about bringing souls to God using food, but more to showing His love. Kudos! Glory to Him!

No pictures though 0.0 Forgot my camera. My blog needs pictures.... *screams*Erinn! I need the D-ball pictures!*screams*

After that, Erinn and I went to Blockbuster to rent a movie. Pan's Labyrinth. Please, do not watch that movie. It's super disgusting with all the killings and stuff, and the main story isn't about the labyrinth at all 0.0 Well, I had a good time =).

Happy early Thanksgiving, people! Words can't explain how thankful I am for having an awesome family back home, and here as well. God bless.

How To Speak Like A Malaysian?

2008-11-25T01:26:00.004-10:00

No, we don't have Indian accents like how Appoo (or however you spell his name) speaks in the Simpsons. We speak very good English, but with a little bit of twist... Okay, not a little... A lot actually.

We add Chinese dialects and Tamil in front, at the back, prefix and suffix in our sentences. Every time you wanna say dude, you say, "MACHA!" After every sentence, make sure you use the suffix "-lah", "arr", "woh" in appropriate sentences. Examples:

"You dam pretty-lah..."

"You how old arr??"

"If you don't use condom then I get pregnant then how woh?"

Never say "Hey", always say "DEI!"

"Dei macha, lets go eat..."

"Dei" can be used in front and at the back of sentences...

"Taco Bell sucks, dei..." "Dei, today is Sunday."

Or you can use both in front and at the back...

"Dei, today Sunday, dei..."

Yeaps. There are many more bad English structures and grammars in the way we speak English... Laugh all you want...

"Dei macha, you laugh some more-lah... I kick your balls arr... Later you cry then your girlfriend leave you woh... Haha, you dumb dei..."

It Was A Waste Of Time....

2008-11-25T00:45:00.003-10:00

BCM had an event just now (11PM-12:30AM) called the Eleventh Hour. No, it's not some cool awesome video game gathering competition thingy, it's just a fancy name for Prayer Meeting. Such a waste of time. A GOOD way to waste your time xD. Other than the constant shivering (my fats are useless, make me heavy for nothing, damn you baby fats!) and the Chinese-accent guard coming to ask us to stop playing music (John the Baptist Collegiate Ministry to be exact) because the others were "studying", it was an awesome time of praying with my O'hana in Christ. I love all this kind of prayer meetings. The people around, somehow, will motivate you, or encourage you in someway. It's just awesome worshiping and praying with your friends. ~~The songs are still boring though.~~

I thank God that I'm here in wet and boring Hilo, Hawaii. I thank God that I'm in a place where you have not so pretty black sand beaches. I thank God that I'm in a place where you get infections when you get into the water having a small cut on your body. I thank God that I'm in this place. I thank God I got here safely. I thank God for all that He has done, and yet to do in my life. I thank God for His awesome blessings. My family back home, and my family here. Colourful faces and attitudes, both comforting and annoying. Gosh, I love you guys. You guys rock. But ummmm, I rock the hardest.

Nick Knock (don't laugh) gonna listen to some Planetshakers.... Wooots...

Can't wait for Thanksgiving dinner at the BCM tonight (6:30PM)... Feast baby! FEAST! All you Malaysian folks can just drool at the pictures I'm gonna take... Drool while you see them stuffed turkey pictures and those other cool Thanksgiving dinner.

PS: Nothing can ever beat Nasi Lemak though =(.

Oh yeah, I did go for the Eleventh Hour, Erinn. My laptop was just left on. You missed an awesome time of prayer with bunch of ~~nuts~~awesome people.

I love you too, Paul.

You Know...

2008-11-23T13:31:00.003-10:00

You know that you're a college student when you're going out super often, spending too much money and you're doing your homework/assignment that is due in a few hours time. Yeap, I've been going out too much for the pass few days, and crap, it's so good 0.0 I spent so much of money in the pass week. Mamamia! Need to get my priorities straight! It's such a bad timing for this transition to happen. Finals are like in a couple of weeks away and I'm starting to be a college kid. This is bad. Time to go back being a Malaysian xD.

