Archive for August, 2006

Lack of Updates from Irene

Monday, August 21st, 2006

I have a sudden thought of blogging here but I wished I knew what to write. However, I decided that I should prove that I'm still alive in this blog - just lazy. Not anymore. I will not let laziness overcome my motivation. But I can't promise that I'll blog every day because I'm at the 'crucial' point of my life where the mocks and TEE exams is drawing near and I'm struggling to fit time into my schedule for everything. So I shall not try - focus on your work Irene! Ok, I will. I will.

There is more than just studying to life, of course. We all know that. Friends, family, entertainment, fun. Arhh, so many things I want to do now but I'll just have to wait after my TEE exams are completed. And once that occurs, I'll be rejoycing and I'm sure every other Year 12's will be doing the same. For now, le'ts work towards getting good exam marks. Hehehe.

I actually just realised that I'm 17. Yer, I kept thinking I'm still 16. It feels a tiny bit weird to be 17. What have I been doing for my last 17 years of life? Arhh, I don't really want to think at the moment. But things that I do recently just relates back to me being 17.

I'm feeling more and more relunctant to go to school nowadays. I think I really had enough for this whole school thing. I'm sick and tired of it. 12 years of life - education poof! boring. I know, you're telling me that soon it will be gone and I will be regretting it. Well, we'll see. Maybe I will, maybe I won't. I get to school and just wish it will be over soon. By the end of the day, all tired and dead, I shall go home and prepare to go to tuition. Soon enough, my energy is going to run out, just like a battery that runs out of electrons to transfer, and I will collapse into my comfortable bed and recharge more electrons into my blood tissues, getting ready for more fun and adventure. =\

Maybe it's my choice for all these but I don't know. Maybe it's for the better - learning more than others pays the price. Physically and mentally.

Have I really lived 17 years for this? I don't know. I hope by the end of the year everything is worthwhile. All the studies, the pimples that pops out, the sacrifire of money and time made for tuition. Let's hope everything goes well.

Ok, I guess I would stop here. Enough of my thoughts. I'm sure you all should know what I'm thinking about nowadays. Until the end of TEE exam period, just let me stress about this. At least I'm thinking about my future - although I don't have to work if I'm a housewife xD - but yer. It's always good to think about futures. Girls need futures too.

Anyhowwww….

Sunday, August 20th, 2006

I dont know why but somehow I'vnt been able to blog as usual these days. Well mayb Im just simply lazy or mayb Im damn busy with everything that I've lost interest in blogging as I have better things to do then write about them.

But again, lets summarise wht happened in the past week or two briefly…

As you know I've turned 18 last week and on the day of my birthday I went to Burswood Casino to try my luck :) - i would show you lots of photos of the cas but im not allowed to take photos inside so thts a bummer but generally it was a good night out although i did not bet a CENT during that night because it was soooo damn packed and i couldnt find a spot on a table or so and i refuse REFUSE to play those slot machines becoz they r useless … lol.. why play the slot machines when i can play them online?

Moving on, as i said i would show u pic of all my pressies in one of the last few posts but think again i think i will do tht later if i feel tht its appropiate haha.. mayb i will show u mayb i wont :P hehehe… *suspense*

Oh, back to work @ hans btw.. sigh, stuck with the good old hans cafe uh? wht to do.. its not tht bad of a job but yeh, dont mind working there in a way :) only 2 days a week (tues night and wed whole day)

I think i better go now, damn tired after some earthwork, take care

Kenneth

@ irene - missing you sweeetie.. hvnt seen u for.. lol less then a day but im misssin u like crazeeeee.. HUGS…     

Quarantine Matters!

Monday, August 14th, 2006

Looks like the British officials are worried about liquid explosion on their planes and here comes the Australian Quarantine all worried about bombs inside a greeting card envelope.

Ah, sorry for the lack of updates lately but i promise tht i will try to update more n more in the near future but if i dont just bear in mind tht No News = Good News :) so yeh.. if i hv nothing to say u could pretty much say tht im happy n all good at the moment..

Ok, i wanted to post up all the stuff i got for my bday but i will still wait for one last pressie before i do so but i just hv something tht i hv to show u tht totally pissed me off..

Before i go thr I wanna thank everyone for everything u'll hv done for me :) thank you soo soo much! again this entry i would like to also thank JANE for the card she sent me although AQIS sorta ruined the fun but hey :D its OKIEEE!! thanks Jane..

When mum told me i got a letter from belgium, 1st instinct tht came into my mind was "A birthday card from Jane.. cant be anyone else coz i dont know neone from Belgium other then her.."

As i was all happy n jumpy the card looked rather UNUSUAL… hmm envelope is very nice indeed but a yellow sticker across the back of the card is just.. weird.. so i read it and it says..

