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I shall be vacating Blogger, and am now shifting over to Tumblr.

Here's my Tumblr address.

Remember to RELINK me in your blogrolls, people!

Day Two is no friggin' joke.

I'm only 2264 words in, and I'm already exhausted.

Like, my brain has already been wrung dry of any creativity whatsoever. Zero. Nada. Zilch.

Maybe this is what it's like to suffer from crippling depression.

...

Okay, that may be an exaggeration. I wouldn't say 'crippling depression'. More like...a mutated string of Writer's Block. That is even worse than the average Writer's Block.

I have a brain block. Ouch.

In other news; I have decided to rename my toy sheep : Spanky.

It was originally named Nicky (like, 2 years ago) but my darling sister [gag] recently acquired a boyfriend (who'd have thought?) whose name is Nicky.

What really brought about the change of the name, happened a few days ago. My sister sat on my toy sheep & I screamed, "You're sitting on Nicky!"

To which she replied with a sigh, "Don't I wish."

So Spanky, it is.

Just a suggestion.

All you people who are participating in NaNoWriMo [gives a pointed look at Ash, Shah & Manda].

We should have a gathering at some point during the writing process, to brainstorm together. :D

I can drink my coffee, Manda can get orgasms from looking at a photo of Tony Oller, Ash can jam to herself with her dangerous guitar skills, and Aishah can...tip stuff over. Just to stimulate our creative juices. [pokes Aishah in the ribs] How 'bout it?

Oo, look at that. It's November 1st already!

I shall get some much-needed sleep, then begin my month-long extravaganza of self-inflicted mental torture in the late afternoon.

Good luck, guys!

Happy Halloween!

[lets out an ecstatic hoot]

I'll be sure not to wear ratty pajamas tonight. *crosses fingers and prays to God*

Parents and sister went out to Mid Valley because my sister was desperate to shop for anything. In other words, I'm home alone. Plus, I made sure to remind them to get some candy for the Trick-or-Treaters.

It's just too bad I couldn't put together a costume and all, since I'm not going Trick-or-Treating. :(

Well, I've got the rest of today to plan out my NaNoWriMo schedule!

To Amanda Khoo & Aishah, you've probably forgotten about our November duties. :P

I've got my fingers all geared up, but I still have yet to map out a full schedule of my daily word count goal and such. Gosh, November's gonna be a busy month full of head bangings against the wall.

Which of course, reminds me that I should stock up on coffee in case I should run into Mr Writer's Block. Oh, you devilish villain, you.

I shall see you guys on Monday in school! & Shu Anne, if you're reading this, please please please come on Monday. I shall die of boredom if you don't.

Aishah will be all mopy due to her Monday blues, and Ash will be over-exuberant, and I swear I'll disintegrate into non-existence if Aisyah Zainal reacquires her voice.

Please.

Crazy Talented.

I was surfing through deviantArt accounts and came across this young artist that drew Hunger Games fanart, besides other things.

The artist goes by the username of RohanElf, and I am in serious awe of all of her paintings and sketches. Seriously, go check out her profile.

Her portraits of characters and such are so immaculately detailed, I can't help but stare at it for a good 10 minutes before shaking myself out of my daze.

As the title of my post suggests, she is crazy talented. I'm so jealous of her artistic abilities.

Now why can't I have a gift like that?

LaLaLand.

Am at Starbucks right now. :D

I decided to tag along with my sister to Curve today. So while I'm lounging around at Starbucks, my sister's skulking around with Nick. Canoodling. Ack.

Just thinking about it makes me feel like gagging. I need to throw up. Excuse me a moment, please.

[pause]

Okay, feeling much better after a nice long sip of my Dark Mocha frappucino. Yum.

Anyway, to lighter topics...

I seriously want the third book of The Hunger Games trilogy now. The cliffhanger in Catching Fire is killing me. Hunger Games is catching fire in Malaysia now! No pun intended on the title. :P

But seriously, it's finally getting the attention it deserves. Yee-haw! I hope this means that we'll get the third book on a PROPER release date next year. [hint hint, Scholastic Malaysia]

So moving on, the rumoured title of the third book is The Victors. XD

It's probably the working title, but I'm ecstatic anyway. I mean, it's not the title I would have chosen, but it's just a rumour. I'd personally prefer an ambiguous title like Catching Fire.

