Once, Twice.

A game with Hanisah (Sven) and Sabrina (Yves).

You: Hey.
Stranger: hey
Stranger: :)
You: You seem friendly. :D
Stranger: teehee
Stranger: :D u 2
Stranger: whats ur name ?
You: Zeke.
Stranger: zeke ? cool name:]
Stranger: where r u from ?
You: Scotland.
Stranger: niceeeee
You: Yourself?
Stranger: carolina . italy
Stranger: :)
You: :D
Stranger: :D how old r u ?
You: Old enough to know better, young enough to be happy. :)
Stranger: haha 16 ?
You: Maybe. Close enough.
Stranger: 15 ?
You: It's a secret. ;)
Stranger: awww
You: You must be of the young sort yourself?
Stranger: well r u 17 :P
Stranger: yeh im 15 <3
You: Great. :D
You: Don't worry, I'm a teen.
Stranger: yeppers
Stranger: lol
Stranger: so how old r u o:
You: 16. You caught me the first time. :P
Stranger: lol u said close enough
You: A man has to protect their dignity. lol.
Stranger: 16 boy scotland u must be so hot <3
Stranger: lol this made me smile
You: Well, not as attractive as Italians, of course.
Stranger: xD
You: Bet ya got great pizzas. :D
Stranger: yes obviously <3
Stranger: u like pizza ?
You: Yep. Italian food are my favourite, surprisingly.
You: Lasagne, especially. They're awesome.
Stranger: oh oh loved it
Stranger: what brings u here ?
You: A friend asked to check this site out... He's a reliable source of network goodies.
Stranger: oo lol so this is ur first time ?
You: Yeah. It's good that my first time is with a friendly person. :)
Stranger: me ?
Stranger: aww <3
Stranger: r u on ipod or smth
You: ;)
You: Youtube. I'm addicted.
You: It's a sad life really.
You: I'm always on the net. I LACK REAL FRIENDS
Stranger: y?
Stranger: aw
Stranger: no wayy
You: Way.
You: :C
Stranger: im such a loner
Stranger: :(
Stranger: high 5
You: Can't be! You're too friendly. :D But I'll take that high 5.
Stranger: i dont know who r my real bestfriends
Stranger: lol
Stranger: i wish i knew u
You: My bestfriend is the before mentioned guy. Yeah, he tolerates my geekiness.
You: I know. :3
Stranger: u r so friendly with a stranger lol
You: Only when the person is a genuine nice one. <3
Stranger: aw <3
Stranger: r u taken ?
You: Naah. Girls don't dig a guy who spends his time buried behind gaming manuals.
You: :(
Stranger: :(
Stranger: but u had a crush on someone ?
You: But one day I'll find the right one. :3
You: Nah... The girls at my school are kind of...
You: Well...
Stranger: yes <3
You: Not nice, we'll put it at that. :)
Stranger: oh is that so?
Stranger: i see
You: Yeah... They get me ticked sometimes...
You: You seem different though. :)
Stranger: aaah i see
Stranger: mom taught me to be nice to people
Stranger: :)
Stranger: lol
You: What a wonderful parent.
You: My parents are always overseas.
Stranger: sorry i cant speak english well
Stranger: aww im sorry :(
You: It's fine. Your english is good.
You: Nah it's okay.
Stranger: are u okay ? :(
You: I'm fine, really. :)
Stranger: good :)
You: They'll be back soon though.
You: ...For thanksgiving....
You: Maybe.
You: I hope so...
Stranger: i see :/
Stranger: u have any siblings ?
You: An older sister. :)
You: She's great.
Stranger: how old ?
Stranger: good :)
You: around her 20s.
You: She keeps the house warm. :)
Stranger: thats great
Stranger: :)
You: I have to go now. But it was nice meeting you. :3
Stranger: oh yes its really nice talking to u
Stranger: :)
You: <3
Stranger: byee <3
You: Bye. :3

School Blues.

Well. Tomorrow's it.

School.

I am not ready, as are the rest 98% of the student population. I don't want to leave my house. I'm a hermit! I ADMIT.

Badass Kitty-Cats.

Here is my list of badass fictional felines from the top of my head.

Puss In Boots

The Zorro-esque tom from Shrek. Duh. He's awesome personified. Plus, his voice. HIS VOICE. He's getting his own movie too--coming out in November. Mee-ow. If I were a cat, I'd like to bang him.

