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THE MUSHROOM



name : tan juan
age : 18
hometown : malaysia


PIECES OF ME

LOVES

MUSHROOMS
shopping
drawing
TURQUOISE
MUSIC
rainbows
chocolates
chinese orchestra
fairy tales

HATES

CICAK WTF
creepy crawlies
homework
COPY CATS
chinese




GREAT ESCAPES

*chelsea*
*chia chia*
*crystal*
*ee leng*
*ee teng*
*jhing huey*
*jia lee*
*jo ying*
*jun fang*
*lee mei*
*mok mok*
*ning zhen*
*pei jia*
*pei qi*
*rui mei*
*su yin*
*teik hua*
*tict chyn*
*wen huey*
*wen yuan*
*xin yuan*
*xue yi*
*yi ching*





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THANKS TO

ME. kynzgerl
CODES. manikka
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The 2 paper heart: moargh.de
♥ Tuesday, June 23, 2009 ♥
Yoghurt, Dictaphones and Zombies

23 June 2009

Sunday had been really awesome!

And I found out how to make my camera normal again.

And I know what is wrong with the laptop.

And I didn't get too low marks for Chinese! Bearing in mind that my friends and their crazy Chinese don't exist. Eeek. But I'm satisfied. I was expecting something much worse.

Sunday. It was a day I will never forget. I have a lot of photos (um, sadly, of my friends and I, and not the pros) to upload!! Haha. Sounds familiar? I guess you've heard that before. Heard it here. In this blog. I know, I suck.

And. I reckon I will never ever get to taste real yoghurt again. Because my aunt taught my dad (MY DAD, OF ALL PEOPLE) how to make yoghurt. Homemade yoghurt. UGGH. It was freaking sour. It was REVOLTING.

Okay, maybe it wasn't THAT bad. I added a few splashes of Ribena into the yoghurt, so it tasted like a Ribena-flavoured yoghurt drink. Lassie, as my dad put it. Not. The amount of Ribena I put into the yoghurt was like 3 times my father's amount. I don't know how he managed to swallow everything. And he insisted that his yoghurt was just like the ones in the market. The horror.

And that's why I don't think I'll get to taste real yoghurt again. Yoghurt of different flavours, yoghurt of creamy, smooth texture, SWEET yoghurt minus the tastebud-tickling sour taste, yoghurt with bits of fruits inside, yoghurt that makes you smile with pleasure instead of cringe once it touches your tongue ....

*************

And I have finally learned how to apply makeup. Just a bit. Like, I know how to curl my eyelashes now. And apply mascara. Ha-ha. I'm 16. Already.

Played with makeup with my friends on Sunday!

Did quite a lousy job of it, but at least it still looked natural and not the extreme, scary type of makeup like my primary school teacher used to apply on us before choir competitions. Eek. Bad memories.

I will post up a few photos the next time (patience, my love, patience). I looked like I always do. Except that my skin looked smoother. And ... what? Een Joe insisted on applying a very gorgeous shade of pale turquoise (!!!) eyeshadow on my eyelids. I refused at first, because I really wasn't planning on applying eyeshadow at all. But in the end I gave in. For fun. Hahaha.

Hmm. What else. This is turning out to be a long-ass post full of words and no photos, the exact type of blog post I hate. But who cares.

I finally watched The Dark Knight yesterday night. Found it to be a bit too deep and difficult to understand. What to say. I love the Joker. He is awesome! Why so serious?

And I still don't understand why so many people find Christian Bale hot. Yes, Ee Leng, I'm talking about you. His face shape is weird!! But still, he has gorgeous eyes. Haha, for the second time, my sister agreed with me : Marcus (from Terminator Salvation) is hotter!

Oh, and Transformers - The Revenge of the Fallen is coming out tomorrow! Whooo. But I probably won't get the chance to watch it.

And shit. I should buy a Dictaphone. Keep it on me at all times.

Why this sudden need for a Dictaphone? Because my mom just said something about buying new phones for my sister and I. She used my sister's phone and found it ... irritating? Something, and then said she'll buy a new one for her! Then after a moment's thought she added, for the both of us or else I'll complain that she's being unfair, which is completely true. Hit the nail on the head.

Haha. And why do I need to record what she said?

Because I remember clearly that last year, before I got the PMR results, that she said she'll buy a new phone for me if I get 8As. Then just a few weeks before, she denied having said anything. Damn. She said she is not like that.

