The Shark and The Hermit Crab

The Shark and The Hermit Crab, they're two sides of the same coin.

The Shark is outspoken, brute, confident and daring.

The Hermit Crab is reserved, timid, quiet and cautious.

But the two of them are lonely.
Lonely in their own world,
Lonely in the environment they strive in.
Lonely but not alone.

Alone but not lonely is what they seek.
They're The Shark and The Hermit Crab.
They're one and the same, only different.

Past Present Future, Ponder Wonder Fonder

Walking forward with uncertainty,
My future's cloudy, I don't see me,
What should I do, what should I see?
Which path should I take to see clarity?

Look back at the past, I see it foggy,
Live now in the present, that's life for me.
The future's a void, it's so scary,
Planning the next step, it's a problematic mystery.

Crash and Burn

Last Sunday night I went on an unexpected drinking session with Far, Iman, Meng Pei and Nigel.

After work, I had dinner at this ramen restaurant with Josh. After that, I planned to take a nap at the office before going home but when I went into the office, Far asked me to join in on a drinking session at Delicious. I didn't have anything to do so I did. What I didn't expect was a bottle of whiskey Far brought. It was a Singleton she took home the night before from the drinking session with the other managers. There was a bit left so I thought that we were gonna just share the little bit among the four of us but instead, Far had Iman and I drink it all. The two of us had three shots each and damn, it tasted good but damn, I went drunk after another two bottles of beer, really wasted, but not as bad as the time in Cameron Highlands with my college mates. It was my first time drinking whiskey after all. I knew I couldn't drive home after the session so I sought for help and the first person I thought of was Steven Saw. So I clumsily went back to the store and I made a fool out of myself there. Saw was mad but he patiently helped me get sober and we went to a mamak to freshen me up. I don't fully remember the details but I talked too much and said a lot of stupid and embarrassing things that Tristan will continue to make fun of me with. One thing I realise now is that even when I'm drunk I can still think properly somewhat. Never will I go to the store drunk again.

Angkor What?

Last Wednesday, I was on a plane to Siem Reap Cambodia. Lydia had invited me to join her and her mom on this holiday trip. Along with us were Lydia's friend, Kayla and her mom so that makes the five of us.

I didn't know what to expect. Lydia's mom dropped by the store one day to brief me about the flight details and the trip. Her behaviorism is like my mom's so I felt comfortable around her, only my mom's better, duh.

Our flight was early in the morning at around 6.15a.m. so the plan was that I follow Lydia home to go to the airport together after work on the day before our flight. That night we got to KLIA2 at 12a.m. in the morning by express train. We spent most of the night just sitting around and/or napping outside the boarding gate until it opened at around 5a.m.

It's been a long time since I last sat on a plane. If I remember correctly I was 11, alone with my sister we flew from Penang back to KL. Having a fear of heights and falling, I was very nervous around the plane. Lydia and I wanted the seat next to the window but I can't possibly fight a girl, so I let her have it. Thankfully our flight to Cambodia was a smooth flight. Mostly because I was asleep most of the time. The only recollection I have of waking up in the plane was when Lydia woke me up because she had headaches from the amount of pressure building in her head.

Disaster took a quick turn after we got off the plane and checked in through customs. Our taxi to our hotel wasn't around. Lydia's mom called the hotel and after waiting for half an hour, she called again to find out that they couldn't contact the driver and that we had to rent a taxi ourselves.

When we got to the hotel, Lydia and her mom were making a fuss with Sophea, the hotel manager about the transport issue. After much complication (due to the boundaries of language), Sophea offered to treat us to lunch by cooking for us personally. With that, we finally checked into the hotel and we could rest in our rooms. We were divided into two rooms, Lydia, her mom and I in one and Kayla and her mom in the other. The beds in our room was placed side by side, Lydia and her mom didn't want to be directly under the fan so I was put in between the two of them. As we were tired, all of us fell asleep. The difference in time from Malaysia also affected us (me, at least) and we slept until past 2p.m.

We woke up to have our lunch on the top most floor of the hotel which is where the restaurant is located. Our hotel, actually a villa, is small and comfortable. It's not those grand type hotels, rather it's like a little backpackers hotel. Lydia's mom said when she was doing her research for places to stay, this particular villa, Bayon Shadow Villa has got good reputation and the manager, Sophea has a lot of praises. During lunch, Sophea sat with us and talked to us. Lydia's mom told her about our plans for the trip and she offered to arrange transportation for us cheap.

Our first stop, Kompong Khleang and Tonle Sap. We rode a tuk tuk owned by a shy man named Savy to the dock. It took about an hours ride to get there so the elders were getting worried about going back to the villa. Either way, we rented a boat and headed to the floating village. At the floating village, we took a small row boat to go through the Flooded Forest (or so what it's called). After that we continued on out to Tonle Sap lake. When we reached there, we had an hour more until the sun set. The adults were still concerned about the tuk tuk ride back and so as the "kids" we had no choice but to turn back before we could catch the sun set.

When we got back to the villa, Sophea told us that she'll take us to a good restaurant to have dinner, it's a local restaurant so that means it isn't a tourist spot which also means the food will be cheap. It was a hot plate cum steamboat style meal, similar to what we have in Malaysia. There is a difference in the way the food is cooked but Kayla's mom wasn't amused. After dinner, the girls went into this small boutique to check out the clothes while we waited for our tuk tuk. Right after that, we headed to the Night Market, Old Market and Pub Street (they're all in one place). We walked around looking at the things (or souvenirs) sold there. Lydia shared with me her plan to get our colleagues souvenirs and I agreed to it because I also had planned to buy something for them; We decided to share. While looking at a phallic shaped wooden slingshot, a familiar voice called out behind me, "Max?!". I turned around and to my astonishment, shock and whatever, it was Wee. With him were Ronald and their colleagues. I bro hugged the two of them and we exchanged a few words before I excused myself because I didn't want to lose track of the girls and elders. It was a really surprising meeting, to think that I'd meet a friend in a foreign country, it's just astonishing! We went back to the villa without buying anything because we still have a long time until we head back to Malaysia.

That night I slept like a log. Lydia had asked me if I snore, to which I replied saying that I don't know because how could I possibly know when no one has ever told me about. The next morning Lydia said I didn't, did she actually investigate if I snore or not? Uh...

