Switchfoot Concert Details

Heheh, this isn't really an update but for those hounding me for details of the concert, here goes.

To Aunty Lily-buds, sorry lah. You'll have to put up with more Switchfoot in the coming weeks.

More info to be found at www.onearmed.net. You also stand a chance to win tickets at www.mtvasia.com. All you have to do is sign up as a member of the site and answer the question (Duh, California).






So, GO, sign up and if you do win, we'll split 50-50 ;)




































Details are as follows.

Switchfoot Live In Malaysia

Date : Saturday, February 2, 2008
Venue : Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre - Hall 4
Doors open : 6.30pm
Opening act : Love Me Butch
Ticket prices: RM120 (pre-sale), RM 140 (at door)
* All ticket prices exclude RM3 processing fee

In case you're wondering where it is, or how to get there, I've compiled some information from various sites.

#1. Getting there by LRT (Monorail)

Pros : No car means no having to drive around madly for parking spaces. No likely traffic jam caused by possible Switchfoot fan mobs.
Cons : Packed trains pre/post concert. And after the exhilaration and jumping and moshing and screaming, you'll be sitting there and breathing the same air that circulates through their sweaty goodness-knows-wheres.

Getting there by LRT - Putra LRT Route Map

Just get yourself to any one of the stations and purchase a ticket to KLCC (ask for a 2 way ticket if you plan on getting both there and back the same way you came).

At the station, turn left after exiting the turnstiles and walk through the Suria KLCC shopping centre Concourse Level to the Centre Court. Turn left and make your way past Cold Storage to the Guardian Pharmacy where there is a walkway through to the Convention Centre. Take the elevator to the Ground Floor where you will be directed to the Registration area. (sourced from KL Convention Centre website)

#2. Driving there

Pros : Drive there in the comfort of your own car, no noisy public throng to sit with.
Cons : Parking spaces might be limited. Getting there and back might take a while due to traffic congestion.

Map to KL
Map to KLCC
Map to KLCC (2)
Map to KL Convention Centre

(Have a look at all of them to get a better picture of things)

If you are driving, here are your parking options:

1. Take the first left after the Mandarin Oriental Hotel from Jalan Pinang up the ramp to the access to the car parking below the Centre.
2. Park in KLCC Suria Car Park and exit to the Concourse level Centre Court. Make your way past Cold Storage to the Guardian Pharmacy where there is a walkway through to the Convention Centre. Take the elevator to the Ground Floor where you will be directed to the Registration area.

#3. Alternatives

• Take a cab there. No parking contrainsts to worry about. If you are in a taxi or a chauffeured car, approach the Centre along Jalan Pinang and turn left into the main entrance (second turn after the Mandarin Oriental Hotel) for dropping off.
• Shop all day at KLCC. Wait till the concert and catch a movie after. Everyone would have disappeared by then.

That's all for now folks! Start whipping out those albums you want autographed and a plethora of pens if you want the bassist to sign in one colour and the drummer another. I'm off to memorize them lyrics!

Switchfoot in Malaysia!

I CAN'T FREAKING BELIEVE IT!

SWITCHFOOT IS COMING TO MALAYSIA NEXT YEAR!

(Falls into hysterical fits, faints, and falls flat on the floor)

For the record, I've never used Switchfoot and Malaysia in the same sentence before. But now I have! I really can die in peace now.

If you don't quite believe me, and think that it's probably another case of me having too much to drink (yes, Chinese tea does that oftentimes) you can check it out on the official Switchfoot website.

Switchfoot.com

Or if you trust me to be a legit source of legit information, the table below says it all.









2nd February 08, people! Any takers? I die die also want to go.

I mean, this is Switchfoot we're talking about! Only my favouritest bestest band in the hole-wide-wurld!

As someone phrased it to near perfection,

'please oh Dear God, let me go to this concert! Amen.'

I'm still in shock, so my spelling and grammar wentr down the drain.

EDIT : I'm assuming this is the first concert Switchfoot is having in Malaysia, since I've not heard of any other prior to this one. It's probably (now, I say probably because I don't know) their maiden tour into South East Asia as well, so be sure to support them! They'll be passing through Indonesia (Jakarta) and Singapore before they hit the muddy shores of Kuala Lumpur (for those who don't know, Lumpur is Malay for mud)!

