second time.

Settled. (:
Thanks, Jason. For starting it. XD
Even though I still don't approve of the streetfighting. =.="
But whatever.

Here we go again. If I read your mind, I would. But I can't.
Hey, if I could get involved in politics, I would too. But I can't.
Unless I want to end up in juvenile ISA.
If I could blog every time I felt inspired, I'd have a lot to say.

Like how A(H1N1) could be the subject of biological warfare.
And that racial bias is one of the biggest possible factors contributing towards it.
Bet you never thought of it that way, huh?

But right now, I'm more concerned about the fact that I have to attend to JYM, Taekwondo, CF and the drama team next year. And figure out how I'm supposed to handle posts and carry responsibilities that require at least 99% commitment in everything. At the same time. And on top of all that, I have to get used to the Form 4 syllabus. And deal with the fact that Lyn won't be there to "chill" me anymore.

Did all the training in the world prepare me for this?
Puh-lease, I can handle this.
I hope.

Omigosh, I need Leong Li Hui and Vanessa Chew NOW. I can't deal with this alone. Not my emotional balance on top of everything else.

If I sleep now, will it all be over by tomorrow morning?

sharing and caring.

Eelaaaaine!
She's in Penang at the moment. And unfortunately, so is her camera.
Aan-knee-weiz...

Yesterday. I couldn't wake up. After reading Aunty Bernadette's book until two in the morning. But I managed to get to Eelaine's on time. Carmen was already there. Li Hui was going to be late.
We didn't start without her. As if we even wanted to start. So what did we do?
Held StoryTime! I love our StoryTimes. :) Carmen had a shocking one to share. X) And Eelaine's was so cutee! (It's his birthday today! Must give those Kisses.) Then Li Hui called. She couldn't find her way to Eelaine's house, so we had to go pick her up at the taman.

Me, Eelaine, Carmen, Li Hui

Eh, do you guys know where 81 is?

No...didn't she say which taman?

Huh? How many tamans are there?

Maybe it's this one...this is 80...

Wait...what car does she have?

Some big black car, I think.

I don't see a big black car anywhere.

Are you sure it's this taman?

Maybe we should call her and ask her to come out of her car.

*Sammie calls Li Hui.

Hello? Li Hui? Are you at the taman?

Yes, I'm here.

Huh? Really? We're here, too.

Really? I can't see you all.

Err...can you come out of your car?

Oh okay. *Ends call.

She said she's coming out of the car.

I don't see her...

Oh no. I think we got the wrong taman.

Wait, she said she's near Yew Ee, right? Is the other taman there?

Oh yeah...it is...

We better hurry, her dad sounded mad...

Oh no, what if we got her in trouble?

We finally found her. (Li Hui, your dad is scary.)

Went back to Eelaine's house. Then Li Hui told her camp stories! Okay, then we finally started on our project.

Started cutting up whacking the gula melaka on the cutting board while it was stuck on the knife. Carmen managed to cut her finger as well. Took turns to fry the peanuts. Eelaine's mom came in while it was Li Hui's turn and turned up the fire. Which burned the peanuts. (No offence, but your mom really doesn't know how to make fah sang paeng, Eelaine.) Carmen and I at least had some cooking experience.

Then we made the onde-onde dough and started putting in the gula melaka pieces. Well, more pieces went into our mouths than the dough. X) Yum. Then we started shelling the peanuts before deciding to go for lunch.

Eelaine's mom: So, do you girls want to go for lunch already?

Yes, I'm starving!

No, I ate too much gula melaka.

Eelaine and Carmen had to drag Li Hui and I away from the peanuts to get us to go for lunch. XP While we waited for Eelaine's mom, Carmen, Li Hui and I got a good look at his house. :) We couldn't make enough noise for him to come out though.

Then we went to McD's for lunch. McValue Meals are so over-priced. Oi, the cashier was not flirting with me, okay. =.=" And we saw Pn. Ting, Kerwin, one of Li Hui's tuiton friends (who thought we were sisters? :P), Sheng Yong and Cherissa! :) We had lunch upstairs. Then we started camwhoring in the playground. XP And all the little kids started laughing and talking about us. XD

After that we walked to SaveMart. Imagine yourself as one of the SaveMart workers. What would you think if you saw four crazy girls posing with packs of peanuts, flour and milk? ROFL. XD Then we walked back to Eelaine's house. How we managed to get back when none of us had any sense of direction is up to you to figure out. We started shelling peanuts as we watched TV. :) We were so behind schedule.

