Jamming at Sebastian's

This day started out to be not a good one, but turned out to be awesome. This morning, I had an appointment with my orthopaedic surgeon. The appointed time was 9.00am. I reached there slightly before, but the doctor only arrived at about 10:30am. Talk about... lateness. So I went inside, lied down on the bed and had my bandages and cast removed. Then the doctor came and asked me, "Terence, how is your hand?" in which I replied that I felt no more pain these past few days. Then he twisted my hand a few times and finally pressed the part with the crack. Ouch, okay, that hurt a lot. Clean bandages were used to wrap my hand again, and the support splint remained. He gave me some calcium pills and some nerve pills, and a bill for RM 120. Going to see him again next week too. He said that my wrist might be unusable till end of January. Talk about... bad luck.

At 11.30 am or so, Glenn came to pick me up to Sebastian's house. We reached Sebastian's house and immediately started playing... I helped him set up with blog a little. We printed many piano scores too... gave him a lot of homework, but as he says, "Time is all we have."

After that we had lunch courtesy of YDP Agong. It was delicious lunch, cooked by his grandmother, might I add. It was a pity that Diana was, apparently, vegetarian for the week. During lunch, Sebastian asked me, "So, did you go to Portuguese Settlement that day? To see the Agong?", in which I replied, "Why go there to see him with all the crowd, when I can come here to see him personally?"

Hahaha, it's really nice to "play" with him I guess. After that we continued playing music. Diana went back soon after; then Glenn went back too. Then, we started to record some songs we played... which can be found on my youtube channel. Well, all in all, it was a very fun day... though I wished I could use both my hands to play the drums.

Specifically, check these out

Jia En's Kiss the Rain
Jia En's Own Song
Drops of Jupiter
Tong Hua

I just got my Hazel!

So my left hand is quite usable again (to an extent). I will try to update as completely as possible.

This morning, woke up and went jogging with my parents for the first time in a long while. Then, I went to eat dim sum, wasn't really good for its price. Went back home and whiled away the time;

2pm I went to Jia En's house. Well, he gave me a pack of playing cards on NBA players (in Chinese). Then, we played some card games... then we played on his piano for a while. After that we went on his computer; showed him some songs and we played some games. All the while talking nonsense and stuff. I guess China isn't such a nice place after all.

At any rate, my parents picked me up to eat at 6pm, and went to DP. Bought some fruits at MBG fruits shop, my mom bought some Mix n Match fruit drink. It was really nice. Then I met up with Sophia, and we went to the SE shop to buy my Hazel.

And wow oh wow, isn't it a beauty. Stunning black front, polished white back, elegant slide, snaps back to its original position after closing, smooth, sexy, and so much more.

Well, obviously I thanked my parents and family for buying the Hazel for me (It was my birthday present), and also to Sophia for meeting me in person... went the extra mile for someone she hardly knew. Hahaha. And also, Catherine, who introduced me to Sophia...

Meet the Fockers

Went with Glenn and Keong today to watch the movie Little Fockers, or something like that. Er, mainly humourous, no -real- plot... some play on words. Nothing really great.

+first time I've gone out in a few days.

++Getting my Hazel Wednesday. Whee!

+++Nothing much to update.

My birthday

I guess this is worth a read.

Typing this with one hand, so I'll make it short.

I woke up at 8am today. There were a few messages on my phone. Went on facebook; lots of birthday wishes there too. There were a few, in particular, which almost brought me to tears. Slept the whole afternoon. Went for class party at night. Some idiotic buggers pushed me into the pool, into a pillar. I mean, what';s up with that? Couldn't choose a better place?

At any rate; I fractured my left wrist because of that. My bone cracked.

Well, we played in the pool; the goggles were lovely. The food was good too. Thanks to Joel and Zhong Wei; the cakes were delicious. They sang a birthday song for me too. I even got another present. We took a few photos together. I won Bernard in Dissidia.

Then I went to a hospital. Took a few X-ray shots; my left wrist was cracked. A doctor came by; bandaged my wrist and then applied a certain thing for support. All that set my father back for RM700. That's the price of a Hazel, man!

