Mills’ Bar Room Brawl

I can’t believe my short story assignment due this Tuesday. Meaning i only have less than 3 days to finish one, and i havent the slightest idea on how to start and much less, how to tie that damn thing up!

Mr. Raymer can be ruthless if he wants to, i reckon, Although he DID laugh at why i was so embarrassed to show my blog to him when it was beautifully done.

I’m going thru each and eveyone’s blogs and profile in my friends’ list (no exception people!), scraped some dirt, add some elements, maybe some highly screened ‘love scene’ (wee-hee!). Curi some ideas would be easier too. I already saw some potential blogs and lines i could use (Emme, you come highly recommended!).

Also, i stumbled upon Malaysian Idol Finalist Ash’s profile while curi(ing) ideas. Snooped around a bit, hey, what’s Pietro doing in his blog? http://www.friendster.com/user.php?uid=871633

I found out today that there are actually 4 genders (yeah, i know, bums me out too…) in Islam, not two. Male, Female, Khunsa (hermaphrodites) , and gender-confused people.

I need Starbucks so bad. Think i’ll drop by E-gate tonight for a quick fix!

Budak Gemok, me wanna eat ya tonight! Ha ha ha!

Yep, this is the double whammy week. Monday had barely started and i’m already washed over by this queer feeling of premonition. As though something sinister is lurking around the corner, ready to take me down off guard.

Sheesh…Mills have to stop being so paranoid.

Anyways, i’m ready to set up a merchant account. Only to find out most of them do not offer services out of States. Which is the second whopper coz i really needed one.

But i’m looking in on prozip.net: Singapore(an) based, own ATM card, get to withdraw money almost instantaneously, and hopefully, is safe as claimed. Reading the T.O.S five minutes ago to find out some arbitrary or ambiguous clause, but so far, there is none. If anyone is currently using their service, then do drop a message whether it’s worth a shot!

Do not tell me to sign up for paypal. Ass was freezed over and over again, and i’m sick of having to fax the same documentation over and over to the paypal people. My first account had USD500 in it, then it was freezed for no valid reason. My second account under a different name was also freezed, this time with USD300 sitting there innocently. Of course, i learned my lesson the third time (i should have learned my lesson the second time around, but i didn’t get to take out the money in time! those fucktards from paypal get their hands on my money first before i could do anything!) by taking out all the money from my third paypal account the moment there was any payment. Yet, third time wasn’t a charm too; was freezed, but this time, i played it well by only having USD1.95 in there. Phiew…lucky escape!

Also, a research on the net yields this site: www.paypalsucks.com. I am not alone.

Whoever thought dodgeball would be fun??? Not me, but i was proven wrong, obviously. Was fun watching the going ons at the Hitz.Fm dodgeball challenge thingy, of course, me and Joanne were busy gossiping and catching up on old times!! I didn’t realise how much i missed having her for gossip sessions until last night at Dome. Over coffee, Pietro told me the MOST BEST(EST) celebrity gossips of the year!! I’m sworn to secrecy so, i’m very sorry, cannot tell!!!! But let’s just say angels do fall from grace. Will upload more pics taken by Jo (thanks) in a few days. Went shopping (MNG rules la,really, a bit pricey but totally worth it!). Ha ha..funny though how i asked Serena to take pictures with Arif. She must have thought Pietro’s friends are nerds. But hot boyfriend though, that Ean guy. And Jo, Bryan is freaking HOT! At first i thought he was that guy from MTV. I’ll bite his tushy if i’m single! Free belly dance from Peitro, all the grinding against my back must have had him burnt a few calories, at least. Nay, you look good.

Jo, what’s your secret of a slim body? Must share la okay? I’m sick of being the pig in a girls’ group. Makes me feel like a gender confused Fat Joe.

Proposal! Proposal! Proposal!

That is the only thing that i seem to think about all week! Mainly because i’ve been procrastinating. I have to get this done in writing soon or else the January dateline will seem even absurd. At least when the whole restaurant concept starts to take shape, the four of us will put more effort in,right?

Thank you for ‘my first car’ discussion input,guys! Emme, i think you’re right, Kelisa is better kan? Savvy macam ninja turtle!!!

Emily’s applying for UOB credit card and refuse to supp one for me. Player hater! Maybe when she’s 80 and when i refuse to donate her my cornea due to this, then she’ll want to kick herself in the head (and that’s how she’ll break her hip!).

I have to start saving. Have to refrain myself from buying all sort of crap that i don’t need and going to places i don’t enjoy.

