WE Got New Head Monitor!!!!!

Today is a pretty bizzare day for me....these are many feelings for today: tired, anticipation ,boring, fun, cruel , pissed off ,unlucky, and lots more.
So i started off with my mouse disection- this is the astmosphere in the bio lab:

1. Teary eyes could be seen in Pei Ming and Grace's eyes.
2. Almost every gurls screaming and jar dropping to see Somash putting those innocent mouse in the jar which filled with choloroform.
3. Mei Theng,Annie and me were busy taking pictures.
4. Muthu and Woong hang peel the mouse skin off.(TOTALLY WHOLE SKIN)

For me?Of course fearless in dissecting a mouse.My partner,Foong Mei really reveal her bravery as most of the time ,she done the whole dissceting.RespECt! though u're looked small.Here are the some of the marked incident while dissecting da poor mouse:

• I almost took 5 minutes to put the blade on the holder and it wasn't work it out.On the hand, my teacher only took 5 seconds.How stupid am i?!!!
• Intially, we were lacking behind as while we peeling the skin off,others already peling the muscles but we finish peeling off the muscle, out of the blue ,they still peeling off the muscle.
• I poked the mouse feet where by right should be on the hip.
• By the way,Foong Mei and me observed 5 seconds of silent in the memory of the mouse.
• eVERYTIME I ASKed sir wat to do,automATICALLY HE WOULD SAY identify
• Observe the pumping heart of the stuggling mouse-it really sad to c his suffering,so Foong Mei cut his trachea for his betterment-he backed to his home with peace finally.
• Give a funeral procession to da mouse-which safely buried in the dustbin.

This wat happened during the dissection.
This wat happened during my AGM.
The meeting going smoothly although the monitors were very shy to nominate the candidates.So,i decided to nominate almost lower six moniros for the Exco board for next term.
Ballot were casted and vote had been counted.Yow Zhen Feng had successfully gain majority vote( FIY- WE DO NOT HAVE ELECTORATE VOTE) and gary comes second.SO, i proudly to proclaim that YOW ZHEN FENG is the head monitor for the term 2005\2006.

Here comes the study group.
First incident,i got nothing to say actually.But,here's the pic for the assholess librarian.Hope ur lifeless and idiotic sperm reached ur cheap and moron wife's uterus.So,i backed inside the library.Wat an unlucky day for me.I left my car key inside my car-so how i gonna open my car !!!!My door is manually locked.So,thank so much to my god bro for driving me home and take the spare key.Thanks y'all.

SAVing All My LoVe 4 U

Sorry dude,kinda busy lately.Well,for one year in form six,i really started to study constantly almost 4 hours a day.However,i facing my tv and handphone while studying,so it less than 4 hours actually.So what happened from Sunday til today??Here's the story:
SunDay
Beautiful sunday indeed.I only could sing a song to describe this day ' the hills are green with the Sound of Music' .So today i got a short trip with Adrian and Lai Ying into somewhere in Msia.(I CANT DISCLOSE THE LOCATION DUE TO PERSONal reason).It was an awesome trip although it was kinda rushy.Actually, i'm kinda envy Adrian as they are so lovely.Haihz...i wish i could have my lovely dear beside every single day..nevertheless,no matter where you are.you always be part of me.
MonDay
Day after the trip,i was deadly tired but i cannot ponteng school as i wanna ponteng on the suitable day.(MIGHT BE NEXT WED).....In the TuesDay
This morning is freaking hot!!!Til my lips almost peel off.Boring day for me as usual,but in the chemistry's pratcial,we have to shake some chemical from bloody 10 minutes!!!Just imagine dat!!MY hand is really sore now.And more thing before i forgot, recess-i went to see Pn Cheong(my teacher advisor) concerning this Thursday AGM.So,she asked me who is the best candidate.Of coz i said the Sc1 monitor as he was monitor for f4 and F5.So,good luck for him!!!Apparently,no more suitable candidate as they are still fresh meat in this board.If not mistaken, last week,i asked whether wanna be head monitor.HE said no.Come on,being head monitor can be fun sometimes.
On the other hand,i got an overwhelm respond for the homosexuality.I guess this one should be put on my blog.
hi alvin. i read with great interest one of ur recent posts - 'a lil respect for gays/lesbians'. the 1st thing that caught my eyes was the pic of 2 guys kissing. u must be wondering what i think of it. well, to me, it's sweet. just as sweet as a guy kissing with a gal. u r right. public acceptance is always a big problem to gays/lesbians (or collectively, queers). the story about ur frd is very sad indeed. but it does happen to most, if not all, gay guys. it takes a lot of guts to come out to the people close to us, but it takes even more guts to go public. so many gay people choose to live in the closet forever. some even resort to the so-called 'norms' of the world - getting married to a woman and then living a seemingly 'normal' life. but i dun think it works. the (homo)sexual desire has rooted in a person for years, and i'm sure it'll be there no matter what. even here in australia, it's not common to see guys holding hands in public (i've only seen a few times), which is really sad, coz aust is a western country, so presumably the people here would be more open-minded when it comes to homosexuality. there's a queer department in my uni here. but i dun think it's very active on campus. many queer students are still struggling with the social stigma, and fearful that there're these homophobic pricks out there. so to be strong enough to face the 'world', gay people must back each other up.on a lighter note, gay guys can be really flirty. u got it right again. have u heard of this: ""They say that men think about sex every twenty-seven seconds. Of course, that's straight men. With gay men, it's every nine."" haha. i think thats very true. temptations are everywhere. who can resist it?


