Like the colors? I changed the background colors in an attempt to make it look more christmassy. Hahaha hope it looks nice to you. Changed some of the font colors too, as I found a website listing all the html color codes and couldn't resist trying out the nice ones. =)

Yes, Becky and I like to draw inspiration from each other. So sue us. Haha.

4 yrs: Pianist. It was my mother's wish for me.

7 yrs: The Hao Gong Ming (Good Citizen) workbook or something required us to write down our ambitions. I hadn't even THOUGHT about it (being only seven), so I thought for a long long time and in the end I wrote Hua Jia (Artist) cos it was about the only ambition whose name I knew how to write. And I couldn't really decide, so whatever.

10 yrs: Actress. Idol influence.

12 yrs: Cartoonist. In the cartoon world, anything can happen. I really like that idea.

13-14 yrs: Writer. I was suddenly the best in class for English and my writing was praised. Benefits of being in a neighbourhood school. And I love writing. And I also like the idea that I can MAKE anything happen in my stories.

Yawn. I'm in a lazy slacky but GOOD mood today. Must be the breezy weather and giant dose of Meteor Garden. Let me salvage this post with a jolly ho ho list!

Christmas List!

Politically-Right and Moral Wishes

1. Cure for all the "incurable" diseases
2. World Peace (ok hold back ur yawn)
3. Erm...no world war III?

Selfish-and-for-Personal-Gratification Wishes

1. VCDs galore. Love Actually, X-Men 1 and 2
2. MP3 Player (iPod mini, Creative Zen Micro)
3. Lovely Books!

Can't think of more at the moment. Are you listening, Santa?

Well yes. Once again I implore that you ignore the fact that it is already past 12 am and thus technically I should be blogging about 'yesterday' instead of 'today'. But who gives a damn??!!!

Went to watch Bridget Jones Diary II: The Edge of Reason aand as expected my thoughts have now commenced playing in a British accent in my head. I am also prone to acquiring British accents mid-sentence. So beware if you don't want to be annoyed by me. Hahaha. Anyway it was marvellous except I think maybe the first one was better. I can't really decide cos:

1. This one's got a lot more kissing and sex.
2. The first one (henceforth referred to as 'That one'. OK stop thinking dirty.) was a bit funnier, I believe. But then again that could be because I sorta know the funny parts for this one already as have seen on adverts.
3. I read in a movie review online that this one is just a repeat of that one only that they took out the "best" parts and repeated them in a different way. That's true.
4. This one is rather disorganised in terms of plot. Jumping here and there.
5. All of the leads look better somehow in this one.

Oh well. The bottomline is that it IS great. Hahaha...so...go catch it at your nearest (or most convenient. or favourite) cinema! =D

After watching the movie, Sarah, Sonia and I walked aimlessly about in Far East, Wisma Atria and Takashimaya (Sonia and I wanted to return library books). Eventually we ended back in Orchard MRT. Suddenly this girl approached us and Sarah almost rolled her eyes, thinking that it was another of those contribute-to-charity ticket sellers that had approached us earlier. But this one was from a modelling agency, and gave us all name cards, asking us to go for an interview if we were interested. And she took our contact numbers. I thought the person looked our age, though. Oh well. I bet she approaches everyone. Even if she chooses pple to approach, I bet she only approached us cos she saw Sarah and Sonia. And it'd look bad if she didn't give me a namecard too, so she did. It's not me she wants. Hahaha we can all be models like the rest of DMC. Hurrah. Right.

Oh and after that Sarah went home for piano-ing and Sonia and I went to Borders to kill time before her mother came to meet her. The stupid staff kept chasing us to other corners under the pretense that we were blocking the way. Of course, everyone knows that their real ploy is for us to stop browsing there and BUY their bloody books home to read. How annoying.

Then we went to Applecentre cos I needed to drop in a contest form (to win an iPod Mini). The box containing the contest forms only had, like, ten contest forms. Hahaha so Sonia looked at me and said "You might win.". LOL. Maybe they clear the box everyday. Or maybe everyone else haven't dropped their forms cos the closing date is 31 Dec.

Met quite a few friends yesterday. When I got off the bus to take the MRT at Toa Payoh Interchange, I saw my junior Belinda at the bus stop. Haha....haven't seen her since o level results were out. And guess what she had to say to me after not seeing me for so long. "Ni fei le!" (You've grown fatter!). Hahaa I was running late so all I could manage was "Really?". Then when we were in Wheelock Place, after walking out of Applecentre, I suddenly heard this deep gruff voice chanting "Maymaymaymaymay" behind me. So I turned around and there was Seamus. LOL. He was wearing an orange shirt. Doing CIP. Then when I got to my bus stop, I heard someone call my name. It was Sing Wei. We had a rather nice conversation while waiting for the bus and during the bus ride (we took the same bus). I'm glad that we haven't "drifted apart" so much that we have nothing to say to one another. And so it was meet-your-secondary-school-friends day. Hehe.

Hi there,

Sorry to plunge in in the midst of your lovely and enjoyable one week break*!! While you are having good times, please don't forget that the last day of your Power Point assignment submission will be 15 Sept 2004. You will get zero mark for the part of work which you did not submit. The proportion of marks are indicated in your handout. Cheers for another beautiful day in life.

William Tan


Another e-mail I found in my student inbox, sent during the Sept hols. Hahaha oh MAN i'm gonna miss William Tan next sem. Perhaps he DOES know sarcasm after all.

*WHAT one week break???!!!

Okay our timetable is out. Minus the GEM module la.

MON: 8 am-3 pm

TUES: 10 am-5 pm

WED: 8 am-3 pm

THURS: 10 am-2 pm

FRI: 8 am-4 pm

Oh, JOY. THREEEEEEEEEE 8 am days and no no-school day!!! Fen-tahs-tick. And a friggin' 3 hr break on Friday. Maaaahhh-ve-lusss.

Laadeedum! I'm going to watch the above movie in...oh...about three hours' time. Pls don't let the stupid theatre be crowded. Haha the movie is rated NC-16 for "sexual references". Yes yes yes I'm off to watch the sequel to the movie with the most uses of the four-letter word (well, among the movies that i've watched, anyway) and used (pronounced or enunciated or whatever) in the most satisfying ways (e.g. f**ketty f***). And when I finish watching the movie my thoughts will start to speak to me in a British accent. AAaacks-cellent. =D Ciao ciao!

As I am very bored, I have more or less decided which GEMs to choose (for those who have not checked ur GEM appointments/schedule, you may panic now and go to the SAS website. Yes, you're welcome.). In the meantime I have also discovered the modules we (my class, i mean) will be taking next sem (which is in TWO friggin' weeks' time):


INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC RELATIONS & ADVERTISING
WEB PUBLISHING
FUNDAMENTALS OF ECONOMICS
DIGITAL VIDEO PRODUCTION AND APPLICATIONS
NEWS WRITING
ISSUES AND VIEWPOINTS
INNOVATION DESIGN & ENTERPRISE IN ACTION

Econs will be nightmarish. I don't even know what the last one is. Web Publishing might be more closely related to DTP than ITB (I have DTP-phobia already). News writing, Issues and Viewpoints? I was never good at this kinda thing. First one sounds like marketing. Honeymoon period in poly is over.

I found this in my student e-mail inbox:

Hi, Dear All,
I am seeking your assistance to see if you have seen a white-cover Japanese Dictionary
This is a Romanised-printed Japanese Dictionary (no Kanji or Hiragana). I might have left
it behind in our SP Computer Lab after our lessons during the week of 11/10 to 15/10.
If anyone have seen the book, kindly return the book to our SP Library's machine
on my behalf, and I will really appreciate it.
Thanks & Regards,
William Tan,
in the midst of "crying" for the loss of the book. =)

L-O-L. William Tan, our favourite ITB lecturer, is STILL as lame as ever. Hahahahaahah!

Becky's blog is now equipped with a TAGBOARD!!! Yay yay, clap clap, no more troublesome commenting.

Can't blog much. Still mourning over loss of ultra-rare-opportunity to see Garfield's boyfriend in concert. Boohoohooooooooooooo...

SCENE 1: Brothers' Bedroom

May is listening to music and chatting online. Everett (youngest bro) is lying on the bed, trying (not very hard) to sleep. Enter Ken (younger bro).

Ken and Everett start quarrelling/fighting over something or other. Apparently Everett asked Ken (who is staying over at nearby friend's house for the night) to pack up quickly and go. And Ken was not happy about that.

Enter Mum. May turns off the music, fearing that Mum would say it is interfering Everett's futile attempts to go to Slumberland. Ken starts to take his Converse gym bag from the cupboard to put his clothes in, while Mum scolds Ken for fighting with Everett.

Mum: And don't use that bag!
Ken: Why cannot?
Mum: I just washed it!

Ken continues taking bag out of cupboard.

Mum: (Angrily) If I'd known you would use it I wouldn't wash it.

Ken: Go back to your own room leh.

Mum: Make sure you lock the door when you leave later.

Ken: Shut up...

Ken leaves the room.

Mum (to Ev): Why you want to argue with him...this kind of gangster...u fight also cannot win him then u still want to argue with him.


SCENE 2: STILL Brother's room, on the same night

Ken is tidying up the table.

Ken: Can you lend me your discman?

Me: No.

Ken: No ah?

Me: No.

Ken: Okay lor...this kind of sister...

Me: Who asked you to be so rude to Mummy.

Ken: She always sides Everett lor.

Me: But you didn't have to ask her to shut up.

Ken: Whatever. (or something along that line. When it comes to my brother this means that he knows he's wrong but is too proud to admit it cos he still thinks he's 10% right. It might also mean that he has decided that nobody understands him and thus he will not further attempt to explain himself.)

After tidying up the table and quarrelling some more for a while with Ev, Ken leaves the room.

Me (to Everett): You don't always talk back and argue with your brother la. You know he doesn't like it.

Everett: But he always come and ka jiao me one lor.

Me: But still...you gotta show some respect right.

Everett shuts up and shifts around on his bed. This shows that he is upset by what I have said.

Everett (mumbles): Wo ren ta heng jiu le...(I've put up with him for a long time already)

I felt guilty after that. I really dunno who to scold sometimes. If I scold Ken, he will always manage to out-argue me and make me see things his way. If I scold Everett, he will always think I am still as biased as last time and always sides Ken. And he will think I don't love him. IT'S SO HARD BEING THE ELDEST. IT'S SO HARD BEING A SISTER.


