Red Cliff

I watched Red Cliff with my grandfather yesterday. It was a totally awesome movie with its astounding battlefield scenes and visual effects. It is quite a compelling story starring many from the Romance of the Three Kingdom series for example Zhuge Liang, Cao Cao and Liu Bei.

The following is a brief description of the movie:

Red Cliff (Chinese: 赤壁; pinyin: Chìbì), also known as The Battle of Red Cliff, is a Chinese epic film based on the Battle of The Red Cliffs and events during the end of the Han Dynasty and immediately prior to the period of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms in ancient.The film is directed by John Woo and stars Tony Leung Chiu-Wai as Viceroy Zhou Yu, Takeshi Kaneshiro as Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fengyi as Cao Cao, Chang Chen as Sun Quan , Hu Jun as Zhao Yun, Lin Chi-ling as Xia Qiao, You Yong as Liu Bei and Zhao Wei as Sun Shangxiang.

My favourite character in the book and the movie is Zhuge Liang for always being the smart and wise guy.

Happy Holidays!

Raya is approaching and I bet everyone's pretty excited about it. Town is pretty busy especially Carpenter Street. Everyone's out shopping for new stuff. My dad is probably going to go on a open house frenzy again this year. We used to visit 16 to 23 houses a day. 16 to 23. It's not a joke. My dad's friends love to have him over at their house so in the end, we get heavily bloated. Imagine the amount of can drink intakes, cookies, cakes, curry, rendang and pulut stuffed in your mouth. My parents even time themselves how many minutes they can spend at each house just to make in time to everyone. My dad believes in pleasing everybody. Typical dad.

Seriously, it is crazy to eat non-stop. My father's friends absolutely love him to indulge in their homemade delicacies. Mouth-watering first, agony later. I remembered I was too greedy and ended up throwing up the whole night. Let's forget the not so happy part of Raya but refer to the much happier times. The best part about Hari Raya is you get food and joy of the festivities at the same time. Right.... Just kidding.

Hopefull, I'll be able to visit Mierah's and Brina's house with a couple of friends. Lastly, I liked to wish everybody, "Happy Holidays & Hope you enjoy studying!" and especially for the Malays,

"Selamat Hari Raya!
Maaf zahir dan batin"

Newspaper Tower

Yesterday, as we stepped into the lab, nobody would have expected this; a competition to build the most stabile and tallest block using only, two pieces of newspaper. Everyone was cracking their heads to figure a way how to make it work with just two pieces of newspaper within 15 minutes. Our group played with the newspaper, twisting it that way and this way. Then, bingo! Clarissa and Jasmine, the brilliant masterminds came up with a plan. They bulit a cone with the base, cut a hole at the top and twisted the newpaper forming sort of a drill. 10 seconds left. Amy rushes to cellotape the block with Amirah holding the base. Time was up!

Amy places onto the table top with the other groups. Two groups pulled out, not being able to make it on time. 5 building stood tall on teacher's top, slightly unbalanced. Judging moment. Before teacher could reach out to Tatianna's Twin Towers, it has already fallen. Teacher decides to on the fan. Everybody were staring at the four left standing. Eleena and Christine's flag began wavering, slightly drooping with each second. It stood stabile but not as tall as the rest. Michelle Goh's was slightly shaky, tilting to one side too. Sharon's, the mighty tower which hovered over the rest was also beginning to shake and finally, dropped. Two remained, ours' and Al's, who will last longer?

30 seconds passed, 5 minutes passed but still both towers showed no signs of movement. Teacher decides a tie-breaker. First, the poking with the finger. Showing no significant movement, teacher invites two volunteers to blow the towers, Esterene and Debra. The towers were still showing no movement. Everyone was impatient, waiting for one to drop. Anxiety took over. Finally, teacher announced it as a tie! Everybody put great effort and what a challenge!

Our tower's height is about 78 cm.

And this is it!

Interesting Recollections

This was taken three years ago. Not meant for implying humiliation nor embarassment. But I'm so proud of it.

Three years ago, SK St. Teresa's choral speaking joined the district, regionals and state choral speaking competition. Our year was absolutely awesome combining the Year 4 and 5's which we won champions for both the district and regionals. Sadly, we lost to Miri in the state competition held in Bintulu. I never forgotten how devastated we were that day. We preformed our really best but we were still a little bit too fast according to the judges. Throughout the whole thing, we gained many experiences and memorable moments including this.

Prize-giving Day 2005

(In case you've noticed, Evelyn and I were grinning our heads off at the back)

So that was the past, and now the present.

I present to you Michelle Ting massacring Ronan Keating's song.

And why so, you may ask. As we all gathered in the hall for assembly, I sat down with Martha, Sharon and Esterene. Martha was curiously fooling around with a piece of paper and scissors. Then, I noticed Marthat was writing something secretly on the paper. Out of curiosity, I asked her what it was and she just passed me the piece of paper, half of it cut by her razor sharp scissors.

