Last Night

"You promised me heaven and put me through hell."

You Give Love A Bad Name - Bon Jovi

It's Sunday. The last day of February, the last day of Chinese New Year, the last day to slack before going back to college, the last day to enjoy being at home and sleeping in instead of trying to control your anger in a traffic jam.

Just this morning I took a look into my previous posts dated about a year ago. The quality of my writing has dropped tremendously over the past 2 months. I've been talking more cock than ever before.

Maybe it's the pressures of 18 year-old life, maybe it's the effect of spending Chinese New Year with idiot relatives, of even the possibility of dropping out of college due to the amazing pressure... Somehow I find that I have lost alot of my motivation to blog.

I force myself to come up with new content to keep this blog alive because I love my blog. I really, really love my blog and I put alot of work, time and TLC into making it the beautiful blog it is today. I have sharpened all the mere skill I ever had in image editing with all the headers and content on this blog.

But one thing is for sure, I'm never parting with Drive The Sensation. It is a part of me, and virtually my life in words since 2007. This blog is gonna remain active hopefully till the day I die.

I gotta go. Homework and band practice.

Love,
Daniel

P.S. What band? You'll find out later ;)

Pokerface

"You're the direction I follow to get home. When I feel like I can't go on, you tell me to go and it's like I can't feel a thing without you around"

6 Months - Hey Monday

Monday blues are BACK, and they're badder than ever.

Instead of ranting from morning till night, I'll do it the other way around this time.

I had lots of faith in Toys R' Us products. However, when I buy Everts balloons, the usual tendancy would be that HALF the pack would be useless, but what's the case when there's only ONE balloon in the pack?

I bought a 170cm Giant on Friday and tried blowing it up, but it couldn't inflate properly so I returned to the Subang Parade Toys R' Us today to return it. They refunded immediately so i went to pick out another one.

All the red ones were gone. the one I picked the last time was red and it was useless, so I picked a green one (they were all green). It looked pretty good until I just blew it up.

One moment, 3 feet wide balloon bouncing on my room floor. 10 seconds later, KABOOM!

You all know what I would have done. Yeah. COMPLAIN. That's me! Malaysian attitude!

So I got hold of the Toys R' Us email and gave them a long lecture on balloon quality and how the sale of such defective products can threaten the decoration and party industry.

Hmm...I wonder what kind of reply i'm gonna get.

Earlier today...hmm. COLLEGE BECKONS. Homeworkhomeworkhomework!!!!!!

There's so much of it and there's only one of me...I know I'm overreacting but that's me. I crack under pressure...

I'mma sleep off the stress.

Love,
Daniel

The Six O'Clock Alarm

"Even though it's a struggle, love is all we got and we gon' keep keep climbing to the mountain top. Your world is my world and your fight is my fight."

One Time - Justin Bieber

Oh the laziness in me...

I can't seem to get out of this perpetual distraction. Everytime I wanna get some work done I end up doing something else.

Piles of outstanding assignments and homework await me. Maths, Legal and English being the most prominent. I'm not even halfway through my Legal yet and there's college on Monday...

I'm still in the stupid holiday mood. THAT's why.

Following that, I have not one, not two, but THREE open houses today to attend. One in Shah Alam, a dinner at God knows where and a gambling sesh in Kelana Jaya.

I'm off now. Gotta finish a little bit more work before the rush starts....

Love,
Daniel

Mozlotov

"Why dontcha you put it on the blog, rockin' like this my job. We can't help that we popular and all these folks want to flock to us, Come to a show and just rock with us, a million plus with binoculars"

I'mma Be - Black Eyed Peas

Once again, time is moving at her own pace and dragging me along with her. My clock says it's...

11:50!!?!??

Oops, it was upside down. It was 03:11 when I read that.

Now it's OFFICIALLY 3:21 PM. I took a soak in my parents bathtub at 2 thinking it was 3, and I almost got dressed thinking it was 5. I really need to cool down and perhaps take a nap. There's no point going out  today because of the exodus heading out of Kuala Lumpur. Them Chinese folks are heading home and SS2's gonna be a ghost town for awhile.

When the time is right I can even lie down on SS2/75 without a worry. The only trouble is when it's late at night and the orientation of the road becomes null and void. I almost got run over by what looked like a Lamborghini Gallardo travelling obviously above 150 km/h in the wrong direction 2 years ago. I was standing in the middle of the damn road (on the divider) and was just about to cross when the deafening roar of that maniac's exhaust pipe brought me to my senses.

It's Chinese new Year folks. The sky is gonna light up tonight as fireworks welcome the tiger.

Tomorrow at this time I'll be on the plane to Miri, Sarawak for my holiday. Sorry I can't bring you a travelogue. I'll be in Mulu for a day and, Miri for another 2 days, and back to Mulu for the last day and then it's back to college the very next day.

