My back hurts. Bad. Oww. The area below my left shoulder. I can't move it about too much. Yet I went bowling today. It hurt a bit a first, then it got worse after that. Hais. Pain. But, tml's OP 1st dry run, so I'll still go to school. See I'm so good. Except it's gonna be hell to get dressed. =S Hais. Pain. Lots of paperwork to settle tomorrow. =S I mgiht be seeing a doc to get MC. Probably have to miss training. =S Feeling kind of crappy now. Hais. Zzz...

Went to Suntec Carrefour. Bought a plastic sword and a Hannibal-esque mask. Also helped Shawn buy a scythe. Went to his house to pass him the scyrhe and watched some Bleach. I had a LOT of time cos I thought it'd take a long time to go all the way from my house to Suntec and then back. Walked all the way from 1 end of Citylink Mall to another, and then from one end of Suntec to the other, and then to the 2nd floor.


Arrived early in sch. Wandered about. Waited for it to start. When it started, waited for the rest of the class to arrive. Everyone was like damn cold at the beginning. All seated around the edge of the hall. Then later everyone warmed up a little. The middle parts was pretty crazy. Somke and loud music and all. Like a club. Lol. For a moment this place looked cool. For a moment. Ok, pictures.












The moment we've all been waiting for?

The Masked Murderer

One of my favoutire pics. ^^ Slaying the headless Conrad

Conrad dancing. Cute.




Looks like some upscale club right? Well...that's cos of the smoke. PSI 300.







After that, went for supper at KFC before going home and online...

Went to look for a hockey mask today. Was directed by Ling Xuan to Lips at Far East. On my way there, I saw the hottest young thing. She was like wow! Such a sweet, sexy young thing. Her curves are so mesmerising! My jaw dropped when I saw her sitting at the side of the road like that. Just check out her headlights! Probably the nicest I've ever seen, and so unique. She was in great shape. Yeah...a lot of people were looking at her too. The sight of her would just stop most guys in their traps. She exuded huge amounts of class. Must be some model or something. She was...perfect. And I managed to snap a clandestine picture of her... ;] Here she is...
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(I was talking about a car all the time!)

Tough luck to anyone looking for a hot chick. =P Anyway, I went to Lips, and they were all sold out of hockey masks! Dang. Lol. So after that just bought this shirt. Went bowling. Then dinner at Kovan. Saw this rat in a drain beside my table. Appetising.

(Spot the rat)

After that went chome, called customer service, fixed up the internet, and my sis jumped on it and back into Maple less that 5 mins after its up. She told me she'd go in for 1 min. Pfft. A lie, of course. Oh well...Plastic Muggers

(Obviously, he's wearing sunglasses to cover up the rings)

While we're on the subject of Death Note, did you know there's a prequel coming up? There's a dectective who came before L, and is smarter than him. His name is K. ABCDEFJ...K...L...get it? I managed to find a pic of him...
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Hahahaha...ok that was lame. 2 photo pranks in one post? Lol...my humor content is high today...

Well my sister has finally gone and done it. Busted the router, that is. Finally she stops mapling, but not of her own volition. The thought of her stopping mapling by herself tickles me. It ranks high on the list of Nice and Impossible Things, slightly below pareto optimality. Finally the internet connection decides to show some resistance after bearing the brunt of her frequent maple orgies. Yes. I think orgies is the right word.


She was mapling halfway when she started experiencing severe lag. Then, she found she could connect to the internet. She was literally in tears at the thought of not being able to connect to maple and the internet. Note I said maple before internet. She was sobbing hysterically as she left the computer and I took over to try and find out what was wrong.


If she were playing Survivor: A Remote Island Without Internet Connection, she would probably break down in 3 days and turn into a shivering wreck, stabbing mushrooms with a plastic fork in an attempt to emulate her digital life.


Well, I tried resetting the router, which worked in the past, but not now. The router was well and truly having its revenge on her. I was also pretty pissed off, at the thought of her screwing up our net, becuase this meant I would b able to go online later. I shut off everything for a few hrs, and tried resetting later. No dice. So the connection is totally shot. Not to mention she's losing $168/90 = $1.90 *roughly) a day she doesn't play maple and peer at her pretty digital armor. $1.90 seems a little, but if you don't play for 10 days, that's equivalent to throwing $19 into a flaming volcano.