The next morning, I got up late because I lazed around in bed for about two hours after waking up. Lydia did the same. Lydia's mom had already got up and had breakfast (which is provided for free at the villa) and she got us up to move on with the agenda. Our initial plan was to go to Angkor Wat to see the sun set but Sophea advised us to see the sun rise instead and so we pushed that plan to Friday. On this day, we went to see the Artisan silk factory instead.

The factory is located out near the village area so it doesn't have a lot of tourists. Savy came to take us there as per Sophea's arrangement. We need not pay entry fees but we gave tips to the guide (A very common thing in Cambodia is people ask for tips). I don't remember how long it took us to go around the whole complex but it was a very knowledgeable experience. We got to see how silk is cultivated and we got to feel the raw silk as it is being spun from the silk moth's cocoon.

After the silk factory, Savy took us to a restaurant that Sophea had arranged for us. Food in Cambodia is presented differently compared to Malaysia, in Malaysia we order the dishes and rice is separate, but in most restaurants in Cambodia, the dish comes with rice so it's difficult to share when your dish is together with your rice. For the lunch, we invited Savy to join us. He was unwilling but all of us urged him to join us. Of course, we paid for his meal.

After lunch, we went back to the villa and took a nap. A "nap" until into the evening. At night we went to watch the Cambodian traditional dance performance. The stage performance depicting folk tales and dances was accompanied by a buffet dinner in an semi-open air restaurant packed with tourists. I wanted to enjoy the stage shows but Lydia kept bugging me to eat the food we brought to the table, the food wasn't that impressive and I had to eat all the leftovers the girls and the mothers left for me (I had to queue up for about twenty minutes to get barbecued beef and chicken kebabs). After the show was over, we went to the market again. We came across this really nice fruit juice vendor who sells fruit juices that you can mix for one US dollar (Cambodians use US dollars as currency together with their Cambodian riel) but only up to three different types of fruits. The combinations we tried were pretty good.

After walking around the market, we went back to the villa and headed to sleep. Lydia said I snored this night.

We woke up really early in the morning. I woke up when Lydia's mom's alarm went off but I only jumped out of bed when mine went. We got ready and I headed down to the lobby first. The midnight staff had mistaken another group of tourists for our group and gave them our packed breakfast so we had to wait another fifteen minutes for our breakfast to be ready. Savy was already waiting for us, he seemed really sleepy but he kept a smile on his face. The early morning in Siem Reap was amazing, though in the town, I could see the faint lights of the stars in the sky, beyond the bright lights from the satellites. On the way to Angkor Archaeological Park, the sky slowly turned bright. We were definitely missing the break of dawn from Angkor Wat but we made it in time to see the sun rise from behind the great old temple. As we entered the park (after paying for the entry tickets), we came into an opening showing the Angkor Wat moat. Seeing the moat in person really sent me in awe. Only seeing it in pictures and hearing about it in class before, I finally saw the majestic Angkor Wat in front of me. I was truly joyous and excited.

We went into the gates and we went into one of the smaller sections on the temple grounds before going into the main building. As I was admiring the sun rise, Wee called from behind and I ran up to him but just before we collided in a bro hug, Lydia's mom slipped on one of the steps and fell on her back. Lydia and a foreigner quickly ran up to her to help her up. Because the two of them were there already, I only stood by to assist if anything happens (read as: I stood by being useless). After Lydia's mom got up, I reunited with Wee and Ronald and we took a photo together to commemorate our unexpected meeting. Wee and Ronald then quickly went back to join their group and I went to check on Lydia's mom. She hurt her back and scrapped herself a little but otherwise fine. We then had our breakfast on site.

After breakfast, I carried the leftovers and we headed into the main building. The two elders wanted to use the restroom so the three of us headed in. Lydia and Kayla decided to leave me behind to take photos as I slowly admired the wall carvings depicting the Battle of Lanka (if I'm not mistaken). The two mothers came back after some time and we continued our journey into the center of the temple. Along the way, we encountered some monkeys. A small monkey grabbed our leftovers and pulled a box out, eating the bananas. I quickly let it have them and took the remaining with me but soon after, a big monkey grabbed the rest of our leftovers and ate them. Lydia and I planned to clean up after the monkey but it was hanging around and hissed at us when we got close. Lydia wanted to challenge the monkey but I held her back. As we left the monkey to it's business, it grabbed another two people's food. Just up ahead, we queued up in a line to climb up to the peak of Angkor Wat. I was afraid of the height but I had to see the top, I just had to, if I didn't, the trip would be a waste! The mothers didn't want to go up because of how steep the steps were so the three of us went up. As we were going up, Lydia and Kayla were making fun of me. The top was nice, it was cooling and I could take nice pictures up there. Lydia sat down and looked about for a while, I wondered what she was thinking. After taking a few photos, we headed back down and made our way to find out how to get to the other temples. Our target was Ta Prohm and the Elephant Terrace.

After asking for directions twice, we went out of Angkor Wat and met up with Savy. He advised us to follow his route and make Angkor Thom the last one to visit as the roads from Angkor Wat is a one way road. We agreed and headed off on his tuk tuk. Our first stop was Banteay Kdei, Lydia and I ventured deep into the temple while the others waited for us outside. We took a few pictures and went back out while being followed by a Cambodian who acted as a guide to try and earn some money from us. We didn't need him to guide us but he followed anyway, at the end, we escaped by jogging off after we were done.

After a quick stop at a road side toilet, we headed into Ta Prohm. It's most famous for the film, Tomb Raider as some scenes from the film were shot here. There were a lot of tourist groups and it was a little difficult to get around as compared to the other sites because of the narrow walkways. Girls being girls, Lydia said that everything looks the same already at this point.

Our last destination was Angkor Thom, it's a large complex with several temples in it's location. Savy stopped his tuk tuk right in front of the Bayon Temple so we went in after getting a refreshing sugar cane drink. Walking round and round, Lydia and I figured that we could have climbed up the stairs because when we first entered, there was sign that said that we couldn't but it turns out that the reason was that that particular stairs was for tourists to come down from and not go up. We almost got lost in the Bayon Temple but after asking for directions, we made it out and headed for the Elephant Terrace. We weren't sure where the Elephant Terrace was exactly but we came across another large temple. The two mothers were too tired to continue and they decided to head back to the tuk tuk. Lydia, Kayla and I continued on to what we thought was the Elephant Terrace but was actually Baphuon Temple.

