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.

Caught 'The Island' today... Like the reviews put it, a lot of running in the show. Hahaha... Figured that it is quite easy to be a movie critic. ;)

The show moves a bit too slowly for my liking but the action sequences was good. Those blocbuster kind. Made for cinema cause I think if I watch this at home, I'll probably be switching channels halfway or turning the movie off cause it really requires a good sound system and big screen. Unless of course your house has a surround-sound, movie system.

Plot was kinda thin and predictable at some times... I felt that the lines could have been wittier cause it all semmed very serious.

Hmmm.. how's that for a maiden attempt at critiqing a movie? Oh ya.. forgot to add: I'll give it 3.5 out of 5 stars.

Thronged Bugis Village after that. Realised that the place isn't as small as I thought - all the nooks and cranny and corners. Small shops sprouting out from nowhere. Actually after a while, all the shops look the same. I mean they all sell clothes and more clothes... and bags. I mean that's about it. Hahaha...

Now, I'm in front of my laptop, refreshing the SSDC website every few minutes. Its the Singapore Safety Dricing Centre site. Yeah.. I'm trying to book (more) driving lessons for next week. All I see is a free slot on Mon evening at 6.55. But I dun feel like taking it. Oh.. will some kind person drop their slots for me???

OOOh... I really lurve the feeling of being behind the wheel of a car!!! Still driving in circles in the circuit but well... I'll go out onto the road some day~!~ I can't wait!!! I'm on a driving high!!!

Hahaha... went for dinner with the ga²s^4y gals today... Hahaha.. pure indulgence! Marche dinner - realised I haven't eaten there for some time... Then Gelare waffle followed by a Raspberry tea @ Starbucks... Hahaha... a lot hor! I think so too!!! but it was fun.

'Mental picture'... say cheese!!!

Thinking back, I think we did sth quite ridiculous and funny.. I can't exactly believe that we actually sat outside Starbucks @ Raffles City and started singing 屋顶, 窗外 and trying to harmonise them. Oh GOsh!!! Like 'pinch me!' I bet the other patrons thought we were a bit off our rockers! Hahaha.. but it was fun!!! Now I'm on a KTV high!!! Yay!!!

Woohoo~!~ I like driving! feels good to be able to control the car though I admit I wsa quite a kan cheong spider today. Hahaha...

Ok.. I shall learn never to put 2 back to back lessons. I realised it is like 3 hours 20 mins of lesson. Bleahz... after a while, cannot concentrate. the the turning gets from bad to worse. I did a lot of turning and shifting of gears from gear 1 to 2. I believe I went round the carpark like at least 50 times? hahaha...

Driving is like a memory game. At least for a manual car. Gotta remember so many things. 'Clutch, then depress accelerator', 'release clutch', 'accelerate', blah blah blah... Yeah.. and it needs a lot of coordination. I wonder how the instructors managed to look so relaxed when driving.

Nice lessons... wed my next one! Can't really wait!

Gillian is watching the rain free falling. Pitter-patter, pitter-patter...

Glad I'm snuggled up in the comforts of my home. Can't imagine what it'll be like if this happened during the camp!

Woke up early today.. maybe because I slept so long the day before. I forsee that I'll be reading a lot today. The National Library has nice new books~!~ Woah! Nothing beats the smell and feel of new books imo. Not to mention I have Half Blood Prince, but I haven't read the 5th book yet. Clever hor...

The rain's coming down in torrents now...

Listening to 屋顶 now... I wanna harmonise the song!!!

I slept for 15 hours!!! Mwahahaha... returned from Run 2 of orientation camp... Glad the camp went well. =)Hahaha... was better than the last run too! Good thing the weather held. The 'committee and helpers' corner was like turned into a gambling den lar...

Discovered I was peeling from the previous week's camp. One of the rare times I actually peel... But this time, didn't get burnt. Instead, I got attacked by mosquitos... I ended up with about 30 to 40 bites... Bleahz...

Chalet was fun! I never realised how much I missed karaoking until that night. A lot of fun and laughter and mahjong and more bridge. Yay!!! I wanna book Aranda for ALL chalets in future! It's spacious and the beds are nice~!~

Feeling sleepy again.. Hmmm.. maybe I slept too much. But having some 'down-time' after the hectic week. Starting my 1st driving lesson on Mon. Can't wait!

Ok.. a quick post before I leave for the chalet... Hahaha... Been trying to book for driving lessons. Bah~!~ I have a one month break between my 3rd and 4th lessons! All the other slots are taken up!!!

Maybe my life will return to normal after this week is over. By normal, I mean going out, nua-ing, meeting up with frens.. blah blah blah. This hols seem to be slipping through my fingers. It's like before I know it, there is 5 weeks before school reopens.. Yeah.. I know I shouldn't be complaining. Given that some people are already starting school next week. But oh wells. *shrugs*

My shoulders still feel a bit burnt.. and some angry, red welts have started appearing on my skin. Dunno which and what kind of stupid insect bit me...

Oh wells, gotta leave house soon and I'm still half done packing. Hahaha... Looking forward to the chalet. I feel as if we haven't met up for a really long time. Being away from civilisation for 3 days makes everything seem so distant, so foreign. Let's have some fun yodelling, crapping and being silly! =)

I'm BACK!!!

After being away from civilisation for like 3 days, tucked away in one small corner of sunny Singapore, I'm finally back! Haven't caught up with the news, haven't touched my laptop in about 3 days!!!

Lemme tell you.. I have never ever appreciated a nice,shower with warm water as much as the one I just had minutes ago. Not to mention in the confortable confines of my toilet. Bathing with cold water in the middle of the night in a makeshift toilet was alright... but it's so nice to feel hot water cascading down your back.

And I have never looked forward that much to sleeping on my soft bed. Sleeping on concrete with a thin layer of cotten was bearable.. except that whenever you turn, you'll hit hard ground. *ouch*

Camp was ok for me... But the weather was super freak. Raining one minute, sunny the next... I survived it all!!! Mwahahaha... and I think I did a lot of walking around Chinese Gardens (more than like 2 shopping trips combined). Totally haven't been there before... Hahahaha...

I'm super burnt. I'm freaking RED now!!! Yeah... the tan lines are pretty obvious now. I dun think I'll peel (cause I have never peeled) which is good I guess. Maybe I should just walk around Chinese Gardens next week with my palms facing the sky so that the underside of my arm will go darker too.. cause it is very uneven now.. Hahaha...

Ok... I'm so super craping. Working on auto-pilot now... Shall sleep.. Night~!~

Bleahz! I abhor public pools on weekends especially in the evenings... Yes.. it is a deliciously nice time to swim. Not much sun, just nice for lunch to settle. Unfortunately, it is also what every swimming coach thinks.

Wah lau eh... I seriously won't mind if the students swim laps leh... But I ABHOR, DETEST, AM EXTREMELY IRRITATED that the kids are made to swim across the pool (ie: swimmign the breadth instead of the length).

Then, you have to contest with all those styrofoam floats... and avoid being hit on the head! And despite me stopping in the middle of the pool to let them pass or looking from left to right furtively before proceeding, I got whacked in the face

It's like trying to jay-swim across a busy traffic junction. Bleahz...

Maybe I should comtemplate going at 12 noon when the scorching sun will hopefully dissuade the crowd from swimming. (and also increase my chance of getting skin cancer) GREAT~!~

Thursday... went for a super detoxifying lunch...


Organic Vegetarian Bak Kut Teh


Organic Vegetarian Bak Kut Teh! It was interesting to see corn, carrots and lady's fingers in the soup. Hahaha... but the carrot and corn was really really sweet! The taste was not too bad I guess.. but it wasn't really herbal... nor hot. Oh ya.. and I even took it with brown rice. Cause it's an organic food place...


The said Bak Kut Teh with Brown Rice... Healthy ar...

After that, proceeded to Somerset... Nah.. I didn't miss Singtel that much.. but went to get my hair coloured... Hahaha... Dun think it shows up very well i nthe photo.. but nvm.. shall jsut post it up... =)


new hair colour

After dunner, took a long long walk from Somerset to Esplanade. Not bad huh? I think we clocked in at 30 mins? or maybe a bit more... Back to the IOC place.. and the 4th floor was still swamped with people.

Caught the National Acappella Championships. Nice blend-y renditions of pop songs, oldies, evergreen.. Woah~!~ Hats off to the people who actually arranged the songs. 'This Love', 'Dancing Queen', 'Heal the World' and loads of Chinese songs. And there's a singer from Verve Enharmonics that really really sounded like the singer of Beegees. He really stole the show... Both groups from NUS: Resonance and Verve Enharmonics were really good. Blended and sang well as a group - it was so soothing that I kinda started to drift off. I really appreciate things that is done through group effort. Hahaha...

Tomorrow should be stay home day if everything goes according to plan. I need to detox from going out...

Woah~!~ 2 days after I stopped work.. Did loads of stuff...

On Wed, was suppoesed to go down to faraway NUS yet again... but thanks to Baoqin, we didn't have to do anymore research, looking for election stats! Thus, I went to get my elusive PDL. like finally... Woohoo~!~ I can't wait to start lessons. After tha, it was Thorpe-hunting @ Raffles City. Too bad I didn't even get to see anyone that remotely resembled him. So the only thing to commerate my visit there was a photo next to the Vanda IOC!


