Went out for drinks with Michelle last night.
My Dad was all edgy cause I was only picking her up at 10:15PM and he was under the impression that if I leave later, I'll come home later.
Anyway, we went over to The Curve and tried out Scarlet for abit. She had a green tea vodka and I had a drink they called 'ice-tini' which is like a martini but with tea and lime and all that. It was quite good. Then, we decided that the place kinda sucked and we couldn't hear each other screaming so we left and met up with her friend and his cousin in Laundry. This time, she treated me to a drink since I treated her before and this time, I took a martini (peach) and she got a martini (lychee) too. We thought we'll share between the both of us since it's the same thing, different fruit. WRONG. Nobody wanted the lychee cause it SUCKED. Till her friend decided to help her and downed the lychee nonsense.
We sat there till it closed. How early does Laundry close? VERY EARLY.

Doing another tag....
The Rules: Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged.
[I'm not tagging anybody cause I hate being tagged so if you wanna do it then, tag! You're it!]

1. Everytime I look down from a high place, I imagine the railing/wall breaking and me falling to a horrible messy death. Which is why I fear heights.

2. I taught myself guitar at 15 and forgot all the chords the next week. Then, the guitar had to be restrung and nobody did so because nobody played and I did not want anybody to find out that I was trying to learn so I kept quiet till much later on when I really couldn't hold back anymore.

3. Since I was in Standard 3, I've always felt that I knew more reading other books than what I was learning at school.

4. The Chinese character for my last Chinese name "Yui" (Not pronounced yu-ee but like how you say 'fish' in Cantonese) consists of the character for 'girl' and 'mouth' (in that order).. next to each other. My family always says that my grandfather had great foresight and judgment of character but come on, I was only a baby.

5. My hands cannot sit/stay/lie still and is always constantly moving and to prevent them for moving without a purpose, I pretend to type out what people say to me on my lap or on a table.

6. I love logic puzzles, IQ puzzles, riddles and things that puzzle me. I'm still in the midst of figuring out all the things that puzzled me in The Book of the Law by Aleister Crowley (Full title: Liber AL vel Legis, sub figura CCXX, as delivered by XCIII=418 to DCLXVI) but I doubt I'll ever find an answer unless Aiwass speaks to me the way he spoke to Mr. Crowley.

7. I am a messy person but I can't stand things in shops or supermarkets being out of place or not arranged according to their colour/expiration date/pictures etc. So I do the employees' jobs by arranging them everytime it bothers me.

8. When people piss me off I imagine them dying in the most horrible way.. unintentionally.

9. I feel sorry for girls who constantly dream of their wedding day.

10. I have a sharp tongue and my Dad calls me a bright spark. One time, my brother shoved his hand into my hair and pretended to pull something out and said "You see that? It's a SPARK PLUG". Yes, I have a lame brother.

11. I hate politics and I hate people who dream of becoming politicians. Democracy is a lie. Believing in a lie proves a person's stupidity. Why do people still believe that democracy lives?

12. Despite me having too many opinions of people, life and the like I choose not to voice out my opinions all the time because I feel it's as though I'm trying to convert people to think my way and I do not like people who try to force their opinions down others' throats. So, when I don't say anything but smile, you know I don't agree with you.

13. I may have killed a lizard among my sister's stuff. I haven't told her YET and I haven't had the guts to drag it out.

14. At the ripe young age of 10, I opened the encyclopedia and spent the next few hours reading everything I could think of. Which lead me to pester my Mum to buy me a book about the facts behind the pyramids and it's astrological connections which was more than 500 pages long and read it within two days. That started my ongoing love for history and mystery.

15. I was screwed up at 5 when I watched a movie where a guy got buried alive. I've been claustrophobic ever since.

16. I think art has been pigeonholed by elitists with poles up their arses.

17. I can't stand ALOT of people..

18. I used to like pink alot until, all of a sudden, it became THE colour to like among girls in my school and I hated the fact that there were 'pink fanatics' in school. So I decided to go all black and realised I like this colour more than pink. Green is a staple. Now, I go all psycho demon bitch on pink loving people.

19. The name 'Evillvampiress' came from a joke that sprouted when I was younger. I used to dream of being ambushed and attacked by a vampire when I was young and I told someone I would love it very much if I was a vampire and because of my interest in medieval torture devices (at that time), the friend called me an 'evil vampire' to which I replied that it should be 'vampiress' cause I'm a girl. And the rest is history.

