Taste - matter of opinion

Also, I dunno how many ppl are like me in this way, but if I liked a song a lot, I’d want to share it. I’d want other ppl to listen to it, & hope that they like it too. Unfortunately, it seems that either the songs I like are really not that great, or that I’m living with the wrong ppl, because nobody seems to particularly like them the way I do. The only ppl who I can find, & I did (starting from 2006, which was 3 years after that), was online, & that’s about it. Still, it made me happy to know that many other ppl like those songs as well as me, & it was a nice feeling.

Still, I dunno why, sometimes I feel the need to share the song with someone whom I know offline, but I’ve pretty much given up at that, because nobody’s really interested to listen, & nobody shares that particular interest with me T_T

So, the reason why I’m blogging this is because I wanna say sth, but also because I decided to keep the happiness of listening to the songs by myself. As in, although I may feel that it’s selfish or sth like that, it’s not really so because other ppl that I know wouldn’t appreciate them anyway, so what for put the effort of sharing?

It’s like, my dad said sth recently, which made me realise something which I didn’t like. I forgot what I did, but it was to do with a song, & I asked him how is it, & he asked why. & I was saying, no particular reason, but he didn’t believe me, & maybe it was because of the way I asked, but he was in that mood anyway (the kinda mood that’s analysing ppl more than usual), so he was saying that there could be a few reasons, but one of them is as though I want his approval. & that didn’t sound very nice. But I had this horrid feeling it was true, even though I denied it outright. It feels kinda pathetic to want his approval, after all his years, that I’d want him to say that the song is nice, or that my taste is not bad, or sth similar. So because I realised it, I must stop doing that kinda thing ^^;

Another thing that happened recently, which is actually the main point of this blog, because it’s the reason I wanted to blog this, is because there was someone close to me that always listened to my songs. You see, I asked her, whether she’d be ok listening to my songs, & she said she won’t mind, as long as they’re not noisy (because the kinda songs I like listening to are quite noisy, but not all of them).

So I’d let her listen to them, & most of the time she wouldn’t say anything about them, but sometimes she’d comment that they’re quite nice, or not bad, & that made me very happy. & I’d try to let her listen to those songs that I liked that may be similar to the ones she commented, if she liked the same style.

But she hurt my feelings recently, & it’s been a long time since I’ve been hurt so badly that I feel I’m still recovering, but at least I’m half glad that happened, because she was saying how she felt, & I’m glad she told me the truth even though she hid it for so long, & I was determined to never make her listen to my songs ever again, although that didn’t actually happen because it’s hard to break habits, but it is sort of being broken, because she hasn’t listened to my songs much after that, just once or twice. & when I think of letting her hear my songs, I can’t help remembering what she said.

Anyway, what happened was, I was letting her listen to some songs, & I was like, “Not bad, rite?” in a very happy way. & she said not bad, much better than some songs I let her hear last time which were really horrible. & when she said that, I wasn’t too happy, but I wanted to know which songs they were (& I was trying to guess), but obviously she didn’t remember cos she doesn’t pay that much attention to my songs anway, but she said that they were really horrible & tuneless, & also all noise sometimes (which may be true, but not in my opinion), & she said that at those times, or last time, she couldn’t help feeling that my dad was right, & that I really don’t have any taste in music (yes, he really said that to me).

So I couldn’t help feeling, why didn’t she tell me at that time when I was playing the songs that they were horrible, or that she didn’t like them? If she said that, I would’ve stopped playing it, & changed songs, & it’s not like it’d hurt my feelings. & now only she says all this, when she’s been listening to my songs all this while. If she said it earlier, I wouldn’t have bothered her with my lousy songs anymore. What really hurt my feelings is that she said I have no taste. That made me very angry also at the same time. I mean, think of someone saying to you, “You have no taste.” It’s like saying that you have no taste in clothes, or something like that. Guys may not make a big deal of that, but it’s just an example, the matter of taste can be applied to a lotta other things. I can’t help thinking of the “no taste in guys/girls” just because you say you like someone, but it may still not apply to some ppl ^^;

Anyway, I hope you get my point. Taste is a matter of opinion. So I’ll keep my opinion to myself about my songs (I always have anyway, just not to her, so at least now I know). & I hope you know that some things said can hurt ppl a lot, without you realising it, but you should know that, because that’s normal. The only problem is knowing what would hurt other ppl’s feelings, because this may not have hurt other ppl, but it hurt me.

Also, some things I said in the beginning of the post may not have seemed relevant to you, but it was relevant enough to me, & this may sound weird, but I feel that every sentence I said, has a meaning, in a way. That’d show what kind of a person I am, or sth like that. & if you didn’t really see any meaning to it, it’s ok, it doesn’t really matter, so you don’t have to crack your head finding a meaning for each sentence. But maybe I’ve been trying to analyse ppl too much, but the reason why ppl say or do things normally have a meaning. If they don’t know why they said or do that, then that means they either don’t know themselves very well, or there really isn’t a meaning for some things, & they can just pass you by. But maybe I’m just oversensitive, but it’s not like I really ask someone after every single sentence what they really meant by that (which is what my dad did to me sometimes, & it’s quite irritating trying to give him a reason, & him arguing about it).

I’d like to give an example for that, but none come to my mind atm, & I’d like to give a good example that isn’t negative & mean, so if I remember a good one, I’ll blog about it next time, since this can be quite an interesting topic.

Anyway, I wrote quite long this time, but it’s ok, since my exams ended & I should have the time after the exam to relax & write something, but I’m sorry that this is not a happy post, but that’s life, & I want to write a not happy post once in a long while, just to show that I’m human, & that I’m obviously not happy all the time, but it’s funny that I’m writing this, since it happened over a month ago, but it’s just that I decided to write this, so that’s why I didn’t forget about it. But I realised that writing this kinda post is not good, especially when you weren’t in the mood to write it, because it’d affect your mood after that ^^;

& altho my topic is about matter of taste, I was thinking that I was only thinking about music, & even then, there were a lotta things to say... but the only other topic I could think about was taste in guys, & I don't wanna go into that lol ;-P

also, I'll be going to Singapore! XD for 3 days, coming back on monday~ it's been so long since I've been to singapore, last time was probably when I was a baby... ^^; so, am a bit excited hahaha ;-)

Drinking Experience

lol you know what? I forgot all about my blog after that one week’s rest ^^;

Before I start with the topic of my post, I juz wanted to talk about what’s going on recently in the world to show that I’m not unaware of what’s going on. Of course, the main event is Olympics!

Some ppl aren’t interested at all in it because they’re not interested in sports. Some ppl may be surprised to know that I like sports, a lot, & I quite like watching it too, but normally don’t bother to because of constraint of time. The kind of sports in Olympics that I love watching (but obviously I can’t do) are the gymnastics, but I also liked to watch those snow sports, even though I didn’t get to much, but maybe it’s because it looks nice, & I can’t help feeling that the only reason why I can’t do those is because I’m living in a country which will never snow T_T but oh well, life is like that.

Unfortunately, I don’t have the channel to watch the Olympics event either, on Astro, although the local channel does show it, but there have been complaints about that local channel regarding the Olympics, so I didn’t bother trying to see the events on that particular channel. I might as well wait for the next Olympics lol.

anyway, back to the main topic. This will be a relatively short post compared to the other posts that I have been doing ^^; I just wanted to share the experience I felt, so I thought that I might as well blog about it ;-)

Technically, it wasn’t my 1^st time. But I think it was the first time I drank so much in the same hour, & legally, it was my 1^st time ^___^ I drank it in TGIFs at lunch (not a big deal, but just mentioning it). You see, it’s just that after that I still had classes, so it was quite amusing wondering whether ppl could tell that I was drunk (although I didn’t feel drunk, but I certainly felt something, & it could be considered a bit drunk).

