1 month!

So, from the title, I have exactly one more month till I leave! ONE MORE MONTHHH????? I still can't decide whether thats too early or too slow, but I guess when the time comes, I'll look back and see how fast time flew. I also still dont know if I will miss Penang or not.....On one hand, i don't like much about Penang except for food and my friends, but on the other, I've lived in Penang for most of my life. And on my third hand, ive got a box of cookies because i love cookies, and I specially attached a third hand on to me just for this purpose. HMMMM, not a bad idea for my biomedical engineering course. A third hand just for cookies! I'm sure everyone would love it!
     But boy oh boy, am i ready to go! I did all my shopping last week in KL at super duper amazing prices =D Although the trip was meant for the visa, this is what it felt like:

SHOPPING    FOOD   VISA

I bought so much stuff i think i lost track of everything. BUT WHO CARESSS? (Confessions of a shopaholic.)
   I also met my new Imperial buddies! They're not as nerdy as i expected them to be, well MOSTLY. They were pretty cool and fun, so thats a good sign. Sigh, can't wait till I go. But in the meantime, Im leaving for KL tonight to attend the Imperial camp tomorrow! YAYYYY
Mosquito repellant? CHECK
Extra clothes? CHECK
Sports stuff? CHECK
Super unhealthy snacks to share around and bribe people to become your friends? HECK YEA

And off a camping we go!

43 days to go!

Well, I blew up today, and boy did it feel good. So after days of neverending arguing with my mom about my visa, i finally decided to just do whatever useless things she tells me to do because that was just less hassle. And so i did.
Photocopying every single document 3-5 times (including every single page of all of my passports) all by myself using the stupid home printer, eventhough I dont need to? DONE, with no second thoughts. 
Writing a cover letter listing down all the documents provided plus other stuff eventhough its completely useless? CHECK THAT (her argument was that the cover letter proved that i supplied all the documents..so does that mean if i write ONE ORIGINAL PONY (Serial No. 2453523534), it proves i submitted a pony?)
Rephotocopying a few stuff because theres a tiny ink blotch on the corners of the already useless photocopies? Ok..fine...whatever....
Asking and accusing me why I listed my photocopied IC on the cover letter and telling me that i dont need it, eventhough she told me to photocopy it 5 times and recopy it again, and shouted at me when i told her we didnt have to submit a photocopied IC? Um....................
 Accusing me of being slow and that all my friends have already done it, eventhough thats not even remotely true? (only yi an has done it. in fact, the rest are asking me for my help. Also, i told her that yi an said they gave back all the useless documents that i already knew were useless. But she was like 'why are you listening to your friends?' Eventhough shes the one obeying everything that her friend says. AND, if we didnt have to do any of these useless stuff that you asked me to do, we could've done it by now) Just slowly breathe in and out..........
Talking and acting like a know it all, while saying how lazy and ignorant I am, eventhough logic and the official website completely contradicts what shes saying? THAT'S IT FUCK IT!!!!!
    And thats when I blew up. She took it....differently than what i expected. She acted as if nothing had happened. And thats NOT a good thing. She just completely ignored everything i said, and just continued the visa application same as usual.
   Well, I tried. I really did. But at least I won one argument. Just one. But that felt GOOOOODDDDDDDDDDDD.

  Anyways, i know some of you are just YEARNING for some more food stuff, so to continue my food blog trend.....here is the lemon meringue pie that we baked in Janet's place! (more photos to be uploaded on fb)

Haha, Happy 3 months early birthday Yon Chau!!!! The pie was kinda digusting though.
 
And im leaving for KL in 2 days to do my visa (FINALLYY) and then staying on for an Imperial dinner and camp! So exciteddddd!!! Plus, i get to do more shopping in KL in between! WHoooooo

But first, my piano diploma's tomorrow morning. AARGHHHHHHH] sehwbwergwergw
 Well, my moms telling me to re-do my cover because shes being a picky prick.

Contemplation on a Cheesecake

OK, fine, I'll admit. This really is becoming a food blog. But SO WHAT? DEAL WITH IT. Who doesn't love to look at pics of yummy food? So anyways, I finally made a White Chocolate Cheesecake that I discovered when Mrs Hollis baked one for our english class. I've never really liked cheesecake before (cheese in cake? blech), but after that white chocolate cheesecake, I turned to the dark side. My secret cravings for this rich dessert has finally been unleashed to the world!! Feel my wrath!! Mwahahahahahaha. Anyways, I've been planing it out ever since, and i finally made it. WHOOOO Another thing i can check off my to do list. PROCRASTINATION IN YOUR FACE!  I added in my own home made strawberry compote as well, so technically its a white chocolate strawberry cheesecake. So Steph and Sheng, here is the pic! (Its a little more yellow than it really is):

