NAG 2010

SUCCESS!!
I got 4th place for the National Age Group this year.
Which means I'm qualified to play in the Malaysian national team for ASEAN in Manila, Philippines.

Unfortunately, ASEAN is in June...only 2 months before my SPM trials. XD
Gonna fail my exams for sure. (-_-")

Anyway, pictures from NAG in my next post.
Credits for the photos go to Gavin Fong and Patrick Lim

-Mark-

Thank You Vivian Cheah...

...for the awesome birthday present

Purple is Not Gay!

Thanks to someone, looks like I'm blogging again. XD.
For those of you still reading my blog, welcome back.

I actually stopped blogging because I've officially run out of useful and/or witty things to say. My posts have become...rather lame and uninteresting. For that I blame my school for not providing me with a proper education, I blame the government for limiting almost all the interesting topics I can blog about...and I blame society in general for being too damn boring.

But there is one thing I've learned from my Pendidikan Moral teacher (and Obama), which is not to blame anyone but myself. So yes, I also blame myself. LOL

Now that I've clarified this (and put you all to sleep again)... you can expect more posts from this blog for the coming months

*WARNING: Cultural reference*

In my next posting, readers can expect a lame video (more like...6 lame videos) and some retarded jokes involving a vampire, a werewolf and and their interracial-loving girlfriend

"Oh yeah, how is school?"

School is...well...school.
I didn't miss it during the holidays, and I probably never will.
I do miss certain friends though...especially those awesome people who celebrated my birthday with me on the 16th.

Deus ex Machina
-Mark-

Rites of Passage

Celebrated Weisoon's birthday last night.
Had a good time, I ate like crazy, met old friends and...new (even crazier) friends

His party was held at Skycorner Restaurant.
I almost couldn't find the damn place...thanks to Weisoon's directions which I could not understand. This was his SMS to me:

just that...you see..let's say that you are at tesco you see some alot
of shop there isn't it.. just go till the end of that rows of shop. and
skycorner will be around thr..

I stopped by at Jusco first to buy Weisoon his birthday present...which was an angpau with a RM10 DiGi reload card inside. LOL. Something practical right? All teenagers need credit.

We ordered ALOT of sushi and steamboat.
It was way too much for ten people to finish...AND we were forced to finish the food, since we get charged an extra RM50 for each 100g of uneaten food. What the hell...

Also, there was a TV there.
So I watched Saw and some Korean horror movie with Judith for a while.

We had no idea what was going on, but from what I can understand:

The movie was about a detective who got raped once, now investigating a girl who got raped a few years ago who came back as a ghost and raped the people who raped her before.. Essentially...everyone got raped. XD

Good movie...gotta love the Koreans

Got to wear Vivian Cheah's Quantum Pendant. Really pretty. Protected my DNA for 15 minutes. HAHA. When I found out the price was RM300, I almost had a heart attack...

Oh yeah,
then Vivian Cheah went missing after a while.
Thought she got kidnapped (and raped...like in the movie). So Samuel and I went to investigate. Found her buying cetak rompak VCD's. Supporting piracy. How sad.
Shortly after, her mom came to take her home.

She was also the first to leave

And this is my favourite part...

After bringing out the birthday cake, we sang (screamed?) Happy Birthday as loud as we could. Everyone else in the restaurant was staring at us...but they were smiling lah.
Then Weisoon blew out the candles, cut the cake and we started eating.

Then, Amanda Pan started staring at a forgotten piece of cake, smiled at me, picked up the cake...and smashed it into the side of my face. LOL. I didn't know she had it in her.
So I returned the favour by wiping my hands on her hair. She screamed at me, and smeared even more cake on my face and hair.

Afterwards, we went to the sink to wash it out...Yen Fong helped me to get it out of my hair (thanks Yen Fong)...

After we payed the bill, I sent Weisoon and Vincent to Jusco. Then went home.

Took a shower.
And went to sleep...

*Photos coming out in my next post*

-Mark-

District 9

Just went to watch District 9 with my girlfriend. This movie is awesome!
The beginning is kinda boring for a while...but I didn't mind. XD
And it just gets better and better towards the end.

Oh yeah, while I was surfing Wikipedia, I discovered that District 9 is actually based on another short 6- minute movie called: Alive in Joburg

Not sure how good it is.
I'm actually waiting for the movie to load right now.

Check it out if you're interested:
http://www.spyfilms.com/#neill_blomkamp/alive_in_joburg

-Mark-

Pyrotechnics

My friend really came through for me that day.

I walked into SMI on Saturday night with 4 VIP tickets in my pocket.

Each ticket costs RM500!!! And he gave them to me for NOTHING!

Thank you Justin,

I will remember your generosity for a long, long time.

Anyway, the drama itself was a success.

I think this is the best I've seen from my school so far.

The acting was nothing special, and the songs were kinda weird.

