Babysitting

So I've been babysitting my cousin for the rest of the break. We (my grandma and I) took her back here last week, the same flight that we went to. I just forgot to mention it in my last post. Anyway, she is currently a year and nine months old, pretty a twerp. She is being nothing but a burden. But at the same time, she is kinda funny. She talks in baby language which sounds very funny and tries to be a grown-up.

Other things that I did so far was (again) shopping, and basically doing nothing. I watched Zathura, a 2005 movie on HBO last night. It was a great movie. Then, I came across a movie titled The Mistress of Spices while flicking through channels after the movie was over. The movie was casted by probably India's most favorite celeb; Aishwarya Rai. I think this is the one that has a scene where she had sex with that white guy. Not sure, but I always find the clips on Youtube.

Today, I made a cake. I'm sure you guys knew that I like to cook. This time, the cake is probably the best and the most perfect cake that I have ever bake! It is a chocolate cake, with chocolate syrup and chocolate rice on top.

Yes, I heard that, thanks. IT IS delicious and mouth-watering.

I miss you guys too!

Howdy y'all! Oh my god, it's been like ages since the last time I wrote here. I know some of you might have wondered what happened to me etc. Well, I had no time to write since I'm living in a hostel, far far away from home and it's hard to get on the Net. I can't get off the keyboard once I'm on the Net though.

So, where to start? Probably the recent one. I was in KL for five days and just got back yesterday. I arrived in on AirAsia for the first time Kota Bharu-KL. My thoughts about AirAsia? Just okay. I felt like the airline is a little above the bus express coach :P Like, the boarding pass is like the receipt that I got at the malls. Even the bus coach assigns seat for the passengers. But, these are only my thoughts because it is my first time on low-cost carrier.

KL was fun this time. I went to see Pirates of the Caribbean 3 at Mid Valley with my friends that I made in MRSM and another major activity was SHOPPING! My total spending there is almost RM250, including stuff that I bought, transport and food.

Pirates 3 was good, but less hilarious compared to the first and second ones. The third one is more to action. I like it though. Moving on from movie, I bought few new stuff in Mid Valley and Times Square. I bought new sandal from Bata, tee from Baleno and a handbag from Oxbow. Yes, a handbag. It's like mini sling bag for man, it looks cool. I need it because I have to carry a lot of things with me like phone, wallet, earphones etc. New arrivals at Bata look super cool and fashionable, compared to few collections before this.

More to come... I still have a lot of time before I go back to Kelantan.

Good Times

Last week was the activity week for most MRSMs I think. I'm currently on a long weekend in Alor Star as there are two days of public holiday in Kelantan, but not in Kedah. Anyway, it's good to be back again in Alor Star. I had NO TIME checking my e-mails etc during past weeks as I was busy with my drama team and we already did our best at the Dramafest during Language Week in MRSM Kuala Krai.

Guess what? We got 2nd place with THREE AWARDS and they are Best Director, Best Costume and Best Actress. Who is the director? Me! :P We had some problems along the way and everyone decided to promote me as the director. It was very tiring though, but I'm laughing now after what we achieved. Our adviser was very helpful, most of us are first-timers so she helped alot. I don't have much to say after my last post. It was alot of fun working as team, doing fun stuff.

These are some of my drama teammates. The photo was taken after our performance at the competition. Some of them are still in their costume. I don't feel like writing about our drama now.

We had our lunch during one of our training sessions. We ordered some pizzas from Pizza Hut, it was pretty cheap I guess. Two large pizzas for about RM35, it was a good deal.

Enough about drama, I did have some time to join the Activity Week back at PC (Pengkalan Chepa). This photo was taken during night market by the students. Every class had to set up a booth at the night market. We sold fruit cocktail, sweet corn in a cup and sardine and tuna toasts. It was fun too, especially when our booth was crowded with people.

Good times!

Thank You 8TV!

I received these in the mail yesterday:

Two months ago, I called 8TV Quickie on a weekend with Rina picked up my call. She was with Sasi The Don. Duh!! I was like very excited. It was my first call to TV station and it went on air, like my voice was on the national TV! So I answered the question which was what is the first single from Beyonce's new album. I answered Deja VU, which of course even kindergarten kids knew about it.

The prize is Tommy Hilfiger True Star Gold for women (very sad, I had to give it to my sister), Beyonce's B'Day and other BMG label albums (Brian McFadden's Irish Son, Shawn Colvin's Greatest Hits, Planetfunk).

I knew this is going to happen

Malaysia fines Pussycat Dolls organizers - Yahoo! News

Yes, the link says it all. Duh, like so obvious. They wore skimpy clothes like in their Buttons. I knew this is going to happen from the first time I saw the video [refer to this post].

