Malik Making Sense

Realize

2011-12-14T22:35:00.001+08:00

Truly, you are the best.

Here's to a new beginning, best friend. :)

Fame

2011-12-12T20:32:00.002+08:00

Well, the Malaysian 2011 City Championships recently concluded and in spite of not doing so well, a 3-3 results in fact, I still had a lot of fun. Lip Yee won, so props to her even after playing very well-known players throughout the swiss rounds, she pulled through. O.O

The event was held at The Summit, USJ (never ask me to take you there, I'll just get you lost -.-) Lasted for the whole day, with finals ending at 7.30pm. I was surprised though, when a lot of Singaporeans greeted me (altho I didn't know them O.o) and some were even telling me how they've heard a lot about me. Hmmm, I guess having a good season last year does have it's pros haha. I didn't do so well, but I'm hoping that that will change in Singapore. :)

Hanging out with everyone was good fun, the Singaporeans were really nice, I got to meet up with Clifton, Belp, Xavier, Elias and a bunch of others there, which was really cool. Met some really nice new people too, and another Malay (Singaporean) guy who did well, managed to make it to the semifinals. He's probably the other Malay guy in Malaysia and Singapore who runs well in Pokemon. :D

Can't wait to meet up with them again on Saturday.

The day didn't end there though, we drove to Taipan for dinner at Nando's. The restaurants there looked awesome. O.O The Nando's was really nice haha. Had a good meal and chatted until 10, before leaving. Lip Yee sent me off to the LRT and I went baaack home, with a Subway in hand. :P

That was pretty much my Saturday, filled with fun. :)

Break

2011-12-05T22:50:00.003+08:00

So SPM's over, and now I finally get my break. After a crazy year with F1iS World Finals, SPM, and shitloads of responsibilities, I finally get my well-deserved break. Doesn't really mean I drop all my responsibilities though, I'm no longer a high-schooler, that means I'll have more responsibilities to look forward to. :o

Now that I finally have time for myself... oh wait, December's another busy month, of JOY. :) I have it all planned out, get my ass back into driving school next week, Pokemon City Championships KL on the 10th and 17th in Singapore and a few days after Singapore, London for a white Christmas with Syamim. YESSS FINALLY I GET TO TOUCH SNOW ! :D

I'm zoned out from Accounts today, so I'll just stop here for now... Expect more writing in the future hehe. :)

Jak

2011-11-28T21:43:00.003+08:00

So it's almost the end of SPM. Yeah mann, finally, it's almost the day !

Today I've just been reminiscing a bit from the past, about high school and all, and I remembered my Pokemon events outside of Malaysia including Worlds. A few weeks ago I stumbled upon this interview of one of my opponents from 2009, Jak Armstead from the UK mentioning our game during the World Championships as his best game to date.

Here's the bit where he mentioned me. :)

Question: What’s your best game you’ve ever played?

Probably it’s still the game I played in the first round of the 2009 World Championships against Malik from Malaysia. He was playing Gardy/Gallade, while I was running Dark Flygon. Malik managed to get a full set up by his third turn. I dragged up a Claydol with Trapinch SW and then used Azelf’s Lock Up for several turns to enable me to get set up myself. I then shuffled in one Gardy with Dusknoir DP and sniped his Gardy X with Flygon X for game. It was a really intense match that I had to play faultlessly to win. Malik is a great guy and a great opponent, which just made the whole experience even more satisfying.

He's a really great guy, and I hope to meet him again someday. Here's the link to the article btw. :)

Charlie

2011-11-09T21:46:00.000+08:00

Songs makes me feel good all the time, I absolutely love it.

Love

2011-11-03T13:50:00.003+08:00

I'm sure most of you who are close to me would have figured out my love for AvA by now. Finally after about a year after Love was released and anticipating the movie, it's out. :O Part II of the album and the movie itself, which I am going to feast my eyes on this weekend. :)

Vintage

2011-10-26T23:36:00.002+08:00

Mine after SPM ! :D

I WANT

2011-10-18T23:17:00.001+08:00

THIS.

I hatechu Adma for showing me this I want I want I want !!!

Duck

2011-10-16T22:25:00.003+08:00

There's more stuff than I thought that I want at that store, Material. Here's a few more. :)

A duck toothbrushholder ! :):):)

A duck coin case ! :D

Hehehe and they have the coolest picture frames ever too. Wheeee I have to go again ! :D

Present

2011-10-16T22:03:00.006+08:00

So I had an unexpected day with Suhaimie today, after going to his house for a Doa Selamat we went to One Utama then Setiawangsa to randomly pick Rais up and then have dinner at KFC in Wangsa Maju lol. Yes, Wangsa Maju. :P

We looked for a cool vintage souvenir shop, Rooms, at OU but apparently it closed down. :( I wanted to get myself a WORKING bell alarm clock but oh well. While we were there we stumbled upon a REALLY cool store, Material. It has the coolest & cheapest stuff ever, and everything's eco-friendly there. I saw a bunch of stuff I'd love to get but had to save some money for em. I'll come back soon to get this really cool clock I saw ! Here's a link to the store's website. Clock, wait for me. :P

Well, while strolling around OU, I thought about stuff I'd love to get. I saw this girl carrying a vintage camera with a cute Mickey Mouse strap and it reminded me of how much I want to get one camera just like that. I'll keep some money aside for that too and get it after SPM. And Suhaimie has a bigass bell alarm clock in his room, which can be heard until next door. (It's as big as a laptop) I want one that actually works, so yeah.

And after all that I've seen today, I've made myself a list of what I want. For now there are only three main things on it. Definitely gonna treat myself to these things after SPM. :)

1. A vintage film camera

2. The really cool clock at Material !

3. A WORKING bell alarm clock

Fame

2011-10-10T21:54:00.002+08:00

For a day, I got to feel fame. :p

Axis was featured on today, Monday 10/10/11's edition of Life & Times. We were cover boys for the issue and had a centre-piece all to ourselves. :p The link's down here.

NSTP - Axis

Oh well

2011-10-06T22:02:00.001+08:00

Where did you go ?

2011-10-05T19:43:00.000+08:00

It's been far too long.

Records

2011-10-02T20:45:00.003+08:00

I love :)

Seven

2011-10-02T20:35:00.003+08:00

7 years.

7 years I've attended the Kumon High Achiever's Award Ceremony.

7 years I've been doing 5 years ahead of my level in Mathematics.

And today was my last, as I stepped on that stage as a completer. After all those years of daily work and knowing a hell of a lot more than I should

in Mathematics, that was my last time receiving an award for all my hard work.

My Kumon Instructor

F1

2011-10-02T19:59:00.003+08:00

So it's been more than a week since I returned from the Doubletree by Hilton, Kuala Lumpur. A roller-coaster ride, it indeed was. Many ups and downs over the course of the competition and preparation. Many pros and cons too, but on top of it all, it was a great, life-changing experience giving us 17-year-olds a satisfying taste of the adult and corporate world at an international stage.

F1 in Schools gave us a treat on the first day by taking us to the Sepang International Circuit for a tour to all the VIP areas followed by an exciting bus race (serious !) around the actual circuit. The weather looked gloomy, but it didn't rain and the wind was lovely, so it was perfect.

The event took 3 days. It really was, an experience. We didn't do very well overall, but at least we were there and we managed to take home an award, the Best Team Identity award. I feel satisfied with the competition as most of the designs were my brainchild with ideas from everyone, and with that we managed to win an award. That's probably why I was the only one who screamed "YEAH !" when they announced Axis as the winners of Best Team Identity, as I felt proud of what I've contributed to the team.

Many memories of the competition will always stay on my mind, as a lot of crazy things happened in our hotel room and many memorable events occured. I'll never forget them.

I still haven't gotten back to my old energetic self yet as I am yet to fully recharge from all the sleepless night due to F1 preparation and competition. But at least I'm back on track for SPM which is looming closer and closer. I'm not very disappointed by my Trials results despite my crazy schedule back then juggling F1 and Trials, in fact my results went up as I finally managed to not score lower than a B. I got 4A, 2A-, 3B+, 1B. Not completely happy about it yet not totally disappointed. I still have time and room for improvement.

Well then, I'm wasting your precious time reading all this. I'll continue next time and hopefully I'll post more. :p

Jon

2011-09-03T23:45:00.002+08:00

Before going back for Raya, I managed to see Jon before he left for Canada. He's gone now. :(

Me :
It was a birthday present, my parents found it by the side of a street and gave it to me.

Jon :
Yeah, it just happened to be his birthday and his parents gave it to him.
They found it by the side of the street.
And left some money there.
And there just happens to be a building on that particular side of the street.
Which just happens to have a shop that sells Beats inside it.
All on the side of the street...

Me :
t(-.-t)'''''

Hectic

2011-08-21T15:18:00.004+08:00

A busy two weeks it sure has been, with me juggling between Trials and F1 after school, with the peak being these past few days.

I've been seeing a lot of people for work, a number of sponsors and gone pretty much everywhere. Yesterday was a long day however it ended nicely for me.

We went to see Abang Ikram, Iman's brother-in-law during the day for F1 over at his office. I've been getting good news all around these past few days, as we've managed to gain quite a number of sponsors in only a week. In the evening I headed to KLCC for Buka Puasa with Iman, after not seeing her for a month ; it was especially nice to see her again. :) It was also always good to see Kak Fara and Abang Afif, cheerful as always. We had a lovely meal at Ben's before doing a bit of shopping and left at 10.

