Wednesday, October 31, 2007
♥ 12:40 AM
'Operating coffeehouses is quite a simple proposition'
I read this as
'Operating coffeehouses is as simple as prostitution'
Goodness, I think I need to sleep.
***
Had my last js2216 tutorial. I think it's probably the tut I enjoy the most because it's 1. relaxed, 2. the tutor is nice (:, 3. you get to realise people around you (mostly seniors, only 2 of us are freshies anyway haha) have really intelligent, thought provoking things to say, 4. it's interesting especially because it's quite broad. And it's been my most constant class too in terms of familiarity. (as opposed to the one time I missed marketing (clara was sick) and econs and sn (piano exam) and our human and phys geog tutorial groups are different) Ah wells. And I didn't realise there were two other people in my dg alone doing mononoke hime ! =/ But but, for the short oral presentation today, I winged it like a pro. :D (okay actually I organised my thoughts on the bus on the way to school). And I got the extra nod from my tutor. GLEE. Now all I need to do is pull the essay off.
Poor Ximin. ): I feel baaad. Marketing seriously ranks quite high on potential module to s/u.
I left school after lunch at yih on 10 towards harbourfront but just as the bus was pulling out of the mini interchange, I remembered my marketing study. By sheer luck, I met and had a nice long chat with gillian. (: She gave me a lift in her cool van to biz heh. And then when I finally left, I found tmx and adele on the bus. Heh, I thought they left earlier.
Treated myself to Napoleon Dynamite. Hmmms.. Quite funny I suppose but not roaringly so. Maybe I'm more into.. burlesque/slapstick humour ? Okay not really. After all, I am fluent in sarcasm. I don't know. I only call upon my deep thinking abilities after finishing the text.
It's raining now. And it's 0107hours and the breeze is nice. It smells and sounds good too. (: I love it like this. It's not some scary, out of control thunder/lightning storm. Nothing like a nice (very) early morning shower for our little island to uplift the spirits of its inhabitants.
David Copperfield is really quite charmingly charismatic and funny. Was watching one of his show's on channel 5 just now. He must've been like, in his late 30s ? Ah, I wonder if he's really guilty of the rape. =/
I guess I don't believe in magic. I believe in illusion. And illusion is SCIENCE. On the contrary, my father alludes it to some devilish power. =/ Scary.
It's not as if I'm not disappointed with my other friends as well. Why oh why do I place these expectations on people ? Why do I project my priorities and values on them ? I don't know. Hmms.
SIGH. Where is tvlinks when I need it ? PBBFFT.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
♥ 10:53 PM
It's just different being in nus fass. It's not something I'm used to, walking past laughing cliques, going for tutorials alone, sitting in lectures with no one around me, no one to talk to. Not even people on msn. And not every lecture can be as exciting as prof chang's. So you can imagine why school is utterly blah for me. Why I am so motivated not to travel a length to be by my lonesome when I have my dog at home. So yeah, even though, save for readings, I'm relatively free, maybe it's not something that's so great after all.
And yes of course I mince my words. Most of the time I do. The beauty of faceless msn conversations.
Monday, October 29, 2007
♥ 11:53 PM
Ohmytian. I guess I'll have to wing it. Do a little ad lib. RAHHHHHH.
Pbbfft, I hate how I'm drawn to online shopping like grizzlies to honey.
Thank goodness it's only 1-2 minutes. But then again, I speak atthespeedofajapanesebullettrain.
IAMSERIOUSLYNOTKIDDING. =/
And and, I have not yet subjected myself to 3hours of swallowtail butterfly and the readings that accompany it. I hope she doesn't make us do a 5minute (might as well be 5second) assignment on swallowtail. Humbug.
Am I the only college go-er feeling a sense of utter ennui ? =/ And it's not like everything I'm doing is completely uninteresting.
Whilst everyone was out trick or treating, I was.. blah-ing around. As usual. I'm glad I got to borrow Shall We Dance (went to compasspoint to check out sembawang then pohkim and another vcd store, then called video ezy rivervale, white sands and finally punggol plaza. and I found it there surprisingly !). So I saved a trip to the central library media room and also rented Accepted and Napoleon Dynamite. Woots ! Already finished Accepted after Shall We Dance (the latter's quite nice really.. lead actor is tony leung-esque) Now, to find the time to watch the last one..