Baphuon Temple's stairs are really tall and really steep. Going up wasn't much of a problem, it was going back down. I kept focusing on the trees level to my eyes but Lydia keeps teasing me and trying to make me look down. After getting out of Baphuon Temple, we figured that we were not at the Elephant Terrace. After not making any heads or tales after asking for directions, we decided to head back to the tuk tuk. After asking Savy, he took us to the Elephant Terrace and it turned out that the terrace was literally right next to Baphuon Temple. After seeing the terrace from the tuk tuk, we decided that it was about time to go back and rest.

After taking a nap at the villa, we went to the market again. We shopped for a bit and then headed back to the villa. That night, Sophea took us to a special local restaurant. Apparently the chef is a Cambodian (which is apparently not usual in Cambodia) and the restaurant serves a unique type of tea not served at normal restaurants because of how difficult it is to get the fruit for the tea from Phnom Penh. Sophea doesn't know what the fruit is called in English but we found out later on at a supermarket in a local mall, Lucky Mall which we visited after dinner. I forgot what the fruit is called anyway. After the visit to the supermarket, we walked around the streets and visited a pharmacy before going back to the villa.

Before going to Cambodia, my mom had mentioned that beer is really cheap there and for real, it's dirt cheap. One US dollar for a bottle, I had my eye on their beer since day one. After getting back to the villa, I asked if anyone wanted to grab a beer but no one wanted to, everyone told me to go ahead and I reasoned that it feels lonely to drink alone so Lydia agreed to sit with me while I drink. Kayla wanted to join us but she won't drink because her mom doesn't let her. We went out to the small store next to our villa and I bought two bottles of Angkor beer. We went back to the villa and headed to the restaurant on the top floor. After asking her again, Lydia agreed to have some. The two of us shared the bottles and the three of us chatted a little. I was getting tipsy but not that much, when we went back to our room, Lydia said I was red and that I had a huge smile on my face. I am aware that when I'm tipsy I'm like that. That night I regretted not drinking every other night because Angkor beer is the best beer I've ever tasted. Thinking about it makes me miss Siem Reap.

Friday morning is the last day and the plan Lydia and I had in mind was to take the day easy, no sightseeing, no going around looking at tourist sites. But plans change. We had asked Sophea where we can get souvenirs cheap and she said she'll take us to the warehouse and so that was the plan. After breakfast (after lazing around in bed), we headed out on a different person's tuk tuk. He first took us to a shop lot that sells the same souvenir stuff as the market in bulk. After the girls picked out some shirts, we headed to an actual warehouse. There I got some stuff as souvenirs for my family and friends. We spent quite a long time there because girls being girls, they had to look at every nook and cranny, picking out the best.

After the warehouse, we went for a Cambodian massage. We first had our feet washed and then we were put into a big room where we changed into lose clothing they provided. The massage was an hour long and it was just okay. After the massage, we went to have lunch at a vegetarian restaurant that is famous for it's hot plate noodles. After the meal, we dropped by the Artisan in the area. It's much smaller than the one in the outskirts of town and it's crowded with tourists. This Artisan factory produces sculptures, painting, metal crafts and silk screen prints. We walked around without a guide for a while and then we headed back to the market to make our final purchases. It was a very long and tiresome hunt for getting the cheapest price of this set of key chains Lydia's mom wanted. We spent probably about two hours or so there walking round and round. This was probably the most excruciating shopping trip I've ever experienced.

After a short nap back at the villa, we went out for dinner with Sophea. She took us to a small local restaurant and we had rice like our normal Chinese dinner and draft beer. The restaurant looks like your usual beer restaurant (I guess). The entrance to the restaurant is lined with girls (prostitutes/female escorts) caked with make up sitting on chairs waiting for customers. The six of us went in and got a small table. Sophea asked us what we'd like to try and she ordered the dishes for us. While Lydia, her mom, Sophea and I got the draft beer, Kayla and her mom got soft drinks instead because they didn't want to drink (Kayla's mom didn't want Kayla to drink). We chatted over dinner and had multiple toasts of our drinks. As the eating ended and the drinking started, I slowly got tipsy and Lydia kept laughing at my tipsy expression. We ended up having two servings of draft beer and Lydia's mom was almost drunk, she kept asking the same questions and kept laughing after that. We had decided to walk back to the villa so on the walk back, Lydia's mom kept laughing and laughing. Hearing her laughter made me laugh uncontrollably too, which also made everyone else laugh. At first Lydia held on to her mom and I walked in front but Lydia changed her mind when her mom can't stop herself from laughing. She pass her mom to Kayla's mom and she grabbed my shoulder to make sure I wasn't going the wrong way. This was the first time Lydia saw me tipsy so she doubted me when I said I was fine, only tipsy. As we walked, I thought of ways to prove that I wasn't drunk and when I said I wanted another beer (the Angkor beer!) she got worried and but I manage to get my way and she helped me buy one from the same shop the previous night. When we got back to our room, Lydia convinced me to take a bath first before I drink but she was gonna bath first. So I sat on my bed slowly getting sober. I tried to pack my bag but it wasn't really working out. Lydia's mom and I made some small talk and when Lydia was done, I went in to bath and by the time I was done, I was close to sober but still tipsy. I took my beer and Lydia had a sip before deciding to sleep so I had the rest of the bottle to myself which made me tipsy all over again. After I was done, I hit the sack so fast I didn't realise it.

We woke up early in the morning. After cleaning up, I repacked my bags and headed down to the lobby to wait for the others. We had our breakfast and then Savi and the other guy came to pick us up. The journey to the airport showed us a beautiful morning. As I looked out to the scenery of morning breaking, I felt such bliss. Lydia commented that this morning could have a better sun rise compared to what we saw at Angkor Wat. I agreed because the color of the sky when the sun's rays hit the clouds were very beautiful. At the airport, we said our good byes to Savi and went in. We were early and we couldn't go into the departure hall so we sat down outside and waited. When we finally got in, our flight was like the first one in the morning so we got on our plane and we were soon flying out of Cambodia. I dozed in and out of sleep while Lydia sat quietly by the window looking out. As our plane entered Malaysian airspace, our holiday trip came to an end. Upon checking back into our homeland, I spotted Wee and Ronald collecting their luggage and I caught up with them again. Later I shopped at the duty free shops with the girls and moms. I got a bottle of Bacardi, box of Jack Daniel's whiskey filled chocolate sticks and a packet of assorted Hershey's chocolates (childhood's sake). Kayla and her mom took the train back while Lydia and her mom took a coach to KL Sentral. I had to take a coach to 1Utama because my mom won't pick me up from the airport and my dad was in Penang.

