Rayne;

Rayne -- the exactly two month old Golden Retriever puppy.

He's a chubby fellow, who runs sideways when he gets hyper. My dad says he's like a truck when it loses control.

Truth be told, he's incredibly lazy for a dog. He loves the indoors and fears the outdoors. He hides underneath the living room couch for most of the day, crawling as if he were in NS.

As most of the dogs I have recently met, he always tries to eat my face whenever he gets the chance (especially when I'm lying down). It's probably because I keep saying "BOO!" to his face every so often, so I wouldn't blame him. Hah!

When he's not hiding under furniture or trying to eat my face, he's usually eating. Man, can this guy eat.

He's great company around the house and is so easily made hyper.

Oh, and I've thought him how to shake hands!















_{Ellya calls him Fatty.}

Coupled With;

The feeling of anxiety & enthusiasm ripples through me.

- Only 4 hours and a half until Friday.

Lost.

Oh, yeah. I've joined the few million people who are already hooked on the series, Lost. I'm currently on the sixth episode of the first season, and I'm really getting to know why it's become so popular.

I think I'm going to like this series, very much.

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The Inter-house Debate Semi-Finals were held today in Cheras, and it was a war of speech and views from both the competitors and the members of the floor.

The end result? Seladang and Beruang stepping up to the finals. Vikram and I are in for one amazing rebuttal against each other.

Let's hope the spirit carries on to the Debate Finals on Friday.

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Speaking of this coming Friday, the day after tomorrow is summing up to become one heck of a day.

First of all, you've got the Inter-House Debate Finals -- which from the looks of today is going to be epic.

Secondly, Hearts to the World. Exhibitions, booths, performances, maybe a few surprises -- need I say any more? ^{*refer below}

And finally Insomniac Games is releasing the first ever footage of gameplay from their upcoming project, Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time. Not to mention more Uncharted 2: Among Theives gameplay! Being the geek that I am, I'm mega hyped.
















_{Are you ready?}

Rest in Peace.

Maxine has passed away.

May she rest in peace and no longer suffer the effects of the Power Virus
that had afflicted her.

She will certainly be missed terribly.

Hearts to the World.

"Raising awareness with the Performing Arts."

Date: Friday, 29 May 2009

Time: 6 p.m. - 10 p.m.

Venue: North Hall, South Hall; Cempaka Cheras

Attire: Casual wear, preferably in the shades of blue, green or black; Save the World shirts will be welcomed as well!

Organised by: CADAS, PAPS, & Save the World -- Umbrella Societies of Cempaka Schools

Ticket Pricing:
• First 20 buyers (Early Bird): RM15
• Each consecutive buyer: RM20
• At the door buyers: RM25

What'll be going on:
• North Hall: A rock band-esque concert featuring the winners of Talentime: Save the World from both Campuses, as well as a variety of performances.
• South Hall: A wide selection of booths headed by our school's societies will be placed around the hall to sell various products or even games and to promote their club, while in the center there will a platform for representatives from each of the umbrella societies to talk about this year's different campaigns.

Links:
• Facebook
















_{Save the cheerleaders.}

Get Well Soon, Maxine.

UPDATE: Breaking news. Maxine's condition is improving! She was walking around the vet's today and she actually started eating again! However, the doctor says not to get our hopes too up, as even though the signs show otherwise the virus could be still inside her.

Maxi's at the veterinarian's right now.

We suspect that she has been afflicted with the Power Virus disease; a very serious viral disease. Puppies from three to six months old are particularly susceptible. She has lost a considerable amount of weight and has become lethargic.

There really is no cure for this illness -- the vet can only help her body to get stronger so that her antibodies can do the rest.

Maxine's only been with us for four days, but now the house just doesn't feel right without her. Like there's something missing.

All we can do now is wait.
















_{Hope for the best, plan for the worst.}

Live Long & Prosper.