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WHAT THE HELLL?? Who are they to open my LETTER?! wth…. oh well i suppose its quarantine n they r bit.. err whtever la… but yeh.. i thot its a random check but still … random checks on a card.. wtf is tht?

Hide bomb in thr? i dont think so..

Didnt really care that they opened coz they wouldnt hv read it neway but then when i took the card out something fell through.. what looks like some colourful papers….

They end up being….

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BROUCHERS!!!! WTF!! haha i dont want those do i?

Well they r brouchers or notices tellin me tht they took nothing out of my letter and one tht tells u wht u can and cant bring into australia..

Here is the yellow one (if u can be bothered just enlarge it and read it :) )

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Oh well i think i've got enuf of being angry @ the AQIS… Cant do much can i :) at least they r protecting Australia from unwanted pests n stuff….

Last but not the least comes the MAIN PURPOSE OF THIS WHOLE LETTER

Which is…. *drum roll*…. A very pretty card from JANE!!! Thank you so so much!!!!! Grr, paiseh tht the AQIS thot there were something fishy inside!!!!

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@ Jane :: thank you so much for the card ey, its soo pretty hahah.. man :S lookin back @ my messy writting lol compare it to urs.. its like.. SKY AND EARTH (mando) hahah.. but yeh.. thank you so so much! Love yaaa lots! Greeat to hv a friend like you hehe 

But yeh, dont feel left out if u hvnt seen ur card / present on here, im gna mass post them up here soon enuf :P but again, it wont be very long coz i dont hv THT many pressies do i? haha.. 

Anyhow, take care and i will be back soon

Kenneth 

The Last and Final Day…

Friday, August 11th, 2006

destination.jpgThe last and final day? What does that mean? Well for you people that know, its my birthday tomorrow and for people that dont or forgot bout it, there u go… I just told you all about it :)

So why the last and final?? What is so special about another birthday tht comes once a year? I suppose this one is rather different as I would be turning 18 and I am quite exicted about the whole idea of it but i will talk about that later on. Being 18 = beign an adult. You get all the responsibility that you've never hv, you are able to do a lot more stuff legally and all those hokey pokey.

Ok, fine.. Being 18 you would be able to get into the casino, cough*stripclubs*cough, pubs, clubs, able to drink legally and bla bla bla. But is that all everyone look forward to? I guess not… After 18 years of your life, this is the time to reflect and look back at all the things you've done that've impacted others or yourself in a way or another. Let it be good or bad, its one of the bigest milestone u've achieve so far.

From a child to an adult.. It does sound very scarey doenst it? Imagine when u were 6 and when u got ur 1st bike without those trainer wheels. Your parents would hold on to you and teach u how to ride that evil thing tht suppose to stay upright after they let go of it. Think of them holding you and guiding u on how to get things right and once they think ur fine with it, they will let go of you. AND… at this point you either ride away happily or you will fall sideways because you are no where close ready to handle it.

So am I the person that ride away happily or will i fall? Am i ready for this whole ADULTHOOD or am i still a dependent child which i shouldnt be tomorrow on (note to self :: lets get some cash from mum before tomorrow haha.. askin money from mum wouldnt be the same anymore from tomorrow on :P or will it?? haha) Back to it… I suppose we will have to wait and see how things goes and wht happens in then near future. I really hope i would be the kid that ride away happily and never again need help on riding tht 2 wheeled bike.

Well, i think its time to reflect back to the past 18 years, whether you like it or not.. im going to do it and i hope it doesnt get tooo personal. I would love to include pictures as well but again, im way to lazy to dig around and yeh.. I dont think i have pictures of everything anyway so you would have to bear with the imageless entry.. Im sure wei jia would love this entry haha.. (*quote - oh ken, just write more!!! i love reading them… haha*)


1988

- well, august tht year.. i was born in the General Hospital of Malaysia (thts in Kuala Lumpur if ur wondering) and yeh :) it cost my parents somethign like RM20 to give birth to me haha.. IM ONE HECK OF A CHEAP BABY!!!!

1989 - 1992

- thats when i was all BABYILY and i dont think i can remember much from tht period of time….

1993 - 1994

- if im not wrong, thats my 1st year of kidergarden and oh, please .. dont laugh at what im about to tell you.. OK, fine… I was the only child and problem was i was quite dependent on my parents/grandma (she lives with me and still do) but yeh, i wouldnt leave for places without them around so when i was in kindergarden, grandma would hv to follow me to "school" and sit there with me then go home with me after tht.. haha sounds funny doesnt it? :S.. lets say if grandma leaves halfway and i cant see her, i would end up crying in class!!! wah :S thts sooo not ken but yeh! thts my kindergardeeen days..