My day didn't end there though, as I rushed home to get to a meeting. Yes, a meeting.

As soon as getting home I went straight to the computer to get on WebEx for another productive meeting with our Arab counterparts for F1, and a lot of ground has finally been covered. We're looking good for the competition to take place in a month's time ! :)

All in all, despite my busy schedule, it's been a good few days and I hope to see more of these kind of days.

Thanks Kak Fara for the picture. :)

Oversleep

2011-08-19T10:51:00.001+08:00

And so, for the first time in my life, I overslept and missed school lol.

People in the house claim they woke me up three times and I shut the door when they did lol. Everyone said I didn't wanna go to school. I don't remember a thing ! :D

Oh well, time to enjoy this morning.

Kiwi

2011-08-17T16:05:00.004+08:00

Pokemon Organized Play made me American in 2008.

And they are yet to get my nationality right...

I'm not too sure who made me a Kiwi. Hahaha. xD

Abroad

2011-08-15T21:48:00.005+08:00

A continuation of my previous post perhaps, I'm still talking about people leaving.

Two in particular, of my friends are leaving/has already left Malaysia. Joanne, two years older than me left for Missouri yesterday. I think the time I've known her has been too short, we met at Kumon late last year right after I stopped working and she just started haha. But I wasn't around that much when she was there, I completed soon after, only after a few lessons seeing her at Kumon.

We still talked online, and had a few meals together ; she being my driver ngehehe. And now she's gone. :( Setiawangsa's boring now that I can't have breakfast or hang out with her in the evening. -.-

Aaaand Jon's leaving in a bit more than a week. Damnit man you're leaving for Canada, where I wanted to go in the first place. -.- Ahhhh, I'm gonna miss him, especially when we hang out with Renee and Crystal, or when he's driving me around hehe. I remember coming back from Suhaimie's open house and from Pokemon Nationals with him. Chilling with him is always good and soon he's leaving. HAISH.

No Joanne, I takde gambar you. Hehehe. :p

Leave

2011-08-15T21:06:00.003+08:00

I'm sorry Physics, but I'm just in the mood to write this out right now. Just a short break from studying.

Well then, here I go.

People come and go, some too soon, some are around for long but you never get the chance to get close to them although you feel strongly for them. A lot of people left lately. Some are leaving very soon but before anything, Al-Fatihah to my late grandfather who left us to join our ancestors, InsyaAllah by Allah's side. He was a great man, extremely generous and very hardworking.

He is Allahyarham Dato' Hj Khalid @ Malek bin Mat Zin

A feeling of emptiness always creeps into me whenever I lose people I love, but never really had the chance to get close to. I grew up a pretty merry child ; I didn't know what losing people you love felt like until a couple years back, when I heard that my pediatrician when I was a child had passed away. It pains me to know that she was gone, as I had many fond memories of her. I wasn't the healthiest of children, always finding my way to the hospital bed and she was always the earliest to check up on me in the morning, sometimes even waking me up.

Allah loves her more, and it was her time. We all will have our time, and it makes me appreciate every waking moment I get and all the people around me. Alhamdulillah, I have many loving people surrounding me, and they all care for me.

Don't ever forget to thank Allah for giving you one more day to live, Alhamdulillah.

Exhaustion

2011-08-06T18:45:00.002+08:00

Life has been pretty busy, I'd say. I've been able to adapt balancing schoolwork with F1 and leisure but I have to say it's a tiring combination. Most of the time I'd find myself deprived of sleep in school or taking a long afternoon nap as soon as I get back home. Exactly the way I imagined my Form5 life would be like.

Pokemon Worlds is in about two weeks from now ; I'll be taking a miss for the second year. F1 Worlds is getting ever closer, in September. It's gonna be a busy month after these Trials I'm currently sitting for. After that's done, hopefully my life would slow down a bit, and I can focus on SPM and frankly, I'm looking forward to SPM as much as I'm also getting nervous about it.

I wanna get SPM done with, and on a high. Lately I've been more motivated to score, and I believe, InsyaAllah I can be a top-scorer with a 10A+ result. I can, with enough effort and prayer.

At the same time, I'm really looking forward to life after SPM. Having my own time, catching up with my friends, hanging out, and just me time. :) I'd probably be able to make a whole list of things to do then. But for now, it's back to reality. F1 and SPM are my primary goals now, and that's what I'll be working for.

Tangled

2011-07-23T18:32:00.002+08:00

Sometimes I just can't help but think of the past. It's just there, and I get flashbacks, when I read things from the past, and when I hear music I listened to a lot back then.

This was once my theme song.

I've learned that the past will always linger in our minds, and what we can do is only learn from them and do our best to ensure they don't repeat themselves.

I got out of that mess, I'm in a better state now, I'm glad and thankful.

Alhamdulillah.

Samnit

2011-07-21T18:42:00.003+08:00

Hehehehehe random conversation with Aimi. :P

Me :

ahi

Aimi :

mhz

hey

i tak follow u tmrw k ?

Me :

WAI

UGHHHH

SAMNIT

Aimi :

samnit ?

Me :

*GRABS KNIFE AND POINTS AT THROAT*

Aimi :

the eff is that

HAHAHAHAHAHA

Me :

like carut with sam's name

SAMNIT !

Aimi :

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Me :

sam typo'd it a few years ago

and he was like

cool

SAMNIT !

Aimi :

hahah

apa lah u

Me :

k im blawging dis

Beauty

2011-07-17T22:09:00.003+08:00

Someone asked me about my opinion on 'pretty' and 'beautiful', in a guys eyes.

There can be many pretty girls in the guy's eyes, but there can only be one and only one beautiful girl.

I'm glad I have my one and only. And she's forever. :)

You

2011-07-12T18:39:00.000+08:00

A song for you. :)

Neglect

2011-07-11T18:11:00.003+08:00

I neglected my blog. Hehe I apologize for that. :p Until I think of something interesting to write about, here's a video I've always been fascinated with.

I've always loved OneRepublic, ever since they had their first album. I believe I bought their second album the day it arrived in Malaysian stores... and I absolutely loved it. Teehee, Ryan Tedder is so amazing. :D

Disclaimer : I'm not gay. :)

Surprise

2011-06-27T22:09:00.004+08:00

So my teacher from Kumon added me on Facebook earlier today, and I saw his blog. Just felt like scrolling a few pages to check it out and I stumbled upon a huge photo of me ! I was like, "WHOA WHAT" It was a Teacher's Day post about me completing Kumon. :') I'm so touched by it, here it is. That kinda made my day hehe. Thanks teacher ! :)

I'd say today's been a good day so far, a lot of hope of going to Pokemon Worlds in San Diego, and F1 has been going pretty well too I'd say. Lookie...

Those are AsiaPacific's final rankings, updated with Malaysian National Championships and voila, I'm placed 8th in Asia, where the Top TEN receive invitations to the World Championships in San Diego, CA. I now have my invitation locked up and I'm psyched, as at dinner after Nationals, Lip Yee and Jon convinced me to rethink my decision to not go, because my mom made it clear about Trials but they made a good case and I'm really convinced I should be fine. Just now I talked to my mom, and she's thinking about it, and she told me to ask dad tomorrow. So psyched ! :)

Soooo, nothing's 100% yet. But enjoy this funny conversation I had with Lip Yee and Aaron hehe.

Hope you guys understood it. Lol.

Nationals

2011-06-25T23:48:00.002+08:00

So today was Nationals, and I'd say I did pretty well. Turnout was huge thanks to our new organizer Ujin, we had 60 in total, 36 Masters with a Top8 cut. :)

I went 5-1 in swiss, losing to Lip Yee in the last round so she could be in the Top8 as well, but unfortunately our luck ran out when both Lip Yee and I lost to Shane and Naavin. They, were, very, lucky. -.- But oh well, there wasn't a free trip to Worlds to play for anyways, and I had my ratings invite locked up, Top10 in Asia Pacific. :) Not too sure whether or not I get to go to San Diego though, but Lip Yee is willing to help me talk to my parents about it. Hopefully it'll turn out okay. :) I really wanna represent Malaysia as a Master ! My last two outings at Worlds were both as a Senior, so getting invited as a Master is already pretty big. :)

Here's a funny convo I had today with Aaron, from Malaysia/Australia. He migrated. Lol.

Me :

anyways I might use my invite
have to persuade my parents

Aaron :
you better
!!

Me :
lip yee offered to help me
she might grind

Aaron :
this is a threat malik
this is a threat
hahaha

Me :
i should show this to my parents

Aaron :
:)
LOL

Me :
omg mom, dad, aaron will kill me if i don't go

Aaron :
death threat
hahahah
HAHA

Somewhere

2011-06-23T00:47:00.001+08:00

I hope that someone is me.

Science

2011-06-21T00:57:00.001+08:00

Video out. :)

Invite

2011-06-17T23:41:00.002+08:00

That, is the ratings for Asia Pacific, updated with the Australian National Championships. Coming up are the Singapore and Malaysian Nationals, looks like I'm in great position for a World Championships invitation, which is by staying in the Top10. So pumped to finally get invited to Worlds as a master ! Too bad I can't use that invite this season, SPM. :/

NEXT SEASON ! :)

Stress begin

2011-06-17T22:30:00.002+08:00

Holiday's were over, school started and I haven't been blogging. Well then.