Catching Fire was sort of alluding to the beginnings of the rebellion amongst the districts, and The Victors sounds so...literal. The Hunger Games was a literal title, but that's understandable because it's the first book and it has to ease us into the story.

The third book however, I'm guessing the title should allude as to who's going to emerge victorious in the rebellion. Nothing to do with fire, however, I hope. We already have the Catching Fire reference.

If there's the word 'sparks' or something in the third book, I wouldn't like it at all. But knowing Suzanne Collins (damn that wonderful genius), she'd probably come up with a fantastic title that would make me slap my head and say "Dammit! Why didn't I think of that?"

She has that effect on me. :P

Anyway, I've altered my sidebar a little.

I've posted the link to my Fanfiction profile. ;) Heheh, I'm so obsessed with THG that I'm actually motivated into writing fanfiction for it. Tell me what you think! Don't review though; I don't like getting reviews from people I'm personally acquainted with.

Friends are always biased. That's why I like strangers reviewing. It feels more honest. Woot!

Of course, only those of you who have actually read THG would be able to keep up with all the details of the story. Manda Khoo has read it already [waves Hi to Manda from the computer screen] & I've improved and corrected some stuff based on her nitpicking.

I like nitpickers.

/shamelessplug

Mere words cannot express my true insanity.

BE JEALOUS, MANDA! BE SO FRIGGIN' JEALOUS! XD

Yes, suckers.

Be jealous.

Figures in the dark.

PMR'S OVER!

Okay, just had to get that out of my system. :)

I'm staying over at Ash's house at the moment, along with Shu Anne, Mel, Ally and Helena.

So Helena & Mel were cycling around the neighbourhood while Ash, Ally, Shu Anne & I walked around the residence.

We passed by this particularly dark section of the neighbourhood circle and we were in the brighter section again when I heard some people at the back.

I turned around & saw two people there in the dark section.

Naturally, I (being typical Andrea) yelled out at them. "Hey Mel! Helena! Don't try and hide in the dark! We can see you!"

According to Shu Anne, the two people waved back at us.

I peered closer and realized that those two mysterious figures weren't on bicycles. Then a second later, it dawned on me that those weren't Mel & Helena.

Needless to say, the others were stifling their laughter at my epic failness.

Also, Auriel is irritating the hell out of me. She's condemned me to her "psycho-case" list because I'm not a Taylor Swift fan.

Well, Auriel. Not only am I not a fan, I absolutely detest her songs. Take that, Disney!

Gorillas and Cats.

Science was spent catching up on drill papers and gossiping around because we had nothing better to do. ;)

So anyway, Shu Anne & I are discussing about hair. Not the hair on our head sort of hair, but the hair on our arms and legs sort of hair.

Shu Anne is all indignant and everything. "I have so much hair on my legs! Look at it! It's so obvious!" & she starts scrubbing her hands up and down her legs as though she can get rid of them that way.

Brian the nosy idiot who is sitting about 4 tables away goes, "Yeah la, Shu Anne! You're like a gorilla!"

"WHY ARE YOU EAVESDROPPING?!?!" Shu Anne shrieks hysterically.

"GORILLAAAA!" he yells back.

She ignores him and fumes in front of me, muttering indistinct things under her breath. & so we continue doing our drill papers for a while. & suddenly I hear :

"...scratches people like a cat! She's like a cat! This Andrea ah... She strangles people for fun. For fun, okay."

Of course, I turn around immediately. "What?" I snap.

Being the arrogant prick he is, he glares defiantly back at me. "Not talking about you. Talking about Aishah, lah!"

15 seconds later, Ash (who was sitting next to him) skips back to where Shu Anne & I are sitting. "He was talking about you," she promptly informs me.

That sad excuse of a male needs a friggin' muzzle.

Also, I told my friends the reason why my childhood was all screwed up.

Scene : I was 3-years old & I was asking my dad about Santa Claus.

