Here's a look at the effect birth order may have on you:

Firstborn (THAT'S ME!!) :

Personality: Firstborns are ambitious, assertive, dominant and disciplined compared with their younger siblings. They're determined to succeed yet fearful of losing position and rank, and are defensive about errors and mistakes, Dattner says.

Compensation: A recent survey by CareerBuilder.com found that workers who were the firstborn child in their families were more likely to earn $100,000 or more annually compared with their siblings.

Professions: The oldest tend to pursue vocations that require higher education, like medicine, engineering or law. Firstborns from the CareerBuilder.com survey reported working in jobs in government, engineering, pharmacy and science. Ohio State University researchers found firstborn children were more likely to pursue "intellectual" jobs. (OH YEAH!!)

Job level: Workers who are firstborn are more likely to report holding a vice president or senior management position, according to the survey.

Famous firstborns: Oprah Winfrey, Hillary Clinton, Winston Churchill, Sylvester Stallone and Bill Clinton.

Middle (ALIAH) :

Personality: Middle children are good at negotiation, peacemaking and compromise, Dattner says. They are easygoing and diplomatic and are usually closer to friends than family.

Compensation: More middle children identified themselves as earning $35,000 or less per year than firstborn or youngest children, according to the CareerBuilder.com survey.

Professions: Middles tend to have excellent negotiating and people skills -- anything that employs these skills is a great fit. Middle children from the CareerBuilder.com survey said they work in nursing, law enforcement, firefighting and machine operation.

Job level: Middle children were more likely to identify with professional and technical staff level positions in the CareerBuilder.com survey. They also reported being the most satisfied with their current positions.

Famous middles: David Letterman, Richard Nixon, Madonna and Princess Diana.

Youngest (IRFAN) :

Personality: Youngest children love the limelight and are used to sitting in it. They are charming and creative, have a good sense of humor and manipulate others when they want to get their way.

Compensation: Last borns were the least likely to report earning six figures, according to the CareerBuilder.com survey.

Professions: Youngest children often gravitate toward artistic and outdoor jobs, according to the OSU survey. They're also successful in journalism, advertising, sales and athletics. Those who responded to the CareerBuilder.com survey reported working in art, design, sales and information technology.

Job level: The majority of last borns in the CareerBuilder.com survey held administrative and clerical level positions. They also reported being the least satisfied in their current jobs.

Famous younglings: Jim Carrey, Billy Crystal, Steve Martin, Cameron Diaz and Rosie O'Donnell.

mood chipper

Right. Whoever said that in reference to The Dark Knight seriously has to reconsider it. It's really dark.
So, I've watched it with my mom.
2.5hours of pure menace thanks to the terrific acting of Joker by the late Heath Ledger.


-Joker in a gravelly voice "Why so serious... "

Hmmm, let's see. I'm still trying to gauge whether my reaction to the movie is one borne out of my personal perspectives or simply my mind is just sub-consciously reiterating what the review has said of the movie which is pure anarchic because of the stellar performance of Heath Ledger. I'm really confused.

So, the previous movie portrays the rise of the vigilante Batman which happens to be the most eligible and blasted rich bachelor and good-looking in GC and pitted him against inconsequential baddies in Gotham City. Whereas in this movie, its mano a mano. Simply Joker versus Batman. Harvey Dent is just a pawn in Joker's game. Uh huh.

Joker is warped. Bottomline being I think I love The Dark Knight. I love the humour. Of course it's in small doses. Haha.

I'm still looking for materials for my econs essay regarding coffee. Urgh.

mood contemplative

Monday's a holiday courtesy of Youth Day. The thing that I don't understand about Youth Day is that as its name implies, the holiday is only meant for youths, namely people who fall in the age category of 13-18. Primary school enjoys that privilege but not students of tertiary instituitions. 

I'm switching blogs. Again. First, it was blogspot, then xanga before i started using livejournal. 

Slept quite early yesterday. Woke up this morning planning to do alot of things. "Things" being the pile of assignments. Ended up doing none of those "things" and instead watching Ocean's 11 and 21. Damn. I must be the only person in the world to be extremely ill-disciplined. 

momentummomentummomentum. Keep it going.

mood aggravated

OKay.

I am back in Spore on Wednesday after a week and one day long hiatus.

Anyway, I've got an announcement to make:

I DEFIED GRAVITY.

Hah. Take that Newton!

Nah, it was actually my level 1 sports climbing course on the Thursday which allowed me to do just that.

That was fun but the minute I got home, my hand was aching. It still is, now.

So, during my one week holiday, I watched two movies, Ironman and The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. It was very interesting. Shan't elaborate too much about that. Went shopping for stuffs. Didn't get any sunglasses even though it was on sale. And I need to get them wallet.