Did I just say that? Er... NEXT.

Tai Lung

And how. This snow leopard busted his way out of a prison with a freakin' feather. Enough said. Tigress would be in this list, but she's just not as badass as Tai Lung. Sorry Tigress.

Diego

Of course this Sabre has to be in my list. Have you seen those teeth? Whiter than mine, I'll say. And even though he has his moments of softness, it never rules out his aura of badassery.

Garfield

This cat HAS to be here. He doesn't give two cents about you. And his condescending attitude towards all is remarkably... cute?

Mordecai Heller

This list wouldn't be complete without this feline right here; Mr. Heller, the straight-laced, emotionally retarded, sociopathic hitman. Did I mention his penchant for being so smartly dressed? Bonus points right there.

So that is my list of badass kitties. There's more, but these are my primary men--I mean cats.

Nattily.

Nattily (adjective):-

Smart, elegant.

Example: Those books are so nattily arranged!

Impeccable.

Impeccable (adjective):-

Faultless.

Example: His mannerisms were so impeccable--he's clearly a gentleman.

Cats: Effortlessly sexier than you'll ever be.

You're stupid... I'm amused.

All cats have this condescending attitude. All. Of. Them. <3

Ice Age Affinity.

If you're a friend of mine, you should know that I harbour this intense love for the movie series, Ice Age.

If you're not a friend of mine... Well. Now you know.

That's a poster from their latest movie, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. Yeah, sure dinos are anachronistic, but what the hell. It was funny. And the characters... I love em.

They have an upcoming movie, Ice Age: Continental Drift. It's coming to theatres in July the 13th, 2012. One more year. I'm already eager as hell. Why? I'll have to list it down:-

1- It's apparently going to feature the characters in an EPIC SEAFARING QUEST. Yes. Have I mentioned my love for pirates yet?

2- New characters! I'm slightly worried about this though. They're either gonna be really good... or really bad. And Jennifer Lopez is going to be in it! :D

3- Said actress-cum-singer is going to star as a love-interest for Diego, my favourite character (the sabre-tooth, for you clueless ones). Hmm. Did I mention that this character is going to be named Shira? It's my name, albeit missing a syllable or two. I AM EXCITED.

4- Diego. Duh. Diego. I love that cat. I have this thing for badass kitty cats. *cough*

Mm. Ice Age.

Promising, Uncertain.

Suddenly, being the editor of a magazine doesn't sound like an all bad job. Huh. Who knows.

And maybe setting up a pet blog would be a cool thing to do. PFT NAH. I prefer my pets to be off the computer. No reason for another creature in the household to get Myopia.

School Bells Ring.

So. School starts in a week. Homework? Half done. Revision? Not even looked at. Current status? Lazy and hating the fact that I wasted a month.

I wasted it. What have I done? Absolutely nothing. Just fasted for a week or so and that's it.

Why why why.

Sometimes, it's at times like this I wish that Singapore somehow manages to get caught in a tornado or hurricane causing us not to have to go to school and have fun surviving instead.

After all, it's in tough times you find your true self.

Finicky Felines.

Everyone knows how finicky cats can be. Right? Right. And many cats love tuna. But it's apparently not entirely healthy for the cat. And you know that Ikan Kuning Singapore cat ladies always give stray cats? Yeah that's not that good for them too. They can get Yellow Fat Disease or something.

My cat, Spots, himself is a picky eater. He doesn't like moist, canned food, raw fish, boiled fish, chicken, and all that wonderful cat stuff. He mostly just turns his nose away from those sticky specimens and heads for his usual bowl of dried cat food. His favourite brands? Alley Cat, Friskies and... Wait. That's it. Yeah he only likes those two. 

Speaking of Spots, he's now sniffling. I think he's caught a cold from yesterday's sudden bath. Poor thing...

Smile Vanished.

"You seem happy." My co-worker remarked as he revved up the engine.


"Hmm? What are you talking about?"


He eyed me, arching an eyebrow. "You're actually smiling."


The smile vanished. My face heated up and I gazed outside the car window, staring at the trees as they passed by in a green and brown blur.  "And why is that such a problem? People are entitled to feel, you know."


He chuckled, amused. "Right. And I'll just sit here and pretend I don't know that it's because of the girl."