So uhh, holidays were awesome and not to mention, productive. Managed to see someone very special to me a number of times, got my L license after hours of seminars and managed to go out at least once with Aimi, Intan and Rais hehe. :p Even saw a bunch of movies, and Kung Fu Panda 2, twice ! :O

Now school's been really stressful. This week's been super busy, teachers with Hari Anugerah Cemerland happening tomorrow and suddenly Pn Latifah announce tat Nazis (Nazirs) are coming over next week so we have to start acting. Not only that, suddenly today all our subject teachers demanded we finish some exercises in class and send em in straight, for THREE straight periods. It was torture, my hands were so sore. :/ Miss Mastura entrusted Naquib and I to collect the books before going back, but everyone was making our lives super hard, and Naquib went berserk, before leaving. I don't blame him, teachers have been pressuring him a lot, making him join everything outside the school, really won't give him any space. I pity the dude.

And so, I left the school 20 minutes later lol.

About an hour ago, I just got back from KL Central, cramming a number of games with Lip Yee, in preparation for Nationals next weekend. Although I will be aiming for the title, sucks that I can't go to Worlds this year. Trials at the same time. :/ Aaron's won Australia Masters, and it would be awesome to see him and the Choongs again. :/ Ahh well, that's life.

I'm just rambling right now lol, saying whatever comes to my mind.

I'll stop now. :)

Love

2011-06-10T13:04:00.001+08:00

Anxiously waiting for this movie to be publicly released. Grrr.

Into Your Arms

2011-06-10T12:01:00.001+08:00

I had always loved this song. Yes, I have a soft spot for The Maine and All Time Low too. Not very mainstream but yeahh. :)

Your Side

2011-06-05T18:14:00.002+08:00

A song for you. :)

Yesterday was a ~~good~~ day. No, it was downright amazing. I'll remember it always. <3

040611.

Broga

2011-06-01T23:24:00.005+08:00

That picture was taken up Broga Hill's first peak. The Scouts/Rangers Camp at Outbac, Broga was awesome, definitely enjoyed myself.

Day 1, I showed up at school in the morning and after waiting around and a short briefing we left for Broga in two buses, one for the Scouts and another for the Rangers. The campsite looked fun, it had a small lake on one side, obstacle course area, field, basketball court, rock-climbing wall and plenty of facilities, including a small shed renting bicycles and selling drinks. :o We dumped our bags in our dorm before having lunch, followed by obstacle course games.

I was official photographer, part of the AJK so I didn't really have to follow the program strictly, I just went to whichever obstacle course on a bike and snapped photos galoreeee ! :D Loved my job ahaha, even the juniors all had to salute me. :) All in all day 1 was pretty tiring, and at night, after dinner they had AJK hunting, which is sort of like orientation. I wasn't supposed to be looked for, but Suhaimie made his task to find me and get a group photo, so at least I had something to do other than snap random photos at night. :p The sky looked splendid though, found myself gazing at the sky a lot, looking at the stars. :) Slept at around 1am that night, after laughing like hell to Wei Chong's lame jokes haha.

Day 2, we were woken up early for the Broga Hill climb. Didn't shower lol, since we were gonna get really sweaty anyways. Walked in the dark all the way to the entrance of Broga Hill and started the hike. It was pretty easy at first but as we got closer to the peak, the trail got tougher and more slippery until one point we were facing a super steep hill, going straight up to the peak.

O.O <--- This was my face when I saw it.

I have a fear of ... falling. And I have stability issues lol, I HATE the feeling of slipping. But, I swallowed that fear and climbed all the way up, also thanks to Fahmi at some points haha. It got easier as we got closer to the top, and finally I made it ! :D The view was breathtaking and the wind blowing in my hair felt amazing. Although there wasn't a good sunrise that day due to the cloudy sky, we still managed to get a great view of everything from up there. We took some photos, chilled for a bit before going back down.

Down that steep and slippery hill. I was terrified.

AND YET I MADE IT DOWN. :D I was sliding down most of the time lol, actually it was kinda fun hehe. Made it down then backtracked the trail all the way to the entrance to Broga Hill, where I walked back to Outbac with Shaun, who was rushing to get the food served haha. We got back, had breakfast before lazing around for a while in our ice cold dorm lol. Station games came next, which were quite fun ! :) I did a leap of faith, where I had to climb up some 10 feet with safety gear and jump to grab hold of a handle, before letting go and slowly descending to the ground. Got some great shots of people too, in the station games and was already pretty tired by lunchtime. Suhaimie took over photography duty for a bit while I died in the dorm haha. Afternoon station games were a bit boring, I took the bicycle around to snap pictures until the evening, where the AJKs went kayaking ! It was great fun ! I shared a kayak with Fahmi, and we raced with Suhaimie & Wei Chong, and disturbed the juniors on their rafts haha. :D

After kayaking, Fahmi and I walked around a bit to dry off lol, before changing into dry clothes for the night's activities. We had dinner, then I snapped a few pictures of the Scouts and Rangers cooking with their own fire, as well as some breathtaking pictures of the setting sun. That night, was Malam Kebudayaan so we changed into format Scouts attire, before grouping at the basketball courts. The Outbac instructors put on a spectacular fire show for us, with them playing, swallowing and breathing fire ! They were amazing and not to mention fearless ! Our Scouts came next, with them doing their sketches. Some were funny, some were long and boring and some were okay lol. Eventually we got really sleepy, so Fahmi, Hakeem and I went back to the dorm to take a nap before Operasi Burung Hantu, where everyone had to be blindfolded before being taken to random places around the area. As photographer, I went around taking pictures as well as having my share of fun, disturbing people hehe. Pretty tiring day, so I turned in pretty early that night, before they even ended their activity lol.

Day 3, was rudely woken up by some people looking for Wei Chong lol. I was surprised, that when they opened the door there was sunlight ! I kept getting woken up due to the freezing cold, but when the kids decided to barge into our room looking for Wei Chong I got woken up lol. And so I left the room and saw everyone scattered, looking for the Treasure Hunt's clue. I brushed my teeth and had breakfast, before showering a bit later on haha.

We packed our stuff and put on format Scouts attire again for the closing ceremony at the basketball courts. Speeches, blaa, blaaaa, and awards. Then camp was over. :o We brought our bags over to the bus and went back to SAB wheeeeeee.

Fall

2011-05-24T01:15:00.000+08:00

Peace

2011-05-23T23:44:00.001+08:00

This song just doesn't fail to put my mind at peace, all the time. It really is a masterpiece, I would love to be able to play it one day when I'm good enough to hit those really quick notes.

One day. :)

Falling Things

2011-05-21T23:33:00.002+08:00

I just got back, from a GREAT show at KLPac. One of our seniors from last year, Umesh was part of the 6-man cast, and he was awesome ! He reflected himself so much in some of the scenes lol. :B

So the title of the play was A History of Falling Things, and I got there with Melissa, her sister and mum. Had Quesadillas at KLCC before waiting for them to pick me up to get to KLPac, having McDonald nuggets on the way. Yes, I had a good double dinner. ;)

The play is about keraunothnetophobia, a phobia of falling satellites. Yes, specifically satellites. The main character is a recluse, who refuses to leave his house due to that phobia, and in the end gets over his fear to meet a girl he met online (webcams a lot lol) I think the play was really interesting, and the actors as well as actresses did very well. It was super hilarious in so many scenes lol, Umesh played a courier, waiter and just an annoying guy that's everywhere lol, reflects him so well. :P I found myself laughing my ass off at so many scenes hehehe.

Well, I wouldn't wanna tell too much about it since there might be some of you who are gonna go see it. There's one last show going on tomorrow, so be sure to go catch it ! You'll definitely enjoy it ! :D

Forever

2011-05-18T20:57:00.002+08:00

I'd dedicate this song to that right person, when she comes into my life and decides to stay there with me. I wouldn't know for sure, she might even already be in my life. Only time will tell.

Who knows, it might even be you.

...

Am currently, absolutely enjoying Parachute's new album. The lyrics and the beats are just amazing. I'm loving every single bit of the album. I haven't been able to find a Parachute record in Malaysia yet but when I do, I'm definitely purchasing it. I'll look harder. :)

Mind

2011-05-18T20:07:00.002+08:00

I will not succumb to the pressures of being in the first class.

I'd admit it is tough though. If I were told to make a detailed analysis on the characters of people in my class, I'd be able to write a book ! Everyone is just so, intelligent in their own way and I feel as if I'm the odd one out ; not performing as well as everyone else does yet my ass is glued to that chair in 5H.

It might feel discouraging sometimes to receive exam results not up to par with the rest of the class, as experienced today, my Physics and Biology 1 papers weren't exceptionally stellar compared to other people ; me being one of the VERY few who scored less than 40 over 50. Looking at other people, some are just always in their own world, walking everywhere with a reference book, some with their apparently amazing tuition centres, some just quietly perform by surprise and even, some of those boys that are never in class yet seem to do so well in exams ! This one guy in my class, always missing from classes, got a perfect score for Physics 1 today. YesIwasstunned.

Sighhh. I don't know what I need to do to keep up. No matter how hard I study I just keep getting brought down in the examination hall. It won't be easy, but I'll find away. I'm thankful with what I have, because I know there are people that have it way worse than I do.

I just don't see where I fit in.

The Way It Was

2011-05-17T17:33:00.001+08:00

Today.