- ok this will sound abit disgusting.. this is around the time when i got my 1st stitches.. I still rememeber we were playing chasey around the field and i ran towards the corridor cos tht was our safe house.. I end up running too far and couldnt stop, but again.. u'd usually run into a wall and thts it.. but this time, it was on the side of the school and there were fences with spikes sticking out, so as i tried to stop and sliped, i hit my head right on the spike and that son of the ***** hit me right on my eye… i mean eyebrow.. lets just say it was half an inch off my eye (lucky ey?) - i took 3 bloddy stitches without anastatic (however u spell tht).. tht was painful i swear.. i screamed like there is no tomorrow.. ouch… ok lets stop here…

1995

First year of Primary School!! How fun!! I was one of the smart ones in school? haha cant believe it but i was and fact tht my handwritting was soooo ugly i got a D for my handwriting and it was the 1st ever D my teacher hv given her students in her XX years of teaching cereer (shes gna retire aftet tht year so u can tell how many years tht is) haha.. glory? nehhh… lol but yeh… thts when i had my 1st crush? lol dont laugh :P i think i did lol.. and yeh.. that year was rather fun but i end up moving to somewhere else and changed school…

1996

Second year of primary marks a huge change in my life.. haha actually, wsnt tht huge.. just the fact tht i moved to a different area n now im in some kinda school with great rep and everyone was soo much smarter! haha work hard ken! but yeh thts not the point. I rmb meeting hann lun this year and we became best friends! haha it was great. being a kid, nothing to worry, nothing to fear, nothing to think about.. it was totally great!!!

1997

I suppose this year, our class was one of the NAUGHTIEST!! haha .. well lets just say we scared away few teachers and no one would teach our class.. and if u think tht my results would hv died and i would be come a bum all together after tht.. i guess ur wrong :) (lets deal with tht in 1998..) but we finally got a teacher tht could keep us under control after who knows how many months haha…

1998

1st time … Im moved to the smart people class haha, i dont know if i even belong or deserve to be thr but i suppose i was happy about that and i would work harder (not) so i could achieve better marks/results and make mi old men proud.. haha.. I was SO DAMN LAZY!!! trustme…. teacher hv to see my mum every week or so to check on my homework and make sure tht im doing all my stuff and i usually end up doing 2 whole book of calligraphy during the weekend because i've not done it for the past 2 - 3 months haha.. but yeh, tht year was rather fun.. lots of great memories that i can not recall but none the less its thr in the back of my mind..

1999

Alrite.. this is absolute fluke but i got moved up to a SMARTER class and HAR! here comes the confidence boost and there im not doing ANY HOMEWORK at all…i was slack i was lazy i was a bum that year, not doing anything in class, but yeh.. that year was rather good rather fun but nothing important that i would talk about, nothing great tht came in my mind.. haha i will add more to it once i find something good alrite.. for now.. u can think of it as KEN THE SLACKER in 1999.. coz i end up being 2nd last in class and yeh.. haha u will see wht happen next..

2000

Final year of primary school… HOW GREAT?! but yeh, i got moved to the class with all the PTS students (tht means most of the ppl were a year younger then im…. coz they skipped year 4) but i must say tht was the best year in primary becoz everyone was SOOOO close to each other and it was great interacting with them. haha.. had some rather interesting crushes that year but lets not go thr shall we? haha generally it was my favorit
e year and i still rememeber i was a prefect tht break the rule myself haha.. teacher couldnt stand me, i pin people down for doign smething but i end up doing it myself before u knew it.. hmm im actually lookin for someone that i used to know (cant rmb her name now.. damn it.. but yeh)…

Summary of 1995 - 2000

That marks the end of my primary school life. Primary as u can see was rather interesting because you had nothing to worry about and nothing to think about. It was just lots of fun, joy, laughs and yeh.. happy isnt it? hahaha.. but yeh, i suppose u didnt see (or i didnt talk about) the dark side of it very much.. there r lots of things tht happeend during that period of time, they thot i knew nothing because i was small but they were wrong.. but ah well.. lets not go there.. I really cant bear thinking of it again…

2001

Now, here comes secondary school.. Here is when all the conflict, politics and problem comes. Being a secondary student, ur no longer the innocent ones.. U start to get involved in stuff that you shouldnt, you start to break the school rules when u know u shouldnt..

