Happy Chinese New Year! (or issit Lunar?) Anyway, 恭喜发财， 身体健康， 万事如意！ 心想事成！

Chinese New Year seems to have crept up upon us amidst settling into a new term, busying myself with sch stuff, having a couple of public holidays prior to it, driving lessons... Actually, the tell-tale signs were all there... blasting of CNY songs from shops, the 'sudden' attack of the red!, aromatic pineapple tarts baking, buying of new clothes...

New Year to me is a period for eating and more eating. Reunion dinner(s), Bak Kwa, pineapple tarts, Kueh Bungkit (? the white stuff that melts in your mouth! => my fav!), mandarin oranges! You eat when you go visiting cause relatives will stuff you with food, my relatives came over on the first day and my mum cooked up a feast... Sigh.. how not to gain weight?

And with the new year comes a new layout... I think I change my layout like once a year? Now it is so pink! As usual, an SOS call... with my limited html knowledge, anyone can help expand the box? I feel that it's quite concentrated in the centre now.. got a lot of space at the side...

I feel like I'm trapped in a pit... trying ot claw my way up, but after inching up for a few centimetres, I fall back by even more... I can't seem to extricate myself from the sleep-late-wake-up-late cycle... When I sleep early, I end up sleeping even later the next night just because I have to finish something that I put off doing.

I need to get a grip on my life. What is important and what is urgent? Health vs Commitments? Sleep vs Readings?

I dragged myself up earlier than usual to go to school for an sppt @ 9... Needless to say, I happened to be late... It was supposed to be an experiment... So I didn't do it in the end... I'm feeling horribly guilty now... It's like breaking a promise... Maybe I shouldn't have signed up for it in the first place... or slept so late the night before...

And so i rushed ot school only to be told they had started.. So i trudged up to the library... and I've been here since 930.. Am supposed to get some research going on for another thing I signed up for... I think I'm just drowning myself by taking on too many things that I think I cna handle when I committed but the plot is unravelling horribly for me...

Am on a posting spree...

This is the gingerbread man that Claire gave me! :) It lost a leg cause I was hungry. :)

Well.. not a very clear pic.. but this is what is left of gingerbready... Yummy yummy!!!

I finally found a use for my International Econs text...

And no.. it is not for reading up for my econs class...

Ta dah!!!




it props my laptop up so that it won't get overheated up! Hahaha...

Just a thought...

I met an impatient man today...

I just thought, life would be nice if you stopped to sniff the flowers, to appreciate the things around you.

There are much more things to life than keeping a tight schedule and rushing from one appt to another. :)

I was once again a performer today... Yes.. I miss going on stage to perform something that has been painstakingly rehearsed for months.

I miss the jittery feeling backstage, the slight anxiety before we walk onto stage.
The ridiculous, but threatening thought: 'What if I fall when I walk across the stage?'

Tonight, some of them came back. No longer a 2 hour show, but just a 7 minutes piece, hours of rehearsals were put into it. SMU Grand Opening was today... I feel glad that I am actually able ot take part in such an event. The feeling is just great! How the collective cheer went out when we were informed that we were going according to dry weather plans.

The skies have been kind. It had been pouring almost incessantly the past fortnight... Yet, they decided to hold their showers tonight. Being one of the performers, we were mainly sitting around and waiting for instructions. I wonder how the committee must have felt as they tethered along the borders of anxiety, stress and worry.

TOnight was a night to remember. My first performance as a keyboardist. I'm glad I got roped in. Get to experience the arts again... A highly satisfying day. It made all the rehearsals worth it.

Now, as Meiju puts it, time to resume the life of a student...

Have you ever been in a class whereby you are so not interested in what is being taught?
Marxism? I haven't done the readings.. so I dunno what he is actually talking about.. Bleahz... :(

I need to get my life together again. Well, it is the first time in that many terms that I feel the need to read up and prepare before each class. But alas, the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. Am 3 weeks behind... plus tons of things looming and stuff to do.. *big sigh!*

Ooh.. my prof just talked about the 'Marriage of Figaro' (spelled correctly?) Hahaha.. reminds me of those days... except that nothing much is left except for certain names here and there.

I think gloomy, rainy days are taking its toll on me.. I've been feeling sluggish these few days... And it's always such a good time to sleep. Sometimes, i dun feel like going to school... actually, it's more like everyday.

But all in all, lessons are still so far so good... or maybe it is the company of Friends! Yay!!! They make up for the uncomprehensible greek and uninteresting modules... :) Not to mention, just chilling out with others...

Am behind on some deadlines.. oops.. will try to get it out as soon as possible...

Tennis is back in season! Yay! More things to entertain me and lure me away from my work...

Did I mention, i dun really like driving in the rain. Couldn't really see.. and somehow, I made a few bad judgment today. Tried to squeeze into the lane... and turn into the wrong lane... and tried to cur corners and stuff.. I should learn to be less reckless.

It's been quite a few wet and rainy days... Weather is chilly and nice... that is if you do not have to drag yourself out of bed or even the house to go out/school.

Am significantly enjoying my classes more this sem compared to last. Oh well.. maybe it is just a way of trying to psych myself for the term. International Econs still sound greek. So many concepts to remember. Very simple things that might have been overlooked is now brought back into play!

As for Theory and Analysis of Sociological Theory (T&A), I tried to do the 'short' (according to the prof) readings of 66 pages assigned. I barely got past page 4? It reminds me horribly of my democracy readings which I never really did till just before the exams and stuff. Actually, i think it is even more incomprehensible than Demo. Bleahz...

Now.. trying to do research for some stuff.. been looking at like webpages for like forever...

I feel a headache brewing.

IE = greek? I think I returned all my econs stuff to my econs tutor liao. I only retained snatches of it which I am racking my brains to recall in this first lesson of International Economics. Didn't help that I wasn't that good an econs student also.

Did I mentio how glad I am that I didn't take any morning classes?

Yay! My first post of the year!

Hmmmz... This blog has been going on for almost 3 years! That's a long time given that I tend to lose interest in things easily. I believe the Roylaties can attest to that.

The Hols just came and went.. and me? Too lazy to post anything on New Year's eve, or on New Year's day. I had to do it the day after new year!

What did I do yesterday? Hmmmz.. spent my technically my whole day at Tampines Mall helping my mum. It's been a while since I got down to work with kids. Nowadays, I prefer to spend time in front of my laptop, going out with frens than halping her out. YEsterday, I went there abeit reluctantly at first. But as the day went on, I kinda missed it. It reminded me of the 2 months I spent at United Square.

Actually, I can't believe school starts tomorrow. Technically, I know it starts tomorrow. But it's like I need to pinch myself to remind me of the fact. Hahaha... It feels weird cause it's like I dunno what I have to do.

Tomorrow, my sis also starts at her new school. At least she knows she has orientation, but me? Haiz.. just lessons proper followed by rehearsal! I just don't feel prepared for school. Anyway, it's as if the year hasn't ended at all. Days seem to blend into each other. The good thing is I have a 3 day week. So school and rehearsal on Tues and Wed. Driving on Thurs and Fri. Not bad huh? It's time to get that driving license before my 21st birthday! :)