After that, we actually made the onde-onde, peanut cookies and started on the apam balik flour. The onde-onde and peanut cookies were okay. Then Li Hui had to go. (See you tomorrow!), and we started on the apam balik.

That was a complete disaster. I'm never using the recipe again. Ever. We had to add so much more water and milk than stated and it was still so rubbery. But at least Eelaine made it look okay, and the excessive sugar, peanuts and corn made it taste better. X)

Then I had to go homee. With all my baking stuff, saving Eelaine the hassle of bringing it on Monday. :) Have fun in Penang, dear. We'll demand to know all about it when school reopens. =P

Omigosh, school's reopening.

I think we wasted most of our time talking about PeaNuts and Gene and Watermelons and Gene and Basketball and everything else. X) But, at least we know each other better.

Carmen. I checked. He posted. After your post. Now you can go omigosh.

I feel like baking a cheeezecake! You guys were right. Whoever marries me is going to be so lucky. XD

What's wrong with me?

Wish I was so over it.

Well, now she's hooked on you too. See the kind of things you do.

See the kind of hurt you're going to cause for us.

And you don't even know, do you?

rawr. (editted)

This feels so weird. Can you believe I've actually been spending the past four days completely at home?! I haven't pulled something like this off since...since...I don't know when. Definitely not since a year ago. This is so surreal.
I can't wait for school to re-open.
I can't even wait for Saturday.
Well, maybe I can. I just definitely can't wait to get out. This is so not me.
They're leaving for Penang tomorrow. And they're leaving for Selayang on Monday.
If my mom hadn't grounded me, I'd be on two back-to-back camps.
*sighs. One week off JYM is already mind-numbing. One week off everyone else is suicide.
At least...Sammie's got her call-answerable phone back! Well, it isn't exactly mine, which is still in the hand phone repairs shop. But at least I even have a call-answerable phone.
Not like any one's calling me. With the exception of an additional stalker, a.k.a. customer no. 3.
I feel so jobless. The past few days have been full of cleaning, cooking, drying laundry, folding laundry, ironing laundry and doing whatever else it is I'm slaving away at for my mom. And trying unsuccessfully to compose a song that's worth my time playing. And questioning the Education Ministry.
Like Aaron LXT says, it's like I'm living life during the emergency coup after May 13.
That's how sad it is.
Oh wells, tomorrow will be here soon enough.

The move by the Education Ministry to limit the number of As attainable to 10As for an average SPM-student is definitely not big enough a stride to raise the standards of academic acheivement in today's secondary schools. And will it be a step in the right direction to raise the quality of our As, as opposed to quantity (which they have, yays for them, come to realize will get us nowhere)? It disappoints me to read that Marina Mahatir, after consulting top foreign universities, finds that, with what appears to be academic excellence in our country, students must still take remedial classes overseas to catch up with their peers.
If you didn't understand that, never mind. Here's something else:
Raja Petra Kamaruddin's Most Sincere Apology to the Nation *click*
My flicker of faith stands nowhere compared to this man's firm stand in his belief and everything he speaks for. But maybe someday it will be.

it isn't wasted.

I do not believe I got a B for Science.
Because I didn't. Not until I get my paper back and prove I deserve an A.
Freedom is such a scam. So they say exams are over. I still:
- have projects due next week,
- have trials in two months,
- have PMR in five,
- can't go for JYM activities,
- only played the guitars because my mom went out,
- am in "popular demand" (Thanks so much, Jit Sun. . . not.)
- have to perform for Teacher's Day,
- can't skip classes,
- and don't have my phone.
But at least I:
- can still go for practice on Monday night,
- got to go for CF,
- am almost done with my History project and halfway through my Geography one,
- don't have to worry about their "issues" anymore
- have a employed spy who stalks my stalkers for me and doesn't even take any charge (although I should pay him, considering the resources he spends),
- and get to see Darren tomorrow! Yays. =)

