Off the Lights

Mission accomplished!!

Thanks to my roommate who is so supportive towards this idea of turning off the lights for an hour (8.30p.m.- 9.30p.m.).

It's a great experience. Hope that this one hour of darkness can make a difference. ^_^

There he is...

I'm not wrong although I've always thought I did. There is a guy making those sounds. For weeks I've been hearing those sounds from time to time but the more I think about it, the more I'm not sure whether the sounds are made by mouse or person. That is also why I constantly tell myself it's mouse. Don't think too much.

But every time I heard the sound I still can't help but think it's not a mouse. So I actually peeped out the last time when I heard the noise. From the small opening, I thought I saw a man standing under the tree outside my house, smoking. But when Boon Pei went to close the wooden door, she said she saw no one there.

There it goes. Again, I thought I was just seeing things.

But tonight it has been confirmed. The first moment I heard the sound, I tapped on Boon Pei's shoulder. She took off her headphone and this time she heard it too. I asked her if it's a mouse or a person because I can't tell anymore. I was surprise to see that Boon Pei actually agreed with me that it sounds more like a person.

She quickly sent a message to her friend, K, to come over and see if there's anyone outside our house. He did. He came on a motorbike.

First round, K saw him. A guy wearing a cap standing under the tree outside my house. K dare not stop since he was alone so he rode on but the guy noticed him.

K made a turn and came back for a second round with a friend, P (also Boon Pei's friend) but the guy had gone.

Where has he gone? I'm not sure. But if he can walk here for so many times, then I assume he must be living nearby.

K and P went back but on their way, they were stopped by the police. Both K and P told them what had happened and so they returned; this time with the police.

Thus, we made our second police report. They asked lots of questions, looked around the tree and the drain in front of our house, shone their torches at the empty house next door, advised us to lock all the doors and to call the police if the guy comes again, jot down the address of our house and left.

So now I'm sure. Sure that I didn't hear nor see wrongly. Gosh... have to be extra alert.

Guiness Semester Record

These are the newest record for this semester:

1. Most assignments in a semester. (>20)
2. Skip classes.
3. Sleep deprivation. (now sleep at later than 4am in the morning. The total amount of sleep in 3 days together doesn't even reach 8 hours. No wonder every afternoon I'll drop into coma)
4. Overslept. (I must be very tired to oversleep so many times.)
5. Spend most of my days thinking about holidays or when can I have proper sleep.
6. Telling stories about one person. (I don't know if this is accurate. Last time it's another girl.)

Did I miss out anything??

No Way!

Today's mood= low.
Today's luck= low.

Hate it when my luck's low although it's part and parcel of life. It totally spoils my mood.

Today's bad luck report:
1. Fell flat and hard on the tar ground.
2. The 1st thing I saw in my mailbox is my supervisor asking to see our chapt. 2 draft by the end of this March. Worse is, I have no confidence of finishing it in time.
3. All the work load which is getting heavier.
4. That girl better don't scare off my brother by her weird behaviour. Another weird word regarding my family and I don't think I can really tolerate it. Better Beware.
5. Embarrassing moment. Sorry to say that but I really hate it when people match make me to another person. I don't mind making friends but not match making PLEASE!!
6. It's you again, girl. Please do not take people's pictures without their consent like those paparazzi and post them online. Don't make me take a picture of you cleaning the toilet and post it online. It's not like the pictures you took has any meaning at all. =.='''

Please ignore this blog. Bad mood. Just want to vent anger. That's all.

Self- praising

The first thing that came into my mind when Vivien presented for Language for Negotiation and Persuasion was how someone whom I know always show off to me recently. I just get to know her this semester and she has been showing off to me so many times it's really getting irritating.

I almost wish she was there to listen to Vivien. Then maybe she'll know the way to show off. Not by always self-praising or half-forcing people to agree with her self compliment.

It's not just me. I think the others are getting annoyed too. It's not like what she said is convincing. It doesn't sound convincing to me at all. And what's the purpose of showing off what her mum has done? Not exactly her own achievements anyway. It's understandable if it's just a couple of times; to show how proud she is of her mother. But surely not that many times. And also not until she has to tell us all the trivial matters which she exaggerated to make her sound good, smart and saintly.

Please do not repeat these again:
1. I'm becoming so popular in school
2. My Chinese writing is nice hor? (she repeated this at least twice when the listener pretend not to hear her)
3. My mum very 'geng' one (everytime she'll give many reasons as to why)
4. My house got many books...
5. My lecturer said only my presentation today is university level. The others are not.
6. My lecturer said bla bla bla (self praise) x10
7. My facebook picture nice hor? ( I can't bear myself to agree with her so I just kept my mouth shut)

I've never heard so many self praises in my life. Even her compliments to other people are not convincing anymore (yes, even her compliments on me)

Today's self compliment (quite indirect this time):
X : Jingyi, if your lecturer suddenly ask you to write a journal on the spot, how would you feel?
Me: (feeling suspicious) How would I feel?
X : (laughs) Yalor. Today my lecturer suddenly asked me if I can write a journal on the spot or not.
( I get her idea and try to shut off my brain)
X : bla bla bla ... I presented almost 40 minutes. My lecturer told me "Please la, X. Make it short." (laughs to herself) Because my presentation always very long. Everyone also told me that... My report ar...my lecturer likes my report (i think that's what I heard). I checked my English, grammar and all those stuff many times. I want to make sure nothing goes wrong...bla bla bla... (goes on)

Now I come to think of it, even if she's in our class listening to Vivien's speech, I don't think she'll realise she's self praising all this time.

She Replied!

I was thinking for so long who shall I interview for my feature writing assignment. I asked several people- friends, Mum, Dad, whoever you can think of but none can give me a good idea. Seriously, I was getting desperate. If I don't find a person soon, I'll be doomed.

But I ran out of idea. I can't do Dr. Carmen because too many people did a feature on her. I can't do Dr. Toshiko either because I heard Ian is going to feature her. So who should I feature?? Headache for weeks just to think of ONE person for me to feature.

Then Sarah told me she's going to feature Mr. Renu....and this memory from my subconscious mind suddenly pops out: Mr. Renu came over to chat with us before class. He said, "Do you know the latest Miss Malaysia is from UTAR? Broadcasting student if I'm not mistaken."

This sudden idea of featuring Miss Malaysia makes me excited. Of course I'm not sure whether she'll agree to let me interview her out of her tight schedule. I expect her to be too busy for me to interview. But all the same, I looked her up online, found her e-mail address and sent her a message.

She replied! Oh My God! I can't believe my eyes!!

I'm so excited and nervous. Hope that everything will go smoothly for me. Hmm...What questions shall I ask? I don't have much experience in interviewing people. Maybe I could do with a little help from my friends? What would you suggest? Any ideas??