So Not the Drama!

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2006-01-25T05:31:00.000-08:00

Just a little "one more note" to announce...
I have decided that my poetry and other random works will be posted on my Lj instead...
And for those of you who would really like to see it... very well. :D You may now visit my active blog at kp-krazy.livejournal.com
My msn space will just have quotes, songs and lyrics. If there's a musing there... it will probably just be a one-liner. But I will update that as and when i please... or when I come across something really witty or good. As of yet, though, there's nothing.

And to all Danny Phantom fans...
I expect you've heard the news by now. Go sign the petition. ^^,
Peace out.
-FBG

Last post...

2005-11-16T15:48:00.000-08:00

To all and everyone who's been reading...
I am sorry to say that this will be my last post here, as the computer I frequently use has gone buggy and will NOT allow me to post...
I also have alot of stuff recorded down about sensitive things (things only we cedarians would know about and such, so on, so forth) here and I wish to discontinue doing that.
Fine. I decided that I would like more privacy too, so to find my random thoughts, musings and occasional prayers, you may e-mail me for my LJ address. Thank you.

And for those of you who loved the weekly quotes and song lyircs and such, you may find more on my msn space, at:

spaces.msn.com/members/fantasticbouncygirl

I'll be updating that again soon.
So...
I hereby bring this blog to a close...
i'll still be leaving it on the web, of course, for memories. :)
Adios!

after the server crashed

2005-09-16T18:37:00.000-07:00

Hmm... okay, short post today. I think. I'm not as ready to rant as I was the other time. Wednesday, if I remember correctly. Yeah, I was merrily typing and typing away one of my longest entries – ranting spree, I was suddenly in the mood, don’t ask - but when I clicked done the STUPID SERVER went DOWN, and yep - there went all the work. Ugh. I was SO p**sed.

But I thought I'd update today anyway, seeing as how it's been so long - and I'm free, and I kinda wanna type again anyway.

Yeah, now there's no more need to channel all that into typing DP fics, cos - yes, IT'S DONE!!! For those of you who asked or would like to check it out, you may find it/me at

http://fanfiction.net/~fantasticbouncygirl

It's the one entitled "Sparks", but of course, I'm not stopping you from reading the other two! Ooh, and do drop me a review while you're at it. I'd really like to know what you think.

Plus, now I only have the epilogue - which will be a short paragraph - and a final Author's Note which will thank everybody to go. And check out the RAVING stats! 148 reviews, FIVE THOUSAND AND SIX HITS, THIRTY ONE favorites, and 25 alerts!!! And that's just on the last check I made. Turns out my writing was just as enjoyed by others as I enjoyed writing it! *Pleased grin*

OH YEAH! And Butch Hartman, creator/ director of Danny Phantom WROTE to me! PERSONALLY!!! Is he great or what? I was asking some stuff like what the story was behind it and if he was Christian - given the current situation about my parents' unease with me watching it. He answered everything very amiably and clearly! Such a nice guy. :)

Hmm... but that reminds me. I'm now trying to kerb this whole obsession with DP. I guess its not that good to be thinking SO MUCH about such things - no matter how much I like it or how nice it is. OR that my parents are now slightly more comfy with it after reading Mr. Hartman's reply. There're other things I have to concentrate on. Of course that doesn't mean I'll stop liking it. *Starts grinning from recollection of Reign Storm, the first of the 3 DP tv movies that she finally got the chance to watch thanks to a kind soul who posted it up for download on the net. Ok, make that: starts grinning from recollection of all the DannyxSam moments and action scenes from the movie*
Ok, ok, time to cut/tone down...

Yes, people always question me about my like for cartoons. So let me make some things clear here.
I only watch TWO shows - KP and DP - or used to watch the latter anyway. I'm tryin' to refocus now, remember? They are the only two that I find decent/good among all the other junk/dumb shows out there. (except maybe American Dragon, but I don't watch that) Yeah, I hardly watch ANY TV aside from movies, those two, and LOST.
As to "why don't I grow up" and "aren't you a little too old for cartoons?" Well HELLOOO??? There is NOTHING WRONG with liking cartoons, and by the way, NO ONE is too old for a little wholesome cartoon entertainment – or to like them for that matter. And for Pete's sake, it's only TWO that I like and watch. It’s nothing so different from liking Harry Potter or Star Wars you know. And besides, if I'm the only one in the whole school who likes KP and DP (ok, maybe except for Olivia who's also KP crazy) isn't that something that makes me UNIQUE and something I can be proud of? What's so wrong or "childish" about BEING MYSELF???