"The Pussycat Dolls were guilty of performing sexually suggestive routines on stage," council President Mohamad Arif Abdul Rahman was quoted as saying. "In terms of their eye-popping attire, well, there's a lot of proof of that from our sources and the media."

Yep, they were very sexually sexy and not allow of course in Malaysia. They should respect our rules because

The government in this Southeast Asian nation had previously warned Western artistes not to be too "raunchy" so as not to offend local sensitivities when performing in Malaysia.

When Grammy-winning rap-rock band Linkin Park performed in Malaysia in 2003, the Ministry of Culture and Arts warned them not to wear shorts, scream or exhibit raunchy behavior. The following year, Mariah Carey was told to "dress accordingly" for her concert.

Oh well, it's already in past. I hope there will be no such thing as this in future and I didn't know Mariah Carey came to Malaysia?!

Dead Man's Chest - Terrific!

I went to see Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest with my sister at City Plaza. One word: Wow! This one is better than The Curse of the Black Pearl and Johnny Depp, played as Captain Jack Sparrow is funny than ever before. I watched The Curse of the Black Pearl couple of weeks ago on TV3, so it's not so hard to link between these two.

The movie rated U or G in Malaysia and Quebec, Canada. These are the only two places that rated this movie as G. The casts are Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley. Both movies are good. Another sequel is coming out, where their mission is to rescue Jack Sparrow from Davy Jones on May 25, 2007. The title is At World's End.

Captain Jack Sparrow before he was consumed by the Kraken

Kitty Kitty - The Pussycat Dolls Live in Malaysia

Yes, The Pussycat Dolls was in the house last night!!! Part of their PCD World Tour 2006 and Malaysia is in their destination list. Above is the video of them performing their #1 single "Don't Cha".

More PCD Live in Malaysia at http://kxin5074.blogspot.com/

WC06 Grand Finale: Italy versus France

I got nothing more to say about Italy meeting France this morning at 2am, live from Berlin on RTM1, RTM2, NTV7 and Astro.I'm going for France. GO FRANCE! Star players for France:

• Patrick Vieira
• Zinedine Zidane
• Thierry Henry
• Frank Ribery

Links

• Match Details between Italy and France - live photos, Match Cast and news
• Team France
• Team Italy

*links by FIFAworldcup.com

On the other hand, FIFA just launched a logo for the South Africa 2010. Click here for the article.

The official logo of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa.

France versus Italy in the final

France scored 1-0 against Portugal on Zidane's penalty kick. Poor Portugal, this was their first time playing in the semi-final. They played very good. The ref gave France a penalty kick and Zidane didnt blow up the chance. France scored one goal on Zidane's penalty kick. Photos:

"Yay! France won"

"At least we got into the semi"

A very nice shot by Zidane.

Poor Portugese.

Links:

• The Official Site of FIFA World Cup
• World Cup 2006 @ The Star
• Match Details between France and Portugal - video highlights, MatchCast and news

*photos by AFP

A time to make friends -- In Germany!

The world cup started yesterday at 11PM with ntv7, RTM and Astro as the official broadcasters in Malaysia. I watched the first match between Germany and Costa Rica, 4-2 on RTM1. It was an interesting match, like the Germans scored the first goal on the fifth minute and Costa Ricans five minutes later. But I think that's the only match I watched for the world because the school will start tomorrow. I'm gonna miss the whole thing...

I got few hours left before my bed time, get up and go to school. Yes, the school will start tomorrow eventually. School break for two weeks is coming to an end. But I'm pretty happy today, I finished all my reports and homeworks and... Went to shop yesterday! Shopping is best part of the holiday. I thought I wasn't gonna make it for my reports and homeworks but I managed to finish everything up. Phew... Detail on shopping is on The Pop.

MyTeam versus Malaysia

National Squad Beat MyTeam

KUALA LUMPUR, May 29 (Bernama) -- A national squad made up mostly of under-20 players beat MyTeam, an amateur football team, 2-1 at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium here Sunday night.

MyTeam were formed after a nationwide search in February and trained under the supervision of former national player Serbegeth Singh while the national under-20 were strengthened with three senior national players -- K. Nanthkumar, Indra Putra Mahyuddin and Muhamad Khaironnisam Shahbudin as the skipper.

Among the spectators were Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Azalina Othman Said.

MyTeam scored first in the 24th minute through T. Arun Kumar after receiving a cross from S. Sathiyanseelan,

They lost their captain Hasmizam Kamarodin while the national squad lost Mohd Zaquan Adha in the 42nd minute after they were sent off.

In the second half, Under-20 coach K. Rajagobal changed tactics by fielding his original under-20 team and this paid off in the 64th minute when Mohd Aidil Zafuan made it 1-1.

In the 75th minute, the national team scored again through Farderin Kadir's left-footed kick.

