WHAT I DID WHEN I WASN'T AT MST-DAY 2

Oh hai there!
Well, to cut to the point really fast because I'm really sleepy at 8:30 even after drinking some coffee,
I went to PAWS today! :D
Paws Animal Welfare Shelter is a shelter for cats and dogs, and the adoption rates are really cheap! They have about a hundred dogs and maybe 50 or more cats that don't have any homes.
Our job was to walk the dogs, (we only managed 10 -.-) and just help out.
Those dogs are adorable! And super strong!
Anyhoo.
I g2g.
xx
Megs :)

WHAT I DID WHEN I WASN'T AT MST-DAY 1

Oh hai there!
I've never been so sore before in my entire life.
Well I probably was but I don't remember.
Well I remember but I'm not in the mood to talk about it.
ANYHOO,yesterday, I went to the ORGANIC FARM near Genting.
Took us ages to find the place, but once we got there, we were working so hard.
We did the following things:
1. Mowed the grass
2. Raked the leaves+cut grass
3. dumped the leaves+grass near the compost (compartment?)
4. put the leaves INSIDE the compost (compartment?)-much harder than it looks :\
5. cleared 2 rows of weeds.

Well that was a hard and tiring day!

xx
Megs :)

WHAT I DID WITH MY TIME: PRE-MST

OH HAI THERE!
Tonight is the night before MST, and I've taken the evening off to chill and do whatever to take my mind off MST tomorrow.
I can see that it isn't working since I've mentioned MST 4 times including this sentence.

ANYHOO, So far, I have
#1: COMPLETED THE WALL OF MY ROOM.
You see, I cut out the really good pictures from my leftover magazines and put them up on my wall to make it more interesting. I've got some pictures here by the way.

Wall #1
above my desk

Wall #2
above my bed

Wall #3
above my shelf

Wall #4
my only blank wall

As you can see, wall number 4 is my only black wall (roll in them 'cool story brah's) I left this on purpose so that if I ever needed a quiet blankness, I could look over there.

Reading that line again told me that it made no sense, but I'll leave it there because it made sense to me when I first wrote it, so maybe it will make sense later.

SO, when you now enter my room, it looks a bit smaller, but cozier with an essence of 'Meghna' on the walls. I actually doubt that I'd wear any of the clothes in the CLEO magazine but it looks nice on my walls.

FACT: THE WALLS LOOK COOLER WHEN YOU ARE ACTUALLY IN MY ROOM.

#2: CHECK OUT THIS LINK

 It's a step by step tutorial of how to dance to PARTY ROCK ANTHEM by LMFAO. 

I'm sure you all have heard the catchy phrase "shuffling shuffling". If not, check out THIS LINK.

So, I've learned how to SHUFFLE :D, but its not necessary proven that I'm good at shuffling. 

So check it out if you're bored and can't sleep because you are too excited for MST.

Wow, reading this again, and I've concluded, LAWL I'M SO LAME.

Yeah gotta eat my dinner or I'm dead meat.

xx

Megs :)

MST

In case you didn't know, ( you probably do, but I'm telling you anyway) MST stands for Malaysian Studies Trip. Every grade in middle and high school (from 6th to 12th) go for the MST. My grade this year is going to Gopeng, where they will do super fun activities like caving, rock climbing, and white water rafting. I'm not going unfortunately, so I will join the other people who aren't going.

So I'll post about what I did while everyone else is in MST doing whatever, so my friends know what I've been up to. (like they care- HA!)

xoxo
Megs :)

Chapter 7: A trip into Saleena's head

Out behind the house, I was sprawled on the ground. Ashley appeared in a flash of shimmering green light next to me. “What is wrong honey?” She asked me with concern.

“EVERYTHING!” I yelled. “I can’t do this at all! I don’t even get what I have to do in the first place. ‘Clear your mind’ your sister says, but of what? What do I clear it of?”

Ashley joined me on the ground. “Clear your mind of all emotion and thoughts. If you can’t do that, then calm yourself down. Think happy.” She smiled at me. “Go to your happy place.”

My happy place? My happy place was winning at everything. Being perfect. I wasn’t perfect. I was…less that perfect. Michaela, well, my Mikey was the most perfect anyone could be. She comes first in everything, which was why after our third track and field event in fifth grade, I never joined the same events she did, or the same sports or musical events, nothing that would give her a chance at beating me. And the worst thing was that she doesn’t even like all that attention. I bask in glory and attention, it was so obvious that I was built for the spotlight, but she always wins! I’m sure that she will be perfect for this since she was built for winning!

“You aren’t in your happy place.” Ashley trilled next to me. Gosh, she was getting annoying.

She sat up, hurt showing on her face. “I am not annoying!”

My eyes widened. “But, I didn’t say that out loud!”

She smiled at me, but hurt still showing on her face. “The two of us have the power of telekinesis and telepathy remember”

Oh yeah. I liked the way she said the two of us. Teamwork. “How do I clear my mind again?” I asked her.

Her smile widened, hurt giving way to excitement. “Calm down first.”