It was funny, because after we ordered our meal (I was with someone at that time), including the drink, the waitress came back, saying that she needed to see our IC, & we were like, wth, but we showed her anyway, although mine is a Photostatted version because I wouldn’t dare to bring out my IC with me unless I really needed to, & probably she didn’t expect us to be old enough, cos she looked surprised, but she said OK & she confessed that she’s actually younger than us, which surprised me because I didn’t think so, but I’ve never been able to really tell the age of a person anyway.

Anyway, I don’t really remember what I ordered already, but I think it was called the 77 Sunset Strip, & it’s a mixture of gin, rum & vodka. At least, that’s what I think, but I only remember it having gin & vodka (& I know vodka is strong, so I thought I’d rather drink strong alcohol than weak alcohol lol). & I guessed that it was rum because the drink wasn’t bitter like when I normally drink alcohol last time, & it tasted a little bit like rum, but I could hardly taste it, & I still don’t know what gin & vodka taste like by themselves, but plenty of time & opportunity for that ;-P

You could say I drank it in one go, but I didn’t think of it that way. Because for one thing, I was drinking through a straw. When you drink through a straw, you can’t drink so much in one go, it gets quite limited ^^; but you could say I drank through the straw continuously without stopping until the glass was empty. But it wasn’t a very big glass, but not a small glass either, so it was quite ok. I’d say around 200-300 ml if my assumptions can be considered close to accurate ^^;

The effects wasn’t really immediate, but it took me a while to realise that what I was experiencing was because of alcohol ^^; my 1^st thought was that I felt dizzy, but then when I was trying to analyse my feelings & experience, it wasn’t exactly dizziness or nausea. It’s more like, my head felt really full, & a little bit heavy, & it was a bit hard for me to focus on what the other person was saying, but I’d concentrate on keeping my eyes focused on the person’s face lol ;-P I think I also felt a bit sleepy at the same time, but I really did feel a bit like wanting to roll my eyes to the back of my head, or at least something similar to that effect. It might’ve been considered as headache too, since headache is quite general, but it didn’t feel like the normal headaches that I have had. But whatever I experienced, it definitely wasn’t a high feeling, nor was it a happy feeling. Basically, just a foggy feeling in my mind, but I still could think & was still quite of sound mind haha ;-D I guess I wasn’t that drunk, but I can’t imagine being that drunk, although it should be possible, obviously. & I thought that it would be amusing if I still felt this way when I went for class, which was at least 2-3 hours later, but that feeling went away after one hour, gradually.

So yeah, that’s about it. Not sure when I’ll blog again, but I hope that I won’t procrastinate too much ^^; & my exams are next week, so maybe after end of August, at least…

Btw, my results for the previous exam came out this week, on Mon. & I failed. It’s the 1^st time I really failed sth in a more serious way, but I wasn’t shocked, I sorta expected it, & I’m not upset in any way at all. & I feel as though I wanted to prove it so much, that I failed because I didn’t do well enough in the exam, but not really. It’s just that whenever I tell someone that I’m gonna fail because I didn’t study enough, or that I didn’t do well in the exam so I’m gonna fail, nobody believes me because so far I’ve never failed before. Well, now I have. Finally~ it’s like, I half feel a bit relieved that I failed, because now I feel that I deserved it, even if I did study for it, because I know I didn’t do well in the exam at all, & I couldn’t help feeling a bit guilty last time when I passed even though I didn’t deserve it, but of course I was glad that I passed. I guess I’m finally in reality, & the good thing about reality is that you’ll feel much more satisfied & happy if you got good results & you know that it was all from your own effort rather than just being blessed even though you didn’t deserve it.

I’m not sure whether ppl will understand the last paragraph I juz wrote, but it doesn’t matter, sort of what I feel inside me that was always hard to say, because I doubt anyone would really understand my feelings. But, the good thing was that although I failed, I failed at costing, which was what I was struggling with, but still ok at it, whereas for law, I wasn’t really struggling, just found it hard to memorise all that crap. So I’m glad I didn’t fail law, because I was thinking, either I’d fail law, or costing, or even both, & it’d be horrible if I failed both T_T but I just can’t imagine doing law again, I’d feel terrible, whereas I wouldn’t really mind doing costing again, just that I’m a bit scared that I’ll fail, since I failed before anyway.

I’m quite sure I’ll fail in my test next week cos I’ve been slacking a lot (unusually depressed since term started), but it’s an internal exam, so I’m not so bothered with it atm, & I hope I’ll feel better so I can buck up & start studying hard like everyone else, but I can’t seem to take my life seriously. & I shouldn’t say this, because it’s not very nice, but actually, I’m pretty suicidal. & I can’t help thinking, there’s not much point living sometimes, so I feel like I might as well disappear from this world ^^; scary, isn’t it? If you’re not suicidal, you definitely wouldn’t understand this feeling, & probably can’t, & it could be because I’m spoilt, & have everything that I’d want, but maybe if I was poor & suffering, I’d feel the same way, but maybe not, since even now, there shouldn’t be any reason for me to feel suicidal, I’m not suffering that much like other ppl, but ppl do crazy things sometimes. Anyway, in case anyone thinks this, let me just clarify that my suicidal feelings are not because of my results because I felt it before my results. There isn’t really any reason for me to be suicidal, but all I want to say is, if I commit suicide, I’d rather do it for no particular reason, or a lot of trivial reasons, rather than for a specific reason, like my bf dumped me, or my results, or because I’ve been bullied by ppl etc.

Anyway, I’m sorry that my blog is longer than what I intended because I wrote another page’s worth of my results & all that, that was out of topic… see you after my exams, can’t wait for that to be over ^^;

[Tag] 6

I think blogging can be quite addictive ^^; but then, I’m the kind who gets addicted to certain things easily, & I sorta like it when I’m like that, because my mind is filled with thoughts of it, only that there were some things that I was addicted to that made me lose my sleep & were bothering me instead, so of course I wouldn’t wanna be addicted to those kinda things.

I’m only doing this tag because I was tagged in the 1^st place (like the previous tag). Actually, I really like doing tags, juz that I alwiz feel that I have quite a lot to say, & tags seem to be about small stuff about yourself, which doesn’t leave much stuff for explaining more about yourself, & it also shows how self-centred I am with wanting to write so much about myself T_T but anyway, I wrote a bit more here & there when I couldn’t stand it lol ^^;

Six things I'm passionate about:
1. Gay comics ^__^ (sounds weird tho haha), & other comics also
2. Internet & d/ling XD (it’s kinda general, but oh well)
3. Music, but mostly Japanese songs
4. Storybooks (romance mostly, but some children’s books are ok) ;-)
5. Love stories! (this is kinda strange also, but you have no idea how much I think of new love stories, imagining all kinds of scenarios in my head, & what the main characters would be like) ^^;
6. Love, relationships, socialism (I love experimenting in those areas ^__^)

Six things I say too often:
1. Never mind (my parents get irritated with me for saying it, which shows how often I say it)
2. OK/it’s OK
3. wth
4. shit
5. fine~ (more when I lose in an argument, which is quite often) ^^;
6. HAHAHAHA (means laugh a lot lol)