Okay. I want to play Plants vs Zombies now. Attend to my Zen Garden. And my Tree of Wisdom. Hopefully they're not dead. Hahaha.

I must introduce this game to every person I know. So far, none of the people whom my sister and I introduced this game to aren't addicted to this game! ;D

(That was a weird sentence. But forget it. The zombies come first!)


craving chocolate kisses ..
10:49 PM


♥ Wednesday, June 17, 2009 ♥
I Still Feel Like Crying

17 June 2009

Why?

Because, like I mentioned in the previous post, the camera is spoiled.

This Sunday is going to be such a big and important day for me. For us. But I can't take any photos. I remember last year's performance. We took so many photos. I know, I can always rely on Hsieh Ying to take thousands of photos, and ask her to send them to me.

But it's always nicer to take photos with your own camera and transfer them into the computer yourself.

Plus my camera is better than hers. Okay, was. WAS better than hers. Arrrrgh.

Performance on 21 June. No camera.

School concert on 18 July. NO CAMERA.

Going to Genting on 1 August. No camera.

Another performance on 23 August. NO CAMERA HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO LIVE LIKE THIS??! THE CAMERA PLAYS A PIVOTAL ROLE IN MY LIFE I CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT IT.

I love taking photos of random stuff. Like the sky, blazing gold, pink, purple ... all shades of colours imaginable. Like trees, with their pretty branches coated with cinnamon powder, just like snow. (Like those in Singapore. I know, I know, my descriptions sucks. ) Like the flowers in our garden. Like uncommon (to me) species of shiny insects. Everything.

What should I do?

My mom is pretending like nothing actually happened. Well, it's partly true. To her. She doesn't use the camera. I do. Did. And I can't very well try to fix it (as in try to send it for repair lah) myself right??!?!

No I don't believe it. I won't have the chance to take photos with the CO professionals WITH MY OWN CAMERA.

Okay big mistake. The camera is not actually mine but I use it the most. Used. Oh God I don't know what to say anymore.

Like I said, sometimes it works just fine. I hope this Sunday will be one of those days.

No no no that doesn't sound right. I hope it will work fine every day.

Blabbing ends here. I still don't feel like updating about my awesome holidays. BECAUSE THE CAMERA IS SPOILED!!! !@*$#@*^)!$@


craving chocolate kisses ..
11:56 PM


♥ Tuesday, June 16, 2009 ♥
T___T

16 June 2009

I feel like crying.

I think this is the end of Maple Story for me!

And no this has nothing to do with exam results, which are, as predicted, terrible.

My mom's laptop has gone nuts, and we don't know what's wrong. Most probably she'll put the blame on Maple Story (true or false, nobody knows) Even if it's not Maple and turns out to be some sort of virus, it'll probably be my fault too.

Damn.

If it really is Maple Story causing the problem, then, naturally, I'll have to delete the game. Bye bye, Maple.

If it is some kind of virus and not Maple, then I probably still won't get the chance to ever touch her laptop again. Conclusion? Bye bye, Maple.

What if it's not even my fault (pretty unlikely) and my mom will never trust me again and I'll never get to use her laptop again??!

If only I know what's causing this.

Sighh.

This is turning out to be a bad day! Good in some ways, and bad too.

Turns out that my hair is still too long even though I just had my haircut on Saturday. Yay. Demerit, what else? *rolls eyes*

I passed Physics!! Whoopeee! 54 marks, but still. Better than failing right.

I failed my Add Maths (this was yesterday). 42 marks. Hahaha. Predicted this happening, so no big deal.

A NEW PIMPLE JUST SPROUTED ON MY FACE. Like failing Add Maths isn't enough! LIKE THE SPOILED LAPTOP ISN'T ENOUGH?!?!?

Oh I got horrible marks for the Chinese essays too. =.= But it's Chinese!

Um. In fact, I got horrible marks for every subject. Except Chemistry and PE. Uggh. And Rui Mei got such good results! What if we aren't in the same class next year? Oh, the horror. I'll feel so bored. We have been in the same class since Form 2! Uggh.

I want to play Maple!!! *wails*

Help me help me help me help me.

This is going to be such a busy, busy week. I actually planned to update about my holidays and post loads of photos, but after I found out about the laptop ... sigh, no mood anymore. I want to cry. I WANT TO CRY!!

If only I have my own laptop. I'm using the computer now.

You might ask, why don't I just use this computer instead?

Oh, I have many many reasons.

First. This computer sucks. Laggy and lousy.