Went to the Curve with Joshua, Kevin and Muhaimin today and first thing I wanted to do was watch the recently released film: Star Trek

Let's get right into it, and let's start off with the direction from J.J. Abrams. I think it's exceptional; for a second feature film, Abrams has really blown it out of the water in the terms of how Star Trek handles action and character dynamics. It's a bullet of a movie -- the man knows how to move his camera, the man knows how to keep the story moving at all times. He is definitely the director to reboot the franchise.

It's definitely a much more action-packed film which makes the connect to the mainstream easier. However, the film does have its comic relief such as when Scottie beams into the water tube. Star Trek will have you laughing, furious, cheering and deeply saddened in various scenes.

Dynamic and engaging, this Star Trek film felt more like a Star Wars film.

I feel like they've even encrypted a little bit from the Empire Strikes Back, because you have Skywalker crashing on Dagobah and Yoda helps him out. You have Kirk crashing on the snow planet where Spock Prime is and Spock's helping him out. The whole destiny themes of that sort of nature in the film, as well. Star Wars is more accepted in the mainstream than Trek has ever been, until now.

As of right now, I would say this could be best movie of the summer.

Subsequent to exiting the cinema hall, we were faced with a decision. Take a left and that's you're ticket out of the cinema, while the bathrooms were on the right. We took the right down the dark, dank and long hallway -- Joshua needed the bathroom, bad.

While waiting for Josh and Mu, I spotted the most peculiar thing:






You've probably guessed it right.

It was an advert. for the ultimate toilet bowl. ^{*Josh thought it was a movie advert.}

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I came home to find Max feeling a bit under the weather.

I carried her up to my room so she could take a nap -- she can't climb the stairs just yet, remember? So I lay down on the floor and the sweetest thing happened.

She walked up to me and gave my face a few good licks, before she walked up to my left leg and rested her head down on it. She slept for about 20 minutes before my door swung open.

A total "awh moment", I know.








Oh, and I'd like to add that whenever Maxi trots around the house she looks just like a little lion cub.

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Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic: Vindication
20.05.2009

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Infamous
26.05.2009

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Hearts to the World
A Cempaka Schools Awareness Event
29.05.2009

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ThinkCon '09, Cheras
30.05.2009

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Drum Slices '09
12.06.2009
13.06.2009
14.06.2009

















_{Verily this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose.}

Arf.

Let me introduce you to the latest addition to the Sam Family, Maxine.

Maxine's her full name, but we like to call her Max or Maxi. I like it. Short, easy to remember.

She's exactly two months and a day old to the day and guess what: she has a twin brother. I know dogs are born in litters but only two were born in her case. Her older brother's with another family now.

Her birthday's on the 15th of March -- and that's just one day away from mine!

I think she's a little deaf, because she just doesn't listen to anything the family says.

She has a fear of heights; we've only thought her how to climb up the stairs leading to our front door. She's also slightly afraid of wavy yellow curtains.

From the way she treats the grass and other leafy things, you can tell she's a vegetarian.

Right now, I really have to watch myself when I lie down. For some reason every time I do, she tries to eat my face. So far she's only got a taste of my nose, but I can't tell you how many times I've seen the inside of her mouth.

If you haven't seen her on skype already, head down to the previous post to see a few snapshots of her in the car after picking me up from school.

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Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic: Vindication
20.05.2009

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Infamous
26.05.2009

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Hearts to the World
A Cempaka Schools Awareness Event
29.05.2009

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ThinkCon '09, Cheras
30.05.2009

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Drum Slices '09
12.06.2009
13.06.2009
14.06.2009

















_{I wanna learn how to play the saxophone.}

Maxine.

_Goody.

Perception.

"Only through observation will you perceive weakness."

Strength.

"It's essential to give your arguments impact."

Sounds of Change.

