Just came from a Studio Ghibli info site. Howl's Moving Castle is due to be released here March 10th, 2005.

I can't wait!

On the other hand, the crazy westerners that we know as Disney studios are realeasing Nausicaa, Porco Rosso and the Cat Returns as a 2 disc DVD set. Dubbed, needless to say. I don't know why these people can't just leave the anime as it is, do they like to spend time and money getting voice actors and suchlike? I mean, what's wrong with subtitles?

Had a damn good December this year. Am happy.

However, hormones running wild in my bloodstream did cause a little chaos (see previous post), though nothing irreparable.

So please don't worry, if I were really in shit I would call. But thanks for caring.

Am sticking this here for anyone who cares to read this journal and for my own reference.

Ours is the wisdom of Solomon,
the magic of Merlin,
the fall of Icarus.

From countless ages we have dreamed,
from endless worlds we have beckoned,
from infinite choice we have suffered.
The world chokes under stifling conformity,
hopes crumble in the fire of mediocrity,
heroes die in the snare of pride.

Armageddon is at hand.
Reality is a lie.
The truth is Magic.
Open your eyes
and Awaken.

-Taken from the back of the out of print Mage gamer's handbook.

Also for reference, I will never even consider choosing boys over a game. Especially if it's a blood bath.

Decided to go back to good old tagboard. For some reason I got rather attached to it, heh.

Just popped by to jot that down. Had a good day at the cosplay convention yesterday, but had a bad day today. So bad that I would like to cut my hair again, but there's not enough to cut.

I just need to simmer, I suppose. It's nothing serious.

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1. What did you do in 2004 that you'd never done before? Take a hiatus from the choir.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I never make resolutions...
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Yeah, older cousin.
4. Did anyone close to you die? No.
5. What countries did you visit? None, sadly.
6. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004? More gaming~ Yey, I want to do V:tM!
7. What date from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? 23rd November. Last day of the bloody O's.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Getting through the bloody O's without killing myself. And singing at VCH, of course.
9. What was your biggest failure? Letting my voice go down the drain. Or possibly coping very badly with emergencies.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? None significant.
11. What was the best thing you bought? Oh that's an easy one, the Sandman.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? That's a good one, I don't know?
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? Several people, really.
14. Where did most of your money go? Much of it went to KKnM, at last count about $100 worth of renting. The rest was random rubbish, lah.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Gaming! And the end of the exams!!one11!
16. What song will always remind you of 2004? None in particular.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you happier or sadder? Most definately happier. I don't have to do any homework now. And have lots of gaming!
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? Studying, I suppose.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of? I don't know? Difficult question, that.
20. How will you be spending Christmas? At mass lah. And with loved ones.
22. Did you fall in love in 2004? Yes, Sota~! No, I'm joking. No love, only lust.
23. How many one-night stands? None.
24. What was your favorite TV program? I like CSI, and anything funny, like Who's line?
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? Yes.
26. What was the best book you read? I generally like most books, the proper question would be which was the worst?
27. What was your greatest musical discovery? Nothing in particular. I keep waiting for someone to throw me Satriani or Vai but it seems that it's the cannot-leave-house stuff. Hrm.
28. What did you want and get? The Sandman. Not the whole thing, but still...
29. What did you want and not get? To go for Fiddler's Green, in the states.
30. What was your favorite film of this year? Possibly Casshern? I generally like movies.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? 16. I slept. My mother did not allow me to have a life.
32.What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? Mm, having one foot in and one foot out of choir.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004? Anything comfortable, though I was in uniform most of the time.
34. What kept you sane? My friends. Particularly the ones who give a damn.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Sota lah.
36. What political issue stirred you the most? Lee Hsien Loong being elected the new Prime Minister.
37. Who did you miss? My sister, and Eldred.
38. Who was the best new person you met? Too many! The gamers, cosplayers, Hika people...
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2004: If you can't help yourself, no one can.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year: Life is a rollercoaster, just gotta ride it!

To hell with crappy people and shitty situations. I will not let this get me down. No, am not talking about my sister, contrary to popular belief she is actually decent.

Yes, have not posted regularly since the hols started, only use this as an outlet for stress and I have not been stressed in the least since the O's finished. Ok, maybe just a bit during Christmas shopping, that I completed already, for both friends and family.