Okay right. So I hope I don't make a fool of myself ad libbing. Have to wake up in about 5+ hours. The As are starting for some of the kiddos.. I wish them love, luck, focus and an elephant's memory. (=
♥ 10:39 AM
I swear I have the weirdest dreams. Seriously. Okay, more like NIGHTMARES and DREAMSCAPES.
I had a 3 (maybe 4 ?) in one yesterday night. It started with me being in some convenience store place I think and some of pten were outside on a grassy lawn thing. And the scariest thing was that we were all victims of a drive by shooting. I saw them go down first but they were quite far and the next thing I know, I felt a bullet in my head. I could feel it. Wasn't painful, just a quick hollow knock (maybe I was thrashing about and hit the bedframe ?) and I felt myself slipping away from the world (my dream world I suppose).
Then I was in a shopping mall with my father and sister I think. (must've been after I woke up from the previous scene) And it was the A levels results day. And I didn't tell my dad. I woke up late for school so I was relying on pong to check my papers for me. I still remember anxiously waiting for her text message and it turned out I got 68 for geography although I was most worried about failing gp. Oh and ms leong was in it announcing about how we didn't do as well as last year. I don't know ! Haha.
After that was some star wars-esque sequence where I had to pretty much save the school/shopping mall/country/world or something. Details of this one are kinda fuzzy. Don't recall much but it was quite thrilling-scary because we had to thwart some evil person. =/
Finally there was this part where I found myself walking into aj with ms johnson and somehow it had a multi storey carpark. Then she was telling me that some of the teachers were going to pick blackberries near 6th avenue or something and the trip was organised by ms zhu. But there wasn't space for me in the car. (I don't even think ms zhu can drive ???)
But yeah there you have it. The perils of sleeping early. DILIGENCE, belle ! Rah. So not helping.
Sunday, October 28, 2007
♥ 1:41 PM
Oh what did I get myself into ? Rah. Sigh.
I am so going to climb bukit timah hill and trek the tree top walk after the finals. And play at the botanic gardens too. (: Ahhh, I should really start properly mugging. REALLY. Meh.
824752485927 pages of geog readings. God bless my soul. Haha.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
♥ 3:00 AM
Tuesday. $35 cab ride. Essaying by my lonesome on The Deck. International Choral Geographers Conference. TORS. Spaceship. Brownies. Balloons. Bento set. Awe sum Dim Sum. Chicken. Princess princess. It's Morphin' Time ! Whiteboard. MADELEINE. Freckled zombie. Filial piety. 513 words. Short marriage-ish discussion. Contribution to phys geog project. 3am.
TECHNICOLOUR LOVE (:
Friends. Happy. Smiles. Again !
Bind my wandering heart to Thee.
Monday, October 22, 2007
♥ 10:54 PM
As usual, am rushing work on a monday night. Bleagh. Lugged Cassio (complete with a/c wire) to school and had to lug him back (completely untouched) together with $45 marketing textbook and another heavy closed stack book on film art. Anyone would've been tempted to take a cab. In the interest of future online purchases, I didn't.
Finished The Green Mile. I liked it ! It wasn't all that creepy. But it was quite.. intriguing and sad. Ever since the web guy of tv links got sued and the server's been down, I've been DEPRESSED. BUT ! I've found tu dou !! (: Hohoho. Am happy again. And and, dear gwei was kind enough to send me the play! songs he found ! AHHHHH ! I feel so nolstalgic and sad now. I really miss play! symphony and arnie roth and the wonderful music and the musicians tuning and the gallivanting around city hall and the 6th floor phototaking and the standing ovations ahhhhhhh. I really hope we can do it again next year or something..
I'm a fermata.. hold me !
HAHA. Funny right ? I'm super screwed. WHAT ELSE IS NEW BABYY ! So much for efforts to nerdify self. I WILL NOT PON ANYMORE LECTURES. Lols, let's see whether I can keep this up. Off to read up on tokyo story and plan essay outline.
Saturday, October 20, 2007
♥ 11:10 PM
The last 45 minutes of October 20th 2007.
