Jaezreen’s Youtube Account: DELETED!

Back in mid 2007,
I was really into Arashi- a random Japanese group.

Japanese is a language that most international fans could not understand.
So the fandom community would contribute translations and subtitles for the fun of it.

And I had my own subbing activities back then.
I’d pick translations from the other fans, sub it, and post it up on YouTube.

Now that I’m almost out of the Arashi fandom,
(I only feel tied to it by 2%)
I don’t see the need of keeping my YouTube account anymore.

So I deleted it.

Tok Pa’s Lecture & 2 People Reminiscing Back

In my family, from my father’s side,
each time you’re about to move to a NEW PHASE in life,
You’ll get a lecture from my grandfather, Tok Pa.

Be it when you’re stepping into secondary school,
moving into college, finally being conscious of the opposite sex,
getting married…

Although I said lecture, it’s not in a nagging way.
It’s real- grandfather to grandchild-
talk about life.

Last night,
I got my ‘transitioning into university life’ lecture- Part 2.
(Part 1 got triggered from last week)

After he’s finished with his part,
he asked me what else I’d want to know about.

I mentioned about how scary it is to meet people that you really just can’t agree with in college.

TOK PA:
Ah, about that.
I think it’s better to ask those who have been through this same thing.

As if it was God answering our call,

Mak Su (my aunt) entered the house looking flustered from work.

She paused after sensing the silence and realized that Tok Pa and I were looking at her for a long time.

MAK SU:
What?!

TOK PA:
(smirking)
Why don’t you ask our social butterfly there?

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And so this got one person to reminisce back about her old life in college.

How she had a bad reputation,
got kicked out by her dorm mates,
joined the cooler dorm mates…

Feuh, what a way to start her first semester, right?

Then my dad jumped in on the conversation too.
He recalled what a glorified creature he was back in the old days.

DAD:
I was friends with a lot of the seniors back then.
The guys of my batch were extremely jealous of me!

But they can’t do anything to me!
Because they were afraid of the seniors.

Yes, that’s right.
NOBODY had the guts to bother me!
(cackles)

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And when you’re in university,
you really can’t avoid getting some weird people in your room.

My dad didn’t describe much about his dorm mates.

But Mak Su had a really dangerous mixture of roommates.

There was one girl who kicked her out of her dorm earlier,
One girl who sleeps naked in her bed with a big knife under her pillow,
and one really emotional girl by the name of Susila Anak Kambing
(An example of the name since I can’t remember it correctly)

MAK SU:
The third girl was the most problematic.

Each time when we’re saying something like,

“Hey, I feel like eating lamb.
Aku rasa aku nak makan kambing la.”

Then she’ll start shouting,

“Oh, so kau nak makan bapak aku la?!
Kurang ajar kau!”

She’ll get so emo about it and locked herself in her room for the longest time.

I mean, we were talking about lamb’s meat! Not her father!

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When my dad continued on how he was the envy of his peers,

JAZ:
(whispering)
I think my dad is still living the ’sorority life’.

MAK SU:
Let him be.
He can’t let go of it.

DAD:
Of course I can’t let go of it!
‘Sorority life’ rawks~!

Yeah, believe it,

Your papa rawks!

I Don’t Even Know HIS Last Name!

I tuned in for American Idol Finale 2008,
mainly to watch the Davids.

By the end of the show though,
only one song that was really playing on the loop in my head.

Carrie Underwood’s ‘Last Name‘.

It tells a story about how a girl who got too drunk in Vegas,
hanged out with an unknown guy.
The next morning, she found a ring on her finger.

Yep, she married the guy
whom she doesn’t even know his last name.

So she left Vegas trying to erase the incident from memory.

Then it hit her,
she doesn’t even know HER last name!

Yeah, you can throw out the whole
“This song promotes indecent behavior etc etc.”

But I find this to be a very fun song.
A song telling a story of such irresponsible moments and
has its own comedic effect.

I’ll probably start listening to Carrie more often now.

* Click ‘read more’ for lyrics.

Coming Out Of The Closet- The Play

 

“You. MUST. Come. And watch this play.

I’m in it, that’s good enough of a reason.

Your only excuse is either you’re dying

or you absolutely hate laughing!”

 

Yes, I was indeed threatened by a friend to watch this play.
I was hesitant at first,
but after knowing that ANOTHER friend will be in it too,
I booked myself a ticket for the Sunday, 18th May 2008, 3:30pm show.
(Later on, my sister bought her own ticket)

COMING OUT OF THE CLOSET - The Play
was held at Alliance Francaise, KL.

Before entering the hall, there were two girls behind me talking:

“What is this play about?”

“Oh, it’s just about 2 gays together in a closet.”

 

That. Sounds. So. Wrong.
If it is so,
then I’m much too naive for this!

 

 

* Click ‘read more’ for my take on the play.

 

MPH Stock Clearance Sale 2008 and my 3 years worth of birthday presents

Thursday, 1st May 2008.

Mak Su, Unc Azim, and I went for the MPH Stock Clearance Sale.

It was about 8:30am,
Unc Azim was speeding.
Mak Su was encouraging him to go faster.

And I was at the backseat, gripping to anything I can reach for, terrified of the speed.

ME:
What’s with the rush? The sale is going on the whole day, right?

MAK SU:
a) We’ll get good parking spaces.
b) We’ll have the whole place to ourselves.
c) We don’t have to wrestle with other bookworms for our books!

Hold on tight, girl!
Azim, step on it!!!