;forever till forever meets no end

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

♥ 2:29 PM

2221

~~1) Mid Term Examination: 20%~~ DIE LAHHHHH.
2) Field Research Assignment (individual or group): 20%
3) Participation (on IVLE online forum): 10%
4) Final Examination: 50%

2204

Discussion Groups 10%
Mid term test 15%
Group Project 25% (oral & written)
Final examination 50%

3231

~~Individual Assignment 20%~~
Group Project 20%
Mid-Semester Test 10%
Final exam 50%

2228

Practical Reports (group) 4 2 X 15%
Final examination 40%

2215

Exam 60%
Term Project 20%
2 Response papers (5% - 2.5% per paper)
Food Journal 5%
Tutorial participation 10%

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Oho. Looks like I have to awaken the chao mugger in me ! In addition to spending less time online (apart from watching online tv that is), I need to cultivate a smoo spirit of having to be the best !!! HAHA. Right mich ? Darn, I need to study with her more often. Wish me luck for the first 20% of 2221.

Monday, September 29, 2008

♥ 11:21 PM

I'm so annoyed, gmail is taking forever and a day to 'work' on attaching my documents. Waddup with that ?! And I can't attach it in hotmail, for some reason the page won't load. Why are the internet gods against me ?!?!?! Zzz.

OPAS opens on weds. I have been checking out the courses available and have narrowed my choices down to king's college london, university college london, southampton u, loughborough u and university of NSW. The UK schools are more promising because there are more places and there's some department agreement so geog majors are at an advantage. Maybe I'm taking this too lightly. And me being me, I'll probably be totally conscious of the semi-rational decision that I will make.

I actually feel excited about having to write my n&s paper. Having to take the test tomorrow though, does not thrill me. Actually, I don't feel having anything to do with cities. THIS IS BAD. And oh fabulous. There's a practice on weds for the gig, RAH. So many things to do, so little time. This whole midterm thing is bad. =( I'd rather have (individual) projects and essays !

Meow. )=

Sunday, September 28, 2008

♥ 1:59 PM

You put the gay in geisha.
-Wilhemina, Ugly Betty

Looks like most of my favourite shows are back ! Talk about baaaaad timing ! Haha.. And darn, House just hung on me. ):

My mother got discharged, Thank God ! :D

Had an awful nightmare last night. Combination of psycho killer and some freaky shit involving a collection of hidden dolls. It was in malaysia or something and we were trying to get away. =/ I have the freakiest dreams..

Without a song or dance what are we ?
So I say thank you for the music,
for giving it to me.

Thank you for the song gwei ! :) It's the acoustic version and I love it. We should totally close our concert with this.. And I've yet to watch Mamma Mia ! Pbbfft.

Three months is such a long time but it doesn't seem like a lot of time at the rate I'm going.

♥ 1:39 AM

I don't know either. But surely it cannot go on like this. What if the long and winding road is a freaking cul de sac ???

Thankfully, my mother seemed fine when I visited. I pray that she'll be discharged soon and won't have to be admitted for a very very long time. Hospitals are a mighty depressing place. TTSH is especially saddening for me.

New song ! Pasigin ! :) Words are really a mouthful but it isn't that complicated. Yay, funness ! Am not too enthusiastic about amadeus prac tomorrow. Luckily there's only one practice. Hope we don't have to meet again. Truth be told, I'd rather stay home and study. Sigh.

Watched The Sound of Music with gwei, nessa and gpt. :D One of my favourite shows ever. And yet it's kinda sad now that I grasp the full weight of Anschluss (history student, woots!). Still, it's a fabulously fun, beautiful and at some points, romantic show. Most of all, THE MUSIC and THE LANDSCAPES are so inspiring. :D I can't wait to find out what they're screening for the month of october..

DARLING FRIENDS PLEASE KEEP THE 24TH FREE ! :D Although it's the very day dear uncle gpt is flying off for taiwan. ):

Friday, September 26, 2008

♥ 11:10 PM

=/

I pray that she'll be alright.

And darn, it's friday already. Where did the week go ? For once I am not looking forward to the weekend.

Thursday, September 25, 2008

♥ 11:01 PM

Had one of my worst days ever this year. It started out bad enough with a veryfuckingsore throat. Was so horrible it was difficult to open my mouth let alone speak. I didn't meet my 3305 classmates in the end. ):

My groupmates for soci of food came over to cook for our assignment and we made salmon aglio olio and yoghurt with cut fruit. Turned out pretty good in my opinion. Thing is, I cut chilli padi WITH MY BARE HANDS. Handled it as if it were any other substance. Bloody wrong move. Started suffering from very severe chilli burns. Normally my pain threshold (imo) isn't that low but it was really very unbearable. It felt as if I was holding on to a hot iron and not letting go. I tried ice, yoghurt, milk, olive oil, powder, salt, orange juice, lime juice and antiseptic cream. It was so fucked up that I was crying and praying non-stop. Finally decided to take a cab to the doctor. So SIXTY BUCKS, cream, a gastric pill, two little blue pills and an episode of mythbusters later, my left hand is feeling better now. Still tingly but better. Pain lasted 4+ hours. I hope the pills I took weren't just to numb the pain. If the doctor had prescribed a jab, I'd go for it. It was definitely more agonising than when I fractured a bone in my foot. Doctor said that different people respond to pain differently and that I probably have hypersensitive skin especially since this is the first time it's happened. SO NO ONE SHOULD UNDERESTIMATE MY PAIN. Even though I know it sounds very lame. But if this is just an inkling of the kind of hurt I'd experience in hell, I really have to make sure I make it to heaven.