That is all. :]

Danbo

2011-05-16T20:28:00.002+08:00

I WANT A DANBO. THEY ARE SO CUTE. AND SO PHOTOGENIC. DAVID I HATE YOU FOR INTRODUCING ME TO THESE CUTE GUYS. I WANT ONE SO BAD NOW. ARGHHHH.

They aren't cheap. :( Go look at more photos of him. SO CUTE. D:

Weightless

2011-05-16T18:49:00.003+08:00

No, the title doesn't describe how I'm feeling right now. I am most definitely not drunk. :P That EP however, by John Vesely's Secondhand Serenade has been playing on my iTunes a lot lately. Maybe he's trying out something new, but his past albums has had a heavy dose of emo sad songs but I think this EP on the other hand has a good balance of that cheerful sound and some of that emo feel to it. Whatever it is he's doing, it definitely is working in my book. :)

With only 5 tracks, I find myself not being able to stop playing it. :P The first two tracks, Our Time and Let Me In have that fast beat yet happy, feel-good feeling to them, while the remaining three, a cover of Neon Trees' Animal (Which I absolutely love), an acoustic of You & I from his recent album and Never Too Late (Really slow and sad song) are just sufficient to keep that Secondhand Serenade sound to the EP. I don't know about you, but I'm enjoying it a lot haha. Otherwise I wouldn't be writing this. :P

Go check it out if you have the time. :)

ANYWAYS.

School's been really boring today. A lot of absentees and not that many people in class either, due to Chinese exams. Oh well, Karam, Mukhriz, Wai Kit (Who joined us later) and I pretty much talked it up for some 3 periods, only learning English and Physics for the whole day. Very laid back, indeed.

Seventeen

2011-05-15T19:18:00.001+08:00

Yesterday was one of the best birthdays I've ever had. Well, belated birthday ; had my party a day after, on Saturday. It was absolutely great to have everyone around, it meant a lot to me that so many people showed up, contributing to the smiles and laughter we had yesterday. :)

And well, everyone seems to be stubborn. :P Told you guys to not bring any presents, and just show up with smiles and laughter but noooo. I've never recieved so many presents in a long time, and no, whatever inside them doesn't count. It was really touching to open them one by one and find some really random stuff hehe. I absolutely love the birthday card, and last but not least, the amazing blueberry cheesecake Syira baked for me. Best birthday I've had in ages. :')

So yeah, thanks guys for being around. I really can't stop saying this. It wouldn't ever be the same without everyone. Had a lot of fun, shared a lot of laughs, a lot of random moments hehe and definitely, loads of memories. You guys are the best.

Definitely not forgetting, thanks mum & dad for letting me have a party for everyone, helping out so much with everythingg, for always being there for me and for everything. It means the world to me. Nothing happening now would be reality if it weren't for you guys. :')

I'm 17 now. Alhamdulillah.

:o

Over

2011-05-14T11:31:00.004+08:00

Haven't blogged in a while.

Heh, exams are over for me. I have to admit they were tough. Super tough. :/ Let's just hope for the best when the results come out. :o

I, don't know what to write lol. Yesterday was my birthday, pretty uneventful on my part, seeing as I had to sit for my Accounts paper in the morning. Had a good lunch at CapSquare, before taking a good long walk home, shooting the clouds at the same time haha. People probably thought I was some moron pointing my phone in the sky, with a cup of slurpee in my other hand lol. Got some good shots in nevertheless, the sky's been awesome. :) I think I'm starting to get addicted to sky photography lol. Who knows maybe after SPM is over I'll have more time to work on it properly.

I especially love how the sun looks as if it was wrapped under clouds, trying to break free. That's how I describe it, and it was definitely even more marvelous to look at in person. A gift from Allah, reminding me to be thankful of the gift of sight and of His great powers. Alhamdulillah. :)

I ran into Aimi shortly after walking around, with Priya, Suhaila and Rai. They went for tuition while I walked Aimi back to my house, where we planned about today's event, my birthday party. :) Yes I'm vain like that lol, but seriously, there's a secret behind it that I'll mention later haha. It's not just for me. ;)

I hope today goes well, and will be filled with laughter and smiles ; all I ever wanted for a birthday. :)

Return

2011-05-09T18:49:00.003+08:00

Here's a song I discovered a few days ago.

Big meaning behind that song, and I feel the lyrics are really strong. It's really got me thinking, no, not about lost love but about lost friendship. Kinda relates to myself and the things that's been happening around me too at the moment I guess.

McQueen

2011-05-08T16:22:00.003+08:00

That simple and sleek piece of footwear is a work of art. Gahhh ! Looking at these Puma Alexander McQueens are just making me drool over them even more. And they cost so much ! GRR. Saw a few designs at Robinson's in Singapore and my ohh my did they cost a bomb ! Such a fine piece of footwear tho. T.T

It'll be one of my ultimate goals this year lol.

Blind

2011-05-07T23:21:00.000+08:00

Been listening to this song all day. It's a good classic, and I love it. :')

Sky

2011-05-07T23:11:00.004+08:00

Sky was happy today. Took a walk around Bukit Setiawangsa just now. Subhanallah. :)

Sun

2011-05-07T17:46:00.004+08:00

It's shown itself in the evening for two consecutive days ! Alhamdulillah. :) Picture spam time ! :D No, I'm not following a particular someone in doing this ... Hehehe.

This is the patio of my house. I snapped a shot here randomly then noticed how the door complements the checked roof nicely, so I took a better shot lol. :P

Mum got me an early birthday present ! :D Well, partially lol, I'm still paying for 60% of it. :O

Smiley ! :)

I'll do a proper post tonight. I promise. Seriously. :p

Giddy

2011-05-02T14:53:00.004+08:00

I really can't describe how I've been feeling today. It's not exactly depression or upset, but I've been having a feeling of wanting something. I really can't explain it but I get the feeling that I wanna do something but there's a lot more to think about. This feeling has been distracting, for today at least. And to top it all of, I have no idea why but I've been feeling my heart beat faster today. It's like, that adrenaline is always there, never going away. I don't know, this is crazy. :/

Here's a song though, it didn't help much with how I'm feeling right now but it sure is nice. :)

Maroon 5

2011-05-01T23:02:00.003+08:00

Concert was kickass, they performed really well. :)

Best part of the night, getting back ! The LRT closed early, so we had to help some of the boys get back home. 4 extras, in fact, so that makes 7 people in a Smart For Four lol. 2 people in the front, and 4 at the back, with one lying on top of 3 people at first, and after eating, we stuffed him into the trunk lol.

Daim and I at the front lol.

Akmal in the trunk. -.-

April

2011-04-30T22:44:00.002+08:00

Okay I have to say, April sure was a kickass month. :)

Let's see,

2/4/11
Sat for my Kumon Math Completer's test at the Kumon HQ, and after about 3 hours, I passed. Was ecstatic. No more Kumon for me, been doing it ever since I was 8. :')

3/4/11
The Kuala Lumpur Pokemon TCG State Championships, also attended by a bunch of Singaporeans, I went 5-0 in the preliminaries and then won both my semifinal and final game for an undefeated winning record of 7-0. Iman was also a winner, being the only Junior there lol, that's two medals in the bag and my ranking in Asia Pacific shot up to 4th, also the highest ranked Malaysian, and in good position for a Worlds invitation.

9/4/11 - 10/4/11
Watched F1 at Sepang live, with Fahmi and after meeting up with Amir. It was a tiring yet fun weekend, and the race was even more spectacular ; saw Vettel win his second race of the season in great fashion. Was definitely worth my money this time ! :)

12/4/11 - 13/4/11
The Script, live in Singapore. Yes, Singapore. They performed amazing, the crowd was also amazing, singing to just about every one of their songs. Good shopping in Singapore too, got a few records and a new white linen jacket. :D

15/4/11
A busy, adventurous yet fun day at the MBS Prefect's Gathering. Why was it adventurous, you ask ? Well I walked there from the VI Mosque, and back home like a bawss. The war game was all good too, and I met Iman for the first time too, unexpectedly coughcough. :p

20/4/11
Melvyn was surprised by a birthday party at Hanna's mom's office near the school ! Great day, great food, LOTS of sugar too hehehe. Had a lot of fun. :)

26/4/11
Ran the 200m race like a demon, managed to place 3rd. One medal in the bag, gonna collect it at Sports Day itself. :)

29/4/11
Maroon 5 live in KL with Melissa and a bunch of others. Concert went great, they performed great, also met a few people there, like Dom lol. :) Ride home was crazee, 7 people in a four seater car, yeahhhhh. After eating we stuffed one of the boys in the trunk. :D

So I guess April has been pretty good to me, not just materialistically but also a lot of people around me. Learned a lot over the course of that breakdown period I had lol, but I guess it made me much better now. :)

Run

2011-04-29T13:09:00.002+08:00

This is my face, when I sprint. Lol I was warming up with Fahmi. Check out the number. :P

Got third place in 200m race. Medal to be collected on Sports Day. :')

Dead

2011-04-27T18:32:00.003+08:00

This was my face, for the first three periods of school today, where I basically died on the table due to the worst headache ever.

P.S. I'm no artist, idk how to draw a chair lol. :P

Crossroads

2011-04-26T20:05:00.002+08:00

Okay I met so many old faces at tennis, including Amsyar, Jon and Afiq, who went to Paramore with me, randomly lol.

Before Paramore, I was eating in the kitchen and Ridhwan brought his young friend over, and told my mum ...

