i hate snails. i really do.

Some amazing facts about snails:

"A popular divinatory use for the snail, found in Scotland, Wales, and Ireland as well as England, is to place it in the ashes of the hearth, or on a plate of flour, and examine the marks of the creature's random meanderings to see the initial of your future spouse's name. The first known mention of this belief is in Gay's Shepherd's Week (1714: 34). "

"Others claimed that it was lucky to throw a snail over your left shoulder (Henderson, 1879: 116). "

"They also had their uses in folk medicine, being recommended for earache (prick with a needle and drip the juice into the ear), coughs and colds (boil snails in barleywater), to remove warts, cure the ague (strung on a thread and frizzled over the fire) (Black 1883: 56-7) and for gout (pounded into a plaster) (Aubrey, 1686/1880: 256). "

"The well-known rhyme recited to snails by children:
Snail, snail, Come out of your hole
Or else I'll beat you, As black as coal.
Snail, snail, Put out your horns
I'll give you bread, And barley corns,

was first printed in the mid-18th century, but the Opies point out its very wide geographical spread, taking in most of Europe and China, which possibly argues for it being considerably older."

I guess i really had too much time on my hands to be doing research on snails. Really fascinating isn't it? there's even a rhyme for snails. =.="

Brings back the memories of how i first developed my phobia toward all mollusks, annelids and many other disgusting, soft, worm/milipede/slug-like bodies. Happened many years ago, when i was still in elementary school. My brothers, cousins, neighbours and I grouped round a table with some match sticks, tongs and some kind of container(i think it was porcelain) and we started to make a mini-bonfire. Then we went out hunting for things we could burn, and came back with a load of snails and milipedes.

we picked up the snails which have already shrunken into their shells out of fear and placed them right in the middle of the bonfire and watch it shrivel out, with greenish-yellowish-milky-coloured "blood" ooze out of its body, and then finally it was left with only the burnt-black shell. we also did the same with the milipedes and watch it roll into a ball and oozing out some-coloured "blood" and turned into ashes.

Ever since then, i've had that phobia, especially towards snails. i hate seeing them, watching them crawling, or stepping on them, or WATCH it get stepped, or an already-stepped-on snail. when i see a snail, i'll be sure to keep my distance. i just wonder how some people can just pick the snails up and throw them at the wall, or over the wall. Not like i care if the snails die or not but it's just disgusting and creepy. the way the snails with its soft moist body crawl around, giving displeasure to housewives, gardeners, and those who step on them.

But ever since that mini-bonfire incident, i've managed to develop a liking for burning things. not to mention cutting things too. i remember the time me and my brother would go out hunting for grasshoppers and locusts to burn. and once they've been "cooked" we gave it to our dog, Brownie. Brownie really loved those special treats we gave him (he's dead now though. and no, it wasn't because of the fried grasshoppers). and you know, the cooked grasshoppers smelled so good and looked so crispy. i might actually eat one one day, probably for survival. LOL

i really don't know why i'm talking about this but oh well. just some reminiscing thats all. ahh.. my childhood days.

i can't believe i can actually write this crap with a whole econs assignment due tomoro which i havent even started. and i actually volunteered to accompany my mom grocery shopping later. oh well. i'll manage somehow. (oh yeah. it has already been a week since mom came back, and everything has became a standstill. if you actually know what i mean.)

alright. so much for snails. i'm off now.

sweet sunday. not.

mom called yesterday and said that she won't be coming back anymore, leaving me and my bro to fend for ourselves till the end of the year, with no more luxury, parental guidance and morning transport. i'll have to slaught like a maid and be a servant of my bro.... okay. that wasn't exactly what she said. she just said she won't be coming back anymore and that it'll just be me and my bro in the house for the whole of term four. she'll send money and that's about it. which means i'm left to babysit my bro and do house chores for the rest of the year. shit. my pampered life is being ripped away from me. shit.

but oh well. not really sure if mom's really gonna leave us like this. i mean, hey, if she's not here i don't really have to bother cleaning the house since she won't even come back to check whether the house is clean or dirty. right? LOL. anyway, i kinda 'caught' her coz she told me to quickly email her the things i want her to buy for me coz today is the last day of the Parkson Grand sale. and i went like, "what's the point of buying for me when you're not even coming back here to give it to me? i might as well just wait for two months and go home and buy it myself." and there was this pause at the other side of the phone. hah! then she said, "oh.. just thinking only.. considering..considering..". and then she burst out in laughter. so much for the big idea. but still, kinda think my mom might really not come back. though i don't think it'll be all bad. it'll definitely mean freedom and some air to breathe.