Lesson learnt.

What a horrible day. ):

♥ 1:08 AM

Beach Boys !!!! :D Love the harmonies and easy melodies !

♥ 12:24 AM

So pretty right ? Love the blueness of the sky. And how the bus sign thingy looks like a photo frame. (:

Joey sleeping in the central library. Lucky he didn't snore..

I look fat. BUT I LOVE MY HEADBAND, IT'S SOOOOO BLAIR WALDORF :D Yay, 5 out of 7 stalkers !

Outside dempsey ! Thanks for the extra big scoops gwei sweets ! :)

YAY FOR FRIENDS WHO CAN SEND ME HOME ! HAHAHA. NO LAUGHING WHILE DRIVING ! BE SAFE ! CHECK YOUR BLINDSPOTS !!!

Hurrah for my lower sec cedar classmates :D I always have an excuse to wear a dress ! And thanks for the opinions, haha.. To our next glam gathering !

***

It's THE season for moping I tell you. It was a dizzying spiral of DESPAIR AND MELANCHOLY. Hahaha, FURREAL.

'Studied' with uncle lim today ! Only one reading but bloody hell, it was 28 PAGES LONG and full of history and examples !!! Bleagh, quite dry. Plus I was SUUUUPER SLEEPY. Not too sure why. Managed to read a bit of David Sedaris' new book. I WANT. :D The first two stories were really funny.

Cooking with my soci of food groupmates later today.. Hope it'll be fun ! And meeting some of dafc plus jq tonight. Hurhur, hope photos turn out nice.

If only it were as easy as those kitschy paint by numbers art kits. I could never keep within the lines..

I hope slin's theory doesn't hold. And cherr's too. =S

Monday, September 22, 2008

♥ 11:02 PM

shujun-- tropical cyclones: the great depressions says:
okay people, this is only 1 mark
shujun-- tropical cyclones: the great depressions says:
surely it cannot be 'rocket science'

HAHAHAHHA. I THINK I AM QUITE FUNNY. But you will only get this if you are a student of profmroth.

'btw( the event name is not "Nick Teo's Concert, its Little bit of heart. and i did not put that there.)'

HAHA. Nick is funny. The person who created the event 'Nick Teo's Concert' is funny.

***

Humidity's driving me up the wall. SERIOUSLY. With relative humidity, specific humidity, saturation specific humidity, dewpoint temperature, diabatic process and 5 million different formulae. ARGH. ):

Everybody is beating my word challenge score. It's an interesting game because for me, I get to see how my hands do something but my brain tells me something else. Like I will frantically search for a word and my fingers keep coming up with 'die'. Also, it's like I have to say in my head what I want to type. I don't know if it's just me. But I'm dictating this in my head as I type this. Sometimes what I say in my mind gets jumbled up with other thoughts in my head or the things I say out loud. That's when you get a very muddled me on msn. =/

Just watched another episode of entourage ! :) PR, GG and HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER tomorow ! Hurhur. More importantly, will be meeting the STALKERS :D Minus ruz and ber.. Haha I expect plenty of camwhoring !

At this rate, this recess week will be for nought ! =X

♥ 12:30 AM

Am about 80% done with the anno biblio. =S Climo prac will just have to wait ! Haha, am very flattered by nessa's 'assessment' of me :D So here's one back for her (:

1) The person who tagged: Aggie NESSA Chan Pokes haha

2) Your relationship with him/her is: Fellow Were-Alto and good friend ! :)

3) Your five impressions of him/her:
1. Very trustworthy.
2. Good leader.
3. Fun fun funny !
4. A good listener.
5. Overall a great friend :)

4) The most memorable thing he/she had done for you: Apart from being the calming influence to the usually frenetic me, she has also offered her shoulder and lent a listening ear. One of the more memorable things is how she was THE BEST ROOM MATE EVER !!! :D Ironically, she took care of me, her senior (by only three months mind you !)..

5) The most memorable thing he/she had said to you: Er I don't remember specifics but she's always ready to dispense pearls of wisdom, heh.

6) If he/she becomes your lover, you will: Have to turn into a were alto and maul uncle gerald ! HAHA. =X

7) If he/she become your lover, thing he/she has to improve on will be: erm she has to learn how to cycle ! HAHA !

8) If he/she become your enemy, you will: Sulk and throw a bitch fit ! And then sink into depression or something.

9) If he/she become your enemy, the reason will be: We were fighting over the same cute angmoh guy. Hurhurhur.

10) The most desired thing you want to do for him/her now is: Eat B&Js, sushi buffet, watch movies, throw parties and camwhore like there's no tomorrow !

11) Your overall impression of him/her is: Nessa is lovable pretty cute FUNNAY but more importantly, realistic and grounded with a large capacity to love and give. (:

Skipped the next few questions, refer to previous post.