Church was alright today. We had a combined service (Young Adults and ~~old~~main service). #-moto led the Praise and Worship team today. I made so many mistakes and I think most of you know that when I make mistakes, I do some weird face expressions... So yeah, I made loads of those weird face expressions today... My bad. Sorry for the mistakes! Man, these people gotta play some news songs... Where's the Hillsong United and the Planetshakers? I can't believe I'm saying this but, I miss playing Majesty 0.0 To the next worship leader (BCM or Kaumana Drive Baptist Church): PLEASE, PLEASE PICK SOME HILLSONG UNITED AND PLANETSHAKERSPRAISE SONGS THE NEXT TIME I'M PLAYING FOR YOU.

Super sleepy now. Watched Twilight last night with #-moto and Erinn. Super ~~horny~~cheesy lines. I was making fun of almost every scene... The only cool scene was the vampires playing baseball. I can't stop hissing like a vampire... All I need now is a "mortal" girlfriend (glue) to sniff.

You're my own type of chronic that I wanna put into the bong and smoke...

Yeap, that's what Edward Cullen said in the movie... Or something like that...

Baby Girl! xD

Dodgeball!

2008-11-22T03:27:00.002-10:00

Dodge, duck, dip, dive, and dodge... That's what I did like 6 hours ago? 0.o Haha! I finally got to play dodgeball... And gosh, I suck at it... Seriously, I'm like a scape goat in my team, or maybe worse than an animal who's just waiting to get sacrificed... Wait, I didn't even sacrifice anything... I just, suck 0.0

Before D-ball, I went for praise and worship practice in Kaumana Drive Baptist church... I'll be playing drums for the combined service this Sunday (which is tomorrow 0.0). Means, I need to sleep early because the service starts at around 9AM and the Young Adults will be joining the main service (Yes, I'm considered a young adult here, I think). Most of the songs are new to me (Gosh, where are the Planetshakers and Hillsong stuff?!) and I kinda like forgot special parts to some songs and stuff... Ouch, sorry David Hashimoto (#-moto)!

We; John the Baptist Collegiate Ministry, Timothy Paul Chatham, David #-moto and I; made our way to the New Gym on campus for the D-ball tourney. I had to take a crap first so I was late. But thank God that I needed to take a crap at that time... Because Paul ditched me to go join some team with a sissy name (Ummm)... What kind of name is that? Gosh... Anyways, I got drafted to be in the Flying Pigs team (not my idea...) which consist of; the MVP - Ms. Erinn Walsh, the Chinese - Aja Lee (not her last name, she's Chinese so I guessed), the Burp Lady - Jessica Beck, the Starting Sweeper Soccer Guy Who Can Play All Types Of Sports Guy - Trebor W (something) and me, the Running Chicken... To be honest, I think I let down the team. It's always that *censored* Malaysian who gets kicked out first, what a pussy.

It's alright to get kicked out from the game if you get hit by the ball but, getting kick out from the game because you throw the ball like a sissy? Neh, not a good way to help your team. Dam that was embarrassing... I wanna play again though... This time I'm gonna fully flex my arms, get sore ~~, get laid~~ and wake up in the morning not feeling your shoulders... Yeaps...

After D-ball, we hung out outside Taco ~~Hell~~Bell. A few of us were waiting for other people to come so that we can have supper together and stuff, but other than the few people waiting, none came. So we (Erinn, #-moto and I) ditched that satan-created joint and went to Ken's, where you can get awesome ~~shit~~food, and good chocolate... Woots! Spent loads of time there fellowship-ing...

Then I went down to Erinn's place around 1AM. Her place is so nice, I wanna stay there too. It's kinda like those cheap hotels back in Malaysia, but a little bit better. I mean, it might suck for a hotel, but it certainly is an awesome kick ass condo to live in when you're in college... And she has that super big surf board... Gosh.... Awesome stuff. Played some music, talked more, then she sent me home.

Thanks a lot Rachel for that D-ball tourney, thanks Paul for making me join this event (no thanks to you though that I got ditched...), good job to the Flying Pigs (I was probably their mascot >.<), thanks #-moto and Erinn for taking me out and making me sleep deprived... It's all good. Glory to God for all these wonderful people... When's kickball?

PS: Yeap, long and wordy entry. Will post pictures though, when Erinn finds the time xD. She brought along her D80, she got some awesome pictures (I look uber sexy in them, ask Paul, he got high seeing my pictures) from that D-ball event.