Have been spending lots of time with my sister since she came back. Finished DNAngel with her, she's fascinated with the main character's familiar and wants to get the plushie but production has stopped and it costs a bomb. I don't believe she prefer DNAngel to FMA...

I love gaming~! Trying to find those nonsensical coloured character sheets but can't get my hands on them. But now have a modified sheet for rogues ie. very very long list for skills. If you want to print out official or custom character/ship/monster sheets, go to www.rpgsheets.com.

Going for the cosplay at the Science Center tmr, as Death from Gaiman's Sandman, of course. First cosplay, am quite excited. Even if it is a simple costume and I won't look like any particular anybody.

Ok, my tags are horribly outdated, so let's start here...

Hey Steph, dropped by your blog the other day. Are you aware that your tagboard's wonky? Anyway, I hear that you're working? Can I pop by and say hi?

No Ed, that's just something we call her. By the way, when you come back and if you go boy watching, can I come along? Oh, and I can't wait to taste your lamb!

Hallo Adam, Merry Christmas! You take care too~

It's very much of a change from my previous hair, Amanda. Not that short, as in Halle Berry. But still pretty short lah. And is terribly messy when I wake up. I mean, it needs claying, what do you think?

Off to chiong FMA on my sister's laptop now. I like to take advantage of it, can watch anime in my room~

I am very, very angry. The world is full of crappy people.

Fortunately, I also have very nice friends whom I don't deserve who cheer me up very effectively. Nick loaned me a ton of books, including the second installment of the hunter's trilogy, "the lone drow" that I still have not read, due to the bloody exams. So basically am gloriously buried in books, also have to catch up with manga at KKnM. Not to mention the amount of burning I have to do, from all over the place (Dawn, Tora, Jenny, Orion?).

Whoever said that the period after exams is boring is sorely mistaken, as have been doing something pretty much everyday. Trying to get Christmas shopping done this week, not sure if I can get everything to fit, including coffee/lunch with misc. people and gaming as well.

I chopped off all my hair! Now it's shorter than my dad's, have to use clay to style it in the morning. Clay's better than wax or gel, it's re-mouldable. So very fun to mess with. Haircuts make me cheerful for at least a month, which is oh hell just the thing I need, dammit.

I know I haven't been updating, got no time lah. Half the time when I'm on the com it's to watch anime. Or my sister's hogging it.

See? She wants to use it now, will come back later lah.

TOR:
I've got so much work to do but am too sian to do it. I can't believe I'm burnt out already! But then considering I did 5 essays in one month on top of all the Jessup research I had to do which was equivalent to doing one essay per week-- that's only to be expected. And I'm feeling all relaxed, even languid this morning because we had a really nice dinner last night too at Ubon by Nobu. The super-ultra-hyped-up Jap restaurant that all the Canary Wharf investment bankers frequent for a working sushi dinner before heading back to the office at 10pm for more bloody-minded ball-breaking deal-making.

What exactly I was doing there, I don't know. It was my friend's 21st so I thought, might as well, she doesn't turn 21 everyday, plus Nobu is meant to be famous and we should splash out once in a while just to say, we've tried it and it's crap. As it turned out, it wasn't crap at all. I had grilled scallops for a starter, creamy spicy prawns for main then green tea ice cream. I must say it was delicious, but probably not worth S$100. Don't tell mummy. Neil Gaiman's favourite dish, black cod with miso, turned out to be ok (birthday girl tried it) but not worth S$68. Besides, I think I can cook cod just as well. (I don't dare say better)

Anyway, here I am, S$100 lighter and not feeling up to tackling the mound of research stuff I have to read, sift through and bash into an award-winning argument. And I still haven't packed. But here I am, blogging away irresponsibly, and all I can think is the celebrity's favourite line: Get me out of here!

I've been woken up four times today, by the bloody phone. Five, if you count the fact that one person had to call back twice.

The next time anyone (not including Jenny and the Rosen Kreuz) wants to call at some unearthly hour of 7-11 in the morning, please don't. Just drop me a msg and I will get back to you, yes I do check my phone when I get up, even if I'll not be able to walk in a straight line.

And to answer everyone's damn question, my sister is not back yet, she'll be arriving this Friday, in the evening. Which also means that you'll not see me online as much, it'll depend on what time she sleeps.

Off to have lunch now.