But the stagecrew and the overall concept were good.

I'm so proud of my school...LOL

Haha.

And my date was excellent.

I'm so glad I asked her out. I miss her already.

-Mark-

(In)famous

I have a FIDE (International) rating now
Check out: http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=5706017

Not a very high rating yet.
But good enough for now

Also, I tried searching for my name using Yahoo!
The results were quite encouraging:

http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0geu7WFMIVKUkcALAZXNyoA?p=Mark+Siew+chess&fr=yfp-t-150&fp_ip=MY&fr2=sb-top&rd=r1&meta=vc%3Dmy&sao=0

-Mark-

We, The Future

My friend hasn't given me the tickets yet.
Which worries me.
I would feel alot better if I were looking at them on my table right now.

But...he is giving them for free after all.
So I shouldn't complain, right?

I just hope I don't disappoint her.

Zong Yu gave me another VIP ticket today. (God bless you, Zong Yu)
I gave it to Sunny since his sister wanted to go.
And I already have 2 (so I thought...)

Alot of people I know are coming on Saturday.
Good chance to meet new friends, old friends(old enemies) and other random people

-Mark-

Warlord of Terror (update)

Just came back from my aikido training.
A new member mistook me for a Japanese (again...)

Anyway, one of my friends was kind enough to give me 2 VIP tickets for my school drama on Saturday.
He can't come himself because he's helping out for the stagecrew
(look out for the moving tree. LOL)

I'm going to try asking this girl out.
Wish me luck. I hope she says yes.

-Mark-

My first YouTube post

Chaos Thursday

Happy Birthday to Chiang and Aaron Tan.

Class parties are always the best

-Mark-

Penang Open 2009

Spent the whole holiday playing chess (as usual)
Just came back from the Penang Open

Did quite well. Came in 13th placing
I even got featured on Gilachess

Check out this link: http://blog.gilachess.com/2009/06/round-8-fm-mok-tze-meng-vs-mark-siew/

Very tired right now. I'll fill in the details later
School starts tomorrow. Damn
-Mark-

This is Democracy

YES!!!!
The Kuala Lumpur High Court just declared that Nizar is now Perak's legitimate Menteri Besar.
Now that's what I call Democracy. To Freedom and Justice for all!!!

Even the air smells sweeter...

On a more negative note,
today is the first day of my mid-year exams. Many more days of torment to come.
If Nizar can abolish examinations in schools, I would vote for him to be PM. Seriously

-Mark-

Monochrome to Colour

I'm back!!!

With a SHINING Gold Medal from MSSPK(chess)

Honest to God, I'm too freakin tired to blog about the details right now. So, I'm planning to blog about it sometime later, change my mind, and not blog about it at all.

Also, I haven't been to school in 3 days...

I'mGonnaDrownInHomework!!!!!

-Mark-

Party like a Rockstar

Two nights ago, while I was still in KL, I went Waikiki Bar, which is actually owned by my uncle. So I got free drinks and food on the house. The place was really cool. I mean, there was a live band, cute girls and everything(Christmas decorations?).

Thanks to my dad and uncle, I got drunk for the very first time. I'm probably still under the influence right now...

So, anyway...
I was seated with my dad, my uncle and his wife, together with the coolest guys and the hottest girls in the club.

The live band performance was something else. The lead singer was excellent - damn good voice, high entertainment value, 7 ear rings and he has grandchildren

...

WHAT?!

Anyway, anyway,
in the band, there were also 2 guitarists who were formally with the Alleycats(Malaysian rock band - way, way before my time)

I had around 4 beers. And somehow managed to keep my presence of mind.

So, halfway through, everyone started dancing(including my dad - how embarrassing). There was this super tall, super hot, Russian supermodel seating next to me. After talking with her for a while - which I would never have done if I was sober - she leaned forward and asked me: Are you drunk yet?

I was still a little shy so I told her I wasn't. And I suddenly realized that I would probably never have the chance to dance with someone like her during my teenage years again. So I pulled every ounce of Dutch courage I could, and said: Actually... Yeah, I am drunk. Do you wanna dance?

She said yes

(Note: Dutch courage means false bravery instilled by alcohol)

I have never danced before. So I probably didn't manage to impress her too much in that department. She, on the other hand, was a natural dancer(trained or untrained...I'm not sure)

I should also mention that she has a boyfriend already, who is totally cool and didn't mind me hitting on her.

Her name was Anna

Also, made another friend. She wouldn't tell me her real name, cause all her friends call her 'Ika'. I hear she was voted one of the Top 20 most glamorous women in Malaysia by GLAM magazine.

I should go out more often
-Mark-

Hito Tsuki Mushi

Translation
*Human punches insect

I just passed my aikido grading, promoting me to 5th Kyu
(On my way to ninja mastery)

Gambateh
-Mark-