I've just downloaded Hellogoodbye's first full-length album:

Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!
The album's title's a little different, but I must say that the songs are exactly that; a little different. Hellogoodbye is a power pop band and as such their music incorporates strong melodies, crisp vocal harmonies, economical arrangements, and prominent guitar riffs.

Certainly a must hear for those looking for new music to satisfy their eardrums.

Download worthy:
1. Here (In Your Arms)
2. All Time Lows
3. Baby, It's Fact
4. Oh, It Is Love
5. All Of Your Love
















_{It's a matter of fact.}

Here (In Your Arms)

By Hellogoodbye

I like where we are,
When we drive, in your car
I like where we are...
Here

Cause our lips, can touch
And our cheeks, can brush
Our lips can touch...
Here

Well you are the one, the one that lies close to me
Whispers, "Hello, I've missed you quite terribly"
I fell in love, in love with you suddenly
Now there's no place else I could be but here in your arms

I like where you sleep,
When you sleep, next to me.
I like where you sleep...
Here

Our lips, can touch
And our cheeks, can brush
Our lips can touch...
Here

Well, you are the one, the one that lies close to me
Whispers, "Hello, I've missed you quite terribly"
I fell in love, in love with you suddenly
Now there's no place else I could be but here in your arms

Our lips, can touch
Our lips, can touch...here

Well, you are the one the one that lies close to me
Whisper's "Hello, I've missed you quite terribly"
I fell in love, in love with you suddenly
Now there's no place else I could be but here in your arms

Our lips, can touch
Our lips, can touch...
Here

Well, you are the one the one that lies close to me
Whisper's "Hello, I've missed you quite terribly"
I fell in love, in love with you suddenly
Now there's no place else I could be but here in your arms

You are the one, the one that lies close to me
Whispers, "Hello I miss you, I miss you"
I fell in love, in love with you suddenly
Now there's no place else I could be but here in your arms

Here in your arms.
Here in your arms.
















_{Baby, It's Fact.}

Eat Lead.

Coming Soon:
^{*as soon as i get rid of the homework piling on the vle}

I'm already working out the kinks on a bunch of art I've been itching to properly start on. I'll be writing more about it as soon as I actually start churning out the work.

I'm onto Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics now and man, there's a whole lot of questions from the looks of it -- and when did the teachers start liking to use minuscule-sized font?!
















_{Gah, should've been there.}

Save the Cheerleader;

Save the World

Thursday, 30 April 2009 - Don't tell me you have never heard of this famous axiom -- and when I mean famous, I mean really prominent.

But today wasn't about saving any cheerleaders in particular, more rather it was about performing on stage to show our extreme appreciation to our little patch of heaven.

Ergo: Share the Arts, Save the World

Here's how it went down: At approximately 0830 every Cherasian, be they old or young, gathered at the North Hall for our annual Talentime competitions -- and I wasn't one of them.

To tell you the truth, I pulling down my track pants prior to removing my shirt.

Don't worry, I was getting changed into the outfit I was supposed to wear for the performance I was involved in. Trust me on this.



Cheese!

Now as part of our act, four of us had to come on stage from the audience. So at the very beginning we already found seats for ourselves hidden away between the hundreds of Cempakans. This of course, was supposed to come as a surprise; at least to the majority of the Cherasians.


Our very suave emcees

I was classified in the performance as the "Ipod Geek", so my earphones were practically a part of my head for the rest of the morning. It's tough to go undercover, when everyone knows you and you stick out like a sore thumb amidst the mass population wearing the Save the World shirts -- what's even tougher is trying to keep the 12-inch long drumsticks in your jeans.



*snap!

Despite the harsh circumstances and what I had to work with, I kept my cool and stayed under the radar trying not to get even more attention than I already have.

Very soon, Dr. Rizal was on stage to open the ceremony and the first entertainers were brought up on stage.


*click!

NOTE: As soon as manage to grab the videos of the performances today, I will either post them or link them. Seeing as how this post is already summing up to become a long one, I will make a separate post just for the videos.

