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darn it crap, fucking ass man... just as I thought US is quite an interesting place, it sucks, my dad discovers that on one of our luggage, the upper zip is super glued, as we did not use the upper storage, we did not see it yesterday. Furthermore, the wheel is bent, I thought at first when I drag/pull the luggage that it was just some rust. Because of this, we checked our other luggage, it’s not too much, just one of it the zipper is missing, again it was the small storage. All this happenings made me recall the way US check it the airport, we had to go through more security than the citizens, they took out all our things in our hand carry bag, and some even chuck it in messily. All this made me change my mind to going US for high school. I think the citizens are friendly, interesting, but the system law there is not fair. Another example of unfairness is the homeless people, they just get money for 3 years without working, and it’s unfair. This may led some of the homeless people to not work, as the salary may be a little higher only, so they chose lazily not to work, I admire those who try to earn some money, those are hardworking ones, I hope they will have better lives in future. About the security check, they should made it equal that everyone have to go through same level of security.

Hi folks, I was away for holiday for the last 2 weeks, I was in US. There’s a couple of things I like in US, the people will smile at you, and it takes just a sentence to make a 1 hour conversation, but sadly we just said goodbye and that’s all, saying ‘see you’ but I doubt can see each other again, hahaz... And there, if you hear nice music, you just dance around, tapping your feet, and nobody will call you siao... Anyway, my journey... :

Day 1 was a very butt-hot day for me... I watched music and lyrics 3 time, lol, I just love the songs. I also watched big mama house 2 too... that’s for the day...

Day 2, We went to Universal Studios, wow, it’s damn cool, especially the waterworks and studio tour. WaterWorks the stunts were so real, like real fighting, no slowing down motion, they are so professional, they slide, climb, fall, jump, hit, it’s like watching a real event. The studio Tour was fantastic too, they showed us some secrets of making movies, and some camera tricks and machine works, I may post up the videos in youtube. The terminator 4D is cool too, there’s a mixture of 3D effects and real actions, unlike the shrek 4D which is only 3D with some water splash, like when the donkey sneeze. But the intro is quite nice too, in fact, all the intros of shows are cool. The house of horror is so so so sooo better than Japan or S’pore, no offense. They used some real people to scare you more, and effects, fake bodies hanging.

Day 3, Oh ya, I forgot to mention, day 2 we visited the walk of fame too, there are many stars with their name printed on the floor. day 3 we went to Disneyland, I prefer Japan’s Disneyland, the Jurassic Park is steeper and higher. The jungle cruise is more realistic. The Thunder Mountain is longer and more fun. The only thing I like about Disneyland Hollywood is the Parade of Dreams and the Firework (dreams comes true), may post up the parade too.

Day 4-6, went factory outlet where the things were cheaper, some even cheaper than S’pore, bought a GAP sweater and Timberland boots, went to see sunset in Grand Canyon. It’s beautiful, really, for nature lover, you’ll like it. Visit the Ethel M Choco Fact and Cactus Garden for 45 mins only after hours of ride, crap...

Day 7, Las Vegas, how I wish I’m 21, my parents don’t really know how to gamble, can’t I teach them, I’m not playing anyway, the staffs are like so kan chiong, the old town also, adults get to get a necklace, and the bitches smile sweetly, I went and took 1, the bitch immediately change expression, so strict and mean.. lol, fake smiles to adults.

Day 8, the main tour went for the 80 bucks Valley of Fire Optional tour, we stayed in Las Vegas and explore it, watching free shows in some hotels, like the volcano eruption, fall of atlantis, siren’s call, lake of dreams and wildlife.

Day 9-14, San Francisco, here I come !! the country where nature awaits, we rode ferry around the bay, see the Golden Gate bridge and the park near to it, the Coit Tower (tallest building), Zoo, houses of Victorians, Chinatown, Japantown, Union Square, City Hall, took the Cable Cars ad Bart (MRT), saw some street break dancing, do some shopping for friends, bought 8 packs of the famous GhirraDelli chocs, postcards... and erm.. that’s for the whole journey...

Daay 15, Home sweet home.. we flew back to S’pore... I felt so hot.. hot.. hot... alama.. in the airport, I saw this man, I smiled to him, but he gave me a fucking eyes like as if I owed him a thousands bucks, then in the plane also I saw this old lady waiting for the toilet, and since I’m not urgent, I let her in first, I smiled to her too, but she step in as if she’s first and got a proud ass face looking up waiting for the bird to shit...

