Saturday, June 23, 2007

Olympiad Maths Quiz

The sun was shining bright, the birds were chirping, what else could we do but go for a quiz? Ha. That WAS the only thing some of us could do as we had already registered for it. I'm not complaining, it was an experience! :)
Our team compromised of Khai Shien, Chin Wei, Carmen and me.

About 8.40 in the morning, we set off for Malaya Universiti. Let me tell you this: BIG. Get it? Yes, the campus was superbly huge! Even so, we only visited the examination hall. That itself was interesting. The floor plan was arranged in a sort of + sign. In the center of it all was a clock dangling from the ceiling and the announcement podium, where the invigilators see all.

When the paper started, I was in a mess. One glance through the paper and I knew that I have never learnt this before. A few minutes later, i had completed one of the nine questions we were supposed to answer. All in all, I managed to answer 6 of questions, 3 being 100% correct. That was how hard the paper was.

12.30 marked the time for us to leave the place. We left in Khai Shien's mom's car, and I went back to school for a meeting. Phew, tiring work, tis quiz!

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Fantastic Four ~ Rise of the Silver Surfer

Hmm, last Saturday, i went to 1 Utama to watch the movie. Well, it was nice and all, but on the whole, there was plenty of gaps in the movie that i did not understand. For instance, the part where [Spoiler]Stan Lee tries to go for Reed and Susan's wedding; i wasn't sure who was Stan. Turns out he's the artist for FF.[/Spoiler]. Compared to FF1, FF2 was not so interesting. It's also not as funny. =(

Well, the two interesting parts were [Spoiler]when Johnny combined all their four powers together to fight Dr. Doom Surfer (XD) and the part where the movie reveals the cool car.[/spoiler]

All in all, i can only give it a 3 outta 5. Needs more drama, dont'cha think?

Silver Surfer

The Silver Surfer. I forgot his real name. XD

Sunday, June 10, 2007

Father's Day Pre-Post Celebration

Well, yesterday night we all had a little Father's Day party at our house. The guests were mostly my mum's friends (line dancing group). We had a few performances, including a dance, a sketch, and a piano solo. This were all performed by us, the children. I was in the dance (hey, couldn't think of anything else to do! :P). Naturally, I don't dance, but circumstances were desperate.

Plus, there was also one unexpected performance. My sister volunteered to sing after seeing everyone else performing. Her songs? "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and "Little Teapot". What else can you expect from a 5-year old? ("Here is my teapot, here is my,.... erm, mummy what ah?" Lol.)

After the performances, we headed for the kitchen to eat (and eat, and eat, and eat). Erm. I found out in this day how much wine the parents could drink. Haha. We were supposed to have some games, but due to the weather (it rained), it was cancelled. More eating, I suppose.

At about 11 p.m. , we had the cake cutting. The cake was a Philadelphia cheesecake, topped with fruits. I have yet to try it out. Heh.

12 a.m. was the cue for everyone, in their *drunken* state, to go back home and rest. We also cleaned the house. Well, that's that then.

PS: Trying to upload videos; they take too long. So all there is are pictures. That's also why I cannot upload the mum's dance and The Trio's sketch. Anyone know a good video re-sizer software?

Dance

Pictures of my friends and me dancing to the music 'Scandalous'

More Dancing

I'm at the back, to the extreme left. Our group name? 'First Street'. Don't ask me, my mum came up with it. XD

The Trio

Two members of the Trio, to the left and right. In the middle is their mum, Aunty Tracy.

Piano Solo

Yvonne performing for the fathers. She's currently playing "Canon in D".

1st Street

Guys of the First Street after the performance. A bit disappointing, really. We all danced too fast. =(

Little Alyssa

Here's my sister singing her songs. =p

Cake

My brother, on the right, with Ken Jin, on the left. They're tryi.. er, wait. I'm not sure what they ARE doing to the cake. Note that they are wearing the same shirts. XD

Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Heroes ~ Season End

Heroes

This is official. I have finished watching the TV series 'Heroes' season 1. The final results were depressing enough. So many good people died in order to save the world, or they were murdered by a man named Sylar. Rumor has it that he eats human brains to get their power (I'm joking, hehe!)

The final episode was a blur, but it was also nice to see all the main characters (that is, those who haven't died yet) unite to destroy their main enemy: Sylar. The only thing that burned me was this: even though Hiro Nakamura stabbed Sylar in the stomach, he could very well be alive; he crawled down the sewer.

Plus, Peter Petrelli is the nuclear bomb. Surprised? Thankfully, he didn't destroy New York. However, Nathan is the cause of that. He flew himself and Peter into the heavens. They exploded in space, away from the innocent civilians of New York. Nathan died (of course! Hero or not, no one can survive a nuclear blast!).

Well, a sad ending for a near-perfect series! 5 outta 5!

Nathan Petrelli

Yes, for those who are clueless, this is Nathan Petrelli, big brother of Peter Petrelli. He's dead :cries:

Sylar, Peter Petrelli

In the background is Sylar, the brain eater. Peter Petrelli is in the foreground. I'm not sure he's still alive after he exploded into a fireball of radioactiveness. He does have instant tissue regeneration, though.

Monday, June 4, 2007

Pirates of the Carribbean!

Or, should i say, Carry Bean? haha.

Well, my internet's back up, so I'll post more often now. Last Sunday, I went to Summit GSC to watch Pirates of the Carribean III (Let's just call it POTC). Thing is, I've never watched POTC II! So, I was expecting plenty of gaps in the movies where I did not understand.

Thankfully, all I didn't understand was just this: Why was there so many Jack Sparrows on the Black Pearl in the Locker? haha.

The movie, on the whole was quite entertaining. A lot of hilarious scenes there. Like the one where the dwarf used a cannon to big for him. He just flew back down the stairs! That's my fav scene. =p

Anyways! 4 out of 5!

Scene from POTC 3

Guess what? That's Chow Yun Fatt next to Barbossa! In the movie he plays the role of Sao Feng, a Singaporean pirate. =P