I told you she was fake, but nooooo....

.....you wouldn't listen.

Hah!

Basic Instructions.

Basic Instructions is an awesome webcomic.


And here's a sample. It isn't the funniest one there, but it was the last one I read. Oh, and the last panel is full of win.

http://www.basicinstructions.net/2008/02/how-to-deal-with-someone-who-doesnt.html


The point of this post? There is none.

Mother's Day this Sunday, folks.

Queensland State Championships

This would probably not interest you regular 20secondslapse readers/authors, but I had to post it somewhere, and between this and my badminton blog, this seemed the more appropriate place.

So I woke up t 5:30am to catch a taxi, a bus and a 40 minute train to some ulu place that seemed like 100KM south of Brisbane. After arriving, I realized that I was early, and had to wait outside the doors before they were opened. The next one hour was spent trying to organize the tables, food, registrations, before the Queensland Scrabble State Championships could begin.

Game 1: Lorraine

The game started neck to neck before I spotted JeOPARDY through a R. She then immediately struck back with a bingo, two over 50 power tile scores, and another bingo in 4 consecutive moves to throw me way behind. Spent 15 minutes on the last move trying to find a place for my MUNNIES, but the board was too blocked up. Eventually lost 409-340. Definitely not the start I intended.

Game 2: Rita

The benefit of losing the first game is that you get thrown way down the King of the Hill rankings, and get paired against a weaker player for the second and third rounds. Got SALTIER to win 362-251.

Game 3: Carol

She started off strongly, leading by 50 points all the way until she had to change and I put down AlIMONY. She retaliated with SQUIRMS to pull slightly ahead, but I finished strongly with NIXE (47) to clinch the game by 319-309.

Game 4: Trish

She is the highest rated player in our division, I am told. So logically, I should play conservative and block. For whatever reason, I decided gung ho open up, and for whatever reason, this worked so superbly I got the highest score of the tournament. I score big with BEADIER (78), TRADERS (75), ANTIsERA (82), supported by ZOA (40), DEX (49) and JUTE (40) to win 482-229.

At this stage it was lunch, and I had a feeling the tile faerie will reverse my luck.

Game 5: Erika

At this stage, I was playing the leader, Erika. I was told that she was the second highest rated player in my division, and she was ‘damn good’. No fear, I play gung ho like the previous game. And gung ho it was. Two successive bingos ThRONED and STONIER put me ahead by 100 points, but her power tiles in the late game managed to pull her close. I eventually won 373-351.

Game 6: Sharon

After dislodging the leader, I played the other leader in our division. It was a tight game all the way, with no bingos, but I eventually lost 372-355.

Game 7: Wendy

Notice a trend here how all my opponents seem to be women? At this stage I had a slight fever, but ploughed on bravely. Her two successively bingos and power tiles took her 200 points ahead of me by the 6^th move, but I never gave up and kept smiling. The tournament organizers gave me a gift for continuously smiling even though I was 200 points down. My spectacular comeback did materialize however, with my bingo STAINER and SATIRES and stinker XI, but her powerful outplay but her firmly out of my reach. Lost 397-353, but earned the praise of many for not giving up :D.

During the break, when Glenys Logan called the tile fairy a ‘bitch’, I wholeheartedly concurred.

Game 8: Jeanette

Another woman continues my spectacular collapse. She bingoed early on with SEQUOIa (94) and extended it to SEQUOIAS with her JUTES to score (52) in the next turn. Desperately trying to save the game, she pulled ahead with another bingo which scored her 68 points. Lost the game 462-338.

From 4-1 to 4-4. From near first place to god knows where. Fucking brilliant.

Game 9: Trevor

Finally, a guy. This Trevor was extremely friendly and funny. When I opened with JOCKS for 52, he commented: and I thought this was going to be a friendly game. At this stage I was extremely exhausted, and just opened the board and powered my way through, much to the dismay of Trevor. Got LENDERS and RAZED for 65 and 45 respectively. However, when I noticed that he was keeping a blank, and although I did not tile track, had the feeling he was going to attempt to outplay me by a bingo, I closed up all the openings that I opened. I think he noticed that too, and tried to open up. I did it just in time to prevent him from outplaying with a SEAGIT? Rack, to win 397-280.

And you thought the excitement for the day stopped there. Of course not. Exhausted, I took the 40 minute train back to Brisbane. On the train, I met an extremely cute Korean girl that attempted conversation. You know Victor is very exhausted when he doesn’t make a conscious effort to try to flirt with a woman, especially one who likes the music of Big Bang. Fell asleep on the train, but was woken up by the nice Korean girl when the train reached my station.