Wow, this time it will be a really huge post... This post consists of 3 day in a row fun...

Wed:
Got back a lot of results, I wanted to cry... lol... just kidding, but serious, I did really badly this time round. Chinese lesson we played truth or dare, omg, I almost danced... anyway the fun part was not really here, it was the Leadership Program after school conducted for the committees. First, we played a simple game, called ‘Pickpocket’, I wonder why it was named that but it was actually just a game which you have to find as many items from the list given as possible. ‘Socks with a hole’ is listed there, so Iman actually cut his socks... omg... and the other team really got a socks with an extra hole, why I said extra was because... all socks got a hole so you could wear it... -_-... and they also got a discount card, although it was expired in 2004... rofl... Okay, the next game was to throw paper balls into the dustbin blind-folded, but team members can guide him/her by telling directions. We had such a great time too, like seeing them throwing anyhow, wrong directions given, and more... Ahh... the last game was the most enjoyed, it was called ‘Build a story’ but somehow they named it ‘Sentence relay’... A lot of people may know this game, this is a game where no one could communicate with each other but they had to build a story by writing a word and the next person continue it. I brought home the papers, let me type it out...

First:
One stormy night, a man molested (___ worte it) an old lady with a stick (lol... how...). The old lady was dying in pain and hunger... So she took the man’s head and smashed it with a club. The man screamed and died. Then, a gorilla came and molested the old lady again(getting bigger) so she screamed and died (due to shock??). Then, a dinosaur came and molested the gorilla (lol...). So, he died..again...-_-“ (I drew the sign)... my though... {So.. the bigger, or older you are, the better you can molest... jkjk... hahaz...}

Second:
One boring lame day, there was a cute pretty gurl named Bryan (on Monday he’ll be embarrassed). She love eating shit. And as she ate shit, she cried because it tasted like kaya... and SHIT. Lol. WtH? So she like eating shit (and) everytime sd she loved eating it she farted many farts, millions of them. (funny, don’t make sense) She married to an Indian (__ wanted to put bangla) Sissy (I wrote, no offence) and they farted together forever. And gave birth to 10 children who LOVED eating shit (: and lived happily eva after in the house of SHIT ! –shit pic- (I drew it) and and eating them. They said “buhbyes. ILOVEYOU but they died. (sad) END –someone wrote in the remaining space >> BULLSHIT.! –

Enjoy it? I think these are the worst story seen by the teacher. the last activity was past the message, the message was suppose to be something like but in the end the message was something like Well, that as the end, it was really fun, all of us enjoy it, wished it was longer, and then ___ didn’t turn up, which I’m quite disappointed, I was hoping he come... anyway, this long post was just a day...

Thur:
went science centre, we went to explore ourselves, I took some pics, the worksheet we copied most... After that we watched the omni-theatre, sounds nice, look nice, but content BORING !!! so much facts...!! then we had our break at Macdonalds, instead, I explored those outside, especially the fountain, I went to get myself wet, it was fun!! But the fountain did not dance properly, quite boring, I prefer the one in bugis, I remember there was a time the thai gurls and huang kang went with me to bugis, in the end we played at the fountain, when we stopped, we noticed the crowd was crowding us and were treating us like mad people... hahaz... lame but fun, that’s childhood...

Fri:
today, once again, for the third time, we went Singapore river, btw, what’s so great about it, why not take us somewhere like macrichie reservoir, or overseas to gui lin of china, gold coast, these trips will be better, anyway, at least we get to go out, must appreciate it. Really, it’s rare to go out for outing during class times. In Chinese, we say wu zi tian shu, means it’s a heavenly book of no words, the nature, believe it or not, the nature teach us a lot of things, things that are more useful, those not in the book...

Today:
Ahh!!... last day for ms joceline already, and the plan was just to sing a birthday song as it was her birthday too.. not fun!! I want to throw some creams, get ourselves a little wet, play with flours and eggs, and cake on people faces, party strings everywhere, balloons bursting here and there. today we played dog and bone, except when you get the ball, you throw at the opponent, and there the girls start screaming and yelling... then, the poison ball plan turned to dodge ball instead, well, that’s for the day, quite a long post written, next time again... byezzz...