Chapter 6

I woke up feeling great.  I didn’t know if it was because of what Mom or Megan said yesterday, but I could feel this amazing power pulsing through me, like a heartbeat. I felt like I could do anything in the world. Mom was already in the kitchen making a power drink for us. She still looked worried. “Honey,” She called softly as I gulped the drink. “We haven’t finished talking about what we were talking about yesterday. After practice, meet me in the living room okay?”

“Sure thing Mom.” I told her. “Isn’t Sal ready yet? We have two minutes till we meet them outside.”

“Correction.” Megan walked into the kitchen briskly. “ One and a half minutes and counting.”

Sal almost crawled down the stairs in her sleep. “Whatever Megan, we will be there.” But she was already gone. “Hey Mom, what are we going to do for our birthday party?” I had forgotten about that, mainly because it wasn’t my priority at the moment. It wasn’t like Sal to forget what was really important.

Mom wrinkled her nose. “About that, well.” She paused to think about it. “We will talk about it in the evening after practice since we have to talk anyway. Now go! Don’t make your cousins wait!”

Outside, only Megan was waiting next to the tree. Ashley was nowhere in sight.  “Ten seconds late.” She reprimanded us.

“Ten seconds. Big deal.” I rolled my eyes.

In the neck second I found myself pressed against the wall of the house by a hand made of earth. Megan stood ten feet away with her hand in the same position as the earth hand. “Ten seconds is an incredibly big a deal in this world. In ten seconds, you could be dead or alive depending on what you do.” She released me. “Your call.”

“Okay okay fine.” I muttered. “Where is Ashley by the way? Isn’t she late?”

“Oh no I’m not. I have been here for a while.” And I jumped at the sound of the disembodied voice that belonged to Ashley, but sounded like it came from next to me. “And I’m not invisible.” She said with a laugh that scared me for some reason. “I can’t do that yet.”

“Well, if you’re not invisible, what are you? We are wasting time here, I could be doing anything else right now.” Saleena said kicking a stone around.

“Then go do it.” Megan snarled.

“I just might.” Saleena replied.

“Oh no don’t fight!” Ashley appeared from near the tree and ran towards the two. “Don’t fight! This is extremely important!”

Megan backed off. “She’s right. Lets work.”  She called all of us to gather in the center of the yard. “Okay everyone, form a line.” When we had done so, we had formed a line with Megan and I at either end. She walked over to me and took my hand so that we had formed a square. “Now, the first step to mastering is to clear your mind. Breathe evenly and empty your mind of all thought.”

“One sec.” I called out. “Before we start all the mumbo jumbo I have a question.”

Megan sighed. “Yes. What is it?”

“Won’t our neighbors see us chucking rocks at each other?”

“No they won’t,” She replied, her eyes already closed. “Those who don’t have powers won’t be able to see a thing. Now close your eyes!”

I closed them fast wondering how she knew they were open.

“Clear your mind of all emotions. Breathe evenly. In. And out. In. And out. Continue.”

I could feel myself calming down suddenly as I listened to her. “Okay, since Michaela will need to work near water since it is the easiest element, so Ashley is going to teleport us over to the river.”  Then to Ashley. “When you are ready Ash.”

There was a sudden whoosh of air and we were on the bank of the river. Everyone except Saleena. Megan sighed heavily, “She didn’t clear her mind. How can Ash teleport her if her head isn’t clear?”

Ashley seemed unaffected. “Don’t worry, I’ll get her.” And she was gone.

The river seemed pretty calm as it flowed downstream. We had waited a full two minutes before Megan finally said, “Might as well begin. Don’t want to waste precious time. Get near the water.” I silently reached the bank of the river. It was pretty shallow on the bank but really deep about five meters in. “Get in.” She ordered. When she saw my questioning look, she just waded in. “Being in the water will help you to understand what you are trying to control.” She called over her shoulder. I waded in after her, enjoying the cool touch of water as it swirled around my legs. I felt home in the water, an amazing feeling, like it was part of me. I had never felt like this before, even though I swam often.

“Good.” Megan smiled. “I can feel you being comfortable in the water, your mind is clear. We can now go to the first step. Hold your palms over the water.” I copied her demonstration. “We’re going to move the water slowly, just to create ripples on the surface so that you can get the hang of it. Will the water to move.”

I watched her as she gently moved her hands back and forth over the surface of the water and almost immediately, the water began to move in synchronization to her hands. I tried to mimic her action but all I lost my footing and fell into the water with a splash. I shook my head to get rid of the water. “Don’t lau…” I was about to say laugh but she was scowling instead. That would have been funny for anyone. What is her problem?

“Don’t fool around.” She growled. “Get up and try again.” Then she took a deep breath to calm herself before saying, “Okay, try to be one with the water. Watch its movement and try to make your mind move with it, then try to make it move according to your will.”

I stared at the water with determination. Soon, I found myself swaying with the water, moving with its molecules. “Perfect. Now will it to move the way you want it to.” Megan said from behind me. With caution, because I didn’t want to miss this and have to start again, I moved my hands against the motion of the current. At first, the change was pretty minimal but soon I could manipulate the current according to my hand movement. The edge of my mouth curled up in a smile. This was going to be easy.

