Pretty You!

I have been very much disconnected from the Internet world for almost a week now. Therefore, blog I shall about my life 7 days ago. But before I start bombarding you with the story of my life, here’s a sequel to my previous blog post.

I almost got a full mark for my Acts test, 77 out of 80, which is 96% after converting to 100%. That was the only good news I had last week. The bad news was, I was loosing the feeling that I was having when playing pool few weeks before, the feeling that every ball I was about to hit is going to pot no matter what. It really is frustrating when the ball did not really pot but went out of target when before you gave your best shot, you were so confident that your estimation and accuracy were accurate enough to bring the ball right straight into the hole.

However, that actually motivates me to discover my weaknesses and faults and be better at pool, a game that I really adore. Every Thursday after my final class for the week at 5.45pm, I will have my dinner and head right straight to Olmsted Center to play pool with a bunch of seniors and juniors. The place is like my favorite hang out spot at Thursday night. I will be there for 3 to 4 hours, just playing pool and nothing else.

I didn’t really get much of pool last Thursday because I was at Jewett Residence Hall rehearsing my performance for the upcoming MASA night. I was reluctant to perform at first but because Stacey was the organizer, I had to help her out because they have inadequate performers.

So I was assigned to this Kadazan dance, which has gentle and slow movements to it. (youtube Kadazan dance if you have no idea what I’m talking about). Dancing “gracefully” to the monotonous beatings of the drums made me feel kinda uncomfortable and gay because I’m not used to slow and graceful dances, but am more used to popping, locking and some breakdancing. But halfway through, we are going to do some hip hop dancing, so oh well, that suits me. Hopefully we’re able to find someone to guide us through with the hip hop parts. Pray hard.

On a different note… One night, I entered the MEN’s lavatory, holding my toothpaste and toothbrush and looking real blur when suddenly, an American girl came out of one of the cubicles!!! My eyes widened because firstly, I was shocked; and secondly, I wasn’t expecting a girl to come out but a guy because it’s a men’s lavatory! She had a embarrassed face on and sorry-ed her way out the door while I gave her the unbelievable-laughter.

Few days ago on Sunday, I attended this American host family thingy. So I tagged along with Lydia’s and Stacey’s host family and went to Jordan Creek, Des Moines’ biggest shopping mall before going to Valley Church, where all American host families in Des Moines meet up for some activities. All Drake students were seated with our respective host families in round tables, and we played board games or poker cards, whichever our host family brought with them that day.

Then it’s dinner time and then performance time and bla bla bla. Then yay! what a great day, and fast forward that to the tormenting moment when I gobbled down management stuff for the exam on the following day. The exam went well and I guess I could get quite a good grade. I’m actually having another exam tomorrow but it was postponed, so no exam! But there’s a quiz on Thursday, so I have to study for it.

And sadly, no pool again for me this coming Thursday because there’s another practice for the Kadazan dance.

Till then! Bye.

Wha’chu Say?

So the days in Drake have been mundane, almost identical to that in Malaysia. Attending classes, finishing up homework and assignments, studying for exams and quizzes, nothing none of you can’t imagine.

The obvious difference is the weather, of course. I walk shivering rather than with sweat dripping all over my face. I step on snow rather than gravelled paths. I have cold hands rather than sweaty palms. Not to mention also is the food difference. If Hubbell serves good food, I might have rice, chicken, broccoli, and sweet corns. If not, pizza is my sole and ultimate choice. If I’m lucky, I get really nice pizza with melted cheese and tasty crust. If not, I get ridiculously salty and oily pizza that made me feel like my life has been shortened by 10 years.

Aside from that awful food, I still have subs as my final option. But trust me, those subs are not very reliable. The best option is still the instant noodles from Walmart! =)

The day before Chinese New Year, I spent half of my day at Bell Center playing badminton. It was exhausting but enjoyable. I then went out with my roommates to the China Place again. This time the food wasn’t that bad. Maybe I have accustomed myself to the food here.

On the way there, I brought out my new N86 to a test. Took some night scenes of Drake, and not to my surprise, the pictures weren’t that clear. Oh well, it’s 8 megapixel but it’s not perfect. Sharp pictures can be taken during the day though. I’m satisfied with the performance of my new phone. Very!

So I celebrated Chinese New Year with an exam on a snowy day! Took some pictures on my way back to dorm. The exam was quite simple. My professor handed us some review questions last week and most of the questions from the review came out. I was told that the same thing will happen for every exam the professor gives. Free A!

I can’t wait to get back my test papers for ACTS 140! Hopefully Professor Kester could get all the papers marked by tomorrow.

Till Then! Happy Chinese New Year!

Let It Snow!

Sorry for the delay. It was absolutely, 100%, genuinely unintentional. Okay, maybe there was a slight intention for the delay at the beginning, but I was totally preoccupied with my homework and gatherings and some kick-ass events some Drake’s clubs organized.

Last Saturday, I was at the ISA party at Stacey’s residence hall – Morehouse. I know ISA sound intimidating as it is the acronym of the infamous Internal Security Act in Malaysia. But trust me, the party organized that night was fun Fun FUN!

We had pizzas and also some lemonade for drinks. After making sure all stomachs had been satisfied, we played games!

The first game was to pass down the message, that simple. If I’m not mistaken, there were around 40 of us? We were broken down into 2 groups, the Red and the Blue. So each group made a line and the message was passed down till the last person in line. The fun part of the game was to listen to how significant the message had been altered when the last person in line was called upon to announce the message they received.

Then came the game of popping balloons. No, it’s not the game where you race among each other to inflate the balloon and then sit your big fat ass on it in order to burst the balloon. It’s the tying the balloon on one of your legs and then try to burst other people’s balloon before they pop yours game. Of course, the Blue team won because I was in the team, cheh.

After that, we were all broken up into groups of 2 and I bet everyone of you is familiar with this game. I don’t know what it’s called but it’s the game where you have to have your feet on the newspaper that was to be folded in half each time the music stopped, at all times. I teamed up with Yin Qi and we almost won. We cheated a bit but Yin Qi’s feet were never outside the newspaper! (He was piggy-backing me).

I think after that game, they figured we were exhausted and needed something cold to quench our thirst, that’s when the ice-creams came! And while I was eating the ice-cream, I played musical chairs. Yes, musical chairs. I was never good at musical chairs so I was eliminated soon enough.

The dance floor was opened after a second round of musical chairs. Didn’t dance much because my quadriceps were too exhausted from the badminton game I had before the party. How serious was it? Whenever I stand up straight, my quadriceps cramped, that serious. I had to literally keep my legs bent for 10 minutes to give the muscles some rest.

Sunday was another boring day. I had 3 back-to-back classes today, there’s nothing much to say. But it snowed today, quite heavily. Nice! =)

And yes, as promised, I’m going to post up pictures of Drake covered in white snow! Be patient.

I shall try taking pictures of snow with a different mode next time.

Till then.