Becky: Oh I thought so. Nvm u can have huge family reunion in HK during CNY or something. / Ok yes I admit it I am your fellow sotong. / Yea but one is only used by my mum to wash clothes cos it's the most "low-class" one. / Yes I have. Why do you think I was so quiet during orientation? ;p / Haha. Esprit is cool. Ahh don't say already I am in love with this jacket there. Among others. / Haha it's not my fault that my cousins are sooo nice =p. / Ya I dunno where it went. Maybe vacation in Finland. OHH!! Helping Santa. Rudolph has a cold again, tsk tsk. Andrew's penguin damn nice to play wif. Too bad about the violence, though. Hahaha.

My mum woke me up at 10 am, saying that the aircon repairmen would be here shortly and thus I have to wake up cos they'll need the toilet so I won't be able to use the toilet. I don't see what the link is either. Anyway the repairmen arrived at 11 plus in the end. -_-!

Thus I only had 8 measly hours of sleep (maybe less). Bah. Oh well then after mucking about until 11.45 when I went to play-I mean, bathe. My mum almost stopped me from bathing as she was going out to fetch my youngest bro from sch and wanted me to help the repairmen "take things" if they needed anything and she said they need the toilet. I was pissed (lack of sleep and lack of freedom-see yesterday's post. Actually I feel like I've bene pretty mean to my mum these few days. Cos of my growing need of more freedom. Sigh and I'm feeling guilty about it.) and said "Mum! We have THREE toilets!". "But they need that toilet." Luckily, at this time the repairman who was working in my mum's room (I wanted to bathe in that bathroom) said that he didn't need anything and would not need the toilet. So after bathing I realised that I had no time and no place to blow-dry my hair (ladders and aircon units lying about). Thus I could not wax it. So I went out with unwaxed hair and Sarah thought I'd cut my hair again when I met her. Then I remembered that my hp was still in my bro's room, sitting patiently beside my laptop. And a ladder with a (slightly cute) repairman was at the doorway. So I stood in my mother's room, wet hair and sling bag in place, for like 5-10 minutes, walking by my bro's room countless times, wondering what to do. I even contemplated going out without my hp. But after 5-10 minutes I decided to be brave and not shy and ask the repairman to move. All I had to do in the end was move closer to the door in my bro's room, expressing that I intend to go in, and Slightly Cute Repairman graciously moved his ladder out of my way. Stupid ol' me.

So shopping we went. Sarah has expensive taste, as some of you might recall. So Topshop, Esprit and such other shops we visited for the rest of the afternoon. Wish you were there, Pengie. And now I'm starting to develop an expensive taste too. I saw some clothes at Esprit which actually appealed to me. I mean, so much that I actually wanted to try them on *shock horror!* and buy them. But I knew that sadly I cannot afford such expensive clothes. So I just shut up and watched Sarah try clothes on. I didn't really mind...just that my heart was itching to own some of the clothes there.

When I came home I saw the newly installed Mitsubishi Electric (the one with the stupid Jack Neo advert, i think) aircons (my parents decided to change all the units cos apparently the spoilt one was hopeless and wouldn't stay repaired for long). They are UGLY. I woke up at 10 am for the installation of UGLY airconditioners. Oh well at least they work.

Ah well. Watching Bridget Jones on Monday, Love Actually VCD (maybe) on Tuesday, K Box (maybe) on Thursday. And another movie/shopping trip with Shauna and Leong on some other day in next week. I am busy and important. =D Or at least I WILL be.

Becky: "so nice to have so many cousins so close to you!"-Yeah, don't you have some too? I love my cuzzies. Haha. / Being my nice cousins, they let me eat the tofu too. So I was not "eyeing" them. =p / Ya la. Parents...*rolls eyes, then feels guilty*

Ro: Only the features la. On the whole ur faces don't look alike. I think.

Major Regrets of My Life (NOT in order):

1. Quitting piano at grade 5, 5 years ago. Such that I will be considered on the same level as grade ones now if you let me play the piano again.
2. Letting my parents sell my piano.
3. Not asking Cute Waiter for (full) name, address and telephone number. Haha.
4. Taking his presence in class for granted when he was still in Singapore.

Enough la. I don't have THAT many regrets. And anyway I believe in ending bad things at an inauspicious number (4).

Anyway i'm serious about 1 and 2. If you ask me to play the piano again, I can't really do it. There was a period of time 2 yrs ago when I suddenly regained all interest in the piano and wanted very badly to play again. But no piano. So I had to make do with going to cousin's house every week and playing on their piano. Then I realised that my skills had de-proved tremendously and I could only play with one hand at first. But after tons of practice I could manage playing both hands again. But it's really sad, y'know? I felt handicapped...sad, frustrated, disappointed that I couldn't "preserve" my skills for three years. Something I used to be able to do, not well I know, but still can do, and now I can only manage the basics. Those who play, I think you can get an idea of how it feels like by imagining that one day you cannot play the piano as well anymore and your "skills" went back to grade one standard. Sigh...but oh well one should not dwell on "what if's".

Best Things In My Life (NOT in order):

1. Family (immediate and cousins)
2. Friendships
3. Potatoes
4. DMC 1A/02, SP
5. 1E4, Beatty Sec
6. My VCDs (the good ones)
7. My CDs
8. Writing
9. Good Books
10. Handphones, Discman, Gameboys, Playstations
11. Long phone conversations in which u talk about nothing important
12. K Box. (Also) Cute waiter at Toa Payoh K Box. Though I haven't seen him for 262 days. And I don't think I ever will, again.

Will I ever see them again?

This evening (or rather, yesterday evening since it is alr after twelve), I went out with 5 of my cousins-Huiqi and her brother Joe, Patsy and her brother Max, and Lip Kai (LK). Slightly interesting fact: Hq and Max are the same age as me. We wanted to go bowling at The Grassroots Club in Yio Chu Kang, but surprise surprise there were NO LANES left! Ok fine. Tix unavailable, now LANES also fully booked. Whatever next. And from now on everywhere is gonna be even more crowded since the A levels are over (or so I heard). Yay and double yay. Nevermind from next yr onwards our hols will be different from secondary schs, jcs and primary schs. No more crowds. Haha I sound so evil.

So anyway. We then went to the miserably few arcade machines placed outside the bowling alley and started playing for some time. Then we walked quite a distance to a hawker centre to get some nosh. Chicken rice. I stupidly went to buy first without asking if the rest wanted chicken rice too. In the end we all had chicken rice and I could have shared the half-chicken and tofu with them (and not have had to eat my own plate of chicken rice looking extra) if i'd not been so obedient to my hunger. Sometimes I think I am immature and have no brain. Oh well. Then we had something called AJ ice which is a GIGANTIC plate of ice kachang which is really very value-for-money since they throw in watermelons and stuff too. I don't approve of the name though. Haha.

Next we walked to the MRT station, and debated about where to go next since bowling was out. After an hour or so (I'm serious) of discussing, we decided to go town and check out the rates for K Box and movie listings. None were to our liking. So we walked around some more, and went to Heeren to take Neoprints. Haha...then we formulated the perfect plan to have fun. K Box rates are only $10 after 2 am, so we proposed staying over at Huiqi and Joe's house until 2 am, when we would all go K Boxing (at Hougang Plaza, which is near their house) until closing time and sleep over at their house after that. But nooooooOOooo...my mum and Max and Patsy's mum objected to the idea. I am seventeen. Can't I stay over at a COUSIN's house for ONE night? Geez, sheesh and roll-eyes. And my mum asked me if all of us, boys and girls would be staying in the same room. I knew what she meant by that, so I shouted, exasperatedly, "WE ARE COUSINS WHAT CAN WE POSSIBLY DO!" Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-whiz. Ah well parents can be soooo paranoid. So we ended up all going home...none too happy about it. But nevermind. At least we met up and got to do a bit of bonding. Hehe. Cousins rock.

On the left is my cousin, Rowena. On the right is my brother. Ro's friends say that she and my brother look alike. The idea shocks me because he is my brother. What do you all think? No comments about how uncute my brother is, please. Haha.

And could someone PLS tell me why Ro reminds me of Sarah so much???

Note: Ro's pics are from her friend Julie's blog. Her property. Not mine. Don't sue me, Julie. Whoever you might be. Hehe.

Ah bin: You take care too! Come back soon k? We're all anticipating ur return! Miss u lots.

Becky: Haha u shld be :p. / The mini-movie is the little story that came before the movie started...the one about the dancing sheep who got sheared. / Marvel comics are just a "brand" of comics. Spiderman, X-men and a lot of other comics are all under Marvel. / 10z for ur entertaining tags for me to delight in reading and replying! And xie xie ni de zhi chi for my blog. Haha.

P.S: To all who are concerned, Isabel is in Thailand, safe and sound. She finally found an internet cafe and talked to me on MSN in the afternoon. So don't worry anymore. She sends her regards and says that she misses all of us lots =D.

Yesterday was a pretty unlucky day for me. It was Make-May-Wait-Forever-For-The-Bus day. So after knowing my 'marvellous' results, I went out with my parents to have lunch in a hawker centre at Serangoon Gardens. There wasn't much to eat there and I had fish and chips (the taste of which left much to be desired). When I'd finished ordering and was walking back to our table, I saw this person sitting at the table beside my mum. Puzzled, I walked faster and saw that it was my mother's friend whom I (and my mum, apparently) had not seen in donkey's years. My mum was talking about how she hadn't recognised her at first when she waved to her. Then and there, I decided that I will never become a sad housewife who loses contact with her friends and thus will not recognise her friends on the streets. I will be a happy housewife (if at all a housewife) with a...uh...flourishing social life and a packed schedule of social obligations/gatherings/activities everyday. =D

So after that my friend woke up and we decided to go catch The Incredibles at Shaw House at 6.45. We were supposed to meet at 5.30 for dinner first. It just so happened that my mum, youngest bro, cousin and aunt were also going to watch The Incredibles, but at Cineleisure. So my parents offered to drive me to Shaw House. I waited until 5.20, then my mum called my aunt who said she wouldn't be ready until half an hour later. And so, oh-so-predictably, once again I am late because my parents "offered to drive me there". I hurried to the bus stop, where I waited impatiently for ten minutes for the stupid 105 to arrive. At 5.30 I gave up and hailed a cab (Jawei would be proud of my "greatly improved" willingness to consider taking a cab). Reached Shaw house at 5.40 initially, but after the stupid traffic lights and slow-moving traffic I ended up getting down at 5.50. Nine bucks kissed goodbye.