It was very much slacking on my part at my aunt's house. I'm starting to do my pile of homework after this. And my arms hurt. Sports climbing is fun, and I plan to drop in the gym with Fahila once in a while.

Didn't buy any book. Though I'm planning to buy the whole series of The Chronicles of Narnia which costs a bomb. Maybe I shall ask my mother that for my birthday. =))

And I went on a late-night shopping spree with my mother wearing a pajamas. omg. omg. omg.

I still can't believe that I did it and survived. lol.

I'm out, people.

I've got my lvl 1 windsurfing and sports climbing. Those pretty certs are def gna be in my new wallet.

And after my sports climbing course, I met up with Fahila and had dinner with her at ljs. I was craving for that. Haha. Reminds me of the time right after our 'O' lvl chem paper, we rushed to jurong library to celebrate and had dinner at ljs. I mean, it's like so ironic,the fact that we're enjoying the end of the 'O' levels by gng to the library. Haha.

I mean, when Die Hard 4.0 came out last year, my mother and I rushed to watch the movie.

Then, came Rambo IV. Damn, my mother was so excited at the prospect of watching the movie. There's no way on earth am I gna watch that movie, I told her. Fine, she told me. Then when the movie was about to start, I sat by my mother and told her, "I'm going to watch throughout the first few minutes of the movie only, to see what kind of stupid assed movie this is."

And I sat thru the whole screening of the movie. Amazing huh. Seriously, the idea of having to see old Sly's muscles gives me the creeps but the movie was surprisingly action-packed. Funny huh how Sly managed to have an excellent aim with his bow, excellent stamina with all that running around across the jungle despite him being old. Like real. How misleading sometimes movies can be.

Anyway, I'm not too keen on watching the latest Indiana Jones movie.

By the by,

I've bought my body scrub from The Body Shop, thanks to my mother. I'm trying a new flavour, passionfruit.

YAY!!

Siti Aisyah is a happy woman.

Lol. I'm easily impressed.

I'm going to check out Kate Spade's store to look for any sale after I come back from KL. Probably with Fahila. It's been a long time.

I'll be leaving tonight.

Miss me people.

Bye Singapore,

Hello Kuala Lumpur. =))

Hello all.

Okay. These few weeks have been extremely hectic with all the summer tests and all. I'll be going down to KL next Monday with my family except for my dad. He has work.

Sigh. There's a lot of things that I wanna talk about but at the moment, I can't seem to think about any.

THE GREAT SINGAPORE SALE has started!

I went into The Body Shop just now, wanting to see if their stock for hair masque is already in. God knows I need one when Singapore is so friggin hot and humid. Damn. It so happens I saw the huge red attention-grabbing sign that says 'SALE!' at The Body Shop at I rushed inside to see what's on sale. Arghhh.. This is so frustrating. Really, man.

I ran out of the body butter and scrub and their lotion a long time ago. So sian lah. But with the sale, it's such an auspicious start to my holidays what with the sale and all. I'm gonna get them! There's like a 50% discount. Yay!

And my wallet is spoilt. Sigh. I'm broke. I suppose I could ask my parents but I hate to ask them to pay for my spendings. Yucks. Gotta figure a way to make money to buy those shizz.

Things I'm gna do during the June hols:

-Do my homework

-Brush up on my weak subjects; like mathematics? for the matter..

-Teach my siblings

-Buy stuff from The Body Shop (IT IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE!!)

-Enjoy my one week holiday in KL! I'm gna visit their library and see how it compares to our library.

-Read Harry Potter and Artemis Fowl and Dostoevsky. (I've reviewed them but I haven't start on it)

-Reserve The Point of Impact by Stephen Hunter. I really do not wish to trudge around Singapore just to find the blasted book. Only a few copies is available in the library.

-Get my body shop stuffs!!

Okay, Enough of the ranting.

I just wish to lament the fact that when I wanted to join a few cycling competition just for exposure; it just had to happen that my mom has planned a holiday for us during that period. Humph. Bad timing.

And I'm still debating whether I should join debate or tennis. Damn. It's a tough call.

Boy, am I glad that the summer test is over. Phew.

Physics was okay.

So was econs.

Math was a killer.

Chemistry was so easy but I didn't have time to finish the bloody paper.

So, all in all, it was okay.

I watched Mark Wahlberg's Shooter yesterday. A real thriller. Haha. I like the movie despite its generic storyline, but there are some tweaks here and there to make the movie unique. I like the protagonist. Very smart. The script is very good. Self-depricating humour, some dumb jokes, some really funny lines.

My mum was saying that he looked a little like Brad Pitt and Matt Damon. I agreed. Even the genres of the movie they starred in are similar. All action/thriller movies. Then, both of us were like dissecting and examining each and every qualities/appearance of the said actor. lol. But yeah, Mark Wahlberg looked real good.