Now my left arm is kind of unusable. I had to postpone my driving; can't go basketball; can't go badminton; can't go swimming; can't go out jalan-jalan. Just stay at home, doing nothing for 3 weeks, or longer. I guess I'll do some light reading.

Tron Legacy, GBL Gym

Today; 10:30 am Glenn picked me up from my house and we went to Dataran. Met up with Keong and James there. Met the High-School gang too. At any rate, Glenn and Keong went to "fry chicken" at Shilin Street Snacks, and then they stuffed the hot, mouth-watering XXL crispy chicken (Now it's only an L chicken though) into Keong's bag and entered the cinema.

We watched Tron Legacy; though I guess it should have been called Flynn Legacy. At any rate; the movie was so-so, at the most, and really bad when compared to the more recent movies I've watched (Rapunzel, Inception, etc.) After that, we went for lunch at Mong Kok and had a big jug of Milk Tea for free, since it was within 3 days of my birthday. Then, we went walking to Gan Boon Leong's Gym, at the end, or starting, depending on how you looked at it, of Jonker Street. I was afraid they wouldn't let me in with sandals because Keong said that gyms normally imposed a rule of shoes only, but they let me in anyways. RM 5 only, too. There were almost a hundred fitness machines there... not to mention the many dumb bells and stuff like that.

We spent about 3 hours there; working out, talking, testing out the different machines, et cetera. Then I followed Keong back to his house, and saw the ending of FFVI. After that, my parents picked me up and we went to eat at the Food Court nearby. And oh boy, did I eat a lot. I ate one(1) nyonya popiah, one(1) fried oyster dish (the one with egg and flour), and one(1) pork chop rice with half(1/2) an egg, half(1/2) a tofu, some vegetables, and a glass of barley drink.

Then I went to my grandmother's house to talk to my cousins for a while and also to take a few things for the Tang Yuan festival thing.

And now, I'm going to re-watch Inception again (3rd time). Yahuu!

Ujian Undang-Undang (Is that what they call it?) and PC fair

Well, today I woke up at about.... 7am. Reached MSDC at about 9am... took my waiting card.. 062. When I asked the guy what number they were at now... he said 012... Ho crap.


At any rate, I sat around there, occasionally bothering Jia Lin from concentrating on her KPP per SMS, walking around, talking to the random dudes around there... stuff like that. 10am...11am...12am...

At about 1205 am, they called number 061. Ah well, I rushed down the meet up with Fan Kiat and Jia Lin for a brief moment. I showed them *Peace* and Jia Lin replied with *Peace* while Fan Kiat replied with *Nah!*. Yeah, welcome back, Fan Kiat. After that I rushed back in just as they called my number.

Exactly 13 minutes and 28 seconds later, I was walking out of the test room with a nice *Lulus* printed on a piece of paper. Yeah, *Peace*!

I hopped downwards a la Lady Boss but Jia Lin and Fan Kiat were nowhere to be found. My watched showed 12:33, but it was 10 minutes fast. I guess they didn't want to be late for their KPP. At any rate, I followed my father back--

-- and to the PC Expo at MITC. Well, some pretty tech stuff, though nothing really caught my interest. Suddenly, an arm grabbed mine and pulled me aside.

"Terence! Come, buy DiGi broadband," Zi Hong said. Ah, what the heck. Zi Hong and Wei Chee were working there. I (humbly) pushed them aside and followed my father around the whole area. In the end, I bought an 8gb Kingston flash drive... don't know what happened to my other one.

After that, we sat down in a stall outside an ate some chicken rice. Not too shabby, but not very good either.

Then I reached home....... and so ends the events of my day.

(My) Early surprise birthday party

Jasmine and Jia Lin and Vincent and Isaiah and Caleb and Glenn and Keong and Jia En and Me.


On Monday; I had told Jasmine that I'd plan something for all of us on Thursday, since Isaiah would be going off to Penang for the rest of the year.

