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Iona signed up for Sociology class last semester and one of the movies they watched to complement their knowledge on that subject was the 80s cult classic, The Breakfast Club.

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The Breakfast Club is about five teenagers from different social cliques who are thrown together in a Saturday detention class, who learn that they are more alike than different. There's the criminal, the princess, the nerd, the athlete and the basket case (which in today's terms is the goth/social outcast). Not much different from the cliques of today which we see in Lizzie McGuire, That's So Raven, etc.


I tried watching this movie a number of times but due to time constraint never got past the "Hey-hey-hey!" of the opening credits. But I finally got round to watching it. My verdict on the number 1 of 50 Best High School Movies:

A MILLION TIMES BETTER THAN JENNIFER'S BODY.

I don't understand the abrupt ending, which didn't make much sense. Why did everyone (but the nerd) couple up?
BUT it's better than half the fluff movies out there today, I must say.


Here is the theme song of The Breakfast Club, Don't You (Forget About Me) by Simple Minds which I believe was the theme song of teenagers all over in the 80s.

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One of my favorite songs from Muse is Undisclosed Desires, which is also known as Undisclosed, from their latest album The Resistance.

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I rarely say this about songs, but I LOVE <3 the composition of this one. The strings have a prominent role here, giving the song an extra zing besides the usual bass and synthesizers. Another plus point is the catchy beat fom the beginning to the end which is a bit Timbaland-ish.


The lyrics are a bit intense, mirroring hardcore romance ala Lady Gaga, but in a more comprehensible and thought-provoking manner unlike "P-p-p-pohker face" or "Rah rah shish kembah!" "Rah rah rama-rama" bad romance.

The MV is also interesting to watch, though it's not like the plot-heavy Knights of Cydonia. It's quite hard to see what the dancer is doing though-is she krumping? Or is that intepretive dancing? :p

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i have a plank in my eye, and i'm sorry if you think i've been trying to get the splinter out of yours

perfect people not wanted

"maybe it's the lack of information. people who are rash in making decisions almost never think twice."

"you receive know not because you ask not"

there is no christmas without CHRIST =D

Christmas Nativity Flat Dolls
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Many years ago on this day, a baby boy was born to a couple, Mary and Joseph.

The son of a carpenter, He would go on to heal the sick, raise the dead and tell people to forgive their enemies.

His death was just as meaningful as His birth. Pierced to a tree, put in a tomb, He conquered death three days later by walking out of the tomb alive.

Happy birthday, Jesus.

“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” (Isaiah 9:6)


My new years' resolution is far fetched and seemingly impossible. BUT through Christ, every impossibility becomes a possibility. So I will hold on to the only hope in this world and keep believing that God does and will make all things beautiful in His time.

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estivities!


Oh, I just had to say that to use the adorably designed typography by Jessica Hische.


Christmas is less than a week away. GY Camp this year was great :) I miss camps when it ends.

It was my second year as a group advisor. This time to Joshua Lim's Two! Woohoo!

And tuck shop with Penny and Co. was superbly fun. Like kooperasi days.

There are so many books to check out! Gosh! And I'm sick after camp xD must be the back to back activities with no rest since MC. Hope it's not the *oinkoink* flu.

Yesterday night was spent getting lost in KL/Bangsar area with mum. Because I KNOW how to get to Damansara using NKVE, but used Federal instead. Gosh. So confusing!
But I thank God so much that we managed to get into the cinema in time with tickets from MHz (distributor of Muallaf) because KLue ignored us. Huahua.


Luke 19:10
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.

cawan musim monsun 2009, pulau duyung

Picca post! All from the handphone.


The main building where everything happens, and a view of the marina/sea







Cindai Ballroom and the sea as seen from the second floor VIP lounge







Apabila cuaca musim tengkujuh melanda...







Cartrade Group was a major sponsor. I counted 12 VW Touaregs. (Uhm, that's not mine, it just has my handphone number on the number plate.)






The best view for matches is always from the third floor media center





All the yatches used were of the F36 model. It's kind of like F1 where the vehicles are all standard for all teams, and victory is only for the tactically intelligent team. Here's a small scale model in the exhibition hall:






The champion of Monsoon Cup 09 and the overall champion of World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) were New Zealand's BlackMatch Racing Team led by Adam Minoprio. (But Mirsky Racing Team were the crowd favorite ;))

image by Gareth Cooke/Sub Zero Images

The people I worked with were smashing :) Most of them were from KL, a significant number of them were of mixed parentage, a few were from UIA, some of them were very responsible and fun to work with, most were still studying, and 90% of them smoke.
My dad would fit right in xD



Next up: Grace Youth Camp 2009! WOOOHOOO!!!!!!!

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the bearded fox

So many things happened in the days culminating to the Monsoon Cup, nevermind the event days itself. It really is a blessing to be able to work at this prestigious (although slightly unknown) event. If I were to blog about it, ah, it will take days. So I might be posting up bits and pieces that happened along the way.

Since my station was in the exhibition hall, I got to see lots of the events happening there. Like the 1Malaysia 1Culture dance thingy. The dances, I tell you, chunted gila. The different dancing groups went all out to produce the most "1Malaysia" dance. A bit cliched lah when you see the Malay dance, then the Chinese fan dance followed by the Indian "pot tembaga" dance.


The champions-DBI. Image from Sub Zero Images


But dance enthusiasts, like the cultural group from secondary schools, can learn a lot if they watch. They even had the choreographer from Citrawarna to judge.

So the winners were this group who had a stunning but epileptic inducing performance (due to their haphazardly dyed costumes) - Dewan Bandaraya Ipoh. They had a very commercial and entertaining dance, from the snippets that I manage to see.


Oh. And one group's song montage had me laughing. The lyrics of the song goes:

"Mari kita ke ladang
HOI!"

It sounded like some government propaganda, trying to get people to farm more (cos the government also released some tacky songs like "Guna IT" to encourage the use of Info Tech. Remember that? Hahaha) back in the days. Then I googled it and found out it was from a P. Ramlee movie called Musang Berjanggut. Roughly translated, it's the Bearded Fox.

Fantastic Mr. Fox!

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Today I found out that my results from last sem was so bad, it might actually bring down my cgpa :(

Today our job was to watch over little kids play the Nintendo Wii.

Breakfast, though the most important meal of the day, is the yuckiest. The cooks certainly have something against flavor. That, or they failed Ekonomi Rumah Tangga. That don't stop me from eating though.

The weather is very windy and watery. Fun to be in. The kick off concert got cancelled because of the weather though.