Me @ Raffles City

Maybe I should work in the media. I got very fascinated seeing people do live reporting and stuff. Too bad security was damn tight. How I long for a pass to get to the 4th level where the IOC thingee was held on the 4th floor.

After that, took an hour plus long tour of the new SMU campus... Nice place, nice feel~!~ Looking forward to studying there. Long long long underpass. I wonder how many tons of soil was removed. But it seriously feels like a mall. Yes.. I know it is gonna be one...

Why did London win the Olympic bid? No Paris...

Been wanting to post this up for some time... Hahhaa.. I like this head-shaking creature that operates by Solar power only.. Mwahahaha... It's cute! Oh.. my sis got it from Thailand.. Yes.. it can be found here too.


The shaking head thingee my sis got me from Thailand 

It's my last day of work tomorrow.. After a grand total of 6 weeks and 2 days.. The way I look at it, for the past 6 weeks, I've entered into the lives of my colleagues, managers and other people around who see me at work everyday. Tomorrow when I leave, I will be extracted from their lives. I will go on to lead my own life, pursue my education and they will still be caught up in the hustle and bustle of their lives... The odds of us meeting again is not huge.

Yeah.. and after I end work.. Out of the frying pan, into the fire... Busy busy weeks ahead...

Shall go sleep now... dun wanna be late foe my last day @ work!

Hahaha.. the power of the media.. I see why sometimes, there can be so much misunderstanding and how things, when taken out of context can have totally different meanings.

I took this off 2 different match reports of the semi-final match of Wimbledon between Thomas Johansson and Andy Roddick. Roddick won the match partly due to a lucky shot. So here is Roddick's comment on it:

" The timing could not have been better for me, " Roddick said of the net cord. "I felt guilty about it."

versus

"Commenting on the net cord in the final tie-break, Roddick said: "It was lucky. The timing of it could not have been any better for me. I felt guilty about it for a second then I got over it."

The truncating of a few words... 'for a second then I got over it' makes the 2 statements sound different.. Hahaha...

Ok.. enought tennis mania... Tmr's exciting match up.. Roger Federer vs Andy Roddick in the Finals...

Gillian is feeling cynical and skeptical... must be the air on the 31st floor cooupled with boredom.

I happen to have an issue with people who practices selective reading. and of those who assumes too much? Just making an ASS out of U and ME!!!

I also think that when you promise to do sth, it should be done as best as possible... unfortunaltely, I don't feel as if I am giving my best and that what I am doing is sth good.. Bleahz... I need to focus!

This week went by in a flash... 2 more days of work.

Angelina Jolie is freaking hot!!! Caught Mr & Mrs Smith.. The chemistry between Brad and Angelina was *wow!* SUPERB! They just look so fantastic together.. *drool*

But I felt that the movie was similar to 'Tomb Raider' whereby Angelina is the heroine and everyhitng. Brad was there but not there.. Hahaha.. more of an ornament? And I prefer Brad with longer hair... He looks like he just came out went into NS and was given those 'very nice' haircuts... Coupled with a couple of lame, ridiculous and elaborately choreographed action sequence... I would give the movie maybe a 3.5 to 4 stars out of 5...

Yes... it's hilarious how a couple can look like they are doign some kind of dance, moving in sync while tying to fend for themselves and kill off a few dozen enemies..

- End of movie report -

The rest of the week? went by in a flash... SS orientation is finally in the pipelines. Venue looks good, programmes sound promising.. We'll battle this one out... ;)

'Why do you ask him move heaven and earth
To prove his love has worth?

Would he walk on water?
Would he run through fire?
Would he stand before you
When it is down to the wire
Would he gave his life up
To be all he can
Is that, is that, is that how you measure a man? ' ~ Measure of a Man, Clay Aiken

This lyrics have been popping up in my mind... How do you measure the people around you? By how much they are willing to do for you? How much they are willing to sacrifice for you? or issit something more?

The quote by Morrie about taking things for granted came to my mind again... part and parcel of life? I need to be more appreciative of the beautiful things and people around me instead of letting the bad one ruin my days...

Been reading Tuesdays with Morrie' by Mitch Albom. It's about the life lessons a Professor passed on to his student (Mitch) just before he passed away.

It's a very quote-worthy book I would feel... and one of my favourite quote:

'So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing something they think is important. This is because they are chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning. '

and another one here on the 'Tension of Opposites'

Life is a series of pulls back and forth. You want to do one thing , but you are bound to do something else. Something hurts you, yet you know it shouldn't. You take certain things for granted, even when you know you shouldn't take anything for granted.

It's official...

I'm ending work on 5th July. Which is another 7 working days time... After being there for 5 weeks, I think I'll kinda miss the place. Environment is much better now... plus I've kinda settled into a kind of routine... and time really flies.

Oh wells, it's time to move on. Just like so many other things... Anyway, I seem to have a hectic July packed up already... camp, chalet, outings...

Anyway, what's with baggy pants that hand on the edge of guy's butt? Some hip-hop style? Or were they taking heed of a judge's comment made on Project Superstar? The judge, when commenting on a contestant's outfit 'The pants can be of a larger size, if u really want a certain look, do your best to perfect and complete it...'

Why the tirade on guys and baggy pants? Cause I was walking along Orchard Road when these 2 guys in front of my were pulling up their pants... and erm.. their briefs... Yesh.. I wonder if they were trying to show off to the world they were wearing 'Calvin Klein' briefs...

As Fran would put it, I went hunting for nice, juicy 'mangoes' today... Mwahahhaa... but I didn't find anything. All the nice stuff were 'harvested'.

Yes.. 'THE' Mango sale is now on... visited the branch at Centrepoint during lunch and after work... The queue at the cashier was atrociously long during lunch. When I went back after work, the place looked as if it had been bombed! Clothes were strewned everywhere, more snaking queues, people pulling on top after top and standing in front of the mirror to see how they looked. Didn't manage to find anything though... It was too chaotic for me... and ya.. no more nice stuff. *sob*

I thin Mango really like having their outlets converted to a warzone once a year... I remember last year, people were queuing up outside the Raffles City Branch... But i pity the staff who has to clear up after the last shopper exit...

Ok.. I'm on a tennis craze again. 2 Grand Slams in a month. Oh.. Grand Slams are considered the most prestigious tennis tournaments and there are 4 a year - Australian, French, Wimbledon and US.

I'm suffering from blog-stipation. Nothing seems interesting to blog. Or rather, certain things are best left unsaid... Maybe I should go an a hiatus... It's time to sleep...

Anyone wanna watch Batman?

Justine Henin-Hardenne got ousted in the first round of the Grand Slam, Wimbledon by Eleni Daniilidou of Greece... 6-7 (8-10), 6-2, 5-7. Right after her amazing comeback from a viral attack last year which saw her win the French Open and 4 back to back tournaments.

Sigh...

As the date for bidding draws near (it opens tmr...) I see an interesting trend in MSN nicks... People are whining one way or another with regards to their timetable, scheduling and bidding woes.. hahaha...Yeah.. me inclusive...

I lurve weekends... Time to go and sleep...

Procrastination is the thief of time.. Yeah.. how many times have I uttered this phrase? Still.. never learn from my mistakes.. ooh la la... but it's finally done. Oh... I was compiling the results of some survey that I conducted. Hahaha...

Hmmm.. will be making one of my last few trips to SMU's Bukit Timah campus tmr... Oh wells.. better settle everything that I have been saddled with. Research, survey and the works.

I'm too tired to blog. Bleahz... my mind's blank...

I felt like a porcupine today. Went for my first ever acupuncture session cause my neck has been aching. Having needles poking out of my back while lying was well.. a new experience. Hahaha.. but it wasn't as horrifying as I thought. Oh wells... but I feel so much better now. =)

Went cycling today... Had a good workout... But then along the way, I enjoyed a nice, big and juicy coconut for only 2 bucks. Which I felt was quite cheap given that it was in East Coast. It was real gigantic... and I felt like a 水桶 cause the coconut seemed bottomless and I was still drinking after a long time. Hahaha...

as usual, ended up with tire marks smearing my legs.. I guess it is the way I dismount? hahaha... the bike was too tall for me. and I tried using only 1 hand to control the bike.. a bit straining but could lift my other hand for a few seconds. yay! Shall experiment mor ethe next time. But I tell you.. it is NOT ADVISABLE to cycle @ East Coast on weekends. I think I spend more time slowing down, manuvering to avoid hitting bladers and small kids riding those 4 wheelers. Kinda annoying for me... I like cycling at a constant pace without much obstructions in front. hahaha...

Ok.. I shall go sleep now... exhausted...

I seriously think I get my life back only on weekends. Let's see.. I was at the airport on Fri to pick my sis who came back from Thailand. Kinda reminded me of my own Thai trip in Sec 4. Anyway, I was early cause I went straight from work... It was kinda surreal taking the train, being absorbed in my book and ignorig the mass of people on the way there. Since I was early, sat at Coffee bean to have coffee. Their Belgium Choc thing was like SUPER RICH! Very strong chocolate after taste...