I forgot to leave some strawberries for garnishing so i put blueberries instead :P So technically, its a white chocolate strawberry blueberry cheesecake (or WhiCh StraBluCh. haha. haha.). The cheesecake was great, but not as good as Mrs Hollis's.....:( I HAVE to get her recipe, but she kept forgetting during exams.. sigh. Whyyyyyyy?????
  And now that i've cooked/baked most of the stuff i wanted to, im stuck on what to make....Well, i am thinking of making macarons again, and creme brulee as well. French desserts FTW! But the last time i made macarons, it took me nearly the whole day, and only 15.61% of them were successful. Yep, I counted each one of them, and calculated the ratio of unsuccessful macarons: successful macarons. Looks like those pesky integration by parts in Math HL came in handy after all! (it took me 10mins to remember the name)
   So I had this cheesecake with my cousins during dinner. Can't believe its one of the last times i'll be seeing them before i go off for uni. Ahh, the bittersweetness of going off to university. But I still can't wait!!!!! It'll be nice to have a fresh start. I'll start a countdown now! 48 days to go before I leave. WHATTTTT 48 days!????? I can't decide whether thats too long, or too short.....So i'm now bipolar and have adhd. Not a good sign. Perks of being a post IB student maybe?. CURSE YOU, open mindedness is NOT something that should be on the IB learner profile.
      Well, uni will just have to wait. But in the meantime, TO THE KITCHEN!!!! Well, actually to Janet's kitchen. She's having a 'Bake with Jason' session. Lols. Gosh, makes me feel like a professional chef. I hope i dont mess up her kitchen. But if i do, then i'll flee the country. I'll be one of those fugitives on the run from a crazy woman.
  And I still hate the UK visa.

Lalalala

 I just finished my lunch. Quiche! Which I made myself, for the first time! Just like the roast chicken! Haha! It looks delicious, as always! And now i shall stop using exclamation marks! Here it is! (aaarrghhh stopp!!!!!)

Ok fine, doesn't look that great. Too much spinach and i forgot to put salt. Urgh. But other than that, it was great!  Well, it seems like this is turning into a food blog.....So, to un-foodise this blog, i'll talk bout other stuff now.

   The UK visa application is killing me. So many things to do, and everyone says completely different things. Doesn't help that my mom is shouting at everyone to do stuff even though she knows nothing of the process. So, being a good little boy, i decided to fill out my online application form early while wating for my CAS statement, info bout my IB results, and etc. Now, it turns out the online form is only valid for 30 days, and I have to book my appointment before 17th August. Goody. If i exceed this, i think ill have to pay another 492US dollars. Not only that, but I have my piano diploma exam on the 12th, so i can't really have any appointments before that. Double goody! This leaves me with a 4 day time frame, and I can't book appointments now coz i have to wait for them to open slots up. So that's that. 

  I made a new friend in orchestra the other day (unlike Jessie) :) we talked a lot as we both like similar stuff. And we had dinner together before orchestra practice on Monday, so that was fun too. Well, I'm glad i have other people to talk to in orchestra apart from Jia Ying and Jessie (no, they're not horrible to talk to), makes me feel less of an alien. I guess this is good practice when I go off to uni later on. How to make friends 101:

Lesson 1: Let other people talk to you first. If they don't talk to you, ignore them. 

  This is boring isn't it? So ill stop here. Not in a very creative mood right now. Going for my driving lesson now. wheeeeeeeee

   

   

I must warn you, nothing here is vegetarian...

Hello anyone whos reading my measly blog! I'm feeling content right now. Why? Because I made my first roast chicken last night!!!!!  And it was actually pretty successful!!!!! AMAZZINGGGGGG!!!! Gosh, so proud of myself...but I always am anyways :P Just looooook at it! 

Looks scrumptious no? Ok fine, it wasn't perfect, the base was pretty watery for some weird reason (a random error probably, haha, i hate you science) as you can see from above, so the potatoes were a little soggy. This did not happen in the video recipe. hmph. LIARSSSSS. 

      Well, had one of my best friend over for dinner too, so that was fun. (Thought I could finish the whole chicken by myself did you? Ha, i'm not that fat. But I would've..... ) Haha, this kind of made me feel like Hanni-serving dinner guests with some unknown meat. Anyways, haven't seen yon chau since he went on holiday. Which was like, last week. 