Hais. Which explains why I'm at Macdonalds now.

Hmm...spent today sleeping and reading in my room. Watched my sis play Gunbound earlier. Finished Christine. Starting on Seven Ancient Wonders by Matthew Reilly. Love his books. The setting are like wow. Super innovative. And he provides diagrams of them because the setting play a BIG part in his stories. Like in Ice Station and Area 7. I highly recommend them. They're unique in that way. Now...for a change, a recap of my sis' day? Here goes. Brackets mean my schedule.


(The numbers on the left are just numbers, not time)
1. Wake up. (I'm sleeping)
2. Have a simple breakfast. (Wake up, eat)
3. Play Gunbound (I'm watching)
4. Quick lunch eaten at the computer. (Lunch)
5. Play Gunbound (I'm watching)
6. Play Gunbound (By now I should've gone to my rm)
7. Play Gunbound (Still in my rm)
8. Play Maple (Still in my rm)
9. Play Maple (Still in my rm)
10. Play Maple (Still in my rm)
11. Play Maple (Still in my rm)
12. Play Maple (Still in my rm)
13. Play Maple (Bathe)
14. Turn off com, go bathe (Waiting)
15. Dinner (Me, my dad, my sis)
16. Return home, turns on com before even changing clothes. (Go online)
17. Play Maple
18. Play Maple
19. Play Maple
20. Play Maple
21. Play Maple
22. Play Maple [Probably 3am or so now]
*Throughout all this, my dad askes her to stop a few times but she refuses to do so.

Nothing to say about today. Training. Gonna see Conrad tomorrow. I just want it to be over quick. The mental weight of it crushing down on me is unbearable. My mood now is subdued. Not emo as of such, just incapable of joy. Haha. And I'd BETTER make it through the block test ok... I'm determined to thrash out all my problems next yr. Looks like I'll need math tuition too. =X It's the only subject that hasn't improved, apart from Econs. Econs is fun...but I can't figure out why I can't score... Maybe I'm not a numbers person...haha.


Economist: Someone willing and able to to make the simplest of concepts as complicated as possible and with a minimum of 50% jargon within, ceteris paribus. =P


I'm reading Irregular Webcomic now, and I loved this quote.
"The Roman Forum was the administrative, commercial, and religious centre of ancient Rome. As the centre of the greatest empire of the day, it was a stronghold of collected wisdom, intelligent discussion, and skilled rhetoric by the greatest masters of language and thought.

An Internet forum has none of these features."
Wonderful innit? Irregular currently has 1.3 thousnd strips (wow), and some of them are pretty good. Some are lame, but... Haha. This comics has different themes, e.g. Star Wars, Rome, and you get to learn plenty of interesting stuff.

Spent my whole day playing MUonline in the morning. Then reading later. Was freaking unlucky -bleep-. Damn. Ran about in stadium, thinking I was (nearly!) invincible, until I came across the nefarious Lag. You all know Lag, if you've ever played a computer game stuffed to the eyeballs with lurid special effects. Its ubiquitious in all those games.


Well, I was walking to this sweet spot, and I turned the wrong way. BAM! A Molt appears from nowhere. I'm inside the molt. Like, in the same square as it. AAH! AAH! AAH! I died 3 times before getting away because you respawn in the same spot in stadium. I'm like omg nononononono! The idiotic thing is that the Molt is a lot stronger than the Phoenix, which is SUPPOSED to be the strongest creature in-game. I can dispatch 3 Phoenixes without a scratch, but I get killed 3 times by a Molt.


As they say, it never rain but it pours. Who ahould I run into next but...the Spirit King! Currently the strogest creature in the map because the Phoenix sucks. Batteries not included. He popped up next to me, AAH! uncountable times. Spawn die spawn die spawn die. Now, I was like omg nononono! Ahh! -bleep- you you -bleep-ing -bleep- -bleep- -bleeeeeeep-!!! 200 million poorer, I managed to warp to Lorencia.