Somehow, this morning, memories started flooding my head. Maybe because I was dreaming about the '08 team for two nights straight (don't ask me why it's in my subconciousness). Or maybe because they were one of the things I wrote about on the back of my KH paper, which I passed up. (o.O) I don't know.
But do you guys still remember the launching? I remember volunteering to head it during our '08 team party, after the 2nd training camp. (And that's why you guys started asking me to take up stuff. =.=") I was like damn stressed out for that whole month, and Crystal and Roeshan were the only two people who made an effort to help out with the presentation. The week before the video launching, Alan and Aaron West took me to the park in front of SK Kampung Tunku with ayam panggang and roti John and more Ramadhan food to discuss the Stomp because they thought it was that weekend and they were freaking out. :) And then we found out the SS1 park had no tap. XD That weekend, I was so dissapointed. Especially on Sunday morning. I could have cried, if Darren, Beatrice, Crystal and Jac weren't there. I nearly did that afternoon, I so wanted to with Beatrice.
The next week, we did the Stomp, hakka and Shalala. And it was awesome, obviously. X) Angeline wasn't there with us. She didn't even see it. I wish she had.
I remember the feedback we had during the Core Team meeting. =) One of the '06 girls said there was evem an auntie humming the Shalala in the bathroom. XD

Randomness. :)
Look, my hair is not that short, okay. It'll grow. And then I'll just have to...cut it again! XP

to find a recording studio. (editted)

Viewing Without You, by the SIC Youth Rally Outreach Team of 2008.

The best part of reminiscence is when all those old people suddenly spring back up in your life again.
Like just the other day, I messaged Sharvind to wish him happy belated 15th because he so thoughtfully called me for my birthday last year when I’d forgotten all about him. (Thanks for reminding me, Bananie-O. XP) I miss him and Jian Min as much as I miss the Munks, wei. (Remember the retarded slang we came up with in the middle of ’07? Lols.) And then on Sunday…I was almost not late for class, after spending time catching up with Roeshan, Crystal, Augustine, Vanessa, Roger, Angeline and Jordan. Nicholson too, I think. I just miss them too much sometimes. Training camp stories. =) And Augustine and I skipped the gathering. Like, one of our only times ever. Actually, my first time skipping since I started going for them. Then Darren came back. =D I miss him so much, too! Even though it was only, what, two weeks. I even miss Vanessa. After staying up the whole of that Saturday night to talk, I still have so much to tell her. Sitting next to Joshua in mass is…annoying.
By the way…to both parties referred to above, (I mean party as in groups of people, not party as in the actual parties, okay), my mother grounded me.
I shall not spew vulgarities like a foul-cratered volcano. I bet you’re all doing that for me.
It’s a long story. One which I will so have to tell Vanessa if we have time to sit down at the mamak. But then, my mom put some kind of ban on me ever going for JYM activities ever again. I mean, she’s always had mood swings, but now…I don’t even want to be within ten-metres from her unless there’s a solid wall separating us. Really long story.
Oh wells. What can I do about it.

I love the time of the year when people react to my latest hair cut.
Basically, it’s always: “You cut your hair!”
JeAnne: Sammie, why did you cut your hair?!
Chrishen: Yalah Samantha, why did you cut your hair, huh? (=.=”)
Nick Sta Maria: Did you do something to your hair?
Roger: *The mess-up re-do. (As usual.)
Eelaine: I don’t see Samantha any more! But you look prettier somehow. (This Eelaine is so random lah. She made a bookmark for me for no reason at all. XD Thanks.)
Bassy and Meredith: You look so much better, keep it that way! It’s good.
Daniel(la): No...Gloria!
Wai Phun: Your hair is so…short. (Wow, it could only take a genius like you to figure that out.)
But the absolute best reaction of all has got to be this one smart guy.
Aaron LXT: Samantha, how could you?! You terrible person! You just had to get your hair cut like that. I can’t stand it. Stop impersonating my mother!
ROFL. XD

The Science papers were awesome! As in awesome = basically easy. I finished Paper 2 in half an hour, slept and wrote love songs about Li Hui and Eelaine's love lives on my calculator's cover because I didn't want to write on my hand. XP Today's sotong was too salty. And I saw . . . . . . =) I still remember the first time we met...*reminiscence again.

oh tranquil simplicity, where art thou?

