help!

I... have... no... life.

I'm home on a Friday night writing my damn thesis.

Do you know how hard it is to find reliable sources? and here's what I need.

a) Did Bobby Brown (dubbed King of New Jack Swing) performed on the 5th of May 1993 in PWTC?

b) Krash Kozz's biggest achivement was when Billboard magazine certified their album as the first hip hop album recorded by Malaysian artist.

I need reliable sources! like newspaper articles or something.

AND does ANYBODY know how I can contact Adly Shairi Ramly of Malay Mail? I don't know if he still works there or not. I need to find out his sources for his article on Malaysian hip hop history.

OMG! I'm freaking out. I need to finish my work before I go back in 2 weeks! I'm only at about 7ooo words! I need another at least 8ooo to go!

I need a breather. and maybe a beer?

updates

1. Michael jackson died.
2. Farrah fawcett died.
3. I missed my exam because of the snow.
4. Thivya is here in Dunedin to do her degree.
5. Elaine gave us a surprise visit from Welly.
6. Vijay said I should consider my Masters if I do well this semester.
7. Queenstown trip on the 24th of July.
8. Michelle started college.
9. Harry Potter 6 coming out on the 15th.
10. I'm going to watch HP6 on the 15th.
11. I won my first poker game (after more than 50 hands) with pocket Jacks and two more Jacks on the table with the last Jack on the river card,
12. Jess, Janice and I made Kuih Bahulu.
13. Elaine, Janice, Jess and I made Assam Laksa.
14. Jess, Janice and I made Ba Chang.
15. All from scratch.
16. Went and got our (Sab and I) measurements for bride's maids dresses.
17. ROD and DYAN are legally MARRIED! Their registration was on the 1st of July.
18. Too many people getting married and having babies.
19. I need to cut my hair, its seriously getting out of shape.
20. I want.need new jeans and shorts.
21. Need to look for dress and shoes for wedding reception.

Malaysian Censorship Board

I am going insane. wait. That's an understatement.

I'm doing more in depth research for my paper. It is seems almost impossible for me to look for the censorship policy on music in Malaysia. Does the Malaysian censorship board only address films? I asked nick and he said that hitz fm do have rules to follow in terms of what they can or cannot broadcast but its not something that I can freely get. Its only available to the higher ups. Same thing goes for Mindshare when I asked Astrid.

What the hell am I gonna do?
So I made sugee cake. for comfort. and cranberry juice. I'm addicted. btw, it goes really well with vodka too. =)

ps. Thanks Edwan for putting me one step closer to finding out what I need for my paper.

The matter of images.

I'm no suppose to.. but I am.

Here I am, sitting in the lounge at 2.18am trying to polish my presentation and I'm writing my blog which I have been neglecting. I think after almost 9 years of blogging and 6 years of diary writing, I think I have finally grown up and learnt to keep things to myself rather than spilling my heart out into cyberspace or thin flat pieces of wood.

However, I don't know if its a good thing. (no I'm not shutting down the blog... don't think anyone reads it but oh well..) There's one thing that I realised tho, my head has been getting a lil too crowded. I think if someone or something was able to look into my little head, all they would see are just flashing images of EVERYTHING!

oh well..

I'm hooked on How I met Your Mother.

My supervisor is Dr. Vijay Devadas. Yay! Yes, I like the dude. He's one of the few smokers in the department. And he's Singaporean. His specialty is representation, visual culture, national identity and post colonialism. Intense stuff right? Well my dissertation is gonna be on representation, visual culture and national identity. haihz...

I'm doing it on hip hop culture in Malaysia. And I'm thinking of interviewing hip hop artists in Malaysia. Are they anymore of them??? I'm looking at Reshmonu, Too Phat, Teh Tarik Crew etc. Anyone with any contacts?

I think I better get back to my presentation... on Richard Dyer - Gay activist, academia and feminist theorist... woot woot... -_-

btw, been hanging out with Lucky, Bobby, Mac and the rest of them.. been fun! I met this guy, Dushan (Lucky's housemate)... he was a model from Serbia and he lived in NYC. haha.. he's gay btw and he's fabulous! hehe. Yay! A guy who understands the stress when it comes to shoes. WOOT WOOT~

Work and no play?

