Okay, the test wasn't so bad except that Question 2 (c) turned out to be a little mind-bogging. All I did was wrote a paragraph & proceed to the next question. I'm expecting to get a pretty low grade for this test. Ah...to hell with it!

I went to college rather early today at 10am. In fact, I don't have classes on Fridays but being a good buddy; I deliberately went to support their Talent Nite Promo Show. But that only started at 1pm. What did I do for the whole morning then? I went to settle my lost ATM card issue since I couldn't get it done at the Section 14 branch. Just because they ran out of stock for ATM cards -_-". Bummer! Too many customers, is it?

Then, off I went to Maybank to bank-in for my prom dress. Yes~ I've decided at the very last minute to attend Intiball. In addition to that, I was requested by Jonathan (Intiball Organising Chairperson) to be his partner so that I can sit with him at the VIP table. Wow! Back to the dress. I thought of getting a new one since I've worn my old black chiffon dress for 2 yrs. Yeah I know...the fashion police should've arrest me earlier for wearing the same dress to proms.

I told Mum about this green halter dress that I'm planning to get from eBay. There she goes again making comments just like the last time in Rest & Relax boutique. I mean, she should know better that I can't fit well in dresses with sizes so a free size, stretchable one would be appropriate. And this dress is free size at the price of RM59.90. Can you imagine that? I can afford to keep aside & not wear it anymore if it doesn't look nice. It's only RM59.90 for God's sake & it's imported from Korea. What more can you ask for such a cheap dress? See it for yourself.

Mum said I could buy it if I really want it. Ah, I'm paying for it neways ^^. After that, I headed to the library to read some books & waste time. Found this really interesting book to read & decided to borrow it back home. I bet most of you heard of this book called Confessions of a Shopaholic. I realised that I'm kinda act like a shopaholic at times considering the way I spent on things not necessary. Especially on Dong Bang stuffs. Hmm, no...that's more like obsession. Oh whatever~ *shrugs* That female progtagonist is just insane. She still shops though her credit card was overdrawn by 6000 quids. Gosh...doesn't she wanna think about how to settle her bills before buying something else? Scary~ o_O

Well, the promo show turned out to be okay sans the unresponsive audiences. Though okay but not great. Perhaps the lack of coordination & cooperation between the organising committee members led to this problem. I wish them luck for the actual event on July 14. I'll be going again to support. See how much I love my friends? XD

As I've promised, I'm here to bring the pics of the Japan GT Race 2007. Nope I'm not gonna upload them as it would be awfully troublesome. To save time, click here to read my friend's blog about the whole event. I find it hard to not read her blog cuz the way she described our road trip was fantastic.

Her blog is heavily overdosed with pics, mind you. Definitely not dial-up friendly. Don't say I didn't warn you. And those pics in her blog are not the complete ones. Imagine uploading all of them...o_O. I bet my friend's bandwidth would explode in no time.

Guys, drool all you want cuz there're lots of shots on those sexy GT queens imported all the way from The Land of The Rising Sun. Tsk, tsk...(Rising Sun reminds me so much about Dong Bang XD). After reading that post, leave some comments. Will ya? ^^

P.S. Boo-hoo! Retail Marketing test is tomorrow & I lost my ATM card -_-".

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I forgot to tell you guys. Got myself a wifi router from Digital Mall at RM99. It's the Belkin model that I intend to buy. Retail price is RM159. Ain't that great news? XD *dances*

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Ahh...what an enlightening experience~

The heat, the adrenaline rush, awesome mod-cars, hot sexy GT queens (no hot guys though -_-"), the crowd...

All these happenings still seemed overwhelming to me. Yes, I went to the Japan GT Race 2007 at Sepang F1 Circuit in case you're still wondering. Though it won't do good to get my butt there again next year, I'm glad I was part of the audiences cheering for God-know-who Japanese drivers & their superb driving skills. The feeling was undescribable. You just have to be there to experience it.

Aftermath of the event ---> a sun-burned face, temporary hearing loss & a BAD headache + bloodshot eyes.

The sacrifice I had to make just to watch the drivers zooming their cars round & round endlessly on the circuit (it seemed like eternity to me XD). There'll be pics upped soon. My cousin bro's old, busted Panasonic camera phone failed but I still had friends' cameras to rely on ^^. So hang in there while I grab pics from my generous buddies.