Six books I read recently (I would never think of comics as books although some might):
1. Pick Me Up – Zoe Rice
2. Regency Buck – Georgette Heyer
3. Devil’s Bride – Stephanie Laurens
4. Harry Potter & the Deathly Hollows (I know, it’s been 1 yr, & actually I wanted to blog about it, but the feeling passed) ^^; no need to mention the author lol
5. Body Language – Morimoto Aki (it’s a gay novel, but it’s still counted)
6. err, I dun remember cos the 5 I mentioned were what I read in June after my exams, & before that, I don’t think I read since Dec, which were the hols before that) ^^; but it should be Sexiest Man Alive – Diana Holquist

Six songs I can listen to again and again:
~I’m the kind of person who listens to songs again & again, actually, so there’re lots of them, but I’ll list the ones that ppl would know of, like those English songs, rather than songs that ppl wouldn’t know ^^; very random selection T_T~
1. High Enough – Damn Yankees
2. Big Yellow Taxi – Counting Crows feat. Vanessa Carlton
3. Every Rose Has Its Thorn - Poison
4. Get Down, Make Love – Queen (HAHAHA I doubt many ppl have heard of this song, but the title itself is a bit… ^^; but when I first listened to it & liked it, I wasn’t aware of what the lyrics were, so please note that I listen more to the tune & beat & normally don’t pay attention to the lyrics) ^^;
5. Let’s Get It Started – Black Eyed Peas
6. Over You – Chris Daughtry

Six things I learnt in the past year:
1. um, accounting? Lol ^^; well, we did learn law, though unwillingly
2. just learnt driving, theory part only tho… gonna learn the practical soon ;-)
3. hehe some gay stuff which I wouldn’t go in details XP
4. my preferences in love stories (you know, other than happy or sad… I may blog more about it in the future) ;-)
5. some Internet stuff, like how to hyperlink LOL ;-P
6. to be more thick-skinned & not overly sensitive or self-conscious about certain things (eg. I’m with a group of ppl, but we’re not close friends, then when I ask something, nobody pays attention to me, & my question goes unanswered, & I feel like a total idiot >_> but since this happens when I’m with my family, I learnt to just accept the fact that at times ppl don’t notice me) ;-(

Six people that you're going to bring when you're on an island:
~this is kinda vague, I mean, is it a deserted island or not? Cos most questions like this would clearly state “deserted”, but anyway, I’ll just consider whose company I want whether deserted or not (although I can’t help thinking of it as deserted T_T), & assume that we all get along well, whatever else reality may be~

1. My best friend! ^__^
2. I know it’s stupid, but can it be Heath Ledger? Damn why’d I have to go & like a dead guy? >_>
3. The guy that I like atm (as long as we don’t get bored with each other) ^^;
4. Robinson Crusoe (if he really exists), because he’d be useful ;-P
5. Sinbad (cos he’s probably the most capable person of getting OFF the island)
6. haha if language barriers weren’t a problem, then I’d replace 3, 4 & 5 with the 2 members from DBSK that I like, & either Gackt or Hyde (L’Arc~en~ciel’s vocalist) XD but although I think Hyde is cute, I think I’d rather bring Gackt, cos I would like to know more about him ^^

Six people I tag (basically around the same ppl, cos I dunno who else to tag T_T):
1. Evelyn (different reasons this time, mainly because I feel, family first ;-P)
2. LadyVanity
3. weiqi
4. venuga
5. Wai Mei
6. Siao Wah (I didn’t tag you because I don’t think you read my blog, but I’m running out of names) ^^;

altho I feel like blogging more often, but this week itself has tired me out, so I don't think I'll be blogging for a while, but I hope to blog in a fortnight ;-) that's how I try to update my blog now, give myself one week's rest & another week to write a post lol ^__^

Heath Ledger XD

Hmm reminds me of the typical blonde pretty boy kinda look (which he doesn't like hearing from other ppl), but who cares, I still like him anyway (generally, my type are not the blonde with curly hair type ^^; ), regardless of his looks ;-P altho 1st impressions do matter obviously...

If you read the previous post, you’d know that I’m doing a separate post about him. ;-P the only thing is I bet u didn't think it'd be that fast, but that's because generally, I'd blog one post at a time, but I guess this is sorta proof of my feelings ^^; since I like him so much (& I feel that he deserves it), but I felt that I shouldn’t even if I wanted to, because I don’t want to bother & bore ppl with my ranting & gushing about a person (well, actor, so I don’t even know him) that I like. Also, I do that offline, so the ppl around me are tired with it lol ;-P

When I say obsession, this time it’s not the kind like I experienced with DBSK (if you don’t know, it’s a Korean boy band that I liked a lot, & was super obsessed with at one time). As in, about DBSK, I’d look for their pics, vids, ANYTHING about them that I could find ^^; whereas for Heath Ledger, I just can’t stop thinking about him (of course, I couldn’t stop thinking about DBSK too), but I won’t really bother to do anything else to find more about him & all that. I’m just content with thinking about him. & I’d keep on sighing, & thinking, “It’s really too bad that he died.” ;-( maybe it’s because he’s dead that I’m not finding out anything more about him, but I don’t think that’s the case. & because I keep on saying that, I couldn’t help saying it to the guy that I currently like a lot (whom I probably will never mention again, although I’m very sure he won’t read my blog or suspect that it’s him, but it’s just that I’d rather not talk about my personal love life T_T), but the guy that I like agreed with me! Hahaha ^__^ so we were both sighing, & shaking our heads, saying, “It’s really such a pity/waste that he died.”

Anyway, my obsession about him started around before june, cos I was re-watching Casanova.

This was the other pic that I was considering to put for my tag, but in the end, I put the other one, cos I think that ppl look better when they smile, but for some reason, most of the pics of good-looking guys are not taken when they are smiling, so altho being able to see their features more clearly, in detriment you won't know how nice they really look when they smile. ^^; but I think this pic is more suitable for the show, because this is the only nice pic I found of him in that wig, & because it's not easy to look nice in that wig, but he passed~ ;-P

It feels like coincidence, but around april or may, I really felt like watching Casanova, & at that time, I was trying to find out more about the show so that I can download it, & then I found out that his name was Heath Ledger, & I was wondering why his name was so familiar, & I couldn’t help noticing that he died in jan 2008, & I was thinking, “wow, so recent” & then when I saw the reason of his death, then I remembered my father telling me about it in jan about his death, & I didn’t even know his name at the time, so my father was trying to make me remember. & he said, “Oh, the guy who acted in Nightingale, or something like that… a very good actor, he was climbing up in his career, you know.” At that time, I wasn’t very interested, until he said, “He’s the one who acted in Brokeback Mountain.” & that got me all excited ^^; (I still haven’t seen it yet, even though I have it with me & I want to) & my father said something like, it was divine punishment for acting in something like that, but of course I didn’t feel that way.

So, at that time, I started thinking, “it’s such a pity that he died”, cos I really liked Casanova a lot, & I would’ve obviously liked to see him act in more shows.

& that’s how my obsession grew. It flared up again during this month because of Batman. Because everyone was talking about him, I realised that it was sorta because of this show that he died. What I didn’t know, until the day before I saw the show, was that he managed to finish acting in it before he died. XD I thought he died before he even started acting in it! So, I was really excited to watch Batman then. & I saw it HAHAHAHAHA. ^__^ I mean, it’s too bad he was acting as a villain & all that (obviously, I’d want to see the actor that I like acting as a good person), but I feel that I get even more attracted to villains than heros, & he acted very well XD so I was very happy that I got to see him one more time, even though it’s so sad that it’s the last.

