Happy 15th, PlayStation!

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TGS 2010
Tokyo Game Show
16.09.2010 - 19.09.2010

First Day.

Sweaty palms. Insides freezing. Trying to remember how to breathe, I'm totally stunned. Speechless as a dozen thoughts swirl around the inside of my head.

It's the first day of school -- and all my life, I've only felt like this thrice.




Where it began, Primary School. A day before the first, by fate, I made a friend underwater in a club swimming pool. Later he'd tell me we were going to the same school the very next day and even later, he turned out to be my first best friend. The first day was painless as it was quick. Unlike most of the other kids, my parents weren't there but I didn't mind. Knowing where was where was tricky, but eventually it stuck.

Secondary School. Before UPSR (the major exam in Std. 6), right outside our window and beyond the road, was where we knew we'd end up. The opposite block was always a mystery to us, as we never ventured beyond the ground floor or the bathrooms. All we knew was our seniors occupied the space, and we'd be meeting them soon. What was it like? We've only ever heard stories. The first day turned out eventful. So many new friends made, an amazing class teacher. This turned out even better than Primary School.




Finally, the third. Cempaka International School. An entirely new school. I only knew of the people there, never themselves. But Ellya was there and had built a name for herself. As I walked beside the building I would later know as the North Hall, I received plenty of stares. I knew where to go, I knew some of the friends through Friendster (didn't use Facebook then). When a prefect asked me to go to 8 Aqua, I was strucked shocked. I panicked. My future classmates saved me. That first day was all it took to make me friends that I still Skype now.




RMIT. It's a blank at the moment. No expectations, because I don't know what to expect.

Nervousness as I anticipate what is to come. That's how I feel. The first time I'll get out of the house in the morning to catch 2 trams into the city. I've only been there four times. I'm really spontaneous and improvisational (Joshua, Muhaimin and Kevin taught me to be), but this time I'm flying without any knowledge, friends and plans. If history repeats itself -- which I really hope it does -- thing's will work out on their own.

I might be overexaggerating, but forget getting me to next year. Just get me to Day 2.

_{*pictures courtesy of respective school websites}

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PAX Prime 2010
Penny Arcade Expo
3.09.2010 - 05.09.2010

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RMIT Commencement
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
06.09.2010

Well Played.

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PAX Prime 2010
Penny Arcade Expo
3.09.2010 - 05.09.2010

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RMIT Commencement
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
06.09.2010

You Probably Missed It.

So I was clicking on the "8 new tweets." the other night and came across this peculiar thing:




I made all my windows zoom out into neat segments and clicked on Skype™. Popped open a chat with Zenna and went:




After a couple of minutes or so, out came:




Frustrated (time does pass by slowly in Melbourne), I complained:






Then as she lost her train of thought with that OMG, we went on to argue about the humidity of our humour:




On Twitter, she tweet a tweet:




And by "The tweet below", she meant this:




Of course, I had to tweet back something:




But it didn't end there:






Anyway, back on Skype we were catching up (school, all that jazz). Then quite suddenly, Zenna drops the Random Bomb (like the atomic only random-er):




What else could I say? I went:
^{NOTE: I wasn't really laughing}




Now fastforward into the future, just as I was about to pull away:




Analysing the message as deeply as I could, a million thoughts, irrelevant to the subject, swirled in my head but in the end I said:




After 3 minutes:




Most displeased at the thought that she busied herself with other far more important things, I began:
^{WARNING: Following may contain content inappropriate for children}




After much processed thought, Zenna claimed:




Yes, this was her idea. Yes, she was quite rushy. What's with the capitals? She was shouting it to the screen. No, I couldn't hear her.

After minutes into our work, I had to break the silence:




I also had to ask:




That's when I got:




Like Gollum not wanting to feel Frodo and Sam's wrath, quickly I typed:
^{NOTE: Yep, you're right -- still got the wrath.}




THE END

UPDATE: Zenna's jealous my post did turn out cooler (but her post goes back to the dinosaur age; honestly worth a read -- link's below):




For Zenna's not forgotten side to the story, click here
(http://zenna.onsugar.com/Epic-moments-Cyberworld-10726708)

For Zenna's reblog of this, as well as her thoughts, click here
(http://zenna.onsugar.com/Look-whole-blog-post-my-name-10727797)

This conversation took 2 hours.
This post took 1 hour.
Yes, they overlapped.

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PAX Prime 2010
Penny Arcade Expo
3.09.2010 - 05.09.2010

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RMIT Commencement
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
06.09.2010