Things to note at the GT race:

1. Surprisingly local drivers can drift pretty well. There's room for improvement, of course.
2. The pitstop where all the GT cars were parked was opened for visitors with an admission of RM100 for 1 hour only.
3. Everyone had pretty bad sunburn while Ms. Chang, our SAO officer had minimal ones. Jealous-nya~

Alas, I've handed in my assignment. Oh, the joy!! :D Imagine sleeping at around 4am just to get it done. The assignment wasn't hard but there's risk of making a blunder in certain sections & getting a bad grade in the end. So I met up with the lecturer & let him check through my work. Thank God I did! After the last inspection today, he nodded his head in approval. *phew*

And guess what, my thumb drive got infected with a malware. Grrr...it must've came from INTIMA's PC. Gosh~ Should I even elaborate on how slow the PC was? -_-" It was really slow. I bet the PC is badly corrupted. Boo-hoo! Inti seriously need to do something about this. *shakes head*

And this Sunday is Japan GT Race. Can you believe that my college was invited to watch for free? Hmm maybe there aren't enough ppl so they decide to give free invitations to fill up the empty space. Well, whatever it is; we get to sit at the main grandstand area. Awesome~ *squee* All I need to do is pay RM10 for the bus fee & off I go. I have to start thinking of what to wear... XD

I decided to take a break after sitting in front of my lappie for hours yesterday to work on my Direct Marketing assignment. Went to Mum's room - grabbed the Astro control - then plopped on the bed & started channel surfing. Then I came upon this movie called The Mistress of Spices starring Aishwarya Rai (did I spell it correctly? o_O) & Dylan McDermott. It looked pretty interesting in certain ways; a Bollywood star collaborating with an American celebrity, the logic behind spices worshipping & "talking" to spices.

It soon got rather a pain to watch cuz the idea of spice worshipping sounds pretty stupid. No offence but Tilo (Aishwarya Rai) had to promise herself that she won't leave the spices just so that she can date the white guy architect (Dylan McDermott). In the process of starting a relationship, she realised that her actions were causing troubles to her loyal spices customers who rely on her spices for certain purposes (not cooking, of course). I would say, a voodoo spell. She's not evil but she's some sort of a guardian of spices who manipulates these ingredients to help people. Apparently the spices' souls began to retaliate when Tilo starts to have feelings for that architect. Yeah, yeah... *rolls eyes*

The ending was definitely predictable. As usual, she vowed that she'll never break her promise to her spice & finally passed the test. She's free to date the guy as long as she never leaves the shop. -_-" Alrite, I have to admit that it was kinda waste of time to watch. I could've spend more time on my assignment...my bad. Well, well. Time for assignments. Till then~

I'm procrastinating when I shouldn't be XD. My mind is so disrupted & clouded for so long that I've just realised recently that my assignments are piling up again. It's high time that I should make a checklist for assignment deadlines to remind this old rusty brain of mine.

Assignment deadlines

1. Direct Marketing (individual) - June 20
2. Direct Marketing (group) - July 18
3. Service Marketing - July 25
4. Marketing Planning - July 27

Gosh...T.T So many work to do. And I need to study for tests & prepare for exams too -_-".

Oh the joy~ :D I was so exhilarated when I saw this article in the Sinchew papers. I'm praying hard that this news is for real. They're actually coming in December!! Pls let this be true...*prays hard*

Source: Sin Chew Jit Poh, 8/06/07

I posted pics of the concert goods, necklace & phone strap on the Dong Bang LJ comm yesterday. Just for the sake of sharing with the members on how the goods really looked like. I believe that not many members have the opportunity to buy those concert goods. The least I could do is to allow them to take a closer look at the stuffs through pics.

Apparently my intentions were not appreciated & even misconstrued. Some idiot accused that what I've done was a sign of bragging. "It's like an attempt to make others envious & jealous of her", according to the aforementioned fella. Yeah, yeah. I wanna tell everyone "look at what I bought OMG"... *rolls eyes*

The fact that I do have things to show off. So?? Does she have a problem with that? I couldn't be bothered if she really reads this post. She gave me my very first flame on the net, btw. And it was rather interesting to know that ppl can be jealous & so childish in the cyberworld as well. Perhaps she has a horrible or tragic childhood, just like what my netpal said XD. We should be more considerate...*injects sarcasm*

Call herself a Dong Bang fan? Ugh. I'm disgusted. Dong Bang fans never flame each other. She's better off getting a mirror for self-reflection. Some Dong Bang fan, huh? *snorts*

Jeng, jeng! My huge package just arrived yesterday. *squee* Since the box was enormous...

...I couldn't find a perfect spot to hide it from my Mum's prying eyes. And so, she made me opened up the box cuz she was curious about the items inside since the total amount listed on the EMS slip was about ￥10000 or more.

Here's are the content of the box. Mind you, these are my friend's orders.

Meanwhile, I only bought these stuff.