Now, sleep! Later, research and term paper...

BCM

2008-11-21T00:49:00.002-10:00

Enjoyed the service a few hours ago. John showed us a video about Science and Spiritual or something like that by a pastor named Rob something something.... I'm bad with names... It kinda supports what I wrote a few weeks ago about not limiting God in a box. Super factual video, you might need to google some scientific questions to understand better, but it's an awesome video. I'll ask John for the title of the video and I'll post it here...

After that I went down to the BCM to "cruise"... To "cruise" means to hangout... Yeap, the lingo here. I finally tried Guitar Hero... It's kinda cool. Need more practice before I can actually enjoy the game though 0.0 Haha!

Thank God for the BCM, the people that sacrifice their time to make every BCM activity a success and also the BCM members (without us, BCM's dead xD). Glory to Him.

PS: Gonna play dodgeball for the first time tomorrow... Muahahahah! ~~Ps.~~Mr. ~~Timothy~~ Paul Chatham, lets kick butt... I'll try my best though xD Haha!

Second Job?

2008-11-20T11:29:00.002-10:00

I applied to work for my school newspaper (Ke Kalahea) as an Online Webmaster and an Assistant Layout Manager. Hope I get either one of them. It'll be interesting to work in a semi-pro press organization. The pay is quite handsome too but I won't tell everybody, only a few people. Can't wait to know the results. Well, I've already started reading about RSS feeds which would be useful for the website layout I have in mind now. Gosh.

Anyways, I want a Nikon D80 because it's a fun toy.

Agreed.

2008-11-20T00:49:00.002-10:00

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Agrreeeed! Medical exam won't prevent NS mishap... So why don't make NS a volunteering activity with loads and loads of good benefits?

I don't know. I personally dislike NS...

Racism in Malaysia

2008-11-20T00:41:00.002-10:00

I think the government are targeting the wrong group of people to settle this problem. It's NOT the teenagers or the youth of Malaysia who are racist. In fact, students of different races in a school mix quite well (excluding some exceptions, there are always a few nuts out there).

It is the ADULTS who are the root of this problem. We, the youth of Malaysia, rarely go around saying, "That bloody Malay" "Itu cinapek..." "Kongsi Raya - Kongsi Gelap". I mean, sometimes teenagers can't tolerate each other but the adults are the one who bad mouths people using racist remarks. And according to my observations, most of them are the well to do people. They're the ones who are complaining non-stop, cursing each races, not the youth. The weaker teenagers are the ones who get influenced. But other than the, we're doing fine.

So, who should be the one attending National Service instead? Wake up, "wiser" citizens of Malaysia!

Jam Session!

2008-11-18T23:55:00.002-10:00

Dave Hashimoto (also known as #-moto to me) just moved in to his new house, his whole family, sorry. And gosh, that house is the ~~shit~~feaces(sp?)... The house dam frigging big! Haha!

Before Dave picked me up from the BCM, Mr. John Endriss of the BCM took me to the mall because I had to go settle my social security card (yes, hasn't come yet) problem. I needed to reapply for a new card and it'll be in my postbox in two weeks time. Hope I get it this time. The Career Center people ain't gonna be happy if I don't show them my card in a few weeks time. I get constant reminder about my social security card from the clerk working in the Career Center (forgot her name) because I usually proctor/monitor exams in the Career Center... Bummer. Every time I enter there, I need to say, "It hasn't arrived yet..." ARGH! Well, two more weeks.

After that, went back to the BCM, Dave and I went to Taco Bell for lunch first. Gosh, Taco Bell is surprisingly cheap (if you earn U$D). I mean, not sooo cheap but, it's cheap. I had some nachos thingy and it was kinda nice. The sauce ain't that spicy though. Was feeling super full after lunch. Then we carried on our journey to the Hashimoto Manor (kudos to Jacob for the name). Took around an hour (we stopped by the post office and stuff). Beautiful house, beautiful scenery too.