And then...taa daaaaa!!! NO MORE FRIGGIN' SEATS FOR THE 6.45 show! Hello, we're like one hour early buying the tickets and there are NO MORE SEATS on a WEDNESDAY??? A damn joke. Ok so we walked all the way from Shaw House to Cineleisure where I saw my mum, bro, aunt and cousin outside the lift. No more tickets there either (for the next TWO slots!), we found out later. And there was this friggin' long queue and we figured that tix next slot (9.45) would probably be taken anyway by the time we reached the end of the queue. So we had dinner at Burger King before going to the bus stop behind Takashimaya to get to Shaw Plaza at Balestier, which is perpetually deserted and thus "sure-got-tix". After an ETERNITY the bus finally came. At least the next bus we took (we had to change bus at Novena) came pretty quickly.

Upon reaching Shaw Plaza I went to look at the time slots (which are displayed on pieces of paper on a notice-board-like thingy near the box office. that's how bad it is.). It was seven thirty. There was a time slot at seven thirty. There was also a relatively slow-moving queue at the box office. YAY, Lucky May. NOT.

In the end we watched the 9.15 pm slot. There is NOTHING (and I MEAN NOTHING) to do in Shaw Plaza cos it is so deserted so we had a hard time trying to find things to do for 1h 45 mins. But we managed in the end and went into the cinema at like 9 pm. We were the first there...u can't blame us there is nothing to do in Shaw Plaza. Hahaha...and we slowly anticipated the start of the movie.

I think that in almost every movie there will always be some annoying people in the theatre watching it with you. And this time we were suay enough to have one of these people sitting behind us. This person had a VERY ANNOYING SOUNDING LAUGHTER and was NOT afraid to show offf its annoyability and ugliness to all around him and ASSAULTING our ears with it. He also made stupid and irrelevant comments like "Wah!", "Like that one ah!" in manner of a friggin' immature-teenager-cum-beng. But when I turned around to look at the abomination (to movie-watching) in the face, it was an adult. Early thirties, if I'm not wrong. Disgusting. And he seemed to have watched the movie before or something and so my fren and I had wonderful "predictions" of what was going to happen in the next scene. Sweet.

But despite the irritating asshole sitting behind us, I enjoyed the movie IMMENSELY. =) It is one of the precious few movies in which I decide to buy the vcd before I've even watched half of the movie. Everything was just..incredible, like Becky said. I liked the mini-movie too, the one about the sheep, even though they tried to tell the entire story in rhymes. I liked the jack-lope (or jack-a-lope? jackalope? anyway I think u know)! So cute.

I grinned like there was no tomorrow throughout the whole movie (except for the parts when the stupid annoying-laughter-machine behind us was switched on and I turned back to glare at him. Hell, I very nearly shouted "Can you just SHUT UP?" at him.), it was that entertaining for me. I liked it even though the characters' powers (except maybe Jack Jack's) are all copied from Marvel. In fact, I think I liked it because of that. I liked knowing which powers were "adapted" from which character and looking out for things they tried to incorporate from the Marvel comics here and there (like the Cerebro. Love the reference to Cerebro.). I shall smugly point them out here, so excuse me if I annoy you. Haha.

Mr. Incredible is a dead ringer for Superman. Right down to the ugly hairstyle and funny (I don't know how else to describe it) chin. And, of course, the immense strength and bulging (major understatement, this) biceps. In fact, the only thing that was missing was the laser-beam-shooting-from-eyes power.

Mrs. Incredible: Mr. Fantastic from Fantastic Four's elasticity.

Violet: Invisible Girl (I think that's her name)'s er...invisibility and invisible force-fields. Sarah and I were trying to remember which X-Man also had invisible force fields. But none of us could remember...

Dash: Pietro/Quicksilver of the Brotherhood, X-Men's nemesis group. Like the fact that they copied him right down to the flyaway fringe. Hahaha...

Jack Jack: The most original power in the movie. Perhaps it was inspired by Mystique, though.

Hehe. All this has made me fall in love all over again with the X-Men. Ho hum I'm going to make myself broke by buying the X-2 VCD or something haha.

Oh, I've decided to respond to Becky's tags in my posts. It is more convenient than having to scroll up and down. Haha u special case la u! ;p

Becky: Huh...there was nothing sweet about that family dinner what. :p/ I just don't like tapioca. That's what's wrong with it. And I can't stand the fact that it is also considered a POTATO and yet it tastes so much yuckier than the REAL potato. /Haha...*hugs back* but u didn't reply to my comment. Hahaha.../ Ha! But YOU got a dist! Unpardonable =p./Haha hope this passes off as ur idea of "every single detail". /Haha U FLATTER ME./ It was precisely cos i din do that that i din get tickets at orchard lor...hmf. / INCREDIBLE BECKY! B) I am so unoriginal haha.

Okay that's all for today. Tune in to the same webbie whenever you feel like it!

Hmm. I shall blog about last night since I am SOOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSSOOSOSSOSOSOSO killed with boredom. Nevermind. Focus. Yesterday.

Yesterday, yesterday....ooh last night. Went to some weird restaurant near the Singapore Indoor Stadium cos my parents had a sudden craving to eat Taiwanese porridge. E.U. They had sweet potato porridge too. Let me use the more disgusting name. TAPIOCA. Isn't that just VOMIT-inducing? You'll probably answer "no". Nevermind. To digress, I stopped eating the pearls in bubble tea immediately when I found out that they were made of tapioca flour (never liked them anyway). Ok. Luckily they sold rice at the restaurant too, so I didn't get to starve. After that we went to Bugis Junction to buy The Incredibles t-shirts. I bought one, my youngest bro bought one, and my mum bought one for my cousin. Yay! I finally have it. It's so cute and nice. Hahaaha....and then we walked about in Seiyu, and then somehow ended up in Sembawang. With a bit of my mum's help and luck I got my Stefanie cd. =D Wo De Ai is pretty damn nice. My brother bought a Tom and Jerry vcd. Hahaha then in the car he started regretting his choice and "blamed" me for not making him buy the X-Men Evolution vcd. Brothers.

Slept at a record time of 1.30 a.m. This morning I woke up when Pengie sent me an SMS saying "Results are out! Wake up, May!". So i decided to, despite being very tired. Haha I have nothing to do anyway. So I washed up and checked my results...u know the rest. Pretty disappointed initially, but after typing the comments I felt better. Anyway nothing I can do about it, just have to try harder next sem. Haha. Yawn. Bored and tired. Maybe I will actually fall asleep at like 12 am tonight. I should really go get something to do.

FUNDAMENTALS OF MARKETING B (NO COMMENT. I was supposed to get an A and it wouldn't have been so difficult. Bad, bad May.)

DESKTOP PUBLISHING C+ (damn. oh well at least there's a pretty and comforting PLUS there.)

CREATIVE COMMUNICATION B (Ha! At least she didn't give me a C.)

ITB DISTINCTION (Mah pride and joy. Muackzzzzzzzzz)

ICP B (Wanted a B plus at least...but nvm only five marks' difference)

CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT A (I am a morally upright individual. Thanks, Antony. I swear not to make sarcastic remarks in your presence if I see you again in future. But I can't resist! You're one of the precious few lecturers who GET my sarcasm!)

ORAL COMMUNICATION B+ (Good enough. Yay. I love Constance.)

WAKE UP MANDY! I need my Incredibles.

Got awaken by my mum this afternoon at ard 12.30 something. Argh I was so tired cos I slept very early (as in early morning). AND. My father was playing these RUBBISH songs (thumping due to bass; need I mention this anymore?) which were almost as bad as last night's techno music that was coming from the fun fair. They (the songs my pop was listening to this afternoon, i mean) sounded like Buddhist scriptures only there were actually audible and understandable words. And maybe the tunes were more...er..."contemporary". My father is slowly losing his musical taste. What happened to nice nice nice ballads by Eagles, Smokie and the like which I grew up with? Which reminds me. I suddenly have the urge to listen to these vintage-but-nice-when-you-are-in-a-moony-eyed-mood songs. Oh well.

Okay so my mum woke me up, saying that they wanted to go out and have lunch (I think my father is using up his leave yet again) and she didn't want to buy back for me again (for some reason. maybe she just wanted to have lunch together). So VERY RELUCTANTLY (and all the time groaning and moaning and grumbling) I got up and washed up, occasionally giving the black face. But once I was properly up my mood improved (I am not not a morning person. If u get what I mean. Double negatives). We went to IKEA to have lunch. My mum was talking about how there wouldn't be so many people there (in case you are not a frequent patron of IKEA like my family is, the restaurant there is PERPETUALLY crowded). But once again the philosophy-of-psychological-thinking that we discussed last night (about how everyone thinks it's monday and nobody would book bbq pits and thus everyone books on monday and thus it was so crowded last nite and how nobody wld book on weekends cos everybody thinks everybody books on weekends and in the end the bbq pits are sad and lonely because of this philosophy) was proven to be perfectly logical and accurate. The restaurant WAS pretty crowded. But my mum insisted that that was only because all the office workers came down to eat.

After lunch of course my parents couldn't resist going to look at furniture and the like. I was so very very bored. Then I started telling my mum all about last nite's bbq n how useless I felt looking at Pengie and Sarah being the cooks-of-the-day. And of course she laughed at me and insisted that the food we came up with couldn't have been very very good as there were no adults around and thus no experienced "cooks". I protested, of course. But she was INSISTING so it wasn't of much help. Ah nevermind haha. I thought the food was fine.

OH. Almost forgot. I took a photograph of the soup I had at IKEA. It is a big deal because I was bored. I wanted to take more pictures while looking at the boring furniture but they moved on too fast. I saw this incredibly HUGE and round bowl and suggested that we pile all our rice in such bowls in future.

Anyway, here's the photo:



Yum yum. Bright green soup. Like what the colour of my walls would have been if my aunt (whose company is going to paint our house, i think) hadn't said that it was going to make my room look very dark at night. Hmf hmf hmf and now I have to choose another colour and I won't have minty walls. I'll go to a corner and sulk later. But nevermind maybe there'll be an even nicer brighter colour in the new catalogue. That's right, think positive. Anyway, in case you were wondering and in case this knowledge just *might* save your life one day, the soup was Cream of Asparagus. And it tastes better than it looks. Really. I finished the whole bowl (though my mum drank some too. Not because I couldn't finish it, mind you). Yummmmmmmmmmy and scrumpeelicious (though I much prefer other Cream-ofs.)