Later that week, Isaiah sent me a message saying he would do something on Thursday, with "the usual gang". Well, if he was going to organize it then I'd leave it up to him... he was better at such stuff anyways.

So on that fated day, Isaiah gave me a call,

"Hey, Foo! Remember to dress nicely ah!"
"Sure... but why are you telling me that? I always dress nicely when I go out. Hahaha."
"Who knows... you are liable to do something stupid."
"...."
"Just joking. Anyways, dress nicely!"
"Alright alright."

Later that evening; Isaiah, Caleb and I arrived at Jusco at about slightly past 6.45pm... met up with Keong and then later with Jia En and Vincent. Shortly after, we were joined by Jia Lin and Jasmine. So the time was about 7pm, by then.

Isaiah: Foo, where you wanna eat? Faster decide.
Terence: What? Why do I have to decide...what does everyone else say?
Isaiah: Don't talk so much lah, just decide faster. Quick, don't waste my time!
Jasmine: Terence, we're here for your birthday. So you are the one who will choose where we will eat at.
Terence: Huh? My birthday? What?

I was a bit shocked. No, I was very shocked. Nobody told me anything about that. I dallied a little while longer, shirking away my responsibilities(?) by walking around the place until finally...

Lady Boss: Terence, I'm hungry, so you better choose a place to eat at now (or else...)

Ah well. I finally made the decision of eating at Papa John's pizza (my first choice was turned down by me because it was too freaking expensive). Well, the food was what you might've expected from Papa John's. Though, I was a bit disappointed at the portions. Well, everything's expensive nowadays. Might I also add that I regretted taking a bite out of their pickled chili (it was hotter than I expected).

At any rate, after the meal, we went walking around (its what we do best) the bigger Jusco. I crashed the arcade there for a while ( used RM1 for DDR) and after that continued to walk around (totally covered in sweat). Then, the two ladies went to look at clothes for a while (maybe I should have joined them) while the guys went to look at some games. Ah well, the PS2 has become obsolete already, what a waste.

At any rate, we(the guys) went to look for Jasmine and Jia Lin after we finished what we wanted to do. So we entered a Padini Concept store (the one that they were entering at first). While we were there, Vincent wanted to show me a transvestite working there. Well, nothing really.... interesting to see. She(?) looked like any other girl, though I didn't try talking to her. At any rate, we searched around the store for a bit, but they were nowhere to be found, so we went to the store beside it, can't remember it's name. Something Outlet? We searched there too, but we couldn't fine them anywhere. I wanted to give them a ring via a phone call, but then again, walking around to look for them was fine too. Coincidentally, just as we walked out of the Something Outlet ( I think it was Brands outlet) I saw them walking out of the Padini store earlier. Well, they said they were in there the whole time. At this point, Isaiah said something which, I believe, was insulting them, but Ha-Ha-Ha.


After that we sat down on the bench outside there and took a few photographs together.

Caleb was taking the shot. Wait, why do I look so short? Oh, right. I'm leaning forwards.

Then, they asked me to open the gift they got for me.


My gift of a pair of goggles. Really nice ones, too. I guess I've no choice but to go swimming again soon. Keong went back after that.

At any rate; we sat there for a while and talked... then we went to get more food at... Old town. Glenn and I ordered some hot honey lemon drink, wasn't too bad. Vincent ordered a cold version of that drink. Jasmine ordered Enriched Hot Chocolate, which was essentially Milo, according to Jia Lin. His and Her Highness also shared some toast together. So we whiled away the time there and the clock slowly ticked till 10pm. Vincent and Jia En went back then. So, Jia Lin, Jasmine, guarded by Isaiah and Caleb and followed by Glenn and I went walking around near the exits, since we were heading back soon. I followed Isaiah and Caleb back, while Glenn followed Jasmine and Jia Lin. You know, at the end of the day, I honestly believed that it was my birthday, that day. I had planned on doing something on the 22nd, with the exact same group of people. But I guess we all have our schedules. Bringing the date forward was a good idea. After all, who knows when we might have the chance to go out together again like this?