Zombie Apocalypse.

I had the strangest dream last night. It was highly reminiscent of a zombie apocalypse movie (think: I Am Legend). I don't really remember how it started. But it was chronological, story-like. I just know that it was getting dark, and people were getting killed one by one. There was a pattern though--only the second childs were getting killed, all others were miraculously okay.

Until for some reason everybody decided to migrate in the middle of the night. Everybody being my family and my relatives. Well, those that hadn't died anyway.

BIG MISTAKE. Those zombie thingies were scared of sunlight so they went hunting at night and stuff (See. I told you--I Am Legend.) And for some unexplained reason one of them kept using an iron rod to bash people and incapacitate them. Gory I tell you. So the sun came up after a long hard night of running (well, driving) away from the zombie thingies in a mini-van. The zombies ran away and shiz, and we decided to raid the Shop and Save store nearby for supplies and possibly camp there.

TURNS OUT SOME ZOMBIES WERE TAKING SHELTER INSIDE A DARK STOREROOM IN THERE. So my dad guarded the door by spraying water at them whenever they tried to go out. Yeah, they're scared of water too.

Shut up, I know this dream is long. Just stick with it okay.

So my uncles caught this one zombie who was prowling outside and stuff and brought him to my dad. Oh, by this time the zombies wore all black suits, like ninjas or something. Complete with masks so we can't see their faces. I'm going to wing it and say that it's probably as a protection against the sun.

But the zombie refused to go inside the storeroom with all its other kind. And it SPOKE ENGLISH very eloquently. But it did sit outside the store room with my dad though as my dad proceeded to ask it stuff. Very anti-hero-ish, the zombie.

So, long story short, we found more zombies. And the most stupid part: They turn into weird alien thingies after they smell perfume or something sweet-smelling. They're much more docile in this form and they DONT EAT PEOPLE ANYMORE. They look like a cross between the martians in Mars Needs Moms and Gardevoir or Kirlia from Pokemon. Multi coloured too.

So we decided to ask the alien thingies to tell their brothers and sisters to not eat us anymore. They said they'll try. So the movie--I mean dream, ends with my family, relatives and I driving along to find new places to take cover. We brought along all the perfume and soap we could find in Shop and Save though.

I don't know why I dreamt that. But I have a hunch it's because I watched Felidae and Cats and Dogs 2 the night before. Don't watch Felidae. It's not for kids. Seriously.

Words Do Not Come That Easily.

I hate it. Why am I so speechless and shy around my relatives? They're all being so friendly and chirpy and I have to be all "Uhm, yeah, haha." while staring at the ground wishing I'm at home instead.

It's sickening.

Drink It Up.

So. According to this article right here, you can get drunk just by IMAGINING you're getting drunk.

Wow.

Slum Dweller With Prospects.

It wasn't hard for me to notice that I'm currently living in the slum side of Singapore. There were suspicious looking people all over the place, and my street wasn't the cleanest. A police force is hard to come by, and the nearest shopping mall was quite a distance away. There are cigarette stubs on the grass, and mysterious, foul-smelling, sticky liquid in the crevices and corners of lifts and staircases.

It's a sullen neighbourhood. So different from the one I used to reside in, which was a place that was fairly classy.

Due to circumstances which I cannot control, I am now a slum dweller. There apparently has been efforts to upgrade my neighbourhood, but the outcome was nonetheless still fairly substantial.

But I am not without dreams, oh no.

Living in such tenement conditions, for some weird, unspecified reason, has actually motivated me to do better in life. To reach what I've been wanting.

And if it takes part time jobs or all nighters, so be it.

Faster, Fasting.

I'm fasting right now. Not that any of you would care if I was, but I thought you should just know.

Personally, I think that this is a better alternative to lose weight than climbing up and down eight flights of staircase five times.

Chip On His Shoulder.

Chip on his shoulder (idiom):-

Someone who has a grudge, or is angry about something that happened in the past.

Example: Don't provoke him further, he's got a chip on his shoulder already.

Pocket Watch.

An artpiece I did earlier today. Sort of a trial and error thing with light and shadows. It's also a try on still life. Didn't turn out as realistic as I has hoped, but it's okay I guess.

Ennui.

Ennui (noun):-

Boredom due to lack of activity or motivation.

Example: I am experiencing ennui. Please entertain me.