Convinced my mum to buy the Incredibles t-shirt for me (my youngest bro wants one too). With some luck we will be going to buy it later. YAYYYYYYYY now I can wear it if and when I finally watch the movie and look stupid and go YOU GUESS YOU GUESS WHAT MOVIE I WANT TO WATCH when the ticketer asks. =D Happy days.

We had our class BBQ today. Haha 'twas not bad. Considering (or not considering) that only like eight people turned up-Sarah, Ryan, Garfield, Mei Hui, Jesslin, Pengie, Me and Aizat. Hahaha...woke up at 9.45 a.m, showered and ate a measly piece of bread for brekkie and then took a straight bus to Pasir Ris, then MRT back to Tampines to meet Sarah, Pengie, MH and Jesslin. Then we went to the NTUC in Tampines Mall to buy food and other bbq necessities. $93 in all, haha. Went to Jesslin's house in Tampines (duh) after that to prepare and marinate the food. I just stood around doing miscellaneous important odd jobs like tearing aluminium foil, skewering kebabs and the like. Jawei and Sarah discovered my er...exquisite taste in food. At 3 plus we FINALLY got to East Coast and started the fire (Sarah and Pengie did, I mean. I just stood around and did important things like making sure the fire from the bbq doesn't spread to the grass and become a forest fire). Disclaimer: I did the "important things" because they are so important and because I don't know how to do anything else.

Hmm...and an hour or so later, when the charcoal was starting to glow, we started to put the food on the grill. Eat eat...stand beside the pit and look like I'm doing something though I knew that I couldn't be of any help...eat some more. Then I ran off to frolic with Jia Ying, Aizat and Pengie who were playing on the sand. After a bit of digging we all ran off to the nearby jetty and took the following pictures. Warning: The following images may cause some feelings of jealousy as they *may* look just totally gorgeous and artistic. *smirks* Too bad none of them were my idea.






These two pictures were taken against the sun. All of us who turned up were in it for the first one but Pengie was missing in the second thanks to the wonders of timer (and not quite knowing how to use it).



Ryan's finger pointing (I think) to the "disturbance" in the water. Could it be the Loch Ness Monster? =D Say it's lame and it will come find u at night.

After that it was more mucking around and The Great Pebbled Path (which is supposed to be foot reflexology) Challenge. Eat more...until nightfall. Garfield, Mei Hui, Jesslin and I were playing a game of guess-the-chinese-song-coming-from-the-fun-fair-nearby. Ever so enjoyable and er...challenging as some of the songs were SO vintage. When all the food was cooked, we all gathered around the table, munching and talking about a GREAT VARIETY OF TOPICS (Sg idol, school, charity shows and er...sg idol. and school.) Teehee but it was really jolly good fun. =) lovely.

Things I Should be Doing

1. Tidy up my room in preparation of wall-painting (or minty-walls-acquiring)
2. Finish books
3. Exercise in the gym (so that you all can drool over my killer figure. if i attain it in the first place)
4. Play Tennis (but brother not interested)
5. Swim (but period coming)
6. Other constructive things
7. Frolicking outside and indulging in the pleasures of........................youth la. What WERE u thinking?! *smacks book over head*
8. Missing Flora and awaiting her return
9. Write interesting, funny, meaningful and thought-provoking blog posts
10. Write.

Things I Do

1. Pile MORE things on top of the mess on my table to make it even messier and make eventual cleaning of room harder
2. Read a few pages at night before I sleep
3. Eat more as get cravings in the middle of the night
4. Missing Flora but channelling that energy into talking on fone with Sarah every other night =p
5. Missing Isabel and anticipating her return
6. STONE
7. Play KoL and get annoyed when I've run out of adventures
8. Play Neopets and get annoyed when juvenile feeling grows stronger with each neopoint I earn
9. Keep talking about how bored I am in my senseless blog posts
10. Be vexed that I have no subject matter to write on

Things I Want to Do

1. Go K Box (this is not a want. this is a do-or-curl-up-and-die)
2. Watch the movies I wanna watch
3. Go on a VCD-watching marathon (I'm trying to refrain from watching all my vcds all over again or I shall be so bored when I watch them again on Christmas)

Will think of more. Until then.

I think I shall go crazy if I stay at home for one more day. Don't ask me why. I woke up and the above sentence was what crossed my mind. Maybe cos there is construction work going on in at least one direction from my house, my family is ever so considerate (talking at the top of their voices when I am quite obviously still asleep). And I am so bored. Someone save me! Nevermind at least the barbecue is tomorrow. And at least it is windy and not insanely humid like it can be sometimes on the days when I decide to stay home.

Latest Update: Sarah has decided not to give a damn about SPARC and is coming to the BBQ! =)

I think that the media is somewhat against Sylvester. Allow me to give examples.

1. This afternoon, shortly after I awoke, I was informed by Pengie that the New Paper had published an article on its FRONT PAGE about Sylvester's family's financial woes. Oh yay. Let's not pretend that it won't affect his votes, okay? Cos you know I know everybody knows that it WILL. It's just the extent and whether it will have a positive or negative effect.
2. I don't know if anyone else noticed this, but yesterday, right after the results show, there was an advertisement for the Grand Finals of sg idol. And the voice during the advertisement said, "Olinda and Taufik have made it to the Grand Finals! Catch it..." Yes it's true. I distinctly heard "Olinda and Taufik".

Boohoohoo. I know that Taufik would probably be able to do our country prouder (his chances of winning World Idol are higher) , but do they have to be so mean to Sly? =(

Latest quote from my father to my younger brother: I think you might not even be able to go to ITE.

Yay. Don't we all ADORE reverse psychology. My father can replace Dick Lee.

Er-hem *pats mic*. Attention, please. My classmates from DMC 1A/02 who grace my blog with your presence, kindly sit up and er read with attention. The BBQ will be on the 22nd of Nov, which is next Monday. The pit we have booked is area C pit 31. Kindly attend if it is humanely possible to. Our beloved class chairperson, Sarah, has been abducted by SPARC camp in-charges, so Jawei and I will be sorta organising. SO pls give face =). Everyone who attends please pay $10. The remaining (if any) will be returned. Food we are probably going to buy:

• Sausages
• Chicken
• Stingray
• Corn
• Sweet potatoes
• Sotong

All halal, don't worry. Feel happy to tag if you have any suggestions or preferences.

Oh, and if you all want we can stay up all night there doing something or other. Exciting, eh? So PLS show face. All other details like where and when to meet will be ironed out ASAP. Many thanks.

Woke up at: 12.15 pm

By: Own guilt. I'd hit the snooze button at 12 pm.

Slept at: 2.30 a.m

Situation at home now: (think u all have read this a thousand times already)Stereo in living room blasting , youngest bro Ev pissed wif older bro Ken for some reason unknown to me

I set the alarm for 12 pm cos I was going to meet Mandy and JN at 2 pm at Orchard station. Well, Mandy at Orchard station and JN at Far East cos it has been rendered impossible for dear Mandy to make her way to Far East on her own.

Milled around Far East for an unknown period of time (it seemed long, though), trying to pick a suitable hair salon for Mandy and I. My friend has er...complicated tastes and thus we took such a long time to pick one. In the end we chose an empty salon named Cross (I think). I only saw one female hairstylist and she didn't offer us our services. Both of us had our hair washed and cut by male hairstylists. Who are probably Malaysians (judging from the accent). I almost fell off the chair when my hairdresser asked me what kind of "feel" I wanted. I've never been asked such a question before and I most certainly did not know how to answer it. So I errrrrrrrrrrrrr-ed until he displayed his skill as an effective communicator and improvised his question by showing me pictures in magazines and asking if they were what I wanted.

One hour (or so) later we were done. As usual I had my fun haircut feeling of thinking oh-shit-it's-gonna-come-out-shitty. This time I thought it's too short. I was thinking oh shit it's so short I'm gonna look dumb cos my ears will be displayed and I hate my ears. But luckily, myopia distorted my vision and my ears ARE covered.

Anyway. Highlight is: It cost $35. My fren who has long hair only paid $30. Soooo they made me pay $5 for styling. For yanking my hair this way and that with a bit of wax. Hahaha...go on call me stingy.

After that we ate lunch and watched Saw. It SUCKS. Disgusting. And the characters keep trying to be funny even when they're in such a hopeless and sick situation. And the ending is almost non-existent. It's like climax-where-the-mastermind-is-revealed-and-main-character-is-trapped-forever and then credits. And it's a sad and hopeless ending, too. Sad waste of 2 hours of my life and $8.50, if you ask me. I will NOT be bullied into watching another horror movie anymore for quite some time, trust me.

Aimless window shopping, then dinner. Caught the last part of the results show on the bus. Yay Sylvester! I was shocked, though. Much as I support Sly, I really thought he was gonna be voted out.

Wait a moment. My brothers are fighting with their legs.

Oh yay. I just gave up my bed to my youngest bro so that they can both sleep without kicking each other. What fun, eh? Welcome to my family. Bloody BOYS.

So, anyway, when I was cutting my hair the hairdresser was telling me about how it would look positively attractive if I highlight my hair. He was talking about how the highlights would "follow" my stand-uppy hairs. Then I expressed interest in doing a hair extension and he excitedly switched to how wonderful a white streak would look on my black hair too. Hehe...I wonder if it really is true, given his smooth transition from highlights to extensions. But I AM toying with the idea of getting extensions.

And so when I returned home I was studying my hair and trying to see how he styled it. I did ask him how to...but he just said make the back part stand, which I already know.

When my mum got home from my grandmother's she asked me how much my haircut cost. She freaked out, of course, when I told her $35. And went off to complain to my father about it. After giving me a earful, of course. Ah well some of us just don't believe in spending that kind of money on hair. But I am so excited by the idea of hair extensions that I didn't really mind her shouting. And she still gave me $35 to "pay back" for it anyway. I didn't want to take it (she'd already given me $20 anyway) but I knew that if I rejected she'd go on about me not eating as I have no money. I think I might love my mum.

Flora should be on the plane by now...feel a lot lonelier suddenly. Take care and have fun, friend.

The Sims 2 is a blast. But they didn't manage to take away what I feel is its main drawback. When it's very complicated you get kinda sian playing it after a while. But it's still, like I said, a blast. Maybe it's just my mood that's stopping me from enjoying it at the moment.