Cambodia was amazing. I feel like going back again to this time, take my time indulging in the history and art Siem Reap has to offer. (Also the beer)

The Wallflower

Dear Friend,

   I finished the book, The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky a few weeks ago and it was brilliant. I felt like I could relate to Charlie in the ways that I'm socially awkward. While most of the content is something I'm unfamiliar with, the behavior, ideology and philosophy of Charlie's is almost similar to mine and that makes me like the book so much.

I'll watch the film adaption soon when I can find the time because it's gotten pretty busy at work. I haven't been posting stuff on this blog either. I guess I'll do that with the two topics I have in mind.

I leave this post with a line from the book which I found inspiring to me. It's a line I feel that I have to learn from and remember.

"It's great that you can listen and be a shoulder to someone, but what about when someone doesn't need a shoulder. What if they need the arms or something like that? You can't just sit there and put everybody's lives ahead of yours and think that counts and love. You just can't. You have to do things."

Love always,

Max

Left Side Blind

I had my first car accident today. Luckily it wasn't serious. A lorry ripped out my left side view mirror and left a large scratch along the side. At first I was furious but after calling my mom I realised that thankfully I wasn't hurt. I was traumatized and shocked for the rest of the morning at work. Thanks to Lydia, I manage to pull through. I feel that I owe her one.

Well, c'est la vie.

Message to You That Will Not Reach

You're so hard to understand but that's okay,
the distance you create will make me stronger.
You're so awkward when you don't speak but that's alright,
the silence you create will make me sturdier.

You're so hard to understand but that's okay,
the distance you close in will make me happier.
You're so funny when you speak and that's alright,
the laughter you create will make me chirpier.

I'm so hard to understand, that's not alright,
you probably won't understand why I'm silent.
I'm so awkward when I don't speak but that's okay,
aloof is my personality, I have many reasons to be silent.

You and your tai chi attitude is bittersweet.

A Specific Introvert's Ballad

I'm a white dwarf in the distance,
misunderstood within all presence.
Reach me if you can, I got resistance,
break my walls if you want, close that distance.

Pentimento

Thunderstorms in the distance,
Before it was, there was substance.
The fleeting feeling has subsided,
Now it's dark, I feel so tired.

Back to Earth composed and still,
Jokes and laughter, emotions I feel.
Saw you two at the elevator,
What's so special, can't help but wonder.

In the car holding back the cloud,
Songs on playlist, volume up loud.
Sitting there motionless for a while,
I feel so tired, it's been awhile.

The lights are red before I got there,
Thoughts were running, blankly I stare.
Where were you going with that guy,
Shouldn't have seen that, want to cry.

It's not you, it's me,
I'm jumping to conclusions too quickly.
I have to find the fragments of the mask I carry,
Reassemble it so you don't have to worry about me,
Because I know how much you care about me,
I know how much you can see right through me,
My fake smiles and walls, what's real you could see,
Bit by bit you're pulling out the real me,
But I also know how much you don't see me,
I don't understand why you are doing this to me.

I feel like you have me in the palm of your hand, experimenting on me to see my reactions and my true colors so that you know what's on my mind.

While It Will Last

This is the tale of a measly little shark,
Who's heart so tall but height of a lark.
It fell in love after an unexpected little spark,
But that love only lasted, it was put in the dark.

The measly little shark had a competition,
It's new friend, a young one, what a situation.
The measly little shark had kind intention,
But the words don't come out right, complication.

It struggled with itself in frustration,
The young one went ahead, like temptation.
Measly little shark felt like damnation,
It took it's love out and did a confession.

This is the tale of the measly little shark,
Who got rejected but it didn't get in the park.
Depression within itself, did the measly little shark,
It sought itself out and came out of the dark.

This is the tale of the measly little shark,
It didn't give up, it's heart didn't hark.
This the tale of the measly little shark,
It dug it's own grave, it became quite a nark.

Young one met his problematic situation,
He threatened the shark, it was a short commotion.
Measly little shark needed to end it's one-sided transaction,
It asked it's love to properly reject it to it's own devastation.

This is the tale of the measly little shark,
Who's heart so tall but height of a lark.
It fell in love after an unexpected little spark,
That love will still grow, while it's kept in the dark.

In The Past Month of Utmost Busy

It's been almost a month since I last had plenty of free time. Why? I got myself a part-time job. And it's not some part-time job, it's a part-time job at Hamley's. The work environment is fun, exciting and tiring at the same time. There is almost no feelings of hierarchy here because of my humble superiors. My schedule is six days a week which means I work on weekends as well, this cut out a lot of personal time so I haven't been able to engage in my computer games, manga and anime recently. I also communicate less with Kai and the others which makes me feel a little lonely. Usually when I work in the afternoon shift, I would reach home at around 11pm feeling tired so I would just check my Facebook, watch maybe two YouTube videos or an anime episode and then go to sleep. Working at a retail outlet, naturally I would make friends with the other workers. Much to my surprise, my seniors (who are younger than me) are fresh graduates from my secondary school. They in turn knew about me because of my youngest sister who is apparently very popular at school as she's a cheerleader. Weekdays are pretty quiet because we don't get a lot of customers, these days are when we practice our demonstration products but it sometimes gets pretty boring because no customers means no activity in the shop. Weekends is what I would describe as 'Hell breaks loose' because children do not have classes and they will be EVERYWHERE. It gets very hectic and busy. However busy with work though, I give myself time for the scouts. Though, Rover activities are hard to attend because of the time constrains.

On the first week of April I had my convocation or graduation ceremony. My mom was there the whole time with me while my dad was there for a while. My sisters didn't come because they had other functions. At the graduation was also Kai, Wilson, KW, Wee, Cardin, VF and others for their award ceremony for the success of their short films in national and international competitions. If they weren't there, my graduation might have been a little lonely.

Just last weekend was 157th Petaling's Tenderfoot Training Course. This year round, because of a dengue problem in the school, the scouts were not allowed to stay overnight in school like previous years. It was the first time the course was literally a 'course' and not a camp. This year I volunteered to be the camp (course) chief after Mav asked. The course went pretty well despite a few mishaps, everything was pretty fulfilling. Hopefully the juniors who came for TTC will return for Skills Camp.

