Stuff@School Stage 2

Hi, Humans! *Steps aside as you shower rocks upon me* What? Don't give me that look. I realize I've been missing since Big Bad Wolf struck. Well, don't. Don't cry! I didn't do it on purpose!

I was overseas at Thailand and I spent my Christmas with my Grandparents as usual in my hometown, Changlun, Kedah. SO I DIDN'T HAVE THE CHANCE TO BLOG.

Forgive me? :'(

So do you see the photo up there? The one where my name is spelled out gigantically? I made it. I'm proud to say. :)

But of course, I stole borrowed the background picture off Tumblr. It's so grungy, right? I basically added the words myself. My family and friends helped me a lot with the words. Cause well, I can't see my own 'good qualities' :P

It's actually for Stuff@School, which is a pullout from The Star Newspaper, focused on teens still at school. And they have this #StarStruck2013 program. It's a program where teens all over Malaysia get to sign up and they get to be journalists for this specific pullout.

AND I AM PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT I MADE IT THROUGH THE FIRST STAGE!!! *CONFETTI*

I was supposed to send a 500 word article that screamed PICK ME! And as usual, I ended up sending it on the last day. Then i realized that they actually extended the deadline! But nevertheless, I wrote a poem. Here it is.

I have a voice. 

I want to voice it out. 

I want to make a change in this world. 

I have a dream.

I want to live it out. 

I want to be more than just a girl.

I have a spirit.

I want to seek out the truth

I want to set it free and soar.

I have an idea.

Why not you put me through.

So you can read more? 

Peace out and Peace be with you.

Hmmm. I'm unsure what mood I was in when I was writing this. Desperate? BadAss? Lol, I don't know :P

So then I was super ecstatic when I found out I made it through on Christmas Eve! I saw it HERE! <-- clicky="clicky" p="p">
Yes, so I had to make a graphic with my name on it. And it had to scream out my good qualities. Umm. Yeah.

So apparently I'm supposed to ask people to LIKE this on facebook :/ I don't like this act. I think it screams desperation. Because my juniors and camwh*res do it alot on Facebook and I find it downright annoying. But then on the other hand, I'm terrified that I wont make it through the next round. Oh gosh. Dilemma dilemma dilemma. :(

So yeah. Here's the link:

Noel's StarStruck2013 Graphic Entry

Okay. I'm beat. I'll try to blog about Chiang Rai soon. Meanwhile, here's a nice picture of me. Because it's my blog, that's why.

Okay. Bye. 

I'm so nervous. 

Angel

Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf?

*ArrWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!*

Guess what? Big Bad Wolf is right at my backyard!!!

I'm not kidding. 

Okay, fine. It's not directly in my backyard, I don't have a backyard. But it is very near to my whereabouts!  Which I will not reveal to you for specific reasons :P 

It's held at Mines Convention Centre (MIECC) and it is AMAZING :) 

Last year, I missed it because... Well, because I didn't know it existed. 

And this year, I made sure I didn't miss it! :D 

On the first day (7/12/2012), me and my Bro (birthday boy!) ventured to the Big Bad Wolf Book Sale! :) 

I didn't know what to expect when I stepped inside the hall. I honestly didn't. 

*MINDBLOOOOOOOOOWN*

30 million books. No kidding. 

Well, I was shocked to see the price of the books. RM 8 for a novel that cost me RM 39.90?? WHAT THE BOKKKINEDDYMADDACHO??? 

I went crazy. I bought 16 novels and books on the first day. *Photo up later* And Bro too :D He bought so many of his graphic novels! Marvel, mostly. He couldn't find any Batman graphic novels. And he was sad :D 

Then I bumped into Joyanne! We seriously didn't mean to bump into each other xD As usual, we camwh*red :D

Umm. We went with my Dad again on the third day! (9/12/2012) And we bought more books xD We as in me, my dad and my brother! All of us bought books :P 

The awkward moment when I bumped into my Troop Leader of Scouts. -.- So awkward :( Sorry!

So I bought 14 more books :P And this is the result. 

I think I spent RM200 on books! 

I was soooo happy to be able to find the book Ballad and Forever by Maggie Stiefvater! I was meaning to force my relatives to buy it as my Christmas present. But now I get to force them to choose something more expensive for me! xD 

Well, I think I gained a lot from this awesome book fair, but BEWARE: Big Bad Wolf Book Sale does NOT sell new books and ultimately best-selling books like- Harry Potter, Twilight etc.. So be wise when you choose :) 

Okay. I'll upload the pictures when I get the memory card back xD 

Kay, bye! Big Bad Wolf Rocks! -\m/

Peace out and Peace be with you! 

Howlin' Angel

Wave It!

Dear Humans, 

You might be wondering where the heck I went. Um well, I would like to say I was busy, but in fact, I'm not :P 

I honestly don't know what I have been doing. Reading, perhaps. Or television? I'm not exactly sure. I just know that my holidays are slipping away and I haven't blogged any important stuff yet.

Sorry! 