I wished I could be one of those pulling luggages too, flying of to some distant country. Yes.. my desire to go abroad is really VERY GREAT!

Met up with the Group One people today.. Seems like EONS since I last saw them.. As usual, it was a pigging out session (What else right?). Loads of crap... Hahaha...

And I finished a book yesterday... 'Scent of Danger' by Andrea Kane. Read a huge chunk of it at the airport.. went home to finish it. The plot was not bad. Hahaha... That's so me... Usually, I try to finish my books in 1 reading.. unless it is too heavy which means I dun read a lot.. Cause I dun have the luxury of a whole day to enjoy my book.

Hahaha.. this is called 'Practicing Selective Blogging'.

Your IQ Is 125

Your Logical Intelligence is Above Average Your Verbal Intelligence is Genius Your Mathematical Intelligence is Genius Your General Knowledge is Exceptional

A Quick and Dirty IQ Test

I spent one and a half hours cutting my hair.. Can you believe it!!! Ya.. the guy was very patient, helping me thin my thick hair that was spewing all over the place. And tried his hardest to blow the curls out.. But alas.. after I washed my hair, it no longer has the 'bob' look.. Hahaha... As usual, the hairstylist asked me to rebond my hair if I want to keep the unruly curls under control. Oh well... I've been tempted too many times but well... if I'm that desperate to have straight hair, I would have jumped on the rebonding bandwagon ages ago when it was a big hit a couple of years ago. Ok lar.. parental opinions also has a part to play in this decision. =)

I amaze myself sometimes.. I really wonder why I procrastinate doing some things so much and yet, when I bother to sit down and finish it, it is less tedious and takes up less time than I imagined it to be.

Work is picking up... I remember whining for the first week that I was slacking for stretches of hours.. Now, I'm just staring at excel sheets the whole day. jumping from one file to another.

I just feel like I spend 9 hours everyday from 830 to 630 in twilight zone or sth... I feel cut off from civilisation. and I only open my mouth to talk for that one hour during lunch. I feel deprieved of talking. Hahaha...

Gillian has been rather crabby of late... Been losing my patience at trivial stuff.. No good... I should really go pick up sth new before I rot and die from the boring routine of going to work and back home where I spend a couple of hours in front of the tv and/or computer.

It's a Friday! 2 glorious day ahead! Hmmm... when you start working, are weekends the only think you look forward too? Shucks.. Maybe I should start getting a life...

GSS is on! But nth has really caught my eyes... Which I guess is good. Can save money. Hahaha... Life's a bore...

Know how people are glad it is a Friday and they go TGIF (Thank God it's Fri)? Well, I was on my way t owork on Monday and I thought... ONIM (Oh No! It's Mon!) Do you think it will be as catchy as TGIF? Think not.. Hahaha...

Anyway, I feel so unmotivated after I started working. It's like I miss out on the little joys in life, not excited, feeling immune to a lot of things. Hell... I kinda feel like a zombie that wakes up at 8, goes to work for like 10 hours, reach home, have dinner, plonk myself in front of the TV watching tennis matches and then come online and surf a bit then sleep at 1 or there about. been following this regime for a couple of days now.. I don't even bother appearing on MSN nowadays... Sigheth...

Oh ya.. should I get a MuVo?

Working makes me appreciate weekends more.
Working tires me out.
Working is heping me to re-adjust my body clock. Yes.. I try to sleep before 1 everyday because I have to drag myself up at 8.

Shucks lar.. I just got a mail regarding exchange.. briefing is on 17th June... Bah! I'm working!!! Shall take leave or sth.. Hahaha...

Anyway, have not been blogging much... after staring at my laptop the whole day at work, Dun really feel like looking at another computer screen... Plus I am busy watching the French Open. hahaha... I feel kinda cut off from the rest of the world. It's like Mon-Fri is work day. Then I only have the weekends to slack, watch tv and stuff. I wonder what I do on weekday nights.

Anyway, I have aan affinity for getting jobs whereby my supervisors stay late, or are ultra busy or stuff like that. Hahaha.. I see uncanny resemblance in my present job and my past job at the law firm. Oh well.. I hope I can learn sth new. I daresay my excel skills are a wee bit better after 4 days. But we'll wait and see... Welcome to the corporate life. I dun think that is for me though.. Hahaha...

Gillian had her 1st day at work... Her horoscope today should have read: 'You will be unexpected. Sitting alone in a sea of strangers.' She rotted for 4.5 hours. with absolutely nth to do...

So she sent out like 30 smses to freinds who would listen to her whine and have a conversation with her. And played a stupid word game:

In the word CONSOLIDATED, she found 15 three-letter words, 22 four-letter words, 6 five-letter words, 1 seven-letter word, 1 eight-letter word and 1 eleven-letter word. Hahaha...

But after I got my laptop, it was fine. Was busy calculating. experimenting with Excel... May tomorrow be a better day... Maybe I should prepare sth in case of unforseen circumstances.

I woke up to a letter from the 'Traffic Police Division' on the coffee table this morning.

They sealed the enveloped with super glue or sth... Took me a long time and a lot of unsightly tears on the envelope before I could retrieve the piece of paper inside.

The first thing I saw: 'Successfuly candidates are required to produce this notification and identity card personally when applying for a Class 2B PDL!!!'

ahahhaa.. .I passed my Basic!! yay!!! Thanks to all well wishers. ;) Shall try to give u all a lift in like... 1 yr's time? (though I hope I'll be able to drive much sooner!)

I thought today was just gonna be an ordinary day of KTV and a good dinner... and of course, getting pressies...

Fine... I got a sms at 11 saying that the meeting time was pushed back by 1 hour. Fine with me cause I was still lazing in bed. When I was bathing, Siyi called. She refused to leave a message. Just nice after I emerged from the bathroom, Angie called.

My jaw dropped when she asked me to open the door... :o

Oh well, so I thought I'll just get escorted to town. Then...


Tada~!~ 

The cake looks quite pro right? Well, the 2 non-home econs girls actually baked this!!!


Pics of the lovely and delicious peach yogurt cake (with loads of butter cream) 

Siyi and Angie!!!

*Muacks!!!* I LOVE YOU BOTH!!!

I'm really touched that you all stayed up till 530 to bake the cake and for coming down all the way to surprise me!!! Thanks for making the 21st of May 2005 such a memorable one!!! Hahaha...


US! 

Had a scrumpelicious dinner! Look at the food we polished off! Well.. glad that it was well within 'budget'! ;)


Dinner! 

Ok.. I'm having fun experimenting with Picasa now... So here are more pics!


More pics! 

Happy Happy Gillian...

Well.. getting serenaded with a birthday song by strangers was quite an experience... =) Dinner at pastamania was made nicer by Meiju who came down to meet us. Thank you to Claire, Renjie, Baoqin for the not-so-surprise surprise... hahaha... So paiseh!!! but I really appreciate it!!! and the cheesecake was SUPER NICE!

A big thank you to Ade, Crystal, Cheryl, Sining, Wenjie, Hanjie (I dunno if all of you are reading this, but anyway) for the presents. Hahaha.. listening to the CD now... Nice~!~ Shall start on the book soon. Thanks especially to Ade and Crys who took time out even though both of you are busy preparing for Cambodia. ;) See you in 1 mths's time!!!

Thanks for the SMS-es and birthday wishes... Gillian really really appreciate it. *hugs*

I'm 20!!! I'm 20!!! I'm 20!!! *bounces up and down*

Hahahaha... Just hyper...

Anyway, I think this year's date is so cool!!!
20052005! Gillian turns twenty on the twentieth of May, twenty-oh-five. Cool right?

My last posts as a teen... *SobZ* Growing OLD!!! Ya.. and what will happen when I turn 30 man... Hahahaha...

Nah.. I dun think I'll wake up and morph into someone totally new... Though sometimes, tt thought does cross my mind... but nvm... But I guess when you hit the 'TWO-oh', it marks another phase of your life? Or maybe I will get to see the changes when I hit 21. hahaha...

Anyway, just thought I'll do a little take back on my teenage years... Yesh.. Think this will be rather short since I've been talking quite a lot about the pass in the previous entries. Readers, just bear with me... Actually, you can just skip this whole post... hahaha...

13 marked the 1st year. The 1st yr in SN where I spent 4 glorious years! I have simply too many wonderful memories to jot them down, met many of you... yes, you special people who have become a part of my life... A blur Sec 1, the only one from my primary school... joined choir by elimination. (Yeah.. I didn't want to pick up a 2nd instrument though I'm regretting it now).

Then after 4 years... year 17 and 18 was spent in VJ... Actually I remember sleeping in almost EVERY lecture in J1... Dun ask me how I did it. I dun really believe it now when I think about it.. Hahaha... After that, all I remember is like ponning lects, going to the lib, physics tuition, choir practices and mugging for the 'oh-so-impt' A levels...

Spent a good half of my 19th year of existence working... and learning and seeing new things... Spent the next half grappling with a new school, new friends, new passion...

I see myself changing over time... I see priorities shifting. And well... I love all of you out there who have been there for me, listen to me crap, whine, moan, be it ppl I've met from SN, VJ or SMU. Thanks for being part of my life.

