just before my psych mid term

psych mid term in 6.5 hrs later. i'm slightly less than 36 pages away from completing my first ever read of the tb. it's 6 chapters (of about 50 pages each) in 3 days. how last min can i get? and as i read, i understand how best to retain something into memory. how ironic that i'm only committing these chapters into my working memory, not even attempting to place them in my long-term memory.

but i'm actually enjoying what i'm reading. its been a long time since i tried to understand how our minds/bodies work. perhaps its only bad because we are going to be tested on it.

my laptop was on the brink of death for the whole of last week. through the many many things i did and the many many forums that i read, i believe i have managed to revive it. not sure for how long but at least it's not hanging anymore. need it to type out my term paper so pls dun die on me again! i dun want to be spending money on a new laptop anytime soon.

planning for US is both a happy and a sad thing. happy cos i can finally travel again to a place that is soooo unfamiliar to me. sad cos we can't seem to agree on an itinerary AND act on it. hmmm. lets hope we can settle it soon.

oh and FINALLY after close to 3.5 years of my driving licence, i was allowed to drive on my own. for the very first time, i drove to my tutee's place and spent less than 15 mins getting there (the norm is at least 45 mins by public transport). getting over the psychological barrier was quite relieving for me actually.

ok back to my tb.

on a side note, underloading this sem doesn't seem to make my last sem more enjoyable. i really want to enjoy school as much as possible before graduation.

23 years

had a really cool 23rd birthday yesterday. considering that i expected it to be a rather lonely one, it kind of surpassed my expectations by A LOT.

my first celebration was actually with my jc clique, ja jess and cynli and marcus. as always, it was a damn hilarious meet up. decided to drink again at marcus's place and this time round, i THINK i improved. in terms of my alcohol tolerance that is. as with the previous time, i cried when i was in that uncontrollable state. guess my inner self is just this damn depressed person who cries at every single damn thing. but anyhow, cynli and i stayed over at his place and had some really good htht when we were awake in the middle of the night.

my second and third celebrations were ytd. met up with my uni friends and had lunch together. food was ok, but the company is good. and they surprised vivien and i with cakes made up of desserts and the birthday song played over the PA. but yep! went karaoke with them after lunch too. well, didn't really know everyone so felt quite awkward. but biz has taught me to socialise even with strangers, so yeah it was ok! at least i was comfortable with listening to all the songs!

and dinner was spent with jun kang amanda and charles! had a great time updating and listening to updates. feel quite sad when people asked me for updates and i keep having to say that my life is boring and i have nothing to update about, which is very true. not like i was going to talk about school and how projects are keeping me busy etc. but yeah it was a great session. first time spending my bday with jun (after like 3 years) AGAIN since she was in london for the last 3 years!

and the fact that you wished me after so long also kept me happy for a while. it will never be the same anymore, but at the very least, i know you still see me as a friend. =)

on a sidenote, it actually felt damn cool to be receiving notifications from fb via my iphone every few mins. like people will say its irritating, but i think it kept me feeling loved the entire day! i'm so reliant on my iphone now i seriously wonder what will happen without it.

so yep! 23 years old now. old for school, but still young for the workforce. i'm not exactly looking forward to graduation, cos i know i'll no longer be sheltered anymore. but looking forward to the fact that i will be independent. and of cos looking forward to my grad trip, which hopefully will materialise!