Rolling in greens and rolling greens-quotes that define the state of a mind that is lost.

USMart Tees still for sale! Enquire for details. *wink*

"I don't have a baby yet, but when I do, you'll be the first to know,"

"Did you hear that? I'LL be the FIRST to KNOW!"

"Frogs! Purple elephant shaped balloons flying in the air..."

"Hey, hey, look! I can stand a giraffe on my face,"-Orked, Sepet. (That's why I've always (and still do) want a stuffed giraffe toy. xD I can't help it!)

"Mmmmm....DOH-nuts,"

(shyly) "ro.....ti....ca....na...i.....sa.....tu....."

(sound of marbles hitting the Form Five classroom floor) "WHOSE WAAAANNN?!!!!"

Instant. Fried. Noodles.

Food is a daily occurance in my life. I see it day in day out. It goes into my digestive system without fail everytime.

I eat more often, almost once in three hours even, during two occasions only: when it's the time of the month (you need to burn calories to compensate for all the shedded bl-I mean, uterine wall cells) and when it's the exam season. Sometimes I like to eat when I'm in love, too, but that doesn't happen too often. Oh, and I tend to overeat when I'm happy and ecstatic for no reason. Of course I eat when I'm sad and depressed, like most girls do. Phew! That's more than two occasions. LOL.

Food is such a comfort when you can't seem to do anything when a problem hits you straight in the face.

I just got off the phone for the first time in two hours. My ears are numb. My friend told me a whole host of things I WISHED i didn't hear, but uh, apparently there's this unwritten rule among girls that you're supposed to tell your girlfriends the important stuff that happen to you when they're not with you, regardless of whether or not the listening party is wants to hear. I must've missed that memo. It strengthens the female bond or something like that, something that's biochemistry-related that I REALLY don't want to know.

(masak-masak.blogspot.com)

Anyway. Stomach called for a supper snack, so I cooked a Maggi Goreng. Seriously, this stuff is addictive! Try IndoMee's mee goreng first. That one beats Maggi hands down. It's a taste of what real instant fried noodles should taste like. Remember the brand, INDO MEE!!!

We were out of IndoMee and someone ter-brought Maggi, so yeah. Substitutes work anyway.

Don't order from mamak! They add in all those foreign substances that add more calories. (!) Cook a simple, naked one. Nyummier! (No picture of one like that, so the one above will do xD)

Mmm...food. Weight watching be darned!

Really, who cares about how much you weigh when that delectable national delicacy is spread out in front of you, soaked in delicious black sauce and tiny chilli flakes?

You know what, I'm linking up masak-masak. The pictures and reviews are drool worthy! I mean, look at this picture of roti jala from the SS8 Ramadan bazaar post!

Have you ever seen this kinda stuff before?!

So...anyone wanna go mamak now? =P

update cos i'm online

These are just movies which I've reminded myself to watch after the finals...

The House Bunny

(Yeah yeah it's fluff. Can't a girl enjoy fluff once in a while? Guys are always watching Fast and Furious, after all.)

Yasmin Ahmad's Talentime
(no picture)

Yasmin Ahmad's Muallaf
(anyone know when this is going to come out? They wrapped up production like last year!)


The Darjeeling Limited
(two words: Adrien Brody!)


Once
(The indie musical that won hearts and awards)


Juno
(so I haven't seen this. Sue me!)


Anyone else planning to watch other movies?

Back to my beautiful books.


all pictures were googled

What does it smell like?

I think it smells like a warm pastry that just came out of the oven.

Cinnamon roll.

The rolled up kind, rising due to the heat in the oven-maybe flavoured with some brown sugar in the middle, and lots of cinnamon dust.

Raisins topping the roll, the sweetness of it seeping into the soft, white bun.

Biting into the cinnamon roll-a small taste of ecstacy.

The whiff of cinnamon smells rusticly delicious, and the feeling of the soft warm bread in your mouth is comforting.

What am I talking about? Insanity? Or something else...hmm. It's something we'll never know.
Mamma Mia soundtrack is on loop in my brain. So if I break out into a song in the middle of the finals paper, you know why. =X

If you want to study...go offline.

OL 110's Chapter 5 notes.

I did not copy and paste, it is my own interpretation. It does not include the thing about franchise and how-to-succeed-if-you-have-a-small-business thing. Remember that an essay question is coming out from this chapter.