Hahaha.. it's 12 now... Spent quite some time blogging... ;)

Ok.. This shall be one of my last few posts as a teenager...

I got the Singtel job!!! Yay! Thanks a lot Fran! Yeah... 1 week after the interview and test...

Gillian is now gainfully employed!

My arms feel as if they have just broken off like an over-used pair of oars... Proud to say I swam 30 laps...

Nevertheless, it is nice to go swimming in the evening... You dun get the sun - therefore, you reduce the risk of getting some deadly cancer. The air is just about right. Not scorching hot as compared to the afternoon. And you dun have to wake up early... =)

All the reality shows I watch have either drawn or are drawing to a close... Sigh... American Idol will end next week... This year's fight to get into the finals is tough... Not like last year's. OK. All 3 finalists are not exactly 'Idol' material. But I guess they'll undergo some packaging course. I like Carrie since the start though she really has nada, zilch, zero, kosong stage presence. Bo, I don't want him to win. I mean he is a good performer... Ok.. I'm not a 'rock' type of person and I dun see what's so nice abt this guy swinging his long hair and jumping around on stage. he just screams the rock songs. Maybe if he did more ballads, I may like him better.

Back from SOV... Somehow, I felt the songs they sang were much better than what we did last time. As in more challenging? More like 'Water Night'? And the juniors seem to be multi-talented.. Hahaha.. Instruments were 'incorporated'... Clarinet, Violin...

I felt like it was more like a gathering. You see seniors, juniors, friends...

No man is an island,
No man stands alone
Each man's joy is joy to me,
Each man's grief is my own...

Back from basic theory test... It was ok I guess but then again, it was how I felt after I took last year.. and I failed... Hahaha... I'll update next week...

SOV in 2 hours plus time? Hahaha... I should really go get ready to leave the house. Toodles~!~

Mugging Studying for tmr's Basic Theory... Frankly, I don't care whether it is a dotted white line or a continuous white line or a continuous double right line that acts as a road divider... bah! But then, I learnt that those under 1.5m are actually exempted from wearing seat belts. Hahaha... 90 over more rules to memorise... Sianz... Feels like mugging for some exam or sth.

I hope I can pass tmr's test!!!

Went for 'It Takes Two' today... It was HILARIOUS!!! I laughed till my cheeks were sore... somewhat like after smiling for too long at the camera. but the jokes they told.. so tongue in cheek.

I guessed it was because the topics Selena and Hossan covered were very 'Singaporean'. From migrating to Australia, to the IRs, to just talking cock... I like their singing... and Hossan is such an accomplaished pianist.

Sigh... I better start mugging for my basic theory on Tues... Die!

Went back to St Nics today... after like 1 yr plus plus plus? I really cannot remember the last time I went back. Teacher's Day in J1? Anyway, the school is painted a disgusting pale yellow and rusty red combination with PURPLE doors!!! Everyone.. Say 'YUCKS!!!'. I wonder who is the one with such bad taste. Ok... Maybe it is not to my taste. But ya... And they kinda colour coded the school by level? Like scared that peopel will get lost with their 'half' levels??? They painted the secondary block GREEN!!! Scream people!!! Even the walls near the primary school music room. The green walls made it feel as though the area is closing in on me... I have no idea what is the fascination with the rusty red... Even the pillars in Sunken Forum are that colour. Makes everything blend with the track and the roofs of the houses along Ave 2!!! and they named the science labs 'A to H'. Oh.. and the pillars in the canteen ar epainted differenct colours.. and so is the ceiling of sunken forum. Like my friend said, it looks like a kindergarden. or maybe even a kindergarden not dun look that bad...

Yes.. enough whining about how bad/hideous/horrendous it looks. Cause I really miss the place... We took a walk to the new extension... then went down to New Music Room, walk thru the back where the peacocks are kept... pass the MEP rooms and back up to the canteen. Memories of the place - like Geog remedial in the Humanitiess Room, Experiments in the science labs, Choir in MPRSitting at the specs stand, last minute mugging for O lvl Chinese exams at the round thingee...

I still feel attached to the place. You can take a SN girl out of SN, but you will never take SN out of a SN girl... Sounds corny? I dunno.. but I think it is kinda true...

Ok.. enough reminiscing of SN.

I think NUS Library is freaking big... and it has so many books!!! Saw a few psycho books I would like to flip through... Somehow, I never sort of bothered to find out what sort of book SMU library carries. Hahaha... And I took a non-aircon 151 to NUS. Hahaha... I almost forgot those bus existed. Those with the rattling windows, noisy exhaust whereby you get wind (and a lot of carbon monoxide blown in ur face). I thought they were phased out eons ago. I mean I do see non-aircon 186 passing SMU bus stop... and maybe I did see a few 151s.. but somehow, it didn't really register in my long term memory... Hahaha... But it was a good experience because it wasn't raining today and it wasn't too hot and crowded...

Not in the mood for anything much... Still have 3 unwatched DVDs. Maybe I should start on them soon. Library book overdues... Darn!

Read in the Sunday Times yesterday that we should not write in long sentences that comprises of 50 words or more as it will become too dreary for the reader and will be ineffective in sending the message across, unless it expresses the same train of thought and even in the event that we do manage to come up with such a freaking long sentence, it should be sandwiched between much shorter ones. Ok... Let's see how many words did the above come up to: 72 words.

Hahaha... Holiday plans are still not fixed yet... Been slacking too much for my own good... but then, I'm still enjoying it... So I guess... It's been 3 weeks and 3 days since I ended my last paper. Time just seems to pass by...

Gillian is bored. Any nice games, books to recommend? Ok.. I know this is a little tongue in cheek for those of you who are out there slogging working your guts out... But well, hope ur jobs will go well!

Gillian shall look elsewhere for entertainment...

I'm hungry. Gillian, the night owl is on the prowl again...

Like my new layout? Yes, It was supposed to be bright and cheery, but well, though the background is still black, I think this mood is much lighter than the other one... Ahahahaha...

Shall go find food...

I'm so glad Scott's finally out of AMI!!! Ok... actually his voice kinda grows on me. I kind of liked his voice when he was singing tonight.. But a bit too late. Plus, I can't stand his guts.. super arrogant.. and that sneer on his face. The camera should have turned to his face when Ryan announed that Vonzell, Carrie and Bo were the Top 3. I would love to see the smug look being wiped off his face. Afterall, he looked super pleased when he was told to go over to the couch. I think he should have been voted off long long ago! Then maybe Constantine would have stayed on for another week.

Anyway, I think Anthony's version of Incomplete is much better than BSB. Sorry lar.. but their vocals a bit cannot make it... Or it may be the version that I streamed. It just sounded weak.. Thought that Anthony's version was stronger.

Yes... welcome to my life. I watch TV, read story books... Just finished 'Howl's Moving Castle' (the novel by Diana Wynne Jones). Understood what some ppl meant when they say the movie didn't follow the novel closely... But now I feel like watching the movie again...

Need to change my blogskin... This is a happy month!!! Hahaha... But need to run errands again tmr... Sigh...

Had a super duper long meeting tonight... Started at 7 plus and ended at 10 plus... So many things happening, so many things going to happen... But this entry is not going to be about the meeting. Instead, it is going to be about me!

Sometimes, I ask myself what I want out of life. Often, the answer is not clear. I know I want to travel, I know I want to experience working in other countries. I know I want to be surrounded by people I love. I want to be respected. On the other hand, I think I take a rather laid-back attitude on stuff...

Can't get a job? Nevermind lar...
Missed out on a grade by a bit? Don't bother appealing.
Things don't go my way? Oh well, other things may come along.

I guess I can say that I accept things as they come and as long as it is within some 'acceptable limits' that only my mind can fathom. And it helps to be optimistic about things. I guess I learnt my 'never say die' and 'nothing is impossible' attitudes from my mum. (Yah.. and I learnt 'Impossible is Nothing' from Adidas)

But that being said, it also doesn't mean that nothing can bring me down. I'm still exploring my limits, I still get pissed off, I still whine... But I live by a super cliche motto "Anything that doesn't kill me will only make me stronger"

Ok... just some thoughts of the moment.

It is good to cherish what you have, to be thankful for the people around you. Without my friends, there would be no one for me to whine to, no one to listen to me patiently, to put up with my nonsense.

I never realise how important my family is to me. I won't be who I am without my parents... From trivial things like my passion for Hongkong stuff (shows, singers, songs) to the way I live my life and the way I approach life.

I appreciate the closeness I share with my siblings. How we can crap with each other and don't shut each other out of our respective worlds. I like my sister's witty retorts and brilliant ideas. My brother's thoughtfulness and kindness. (Yeah, he picks me up from the bus stop if I reach home too late) Yes... simple gestures like that warms my heart and makes me feel truly blessed.

On hindsight, I may not be that good fren. I tend to turn up late, forget birthdays, overlook details. Not as meticulous as I would like to be to my friends.

It's been one of the most reflective entries for some time. Usually, I just steer clear of revealing too much about myself... but decided to pen these thoughts down today. No particular reason, no particular message to send out. Perhaps just for future reference.