Thanks Althea, you looked good too. We didn't get a photo together, I think. Not sure, have not got the film developed yet.

You Know You're Chinese When...

Purple is tor
You unwrap Christmas gifts very carefully, so you can save and reuse the wrapping (and especially those bows) next year. Check! Obviously
You only buy Christmas cards after Christmas, when they are 50% off. I don't even buy Christmas cards!
When there is a sale on toilet paper, you buy 100 rolls and store them in your closet or in the bedroom of an adult child who has moved out. We don't, but I can see this happening... We just take toilet paper from toilets whenever we see rolls lying around-- I have a toilet roll with 'This is your Jerry Springer moment' on it. Guess where it's from?
You have a vinyl table cloth on your kitchen table. I think we do. Nope, newspaper
Your stove is covered with aluminum foil. No. But we keep it really clean or there's a really gross smell of old food burning...
You use the dishwasher as a dish rack. Yes! It's a waste of space. Although sometimes we use it since one of my flatmates is German. I think it's a patriotic thing- it's Miele, German technology
You keep a Thermos of hot water available at all times. Check!
You eat all meals in the kitchen. Check! No, sometimes in my room but I always make everyone clean up after themselves
You save grocery bags, tin foil, and tin containers. Check!
You use grocery bags to hold garbage. Check! Obviously. that's what they're for
You always leave your shoes at the door. Check! Blatantly. Or else my nice clean floor will get dirty! It's quite awkward when ang mohs visit tho.
You have a piano in your living room.
You twirl your pen around your fingers. Check! What's that got to do with being Chinese..?
Even if you're totally full, if someone says they're going to throw away the leftovers on the table, you'll finish them. Can't help it. racial memory of lean starving years
You don't own any real Tupperware -- only a cupboard full of used but carefully rinsed margarine tubs, takeout containers, and jam jars. We've got both.
You also use the jam jars as drinking glasses.
You've eaten a red bean Popsicle. Buy them quite frequently what. I quite like them too
You bring oranges (or other produce) with you as a gift when you visit people's homes. Only during New Year lah. I agree
You have a collection of miniature shampoo bottles that you take every time you stay in a hotel. Check! That's the point of staying in a hotel what
The condiments in your fridge are either Price Club sized or come in plastic packets, which you save/steal every time you get take out or go to McDonald's. We do better than that. Mum takes the cutlery. I haven't bought ketchup in 2 years. Come to think of it, I've never actually *bought* any cutlery. We've got loads of disposable chopsticks!
Ditto for paper napkins. There was once, they took a jug as well... Yup!
You never order room service. Check! Ha! The cheapo hotels I stay in don't actually have room service
You carry a stash of your own food whenever you travel (and travel means any car ride longer than 15 minutes). These travel snacks are always dried. As in not just dried plums, dried ginger, and beef/pork jerky, but dried cuttlefish (SQUID). Not quite. Although when we went cycling in the New Forest I brought 10 mini cupcakes, a banana, an apple, some bread and half a roast chicken. Hey we were miles from civilisation! Although i didn't eat the chicken in the end because we came upon a pub in the middle of the forest and had the heartiest English pub meal I've ever had. (And two pints of an ale called squirrel's bounty... looked for Shoggoth's Old Peculiar but there was none) Needless to say our intended day-long forest cycling excursion turned into a cycling to a pub-in-the-middle-of-forest excursion. I think I preferred that to my horse-riding experience.
Your parents vehemently refuse the sack of gold coin oranges that their guests just brought just to be courteous.
Your dad thinks he can fix everything himself. CHECK! He can't fix anything. Who fixes (or arranges people to come and fix) everything? Me! Or now, Gloria!
You majored in something practical like engineering, medicine or law. Check for my sister! Enough already!
When you go to a dance party, there is a wall of guys surrounding the dance floor trying to look cool. No. At Singaporean functions here its mostly decent guys suddenly turning into wanabe bengs and poking you in the eyes with their fingers.
You live with your parents and you are 30 years old (and they prefer it that way). Or if you're married and 30 years old, you live in the apartment next door to your parents, or at least in the same neighborhood. I see that happening. God forbid! After I'm 30, same country will do.
You don't use measuring cups.
You feel like you've gotten a good deal if you didn't pay tax. Check! Tax adds up to a lot!