What the Pun?

If you've noticed, the title for my blog here is no longer 'I eat, therefore I ham'.







If you've never understood it in the first place, let me do it justice by explaining how it came about.

Rene Descartes, a famous philosopher once said 'Cogito ergo sum' which from Latin means 'I think, therefore I am'. He famously used the phrase in one of his works to, uh. . .to keep it short and very simple, he used it to convince himself that he existed. Or something to that effect.

On my side of the coin, I aptly replaced 'think' with 'eat' since I'd prefer to eat than to think anyway. It sort of reflects the Malaysian in me as well (If it wasn't obvious enough for you to notice, Malaysians love their food).

And the ham part was plain silly. My name is Jonathan Mah and most people refuse to utter anything more that two syllables when calling me, so it was cut (very) short to JonMah (no space summore!). So that's how the whole 'Hamnoj' thing came about, it's actually my name spelled backwards.

And back where we left off. I think therefore I am. As you can probably guess, AM became HAM and as they (WHO ARE THEY, ANYWAY?) say, the rest is history.

But more recently I've renamed it 'Veni, Vidi, Vedere', as you can see up there. It's another pun, a play on Julius Caesar's famous quotation 'Veni, Vidi, Vici' which means 'I came, I saw, I conquered'.

'Edere' is eat. Haha, yes, you guessed it! All the words being in first person perfect present tense, I assumed 'Vedere' would mean 'I eat'. Not the most grammatically sound pun around, but it should work. Typical Malaysian ingenuity, eh?

And so, welcome everyone, to the new hamnoj.blogspot.com.

I came, I saw, I ate.

Scones

I bet it won't come to you as a surprise that I'll be writing on scones. Yes, scones, those scrumptious round things the English eat for tea with their jam and tea.

Well, since it's the holidays, I thought it would be a good opportunity to pick up some handy skills, like cooking to keep yourself alive. With the advent of the internet, you can get recipes pretty easily.

I found 'Cameron Highlands: Scones Recipe' with a link to download some scone recipes.














The iconic tea plantations of Cameron Highlands. Picture by TS Bok here.

This is the site : Click me.

And this is the link for the recipe file : Click me too.
(it's a pdf file so you'll need Adobe Reader)

I walked out to the shops to get some flour after looking through the recipe, since we didn't seem to have any at home. The ingredients weren't too tough to get, and it seemed deceivingly simple to bake your own scones.

So I got the ingredients ready, measured the flour and everything meticulously, beat my eggs, heated up the oven, the usual stuff. The recipe called for two tablespoons of sugar and half a teaspoon of salt for taste. I didn't take any pictures here since my hands were sticky with dough.

Apparently, the key to getting good scones is not to overmix the dough mixture. It has to clump together jump nicely without being too saturated or you'll get tough scones. Right, everything looked set for baking. I stuffed the tray in the oven for about 15minutes. It didn't take too long for the aromatic molecules of smell to diffuse through the air. It actually smelled pretty good (and actually edible!).

The oven bell went 'ding' and with anticipation I opened the oven door and pulled the warm tray out, with my lovely little scones sitting proudly and puffed up. There were a luscious golden hue, screaming EAT ME! in nice little rows.

Temptation indeed.

As soon as it was cool enough to eat, I popped one in my mouth with great relish. I had done everything right, so rightfully, it should taste pretty darn good. I sat tensed, eagerly awaiting the burst of flavour that would soon erupt and take me to pastry heaven.

Well, let's just say it wasn't what I expected.

Simply put, it was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay


SALTY.

My expression must have looked like this :
















It turns out I mistook sugar for salt, and salt for sugar. There must have been like 10 times more salt than was needed so I had to gulp down cups of water. Darn it. I did everything else right but messed up the salt and sugar.

Stupid laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

The only thing I could do then was to throw them away. But not before I took some pictures. Since I wouldn't be eating them anyway.

=.=















Real scones are supposed to be a little taller and rounder. I don't know what mine are supposed to resemble.















They look so good, but taste just so bad. Bah, the irony!