Dad gives me a wry look. "Santa Claus is a fat man who wants to make quick money."

There are plenty of his other theories too. I just can't remember them. There was one about the tooth fairy & another about the easter bunny.

& you wonder why I turned out this way?

Mum's Blonde Moment.

So we're watching Angie's wedding ceremony video on Youtube (thanks for uploading it, Gail!) & we were waiting for the thing to finish loading too.

Since it was so quiet, my mum decided to say something to break the silence.

"Ann, if you press 'Pause', will the video stop?"

There was a beat of silence in which my dad gave my mum this incredulous look. He cleared his throat uncomfortably.

"Honey, I believe the definition of pause is to stop something?" he says pointedly to her.

Naturally, my sister and I were simply dying to burst into laughter but we held it in. Probably turned blue from lack of oxygen, in fact.

Mum pouts at Dad. "Right. I knew that."

"Just wanted to confirm it?" Dad asks smugly.

"Yeah. Just confirming."

But no, Dad isn't done taunting her. "I wonder what the 'Play' button does, honey," he says innocently.

"Shut up or I'll chop off your family jewels for my breakfast," she snaps back at him.

Touché.

Congratulations to the happy couple!

If you're reading this (which I highly doubt),

CONGRATULATIONS

ANGIE!

I hope you're having fun at your honeymoon ;) and I wish you and your husband the best of luck hereon in your loving relationship.

I'm sorry I couldn't be there, but my examinations are coming up soon. My dad told me that your wedding was beautiful and he enjoyed his stay in Australia a lot. & being the sentimental old man he is, he even got a little choked up. ;)

Question now is, when is Gail's turn? :D

Your hen party looks like tons of fun. :) Your friends come up with very amusing ideas.

The first dance.

You look absolutely beautiful in your wedding dress. Not only that, you still managed to pull off the newspaper and tissue gown. ;)

From your ever-loving cousin(s),

Andrea.

(& Sara too, for good measure : since that workaholic doesn't have a blog and can't seem to get on the computer anytime soon.)

& for you, my dear friends...

I bet when you read the blog post title, you thought I was talking about [cough]Scaramouche[cough] and her newly acquired boyfriend.

Well, guess what?

YOU'RE WRONG!

[insert self-satisfied smirk]

Oh so tragic.

I can't find my coffee!!!

There's no bloody coffee in my house! Why didn't my mother buy coffee during her grocery shopping?!?!

ARGH! What is wrong with the world??? I need my COFFEE. BAH.

I lost the [insert profanity] BET!

BAH!

One bloody moment of weakness! Just ONE!

& it didn't help that my friends were tempting me. Shu Anne especially :

"Hey! Imagine if everyone in the school bought a can of coffee each, and there is only one can left."

I think that must have been what broke my willpower. :'(

It's so saddening!

Today hasn't been the best of days. The English exam was horrible. I completely screwed up Paper 1!

And don't even get me started on Paper 2. Ugh.

Horrible, horrible. There goes my 'A' in English. So near, yet so far.

Day One.

Coffee-less.

I had to depend on bloody VITAGEN the whole bloody day!

At this rate, my system will probably be cleansed free of caffeine in a few days. That is if I keep drinking water. Bah. Screw water.

Water thinks it's so wonderful just because it's neutral and transparent. Thinks it's the ruler of the world. Well, wake up water! Starbucks totally trumps you! *sticks out tongue childishly*

Before I get too carried away with the bashing of water, I should end this post. Effectively.

My sister got hold of So You Think You Can Dance? Season 5.

Imma go watch it now. ;)

As promised...

I'm very evil today. But no matter...

Here it is, as promised :

Amanda Khoo asks Philip Ling out on a date, and everything goes according to plan...until he rejects her. A lot of times. After quite an amount of shameless begging and pleading, he finally agrees.

Enjoy!

P.S. : Credits to Aishah for providing the camera and for the excellent

editing plus the sound effects. ;) Very aptly done.

P.P.S : I made the background for the video box pink to match the

mood. :D

It's Gonna Be A Big, Big, Big Day!