At the railway station, I was supposed to wait 30 minutes for a bus, but decided to hail a cab. After 10 minutes of failed hailing of a cab, I finally called the taxi company to send a cab my way (for a 2 dollar surcharge: I initially wanted to save the 2 dollars…stingy university students ma…). On my way back to my unit, I suddenly had diarrhea and had to stop at a toilet on the way back.

And now I am typing this on my 40 minute train ride to my second day of the Queensland State Championships – This tournament is certainly shaping up to be the most eventful of all tournaments I have ever been to!

Am typing this just after I’ve missed my train and have to wait 30 minutes for the next one.

Game 10: Svendt

He puts the first bingo down, DEcORATE for 72 before I retaliate with PaLMERS for 75. We then trade power tile moves with ZEA for 48 and DIX for 40. My SOLVITE* got challenged off, and he bingos the next move. Lose 422-325. Definitely not the start I want.

Game 11: Arnold

I open with 3 unusable (literally) racks when he powers tiles his way to a 50 point lead. I eventually pull back with a 78 point bingo. When he challenged it and I got up, I accidently saw that he had a J on his rack. The next move, he tried to bingo futilely with a word without J. My suspicion is that he is keeping tiles. Win eventually by trapping him with both Vs (351-301).

Game 12: Anne

My karma in this game was at its all time low. She bingos 4 times, got all power tiles to win 421-330. I managed to bingo once, but was too depressed to write it down.

At this point I am 6-6 and I am depressed. But then the most extraordinary this happens.

Game 13: Keith

I feel bad for bullying this man by time pressuring him. His score got deducted by 40 as a result of the time penalty. I, on the other hand, got NAILERS, EXIDE and AZON for 72, 50 ad 48 to win comfortably by 384-236.

Game 14: Anne

I was drawn against the player with the least wins in my division as a result of the no repeat rule. She applies a brilliant strategy of restricting my (perceived) bingo power, but I eventually manage to win by trapping her with the Q and both Vs by 308-268.

Game 15: Noni

Noni is the leader and eventual winner of this tournament. She has been undefeated all day, and played an open game, much to my delight. I open with GLEANERS and ENTAILED for 71 and 70 respectively to bring my score to 223-106 after round 4. I follow up with VoTings for 83 to defeat her for the first time today at 435-390.

Game 16: Sharon

That’s right, the same Sharon from day 1. Everyone was asking me to ‘kick her arse’… Apparently she is not too popular over here. I bingo with ANTIAiR and ARRESTS to win 437-252.

Game 17: Trish

This is the same Trish from day 1 whom I beat by 250+ points. When she found out she had got me, she cried in dismay. I told her that it would be a good time for her to exact her revenge. Apparently the tile gods liked me better. My ZO, WAILeRS and XI managed to get 69,72 and 53 points respectively for me to win by 483-298.

I ended up at 4^th place, but could have gotten 2^nd place if Noni won her last game and Trevor lost his last game. So I go home empty handed and nearly broke. Mission failed.

One note about the players in division 2: Division 2 players in Australia are not as ‘easy’ as division 2 players in Malaysia. Don’t pray pray with them! They are extremely lethal with very impressive word knowledge/strategy. But I was glad I was able get from 6-6 to 11-6 with sweeping wins. The average age of the players on the other hand, is perhaps 4 times mine.

In the masters division, Chris May amazingly won 16/17 games to beat a strong field of Joanne Craig, Bob Jackman, Olga Visser to the title.

Number of bingos: 24 (Average 1.4 per game)

Average points scored each game: 355

Average points per move: 21.4

I think those are OK statistics.

Do you think monkeys speak French?

It is generally inadvisable to slip on a banana peel strategically positioned next to an upright katana.

Even if you are not a video game character.

C'est la vie.

TWACK : 5 Great Reasons.

You take the breath right out of me.

You left a hole where my heart should be.

You got to fight just to make it through,
'cause I will be the death of you.

- breath

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Five good reasons why you need to play your part this 22nd April.

1. My sister & her family plus my niece stay in Australia.

No I don't want them to get skin cancer and you don't either. Coz I'll hate you. RAWR!

Australia exposed to more UVUltraviolet (UV) radiation levels in Australia are higher than in Europe, even during summer. Being located close to the ozone hole over the Antarctic means much higher, more severe levels of UV radiation get through to ground level.During summer, the earth's orbit brings Australia closer to the sun than Europe during its summer, resulting in an additional seven per cent solar UV intensity. This, coupled with our clearer atmospheric conditions, means Australians are exposed to up to 15 per cent more UV than Europeans.

2. Polar bears are too cute to die due to melting of icebergs.


Scientists are very worried because ice is melting in the Arctic and Antarctic.
Animals, including polar bears, are also at risk of extinction.