The tour pamphlet was quite worth it as it was printed on high quality paper. What's more, the photoshoots were awesome. If only the pamphlet was thicker, then it would be even more worth the money spent. As for the T-shirt, the ladies cut was great but it's kinda disappointing that the fabric quality was compromised. After seeing pics of the Dong Bang members wearing similar shirts (the words on their shirts had shiny sequins sewn on), I was half hoping that mine wouldn't turn out like that. I'm glad it wasn't shiny...*phew* as I didn't wanna end up like a disco ball at the chest part. Okay, the sequins wasn't so bad either but I like it simple. Simple means more ^^.

Ah, yes. The necklace. The pendant was smaller than I expected but I guess it would look great when I put it on. It is indeed beautiful & it was a mistake for not buying it earlier this year. Now, I have to pay a whopping high price for it -_-".

See the bling-bling? XD

It comes with a gift paper bag.

Of course, the jewellery was meant for Valentine's Day. This is a chocolate magnet, btw.

Alas, the last item on my shopping list which flew directly from Japan.

Look at what the Dong Bangs had done to me. Somebody pls kill me now...XD

P.S. My mum was complaining why I'm obsessed with cross-shaped pendant, earrings, yadi yada...to be frank, she dislikes anything that has a religious symbol. That's why she's making a fuss over it. I take any cross accessories as a fashion statement & I don't feel offended or don't mean to offend anyone about crosses. I'm supposed to be Buddhist but in reality; my practice is more atheistic.

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It's 12.00am, Monday here. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY DEAR YOOCHUN!! 생일 축하함니다 믹키유천! 誕生日おめでとう、ユチョン！

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Ugh. The movie I was anticipating to watch in this post turned out to be quite a disappointment. The English dubbing was surprisingly good despite running out-of-sync when the characters moved their lips. It's understandable; since the movie is originally in Japanese.

The disappointing part of the movie is because lots of scenes were cut off. I mean, A LOT -_-". Why?? T.T Animax is such a meanie. The next irritating part is the commercials but that's still tolerable. Why cut short the movie? Guess what, the movie was so short that it was only 1 hour 40 mins.

*sighs* Oh well...nothing beats watching the movie on a TV screen rather than the my laptop screen. Don't y'all think so? But it could've been better...

You know...those discount or cash vouchers always never fail to attract us to buy stuffs that we WANT (not NEED, mind you XD). Most of the time, the vouchers have certain terms & conditions which make the so-called promotional benefits less favourable to customers. I don't mean all vouchers; but only some. Can't really blame the parties who issue the vouchers cuz all they wanna do is business. Who doesn't wanna cheat a little (in a legal way...) & earn extra profit?

Why am I telling y'all this? Cuz never in my life I've seen such a deceiving cash voucher. In fact, it's a really big cheat. This RM50 cash voucher was issued by this Chinese restaurant we went to previously. Not wanting to put it to waste, we decided to go there again for lunch. The incident happened last week but I forgot to share with you guys. We all know that cash vouchers work pretty much like cash & it's redeemable with any amount spent unless a minimum amount is stated clearly as part of the terms. The balance from the cash voucher will be forfeited if the amount spent is less than the cash voucher. Fair & square? Okay.

Our cash voucher turned out to be ambiguous. While large printed words of "RM50 Cash Voucher" were on the front, there's a clause which goes like this...

Redeemable up to 50% of the total bill

WTH?! Which means even if we only spent RM50 in total, the voucher will only cover RM25 & the remaining RM25 will have to be borne by us. Unfair~ Lets say, we spent RM100; at the end of the day we only pay RM50 cuz it's half the the total bill & the cash voucher is RM50. That's uh...fair. Take another example - we spend RM200 but we need to pay about RM150. Why? Cuz the cash voucher is only RM50. There's no way the voucher will deduct RM100. See the trick?

For God's sake... if the restaurant is dying to earn so much profit, just put the damned minimum amount spent as the part of the terms & conditions. Geez... *rolls eyes*

Scans are upped. See it for yourselves.

Here's a small dose of Dong Bang fever for you guys ^^. Not exactly about the Dong Bangs but somewhat related. I present you the fancam video of the TVXQ Dance Competition which was held at Sungei Wang shopping mall. It was somewhere in March, I think. All I remembered was the event came a day after I attended the 1st TVXQ Malaysian FC gathering.

Now, the video shows the champion showcasing their winning dance choreography which was partially original. I have to admit that they were pretty impressive but there's still lots of room for improvement. Click the link below & see it for yourselves ^^.