Lentghy huh?But is a matter of fact.When can people learn?So,i'll continue this issue on the other day due to time constrain.
Ok,back to me.Many people asked me about my love life.My love life is outrages i suppose.Which i could not disclose who is dat person as it will bring havoc to many people hehehe.Nevertheless, i love my dear very much.I could not afford to lose my dear.Got one time,i asked my dear what happen if we reAlly break up.....Gosh,my dear almost cry and said ' i love you very much..please don't abandon me...Walao eh,almost cry when i heard that.For my silly bunny,since the day i have you,i never thought of letting u go.You really brought back on my face..the beat for the heart ...last but not least, brought back the love in my life.Dear, you know it's true that always stick like paper to glue,i 'll save all my love ,my belonging and my breath,just for you.....I thank the lord i got you.( Is it a urban legend that i got a lover????)

By the way,the noric sport promoter ...hot stuff!!!!MUst see!!!!!!

For ANNIE, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!Sang seng loh!!Study la!!!!Exam is coming!!!!!

SomeThing BouT the Way u Look 2NitE

Actually i have nothing to blog.Woke up at 12 pm.Then,have lunch wit foong mei and Sok yi at KLG.Gosh,is not that tasy.Even chicken king can beat KLG.Then went to parade for the new PArkson grand.Yeah,it was pretty nice,the toys and i saw a Puma bag.It is simply awesome but unfortunately,the price is 3 digits ah.So,while we walking,we past the Norric SPort and we saw some one there inside.......is a promoter...ehhh...heart pumping too fast.......tall...Sweat....
Thats all for 2day...more blogs comin soon....
wanna wat we saw in Noric sport....wait for the next blog.
By the way,around 7,30 i woke up from my nap..and the wind blowing through my smooth skin plus the dark orange coloured sky..And the song at the moment was The Way by Clay Aikens.Gosh,how i wish my loved one was beside me...is damn warm.....

A lil' RespEct For Gays/LesBian

Well i started with yesterday.
Yesterday
Kick off my day in skool with bit of fear and yet boredom.Fear?Non other that Karu's factor.I did not really prepare the 5 points 4 the ceti haram.So, i copied the other points form Foong Mei.Ironic-Is 910 am now and yet Karu hasn't turned up,so i asked She Ying to find him.Dam iT!All the effort of copying was vein as he will turned up bit late as he busy with blood test stuff.However,it really turned at 9.50 am.Guess wat?He not teaching bout essay but Kehakiman..nothing to say liao.
115-pm.AGM for Buddhist society.It was bit delayed here as there were many AGMs at that time.Nothing much to blog also as it was pretty smooth handover.Finally,this secretary is finally called his day.
So,the most interesting part of the day wasthe study group.It started off at 3.00 pm,but thanks to Foong Mei,it delayed til 330 as she spend us the Cendol Ais again!!!It was pretty smooth also,we manage to cover chapter 8 and 9.So,around 545 pm.My mom sat on the sofa...what happened next?She asked us about our ambition but yet none of us could tell,neither did i.Consequently,we stop our study group and chit chat which happened to my mom was da catalyst.She touched a lot of topic actually,love life-the environment in the class-and etc.She also mentioned that i'm kinda lonely boy at home.Well,is true also as i do not have much friends living in my area,the whole neighbourhood is dead silent.The most intersting part:

Mom:How do Alvin behave in da class?
The girls:Wahh,very queit and good lo (all the hearts were covered by thier hands)
Mom:Really?
Elsie:Initially, i thought he will be bullied by the people in the skool as he is very quiet boy.But matter of fact
he is very respected as he had been monitor since Form 3.
Rachel:Wat?! Really?!!Walao eh.

So,i was really really happy to hear the word respect.Yeah,is true,i feel that respect also.I'm not that kinda of nerdy monitor who wrote down the names and being a backstabber in fron of the teachers.HEy,this is my class,u've got the freedom!!!!But freedom has its own limit also la.The teachers esp,remember my name and even said hi to me before i could greet them.Of coz the teahcers who taught me before la.
After the study group,Sok yi,Foong MEi and me went to the small scaled of pasar malam.Nothing much to buy there,just had few sticks of Lok Lok.

TODAY
The school today was kinda fun.Guess what, one question in math it took double period.So,the time when everybody finding the solution for the probability question, i was doin sequence question in Federal hehe.come to mMUet period,still doing sequence question in the first 10 minutes,but after that.....joking around til 1225 pm.I could not tell you the content of the joke as it need some action to comprehend it.Sorry,dude.It was very funny till my face turned red.
So now,sitting in front of monitor,and browse to Julian's blog as Annie said that it is inteesting.It touched the topic of Homosexuality.Well, i do not have any idea of who was that person but he is a brave guy indeed.
Actually,homo can be compared to a big scar on the face.It is up to the person who wanna reveal the scar or vice versa.So,the main problem the homosexual facing is,yes Julian got it right,public acceptance.If any of straight person,what u think about gay:the first thing will pop up is SEX=AIDS .Yeah,21's century dude and yet thier views are so lame.I know a lot of gay/lesbian and i can assure and make no mistake about it that they are not that "dirty" as u might think.Can't deny that gays are flirty such as sleep around or changinglover evreytime but come on,why there is none single dude critize it.MAtter of fact,many of the gays are really good and as ordinary as we are.What is hauntin them is the public acceptance.Is it very annoying to see two guys holding hands or kissing.I do not think so.Why the public give a damn aboutguys holding hands?!!! One of my friend who is gay.Here is the story.They live in KL,so everytime they paktoh,they have go to the dark places to express thier love and in LRT-they take a big jacket and cover thier hands ,so that they will holding each other hands and avoid public attention.Pretty sad huh?But only minor cases in gays who can really hollding hands in public and shower each other with love like talking those sweet sweet words to each other.If i i'm gay, I will accept myself of who i am.The most melancholy person in the world is the person who cannot accept himself.Go GAYS!!!

ChamPaigne SuPerNoVA

Th title above is much related to the song i listening now,it is caled Champiagne supernova by Oasis,is a sad song indeed.Today,nothing much happened, kinda happy as i past my math's test..yeah
So,after recess was a talk on thylassemia(the spelling is totally wrong ),i guess i didnt pay attention as i busy chit chat with my left and right and thank god Mr karu didnt see me.I guess all for today.
So, below is a song for my dear(ATTN !MAN= WOMAN)
Ever since the day you went away And left me lonely and cold My life just hasn't been the same Oh baby no When I looked into your eyes The moment that I let you go I just broke down (down) Baby if I ever get the chance to be with you again I would sacrifice 'Cause the feelin that I feel within no other man Would ever make me feel so right It's nice to smile when I get your phone call at night But I'd rather have you here with me Right next to me And I miss the way you hold me tight I've got to let you know I feel so weak without your touch I never thought that I could ever love a man so much I've gotta let you know I think that we are destiny For you I'd cross the world for you I'd do anything That's right baby I'm goin' crazyI need to be your lady I've been thinking latelyThat you and me, yes we can make it Just ride with me, roll with meI'm in love with you (baby) That's right baby Im goin' crazy I need to be your lady I've been thinking lately That you and me, yes we can make itJust ride with me, roll with me I'm in love with you (baby) Break it down now I'll tell you what I feelFrom the moment that I met you it's been so damn real My heart seems to skip another beat every time we speak Can't believe I feel so weakTell me that you really need me And you want me And you miss me And you love me I'm your lady I'll be around waiting for you Put it down be the woman for you I'm falling so deep for you Crazy over you I'm calling Callin' out to you What am I gonna do? It's true no frontin' It's you ain't no other I can no longer go on without you I'll just break down (down)I've got to let you know I feel so weak without your touch I never thought that I could ever love a man so much I've gotta let you know I think that we are destiny For you I'd cross the world for you I'd do anything That's right baby I'm goin' crazy I need to be your lady I've been thinking lately That you and me, yes we can make it Just ride with me, roll with me I'm in love with you (baby) That's right baby I'm goin' crazy I need to be your lady I've been thinking lately That you and me, yes we can make it Just ride with me, roll with me I'm in love with you (baby)