I’m brewing a great revenge. Yes, i’m vindictive so sue me.

Malaysian Idol Finals…i think Nita is good, but she’s no Jac la. But her rendition of ‘Big Spender’ is superb and she deserves a standing ovation. Captivates me with her high level of stage presence.I still think Daniel needs to stop that ‘nasal tone’ of his. Sounded as though he needs to crap real bad. Too ‘tu-kau’ for my taste. I hid my phone so my mom can’t vote him. I swear, my mom likes this reality tv show, inspite of her. During the recent Akademi Fantasia 3 finals, she actually voted my name sake 5 times (and the wierd thing is Arif helped her dial!). After Amylea lost and Mawi won, she swore she would not watch the next Akademi installment. Sure…!

Before i forget, Eddy, this is the ‘Red Luck’ logo. I think we just change ‘Red Luck’ to ‘Shanghai’s Kitchen’ la. Okay kan?

Emily’s Mac and Cheese is crap.

Either that or i suck at cooking.

Things are slowly looking up, really. But I am not putting too much hope in this sudden change of situational pace. Life is a huge "carrot-and-stick" game, i reckon. One day everything seems fine, then next you’re contemplating suicide. At least now that i’m wiser (thanks to ‘financial management for dummies’) i learn to solve problems logically and rationally.

You know those long winded T.O.S (to the uninitiated, it’s acronym for Terms of Conditions) in every pay per view porn (just kidding!)? Those policies we tend to skip right ahead and check the box without even reading it? Yeah, that one. Turned out to be REALLY important. Almost got screwed gold medal style for that. Phiew!!!!

Anyway, Julz, me thinking of Savvy pulak la. Myvi long waiting list. Need a car more than a long waiting list lah. Ok, won’t buy Chevy. But i still like Chevy leh…*sulk*…see how… see how.

My final semester is drawing to an end and Creative Writing class is getting more exciting (see how life works?). Lots of input(ing), brainstorming, and bitching about someone else’s short stories. My initial sypnopsis was really bad. Mr Raymer must have thought i was retarded or something. But my 20% narrative was good. Raymer actually asked me to get it published, but my laziness outweights the need to be recognise. I only understand my own wants and demands, not the public. Nevertheless, i think he submitted one to the The Star on my behalf, coz i receive a notification from the editor. Either him or some sadistic fan who reads and enjoy some classic crap.

Emily said Yom admires me, which surprises the crap out of me because he admires the things that i am not; attractive and having the power to hold someone’s attention. Either he was too wasted or blinded by my incessant gossiping. LOL!

Sorry folks, this entry wandered FAAAAARRRRRR from the way i usually write. I’m awaiting payment (working in a different time zone sucks!) and trying to stay awake to do some shipping later. After that, BED ZONE!!!!!

And i miss Arif as i am writing this too…:(

Poor guy has exam this Saturday again. But he’s taking me out for lunch at Dome this Sunday tho….:)

Grrrrr….this week has been the worst week ever! Slow business, lots of problems from the net, and losing a friend.

No, no one dies in this tragic week (although i think that would have improve the situation at hand now). You know how sometimes you’re close to someone there shouldn’t exist a secret, then as it turns out, she has been hiding behind a thick wall of lies that the real her is so appaling, you feel like throwing up every time you see her face!

I just went thru that. I met her after 2 months (give or take), and i’ve been hearing stories after stories about her in which i refused to put faith in. But she threw it back in my face with her new ‘bling bling’. I just wished i trust the rumours earlier, then i wouldn’t feel so bad about losing a friend.

I told her in the elevator (where i met her) that i couldn’t even look at her right now. I felt pretty bad after that (i’m never good at confrontation coz it sits on my conscience for days!) but when she sms-ed me and told me that i, and along with two other people, has misjudged her, she has officially taken me as a fool!

You see, the story with her is, she potrayed herself as a virginal no ciggie-no booze-no  sex-friend, i almost canonized her two years ago, if i never find out she did all those things. I don’t judge her based on that, to be honest. No one’s a saint. In fact, i would rather her be open about it. Who cares about acceptance right? (apparently she does), But c’mon, do you honestly think people won’t talk once they found out you wear tudung in class during the day and get drunk by night? And by that, she claimed she has been misjudged. Go figure.

Nevertheless, i give her the credit for trying to clear things out by having a sit down, even after i blasted her off. My mom was really pissed off at me for making a mountain out of a mole hill. I admire my mom’s integrity when it comes to dealing with people who back stabbed her. ‘To eer is human, to forgive…divine (?)’, the mother theresa in my mother spoke. Ah…well,…i’ll go with the sit down, but let’s face it, things between me and her will never be the same again.