The first time I saw him in the movie, I could hardly recognise him, but since I knew it was him, I couldn't help going sth like "Aaah!" in that kinda fangirly voice ^^;

There were quite a lotta parts I liked in the Batman movie. Most of them was because of Joker ^_^ & it’s funny to say this, but I wanted to know more about Joker after watching it lol XD it’s like, because of his acting, it evoked my feelings, & that’s why I admire him so much. I was so curious about Joker, I actually was going to read the comics about him, just to find out more. But someone told me about Joker, so I was quite satisfied & relieved, because I didn’t really wanna read the comic anyway, & I’ve been disappointed before in similar situations ^^;

The thing was that although I would’ve liked to review movies (especially new ones, because it’s not often that I get to see a new movie when it comes out & everyone’s talking about it), but the reason why I never blogged about it is because I don’t like spoilers, so I don’t like giving spoilers as well. & considering how I feel about spoilers, I wouldn’t wanna read my own blog if I didn’t see the movie yet, & there wouldn’t really be much point blogging about it after everyone’s forgotten about it either. So, that’s why, even though I really want to, I’m not going to talk about the Batman movie. T_T

But I’ll talk a bit about Joker, without really referring to anything that happened in the movie. In the newspaper that I read, he was supposed to be a deranged serial killer or sth like that. I especially remembered the word “deranged” & “killer” but I didn’t think he was deranged, although I understand why he was considered deranged. I shouldn’t really say this, in case ppl think I’m crazy too, but he was just killing for his own reason, so I felt that was sort of justified (although I don’t mean this in real life, only in shows). As in, he obviously didn’t think very much of ppl’s lives, & everything was like a game to him, & his life didn’t seem to matter very much to him either (or so it seems, but he wouldn’t really let himself get killed meaninglessly). The way he killed ppl was brilliant, & cleverly thought of. & you see, in my opinion, as long as he doesn’t kill the person he loves, that’s good enough. ^^;

So I couldn’t help wondering about his past & all that (which is why I wanted to read the comics at that time). But the way he was portrayed in the show was different than his character in the comics (from what I heard about the comics), so I’m glad I didn’t read the comics because then I would’ve felt that he wasn’t acting his part properly ^^; & because I didn’t really feel he was deranged, I was curious to know what he was thinking most of the time (like how I wish to know what ppl are thinking most of the time), but sadly, in joker’s case, I think his thoughts aren’t much, apart from making batman angry & killing ppl off. But he was quite funny at the same time, so it was entertaining to watch him even though he was a villain ^^

As you can see, the paint on his face is coming off, so I couldn't help but be curious about why he would paint his face in the first place, whereas the Joker's face in the comic is natural.

Also, while I was obsessing about him, I heard that other ppl were obsessing about the Batman guy, & I was like, “huh…” T_T So that’s partly why I wanted to blog about this, although I’m sure there’re a lot more fans of his other than me (who’s a new fan anyway). Because I obviously think that Heath Ledger outshone Christian Bale, but that’s my opinion, so whatever readers think, they should keep it to themselves, & they can be rude about me in their own blogs, as long as they don’t bother me in MY blog ^^;

& I think that Heath Ledger is hotter anyway, even though you can’t see it in Batman ^^; He’s definitely more fun to watch, & it’s nice to see him kill other villains (the small fry ones) rather than to see a hero just capture them & obviously not killing them, even if they really deserved it (I guess I’m really violent & cold-hearted, cos I don’t have any pity for those other villains).

Anyway, I think I wrote a lot about him already, & any more of it wouldn’t be much point, cos I wrote most of the things I was thinking about already, without giving any spoilers. The nice thing about putting this in a separate post is that I can put more pics of him! hahahaha XD

This pic reminds me of when he talks. & he keeps on licking his lips, dunno why. & I couldn’t help thinking, I don’t know what’s the big deal about seeing guy licking their lips, even though a lotta girls like it, but since I’ve experienced it before when I saw this jap singer I liked doing it, I sorta understand how it feels. For Joker, I couldn’t seem to take my eyes of his lips & tongue when he did that *___* haha that sounds weird, I know ^^; It’s like, I didn’t know which to look at more (or rather, where to focus), his eyes, his lips, or overall, his face expressions ^^; I guess that’s what happens when you really like someone who’s dynamic XD

Ok, I will stop here, although I can go on, but I choose not to *sighs* At least, I don’t really have that heartache feeling, but it’s still bad when you have an infatuation (oh, what girls are cursed with lol XP). I’ve never seen a guy being infatuated as badly as girls, but I’m sure there are in this world, so yeah, I sympathise also, & I’ve just to wait for it to pass. I wonder how long it’ll take for it to go away ^^;

& I thought that I'll juz put a few more pics at the end, since it doesn't really matter anyway, & viewing pics should be faster & easier than reading, & you don't have to see the pics if you don't want to ;-)

I thought it was a good pic, since it showed some of the shows he acted in, & I saw all of them before, except Brokeback Mountain, which I plan to see anyway... what I didn't know was that he acted in Brothers Grimm. So, I re-watched it ^__^ it was not bad, but again, I could hardly recognise him in that show because he was having facial hair & he was wearing specs, but he was quite cute in that show too ;-)

I dunno why, but when I see Joker's pics, I seem to see this pic everywhere, so I thought I might as well put it here, just for the sake of it ;-D probably that's his standard look lol

I quite liked this pic of Joker, because here I can see more of Heath Ledger than Joker, but I don't remember seeing his face so clearly in the show... strange... ^^;

and to end it, a nice pic of him, in the cover of the Casanova XD quite seductive, in my opinion ^__^

oh wait, no, I'm not gonna end it yet... since someone felt tat the general sexy pic I put is gay, I'm gonna put the other one I was considering (if u think that's gay too, I have nothing to say already lol ^^; )... & u can go ahead & laugh all u want XP

[Tag] Top Ten Sexiest Famous Men

It’s been such a long time since I did a tag. Although I’m very attracted to tags, I restrain from doing them because I always feel that I have other things to write about, & also because I’m lazy ^^;

As you can see from the title, that’s what it’s gonna be. Actually, although you may not know it, I like these kinda topics a lot, but it’s not very nice to be judgmental on someone’s appearances, right? But that’s the thing about blogging, I don’t have to care about whether I’m being nice or not hahahaha ;-P but I’m still not as mean online as I am offline though, I’m not sure why. Probably because I don’t want to be so mean anyway, but I don’t think what I’m doing now is mean, so I shall just do what I like in my blog without caring about the consequences lol.

The only thing that I don’t dare do in my blog is criticize my own country, not only because I don’t feel the need to voice out what I think, but because I wouldn’t want to get into trouble (since I heard someone got arrested for doing that, even blogs can be dangerous wth).

Anyway, what am I delaying the tag for? So, let’s start. This is the rules of the tag:

01. Compose a list of YOUR top ten sexiest famous men.
02. Collect one picture of each guy on your list.
03. Post them in your journal.
04. Tag five people to do the same.