If I don't manage to blog, then I can't be the blame, right? :P 

Well, I wanna update on the Big Bad Wolf Book Sale, but I'm not sure if I have time or not. Be patient, okay? :) 

I IZZ HAPPEH :D 

I'll explain why on the Big Bad Wolf Post ;) 

Lalalalalalala~ Sing a happy song~ I love Bart Simpson! Wave yo' hands!!! WOOHOOOOOOO

Boo Yah. I IZZ KEWL. 

Love, 

Your Angel 

I'm A Smartphone-less Teenager

Welcome, to the 21st century.

Where handphones are flat, rectangular and contains less buttons than a hobo's jacket. 21st century people navigate their phones using only a flick of a finger. They no longer need the availability of a camera, an alarm clock, a music player, calendar, and diary.

Yes. This is the Smartphone.

These two are the most popular phones people yearn to get. iPhone 5 on the left, and Samsung Galaxy S3 on the right.

Here in the 21st century, beware when you are on the road. People prefer to look at their phones rather than what's going on on the road. They don't speak to people beside them. Instead, they IM (instant message), DM (direct message), PM (private message) them. They can be in a room where there is no conversation, only the buzz of notifications. Their phones have more clothes than themselves.

Welcome to the era of Smartphones.

As some of you know, I do not own a Smartphone. You can read from my post here, that I am still using my beloved Sony Ericson Zylo. You can read me getting my phone here: My New Phone!

The amount of shock I receive when I tell people I don't own a Smartphone. "Seriously? But why? Why don't you get one?"

And I'm like --> (-.-')

Then they ask but you have Instagram! And your self shots involves the use of Smartphone apps! And you play Smartphone games!

And I just smile and shrug.

Obviously, they're my friends, who are all lucky enough to have Smartphones. They chat endlessly using Whatsapp, Viber and whatnot. Not just my usual group of friends in school. But also my Church friends. They all have Smartphones and I'm like, clutching my cute slide phone and smiling into it.

This world is like, dominatied by Smartphones. Especially amongst youngsters.

So I had this conversations amongst my group of friends one day. "A" had just recently lost her Samsung Galaxy S2 phone so we were asking her about it. Here goes:

Me: "So which new phone are you getting?"
A: "Umm, I don't think I'll be getting a Samsung phone."
Me: "Oh? Really?" *starts getting really really exited* I was just about to say 'Welcome to the club!'
B: "Not Samsung? You getting an iPhone?"
And A nodded meekly.

I was dumbstruck. Obviously, I had expected her to get an un-smartphone, or more commonly known as Dumbphone, But she upgraded. Okay. Then I felt even more cooler.

I guess what I'm trying to express here is that I'm a Hipster. A Hipster who doesn't use mainstream Smartphones ;)

Gah. This post seemed better written in my brain. *Sigh*

Look up from your Smartphones and see how beautiful our world is, friends. Not the Cyber World, but the REAL World. The one our forefathers helped create.

Well um. I guess I should stop. I have to study, unfortunately. *Sigh*

Maybe I'll do a tuition post tomorrow. Its in my brain. Depends on how I put it on paper.

Bye guys. Look up from your Smartphone!

Peace out and Peace be with you.

Smartphone-less Angel

Tepuk Tepuk Pengakap

Hi Humans! :)

You might've noticed it, you might've not. I've recently joined Nuffnang! Its this platform where they give you ads, you put them on your blog, people come and click it, and you earn money! Easy as PIE right? LOL, no. i tried so ASDFGHJKL hard last night. How many freaking hours spent just placing my butt in front of the laptop and trying to freaking just sign in. Because Nuffnang seems to think that I already signed up. But when I log in, they refuse to send me the password. Arrgghhhh. Then after hours of placing the ads on my blog, I realized I misread the instructions and I felt like killing myself. Sometimes, its really wrong to act smart. *sigh*

So, conclusion. I still don't know how Nuffnang works. So, if you like me. And you want me to be rich. CLICK on those damn ads! :) Thank you and stuff.

I guess. I just wanted to voice out the fact that I miss Scouts. I miss it a lot. So, so much. 

I miss the campfires.

I miss the sour scent of sweat. 

I miss the heat from perfect sunshine.

I miss the musky scent of burnt wood. 

I miss the drowsy night watches. 

I miss the last-minute dramas.

I miss the confusion during drills. 

I miss the awkwardness of sleeping with girls you barely know. 

I miss the feeling of ice-cold stream water. 

I miss the fear of leeches. 

I miss the uncontrollable laughter together. 

I miss the cheeky teasing. 

I miss the scout songs. 

I miss the un-practiced dance around the fire. 

I miss the feel of the navy blue pants. 

I miss the cheekiness of sneaking snacks. 

I miss the thrill of screaming yells and claps.

I miss the feel of mud soaking into your skin.

I miss the joy of winning best patrol. 

I miss the rightness of following my leader. 

I miss the wrongness when being punished by seniors.

I miss the craziness of singing scout songs in the rain. 

I miss the silence of nature during night walks. 

I miss the bad cooking we cook.

I miss the smiles.

I miss Scouts. 

Obviously, we're not as cool as this but you get the idea of a 'campfire'.