I also watched Bee Movie. It's funny. I love the play of words. Haha.

All these movies are lined up for me to watch: Horton hears a Who, 27 Dresses, CSI:Miami Season 2, 21 and Little Miss Sunshine.

I want to read the book Point of Impact, by Stephen Hunter, from which the movie Shooter is based upon!!

ciao. i'm out.

I'm taking a break from studying. A short break, mind you.

So, a few weeks back, I watched Penelope, Ella Enchanted, Enchanted, Barbie as Mariposa and also the Water Horse. So, in my opinion, the nicest one is Penelope.

And I realised that James McAvoy is so hot.

I first saw him in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Witch, The Wadrobe and The Lion. He was a faun, an ugly faun. Next is in Atonement. And then in Penelope. Fqact is, I didn't really know he starred in the above mentioned movies until I saw a resemblence between the 3 protaganists.

Sigh. I love his shaggy hair in Penelope. Sorta sexy. Like you can ruffle it. lol.

HOT !!! James McAvoy in Penelope.

I have come to the conclusion that a hairstyle on a man can change his whole outlook. Take Penelope for example, that absolutely sexy and rugged shaggy hair of his gives people the impression that he is a laidback person with a I-don't-give-a-damn-what-people-thinks persona. Sexy.

In Atonement, he wore a normal haircut, very neat, very business-like, but so very masculine nevertheless. It makes him look very controlled and responsible. Ha-ha.That, too is very sexy, but I'd rather prefer the shaggy one to the neat one.

James McAvoy in Atonement.

Oh wells, I shan't work myself up in a lather. He's married and besides, he doesn't even know that I exists. Hee. At least, he's not that old, unlike Brad Pitt. But holy shit, Brad Pitt is hot. And, Chris Evans. Oh well, I watched the sequel of Fantastic 4 and omg, I saw Chris Evans practically naked and wet. Woah.. even my mum appreciated that hot bod.

So, yeah, we had this discussion in out class the other day during GP. Why do young girls sell their bodies or provide "companionship" to older men? It's cause in school, boys their age are total jerks and immature. That's why they prefer older men. Plus, older men can afford them. Thinking back, it's so true. Haha. 

Btw, I have come to know for a fact that I cannot survive w/o the internet. Cos I was doing my math, and it happens that I was supposed to solve a cubic equation. Oh heck, I can't believe I forgot that. Shit. I looked at my bookshelf and heck, I remembered that I gave away my A.Math books to my cousin. So, I surfed the net instead. There were a lot of results that popped up. All those theorems and whatnot. lol. I found it, in the end.

I got a B.

I mean, haha, I half expected our group to get a C. But, considering the effort put in by both my group members and my ST, I'd say, it's damn right on that my group were graded a B.

But getting a B does not amount to any celebration for me. If it was an A, can lah. But B? No cause for a celebration. At least it's better than a C, D or E.

I read two books that left an impression on me. I'll always remember the book. It is titled Evolution, Me and Other Freaks of Nature and 10 Things I Hate about me. So nice!! Very unique storyline and the elements of humour and other stuff blends in very well. There's a lot of issues dealing with everyday life in it, like discrimination, religion and other stuffs. I absolutely love it.

I have decided not to ponder over my social life. Yeah. These are minor issues which is really superficial when compared to more pressing world issues. I shall not lament nor bemoan the fact that my social life is really really nonexistent.

I learn yoga in skl just now. Learn the lotus pose, then the breathing through the right nose which helps increase the metabolic rate, the bending of body to place your palm beside your toes, the equestrian pose, the "lion" pose which I forgot its name, the 8-point pose and lastly the cobra pose. Very relaxing. Although I haven't mastered my breathing yet.

By the way, people, I officially declare that I have learnt how to windsurf. It's damn fun lah!! WOOO!! But as a result of the constant exposure from the sun, I now have ugly tan-lines around my arms and also on my righthand wrist where I wear my watch. Gosh. Ain't that cool, people? haha.

I'm not going for the Kota Tinggi camp during the first week of June holidays. It's bloody expensive and my parents won't let me go. Sigh. I'm okay with going or not going.

This is a translated version of my conversation with my dad:

Me: Papa, can you let me go camping at Kota Tinggi?

Papa: What?! Kota Tinggi?! nonononono.. There's no way you're camping there! That place is "haunted".

Me: It's ok papa. I know how to behave myself.

Papa: I know, but you're my daughter and these things like to prey on virgins and young people.

Me: "WTH"?!!! (-silently of course). OMG. Okay lah. But on the condition you let me splurge when we go to KL that same week okay?!!

Papa: Okay.