I actually really meant it when i said i couldn’t look at her right now. I won’t back down on that.

A road less taken sure yields more surprises.

I walked by this small lake in USM, shared my cranberry muffin with the fishes (boy, were they feisty!), caught sight of two tortoises and one HUGE fishy, and of course, one monitor lizard. If i were from Borneo, I’d catch it with my bare hands and cook lizard curry, but nope, i ran away instead.

It was my first time really, standing by the lake and feed the fishes. I’ll do that more often. It was a whole level of serenity and peace, and if it wasn’t for that huge disgusting reptile, I’ll set up camp out there!

I can’t believe i spent my studying time watching the new show "trio". Tacky lines and great acting. Those girls were actually checking themselves out even when they were in the middle of a line! I might not have a degree in performing arts, but i sure know a bad acting when i see one. Why do Malaysian actors (men and women alike) tend to look at each other and wait for their lines in their acts? Where’s the definition of commiting to the moment? Urgh…that’s the worst nerd-in-acting i’ve ever seen in my entire life, no doubt about it. Hats of to Impian Illyana for a fresh 15 minute drama if i may add.

I have an Organizational Behavior test tomorrow at 10 a.m. I can’t wait to finish this damn course and be free from study. I realised the wisdom of the working elders about campus life is much better than working life, but right now, my life is not rocking my world much.

By the way, i’m getting a car by the end of October. I was hoping it’d be Chevy or even Honda Jazz, but i’ve been talked (and pushed toward) Proton Savvy instead. I don’t know lah, I don’t like Savvy much but if it’s affordable for now, why not? I can get my dream car later in life, right? Like maybe a Beemer (woo-hoo!)

What i need to do right now:

1. Get back to my book

2. Finish up the proposal

3. Save up for the capital.

Oh, great it’s raining. Now that would make studying all the more tempting.

I’ve never eaten to a point where i could feel the inseam of my panty about to rip (no kidding!).

Eddy, Bad, Zahid (not the Zahid Akademi Fantasia…i thought it was him too when Eddy first sms-ed me and told me he was with a certain Zahid at Coffee Bean and asked me out for a coffee…boy, i sure could get ready in 2 minutes for a celeb) went to this new barbecue steam boat restaurant at Gurney Plaza. It’s all you can eat, and i wasn’t going to blow my diet (that would have been damn convincing if  i didn’t drool all over the selection of marinated chicken bits)!

So we ate and talked and washed it down with tea, when that awfully cute waiter informed us that the food buffet will be closed within 5 minutes, so if we still want to barbeque any road kill, we should do it then. So i went to pick my second round, only to see it became more interesting than before, so i took more than i should. Of course, at that time Eddy told me he could finish up everyone’s leftover, including the leftovers of the next table.

Boy, was i wrong. None of us could finish it! It was like a test to my stomach where i had to chew and swallow real slow to avoid the gas kicked up what i had just swallowed and sprayed it all over Zahid (he sat in front of me). I also learnt that banging the table with your fist (like what people usually do after downing a tequila) motivates me to finish up my food and not waste a good meal.

Lesson number one: Never go to an all you can eat. I’d rather die tragically than having my tummy ripped.

The new Starbucks at E-Gate is an answer to all coffee seekers but traffic jam haters’ prayers. I had but to applaude to the strategic location. Southern Penangites get to have a nice decent frappucino without travelling 45-minutes to the heart of Georgetown, and also without the constant traffic jam. And i got three free Starbucks coffee mugs! Hooray!

Eddy and I came up with a new business plan and hence, Shanghai’s Kitchen was born on 9th September, which also coincided with my parents’ wedding anniversary. I take that as an omen and a blessing.

For the first time in life i was granted a journey with a definite map. Oh, i’ve been lost and found so many times i gave up keeping track.

Which reminds me, i couldn’t find the business proposal Eddy sent me (or did he?). Oh, i get to be more organized or i’ll be missing out on a lot more than i already am!

On a different note, HSBC sucks! I have problem swiping my card for the past two weeks and i pay my bills on time. The hassle: My card was deny authorization at Tesco and starbucks twice, and i had to use my Mastercard (which i’d rather not). Perhaps i accidentally scratched the chip too deep or something.

Note to self: Our Friday night coffee ritual is back!Yay! Something i look forward too even more after quiting foosball. Starbucks E-Gate every Friday night at 8 pm (and not the usual 10 pm), since the establishment closes at 12 a.m.