What is a small business (SB)?
In the United States, a small business in the manufacturing industry has less than 500 employess. Businesses can earn up to US$6 million per year and be considered a small business. However, in the agricultural industry, you can only earn below US$ 750,000 per year.

Among the contributions of small businesses to the economy are...
1. Creating new jobs.
Did you know that in the US, 3 out of 4 new jobs which are created every year are by companies with less than 500 employees?
Small businesses are also known to hire welfare receipients as workers, thus lowering the unemployment rate. Besides that, most SBs are located at less developed areas of the town, where the unemployment rate is high.

2. Creating new industries.
Google, Yahoo! and Dell all started as small businesses. When these grew bigger, they created a whole new industry on its own.
Most SBs are started to adapt to consumer shifts in preferences, etc. They exist because a need or want for it does.

3. Innovation
Generally, SBs tend to develop better and newer goods and servicescompared to large businesses.


Why SBs fail
1. Management Shortcomings
Large firms are able to recruit specialists in many departments while small businesses do not have the capability to do so. So, the small staff is relyed upon to adept to various skills. Plus, most SB owners start without business training.

2. Inadequate Financing
SBs get their financing from bank loans, line of credit, trade credit (where the supplier supplies you materials and you don't have to pay until a certain amount of time) and even personal credit cards. Without enough fund, ventures may sink.
It is necessary for SBs to realize the importance of a cash reserve-because most SBs, like florists, may face uneven cash flow during their course of work. Flowers may be in high demand on Valentines and Mother's Day, but low at others. They need cash reserve to be able to sustain themselves.

3. Government Regulations
There is excessive government regulation and red tape for SB owners to go through. Paperwork itself costs billions among SBs.
While large firms are able to hire specialists, SBs have to struggle as they have limited staff and budget.
There are local, state and federal income taxes to pay as well, not to mention employee benefits. However, SBs are exempt from several Acts.

Sole Propriertorship, Partnership, Corporation
Advantages and Disadvantages
SP- Easy to form and dissolve. All profits after taxes are retained by owner. However, this lacks continuity and the liability is faced personally.

P-Expanded financial capability, as the bank may be more willing to offer loans to two partners. Complementary business skills and knowledge. Partnership is vulnerable to personal conflicts, which may be difficult to solve.

C-Is able to shield owners from both legal and financial risks, obvious financial capabilities as corporations can sell their stock. Besides that, liability is limited. However, this form of business is diffucult to form and dissolve and faces double taxation.

Wah. Last week I got an express mail from The Star. In the envelop was an invitation from Brats to a year-end trip in Sepilok (that's in Sabah or Sarawak). I assumed everyone of the 40+ Brats from Kajang would get it-but the email that I just received from them had only 15 email addresses in the receipient bar. Wah. Again.

But the flight ticket alone costs like...RM800? And money doesn't grow on trees, you know.

Guess

Can you guess what sketch was this based on?


More clues

Lost!

"Just because I'm losing
Doesn't mean I'm lost
Doesn't mean I'll stop
Doesn't mean I would cross"

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I like this song by Coldplay.

Sounds very African tribal-ish.

Can be used in a Nokia commercial.

Or by a telecommunications company.

Can't seem to find it on imeem...so....listen to it on YouTube.

PS: There's this acoustic version as well. Bonus track, apparently, but it's not in the VLV I have.

Absolutely romantic and melodramatic, this version. So much more different than the original version-and both have their own attractiveness.

The acoustic version reminds me of Yellow.

tranquilizing tuesday

Hey hey-watch this, I was out for twelve hours today! =D

Went out at 8:00am.
Class from 9:00 till 12:18pm.
Lunch till 1:10pm.
Business discussion with Janelle and Iona till 4:00pm. D=

"Wanna go or not?"
"But I duwan see Mamma Mia la!"
"Come la come la!"
"Oh. Everyone's coming!"

At final count at 4:30pm, six of us were on our way to Aeon.
Three of us couldn't decide what other movie to watch, but in the end, Iona settled for her second round of Mamma Mia.

6:50pm, movie over.

"Where to eat?"
"Eeyer I duwan go there eat!"

=.=

We used 15 minutes to debate, as per usual, on where to eat. Black Canyon. Sat and talked till 8:30pm. (!)