Sometimes it is not good to keep pondering and weighing pros and cons (Like who will read it and how they feel after reading it). I realised I missed out blogging a lot of stuff. Usually, I don't bother to describe things in details. Now, it becomes a just blurry memory.

Reading my archives, I don't think I will make it as a 'famous' or 'infamous' blogger liks xiaxue or mrbrown that will command a huge following of readers. Yes.. you see this childhood dream of attaining 'celebrity' status (Must have read too many fairy tales).

I feel slack... I read and hear about people working, doing meaningful stuff. Me? I'm just like waking up late after staying up to chat, going out, reading, playing games.

I really ought to get sth done soon... My mum just asked me today why I refused to go back to help out at the law firm since I am so slack and I just hang around and do nth... I keep thinking that I'll be busy with my driving and stuff after my basic theory. But will I really be? I mean it is hard to predict what will happen. As for devoting my time to community service, I haven't exactly heard from the organisers yet... Maybe I should go look for sth to do. Pick up cross stitch again? Piano?

Ya... maybe I should just move my butt off the chair and start doing sth instead of sitting here and whining about it.

I don't get it sometimes... why is it so difficult for people who are bigger in size to find nice clothes?

Why must clothes that come in bigger size make the wearer look like an auntie? Or have designs that scream 'auntie' from 10 miles away?

This has to do with media portrayal of 'the perfect body'. I mean it is NOT a crime to be overweight... I think it is disgusting that girls who are like super thin complain that they are 'fat'. Some of this can be genetic... and people can't exactly control how they look and develop. Yes... there are some who doesn't give a damn... but there are those who try and still, they can't really change things. Would we really look at these people differently and discriminate against them?

Advertisements for slimming pills and slimming centres don't really help... plus, who can question the effectiveness of such stuff? I mean them getting slim celebreities to endorse these products is like... *bangs head*

Sometimes, it seems that it is such a crime to be fat. People think that you are a glutton, that you are a lazy sloth... But i think it is better to be fat and healthy than thin and unhealthy... I mean some people just smoke to stay skinny. How healthy is that?

I just wish that shops will actually stock up more on nicer clothes for bogger size people? I mean they are widely available in the States, Europe, Australia cause most of them there are bigger size than us. So why can't some of these be brought over here?

Well, the long weekend has just passed.. .Well, it didn't exactly make a difference to me cause I'm slacking... But nonetheless, decided that I should finally pack my room and started clearing my notes and readings... Then i decided my drawer needed cleaning out too. And I couldn't stand my earrings being all over the place in plastic bags... So I did up....

Ta.. Da...


My Earring Storage Box!!! (oh.. and that's my sis in purple mugging for mid terms)

Oh well.. but I realised I dropped like halves of 2 of my favourite pairs and broke half of another one I really really like... Yeah.. I think I am a careless girl. So I'm going to look for materials to try and re-create my lost earrings... Anyway the materials look buy-a-ble...

And yesterday, I went to Rivervale @ faraway Seng Kang for Sakae... (ok lar.. it wasn't tt far) Ahahaha... then went to town and shopped... Well, bought a pair of new heels... I like it A LOT!!! I'm too lazy to go take a photo of them... So you'll see then when u next see me!

Today is packing day... well.. cause my laptop's not with me... Ya.. this 'packing' thing occurs at a few predicatable times a term only... See... I pack my stuff usually the weekend of the term break.. then after that I'll pia for projects and tests, after which my notes, papers and stuff will be strewened all over the place... Then I'll consolidate them during the study break week... and finally, file them up one fine day after exams (like today!)

Actually I'm still left with Social Psych... but now the thing is questioning the usefulness of filing things up. What are the odds of me ever referring to them anyway. Things like democracy? BGS? Hmmm.. at least for psychology stuff, it may come in handy one fine day... but then the rest are like...

Just like the pile of 'A' level materials.. Yes.. I religiously filed everything away. I have lik3 or 4 files for Maths alone cause it was for 2 subjects.. btu I don't even see myself referring to them anymore! And I think keeping like Maths stuff is not much of a use. But then... I can't bear to throw them all away leh...

Ya... I realise I still have some of my MEP notes... and Lit notes... Hahaha.. don't ask me why I still keep them... But it is not as if I'll ever need to know the character analysis of Scout from To Kill a Mockingbird or about the plot of Romeo and Juliet!

So I keep a lot of junk (or rather, memories)... and I'll accumulate even more over the years. And them I'll start throwing some away to make room for the newcomers. and I forsee that this cycle will continue!

After spending the afternoon playing this game, with music churning out via Windows Media Player, I conclude that my Wondows media player is a fan of Jay Chou and Avril Lavigne.

Why so?

Simply because it played a few other Jay's songs and in particular 世界末日 at least twice... Yeah... I remember cause of the screaming part. Ditto for Avril Lavigne. It seems to appreciate her 'Thing's I'll never say' Play count stands at 15!

And my player is on shuffle. And out of the tons of song I have, the player picks song by a few selected artistes. Hmmm.. Looks like I have a choosy player.

Anyway, if you like investigation-like, who-dunnit games, the above game can be quite interesting. Basically you take on the role of an investigator. Fine. I'm just too bored at home cause after a while, the game gets a little boring. It's kind of like those point-and-click games.

Oh... got back all my grades for this term. Happy.

I really enjoy snuggling in bed and reading a book... Missed that feeling.

Had durian and rambutan for supper... Ok.. not exactly supper.. but I ate them like 5 mins ago... Haven't eaten durians in AGES! Ooh... the soft, creamy flesh... Yummilicious! And the rambutans were sweet!!!

Oh ya.. remember what I wanted to blog about liaoz... went for an OG gathering yesterday.. That is like when I haven't seen them around much in school... But it was fun... BBQ in faraway Jurong... Well, crappy OG group... but it was fun... and 终极密码 seems to be 'THE' game to get people to eat all the leftover food...

Oh.. did I mention that there was a CUTE Golden Retriever puppy called Casper!!! Ahahaha... ok.. now I think I will go back to my book...

I'm finally to start to feel that the laptop is not number 1 priority!

Walked to Novena Square just now to get some stuff from Cold Storage... Saw this group of people doing line dance there... I guess they are there every Thursday. Been seeing them for quite some time...

Well, it just reminds me of St Nicks... Anyone still remembers how to do the line dances? Well.. still haven't found a job.. But I'm also not looking for one that actively. If you all have lobang let me know!!!

Anyway, borrowed 2 DVDs from Esplanade Library - Kate & Leopold and My Big Fat Greek Wedding! Yeah.. had to upgrade my membership.. but I figured it was worth it.. $21 for a year's membership. Then can borrow scores too...

But then... not earning money liaoz still go and spend money... Sigh...

Nevermind.. I've got books and scores and movies to entertain me!

Gillian is hungry tonight... And Gillian woke up without a headache today. =)

I want to go sleep.. but my sister is still mugging... (she has mid terms this week!) Shall stay up with her... Ok.. maybe I just refuse to sleep...

Looking at my sis mugging for chinese, it just reiterates the point that no matter how MOE tries to change the syllabus, the mugging component to memorise the words will never disappear. If it is not important, would the teacher bother to give the class 听写 as a form of revision the day before her mid terms? Would the school make them buy a book full of essays to read thru them? Ya.. I bet they read it to memorise the 成语 used in the essays...

SO many changes implemented, yet it seems as though nothing has changed...

how to make a blog a happy blog?

Went for a talk by a guy from World Bank. I guess.. unless you are particularly intersted in helping poor countries develop their economy through policies or implementation of new ideas, and making sure that money (to the tune of MILLIONS!) is well disbursed, then maybe u shouold get there...

It helped that the guy was brutally honest about how some of their plans have not worked as well as they hoped... and also, how some countries are super screwed up... Hahaha.. He actually managed to tie a certain country's electoral system into his speech and well, it coincided with what I learnt in democracy... Hahaha...

And well... I guess usually, people are too critical of international organizations like IMF or WB. As the speaker said, If everything is so easily resolved or as simple as some think, then there would be no need for these organizations to exist. and those problems would have been solved long long ago. Which I guess is true... It's always easier to talk and plan but things may bot go according to plans because of different cultures, way of doing things.

A very poignant point:

"If you have a choice to give $10 million to a country for them to build infrastructure for run down villages and you know that $1 million would go to corruption, would you still go ahead with it?" The alternative is that no help be rendered to the poor people. What do we actually one? I think this is kind of a slippery slope argument whereby when is the money going into corruption too much?

Am having a throbbing headache now... I put my finger on my vein and I feel it go throb... throb... throb... like my heartbeat

It has no reason to ache though.. Anyways, I shall go sleep...

If you haven't figured, this post just screams 'Gillian has a headache'

Gee... I guess I'm bored... Oh.. and I think I hold the worse records for MSN Minesweeper. Lost 18, won 5. Go figure...

Anyway, on a happier note, went shopping with Fran... Hahaha... Looking for shoes... Well, found a pair i thought I liked.. until I realised there was no grip... Saw a few other pairs that looked quite nice too... but they were heels... i dunno if they can be classified as wedges though... But rather comfy...

In the end, I didn't buy anything... Couldn't decide plus I was broke.. so I shall wait till I have money... ;)

Hmmmm... nowadays, people asking for donations have picked up some psychology techniques...

