My sister inspired me to write this entry about phobias.
We were trying to open a bottle of sparkling wine last night and my sister, decided to be the brave one to pop the cork. Please bear in mind that we were so scared that the cork would ‘fly’ around or spill all over the place that we had to open the bottle near the toilet. Yes, seriously. Together, we are a dramatic duo. 
The bottle of wine that caused all the panic
So my sister managed to open the bottle without any serious damage to anything, but she was on the verge of hyperventilating. And that was when she realised and decided that she has a fear of loud noises, especially thunder. She found this website that lists all sorts of phobias. I didn’t know there were so many. More amazingly, how did they come up with all these names?!
Ligyrophobia- Fear of loud noises
Astrapophobia- Fear of thunder and lightning.
Well, we are all not perfect. And some say that you have to come face to face with your fear to conquer your fear. But I doubt I can ever ‘not fear my fear’.
I have Ornithophobia.
Fear of birds, and specifically for me, big , black, fat crows.
Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!
I fear them in many ways.
- Even that picture send chills down my spine. Why did I even post it!?
- When a crow flies above my head, I will scream and duck. Even though it may be obvious that the crow will not bump into me.
- If a crow lands on my path/in my way, I will find an alternate path or retreat and more often, froze.
- If a crow lands suddenly in front of me or near me, I will, again, froze on the spot. I will wait until it flies away, or wait for a passerby to walk by and ’scare’ that crow away.
- In short, any kind of ‘interaction’ with them would scare me to a T.
- All the above would be exaggerated 10,000 times if it is a bunch of those things.
This phobia of crows only started in Secondary school.
One fine morning, my best friend and I were accompanying her younger sister to get her PSLE results. We were eating breakfast as we walked to the school.
Out of nowhere, this crow came and claw (!) my best friend’s head. I think that crow like glutinous rice with chicken. (Thankfully, she was not hurt.)
The problem is - She was in front of me and unfortunately, I had front row seats to the incident.
The funny thing is - My friend should have been the one that have Ornithophobia. But the incident affected me instead.
I will totally freak out when I see crows.
Seriously.
But no fear! Help is here! Or so said this website…
Only US$12.95 per download - with discounts for multiple purchases!
I can actually purchase an mp3 file that will help me deal with my phobia of birds. Comfortably. Hurr. It comes with money back guarantee too!
I am not really sure.
I doubt anything can help me deal with my fear/hate relationship with crows.
I need a superhero, I need a Crowominator! Zaps crows into dust in a jiffy.
That would be the day.
My sister received a PSP as her 21st birthday gift recently.
And I think I am addicted. I am always looking for opportunities to get my hands on that little machine.
For example,
- Early in the morning - when my sister is still asleep
- When she is at her computer blogging or facebooking
- When she is watching TV
- When she is bathing/in the toilet
- When she is just bored of playing
So on and so fro. And what are the games that are keeping me awake each night?
The game where I am the deity! Wahahaha. Helps me fulfill the part of me that wants to rule the world. With an army that looks like a bunch of eyeballs, I, the Almighty Elai, will lead my troops to the highest mountains and the deepest sea to execute the most impossible missions.
The best thing about this game is just I can command my army by beating different rhythm combos. Easy-peasy for a light gamer like me. Pata-pata-pata-pon!
I am only at Stage 3. And my patapons keeps getting burned to death in that stage. Lousy huh.
I realise I like games whose characters are round in shape. And surprise, surprise, both Patapon and Loco are developed by the same studio. Man, I am that predictable.
This game reminds of Flubber, that movie about some green jelly. I go around collecting my LocoRoco and look for my ‘designer’ friend Mui Mui and try to escape from those irritating spiders that will eat my LocoRoco. The soundtrack for this game is fantastic as well, just like the games on Orisinal.com.
I am faring much better in this game. At least in my limited capacity as a amateur psp player.
Hands itching to play now!!!! Sis is out though.
I think there’s an online version of Patapon. Wahahaha! Pon-pon-pata-pon!
Isn’t this amazing?
I wonder if you can do the same for our dollar notes.
And so i decided to try folding something with my US$1 following the guide on this website. And….. ta-da….
That was the best I could manage. The rest of the items were not easy to follow. hurr.
Oh one more thing. Look what i found on my cough syrup bottle.
Shucks. Goodbye world.
I am sick. Really sick.
I have not been so sick before.
Fever - 39.3 degrees
Cough - very chesty coughs, my left lung hurts
Sore throat - as if i have swallowed a cactus
Runny nose - like a tap
And I puke all my medicine out just now. I think I didn’t eat enough and the anti-biotic is too strong for me to stomach.
And, no, I am not in Malacca where I was supposed to be.
Right here at home nursing my poor being.
I hate eating medicine.
And I better get some sleep soon.
Sick sick sick.
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Anyway. take a look at this.
This was taken from one of Nuffnang’s function which tracks hits to my blog via search engines.
1. Looks like some is regretting going into NTU communication studies. I didn’t and I do not think that person should.
2. I am not alone in the feces thing. If you have no idea what I am talking about, read this.
Going to go hunt down the zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz monster.
Time files. My kiddo sister is finally an adult.