16) For people who care and like you, say something to them: oh yeah and WHO WANTS TO WATCH HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3 ???? HAHAHAHA. I think only people who truly love me (and/or Zac Efron) will take this bold step in witnessing extra perky teens and an abundance of hormones.

***

Tropical Cyclones: The Great Depressions.
Hahah ! Because they are formed at low pressure zones..

Am too tired to talk about less frivolous stuff but my anno biblio currently stands at about 90% ! :)

tia
gin gua bin wu lang lai
gue niu chio gun gong dua dai
ho hong pian mm zai

Ban Chun Hong. Hokkien song that's really quite sad.. About a girl who fancies a white faced man (okay I'm kidding, literally translating chinese is funny.. handsome dude) and she sits and waits for him because that's what girls in the olden days do (and ironically, still kinda do).. She hears a knock on the door, gets her hopes raised but opens the door to see only the moon mocking her. So with great sadness she realises it was the passing wind that tricked her.. How dramatic. But all life is drama and the little things can mean a lot. The insignificant becomes significant. Each little detail is examined from every possible perspective. It's torn apart, broken down and its meanings are digested. The things we do to ourselves. We are such brutal beings.

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233am. On a less melancholic note, I got blue and purple mascara for ten bucks ! Hoho.

Sunday, September 21, 2008

♥ 6:45 PM

It seems that I've been tagged to do this by my favourite Gerald (I know three) haha..

1) The person who tagged: Uncle Gerald Paul 'n00b-no-more' Tan

2) Your relationship with him/her is: Choir junior but more importantly, a good friend.

3) Your five impressions of him/her:
1. Blur like a sotong sometimes..
2. Makes the best sound effects.
3. Nice to bully =X
4. Funny
5. Genuine good guy.

4) The most memorable thing he/she had done for you: Hrmmms.. He listened to me rant and whine, shared his POV and gave advice even though he was on the verge of concussing.

5) The most memorable thing he/she had said to you: That the person I marry must be the one person in the entire world who knows that one quality about me that makes me different from all the rest. Not that I'm thinking of marriage now haha..

6) If he/she becomes your lover, you will: Er this is tricky because he belongs with nessa ! Hurhur. But I guess hypothetically, I will appreciate him lah !

7) If he/she become your lover, thing he/she has to improve on will be: Erm, by being more proactive. Haha..

8) If he/she become your enemy, you will: Turn into a were-alto and maul him.

9) If he/she become your enemy, the reason will be: That he insulted my clan of WERE-ALTOS !

10) The most desired thing you want to do for him/her now is: Er. Accompany him in playing Wii Olympics ???? Haha !

11) Your overall impression of him/her is: It's difficult to sum it up.. But he's a fabulously good hearted uncle ! It's nice that we share rather similar interests. Apart from army.

12) How you think people around you will feel about you?: Huh.. I don't know. Hopefully they don't think I'm too psycho.

13) The characteristics you love of yourself are: I can't pinpoint exact qualities..

14) On the contrary, the characteristics you hate of yourself are: Being quick to anger. And that I'm very stubborn.

15) The most ideal person you want to be is: A person who remains true to her convictions and someone who doesn't take the people and the world around her for granted.

16) For people who cares and likes you, say something to them: Haha if you love me, WATCH SOUND OF MUSIC WITH ME THIS SAT !!!!

17) Pass this quiz to 10 persons that you wish to know how they feel about you:
Errrr... I'm pretty sure no one's is as 'free' as I am. But since it's recess week, aggie, saffie and db ! Not forgetting gwei and gpt ! Hurhur.

♥ 1:56 AM

'I'm a PC and I'm a human being. Not a human thinking nor a human doing but a human being. '

Was watching the windows' ad on hong kiang's blog. I kinda like it (uncle probably wants to kill me now, lols). And that quote was my favourite.

(OMGWTFBBQ I TOTALLY FORGOT ABOUT PRAC 2 FOR CLIMO !!! Lucky it's due wednesday..)

Why do I always end up lamenting wasted opportunities ! GAH. ): ): ): It's one of those totally bang-head-against-wall-for-my-retardedness things. And I'm doing all I can to stave off urges. (as gwei said, I'm being very twitchy). Including writing on everyone's facebook wall but not including being hard at work at my biblio.

Shall blog about how I felt during prac another time.. Hope I'll be able to sleep for 6 hours straight at least. I know right ? How often do you hear me speak of a lack of a good night's SLEEP.

Saturday, September 20, 2008

♥ 2:50 AM

I had a hot date with the very pretty pyong just now ! Hurhur. Saffie, cheeguan and zkai couldn't make it at the last minute. I enjoyed myself anyway ! Although my wallet was in pain ($43 bucks, including the cab fare, comparable to if I'd gone to zouk with the class girls and shawn I guess..but 'clubbing' is boring). So we had pasta and shared a hand packed tub of sweet cream and cookies and chocolate chip cookie dough PLUS a scoop of strawberry sherbet. HAHA. I know. We are growing really fat. Body by Ben & Jerry's, haha.. Yay to gwei and our extra large scoops ! He really is one busy bee. The live band was pretty good it's really nice to sing along (: And I love the place ! It has this mini-marche feel.. Next time we're heading to the swings outside ! It was nice conversing with pyong too :) Assuming everyone is sporting, our Halloween party will be a colourful blast hurhur..