Ha. So there. *Smirks*

Goodness. That sounds way childish. But oh well. That's the point I wanted to bring across.
Oh, and speaking of KP, I realized the thing about the "So Not the Drama-tizing" in the skin. Ironically, some of my entries are pretty drama-tized. Heck, maybe even all. :P
LoL, guess I can still come up with the excuse that it’s there so I can look back at all my posts and say, "Oh psh. So Not the Drama!"

And speaking of SKINS, I was thinking of moving to LiveJournal. A little, anyway. I get to set the privacy level there (though I'm not really sure how to yet) and they also have nice features and layouts.
Ahh... but of course, they don't let you design your own skins. At least I don't THINK they do. Hm. Oh well. :P

Oh YESH. Exams. Ugh. The stress is piling on!

Ah, who'm I kiddin'? I'm usually one of the most relaxed people when it comes to studying. (Why d'ya think I'm down here typing this when it's about time to get started revising my Chinese?)
Actually, I think Chinese, Science, and Geog are the only subjects which need real brain work in studying. For me anyway. Literature would depend on your understanding of the given text, English would of course be no problem – I hope (don't wanna jinx stuff - LoL). Math is just practice, practice, practice, and History? Well, I'll just read the text first. See if REAL memory work is needed later.

Can't WAIT for it all to be over. Yep, then it's PLAYTIME!!!

Ooh, of course there's also RGS... if I get in to the interview round, here's fervently hoping that it won't clash with any exam dates...

*Sigh* Hai yoyo... since when did I become so kiasu? Huh. Must be the influence of friends. Haha. Just kiddin.

Oh yeah. I've gotta do Show & Tell next week. Heheh, only Joy knows what it's really about so far! And I'm not saying anything here! ;)

Oh OH!!! I just remembered! Anabella STILL owes me the squad photo AND my gift from ma'ams!!! Darn. I keep forgetting to chase her down for it.

And ELDEST!!! It's out! I wanna read it! AAAHHH!!! (I even put a little bit of "Inheritance" in the 'this week' column. Go see for yourself.)
Can't WAIT to get my hands on it!!! ...Though I still have no idea who I'm gonna loan the book from. Ugh. Hmm... but (SPOILER) Deeksha did say the first book was better, what with lame poetic romance lines and Murtagh being forced to turn to the evil side in this second one...
Well. Guess I'll just have to read for myself to really know what I think. Then maybe I'll post a whole Spoiler review up here. Heheh...

Speaking of that, yep, know it's been awhile since I updated. Sorry. Been busy with other stuff like my story and IPW. There was nothing really much to write about anyway.

Whoa hey! Lookit that! I actually spent a whole hour typing this! Guess I DID rant after all. Sorta.

But this time, I got smarter.

I typed this out and saved it in Word. Just in case. :)

Teachers

2005-07-15T20:29:00.000-07:00

Bad news. Very, VERY BAD NEWS.
Ms Agnes Leong is stepping down as Head of PE.

*the following few paragraphs were deleted by Fantastic Bouncy Girl due to the general opinion that blogs should not be used to flame others*

Fortunately, in the case of LITERATURE, somebody is here to save us from our "DIEDED DOOM!!!" *hums "Incredibles" theme: da-da DA da-DUM...*
Ms Cecilia Lim ROCKS some serious SOCKAGE!!!
She's an ex-Cedarian, but she's GREAT at teaching Lit. Her lessons are so fun! (nothing like the drag Geog has become)
*Sigh* Too bad we're only getting her for one more week. Hmm... she said we could send her love letters. I'll see if I can spare the time to write her one.
The first lesson with her was just HILARIOUS. She was complaining that our class was so HOT and kept standing under the fan. Joy was laughing and laughing... Then there was the handwriting. She writes really big letters and isn't particularly neat (ok, but who cares about that? We've seen worse... believe me... in the days of poor Ducky... no, seriously, the guy was trying! How could you ppl be so mean? Ok, ok, off topic...) but then people were going "Your handwriting's so CUTE!" Which of course made Ms Lim turn around and go "STOP sucking up. PLEASE." Which in turn caused the whole class to go in cahoots.