Onto the performances, which are ordered chronologically for your convenience:

To witness 49 out of the 200 photos from Kanako Uchimura's camera, simply click: here

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1. Pitch
• Band
• Anthem Of My Dying Day
• With:
- Prasanth Ganasan and his voice
- Abdul Muhaimin with his guitar
- Josh Ryu and his guitar
- Kevin Wong and his bass guitar
- Catherine Yew on the piano
- Chung Zhi Wei slamming on the drums

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2. Vocal Duet
• Vocals
• Stand Up For Love
• Starring:
- Cathy Lee
- Zenna Law

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3. Aurora
• Band
• Hero
• With:
- 5 of our A-Level buddies at the helm

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4. Vocal Solo
• Vocals
I Don't Wanna Be
• Showcasing:
- William Sin & his guitar

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5. Funk Clusters
• Band
• Comprising of:
- Julie Chan
- Arthur Kam on the drums
- Julian Tan with his guitar
- Derrick and his bass
- Boom and his guitar, I believe

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6. Dance Solo
• Dance
• Choreographed & performed by:
- Najwa

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7. Mobsterz
• Dance Ensemble
• Choreographed & conducted by:
- Lim Jia Yong
- Wen Xian
- Jasmine Tea
- Priya Aras
- Shuk Khuan
- Lee Yan
- Agnes Puah
- Kowenwu Wenwu

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8. Beatboxing
• Vocal Duet
• Amazing show by:
- Michael
- Jason

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9. Vocal Solo
• Vocals
• Where Is The Love?
• Sung & on the piano with:
- Claudillea Holoway

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10. Vocal Solo
• Vocals
• Only Hope
• With:
- Farah Alya

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11. Novem
• Instrumental Piece
• Unity
• Our very own:
- Calvin Yong
- Syazana Abdul Malik
- Steven Chow
- Cherise Tan
- David Kam
- Bryna Meivitawanli
- Bernard Sam
- Najiha Zahiera
- Lee Hao Zhi

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Right after the performances the judges disappeared into the Store Room at the front of the hall, to decide our three winners for the day's event.




While waiting for the judges, we had six boys and girls from the Primary School to give a talk on the recent Earth Hour event.

After that we had Catherine Yew and Michael to "entertain" us, while the judges discussed mysteriously in the room.




Soon, Mr. Andrew was thrust up onto the stage to give the end results:

First Place:
• Claudillea Holloway

Second Place:
• William Sin

Third Place:
•Calvin Yong
• Syazana Abdul Malik
• Steven Chow
• Cherise Tan
• David Kam
• Bryna Meivitawanli
• Bernard Sam
• Najiha Zahiera
• Lee Hao Zhi

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It's finally Friday, so I'd like to write something special:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ABDUL MUHAIMIN!

To the buddy of mine who always had moves up his sleeve, have a great one.

To the buddy of mine who has almost always been at my side since three years back, may all your wishes come true.

To the buddy of mine who is simply one of my best buddies, cheers.

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Friday, 1 May 2009 - I've just returned from the Pavilion, and I'm proud to say I'm one of the fortunate ones to have watched X-Men Origins: Wolverine in the three days after its release.

It's a great movie I'll give you that but if you're as much of a MARVEL fanatic as I am, you might get a little disappointed. I for one wasn't very satisfied with the storyline -- however, I won't spoil anything for you.

Still it is a prime opportunity to catch some of your favourite mutants in action; I managed to spot quite a few of my well-liked villains and heroes in their teens.

A great summer blockbuster, and you definitely have to one of those lining up to buy tickets for this film.

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Still wondering what our Save the World T-shirts look like? Look no further than the previous post.

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Fallout 3: Broken Steel
Probability of Mission hindrance: Zero Percent!
05.05.2009

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inFamous
It's going to electrify you
26.05.2009


















_{Should I really?}