Serbegeth said: "If the result determines MyTeam's success, then we have failed. But I am sure MyTeam have been successful because they have showed a good performance."

He said the six-week training was enough for the team and now it was up to the management to announce their future.

Bernama

IT WAS A FANTASTIC GAME! Last night, Malaysia team beats MyTeam, which was formed 3 months ago under Shebby Sigh coaching. The score was 2-1. MyTeam gets the first goal on first half period. God, I thought Malaysia is going to lose but then they scored two goals on the second half period. The game was aired on TV3, starting 8.30PM till 11PM. I missed the first 30 minutes of Gol dan Gincu on 8TV.

Check out these links:

• Google News search results on MyTeam
• MyTeam Not So Shabby by News Straits Times
• Faderin saves Malaysia the blushes by scoring winner by The Star

Windows Media Player 11 BETA

Microsft just launched the Beta version of Windows Media Player 11. Download from here. This version is actually part of the new Windows Vista, that will ship by the end of this year, I think. WMP 11 is currently available for XP, and ME and below users probably can say goodbye :P Microsoft also said that they are no longer support Windows ME and 98.

The interface of WMP 11 is very pretty and clean. I really like the intergration of URGE by MTV. It is an online music store by MTV *coughs*iTunes*coughs*, exclusively for WMP. The Info Center View uses URGE as source of information, shows more information too. At first, I was very confused with the way it works, totally different from the last version. I had to re-manage my library, since I've been using iTunes. Overall, iTunes sound so much better, although WMP get the credit for design. Here's the screenshot of Windows Media Player 11 BETA:

As you can see, I'm listening to Our Lives by The Calling :D I like The Calling.

Late Night Entry

*yawns* It's 12.54am in the morning. I can't sleep. Well, I just finished watching Big Momma's House on TV 50 minutes ago. It was funny and hilarious *yawns* Hmmm... I thought of something to write just now but mind just blank at the moment.

Last night, I saw Finding Nemo on Disney. Also one of my favorite. I like the character Dori. She suffers from short-term memory lost LOL I really like all the names she gave to Nemo. Fabio, Chico etc all rhyme with Nemo. What else..? Oh yeah, I downloaded the Windows Live Messenger aka MSN Messenger 8. Still in Beta version but I really like the look. Got it from here.

This is my messenger window. As you can see, I'm listening to Dance, Dance by Fall Out Boy :P *yawns again*

My Wish List

I was just browsing the web and had an idea. Why not make a wish list? It's only a wish list so I'm 99.9% sure that none of it with come true. Cheers!

MacBook Pro with Intel Core Duo processor RM8199

• Pretty hot and expensive.
• Built-in iSight which I think really cool.
• Really thin.

iPod Nano RM799

• Really thin and small.
• Reasonable price.
• The fashion symbol.

Mac Mini with Intel Core processor RM2399

• Small.
• Really cool for a desktop.
• I want both Windows and Mac.

Nokia 3250 RM****

• Got the twisting stuff going on
• Music and so much more
• It probably would cost RM1000+

Friday Night Movie

Last night I watched Bridget Jones's Diary. It was a good movie, just too bad I should've seen it in 2001. So anyway, it was on TV3, 10pm and lot of cuts, as usual. It's a R-rated movie in the US and 18SX in Malaysia. SX, pshh... Like everyone is into rating system. The movie was a romantic-comedy drama movie.

The casts: Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth. Hugh Grant was in Notting Hill with Julia Roberts, also a good movie. I was flipping through channels actually since it was a boring night, doing History notes. Uhh, I hate notes. Then found the movie.

Bridget Jones's Diary on IMDb. The sequel, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason on IMDb. I think I'm gonna find the DVDs.

Sureheboh Carnival

Last month, me and my sister went to Sureheboh Carnival around my town. It is basically a carnival where alot of celebrities are there. I met few celebs there. So anyway, this is the pic of me and my sister with some 'popular' hosts.

From left, Marion (a host on 8TV's The Quickie weekdays), Rina (also host of the same show but weekends), me, 2 unknown girls and my sister.

Linkin Park, Live in Malaysia

Oh yes, I've been to their concert. It was bomb!

DVDs

My brother just bought a new DVD which is Tim Burton's Corpse Bride. It was good but not great. Hmmm... I'm too lazy to type what is the story is all about.

Anyway, I own a few but not a lot of DVD. I guess, I just type all the titles:

• Final Destination 2
• 2 Fast 2 Furious
• The Italian Job
• Timeline
• Daddy Day Care
• School of Rock
• White Chicks
• Jackass The Movie 2
• Corpse Bride
• And more...

If you want to find out what was all the movies above are about, go to IMDb and search for the title. I'm waiting for Final Destination 3 to come out in DVD. I heard it is a good movie. The second one is great.