My wireless connection seems to be getting from bad to worse. My laptop never seems to be able to sense it (not even once), even when I switch the router on once I wake until I sleep. Nevermind. I shall continue being evil and mean and immoral and use the neighbours'.

My mother has warned me against sleeping late again. She discovered I have a cough and as usual she is blaming it on lack of sleep. And she mumbled something about that causing my pimples too. So she said she shall confiscate my laptop (which is not the cause of my sleeping late anyway) if I continue to sleep late (or shld I say early). But teeheehee she is snoozing now anyways.

However parents have sneaky ways of discovering their offsprings' crimes. So I probably should attempt to sleep earliER tonight. Or this morning. Got Sarah- phone-conversation withdrawal already. Hahaha. Peace. Oh gawd I sound like Ryan for some reason. Nevermind, bye for now! Boring post, I know. But I cannot resist the urge to chronicle my boring life to bore you all to death so that when I write a half-decent post you all will react even more positively to it. Strategy, my dears.

Not-Quite Update
Went to meet Xy at the bus stop near her house to borrow the Sims 2 from her. Then, held my breath and crossed my fingers while I installed it after dinner. It works! =) Quite fun...finished the tutorials and just started playing a one-person family. I like the whole new layout. It's very pleasing to the eye.

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Sarah has finally updated her blog after 2 eons. Go check it out if you're bored and have finished reading mine =p.

Farewells

• Xiao Flo: Happy Vacationing! Too bad you won't make the class BBQ. Will miss you. Er...rest assured that I will remain faithful to you and will not flirt with Sarah while you're away. ;p You trust me, right?
• Isabel: Happy er..Homecoming! Hope you enjoy yourself in Thailand and learn to sleep at 8 pm like everyone else there. =D Will be anticipating your return...love ya and will miss you!
• Timo: Go already la (I think). Too late.
• Andrew: I shan't even start. Super-tight schedule, this one. Come back for one day on the 22nd then take off again. Sulks. No one to be overdramatic with. =p

Welcome Back

Becky! Her chalet's supposed to have finished by today. Don't see her online though. Anyway welcome back to er..fly-swatting at home. Don't laugh, you! It's an art.

I am so freakin' pissed. Was in my parents' room, trying to get the stupid connection, when my mum started complaining about how my 2nd brother's friends kept calling and calling non-stop all day. Then she started complaining about how she woke him up today for CCA and yet he chose not to go even though she bothered to wake him up and his friend was concerned enough to keep calling and wait for him at the place where they agreed to meet. Yes, that is WRONG and it's not the first time he did it and it's very lazy and irresponsible of him, but YOU GUESS YOU GUESS how my father responded? (To clarify any doubts: the door was closed. only my parents and I were in the room)

"Aiya...this kind of person...might as well just disown and cut ties with him. He's useless. Sell him away...see who want then we sell to them." He was not joking. He said it in a perfectly serious tone. Right beside me. I LOVE the fact that they KNEW I was in the room (I was right smack in between them) and somehow did not ACKNOWLEDGE my presence and act as if they do NOT know I love that brother with all my fucking heart and would be bloody pissed and unhappy about it. But NOOOOOOoooo...they continued talking about how he ought to be disowned and how they'd had enough. And ignored the fact that I was there.

Yes. Dealing with Kenneth is trying. Most of the time. He is very lazy, irresponsible, has no qualms bullying the youngest brother, don't like to study, plays too much...and so on. But he can also be filial, sweet, caring and smart. And I still love him. Why can't they? Sometimes I think the only one who believes in him in the house is me. I know my mum tries very hard too...and it IS pretty difficult to love him most of the time when he's acting like such an ass. But I just don't understand how fucking little my dad trusts him and believes in him. And how easily he can just say the word disown. How he questions every word he says...doubts every explanation he gives. My brother is an ass. An ass who dun wanna study. An ass who doesn't know when to stop. An ass who doesn't show me respect half the time. An ass who has his ego, yet somewhat low self-esteem because he can SENSE how much my parents distrust him and how little they believe in him. I do it sometimes too. My trust and belief in him falters. But I would never, EVER, even in a fit of anger, THINK of saying I don't want him as my brother anymore. I know he has his good points too. He really cares about me. And mum. And Everett. And even Dad, sometimes. Just that he is too proud to show it. He is sitting behind me now, making stupid noises, oblivious to the fact that his parents have just mentioned that they want to disown him.

I know they won't do it. They just say only. And maybe it's forgivable that my mum agreed with my dad 'cos she's pissed. And even when she agreed she did it in a dismissive tone. My father, however...(call me biased or whatever. I don't hate him. Unless I feel that he's being unfair to my brother)just said it in manner of "I want two peas for breakfast." But how??!! I don't understand how he can just suggest this kinda thing in that lazy and final and flat and whatever tone of voice! He's ur fucking SON, for god's sake! And your eldest, too. I really don't know what to think of him anymore. I really don't know what to say anymore. Is it too much for them to believe in a child who is still struggling to grow up? I told him, them both, time and again...guys this age are LIKE THIS. They dun realise the importance of academics until a while later. So stop saying he's not trying, he fucking IS! Is it too much to love him like they love Everett? Maybe I really should not go overseas after all...Ken obviously needs it more than I do. And the sooner, the better. I can't imagine what would happen if one day he overhears this kinda conversation. The damage it would do to his self-esteem. I know he won't do stupid things, he is so happy-go-lucky. Maybe I'm overprotective. Maybe I'm being too harsh on my dad. I dunno. I just know that I feel the pain whenever they scold him for not trying hard enough with his grades, whenever my dad expresses his low opinion of him. Don't ask me why.

I just have this feeling that one day Ken will make it big. And then, my wonderful daddy, I hope you won't only start to treat him nicer then.

Hey hey! Lots to say. Wanted to blog last night but my stupid wireless connection wasn't working for some reason. And I couldn't even be evil and use my neighbours' cos also cannot sense for SOME REASON. Oh well don't we all love wireless. Anyway, anyway...

Woken up by: The pouring rain outside this morning. *Sighs in pleasure* How could I sleep in this kind of wonderful weather (which is great for sleeping in for other, normal, people but great for slacking ard, reading, writing, for abnormal me)?

At: 1.30 p.m

When I slept at: 4.30 a.m

Hmm...where shalt I start? Oh yes.

Ro introduced me to this game at www2.kingdomofloathing.com. It's quite fun (in a funny haha way) but a bit spastic also. Hehe. But I'm stuck now and I dunno where to go and Ro's status is BUSY so I dun wanna go ask her now. So RO RO RO RO RO zi dong when u see me msg me and ADVISE me, o great one.

Yesterday I went with Sarah to watch The Forgotten. It's quite a nice show. A bit thought-provoking. I think Pengie woulda liked it...too bad she was unable to join us due to familial obligations. Haha. Anyway it's a thriller...and some shocks are packed into the plot. As in those kinda shocks which will make you jump and scream. This girl/These girls near the back of the cinema kept screaming whenever there was a scary part and it was kinda irritating cos they also liked to GASP. Like during some random scene that delivered a surprise (or sometimes just randomly when the characters are just talking and not even saying anything shocking) they/she (I thought I only heard one voice but Sarah said "they") would just give a sharp intake of breath (*GASP*) for no reason. The beauty of vcds, I have started to appreciate. But their endless GASPS and SCREAMS amused us to a certain extent. I'd better stop talking about the movie here before I pull a spoiler. *grins evilly*

After that we practically walked the whole of Orchard 'cos we were bored and saw no point in going home just yet. We went to Tang's, Isetan, Takashimaya, Scott's, Cineleisure...and as usual Sarah could not resist going to Topshop (her favourite shop in Singapore after Selfridge ceased to exist. As we all know.) And *GASPs in manner of girl/s in cinema* made me try on a long skirt. OK so I wasn't really resisting (Sarah can't really MAKE me cos she has zero physical strength haha) cos I kinda liked the look of that skirt. Oh no!!!! May is turning into a common cliched feminine girly GIRL!!! Not. *dignified look* I'm sure even tomboys fancy makeup and skirts from time to time. And I still like my Playstation games and stuff, so I'm STILL a self-respecting androgynous individual. So anyway she made me try it on and I dunno how it looked on me. Ask Sarah. But I guess it looked okay but the price was NOT okay (as you might have guessed, knowing our favourite class chairwoman's expensive taste. It costs $83) so I anti-climactically placed it back on the rack.

We had dinner at KFC after that and chatted for a long while. Then we went home.

I watched my Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen VCD again (Sabby have I lent it to you? I can't remember...*scratches head*) last night while waiting for my stupid cordless phone to charge so that I could call my girlfriend (For those who do not comprehend, Yes, despite spending the entire day together, girlfriends still can call each other at night and talk all night one. *bimbotically* It's a girl thing.) At 2 a.m I gave up and called our favourite Topshop shopper and we yakked till ard 4.15 when the stupid cordless phone died on me just when the conversation was heating up. Such things always happen to me, so do NOT be in the least surprised. Haha.

Ok so this afternoon I woke up to the rain outside and happily brushed my teeth and had brunch while watching Baby Tiny Toons. I saw Baby Sylvester (the cat la) ! So cute, just like...*winks*. Before that I decided to be nice since I was in such a good mood due to the rain and say "Good Morning" to my mother. To which she said some nasty thing, which I will not repeat here, along the lines of it certainly not being morning. And apparently I'd committed a whole list of crimes even before I was awake.

1. Not helping to close the windows (in my sleep) when it started raining.
2. Not waking up earlier.
3. Saying "good morning" when it was already 1.30 p.m.

And so on. Haha. Mothers.

That's all I recall that is significant that happened yesterday and today that I wish to share with all you readers. For now. I shall switch to 'crapology' mode so u can close the window now.

Bah I still haven't watched Princess Diaries 2. The rest of the world who is female or gay and is even remotely interested in it has.

Movies I wanna watch:

• Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (Opens 25 Nov)
• The Polar Express (Opens 25 Nov)
• The Incredibles (Opens 18 Nov) (Must.get.the.shirt! I saw a guy wearing one on the MRT the other day which looked more suited for older kids-at-heart)
• Princess Diaries 2 (Opened 11 Nov)

That's all I can remember for now. I will now proceed to finish watching At the Dolphin Bay (taiwanese idol drama). Ta

Check out Flora's blog-www.flondar.blogspot.com-for pics of her "new squeeze"! GOOOOO!