Annotated biblio currently about 60% completed. Past two days were pretty unproductive. I hate having to plow through the 'methods' bit of each article. It's all too technical, bleagh. I wonder if I can finish it all by sunday.. Depending on my parents, I might head to jb on monday for the cities project. Hrms. Am quite sure it will be a resounding no though.

I HOPE THE FEW PEOPLE WHO READ THIS WATCHED THE OK GO VIDEO BELOW !!!

Oh such grace,
Oh such beauty..
Lipsticks and callous and fishnets and malice
Oh darling, you're a million ways to be cruel

Friday, September 19, 2008

♥ 12:13 PM

ONE OF MY FAVOURITE VIDEOS EVER FROM ONE OF MY FAVOURITE BANDS. BALD GUY IS HILARIOUS. AND THE TWO GUITARISTS ARE QUITE HOT. :D Damn, it'd be fabulous if a bunch of us could pull this off. It'd be such a workout ! Hurhur..

One zero zero zero zero zero zero
You're a million ways to be cruel.

♥ 12:23 AM

Three things I loved about today (thursday):

1. We actually DID something during climo prac. We used a psychrometer to measure dry and wet bulb temperatures in order to calculate humidity. We looked quite ridiculous but I don't like being cooped up and answering rows of questions all the time so it was nice that we got to do some work with our hands.

2. Learnt an itsy bitsy bit of STATISTICS during hazards tutorial. Can you imagine ? Hurhur, difference testing, some chi-square test. I felt really excited being taught MATHS. Like, after three years. Lucky it was easy.. But yes, punching numbers into the calculator I used during Olevels is quite thrilling for me.

3. FINALLY SPOKE TO OLLY MY LOVE ON FACEBOOK!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHH :DDDD

I'd gladly fly there and marry him ! And be the ever obedient, doting wife who follows him on his travels ! A DREAM COME TRUE ! HAHA ! Omgah, all he does is punctuate his sentences with 'x' (the british people love doing that, it's the symbol for a kiss like xoxo) and I'm breathless with bliss ! :D Okay, I hope he has free time in his busy schedule to talk to me soonish.. :)

Ah, I am reminded of those short but sweet esplanade days. So much more than summer flings.

***

Apart from those, am tired and mopey. Too tired and mopey to do the biblio. I'd rather sing.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

♥ 11:51 PM

Yay yay am at the rough halfway mark of my annotated biblio ! Not including the sketches which aren't my greatest concern. So I don't think I'll have to rush through it over the weekend as long as I keep the pace up. Kinda. After all, I'll have prac 2 to be concerned about. ):

I must say that Paul Knapp's article on the Spatial Characteristics of Regional Wildfire Frequencies in Intermountain West Grass Dominated Communities (1997) is the best one so far. I actually understand it and plus, I am actually learning something from it. Am very pleased to have found it. (: I almost didn't attend hazards lecture today but I glad I did. Not just because JPT is wonderful (despite him not wearing his hawaiian shirt for the first time!) but because it was quite interesting and challenging learning about storm surges. Quite exciting ! Even though there's a lot of potentially confusing stuff that I don't know.

This is belated but I MET LOOKYLIKEY MEI LAST FRIDAY ! :D It was much too short though. ): Hopefully I can meet her for a tai-tai spot of tea next week..

Along with gossipgirl and project runway, House has returned ! (: Yay ! But tv is soooo distracting. Cherr's new boyfriend is 'super angmoh' which is so unlike her. I wonder if we'll get to meet him..

Oh, something funny came to mind suddenly. Jasper saying that he doesn't mind marrying late and only worries about the quality of sperm. HAHAHA. I mean, yes that makes sense but he said it very seriously. I wonder if guys feel the urge to settle down.. Or at least find the girl they would want to marry. This excludes joey who wants to marry the girl whose name he doesn't know. Hahaha, so amusing..

Can't wait for thursday to end. The start of the break ! :) And I can go back to finishing my biblio..

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

♥ 10:57 PM

THIS IS TOO GOOD ! I LOVE THE SOLO OMGAHHHHH ! :DDD

♥ 10:47 PM

BECAUSE I LOVE JASON AND I LOVE ELTON !!!! HURRAH !!!!

♥ 10:22 PM

Oh crappity crap crap crapola. I WANT TO SLEEEEEEEEP. That is, not work on my annotated biblio. Rah, how sucky is this. And the articles I have are hopelessly...blah. ):

Today marks the longest time I've spent in school so far this semester. Tut at 10, lect at 12, photocopying books at 2, lect at 4 and dinner at 6. Reached home at about 10 ! I really enjoyed dinner with yuklum, mark, jasper and joey. Steamboat at last ! And only 3 bucks each, really worth it. (: School finally feels like school. Kinda. Maybe. Only on tuesdays, lols.

Okay so I have to find some way to complete my biblio by monday. Looks like I won't make friday. )):

HN is super funny. He telling us how he was super depressed cos he crashed his car. And then he told us he named his car Tyrone. Hahaha, he's such a little boy. And during cities tut, my groupmate was proposing Aqua World just that he pronounced it as Ah Gua World, hahaha. I suppose that'd be uniquely singapore for the marina bay area..