I used Dave's old drumset. Sounds awesomely good. Yummy too. Dave uses a nice Gibson Les Paul. Sounds so good... Jacob came later around 4 something. He uses a Fender Jazz Bass.. Sounds good also... After setting up, we jammed! I couldn't play properly because some of the songs that Jacob and Dave were playing are like super punk rock songs that I've never heard before... So sorry guys! Not a punk rock fan. We jammed 808 by Olivia the Band though. Nice nice nice....

Hopefully we'll get to jam again in the near future... This time we shall set a song list xD

Glory to God...

I miss my drumset 0.0

Ping Pong!

2008-11-18T23:44:00.003-10:00

Playing ping pong late at night has become a ritual for Matt and I. I kick his ass all the time, but he's getting better 0.0

Dilemma: To continue doing Bachelors of Science or to change to Bachelors of Arts? Both are kinda the same, but in Bachelors of Arts, I only have to take like 70+ credit hours; meaning, less subjects to get my degree in Marine Science. The downside about Bachelors of Arts though, is that Organic Chemistry isn't included in the required Science subjects list. But, I can still take Organic Chemistry if I change to Bachelors of Arts. I'll continue to take my Physics too, even if I dislike it so much (grrr). It's simple as that.

But my adviser and other lecturers advise me to stick to the Bachelors of Science program. I don't get it. Hmmmm.

Anyways, I made up my mind that I'm gonna be taking Environmental Science as a Minor and for my Marine Science electives, I'll be taking all Aquaculture stuff. Woots.

Role Models

2008-11-18T00:42:00.001-10:00

I forgot the exact name of that show, Role Model or Role Models... Kinda cool. Went to watch that movie around 10PM just now. Yeap, on a Monday night. Thank you, Ms. Erinn =).

now I'm sleepy.

Wooots!

2008-11-16T01:56:00.002-10:00

I'm not gonna play drums later today in church. I'm gonna play the djemba drums. Some native percussion thingy. My right index finger hurts now 0.0

After practice, Nick Knock took me to Big Island Pizza to get dinner. Gosh, not only the pizzas are delicious, their sandwiches are awesome too... I had this turkey, bacon thingy sandwich... And wow, I love it! I WANT MORE! Subway can never ever compare to that sandwich! Well, to be honest, I still like the BMT sandwich from Subway but, the turkey sandwich thingy from Big Island Pizza is the shhhhhhiiiiittt!

Came back after dinner, watched a movie called Pulp Fiction. It's alright. Very slow going.... Sllloooowwww.... But cool storyline.

Half way through the movie, Erinn came online on MSN Messenger. I asked her to come fetch me and just hang out. And yes, she did! WOOOOTS! Thanks a lot Erinn! We went to a 24 hours diner called Kens. It's an awesome place. Loads of food that I must go back to try. WOOOTS! I had hot chocolate and crap, it was so good. We had onion rings too. After Kens, we went to some swan pond or something like that. Listened to some music and then we went to the University Palms to visit Jacob... YES! Mr. JACOB! I miss him. Haha! He was drunk and high. Funny guy.

Gosh, thanks Erinn for the night out! Really enjoyed talking with you. Lets go out another time, when our stomachs are empty and we're feeling super hungry... Then we can order that Sumo Loco Moco thingy... Gosh, 6 scoops of rice, 5oz of lean beef, loads of spam and three eggs! ARGGGHHH!!! FFFOOOODDD!!!

THANK YOU ERINNN!!!!

Sleepy...

2008-11-15T16:17:00.002-10:00

Slept around 4-4:30AM last night (this early monring). I downloaded Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix movie. It took me only arond 30 minutes to download the full movie 0.0 Gosh, this is sweet. Planned to finish watching the movie but decided to go sleep half way because I planned to go to a yard sale (which I did) at around 6:30AM...

Spencer knocked on my door around 6:40AM. He drove me down to the house where the people had a yard sale. According to Spencer, it was a very small yard sell. I have to agree, in the movies, yard sales are always big and full of ~~shit~~nice stuff. The only nice stuff I found there was an acoustic guitar with a hard case (cost U$D100 but I only had U$D20... Should have offered him my U$D20 *cries*) and a fog machine 0.0 Haha! I was planning to get a fridge but they didn't have one. Stupid yard sale.