Situation at home now: My father is listening to (oh, did i say "listening to"? I meant "blasting") retro songs on the stereo. Songs like the one which goes like this-

Whatever it takes
Or how my heart breaks
I will be right here waiting for you.

(Oh! I believe it is called "Right Here Waiting") -which do not serve to improve my mood.

Emotion: Kinda upset for no particular reason...

Activity I am currently engaging in: Watching "The Swan" on Channel 5

After lunch at ro's, I suggested to my mum that we go shopping. Buy clothes for me. Hahaha...I didn't really have any clothes in mind that I really wanted to buy but I just suggested it 'cos I was in the mood (which is rare) fer shopping. Amazingly my parents actually listened to me (which is super rare) and we went to Isetan, then Tang's (the listening-to-me bit stopped at "where to shop"). Then they finally got the message that I wasn't going to find anything I wanted in these two places and neither could they afford clothes brands like FCUK and Levi's For Girls for me. So we went to Far East (but only because they wanted to eat, actually). I let them call the shots (as to where to go) because I didn't want them to be as bored as I am when they shop for their stuff. After dinner at Han's my mum said since we're here let's take a look at the shops. And so I had quite an enjoyable "bonding" time with her, though I only bought one shirt. (My father and brother went to look at some christmas stuff; the other bro had social obligations) For some reason she was very interested in the neoprint kiosks, and so she dragged me to take a look. I dunno why I didn't want to. Maybe it was cos I've taken way too many neoprints recently and I'm sick of seeing those blinking machines. And I guess I was afraid that the pple inside would stare 'cos mums dun usually go to neoprint kiosks. NOTE: I was NOT in any way embarrassed to be seen wif my mum. I just don't want her feelings to be hurt when the "young" pple stare at her for "invading" their "young" space. Anyway I didn't linger too long in any shop (not like i ever do) cos I didn't want her to feel left out as the shops are all so, well, catering to the "young". I really appreciated the fact that she was willing to accompany me to go to every shop I wanted to, to look at the clothes even though there was NOT A SINGLE person her age in Level One. =) I love my mum. Teehee she's great. And she was telling me yet again about how happy dad was that I'd bothered with a present for him on his b-day on Thursday. Apparently he said I "treat him as if he is transparent". Well. It takes one to know one, I say! But nevermind. I'm glad that she's trying to bring my dad and I closer together by, uh, impressing upon me that he has feelings after all. And I'm secretly happy that I bothered with the present in the end. Now I know the true meaning of "it's the thought that counts". It was such an inexpensive present, and I seriously think he can afford and has everything he needs, but it made him so happy. =D

So, all in all, not a bad day at all, I would say. Think I'm/I was in a bad mood because I'm tired. 7 hrs of sleep for 2 days can do this to a person like me. Hahaha...Laterz, dear friends.

Hmm...maybe my posts everyday must have some sorta format. Since I'm so bored. Let's try it out.

Woken up by: Mother. Need to go for lunch at cousin (ro)'s today.
At: 10.55 a.m
When I slept at: 3 a.m

Situation at home now: My father's listening to the radio (which is, as usual, turned up full blast such that I can hear it clearly from my brothers' room) which was playing some funny song just now which resembled This Love in that the singer(s) was also singing like.this. This (gasp) love (gasp) has (gasp) ta (gasp)-ken (gasp)...I think u get the message. The tune was also similar.

Emotion: Bah. PMS.

Activity I am currently engaging in: Watching an idol drama. Which I will not comment on in case Mandy slaughters me. *wink*

Not bad, if I do say so myself. Makes the post less boring. And gives it a quiz/survey-like feel. Lol. Remember how we used to do tons of annoying surveys which friends sent to us by e-mail? Now we do tons of annoying surveys which are posted SOMEWHERE on the web and copy paste into our blogs when we have nothing to do/write. Hahaha. Human evolution is just SO intriguing, don't ya think?

Sigh. I'm hungry AGAIN. Ate brunch (a little carrot cake) at 11.30 a.m, lunch at 2 pm, dinner at 6 pm. And I got hungry at erm...around 11 pm. So I went to the kitchen, opened the fridge to take out the (very scrumpeelicious) Kraft cream cheese spread to, well, spread on the bread. Then I saw the chocs I bought for my father. I thought to myself "Desperate times call for desperate measures" (I don't like chocolates cos I find most of them too sweetand took two. I dunno whether it was cos I was hungry or 'cos I have really good taste and bought premium chocolates, but they tasted nice. In fact I want to have some more. There're Merci chocolates too, to tempt me. But it's midnight already...fat fat FAT. See what my 'sisters' have done to me...even I've become more conscious about getting fat already. But I'm still seriously considering having some. Actually I'm more concerned about my teeth. Chocolates seem to stick to ur teeth and I don't like the feeling. Nor the thought of my only asset being slowly destroyed thanks to my own doings.

Am playing this game-http://www.ebaumsworld.com/marathon.html-now. At level 15, haven't figured out how to get past it yet. Boredom Killer Rating: **1/2 out of *****

I've been meaning to slowly bring forward my bedtime. Maybe an hour earlier each day. But I have no self-discipline lol. Just don't feel like sleeping. Feel like sleeping is like wasting time. I mean, why sleep when I can waste time being online and writing nonsensical and senseless things on my blog for pple to be bored by reading?

Excuse me. I'm feeling a bit weird tonight.

Don't ask me where I was, or how I got to take the photo. It's all too embarrassing to say. Hahaha...

Poor, poor Daphne. She's so teeny and her fans were all squeezing against her. I think she took like half an hour to get out of Mediacorp reception into the lift to the carpark lor. Sadly there were too many people so I didn't even get so much as a snapshot of her. And she's kinda on the short side so when the fans surrounded her u could only see the top of her hair from time to time. Haha...most of the time u din know where she was. Anyway, I realli hope she's doing okay.

Oh well. On to the Reward of the Night:



Muhahahaha! See the matching right dimple? Teeheeehee...you've been saved from counting my pimples by the wonders of Photoshop 7.0. Don't ask me why he's wearing an Olinda shirt. Apparently they all (the idols) agreed to wear it. But I didn't see Daphne wearing it. So the mystery remains.

I thought he'd ignore me...but he didn't and agreed to take a photo with me after I called his name like twice.

Bah. I STILL dunno what Daphne said to me about coffee the other day at the 8days party. It's so baffling it annoys me. Nevermind...I shall find out someday.

My friend gave me this today. It has chocs inside, which smell suspiciously like M&Ms. I shall leave them in the fridge where they'll be gobbled up by my greedy brothers in no time. Ok maybe in a little more than "no time"...cos now they have Merci chocs and the chocs I bought to "deter their progress".

It is so darn cute. I love you Xy! =)

I finally found out where the hell Bugis Village is, today. Now I can (at long last) understand what on earth Flora is going on about when she enthuses about what she bought/saw there and the cheeeeep cds. The verdict? I hate it. I only like the second floor, which is fully air-conditioned. The first floor is hot and smoky and crowded. But I like Bugis Junction more now. I discovered that some of the stuff they sell appeal to me. Oh yes...and I'm considering buying one o' the Incredibles t-shirts they sell at Bossini. It looks darn cute. I can wear it when I go watch the movie. Hahhahaa..."infantile", as Sarah would kindly inform me. Anyway..I reached home at about 7.10 pm and went straight to the bath so that the rest of my family need not starve for any longer than necessary.

But alas...Ken (brother) only waltzed in at about...8 plus. So, just as I predicted, we only reached the restaurant at 8.50 and the food came at 9 pm. Cannot escape fate. Ren suan bu ru tian suan.

Great choice of restaurant my father made though. (By the way I bought some choccies for him at Bugis. He was damn happy lor...even though mum and Everett, my youngest bro, also bought him Merci choccies...he tot nobody remembered his b-day...or so my mum told me. Hahahaa...ah well. Luckily I decided to get something for him in the end.) They had a tv which was showing Singapore Idol (which I recorded). But they kept interrupting by playing a birthday song mv (yes...birthday songs have mvs. it's the karaoke version. damn cool...got english version in which the only lyrics are "Happy Birthday to you/Happy Birthday to you/Happy Birthday Happy Birthday/Happy Birthday to you", CANTONESE version and chinese version). They played it THRICE altogether. It was infuriating. As a result, I missed Olinda's second performance, Daphne's first performance, and Taufik's first performance. Luckily I managed to catch both of Sly's performances. Though for the first song I couldn't hear what he was singing as the kids outside the restaurant decided to start screaming madly (the restaurant is at Serangoon Garden Country Club) then.

My mum was damn funny. She was trying to watch The Champion (aka Ren Wo Ao You, Ch8 9 pm show) through a small tv in the VIP room a distance behind our table. Oh, and they appear to have Karaoke sets in their VIP rooms.

Haha...oh well. Happy Birthday, Dad.

Before I start this post, I have to rescue my teddy as I have just spotted it crammed in between the cupboard and the window, nose pushed up as there is not enough space. As I am very bo liao now...i shall show u a picture of it.



It was stuffed there by my very thoughtful mother who says stuffed toys need sun every now and then. For some reason. So my teddy is now a healthy teddy with enough vitamin D but a slightly flat nose.

Anyway. On with the post. I forgot that this morning got Jay Chou show and when I woke, I received JY's sms sent at abt 9.30 am, reminding me to watch it and wishing me a Happy Deepavali. Unfortunately I woke up at 12 pm. Oh well...thanks anyway, sweet Garfield! (Again, I don't think she would be reading this. But anyway.)

Now, on to the REAL issues I want to discuss (or rather, share, since my tagboard is dead once again. oh i hate it when sonia is busy :p) in this post. It is also my junior's and dad's birthday today. For the former I have sent a birthday message saying: Happy sixteenth! You can now have sex without getting your bf into trouble! Best of luck for the rest of your exams. For the latter I have done nothing. I thought he'd be golfing today (my mum said so), so I arranged to go out. But he's now in the living room tinkling with something. Which means that when I go out, I would get this guilty and you-unfilial-daughter feeling for not staying put at home and being bored to death if my family does not have any plans for going out (actually i'd be bored to death even if they decided to go out. but that's beside the point). Bah. Not to mention I haven't got a gift and I'm super tight this week. And I don't even know what to buy. Perhaps a card would suffice? Haiz...anyway I just gotta turn up for dinner tonight, which we are having outside at some restaurant. Which they will be undecided about and change their minds about every 10 minutes. Result? Dinner at eight or nine when we set off at like seven and mum wants me home at five.

