Thursday, October 26, 2006

Will you ever notice me...

I visited a website on a local comic (graphic novel/manga) magazine, and I'm cursing about why don't they have an English site!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And of all languages, they have to present the sinopsis of various graphic novels in a language I'm not particularly fond of... GO TO HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pfftt... forget it....

This blog is slowly becoming my personal diary... Considering the fact that my classmates wouldn't have the time to dig it out (but then again, I don't think they have the luck to find it...hehehe).

Exams are almost over!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (I know this is a very cliche thing for a student to say, but still...) Next, I will be waiting for my ultimate damnation personally woven by my teachers...(I mean receiving my results) =_=

Yup, I'm crapping away... And this load of crap doesn't make sense...

I met a German exchange student! She's so pretty, like a doll with all her acessories, and she is so very very tall, and so very very nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I met her through my English teacher. On that fateful day, me and four of my other friends went out with our teacher to celebrate our small success in the Campaign 4 Rewards competition (a competition that I will elaborate later...) And my teacher brought that German student out to celebrate with us! Whoo Hoo! We talked and we had pizza and ice cream together! She told us that in German, they don't wear school uniforms (over here, we wear a light blue pinaform) and there is no dress code... What fascinates me the most is they can actually just wear bikini to school, and there are people who have done that! Oh man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The story goes that some school in German wanted their student going to school despite the fact that it is snowing and the heater is spoiled, so the students protested by wearing bikini to school! They are so brave man! I salute to them.

Fishy is shy... I know that only on the second day (WW told me). But fishy is also very excited, she kept asking about the exchange programme. 'Tis quite apparent that young little fishy wanted so much to study overseas...

Blum (German exchange student) asked me would I want to study overseas, and I replied it depends on my financial status. I think I sound a bit on the...er...cold side? Dunno, but on the second day, fishy told me I should be aware of how people feel and how I treat people... How bad I felt now... But then again, all these happened like a month ago.

I only remember after Fishy told me I don't know how to read people's feelings, I'm like asking her (or shouting): "Why?"
And she is sayng I'm too direct, and I'm like:"We have limited time to talk, of course I can't go round the bush!".
Then fishy said: "Still you shouldn't be so direct!" and I'm like: "What's wrong with being direct!"
And fishy was all: "You don't get my point!"
Next I cut through saying: "I know what you are saying, you are asking me to be aware of how people feel!"
Fishy said: "Precisely!"
"But being direct is how I deal with people."
"And being subtle is essential in socializing!"

And the arguement goes on and on till we reach our respective parent's car and we bid each other good bye. (Note: the disagreement happened when we are walking to the place our parents wait for us, after school)

And I'm silent all the way home, thinking about things like "Is fishy right?", "Am I that direct?". I couldn't take it anymore, I'm having a headache because I think too much. So I asked my mother and she is all cheery about it: "Yes, you are direct!" I felt amused and er... slumpy? I don't know, but my mum's reaction is so odd, so positive. I discussed this topic with my mother and I learnt that fishy is right and continued thinking like: how can I possibly change this particular characteristic of mine? But after talking to mother, I felt much better (at least my head don't crack open).

I made that whole incident sound like somekind of heated arguement between me and fishy... Pfftt... Anyway, when I met fishy again, I'm smiling and telling that it's very nice of her to tell me my shortcomings... Actually, I kinda felt guilty about our disagreement, and I did that to ease my guilt...

But thinking of it, our arguement is nothing, really. That's because both of us are so damn good natured, and that arguement is more like a discussion than anything else... Though, I'm rather amused that fishy actually raised her voice...whoa.

And fishy actually declared that she has some personal vengence with me (this has nothing to do with our friendly arguement). My other friend (who is not so familiar with fishy) was kinda surprised about it. I find it an achievement, imagine, being enemies with the fishy with the mildest nature. Mwahahahaha...

Campaign 4 Rewards, it is a competition held by the local newspaper which requires us to prepare 1 to 3 posters and a campaign portfolio. It is an interesting experiance working with my friends, two of them are crazy and they kept drifting off. The team leader is responsible, very good leadership qualities and is able to keep the two crazy ones planted firmly on the ground. Fishy is the rational one, she thinks that we should split up the work and focus on individual responsibilities, though, we did nothing like that (work was all jumbled up). I'm in charge of posters, but the crazy ones help me out. >0< We got the merit award ('tis like consolation prize) and lots of pizzas...

Ok, let me rant about exams. My teacher actually hinted me that I did one of the questions wrong during exams!!!!!!!!!!! I found out that it is quite normal of the teachers to do that, but somehow or rather, I felt my pride trampled on.

Two more exam papers to go... And both are my mother tongue, so I'm not too nervous about it...

Since I'm not nervous about my exams (in fact, I'm very relaxed), I want to rant about the magazine I bought. It is a comic magazine, on local comic/graphic novel. One of the work was very good, the others were medicore. The title of that work is 'Le. Gardenia', 'tis a love story. I'm not particularly an advent fan of love stories, but the artwork was good, very very unique. I know the artist of 'Le. Gardenia' is called Ben, a chinese, and he has other works, mostly love stories, but one of them- 'Fatal Chaos' is an action one. I want to read that one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I checked up on the sinopsis of 'Fatal Chaos', but as I have mentioned, it is in a language I'm not very good at...

Music is a fleeting opening, writing is my interest, but drawing... is my ultimate passion.

Pity, I have my feet planted so firmly on the ground that I dare not spread my wings and fly. Arts as a profession is not very common in this industries, but I have fallen heads over heels in love with it. I want to draw, but my skills are medicore.

Do I dare to take up the bet? Do I dare to step onto this unknown path?

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I...
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

Will I be telling this with a sigh someday in the unknown future?