Came back 15 minutes later and I went back to bed (the only sane thing to do on a Saturday morning) and woke up around 4 hours later (11AM). Went to go grab my brunch and then cleaned my room (yes, I clean) and then did my homework and watched the rest of the Harry Potter movie. The movie was alright. Gonna go download Lord of the Rings the trilogy now xD.

Anyways, I've finished my annotated bibliography already. Sent an email with an attachment of my file to let my lecturer go through. I hope she does. She didn't reply my email at all when I sent my first draft to her. Gosh! Haha! She must be busy enjoying the humpback whales in Alaska.

Now I'm feeling sleepy and in an hour time, Nick Knock is coming to fetch me for Praise and Worship practice. Uh-oh... ZzzZZzZzZzzz

Kena Tangkap...

2008-11-13T17:15:00.000-10:00

Picture is pretty self explanatory.

Punish!

2008-11-13T01:00:00.001-10:00

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PUNISH! It's his second time! Don't let him get away easily this time!

Minor Change, Please...

2008-11-13T00:50:00.001-10:00

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Minor change, please. Please keep the kiasu-seed-planting education system. It helps a lot.

Study... Woooohoooooo @.@

2008-11-11T21:39:00.002-10:00

Finish studying for my Marine Biology Cellular Processes exam already. Now I'm reviewing my Marine Biology Diversity notes. Hopefully I'll review everything by tonight, plus my Calculus notes too. Haven't checked my lecturer's website for the study guide for Calculus 0.o Gosh!

Kinda worried about my Calculus exam this time. Well, this is not the first time worrying about Calculus but, I bet this time the paper is gonna be so much harder than the last one. I hope I get an A. Argh!!!!

Jen Jen is gonna transfer to the Manoa campus next semester! =( She leaving me.... *cries* She said that Hilo is too boring for her. Can't convert her with that strong point. Well, we shall rock during the Christmas holidays! Will miss you Ms. Nakano... Also known as "the child of obedience" xD.

I'm gonna get a vacuum cleaner and a fridge for less than U$D70. WOOOTS!

Agreed.

2008-11-11T21:32:00.002-10:00

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I agree with the police chief. Why sing the national anthem? It's an illegal gathering. No point has been made, nothing was achieved; except mocking the national anthem. Same situation as the motorcyclist, or a guy with a helmet, (0.o) who was photographed burning the Jalur Gemilang (or was trying to put out the fire) during an opposition rally (this was in the news before the General Elections 2008, not sure whether he's supporting the opposition or the government) few months back. How did that action achieve anything? It didn't achieve anything, making no point, like singing the national anthem in an ILLEGAL gathering. In the end of the day, both the National Anthem and the Jalur Gemilang were mocked.

Annoying 0.0

2008-11-11T11:20:00.002-10:00

I'm sure that everybody gets annoyed by certain stuff. Like, the frequent advertisements shown on TV, traffic jam and etc. But do you know what really grinds my gears lately?

I have a MySpace profile for like, over a month now. Not many friends thought. Don't use it often, but I have a kick ass template though xD.... Okay, not to digress any further, do you know what really grinds my gears? I found many of my Malay friends on MySpace. That's cool that they're on MySpace and everything... I added a few up. Kinda happy that they still remember me and all but, when they start posting comments on your page, now that really grinds my gears...

I spent like, 3-5 minutes trying to figure out what one of my Malay friend just posted on my page 0.0 They have this weird chatting lingo or something. It's frigging annoying!

thanks 4 da add..
igt gk ko kt aku an??
how are u???
wt pe skang???

You understand that crap? First and third line is okay. But what about the second and forth line? 0.o The forth line is I think, "Buat apa sekarang?": Doing what now? I can't grasp the full meaning of the second line. Gosh, this is annoying.

I have another friend on MySpace, a Malay guy too who doesn't use LOL, which is cool, but uses "Huhuhuhuhu" What does that supposed to mean?! He was saying that he has loads of good friends and then he Huhu-ed... Then I saw him comment on my other friend's page saying something very bad happened to him and then he Huhu-ed there as well.... Is huhu like Haha? Sounds like people crying.

Annoying... Worse than 1337.

All The Best.

2008-11-09T21:37:00.001-10:00

To all SPM-takers, all the best and God bless.