Concussing already. Am tempted though to bamboozle everyone by forcing them to listen to Steve Reich's New York Counterpoint. Haha, it's only for the BRAVE. Actually, it's considerably mild already..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX63vaPT9Pk&feature=related

I miss Olly. And Ian. And Matt. And Robin. And Bob. And Deme. And Tibi. And Gaj. And Mati. And Eddy. And Alan.. ): Even gorazd, tommy, uros, damir, andrej, andrej.. ): Funny ah, how come I miss the guys more ? The girls weren't as significant. Shucks, am sinking into an emo funk. ): ):

♥ 1:11 AM

Lolcat ! How cute is that kitty ? Hurhur, I love little critters :)

Am done with 2 out of 10 journal articles. I hope I can do two or three every day I'll be done by friday ! Tomorrow looks like a busy day.. 10am tutorial ): Will probably have to spend break in the library printing readings. ): I wish the geog dept could provide us with coursepacks, sigh. Printing takes up so much energy I tell you.

Looks like next week will be a frenzy of going out and TRYING VERY HARD TO MUG. Hopefully. =X

I woke up at 1130 today but took two naps. It's almost 2 in the morning and I can't sleep despite needing to wake up at around 730 later. Gah.

Ergh, come to think of it, tomorrow will be mostly spent reading articles rather than summarising them. Meaning that the probability of me handing in the biblio on friday is unlikely. ): Might have to make a trip down to kentridge on monday. Meow. I guess the reality of things will only hit me towards the end of next week.

And I tell you, they'll be gale force winds.

Sunday, September 14, 2008

♥ 11:36 PM

The clouds were so dramatic. I LOVED IT ! Even though I took the wrong bus and had to walk quite a fair bit. Wish I brought my vivitar though, am not sure where it is.. >( Now I want an instax mini !!! Haha =X

Before our procession and before our candles burnt out one by one hurhur..

Of course, the mandatory jumpshot !

:D
Thanks nessa, pyong, mrong, szemun, uncle lim, xiaokang, howie, saffie, lwei, xiaokai, cheeguan, uncle gpt, jiemin and pigboys !

***

I'm glad to announce that my worrying was unfounded. We got almost 3 times the number of people we expected, hurhur. I'm very grateful for the effort and enthusiasm ! (especially pyong who took a cab down) I had a great time even though I didn't get to try the wii which gpt kindly brought.. ): But everyone seemed to enjoy it so that's good. It wasn't very zen after all. Knowing us. Haha.. Been a while since I got to talk to gwei so that was nice :) He's my hero ! I'm very horrible with the lighter and kept almost burning my fingers so he did all the work with the lanterns. He's also Mr PR and my wonderful partner in crime, heh. He's also very proud of me for certain reasons ! HAHA. He has such outrageous ideas...and he fed zkai half my snowskin chocolate cognac mooncake from raffles hotel !!! HRMPHS. Hahaha, there are other deserving people ! =X Yup, it's definitely fun just hanging out.. Don't exactly need occasions methinks. It was a real goooood night but the little things made it great. :) Anyway looks like my career as a party planner is off to a promising start. HAHA. We'll see what other gatherings we can have yeah.. I still want to head to gpt's place to try his wii, watch someone play fatal frame, dine al fresco in his yard and see princess (his dog) and fat nelson !

Oh yah, I just remembered something funny. Before everyone decided to join the procession, peiyong suggested all of us hold our lanterns, walk into the house and scream, 'IF YOU DON'T COME OUT AND PLAY NOW WE'LL BURN THE HOUSE DOWN !!!!' Hahaha, GREAT IDEA ! Good thing we never had to resort to arson. Hurhur.

You held your breath...and the door for me.
-Head Over Feet, Alanis Morissette

Love her songs ! I really should get started on the individual hazards project. 20% ! =S We're lucky that JPT is such a sweet pushover. He extended the deadline for us haha.. But I think my articles all suck. ): ): ): How ! I'll see what I can do with tomorrow being my free day..

I really want to do three things within the next few weeks. 1. Visit mr ho at dempsey. 2. Watch Mamma Mia ! 3. Watch either West Side Story or Sound of Music under the banyan tree of the national museum. Funny how this list doesn't include studying for the three bloody midterms, BAH.

I need someone to translate this for me !
http://www.web898.net/p/6/783.php
I like her songs :) Since I quoted a line from an Alanis Morissette song, here's one from the one touted as the chinese Alanis, hurhur. I particularly like it when she sings this line..

别人怎么说
心都碎了还管别人怎么说
-累赘, 孙燕姿

Chinese really makes me seem less like my usual self eh ? Haha I have very specific preferences though..

Friday, September 12, 2008

♥ 2:01 PM

而每一次我失恋呢，我就要去跑步。因为跑步可以将你身体里面的水分蒸发掉，而让我不那么容易流泪。我怎么可以流泪呢？

***

你有没有想过罐头的感受呢？
秋刀鱼要过期。肉酱也会过期。连保鲜纸都会过期。我开始怀疑在这个世界上还有什么东西是不会过期的。

***

小姐，请问你喜不喜欢吃菠萝？
哦，她可能不是本地人。
Do you like pineapple ?