I don't know if I'll last, am pretty bushed. Have been wanting to sleep since 3plus, HAHA.
As the day comes to a close, I thank God for my family and friends. For the opportunities and near misses in my life. For sufficiency and comfort. For my dog being well enough to bound about the house. For simple things like electricity and people to wait at the bus stop with. For parents, siblings, nice clothes and good food. For conversations with the sweet geography teacher and the history archer hunk. For pten and my dear juniors. For an understanding db and aunts I can turn to. For coins in my wallet and water in my cup. I am really very blessed. And I guess that's what faith means. Knowing that the Lord loves us and provides more than what we deserve. Knowing that there is so much in store for us, so many things to give us hope.. That is what we live for. The promise of LIFE itself in store for us. And I praise God for that. (:
I especially want to thank the people who took the time to wish me:
Lovelee jiayi, quenster, cherr, navleen, andrew choy, ashikin, keax, willian, valerie yeo, db, aunty adel, sexy colin, slin, humz, radish, margaret tan, xunny, kiki, zhanny, graces, ruz, nessa, mich, sally, wilberg, jq, mrs toh, ximin, uncle gpt and jema.
Love to qua who waited at the bus stop with me and charlene and hrk for spending the day with me :D
♥ 12:54 AM
Gosh, I feel old.
But I'm glad mkting presentation isn't this tuesday. WHEW. THANK GOD (:
And I'm pleased that I managed to come up with a slightly better than crappy presentation for sn in a mere 3 hours. Hoho.
I feel like painting the town red heh.
'She was as black as the ace of spades and as beautiful as the sin you never had nerve enough to commit.'
-The Green Mile, Stephen King
I'm toying with the idea of joining noos choir. Hrmmms. =/
Shmexy lxh-esque legolas. Lols.
The stupid mistake. The turning point, one year on. Praise God, I'm a little wiser methinks.
Friday, October 19, 2007
♥ 12:47 AM
AHHHHHH. The flame for my lover is always rekindled when I go back. HAHAH. =X He's just hot in the way that he's almost the whole package. For me at least. Haha, nuts.
And I meant to tell mr hong that because I left the staff room just as he was going back in, I just missed him. As in, missed the chance to catch up with him. I think he heard it as that I just missed him. Like, I missed him. Argh, lols. Embarassing.
Interesting fat slut that we have to bitch about. =X But on a sadder note, I'm worried for my dear juniors. ): Come what may, I pray that the Lord help them deal whatever decision's made. Am also quite concerned for my dears taking the As. Yikes.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
♥ 11:23 PM
'Welcome back, Mr Macdonald' has got to be the best show I've watched for my js class so far. IT'S HILARIOUS. (: I really enjoyed it and now I want to look for the vcd/dvd heh.
Now on top of my readings I have my sn presentation, marketing tutorials, marketing presentation and project, js essay and phys geog project to deal with. Ho hum. Life is bleagh at the moment. I am so going to flunk out of fass. Tv links keep me sane. (:
Heard from nessa about the generally bad shape the j1s are in after promos. =/ Oh dear. ): I'll pray for them ayes but things do not look too optimistic. I suppose the only way is just to deal with whatever comes next in the best way possible.
Ayes I miss our weekly pten outings. ): Why does everyone have to be so busy ! Why aren't I busy-ing myself enough ! Tax payers are paying for my education, I shouldn't let them down ! Rah. And the amount in the bank account seems to have halved since the holidays. Sob.
I honestly didn't even know it was this week. How time flies. Not really having fun. I feel so old. Lack of strawberries is making life even more uneventful, lols.
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
♥ 1:01 AM
AHHHH. Am glad that I'm done with 20% of geog, our human geog project. Woots and many thanks to Jofid and Jingteng (:
A hectic week ahead. Haven't had time to watch the js films, am horrendously behind. =/ And have been missing too many js & mkting lectures.-FRETS- Haven't had time to properly prepare for phys geog and js tutorial either. ARGH. Hope tomorrow goes well ayes.
Hope you're doing better gwei.. take care !