Ridhwan : Maa, this is my friend.
Me : He got a name ?
Afiq : Afiq, it's Afiq. :)

Wow he's actually decent, surprising since he's a friend of Ridhwan's hehe. Ridhwan eventually dumped him with Syahmi and I coz he had his super cool media pass he flashes to the world of entertainment.

So today, I was walking from the stadium towards the cafeteria at Titiwangsa with Melissa, and I crossed paths with this tall, shaved-head dude in a green blazer. Our eyes met but we just walked past each other, as I was trying to recall his name lol. Then, I turned around and so did he ! It was so funny haha we turned around at the same time. xD I confidently asked him from the distance which school he was from, and he was like, "Malik !". Haha that assured me that I knew this dude. :P He was from St. John, but today he was in an RMC uniform and blazer. So we talked a bit before parting ways.

How I met Afiq today is the funniest tho haha, I did talk and catch up with Amsyar as well as Jon. It was nice seeing them again. :)

The World We Live In

2011-04-24T14:34:00.003+08:00

That song has always been my favourite ever since I got their record what, 6 years ago ? Still have it. :) I guess it tells a lot about the world we live in now, and how everyone is so caught up with material life instead of enjoying the little things and working for life after death. The smallest of things are always the things that matter the most, even if people don't show it, it touches that soft spot on our hearts.

I hope and pray for a world of love.

Past

2011-04-23T19:41:00.008+08:00

Well I decided to look through some old photos, and wow I looked so different back then. :P

Top16 match at Worlds, August 2008

Outing with friends I met at Kumon Camp, December 2008

Outing the day after PMR, October 2009

Visit to Old Folks' Home on last week of school, November 2009

Outing on weekend before school begun, January 2010

New Year's Eve's Eve BBQ, December 2010

Suhaimie's Birthday, March 2011

Human growth, it is actually quite amazing how our appearance changes over the years. The amazing work of Allah. Subhanallah. :)

Mane

2011-04-22T20:27:00.003+08:00

Well that was a great workout. Did a 7km run around Setiawangsa, then up to Puncak and back home. Then went on my bike and did the same routine only this time cycling. Damn it was so tiring, but well worth it. :)

My hair after all that. :P It will be gone tomorrow or Sunday. :(

Annoyed

2011-04-22T16:40:00.002+08:00

I get asked this question too many times in school. It's like, my image is just, the little brother of a glamorous 19-year-old guy who meets celebrities and knows practically everyone who's not his age.

Random person : Weyy Malik kau tak dapat free ticket Bieber ke ?
Me : Aku ? *points at self*
Random person : Ye ah, abang kau selalu dapat ticket free kan.
Me : *gives finger*

It's even more annoying to hear juniors talking about Malik Ridhwan whenever I walk by.

I don't live my life that way, I don't find joy in having everyone know you, and knowing everyone just to be cool and well-known, thanks to the entertainment industry. I enjoy quality entertainment ; I don't go for every single concert in KL just so people would randomly add me on Facebook and be buddy buddy with me because I get to meet celebrities.

I prefer where I am now much better, in my little own world with people that matter around me.

English

2011-04-21T19:28:00.003+08:00

Miss Mastura's classes are the best, as I can be totally crazy and myself with her. Today we did our oral, and I liked how my group's presentation went hehe, we added a tad bit of humour here and there which is always good. :p

Miss Mastura : WHO LEFT THEIR SHOE ON THE TABLE ?
Me : IT IS MEEEEE ! :D

She knows it's a pencil box. Ahahah.

Miss Mastura : Why are you the only guy in that group, Malik ?
Syafiqa : Coz he's awesome like that.
Me : Precisely. Hehehe. :p
Miss Mastura : Yea, yea whatever, Malik.
Me : =.=

Lol. :P

Anxiety

2011-04-20T21:50:00.002+08:00

It's a disease. I'm starting to feel really nervous about the upcoming year now. And I'm not kidding ; I'm a wreck tonight.

No, it's not just about SPM. I can take on SPM given the time and with enough preparations. I'm feeling anxious about the fact that after the middle of the year, I'll have two big things to work for, that being F1 in Schools World Finals and SPM. I guess the timing of the WCs is what's really getting to me. September is the expected date, and that is a month after SPM Trials, and during the month of Syawal. That means, final preparations will be taking place during SPM Trials, Puasa month and even Raya itself. From National level experience, the shitload of work we had to do was crazy, we were running around town, to and from team members' houses until late at night.

Sleep ? That didn't exist in our minds. They were all naps. Especially during the final days before competition, the day itself before going to the competition venue, we were moving all day, and the living room of my house was a total mess at night, and at finalizing our presentation, I remember climbing onto my bed, DEAD tired at around midnight (Earliest sleep ever) and waking up with Dad lying next to me, telling me of news of a lost soul.

The night after the presentation, before booth setup, what time did we all sleep, working on the booth videos ? 4am, which means we only had 2 hours of sleep prior to the competition. God, I woke up so hungover and tired from a night's work, and we had a whole day ahead of us. Most tiring 2 months of my life.

Hari Raya Haji came the day after the whole competition ended, and how many hours of sleep did I get ? I slept until 1PM, on Raya day lol. Best feeling in the world.

Now I'm afraid we'll be going through that cycle all over again. And I sacrificed a lot of time into F1 ; I'm afraid that's going to be the case again. I had a lot of support from some of my close friends back then, but people come and go and now I feel so alone. Everyone will be (Already are) busy with SPM preparations anyways and can't be bothered with us. We'll be doing double shift.

Damn I don't know if I can do this.

Stay

2011-04-20T18:25:00.001+08:00

This song is amazing. Can't wait for their new album, should've been released this week but they pushed it back to May. :/

I can wait. :)

Attention

2011-04-20T17:18:00.002+08:00

Grow the hell up. I know you enjoy ruining my moods, but ruining it for others as well just makes you even more disliked. You think talking negatively about yourself to everyone will get you attention ? Well it does, in a degrading way, and I hope you're happy about it. And ruining everyone's time so you get the attention you want, yeah, it obviously makes you much more popular.

Stop being so childish, attention seeker.

Art

2011-04-18T21:49:00.002+08:00

Something I've been admiring all night since she showed it to me hehe. I think it looks amazing, really. Can't put the right words into it, it's just so abstract, and the colours compliment each other so perfectly. I know you're finding it hard to come up with something new, but trust me, you'll notice that that artistic touch you always had has been right there all along. :)

Back

2011-04-16T12:50:00.002+08:00

I swear I'll never get bored of this song. Although it's really sad, it's just so catchy.

Mud

2011-04-15T21:03:00.002+08:00

A lot of mud in one day.

So after school I would be going to MBS, with Izzudin in his car, but then I found out from someone that someone else would be in the car as well. This changed my decision to follow him and so I walked my way to MBS like a bawss. :]

In the morning, we had Sukan Tara. We Form Fivers started with Lontar Peluru, where I got only 1 point, followed by long jump, which was totally gay coz the plank was slippery and I didn't jump a 'fault' so my short jump was counted and I wasn't allowed to retry. Didn't get any points there. -.- 100M SPRINT ! I shared lanes with Aaron and Thivaga to challenge myself. :) The track was fucking muddy, the start was slippery as shit and midway we all started slipping and stuff because of the mud. I ran side by side to Aaron while Thivaga slowly broke away. I hate his speed. -.- So basically after sprinting we were all dirty and muddy up to our thighs. Took a bit of time to wash up and then dry off.

Then it was lazy time and I hung out with Phoebe, Fahmi, Adma, Najah and other people near the multipurpose court, where Fahmi and I sang sad songs ; The Man Who Can't Be Moved, Breakeven, We Cry. Last period was Add Math and it was meh.

School ended and I went to Raintree to take a shower, change into prefect uniform and have lunch. Then I got myself to Masjid Al-Bukhary near VI to pray. After that, I saw Rais and Adib at one corner, so I went up to them and they were shocked to see me. :O Also saw Amsyar sitting behind them. Oh wells. :P I told them I was headed for MBS and said I was relying on GoogleMap, going the long way, not cutting through VI haha. They took me into VI and walked me over to the main gate, joking about getting some people to beat me up and throw me in a grave they dug. -.- Then they gave me directions to MBS, which was apparently quite near.

I don't agree.

The walk downhill was fine but then it took me another 10 minutes to get to MBS haha. I was all sweaty when I arrived there. -.- Was escorted by not one, not two but THREE MBS prefects towards their hall hehe. They were like, "Are you alone ?" :O I saw the others, Suhaila and all and went up to meet them when I heard someone yell my name. HI IMAN. =p

Registered and went up, to find myself being taken to a random seat by a random MBS prefect. Sat down and soon the ceremonies started. Speech. Speech. SPEECH.

Ice breaking. =] It was weird, we played that straw & rubber band game before going for tea, where our junior prefects went hyper with some other school prefects. -.- Then we went back to their hall for some performances, before a photo taking session followed by the war game. It was weird. Basically they divided the field into 2 sections and it was MBS vs All. Throwing plastic bags of water. Or red water. OR MUD LOL. It was cool as. :)

I slipped a few times which probably explains my right leg cramps now but didn't actually fall. After the war game, blaablaaablaaa, souvenirs and time to go back. Being the cool person I am, I opt to walk my way back home again, as being in that car would just make things awkward. And so I fast-walked to the mosque near VI again to catch Asar prayers, which I managed and then waited until Maghrib before getting home, via the Monorail followed by the LRT and then walked back home.