One more thing... I received some coments to describe the training in Legacy of Paradox chapter 2. SO here it is...:

The training was tough, first he commanded me to go into this large room, with no window, no items, absolutely nothing inside. Then, when the only door closed, the lights lighted up. A sudden forced pulled me against the floor, it was painful, I tried to oppose that force, but I could not. “Hey, warrior, this is the gravity device, this device can set the gravity to 100 times stronger than Earth. The gravity is now currently 1.5, Earth’s gravity is 1, good luck warrior...” said SageMagic777 somehow, probably through the P.A system. After a couple of days, I adapted to the machine, so he increased the gravity 10 per hour, it was very tough, imagine go to a training which you had not tried before without and food and drinks, not even toilet is available, it’s like a torture!
The next part was to try to punch as hard as I can to knock down a punchbag in the Gravity Device with the gravity of 100... -_-" ... well, not just an ordinary rock, but it’s a super heavy punchbag, and it’s hard enough to lift a finger under that much gravity. As soon as I could knock it down, he gave me some potion that will regain my energy and heal my wounds, strange, I didn’t even know that this thing exist! Ahh, finally, it’s time to kick some butts, well, kick some dummies I mean. Dummies that can move completely like humans, I spend another few days on this.
The final training, he showed me how to fly, taught me how to use internal energy (chi) to power up attacks like kicks and punches, and I have to go into a larger Gravity Device (largest there) to train under 1634.8 gravity, he put in some dummies there too, that can fly! Again, flying needs a lot of concentrations and energy to lift you up, under this super strong gravity, I couldn’t imagine. Although the dummies couldn’t attack, they were skilled dodgers, my target was to destroy all of them, to be exact, 32 of them...

hey people, how are you? well, last Saturday’s post is not finished yet... let me continue... erm, after posting, I went tuition, at first I thought it will be fun, but then.. nevermind... let’s start from beginning. Maths was the first subject, since our exams were over, we insisted that we don’t study...lol... and the teacher eventually agreed and share his own sec sc life, and then we somehow changed the topic to ghosts and stuffs, English we played bang, disappointingly the game had to end before even the first whole round was finished. Then we went to the games room, we played this puzzling game, and with the help of someone which I don’t know the name, I managed to solve it first, I got oreo as the prize. Then, just before we played the next game, ___ shouted ‘blacky’ to an Indian bitch. This bitch really irritates, whenever people tease her a little, she would swear and shout like nobody’s business, but she seems to be comfortable calling me ‘you laugh like chee-bye’, ‘idiotic sec 1’, ‘stupid boy’, ‘spiderman sucker’ and things like that, and this time the teacher couldn’t tolerate so she announced to break up into the small groups to discuss about god. Haiz... so bored sia, that bitch thinks she is so big, so good, as if she’s the queen, well, I agree she’s the queen, she’s the complain queen, selfish queen, swearing queen. Well, just for info about that day, Sunday I slept the whole day as there’s really nothing to do. Today was boring, Ms.Foo asked us to borrow two books from the library, Mr.Roskhaider let us watch the sec 1 camp video while those who do not do very good in the five stations pupils do their re-test. Well, as long as I got a gold, Im lazy to achieve better, well that’s me. Science MrsSamuel said our class was funy, I wonder she was just pretending or really encouraging, well at least that’s something good, we went through the science paper, and then I got 42 for section B and C... this made __ not happy... lol... just my luck... even people got 50+... she like wanna beat me then happy sia... ecstatic the teacher let us join the 1E to watch choir boys.... After watcing, well, I feel that it was a good movie too... furthermore, it was funny.... well that’s all, gtg read posts on JPiC Forum for Writters.. byezzz...