This is because in the last 40 years, the ice has got thinner by 40%.
And with less ice around, polar bears don't have enough hunting ground for the seals they like to eat.



3. There'll be too much junk.



Till there won't be place for more shopping malls! :(

Imagine a world without malls =O

This modern world functions as a throw-away society. The price for that is a growing problem of how to handle all the waste that is generated. Precious space for it is decreasing. The solution is not just reducing, reusing, recycling and composting, but also a complete re-education of how we live. Fossil fuels, non-renewable natural resources that originate in the earth's crust, are being extracted from the earth at breakneck speed simply for human consumption. The chronology ratio of mineral formation to mineral extraction is remarkably high.
There are two ways to manage municipal solid waste (MSW). The high-waste approach involves leaving it somewhere, burning it, or burying it. Landfills, the symbol of the high-waste approach, have the proven reputation of preventing MSW from degrading, not to mention attracting a lot of traffic, noise, and dust to the surrounding areas.

4. Trees will die, Plants will die, Flowers will die.


Now where'll you get your roses for me from?

P/s I love white roses TQ.

There are between 5 and 30 million species of flora and fauna. The bulk exist in the tropics -- ten one-hectare plots of Borneo rain forest (below) can contain as many species of trees as all of North America. But we are destroying habitat and the biodiversity it sustains at between 1,000 and 10,000 times the rate of extinction before human intervention.

5. Earth Is God's Creation For Us.

And we want it to not only be here for us, but for our kids too. So please do your part and take great care of God's greatest creation for both you and I.

Whether you're a Christian, a Buddhist, a Muslim or a freethinker like me, it doesn't differ much because the EARTH is God's creation for us mankind. Let it be Allah, or Jesus, or the idols you worship to, either way it was created just for us.

And if you love God as much as I do, please do what you're supposed to do. In fact do what you're supposed to do not only on Earth Day, but every single day of your entire life. :)

TQ & have a great day ahead!

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This is about me. Me. ME!!! Okay.

Just the other day I had buffet dinner with my childhood best friend & her family. & I fell. In the restaurant. Note, I was carrying a plate with keropok & I was wearing a denim skirt with my pair of highest heels.

Yes my skirt was short so it sorta adds to the embarrassment : (

Nooo I didn't ambil kesempatan to publish my picture here tsk tsk I was merely showing you my skirt! Grr. Wth.

And my heels were that high.

I wasn't sure how I fell but I was quite certain I ended on the floor like that :

And all the keropok fell onto the floor :(

Then the woman working there was staring at me like I was some freak.

What? Haven't you seen anyone falling in a buffet restaurant? Pfft

Cheers.

Twack : Last day with Hewlett Packard

good morning world ; )


Ah, beautiful day isn't it? Just wanted to let the world know I'll be blogging on the 22nd of April.

Special tribute to Earth Day.

Hah so much from me, the one who throws papers into the rubbish bin.

tata peeps.


-- A cheerful heart is good medicine.

Watch your mouth kid

I seriously wonder why am I here...
How did I ended up blogging for the sake of the readers and not my personal interest...

But whatever the reason could be...
I have to blog..
I was admonished for my lack of responsibility and therefore I'm here..
Because I'm stuck between the devil and the deep sea..
Haha.. One is self pride and another is him.. XD
Ok enough about me... We shall move on to
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"Watch your mouth kid...."

Do you notice that people from all education level
speak the word of profanity?
people apparently love to swear...
yes curse!!

one of the famous ones is________.

Fill in the blank... I'm sure everyone is very familiar with this ilk of word....

Teenagers especially love to sing the words of profanity...

How unlikely would it be for you to not listen to this phrase at least once a day
"What the ****"

Pretty unlikely unless you are half deaf or you are acting all goody goody infront of your parents...

And the reasons (masks for lies) for profanity are

1. expression of anger... HAHAHAHA
2. everyone is using.. It is a culture.... cough cough
3. it is not that bad....

As the matter of fact...
IT IS BAD....

Can you image how painful it is to see this?
It may seem hilarious.. XD which in my opinion it is.. xD
But it is not good...
Because all of us are so used to this...
This ilk of profanity are no longer offensive!!

Imagine the anger in you when you are seriously angry showing this and the others just laugh it off thinking it is cute.. What the.....

Preserve it so it would be more meaningful.. XD
stop showing it off every once in a while...
Give the others a chance to prove it worth more than laughter
come on...
ops..
I mean.. stop this ignorance towards the this ill existence in humanity...
Proving us as nothing but a bunch of uncivilized and uneducated animals...
Stop this.. kill it


It is not like the dictionary is lacking of words for us to use right?
Come on, wake up and stop sitting on the dictionary of yours...
Be civilized.. And preserve foul words..
I mean.. Prevent foul words..
Watch your mouth kid...
Cause everyone is listening....