Then yesterday: She was saying how forgetful we were, mentioned something about Dory, then the class was like "huh? Dory? What Dory?" She turned around, astonished. "My goodness - what sort of sad people-?!" Then we got it. Everyone was "OOOOHHHH... that Dory." And she gets this "haiyoyo" look, like we're so slow. Oh, she also said "I am very worried for this class" cos we always forgot stuff and could never answer questions. But seriously, in Joy's words: "She's so CUUUTE!!!"
Boy am I hoping we'll get someone as good as her when she leaves. She's not an official teacher, just back for 4 weeks to do Mrs. Foo a favor by filling in for good 'ol Mrs. Peh.

Sigh... what a mess with teachers... we just lodged a complaint on Mrs. Tai - Ms Jou said we'll have to get our parents to write in if we want "fast action". Wonder what the outcome will be. Huh.

This is FBG, signing out.

Crazy Week

2005-07-09T18:03:00.000-07:00

Woah...
This week is one of the most HECTIC weeks I've ever had. Just crazy.
Tuesday Deeksha came and told me she wanted ME to take HER place as Peter Goh in the English skit. PETER GOH!!! Goodness. The character is so totally NOT me. Playing a guy, okay, no problem, we're in a girls' school - playing the main character is no problem either. But playing a flirtatious egoistic, sadistic TEACHER?!
She left me with no choice, of course. I gotta tell ya, I was freaking out on Thursday. I was actually more nervous than I ever was onstage - usually it's no problem since I love acting, but this round... well, ugh. I'm SO glad it's over. Then again, acting has always been kinda fun... guess I was too nervous to enjoy it THAT much this round.

Then we had hand signing in Red Cross. We have to sign the WHOLE "Uniquely You" song, and the chorus part is just CRAZY cos it goes SO fast... The worst part? We're performing for National Day. YES, NATIONAL DAY! IN THE STADIUM! ON TV!!! AAAAAHHHH!!!

Thursday didn't just have the English skit. I had this whole Sesame Oil fiasco. I'd left the bottle they gave us free on our field trip to the factory on Wednesday to be brought home then. It went into the plastic bag with my library book and my costume for the skit, and later, my uniform also went in, after I'd bathed and changed at my grandparents'. Yeah, guess what happened. The clumsy me DROPPED the bag, and the bottle broke, spilling out ALL its contents onto EVERYTHING.
Of course I got screamed at by Mom, and spent the WHOLE night washing - or rather TRYING to wash - oil out of the clothes, obviously to no avail. In the end I had to soak it overnight and my maid washed it out the next morning. The downside is that I was so pooped and it was so late at night I forgot to do AND pack my Math 1 to school, which of course got Mr. Tan kinda pissed.

*the following few paragraphs on teachers was deleted by Fantastic Bouncy Girl due to the general opinion that blogs should not be used to flame others. And besides, FBG thinks that Mrs. Tai isn't half as bad as she used to be now. And Ms. Poon has also become better now that NAPFA is over. Both of which are good things.*

Whew! That was alot to type out. Oh yeah, and I finally got down to changing this week's stuff. It's DannyxSam fluff this time.

Which reminds me, I finally got down to publishing my DP fic... so far I have 9 reviews for 2 chapters, all good ones. But my story has nine chapters, including the prologue, and I'm targeting 75 reviews... oh well. Guess I should be grateful anyway.

Next week's LOST is about Charlie... hmm... interesting, but I was actually more interested in this week's one, focusing on Jin and Sun. Sun FINALLY spoke English! YAY!!!
I also am coming to think that my favorite character is not Jack, not Kate, but the eccentric Locke. Yeah, weird, I know, but hey, he's done nothing but good for all of them since the crash, and he seems like a nice old guy, always willing to help. Wouldn't mind having him for am exra granddad - I'm saying that cos my two granddads are already pretty cool themselves.

Have to go now. Over and out.

So the Drama

2005-07-03T19:55:00.000-07:00

Oh WOW! The KP movie: So the Drama ROCKS!!!!!!!
Just saw it yesterday. My Dad had to buy it on his business trip to Thailand cos they weren't selling it here - bummer - and the DVD cost 32 bucks, but hey, no big, since it was GREAT!!! XD
The DVD, by the way, is and extended edition, with extended scenes. It also has a couple of deleted scenes, music videos by Christy Carlson Romano and Jesse McCartney(YES, he sang for the movie. TWO songs, in fact), and a bonus episode from series 3. AAAAHHHH!!! I SO love it!

