survived the 1st week of school... Now to begin the 2nd.

Oh ya... I missed the theory trial test tt was supposed to be at 330 cause I was too lazy to drag myself out of the house. But I booked another one at 6.55pm and I managed to pass that. *winks* So.. .Final Theory, Here I cometh... Now to squeeze practical lessons into my schedule... and project meetings haven't even started yet!!!

Anyway, I skipped the make up class for the History module on sat... But I spent Sat morning walking round Bras Basah Complex trying to look for Hillview Publishers. Bah! The main directory was hidden by the escalators on the 1st floor... and then the shop was tucked in a bloody corner on the 4th storey. When I finally made my way there, the place was closed!!! So much for feeling lazy and not wanting to buy textbooks last week... Anyway, the only find of the day is that I looked at the Jack's Place menu and I think their prices look quite reasonable even after their revamp.

Ok... in a bid to cultivate a healthy lifestyle, I shall sleep early... and so, it's 12.05 now. I'm going to bed. 830 lessons tmr! How I dread getting up!

On a sidenote, US Open is starting tmr! but because of the difference in timezones, matches are shown like from 11pm to 8am? Ahs... I need my beauty sleep...

Booked a Theory Trial test for 330 today... Haven't touched the book yet, Don't feel like going for it. Boo!

Another long day... Sociology seems fun! and we were let off like 1.5 hours early!

Feel as if I'm whing and snapping at people quite a bit. I didn't even bother to engage myself much in the conversation my driving instructor was trying to have with me. And my lack of concentration and focus almost caused me to be in an accident. And my engine stalled a few million times today on the road when I was going up slopes and stuff. And well, my car slid when on a slope. According to my instructor, the guy behind looked kinda worried. *oops* Well, at least I drove pass St Nicks! Yay! But I didn't really looks at it cause I was kinda focussed on the road.

Had a long meeting after that... I'm sorry if I sounded snappish. I was and still am tired. And I feel sligtly pissed with myself. Should have done certain things earlier...

My lids are drooping. Tm's my first LTB lesson. I hope i have a nice group! :)

Good night world...

I spent freaking 14 hours of my first day in school!!! Not bad for a start huh?

back to back lessons from 8.30 to 3.15, after which was stoning at the benches outside SESS while talking to a freshmen about bidding for courses. Then had a 2 hours plus facilitator training workshop. I'm beat!

Anyway, I think SMU is damn 奢侈 (ps: does it mean too extravergant? cause tt's what I wanna portray) State of art, cutting edge technology in a new school! Woah~!~ Woreless keyboard, wireless mouse, sliding whiteboards, a funky looking camera/projector. But the thing is, please make sure the equipment works lar! The wireless mouse ran out of battery or sth.. and it takes 5 seconds for the conputer to register what the mouse's (is there such a word?) command. Why can't you just place the desktop in the classroom instead of locking it in an equipment store or sth?

Not to mention, the new campus really discourage students form visiting the washroom in the middle of the lesson. Cause once you get out of the door, you can't open it from the outside. The door can only be opened from the inside or if a prof outside scans the class.. Not bad huh?

Anyway, have I mentioned that I'm gonna further screw my already screwed 4 day week? Or so I think? Due to the fact that the buildings are located further apart now, and I have to rush from one end to the other end in 15 mins for a lesson that I'm expected to be there at least 15 mins earlier for. Gee... I don't see how I can ever manage that. I don't teleport you know...

Oh well.. shall stop being a complain queen... Maybe I'll just stick to my history module and forget about taking the other course until the next term... :)

By the way, even MSN has turned against me! It refuses to display the font I've chosen. Instead, it uses a default font like Arial or sth... anyone knows how to solve it?

Am clearing my mailbox so as to free up precious space for sch! Anyway, came across some mails that were sent at the beginning of the hols. There was a very nicely planned timeline for certain things to take place... but looking back, I dun think any of the datelines were adhered to at all. Okiez... I'm not a sucker for strict timing. Those who know me would probably know my timing is pretty 'rubber' (ie: flexible) but looking at the mail just tickles me cause even me, the big procrastinator doesn't miss that many datelines!