Was at Orchard just now... and I was approached by this guy asking for a donation. He whipped out a list and said "Some of these people have donated... some donated $10 and look, one even donated $50". I felt like telling him i learnt it in psychology... Ya.. those 'foot-in'the door'techniques whereby you start off with asking a small favour...

But in the end.. i didn't donate.. hahaha...

Got back 3 of my grades... contented... but a lil disappointed with social psych though i totally deserved it lar... The decision not to submit any questions for the finals is coming back to haunt me... Shucks... I'll just live with that...

I'm kinda sick of chilling... and slacking.. Maybe I should go out.. but financial constraints lar... Maybe it's because I'm not feeling good today. My tummy feels queasy... but that's about it. And there's nothing to watch on a Sunday afternoon.

Been busy with SS stuff... Ahahhaa... Hopefully no screw ups this time round... ie... people better RESPOND and do my survey!

Just took the MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) test... actually, I took it twice... and I got 2 diff scores... INFJ and INTP. But after reading the descriptions here, I think I am more of an INFP.

Waiting for my results... Trying to stay neutral and not think too much about it. But there's always the feeling that something unexpected may happen and it may wreck my GPA. Yeah... I know this sentence reeks of competitiveness and over-achieverness and everything. But when you are on a roll, you want to keep it there right?

Hols = boring days = nth much to blog...

Gillian is tired...

Well, My ex-boss... yeah.. the one at the law firm has kindly asked me if I can lend him a hend since I'm free now... Gillian shall be mean this time round... Gillian shall learn how to say no. Much as I like to earn the money, I dun wanna make myself feel obliged to work for him just because 'he asked me' It's just not worth it... From 'for a while', it may stretch to weeks, months...

Not to mention, I'm trying to do a million and one things this hols.. looks like earning moolah has to take a backseat...

Anyway, bought my tix for SOV... Was contemplating whether to go or not.. finally couldn't resist... anyone knows of any acapella concerts going on? I feel like watching one.. ;)

I'm tired...

Cycled again today... This time with the Group 1 ppl... It was fun! Poor Sharon had to blade all the way to SAFRA Tanah Merah CC which was quite a distance away...

According to a certain Mr Zheng, the official distance clocked today was about 15km... but it didn't feel that far AT THAT TIME... Now, my legs are kinda aching.. and I suddenly feel old... Hahaha...

I really ought to get a job.. but the way things are going, I think I'm just gonna bum my 4 mths away...

I felt like Joyce from TAR today.. went to cut my hair.. and no.. I didn't shave... but when the hairdresser first cut a bit, i could picture the scene when Joyce has her hair cut. *ouch!* For non-TAR fans... this was what happened.. the team who took this particular challenge could get to the pit stop immeditely. The challenge required the team to shave both their heads.. And Joyce did it!!! I'm kinda still in awe... cause her hair wasn't that short! To bravely shave her head bald was just... indescribable...

And no... I didn't meet any cute guy and I didn't fall in love with anyone I noe... =)

Reasons why my mum dun let me go Tioman

She thinks...

1. I'm not a good swimmer

2. I'll drown

3. There may be a tsunami... *eurgh!* --> Psychology: Availability Heuristics!

4. The boat may capsize

5. I cannot snorkel and I cannot learn how to...

5. I may endanger my life

7. I should not be too ambitious...

8. I cannot take care of myself...

Basically, she'll worry non stop if I go and I should not do things that will make her worried... she's trying to be protective of me... I know she loves me and I love her too... but sometimes... this gets kinda annoying... Wait and see lor... if not you all can go and take loads of photos and super-impose my face on them...

I really should go cut my hair... but I was too absorbed with surfing the web...

Have to make a phonecall... which i dun really enjoy... Sometimes, I prefer indirect forms of communication... Maybe I just don't want to make a fool of myself... Actually I think I'm thinking too much... =)

If 2 people have feelings for each other, yet no one acts, is it all over? I think I have high expectations...

Random thoughts on a Thursday afternoon...

Lalala... Holidays are nice.. and fun... and enjoyable... and it's making me broke...

Hahaha... Trudged to school 3 hours before the talk this morning.. Made me realised how long I haven't walked up the hill.. Ya... I know I'm a spoilt lil girl... but wells... anyway, the walk didn't seem that bad, nor that long... No rush, no cars... Just me soaking in the sights...

I'll miss the old campus...

SIgh... my mum dun let me go tioman... how???

Updates, Updates, Updates... (3 posts full...)

Hahaha... Freedom never felt so sweet... and surreal...

Went back to school today (yes! the first day of the hols) for some talk by a visiting Prof... I think these talks are interesting. I learn new stuff and latest development. And the thing is you'll see the profs talking among themselves, arguing different ideas... at the same time, u see other students, asking rather intelligent questions...

I stop and wonder... is this what I want to do? I often take what is being said, and as long as I understand it, I won't really go and ask about it... When I see people doing it, I wonder if it is me or them... Maybe I'm suffering from a bad bout of contingent self-esteem whereby I feel that I need to verify and prove to myself how good I am... Makes me wonder if this is the path I want to go... But I understood the talk... what the concepts were all about and what was being said... I should learn to examine thinge more critically...

Went to catch 'Be Cool' after that... show was fine... Liked the songs in the show... Uma Thurman has freaking long legs... she looked old with wrinkles and stuff... but still attractive...

Crap... I dun like to run in and out of my room just because my mum can't figure out how to add music to some show she is doing of the photos from her China trip... Yeah.. she has a fascination that she would burn all the photos into a VCD that we can all watch at home... like a slide show except that it is on TV... And I haven't even seen the photos since like 3 weeks ago...

The casino has been approved... HUGE, MEGA BIG surprise... Bah! Blogged too much for tonight... shall not go into my thoughts...

Anyway, another pissi-fying thing was the NKF show... I hate it because...

1) The hosts/artistes all take out their phone and try and coerce people in the studio to all call together. I know it worked in a show quite long ago... but this things loses it novelty when you overused it... and having it in ALMOST EVERY segment DOES NOT MAKE IT EFFECTIVE!

2) I don't dig death-defying stunts.. Does Jeff Wang wanna get permanent brain damage from smashing his skull through 2 wooden planks??? And what's with the height thing? I seriously don't get the 'Save Kym Ng' ploy... Lame actions, maybe it would work on an episode of Fear Factor... Perhaps if they had a storyline to go with it.. instead of a stunts thingee, it would be more palatable.

3) I detests it when the hosts keeps on yabbering when the artistes are performing difficult stunts... Can't they just SHUT THEIR TRAPS and let the artistes concentrate??? It's liek an irritating fly buzzing in the background. I find it bloody irritating when they go on and on about how dangerous it is and how you should call... Yeah.. I dun see a correlation! In fact, I think it may even compromise on safety standards as it causes concentration lapses.

4) What's with keeping the artistes hanging upside down for a longer period of time just to get more calls in? Who's gonna be freaking responsible if sth should happen. You could see veins popping out of their forehead and that Timothy Cao was still going like 'Let's keep them hanging longer so that more calls will come in.' If he likes it so much, he can hang there himself then...

5) I don't like NATO hosts... can anyone tell me whether Timothy Cao has done stunts to raise money. He just talks and talks and talks... going on and on abt how much the artistes are suffering, prolonging their suffering...

6) I dun like Timothy Cao (as if it was not evident from the above 2 points). He came up with the 'brilliant' idea to have the local celebs plea and beg for 'One More Call Please' just so that they can hit one million calls. I think that was a stupid move and they looks spastic...

7) I don't really fancy hearing a sob story on someone who is struck with kidney failure hen having my dinner because it makes me feel quesy... I know they are playing on pathos... but maybe if they show it later... or sth...

8) The show gets dragged on with the hosts repeating their lines just to hit the desperate mark of 1 million calls. Couldn't they get Celest Chong to sing a song from her album or prepare another small segment instead of just standing there and begging? The number of calls will hit 1 million. It just depends on what time the show ends! Actually I think if Zoe Tay had bothered to drive down to caldecott Hill and made a 'surprise' appearance, the calls may go up...

I seriously believe that if Mark Lee and Gurmit Singh had a longer segment, they would have raised more money... I enjoyed they segment the most... cause it was simple and entertaining.

The musical 'fountain' thing was nice too...

I'm not saying we should not donate.. it is just that some of their actions are nauseating... I understand they need money to sustain operations and for giving kidney patients a subsidy and stuff... Having had a lot of calls last week, they should expect that there would be less this week... and after a while, the stunts are stale... nth really fazes the audience anymore and I don't think making it more dangerous would help.

Where are all the local singers? All stuck in Taiwan? Shouldn't they do a part for this show?

Can't believe I missed Kate and Leopold because of that... Sigheth.. I believe I would feel happier if I had watched it!

Sunday was spent lazing around... Backing up files so I could load in SP 2... Visited the library to deposit the books I borrowed for my democracy paper 6 weeks ago.. I renewed them.. Don't worry... And borrowed a few books in the process...

One was on abstract art and impossible figures... Like the picture that looks like a lady and an old woman from different perspectives... Trying to read Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman now... I see a shift in my reading habits...