so, with that aside. i've been doing nothing. i've said that in the earlier post as well and i've been doing the same things everyday. pretty crappy life eh? have been force feeding myself with tomatoes and drinking tea till i just want nothing to do with them anymore. why, you say? of course. it's for the complexion. COMPLEXION. tomatoes and tea is good for your skin. and as you know how vain i am, i go for the "no pain no gain" motto. there's also this disgusting chinese herb thing i drink.. it is i think.. some mung bean thing with fok san and wei sang. oh well. it IS disgusting. has no taste but has this creamy texture. the thought of it just makes me sick with nausea. =.="

and then i've been trying to get myself to sit down and do my IC since i have 15 exercises to catch up with, with me being 4 chapters behind and all. but i'm not even close to completing one exercise. gosh, i'm so hopeless. and then i suddenly remember i have two assignments to finish. great. the big temptation from the computer just attracts me like a magnet away from my homework and productive work i could be doing. and then there's this new site i've found where you can download heaps of interesting things that interests me. yes you've guessed it right. i don't have to say what it is. those who know me well will know. :p

and yes. i'm still waiting for Princess. it's so bl**** slow. but its okay. i'll wait. no matter how long it takes. i'll wait.............=.= @#$%!!!! awww. screw it. i've found plenty of others interesting too. *snicker*

alright. to those who faithfully visit this very dull blog of mine, please pardon me. i really have no idea how to make this blog more interesting, or how to make my ever so boring life so interesting to talk about. i'm so sorry for repeating the same things i do everyday in different words and sentences. sighh. i need something to spice up my life. *tears*

Bilakah masaku untuk dilamun cinta? hidupku dah cukup membosankan. grrr.. ahh. tak apalah. lebih baik jangan kerap menanti-nanti. Sakit hatiku nanti. sighh...

seven days passed since my holiday first started and i'm proud to say that i haven't done anything productive...yet.. time seems to be flying pass me and i don't seem to care. the very thought that my holiday will be coming to an end in like.. about eleven days.. is just too much of a bother to think about. i'm supposed to do lotsa things and make the best out of this holiday but oh well.. screw it for all i care. i can finally have this 'break' and i'm enjoying this. waking up at 12pm and laze around the computer till dinner time and eat, then computer then sleep. sometimes i go out in the afternoon, and etc. woooooooo! havent touched my school bag and my hand writing sucks now that i havent held a pencil/pen in such a long time.. this is life baby.. this is life~~

about two days ago, went to Perth Royal Show. enjoyed myself i think.. coz i won prizes.. a very big toy and some smaller others. going to give them away though.. to someone who would actually appreciate the things i give them. *wink wink* LOL was hugging the toy the whole day.. arms aching and in pain the next day. i should build more muscles. =.=

anyway, all i can say is i'm pretty much bored here. there isn't much to do besides making food for me and my bro to eat, gluing my eyes on the computer, bathing, going out and sleeping. what a boring life but at least it's far better than studying. actually truth is, i went to the library with my bro today. went at 1.30pm. i sat down at started to do IC coz i have like 15 exercises to catch up with and i'm always stuck at the stupid optimisation chapter which seem to take forever to finish, and i keep doing the same questions again and again. anyway, i could only manage to do four questions.. not very productive if i say so myself. the rest of the time i spent drawing, trying to draw perfect shoes. that was kinda hard since i can't draw a front view shot of shoes of a person standing. oh well. and then at 3pm my bro said we were being useless in the library since the only thing we thought of doing was to do anything besides studying. so screw it. we went home. :p

oh. i'm suddenly having a craving for some french fries... and.. nasi kandar. shit.. i wanna eat nasi kandar! and i miss my roti telur with sausage and cheese. my school's the best for it. and it only costs you RM1.50.. not sure if the price has increased but oh well.

and i am feeling sleepy again. it's only 9.24pm. what time did i wake up today? around 11am. so that means i've only been awake for 10 hours and 24 minutes. so what. i don't care. i think i should go sleep sleep then. yay. my beauty sleep. my wonderful sleep. zzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