September 12, 2009
My best friend Naddy leaves Brunei today to enter her last and sixth year of med school in Russia. Nad and I have known each other since we were 10, and became good friends when we were 11. A lot of our old classmates are surprised that we’ve been friends for so long. Although we didn’t get along with one another over some period of the years, I wouldn’t want to trade her for anyone else, unless it’s my favourite writer for a husband. Goodbye, Nad. I hope that white beard of yours keeps growing. You deserve it for leaving me, you suka.

My best friend Naddy leaves Brunei today to enter her last and sixth year of med school in Russia. Nad and I have known each other since we were 10, and became good friends when we were 11. A lot of our old classmates are surprised that we’ve been friends for so long. Although we didn’t get along with one another over some period of the years, I wouldn’t want to trade her for anyone else, unless it’s my favourite writer for a husband.

Goodbye, Nad. I hope that white beard of yours keeps growing. You deserve it for leaving me, you suka.

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September 11, 2009
The buds and I made double chocolate chip cookies with marshmallows and MnMs yesterday. Thanks to Vivie’s mom for lending us her oven and giving us some fresh kek tapak kuda that she spent the whole afternoon baking! It sure smelled delicious!

The buds and I made double chocolate chip cookies with marshmallows and MnMs yesterday. Thanks to Vivie’s mom for lending us her oven and giving us some fresh kek tapak kuda that she spent the whole afternoon baking! It sure smelled delicious!

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September 10, 2009

Selected Tales by Brothers Grimm

Selected Tales by Brothers Grimm

The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald

42-43/2009

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“ I had the lonely child’s habit of making up stories and holding conversations with imaginary persons, and I think from the very start my literary ambitions were mixed up with the feeling of being isolated and undervalued. I knew that I had a facility with words and a power of facing unpleasant facts, and I felt that this created a sort of private world in which I could get my own back for my failure in everyday life.
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September 9, 2009

What was your first Pokemon?

Mine was Charmander.

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September 7, 2009
Budz.

Budz.

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September 5, 2009
Neil Gaiman’s basement library.

Neil Gaiman’s basement library.

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September 3, 2009

Startling achievement

Sometime in October last year, I listened to Colly Strings by Manchester Orchestra in the bus when a muse struck me and a whole story developed itself in my head. The imagery has latched on to me until I finally attempted to write it in December. I wrote around two pages when I finally fumbled with my words, and found cracks in the storyline that I couldn’t jump over. I gave the story a miss, and moved onto another story to write, promising to myself that as long as I continue to listen to Manchester Orchestra, I will finish this story.

This August, I attempted to take a crack on the story again after months of hiatus. My word count climbed from a measly 600 words to 2,000 to 4,000 and to 6,000. Not only has it risen significantly, it has risen with my ultimate satisfaction for a first draft. This story is by far the longest story I’ve ever written, which is a sad case since I’m doing NaNoWriMo this year. I’m happy that I managed to fill the cements in on the cracks I encountered and persisted on finishing it. Most of the time I just gave up, which makes me a shitty writer more than anything. But I cannot describe the feeling of achievement when I typed in the last few words of the story. It’s better than getting a degree.

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thedailywhat: Joseph Bergin III: “Wolverine’s New Costume” [more.] With the amount of art wank the Disney-Marvel merge has produce, I am slowly convinced this is not a bad thing.

thedailywhat:

Joseph Bergin III: “Wolverine’s New Costume”

[more.]

With the amount of art wank the Disney-Marvel merge has produce, I am slowly convinced this is not a bad thing.

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September 1, 2009
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