It’s too bad it’s only one pic, but it’s probably to keep the fangirling at bay lol. Anyway, first, let me clearly say this. Since this tag is about sexy ppl, & I don’t normally feel that they’re that sexy enough to attract me (women are such cold creatures nowadays lol), this tag was much harder than I thought ^^; Because to me, a sexy person, whether a guy or a girl, is someone who has a sexy body (basically what would appeal to an average person of the opposite sex) & a good-looking face to match the body. A sexy guy in my opinion is much better looking & attractive than a cute guy (which is most of the time, just a nice face). So, most of the guys that I see, I may consider cute at the most, but rarely do I see someone who I think is sexy. That’s why it took me a considerable time to do this tag, which became a heavy burden after a while ^^;

I wonder how many ppl can recognise this person? XD in case u didn't know, he's Heath Ledger. ^__^ he’s my latest obsession rite now, & if it weren’t for him, I wouldn’t have posted this so fast (well, not exactly fast, but if it wasn’t because of him, I would’ve posted this much, much later). But I decided to post more about him on a separate post (at first I just wanted to write about him here, but I wrote a lot, so I decided to separate it lol ^^; ). All I will say is that the 1^st time I noticed him was when I saw Casanova. It was in 2006 in the Australian airplane, & my first impression of him was that “he didn’t look that great”, but I fell in love (I’m jokingly saying this, just in case you don’t know ;-P) with him by the end of the show lol (it’s the character that I fell in love with tho XP). & because he’s my latest obsession, he was actually the 10^th person I thought of for this tag ^^; yeah, I’ve been thinking of who to put for the 10 guys since may wth. Which shows that there are either too few hot guys in this world, or that I know too few people, or that my taste is a bit weird, or something like that. But it was seriously harder than I thought to think of 10 guys (suddenly seemed like such a big number) although I thought this tag was easy, but I guess my standards are sort of high ;-P

Ok, next person. I’m not sure who was the 1^st person I thought of when I heard about this tag, but I decided to put this guy’s pic 1^st.

You see, he’s the first actor that really attracted me when I was younger. I was so enamored by him after that show, that I checked the credits (my 2^nd time doing that, I remembered who my 1^st was), & I googled his name, Michael Vartan (also my first time doing that). & so I decided to use a pic that I collected that time, but also because I couldn’t really find any better ones from that particular movie, kinda strange ^^;

3^rd guy.

Before I was filled with thoughts about Heath Ledger, generally, whenever I give a comment about who I think is the best looking actor, I’d always say without hesitation, “Orlando Bloom.” & that’s because after seeing a lot of movies of him, I seriously think that. & the 1^st time I noticed him was in Lord Of The Rings as Legolas (although now thinking about it, actually it was Wei Qi that mentioned him so much that I got curious lol ;-P) & to be honest, I like elf ears XD so I thought that was cute. Well, he is kinda cute, but I’d label him as sexy as the same time, even if he may not be. I mean, it’s like, some ppl would call this guy or that guy sexy (for eg. George Clooney. I definitely think he’s NOT sexy lol XP), but I don’t think they’re sexy. & although I may think of him as sexy, I can’t really give a reason for it, & even if I could, I’d rather not mention my own opinion in public ^^; you see, everytime I think of “Orlando Bloom” & “sexy” at the same time, it reminded me of that time when I read the newspaper article about Pirates Of The Caribbean, & the comment about him was something about “so hot & sexy as a drenched or soaking pirate” T_T because he was wet in that pic, & most of the time I’m not attracted to pics of guys dripping with water or sweat ^^; But anyway, he’s sexier to me dry than wet lol ;-P

4th guy.

He is someone I like a lot, even till now, & as much as Heath Ledger, or rather before Heath Ledger came into my mind ^^; I love to see Johnny Depp act, especially as those eccentric ppl, & I’m his fan basically (you could say I’m a fan of Johnny Depp & Orlando Bloom ^__^). The thing is, I found him the sexiest in the Pirates Of The Caribbean (that may seem weird) & the most amusing compared to his other roles. This pic of him is quite funny, cos it reminds me of how he acts in it ^__^ & just to let you know, I think Orlando Bloom’s better looking, but out of the two, I’d choose Johnny Depp lol XP & I found it really funny when Keira Knightley kissed Johnny Depp & Orlando Bloom saw it, I was like, “OMG! XD” So before I consider Heath Ledger, my two sexiest & favourite actors would be Johnny Depp, then Orlando Bloom, but now I’d put Heath Ledger as number one hahahahaha ;-P

Ok, 5^th guy.

This is one of the guys that in my opinion I felt is sexy, even though I didn’t know him, compared to the other actors that I liked after watching them act. It’s actually this guy that got me all interested in DBSK, & his stage name is Hero. I won’t tell you his real name cos I think you’d find his stage name easier to remember, & if you’re really interested, you should find it out yourself, just like I did lol. But I wasn’t so smart in finding out, I should’ve gone to wikipedia first, now my habit seems to be to always check wikipedia first ^^; & I put this pic because it was him in this outfit & hairstyle that attracted me, because when I started looking for pics of him last time, I noticed him in other outfits & hairstyles, & for some of them I couldn’t help thinking that if I saw him like that, I wouldn’t be interested in him ^^; so it’s true how much difference hairstyle & clothes make, & after seeing him in every single other clothes & hairstyle, this is still my favourite style of look XD it’s obviously a certain style, & I’d consider it as quite lala, but yeah, the kinda style I like is the lala kind ^^; if anyone doesn’t know what lala kind is, I’d be more than happy to post it as a separate post XP

6^th guy.

You can ignore that stupid Asianhunk.net thing ^^; Also a Korean, just like the 5^th guy. They were the only 2 Asian guys in my list that I considered sexy, & I found it funny that they were both Korean. I wanted to put a Japanese guy, but I could never think of them as sexy, at the most I just think they’re good-looking, or cute, but they’re more of an ok look to me, & I like a number of them, but since this tag is about top ten sexy & not which famous men you like, I felt it would be unfair to put them on the list ^^; Anyway, this guy’s name is Lee Jun Ki, for those who didn’t know. He’s the only guy that I found sexy from watching Korean dramas & movies (I never really liked how the other guys look, as in, my 1^st impression is always “not nice” although I do like them during & by the end of the show haha). & there was a great deal of talk about him, because he acted in this movie, The King’s Man, which won an award, so I was curious. So I was determined to see the show, & when I saw it, I realised it was gay hahahahaha ^__^ & he was acting as a guy that looks feminine, & when I saw him on the cover, I couldn’t even recognise him! but his acting skills were not bad, I quite liked it, & because I saw the drama before seeing this movie, my 1^st impression of him was that he was good-looking, but like I said, probably only the 5^th guy is what I felt as sexy ^^; the other guys are just because of my bias opinion

7^th guy.

At that time when I heard about this tag, I was thinking about this actor at that time, because I saw the show “Labyrinth” & he was acting in it. & I really liked him in that role, & I also think he’s sexy, just that, when I searched for pics of him, they weren’t very nice ;-( he only looked sexy in this role with the makeup & outfit ^^; nevertheless, I still think he’s sexy, but only in this role, so I thought it was fair enough to put him in ;-) anyway, I thought I’d say a bit about this role, even if ppl may find me weird after this. It’s just that he was acting as the Goblin King (actually I’d prefer demons, but it’s still in that kind of category, & he doesn’t look like a goblin at all! XD), & he sorta falls in love with the heroine of the story, but he’s actually the villain, so there’s no way they’d be together, but I wouldn’t consider him as the villain, because he was doing what she wanted, but what she wanted was wrong (or she didn’t really mean it anyway), so she actually didn’t want him to do it, so it’s not his fault. & I like the idea of vampires with humans, as long as they have a happy ending (which is normally impossible T_T), but I just wanna say this (& don’t freak out) that I read a very nice comic about the King Of Demons with a normal human, & actually the king of demons was the devil, but they sorta lived happily ever after, in Hell, of course. & he protected her a lot ^__^ but enough of that, I don’t wanna go into too much details ^^;

8th guy.

