The Dysfunctional Pilgrim

I was riffling through my old school essays for my writing assignment, and I found this little piece. This was written for a mid-term or finals in 2009, can't remember exactly. Maybe it was SPM trials. I always preferred writing fiction during exams  because it made it easier for what I call "under-pressure crapping", and I never edited it apart from the spelling and grammar errors.  Anyway, I've reread it, and surprisingly....I don't hate it. mmmmm.......I did deviate from the topic "Courage" by a LOT though.... I'm more of a narcissist than I thought. Ah well, decided to share it here.  This was 17-yr-old-sweating-in-exam-hall-me trying to create a bittersweet/horror/hanging ending....  xxxxxxxxxxxx I charged up the stairs of the tower, stumbling over dead bodies and debris. Sweat was pouring down my face as I gasped for air; the pain in my lungs was searing me. My heart pounded rapidly, as the fear in my soul attempted to drown out ...

My friend in uni stumbled unto my old DLCW tribute video, and she left this comment: " Hey! I watched this video before I know you~!!! hahaha...it's one of the best tribute for LCW and I'm honored to know the one who made this video..=D" To put it more in context, my friend is from Kuching. And she watched it there. When she was in Kuching. WHEN SHE WAS LIKE, ACROSS THE SEA FROM ME. According to her, it went "viral" among her friends. They all loved it. I was reduced to gaping at my computer screen like an ape. omagah! no way! O.O Then I wondered whether to laugh or cry. The beautiful irony is that people all over have seen this vid, but I still don't know if DLCW has seen it. SIGH. Still, it's an amazing feeling to know that others have seen this and were...slightly touched by it. In some small way, it made them happy. Or ...dare i say it...inspired. Haha. I honestly did not think anyone apart from my friends, family, and maybe p...

And two nights (and one day) of endless agonising efforts of squinting at a laptop. Here we are: my little trailer/preview/introduction to my group work presentation. It was just a slideshow at first....but our lecturer requested us to make the introduction more interesting... Me being....me.....went a little overboard. Ok.......so maybe I'm 40% of a workaholic. Naaaaaaaaaaaaah. I'm still lazy. Here's my little diddy. better to view on youtube...on a larger screen (yes, that's my ego talking. blow it up full screen! kidding) There's some minor glitches and timing problems. I'm not absolutely satisfied at it, but I'm happy. My group liked it, and so did others. So it's ok. Despite the how tiresome it can be, I actually enjoy doing it. Not sure why. But there's something about this whole video editing thingamajig that fascinates me. Midsem break is on. WORK WEEK though. WORK WORK WORK WORK. Noooooo i'm not a workaholic. Not yet. Hav...