The smile on your face, Let's me know that you need me, There's a truth in your eyes, Saying you'll never leave me, The touch of your hand says you'll catch me whenever I fall, You say it best, When you say nothing at all

The chorus was enough to make Martha sob uncontrollably as she said I "bunuh"ed the song. Her face was enough to prove I answered my tag truthfully and without doubt, filled with honesty. Sharon laughed at me too even though she sang along with me. Martha's face made me feel regretful for ever singing that song. I thought I touched her heart, but I saw more of resentment and unhappiness in her eyes to realize I was ruining it without doubt. Poor Martha, she had to bear with my singing for half an hour. With Sharon by her side, I think it was a lesser pain to the ears (crossed fingers).

Now I know, I have the power to kill any song with just uttering a single word. I shan't use it for unruly purposes or shall I? Who knows?

Inebriated Rambling

The dusty road down the teachers' carpark, two people approached each other and began rambling about bags. They were Michelle and Evelyn. Evelyn looking rather crimson under the black skies and Michelle, just haggard. Sabrina claimed that she and Evelyn had carried three bags each down the stairs. But Michelle suggested that Evelyn was inebriated from a heavy booze.

Suddenly, the sky seemed so much darker, appearing malicious and sinister. The colour of Evelyn's face didn't fade. She was walking from side to side in an odd way. Stupidly, Michelle decided to join in, ignoring the fact there were other people staring in the churchground. They both started talking madly about bizzare topics which absolutely had nothing to do with them. Criticizing, ranting and simply belligerent. The booze was not wearing off fast enough.

Michelle's eyes started to droop heavily, reflexively causing her to sleepwalk. Evelyn had to go as she saw her car arrived. Michelle left alone, still not very much aware of her surroundings runs into Alicia. Together, they walk towards a Mitsubishi Pajero near the benches.

The black Pajero stands massively tall next to a row of pitiful Kancils. The deafening rumble of the 4WD was even hard to ignore within one mile's distance. Michelle's mother looking rather pleased for Michelle being early as she had promised earlier that day. Michelle grinned mischievously as she thought about her little sister standing in front of Tupperware, an ideal contemplatation. Throughout the drive, Alicia and Michelle discusses their civic project involving charity work. Lesson learned through the conversation, a meeting with only two people makes a faster, better decision.

The Davids'

My mum has loved David Archuleta ever since the first day he stepped into the American Idol audition room. Hoping he'll win, she cheers for him every week. Then the finale came along, all her dreams were crushed within one second; Ryan Seacrest announcing David Cook won. Till today, she discriminates Cook and the sentence "David C. cooked David A".

David Cook (Champion of AI)

Runner-up

David Archuleta has a good voice which is suitable for ballads unlike David Cook, who is this translucent, hanging voice which is rather current. Although my mum wanted to David A. to win, Al and I were secretly wishing that David Cook would be the champion. Our mothers loved the sweet, little talented boy. He didn't win sadly. Still David A. is rather awesome.

Recently, he came up with a new album, "Dacid Archuleta" with its hit single, "Crush". "Crush" was a rather immature twist for the low vocals and lack of music sense. Even my family laughed out loud including my mum when his song was playing. Singing something like "Imagine" was amazing but "Crush" was just ... listen to it yourself then tune in to "Imagine".

Can't Wait for Season 8 of American Idol!

Tag

People who have been tagged must write their answers on their blogs and tag 10 people. Those who are tagged cannot refuse. And after answering all the 100 question, they have to give the one who tagged them the link. The one who’ve been tagged before don’t have to do it once more.


01 Name: Michelle

02 Sex: Female (Doesn't the name ring a bell)

03 Email address: underwevolution@hotmail.com

04 Birthdate: 20th October 1994

05 Family: Obviously, there's my dad, my mum and my little sister...

06 Height: 165cm

07 Weight: Letting you guess

08 Something good about yourself : Straight

09 Something bad about yourself: Lethargic

10 Describe your personality in one word : Composed

11 Celebrities that you like: Oprah, Sienna Miller

12 Songs you like: Everything-Michael Buble, Total Eclipse of the Heart-Bonnie Tyler, Alone,
Emotions, Immortality-BeeGees