BanD 5!!!!!!!YEa!!!!!

Band 5 in for my muEt hehehe.At cloud 9 ?mmm,consider partly as i only expected for band 4 as i knew my speakin did do very well as i pause and repeat my points over and over again.What was the most suprise of all,is my writing.I got 58 over 75.....Duh???? me?????I never thought i could be good writer as u know u can easily spot many mistakes in my blog...grammar,spelling end etc.I think maybe it was my ponits which contribute those points,the topic was people will be more mature through education; -the essay i managed to used 3 pages full.Apart from that,i got full marks for my listening,this prove that i'm not deaf after all and i listening what u guys saying.Sadly,my class do not have band 6 and some of the classmates which anticpated that would do very well did not score high enough.Don't sad,there is a second chance.KAMBATE!!!!
Aprt from the muet stuff,the skool was boring again.I do not know what happened to Mr Louis today..his speech was lenghty almost half an hour but nvertheless,he paid his tribute to the monitors...so,hehe i'm bit proud actuallly hehehe.So,math period as usual-bio period was interesting today; menstrual cycle-it did get my attention for the firt period but then,moment later,the sand in my eyes getting more and more........

AlleY girl?!

The day was ordinary again....went out to jj with my friend...saw lots of my schoolmates there,some even pak toh there haha..which was not that unexpected..had an apple pie for my lunch,espirit is finally open..had a pack of kacang puteh and buy a pillow for special some one hehe.shit,now i'm totally broke.I wanna convey my sincere apology to Ril as i ocerslept and forgotten about our dated breakfast.Sorry dude!!!
So,now i facing the com chatting wit Sam.He got a problem...He broke up with his ex but his ex doesnt wanna let him go and insist that they belong together but my friend,Sam really tired and it seems that their love is fading.Same doesnt wanna force himself to be love again and doesnt wanna blockin his ex to pursuin her dream...So is bit dilemma here...
Finally!!!Finally,i found the lyric for the Frequency CaNNON's girl: is really nice
www.fcannon.com/Lyrics.htm
must check it out!!!

LoNg WinDing Road

Yesterday
Bloody hell,there was no dissection.So,we spent the whole triple period of bio drawing the most complicated diagram-the alimentary system of a mouse.I had no idea what i drawing but thankful,she ying could lend her labels to me.Besides, our class was kinda scare in Karu's period as before he entered the class,he scolded some one without mercy.Oh,God help us,he gonna attacked my class soon."Take out ur ceti haram" he said.What?Gonna stay back today almost everyone didnt prepare anything for essay.But thank God,he continued with kehakiman stuff and my fear was gone when he finally could tell a joke.So,this was all for thurs and the xtra class,mmm not that incentive this time hehe...chit chat most of the time.
Today
TodaY EVEN MORE BORING IN THE SCHOOL.tHE COMFY cold wheather..just suit me to have a sleep in da class.I was really tahan in bio class .After school,accompany somebody to buy handphone...k700 if not mistekn,me?still using 8250 only ah...no mood to blog already....