Reached home at 9pm.

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Future Events
Thursday: Business presentation
Next week: Finals

Things to do
-Reflective piece OL110
-Study for finals

-Renew L license
-Arrange for driving test
-Spring cleaning (xD delaydelaydelay!)
-Get a job

Tired? Don't know. Can't tell.

X(

There was supposed to be a 2-6pm class today.

And then it got cancelled.

But Janelle says everyone's going to college anyway, so now I'm sitting here, waiting for her to come pick me up.

So...why exactly are we going all the way across town to go, when there's no class?

*SIGH* Teenagers these days. *shakes head*

This post feels so Shaleeni-esque...

-oh geram, ku merindui kentang-

jue lyn's birthday

Sooooo the other day we celebrated Jue Lyn's birthday...

(the girl bottom left)

Aaaaaand she had this lovely chocolate cake to commemorate the event, which I had to carry and run all the way from one side of Pyramid to another, because the "surprise" was held at TGIF...

Class picture

Doesn't she look like an angel here?

Ooh angry angel!

We all had fun. The bill was outrageous. The food was so-so.

Love you lots Jue Lyn!

"a fool finds no pleasure in understanding"

How come teenagers blog about everything under the sun but we don't blog about politics?

We hantam the education system kau kau and gossip about the girl in tuition, but we don't bat an eyelid at politics and business.

(Yeah, I'm pretty much ='( because I don't know anything about the US credit crunch.)

Check this out:

Since When Has RPK Been a Security Threat
(Marina is Mahathir's daughter)

Sigh. Bloggers are now deemed violent. More specifically, Malaysian bloggers.

Personally though, aren't emo bloggers more violent? They can certainly make the public nervous, what with their pessimistic, deeply dark philosophical behaviour towards life and all that. xD

The article by Dr. Bakri Musa, attached with the post, was really eye-opening.

Totally.
Extremely.
A hundred percent.
God bless Malaysia.

Here's a quote from the article:

Law professor Azmi Sharom said it best. “The arrest of Raja Petra, Kok and Tan shows that the law is so open to abuse that we have no other choice but to get rid of it. …. There can be no room for amendments. The ISA must go.” Amen!

(Azmi Sharom writes for The Star)
I wonder, though, if by saying that itself, he would get arrested under the ISA. Hrmm. Food for thought.


Also, do read Marina's post on Do Malaysians Hate Blacks?

An Anti-Racism Act would definitely be of much more worth than a Race Relations Act, don't you think?

I mean, all that violence-doesn't anyone want to stop it? The article from the Malay Mail (also in the post) goes to show that we are such hypocrites.

What a wonderful world.

Proverbs 18:2-A fool finds no pleasure in understanding
but delights in airing his own opinions.

Music: Alicia Keys-Teenage Love Affair

i hate emotions

...but we can't live without them.
Why do we question so many things in life...
Why can't we just be honest and truthful to ourselves? No one's going to kill you for being honest.
But I'm still afraid of being true.
There's a certain degree of vulnerability in doing so that I will only reveal my weakness to God. But now...things are changing.
I doubt it's still the same. I'm sorry.
I find myself thinking about so many things; wishing that some didn't happen, but I can't seem to find myself wishing THIS has never happened. I don't know lah.
Sometimes I just want to fade to dust, to not have any participation in the rhythms of life that will pull and push you, crush and smash you to oblivion countless times over and over again-But that's the essence of life. It's the holding on that's hard to do. I like challenges. Maybe that's why I'm not giving up. God showed me the line that says "If you're not facing strongholds and challenges, it means you're not in the fight anymore. Start worrying when everything seems okay,"

Now, here's the thing. I can't say that I don't believe in that, because that'll be bad. But I can't say that I believe fully in that, because that will mean I'm not being true to myself. There is a place deep within my heart that is still with God. That still longs for that assurance, that love and completeness, that feeling of humbleness that only God so big can make me feel.

So, people, do live your life. Don't give it up for a few hours of rest. You want rest?

GO TAKE A NAP. EAT CHOCOLATE. HUG A SOFT TOY. TALK TO A FRIEND. CRY.




It's been a while since I did any of those...


Maybe I'm just emo because of the beach. WHY IS THE BEACH SO EMO WHEN I GROW UP.