I’m still his fan, even though I didn’t realise it for some time last time. At least it’s a moving picture (yay! XD) I liked him the best in that white outfit ;-) I can’t imagine anyone who doesn’t know him, but maybe I’m making too big a deal out of him, & he’s just a singer who can dance well anyway. Maybe I’ve been influenced by my sis, but probably it was just coincidence that I liked his songs & videos, even though it was my sis that listened to him first, & I couldn’t help listening to him at that time. But anyway, I really liked his music videos a lot & I still do, so he was probably the 1^st or one of the few guys (as in, singer) that I liked at an early age (around 8 or 9).

9^th guy.

This was when I was running out of ideas, & I was trying to think of any guy that I liked from movies, & I was going through all the movies (in my head) starting from when I was young, & one of them (probably the most liked character) was this guy. I used to see that movie lots of times (I think at least 100 times lol ^^; ), it’s called “Pride & Prejudice” & he, is obviously Mr. Darcy XD His real name is David Rintoul, & he looked very fine in that show ^__^ I think he acted his role quite well, but he was the 1^st actor that I was curious to know his real name, & I looked at the credits for my 1^st time. But at that time, there wasn’t really any Internet yet, so I’d just remember his name. ^^ I guess, what I liked the best was, from such a serious & haughty face, in the later part of the show, he’d smile more & be much more pleasant, but I wouldn’t call him sexy either, so you could say that this list isn’t really my top ten sexiest men ^^;

10^th guy.

As you can see, his name is on the pic, & yeah, although it was the best I could find, it’s the worst pic in my whole list, to be honest ;-( Actually, he’s the 9^th guy I thought of, & it was quite a lame choice, but I was running out of sexy men lol ^^; You see, I don’t remember who was the actor that I saw doing Zorro, but when I saw Zorro, it was around 1997, & it was a TV series, & I’d have sorta romantic fantasies at that time of Zorro on his horse, sweeping me off my feet, stuff like that hahahaha ^^; So, you could say that at that time, I really liked Zorro a lot, & I would consider him sexy, but it’s still just a character, or rather, a guy with a mask, & thinking about it, when someone covers their face with a mask, then it’s harder to see their flaws & easier to glorify them.

Anyway, after doing all this & looking back, I couldn’t help thinking that if anyone were to read this post, they’d be feeling & reacting the same way I did when I read the post of the person who tagged me; either laughing until my sides ached XP or thinking sth like, “eww” ^^; you see, like her, I realised that the guys who I put as sexy, most of them aren’t really because they’re sexy (& if I think they are, some ppl may not agree so easily because these guys may not be their idea of sexy), but because of my fond memories of them, & you could say, soft spot. As in, I think most of them are sexy because when I see them singing, or acting, or dancing (basically, moving), it appeals to me obviously, so whoever who started this tag should have made the requirement to put videos rather than pics. I mean, if you wanna put pics of sexy guys so much, the tag should have been “the 10 most photogenic guys” or something like that ;-P

& I sorta realised that I didn’t really put any nice sexy pics of men here, but that’s because I’d rather look at the face than the body, & if he had both, it’d be hard for me to focus on his face only lol XP so I thought I’d put just one pic here of what my general view on sexy men is like (& pls don’t laugh at me, I’m just being typical here) ^^;

I think it's funny & stupid at the same time when they try to push down their pants a bit, but anyway, it was so hard to find to find a nice pic of a general sexy guy that I thought that this will do. I prefer the guy with the necklace, including his face lol XP Generally, I think abs or a flat stomach is sexy, & although I don't mind muscles, I'd prefer if it wasn't overdone ^^; & I don't really share the same enthusiasms as other girls about guy's asses, cos I feel that as long as they're flat, that's fine ^^;

wth I wrote so long T_T well, at least I wrote most of my thoughts ;-)

oh, I forgot, I had to tag 5 ppl ^^;

1. my sis, Evelyn (I know you read my blog, & I thought it'd be fun for you if ever you're bored, but if you feel that someone's gonna get jealous then better not ;-P)
2. LadyVanity (unless u did it before)
3. weiqi
4. venuga
5. whoever who's interested, as long as you pass the post link to me to laugh at ;-P

Next post: HL!!! XD XD XD

Bungy & Skydiving

Of course, I already knew we were going to do bungy because bungy originated from New Zealand & my dad said it was a once-in-a-lifetime thing, but obviously I didn’t expect skydiving.

Skydiving! Omg, it was so cool, doing the kind of thing that you only see in movies. If you don’t really know what is skydiving (which I wasn’t sure about either until I saw the pictures & video), it’s basically jumping of a plane & experiencing freefall before parachuting. Bungy also has freefall, but obviously much shorter, I mean, come on, when you jump of a plane, you’ve to be really high up. The only thing was that in skydiving, you’ve to do it tandem, because obviously you can’t be expected to know how to parachute & all that, so the person stuck to your back will be doing pretty much everything for you.

Thinking about it gets me all excited, but I doubt ppl would wanna hear my experiences about it, since I’m long-winded & all, but truly, it was a wonderful feeling… well, although I say wonderful, but other ppl would probably think otherwise, since there’s a chance of dying & all that, & I wouldn’t exactly say that falling down is a wonderful thing, it’s juz that it was super exciting. & I’d love to do it again. XD

Unfortunately, none of my family members seem to share my feelings, but I didn’t expect them to anyway, because the only one was excited at the thought of bungy jumping was me, & at that time, I didn’t know we were going to do skydiving.

Anyway, we did the bungy at 43 m & the skydiving at 9000 feet (around 2727 m). Can you even imagine the difference?!?!?!? You see, when we did the skydiving, it was at a mountainside area, & that mountain was around 6000 feet, so that’s how high it was. & that was the lowest height!!! As in, there was also at 12000 & 15000 feet, which was $50 extra respectively, but my dad said 9000 just for the experience. Personally, I would’ve liked to have done the highest, but that’s too greedy already, when I didn’t even expect to do this. ^^; & the bungy had another higher choice also, & it was at the edge of a cliff! XD now that sounds scary, but I thought it sounded really cool~ ^__^ the reason why we didn’t do it was cos the bungy would take whole day because we would have to drive to the cliff, & it didn’t seem worth it…

So those 2 activities took up the whole day, even though the actual thing was quite fast… for the bungy, there was only 5 seconds of freefall, but it took around 30 mins there & back, & the bungy were done in groups of around 10 ppl, so everyone doing it took around 1 hr.

We did the bungy first, then skydiving. Whether it was bungy or skydiving, both scared me a little bit, but not in the oh-I’m-gonna-die kinda way, more like the I’m-gonna-make a-fool-of-myself kinda way. Actually, that feeling was for bungy, because when you do it, your feet is tied up, so much that you can’t walk properly, rather, you have to shuffle your feet bit by bit to move (there went my dream to run & bungy jump)… ^^;

What happened was, we were made to shuffle to the edge of the ledge & jump from there. So, when shuffling my feet there, I couldn’t help feeling a little nervous. I mean, how often it is that you go so close to an edge that you could fall, & see how far you are fromn the ground, but knowing you’d be safe & that you won’t die? Even now, I’m not sure why I was nervous, but it’s just feelings, & you can’t really stop that. I think the biggest thing that made me nervous (although there were probably other reasons) was that when I was shuffling to the ledge, the guy who tied my feet together & all that was behind me, & he was the one who asked me to go forward. So I’d inch my feet bit by bit, & he’d ask me to go further. I got to the part where the tip of my big, bulky shoes touched the edge, & when he was pushing me to go a bit more, I must’ve seemed quite reluctant cos then he said, “Don’t worry, don’t be scared, I’m holding you.” & I couldn’t help thinking, what good does that do?!? I mean, after he said that, I couldn’t help imagining what’d happen if the clumsy, old me resurfaced & while shuffling, or even when standing still, I trip over my own feet, or overbalance, & fall?