Treewhoring

Whee! I'm on a roll. 3 consecutive posts in a day.

Just to make up for the extreme wordiness of the previous two posts, I'll dedicate this one to pictures of my Christmas tree. Trust me, I can't stand reading too many words either.

Now that I've got meself an dSLR, I just walk around the house every now and then snapping pictures of anything and everything. So when the Christmas tree popped up, I really couldn't help myself.

Mind you, I'm still a budding photographer so my shots aren't exactly great. Here goes.















A screenshot of my picture folder. Most of the pictures you see here are the 'final' versions of the shot. Prior to this I shot an average of 10 shots just to get the one I wanted. Pretty tough work, for newbies like myself.
















One of the ornaments hanging on my tree. It's a mirror with the silhouette of an angel on it. Pretty.
















Camwhoring with the tree? Treewhoring. It deserves its own place in the Olympics.


















In Black&White. I thought I'd try something different.
















It's a glass ball. Catches the light quite nicely, dontcha think?
















A hidden gem in the dark?
















A personal favourite, the Gingerfairyman. It was made by an orphan and we bought it some years ago. Since then, it has been a regular feature on our tree.

The Light Side

If chain mails are the dark side of the whole 'Forwarded Emails' scene, then theres obviously a light side to the force, uh . . . I mean, mails. (Obviously someone has had too much Star Wars indoctrination)

On the lighter side, there are messages with genuine information that crop up from time to time, which are out to shock, amaze and sometimes, disgust readers. Some are actually a pleasure to read (mebbe not the disgusting ones).

Some we don't have to read at all! Mails with lots of pictures are welcome anyday. They're not so wordy and confoundingly counfounding, like what my blog is becoming. (Oh the Hamanity!)

For example, a mail forwarded (Sourced from this site) :

Subject: FW: they're gonna need a bigger wall in china!

































































Commentary :

Although the rabbit depicted in these photographs may seem almost unbelievably large, it is (or was) in fact a real animal and the images are authentic. According to a February 2007 Washington Post article, the colossal bunny in the pictures is a German gray giant named "Robert" who weighed in at at whopping 23 pounds (10.4 kilograms). The man holding Robert is Karl Szmolinsky, a long-time rabbit breeder who lives in Eberswalde, a town in eastern Germany.

Szmolinsky and his giant rabbits gained the attention of the media after he agreed to sell some of his animals to the North Koreans to be used in a breeding program designed to help alleviate chronic food shortages in that country. Because of the large size of the breed, North Korean diplomats felt that Szmolinsky's rabbits would be a good choice as breeding stock. Indeed, Szmolinsky notes that each of his giant rabbits can yield up to 15 pounds (6.8 kilograms) of tender meat.

In December 2006, a collection of carefully selected rabbits, including Robert, was transported to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Szmolinsky was later informed that the rabbits arrived safely in North Korea.

Sadly, what happened to Robert and the other bunnies after their arrival is somewhat unclear. The secretive North Koreans remain tight-lipped about the success or failure of the breeding program. In fact, Mr Szmolinsky later received word that the rabbits he supplied may have been eaten at a birthday banquet for North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, rather than used as breeders as he intended. Thus, poor Robert may no longer be with us.

The email subject-line of this version of the message, "they're gonna need a bigger wall in china!", may seem somewhat cryptic to recipients who do not live in Australia. The line references a very popular television advertisement shown in Australia in which a father, struggling to think of a factual answer, finally tells his young son that the Great Wall of China was built to "keep the rabbits out". According to the ad, if only the dad had Bigpond broadband connected at home, he would have been able to give his youngster the correct answer. This clever ad and its follow-ups are very well known in Australia and the "dad" has become a minor celebrity. The following video of the ad should make the China wall reference clearer:



In case you can't quite catch what they're saying in that accent of theirs, I've typed it out for you.

Kid : Dad, why did they build the great wall of China?
Dad : That...that was during a time of Emperor Nasi Goreng and uh, it was to keep the rabbits out. Too many rabbits, in China.

Emperor Nasi Goreng, haha. Just classic.

Spam (REAL spam)

Recently I received one of those forwarded mails that seem to be floating endlessly around the internet. You delete them over and over again, only to find someone else sending you the same message.