If you're wondering, my title means literally: Clap Clap Scouts. It basically means the commando clap. When I scream that command, you have to clap: tak-tak-taktaktak-taktaktaktak-taktak. 

If any of the Scouts are reading this. You might ask me: "Why don't you come back? We never said you weren't part of us."

Unfortunately its not as simple as that. I would of course blame it on my parents. They don't understand why their daughter wants to get tortured by seniors in the sun. They don't understand why their daughter is willing to do so much for something that is so useless. 

They don't understand. 

But of course. I am the one to blame. It is my fault that my grades slipped because of 'over-activity' in Scouts. *sigh* I tried to save my grades. I tried. But not hard enough. 

And I'm not sure I'll be able to even go to the Shiang Yang campfire :( I really wanna go. But parents said no more camps. Even if I've paid a hundred ringgit. for it. *Sigh*

Enough ranting. I should be showing you how much I love and miss scouts. 

I miss this :) So fond of this. 

I wanted to find pictures. But I realize I've been so inactive, I don't have super duper epic photos with them. *Sigh*

So here's our Father: Baden Powell. He's the man. The very first man. Or boy. Cause he came up with the idea of Boy Scouts. Whatever. He's awesome. 

"The real way to gain happiness is to give it to others."

- Baden Powell

My hero is so wise :) 

I want to be able to wear my beautiful scarf again. Seriously. I want to wear my untouched uniform again with pride and glory. 

At the ASEAN Jamboree 2010

Awkward silence.

Peace, Love, Respect. 

Listen to this song! Its my favourite scout song! :)

Shaliwali shaliwali OOMPA OOMPA OOMPA! 

Missing Scouts Angel

I Have Chocolate in My Hair

Well, not now. I washed it off. It sounds so cool, right? I have Chocolate in my hair. But no. It was gross and icky.

 I was eating a late breakfast this morning and it was a Chocolate donut from J-Co. There was Chocolate smothered on the outside, and chocolate cream inside. I followed the instructions on the box, I was supposed to put the donut inside the microwave for 8 seconds. But being the badass that I was, I put it two seconds more, just because I could.

So I sat down on the couch, placing my butt in a comfortable position, donut in hand, ignoring the plate, because I'm badass like that. I bit inside the donut. I was just soaring up in the sky from the taste of Chocolate when I felt something wet. On my shirt.

*Cue dramatic music.*

I looked down. And there was a whole glob of liquid Chocolate in my hair. I stared at it as it slowly, menacingly slid down my hair. "Oh heck.", I thought to myself. In my retarded response, I squealed like a retard. And with that squeal, more liquid Chocolate dripped down. Oh dear.

Being the idiot who puts food first instead of hygiene, I finished the donut first. But now with a plate underneath.

If you're wondering, yes, I did wash the chocolate off. And after trying various methods, I realized that one cannot remove Chocolate with just a damp cloth. You have to use shampoo. *Sigh*

The only positive that the Chocolate incident brought was that I ended up smelling like Chocolate for the whole day. And I was smelling my hair all through tuition. Which made me feel like an absolute pervert.

Lesson Learned: Never ever put the donut in the microwave for more than 8 seconds. No matter hoe badass you think you are.

Hi everyone! Did you enjoy the story on how I ended up smelling like Chocolate? :) Ahahahaha. I enjoyed writing about it. But staring at the picture of the Chocolate... *Drool*

Well, actually I wanted to blog about how grateful I am at my friends who took the trouble to click and read my last post, which was the I Say Jamboree You Say Rock post, which was about Holy Family Church's 2012 Jamboree. You can click on the coloured words if you haven't read it. But its really long.

I wanna thank Amelia, Teressa, Eric, Nicholas, and Michael for reading the last post (and maybe even reading the rest of my blog! *Gasp! Shock! Horror!*) And of course, my usual stalkers (you know who you are ;]) thank you for reading up regularly even though some of ya'll don't even have a blogger account :)

I was so super friggin excited last night :) Because once I shared my post on Facebook, suddenly the views just came pouring in, Oh My Goodness. I was shocked. Cause I didn't expect this to happen.

I mean, I'm just a normal girl who blogs a lot but isn't even making money from her blog. I always blog but no one responds. Seriously. I ask my readers to leave a comment at my ChatBox at the right of my blog, or even comment below, but no one is doing it. Instead, my ChatBox is being spammed by them so-called 'Blogwalkers'. *Sigh*

Anyway. I feel happy. So so happy. That lots of people read my blog. Even though it was just that one post. :)

I was so touched when Eric said that he shed tears when he read my blog. And Teressa too, for smiling all the way when she read my blog. And also Nicholas, who almost teared up. :)

You guys have no idea what it means to me when you guys read what I write.

And now I am crazy paranoid for all the grammar mistakes I made in my previous posts.

I want to write and touch people. That's what I want to do. 

I need books. I really need books. I'll blog about what I want for Christmas soon! *Hint! hint!*

Kay. Bye :) Just needed to let out some steam.

I don't have tuition tomorrow! Yay!

More on tuition maybe tomorrow :D

Peace out and Peace be with you ☮

Chocholatey Angel