This part might be rather emotional.

There has been too many times... too many times when I only really started to appreciate something when that something is about to be lost. Once when I was 12 years old, once more when I was 16... and one more time this year. I really, really, hope that I am able to prevent myself from regretting twice this year...but how can I do that? No matter what I can think of doing, I still feel that, somehow, I will regret not doing more...

Kursus KPP, Jusco

Woke up 6.30am today; only my dad and I at home now since all my other family members went for a holiday to Siem Reap... I didn't want to go because I wanted to hang out with my friends more, I guess.

Today I had to listen to a talk on driving safely. I -quite- enjoyed it, I don't know why everyone else said it was sooooooo boring. I particularly liked this part:

Kalau you tak tahu, you kena ambik tahu.
Kalau you tahu, you kena bagi tahu.

Really meaningful, I think. I did enjoy listening to his stories. I also saw Jasmine on the way to the hall. She was busy on her phone; so I didn't bother bothering her bothering the other person on the other end of the line. *ba dum dish!*

Then we had a short break(about 25 minutes), at about 12pm. So I bought some wafers, biscuits, and a carrot with mixed fruit drink(I love that). After eating my chewable food, I started sipping on my juice while talking with Wei Siang, when suddenly...

"I PASSED! ! !" and a blur of pink suddenly occupied my vision. It was only about a second later did I register a smiling face of Jasmine in front on me. I got a feeling she jumped, or maybe hopped, there. Luckily for her, I had already drunk finished my juice, else I might have just spit it out in shock. Well, congratulations and celebrations! We talked for a while, I guess, but since it was almost time I entered the hall again, I bid her farewell and continued on my lecture(?).

And I'm going to go for basketball later... most probably. Cheers, it wasn't such a boring day after all! Scratch that, basketball was canceled when I already reached there... what a pain.

At any rate, I went to Jusco(old) with my father today; and the first thing I did was, of course, crash the DDR machine at the arcade. I changed RM 1... went to the machine and waited for my turn. There was a girl playing; she was pretty good. Accompanied by her two sisters and a younger brother, she finished her turn and wanted to continue with a second round (much to my dismay). Her elder sister, I think, saw me waiting there and kinda asked her to get off and you know what happened next? She stepped off the machine like a good girl and suddenly showed the universal sign; the middle finger at her sister and walked off. I was stunned. Well, the elder sister did something like a light bow, which I returned with a 'thanks', and had my turn... needless to say I chose harder songs than usual. It's really, really tiring, yet so, so fun!

After that, I met up with my father again and we went for dinner. I had some lousy food; some "specialty dish". "Specialty" my foot. It was a horrible waste of RM 5.90. Salt, more salt, oil, and some weird things. Ugh, let's not talk about that.

After that, my dad and I went to shop for some clothes (for me). I bought 2 shirts, which caught my attention, at an unbelievably high price... regrettably. Then, as I was somewhat happy for the night and suggested that we head back, I saw a pair of shorts that caught my attention too. Well, they weren't really shorts, per se, since it past my knees.

I wanted to buy a pair of cargo pants, but they were really freakingly expensive. So, after much internal conflict and, despite my father's encouragement, I decided not to buy them.

So this ends my -somewhat- eventful day. Cheers!


PS:/ Did I mention; my mother took our shared Nokia mobile phone charger... so now my phone's left with 1 bar of battery life and it's supposed to last me till saturday. Pretty cool, eh? If I don't reply to your messages, you know why...

The Social Network

I guess it was pretty interesting, minus a few "ugly" scenes here and there. Maybe I'm too old fashioned in thinking.

Today, went out jalan-jalan with:

1. Glenn
2. Thim Seng
3. Jia En
4. Vincent
5. Jasmine
6. Jia Lin
7. Catherine
8. Sophia
9. Joyce(?)

And then met up with:
10. Matthew
11. Garrett
12. Kia Meng
13. Jowayne

So, the first group went to watch The Social Network, a +- 2 hour long movie. After the movie, the group split up into guys // girls. At 6pm, Vincent and Jasmine went to watch Rapunzel (hardy people), while Glenn, Garrett, Kia Meng and I went bowling. (I got highest score!)