Do well, you evil twisted child.

Listen

2008-11-09T19:54:00.000-10:00

Awesome stuff =)

=)

2008-11-08T21:51:00.002-10:00

I scored a 45/45 for my Chemistry =) Thank GOD!!!!

Go to YouTube.com>>Search for Jimsaku>>Click on one of the videos>>Watch and listen>>Be AMAZED 0.0

I found Bus Co.'s cover on a Justin Timberlake song... Gosh, killer solo by Sam Oh.

Back!

2008-11-08T19:30:00.013-10:00

Back from the Young Adult Fellowship of Kaumana Drive Baptist church (hope I got the name of the church right 0.o) retreat to a military camp (KMC as its abbreviation) at somewhere on the volcanoes. Or is it at the Volcanoes National Park, which would be the same thing, I gues 0.o

Anyways, left the Baptist Collegiate Ministry (BCM; this is the last time I'll be typing our the full name 0.0) building around 3-4PM with Nick, Jason, Shannon, Aiden and Trebor (yes, it's Trebor, not Trevor). Reached the place about an hour later? The place is so chilly, something like Genting Highlands back at home, minus all those rides though. The place is so beautiful, neat and clean. Makes me wanna move there 0.0 Haha! The dorms are awesome too. There were only like, 18-20 of us but we had 4 rooms that had 6 beds in each room... Yeap, we got loads of space. Our evening was kinda laid back. We played Spud and Kickball before dinner. Dinner came late though xD. Christina and Jerome came kinda late, they were in charge of the food. Jerome cooked some awesome chili for us... IT TASTED SO GOOOOOOD! It's not spicy or anything but it's still nice. Then we had devotion which was so good. Nick is a really good preacher/sharer or however you like to call a person who shares/preaches in a devotion session (0.o). After the devotion, we had SMORES! Marshmallow, melted over a campfire, eaten with chocolate and two Graham crackers... Yes, REAL smores 0.0 It tasted awesome!

After the smores part, we celebrate Shannon's and Rachel's birthday. Was kinda like a surprise party. The cake was awesome. Christina baked it. We were supposed to have fun playing some games and stuff, but most of the participants were sleepy already. They slept uber early for these kinds of retreats 0.0 Well, I stayed up with a few people to play some Uno and Poor Man, Rich Man. It seems that the Uno rules we play back in Malaysia is wrong 0.o Gosh!

Woke up kinda early this morning. Played Pictionary while waiting for others to wake up. Then we had an awesome devotion. We did it outdoors and Nick was speaking about the "wilderness". At the end of the session, he asked us to just like, go to a certain spot that they wanna go (trees, bushes, flower beds) and just enjoy the moment, let God's creation rejuvenate us. It was so awesome.

After devotion we played Spud and Kickball again. It's so frigging fun! We also played some frustrating games as well, like those Black Magic and Bang Bang Bang, Who Dies kinda games that you guys like to play in Malaysia....

Overall, it was worth it! Worth the U$D20 I spent! Wait, money is not the matter here, worth every second I spent in the retreat. Thank God. Glory to Him.

Order of the pictures below is not correct. I blame blogspot:

Aiden on top. From left: Rachel, Phuong, Heather, Shannon (the girl in black near Aiden) and Nick's arm.

From left: Paul, Rachel, Phuong, Heather, Jessica, Nick's arm and Aiden still on top.

Trebor. This made like a few guys try to climb up to the ceiling 0.0 Haha!

My room. Stayed with Jason, Trebor and Nick (he came to this room to sleep because it was quiet).

Paul with the guitar and the girl in pink is Cassidy.

Anti-clockwise: Phuong, Jaime, Jason, Nick and Jerome.

The bowling alley. We didn't bowl though.

From left: Cassidy in green, Heather in pink, Nick, Phuong, Jessica, Rachel and Jason.

From left: Heather, Jessica, Shannon, Trebor and Nick. Can't make out who's the one sitting down.

Kudos rice bars... Awesome stuff.. They have Snickers and M&M flavour. Awesome!

Dona (Nick's mum) made these rice balls. They're frigging awesome 0.0

Trebor in red. Then the rest you can cross reference with the other picture above. Lazy edi.