20. In kindergarten, I told my teacher that I was not a girl but a boy in a dress. She said that I don't have what boys have and I told her it hasn't arrived.

21. And that reminds me of the time I threw a fit in kindergarten because I was partnered with a sweaty boy and I did not want to even touch his hand let alone hold it. I kept talking back to the teacher who did not know what to do with me. Don't worry, the boy was not offended. I still do not like touching sweaty people now.

22. I've been told that I'm disturbingly informed of every type of torture, murder, crime and demon/devil there is. I think people are disturbingly uninformed and misinformed. Ignorance is bliss? No. Ignorance is ignorance.

23. I used to blow up at my cheer team for being too bimbotic in their performance eventhough I know that was required. (I lost points for the team at one meet because I scowled at someone in the crowd)

24. Not many people know this but initially, I wanted to pursue fine arts instead of interior architecture but was discouraged by the lack of good colleges in this country and the inability to go to Singapore. I still indulge myself in sketching and drawing every once in awhile. I have a hidden stash of all the sketches and paintings I've done since I discovered my great love at 15.

25. My grandmother told me 'Lydia' was a prostitute in the Bible and I was very offended that my parents named me after her... until I finally found the chapter where Lydia was mentioned and turns out, she was a trader of purple cloth. My grandmother has since denied everything. I am still scarred.

25 is not an easy number to fulfill.
Anyway, I'm off to read some weird thing I found online.
Masayo-chan coming in a few days. Whee!

And I've arrived home from Ipoh after spending three days there.

Day one: Boring
Day two: Incredibly noisy as everybody was home except a few cousins
Day three: Incredibly noisy as everybody went to Temoh to visit my greatgrandma, granduncles, grandaunts, aunts, uncles and cousins. Five generations under one roof.

On the second day, I was lazing around bored because I finished my book the night before and there was nothing to do. So, the siblings decided to go out to the local mall for a bout of shopping or walking. Arrived at the mall and it was PACKED... without many stores opened. Why do peope go to the mall when there's nothing to do? So I wondered. Anyway, the noise level was HIGH. We sat down for a drink for abit before calling my Mum to pick us up and we practically rushed into the car to go back to the place that we complained was boring before.

On the way the Temoh, apparently, as we were passing the post-busy town of Gopeng (now a ghost town) I remembered Nee On and how he was so excitedly telling me about the ghost towns in Perak and got happier when I told him there were many more.
And also, my sister said that they saw a barber shop in that town. A town of only a short stretch of road with shophouses on both sides, it has been abandoned for as long as I could remember and there is a barber shop there. I asked her "Are you sure it was REALLY there??". Where does the business come from?

While in Ipoh, Masayo gives me a call which I missed so I called her back and she says "I'm coming to KL on the 3rd of February!" and I go "Yay!"
Next week :D

By the way, I saw the trailer for Confessions of a Shopaholic and I believe it's gonna be another ruined novel-turned-movie just like Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging.
Since WHEN was she EVER a New York City girl? At least keep the location the same!
And Alvin and the Chipmunks has a sequel. Another movie year.

I need to watch a good movie. Attempting at watching a movie called Sympathy for Lady Vengeance. HOPEFULLY, it's good.

We had a visit to a tile gallery.
My entire morning was spent staring at tiles.
Was about to steal some shoes on display (as a joke). It's dangerous for them to display shoes in that manner.

Nice.

To make matters worse, I woke up with very bad cramps.
I was in so much pain by the time the visit was over but I was to accompany Nut to Bangsar. Had lunch there. We stopped by this house on our way home that had furniture and clothes.. I'm telling you, I'm in love with a pair of white chairs. They were so nice, simple and WHITE. The point is, I nearly fell in that house because of my cramps! I had the ol' black out moment in public. I swear, I should not be allowed out of my house on the first paint day.

Here! Raymond being obscene.

Deathstars' new album, January 30. Yay!
FINALLY.
How long was that wait?
And apparently, our country has been cut off the 'click here to pre-order' list.
What the hell?
Anyway, new song, Death Dies Hard... is good. Nice and hard. Could've been harder (in the metal sense) but was good anyway. The video was a little.. funky.. what with the angel and all but was okay all round (it reminded me of Max Payne). Saw the album cover (is it the album cover?) and one of the guys in the band, uh, one of the guitarist.. was his name Nightmare? I don't know... he looks like Krauser III in Detroit Metal City. That made me laugh for awhile. [Wait, now I think it's the drummer.. who cares]. (And Skinny greeting us in Arabic is trippy)

Masayo-chan has pulled her trip down here forward. She's coming down in February. Two more weeks :D She's gonna be living around KLCC so I can pick up my many many books and magazines and visit her at the same time.