All thanks, of course, go to my Dad, who went through all the trouble to get it for me and Clara. (Clara decided she doesn't really like it, though. I have no idea why) Like I said, my parents rock too!

The movie is the best of all Kim Possible I've ever seen. in fact, for the series, the plot is pretty thick. Usually Drakken reveals everything. Not this time - we were kept guessing. And I gotta admit, for a psycho/dumb evil "genius" he actually did pretty good! And I loved the length. I think it's more than one and a half hours.
The animation was SUPERB, not to mention all the action scenes.
The emotional plot wasn't bad either.
Actually, it would be PERFECT, if they'd included a scene with those Diablo bots terrorizing every city in the world. All they showed was those freaky things flying over the Eiffel Tower (is that how you spell it?) But oh well. That's the only one little thing that's missing. Otherwise, it was FANTASTIC!!!
It should be coming to Disney channel soon. I saw shots from it in the ad. So keep a close watch, people! If you don't mind KP, you'll enjoy it as much as I did, I'm sure! :)

Oh, and by the way, Dicky's got some injury on his paw. We did some "home treatment" with Dettol and one of my Mom's socks (used it by accident, and she wasn't too pleased, but oh well.)
The result:

That's the best shot of his foot I managed to get. Ol' Dick doesn't really like cameras. Oh well. Looks funny, doesn't he? Of course he pulled the "bandage" off in an hour or so. He was walking around trying to flick it off everytime. But his limp was worse before the cleaning up. Dicky was hopping on three legs when he ran. It was some kinda raw spot, kinda red and swollen. It got better today though. Well, a little anyway.

Ah... no school tomorrow. And no homework or tests to study for... isn't that great? ;) Maybe I'll find time to change the this week section then. I'll have to see - I'll be busy typing my story and doing stuff for my new desk cover.

Ok, till then, Adios and happy Youth day to everyone!

The new KP series

2005-07-02T14:27:00.000-07:00

IT'S TODAY!!!!! And it so totally ROCKED!
If you don't know what I'm talking about, prepare to be bonked on the head. No, seriously.
Goodness, Emotion Sickness was SO FUNNY! Kim wailing over the Kimmunicator is just.... WEIRD!!! And Wade's FACE when he saw KP and Ron kissing!
And Drakken going "Seriously" and doing a rock star imitation was even more hilarious!
Plus, Kim's got new looks, too! Her clothes were so sweet! I totally loved it. Taped it down too. Anyone who's interested can come to me for it.

War of the Worlds will most likely be on Friday. Jacqueline wants to study for a test on Monday. Friday's good, but for one thing.
I have PE AND Jogging on the same day! Eeeew. And I'm expected to go to the MOVIES after that.
Shoot.

Start of School

2005-07-01T19:30:00.000-07:00

School reopened. Might be finding it harder to post / update the this week section. But I'll see.

The bad news: ALL OUR GOOD TEACHERS ARE LEAVING US!!!

Mrs. Peh's going off for Masters.
Mrs Koh needs to teach Geog to the upper level.
Ugh. I don't like our new Geog teacher.
Let's hope we'll have better luck with our new lit. teacher - we don't know who it is yet.

The good news: NO HOMEWORK FOR THE WEEKEND!!! YESSSSS!!! And Monday's a holiday.

Will be going to see War of the Worlds with Jacqueline and possibly Jeremy soon.
Which reminds me, I still have to fix the date. Gotta call them. See ya.

KP Week

2005-06-24T12:19:00.000-07:00

The bad news: HMV doesn't have the KP movie. Neither does any CD shop in Singapore.

The GOOD news: Disney Channel Asia is gonna screen the third and last season of KP in ONE WEEK'S TIME!!! AAHHH!!! I'm SO excited! XD

The second piece of good news: Season 3 also has the movie in it!!! Of course I'm still gonna get the DVD - my parents don't mind - either when my Dad goes to thailand or through the internet. Don't my parents ROCK? ;)

The other thing is that we're going COMPLETELY KP this week - yes, even the bible verse! Go check out the this week section!

Okay, until then, Adios!