*If I wasn't so busy, there would be longer individual posts for each event that happened the past month. Welp.

Coo Coo

About a week ago, out of the blue, while I was just doing my usual time wasting on the internet, a pigeon crashed into the little inaccessible totally pointless balcony thing that is supposed to be use for the aircond fan machine thing gosh the previous owner is absolutely stupid. Where was I? Oh yes, a pigeon crashed into the window beside me. I couldn't do anything because there's a grill over the window (hence inaccessible) so I just left the poor fella there. The pigeon just waddled around for quite some time before being recovering a bit to able to fly up to the (retarded) balcony thing (totally useless). I decided to close the window so that the pigeon wouldn't accidentally fly in. And so that pigeon just hanged around until it was able to fly away, after like two hours or something.

Following that incident, the pigeon keeps coming back to the balcony thing. It just hangs around and coos. A quick Google search tells me that pigeons recognises humans, whether the person is good or bad. Unlike the vengeful crows, pigeons avoid unfriendly humans and stick to friendly humans.

Every time it comes, I would close the window, leaving a little gap for air circulation (I need it, the area around my computer is hot). Soon, the visits become from afternoons to evenings to mornings to evenings. Sometimes I would be awaken by it's coos (I often sleep until 1pm now). Some times the pigeon would be at the neighbors' side (where it wasn't renovated into a shitty balcony shaped thing). It just spends the whole day just hanging around and cooing.

Yesterday was no exception. I woke up at 9am finding the pigeon by my window. I got used to it already so I just left the bird alone and played Battlefield 4. I was so focused on trying to snipe an enemy's head that when the pigeon suddenly flew into the window, I yelped in surprised (and shock). I remembered that I told my dad the night before about the pigeon and he said it was a good sign and that if it comes back I should give it some water or food. Yeah, I did that once but the pigeon totally ignored it. Well, I provided it water this time again anyway. Anyway, my dad got home and I quickly called him over to see it. He was impressed and told me a tale about he and his brothers taking care of a pigeon back when they were younger and it gave them good luck. He then went out to buy dinner.

So I continued playing my game when the pigeon bumped into the window again. Then it hit me that the pigeon looked like it was trying to come in, so I closed the window, leaving the small gap like usual. I thought that the pigeon won't be able to come in already so when it bumped in the window another time, I ignored it but then right when I paused the game to take a break the pigeon flew up and got stuck in the gap. I panicked and tried to figure out a way to get it out but not let it in but nothing came to mind. I let the window open a little hoping the pigeon would fall down maybe but not hurt itself. Instead, the pigeon immediately flew right in and landed on my table, right in front of my keyboard. I quickly called for my dad because I don't know how to deal with birds, but of course, my dad is out. My sister came up instead to see what was going on and was terrified of the pigeon, she quickly called my dad and told him the situation, then she promptly took pictures of the pigeon from far. Quickly, I turned off the ceiling fan because I was afraid that the pigeon might fly up and KO itself against the (killer death) blades of the fan. Not knowing what to do next, I just stood away from my table with my phone that I manage to snag before pigeon dude stepped on it (I took the chance to also take a photo).

The pigeon flew around for a bit, walking here and there. I pictured those children stories about taking care of birds and make a make shift "bed" with the box my ukulele came in and a floor rag but who am I kidding, what happens in children stories stay in children stories, the pigeon ignored the "bird bed" and finally landed on the floor. To which, it started following me around, more specifically waddle around, more specifically, it was fixated on my toes, to be precised, it was chasing my toes. I walked around and around, to and fro of my computer table and it kept chasing my toes. When I put both my hands on the computer table to try and Facebook about it, it flies up to my stool, when I walk away, it jumps back onto the floor and chases my toes again. When I decided to stand still and see what it does, it pecked at my toenail! It really hits a nerve and tingles so I tucked my toes until my feet but it still tries to peck at them, so it pecks at my toes. I wanted to try and pick it up but it earlier when it was on my computer table it was fixated on my hands so I was worried it might peck my fingers.

My dad finally got back and calmly he picked up the pigeon. Surprisingly the pigeon was not afraid of my dad and let him pick it up. My dad then took it out to the front and also got it some rice grains for it to eat (my sister quickly went to get my dogs into their cages in case Patches decides to attack the pigeon) but the pigeon got upset and tried to fly back into the house. Even after closing the front door, the pigeon tried to fly in, then it got quiet. Turned out the pigeon flew back to the back of my house, to my window and tried to come in. After knocking into the window a few times, it finally gave up and hanged around like usual. My dad took the rice grains and water from earlier and place them by my window (on the retarded balcony thing). The pigeon took some water, not sure if it ate the rice, and hang around like normal. Then like usual, it left as the sun set, back to where it came from.

My dad commented about how the pigeon is actually well fed (not skinny) and not afraid of us. We're thinking that the pigeon is originally owned by someone else or is still owned by someone else. My dad also said that the pigeon is probably attracted to me already since it kept following me around and tried to fly back into the house to find me. He also kept saying how I will be experiencing something lucky soon. Anyway, I don't know how to keep birds as a pet so it kinda scares me. I just hope the pigeon will stay healthy as it is, and not come in again. Pigeons poop a lot (that's what I heard).

NEET

"Not in Education, Employment, or Training."

It's been a really long time now that I've been doing nothing. My mom's been bugging me to find a job but it's not that easy. So far I've haven't got any luck with the part-time jobs I've tried to apply for. Utterly jobless, everyday goes by a wasting.

Because everyone else is either already working or still studying, I've got nowhere to go, seeing as I've got no freedom of transport, and nothing to do.

I have a whole list of things to do (mostly read manga, watch anime, look at artworks), but I don't have to mood to start on them because it's the same routine everyday. I'm thinking of going out to do something but I don't know what.

With no car, I am stuck at home. What a waste of time.

Series of Random Thoughts

First off, I applied for a part-time job but I haven't been got back at yet. I'm nervous. I hope I get hired. I need to get off my computer as I've been wasting time in front of it for a long time already.

My convocation (or graduation ceremony) is around the corner. I'm nervous. And anxious.
A few weeks ago I went back to college to attend a post-mortem session for our graduation short films along with this year's final year students (who are gonna and are in the process of making their graduation short). I was surprised to how well my group's film turned out. When I saw the final product my group leader showed us the week before I thought, "Damn, we're just so-so." but on that day there were a few more changes and it turned out better than I expected. It went from a "So-so." to a "We did it!". Out of all the other groups, my group's short film manage to get quite a lot of laughs compared to the other groups I deemed better than us. After screening each film, Mr. Mike L. Murphy gave us his final comments on what we can fix to make our film better and stuff.