GeT WelL soOn SoK yI

Woke up around 630...had my Oreo plus Milo,then heading to my bathroom to take my shower.When i past by my phone,i knew i got a message but i just ignore it and entered the bathroom.After i flushed my stuff,my mom knocked my door and said somebody finding u urgently,answer ur call.So,i was so happy,i thought was my dear who called but apparently the it was Foong mei.She said she wanna borrow my Sixth Form t-Shirt asshe forgot that today is Wednesday...so it was bit dissappointed..ai...But eventually,when i was about to get in the car to skool,i read my msg.It was hahaha....somebody who asked me to take care of myself and have a nice day ahead.It really motivate me and gosh,that was so sweet.
In school,just an ordinary day with 5 absentees today.And my class was dumbfounded that Pn FAiroz appeared in our sight.She's back!!!no!!!!!!ACtually,she entered the class but didnt teach,few minutes later,she went out.
After school,Me,Foong Mei and Shirlene went to Sg Siput to pay a visit to Sok Yi as she admitted to hospital yesterday.She is fine can be dischared tommorow.Hope,she will get instant recovery...

Us$4 UNdER AttACK!!!!!

Today,Monday is very sad day for us.9 casualties...Julian,Janice,Harry,Foong Mei,Wendee,Muthu,Oliver and Sharirah.It struck without any warning.The class was silent today.Know why?They all are sick!!!!We have no idea whether the root of the virus was from Pn Shafinaz or MArk.WE have no idea.Today itself,it had strucked three people, Woon Hang, Pei Ming and me.I having sore throat but it is not that serious.Don't worry too much.I'll be fine.It was rather a boring day for me as you the girl beside me absent..(FIY,we're just friends)...so Shirlene came to my place and sat beside me.We discuss about something...which cannot be told hehe.You guys will know soon.Backed at home,even more boring four words-eat,tv,sleep study.Gosh,is my life going to be like this til the end of my exam?!!!
Since it's been such a long time i didnt blog,so here is da summary:
Sunday
First half of the day,i was struglin wit Trigo...OK.I have enough of it!!!!So, icalled my friends to have lunch with me.So the place was Chicken King.Y?mmm..maybe since i was the movie 'Sepet',so the place was kinda romantic for me hehehe..how i wish my dear knows why i chose that place.So,next we went to JJ.Kinda boring actually as my wallet was kinda critical but then i bought a U2 shirt!!!yeah!!!The shirt is kinda cool.Continued with movie,Initial D to be exactly,boring too since i'm not a car racing fanatic.For dinner part,we had it at Nasmir since there got gigantic Tv to watch formula one.The result was quite ok, first montoya third was kimi hehehe..my favourite team.Congrates!!!!

SAT

Nothing to blog.Whole day of trigo!!!!!


Friday
A yawnin day in my school.Backed at home.The four words again but that was moment i was really depressedI had no idea y.I was really like wanna hurt myself.I felt myself was so empty.I even nearly want to cry.I wanna call my dear but then i'm afraid i was too disturbing at that moment.Since it was so severe,i went out to stadium with foong mei.YEAH,all the depression was gone.We had a hillarious time indeed.All the time, we didnt really focus on the performance.Since we sat at the ground floor,we watching parade of fashion show.Yes,many people walked past us, so,we be the judges for awhile.Here are the same of the latest fashion,aunties-always will be the t shirt,we saw two guys wearing a shirt with Mc'D logo on,a freak wearing a shirt with a tie.For god sake,it looks stupid,even Avril doesnt; wear it anymore.Lots of people wore Adidas shoe,with the 3 stripes on thier shoes.For my view,the shoe was rather ordinary.The popular colour at the time goes to Red followed by yellow.Red for me is kinda lala for me actually,sorry if i offend you guys.Ok,back to performance...all the skools performed superb performance.It really amused me.....

7/7-day of longeViTy

Open day again.It was bit tired job for me to ensure the montiors aon duty.However,every corner of my school was fully loaded with prefects.So,i think is bit unnessary actually.Nevertheless,it was my last duty being the head monitor.YEAH!!!is time for handover.Good luck every lower six monitor out there.Apart from that,today my mom finally knew that i failed my math.Reaction?!!mmm quite casually said better work harder.Beside,kinda happy also to hear that "he's a helpful monitor' from M.Nur.Finally,got people got appreaciate for what i done .
Second half of the day,the studies group.This was my first time.Tired,fun and comprehension arer the words can be labelled upon.Ok,i didnt take my nap just for 4 hours of group studiesIT works!!!Gosh,i never thought i could finish 3 chapters of chemistry.Big round of applause for me.Clap Clap!!!!
Today is 7th of July(7/7)...in chinese in symbolize longevity.For my the only,i just want you to know you that you meant this day for me...