wth... I posted up the whole blog then never appear... nvm, it’s been another long tie since I post.. as I got nothing to post, btw, yesterday... weide invited me for a movie with his ex-classmate in tm, i accepted, but i was late, so the ticketer refused to sell me a ticket, and his reason was whatever thing to whatever preb\vent whatever complains... well i dont give a darn, so nvm, i wait for them to come out... while waiting, ___ smsed me to say that Xie Lao Shi wont be coming back to teach us, she has been posted to tamp sec after her course and bds doesn’t need Chinese teachers anymore... sad... sobx sobx... then I help spread the msg, then __ replied and then we begin our conversation and chated... chated.. chated.. until parent smsed me about the phone bill, man.. I wonder how on earth am I gonna pay it... anyway I saw a lot damai sec students so I thought my ex-schmate might be there, and she did, but in the end after going though so much effort we had a little chat only..lol... anyway saw many familiar faces too, hehe... I also borrowed a book, thinking that I could read at least while waiting. I searched the entire mall for sats but all was taken.. crap... so I sms bac to __ to continue the conversation while standing... I found out she had her story published on some kind of magazine, that’s a step to success already.. hahaz, well, soon... maybe I’ll have mine up too, hopefully... anyway I went to the food court, finally found a seat... BUT... weide called and said they’re out... !!!.... nvm... I waved to his friends and just tail them... it’s quite at first... until they go to a playground near feng shan pri for soccer... kays... I suck at this.. but well I just play.. for fun... soon, one of them gtg, and then we went to the fitness corner to sit for awhile, we bought some drinks, played some games, took a few shots and had some talkings, like we did before soccer, trying to find things to do... that’s all.. short time, but still fun... today... sianz.. got tuition again.. man.. feel like sleeping... zzz..zzz...zzz.... byez

haiz.. so long never post already... almost I post once a week only... sianz... just got a fight with parents... so bored, they’re just like that lorh... so idiotic, study study.. my foot sia.. sometimes I agree with I not stupid 2, home is just a place for you to sleep... like pri 1 I vividly remember there was once, cause I live in hostages those type, then the other students there all bully me, even if I had done nothing wrong, they just complain to the aunty that I scolded vulgarities, Im in trouble, then when my mum was talking to the aunty once, one boy gave me that middle finger, and when I told mum, he said he pointed thumb to say im a filial boy, and mum believed him, wth... anyway.. lets see.. I stopped at.. erm... Saturday, aiya, as usual, mr.roach jokes again, hahaz, Sunday I found out that ho sin fai got car accident, so evening go visit him with shi xiong... afternoon meet with thai girls and hk... chat awhile, then they have to go pasir ris, I went with my bike , so I cant go with them.. Natcha created a blog, I got to help her make the templates, but these few days no time leh... mon got lit exam, the paper so thick, all need you to write, especially need evidence from the passage, I finished the paper, read through one more time then sleep, same goes to today’s geo.. yesterday good labour my parents to to the travel agency, so my cousin and me nothing to do, one of them suggested we go explore, we go to Singapore river, fulleton, took some pictures, enjoy the view, hahaz... tomorrow another day... Chinese.. must remember to bring dictionary.. got compo.. lucky ___ reminded me... anyway... until next time again.. byez...

these few days kept raining... my mood so bored, tired, sleepy, luckily got huang kang, wednesday he came and talked to me under my block... then yesterday he chated by sms, today we went oe, they say cannot meet teachers ‘cause teachers marking exam papers, haiz, CNY also we play halfway kena kicked put, now again... so sian, I don’t think I wanna go there anymore again, wasted effort sia, then ___not happy today, he actually very hardworking and contributed to our class, but he got treated unfair, I’ll try to help him... yesterday XueBing LauShi treated KFC, that was one of the few happy times, today the exam was about the happiest day, somehow I cant write, when I read through, I don’t understand a single word I wrote, haiz... spiderman... missed the robotics club, the chinabballers, well, anyway, And life is a road that I wanna keep going, Love is a river, I wanna keep flowing, Life is a road, now and forever, wonderful journey... Well, I am getting used to life now... Eh, next year going campus superstar.. hehe... relax, I first round kena kicked, just wanna try... hk also, if not wrong... he sing nice... cheer for him, not me... I just try for fun, get top 20 good enough, which probably impossible, ‘cause I want a easy life as a fee-free doctor, a relax writer, happy father/if global warming near, a shaolin master as I dun want my child to suffer the end of world... he/she can live better somewhere else... that’s all for today... byezzz...