***

你想去哪里？
无所谓，你想去哪就去哪。

:D

♥ 1:44 PM

:DDD

Eleven parts, approximately 100 minutes, in chinese and cantonese with chinese subtitles.

♥ 12:37 AM

It feels like a friday night. All the same, it's the end of my 'work' week.

It's odd. I feel detached from the world. The thoughts in my head roll like the subtitles to a Murakami-esque film. It's ironic because where lungs should be, I feel a great cavity. A deep hollowness. And yet nothing is louder now than the pulsing of my heart. In fact, I think it's the space that's allowing the thumps to echo. Each beat is thrown against my ribs, rattling my bones against their will. Each force hurtles upwards in a bid to escape but this funny constriction near my neck only bottles the energy. It struggles, like one of those molecules in physics textbooks darting about anxiously as the pressure increases.

I realise something. When you're the only one awake at home with no one talking to you online or on the phone or through texts, you start to wonder if you're a part of this world. You start to ask if there's a thing called reality. Why am I so sure I exist ? Especially at a time when no one else can confirm my existence.

***

Unfortunately, I'm going to interrupt my slightly less frivolous musings with something utterly retarded. Hilarious quote.

'Save your homo erotic slave labor for me Lloyd. E, don’t take your shirt off. I don’t want anyone to go blind from the reflections of your translucent boy chest.'

-Ari to Lloyd after Lloyd (Ari's gay assistant) offers to fix E's shirt, Entourage.

Ari is super vulgar but funny.

I think cellists are sexy. Actually most musicians in general. Was facebooking and looking at pictures and I feel...inspired to travel the world singing. Like in a professional choir or something. It's perfect cos it'll satiate my wanderlust and also satisfy my love of singing. I don't know man.. I'm mediocre at best but I want to be good !

Anyway, my heart is aching. I think my dog is sick. )))))))):

At the moment, cities doesn't feel very worth it. It's very.. theory/concept filled. And the jargon is driving me nuts. Plus it is not exciting. Hazards is exciting. N&S is exciting. Soci food (tuts) is quite exciting. =/ I now know why the lecturer plays a huge role.

I just thought of something. When you retreat, you give yourself space to be alone. This is as opposed to being present but feeling alone because people make you feel that way. The former is voluntary exile so that's why it's a different, maybe better way of being.

I like the bit about how they believe in DRAMA.

My apple and raisin bread pudding dessert lunch at Oomphaticos!

I like how the sunlight catches this.

Soci of food tut ! I'm so grateful for sally :)

GORGEOUS DRESS I COULDN'T HELP MYSELF. I'm retarded that way, bite me. $170 BUCKS ANYONE ???

Looks to be a hierarchy of gods.. Ascending a pyramid to the heavens, hurhur. If only I'd brought my vivitar ): Regrets.

:) I miss my grandpa ):

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A tale of two cities. Except they're not cities but elevated terrain. Haha, outlook does not look good.

My best and wildest guess would be that it's achieving the opposite effect. PR MODE !??!?! Meh, wth. But at least I kinda got a few tips. Haha, thanks to jq. I had quite a bit of fun :) Nice talking to mr sad eyes...

Okay I don't care that you don't care that I care. OR DO I. HAHAHA. SHUCKS so much for the reticent post.

We seek out the taciturn.

-The Way We Gey By, Spoon.

Thursday, September 11, 2008

♥ 12:44 AM

I thought it started out as a pretty good day. Against urges to laze around at home, I decided to go for the hazards lecture. Mainly because there's a midterm, cute guys and also because I'm a fan of JPT. Turned out to be a good idea because, the bus and train and all left quite promptly and I wasn't late. (saved on cab fare !) Also, the uncle at the magazine stand at the interchange waved and smiled at me. It's little things like these that count. Makes you feel that there's this itsy bit of humanity left in this world.

Anyway, hazards was worth it. It felt good learning about wildfires. Seriously. Travelling really is a bloody bitch. If not I'd be a more regular student. JPT is so nice. :)

Anyway, it all went downhill. With my mother screaming and msn being down and the discussion of our presentation tomorrow being so late in the night. Am in no mood to think.

I'm only in a mood to retreat. To lie in an english field and look up at the clouds. To sit at a sandy beach and listen to the waves. To drink a cold beverage on a street of cobbled stones and watch the world go by. To read a good book beside a friend but to remain in complete silence. To sit in an empty esplanade theatre and see a production being bumped in. To explore a place unknown on a bicycle. To chat up a random, fellow traveller and find that the world is such a huge wonderful place .

Sorry if everything of mine is romanticised. It's hard to take off these rose tinted spectacles.

I'm looking in on the good life I'm doomed never to find.

-New Slang, The Shins

The year of the suicides.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

♥ 12:10 PM

'He's being vague about the future !' -Blair Waldorf

Hahaha, she was really hysterical, it was funny. We so need to play squash !!!

'we definitely need to see each other before the recess week'

I'M QUOTING REALLY CUTE FRENCH FRIEND ! Hahaha :D It's nice to have people want to meet me. Hello, how about the one that I want ? Chopchopchop. Hahaha. And I feel bad for repeatedly having to turn jq down =S Oh and I found cute swiss guy on facebook ! Hurhur.

Am worried for hazards and climo. =/ And crap, I have 3 midterms. RAWR.