It gets pretty annoying.

Probably the thing I hate most about these chain mails is the immense length of that list of email addresses you have to scroll through. I'm sure you know what I mean.

So what happened was I received a mail claiming that Microsoft would give me lots of money if I forwarded it to my many Uncles, Aunties and friends.

Here something that you might want to read it was on the news .
Subject: FW: PLEEEEEASE READ!!!! It was on the news!

Dear friends,

Something to share with all of u. Would u believe if this is true? Read on..... For those who need money badly and this is one opportunity to try it! I'm an attorney, and I know the law. This thing is for real. Rest assured AOL and Intel will follow through with their promises for fear of facing a multimillion-dollar class action suit similar to the one filed by PepsiCo against General Electric not too long ago.

Dear Friends,

Please do not take this for a junk letter. Bill Gates is sharing his fortune. If you ignore this you will repent later. Microsoft and AOL are now the largest Internet companies and in an effort to make sure that Internet Explorer remains the most widely used program, Microsoft and AOL are running an e-mail beta test. When you forward this e-mail to friends, Microsoft can and will track it (if you are a Microsoft Windows user) for a two week time period. For every person that you forward this e-mail to, Microsoft will pay you $245.00, for every person that you sent it to that forwards it on, Microsoft will pay you $243.00 and for every third person that receives it, you will be paid $241.00. Within two weeks, Microsoft will contact you for your address and then send you a cheque.

Regards.

Charles S. Bailey
General Manager Field Operations
[CONTACT DETAILS REMOVED]

I thought this was a scam myself, but two weeks after receiving this e-mail and forwarding it on, Microsoft contacted me for my address and within days, I received a cheque for US$24,800.00. You need to respond before the beta testing is over. If anyone can afford this Bill Gates is the man. It's all marketing expense to him. Please forward this to as many people as possible. You are bound to get at least US$10,000.00.

We're not going to help them out with their e-mail beta test without getting a little something for our time. My brother's girlfriend got in on this a few months ago. When I went to visit him for the Baylor/UT game. She showed me her check. It was for the sum of $4,324.44 and was stamped "Paid In Full".

Like I said before, I know the law, and this is for real Intel and AOL are now discussing a merger which would make them the largest Internet company and in an effort make sure that AOL remains the most widely used program, Intel and AOL are running an e-mail beta test.

Pffft! What rubbish. Honestly,with no offense whatsoever to whoever sent me the mail, how can you be naive enough to believe that you could get "at least US$10,000" just by sending out a stupid mail. And if I WERE Bill Gates, I wouldn't just go around giving my money like that. I'd rather throw it away in a densely populated area, where I'd create a commotion of some kind. Stop traffic, even.

PLEASE, people. Use that mound of matter between your ears before forwarding mails of any sort. A simple search would verify your mail. Take for instance, those mails claiming to be from Hotmail claiming that you need to pay for your email unless you forward it to everyone on your mailing list.

Hello everyone I'm the chief executive of Hotmail and we're telling you to forward this to everyone you know so we won't delete your account, even that would go against the Consumer Law and numerous other laws you don't know about and would give you the right to sue us tenfold for breach of contract. Even though you have no credible evidence that I am telling the truth, you should just believe me because I say so and you are a gullible fool. So send this to everyone you know! Have a good day.

Mr. Bob
Chief Exec of Something

If a huge service provider like Hotmail were to seriously consider an action like that, it would probably have it's own page in the news. And they would probably send out and official mail to your inboxes. And why pay anyway? Server hosting is getting ridiculously cheap

I'm getting worked up just typing this out.

If you must know, I never forward 'Forwarded' mails that come my way. So what if I don't get the love of my life in the next 24 hours? So what if the bloody phone doesn't ring within the next 5 minutes? So what if I'm eternally condemned to being unlucky?

If the emails were somehow, mysteriously all-powerful and capable of giving me cooties Where-It-Itches-Most, I couldn't really care less. Considering the number of chain mails I've deleted, I should have accumulated enough bad luck for me to be tripping at every step I take and breaking every bone in my body, including my ossicles (little bones in your ear) for at least three lifespans. I should be waking up to being haunted by a ghost of a little girl under my bed every other day.