Anyway, had a nice weekend before school starts. Went yodelling yesterday! Hahaha... Retail-therapy, move over! I would suggest we find other duets to sing. I'm a lil' sick of 屋顶 and 窗外. And as usual, there were pages and pages of unsung songs... Ahhh!!! I like to just sit around, talk and catch up, or rather, whine... Hahaha...

After that satisfying session, my throat was rather sore... Hahaha... but then... went to Toa Payoh.. Must thank Baoqin here.. Thanks for inviting me to her place for dinner yesterday.. .adn thanks to her mummy who cooked marvelous yummilicious food! Yesh.. the cereal prawns, crab... ahh.. my mouth is watering at the thought of the food!!!

Yay! Happy Belated Bday gal! May you have a happy happy year ahead! :)

Caught 'Love me If you Dare', a french movie after that... Hmmm.. slightly twisted, kinda dark... and weird.. Hahaha... It wasn't a 'feel good' movie like Amelie was. This was well, disturbing. But I also kinda liked it.

And well, I've spent today either in front of the tv, in front of my laptop or eating. hahaha... I feel like a pig. Tried to clean my room up but well, I think I just created a mess on my table. And chucked things I don't want into a plastic, and things I don't need into one of the many cupboards in my room. hahaha.. Well Done Gillian... OKiez.. shall go off soon!

I'm already in first gear and raring to go... r-i-g-h-t! Why do I have 830 lessons???

JUNYANG!!! WHY aren't you get in???

Disappointed, shocked... Sigh...

I felt rusty after not driving for one week. Die lar... How? Its gonna be like that for the next few weeks cause I haven't been able to book any lessons. Where are the nice people who used to drop slots every night?

Have to drag myself up early tmr morning again cause I have to go for the final theory lesson. It's at 1030!

My heart broke for Wigan...

English Premier League kicked off last night.. .and tonight, there was a match between Chelsea, last season's champions and Wigan, a newly promoted team. Sth like David meeting Goliath... And well, Wigan managed to hold off Chelsea until like... 1 minute into extra time!!! (read: Just 2 minute before the game ended!) Wahraoz... Just a momentary lapse in defence and in goes the freaking ball! I was hoping for them to draw the match!

That will give Chelsea to think about - that money does not make the world go round.

Bah! Spoilt my mood...

Morning! =)

Blur me booked a driving lesson on Monday when I have to be in school... Oh well.. shall just go on Wed then...

Just pausing to ramble some of my thoughts before I start the day...

I think Charlie and the Chocolate Factory fell flat of what I expected. I thought it would be better. I liked the feeling of being transported ot another world but there was nothing else to it.

Was suppose to be at the airport now on my way to HK... but... unexpected change of plans. Upset? Not really... Disappointed? Kinda... but given the circumstances, I would give up everything in the world for things to get better. So I'll just use the time to do other things.. Like go Bugis Village to shop! and well, washing my bag, getting new stationery... Hahaha...

Been listening to this song by Hacken Lee on repeat for some time now... =) Some sappy love song...

聲聲慢*

愛慢慢等 慢慢冷 慢慢失去了信任 曾經以為 你是一切
心慢慢疼 慢慢冷 慢慢劃下了傷痕 如今回味 痛一整夜

慢慢失去感覺 慢 慢 慢 慢
過去是你陪我飛 但未來會有誰

慢慢失去感覺 慢 慢 慢 慢
思念的風 穿過了黑夜 回憶是最傷的醉

慢慢失去感覺 慢 慢 慢 慢 遺憾的眼淚 時間會解決 愛過就不後悔
慢慢失去感覺 慢 慢 慢 慢 我關了心 鎖上了黑夜 讓疼痛慢慢消退

Hacken Lee's Mandarin album 《爱可以问谁》 is out after like 10 years... His diction ain't fantastic... but it's bearable...