Chapter 5

We were all seated in the living room. Sal on my right, and Katie in between us. Mom sat across from us and Megan and Ashley on either side. There was a complete silence that was broken every few seconds by Mom’s sniffling. “Oh my babies! So big now! …. the poor poor darlings! It’s going to be so dangerous!”

“We get it Mom, You’re worried, but let Megan and Ashley talk.” Saleena rolled her eyes. “I can’t wait to hear.”

I glanced over at her. She sat there next to me with her fingers entwined in Katie’s hair. It was a good thing that Katie had a positive influence on her moods. It sure was handy right now.

“Well, to start with,” Mom dried her eyes and sat up. “I’m the one who is telling the story here. So listen carefully.” She cleared her throat. “A long time ago, so long ago that nobody really knows when, there was a sorcerer or warlock. His powers were so cast that he could control almost everything in the universe. He could control the four elements of the earth with his hands, objects of immense sizes with his mind and even people to some extent with his voice. He was the protector of the universe, the one who saved lives. He was one who ruled in complete secrecy due to his unique characteristics. But.” Mom paused, taking in a deep breath. “Because of his power he couldn’t do something even the most simplest human beings could. He couldn’t love. He couldn’t be happy sad or even angry for that matter. The massive powers took up all the space available in his body. The only thing he ever felt was longing, longing to be able to feel what others could. This sorcerer had a younger brother. At first, he helped the sorcerer with anything he needed. But then, the sorcerer started going a little mad from not feeling anything. ” At this point Mom got up and her natural storytelling abilities kicked in. “He observed people from his tall tower and tried to mimic them, following their every action to see what made them so unique. He searched for a remedy to his problems. His work began to get neglected and people started dying of natural disasters because no one was controlling Mother Earth. His younger brother was neglected as well, his one faithful follower who helped him in any way he could. So the brother tried to help the sorcerer. And that, is when the sorcerer met her, the most beautiful woman in existence. She had vibrant green eyes, chocolate brown hair and a dark tan. She moved with elegance, as if, if she ever fell, the ground would catch her. She was Mother Earth herself. The younger brother had, in fact, inherited a bit of the powers himself. He summoned Mother Earth, which was no easy feat, so that she could help him. And it worked to some extent. They fell in love, a love so powerful that nothing could spoil it. The sorcerer resumed is duties but also kept some time for his now wife. So by the time his day was over, there was none spent for the younger brother. He felt betrayed. It was he who brought them together and now he was left all alone! It wasn’t right! So the younger brother instead of talking to his elder brother, as he should of done, he began feeling sorry for himself and soon he began plotting against the two. He began working on what powers he had and soon he was powerful enough to challenge the sorcerer to a duel. The sorcerer was old by this time and since the younger brother had an advantage in youth, he could defeat the sorcerer and kill him. However, he had twins by then. They had just turned fifteen and they received exactly half of the sorcerer’s original powers. They were infuriated at their father’s death so they vowed that if not them, their children or their children’s children would avenge their father’s death. And so, the battle continues, even today, between the various descendants of the sorcerer and his younger brother. All of the children who inherit their power realize it at the age of fifteen just like the original children. Not all of them however, receive all of the power. They receive a small portion of the powers depending how close they are to the direct line. You two however,” Mom put her hands on our shoulders. “Are the direct line to the sorcerer over thousands of years. You two have his blood running in your veins.” She paused to let that sink in. “ So that means the two of you put together have all of the powers the original sorcerer did. So its up to you two,” She gave us a light squeeze, “ To take care of the universe and so on and so forth. Megan and Ashley are your cousins. ”

“Hello cousin.” Megan smiled, or at least, meant to smile. I raised an eyebrow at her attempt to smile, which turned out more like she was baring her teeth.

“And since they are the closest to the direct line, they have to help you two out.”

“Hold on a minute.” I interrupted. “Earlier, they said that Megan and Ashley weren’t their real names. What are they?”

“When is your birthday?” Saleena was looking at Ashley.

“January the 10^th.” She smiled back at Sal. “Why? You planning to add it to your calendar or something?”

“January the 10^th was just over a month ago.” Sal said coolly, ignoring her remark. “If you just realized your powers when you were fifteen, how come you mastered them so fast?” There was silence after she said this. Wow. She was good. I didn’t even notice that, and I usually notice little details.

“We found out when we were fourteen.” Megan cut in. “Mainly because we can’t help without being able to do what you need to do. So we had an extra year to practice. But don’t worry.” She said quickly when she saw my look of horror. “We just need extra time, the two of you don’t. It will be as easy as breathing to you when you try.”

“Great!” I was starting to feel excited. “Okay, so when do we start training?”

In a flash Megan was up and she pulled Ashley up with her. “Tomorrow afternoon. It’s the weekend so we have a lot of time to work. We will meet you outside in the backyard at eight AM sharp. Drink water, go to the bathroom whatever, but don’t be late.” She walked out of the door, the poked her head back in. “8 AM!” She reminded us.