Monday, October 15, 2007
♥ 3:38 AM
Bloody hell am annoyed. And that's why I don't like doing project work. I miss pong. ): All I want to do is watch tvlinks. Of fat sluts and sexy, slighted tenors.
And we'd wow the crowd again.
-Velma Kelly, Chicago
Friday, October 12, 2007
♥ 2:20 PM
Hellooo I've found yet another sitcom to amuse myself with. :D How I Met Your Mother ! Yeah.. And even though Clara's still not eating much, she's kinda back to normal in terms of moving about mmms so that's quite a relief. Although why such a normally greedy dog doesn't want to eat worries me. =/
Hope your bro's fine db ! Ah, pathetic conversations abound !
Tons of stuff to do. Geog project due monday, js tutorial and readings, phys geog tutorial, sn presentation, marketing tutorials, marketing presentation. PLUS the millions of readings I'm behind in. Not looking forward to getting back my sn grade. And I only fulfill two out of three of my mkting study hours, ARGH. Bah.
Fake newsanchors are shmexy mmm hmm
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
♥ 10:45 PM
It's been quite a harrowing two days. It was supposed to be just a regular trip to the vet but then clara wasn't eating her food (and she usually is perpetually hungry) so I brought her for consultation and she was diagnosed with a womb infection. ): ): The point is that the operation was to cost over a thousand bucks and parents didn't want to pay etc etc. So yes, shouting match with the mother and chiding from the father. Whilst the poor doggie was just listless and miserable. And I was pretty much miserable. Worrying, crying, feeling guilty and not doing my tutorials. Anyhoo, I decided to just go ahead and pay for it myself. The power of an atm card. Wry. So I decided last minute to reschedule my marketing tutorial and study. Lotsa emailing here and there. This morning my father gave instructions to scout around for places where the procedure could be done cheaper. After numerous phone calls and prowling online forums for reasonable and good vets, I settled on the one at jalan kayu and am now probably going to save about 300 bucks. The nurse and vet called to tell me that the surgery was fine and she's recovering. So I'm 2/3rds relieved at the moment. Thank God still. (: (because you never know what can happen post op. life's like that. scary. and because I will always be paranoid.) Ahhh, can't wait to see her home tomorrow. (:
So much for becoming a nerd eh. Because of recent developments, I've levelled up to PON STAR TO THE MAXXX BABY! Don't look at me like that. Ho-hum. And donut people didn't reply. Mutters. Now I pretty much have to starve to scrimp and save to pay for her op. Meaning no pubbing (or whatever that place is) on friday night with yl and gang and jq. I needneedneed to get geog done anyway. Thanks muchly for the concern ayes, esp db. (: Love you guys..
Monday, October 08, 2007
♥ 1:22 PM
I'm getting high on whose line all over again. Ryan and Colin are probably the funniest, most retarded 40 somethings around :D Speaking of middle aged fogeys, I've found something else on tvlinks to entertain myself with. The Colbert Report ! Most of it is quite political and I don't really get or relate to but he's still the corniest and sexiest pseudo news anchor heh.
Stephen Colbert wants you !
With all the hype surrounding Lust, Caution (or perhaps the lack of lust ? you've been cautioned), let us not forget the epitome of soulful puppy dog-ness. Tony Leung (: He looks great even in black and white.Hokays, going to leave for the vet soon. Hope everything goes well. Then I must must complete my marketing tutorials. Meh.
Sunday, October 07, 2007
♥ 10:40 PM
Crap. Am supposed to be doing my marketing tutorial. Instead of facebooking. Oops. Sk has apparently found my soulmate HAHA who (upon facebooking) reminds me of zhanny. Hahaha.
Am loving Ants Marching by the Dave Matthews Band. Once again, thanks quenster !