My blog has never been this neglected before.
I've been busy drawing plans, sections, elevations, details and making stupid sectional models.
For an entire week, I had to redesign my booth design (combining a circular design with a square design which ended up looking strange and weird in 5 different designs), draw up 4 elevations, 3-4 details, 1 plan and 2 sections!
I slept 3 hours in 48 hours.
Tuesday was D-Day and I was atill awake at 7:30AM taking a break before printing all my work.
Started printing and realised that the JPEG file was killing my lineweight!! (According to my tutor, lineweight is the MOST important thing) so I panicked because I now cannot print because my computer has no printer so I had to plot my AutoCAD files to Photoshop to save it in JPEG format and that was killing everything (including scale!) so I messaged Claire "Are you awake?" and she was just about to go to sleep actually but she said it was okay for me to go over and print at her house. So, at 7 something AM, I was hugging Giant Patrick (with a new shirt) and watching her print her work before I did mine. Then, when everything was done, scale and lineweight was right, I conked out on her bed. I'm sorry for invading your bed, Claireeey.
Then, I'm not sure if she woke me or I woke up on my own (I believe the former because it's impossible that I woke up on my own without an alarm).
Went to college to realise that nobody bothered being on time and when everyone did come, I wasn't the only one with an unfinished model :)
Pinned up my work and realised that somewhere along the way from Claire's printer to my class, I lost my fourth elevation. Which means, I lost some marks there.
Anyway, she didn't say anything (because she was in a good mood) much except to tell me that my details had to be more detailed in terms of viewpoints (Which, my design communications tutor, we all know who, did not bother informing us at all).
Now, I have two weeks to complete a 3000mmx9000mm model complete with construction details and all. Also, I have a debate on the Wednesday the week college reopens. I have to debate on Modernism: A Failure or a Success? (and that's just MY title). I'm all for Modernism and my class is split nicely in half in our opinions. My part, apparently, is adaptability to different cultures. I didn't even know what I was gonna write, I just sprouted some nonsense when he asked me what my topic was about. Now, I have to start reading and reading. The moment IAC started, I stopped reading because I was doing so much of reading on architecture that when it came to reading my books, my eyes wouldn't allow it. The Graveyard Book is still lying there unread.

It's 5AM now, I need to sleep.
I can't wait for Chinese New Year because that means I have two weeks of break :D

It's 5 fucking thirty and I'm being swarmed by mosquitoes.
I'm so bitten, I can't sleep.

So, I'm on YouTube watching random videos and I decided to re-watch the 'freeze' video from Improv. And I remembered how the IAD lot did it in 1Utama. That was fun.
Urgh, mosquitoes are falling down dead on my keyboard.

Japanese class is becoming a bore...
My previous sensei went home to Japan and now the new one, is so slow. I swear, it sounds like she doesn't know her own native language. Everytime I answer a question or ask her something, I'm left hanging for 5 minutes. It makes me feel like I'm waiting for a punchline that will never come.
My classmates keep looking at each other with this 'What's going on?' look everytime we're left hanging and then some of them will giggle cause the reaction always comes at the same time.

The other day, at 10AM in the morning (my sleeping time), Masayo-chan messages me and says "Do you wanna move in with me?" and I'm all "Huh?".
I ask her "Where you gonna stay?"
She replies "Cheras"
Seriously now, why do I wanna move to Cheras, right?
Lol!
Anyway, can't wait till she comes.

Shit. I'm so tired. I may not go for 3DMax class tomorrow.
I don't even wanna go for lecture. I'll fall asleep in class.

I'm itching like there's no tomorrow. Even my ears are bitten. If I come down with denggue tomorrow, I won't be surprised. Among the hundreds of mosquitoes, surely one is a denggue carrier.

Nozomi (previously, Usagi. Yes, we found a name for her) is skinny. So we stuffed her with food and she didn't stop eating for 3 hours. I was worried that we'll have to put her on a diet but thankfully, we don't have to!

Now I'm thirsty.
I'm telling you, the mosquitoes are from the garden next to my house. The garden that my parents dig up everyday to plant new plants. The mosquitoes run into my house. In the future, my house won't have any form of plants.