yo~!.. walao these days I don’t know what to write leh... in school I like don’t know what teacher talking, like im deaf or something, like my mind is away, soul is trapped inside a blank room, heart stopped pumping, locked in a room, deep down somewhere, left the half-dead body with the bored expression, drifting like zombies, even my eyes, there are no eyeballs, a empty slot, I don’t even know what am I doing, my mouth, zipped, stapled, sealed, I became an invisible being, going through people, passing walls... lol... not so horrible lar... hahaz... my imagination too mad already, anyway, still I miss pri!!!... sec so much things to stress... haiz.. but I’ll manage them.. somehow.. I think, today like I never so school like that, Chinese period play and play, then after recess ming xin pencil case lost we searched for 2 periods, when found another problem pops up, ___ splashed water on ming xin chair... and those suspects were called, I sit there KPO lor... them pw no teacher, until last period mrs Samuel came to takeover, eh I agree with her leh, like everytime our class make her angry one... haiz.. cant help it, so sian... I found out those real friends that will always be there, though abit naughty... and I was wrong to ___... relax, 2nd blank not same as 1st blank... haiz.. tomorrow one whole boring day... mama... !!! I also notice it kept raining recently, then wei de asked me a question, he say what do you think of lightning, I say like that lor, he said it will be cool if it is fantasy... so I thought through, imagine the lightning strike at a place then sudeenly a portal appeared, or when gods fight, the clash makes lighting, or you suddenly stuck by lightning and you have special powers, so cool sia... then can take weapons.. I mean those ancient ones, like the destiny sword, or broken sword, or staff, then you help to save the whatever world... hahaz... by I re-re-edited the legacy of paradox, chapter 2 is rather confusing to most people.. so here it is...

Chapter 1 - Well, I landed on this island through a portal, in the very center of the Earth's Core. I'd been digging for about 2 or 3 months, and my hands were aching painfully. There were no more robots to supply food and drink, neither were there robots to help with the digging. With no volunteers in this ludicrous project, I had to work on my own. I was hungry and thirsty, yet I had nothing to eat. My rucksack was empty, as I had eaten up the food a week ago. But, there it was, The Earth's Core. It was hot, as though it was the devil's furnace. Bracing myself for the heat, I dashed through the flames as through my soul depended on the race. My clothes were ripped, but I survived. It was a miracle, perhaps my destiny that led me here. I leapt into the portal of Myths & Legends and here the journey starts......

Chapter 2 - "I did it!" I said with joy in my heart, as I did not have energy left to dance in joy. The legend was true. The Lost City legend was true! But then again... where WAS the Lost City? I had no one to ask, no where to go. Deciding that this was probably a danger zone, I scouted the area for a bit, spying here and there.

Then, a flash of light emerged and then a huge gate appeared in front of me. "What was... what was that?" I asked no one in particular, mostly to the gigantic gate with the sign ‘Kingdom Of Heaven’. Then... "If you proclaim yourself before the Kingdom of Heaven, head into the Mythical Palace, and seek travel to the Island of Origins. You will find your answers there..." The voice faded away, leaving me drowned in stunned silence for quite a while. Unsheathing my little dagger, I dashed into the darkness, across the rivers, into the tunnels and out, hoping to find some key at least to open the gate, at last found myself standing back in front of the Kingdom of Heaven. I proclaimed myself, “I, Paradox, seek entrance to the Kingdom. I have been studying every single myth and legend in the Overworld, thus leading me to this MagicalWorld."

"Why are you here, General?" An echoing voice from nowhere.

"To see if theories about the Zamorak Staff are true," I answered with respect.

"...." Silent.

"I understand that this is the Holy Land of Zamorak (the king previously ruled the world, killed by his brother). But the Zamorak Staff has options. To cleanse evil, or... to destroy the world if it falls to the wrong hand," I kept on. "The monks have been... protective of the Staff lately." I understood the prophecy now. Death to Saradonim (Zamorak’s evil brother), revive for Zamorak. Giving into doubts, none has returned for the pass 5000 YEARS, to claim victory. Never giving up, only one can be a Destiny Warrior, which is somehow chosen to be me. "If that's the case, then I will get that Staff," I dared myself say. "Understood. You may... enter, after a training."

---THE FOLLOWING WEEK---The training was over, I was allowed to hunt for the missing Orbs; also to protect the world from being destroyed by means of the Magic Attacks and Skills learned from SageMagic777. He gave me Zamorak staff, some MagicDust together with ten kinds of potions, ten small bottles each. He guided me through The Secret Door which linked the zero-way & then was up to me where to go. Well, the advice he gave was to follow the Snake Road of 10.000.000.000 miles. It was just impossible for me to cover the whole distance if I had not got this level of incredible power. The doors to the Kingdom of Heaven opened up, momentarily blinding me with the brightest light I had ever seen in my life.