Camp

2005-06-23T19:52:00.000-07:00

Well, I survived RC Camp.
Okay, technically, I survived camp, but didn't last through it.
As in, I went home early.
Am still feeling kinda sick; my legs are still killing me. I don't know how I'm gonna make it to our P6 class reunion tomorrow.
Don't feel like staying on the comp for long. See ya.

Of short posts in point form... well, almost

2005-06-14T12:56:00.000-07:00

Okay, quick post today. Basically I've got 3 things to say.

1. I saw LOST!!! And it ROCKS!!!!!!!!! Can't wait for this Thursday's! XD And yes, Tai, Dom is so funny!

2. I have YET to get the "So the Drama" VCD/DVD. Hopefully I'll get it by this week, so I'll have watched it by the time I go all "KP" in the next "This week" segment (well, except for the Bible verse, that is) I think only HMV is selling it... *groan* have to go all the way to CityLink Mall...

3. I'm planning to get riding lessons this December hols. Hopefully I WILL this time round...

Right, that about sums it up. Longer letter later!

*P.S: Oh, and all the cboxes seem to be down today... hmm... no idea why... sorry ppl.
And Joy, I'm surprised you didn't say anything about the Danny/Sam picture... :P

Of East Coast Park and Elvish names

2005-06-10T15:26:00.000-07:00

My cousin brought Clara and me cycling at East Coast Park yesterday. It was so FUN! We cycled the whole length of it, and I think Clara would've mentioned that we covered THIRTEEN km. Not bad, huh?

Contrary to what I thought, a huge fraction of the park was actually not crowded at all, and there was this HUGE breeze blowing, and everything was just really nice. There were huge trees, and... ah forget it. You'll have to cycle the whole length of the park yourself to know what I'm talking about - though mark my words - cycling against the wind is TOUGH! Oh well. Small price to pay for such an enjoyable time!

We stopped for a rest somewhere around the western end of the park. Went to sit on one of those huge rocks they always station at various lengths along the shoreline. The tide was pretty high, and the waves choppy cos of the wind. They were all crashing violently against the rock. Quite something to watch, actually. Zhong was going on about how waves are a wonderful phenomenon and stuff like that. We sat there and talked and enjoyed the winds and scenery till the waves started to get even higher. Do you know that they can even SUBMERGE that rock at full tide?

Anyway, thanks again to Chen Zhong who brought us out. It's not a wonder he's my favorite cousin. :) Even at 16, he still bothers to talk and spend time with us. Hope he can come again tonight. We're having a barbecue and backyard camp with four of our friends and another cousin, Cheryl. Zhong should really be able to make things even more fun. :P Shall blog about the camp when its over.

Oh yes. I finally got down to looking up my Elvish (as in Lord of the Rings Elvish) and Hobbit's name. The site's cool! Here's my results.
Elvish name: Natulcien Narmolanya
Hobbit's name: Honeysuckle Deepdelver of Brockenborings
(Hey! I'm not boring! Am I???)
Okay, anyway, the site is STILL pretty great. You can go look up your own Elvish and Hobbit names yourself. Here's the link
http://www.chriswetherell.com/elf/

OH, OH!!! And our LotR fic is FINALLY up! It's on fanfiction.net under my pen name, which is the same as the one I use here. The site does not allow you to link directly to stories, so I can't help you there. You'll have to go to search, and search for the story title "Mishap, Mischief, and Misadventure" under the Lord of the Rings. The title actually ends with "in Middle-Earth" but those three keywords should be enough. :) Drop us a review!
Have fun, and Adios!

June Holidays...

2005-06-08T20:30:00.000-07:00

This week will be one of the most stressful. I've got Red Cross THREE TIMES THIS WEEK!!!!! Darn.

Oh well. At least I'm through two trainings already.

Remember visiting the CRuSH forums again not too long ago. Hardly anybody - no scratch that - NOBODY - has been visiting it for AGES. Do you know when the last post was? I think... maybe about February??? And as for our CLASS forum, I think the last time anyone touched it was last year!

Okay, okay. I guess we all kinda grow tired of it after awhile. Except for Cheryl and Su-Ann, of course, who happen to be crush e-mentors. That would be fun, but unfortunately I don't think I'm willing to make the commitment of posting there every single week.

ANYWAY, my point is, it would be nice if somebody could visit the forums and post every once in awhile. At least then we can keep it going.