This year is rather interesting because it was pretty much a makeover for me.. From a nerdy lookin ken to a totally different ken (you will find out why when u read 2002) this whole year, i tried to learn new stuff, i tried to change myself so i would fit in with the rest (sounds sad but it had to be done and yeh) i didnt mind the change thou.. it was to the better and worst (depends how u look @ it but i suppose without those changes, i would be a totally different person now…) I would love to get into detail of wht happened but i dont think i want unwelcomed visitors to read this and end up giving me crap.. hahah but yeh… although tht year wasant my favourite year because all the changes and problems but nonetheless it was meaningful…

Before i move on, this is also the year i 1st came to Australia.. Back then, i see perth as a hole (i still do) somewhere where people would go when they retired and stuff.. i totally enjoyed the trip but never once thot i would be moving here but oh well, here im stuck in perth now…

2002

This has to be the BEST BEST BEST year of my life! for people that know me then, they would knwo why.. Its lol.. unbelivable! I had the greatest fun that year yet i had the greatest problems and conflict to resolve too.. Lets say nothin is perfect but i still love it..

2002 also marks the final year of schooling i have in malaysia.. because by 2003 i would be in perth (the hole haha) and yeh.. wasant tht great of a feeling when i 1st moved…

Lets get into abit more detail about 2002…

Hmm, it all started all boring as usual but before i knew it, things changed. I found my soul mate that year.. Seriously.. the impact she made on me was HUGE HUGE HUGE! she knew me inside out, she knew me upside down haha i bet if u ask her to spell my name backwards, she could hv done it without any problem.. but yeh, that person was Mei Xin :) haha.. thanks for everything u've done for me. You might not know the kinda impact u had in me but i can tell u… without u, i wouldnt be the person im now…

So much happened that year, relationships was one of the prime problems… As much as i can council people about relationship problems, i end up being in one of those problems and never solve them.. Ironic uh? 

But lets just say it was a great experience and its something i can look back and smile at in a way.. Ok, had something to say but i think i should shut up now before it gets abit.. deep down into me… just ask me bout it and see if i i wanna tell u about it…

Conc :: i loved 2002, i still do and i always will because that was simply the best year of my life!!!!

2003

Big change in my life… I've moved from somewhere i loved so so much to somewhere i hardly know.. Malaysia to Australia…

Hard year for me trying to fit in, find new friends, understand the culture, understand HOW THEY SPEAK!, understand the whole AUSSIE thing.. and yeh.. It was not too bad i suppose as people were very friendly and willing to help u out :)

I should have more but after so much on the top, i just dont knw what to write anymore…

2004 - 2005

Final 2 years of high school. The typical me, the slacker of course hvnt changed since then… I just merely scrape through school and here im now in uni :) haha but yeh…

I've met some amazing people these 2 years.. Not mentioning people from school because they r the one that impacted my life in a way or another, i dont think u can find another bunch friendly people like tht.. they r just the greatest people i've met considering we r from different cultural background..

But other then that, chinese school. I've meet some of the greatest friends i've now.. haha u know who u are.. SHOWUP!! hahaha…. but yeh… 

Now tht marks the end of secondary school (high school) for me… if u wanna know how yr 12 ended just click here to read about the grad and muck up day. That should sum it all up :)

2006

Oh yes, this is one heck of a exicting year hahaha… Hmm, other then the fact that im in uni.. i think relationship took up bit part of this year.. Its the year i rediscover the beauty of love and in someway abused it again… but yeh.. everything is good now :) now tht i hv IRENE!!! yes Irene :) im happier then ever and everything is going well bla bla bla.. this is just great…

I dont think there r much tht can be summed up because its happening now and i shall let u know how it all goes next year….

I think this entry is comign to an end, but before i leave, i wanan thank my family for being with me all these while :) its great to have them when u needed help or advice for stuff! Love you all SO SO MUCH! They r prob the biggest influence in my life and the biggest tool tht shaped who im today..

Last but not the least…Ken is turning 18 tomorrrow!!!

Take care everyone..
Kenneth

Americans don’t know 9/11 year: poll

Thursday, August 10th, 2006

Found something rather interesting on news.com.au so i thot i would share it here :)

From correspondents in Washington August 10, 2006 12:50am Article from: Agence France-Presse

SOME 30 per cent of Americans cannot say in what year the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against New York's World Trade Centre and the Pentagon in Washington took place, according to a poll published today in the Washington Post newspaper.

While the country is preparing to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the attacks that claimed nearly 3000 lives and shocked the world, 95 per cent of Americans questioned in the poll were able to remember the month and the day of the attacks. But when asked what year, 30 per cent could not give a correct answer. Of that group, six per cent gave an earlier year, eight per cent gave a later year, and 16 per cent admitted they had no idea whatsoever.

This memory black hole is essentially the problem of the older crowd - 48 per cent of those who did not know were between the ages of 55 and 64, and 47 per cent were older than 65, the poll shows.

The Post telephone survey was carried out July 21-24 among 1002 randomly selected adults. The margin of error is plus or minus three percentage points.