Anyway, 2 significant things to blog about...

First was the big hooha some PSC scholar created when he apparently made some rascist remarks on his blog. *blinking of warning lights... a blog is dangerous* Someone was actually free enough to bother to crack his password to access his blog *yes.. he locked it!* and posted the content of his blog on forums. Perhaps he came under fire because he was a scholar... People just have a thing when it has to do with taxpayers money... Shouldn't a blog be a place where you can leave your thoughts? I would even go as far as to say that perhaps his comments were quoted out of context. So what happens? His scholarship is under review and if it gets withdrawn... there goes the future of one young man. I'm not condoning racism here... but to blow up a matter like that... ridiculous!

Yes.. I concur that you have to be responsible for what you post... But to go to the extent to get to his blog... I think it just stinks of sabotage... Yeah... another of my wild theories...

Shall dedicate another post to the other significant event... NKF Charity Show...

Watch Amelie just now... a simple, feel-good show... quite nice for unwinding after the last paper... sweet... depicting the life of dreamers... and an interesting twist!

Ate a WHOLE slice of cheesecake just now... *guilty* should really curb my sweet tooth. I shall go running soon... but now for the wonderful picnics tomorrow!!!

Sitting in front of my laptop has never felt so good, so relaxing... =) Like no worries in the world, no need to flip textbooks, write notes...

This week has been fine on the whole... nothing drastic and bad happened (thankfully) as in the papers were all do-able! *claps in glee*

Got back my demo paper which I slogged till 5 am 2 week ago... Got a B+. Eh... For something I didn't proof read, I'm kinda ok with it... But then, something makes me wish I had started on it earlier. But one can never be truly satisfied where grades are concerned I guess... Always wishing you had done certain things different after you received comments for it.

Looking back, this past 2 terms (i refuse to call it a year!) has just whizzed by... I can't believe I'm a quarter way done with my university education. If things are gonna be like that, I think uni life is too short... I know I bitch and whine and get all stressed up... but it is all bitter sweet. Like dark chocolate! When you look back, I just remember the happy times I spend crapping, laughing with the 'wonderful people' (do i sound like Kirpal?) from group 1, social science people... Those whom I've been doing projects with...

Now that yr 1 has come to a close, it is time to do things that I've been putting on hold for way too long... Enjoy your hols people... and shout out to all: let's find a day to meet up kaez...

Oh... all the best to NUS and NTU ppl!!! happy mugging for exams!!! Good Luck!

Gillian hasn't been studying today... Bad girl! One more paper...

Can't seem to concentrate.. My mind has been wondering the whole day... bah!!! And I can't heck this exam!!! On top of that, it is not open book! Argh!!! My brain just refuses to cram stuff in. Been staring at the 'list of possible questions' for the whole afternoon already and it is just half done... *wails...*

I will persevere... Luckily it is an afternoon paper... I just hope I know enough to go in and do the paper and get something out of it... Oh all modules, I like this one the best... and I really hope I don't screw it up... (ya... i'm so capable of it)

Maybe it is because it is the last paper... I usually lose my motivation to study... but I haven't been studying a lot... Bah!!! Maybe I should stop typing more stuff for this entry and go back to the window that says 'Microsoft Word'.

I just learnt how to break up with someone... =)

And with that, I've finished all the chapters tt's gonna be tested for social psych tmr... or so I think...

This week just seem to fly by... which I guess is quite a good thing... Now to either

a) Get a job or
b) Get involved in a Community Service Project

I don't think I can do both... not a full time job anyway... but I really wanna clear the 80 hours of comm service soon (I have 50 left)... but at the same time, I wanna go work too...

Decisions will be made soon... I think I should return to my book...

Joke of the day... super lame...

Imagine a guy name Luke Warm... Here's how he goes introducing himself...

Luke: Hi, I'm Warm, Luke Warm.

So one day... he got an interesting reply...

Reply: I'm Cold, Very Cold...

Ok.. I bet u readers are feeling cold too... ahahahaha... Feeling looney after democracy paper lar... but hmmm.. not as bad as expected... hahaha...

2 more days... one more paper...

I'm feeling jaded... like super tired and immuned to stuff... Just taking one day at a time... On hindsight... maybe I'm burnt out (ya right.. when I haven't been doing a lot...)

I only seem hardworking because I haven't been working throughout the term.. make sense???

But I do feel productive today.. and I realise I know some stuff about democracy! Yay! But.. my brain feels full and empty at the same time... It's been a long time since I can say I finished studying anything.. usually, I burn the midnight oil, speed read thru notes again the next morning or minutes before the exams...

Today... I'm walking away from my notes and readings...

Maybe it is the uncertainty of what is going to come out... No point speculating, no point guessing...

All the best for whatever exams left...

Quote of the day: "Democracy will be easy because I SAY SO!!!"

Hmmm... While half the SMU worlds is having their MA paper in school today, I'm up and wake bright and cheery in the morning -not! Eh.. awake but not cheery...

Notes strewn over the table... Readings all half-highlighted...

Democracy... I slay thee!!!

This marks 33 since hours since I've last touched my computer. Gillian was a good girl yesterday. She did not on her laptop, did not go online and chat... did some work and actually managed to break the 'trend' of sleeping at weird hours (read: 5am). Slept early but at a price.

Oh.. and I even managed to squeeze in watching a bit of White Chicks her eand there while reading the papers this morning... The show was spastic-ally hilarious! And very SICK!!! But then it was a good laugh...

Not freaking out yet.. which is good... I realise I like to change my style of mugging just before the exams becasue I invariably run out of time to write notes... So now it is just highlighting, reading and more reading... Ahahaha...

My social psych books seems endless... I'm drowning under piles of demo readings... and I'm gonna mug AS today...

Since I'm well-rested... it's battle time...

I really shouldn't study in a group. I wasn't productive both yesterday and today.. and I'm sorryif my presence distracted the rest of you who were studying in 37 today...

Am tired... shall nap soon... Meanwhile, my computer is taking eons to scan for virus!

Good luck to everyone with exams looming! after that, it is play time! and I will learn driving! *promise*

Still mugging... it's 335...

Anyway, part of a lil break, I just checked out the vc forum (vc - victoria chorale). I suddenly feel this urge to sing again. (no.. not ktv crooning, but choir-style acapella, SATB singing).

In Song 2005, which is VC's concert. I see people I know performing, I see juniors performing.

Deep inside, I knew I was the one who made the decision to give up choir. I didn't think I was that good, didn't think I could commit. But I do miss it. I did go for carolling but it is nothing like the hardcore practices I went through, the excitement of preparing for a concert, memorising songs, standing in quartet position, even polishing choreography. The jittery feeling before I go on stage, squinting at the blinding stage lights, watch the conductor... 1... 2... 3... and we start, in harmony, trying to convey the message of the song, dynamics, feelings. The level of commitment, your zeal and passion driving you to want to do more, do better.

I'm rather emotionally charged now. I had a good 6 years singing with choirs and these are things you will never understand until you've been there. I remember the countless times I whined and complained... but... I'm still attached to it - very.

Now, everything seems so far away. I do harbour hopes of singing in a choir again, but as time passes, this dream just seems increasingly improbable.

Perhaps... it's just time to move on...

Hmmm.. studying makes one into a compulsive blogger. Seen many people updating their blogs.

I dun like to watch any NKF or to that effect, any govt sponsered shows... They are so propagandish. and NKF has such a freaking sad storyline. Caught tonight's episode... Everyone falls sick, everyone relies on NKF medical funds... -> Thus, we must donate. If we donate, we win prizes... and we have to pay $0.40 for telephone charges. If 600,000 calls were made, that is $24,000 for telephone charges. Interesting.

I'm not saying one should not donte.. but enough is ENOUGH!!! Bah!!! From $2 a call in the past, to $5 or $8, dangling juicy carrots in front of you with all their prizes thingee. This is so not altruistic!

Applying social psychology
According to Social Exchange Theory, one would help to alleviate the distress one feels one seeing sth happens. Thus, while watching celebrities perform heart-stopping, gravity-defying, death-heading stunts, one would feel uneasy that they are doing so much and would thus call.

The solution: Don't watch such programmes!

I watch a lot of HK shows... so I know for a fact that HK has a lot of charity show every year too... How do they get their donations? Singers perform or perform simple stunts or skits to get donations. Their ministers or some influential business people go up on stage to present those large cheques with huge amount of donations.

How come we dun see that happening here?
Oh ya... Singaporeans are humble people who would donate annonymously.

What's wrong with a singing and dancing programme?
That has been done! But the last time they tried, Taufik and Sly din pull in a lot of donations.

What about other singers?
Oh wait.. Singapore don't have that many singers and entertainers that can draw in the donations... I forgot... oh..

Actually I think they can consider a stand up comedy... I think it would be interesting...
Right.. we dun have that many comedians around too... cause the art scene is quite pathetic and they are struggling to survive (based on what has been in Life these few days)

And so.. it is back to death-defying stunts that will compell viewers to donate and the newspaper will have a field day the next day trying to compare which celebrity chalked up the most donations.

Eh.. Nice Translation...

OK.. I'm so not studying!!! Anyway, thought this may be kinda funny.