Anyway it's a beautiful afternoon...nice and windy and just the right public-holiday atmosphere. In fact it even has a bit of the new-year atmosphere, which is not surprising since it IS the new year for the indians. Well...I'd better get going and shower. Ta ta! Oh, and Happy Deepavali, y'all!

I realised recently that my neighbours (not only next-door, but all the ones who live in the condo)-well some, anyway, are a bit dysfunctional. They like to...erm...bring their kids to frolick at the playground. At night. Ten plus, close to eleven. Sometimes even later than that. I've seen it twice or maybe thrice already. Last night, I was coming back from the chalet. It was like ten fifty pm. I was approaching the playground and then when I looked up I saw a woman. I got pretty freaked out...why would a woman be down at the playground at this hour? I thought to myself: oh shit have i, "at long last", got to see things that i shouldn't see? She looked, well, real, though. I froze for a moment or two, and took a few steps back, intending to go the other way (without walking through the playground) to my block. Just to be safe. Then I saw that there was a kid beside her, and she was teaching her how to play hopscotch. And then there was a kid's bike near the bench in front of the playground. So I was sorta convinced that they are real people, and I continued walking through the playground to my block. This isn't the first time...the last time there was this family of three or four...all down at the playground, watching their kid(s) play. I mean, why do they like to let their kids play at like so late at night??? Maybe they have no time to let their kid play in the day 'cos they're working, but isn't it slightly weird to let ur kid play in the semi-darkness?

I was on the phone with Xue Yan, Bell and Wen Fang just now (conference call). Wf put down earlier cos she was tired. I was, at the same time, talking to Pengie on msn. Her nick was "peanut butter and jelly".

Me: i'm starving. ur nick isn't helping pengie!

Me: anyway i've always wondered what kinda jelly they use in peanut butter and jelly

Pengie: jam

Me: REALLY

Me: then y do they call it jelly...

Pengie: cos it is jelly wat

Me: very helpful, pengie

At this point I half-shouted into the phone: hey did u all know that the "jelly" in "peanut butter and jelly" is actually JAM?!

Bell: Har now then u know arh.

XY: Eh jelly and jam got big difference leh. Jelly is like, wobbly.

Me: Ya la!

Haha YAY i am not alone. Anyway for those who didn't know, now you know. Yay I feel like a Discovery Channel programme. Oo which reminds me. U know that dumb advert for Discovery Channel which is always on tvmobile ? I can make my own one now.

May walks up to Caucasian stranger in Orchard (who happens to be bald and with a nice prosperous wife. and both wearing hats).

May: Hey, did you guys know that the "jelly" in peanut butter and jelly is actually jam? *goes on to talk about jam in ostentiously scientific terms*

May then walks away, with Caucasian couple gawping in surprise, their bright red Great Singapore Sale shopping bags left on the floor beside them, dropped in their moment of "flabbergastness", forgotten.

I just went to read Becky's blog...and discovered that she is almost on par with me regarding level of boredom and no. of posts. Hahahaha...go read hers if u're bored and have read mine. ;p Oh, and she is *almost* as funny as me. LOL. Was not disappointed in terms of entertainment value and length of posts...ok shall stop advertising for her already.

Anyway I've decided not to stay for the chalet I think. My *er-hem-start-wif-"p"-one* is coming soon I feel (but as usual it likes to dilly dally and send lots of false alarms first and come when i've given up thinking it's gonna come) and I don't think there'd be any space. So rejoice people. You have ONE more person to be bored online wif you. If that's any consolation.

My schedule for now:

• Tomorrow: Family Day (unless someone asks me out...but am likely to decline anyway as mum was positively beaming when I said I wasn't going out tom as I'd decided to make it a family day)(not tt anyone'd ask me out anyway)
• Mon-Wed: Yutong's chalet. Still wondering if I should stay. I think I'd prob die if I didn't go online for ONE day, much less THREE. And what on Earth would I DO there? And dunno if got space...But on the other hand, if I don't spend more time there I've got nothing to do at home anyway. And not much money to spend.
• 22nd: (writes wif much enthusiasm) Class BBQ. *rubs hands together in anticipation*

I seriously hope all this blogging is 1) improving my writing skills (hah! fat hope, i hear u say) and 2) not boring the balls off you guys. I have GOOD intentions! You all can get entertained by reading MORE and LONGER posts. Hahaha...at least, that's my theory. Sonia makes me feel like a popular blogger. Hahaha.

I just found and read my cousin Huiqi's blog...which I haven't read in a looong time since I kinda forgot the address and haha she seldom updates (but we all know that the latter is just an excuse for lazy ol' me). I dunno if she still reads mine...but I feel so guilty! I always forget her birthday and she never fails to remember mine AND get a little gift. And she'd ask my bro to give it to me since I seldom go to her place on weekends to visit my grandma. Her gifts are always, always thoughtful. Bah. I'm supposed to be older than her by 3 months but I am so much more immature. I MUST remember her b-day next year! Feel like such a jerk. She's such a nice person. Sorry Hq, if u're reading this...

Be happy for me, you guys. I'm on the road to self-improvement.

And yes, I know that my posts are getting a bit monotonous and too regular and pointless. But pardonez moi, I am bored.

Hi. Back from a gathering with my sec sch friends Cheryl, Isabel, Wen Fang, Bee Keng and Mei Ping. Met up at Bugis MRT, then after some aimless walking about...we eventually found ourselves at the Mc in BRAS BASAH (teeheehee which we were arguing over how wf shld pronounce). We did some inconsiderate un-shushed talking and laughing (disturbing the pple studying there). They teased wf with Cheryl's hamsters, putting them on her back and shoulders. She's kinda scared of the little critters. Hahaha...then mp joined us (she had to help her mum with something so she came later)...and after a bit more mucking about, we made our way back to Bugis Junction, bell and wf hand in hand. Hahaha they are soooo loving. (Disclaimer: They are HETERO.)

Cheryl and I handed bk her super belated present (late by almost a month since we meet up so seldom)...and I "topped it up" by giving her some hp merchandise in the plastic bag wif all the things she lent me. Glad she liked it.

Cheryl and Isabel handed ME MY super duper belated bday present-Jerry Yen's single album. Lol. Quite happy wif it...though disappointed (but not really surprised) to find that there's really only one nice song inside. My suspicions are confirmed-he DOES sound like a duck sometimes. Haha. Anyway thanks dudes! =) Though it was SO belated I'd clean forgotten that u all owe me a prez. Revenge is sweet, however. >;D Hahaha...

After MORE aimless walking around, we eventually chanced upon the Neoprint shop and 3 guesses what we did next. I'll post the prints when I finally get my ass off n scan them. The reason why I take so long to scan is, beside the fact that I am lazy, my family does not like to let me near the computer which is connected to the scanner since I have my own laptop.

But I digresssssss...........

Had dinner at Pastamania, where I had Beef Bolognese (how do u pronounce this word?!). Mp asked me to ask the cashier why I hadn't got a counter (for waiting for my order to come) cos wf had one. So I asked...and the cashier didn't really hear me I think and gave me a free drink. I think he thought he hadn't given me one and I was gesticulating in a way that MIGHT have looked like a drink. I was pretty thirsty so *shock horror* i just took it, rather puzzled. Then mp and I looked at each other and laughed.

After dinner we did (surprise, surprise) MORE aimless walking around...perhaps better understood by others as window shopping. We had pretty much fun anyways. Just spending time together and talking about normal stuff...

Thanks guys. I had fun. ;p

My parents decided to repaint all the walls in the house. So I gotta choose a color for my room. And I've decided on...BRIGHT RED! NOT. I dun wanna feel perpetually hot whenever I'm in my room. I like red, but having red walls is too weird. SO in the end I chose a bright green color called Spearmint *winks to Sonia*. Yum yum! Mint is nice. I'll have yummy walls.

I had a sudden urge to blog, so here I am. Be forewarned that I do not actually have a clear idea of what I am going to blog about, so this post may be out-of-point at times, and possibly nonsensical.

I've been thinking about what I should do when I am "rotting" at home this holidays. During the waking hours that are not spent frolicking with loved ones. I know I should do productive things, but well...if everyone did what they know they should do all the time...the world would be very different, wouldn't it?

Ok...this is what I will/might/should do this hols:

Not-so-productive Doings

1. Movies! *picture me jumping up excitedly in a Barney fashion* *fertile imagination needed*-Princess Diaries 2, The Forgotten (if it's not too scary haha), The Incredibles (if it eventually comes out before December-friggin'-12, when sch reopens). And probably more, if my wallet consents.
2. K Boxy!
3. Write. I dunno what about, but just write.
4. Read. Go library in manner of geek.
5. Blog like ten times everyday so that u bored people out there can have fun refreshing my blog every ten seconds to see my updates.
6. Buy VCDs in anticipation of Christmas and V-day

Slightly-more-productive and Sensible Doings (which I don't really mind doing but will enjoy less)

1. Go K Box/Shopping with mum to build bonds (I bow to thee, National Edu)
2. Pop into kitchen and make disastrous meals to torture family (under the disguise of helping my mum)
3. *flinches* Chores. Help. With.
4. Self-improvement books?
5. Improve on html skills and make blog look gorgeous
6. Gym/Swim/Tennis. Dun wanna be unhealthy, do we...

Wait till I think of more.

Aww..it's not raining but it still looks like a lovely night. And I don't feel like sleeping (coupled with the fact that I woke at 1 pm today...)...OH. Tomorrow (i mean, later today) I shall show you guys my autographed poster! And also some pictures taken at the party (of the idols, of course *wink*). Tomorrow afternoon (Saturdays have no mornings. It is just Friday LATE NIGHT and then Saturday AFTERNOON.) will be spent doing unproductive things again and in the evening I will meet my lurvely sec sch friends. Ok I know I over-use brackets. Till then, I guess. I really dunno what to write alr..so ta ta for now.

Bah. I am soooooooo bored. If I hear that Hou Niao (S.H.E's new song) again I might lose my will to live. I don't even know what a Hou Niao is. And they keep on and on and on playing it. AND their report of the S.H.E concert in Shanghai. *pauses for BK and Isabel, ardent S.H.E fans, to beat me up* I'm not *really* against S.H.E but hearing it 3 or 4 times everyday on the radio in the space of a few hours IS pretty annoying...