Tuesday, September 09, 2008

♥ 11:44 PM

I really don't like group work. I am very very very lazy and a procrastinator by nature but when it comes to turning in a piece of work or a presentation, I do my best to churn out a standard that at the very least I will not hate. So the proposal of something that does not reflect any effort at all is really not my deal. I think deep down inside I can be very particular and anal about the way things should be.

You know what, am in an extremely cranky mood. This isn't a sudden realisation but it's true, no one owes me anything.

So really it was really nice for the 2 seconds it lasted. Oh why can't everything be chopchopchop.

Joel had a very interesting status on facebook once. Something along the lines about how he was tired of trying to fix people and why can't someone come along and fix him instead. I totally get how he feels.

The suicide pact.

♥ 1:03 AM

Entourage is back, woots ! It's pretty good apart from 'fuck' being used wayy to much and the guys' penchant for er sex and porn. =/ But other than that it's funny and interesting ! Hurhur. Project Runway and Gossip Girl tomorrow ! (i bet gwei, lwei and S are excited ! hurhur)

Just finished trying to collate the answers for climo practical 1. HORRIBLE. I feel like I'm in secondary school all over again with the physics and the maths. I mean, specific and latent heat ?!?! ):

N&S tut today was quite interesting although nothing new. Supposed to give recommendations as an international commission to a country regarding its national forest. Haha, the tutor's japanese ! His accent is very adorable and he reminds me of deme ! I think it's the nose. But he's balding very visibly =X

Mission for tuesday will be trying to think of responses for soci. And if time permits, although I doubt it, summarising an article for hazards. Can't wait for friday, the start of my weekend ! Hopefully, I'll be seeing lookylikey for a spot of tea, haha.. Oh and tentatively, there's shawn's birthday thingy. Hrms. And then singing (alumni), partying (also involving singing probably!), singing some more (liv) and then having a free monday ! Gosh, and it's only the beginning of the week..

Was looking at matt's pictures of the shenanigans they get up to in the countryside.. It looks wonderful. I am thoroughly envious ! I want to travel with friends like a NOW.

G told me to maintain the gradient. HAHA. Which I think is pretty darn tough because as of now, it seems to be an exponential curve.

Sunday, September 07, 2008

♥ 10:23 PM

Must be the tea and nap I took. Went to bed at almost 4am, slept only at 6am and woke up close to 10am. I am pretty much dying now, haha.

Anyway, first liv practice and now for the assessment. Love their choice of music (HALLELUJAH :D it's such a beautiful song) and they are extremely slack but more importantly, they're all very nice people. Okay, apart from the people I already know. Maybe it's cos they're desperate for people, lols. I was almost treated like some kind of B grade celebrity, haha. Oh and I still think that one of them is quite intriguing haha. Yeah, looks like my sunday afternoons are gone.. Plus I told angela that I'll be singing for the tacs mdis gig. Hope we only have to attend one practice..

I am skeptical about this saturday's tea party attendance. But oh well, if all else fails we can stand around zkai's piano and sing songs ! :)

♥ 1:37 AM

Oh no, running out of funny bumper stickers !

I just downloaded like, 20+ songs. From Ok Go, The Beatles, Elton John, Beach Boys, The Carpenters.. Darn, there's no space in my ipod. ))): Mainstream oldies are fabulous. :) I already have ABBA's greatest hits on cd too.. It's almost 3 in the morning and I feel like belting out the beatles' Hey Jude !!! I love to sing. Hurhur. Assuming I have reason to have a wedding, I am going to make sure the beach boys' God Only Knows is played. :) And gosh, as cliched as 'You're Still the One' by Shania Twain is, I totally love her duet with Elton John ! The Flying Pickets' acappella version of Kokomo rock too :) Okay, I'll try to stop gushing. Music makes me high..

Crap, I'm supposed to be hard at work (ha. ha.) studying radiation for my climo tut. Textbook is as wordy as it is colourful. Fortunately and unfortunately. Actually it can (CAN) be pretty interesting. I just wish it were more bite sized.

Pleased that we sang more today.. It'd be nice if we could move on to something else. We're getting a bit tired methinks. The orientation-ish team building games were fun ! Okay, I know I suck lah cos I really wasn't thinking. I am usually smarter than that ! Hahah.. But mark has got to stop embarassing me ! Lols..

Finished the screenplay at the esplanade library :) Technically, I travelled there by my lonesome for that 20 minutes of sitting on the windowsill reading. But I borrowed the original novel ! Hoho. Except it isn't that exciting anymore because I know what happens. At least I'll get to see what the movie missed out on. Also snapped some pictures with my vivitar, yay. Still, gah, I have two other books to read. Not counting Understanding Weather and Climate by Aguado & Burt.

I love the memories that the smell of the esplanade invokes. I miss the thrill and adrenaline rush.

Saturday, September 06, 2008

♥ 1:09 AM

Literal cake was sweeter than metaphorical cake. Okay, actually I had bread pudding, haha. Had a very nice dessert lunch with aunt and brother at this really cool restaurant near forum. :) I also caught wall e (STUDENT PRICE YAY !) and I love the score. It was really funny when the fat people were sliding down =X Studying plans were displaced with an investment talk as suggested by lw. I now know what STUFF is. And then there's passive income and two types of analysis. HAHA. So not my kind of thing. Then I met dear xunny and we headed to the esplanade library for our free activity. We sat there reading screenplays. I LOVED IT. Am planning to go back there again tomorrow :) Want to finish reading The Virgin Suicides. Am tempted to watch Chungking Express also.. Qua joined us at 9ish and we had a fast food dinner at lido. But it's nice just chatting, the three of us..