DIELEGSDIE.

Top

2011-04-14T16:22:00.002+08:00

4th in Asia Pacific after 7-0ing State Championships, highest position I've ever been in. Even higher than when I was a Senior. Highest Malaysian up there too. Great position for a Worlds invitation. :)

Moved

2011-04-13T20:52:00.008+08:00

I was certainly moved by the concert yesterday night. :')

Journey started at the airport. My mom was accompanying me. Our plane was delayed so we had less shopping time. :( Arrived in Singapore at around 12, and after getting out of the airport and all we only arrived at Paragon for lunch at around 1. Went over to the Indonesian restaurant we usually eat at but there was a long line and waiting time was half an hour. We dumped the place and found a fish place ! :D Literally lol everything they served were seafood, mainly fish haha. Had a goooood grilled salmon lunch before walking to the Orchard Parade to check in as the cab stand's line was also, very long. -.-

We checked in, dumped our bags and went back out after praying, to Zara where I found a nice jacket. :D Checked out headphones at Wheelock's EpiCentre, basically walked and browsed around until we reached 313@Orchard, which is right above Somerset MRT station. We went up and up, looking for a record store, HMV. At last, we found it and when I entered it, I WAS MESMERIZED. The store had EVERYTHING. They had a whole row of band t-shirts, a million shelves of records and concert DVDs, music accessories and pretty much everything a music-lover would want ! I saw a whole shelf of The Script's new album AND deluxe DVD, 30STM's deluxe DVD in all colours, and just SO MANY THINGS LOL. Also found a The Script t-shirt at the t-shirt section and was pretty excited at seeing it haha. Grabbed a size S immediately and went to pay as well as these other babies I found at the store.

I've been looking for that Boys Like Girls DVD for YEARS, and that Yellowcard record hasn't even reached Malaysian stores. I doubt they're even bringing it in considering how non-mainstream Yellowcard is. But I have it now ! :)

Then we went on to Centre Point, and then on the opposite, Orchard Central. It was raining by then, heavily and it was getting closer to concert time. :/ Mum and I parted ways and I took the MRT one station to Dhoby Ghaut for the concert. As soon as getting to ground level, I saw loads of teenagers waiting around, some wearing ponchos to get to the concert I presume. I didn't have a poncho. After some hesitation, I decided, "Screw it, I'll BEAT the rain to see The Script !" My decision to go at that moment proved useful, as I ended up in the centre of the line instead of the end later on. :p And so I crossed the road to get to Park Mall in the rain, following the crowd of people. Basically what I did was, follow the crowds lol as I knew they wouldn't be walking in the rain unless they were going to a concert.

Went up a tall flight of stairs next to Park Mall to reach the entrance to Fort Canning Park and when straight up until I saw a line of people right up. Got my way up there and immediately joined the line, which grew and GREW by the second. I was there at 6.40, 1 hour and 20 minutes before the concert and the line already stretched for about 500 metres of people, going uphill, twisting and turning around the park's pathway. And it was raining too so I was pretty much soaked at that point haha. At around 7.30, we had advanced slowly down the hill, getting closer to the gate but it was still pretty far, some 200 metres away. At this point, I saw a snake of people behind me, probably stretched to about 1.5 kilometres lol. It really is indescribable ; basically, I'd say there were about a 700 people behind me. And from time to time, I'd see groups of people walking up the line going "Holy shit is that the line ?" 7.50 and I finally saw the entrance, and soon enough, I entered the park area enclosed for the concert after flashing my ticket to the officials.

I got in, finally ! I saw the stage, filled with people at the front but it wasn't even as full as I had expected. To be honest, I was quite lucky to have arrived at that moment, as I would end up in the front half of the whole crowd. I looked to my right and saw a long merch stand ! Went up to it and saw all the merchandise and started drooling. :O Got myself a tour teeshirt before the size runs out, a bag and a programme book with a DVD in it. Then I joined the crowd so I won't end up at the back hehe. :P

Waited, waited and waited. Around 8.30, the lights went out at they opened with You Won't Feel A Thing. Well, I won't talk about the whole concert as that would end up with a wall of text (Not that there already is one above :p) and so I'll write the setlist (In no particular order except the opening and closing songs) as well as some song highlights. :)

You Won't Feel A Thing
Before The Worst
Talk You Down
We Cry
If You Ever Come Back
Nothing
The End Where I Begin
If You See Kay
Dead Man Walking
I'm Yours
Science & Faith
The Man Who Can't Be Moved
Rusty Halo

Encore :
For The First Time
Breakeven

The opening was pretty epic, just the song I hoped for for an opening as it had that epic feel to it in the intro of the song. As tradition in pretty much all their concerts, they changed the word London to Singapore in Talk You Down which pretty much got everyone screaming. ;D I'm Yours was just, awesome it could've gotten anyone to start tearing up. Danny took a seat and played an acoustic of it, and the guitar solo was just, mesmerizing.

Before Nothing, all three of them had drinks and Mark talked a lot about drinking to tell about the song, it was really funny lol. I have a video of it ! :D

Now, this is what I think was the peak of the concert, which really gave me goosebumps, The Man Who Can't Be Moved, being sang by pretty much everyone in the crowd. It was amazing, they mentioned that we were singing great that night, and was going to put that to test by seeing if everyone can sing the next song together. It was fantastic, really felt great to be in that crowd singing The Man Who Can't Be Moved with them. Someone got a really good video with clear audio of it, at this link. For some reason he/she disabled embedding lol, oh wells.

They pretended to end the concert with Rusty Halo, and left us for about 5 minutes, with the whole crowd screaming ENCORE and WE WANT MORE. Eventually, Danny came back alone and started playing For The First Time on the keys, with the other members coming back on stage on by one to join him. It was great, everyone was overjoyed and sang to the last two songs, this one being the second last, and they went right into Breakeven after For The First time. During the end of the song Danny had everyone sing the last few lines of For The First Time over and over again before going into Breakeven. It's hard to tell whether The Man Who Can't Be Moved or For The First Time + Breakeven was peak of the concert as everyone sang to those too and being the last two songs, everyone was extra energetic so it felt fantastic, it really did. Glen ended it with an epic drum solo with Danny singing the last few lines of Breakeven. :')

And so, it was the end of the concert and everyone attacked the merch stand right after. And the ground, was super muddy and soft ! My shoes were destroyed. -.-'' I wanted my poster though lol, so I walked like a retard to the merch stand thanks to the soft ground, fought to the front, bought it and fought my way back out ! Getting out of the park area took a while too, as the entrance which was like some sort of tunnel was really small. Got out eventually, and followed the crowd to get back to the MRT. Basically what I did all throughout the concert was follow people haha. Groups of people walking back to the MRT at 10.30pm. :P Got back to Orchard and had supper at Wendy's, before walking down Orchard Road back to the hotel at 11pm. My mum was already in bed when I got back. :p

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Oh, the merch I got...

Dream

2011-04-11T23:16:00.000+08:00

I feel like I'm living a dream. Tomorrow's the day. :)

Deaf

2011-04-11T22:17:00.002+08:00

We were practically deafened from Formula 1. :)

So Saturday I took Syahmi to see Qualifying at Sepang. Where Vettel managed to snatch pole from Hamilton. :) We took the bus from KLCC to Sepang and then hopped on another shuttle to get to our seating area, F, right across the whole track at the end. We had a good view of two sections of the circuit, including a high speed straight into a good high-speed corner. Gooood stuff, Vettel clinched pole from Hamilton. We then quickly left for the shuttle back to KLCC, which took, forever due to the jam out of Sepang. :/ Finally got to KLCC at about 7 and had tacos for dinner at Popilla. Met Izham and the other Petrosains people having dinner there too, before going back home on the LRT.

The next day however, started quite hectic. I woke up good and early, as Joanne wanted to prove to me that she could wake up in the morning. And so, we had breakfast at McDonald's, with me cycling there in the morning. Met Teacher Aziah there, whoo, sadly, didn't remember me. -.-'' I smiled and said her name but she turned away and gave me a weird look before going into McDonald's. :/ Ate, talked, ate, talked and I had to go home as we were leaving at 9.30. Cycled back home, changed and got ready to gooo. We went to the Ampang LRT Station to pick Fahmi up, and Ridhwan remembered that he left Syahmi's letter for ticket redemption at home. GAME. Nobody was home lol.

So he called dad, who was nearby eating thankfully, and drove to Ampang Jaya to get the house key. We zoomed back home, fetched the letter and went straight to Sepang, which took really no time at all lol, since we were going at what, 180 ? Even a BMW gave way to us, but then came back for a challenge lol. And so, we arrived at Sepang alive and well. Ridhwan's driving didn't totally kill us.

At the circuit, we went up and just hung around for a bit. Took pictures. Fahmi and I decided to get some Red Bull and camp on some grass under a tree near the surau lol. THE RED BULL COSTS RM10 THERE ! -.- It was good stuff though. We waited around and Amir arrived. Then, prayed before heading to our gate, F.

Fahmi and I bought food as we were really hungry haha. While waiting and watching the support races we finished a big fat hot dog which costed 20 bucks, and another 5 for a can of Coke. Arghhh F1 prices. The race went underway soon enough, when the clock struck 4, and it was intense !