HONESTLY!

I wouldn't mind spam so much if there were pretty pictures to look at, though.

Picture Day

About a week back, the family took a (very) long drive down to our kiasuer-than-thou neighbours, the little island called Singapore. Probably the only thing I remember doing there, besides having scrumptious meals paid for by rich relatives, is forking out lots of (my dad's) money.

Now, if you remember me drooling over a particular contraption that takes photographs here, I am quite proud to say that I am currently the owner of a brand new, spankingly brilliant Canon 400D.


















(Rapturous applause)
(yes lah I syok sendiri, don't go around bursting my bubble)

***We got ripped-off though. The owner of the shop charged us a whopping $ 115 Sing-Dollah for an extra battery and some other things too. Back then, I was way too elated to notice the price. A good rule of thumb is to avoid establishments that don't advertise their prices. Depending on whether or not the keepers like you, they adjust their prices accordingly at their own leisure and discretion. To their credit though, the shopkeeper was a fantastic salesman who actually talked my dad (MY DAD) into buying the camera. If we weren't ripped-off ever so subtly, we might not have gotten the thing in the first place. Sigh, you win some, you lose some.

If you ever get a dSLR, the one thing you have to know is that it involves quite a steep learning curve, unless you've got a natural flair for the darn thing. I know I don't.

Most people who are looking at taking the jump from your average compact point and shoot cameras end up buying a big, bulky SLR only to be intimidated by the numerous buttons and dials all over. In the end, those Rm4000+ babies aren't used to their fullest advantage, with the owners resignedly turning the settings to Auto and letting the camera do the thinking for them.

My dad and I took a trip down to the Curve today, in hopeful search of photo opportunities. You really have to practice to be a good photographer. Anyway, I initially thought myself to be acceptably good at photography, since I pick things up pretty quickly (generally anyway, dancing is a whole other matter) .

I took a whole bunch of pics, but they're so ugly I cringe at the sight of them. I'll be nicer to you lot though; I picked the pictures that don't look so bad.
















































I've always loved this effect, the water just looks so . . . wet. Forgive my lack of adequate adjectives, my brain is hibernating at the moment.

Wishful thinking

Christmas is just round the corner, and more people are buying into the over-commercialized facade it has (unfortunately) become.

But don't let that stop you from buying me something. (Grins cheerfully)

I have a picture and a few words. Not that I'm hinting at anything. Nothing at all, really.















It's a booke, in case ye might'st be wonderin'.

And just COINCIDENTLY, it's up for sale on amazon.com for a petty $0.36 cents. Even after the conversion rate, it's unthinkably cheap. Have a look at it here.

Factor in the shipping costs, and you'll leave three people with that warm, fuzzy feeling in their stomachs this Christmas, (namely, me, you, and Mr. Seller) without breaking the bank.

What's in a brand name?

I'm back, everyone. I've been out of the scene for a while because of the school's Performance & Awards Nite but more on that later. The last time I posted it was the start Hari Raya, and now it's Deepavali. Woah, that's been quite a while. Seeing that, the next time I post it might be Christmas.

Happy Deepavali, everyone. For Malaysians, any occasion for a holiday is reason enough to rejoice, so everyone is happy :)
















The festival of lights, Diwali (or Deepavali in Malaysia).
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"What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet."

-William Shakespeare

So, what's in a brand name then? Even as we go about our daily lives, we can't ever escape the reality of the brand-conscious, material world we live in. In the news, ads, mainstream media, just everywhere we are bombarded with the subtleties that have become synonymous with the big world of Marketing.

Whether we like it or not, most of us have an ever growing compilation of the Hot or Not brands in our heads. We just can't run far enough.

Then you look at those who have made a name for themselves. Those who live on forever immortalized as a brand. Even if the person fades into history, a brand seems to live on endlessly. Famous examples, of course, abound plentifully. Just glance down the aisle in a mall and names pop up everywhere to greet you.






Chanel, named after founder Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel. My grandma calls it 'Cher-niao'.

So, what is in a brand name?

I have no idea.