Therefore, I need sleep. Now

Love,

D.A.niel

P.S. I Almost forgot!

Pssstt! It's a wallpaper! Feel free to download! :)

GONG XI FA CAI! WAN SHI RU YI!

Free Hugs

"I remember putting down the backseat and lying in the hatchback. Looking at the sky watching trees go by. I was the son of a preacher and he was a rich poor man."

Chevette (Remix) - Audio Adrenaline

Tomorrow Today is P1's first Parliamentary debate...and I'll have to become Kevin Rudd for about an hour when that happens. I'mma become the prime minister of Australia for an hour :).

My blog was full of really sad and depressing vents in the past few days so I've come to brighten it up, but still there's one thing that I've been dying to blog about.

(Courtesy of Angry Little Girls Inc.)

Juan Mann's contribution to the world began with one thing - a hug. A simple hug he gave to a woman at a subway station who just lost her puppy and lost her daughter a year ago on the same day.

He was depressed as hell. Juan was an Australian guy who went to London to work. When he was there, however, things turned sour. His life turned upside down. He was forced to come back home with nothing bur a luggage case filled with clothes. Juan Mann became a tourist in his own country.

So he found some cardboard and made a sign saying "FREE HUGS". For 15 minutes people just rudely stared and ignored, until that woman showed up. It started a revolution of hope in Australia. As it spread through the country, it was banned by the police but was lifted soon later. How can you ban love and hope?

"Free Hugs" was made to tell the world that if they can reach out to one person and make them smile fore even one moment, why not? Give them a hug and make them feel loved.

Unfortunately, in the Socio-Democratic League of Petaling Jaya, the people have other thoughts.

When we wanted to plan a psychology experiment, I suggested we march into the food court bearing these signs. Nobody took it up. However, some girls were worse. They only wanted to hug cute and good-looking guys and not nerds and whatnots.

The sign says "FREE HUGS", and not "FREE HUGS (FOR HOT GUYS/GIRLS ONLY)". People who don't look or behave "normally" and are discriminated need a free hug more than the hottie who just broke up with his/her 27th girl/boyfriend. Yes, both of them are depressed, but look who's more important.

Hot stuffs can get free hugs from anyone who comes their way, but a Free Hugs campaign is to give hugs to everyone ESPECIALLY those who need it most. To some, a hug is worth more than a million dollars. To me, a hug is more magical than any spell a fairy can cast.

So if you ever decide to bear the "FREE HUGS" sign, think hard first. Are you willing to give anyone a hug? In the event you display the sign and refuse to give a particular person that hug you promised, it'll be an even harder blow to him/her. Free Hugs have no strings attached, no terms and conditions to abide to and no cost whatsoever. Hope is meant to be spread to everyone, and not just who you fancy.

I'm not scolding or criticizing  you for what you girls said, but this is the reality of free hugs. They're really meant to be free. Wanna know more? Go try http://freehugscampaign.org.

Love,
D.A.niel

Tokyo Drift

" This night, walk the dead in a solitary style and crash the cemetery gates in the dress your husband hates. Way down, mark the grave where the search lights find us drinking by the mausoleum door, and they found you on the bathroom floor"

Cemetery Drive - My Chemical Romance

I thought i would be okay this morning, but the odds are against me. More fights, more arguments, less love and no forgivness.

My hands are shaking for no particular reason. I can't operate the computer mouse properly. I'm late for class but I need to calm down. I need to prepare to give the rotten excuses that I prepared in the event that shit like this happens.

It seems to my old folks that having to drive push the car to Subang every morning and evening to send me to college is a burden that they bear just to give me a future, and now that I know how scary our assole Malaysian drivers are, I don't want to drive anymore. I value my life though it's pretty worthless.

If you want me to walk my sorry ass home I will, but that's none of your business. I came back on my own accord yesterday, trying to make you all proud of me but what did I get? More lectures telling me what I already know.

So what if I took a taxi? I know I've taken taxis in Cambodia and Thailand and Singapore, but that's because taxi's are FOOLPROOF. You tell them to go somewhere, he may take you 20 rounds around Kuala Lumpur and will still take you there. But even if you pay a bus driver a million bucks he won't drive you to where you wanna go specifically. Maybe our Malaysian bus drivers will, but you get the point right?

I learned how to take a taxi. I know taxis. I can take a taxi to Europe tomorrow if I want. I learned the LRT too. Why? Because I didn't go alone on the first time. I went with others who were more considerate to teach me how to use the system. Besides, the LRT runs on a track and not on a road. What's the worst that could go wrong?

"Daniel, you're 18."