At the end my group leader wanted to make some changes according to Mike's suggestions so the next week I went to re-render the water simulation. I wasn't there when it came out; It took two days, my group leader said that there wasn't any difference so he's gonna leave it as it was in the final. So that's our short film done. I don't know when we're gonna promote it, I guess I gotta ask him soon. Right now it's only my group leader and me, the others are already working (Shyariman is MIA).

Recently I've been seeing quite a number of weeaboo posts on anime Facebook pages. I try to ignore them but there's so many I can't take it. They're so retarded, it really gets on my nerves. Image posts like,

"When people tell you to stop watching anime."

[Frozen movie screenshot]

"Don't you see... I can't."

Or

"Cartoon, Anime."

"Know the difference."

Or

[A series of images from Nisekoi anime]

"I can't hold all these feels."

Or this image post I saw just now, "Return of 2 Great Anime" and there's an image of DragonBall and Fairy Tail next to each other. Fairy Tail? Great? Are you kidding me? Sure it's a long running manga series, but "great"? Please. DragonBall is not that poor to be compared to Fairy Tail. It's not poor at all! It's out of Fairy Tail's league!

At first the 'Did You Know Anime' page was pretty informative, but sometimes it sprouts stuff that is bluntly obvious. Like names of characters and how they are related to their abilities or skills (DUH!). Or images posts comparing differences of the manga and anime. Those are okay but the comments are full of anime fans who don't know better.

The problem with anime industry now starts with the production companies making anime. Anime nowadays are just girls, boobs, panty shots, more girls and suggestive scenes. What happened to the story? A major turn of events from 2010 and 2014. In just 4 years, anime companies turn towards novels or manga with 'ecchi' as the tag, they take the core story, throw away the content and replace it with fan service. Absolute bullshit. Even Miyazaki Hayao made a comment about the anime industry not making quality anime. A big salute to the master!

Recently an internet phenomenon spawned, Twitch Plays Pokemon (TPP) became such a big hit there's a culture around it. At first it was pretty fun, it was a major chaos of madness in the classic Pokemon Red. But then the players started the TPP culture. Stories started spawning from the random and chaos of the game. "Praise the Helix!", "Anarchy" and "Democracy", those were fun at first but it turned into a monster. The memes and culture that grew around TPP started to poison the normal Pokemon videos. When I saw a comment on Pimpnite's WiFi battle videos saying, "How dare you use the false prophet.". I knew that was going over the line, TPP memes stay in TPP. The world of Pokemon games are not related to the TPP culture, and it seems some idiots cannot differentiate. After TPP completed the game, I started to see how the TPP culture is really stupid. Now I've lost the interest to check out the new TPP on Crystal.

People are ignorant. When I saw a Babymetal music video posted on 9Gag, I was curious to how the oblivious would react to one of Japan's fresh creations. Unsurprisingly, there are a lot of hate comments. Ignorance is such a pain in the ass.

There's a question that has been on my mind for a long time but I don't know how to put it in words. I've tried to word it but the responses I've gotten were just confusion. Time is such a convenient human perception but I am confused by it's beginning of each day and end of each night concept.

As we know, the Earth is round, keep that in mind. Thanks to time zones, we can tell the time of each country or city compared to one's own. Also, with time zones and the Earth's rotation, we know that the countries to the east is faster than countries to the west, with that, the east is sometimes a day ahead of the west. That all works with the 24 hour concept. Now recall that the Earth is round, east is faster than west and that we use a 24 hour concept. When the Earth is round, there must be a starting point of when the very first new day of a 'today' is, and that point is the end of the last 'yesterday'. Where is that point? And if you know where that point is, if you move back and forth within the boundaries of this point, does this mean you are technically traveling forward or backward in time (it's just technical, in terms of numbers, not physical)? Or you your brain just gave up on what I just said. I think I will try to word that properly in a different post.

A Little Reunion

Last Friday I joined a small gathering of my Standard 6 classmates. Jessie had created an event page and Jackie invited the whole class but only nine of us turned up. It was okay. Jackie was saying how every reunion we have, we always see the same faces. At our reunion, there was Jessie, Jackie, Sureen, Stephanie, Seng Keat, Hon Keat, Vincent, Josh and me. We had dinner at Kitchen Creatures at Centerpoint. During the dinner we talked about all kinds of things (as usual I did mostly listening). There was some discussion about Jackie's engagement, we talked about our studies and a bunch of stuff; Clearly I cannot remember everything, it was an amalgamation of talk. After dinner we moved to McDonald's to continue our talk because the table at Kitchen Creatures was long, we couldn't talk to each other efficiently. At McDonald's Jackie got three round tables together so that we can sit in a circle. We basically did some catching up and idle chat. It was a good change of pace for me. My Standard 6 class reunions are so far the best reunions I've had. We get to talk to each other so easily despite not seeing each other for up to ten years. Why yes, it's been ten years already. I hope to see them again soon. The next time will be Jessie's Chinese New Year open house. Jackie was making sure we go for the open house before we dismissed the reunion. Haha.

A New Year, An Update From Last Year & This Year

It's been a long time since I last updated this blog simply because nothing interesting happened. Oh wait, Comic Fiesta happened, and I totally forgot to blog about it. Reason? I was too engrossed with stuff that I forgot. So here it is.

Starting off:

Comic Fiesta 2013
What happened this year? A lot of people were complaining about CF Volunteer's attitudes, crowds, queues, people who cut queues, special tag abuse and so on. As for me, I was completely oblivious to all that because I was at my booth 90% of the time, both days.

At first I thought I wasn't going to have a booth because all booths were already booked 8 minutes after the booking list was opened. But a month before CF, Wee informed me that he got a booth and was looking for people, that was absolutely great news because I got used to being at a booth at CF that I got scared from the thought of waiting in line to go in, also I often AGC events so much I don't know what to do besides looking at booths, stage performances, meet friends and get bored (fast). The only stuff I got to sell are the Pokeball badges I printed months ago, which I first sold at AniManGaki before.