Alright, prelude over. You didn't seriously think for a moment I was about to discuss materialism in the context of modern fashion, did you? Anyway, here's the story.

There's this person that I know, and she happens to be a classmate of mine. Meet Agnes Sia Hui Bing, Petronas scholar and Physics extraordinaire.

















She's on the right, mind you. That person on the left IS a guy, in case you're mistaken. A great one, at that.

















Pictured here in the Sri KDU Library. What are we doing camwhoring in the library? Note the SMKDJ tie. Old loyalties die hard.

Just imagine how weird it was when I found this in the bathroom. (apparently, it came free in a goodie bag sometime ago)
























OMG, it's Agnesia! What would Agnes Sia say?

















That's just . . . wrong.

Surviving, Survived the Exams

Random Quote : Now that Raya is here, we're free to eat and drink in front of our dear Muslim friends again!















The Eid ul-Fitr Festival, or Hari Raya Aidilfitri as it is more commonly known in Malaysia.

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I know this is a little untimely, simply because our exams are long gone, DEAD and OVER, but for the benefit of those who are still struggling through their SPM (Sangat Penting punya exaM) and PMR (uhhh, Penilaian Menegah Rendah), I've decided to publish a new series of helpful guides at random intervals in time, depending on how lazy I decide to be.

Cue drum roll.

Installment #1 of Jonathan's Pointless Guides to Everything - Pulling an Emergency All-Night Study Session.

Lets face it, just about all of us don't really look seriously into revising till the last week before our exams. Of course, this depends on the varying difficulty of the exams in question. Lets quickly look at a table comparing the exams of different education levels to an approximate of when you should start studying.

Exams	When you should start studying
Standard 1 to 6	Study? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA…- No one (that means me) studies when they’re in Primary School, regardless of what our teachers try to tell us.
UPSR	If you’ve been listening in class, the night before is fine.
Form 1 to 3	A day before. MCQ (multiple choice/objective questions) basically means you don’t have to study.
PMR	3 days before each paper. Again, MCQ.
Form 4 to 5	Aiya, if you know your stuff just run through it the night before. Especially English.
SPM	Two weeks before, be zippy zappy about it and you should be done in time for SPM, with plenty of time to relax as well!

Note : I don't seriously advocate my own advice. DON'T listen to me.

Probably the only subject you should be absolutely serious in studying for in the SPM is EST. No bull man, that's a crazy subject, namely because I got a B3 for it. Blah. Let's get back on track.

So you're Form 5, and suddenly realize you've got a big SPM-thing looming ahead of you that would partly determine your future success and undertakings. And since you've recently gotten yourself addicted to that new Carrie Underwood song and forced yourself to listen to it on repeat for the past week, you don't realize your Bio paper is in two days!






















Oh-my-gosh-I-so-love-Carrie Underwood.

(If you're weren't once DJ-ian, you probably won't understand the next paragraph)

You DON'T listen to Puan Lim when she teaches. You PHOTOCOPY all your work from Chan Koay Soon when you need to hand it in. You sit at the table where EVERYONE stands the minute its your turn to answer Puan Lim's questions. Your idea of a good Bio experiment is poking fish guts with a scalpel and making funny shapes with your isotonic potato strips.

So just how will you learn two years worth of Bio facts in the span of two days? This calls for drastic measures. This calls for an All-Nighter! If you're a person who can't study under pressure, then you're pretty much doomed.

For my finals, I had to do something like that too. Amidst work, Halo and Halo 2, I had to fit in studying somewhere, so where better than the whole night? We spend most of our lives sleeping anyway. So, drink coffee. Truth be told, I hate the stuff, but it works. Kinda.

















Well, that's one way of getting your caffeine dosage. Coke has a wee bit of caffeine in it.

This is how I usually get through the night with a cup of coffee and a little sleep.

















Burning the midnight oil?

















My never ending source of caffeine.















Thick, intellectual books to read in case I get bored. Har har, I jest.

8.00pm - Has dinner and freaks out after realizing exams are tomorrow. Goes watch TV with little sister. Usually High School Musical or Totally Spies.

9.00pm - Snorts coffee powder (this is optional - you can add water to yours). Falls asleep in 5 minutes.