*Sigh* There's so many things I want and have to do this hols. (Notice I put WANT before HAVE... :P ) My fic/s are the main thing. I wanna write my own fantasy fic, but then I also need to finish typing my DP one... and then there's the stuff I HAVE to do, which include Red Cross camp preparations... sigh.
Oh, and I haven't done much of my homework yet... just geography and part of English. *Groan* I am NOT looking forward to doing Math. They give the answers with the work, and it is just SO frustrating when you discover that you STILL have the wrong answer even after working on that stupid question 2a part (ii) for SO long. It's demoralizing I tell you. *groans again*

I wish Deeksha would get a blog. That would be VERY interesting to see. XD Of course, though, knowing Deeksha, pigs would have to fly first before she'd even THINK of getting one. ;)

I'll change this week's stuff later. Right now I'm busy with other things. Besides I really like the DannySam picture there, so I don't mind leaving it there longer. :P

Underdog heroes pt 2

2005-05-31T14:39:00.000-07:00

AAAHHHH!!!!
Ok, maybe I really WAS crazy Sunday night. Oh wellz.

Anyway, I just found out there's NO Red Cross on Wednesday, and it was just a stupid mistake made by none other than yours truly moi.

*Pause*

I'M FREE! I'M FREE!!!!! YEEEEEAAAHHHH!!!

Oops. Kinda hyper now cos I'm listening to Jump5's "Start Jumpin' " :P
Hehheh...

ANYWAY, main point I was trying to say on Sunday - Underdog Cartoon Heroes RULE!!! They are da best! And it's maybe because of them that I myself don't quite like guys or girls who DELIBERATELY try to make themselves tan or muscular. (no offense here) Or "heroic" for that matter.

Hmmza. I think I'm still kinda nuts. *lol*

And I'm still gonna be pretty busy this hol's. I've got IPW, Red Cross Camp *groangroangroangroan*, HOMEWORK, and that's already alot.
But I've also made up me mind to FINISH ALL typing of my fic. :)

Told you I was gonna be busy.

Which reminds me, I'd better get started - as soon as I finish changing this week's stuff! Ciao!

The Underdog Heroes

2005-05-29T21:06:00.000-07:00

Okay. Get ready for a REALLY LONG entry. To make things easier, I've tried to sum up everything I'm gonna be saying in points. Other things I have left to say will be written in another post.

1. I forgot to give credits to Jess for the skin layout - I know I did mention that it was made from her layout, but I didn't thank her. So thanks, Jessica!
2. I am in for one hell of a week! I'll be busy EVERYDAY from Monday all thru till Friday!
Mon: Creative Arts talk at NUS
Tues: SMO (Math olympiad)
Wed: Red Cross Training (AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!)
Thurs: Red Cross Camp discussion and Felicia's concert
Fri: English skit practice
AAAAAAAARRRRRRGGHHHHHHHH!!!!! HEEELLLLLLPP!
And they CALL it a school holiday!!!!! MAN!!!

3. Ah, here's the good part. The main topic of this entry. Call me crazy. Call me whatever u want. But I'm in a crazy mood and I've just decided to try my hand at journalism. And I've decided to write about... (please don't scream if you realize where it's going, Joy)

THE UNDERDOG HEROES

This IS my first time trying to write something other than fiction, so do bear with me. If you disagree, or think I've gone wrong somewhere, drop me a tag, and I'll make amendments (if I can)

Okay, here we go.
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What comes to your mind when you see the word "Superhero"? Ah yes. All the good 'ol Marvel comics crimefighters - Superman, Batman, Spiderman, just to name a few.

But joining the league of these age old popular household names are other, new, and more popular ones like Spongebob Squarepants and Teen Titans.

So just what is it about these new ones that make them just as good, if not BETTER and more appealing, than the original, older ones? Is it the storylines? The characters? Or just the different taste of this modern generation?

My guess? Reality bites. I think people nowadays want and prefer characters which they can relate to and are closer to home. How often do you see a fellow looking just like a potential Clark Kent, abs and all, walking down the street? Odds are about one out of maybe twenty or thirty. And even then, would he have the same gallant personality as all the superheroes we used to admire as kids?