On Day1, I met up with Ang Yu at the Kelana Jaya LRT station with my goods and we went to KLCC together. Kin Yen would be joining us later after his exam at college. For this year, I decided not to cosplay because, I was too lazy and it would be a hassle as I decided to stay at the booth. Along the way, Laura called me to check if I was at the event halls already or not, which was a surprise to me because Wee couldn't confirm who was sharing the booth besides the two of us. This got complicated when I found out that Baddie and Misaki didn't inform Wee properly that they were bringing their goods to sell as well. But that problem was relieved soon after.

Laura got me into the halls with the pass upon my arrival at the halls and we quickly set up our booth. Our right side neighbor were two friendly adults, Shirley and [I am bad at remembering names], from Indonesia. Because I set up on the left side of the booth I didn't talk to them that much, Laura and Wee chatted with them mostly.

Now this is where the fun part begins. I had advertised my Pokeball badges on Facebook before so a lot of people came looking forward to purchasing my badges. Before we even finished setting up, a Pokemon Club member from my college's Pokemon (unofficial) club from the Penang campus came to our booth. We chatted a little in the Facebook Group page before so she was aware of my badges and immediately bought a badge from me. My very first customer of the day. Yay!

Besides putting up my badges, I also put up a sign asking for an Iron Key from Pokemon Black 2 version and an offer to exchange DS friend codes to expand our Friend Safari in Pokemon X and Y versions. Overall, it was a success. A lot of friendly people came to exchange friend codes and bought my badges. A lot of friends came to see me too. Baddie and Misaki started to call them "JY's friend No.34590" and such. I appreciate it a lot, to all my friends who came to my booth to see and bought our stuff, thank you very much. The default Pokeball badge got sold out before Day1 art booth section came to a close. I had sets packed before so they became kinda limited. Despite missing breakfast and lunch and also missing out a lot of badges that I wanted to buy (they sold out so fast!), it was a great day. A lessons I learned, when you get pushed to your limit, when you are so hungry and tired, you start calling people by the wrong name.

I stayed over at Kin Yen's house that night and he introduced me to Murni, the mamak fusion I've always been hearing about. It was great.

On Day2, I went prepared. I bought bread and took them into the booth with me. I also got Kin Yen to help me buy some sushi. I went over to Meis' booth and collected the Pokemon t-shirts I ordered and bought a few badges. Then rest of the day was the same. Meeting a lot of people, sitting around, looking at cosplays. Loverin Tamburin was live on stage that day but unfortunately she's not so popular so there were not that many people watching her performance. I felt disappointed that I could not leave the booth because my badges were too difficult for Wee and the others to handle.

My Master Balls got sold out on this day. Some people I met from Day1 came back. One guy tried to give me the Iron Key but some how it failed to transfer over to me. I was very grateful and thanked him so much. I was so close to getting my full PokeDex.

On both days, I frequent my friends' booths, especially Snow and Loli and Meis. On Day1, Loli was cosplaying as Pearl Fey and she said she was disappointed that I was not cosplaying. Because last year I cosplayed as Phoenix Wright. I decided that I'll cosplay Hobo Wright this year, too many friends are asking me to do it and it sparked my interest.

Having a booth is the new thing I look forward to at ACG events. It's what keeps the experience fresh. I can't wait for the next event.

Steam, they make your wallets empty.
Christmas was around the corner and Steam started it's Holiday Sale and Dota2 introduced it's Frostivus 2013, Wraith Night. Now, the reason I forgot to post about Comic Fiesta is Wraith Night. In Wraith Night, you earn fragments after each successful round and you can redeem items with those fragments. Thing is, after winning a whole game, you only get 900 plus fragments, and the cheapest box you can redeem is 2250 fragments (uncommon), the other being 8000 fragments for a rare box. Together with usually Mal, Emma and Yati, we farmed and farmed fragments. Everyday was Wraith Night. I think the only time I didn't play was during Comic Fiesta and that one day when I was out.

While I'm at it, I spent a couple bucks buying games on Steam, since there's a sale, and my wallet had been crying. Throughout the whole sale, I got Skullgirls, Draw a Stickman: EPIC, Surgeon Simulator 2013, Viscera Cleanup Detail: Santa's Rampage, Audiosurf, Terraria, Super Hexagon, RUSH, EDGE, Mirror's Edge and the best of all, PAYDAY 2. I spent about 60+ bucks on these games. The most frustrating thing about the Steam Holiday Sale is the Flash Sales and Daily Deals they offer, those things suck. That day when I bought Surgeon Simulator 2013 at 50% off, it was on the Daily Deals, at 75% off, 5 hours after I bought it. Absolute bullshit.

It's Penang, again.
My family went back to Penang after Christmas to visit my grandparents like usual. It's the usual sit around at home passing the time, or going out to malls with grandparents and (I love this part) lots of food. This time round, we went sightseeing, the main target were the wall paintings. My mom wanted to see them all but because she always wastes time at one painting (two photos is not enough), my dad and I got impatient and we made a lot of noise about wanting to go back. My dad met one of his old school friends, his class monitor from secondary school, who is running a batik museum at the UNESCO World Heritage site. Along the rows of houses (empty or made into shops) at the site, my parents would point out the previous homes of their childhood friends. My dad knew the place better, he remembers the stationary shops his friends' parents ran, the places they would play at together and the food they'd go to eat after that. Now the place is bustling with tourists.

H---- New Year
We came back on the 31st early in the morning because my sister and I made plans to celebrate new year's with our friends. I was going to sleepover at Kar Loke's place. The plan was to go to his house at 6pm and spend time until the countdown. We had no plans to go to malls or something because I don't wanna get caught in the middle of a massive crowd. But my mom dragged me along to spend time before I go off with my friends, I was okay with that. I had lunch with my parents and my youngest sister (my younger sister went to see her friends already). We went to Daiso to took around and then disaster struck.

When my mom went to Tesco to get me Maxis top-ups. My youngest sister brought up that she wants to go out with her friends. She's been doing that pretty much the whole day but my mom is not letting her go because she's got no transport back home and also, my mom won't let her sleepover because school reopens the day after. My youngest sister got into a fit and started blabbing her mouth away, crying and being her annoying self. Our car was parked in Ikea so my mom had to go buy something for the free parking fee. I was very late already and we kept getting held back because of my youngest sister's ramblings. My parents were already on her bad side but she still kept whining and sobbing. As we left Ikea, my dad exploded and shouted at her in the car. This was the first time in my life I've seen my dad so angry before. I've done a lot of stupid things that got my dad angry at me but I've never made him this angry. But my oh my, my sister sure does not know the meaning of death. My sister continues to talk back at my parents and make bad remakes as my dad gets more and more furious. I transformed from being happy that my parents are finally scolding my youngest sister to fear of my dad's raging temper. When my dad dropped me off at Murni where my friends were already at, I was relieved that I got to get away from the amount of anger going on in the car. I could not imagine what happened after that. I didn't even dare to ask about what happened.

