when you're fifteen

*picture by instantvoodo on deviantart

so! today's my birthday and it's been a wonderful one. our whole family has been in malacca since wednesday for chinese new year, and this is where i am celebrating my birthday this year.

i've gotten the most wonderful presents, including a dalmatian-pattern beret, a tartan scarf, some cash and a notebook to write down my thoughts, ideas, poetry and lyrics. my grandmother also made me the most delicious apple cinnamon cake with icing and sweets on top.

i am one happy girl.

music and poetry

sitting at home on a sunday morning copying The Raven by edgar allan poe into my book of poetry and songs while listening to "time to pretend" by MGMT.
since discovering that i was too young to attend their concert on march 25 despite the wonderful offers friends and family have made to buy me tickets, i've been listening to their music non-stop in the hope that it won't hurt so bad after a while.

it's not working.

we're alive!

wanna know how to spoil a week? tell us that there's co-curricular activities on saturday. yep.

but other than that the first week of being a form 3 student was pretty darn awesome! a quick summary of the week for you.

Day 1

got up VERY slowly and reluctantly. after two years of afternoon school it's not easy to wake up at 6am. got to school on time (phew!) and got in line, tried to spot cute guys to occupy my day, got pretty good teachers, and found out i had a very nice view out the window i sit next to (well, nice for me, at least ;D). and then it positively poured when it came time to go home and we ran through the rain. could the first day get any better than that?!

Day 2

went through the whole process of getting ready at 6 again. other than that the day was fine, though not particularly memorable.

Day 3

went for our first rumah sukan meeting. which was pretty normal. boring. well.

Day 4

got to school fifteen minutes late, but thank goodness for the rain: there was no assembly so no one noticed my lateness.

Day 5 (today)

signed up for our co-curricular stuff. i'm in kadet polis, ping pong and choir.

besides that our teachers are pretty cool (side note: beth, are you reading this?) and if we get to stick with the same teachers the whole year it should be pretty awesome. oh, and our classes didn't get streamed according to our marks, so i'm still with all my friends in the same class.

and that's my week for you. hmm. not that you cared. =)

new year is coming up...

*i was going to find some pictures and make a collage but there's not much time for that since it's gonna be midnight soon and i wanna post this up before then. i'll update later, i promise!

so here it is, new year's eve, the last day of the year. to sum up the wonderful year that has been 2010, i thought i'd write a short post about the last year of the decade and tell you all what i've been most grateful for this year.

a) my class at school. sure, it's not perfect, there were some major douches in my class this year, but at the same time, i was with my closest friends, and we became much closer than we were last year when i was somewhere else. also, 99% of the class spoke english as their first language. thank goodness. i understood what people were saying.

b) i've finally settled all the questions in my head about who i am, what my values are, what i want to do and that sort of thing. i've identified my identity! it's too much to be put in words, what i've been working on for 14 years. if you hang out with me, you should get the feel of it. (if it helps, the book Bohemian Manifesto: A Field Guide to Living on the Edge has sort of been my bible and it's helped a lot in the identification process.

c) wonderful friends and family, and that includes the doggies.

d) great music. lcd soundsystem, brandon flowers, marina and the diamonds, florence and the machine, one night only, gorillaz, the killers, coldplay, muse, james morrison... oh goodness, if i name everyone (and i'm liable to forget some names), we'll be here till next year. oh wait, that's at midnight. we'll be here till 2012 then.

e) books to read. my dad let me read his copy of The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde and i'm still working my way through it, and then my sister got a whole stack of nancy drew books cheap, and then we each got books to read at christmas, and my mum got a sophie kinsella book i might pick up after i've gone through all the above mentioned titles. and i should really get back to work on the novel(s) i've been writing. they've been sitting unfinished in my abandoned laptop for ages.

f) tea and black coffee. ooh, yum. where would i be without them?

of course, those are only a few of the things i've been utterly grateful for this past year. but i want to usher in the new year (only one more hour!) doing something more interesting than blogging. maybe stealing sips of shandy while giving my full attention to the loud music my dad is blasting. i might even get up and dance around the hall.

so everybody, happy new year! hope 2010 was a great year for you, and hope 2011 is even better!

new loves...

*i claim no credit for these pictures, which i got off google images and deviantart. if one of the pictures in the above compilation is yours, i can credit you for it if you want me to. =)

anyway...

oh, the shame! i can't believe how long it's been since i last blogged. and i'm going to break my silence with a short post telling you about some things i have fallen in love with that you should too.

first of all, the band lcd soundsystem.

i took part in a live webchat ed speleers had the other day, staying up till 3am to do so (what can i say? i love the guy!). AND he recommended we listen to this band called lcd soundsystem. then he played a bit of their song "you wanted a hit". let me tell you, they are awesome. so go listen to them!

second of all, black coffee. with two spoons of sugar.

mmm.

third of all, anything to do with peacock feathers.

we have about four loose peacock feathers we got from temples, and we recently found this shop in subang parade selling the most beautiful earrings and rings and bangles and dresses... very vintage looking and gorgeous, and i got myself a pair of peacock feather earrings from them. planning to go back and get more stuff from them soon!

and finally, crochet.

i don't know why, but one day i was just completely bored out of my wits and i picked up a crochet needle i'd had for a while, but hadn't used for almost a year. and i fell in love with crochet again! now i'm making so many things for people and i'm thoroughly enjoying it. i've made book covers, bags, pouches and more, so i'll recommend my new hobby to you, if you're bored and you feel like getting crafty, get a crochet needle, some wool and learn up on crochet, and then give whatever you make to someone and see their reactions when you tell them you made it yourself. you won't regret it. =)