From left: Trebor, Jason, Cassidy, Nick, Heather, Christina and Paul.

YEEEAAHHH!!

Swiss Miss, the best chocolate I've ever drank!

The place where we melted smores.

The army cabins, I think.

The pact.

God's beautiful creation, taken by a bad camera 0.0 Haha!

PS: Need a new camera...

I Love You.

2008-11-08T19:30:00.012-10:00

I love you, you evil twisted child.

Wooots!

2008-11-07T02:23:00.002-10:00

Okay, shorter woots this time. Played bass just now for the BCM! Wooots! As usual, I make mistakes like pL[ank] and Han Ern... I did shred a bit but it's that normal fills where almost all bassists do. xD

Anyways, thanks to procrastination, with the help of Ping Pong and Pool with Surerus, I'm studying for Chemistry and Marine Bio Diversity at this hour. Gosh! Sleeeeep...

Oh yeah, I won't be here from 3PM Friday till Saturday God knows what time.... Going on a retreat with the Youth Adults from church... Woootssss... Should I bring along John's video camera? Hmmmmm... Tempting...

0.o

2008-11-06T17:29:00.001-10:00

The title of my previous post should be a very long Muahahhahahahahhahahahahaha....

And my woots should be woooooooooo__more o's_oooooooooots...

Anyways, I'm gonna start writing my research paper already. I have like three exams next week. I have Marine Biology Cellular Processes next Thursday and on Friday I have Calculus and Marine Biology Diversity. Gosh! Die... Thank God Chemistry is tomorrow 0.0 Haha!

Muahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahhahahahahahahahaahahhaahahahahhaahahahahahhaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

2008-11-06T17:22:00.002-10:00

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Why the long Woots you ask?

xD

I got an A for my Psychology....

Thank God! Glory to Him.....

WWWOOOOOOOTTTTSSS!!!

Why Should There Be?

2008-11-06T10:29:00.002-10:00

Why should there be explanation for everything? Why should there be an explanations for every single thing? To feed the curious minds (some same critical thinking minds) of human beings, men came up with Science. Science as we know it, is the study of natural phenomenon. Scientist will never ever give up to explain something yet to be explained or, the unexplainable. That's where Science challenges God.

People explain about the origin of this universe by using the Big Bang theory. Big Bang theory is just stating that, there was an explosion happened in the universe, billions and trillions of years ago, eons and eons ago, that spread mass and matter over the vast plane called space now. Well, where did that ball of matter and energy come from? 0.o

Time. What is time? Why do we say that, this happened this amount of time ago, that amount of time ago. Why do humans use time to define or limit something? Why must a day be from the time the sun rises till the time the sun sets (literally), why must a day be from 12PM to 12AM? Why is there 24 hours in a day? Early astronomers counted the time and stuff by looking at stars and the Sun. That's why we have time. But why can't a day be 48 hours? Why can't a day be 25 hours? Why can't it be 12 hours? Time is just something we use to organize of life, to feed a logic explanation to all critical thinkers.

Theories of Physics... Are they all true? As far as we know, those explanations are all logic, again for all the critical thinkers.

Science can limit and box and explain anything on earth, that's fine. It's the study of natural phenomenons. Then why does Science try to challenge God? And why do science, use science, to challenge the people who believes in God that uses the Bible to say that evolution is not true, that the universe was created by God? Why does science limit and box and try to explain the supernatural?

If so, then science itself is undefined.

Look What I Got...

2008-11-05T01:37:00.004-10:00

For those who are wondering, what the heck is a PICON... That's Amber's last name xD.

I went to Amber's room just now to return her vacuum cleaner... Guess what I took from her? No, not her heart... I took this:

She came to my room after that with her iClicker (some device we use to answer quizzes for Chemistry) to hand me that control because she is not gonna attend class later today (cries). She needs to get her English essay done. Gosh!

I pass her back her ID before she left but she gave it back to me 0.0 She said something about collateral... Well, it's with me now xD Haha!

pL[ank] made me do stupid stuff on the webcam. No, I didn't strip for him... See these:

See, YOU're still with me:

Obama.

2008-11-04T20:44:00.003-10:00

Congratulations to the first ever African American to become the president of the United States of America! The election system here is so different from Malaysia. I got confused when Surerus was trying to explain what Electoral Votes are 0.o Haha!