AHH! They're playing it AGAIN! Wa lao eh...speak of the niao...

I also forgot to watch my favourite Friday afternoon cartoons, Hey Arnold and Ginger.

Oh well. At least it is raining.

As I was saying...I realised that the radio (well, YES 93.3 at least) keeps on playing the same songs over and over again. My wonderful analysis of the songs that are "favoured by the radio":

1. Hou bloody Niao-S.H.E
2. Sun Wu Kong (funny name...and i dun think the song has anything to do wif our fave monkey god anyway)-Mayday
3. Other miscellaneous songs that I don't happen to like

Bah. Why can't they play more Jay Chou songs...

Haha...I know I could just off the bloody radio la. But I seriously have NOTHING to do. Though I like the feeling of having nothing school-related to worry about...my life now (if I dun have social obligations/gatherings/activities) goes like this:

• Wake up at 1 or 2 pm by mum/sound of mum vacuuming. Is shocked that I am capable of sleeping for so long
• Wash up
• Eat whatever my mum bought for me. Feel thankful for thoughtful mum.
• On Laptop, go online (using some neighbour's connection cos my laptop can never sense my own until after 100001239214235 tries)
• Stone the day away by playing neopets (yes. sad life eh), watching my laptop crash whenever I start gunbound, and chatting with other bored friends
• Bathe and eat dinner somewhere along the way after hours of procrastinating
• Sleep at 2, 3 am

The whole point of this post could just happen to be bordering on the fact that I NEED SOCIAL OBLIGATIONS. Or gatherings. Or activities. Or whatever.

May, you are Right-brained

Most right-brained people like you are flexible in many realms of their lives. Whether picking up on the nuances of musical concerto, appreciating the subtle details in a work of art, or seeing the world from a different perspective, right-brained people are creative, imaginative, and attuned to their surroundings. People probably see your thinking process as boundless, and that might translate to your physical surroundings as well. Some people think of you as messier than others. It's not that you're disorganized, it's just that you might use different systems to organize (by theme, by subject, by color). Straight alphabetization and rigidly ordered folders are not typical of right-brained behavior. You are also more intuitive than many. When it comes to reading literature, you probably prefer creative writing or fiction over nonfiction. And when it comes to doing math, you might find you enjoy geometry more than other forms like algebra.

Right-brained people are good at: Sports, artistic endeavors, geometry, writing fiction, recalling people's faces, and acting out stories.

Yeah I always knew I was more of a right-brainer. Left-handed ma. But the geometry part not true la. Dun really like it...too many rules to rmb. Otherwise, pretty much hit the nail on the head.

Woke up late again this morning...went to Sonia's house wif Sarah to watch vcds (Romeo & Juliet, Bridget Jones's Diary). In the evening, went to the 8days party wif Sonia, Sharina and an online friend Sonia met recently, fellow Sly fan Charlotte. Couldn't find the bloody place after walking ard for ard 15 mins...so decided to take a cab. Reached there at last at 7 plus. Saw our coursemate whom we refer to as Bimbo (since we didn't know her real name. Now I do, but it's more convenient to call her that la...). She knows I'm from DMC, but didn't really talk to me. Talked more to Sharina n Sonia, whom she knows I suppose.

There was a gigantic queue when we reached there...so we decided to join it. When we finally got to the head of the queue, we were told that we could enter from the other door (which is for pple on the "guest list"...connections, dearies)...how exasperating. It was pretty smoky (think ciggies) there...but not as bad as I expected (think haze..fog). But still, breathing in unfresh tobacco smoke for 4 hrs was not appealing. Anyway...got in, sat down to watch Singapore Idol on the big screen inside (think laser projector) which was not straightened so we all had fun watching Gurmit's and the idols' faces distorted. Many people decided to kick my ass while they squeezed behind me as I was near the back and behind me were all those standing pple.

It was quite fun. Jean Danker and Daniel Ong kept us entertained during the commercial breaks and after the show before the idols arrived. They only came at about 10 plus. I am a damn lucky person. They picked (think lucky draw) Charlotte, whose number is 1 bigger than mine first. Then I was thinking ok no more hope for me how can it be that Daniel Ong would pick my number which is so close to Charlotte's. Then later mine was picked. Muhaha. Rare piece of luck (ok i know luck does not come in pieces but i dunno...rare stick of luck?).
Might I mention that only 30 pple were picked by lucky draw and a few others by if-the-DJs-like-ur-mug-they'll-pick-u.

When I was queuing up to get the autographs (can get from all the idols) the digicam Sonia's fren lent her (who lent me) decided to go flat. And I didn't know where she and Sharina were, so no choice. I had to contend with not taking pictures with Sylvester.

First up was Daphne.

Daph: Hi...
Me: *too stunned to speak so just grin in manner of mad cow*
Daph: How are you? (or something)
Me: *cannot stop smiling or will die.*
Daph: *something about coffee...sth like do you have coffee in coffee houses or let's have coffee together...dunno! shit.*

I didn't catch what she said about coffee cos I was too stunned and Leandra had started talking to me. I don't remember much of what she said either...(maybe sth about u guys are really cool??) and I also just smiled in manner of shark in Shark Tale. I didn't really answer her cos again I was too stunned and I was thinking heheeheh i dun really like u but thanks for trying to talk to me. Mean May.

Anyway Daphne and Leandra were really sweet for being so friendly and trying to keep a conversation going with me. Taufik was, as usual, very sincere. I just flashed my pearly whites at him. Aha. SLY.

Me: *hesitates* *in a flat, weird tone. it jus came out sounding weird la* Heyyousingreallywell.

Sly: *concentrating on signing* *looks up* Thank you *goes back to concentrating on signing*

Teeheehee.

I said "Rock On" to Olinda. I dunno why cos I dun like her THAT much. Neutral la. But maybe cos last one alr so must "milk it for all it's worth". At this pt I was kicking myself for not saying anything to Daphne already. I quite like her.

Oh well. Left at 11, took a bus to Clarke Quay and took NE line from there. Got home at 12, smelling like a...factory worker in Marlboro.

All in all, it was groovy...except for the cigarette smoke bit.

After I got home I took a shower and went to watch the Van Helsing VCD I bought on Sunday. At 8 plus I was dropping off (not the movie's fault) so I decided to go take a snooze. Was damn tired but somehow couldn't really fall asleep. But I think I eventually did for a while...gave up at 9 plus and woke up cos my father got pretty loud music WITH BASS going on...so thump thump thump YAY May cannot sleep. Oh well. Laterz. Now u know that the entire point of this post was to emphasise my sleepiness and grouse about my father's wonderful musical preferences. Didn't wanna put this wif the previous post cos u all would have lost ur will to live by the time u got to the END of the post.

Haha..."last night" (technically it is this morning) i had a meaningful and intelligent conversation wif pengie on msn (not surprising it's what we do every now and then when there's lots of time) until 4 am...alarm rang at 8.30 and was woefully ignored by its peacefully sleeping owner. At 10.15 Sarah rang.

Me (thinks): Oh shit...I'm late aren't I...what time what time...TEN FIFTEEN.
-unprintable word-

Sarah: Hi where are you?

Me: Urnngh...erm...at home?

Sarah: WHAT?! Where's jawei...

Me: Mmmf...she slept at the same time as me...

Sarah: So are you coming or not?

Me: No...I'm so sorry...

Sarah: Ok. Bye.

The image of Sarah's slightly pissed face on the other end of the line woke me up properly. Silently I shuffled to the toilet, washed my face brushedmyteethblahblahnotimpt...then Sonia smsed me asking me to come. I'd alr decided to the moment I was properly awake. So i called Sarah again and asked her how to go.

11.45 am...Parkway Parade bus stop.

Me:-unprintable word-...how do u get to east coast again ah...this road looks familiar...*begins walking straight*

5 minutes later...

Me: That road looks familiar too, come to think of it. But nvm I shall be a smart alec and continue on this road.

10 minutes later...

Me: Okay I am lost. *calls Sarah*

Timothy: Hi.

Me: (debates whether to make comment about Sarah's voice deepening overnight, but decides against it as there is no time) How do u get to East coast...

T: I'm holding Sarah's phone cos she has no pockets. Er...where are u?

Me: Marine Parade.

T: Oh ok...cut across the hawker centre and take the underpass.

Me: Ok. Bye.

T: Call us when u reach we'll go find u.

5 mins later...(and after passing by the same couple in the hawker centre twice)I call again. T gives instructions but I still cannot find the bloody underpass. Decide to wander around some more. Finds the f-bloody underpass 10 minutes later.

Aizat, Sarah and JY were waiting for me there. Haha thanks to all who guided me. I felt damn stupid for not knowing how to get there despite this not being the first time I went there...But well it had been a long time since I went there and I'd never gone alone. Haha.

Sarah and Aizat bladed away while JY peddled happily...Me? I walked behind them, watching the dust settle and occasionally taking a bite (a la "eat my dust"). When we were almost reaching the "pavillion" where the others were (seemed more like a finish line as I was running by then)...JY was waiting for me in front.

Me: (playfully) eh...get off u walk i cycle

JY gets off.

Me: really ah? Thanks...Eh ur bike v low leh...

JY: I got SHORT LEGS what...

Hahaha...thanks for ur kind offer Garfield! Not like u'd be reading this anyway...when u're online I strike lottery.

We chatted for a while, then they went to return their blades and bikes. Then, we strolled into Coffee Bean and had free coffee (thanks to Sarah's wonderful redemption cards...the beauty of connections). I had sth strong...espresso...but it wasn't enough to prevent me from feeling zombie-ish. Ryan joined us after that. (So there were 8 pple-Me, Sonia, Sarah, Andrew, Ryan, Aizat, JY and Timo)

We then took another LLOOOOOONG bus ride to Orchard where we watched Cellular. Along the way I had an enjoyable chat wif Timo and Andrew re guy stuff like playstation games, pokemon digimon...and music. The guy in Cellular is damn cute. Muhahaha but the storyline was quite ok..albeit a bit predictable and too convenient at times. But! Eye candy galore...

After the movie poor Sarah slipped down the stairs and sprained her ankle. Ouchie. I wish I'd caught her earlier...she didn't make a fuss and was pretty brave about it. Haha i'm proud of u Sarah!

Haha another fun-filled day with my goofy classmates. Wish u were there!