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seriously... you may take the honor to kick me out of this now.. XD
I know I have brought disgrace to this Gaia...
kakakka
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A girl filled with reasons for being lazy..

Twack : Really weird shiz.

Editor's Note: Bear with it.

why hello earthlings. ;)

So just yesterday I was in mid valley, yes that super duper huge mall with hell lotsa people and beautiful things. i.e:my very very beautiful halter ;D no don't close the window but read on because this isn't any personal emo emo blog entry unlike my usual entries on my previous blogs. tsk, not like you ACTUALLY know who I am anyway.


So yes, sister and I went to gardens instead where it's pretty empty throughout the entire day, every single day of the week. Oh boy this is soo draggy. So okay we were at borders and I was reading this book when all of a sudden this HOODED STRANGER (green jumper with hood on his head) who sorta looked like that :

walked up to me and asked me for the time. Btw I lost my watch in the office and I'm really sad although it didn't work properly so I just wore it 'coz it looked nice. loool.

Okay anyway I told him the time after looking at my mobile phone and he took out a tommy hilfiger perfume out of his bag. Really weird.

So he said, "Hi, we're having a launch here later, so have you heard of this brand?This is not direct sales you can ask your friends to come along"... yada yada yada goes on and on. See it wouldn't be HALF as freaky if he wasn't in that hood of his.

No I didn't get abducted 'coz my sister came to the rescue. Apparently he asked her really weird questions when she went to the audio books section like "Have you watched this movie?"

No that isn't HALF as freaky if he wasn't in that hood of his. BUT REALLY why would you be walking around with a hood on your head IN BORDERS, GARDENS??? And why would you be askiNG RANDON QUESTIONS TO RANDOM PEOPLE! Even weirder WHY ARE YOU TELLING ME THERE'S A LAUNCH FOR A TOMMY HILFIGER PERFUME when there isn't!

HOLY SHIT IS THIS FREAKY OR WHAT?

yes it's freaky. trust me I was shit scared.

I hope Wayne Paul Simon doesn't kick me out of 20secondslapse 'coz of this UBER boring blog post. No he wouldn't coz he's nice. tsk tsk, I'm such a suck up.

Okay so that was ONLY freaky event #1.

After walking in Gardens, sister and I went to Mid Valley to meet up with mom. Dropped into McD to get 2 cups of drinks. We were at the front of the line and suddenly this old woman came up to us speaking in canto asking us to buy her a cup of coffee. Don't remember if she touched us but she kept asking us to buy her coffee. So my sister just made that hand movement and said sorry. Hell I was scared of this old lady.

Not that she could carry us both into a super huge crane and chop us both into bricks to build a sewage but I WAS STILL AFRAID COZ IM A COWARD. But it's alright to be a coward 'coz I'm a girl and I'm Twack so everything I do is alright and everything I say is correct :)

Still the old lady wouldn't budge and asked for a buck instead. See what WAS really weird is that why would weird people be walking around McD & Borders but none of the staff shoo-ed them away! (not shoot, shoo-ed)

I mean THEY SHOULD coz i don't think I'll ever have the guts to go into Borders alone in my entire life coz I feel so violated now! : ( aww.

It's A THREAT TO THEIR CROWD AND CROWD BRINGS THEM BUSINESS SO HELLOOOO can't they at least ensure that there ARE NO WEIRDO FREAKOS who scare people out of their skin?

Man. This is long.

Conclusion : Gardens & Mid valley are scary places to shop in but they're still filled with beautiful things which I would buy once I'm filthy rich :) wheeeeee~

Things I pretend to know although I don't really know :

1. Think TNB Think Ten. (I'm Soo sorry I stole this)

2. What soap opera REALLY means.

3. What hudud is.

4. How to pronounce Caucasian.

5. How to put on make up.

Lmao. tata peeps.

p/s 22nd April's World Earth Day so do play your part in saving the world ;)

How It Works Out.

Once everyone accepts, we'll have seven authors. That's three admins:

• Wayne (Dictator-of-sorts)
  
• Yench (Main Poster (boy) )
  
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and four normal authors, for those of you who can't do math that well.

This blog will have a maximum of nine authors in total. Why? Pshaw. It's a lucky number, fool.

How do we blog? Simple.

When you have something interesting/intelligent/witty to blog about, blog it. That's all there is to it. All I ask is that you give at least ONE DAY's gap between the last post and yours. Don't overkill. Spread it out.

Thank you.

And blog regularly. Or you'll be getting some warning jabs in the ass. Regularly roughly means once a week or so. Nothing too hectic. Thank you for joining.

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