Quiet New Year, Barbecue Dinner
And so, I had dinner at Murni together with Yati, Josh, Kar Loke and Melvin. I told them about what happened, why I was late and stuff. We then left that topic out and had our dinner. To my surprise, Laura was at the restaurant too. I chatted with her a little, and she reminded me about a dinner she had arranged as a little gathering for our classmates. After dinner, together with the others we walked to Kar Loke's house. There we played games to pass the time. I couldn't join in Dota2 because my Mac does not have the specs to play it. We lazed around until we heard fireworks. We went out to try and see any fireworks but all we could see were the lights from the fireworks. Within the housing area, trees were blocking the sky so we went out, the fireworks were too far away so the short buildings were blocking the fireworks, much to our disappointment. We went back to the house and continued. After that Melvin and Josh went back home. I remembered a news report about some people planning to hold a riot to protest against the new tax policy and the increase in price of many items. I also heard that some malls did not have any firework display or lack of crowds. I guess it was quite the quiet New Year celebration this year.

So the next day, Kar Loke woke Yati and me up at 10.30am. Which is a bummer because we went to sleep at 4am. And I usually wake up at 12pm (2pm after I decide to sleep some more). We went out to Ikea to have breakfast and shop for our barbecue. Because Yati and I dilly-dallied, we were late for the Ikea breakfast so we ate at the cafe downstairs instead. After that we went to Tesco and then Centerpoint to get all the things we needed. Then we headed back to Kar Loke's house and spend time again. I lent Yati my 3DS to play Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies. I just passed the time playing Super Hexagon because that's the only game on Steam my Mac has space for to download.

Later in the afternoon, Josh and Melvin came. We then headed out to the barbecue pits and started to start the fire. The sky was dark and it drizzled a little (very little) but luckily it didn't rain. Yu Beng later came and we got a fire going. Chia Kuui later came with his plus-one and Luke came later. We had cocktails, bacon, button mushrooms, marshmallows, chicken patties (not a good idea) and popcorn. After the meal we went to Kar Loke's room and played Dota2 but hosting nine people with one internet connection failed to keep us in game. Luke, Kuui, Yu Beng, Josh and Melvin soon left. My parents couldn't get me home so I had to put another night at Kar Loke's place. Yati joined in now that he had a reason to stay longer, Ace Attorney.

After New Year Breakfast
The next morning, Kar Loke woke Yati and I up at 9.30am. We were gonna have breakfast with Yu Beng and Melvin. I wasn't sure where we were going so I just tagged along. But it turns out we were going to the SS15's famous pork noodle shop. I didn't really want to eat there but we were there already and I was hungry. I have to admit, the pork noodles there is good but the price just went up. If I knew we were gonna eat pork noodles I would have guided Yu Beng to the one at Kepong where I usually eat with my family. It's cheaper and the meat proportions are bigger there. Oh well. After breakfast Yu Beng dropped us back at Kar Loke's place. My dad later picked me up in the afternoon and we dropped Yati back home.

Hey Dinner!
I went for that dinner Laura invited me to. It was a small gathering for our classmates back in college. A small number of us turned up but it was good. There was Laura, Chia, Wee, Kai, KW, Ann Nee, Wilson, Sim Yen and me (duh). I went there early and had to pass the time. Where is a good place besides Popular? I didn't want to spend money at Starbucks or Chatime to use the internet so I went back to my roots. I looked around at the mystery, new arrivals, classics and thriller sections, at first trying to find any of Agatha Christie's works but to no avail. I then settled for the World War Z novel and read it away. After some time, Wee found me and he picked out a self-help book. After a bit some time, Laura contacted Wee and we went off to meet with her.

Everyone got together pretty fast (except Kai, he was stuck in a jam) and Laura urged us to decide on a place to eat, she asked, "Japanese (Sushi Zanmai) or Italian (Capricciosa)?" and we were to vote. It was a difficult decision for me, both sounded equally good so I was okay with either but Laura won't let me go with the flow, if I said anything, it would be Pasta Zanmai, which also a great choice to me. Still, Laura wanted me to pick one so I went with Italian. The final decision was Capricciosa. We took our time eating and chatting with each other. Like usual, I don't talk a lot so Kai blabbed his way at me. We stayed until closing time and we moved to some benches and chatted some more, a lot of random things. I like gatherings like this.

The Multiple of Eleven
So I turned 22. I initially had no plans whatsoever, I was gonna not celebrate my birthday but that felt too sad. I was also indecisive to whether celebrate with my school friends or my college friends. In the end I went with my school friends because most of my college buddies are already working. I got Yati, Josh, Kar Loke, Yu Beng, Kuui and Melvin, the usual, to have lunch. At first I wanted to eat at Chili's but the others had suggestions. After a visit to the ATM machine, I decided on Yati's suggestion, the new Shabu Ten restaurant and boy it was a good choice. Kuui was running late with his plus-one so we went ahead.

There was a grand opening discount and also because it's still new, there's no time limit. Yati's brother and father were there too. We sat at different tables obviously. The moment we sat down and our soup boiling, were dishing in plate after plate after plate of various meat, seafood and vegetables. After about two hours of continuous eating (Was it two hours? It felt like two hours.), Melvin was making a fuss about leaving already. I was a little disappointed because I wanted to eat some more. I didn't even get to take more than three cups of ice-cream! I forgot about the cake I planned to get from Secret Recipe because of the buffet.

With no idea what to do next, Melvin suggested we play Dota2. Honestly I was against the idea but I had nothing to do until my mom can fetch me. I would have sat at some place and quietly enjoy a drink but with so many people, I don't think everyone can sit still and just idle chat over a drink. After the discussion, Kar Loke dropped Kuui and me at Orange, a cybercafe Melvin said was good. The both of us ended up wasting our time and money (Kuui's money, he paid for me since it's my birthday) when Melvin can't join the game.

Putting the Dota Disaster out of the picture, I had a great birthday because buffet and birthday sounds really good together, and they rhyme!

So that's all. END