Pale September

Not everyone could comprehend the intense meaning behind the lyrics of Fiona Apple’s songs. To the ears of those who constantly listen to mainstream radio, her beautiful cryptic lyrics might be plain rubbish and her deep throaty voice might be mistaken to be that of a person with a terrible case of sore throat. This had made me come up with a hypothesis to which the experiment I had conducted in the cerebral cortex region of my stressed up head; Fiona Apple is a wonderfully gifted artist whose amazing talent is under appreciated and whose music could only garner the devotion of those extremely rare people who don’t mind stepping out of a circle and jump deep into a dark solitary pit. This is why I have abandon all hope to convince my peers to have a listen to this gifted American singer-songwriter.

The official SPM trial concluded last Wednesday with Biology Paper 3 and English for Science & Technology Paper 1. There had been a lot of controversies during the trial examinations. Rumours had been flying during the course of the exams that the contents of all the Science and Mathematics paper had flow out from their contained vaults like a river flowing smoothly down a valley of smooth rocks covered with green moss.

Being a person who would rather not be blacklisted in the social who’s who list, I have decided to seal my lips. Let the others have their piercing words uttered out and let the others have their hearts torn. I won’t deny that I have played a minimal part on the offensive side of the attack but conscience have somehow pulled me back at the very last minute. I’m afraid it might be a second too late though. Right now I am just going to stand on the fence and take on a spectator’s view (Knock me on the head if I am playing an active role again M.L. tee-hee). Furthermore, as a homosapien species whose emotions are not tied to the phases of the moon, it is not in our nature to let the tongue roll out resentment and frustration verbally. Oh the beauty of deliberate verbal action and the ugliness of the disfigured perception of the mind.

On the neutral point of view who try not to take to account the thoughts from the other sides, I think it might not be an anomaly anymore for cases such as leaked out examination paper and leaked out examination answers. Take the recent UPSR paper for example. With fast paced technological growth and young minds who have their culture steep deep in Walkman phones,iPods, Friendster, messenger  and blogs (Note that all this remark also points to yours truly and it would be a really lame attemp to slash me up with my own remarks.), the exams paper could easily be leaked out through various mediums…you have the vast world of the Internet, the simplicity of short message service a.k.a. SMS, the convenience of messenger and the classic use of the telephone. There is also the ever reliable tuition centres of course.

Now, I am not directing the tip of my finger to any particular individual. But being a Moral Studies student who had the wonderful privilege of memorising 36 essential moral values required in the syllabus, let me just remind you of one value…Kebebasan Bersuara which translates to Freedom of Speech which carries the definition of "Kebebasan berucap dan mengeluarkan fikiran dengan batasan tertentu bagi menjaga keselamatan dan ketenteraman". I believe that I have not cross any lines here. By the way, just to ease your conscience, it might be a comfort to know that everybody else is doing it.

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I will be partially emancipated tomorrow on the 24th of September. I said partial emancipation because of the fact that Malaysians who had reached the age of 17 will be officially eligible to drive and automatically get a membership of the fictional Crazy Malaysian Drivers.

Anywhoo, I had a little cosy dinner with my family just now at J.U.S.T. Thai at One Utama. My aunt from my dad’s side came along to add a little spice to the event. It was just a small party (if I may call it so) but I certainly had a great time (or at least my stomach did). These are the menu of the dishes which we had just now:

• Thai fish cakes
• Mango salad with dry shrimp
• Green curry chicken
• Seafood tom yam
• Stir fried chicken with cashew nut

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• Water chesnut with coconut milk for desserts

The green curry chicken and seafood tom yam was simply delicious. However, I can’t say the same thing for the Thai fish cakes though. It was labelled there as a "Chef’s recommendation" meal but it was just a mediocre dish for me. The water chesnut with coconut milk was nice. The dessert was very fragrant. It would have been a flawless dish had they not be so stingy with the coconut milk. Ooh and being the awkward guy that I am, I hastily made my wish and blew the candles before my dad managed to take even a photo. In the end, mom had to light the candles up again and I mocked a pleasant blowing-the-candles pose. Lolx.

All in all I had an amazing birthday. I know some of you will picture loud music from Linkin Park or Rihanna playing on the stereo and poker cards sprawled out across the table when picturing an amazing birthday party. Yeah, I think that would have been a blast but to me this birthday had been just perfect. But then again, you are hearing from a guy who listens to Fiona Apple’s .

Good night guys and enjoy the rest of your September…