[CLIP] TVXQ Dance Competition at Sg. Wang - Machi Crew dancing to O-正.反.合

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End was pretty good. Though not superb like its predecessors, it was quite entertaining so to speak. Apparently, there were mixed reviews; some saying that it was awesome while naysayers complained about the plot to be too covoluted. I agree with that statement, which is why I was kinda disappointed as I was so hyped up & placing high expectations on the movie.

To those who has yet to watch it, don't be put off by my remarks. The movie is still worth watching. Just that it lacks the spark in which the two prequels had. While I was waiting for the cinema gate to open, I was standing in front of this huge (yes, I mean it...) promotional poster of Captain Jack Sparrow. Knowing that I have the hots for Johnny Depp, I had this wild intention of...ROBBING the poster & bring it back home!! Okay, okay. It was only a thought. Imagine having Johnny Depp aka Captain Jack Sparrow in your personal space XD. Yummy~ *drools*

The poster is exactly like the pic below except that it's rectangular & minus those French words. I should've take a snapshot of me standing next to it *smacks head*. But my stupid camera phone is crap -_-". Oh nvm...

Credits: www.impawards.com

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Why use Gmail? Because it rocks big time! XD Okay, lame...Wanna find out good stuff about Gmail. Click the link below. Cute commercial, it is.

[CM] Why use Gmail?

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Random post. I found this in one of the sites I was visiting & thought it was rather interesting. Perhaps some of you are aware of this discovery. Anyways, I might as well share with you all. It's mind blogging yet amazing.

Newsflash:
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by itslef but the wrod as a wlohe.

Pissed. Disappointed. A little upset. That was how I felt when I failed to win the auction last night. I wanted this (pics below) quite badly & decided to go for it.

I was very close to winning it. Then, WHAM! Someone outbid me...

I could've won it if I could afford higher bid T.T. My competitor kept on bidding non-stop during the last 10 mins. I was one step slower...so I lost in the end. Whoever that fella is won with the bid of 9500 yen.

The Winner... -_-"

I should've bought this necklace earlier. *sighs*

This movie is pretty old but I still find thrill watching it again. What's more, it will be shown on TV. On Animax~ Woo-hoo! I can't wait!!! *squee* The characters in the movie are to die for... XD

I've been longing to post the 東方神起ｘVERITE jewellery pics which I found from Cyxion forum. Some rich fella, I mean...REALLY RICH fan actually bought the whole collection. I felt so jealous cuz I intended to buy one of them when the jewelleries were available for order on mu-mo.net in January. It was too pricey to begin with & so I changed my mind. Well, who said Japanese goods are cheap? *sighs* The money I saved up was used to buy the 1st Live Concert: Rising Sun DVD instead. And I thought those ridiculously expensive jewelleries didn't look too nice in the illustrations.

Little did I expect that these VERITE jewelleries turned out to be gorgeous. Like I said earlier, some rich fella bought the entire collection & took snapshots of every piece of silver jewelleries. At that moment, I was more convinced that they are indeed beautiful. I felt a tinge of regret for not ordering in the first place T.T. Yeah, it was pricey; it's even worse now. The only way to get any of the VERITE pieces is through Yahoo! Japan Auctions. It might sound crazy to you but there are auctioners out there willing to pay up to 10500 yen just for some silver crap. It's not even embedded in diamond. Imagine how much value the Dong Bangs have... o_O

Might as well show you guys the pics neway.

The complete 東方神起ｘVERITE collection

Chocolate look-alike magnet which comes with each piece of jewellery

(Not edible)

1 sided earring

Cross pendant with chain

Arabesque pendant with chain

Name-engraved pendant with chain

(5 members - Junsu, Yuchun, Jejung, Changmin & Yunho)

I saw the cross pendant with chain on Yahoo! Japan Auction & I'm so tempted to get it. Should I, should I? Two of my online friends told me not to get it. Not worth it, that's what they said. But still...it's soooo pretty *drools* The auction ends on Sunday night which means I still got time to decide XD. And who knows I'll bid at the very last min. Evil~ XD

Credits: likwen@cyxion.net
Source: Baidubar

I was browsing through one of the Dong Bang forums as usual the other day & then came upon this topic about a newspaper article published in The Star. Surprisingly, it contained album reviews featuring Rain, TVXQ & Super Junior. Since the topic starter didn't post up the actual article, I decided to look it up myself. After reading it, I thought I might as well put it up here.

I wouldn't blame the author for not giving a good review as I don't expect him/her to fancy Korean boybands; what's more boybands are a thing in the past. The author gave a fairly good review about the Dong Bangs but not in the case for SuJu. They practically got bashed for having only pretty looks. Taken from the article: "...13 members. Why 13? Perhaps to to make up for the lack of talent?". Geez~ The 13 of them certainly have talents, unlike モーニング娘 (Morning Musume). Fyi, SuJu was formed based on the 13-member model of Momusu but way more talented than the female counterparts. I shall not elaborate more on the girls cuz you can easily find their videos on YouTube to gauge their level of talent.