   Oh, and I watched Cloud Atlas too. Kinda slow i know, but I've got a life you know, with more productive and self enriching stuff to do, like watching other TV stuff too, so there! Anyways, (i do like to go blabbing on don't I? hahaha, seems like i might have ADHD??? maybe? OO LOOK, A SQUIRREL! awww its soo cuteeeeee) ANYWAYSSSSS, the movie made me so confused! All those characters and storylines! Enough to give me a migraine. Makes me wonder who my soul is connected to, but i'm hoping its the cookie monster. Cookiieeeesssssssss =D Well, look at me blabbing on again. Well, I'm guessing its one those things that you need to watch at least twice to fully understand and appreciate its beauty. Like Inception, or Hannibal. Or maybe i'm just slow like that. Yep, me, slow. Hey, everyone has to be slow in something you know. But it was a damn good movie nevertheless. And the music was ah-mayyy-zingg. I went and downloaded the whole soundtrack right after I finished. Coz it was that good. *replay*

   So there goes my thinking that this would be a short blog post. Haha, me and my adhd. How in the world did i survive IB??? 

A farewell, sort of

   Wow, my second blog post already???!!! This achievement has far surpassed my expectations!
   Well, i just came back from Freegal's place after a few hours of fun kick-assing gaming with Janet. These gaming sessions have been so entertaining, and its been great to spend time with you guys. These have been the only times that I've played video games with other people since IB started, so thanks Bryce! You've been such a fun guy to hang out with and talk with. Wish I could kick your butt in Naruto more :P. but you're leaving tomorrow :( I'm reaalllllly sad that I can't go to your farewell dinner later. All because of my stupid mom. God. (Heads up, a rant is coming, told you my blogs would be rants)
    Because of her, I now have to go to dinner with her friends, people i absolutely don't like: shallow, immature, cocky, etc (people that no one would like except for people who just wants to be around rich people, like my mom)....and I can't spend time with the people I do care about. I asked her if i could go a few days ago, and as usual, she responded by yelling at how ungrateful I was being. I wasn't even asking her cancel the dinner or postpone it.. I was just asking if she could call her friend and ask her to see if it was possible to postpone it. But no. Just because its her friend were talking about, she won't listen to anything. Oh wait no, she's ALWAYS like that. Oh, I have to go for dinner now...sigh.

      *3 hours of boredom and shit talk later.....*

       Well i'm back from that stupid dinner. Anyways, let me share a few words of wisdom from her when she yelled at me (read these as unpleasantly as you can, adding a few HUH???? in between as much as you like):
1. "You're never going to see you're friend again. We'll be seeing our friends in the future. So what's the point in going to the farewell dinner?" WTFF????????
2. "Do you think your friends are going to remember you?" Well scuse me woman, but my friends are not as shallow as yours
3. "Don't go and cancel appointments just because you feel like them. That is extremely rude and selfish". And guess what? She goes and cancels a lunch appointment with Janet's mom for the next day, because of traffic jam.
4. "They're having this dinner because they want to celebrate your achievement in IB. Only people who truly care about you would do that". And so during dinner, they said "congratulations", and didnt really talk to me for the rest of the dinner. Wow, I feel the love.
5. "Its only for one night. You can't spend just one night with them?" And right after dinner, they plan another dinner on Wednesday night, which im forced to go to too.
   
  WELL, on the bright side, at least I still got to meet up with Bryce and eveyrone after dinner. For like, 15mins. I'm not even angry that I had to go for the dinner. I'm angry that she didn't even try to call, and simply proceeded to just shout at me. And of course, saying all that bullshit plus more. In fact, i'm not even angry. Its a mixture of frustration, sadness, hurt, and maybe desperation. Urgh, being all emo. well,  RANT OVER. GOOD NIGHT
   (and for those of you thinking im an ungrateful bastard, DONT YOU DARE JUDGE ME.)

A blog. yep.

    So.....I decided to try and start my own blog during these few weeks of  limited but oh-so-good freedom. I've never blogged. ever. I guess i got put off by all the effort and time i thought I had to put into it. Well, its one thing i can cross off my summer to do's, so thats a plus. God knows how many i've checked off (like, one maybe). 

    What would I blog about? I'll try to make it as non-boring or as non-emo as possible for whoever is reading this (although i dont know why anyone would want to read stuff about me), but I probably would just be ranting about my life and my parents. So if you dont want to hear my whining and complaining, then fuck off  go away. This is my space for me to rant. Probably shouldnt swear on my first blog. Wouldn't be good publicity.

   Maybe I'll start off by giving a brief status check on whats happening to my life right now. Guess that should be a great ice breaker. I should try this out one day-go up to a random stranger and tell them these stuff below. I'm sure we'll become best friends.

1. I'm going off to Imperial College at the end of September! Absolutely can't wait for that and to finally be free and make my own damn choices. Hope people there like to have fun, are open,  and not be too nerdy. Dont mind my engleeesh. Me no get very good on SATs. 

2. thats all i can think of right now

 ANYWAYS, im tired. Wow, blogging really does sap as much energy as i thought it would. Or maybe Im just a lazy ass. Or maybe i just want to continue watching Hannibal, cause im so behind already. But blogging does have a strange calming effect. Gets my mind in order. I guess i understand why people blog. maybe. i dunno. gnight.