I'm gonna go take something for them.

If this were a room, there'd be cobwebs in here already.
I've been caught up with other things.

First off, went back to visit my grandma in Ipoh last weekend.
Aunt and cousins were back from Australia so it was noisier than usual.
Presented my research paper on Monday. Got a little emotional and passionate about the subject but my tutor said he was satisfied and happy with our work cause we did some thorough research. We pissed him off a little when we forgot to bring a laptop to present.
Stayed up all night Monday night to hand up my sketch/development models on Tuesday. Finished at 9AM, took a little nap and woke up with the worst stomach ache known to mankind. Had to skip class as I couldn't walk. Which was good in the end cause I heard Ms. Tutor was in a HORRIBLE mood and when she's in a horrible mood, even Tokujin Yoshioka's designs would be shit.
Today's lecturer was a guest lecturer and he used to work with 1Utama's design team and it was nice seeing pictures from the initial design stages to the finished work of all the Christmas/Deepavali/Hari Raya decorations that they put up every year (Especially my favourite toy soldier).
After class, had a brief meeting with Ms. Huwi with Nut and the rest... and was surprised to know that Ah Tung was called up too. He has no problem, in my opinion.
Then, I had to go to KLCC for a second/third site survey and dragged my Mum along. First things first, went up to Kinokuniya and collected SJ and my magazines. Gigs, Bass and Kera... yeap! Got the right ones. Nearly whooped with glee when I caught Dir en grey on the cover but suppressed the whooping because Japanese people might stare at me weird.. again.

I'm waiting for Masayo to arrive in KL in March. Oh, hurry up. I miss talking to that woman. And she promised me we're going to jam although she hasn't sung in a long time. It's okay, I haven't played my bass in a long time too. We're even now.

Usagi-hime-chan is coming home tomorrow :D
I'm so happy!
Hisashiburi no usagi da~

And now, I'm caught up playing another game. Need to start on my brick research paper for Friday!

So I watched "Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging" today.. or was it "perfect kissing"? Who cares. The first indication that the movie was gonna be a let down was the fact that they changed the name... and did that stop SJ and I from watching it anyway? No. We wanted to pay homage to our favourite book so we watched it and you know what, I can't believe they changed so many important parts of the book. Robbie never wrote a song called "Bitch in uniform" or some shit like that. It was the dolphin song which he sang to her with his head on her lap. And Georgia was never into her family and never cried for her father to come home from New Zealand.. she wanted him there permanently.
All in all, "Angus, Thongs and Full-frontal Snogging" is the better of the two. Stick with the book.

Anyway, HAPPY NEW YEAR.
For the first time, I decided to spend the eve at home and not at some party.
And I've been drinking with my parents and my grandmother to pass time.. then it was the New Year and my brother decided he finally wanted to come home from his party.
SJ asked me earlier today, "Do you wanna watch the fireworks?"
And I replied, "No.. too lazy to crowd"
And she said, "Me too! My parents are gonna watch"
At that moment, I felt like I aged 50 years. Her parents decided to crowd for fireworks and the two of us young people just want to stay at home.
Then, Michelle messaged me when I got home, "Whatcha doing tonight?"
And I said, "At home for some rest and relaxation"
And she said, "But it's New Year's Eve!"
Yeah, thanks Michelle for aging me another 10 years.
Anyway, I'm too pooped to do anything.
I'll go pubbing with her another time.
For a drink or four.

There's a new shop in Pyramid. We walked in. It's some copycat 'Japanese fashion' crap store.
The lolita dresses were hideously coloured. SJ was walking around and the shopboys were trying to sell some stuff to her and he said "How about lolita?" and I started coughing with my back to them. Yes, SJ understood the coughing.
Seriously, these local stores should start realising that there is such a thing as overkill even with Japanese street fashion. It's nice that they're trying to create replicas of the gothic punk/lolita clothes but seriously, take a close look at h.Naoto, Metamorphose and all that and study!

That day, SJ said the something really scary. "I'm gonna turn 21 in 5 months".
Maaan, I've barely enjoyed turning 20 and she's already getting ready to turn 21.
Yeap guys, we're growing old.

I'm sleepy.
Usagi-hime-chan is doing well, I heard. I'm glad :)
I wanna see her soon. Leo-chan's dog is fascinated by her.. which can turn a little hairy sometimes.