Not a very great start to the school holidays…

November 9, 2005 – 12:03 pm

Today is the last day of school. According to tradition, this day should be the happiest day. After all, I’ve looked forward and waited for it for almost a year. I should be rejoicing madly.

But no. Definitely not this year’s last-day-of-school. First of all, the neighbour people were one hour late in coming. That sucks badly. Practically no one was left around. I had to just stand like a dummy and wait…and wait…and wait. In the course of that I counted the number of windows on the nearby buildings and memorized a couple of car license numbers. Plus, there was a room for rent, so I memorized the number to call: 019-825-7866. Call if you want.

They finally came in the end (if they didn’t I won’t be here). I let them off the hook this time, because the excuse was quite valid. The kindergarten nearby had just finished school and all the cars were jamming up to pick up their precious stuffs.

So that wasn’t so bad. What’s really bad is that I still have to go back to school for extra class. Ugh. That sucks even more. At least the hours aren’t as long as normal school hours. But who goes to school for study during school holidays?? Only the over-hardworking students (but most especially teachers) of Catholic High, Sibu.

I will stop my ranting now. Today was also the last day of school ever again for the senior three students, who were literally crazy and just in extra-high spirits. Two more years to my turn. And on Monday, I began having guitar lessons. It kills my fingers. They’re red and sore. But according to everybody who has ever learned guitar, that is a must if you’re gonna play guitar properly.


Church Sketch

November 6, 2005 – 4:15 pm

Recently a couple of people and I have been commissioned to write a sketch for the youth Christmas party at the end of the year. Deadline? Next Sunday. 7 short short days.

And that’s really quite impossible to produce something great. Some modern Christmas day story was the ‘director’s’ order. So I found this site full of Christmas sketches, which solved the problem.

At least it almost solved the problem. Now I’ve to choose. Or rather, we have to. Filter out the heavy stuff, left with the ‘lighthearted’ category (because I don’t think anyone can act out a sad scene without making everybody laugh). Next, filter the ones above 30 minutes and below 12 minutes. After that, filter the ones that need children to act.

Not many left. I favor this sketch which contains a bunch of rewritten secular songs. It’s hilarious. But I don’t think it’s right. What about the X-iles? Costumes and such. I don’t know.

Argh. Whatever.


Another icon

November 5, 2005 – 10:46 pm

I think I must be so very bored lately. Because I slapped together an icon. With one of the pictures my sister has in her files. And who else but that guy. Whom my sister so adores but whom I so don’t care about. Clay Aiken. Oh well.

So here it is.
Credits: just a bunch of gradients, I can’t remember from where (sorry).
Font: Arial Black (yup, as simple as that)

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Alias season 1

November 4, 2005 – 8:32 pm

Recently I have been rewatching Alias season 1. And I can’t believe how good it used to be. It was so great, the action, the interaction…especially the Jack/Syd scenes which totally rock. Let me list some of the more memorable scenes from the first four episodes, which of course are mainly Jack/Syd scenes (if you haven’t figured that out by now).

1x01 Truth Be Told - Danny proposes to Syd (a must watch!); Jack rescues Syd; Syd gets tortured by Suit&Glasses; in fact, watch the whole pilot episode!

1x02 So It Begins - Syd slaps Jack (ouch!); first double agent mission; Syd apologizes to Jack;

1x03 Cipher - Syd starts some questioning about mom; missions…

1x04 A Broken Heart - Syd invites Jack to dinner; Jack’s psycho-checkup; the dinner which Jack fails to turn up; Syd cries to Vaughn and throws pager into sea;

1x05 Doppelganger - Syd rescues Pattel the Nobel Peace Prize winner; blows up warehouse in Badenwailer;


Another two icons

November 2, 2005 – 6:53 pm

Here’s two icons. And tomorrow holiday (Hari Raya). Yay!

Title: Remember when it rained
Credits: stock image from stock.xchng, textures from oxoniensis, brushes from thia
Fonts: Trajan, Will & Grace, ChopinScript (I think)
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I couldn’t get the rain effect right. Looks crap. Flashing about instead of raining.

Title: Jobe (my brother)
Credits: textures from wash_when_dirty, brushes same as above plus colorfilter
Fonts: ChopinScript (again…)

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