He wakes up in the morning
Does his teeth, bite to eat and he's rolling
Never changes a thing
The week ends the week begins, she thinks
We look at each other
Wondering what the other is thinking
But we never say a thing
And these crimes between us grow deeper
[solo]
Take these chances
Place them in a box until a
Quieter time,
Lights down you up and die
Goes to visit his mommy
She feeds him well, his concerns he forgets them
And remembers being small
Playing under that table and dreaming
Take these chances
Place them in a box until a
Quieter time,
Lights down you up and die
[solo]
Driving along this highway
All these cars and up on the sidewalk
People in every direction
No words exchange no time to exchange and
All the little ants are marching
Red and black antennae waving
They all do it the same
They all do it the same way
Candyman tempting the thoughts of a
Sweet tooth tortured by a weight loss
Program cutting the corners of a
Loose end, loose end, cut cut
On the fence, could not to offend
Cut cut, cut cut
Take these chances
Place them in a box until a
Quieter time,
Lights down you up and die
***
MDIS gig was better than expected despite very last minute changes to the last part of i believe i can fly and the stupid vest we had to wear. It wasn't as lame as I thought it'd be. But ! The best part was the food ! GOODNESS. Heavenly ! (= Super high class I tell you. It was delish. The little cakes, the puree, the cookies, the alfalfa bun ahhh.. (: Food almost makes up for not being able to go on the field trip. I really can't imagine me in four years time (hopefully) in the gown and cap..
We got our caroling and magnificat scores. I CAN'T WAIT FOR CHRISTMAS. And we'll be singing some of my favourites ! I'll be home for christmas and the christmas song. (:
Went squashing at ruoshi's place with yuying. It's fun !! But I can't get the 'swing your whole arm, lock your wrist' part. =/ And I'm hopelessly unfit. And bukit batok is a whole new world. It looks like m'sia. And I still want to climb bukit timah hill WHO'S WITH ME YO ! Didn't go for the steam themed party at gtc's place. Too tired. I'm very very poor now. ZZZ.
I'm worried about my dog. ): (I need your expertise kiki!) She doesn't seem to be eating and she's being all anti social. ): Ayes. I'm supposed to transform into a mugger this week. Doesn't seem to be happening though.
Saturday, October 06, 2007
♥ 2:24 AM
OKAY SHORT POST BEFORE I CRASH. SLEEPY.
1. DEPRESSED COS ECONS TEST SUUUUCKED.
2. UBER DEPRESSED BECAUSE I CAN'T GO FOR THE PHYSICAL GEOG FIELD TRIP TOMORROW. I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. ): SERIOUSLY, IT'S A 10KM TRAIL I WANT! ):
3. HAPPY COS I MET THE LOVELIES (= PTEN IS LOVE! OF COURSE IT WAS JUST WEBCAMMING INSTEAD OF SMUGGING.
4. GOT MY THREADLESS ROBOTS SHIRT (: THANKS MICH! -laughs pointedly at quen-
5. BLESSED BIRTHDAY GRACES (who won't read this but anyhoo) I LOVE AND MISS YOU MUCHLY !
6. HOPE THE MDIS GIG GOES WELL AND THE DONUT PEOPLE REPLY.
7. QUA HOPE YOUR CHEM TEST WENT WELL ! XUNNY WHEN ARE YOU VISITING ? PTEN WE NEED TO HANG OUT MORE !
8. I REALISED I MIGHT'VE GOTTEN AN A OR A+ IF NOT FOR MY BIBLIO ARGH.
9. THIS IS MY FIRST POST THAT IS MOSTLY IN CAPS. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S THE 6TH OF OCTOBER ALREADY. NEXT WEEK SHALL MARK THE START OF MY TRANSFORMATION TO A MUGGER.
Thursday, October 04, 2007
♥ 11:36 PM
Sn test REALLY sucked. Chose the wrong question. Answered wrongly and in the wrong tense. Didn't have anything to say about politics. Narrating my ass off.. Sigh.
BUT! I was greeted by a very nice surprise. I got back my js proposal and it was graded A- !!! AHHHHHH :D Happiness !!! Considering that it was super dee duper (sounding like barney here) last minute. I hope everyone else didn't get like A and A+ or something, lols. But yeah, that makes up for the horrible test. (: It's only 5% though, pity. Lols. But the point is, THERE IS HOPE YET !
I shall complete my transformation to a nerd next week. Right now I just want to be done with econs. I saw prof chang before econs and he drives a bright yellow sports car. Haha, he reminds me of dick lee. I won't be seeing him till about 5 weeks from now ? But I'm quite excited to start physical geog though, heh.