For those who are not well versed in Chinese, the translated version of the words in Chinese is 'At KFC, we are right to be prostitutes'.


Got the above from mrbrown (via Jay-walk via Lancerlord)

Pedro De La Rosa - Spanish Test Driver for McLaren-Mercedes team of Formula One

I'm a sports fanatic. No!!! I don't do sports, except for some swimming and cycling. Ok... Fine... I'm a couch-potato sports fanatic *throws up hands in despair*

Anyway, was enthralled by the above guy on Sunday. He was chosen to race on the Bahrain Grand Prix as the team's 1st choice driver, Montoya was injured while playing tennis. Anyway, this guy really takes risks man... He was doing some dangerous manuevring and over-taking which does not occur very often during races nowadays. And one of the reasons I sometimes spend 2 hours watching these super fast cars (read:200km/h?) go 65 times round a track is because you can taste the thrill of the speed and excitement when cars overtake.

But I bet I won't see him racing again unless one of the 2 McLaren-Mercedes' drivers, Juan Pablo Montoya and Kimi Raikkonen is injured or sth. Oh... can I say sth.. Kimi is quite hot too!!! He has very nice eyes!!!

Kimi Raikkonen - I like his blue eyes!

Random Musings:

Why does the Life section like to publish reviews of concerts, plays AFTER the freaking thing is over... I feel like they are making a dig at poeple who didn't go watch it if it is good. Like what's the point of saying 'It was a good concert, the performers were magnificent" and after the reader's interest has been piqued, you realise it is a one-off performance or the play has ended its run or sth...

Totally useless...

P1: If I have things to blog about, then I will blog
P2: I did not blog
C > I have nothing to talk about...

AS in the middle of nowhere.. I do say I think it is valid!!!

*and my white chocolate coated strawberry doesn't appear!!!*
Edited at 6.12 pm... it does appear!!! looks yummilicious!

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been rotting for the past one and a half hours... Studied 1 chapter of demo.. .and I stopped because I dunno wads going on for the next!!!

got trashed in minesweeper flags... Bah! The game just doesn't like me!!!

I really should shut off my laptop and concentrate but I'm hungry and I'm waiting for my dad to pick me from school

I'm freezing in the library

I met my junior today when she came for her interview. Hope she gets in!

I will return to mugging...

Spent some time reading through my archives... if there's one thing that hasn't changed, it is my atrocious typing... yeah.. i spot al ot of typos here and there.. so ya.. Siyi.. go ahead and diss me! Bah!

Time just flies... I blogged about SYF finals, about my SMU interview, bitched about my lousy job @ the law firm... and well, basicallly just me with a lot of whining... and in the past, my posts were peppered with quizzes I took... now.. just words...

Tired.. shall sleep... Happy mugging tmr... Night world...

One glorious day of the study break gone!!! Good luck Jill!!!

The long long list of chapters to study looks daunting... like super, very, extremely daunting...

Shall drag myself off to sch tmr and hopefully I'll be able to study better...

Am tempted to post up my long list of to-dos. But i figured I'll just stress everyone (read: SMU peeps) out... It is a freaking 1 page long list!!!

Been hanging loose... like real loose... and I like it... =)

Anywya, just like to share a thought:

Been reading a lot about the euthanesia case... commentary, news and stuff... Basically, what happpened was this lady, Terri Schiavo had been in a coma for 14 years... surviving on a feeding tube... yup.. no life support machine... just a tube that makes sure all the food goes to her, but oblivious to her surroundings.

About 2 weeks ago, her husband decided to pull the tube... and faced resistance from her parents. Ugly accusations rang out. Him , accused of trying to keep the money she left for himself and perhaps just get on with life, judging from the fact that he had a live-in lover and stuff... and her parents, being accused of trying to wrest part of her inheritance from him.

A few days ago.. this lady passed away... but not before her case was actually tries in court...

The point of this... I was just wondering... to die from starvation? I mean granted that if you are in a coma and can't feel anything, to die from starvation is definitely not the best way to die for me... I guess unless you are in their position, you won't ever know the full story...

But euthanesia... sth good or bad? If one had the choice, one would definitely choose to live.. but what if the odds are stacked so high against you that there is no alternative? Do we get a loved one to pull the plug? Would they do it? Conversely, what if one has a strong will to live? Would giving up on that person be unfair? Circumstances, Consequences, all differ with time..

Then.. what about the thousands of lives lost in the earthquake? A case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time? Why does it seem that natural disasters often occur in developing countries? I see it as making matters worse and money will be pumped into rescue effort, restoration processes and crippling their already crippled economy. Yes... you get foreign aid... that fuels corruption and for some, make the country even more debt-ridden than before.

Depressing thoughts, but these are the things that are happening all around us today... Maybe one should just take things easy... For you'll never know what will happen...

As the chinese saying goes, 生老病死 (birth, age, illness, death) these are the 4 stages that people have to undergo in life...

I just squashed a cockroach which scurried under my jeans (yes!!! *Sobz*) under eh... 1 term of Intro to Psychology notes... Yeah.. Kinda just smashed the file on the poor 'lil yucky thing with my sister jumping on it for good measure... Well.. my jeans was spared.. but the file was smeared with cockroach juice... like white goo-ey stuff... (hope you readers aren't eating when reading this). And *ahem* well, I screamed... or screeched.. as usual... and those who have heard it can testify that my scream isn't really sth that you wanna hear at 2 am at night..

What am I doing up so late? Eh... I was and am still baking cookies... Mwahahaha.. my sister just had this impulse to bake and I was like 'ok lor'. Hmmmm.. but seriously, one shouldn't pick up baking.. you see what are the things that go in.. Thick big slabs of butter, like 230g or sugar which is A LOT!!! Ok.. I cut it down to 170... but it is still one big chunk!

Sneaked away to blog about my 'cockroach scare'. Need to check on my 2nd last batch of cookie.. Yay!! Can sleep soon...

Sheesh.. 5 posts in 1 day... Compulsive blogger @ work.. no wonder I was late for AS this afternoon @ 12 and I'm so sure I'm gonna be late for my dinner appointment @ 730.. Toodles.. till maybe 11 tonight?

Try listening to Corrinne May. She's a local based in Canada and her songs are nice!!! Smooth vocals, soothing songs (yeah.. I know I'm a sucker for slow songs) but ya...

Try streaming her music from www.corrinnemay.com!

Ok.. enough of the depressing part.. Going for dinner soon... and I've just spent the afternoon playing games... I'm sort of addicted to thsoe 'walk-through games....

If you are interested, try looking for them at www.nordinho.com. They post up different games there. Basically, these games use flash or sth and you just have to click here and there to escape from rooms or find treasures of stuff like that.. Can be rather addictive.

I shall resolve to not be too stressed out.. I think it is just the cumulation of rushing so many things the past week... I need time to recuperate before we start again... I just wish I wasn't so consumed by grades...

Been thinking a lot and talking to people these 2 days... I feel as though I'm being eaten alive by the rat race... I think it is bad... but I really admit that I'm not just happy with a 'B' grade nowadays... Yeah.. overachiever.. I hear some of you mumble.. then again... over inflation of grades in SMU?

Very cynical view of myself and of life nowadays... I mean I like school and stuff.. but I get scared of myself whenever I try to set sky high expectations for myself- sth I never did until last year...

I need to get a grip of myself before I spiral out of control. It's like I think a lot.. yet at the same time, I dun work hard enough during term... I just panic and do last min work, hoping that sth good will come out of it and then I whine and worry and panic after that. Kinda ironic...

I just need to organise my thoughts.. Dun worry about me.. I'm fine.. I just need to get this off... If not I'll just keep thinking of it...

I've been doing so much work (papers, presentation) on my laptop the past week that I don't even know what to do when I don't have any work tonight.

Yesterday marked my last presentaton of the term.. I felt that it fell short of a lot of stuff. Shucks lar... It's like thoughts and images keep playing in my head and I can't help but kept thinking of ways that it could have been better. It's like walking away from sth that you know you can do much better.

Ok. I'm done feeling sorry and sad and regretful. Nothing I think, say or do will turn back time. So I shall not be too harsh on myself. Plus it is not only an individual effort... Speaking of which, I have given up 2 points for class participation for social psych class because I was too tired to do anything about it...

I'm not exactly feeling euphoric now though I've officially ended lessons (though I still have one more make up class in 45 min). I think it is cause I'm too tired... Actually... I think if we ended on a high note, I'll be happier...

Slept before 12 yesterday... That's like how freaking early... But at the same time... was slammed left and right by my sister for sleeping at 5 am.. She apparently thinks I'm nuts... and actually, I think so too...

To sum up: Yesterday was one of day of pros and cons. At then end, I'm feeling tired, yet happy but not satisfied..

Hmmm... now for some quiet time, recuperation, and then intensive mugging... 2 more weeks to the end of the term. I should pay a visit to the library soon.. I need to read books...

I'm supposed to be in sch in 45 mins.. I'm still sitting here blogging and hoping that my laptop battery doesn't run out before I finish... (6% left...)

So many thoughts to blog. I kinda feel immense freedom knowing that I still have 1 week to study...

Oh.. and Happy April Fools Day!!!