Second. My father is forever using this computer.

Third. There's no privacy while using this computer. Unstrategic place to put a computer. The whole world can see what I'm doing. Although it's just Maple or some other game, I still hate people watching. Eeek.

Sigh. SIGH. SIGH I WANT MY OWN LAPTOP WHEN CAN I GET MY OWN ONE??!

I feel stressed. After the exams, and I feel stressed. Not only about the laptop. Among other things. Like the performance this Sunday. ARGHHHH shut up shut up shut up.

Oh wait. How could I forget! The CAMERA! OH yes. The camera is spoiled too. Ha-ha.

Sometimes it works just fine, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes the photos turn out all white, some the colours all off. Sometimes there are strange white stripes all across the photos, sometimes the screen is pitch black, but the selections (ie macro, flash etc) can all be clearly seen.

And I don't know what the fuck is wrong.

My mom is not helping either.

I suspect that this camera is too old. Bought it two and a half + years ago. Quite a long time right.

They say a good camera lasts three years, but two and a half +? Almost the same right.

But like my mom will believe that. She'll just think it's my fault (AGAIN!) and then I'll never get to touch a camera again and then? I think I'll just die. How can I not live with a camera? AND MAPLE? Okay, maybe I can live without Maple, miserably, but not the Internet.

And it does NOT help that the year before the last I actually spoiled this camera. Yes, I knew what was wrong. And yes, it was obviously my fault.

OH GOD WHY ARE ALL THIS CRAP HAPPENING TO ME?!?!?!

And the school concert. Just kill me. *shakes head*

How can good things turn so bad just when school reopened? This sucks. Seriously.

I don't know if I can even play Plants vs Zombies again. Sob.



craving chocolate kisses ..
8:02 PM


♥ Sunday, June 14, 2009 ♥
The End

14 June 2009

Today marks the end of the June holidays, which had been simply awesome.

I feel miserable. I don't want to go to school. I don't want to know my results, which are bound to be horrible. I don't want to see all the teachers. I don't want to write things in my exercise books.

Arrgh.

But on a happier note, I'll get to see all my friends again! Yay!

Still, it's not like I didn't see most of them this past fortnight. So.

I am going back to my primary school tomorrow morning for some reasons I don't want to mention just in case everyone thinks I am a lowly user and a person who has no respect or gratitude towards the teachers yadda yadda yadda. *exhale* Which I am totally not!!

These two weeks were like last year all over again, and it is all ending soon. *wail* I don't want this to end. I hate that you all are in the morning session. And we'll still be in different sessions next year. Then I'll graduate.

THIS SUCKS. I miss those days!!

The next weekend. I must appreciate that weekend. We have practice the whole Saturday from 8 - 6 in the evening. Then we'll have our performance on Sunday. I hope everything goes well, especially for LS ...

Okay. I'm going to enjoy my last moments of ... uh, freedom (sounds like I'm going to die soon yeah?) playing Maple and Plants vs Zombies.

The holidays had been really, truly awesome. ;D

Pooo. I hope you all enjoyed your holidays too. Time to go back to school, listen to teachers droning on about subjects you hate, do - I mean, COPY - each other's homework, climb flights of stairs every day ...

Sigh.



craving chocolate kisses ..
10:34 PM


♥ Tuesday, June 09, 2009 ♥
Plants vs Zombies

9 June 2009

I have been so busy these days!

Busy being :

1) Attending CO practices
2) Going on shopping sprees (which burned huge holes in my pocket)
3) Playing Maple Story and Plants vs. Zombies*
4) Gorging myself with scrumptious food
5) Molesting birds and stealing their feathers at the bird park
6) Killing a pretty blue-green fern by pulling its roots out of the ground (I swear, it was an accident)

I spent my holidays (so far) bonding with nature! Haha.

Decided that I will never, ever live in the countryside. NEVER. Yeah, all those "living in the countryside is better than living in the city" stuff that ever came out of my mouth (you know, for oral tests, essays etc), they were fake fake fake. Hypocritical much? =_=

Fresh air, peace and serenity, friendly folks, simple life ...

They're all true.

But. The condition of the toilets. Ugggh. Cobwebs. No lights. Dirty toilet seats. Filthy mirrors. *shudder* Noooo.

Yes, I'd rather inhale the polluted air in a city, get rebuked by rude and impolite city-dwellers, live a complicated life, have a hard time looking for somewhere to live ...

But I must have a good toilet. And at least a 7-Eleven that is not 100 km away from where I'm living.