Best thing about today ? HN's approval. :D

But still, am thankful for friends and family.. I think I'm falling sick. Rawr. Oh I forgot to mention yesterday that the mythbusters pirate episode is HILARIOUS. Adam is so adorable..

Spotted. N at dhoby ghaut. HAHAHA. S was giggling to herself like mad. She advises B to take baby steps. Haha. We're so nonsensical. Where's my lonelyboy ?! HAHA.

Friday, September 05, 2008

♥ 10:18 AM

B is very happy. :D

HN said her project's interesting and that he looks forward to reading it!

HAHAHA. :D Yay ! And I thought it'd be very normal..

I'm determined to score at least an A- for this module.

Off to a promising start, GO ME !

♥ 2:11 AM

Watching Miami Ink now, totally cool. The rendering and the drawings are fantastic. I don't think I'd be able to stand the pain though. And coming up with a design that I'd stick with forever. Bald gruff tattoo guy is pretty hot mmms..

I love my englishmen ! JPT is such a wonderful, cheery person, DH from two sems ago is adorable, Matt is such a fabulous person to talk to and I still miss Olly !!! Hurhur. I also want my Tony Leung !

Lots of work piling up. Climo practical is crazy, seriously. =/ Not in a good way..

I should be able to have my cake and eat it too. Haha, lots of cakes at that. Metaphorical and literal.. Dempsey soon ! Hurhur.

Thursday, September 04, 2008

♥ 1:34 AM

The Flying Pickets' version of Yazoo's Only You used at the ending of Wong Kar Wai's Fallen Angels. It just so happened that I downloaded a cover by Joshua Radin so I went to youtube it.. One of 'em oldies that you never really know the title to. It's a cool ending and the song really does go very nicely with it.. Have never actually watched any of his films but now I want to ! I am reminded of my film and anime module.. Cantonese is such a cool dialect..

Tuesday, September 02, 2008

♥ 9:40 PM

It seems that I finally have company outside class in school. Only that it's every tuesday between my food and n&s lecture. But yes, at least I have markmark, jasper, joey and sometimes gideon to keep me amused.

Remember what I said previously about commitment and obligations ?

More good news, if all goes well we can welcome a few fresh faces next week. In fact, we are most glad to herald the arrival of Christabel this week. For those who don't know her, Bel's like one of those lao jiaos who's sung in so many projects so its really cool to be able to bring her in with her experience and versatility. Ho seh ah.

Thanks ah mark. It's pressurising having to live up to expectations. I prefer to surprise people. HAHA.

I feel a bit iffy because I'm only interested in doing readings for n&s. Am neglecting cities, food and hazards. My excuse for climo is that I only bought the textbook today. =S Haha, I guess it's a pretty good indication of where my interests lie in the spectrum of geography.

You know what ? I really should study. Instead of planning nonsense things that are doomed to fail. Because it's every man for himself. I really do have my priorities all wrong.

I think it's called ambivalence. Sigh. And I thought I closed that chapter.

Monday, September 01, 2008

♥ 1:52 AM

It was a red light but zkai was on the phone and dodged the picture. >( Haha, I can't help but think that having friends (and JUNIORS at that) who drive is coool ! Hurhur, licensed to THRILL. But okay, he wasn't as reckless as he normally makes himself out to be.

After watching Gremlins outside the national museum under the stars ! :) HELLO I AM BOOKING ALL MY FRIENDS FOR THE 27TH OF SEPT ! They're showing SOUND OF MUSIC !!!!

Speaking of gatherings, we should totally throw a lantern fest party ! Mooncake and paper lanterns !!! Hurhur. I wonder if dafc will have one again..

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Overdoing all the wrong things all the time for all the wrong reasons.

Story of my life. (quoting last sem's 2221's prof mr*azek !) HAHA !

It seems that I will be committing myself to an october performance with mark's choir. Yl and mark have been asking me to pop by for about a year =X It seems that everytime I join some choir or project it's out of a certain obligation. Buxtehude with amadeus was to stave off me joining alumni. G3nerations was because we felt obliged to stay for another project with amadeus. I enjoyed caroling and magnificat though. Alumni was to appease yl somewhat and to stop cg from guilt tripping me about joining amadeus. Dunstable I actually didn't mind doing but it almost became a chore. =/ And now it seems like I'm on board the liv boat for one performance. I don't know how this is going to affect studying but I sure hope it doesn't become crazy. We'll see how it goes..

Haven't done much reading (except of fiction, ie. not part of my noos education) but I have high hopes in our mugging session this thursday ! Somehow smu is a good mugging environment. I saw people conscientiously studying on saturday night (10plus pm !!!) and I felt like I should join them. HAHA. No wonder mich is aiming for dean's list.. I like how you can book your own room to study.. Darn noos..

♥ 12:05 AM

I just watched Dreamgirls ! Finally ! Man, I love this song :)