I'm like so shocked lah. Omg. Please, I do not ever want to have a birds and bees conversation with my parents. It's so embarrassing. Haha.

So that's it then. I'm not going. Never mind lah. As long as I get to go to the Bookfest@KLCC!!

WEEE!!

ciao, y'all.

So, let's start from my  'A' Level Malay results. Results were released last Friday. I've got a C and a dist for oral.

My first reaction was 'How can I get a C' ?!! Followed by, 'There must be some kind of mixup!'.

Fuck. Fuck my attitude.

I know the cause of my atrocious grade.

It's complacency.

Yep. You see, language comes easily to me, esp Malay. Even though god knows that during the oral examination, I stammered my way through. So, always getting an A is like no big deal. Something that does not require me to exercise much brainpower. I mean, of course doing the paper itself is hard, I just don't need to put in much effort, and voila, I can get my A.

Apparently not in this case. So, fuck thisattitude and I shall go and retake the Malay paper again to obtain my A. This time complacency shall not be tolerated. All this after consulting my tutor.

Regarding the 'A' Level Results:

I asked a senior of mine about his/her results. That person said that he/she could not get into uni because he/she only passed 2 subjects. I tried putting myself in his/her shoes. Oh man. What a crush it would have been to be facing the dilemma. In fact, something of this magnitude could not be called a dilemma-it should be called a disaster.

Which brings me to my next point. Resilience-To be able to adapt and bounce back whenever one is facing an adversity. I had a conversation with my grandfather about this.

I had a conversation with my paternal grandfather regarding my results. I told him that I feel so sad, so empty that I almost cried. Almost. He got angry at me for being sad. He told me to rise up against that odd. Actually, no, he didn't get angry at me. He was peeved, in fact. He can't get angry at me. I'm his eldest granddaughter.

So, I told him back: "Of course I feel sad. I tried so hard during the paper (which is a slight exaggeration) and yet I got a C. I have a right to feel sad. If I'm not sad regarding my results or even if I'm content with what I get, this means that in some way or another, I don't give a damn regarding the outcome of the paper, which is a bad thing as it portrays that I'm not bothered! ". I added "But let me mourn my results first before I continue my journey in pursuing an A."

So, yeah. I'm over it. I want to retake my mly paper.

Sorry for digressing. Back to my friend-regarding the quality, resilience, which is important in us. He/She was very calm when he/she told me of his/her results. His/her next step might either be to pursue a diploma or retake his/her 'A' Levels. Good.

Which brings me to my next point. Start studying early. Start as if the very hounds of hell are chasing you (mom's advice. lol).

I read Saturday's newspapers in the scholar's section. I envy them. They were all educated in the prestigious university in the world. Their alma mater varies among the top institutions in Singapore. Which begs the next question.

Can I, a student from Innova Junior College achieve such things? To be educated in a world class university?

Here some people may scoff saying whatever negative remarks that can be commented upon. I'm a realist. I know what I see.

But I want to break out of this, this..conundrum.  

We'll see how I fare 2 years from now, huh. I shall see how I will fare in this year's promos.

I've a new wisdom tooth. Now that it has grown a little bit, the extra bit of gum over my new teeth is sorta flappy. Every time I brush my teeth, it will be going like flap, flap, flap. Ew. I wonder how it will be gotten rid of.

I'm freaking bored now. All tutorials done. Anyway, next week will be lectures all the way. Sigh.

Btw, I aced my first chemistry test. Got an A+ for my math assignment. Did badly for my 2nd chemistry test. Actually, not that badly. Ok lah, I've got an A. lol. I was expecting full marks but being the noob that I am, I didn't look through last year's test paper and it so happens that one of the questions came out. And I didn't know how to do it. Next week I have an economics test.

I'm regretting the fact that most of my classmates are leaving ijc for other jcs. It's a shame cos' they're all fun people. Sigh.

4 new people changed their subject combinations and joined our class. At last count, there's 3 aisyahs including me. lol. I'm dubbed aisyah senior(sr).

I'm really thinking on whether I should change my h1 physics to h1 e.literature. Should probably ask my tutors about it. I don't think I'm a physics person. I'm never good at technicalities and stuffs like that. I mean, when I asked the teacher for a change of subject, he insisted that I try harder at it so as to achieve results. I mean, how can I ace it if my heart's not in it. Albeit, some people may say that all it takes is hard work to achieve something. But, in my perspective, hard work in itself is not sufficient to ace a subject. You need to have passion for it. h1 physics? No way. h1 e.lit? Yeah. I can relate.

I'm just praying that I get an A for my A lvls PW and Malay.

I'm taking wind-surfing course after the March holidays. YEAH!

Tomorrow's chi new year's eve. Bye y'all.

I wna watch Sweeney Todd:The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.