Another excerpt: "But surprisingly, they are still around, thanks to their charm and immaculate packaging". Helloo?? Idols are all about charms, good looks & talent. That's how they are marketed to attract fangirls. Even singers need a certain degree of charm to succeed in the market. I've seen talented singers who failed to create a strong presence in the music industry. It's because they weren't attractive nor appealing enough. Simple as that. I have to disagree with the author about her remark.

On the vocal aspects, SuJu is not comparable to the Dong Bangs as the latter is one level higher. The Dong Bangs is in fact an acapella dance group; possessing better trained vocals are a sure thing. I wouldn't deny that SuJu might have been trained to sing acapella during their trainee days but they're supposed to portray a different image as a group. What's more, SuJu debuted later than Dong Bangs which means they're less experienced. The author made an unfair comparison between SuJu & Dong Bang. He/she must've been deaf or something. Dong Bang was also lip-synching in the concert, only fast songs though.

And if you read comments on Rain, there were quite a number of positive views. Rain has his own distinctive style but definitely weak on vocals. He is not even close to any of the Dong Bang members. The author seemed to favour Rain more no matter how hard he/she tried to be unbiased in writing this review. *sighs* He/she is free to express his/her opinions neway...

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Source: StarTwo, Thursday 10/5/07 (The Star)

Mother's Day celebration for this year was pretty interesting. For a change, we went to Bangsar Seafood Garden Restaurant for dinner. The ambience in both inside & outside the restaurant was classy, comforting & well-lit (but not too bright). Food was pretty delicious, of course. Desserts...I'd have to say, they were absolutely fantastic. The red bean tong sui was superb & not to forget the dark chocolatey cake which was given to all reservations courtesy of Mother's Day.

Indulging in that lovely cake was like a moment in heaven XD. Every inch of the cake is made from rich dark chocolate & other ingredients mixed together to perfection. Each bite will definitely blow you away. Too bad I don't have a camera to capture a shot of the cake. Apparently, the cake is homemade; specially ordered from this lady who goes by the name Mrs. McGregor. Ah, mat salleh...no wonder the cake tasted incredibly good. She left her cellphone number & email address on the box too ^^. *grins*

As part of the restaurant's marketing gimmick, the staff took a family photo of us using a Lumix camera & even offered to print it. I guess we didn't pay a slightly high priced 8 course meal for nothing :D. Here's how the pic turned out...

P.S. My aunt said I looked like Faye from F.I.R. Fyi, F.I.R is a Taiwanese band which consists of 1 female (vocalist) & 2 males (keyboardist & guitarist). It must be due to my curls XD

There I was looking like a psycho girl who just escaped from an asylum when I stormed towards 100￥ショップ at SS2 while my Grandma dropped by at the morning wet market to grab some groceries. As soon as I entered the shop, I took no notice of the workers nor other items displayed & hurried towards the rack displaying none other than the 美Stick boxes. I promised Teema that I would get her Jaejoongie's box if I came upon one.

To my surprise, there were lots of white boxes with Jaejoong's porcelain-smooth face printed on them. You should've seen how my face gleamed & slowly turned into a huge stupid grin. Without wasting any time, I started searching for the rest of the members. There was an array of flavours available for sale (chocolate, coffee, chocolate errrr...) but most of them has Yoochunnie's face. Ack!

Since there were quite an amount of stocks with each of the members, I decided to grab them while they lasts. And so I grab them & put on the floor; dig some more for other flavours. This act of insanity probably drove the shopkeeper nuts (he must've been sniggering inside as well, hmmph~ more on that later). He approached & placed a shopping basket beside me; stood there for a couple of seconds trying to figure out what's so special about pretty boys on chocolate snacks boxes. Of course, they are. Because they're the Dong Bangs XD.

At the counter, the shopkeeper asked with a sly smile, "Is that all?". I said, "Yeah..." & started unloading the snacks from the basket. In total, I paid RM44.90 for all the snacks. Speaking of insanity, eh? He sniggered again before handing me the plastic bag & then clearly said, "Please COME AGAIN~". Get the sniggering part now? I'm probably one of those rare customers who walked out of the shop with a bagful of chocolate snacks worth RM44.90. Imagine paying that much for 9 boxes of snacks XD.

I felt poorer for the day but nevertheless, it made me happy ^^. At the moment, I'm still short of the complete set for the red boxes...*nudges Teema*