So much drama and overtaking, but in the end Vettel emerged victorious, again ! It was a great race till the end, and there were many enthusiastic supporters at our row of seats. During the Hamilton - Alonso battle, and the Webber - Hamilton battle, people were standing and cheering. :D

All in all, it was a fantastic race, with cloudy skies over Sepang. Amazing thing is, it didn't rain during the race, although rain midway through the race would've been interesting. ;) Ah wells, we took the shuttle back to the main gate, sold Dini the tickets to see Rain and went back to the car. Journey out of Sepang was, full of cars haha.

Took us about an hour and a half to get out of Sepang and the highway out of Sepang, where there were 3 Lotus convoys passing by. Took a few cool pictures when they passed by hehe. Soon, we were free from the jam and zoomed to a Sri Kembangan R&R to uhh, R&R. And pee. And pray. :) Next stop was Masjid Jamek, and my bro dumped us there to go to Bruno Mars. Oh well, we had a good meal there, before parting ways with Fahmi who took the Star LRT instead.

End. :)

Proud of this shot of Vettel. :)

States

2011-04-05T18:47:00.002+08:00

A double victory, I'd say. My sister and I won Pokemon State Championships, netting us 2 medals and 32 booster packs. Also, my undefeated run of 7-0 would shoot me up the rankings in Asia Pacific to the top5 for now, probably securing me a Worlds invitation through rankings. :)

So I filled Iman's and my decklist at around 1am in the morning, after coming back from seeing Lat The Musical at Istana Budaya. I was pretty worried about dying of sleep deprivation at the tournament, lucky I didn't. :P Woke up at 8am for breakfast and stuff, before leaving for Subang at 9. We got there pretty early, so Lip Yee suggested we had a sip at the mamak nearby before the tournament started. Then we waited around for the rounds to begin and .....

It would be useless to tell about the tournament coz most of you readers wouldn't even understand. :p But anyways, here's a link to a report I wrote anyways. :p

There were 25 Masters there. Basically I beat 5 of my opponents in swiss rounds, before advancing to the semifinals as first seed. I then proceeded to beat my semis opponent, and won in the finals. An hour of best 2/3 games EACH. So basically, I was playing from 11am to 6.30pm, with only a lunch break. My brain was fried after that haha. Iman on the other hand, was the lone Junior in the tournament, so she automatically won but just to prove herself, she had to play against Seniors, and managed to beat 3 of them, only losing to one senior player. So proud of her. :P

Richard gave me a ride to the Kelana Jaya LRT station and it was getting pretty late, 6.50ish so I ran everywhere looking for a surau haha. Couldn't find the Kelana Jaya one, so I took a wild guess that Taman Jaya had a surau, and stopped there. Went downstairs and found it ! :D Did my prayers before the long LRT ride back to Setiawangsa.

My body was so tired when I walked back home.

end.

Freedom

2011-04-02T14:49:00.003+08:00

One worry in my life has been abolished. Since I was 8 I have been going to Kumon for their Math program, and I admit it is probably the main reason I'm good at Math now. Did so many things 3 years ahead from school, was doing simultaneous equations and shit back in Primary 6, indices and jank in Form1 or so. Woww and now I've finished the whole thing. :D

It wasn't easy. Kumon wasn't easy, work every day. Now I have less to worry about. :D

Result

2011-04-01T01:14:00.003+08:00

Add Math 96 A+
Math 90 A
English 77 A
Agama 75 A
BM 73 A-
Accounts 70 A-
Sejarah 67 B+
Chemistry 57 C+
Physics 52 C
Biology 46 D

1A+, 3A, 2A-, 1B+, 1C+, 1C, 1D

Seems terrible yeah. I mean, look at the bottom three subjects. For a Science student I sure don't impress...

Been hearing news everywhere that F1 in Schools World Finals will be held in Malaysia this year. Two reports on it from UK and Australia Nationals respectively. I don't find it a coincidence, as we were expecting Worlds to be in Abu Dhabi or South Korea, as mentioned by our Nationals organizer. I don't know whether it's a blessing or a curse ; I still don't know whether or not I'm up for it. Really can't miss this chance that Worlds is in Malaysia, gives us such a good opportunity especially being one of the two home teams. But then again, it'll require shitloads of work, alongside SPM studying. Big decision.

Burnout

2011-03-29T19:09:00.002+08:00

Here comes a busy segment of my start to April. I have tonnes of homework and 2 essays to do. I have to study for a test on Saturday ; I hate trigonometry. Also, I have to prepare texts for a presentation on our Australia trip during Monday's assembly, Pokemon State tournament on Sunday and to top it all off, I have a lower lip ulcer, causing me to talk like a retard.

Fmlfmlfml.

My past two nights have been rather, upsetting. I go into deep depression each night and end up getting a block from writing essays and can't focus on doing anything ; studying and homework. Thus, I choose to sleep very early, but I still end up sleepy in school. Why ? Maybe it's because I keep waking up in the middle of the night...

Burn

2011-03-28T22:12:00.003+08:00

Not very often that you get burned, once, no twice... wait, three times in a row in such a short period of time. Time to get used to life this way !

Mona Lisa

2011-03-28T19:14:00.000+08:00

Beware, this is a great song.

The Cool Kids

2011-03-28T19:02:00.003+08:00

Last Saturday I went out with my old buddies I met at Kumon Camp in 2008, Jon, Crystal and Renee. Third time we're seeing each other since camp, after a whole year (2010) of not seeing each other.

All in all, it was an awesome day. Renee was a bit late, so Jon, Crystal and I just hung around first, bought movie tickets, had ice cream and a light meal at Carl's Jr while waiting. Renee came ! From her driving lesson. -.- Soon I'll be the only one among the four of us without a license ughhhh. So we ate lunch before seeing the movie, which was AWESOME. Sucker Punch. Hot girls (Cept for Vanessa Hudgens -.-), weapons, violence, monsters, what more can a guy ask for in a movie ? :P Didn't get the plot at all, it was so weird lol, but the graphics and soundtrack were pretty awesome. Definitely enjoyed the movie, despite the freezing cold cinema. I curled up like a ball in the cinema cause it was so cold and I didn't bring a jacket with me. :p

Then, we walked around and finally sat at some random seats. Talked about old times, and epic things from the past hehe. Crystal and making people owe her 'feelings', STONING and fluffy hair hehehe. :p Then Renee had to go so we walked over to where her brother was meeting her and said our goodbyes. :( Crystal went back with her since she lives pretty close to Renee, and Jon and I took the bus out of Mid Valley. Earth Hour started while we were in the bus to Bangsar LRT lol, we saw KLCC switch off all the way from Bangsar. Grabbed some dinner, then went back in the LRT. A great day indeed. :)

Coincidence

2011-03-25T20:29:00.002+08:00

I find it funny that I'm meeting my friends I met from Kumon camp 3 years ago and then am going to sit for my Completer's test the Saturday after. I feel, uneasy yet hopeful. I'm gonna complete Kumon. :)

Today has been pretty tiring. School was just same old, but as soon as I got home I got a text that BM tuition's cancelled so I was pretty relieved as I was really tired and deprived that I couldn't stay awake to learn for the rest of the day. After Friday prayers my mom took me and my bicycle to get the tube in it's rear tyre replaced, and to change the seat with a newer one. After dropping the bicycle off at home we went to Times Square to pickup tickets for The Script Live in Singapore and then had some Krispy Kreme. Very fattening indeed. This was followed by me going to Kumon but opting to finish my work at home as I had a headache and was pretty tired. I went into a deep slumber as soon as my head touched the pillow at home, from around 6pm to 7.30 again, as yesterday.

I don't talk to people when I'm at home anymore.

I feel uneasy.

Drained

2011-03-24T20:34:00.002+08:00

Seems my lifestyle lately has been pretty, unhealthy.

Not sleeping at night causes me to wake up late occasionally and skip breakfast to make it to school in time. In school I'd die of sleepiness in class most of the time, and then whenever I stay back I don't usually eat so I eat at home in the evening. Calling it lunchner. Since I wouldn't be eating dinner as well since it is so close to dinner. Fuhhh no wonder someone said I lost weight.

Cycling's always good fun though, and exercise. Today my body crippled though, I got back with a terrible headache and just took a nap after eating lunchner. Until I was woken up an hour and a half later. Woww felt great/lazy. Baah.

April

2011-03-22T23:03:00.002+08:00

Something to look forward to, while I go through total mindfuck.

3 Apr - Pokemon Malaysian State Championships
8/9/10 Apr - Formula 1 in Sepang
12/13 Apr - The Script Live in Singapore
29 Apr - Maroon 5 Live in KL

Also, a bike ride to Putrajaya under the school has been in talks. Hope this happens, I'll be there defs.

See

2011-03-22T21:48:00.001+08:00

Change

2011-03-22T20:51:00.001+08:00

If you notice this in me, don't stop me.

The only way I can get over you three is by changing.

Panda

2011-03-22T16:00:00.003+08:00

I walked around school panda-eyed, as usual. Skipped a bunch of classes though, entertaining the Indonesians. We 'pandu'ed them around the school until they left. It was tiring for me though, thanks to my evening exercise and lack of sleep. The 6 of us, Melvyn, Hong Jian, Karam, Edmund, Kosa and myself then had a late recess at the canteen. Karam just found out you could specially order freshly cooked food at the canteen after school hours and blamed Melvyn for it lol. :p

Another day at school, wasn't as good as I would like it to be. Pn Chew is always so enthusiastic and happy to teach us Physics but I can't seem to get a good grasp on Chapter 1 of Form5. I've started learning the next chapter which is to me, much much easier to Waves. During Add Math teacher was scrambling around everywhere helping people do their graph and questions learned some 3 weeks ago (I wasn't around) so I just got to that topic, in which I found quite easy doing myself. Just needed some extras here and there compared to normal graphs.