Okay I feel like buying havaianas. This is all your fault GWEI! Haha..
I should be studying econs. Rawr. Sigh. But am really not in the mood. Shall just do it tomorrow during my breaks then.. I've about 4 hours free. Praise God for the wonders of mcq ! (: Oh, and another reason to rejoice.. My sister's prelims were moderated and she can make it to jc ! Haha yeah.. And I'll be seeing the girls tomorrow for smuggling again (: Though I really don't feel like studying haha.
I feel like watching Lust, Caution. For tony leung. (: Oh and did I mention that it's thursday and nigel barker is hot ? (: Albeit sunburnt haha.
♥ 1:54 PM
http://www.singaporefringe.com/complaints.html
http://www.singaporefringe.com/
http://complaintschoir.org/choirs.html
They're having a local version of the birmingham complaints choir (go watch on youtube) for the M1 fringe festival next year ! Exciting ! They're calling for singers (today's life! section, tv guide). I feel like joining.. Who's with me ! Pracs start next year I think.. No singing skills required, heh.
Also in today's Life! is an article on Kumar The Queen and I realised that one of the dancers is hiphop guy jin haha. There's a toothy picture of him. No wonder he can't make it for this sat's performance.. Speaking of dancing, like saffie, I feel like learning lindy hop everytime I hear You Can't Stop the Beat ! Argh, it's just too happy and fun sounding, heh (:
On a less exciting and depressing note, wish me tons of luck for sn ! I can't wait for smuggling tomorrow, I'd be done with my two tests then ! And Mr Tea ! Heh.
To my (let's see, 8?) readers, please help this budding geographer out by filling up a survey as best as you can. Thanks muchly loves (:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=0MqE7z8HP9M4EbrhyEpqOA_3d_3d
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
♥ 10:31 PM
This is the state of my bed all the time. Except when I'm sleeping (as in, not napping haha). Look at it ! It's little wonder that I feel claustrophobic and the stack of papers is only growing taller. I need a visit from the Neat Fairy.
The rather good looking marimba player of french descent from our concert, heh.I have a sudden urge to watch disney movies and re-live my childhood. Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and Toy Story are some of my favourites.. Did anyone watch Steamboat Willie ? It's the black and white one with mickey and I vaguely remember it. Ahh oh man.. And it was the era of the videocassettes and laser discs.
Sn is really making me depressed. I'd be happier studying econs (I'M SERIOUS) and the socio-economic section of sn but now I'm grappling with the politics of sn. Why is everything so complicated ? And not only am I unfamiliar with the political argot (new word I learnt today ! means jargon) in my readings but am also unable to remember all the names !!! Argh. Problematic. ):
And I am so darn sleepy. Not thaaat tired. Just very sleepy. Sigh. Zzz.
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
♥ 11:09 PM
Spot me ! At the start of the geog field trip. My favourite lecturer, the funny and handsome prof chang, hehe :D
At this rate, I'll never be able to sleep. More worryingly, I'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO STUDY. RAWR.
Oh, I forgot to mention that I saw caryn and shawn on sat in orchard. Shawn looked tired and abit drunkish haha but caryn looked the same, bright eyed and athletic heh.
I keep skipping lectures. IT IS BLOODY UNHEALTHY BUT I PROMISE I'LL MAKE UP FOR IT!
♥ 1:01 AM
Rah. Spent the whole of today on the proposal. And bloody hell, am annoyed because after so many hours, I don't know what a decent proposal should be like. The only proposals I know how to type are camp proposals.
Why can't I be as hot as my friends ?! Rawr.
I need to wake up in 5 hours, meh. Geog project is so not ready for take-off. Am so not ready for sn. I seem to be spending more time on econs even though it's on friday and it's mcq and I have a teensy weensy bit of micro knowledge left over from last year. I THINK.
No no a thousand times no. A million even.
All I want now is to sit down with pten over ice cream. I don't even mind sitting down with pten over SCHOOLWORK. Just give me graces, kiki, jema, sally, qua, xunny and mich. I can't wait for our reunion.
And facebook photos just reminded me of how I used to play in nicolette's dinky pool. Ahh, I should really catch up with her one day.. (and be reminded of how hot all my friends have become)