SO WHAT!? IT'S NOT MY GODDAMN FAULT I'M 18! I always hated my date of birth. I hated being a Capricorn. If only the bloody Cesarean was a month later life would be a little better. Really. I miss all the nice birthday bashes and all. I never had a birthday surprise all 18 years of my life beside all the sweet midnight calls, but then I've given up trying to change what I can't. But still, don't make it look like I want to be 18. Being 18 REALLY SUCKS.

I used to be so optimistic, but look at me now. I never knew being optimistic could backfire so badly. I always thought some good will come out of the shitstorm, but nothing good nor hopeful came out this time. I don't think you'll see that smile I used to wear, my sincere smile. For today, if I even do smile, it'll be to hide the pain that I'm going through.

The water supply is cut in my house, and I didn't take my bath this morning. I feel like SHIT.

And PLEASE stop calling me smart. I AM NOT SMART. I'm a stupid teenager who's very laid back and I'm a bum, a very lazy one. If I've ever done ANYTHING right in my past, it's because of a stroke of luck and nothing more. I can never do anything right or good on my own accord. If you keep believing that I'm a smartass then I'll fail you more and more again. I'm an average kid, in fact, I'm way below average. In fact, I'm just goddamn lucky, and my luck is failing me now.

Jesus, I know you put me through this test of faith and I have failed you yet again. Please forgive your son as you've forgiven him before, thought he's done absolutely nothing to deserve it.

Love,
D.A.niel

Smoking My Inspiration

"You want to cash out and get the hell out of town. Don`t be a baby, remember what you told me. Shut up and put your money where your mouth is!"

Waking Up In Vegas - Katy Perry

I know I'm supposed to be hard at work now, instead of wasting my precious time blogging.

But I can't work, can't think and can't proceed with my work at all, so I really need to take it out here before I go to college tomorrow and start venting on others.

My patience runs very thin when I deal with old conservative nutjobs who have no respect for the younger generation and our changing nature. I got this English essay the other day about how technology pulls society apart. The day when the author of that piece of shit is stuck somewhere with no technology or means of communication I'll personally drive up to him/her and laugh in his/her face.

Seriously, old folks, GROW UP. My father is 70. He has an email address, Twitter, Multiply, and Yahoo Messenger. He even calls me for help to use my PayPal account (this may be one of the ONLY fathers who asks his SON to help with paying for stuffs on the internet. Yay for him!). Even though he doesn't know how to use it that well, he makes an effort to try. Some of you are barely 65 and already have given up on the modern world.

You people are gonna die someday and it'll be because of your ignorance and NOT natural causes. You just wait and see. You're killing yourselves.

On another note, I'm Daniel. I'm not Jesus. I'm not a monkey see, monkey do person. I want the 'why's and the 'what's of everything. When I learn, I learn from others, not by myself. Enough shit happens when I learn myself so I need help. We all need somebody to love and look up to right?

When i said WE, I meant us, the younger generation. You old folks still prefer to sit alone and you complain about us being in front of the computer all day long. We socialize on the internet, idiots. For more than half you paranoid folks, the streets of Malaysia = HELL. So let us socialize like this and SHUT UP if you have nothing nice to say.

Ok. I'm done. Back to...wait now i'm just starting on my homework.

I BE DAMNED.

Love,
D.A.niel

One Night Only

"All the time I wasted on you, all of the bullshit you put me through. I'm checking into rehab 'cause everything that we had didn't mean a thing to you."

Love Drunk - Boys Like Girls

Do read this post if you're going through a shitty day. It's something that'll make you feel better. TRUST ME.

It's been a really screwed up day for me...

That's what was going through my mind 3 hours ago at The Ministry of Sound, but not now.

I woke up in the morning and took a pretty quick bath. I came out rather wet and stepped into my room. I forgot that I had the aircond on full blast the night before and I stepped into a chilling room naked trying to get my clothes on.

It's been a really, really hot week. So I grabbed my bermudas and pink polo and headed downstairs for breakfast.

Rain had just started pouring outside as I made my way to college. So I took out my umbrella and worked it till it opened. To college I went and made it late by a few minutes.

Ms. Wu was later though. And at that moment it hit me...I FORGOT TO BRING MY LEGAL STUDIES NOTES!!

I spent almost RM7 printing the whole batch of papers and guess what? The almighty genius Daniel Jeyachristi Jude-Valentine Anthony had to leave it all at home.

So Legal class began, and I honestly confessed to Mr. David telling him that I didn't bring the notes. He's a really forgiving teacher, and I thank God for that.

I love silver linings in clouds. Don't you? A silver lining always GMH (Gives Me Hope).

College ended on time and I headed to Sunway Pyramid with Mika Weixian, Ping Ping and Janice. We booked ourselves a room for 6 at RedBox Karaoke and sang our lungs out till 5pm. Time really flew, but it was a really good time we had.