My results so far would be :

Add Math A+
Math A
Accounts A-
Sejarah B
Physics C
Biology D

Just shows that I'm not a great Science student. I love Math, I'll never begin to start hating the subject.

Now that I've gotten back home though, I am currently listening to When You're Through Thinking, Say Yes, Yellowcard's latest record.

I'm loving what I'm listening to so far, which is the first three tracks. It's an amazing mix of Yellowcard old and new, and I am hearing a lot of Ocean Avenue influence in this one so far, with a good mix of their new stuff. I will most definitely be purchasing the record this weekend, when I hopefully go out with Jon, Renee and Crystal.

Dying to see you guys.

Uneasy

2011-03-21T22:04:00.000+08:00

I know I can't, why try ?

Same

2011-03-21T21:36:00.002+08:00

I thought wrong, boy was I wrong.

School is dope. I have to face you and your immature taunts. All the teachers are just piling work because we're robots. I'm scoring below average for my three Sciences. Everyone's caught up. I'm dazed.

Home is no different. I talk to the wall. Nobody's there. Only things I do to make myself happy are cycling, music and playing the piano. Same routine, everyday. But when I return from those, the same feeling settles in.

What happened ?

Workout

2011-03-21T19:12:00.003+08:00

Things didn't really change as I arrived back home, but I definitely had a great workout. Did two uphill climbs to reach puncak, 6 laps around some 300m stretch of road, took a 10 minute break by the breathtaking hillside before doing another 4 laps. All this, with my favourite songs booming in my ears and on second gear. That's right, everything felt so heavy but I did it. Didn't even shift down once. :)

Then as the clouds started to move above Setiawangsa I cycled back downhill, with the wind rushing in my hair, back home.

I'm sorry legs, but you'll have to bear with this workout from now on, I'm gonna work you guys out for Sports Day especially ! >:)

Unusual

2011-03-21T17:11:00.003+08:00

Someone told me I haven't been myself at all for a really long time. Not in a bad way but just more stressed or just more troubled by the events going on in my life. This came from two people really close to me and I don't think I would still be standing without them.

Things haven't really been going well, it's not often that I get hit back to back, by a number of people. I don't and can't blame anyone, but sometimes I just wish things could be back to normal again, without all these things happening.

I haven't been sleeping well or doing well in school either, which probably just isn't me now is it ? I guess it hit me when people in class expected me to score pretty well for Penilaian Satu but were pretty surprised when they heard a lowly 46 and 52 for Biology and Physics respectively. Pretty dejected now, I don't think I even belong in a class of people with such gifted minds, while I'm having trouble taming my feelings.

Like I said before, I don't blame anyone but myself and for that, if any of you are reading this, I know I've said this a million times, but I apologize, for whatever it is I did wrong. I can't go on until things are settled ; I walk into school with the thought of taking hits from you and having to think of ways to endure it. I go back home looking forward to nothing anymore, as none of you are there anymore. The silence defines my misery.

I'm going on a bike ride now ; don't know when I'll be back but as always, coming home from a bike ride I keep hoping things have gotten better but I keep getting brought down by the same things.

Only a miracle can probably change that.

Test

2011-03-21T01:20:00.002+08:00

This has been on replay all day.

I swear one day the message from this song will be reality.

Chocolate

2011-03-20T00:53:00.002+08:00

SO MUCH CHOCOLATE CAKE I AM SO STUFFED.

I just got back from Aryana's birthday party. While I died in silence for most of the earlier part, I spent most of my time there talking with Kak Ayu, Kak Kyna and Abg Fariz eating the chocolate cake Kak Kyna specially ordered from Shangri-La, which tasted, absolutely AMAZING. I probably had more than 20 slices go into my mouth, and right now, I feel SINFUL. HEHEHE. >:)

K that's all.

Nothing

2011-03-19T10:03:00.000+08:00

Disclaimer : I'm not gay.

:)

2011-03-18T23:51:00.002+08:00

I have 369 posts prior to this one. Gehehe. ;)

This is the game of life. Some people may not seem like they're worth your time, but you keep wanting to make things better. I don't know if that's what other people would do in such a situation, but know that I do. No matter how much people hurt you, you keep wanting them in your life, keep trying to get back in good terms with them.

I know not a lot of people read my blog, due to it being privatized, heck even those with access probably don't even pay attention to it, but this message isn't for one person. Countless people.

No matter how many attacks you launch towards me I'll never fight back.
You can't just walk away.
I wanted to stay but you chose to leave.
Hate me all you want I won't stop trying.
I have my flaws.
I'll fix things even if it takes one heck of a long time.
I can't just let go of what we've had for so long.
I'll make myself better.
I don't fancy being talked about.

I won't give up.

ON THE OTHER HAND.

April's gonna be one heck of a month.

I'll be watching F1 live at Sepang, for the second time in my life, and two days after I'll be flying to Singapore to catch The Script, YES THE SCRIPT, live at Fort Canning Park. I've waited, YEARS for this. Finally, I am gonna see them live. And at the end of the month, Maroon5 live in KL. :)

Fight

2011-03-17T01:56:00.001+08:00

The game of war. Everyone seems to enjoy playing it. Why don't I see the point of it all ?

Ties

2011-03-16T22:14:00.004+08:00

I haven't really been having a good time lately, in basically all aspects of my life, something is bound to be fucked. Well, most of it really, I don't know how I got myself here. Half of it was probably my own fault, but I'm not kicking myself about it ; it won't be getting me anywhere. What I've been trying to do all this while is fix things up with those that probably hate me now, which is most of the time due to my own doings. It really won't be easy changing that thing about me that aggravates people but I have to try right ? I don't like loose ends, and I feel I've gotten plenty of those now. Don't need them at all.

Something about today really made my day though. Good things happening today included getting tickets to F1, Maroon 5, Unifi in my room, finding out my ability to ride my bicycle without holding onto anything but none of em can beat the sudden talk Sean and Sam had with me tonight, after such a long time not catching up. True, it may be bad enough that my mum wants me to not go to Melbourne for States in April since I most probably won't be going to Worlds anymore this year, but there are good points behind that. She told me to save that money and make a trip down after I'm done with my SPM and suddenly tonight, Sam and Sean came to me, I told them I couldn't come down April, but instead in December. Sam, who initially wouldn't be in Melbourne in April, should be able to come to Melbourne in December, and Sean won't be busy since it will be the holidays. A blessing in disguise ? It will make the trip more worth it, and it only would've taken a little bit of patience. To make things better, I would probably be able to stay longer, maybe even a little more than a week, which would be amazing.

The talk we had tonight really cheered me up. I love you guys to death. :)

War

2011-03-16T20:25:00.004+08:00

Found this lying around in a record store today. Bought it. Yes I did. Contains 3 bonus tracks, a collaboration of Hurricane with Kanye and covers of Bad Romance as well as Stronger. Also has videos, which I will feast my eyes upon tonight.

April

2011-03-16T20:06:00.000+08:00

I get the feeling April's gonna be a good month.

Escape

2011-03-13T16:33:00.002+08:00

It was the best feeling in the world, to have skipped Friday for a day out with Suhaimie. I really did not feel like putting up with more bullshit in school, though I am expecting to receive the pile of homework teachers gave us to finish during the holidays tonight. Maybe that's what the true meaning of holidays is, homework. =/

As you all know, Friday was a school day. But I wasn't there. Suhaimie wasn't either. :O

OMGOMGOMG THESE TWO PREFECTS SKIP SCHOOL ? lol big deal who cares. -.-

I woke up at 9am that day after waking up at 6.30 for Subuh, hearing Aimi's voice outside the door going to school with Syahmi hehe. I got showered and just, sat in my room for a few minutes. Not too sure why, but I felt gloomy that morning, and the sky was dark too. Sighhhh. Suhaimie arrived to pick me up and we went to OneUtama first. It started raining on the way there.

Suhaimie didn't know what to have for breakfast. I didn't either, not being frequent to OneUtama, I didn't even know what food outlets they had there. Eventually we ended up at ToastBox having a good traditional breakfast of French Toast and half-boiled eggs. We were supposed to look for rope and a water gun. -.-'' Yes, a water gun. We ended up wasting an hour walking around OneUtama which only has one lousy hardware store and a small Toys R Us which barely had anything when Suhaimie remembered that Ikano has Toys R Us. And there's that huge hardware store too. =.=

We went to Ikano, and found the rope at the hardware store, then went up to Toys R Us to get the water gun while waiting for the guy to cut and tie the rope. After finishing up on our (small) shopping list, we went to Ikea for an early lunch ! Very, early lunch.

I had 5 meatballs and was already feeling, absolutely stuffed. I glanced at the chicken wings Suhaimie had ordered but just couldn't get myself to finish them and then feast on the Daim cake, which barely found its way into my stomach. :]

Oh yeah, we also visited Dave for a bit. :D Then we left. :(

Went to Suhaimie's house and lay down like a fat, stuffed elephant. Felt so goooood.