May the good Lord bless him with wisdom and guide him in each and every plan that he has for America, which will indirectly affect the whole world, whether we like it or not. Let Your WILL be done.

Baby Picon is BACK!

2008-11-04T02:38:00.003-10:00

Miss Amber is finally back from California. Wooots! Welcome back, Baby Picon. Jen is still in Oahu having fun. She has long weekends. He weekends officially starts on Fridays and ends on Mondays... That's like 4 days of doing nothing! Haha! She only has classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Means, for two weeks (this week and the next), she'll be only having ONE DAY of classes. What the heck... Haha!

Guess what Baby Picon got for me as an appreciation gift? This:

BJ ~~(Blowjob)~~Penn is a fighter here in Hilo, Hawaii... He's kinda like one of the big names in the fighting scene. UFC I think, forgot. I was like, who on earth did she get me this T-shirt? I don't like fighting, or a bald guy on my T-shirt 0.0 She said that the only reason why she got me this T-shirt was because there's the Hawaiian flag on it... What the heck...

Well, I appreciate it. You didn't have to get me anything you know... Thanks Baby Picon...

Finished my Calculus assignment! Woots! Thank God! I think my lecturer's email is flooded with emails from me xD Haha! My bad, sir!

Now, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY!

Poh Leong!!!!

2008-11-04T01:37:00.002-10:00

Why did you share that song with me?! It's so addictive... It's so meaningful... It's so, REAL.

DRRRUUMMMSSS!!

2008-11-03T01:38:00.002-10:00

Gosh, yesterday's Praise and Worship sounded soooo gooood.... The best so far after I came to Hawaii. Seriously, we (the team) sounded so good despite having only a ukulele, an acoustic guitar and yours truly on drums. Yes, no electric bass nor guitar. All acoustic. And it sounded so awesome! Glory to God...

I need a wooden drumstick. My Duratech polymer sticks sucks. Need some Tama...

Gosh, it's so late already. Need to get some sleep. Been sleeping around 3 to 4:30AM since Halloween... Gosh need to sleep Jon. And need to finish research paper. Due in two weeks 0.0 Haha!

Gonna go listen to underOATH's 2004 album. Gosh, sounds so good.

Run.

2008-11-01T14:28:00.000-10:00

Run to me, please.

Vermilion Pt.3

Moved.

The Craze is BACK!

The Gathering

Band?

Happy Birthday Jerome!

The James Bond Affair

More Paintball Pictures.

Oh Snap!

The Bond Affair - Aftershock

Paintball Pictures

Pictures from International Nights 2009

Happy Birthday!

International Nights 2009, Night Snorkeling and Geography 102!

Hungry

Superbowl Sunday!

Superbowl!

xD

Good Times, Good Times...

Live in Texas, What? 0.o

CNY Pictures!

Laziness!

Overdued Pictures

REAИIMATIOИ

E-Retreat

Nobody!

Oh...

I'm Dumb...

Hi and Goodbye!

Taming the Tongue

Bye Bye?

Yipppeeee!

Rusty, Very Rusty

Happy New Year

Kona!

Whoa!

Oh...

Christmas

Some Pictures

Gah!

Glory to God!

Wasssuuuppp?!

Woooooooots!

*dance*

Quarantine

Fridayyyy!!!

Oh Yeah...

Sleep =)

Rumah Kopi!

Insufficient Fundings.

Evolution Says...

Wake Up, Fellow Brothers and Sisters!

Woots!

Life in Hawaii to Me....

Package Has Arrived =)

WOOOOOHHHOOOOOOO!!!!

Memorandum

Why Do Good Things Have To Come To An End?

DONE!

Of Cold, Slight Fever, and Tears.

500th Post!

Congratulations!

Pictures.

Thanksgiving Dinner

And oh...

Silence.

BCM Thanksgiving Dinner

How To Speak Like A Malaysian?

It Was A Waste Of Time....

You Know...

Dodgeball!

BCM

Second Job?

Agreed.

Racism in Malaysia

Jam Session!

Ping Pong!

Role Models

Wooots!

Sleepy...

dance