After we finished I headed to Euphoria to collect my passes for the Rev-Up Facebook party happening tonight. Only the first 600 people who get there will be able to enter, and there I was. First of many.

Now remember that I was in my bermudas? I'm a swakoo in the clubbing scene, so I really don't know about the club dress code.

It wasn't until I was waiting in the lounge when huge bouncer came up to me and told me that I need to be in longs or slacks to enter and I was like...DAMN!

Daddyyyy, can you like...send over a pair of slacks for me?

Oh hell no.

So what did I do? I decided to head home...but not just yet. How could I leave a party without a balloon? I love balloons, and the atmosphere set by the hundreds of helium balloons there was unmistakable.

I walked back to the Pyramid and tried to find an ATM to reload my phone and alas, I ran into the person behind all the little advertisements on this blog. Yes. I ran into Josh Lim. The boss of Advertlets.

Only trouble is, he was on the phone and I was heading home. He invited me over for dinner but I was already headed for home. Just moments later I found the Maybank ATM and reloaded my phone.

I sms-ed Joyce and Nettey about what happened, and just then I swear I heard God say to me these few lines that made all the difference in the night.

"DANIEL JEYACHRISTI JUDE-VALENTINE ANTHONY, you told the world that you wanted to enjoy your youth and would not give up even a second of it. Are you really sure you wanna enter the world of adulthood and clubbing and all? Why not enjoy your youth while it lasts?"

Damn right that changed my night!

It made me smile even though other crappy stuff happened like the traffic jam on the way home, the stares that I got from a couple of Malay dudes who thought tying my balloon to my phone was funny and the fact that I went out looking for the V for Vendetta DVD but didn't find it. All in all, I found so many silver linings in all the shit that happened today, and everytime something lucky or unlucky happened to me today, it just made my smile grow bigger.

It seemed to me that I found happiness for once in my life, through all the pain of a rough and so-called terrible day, I learned that I could smile through the end of it. Sad stories can have really sweet endings.

Love,

D.A.niel

Fireflies

"Light up your face with gladness, hide every trace of sadness. Although a tear may be ever so near, that's the time you must keep on trying."

Smile - Michael Jackson

It's the first week of February. The sun is shining (far too brightly), birds are singing and spring is in the air. The year of the Ox is drawing nearer and nearer to an end. In the midst of the preparations for the year of the Tiger, someone's turning 18 too!

Though we've just known each other for barely a month, I found her an AWESOME person to work with. She's someone whom you can really count on, and she'll never let you down.

She's none other than one of the prime workforces behind the scenes of the first Legal Studies presentation (on the VADER principals) of 2010. She refers to herself as Yuri Kyomoto while we know her as Ping Ping. Either way, she's one year older today!

HAPPY 18TH BIRTHDAY, YANG YEE PING!

You're ONLY physically an adult! Don't let that stop you from being a the fun and bubbly adorable girl you are inside!

Without you, the P1 SAM 2010 at Taylors Subang wouldn't be complete. You take our pictures, coordinate our legal presentations and are always there to keep the joyful atmosphere going with your cute self.

Keep that beautiful smile on your face as long as you live dear. It brings happiness to everyone around you, especially us in P1. Enjoy your life being eighteen!

Love and hugs!
D.A.niel

Faith and Gasoline

"Mister, cut me some slack cause' I don't wanna go back."

Neon Tiger - The Killers

My last post left me pretty touched at the awesome-ness of my college class, so much that I'm pretty speechless here. Now I'm bundled up in my snuggie updating my blog before hitting the sack.

I was doing the dishes a few hours ago and watered-down dishwashing paste trickled into a little cut on my thumb. Ouch...Typing's abit slow, sms-ing is tough and MSN-ing is full of typos :(. I still wanna blog though. I love my blog. :)

It had been a while since I scratched decks, so I booted my lappie into Windows, which was SUPER laggy and fired up the turntables. I never felt better though I kept screwing up and forgetting the mixcues. I've really gone rusty. My sampleboard is super lame and the songs are so outdated. Any new club hits worth mixing?

Our billboard grows by the day. It's like a chest of memories of good times spent together. Although very financially inclined, I like the idea. (Thanks Janice!)

So there goes January. Another crazy month. Events of both extremes happened and some of them were really nasty (like the 95U$D scam!) and other stuffs, but it's evened out by things money can't buy. Love, hope and fun. Everything I could ever wish for and more...all in my hands, in P1.

I guess I'll hit the bed now. I can't seem to keep my eyelids from failing me anymore. Besides, a snuggie only covers one side of you. The other side needs to be on the bed for it to work, and that side of me is freezing!!!

Love,

D.A.niel

P.S. What's a snuggie? http://getsnuggie.com - I know you want one :)