Now, take dear old Spongebob. I'm not a big fan of the show, but I DO read enough to know that he comes from the humble lower class of his tiny little world under the sea, working as a cook for Mr. Krabs, that crazed red lobster, in his fast food restaurant. Neither is he, in any case, a muscular fellow, let alone a superhero.

Yet his success among the kids and even teens of today is booming. Most can identify with how he is often looked down upon by his peers, and find it most encouraging when the little underdog still manages to get a happy ending, sometimes even save the day. Even adults have started analysing the show for how it symbolizes the modern day world.

The way I see it, the age where girls used to ogle over tanned, muscular, hunky surfer dudes is long over. As a big fan of Nickelodeon's Danny Phantom, I've seen many posts on forums over the internet screaming, "I LOOOOOOVE YOU DANNY!!!" The catch - Danny is your typical, skinny, average high school kid, bullied by his schoolmates and snubbed as a "loser". Superman material? I think not. Yet he is the main character, and the superhero, in the show, which is beginning to grow in popularity.

Even Cartoon Network's big-time anime-cum-superhero hit, Teen Titans, doesn't portray the teen heroes in the style of Superman, or the girl supers as being inferior to the guys. The boys look and behave like any other boy would, and the team members work on equal terms - which of course, relates to issues closer to home and makes the show all the more realistic.

Shows where the hero is an underdog - one who is snubbed and often bullied and from the lower end of the human food chain - but still manages to retain his or her dignity and save the day in the end, are the ones which appeal more to kids today. These heroes aren't perfect - they are flawed like the rest of us, they struggle through the daily demands of school and teenage life just as we do, and they, too, make mistakes and learn their lessons from time to time. These are the heroes whose lives we can relate to, who are the ones with the most appeal.

They remind us that there is still a hero within all of us, no matter who we are. If Tay Yek Keak were to write a column on this subject, I'm sure he'll end off with something along the lines of "Maybe there's hope for me yet!" He wouldn't be wrong.

And my parents still wonder why I haven't outgrown cartoons yet. Sure, they're not real, but they do teach us lessons, which, since we can relate to the characters, are easy to understand. Above all, I think underdog heroes really teach us to perservere - not bad an advantage considering our school motto.

Superman and Spiderman still make great shows. But for now I think I'd rather sit down and watch another underdog hero struggle through everyday problems and save the world at the same time.

*NOTE: THE ABOVE WRITINGS ARE BASED ENTIRELY ON OPINION AND ARE BY NO MEANS ANY FORM OF FACT.
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Ah... done. Let me know what you think!
PS: I'm still kinda in a crazy mood, so forgive me if I sound totally...umm... ridiculous??? XP ;)

New skin

2005-05-27T12:44:00.000-07:00

Hmm... new skin...
Took me DAYS to edit it from the html I ripped off Jessica's blog, but I'm done! :)
Excuse the scrollbar that runs over Sam here. It's because of the Quizilla results in on of the previous posts. Once that goes into the archve, it shouldn't be a problem. I still have a few more changes and touchup to do here and there, but overall, it's complete!
Hope you guys like the new design!

Post-exam period

2005-05-20T08:24:00.000-07:00

Hmmm.... I haven't posted in awhile. I don't post unless I have something to say. Plus, with all the recent "hoo-hah" on blog content and being sued, Mom isn't comfy with lettin us blog anymore... and I have to watch what I say, too.

Anyway, Joy was bugging me to blog, so... here I am.

And no, I am NOT, repeat, NOT going to talk about the lit. journey today. That put almost everyone in a bad mood, and me feeling very confused, ticked off, and worse of all, contradictory. One minute I was angry with my friends, the next minute I was siding with them.... oh look. I just said I wasn't gonna talk about it and here I am going on, and on, and on... But bottom line is, it wasn't good and bringing it up again will just make things worse.

If you want an outright protest on the post-exam time-table, I suggest you go over to Tai's blog. She manages to complain about it an extremely critical manner and yet sound funny at the same time. I don't know how she does it, but that's one of the things that make her blog so interesting. But yes, I'll tell you this much. Our butts - and LEGS especially - do get cramped after sitting for one whole day in the hall. That's some feedback for the school committee here. GIVE US CHAIRS!!! For Pete's sake, we could use them last year for the movies, why can't we use them NOW???

And math lessons after exams! No, no, I'm fine with THAT - but what happened in class during our first lesson in curved graphs... UGH!!! WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO?!?!?!?!!!!!!