Okay. Last assignment of the semester is down. Next, two papers to go... one on the 4th and the other on the 7th. Then its work work work... everyday! I want to go on that ski trip!!!

Yesterday, I finally spoke to Adrian. After God knows how long. The accent is definately there. He's now definately one of them Kumars at No.42 types.. hehe.
And a few days ago, I found Justin on facebook. I haven't seen him for almost 4 years. I can't believe it has been that long. Hope I can catch up with him when I get back at the end of the year.

Its definately colder now.

Luan is leaving this weekend.

New photos up on facebook. I need a smoke. Hiahz...

Little fugly fishes

I'm not happy with my group. I'm not treated like an equal in the group at all. They don't talk to me, they talk AT me. They don't discuss things with me, they ORDER me. And no, I'm not kidding. I hate it so much. I feel.. so tiny.

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Tracy went off to Burwood for tonight and she stayed over at Willie's last night. This gave me some 'reflecting' time. And it has made me wanna go to New Zealand even more. I got the Otago "Welcome Pack" and I'm gonna get it from the post office tomorrow. I can't wait I tell you...

More pictures...

:: (clockwise) Ashley, Tracy, Cheryl and me! at Velour for

Good Friday Appeal Charity Night::

:: Me and Tracy cam-whoring after dipping in the icy cold pool ::

Moved and still moving.

Finally moved to College Sqaure~

I love the place... seriously I do. And now it looks more like a place I would live in thanks to the fact that Tracy has the same love as me for bright-in-your-face-colours. You so can so see splashes of reds, orange and bright pink. I'm not complaining about the pink because it DOES go with them colours.

Will post up some pics when we're satisfied with our deco. =)

Anyways, I'll be sending in the application for Otago today so fingers crossed.

I decided what I'm going to do for my New Media and Society essay. Thanks to Wilson, Aris, Willie and all my friends who indulge themselves in virtual reality.

I'm going to do my piece on well, people "living" in virtual reality and to what degree their involvements are. It's not really detailed and specific yet but at least I have my scope for my annotation bibliography which is due the week after next.

It's going to be a fun filled weekend people.

OH DID I MENTION I CAN'T LOG ON AT COLLEGE SQAURE!!! FUCKING SHIT WEI~!

Anyways, this weekend is gonna be filled with cleaning up and assignments. Wonderful no?

Oh... I got 64% for my script which my darling helped me with. Apparently I have a strong storyline. HAHAHAHAHAHA... and I still don't understand my script! LOL.. oh well. I got a C for this assignment and a C means good in Media.. I'm happy..

I haven't been getting enough sleep. It was so damn bloody hot last night that Tracy and I resorted to sleeping in the hall. She on the sofa and me on the floor... We ended up talking and talking and before we know it, it almost 4am I think. Damn!

I woke up late and left late and by the time I got to class, they were already deciding the group allocations. I'm with Chloe, Melanie and Rebecca. I worked with Melanie and Chloe before so I guess it shouldn't be much of a problem...

I'm the CAMERA WOMAN! mwahahahahaha~ I just gotta follow whatever the director (Chloe) says and I'm done! Hehehehe... There's alot of technical stuff that I have to learn up which I don't mind since it's actually quite interesting.

Oh crap I gtg... haven't even started looking for the books I need for my assignment!

The Script Writer with a HUGE block

The second week of uni has already begun and so has the workload.

I actually have an assignment which is worth 30% that's dued on the 16th of March!! And I still have no freaking idea what I'm going to write about. I need a topic to write script which is about 5 minutes of screening. You see, I have to write a 5 minute short film and the ones I've seen are really good but I still have no idea what I should write about!!

The best 5 scripts in the class gets to be filmed and that production is worth 60%. Even if you don't get your script choosen, I have to do enough work to get that 60%. It's a group work so I guess its not as bad la.

I need a script.. a good topic and a do-able topic to film in Melbourne. The problem is, the script cannot be Americanised and stereotyped. Which sucks because all the stuff I've come to is Americanised and Stereotyped.

I think I should do something I know about. But what?

A life of an International student? Depression by an International student studying in Melbourne? The life of an International student being devoured by the night life of Melbourne?

An International student who deals with depression by partying his/her life and future away?

Argh! Help!!!!!!