But it doesn't end there. Noooo...bad things come in threes! So with my pockets decidedly lighter, I tried hunting for money. I hit 2.136 billion in fact. Guess what? 2 billion = money bug = oh -bleep-. They treat it like I have no money, and I can't warp anywhere, I can't reset (cos it seems that I have no money.) And the website is gonna be down for days due to a changing of domain. When I use the money reset later, I'll be left with 1 billion. Great. 1.1 billion down the drain. Eff. Good news for my sister because I can't reset, and she can play Maple all day long. She already did the past few days. =.= Bah.


Anyway, I was feeling bored, so I set up links to the webcomics I usually frequent. The Noob is hilarious, especially for those who have played online games before. I had to place it at the very bottom cause the size of the link is obtrusive. Do check it out. Life in plastic pants is side-splittingly hilarious...hahaha. This one's a must see for all. Some coarse humor though. Plastic Muggers was inspired by this. Ornery Boy and Alien Loves Predator aren't too bad too. 4 comics seems like a lot, but since they don't update everyday, 4 can cover your humor needs nicely for one week, since you can be sure one will be updated almost everyday...


Do note that come of the comics contain extreme language and violence


[UPDATE]
Video game addiction is real. Please do NOT get hooked on it like my sister. Your life is at stake! When YOU game, your family pays the price! My sister, let's call her K. K was a normal 12 year old girl, until she discovered the evils of this new mind-altering drug. It's called MapleSEA, but its usually known as Maple on the streets. You first shot is always free...but after you get hooked, you pay with your life. And in A-cash.


A few days ago, she blew $168, that's right, $168 to make herself look pretty while using this drug. That $168 gives you a high of 90 days, before your "avatars" expire. That's like paying $168 or 160,000 A-cash to see a cute character run about on your screen for 90 days(!) before its all gone.


Now, my sister got her fix yesterday. She played the whole day. Well, today I hit the com in the morning. When I told her I'm gonna playing for almost the whole day, her whole face changed. The Maple withdrawal symptoms began showing. She became moody and depressed, and easiily irritable. She was very lethargic too. She told my mum she was bored. When my mum suggested she read a book or watch television, she became irritated and stormed off to her room. She lay there stoned to death, and if I didn't know better, I would've sworn she was on chemical drugs, not the electronic ones.


She read a bit I guess, but after sometimes, I heard groaning coming from the room . I'm not trying to be funny, but I really heard it there. Believe it or not. It sounds really sick, but if it weren't true, I wouldn't put it here. What game addicts people so much they actually make noises of agony when allowed to play it?! I think she's too deep in...

After mugging so hard, the Plastic Muggers try out for the OGL applications.
[This humor is to even out the emoness later in this post.]
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[Slight emo alert. Press alt-f4 to skip the following passage]
Let be be finale of seem.
The only emperor is the emperor of ice cream.
-Wallace Stevens


A poem about death. How apt. Went to school for the OGL interview. Was ok I guess. We had to come up with an impropmtu cheer. About the projector. Kind of tense but not very nervous. My grades were the lowest in the room, so I'm not sure if I can get a chance. Once again, the Establisment might deny me a chance to take a leadership position. Hence locking me into a vicious cycle of not being able to succeed later on in life when superiors see that I have "no leadership experience", thus not letting me have a chance, and etc.


I have tried. Oh, so many times I have tried since coming here. But the system defies me. I have the initiative. I have done stuff for my CCA without being asked to. But to list them out here seems like an unwarranted display so I shan't. The Establishment had to remove the job of publicity head. Thank you very much. I'm posting this here to state it out, quite clearly, that it's not that I don't have any qualities of a leader, nor don't I want to try being one. The system NEVER gave me a chance. Hence creating a bitter cycnical 17 year old for the future ahead. Oh sweet joy. Ho ho.


After the interview, I waited with Valerie for Doris cos I didn't feel like going home. But in the end I couldn't avoid it. I didn't know where else to waste my time. Why don't I wanna go home, you ask? There are events which transpired before...


I was reading Christine when a call came. I picked up the phone and handed it to my mother. Returning to my seat, I realised she was speaking English. In the tone she uses when it's an official call. I knew something big was going on. When I asked her, she said the school wants her to see my teacher. Two words hit me like cold lead balls dropping into my stomach. No prizes for guessing. For the more foul-brained, no, it was not Oh F-. Rather, oh shit. But I digress.