Oh, you know what? Now that I think about it, I really don't think I wanna know.

ANYWAY, back to what I'm gonna talk about. Which is......

Shoot.
I forgot.

Okay, so I'm suffering from a lack of sense of humor and a mind blank. Don't expect to read anything interesting here for awhile.

Dp quiz results

2005-04-29T01:08:00.000-07:00

Ha! Took the DP quiz. Guess my results! *Joy is SO not gonna let me hear the end of this*

Which Danny Phantom Character Are You?
brought to you by Quizilla

I did it anyhow the first round - and ended up with Danny Fenton. Then I really sat down and pondered the q's and came out Sam. :P
I would agree that I am like her to a certain extent... but, uh, what's with the attraction to the other unique people?(as mentioned above)

Oh...!!!
Ok...I see now what the the author of the quiz was trying to say. *cough cough*
;) lol.

Tests, Exams...ugh

2005-04-27T18:05:00.000-07:00

Had our literature test today. It was a great poem - but for one thing. I COULDN"T FULLY UNDERSTAND IT!!! I generally appreciate all poems, but I stink at them. Man. Go look it up for yourself. It's titled "O What is that Sound". Poem on war.

Geog wasn't so bad. Sailed right thru. Ha! It was easy. Maybe cos we just finished covering the topic and all that info on transport's still fresh inside. Oooh. Better not tell Mrs Koh that though. She might make sure the next test is harder.

Moderately bummed today. The class misbehaved in Music. I saw Ms Chye tweaked for the first time - it's freaky. Apparently that woman still smiles when she's angry - but it's this sarcastic little smirk that kinda gives you the shivers. (Ber, is she ALWAYS this creepy?) Of course we got told off by Miss Jou later. She was VERY disappointed... I won't go into details. Well. Can't say we're not to blame...

Worst part is - Mid-year's coming up - this time we got lucky. It's only Math and Science, but hey. Who likes studying??? And my Math has gotten REALLY bad - well, mostly - since we were forced to say hi to algebra. Ugh. Now I know why Ron hates it so much. My Math was great in Elementary School. Now, it's... umm... detioriating. That only means one thing - more practice. Double ugh.

Oh well, can't really complain, can I? After all, I consider my life pretty relaxed when compared to those from Raffles. Ouch. Let's not go there.

Good part of this week is that there's no Red Cross training today! Ha! About time somebody gave me a break. (Not that I hate it as much as I used to, but it's still just as tiring, AND just as militant. It's like boot camp! Hell-o? This is RED CROSS, NOT NCC!!!)
Oh, and the site which hosts all the DP images is BACK UP!!! Whoopee! I finally get all those pics from Fanning the Flames.

Hmmm. There seems to be good news from each of my fave shows lately. Well, only more reason to celebrate!!! ;D

Oops. I'd better get going. Have to finish my linear graphs or Mr. Tan will kill me tomorrow. YIKES!!! I just remembered! His Math test is TOMORROW too! Aarghh!!! Gotta go study. Sheesh.

*Okay Joy, I posted. Happy now???*

So the Drama

2005-04-15T14:22:00.000-07:00

YESSSS!!!!! Even more good news! Good, good, good, very very good news! The KP movie "So the Drama" finally, FINALLY paired Kim and Ron together! *Shrieks in delight* I so wanna get the dvd. Yes, I'm gonna get it. I don't know how, but I'm going to.
And Joy, I'm so glad you said the blog is so me! :D Thanks!

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2005-04-14T20:39:00.000-07:00

TA-DAAAAAAHHH!!! I FINISHED IT!!! Woo-hoo! Finally.
And believe it or not, I actually did it up from Clara's blogskin!(U can link to it from the links and see for urself) There's no KP (Kim Possible for those of you who don't know) skin, so I did my own! *Sniffs n wipes tear* And it was my 1st attempt at HTML! I'm so happy! And pleased! And... and...
*coughs* okay, okay... I'm just joking. Of course I couldn't have done it without a few people, and so thanks goes to my dear friend Ber, who helped me with all my html problems, and of course, to the designer of the original Totally Spies skin which I modified, "hecklah" from blogskins.com!
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!! ( x1,000,000)
Woah. Doubt I've ever been so hyper. XP
OK, gotta go! Lemme know what u think! :D