I don’t like to admit this, but I’m VERY heavy. Heavier than an average girl, & heavier than a lotta guys. >_>; & I’m not gonna say how heavy I am, so you will NEVER find out lol ;-P anyway, back to my point. No matter how strong he was, it wouldn’t be easy to pull me back if I fell, & I sorta vividly imagined me falling, & managing to grab on to the ledge, & he struggling to pull me up while I struggled to climb up & fall again, or me falling, & him falling as well HAHAHAHAHAHA XP

Anyway, I didn’t fall (hahaha thank goodness, I hate embarrassing myself ^^; ), & while imagining that, I shuffled my feet a little bit more, & my toes peeked past the edge (gosh, so scary) & it felt like half of my shoe wasn’t on the ledge anymore, & that part of my weight seemed to be at the tip of my toes, so I resolutely didn’t budge anymore. XD Thankfully, the guy didn’t push me any further (he might as well just push me down then), & another thing I didn’t like (cos it panicked me) was that he COUNTED. Yes, the “Ok, jump when I count to 1” & the “5 – 4 – 3 – 2 – 1 – JUMP!!!” T_T & he counted quite fast (although that may have been my imagination, but comparing that guy’s counting to my parents, it was definitely faster) =/

Later on, when I was telling my bro about it, he said I shouldn’t have listened to him, & that I should have jumped in my own timing, which reminded me of the many times my father scolded & reprimanded me for rushing into things like sports (eg. for tennis & table tennis, he keeps on telling me to take my time when serving). Of course, I felt stupid about that, but given the circumstances, I think it was quite excusable for me to do what I did. I mean, he seemed to have been more nervous than me, judging by what he did. ;-P

This is his vid HAHAHAHA:

I won’t go into details into how it felt like doing it, but all I can say is… it just didn’t feel the way I imagined it’d feel. Probably I glorified it a lot, & my imaginations were more about how it’d feel like to fall, whereas for the bungy, I dived (because that was what they asked us to do, & I didn’t think of doing what I wanted to do, because my mind was blank at that time T_T), so it felt like how a dive feels, but from 43m up, that’s all. ;-P

To be honest, I felt a bit like a meteorite, shooting downwards, & when I told my family, they all started laughing at me *sulks* So I didn’t want to blog about what I felt at first, but then, I changed my mind, cos at least I could sort of describe how I felt, whereas my bro said he couldn’t explain it (which is also normal, but he shouldn’t have made so much fun of me ;-P), & besides, even if you’ll laugh, I wouldn’t know, so it doesn’t bother me. Ignorance is bliss ;-)

Since I put the video there, I don’t really need to say what happens after you jump & all that, you can see it for yourself. At that time, I didn’t really know what would happen after I jumped though lol. Anyway, just to laugh about my bro, he said that he stopped the guy from counting, & did it in his own timing. I liked the way he put up his hand in the “stop” sign, cos it’s one of his characteristics, & because none of us did something like that hahahaha. Also, the part where he kept his hand stuck on the wood while inching forward was amusing ;-P Needless to say, I didn’t do that, neither did my sister. ^__^

Here’s another video XD of my parents doing tandem (oh, the power of love ;-P)

Did you notice my mum’s hand? Hahahaha like mother, like son XD & the special reason why I posted their vid is cos I found theirs the funnies bungy compared to the rest of us, & I <3>st place, poor thing, forced by my dad hahaha sorry if that sounded evil ^^;

Although I liked skydiving more than bungy, there aren’t any videos or pictures of it, sorry ;-( you see, the videos that I posted were what we bought, & they record it 1^st when you jump & after that sell it to you (you have the option of declining, of course). But for skydiving, you have to decide before you go there, whether you want a video or not, & while they videotape you, they’ll take pics of you at the same time. It was quite expensive, & just imagining a video of me made me feel a bit gross. I’m not sure what the rest of my family felt, but nobody wanted a video, so that’s that.

Skydiving was much more scary than bungy, & the plane was small, so it felt a bit cramped to sit inside (they only let 3 ppl do at a time, because the plane can have a maximum of 9 ppl, & each person would have a tandem instructor, & optional would be a cameraman for each person). So I was doing it with my siblings, & even though there was space for a few more ppl, it seemed as though we filled up all the space there was T_T

The plane went up very high in a short while, & it seemed no time at all when the plane sort of slowed down, & it was time to jump down. At that moment, I felt a bit in shock, & my bro went first, followed by me, then my sis. The tandem instructor seemed to be leading in everything, because I could hardly move much, she strapped me so tightly (the tandem instructors for my bro & sis were guys). You see, we’re supposed to go to the plane door, which was open already, & stick our feet out, & position ourselves like a banana with out knees bent & our head leaning backwards on the tandem instructor’s shoulder, & they’ll rock us back & forth a few times before getting off the plane. So what happened was, she rocked me back & forth a bit, & my head was pointing upwards, so when she got off the plane, my head slowly went back to its original position & I FELL. LOL ^__^;

You know that feeling you get when you sit on a roller coaster & it plunges straight down? I felt that, although my bro disagreed with me & said he felt different. The only difference it that the feeling lasted a longer time, & I couldn’t help realising that even though I didn’t like the feeling, I can’t stop it, I’m still falling ^^;

& although it was supposed to last much longer than bungy, it also felt very short T_T Then she parachuted, & when I felt the parachute come out, we slowed down, & sorta went upwards a bit, & the stupid straps were strangling me. I felt that I was quite unlucky about that, because it didn’t seem to happen with anyone else, & it proved after all, that she strapped me too tightly. But it’s better to be safe than sorry, I guess. Anyway, after the parachute, we were floating slowly downwards, & she started talking, so I replied a bit in a choked voice, & when she asked me how I was feeling, I said, “OK… I feel strangled though.” It took her a while to realise, but then she loosened the straps somehow, & I felt much better ;-)

While floating downwards, you’re supposed to enjoy the view & have a nice chat with your tandem instructor. I won’t talk about my experiences of that, but the view was very nice. Not that I didn’t have a nice chat with my tandem instructor haha XP no comment. Anyway, they spin you around while you’re in the parachute, & when I first heard about it, I got all excited cos it sounded very fun, but when she was spinning me, I didn’t realise it was the spinning that they were talking about until I landed already ^^; because they turn you 90 degrees to the left, so you’ll be looking at another direction, & she did that a few times. Some ppl get dizzy doing that, including my family, but I was fine yay XD

So that was about it, & I wrote A LOT today ^^; nvm, it can sort of make up for me not posting previously & in case I don’t post so fast in the near future.

If there’s anything you’re interested in, like a certain random topic about abstract stuff (you know, like ego, being sociable, stuff like that), tell me, & I’ll blog about it XD well, at least I hope I can, with whatever opinion I have (& if you value it in the first place). Cos I’d like to blog about random abstract topics (the reason why I made a blog actually).