*************

Oh, by the way, I am TANNER!! Yayyy!

Although when I asked people, they said I look the same. Blarrgh. Damn it.

Never mind. My parents are going to KL in around five hours, so I can have their balcony all to myself. I'm going to become as tanned as Ee Leng! No. I am not mad.

****************





Okay. The Plants vs Zombies game. IT IS SO FREAKING CUTE!!!!

And the music is perfect. The person who created them is ingenious.

"There's a zombie on your lawn, there's a zombie on your lawn ..."

LOL.

I love the wall-nut. And the tall-nut. And the sunflower. The corn catapult. The clover. The MUSHROOMS.

They are all so cute, it broke my heart when I had to watch them getting eaten by the also-very-adorable zombies who wanted to eat my brains but was prevented from doing so because of the cute plants that I planted.

Does it make sense?

******************

Ee Leng is going back in around 9 hours! Aww. Yes, Ee Leng, I know you're reading this.

Yeah, yeah, I'll miss you. Lalala~

It IS a bit weird, typing this when you're actually like 0.5 meters away from me. Shut up. Stop asking if I'm finished, okay? HAHAHA.

Okay, this is too weird.

GO TO SLEEP IT IS VERY LATE ALREADY.

See you soon! :) Enjoy your missing missung I-don't-know-how-you-spell-it-or-even-what-it-is outing!

**************

I'll update soon! *roll eyes and snort*

Yeah. Maybe three months later.

I don't want this moment, to ever end
Where everything is nothing, without you
I'll wait here forever, just to see you smile
These words are my heart and soul
And I won't let go


(Eh Ee Leng, just so you know, the above is not dedicated to you)


craving chocolate kisses ..
12:34 AM


♥ Monday, June 08, 2009 ♥
Happy Birthday!

8 June 2009

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RUI MEI!!!




Stealing her limelight. Ha-ha.

Couldn't find any other more .... flattering photos of us together, but that's hardly a surprise, is it? x)

Anyway, may your double chin(s) get thicker each day! Hahaha. xD

Just kidding.

Well. Uhh. Special dedication to Nutty Parrot Poo :

(Although I know full well that the chances of her reading this is less than 0.0001%)

Hopefully you will stop making a fool of yourself although I actually love it when you are, because it makes me feel better about myself. HAHAHA.

Hopefully I won't have to add a few more photos of you into the "Rui Mei's Embarrassing Photos" folder. You know, the folder I promised not to show or tell anyone about. Obviously, I am a terrific secret-keeper! So trustworthy, am I not?

Hopefully you ... uh, bring more blueberry muffins to school! For me! Seeing that I have been such a good friend, who helped you with the downloading of Maple Story, who helped keep information about the secret folder confidential, and who helped with the painting of the banners. Eh. Sorry. The banner thing is for Iris' case. *coughs* Coffee Bean *coughs*

WHAT ABOUT ME!

Why am I always the one helping them and not they me? *mutters furiously*

xD

Hopefully you will stay pretty. Hahaha. But that sounds wrong. I should say, hopefully you will BECOME pretty. Yes, that sounds much better. LOL.

Okay, I should stop. But it is just so much fun.

The point is, I still love you, despite ... despite your love for making hideous faces. Yeah. And despite our constant arguments about whose Maple Story character is cuter, which Happy Tree Friends character is nicer, how ugly ____ is (in my case, her Japanese guys; and in her case, my angmoh guys), et cetera.

Anyway. It's 12.00 a.m. now, so it means that your birthday is officially over, and you are officially 16! Hope you had a nice birthday.

And wah! I spent such a long time typing out the above. Errgh I'm going to pester her to read this. So that the time I dedicated for this ... dedication is not entirely wasted. Pfft.

7 June 2009

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CHIEW NA!!!





Err, may your ... legs get shorter each day! Dang. OK. Bad. Badddd.

Maybe I should say, may my legs grow longer each day. And thinner. So I don't have to stare perversely at your legs every time I see you.

Heheh. I will never forget the Choco Jellies. HAHAHA.

And your poor raisins, which were attacked by tiny ants while we were at the hotel.

And how we - you, Hsieh Ying, Shi Yin and I - were so mad, singing songs at the top of our lungs in the middle of the night in our hotel room, solely because we couldn't sleep. And not just any normal song. Hahaha. *wink*

I will never forget.




I LOVE YOU BOTH!



craving chocolate kisses ..
10:35 PM