Journal # 4

26 December 2008

Sunny

I have been away for four days and I enjoyed them, well, sort of. The days had been lonely and if not for my imagination I couldn't have kept up my good behavior.

First stop: Port Dickson (Grandmother's house)

How can there be of any fun? I didn't like it, and the three-hour-drive didn't make it any better. I stayed at the Sea Front View Hotel for one day.

Second stop: Cameron Highlands

Quite cold there, really. I enjoyed the cold weather there and the fat strawberries they managed to grow in the cold climate. The flowers are beautiful and the cactuses are, well, prickly. I stayed at the Rosa Passadena for one day, a four star hotel with little parking space.

Third stop: Ipoh

I love Ipoh. It is a small idylic village with good food. We stayed at the Hotel Excelsior for one day,and they have a wide variety of food at the morning buffet. I ate too much, and I couldn't eat at the prefered restaurant, the Foh San Restaurant. The restaurant serves yummy dim sum! We also ate at the Lou Wong restaurant which serves bean sprout chicken. Absolutely delicious! We then bought some, I mean a lot, of the food products made there.

On our way to our next stop, we passed by some ruined buildings. Some had grass growing on them, and some had holes, BIG holes in them. It was once a busy place, but the ministry built a new opening to the highways just before the city. Hence, no one passes the city anymore and the city is left alone. I felt a twinge of sadness when we passed by the city.

Fourth stop: Kuala Lumpur

We arrived there and stayed at the AnCasa Hotel. We also went to Petaling street, famous for its pirated goods and the ability to haggle prices with the hawkers. It is both fun and interesting. The funniest sight was when cops came and tried to arrest those unregistered hawkers. They can't do that becuse the had all packed and ran away! In about three seconds! They are so quick!
We ate the hotel's buffet in the morning and went to the KL Bird Park. There were lots of birds and I even had some clinging onto my hands! I loved the feeling of claws on my skin! There were lots of peacocks running around as well. They were beautiful. Birds can fly around at ease, because the park is covered. After that, we went to the historical museum. It is not really a museum, it is just a place to mourn for those who had died in battles. Not really fun though, seeing that I cannot go to Genting Highlands. It is so near, yet so far. I am sad.

P.S: I bought the last book of Harry Potter at the Popular store in KL. I am now reading it. Maybe I will have new inspirations in life after reading it.

Artemis

Journal # 3

17th December 2008

Sunny

I looked through my friendship diary today. It is quite empty, for hardly anybody had writen in the book. I don't really have any good friends, you see. I am indebted to most of them, because I have gossiped about most, no, all of them before. You would think that I am overeacting; what harm does a little gossip do? Actually, it will do a lot of harm. Gossips will travell around, till the victim has the feeling of every negative feeling. Sad is only an understatement. This horrible feeling will continue to grow and grow, until the victim becomes what is known as a depressed patient, or even, DECEASED.

I had that feeling before, and I don't like it. It is a mixture of sadness, depression, but most of it was anger. That time, I was so stupid to have fought back for three days! I regret it now, and I hope she will forget me and the hatred between us. I want to make a fresh start again.

Artemis

Journal # 2

16th December 2008

Warm weather

I don't like my life at all. Two more days and I must check my results online. The stress is starting to build on me. Then, I must go to my new secondary school. I don't like it! In Hogwarts, I don't have to say goodbye to my old friends at all. I can meet them till I am 17. But, I still have to go to the mystery secondary school.

Next year, there are two mew movies that I am looking forward to see. One is the Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief in 15 November. Another is the Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince in July. I don't think I have time anymore next year, with homework and CCAs to "look forward" to.

Sigh. Life is always unfair.

Artemis

Journal # 1

Hey, I don't know why, but I am starting to treat my life like Bobby in Pendragon. This journal is the prove of me starting to adapt my lifestyle and transform it into fantasy. I know it is pointless, but at least I would not go crazy just to try and catch up with reality. I sound like I am a person from Veelox, but at least I care about what is happening around me.

What can I say? It is not that I don't want to return to reality, but I still find adventures more exciting and suit me much better than the real world.

Hobey ho!

Artemis