I tried to go back to my book, to where the protagonist was describing a confrontation, and the ugly intricacies of one. The uncanny feeling was too much for me. I felt like a cold dark cloud had just enveloped my soul, dampening my mood for the day. It was like a solid mass inside of me. The nasty box of memories which I'd locked up in a crate and chain and red tape had been blown open by one call. I felt l ike everything I was doing was meaningless. I had no motivation for anything.


She asked some questions about the promos. I replied with unintelligigle monosyllabic answers. It was eating into me. I got out of the house as fast as possible. I dunno how to tell my mum. I'm afraid if she says something wrong to Conrad. Everytime I went out to study, she said "Make sure you're studying, I don't know if you're playing or not." Obviously(!!!) I was not. But what if she mentions something like "He often goes out to study, but I don't know if he is playing or not"? It doesn't sound good. What if she doesn't know much about my school life? I don't think she even knows my class. Ever since coming here, I haven't told her alot of my school life. Doesn't look good either.


I told Valerie since I got The Call, I'm gonna be r*****ed. She told me not to think too fast, there's still a chance. With a H1 U, I want to believe that. I really want to believe that...


God grant me the serenity to
accept the things I cannot change
And the courage to change things I can
And the wisdom to know the difference

Hmm. Nothing interesting today. Played MU in the morn, later went to YM's house with Shawn from a BLeahc marathon. Wahahaha. I alr watched till 30+, but Shawn was at 27. We chionged all the way from 27 to 41. If that is not madness I dunno what it is. xD


Funness I tell you. We keep going and going and going. Liked the battles. I should get YM to get his hands on the Death Note anime too. He bought the comic. Then we 3 can watch that. I feel like borrowing his Bleach manga too. And maybe Naruto. I'm going to read myself silly before succumbing to mugging again and throwing myself off a building sometimes next year. Cheers.

Muahaha..my wish was fulfilled. Got up early, beat my Maple-mad sister (who spent $168 in 1 shot to buy 160,000 A-cash to buy avatar that will last her 90 days. Read: NOT PERMANENT)to the com to play MUonline. Now, if those guy at Asiasoft are not rolling in money I don't know what to say.


Anyway, agreed to go pool with YM and Shawn later. Booked tix at the AXS station. To watch Death Note! Finally! Pooled, then had dinner at this western food stall at the kopitiam. Was very nice. The steak wasn't bad and the black pepper sauce was oh-so-spicy. Yum. YM paid me in a movie coupon...hahaha. So, anyone up for another movie with me? I've got tix!~ =P


We made it to J8 with time to spare, so we look about the Apple store. However, I prefer the Creative V plus. *Hint* X'mas is approaching wahahaha. I'd be content with a 2gig one. $230. =D It's so small!!! It's like a toy. An expensive hot toy. I love technology. =D


Anyway, bought a Ben 'n' Jerry's Cookie Dough ice cream and went in. Yum. Look at YM's ice cream.

Looks more like a pudding...=S

After that went home on the 88. And....came online. OOH! Look what my frined saw on the MOE site!

[UPDATE]
More Plastic Muggers.

Since today is the WR deadline for submission, Plastic Muggers will be making an appearance in a short comic. Enjoy?






Note: Reader should note that the "teacher" came from an older set of Lego. A half-evolved version, if you like. In true mugger fashion, here's a page off some old toy textbook.



Alright. Went to school for submission of PW's WR. Woke up half an hour late. But I wasn't late at all cos Conrad didn't meet us. So we just hung about in the council room as Ben fiddled about with the WR. Then, Conrad wanted to see our WR although we had bound it already. Had to quote percentages from the diagrams. So reprint and rebind. Quite a few last minute problems came up, but were solved with Ben technological skill. Haha. Played soccer in the council rm with Priscilla(yes, soccer) and multi-player hp game. Surprisingly, Mr Hon didn't chase us out. =D


Later, we found out because of out changes, our organisation screwed up abit...and we had to edit 2 pages. Ran about a lot around the school. Haha. Finally submitted at around 2pm. Oh ya, I borrowed FF Advent Children to watch from Kiaming. OMG nice show...I can't believe I was missing this. THe fight sequences were (allow me to lapse into 1337speak)pWnz0r!!!!11


Then alternately slacked/stoned in front of the com. Ugh. I want to go out. Anyone free? Lol.