After that, I separated from them and met up with Sophia, Jia Lin and Catherine... then I went with Sophia to buy a Hazel; it was out of stock.

I'm going there tomorrow to buy it.... waited too long.

Swimming and badminton

Woke up 6.30am today... left for swimming ( forgot to bring some mineral water). Picked up Xiang Ming and Isaiah and Caleb... then headed for AKCC. Then Glenn came.

I really couldn't swim at all. :(


Then immediately after that, Glenn and I went for badminton with Thim Seng and co. , Hon Mun and Jia En. Didn't really have much energy to play much...

Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your golden hair!

I just watched Rapunzel today. It was Awesome, Awesome, Awesome.

Everyone should watch it, adults and children alike. Seriously.

pianists, drummers,singers(?), saxophonist, trombonist

What do you get when you mix all of the above together?

A totally awesome jamming session

Yesterday night, got a call from Glenn:

"What time you going 'Bastian's house tomorrow?"
"Err, about 7am."
"Why so early? Go there shake leg?"
"I want go jogging with him lah... after that play piano."
"Ok ok. Here's the plan. You follow the plan, everything will be ok. You just have to listen to me. Tomorrow, 7.15am I'll drop by your house, then Diana will follow you to his house after that."
"Sure, ok. I thought you're going also?"
"I'm not. Going swimming later."
"Ah, ok ok. Bye"

Sleep.

Next morning, 6.30a.m... I guess I got up a little early since I was so excited.

Bathed, changed, pack my bag, was only 6.50am. Went online a while, then Glenn smsed me, saying that he'd be there in about 10 mins.

They arrived, then Glenn dropped Diana and drove off, so Diana and I went to Sebastian's house (arrived about 7.15am).

At the gate: Sebastian was sitting down there...

He joined us then we walked to his house... quite some distance away from the gate. I was almost about to suggest that as our morning walk, but nevermind, we went for a jog after that after I put my stuff in his house.

After jogging, we started playing on an upright piano. Beautiful, beautiful music filled my ears. Seriously, those things on youtube, sure, they're good and all, but they can't be compared to seeing awesome piano playing with your own eyes. And then OH CRAP! I forgot to bring my camera!

Then I took a shower, brr, freaking cold because I didn't know how to operate the hot water heater. After that Sebastian and I shifted his drum set and placed it beside the grand piano. So, we ate some spaghetti, courtesy of YDP Agong.

After that, Mr Khoo Jia En came along... so we've got 3 pianists in the house... more beautiful music bathed my mind. So they started talking about things about piano stuffs, I guess, maybe. Then Sebastian's brother, Kenneth, came down and accompanied the piano with drums.

I don't know how to describe what happened after that. Piano, Drums, Saxophone, Trombone. We were graced by Wei Qi and Matthew after that. So, we played awesome music together, even though it was our first time I think it was very well done.


Sadly, I had to go back early else I'd be taking advantage of Sebastian's kindness. I left at 3pm. Diana and Matthew followed me back. I intro-ed Matthew to Modern Warfare 2. He was awestruck. They went back soon after that though, and boy, I'm beat; really tired. That's all from me! I'll be sure to bring my camera with me next time!

Last day of SPM and movies

Bio finished, returned books, went for movies, tired now. Planned to play games tonight, but I guess not. I'm too tired.

8th day of SPM

Chemistry chemistry chemistry

One last hurdle to go through...

7th Day of SPM

Physics was quite crappy to what I've normally done. Crappy in a sense that I liked doing calculations more than a History-esque paper. Meeeh!

HAHAHAHA, exam from 8-3.30pm, then I went to Isaiah's house to BASKETBALL FOR 2 HOURS. WHOOOO

Sixth day of SPM

I guess Maths just got an... added value.

YEAAAAAHHHH.