If you sat me in front of the most terrifying thriller movie right now, I would probably fall asleep within the opening credits. But I can’t afford to do that. I don’t even have the time to study. I so need to finish my Geography and History course work and actually start packing my bags. For when? Tomorrow afternoon. Wow, how well I coordinate myself. *voice drips with acidic sarcasm. And what have I been doing for the past few hours? Reading a free online download of the first book of Meg’s Cabot Mediator series.
And continuously running up and down the stairs to answer calls from Chrishen, who is freaking out and making me freak out too. After all the "chilling" I tried to put myself through last Thursday, and thinking this would all be so simple compared to that, this is what I get for it?! Apparently so. Some peaceful weekend to escape from my projects and revise in serenity.
But there are still major things to thank God for:

1. That my computer has been resurrected and is now free of the cyber world’s A(H1N1).
2. That the Canadian pizza people came on time with the toaster, buntings, and most importantly, 40 pizzas. (By the way, did you know that a pizza toaster is like, three times the size of a regular microwave?! Imagine how huge their ovens are!)
3. That Chrishen and I didn't skip class.
4. That Beatrice, Beatrice and I managed to finish selling thirty-nine pizzas with profit.
5. That we cleaned up the cafeteria.
6. That Michael kindly gave me about 20 packets of those sinfully delicious chocolate brownies, F.O.C. Yum… =)
7. That, on a stiflingly warm Sunday afternoon, three girls managed to find shade beneath a tree beside the community centre. And there they sat, enjoying the extra seafood pizza, brownies and chilled pink guava juice as they plotted the torture of their juniors for the following weekend. (Junior is definitely not the right word. I mean, more than half of them are like, older than me. Whoa. I’m growing old too fast!) X)
8. That my dad fixed the D-string on the classical guitar so I can now play with that guitar when my fingers hurt from the Kapok.
9. That I'm finally getting my own guitar. X) About time. Although I would be better of with a new phone.
10. That tomorrow is almost here and I to go for camp the weekend before exams! Yays.
11. That I managed to at least open my revision books. Even if I didn't really read them.
12. That I finally got my sore throat to the perfect intensity to get half my sexay singing voice back. XP And that I have limbs to dance with when I lose that voice.
13. That I found the props box and will never let it out of sight again until I empty it.
14. That I'm sitting with a bunch of such awesome, love-struck girls who know how to take my mind off other things. =P
15. That life is not as complicated as people make it out to be. And that I have friends to tell me so when I forget. =)

I've been tagged.

1) The person who tagged you is:
Beatrice Grace Chan.

2) Your relationship with him/her is:
Good friend, fellow ’08 team member and asst. chairperson of JYM.

3) Your first impression of him/her is:
Sociable, popular and knows how to dance.

4) The most memorable moments with him/her:
May 2008 – Dec 2008. But mostly the ’08 Rally. X)

5) The most memorable thing he/she has said to you is:
Err…I don’t know…oh wait, the affirmation circle: “You are the most mature girl on the team, even though you’re the youngest.” =)

6) If he/she becomes your lover, you will:
The “if” is not possible.

7) If he/she became your lover, what should he/she improve at:
I repeat, not possible.

8) If he/she becomes yr enemy, what would you do:
Keep talking to her like nothing ever happened.

9) If he/she becomes yr enemy, the reason will be:
Um…not attend a registration? Haha, lawl! =P

10) The most desired thing you want to do for him/her now is:
Help her if she feels too burdened with anything…if that is possible.

11) Your overall impression on him/her:
Big shiny sun with a big sunshiny smile, passionate when it comes to dancing and teaching dance and very, very committed.

12) The characteristic you love most about yourself:
Committed, determined and talented (in some ways).

13) The characteristic you hate most about yourself:
Takes up way too much responsibilities sometimes and occasionally corroded time management skills.

14) The most ideal person you want too be is:
Me?

15) For people that care and like you, say something to them:
For friends and family (every kind), tell me if I’m taking you for granted. For people who “like and care” for me (e.g. stalkers and guys who are trying way too hard), get out of my life. Or at least my face.

