Present, Pests Begone

Seriously I do hate bugs and lizards who invade my house. Why do they choose to climb all the way here? I hate them to the core, but always face a dilemma whenever I'm faced with something larger than the regular housefly. Usually, there are 3 ways to get rid of them:
1. Shoo them away
2. Insecticide
3. Physical attacks

I like to use #3 a lot, but don't know how to clear up the mess when they are all smashed, and so my family complains. Sometimes it's so irritating that they are faster than me or are hiding in some hard to reach areas. Argh, I hate it the most when they pop up when I'm going to sleep, I just can't sleep when I know something's moving around the room.

Their presence made me more of a cleanliness freak sometimes, but evidence shows no matter how clean the house is, you can't escape from the occasional spider or beetle. I don't like to kill, but they leave me with no choice. So sorry pests, consider yourselves unfortunate to come into my house.

Movie Tidbits, Slumdog Millionaire

Jamal Malik is one question away from winning 20 million rupees, how did he do it?
D: It is written.

A story of 2 slumdog brothers, Salim and Jamal, who wanted to millionaires.
Each of them with qualities to make it big in Mumbai.
Salim joined the mob and got that kind of money easily.
Jamal wanted a decent job, he lost his girl, he lost his brother.
In a twist of fate, Jamal won the top prize on 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire'.
Salim finally understands his brother, but had to die along with his money.
Jamal is the Slumdog Millionaire.

Present, Don't Give Up On Me Now

My phone malfunctioned again, just barely a month after servicing. It's 3G functionality is down and it can't detect my memory card. This phone, the Sony Ericsson W910i, has been with me for the longest time. I really think it is the best after I-phones and those touch screen ones, but lately it has been giving me all sorts of problems.

Hey W910i, are you going faulty on me because you knew I am going to be enlisted soon? Wow you are so drama man, like those male and female leads in a love story. I must be going mad, talking to a non-living thing. So off to the Service Centre for repairs. I swear if it doesn't get any better then I will chuck it at home for 2 years.

Hey wait, I'll be doing that anyway.

Poll #1, Stairs Problem

Encountered this question when I was climbing the stairs one day. Even though I'm quite proficient in maths, this question still got me thinking. The answer is 26, hey, looks like no one got it correct (the 1 vote on 26 was mine). Let me analyse the question for you guys.

The number of storeys of stairs climbed is governed by a simple formula, namely number of storeys= final storey- initial storey.
For example, if you climbed from the second to the twelfth storey, you would have climbed 10 storeys (12-2=10).
Do take note that the ground floor is the 1st storey. And so the correct answer is 26 [(17-1)+(14-4)=26].

Present, 14 February 2009 (Karaoke)

Let me bring your attention to a sentence from my previous post on Music Tidbits, Love Songs (Part 1): It's Valentine's Day next week. As always, I'll be spending it alone. Well apparently I have to eat back my words, because not 1, but 2 groups of friends have asked if I could spend the day with them. Don't get me wrong, I didn't choose E6 over 06, I chose Karaoke over dinner.

So headed over to Hougang Mall after the talks. I guessed I was overdressed for the occasion as they were in their casual wear while I was like back from work. But hey, I was in the city you know, can't afford to look too shabby. Hougang Plaza's Kbox seemed more like a favourite hangout for us karaoke lovers. Karaoke is good, you get exposed to new songs everytime and have quality time with friends. Of course you have to bear with the dark ambience and the occasional out of tune and mistimed singing. We are amatuers after all, that's why we coop in the lounge rather than enter competitions.

One point to note while we are at the topic of singing-- sometimes you need a real good command of Chinese, or at least traditional Chinese so that you can pronouce the lyrics properly. Don't believe me? Try singing Jay Chou's 青花瓷 for a start. I also realised you need some preparation before K-ing, at least you need to know how the tune of the various songs goes or you will end up like me-- singing only from the chorus.

And so we had great time until 11 plus, luckily train service was still available, otherwise I wouldn't be able to get home. It was then that I made the same mistake I've always made since coming of age. Now let me bring your attention to another sentence from my previous post on Passed BTT?: I realised that I failed to be a gentleman again. Should have escorted Jasmine home lor. After all, it was late at night and she had to walk home by herself. Okay next time, I've to stop thinking about myself and start thinking about others.

Past, Chapter 3: The 5-dollar Crush

It's April already and I still did not make my feelings known. I guess I was afraid of rejection more than anything else after the first attempt (another girl) went wrong. So I wonder how I should go about doing this, so I asked Kai Wei about it. Turned out he confessed through MSN, and it succeeded, so lucky. He said the key was to be straightforward, I thought so too.

Nicholas had planned for a movie outing to watch Spiderman 3. It was meant to be a class thingy, but then many people were busy and thus only 5 or 6 people could make it. Well, it was the perfect opportunity to ask her out and maybe confession after that. Her acceptance could mean something, that she was ok with going out with a group of people with me, now that is a big step.

I sent the message right away, it was already 11 plus at night, wonder if she's still awake.
Jaikun: hey wanna watch spiderman 3? sum ppl frm my cls r watching tmr, u can bring ur frens along 2o, my clsmates r doing tt 2o, it's like a mini aj outing.
******: no thanks, i've got council meeting tmr
Damn that council meeting.
Jaikun: hmm, wat time does it end? we r watching in the evening...
******: 6.. nvm la u guys go along i will be tired after tt.
Jaikun: orh, ok lor.

Hey the rejection doesn't mean anything alright. Even Vale had said better luck next time. Awesome movie by the way.

Future, Posts to Expect

Damn I'm so behind time on present posts. It's already the 24th and I'm still blogging on the 14th. If I don't speed up soon I may just forget what I wanted to blog about. The past posts are dragging me behind, but then the readers seemed more interested in my past. So this is a blog post to remind me of what to blog about and to let readers anticipate what's coming up.

Chapter 3 of the past posts are coming to an end soon, I reckon 4 more posts should do the trick. Then there's a brand new Chapter 4 coming up, but it's not as secret-revealing as the previous one.
Certain present posts are waiting to be published, here is a sneak peak of the titles:
14 February 2009 (Karaoke)
Don't Give Up on Me Now
Slumdog Millionaire
Pests Begone
About Driving (Part 3)
The Teacher, My Favourite
The 5-dollar Crush, Aftermath of the aftermath

Yup that's about all. Oh wait, of course there will be some sort of discussion of the polls as well, so please poll.