Liten to it here:
http://data.myidol.org/mf/displayer/albumDisplayer.php?geo=chinese&frab=00000000000&hra=0&fwmab=11111111111&hwma=1&fmp3b=&hmp3=0&ca=1&ar=Hacken%20Li&al=Who%20Can%20I%20Ask%20For%20Love&tr=11&emp3=0&mb=0&dn=myidol&myidolEB=1&user=

But it's like some old fogey singing... dun feel like it can rival what's on the pop market now by all the other pop singers... But I like Track 1 and 3! =)

Some of the songs are Mandarin versions of canto songs.. the problem is when u try and fit lyrics in, it ends up rather cheesy and weird... ahahahah...

Wah lao... the show doesn't have a freaking ending... OR rather, it just ended like that... I expected more...

I shall go sleep...

Am watching my 2nd movie tonight...

Caught 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' just now... Now, watching the 'Collateral' DVD... but well, it's not exactly very thrilling if I can find the time to blog... Maybe it is because I'm tired... and there's nothing really fascinlating about 2 guys driving round in a cab to assasinate people. Yes.. the whole show is basically about that 2 guys... Yawn...

OK... this amazing thing just happened... The car kinda crashed and rolled over and the 2 protagonists are still alive and kicking! Talk about reality... Hahaha... It's ending soon...

Came back from watching the NDP Parade from big screens at Marina South, caught the beautiful Fireworks, had dinner at Bugis, rotted at Starbucks till they chased us away...

Anyway, here's a nice fireworks clip... yeah.. just ignore the shouting in the background...
http://s26.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2276WGZ9D5MEY3GZ8WV6ZBC2P8

I love fireworks!

It feels as though it's a long time since I've blog. Too many things going on the past week... But it's all over and I'm glad all of them ended on a high note! =)

let's see.. spent loads of time getting to know the new campus. I realise my new school compound is very noisy. The automatic ascalators will buzz for an annoying long period of time if you happen to inch towards an escalator that does not operate in the direction you want to. Then, the gantry will produce a loud, embaressing beep if you stand to close to the person in front of you, try to smuggle ppl into the building. Use the same card to admit people. It's like some high security place. Oh.. I dun think I've mentioned that the card readers located outside rooms will beep incessantly when the doors are not shut. So much for a high-tech school...

Anyway, visited the School of Bio Sc @ NTU on Tues... Surprised the birthday girl, after which we proceeded to town for dinner... and we sat by the Esplanade riverside. I just adore that place!

Spent wed in SESS, preparing for Thurs' orientation.

Thursday... was spent collecting money and counting money... and well, being thoroughly entertained by the Social Science freshies. Working behind the scene is very different from being a helper or a participant. Most of the time, you don't see what is going on. You just sit around and busy yourself with pressing stuff, unexpected surprises, last minute screw ups. But it was good experience and exposure.

Fri... then went down to Chijmes for our first ever rehearsal... Reworking and finalising the script, all done in record time - one day before the actualy show! That day, I actually left school relatively early (read: 8pm) and wanted to go home for dinner. but there was no food at home cause they conveniently assumed that I would be otherwise engaged. Hahaha...

Sat morning was spent working out and finalising the details, powerpoint and stuff. Final rehearsals at Chijmes and I'm glad everything gel-led...

7 pm: The show begins... Well, the evening went by in a bit of a blur. Can't really remember what exactly happened and stuff. Was an unwilling accomplice to get freshies to take part in food challenges.

Let's see.. how does making the freshies consume thinge like belachan, mayonnaise, bittergourd, wasabi sound to you? I was kinda eeked out initially... But I guess it was ok. Hahaha...

Then after tt, it was boogey the night away! =)

I'm tired... like dead tired. From a culmination of events the past few days. A lot of things I cannot comprehend but who am I to question all that?

Frayed tempers, unspoken words... Non communication will only make things worse simply because it sends the wrong signals. I fear that certian things may be escalating to a boiling point whereby any small thing that happens will push one over the edge. Differences in characters, mentality, ideals...

Senseless ramblings to some, maybe even to me... Sometimes, I would prefer it so much more if I was cuddled up in bed with a good book. =) I just feel so sick and tired these days. trying to be as helpful as I can, trying to enjoy myself with whatever I do. But sometimes, things just do not work out the way you want them to. Maybe it has to do with the task, or the absurdity of the whole thing. In other cases, it may be how others are treating you or just differences in opinion or styles of working.