16) Pass this quiz to 10 ppl who you want to know how they feel about you.
1- Anne Banane!
2- April Tan
3- Rachel Cheng
4- Daniel Anthony
5- Chow Jo Ann
6- Wesley Murang Jon
7- Krisha Munkie!
8- Dinesh Ravi
9- Stephanie Aeria
10- Aaron LXT

17) Who is 6 (Wesley) having a relationship with:
No one… (Know what I’m thinking?)

18) Is 9 (Stephanie) a male or female:
Female.

19) If 7 (Krisha) and 10 (Aaron) were together, would it be a good thing:
That would be half-retard, half-genius. Think it would work? (If they knew each other.)

20) What is 2 (April) studying at the moment:
Everything I’m studying, seeing as how she sits behind me in class.

21) When was the last time you had a chat with 3 (Rachel):
Like…yesterday.

22) What kind of music does 8 (Dinesh) like:
Whatever they play on radio? I don’t know.

23) Does 1 (Anne) have any siblings:
Yes, Rachel Vincent, also known as “Retard” or “Oi!” by Bananie-O.

24) Will you woo 3 (Rachel):
No, she’s taken!

25) How about 7 (Krisha):
Yes, Munkies are HAWT! Lol, we're both girls and we both like guys, not each other.

26) Is 4 (Daniel) single:
Yeah, as far as I know.

27) What's the surname of 5 (Jo Ann):
Chow, like it is so stated up there.

28) What's the hobby of 5 (Jo Ann):
Being random? No, I don’t know.

29) Do 5 (Jo Ann) and 9 (Stephanie) get along well:
Of course they do, they’re team mates! =)

30) Where is 2 (April) studying at:
SMK Taman SEA! With me. In my class.

31) Say something casual about your eyes:
They’re so dark they’re black.

32) Have you tried developing feelings for 5 (Jo Ann):
No. Firstly, she’s taken. Secondly…she’s a girl, like me.

33) Where does 9 (Stephanie) live?:
Somewhere over the rainbow...

34) What colours does 4 (Daniel) like:
Ooh…I know this one! PINK!!! X)

35) Are 5 (Jo Ann) and 1 (Anne) good friends:
They could be if they knew each other.

36) Does 7 (Krisha) like 2 (April):
They don’t know each other and they’re definitely not gender-confused.

37) How did u get to know 2 (April):
SMK Taman SEA Tae Kwon Do!

38) Does 1 (Anne) have any pets:
She screams at the thought of such an idea.

39) Is 7 (Krisha) the sexiest person in the world:
Of course, Munkies are sexay! XP Lol.



Tagged by Yun Lynn
Directions: Once you’ve been tagged, you have to write a blog or a note on Facebook with 16 random things, facts, habits or goals about you. At the end choose ten people to be tagged, listing their names and why you chose them. Don’t forget to leave them a comment (”you’re it”) and to read your blog. You can’t tag the person who tagged you.
1. I plan on studying mass communication and theology in college.
2. My pet peeves are grammar mistakes.
3. I have a loud voice, even if I don't have such a loud personality. This is what happens when Rachel makes you try to sing the bridge of Receive the Power so the whole Lebuhraya Damansara-Perdana can hear you.
4. Sometimes I'm just way, way too hyped. Like at practice yesterday. I just know I drove Angeline nuts. XD
5. I can survive on dark chocolate and chocolate-filled foods for a full day. Or maybe even three. =]
6. I wouldn't forward chain emails unless they were really, really good.
7. While doing this, I'm reading Wayne's rendition of this tag. I like his blog. =)
8. While doing this, I'm also reading Felix's rendition of this tag. Oh-kay...I just realized he tagged me too. Fine, I got tagged by both him and Yun Lynn.
9. I love the rain. There's something so compelling about it that makes me just want to sit, stare and think.
10. I'm in the mood to post stuff on everyone's CBoxes. Usually I never do.
11. I know there's a lot of stuff I have to say about myself, but I can't remember any of them.
12. I greet nearly every teacher I meet, even if they aren't teachers. And I've realized some of them are just stuck up prats.
13. I've grown 1.5cm and gained no weight since last year. (Why am I being so random?)
14. I feel like adding more words to the smee.the.Smurfs vocabulary.
15. These kind of tags are starting to annoy me.
16. I'm DONE!!!