13 Fav. Season: Autumn

14 Games you’re good at: Monopoly

15 My ideal woman or man : Michael Phelps

16 If you have to choose between same age/older/younger: Younger

17 Your mood right now: Zen

18 What you have in your pocket right now: Nothing

19 Sleeping out: What?

20 Alcohol tolerance: Just lovely, inherited the flushing from my dad...

21 Drinking habits: Water drinking?

22 How old were you the first time you drank: 13+

23 When do you want to get married: I have no idea, maybe I'll be a bitter, old spinster (haha)

24 About my singing: Indescribably horrid

25 About my dancing: I can dance ballet.. Does that count?

26 Something I want these days: PS3, iPod, happy companionship

27 When you’re home alone: Watch TV

28 When you’re standing in front of the mirror: Combing my messed up hair

29 Clothes you’re wearing right now: Something (Stalker alert!)

30 How much money do you have in your wallet: Broke

31 What you want to buy for your girlfriend/ boyfriend : Nothing to do with me

32 Does height matter to you: Very funny....

33 What song do you sing when you go to sing karaoke: Star Wars theme song *haha*

34 What would you do if you had plans with your friend but they never showed up: Murder them!

35 What would you do if the person you loved cheated on you: I don't know....

36 How long will you be able to wait for the person you love: If it's really worth it, I'll wait

37 First kiss: Duh, no...

38 A feature you feel doesn’t need to be fixed: Fingers

39 Feature you feel should be fixed: Everything

40 People you miss the most right now: Grandparents and relatives

41 First love: Eragon *is there such a person right here in Kuching, I don't think so*

42 When you cried the most: Last year

43 When do you feel you’re grown up: Making decisions for myself

44 What you don’t like: Unhappines and Obscenity

45 When you felt happy: A lot of times

46 When you were most flabbergasted: Earlier this year

47 Best looking person of the opposite gender you’ve seen so far: Woody Allen *haha*

48 Why aren’t you going out with anyone: It's 9.00 at night

49 What you feel towards that person: As in?

50 What would you say to the people actually reading this: Is this really interesting and getting into your head?

51 Something you’re most worried about: Exams

52 When do you look most weak: When I wake up??

53 How do you NOT get dumped: Not leaving me in the middle of something important

54 3 things a person NEEDS: Space, Comfort, Family

60 Favorite TV program: CSI : LV & NY

61 Movie that pissed you off: Scary Movie 4

62 Movie you watched with most meaning: An Incovenient Truth, Al Gore made me pro-environment ...

63 Most recent movie watched: Meet Dave (super hilarious)

64 Movie you want to recommend: Kungfu Panda & The Day after Tomorrow

65 If you could become a character inside a movie: Draco Malfoy *arches eyebrows*

66 How many net cafes are you a member to: I am not much of a net cafe person

67 Which do you go to most often: Seriously....

68 What you feel about this cafe? : Refer to questions 66 &67 and I mean it....

69 What you want to say to the starter of the cafe?: Hope you noticed, but I'm more of a home user

70 You believe it is okay to marry someone else to save the person that you love: Oh, for goodness sakes, NO

71 What would you do if your parents didn’t bless your decision to get married: Persuade them? I don't know

72 Do you think you’re a player: Digimon Rumble Arena Player counted?

73 What time do you wake up: 7-8am

74 When you go to sleep: 9-11pm

75 If someone you met for the first time asked for your number: Hmm... Interesting

76 What would you do if you liked someone at a meeting: Get to know them?

77 Celebrity you want to go out with: Pierce Brosnan

78 How many kids do you want: Depending

79 Something you really want to be good at: The violin

80 What I want to be in 10 years: Heart specialist or GP

81 Someone you’re jealous of right now: Taro Hakase

82 A word that you use a lot: Hah

83 What I do when I first wake up: Make the bed

84 What would you do if you picked up a million dollars: Buy property and invest in stock markets!

85 What would you do if you became invisible: Disturb people as in kacau (making someone think that they need therapy)

86 Singer you think is the best singing live: Andrea Bocceli, Celine Dion

87 Singers you don’t understand why they even sing: Teriyaki Boys *OMG*

88 A kind of man you don’t like: Arrogant & Egoistic

89 A kind of woman you don’t like: Backstabbers and gossipers

90 What would you do if you found someone you love more than the person you’re dating right now:
No idea...

91 What would you feel if you met someone you’ve broken up with: Normal friends

92 Most important possession: Home sweet home

93 What you do when you first get online: Get on MSN *MSN is my homepage*

94 What surprised you the most: The fact cows can go up the stairs, but not down. Unbelievable, right?

95 What you do when you can’t fall asleep: Toss and turn in bed

96 What do you think you were in your past life: Emperor Shi Huang-Ti

97 If you were to be born again: Hilary Rhoda

98 What are you going to do after you finish this: Sleep

99 How honest were you: Extremely honest

100 What do you want to say: Don't get annoyed, it ONLY took me approximately 2 hours to finish this (not bad, eh?)

I TAG:
1. Eu Fern
2. Ashley
3. Jeanette
4. Gabrielle
5. Alicia
6. Martha
7. Evelyn
8. Christine
9. Mierah
10.Shirley