10.30pm - Wakes up and attempts to study.

11.15pm - Bored. Logs on to YouTube to watch Hannah Montana for an hour.

12.15am - Resumes 'study' while solving a Rubik's Cube.

1.00 am - Tries to study again. Notices the room needs cleaning.

3.30 am - Makes resolution to study. Reminds self that Physics is HARD. Successfully continues study without distractions.

3.37 am - Remembers to bath, having forgotten the night before.

4.00 am - Gets hungry, goes downstairs to eat.

4.30 am - Actually gets solid studying done.

6.00 am - Caffeine wears out. Takes nap.

6.40 am - Wakes up and hunts down mosquito because it is annoying.

7.00 am - Prepares for school.

So you'll see for yourselves, it isn't all that hard. Now, you can save yourselves some time if you take my Certified Mosquito Prevention Steps. Firstly, get yourself a sleeping bag or big blanket to cover yourself up, like so :



























Head covering removed for illustrative purposes. Breathing apparatus (straws) optional, but for added security (ie: if you don't want stung lips like Angelina Jolie or Amber Chia), feel free to grab a few.

However, this alone won't guarantee an hour of blissful, uninterrupted sleep. Mosquitoes are INCREDIBLY annoying in the way the buzz around your ear when you're sleeping, only for you to start slapping yourself all over. Or, you try getting up to slap it dead. You run around the room, getting sweaty and thus emitting more carbon dioxide, which makes it even easier for mosquitoes to find you. While your back is turned or you're taking a breather, it nips you in the butt and it gets itchy for DAYS. Stupid buggers.

So if you're on the verge of desperation and feel like crying, try this. According to Andrew, who first told me of this, it works. So far I haven't met anyone willing enough to try this, so if you do, lemme know!

Step 1 - Bait the enemy.



















Step 2 - Trap the enemy



























Once it's snugly in your ear, the trap is set. All you need to do is spring it.

Step 3 - Strike to Kill



























Step 4 - Gloat over Victory



























The best thing about it all is, mosquitoes can't see in the dark! So they'll never know what hit 'em. Of course, neither can you, but who cares.

Exams

And thus, Doomsday begins.



















Die lorr.

This week I'll be having my final year exams, and its crazy what the teachers packed into one week. Math, English, Physics and Mandarin in just 3 days! Thats crazy, Boss!

And today was Math. We're all finished, I tell you. I've never seen so many blank spaces in a 'finished' paper before. In other words, I SUCK at Vectors big time. The other questions were tough, but not so bad to the point that I leave them absolutely blank. But VECTORS, oh gosh, I'm just so dead lah.

Well, I gotta go eat bananas now. Happy Puasa-ing to all who are Happily Puasa-ing and Buka Puasa-ing. And likewise, happy PMR-ing to those who are.

(Yet another) Blogging Break

Since I just downed a cuppa coffee, I thought I might as well get this done with, seeing how I'll be up all night anyway.

Due to unforeseen circumstances (EXAMS!), and many other events (mostly EXAMS!), I have once again decided to run away the heavy responsibility that is blogging. Yes, I admit, I'm more interested in my Rubik's Cube at present.

Right now, I have the following to be completed :

1. EXAM! Prep. That's a lot of Math to revise.
2. World Lit Essay.
3. A quintillion million gazillion hamillion chameleon physics practicals
4. A whole ton of Business questions
5. Mandarin Essays (wo bu zhi dao la)
6. Something else (so this list looks more imposing)

Okay lah, listed down it doesn't look like alot, but that's how life is. It's like idiotic chemicals who refuse to react the way they're supposed to. The textbooks say this but nooooooo, they just have to differ by 106kJs!!!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Okay again, my brain is overloaded with Rubik's algorithms and what-not.

But I swear after Raya I'll be back with a vengeance. I'll spam a whole load of posts and you'll just HAVE to read them over and over again till your eyes bleed and you start reciting 'Hamelot' in your sleep - IN MANDARIN.

I've officially gone detrimental.












Technically, it should read hamnoj.blogspot.com on holiday, but it couldn't fit. Another case of bad photoshopping. Blah.

Storming off and smelling off caffeine,
Jonathan.