It's been a real busy month.
Between the 9th and the 26th, I've been surviving on my own at home. Mum's with the twin down South while Dad was out West with the Microsoft team.
During this time I've done all sorts of shenanigans.
Mostly I spent my days with the Teoh's (Jessie, Jason, Jayme). Known them all since I was 7 and they've been just swell to me. Oh, and if you've spotted me out during this time it's thanks to their drivers.
Yes, I'm a P-certified driver in this country but I'm faced with a predicament that most newly made drivers face: the no car problem.
Dad's car went intimate with a rock at 110km/h, so it's got a scar like John Locke on the windscreen. Mum's car is the only one left but being a Volvo XC90, it's a monster to drive -- tank-like. In the event that I do wreck the Volvo (though doubting that I would,
heh) Dad's gonna come home to the no car problem.
The very next day after my dad left, it was the
Damansara IU Day. I've already blogged about this
here.
Two days later on the 12
th, I participated in the
Inter-House Debate Competition. I've lead the team for Seladang for two years running both for golds. This year I left Shanker Vasu the responsibility of the team, while I rode shotgun; the de facto Obi Wan role. We racked in another gold for Seladang.
Tomorrow after that I went over to the Curve to watch
Eclipse and hold a
Farewell Dinner for Cherise, courtesy of Kevin (organiser) and the Wingmen (Kev, Muhaimin & Joshua). We even filmed a video in a
No Photography area. More on that right
here.
Up next was the
CIS/CILC Commencements 2009/2010 over at the new CILC Campus on the 16
th. I thought this year's was brilliant, despite not getting any awards, and it ended off on the perfect note. For the details, pop on over
here.
Sometime after that I fell into a pretty bad sickness.
One week later,
Joshua Lee and Ryan Wong came over to stay for two nights. Ryan's been staying in Dubai for the past two years now, and the last time I saw him was way last year. Ryan came over in the morning and we began training up on
Modern Warfare 2 before Joshua came. He sorta looks like Austin Powers at the moment. He used to brag about being a super pwner on the battlefield, but never seemed to prove it. Until now, he's become pretty good. Introduced him to the
ModNation Racers creation tool and he just went crazy -- he is doing a graphic design course. Josh arrived much later, then we walked over to McDonald's for dinner; a whopping 2km away. Later (after much fragging), we went over to the badminton courts for some challenge. Much to our surprise, all of us were evenly match (and this was when I was sick, mind you;
HAH). I gave up near the end -- the sickness was kicking in again and I had the urge to get rid of the McD's; something I did
not want to do. So to ease my suffering we walked 3km to the nearest 7 Eleven to buy carbonated drinks. Joshua wanted the bike, so he cycled there and I cycled back -- at the same pace as we walked, of course.
Few hours later, one of the highlights of the month:
Lasertag. It's sort of like paintball, only with different weapons and none of the pain. Lasertag's a little different from paintball where you don't go to a place to play, they come to you. Josh and I rented out Central Park just for the occasion. We needed people in the short time we had leading up to the Saturday so we did all sorts of advertising; phone calls, Facebook, Twitter, you name it. Most of all we just wanted to spend time with all our buddies or make a few new ones before college. Turned out to be super fun. Just before we all left, I proposed we all eat lunch together and that we did at Carl's Junior. It was my first time there, but pity my illness jacked my appetite.
Throughout the month, Andrew Sachdev's got me invested into
Online Multiplayer. I've always been a single-player geek, never really thought much about the online universe. With so much time on my hands, and no way to get to all my friends, Andrew opened the door to all that. So far other than Andrew my only "friends" are Jun Vinh, Samuel Aw and Bernard Keo. Great experiences, all-in-all.
Last but not least, the day after lasertagging and a day before my Dad returned home from the states, I participated in a
Emergency First Response Course lead by my old buddy, Jason Teoh. He's been recently promoted to diving instructor and held the course along with his much older friend Jean Luc. from France. As of that afternoon, I'm a fully realised Emergency First Respondent.
It's been a really busy month, and I've still got 16 days before I fly off to the South. I'd be crazy to think something wouldn't come up to make it busier, but I wouldn't have it any other way.
Oh, and have you played Starcraft II?
It's mind-blowingly crazy.
IGCSE Results @ Cempaka Cheras
International General Certificate of Secondary Education
12.08.2010
Flight to Melbourne
10:30PM
20.08.2010