Heheh. Some of you might be able to catch the book reference in the title. ;)

Anyway, the 'Big, Big, Big Day!' in question is referring to tomorrow (September 9th). "Why?" you may ask?

I might be able to catch a video of it (courtesy of Aishah) & if I'm feeling particularly evil, I might just treat you all to a little video presentation on this very blog. :)

If you're reading this, Amanda Khoo : HI! Rest well & brace yourself.

Survey

Got it off Bonnie's blog. I have nothing better to do (don't say 'study'), so I'm gonna waste away my night by doing this survey. :)

50 First Reactions

Type what comes to your mind FIRST whenever you hear these 50 words. Don't think and don't go back and change. Doesn't matter how random, just type it!

1. Beer : Fizzy

2. Food : Chew

3. Relationships: Headache

4. Crush : Bug

5. Power Rangers : Zachary

6. Life : Death

7. The President: White House

8. Yummy : Coffee

9. Cars : Junkyard

10. Movie : Popcorn

11. Halloween : Pajamas & Koreans :'(

12. Sex : Chastity belt

13. Religion : Pray

14. Hate : Bryan Wong

15. Fear : Cockroaches

16. Marriage : Lifelong regret

17. Blonde : Aisyah Zainal

18. Slippers : Paul Frank

19. Shoes : Pumps

20. Asians : Short

21. Past time : Reading

22. One night stand : Pregnancy

23. My cell Phone : Useless

24. Smoke : Gag

25. Fantasy : Disney

26. College : Freedom

27. High school Life : Drama

28. Pajamas : Bed

29. Stars : Midnight

30. Center : Mental

31. Alcohol : Vodka

32. The word love : Overrated

33. Friends : Weird but fun.

34. Money : Starbucks

35. Heartache : Die

36. Time : Travel

37. Divorce : Adultery

38. Dogs : Fluffy

39. Undies : Polkadots

40. Parents : Odd humour

41. Babies : Colic

42. Ex : None

43. Song : iPod

44. Color Colour : British is better

45. Weddings : Puke

46. Pizza : Cheesy

47. Hangout : Bookstore

48. Rest : In Peace

49. Goal : Witness the apocalypse

50. Inspiration : Morbidity

I tag :

Ashleigh

Aishah

Mithrra

Amanda Koh

Amanda Khoo

Aisyah Zainal

& whoever else who wants to do this.

To the diva of the clan...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

MITHRRA KULADEVA!

I just managed to come online now! Sorry, cos my Internet's been having "issues", so to speak.

Hope you have the most awesome birthday yet (even though PMR's only a month away) & please remain your ever 'diva' self, cos I can't imagine you any other way!

Note : Mit's birthday is actually on September 5th, people. I just happen to be a day late because my Internet was being crabby. (Sorry, Mit!)

Love,

Andrea. :)

A piece of advice...

NEVER

I repeat.

NEVER -

- ever consume 3 cans of coffee in a day. 2 cans, maybe. But definitely not 3 cans.

Turns out that you could go into some sort of mental breakdown with all that caffeine pumping through your veins. & arteries and capillaries too.

Even Cik Hylesa called me psychotic. In a very disgruntled tone, might I add. Just because she witnessed me strangling Shu Anne & Aishah in one go.

It's a dog eat dog world. Deal with it.

& because of today's enlightenment (that being the caffeine overdose incident), I have decided to abstain from coffee until PMR is over.

Yes, that's right, Aishah! I'm -

ABSTAINING!

BRING ON THE VITAGEN!

Clean Slate.

Well, it appears that Blogger went berserk and deleted my old blog. I did all I could to resurrect my poor blog from the dead, but to no avail.

It's gone. Forever. There goes all my useless ramblings. Ah well...

First of all, I'd like to say a :

HAPPY BELATED 15th BIRTHDAY

to my Natasha dearest!

I know it's a day late to be posting this on my blog, but as you can see, my old blog had been deleted by evil Blogger without my knowledge!

Take comfort in the fact that I did wish you a happy birthday on the 1st of September itself, at least. :)

Hmph. It looks like I'm gonna have my hands full trying to get a few of you to relink my blog on your blogrolls.

Happy 1st post, new blog!