NeW York?MOscOW?MaDriD?PaRIS?LOndon>?

today is 6th of June.It is a doom's day for me..thanks too math's quiz.For th elove of god, i managed to know 3 questiion out of five and i even can't prove all the bloody formulaes.Shit!!i'm gonna failed again.What use studied til 3 am til nothing can pop up in my mind...sob..However,many of classmates of mine said they couldn't do...so it was bit comfort for me.After recess it just like free day for me but then it was bit suspend us many of us thought mr Karu would enter the class but he didnt haha.So most of the time chit chat and doing notes for PA.
It is bit early now so,these gonna wat happened for rest of the day:

• nap
• The simpsons( i cant miss it!!!)
• Watch the result for the 2012 olympic's bid
• go out to have dinner...sure chicken and bean sprouts again...please no money here
• prepare the map for tomorrow's open day
• Call someone special hehe

BaCK TO THE handphone..Shall i buy the handphone...I wanna change my 8250 for very long time but then i wanna save money also..so dilemma.Sigh...
For the people,who read my bulletin board in friendster the browse to here, a bear hug for u!!muaks!!!!

4th of July

Just manic monday.Started off with long winded assembly.Talking about the journey bla bla bla.U noe what?in my mind i was thinking about my only one hehe.But my mind back to assembly ground when the prefects announced the cleaniness result.My class didnt win...thanks to the unfairness in the prefects who checking our class.Without any doubt,he sure gave his class the highest mark.THIS IS 4 U !!!!!






Backed to the class.Thank god the math teacher was bit late,so i could chit chat and do my monitorial stuff a bit.Foong mei brought the pics which she took few days ago.Damn it!! i look bit chubby on my face but then,it was rather cute hehe.Really!!!I'll prove to u guys when i able to scan my pics.After recess was freaking busy thanks to the comin open day.God,i have to inform every form rap for this comin thurs...poor alvin.Thank god again the talking to the walls machine didnt turn up today..So continue my chit chat with my friends.We came to a topic about handphone.Yeah,i still using da same old 8250.What foong mei offered me was her sony ericsson T...,prize between RM 200 and Rm 300.MMMM,maybe i'll consider as i'm bit paiseh to use blue light handphone.
By the way,today is 4th of July.Happy birthday USA!!!

LiVe 8

Friday
Nothing much really happened.Just really an ordinary day.After skool followed my mom and my aunt to delivered flowers.Gosh,it was lily.I like it a lot as it so elegant.How i wish it belonged to me.Sigh....I skip my tuition also as i was freaking tired.Actually,wat happened was i ended up jusco,doing window shopping day.Browsed many nice shirts esp in PDI.Unfortunately,i'm broke as always.
SAturday
So,my day started with the revision of the killing chapter.,VECTOR.Damn it,i have no idea wat i studying for 4 hours.WHY?WHY U HAVE TO THIS DO ME?CAN U JUST CANCEL THE QUIZ ON WED?!...It was so headace to continue the bloody revison,eventually,i watching a movie in TGV-War of The World.It was quite ok..the devastation,aliens plus the machine.IT wa sreally cool.
LAst but not least,the live 8!!!!!!!!Yes,for 20 years,it came back!!!!!!!
Madonna,U2,Grenday,dido performance just simply amazing.Gtg now to watch the finale..to be continued

Now in LIbrary

Thank god the sky is clear now and so it goes my mood.Yesterday,it was bit down as my dear let me down.My dear said might not be coming this weekend.Sigh, DAMN FREAKIN SAD!!!!!However,i used my Rm 7 of my credit in my hp to pursue my dear to come.Now,wat i hope is hope for the best.
Now is 334 pm, got a gurl sitting beside me in this bloody hot library.But then,is worth as the service is free.Ok,before that ,i did so called study group.What?Me in study group?Yes first time in my life.Actually,wat i did just only 4 math question hehe then ended here to blog hehe.What my group actually discuss is the plan for the next week.So,they decided to have study group from 2- 8 PM.Crazy???!!! nah,i think we wont sitting for 6 hours studying.Maybe we will chit chat and watching tv or just yum cha in my house hahahaha.Dun wan to blog liao,many people loookin at me.Bub bye.