Hopefully, if I don’t forget (again), the next post will be a tag that I didn’t do yet, but I still have to find the damn pics first, how tedious >_>

Btw, I forgot to mention that my birthday passed, so I’m not 18! XD actually, I wanted to drink alcohol & smoke, but I didn’t get to do that yet, & I’m not planning to smoke anyway, it’s too dangerous ;-P

Last thing about NZ I forgot to mention before: did you know that it’s nice to be a pedestrian there? XD well, sort of, I don’t know how many countries are like this, but in Malaysia, it’s not, so those who have that benefit should be grateful. You see, when crossing a zebra crossing there, the cars will really stop for you! & if it looks as though you wanna cross, they’ll also stop & wait for you to cross ^__^ whereas in Malaysia, if you do that, it’s the same as committing suicide lol ^^; so hopefully New Zealanders won’t do such a thing in Malaysia…

It’s late at night, so I shall go now. Besides, I’ve written too much already lol ^^;

The Zorb & the Luge

The things that I enjoyed most on the trip were the fun things that we did. You see, there were a few… activities that we did. XD But I’m leaving the best two activities for the next post, because I wrote quite a lot for this two activities, because it’s not such a common or well-known activity.

The Zorb is a bit like a fun roller coaster, & it’s in Rotorua (one of the places we went in NZ), & there seems to be only one place which offers this in NZ, & it’s nowhere near anything else. There was another well-known place that was the closest to the Zorb (as in, within walking distance), but in my opinion, that place was pretty much isolated. Makes me wonder how people would know about it, or even be able to go there, since it seems quite inaccessible. But it was awarded the best tourism award or something like that, so it must be good, I suppose. & probably cos the attractions are all somewhere further away from the residence areas, so it's normal, I guess.

The Zorb was a new experience. But it’s really hard to explain. Basically, you sit in this huge, transparent ball, & you roll down in it (because the place is beside a hill, so you roll all the way down the hill). So, there are three kinds of Zorb, but I don’t know what’s the third one, because it was not available because of the wind conditions, but the second one, which we thought was available for us actually couldn’t be applied in the same way because there’s a height limit. >_>; The height limit is five feet five, & I’m only five feet, so irritating. But it was also in a good way, cos then I had no choice but to choose the first one, which actually, I did spend time thinking about whether first or second is better, & I chose the first anyway, but after realizing that I couldn’t sit in the second one, I was a bit irritated after fretting so much over which Zorb may be better to make my decision.

The first one

The second one

I'm not sure about the 2nd pic, but the 1st pic is the exact place where we went, so I was quite happy to find that pic. ;-D

The main difference between the first & second one, is that the first one is wet, & the second one is dry. Also, the first one is cheaper, by $9. The second one, seems to have a chair-like thing in the ball (as you can see in the picture), for you to sit in, & you’ve to hold on to the things places for you at the top, so that’s supposedly why there’s a height limit, because short people like me shouldn’t be able to reach it. T_T; But all you do is sit in the chair anyway, & turn upside down forwards, so it really seemed just like a roller coaster.

Whereas the first one, seems like a new experience. You see, supposedly, they put soap water (I couldn’t feel it though, it seemed like normal water to me) in the ball & you’re going to be sliding & slipping around in the ball while you roll down the hill. The thing that was really fun was that (I didn’t know it at the time I chose it though) the way you go down the hill would be in a zigzag, whereas the second one is just straight down. Also, another thing that I only noticed when going in the ball, is that you can’t really see outside the ball, so when it went in a zigzag, I had no idea which way I’d be rolling, so it was very fun.

The only thing was that we are in winter, you know, so the only drawback of choosing the wet one is that it’ll be freezing cold after that. Well, true, but I guess it didn’t matter so much, although I have had horrible memories & experiences of getting wet when it’s cold, so that was mainly why I hesitated to choose it.

Next, the Luge.

Ok, this is kinda a random pic, but I felt it was the best from the google search because that's what the Luge we were using exactly looked like, altho you may not be able to see it clearly lol ^^; also, my feet reached the end of the Luge whereas for this guy his knees are bent! shows how short I am ^^;

Hmm, I feel that it is a bit hard to explain the Luge as well, but basically, it is a ride, where you drive downhill the tracks, & the way the Luge is built (the object we’re driving in) is that it doesn’t need any petrol or anything, because it’s downhill all the way, & the only thing you can control on the Luge is the direction (left & right), & with the handle, you pull it forwards or backwards to control the speed. If you pull it backwards, you’re using the brakes.

Unfortunately, when we did the Luge, it started raining. In NZ, it rains a lot (I think 8 out of 10 days, which a lot of ppl seem to accidentally forget to mention to migraters & tourists), but we knew it already, because my uncle who migrated there was complaining about it. But for us, it only rained when we doing the Luge, & it may have rained on one or two other days when we were there, but we probably weren’t really doing anything outside at the time, so it didn’t bother us.

So, after you do the Luge, you are right at the bottom of the hill, so you’ve to take the chair-lift (which is what I always knew it as, but they call it the “gondola” which to me, reminds me more of that long boat in Venice). That was the horrible part, because a chair-lift is always slow, & it was raining, & it was cold, so we were shivering when we went up the thing. But when doing the Luge, it didn’t seem to affect us so much, but obviously it wouldn’t, because it was really fun. There were a number of people there also doing the Luge, mainly guys (there was a big group of them), but they all seemed to be prepared for the rainy weather because they wore water-proof jackets & all that, whereas I was just wearing a long-sleeved shirt lol. It was a bit funny though, cos we did the luge a few times, & when going up the chair-lift one of those times, it suddenly stopped, & I was kinda shouting, “NOOOOO~!!!” & then after that “WTH!!!!!” hahahahaha ^^ Then it started again, after a while of waiting. Imagine if we got stuck there though, that would’ve been horrible.

Supposedly, while doing the Luge, it was quite dangerous, & my dad felt that the one in Singapore would have more safely protection, hence more expensive that way, but I didn’t feel it was that dangerous, unless of course, your brakes don’t work, which could happen, because some of the brakes are a bit faulty. You see, the tracks have a number of corners, to make it more fun obviously. But most of the corners are right at the edge, so it makes you feel that if you’re too fast, you’d not be able to turn the corner & you’ll drive off the edge, & I’m not sure where you’d fall after that, but I assume it’ll be one of the tracks lower down, but it also may not be. They do give warnings though, as in, before you reach the corner, there’ll be big letters forming the word “STOP” on the road before the corner, or even a signboard on top of your head saying “STOP”.

But, you see, because we went 3 times, the first time, was when my bro went first & I went second, so cos he was so slow, I overtook him out of frustration. The second time we went, because my dad was trying to challenge & race my bro, in the end, we decided to race together (although I was a bit reluctant at first, cos I was scared to lose). & he let me go first, saying that he’ll be able to overtake me anyway. He never did bwahahahaha lol ^__^ Then, when we were both downhill (cos we wait for everyone to come down before going up together), I was laughing at him because he didn’t even seem close to me at all. & he said that I was driving too fast, & that it was dangerous. It was true that I was a bit faster & reckless than the first time, because I was trying to be faster, & was in danger of overturning the Luge a bit, but actually, it wasn’t that fast in my opinion either, just that it was a bit hard for me to grip the handle, after a while, my hands start to hurt, but of course, you have to still keep a strong grip on the handle.

Anyway, that's all for today. ;-)