You beat eggs with chopsticks.
Your parents' house is always cold.
You have a teacup with a cover on it.
You reuse teabags. Naturally
Your mom drives her Mercedes to the Price Club.
You tip Chinese delivery guys / waiters more.
You're a wok user. Check! Electric stoves are crap for wok cooking!
You like Chinese films in their original undubbed versions. Don't we all hate anything that's dubbed? Do I even like Chinese films in general? The only films I've watched and liked are infernal affairs and hero.
You have acquired a taste for bittermelon. Check!
You like congee with thousand year old eggs. They're the best! And century eggs were used in Fear factor, along with durian. I should've been there! $500,000
You prefer your shrimp with the heads and legs still attached -- it means they're fresh. Yes, but I peel them and take out all the gross shit in the prawn's back first.
You never call your parents just to say hi. They call me every week actually. Just to make sure I'm alive.
You always cook too much. I cook a lot and often. I also cook large amounts of food if I know it will turn out to be nice so I can have it for lunch tomorrow. If I'm trying something new I tend not to cook too much. Just now I tried a new and interesting dish-- pasta with swiss sausages and cream and cheese and white wine sauce. It was very nice and fattening. Difficult to get the cheese right.
If you don't live at home, when your parents call, they ask if you've eaten rice, even if it's midnight. I can so see this happening... Yup!
Your parents tell you to boil herbs and stay inside when you get sick. Check! That's what you should do. Tien chi really works!
They also tell you not to eat fried foods or baked goods because they produce hot air.
Your parents never go to the movies. Check! But that's 'cos they haven't got time...
Your parents send money to their relatives in China.
You use a face cloth.
Your parents use a clothes line.
You eat every last grain of rice in your bowl, but don't eat the last piece of food on the table.
You starve yourself before going to all you can eat sushi.
You've joined a CD club at least once.
You know someone who can get you a good deal on jewelry or electronics.
You never discuss your love life with your parents. Hallo? I haven't got one to begin with. I do!
Your parents are never happy with your grades. CHECK! Hah! TELL ME ABOUT IT. I sent one of my philosophy essays for daddy to look at, and he said, oh, you borrowed too many arguments from other people and it's not focussed enough. Generally ok, he said. Ok? OK?! And I got a first for it!
You keep most of your money in a savings account. CHECK! Where else would you put it?
You've been on the Love Boat or know someone who has.
Your toothpaste tubes are all squeezed paper-thin. Check!
You love Chinese Martial Arts films. Check!
You have Tupperware in your fridge with three bites of rice or one leftover chicken wing. Check!
Shao Lin and Wu Tang actually mean something to you. Check!
You love to go to $1.75 movies.
You love to go to $1.50 movies even more.
You never order sweet-n-sour pork, egg foo young, or chop suey at a Chinese restaurant.
You hate to spend more than $5 for lunch.
Someone in your family drives a Honda... with custom rims.
You have a Chinese knick-knack hanging from your rear-view mirror.
You like to eat chicken feet.
You suck on fish heads and fish fins.
You turn bright red after drinking two tablespoons of beer.
You can get a buzz on Coors O'Douls or Miller Sharps.
You look like you are eighteen. Got carded two weekends ago
You only buy used cars.
You have more than five remotes in your house. Check!
You leave the plastic on the lampshade for ten years or more. Check!
You can't bear to throw things away. Check!
Your dad washes his hair four times a day, or never at all. Check!
Your unassisted vision is worse than 20/500. Check, I think. I think I may be legally blind
You've worn glasses at least since the fifth grade. Check! since I was 9
Your parents (or some other close relative) own a grocery store or restaurant.
You drive around looking for the cheapest gas.
You add twice the amount of water recommended when making orange juice from concentrate. I can see my mum doing this...
You've never seen your parents hug. they're actually very affectionate. it's fascinating and strange
Your grandmother lives with you and your family.
You never order desserts at restaurants. Check!
You always have water when dining out.
You say "aiya!" and "wah!" frequently. CHECK!
You love Las Vegas, slot machines, and blackjack.
You love to play mah jong. Check!
You have to read all your parents' mail written in English. No lah, not that gone case.
You are constantly being set up with uninteresting (and usually ugly) people by your parents.
You hate eating cheese. That's not true, I love cheese! Ok, fine. Sometimes. I like fondue. Actually before I went to Switzerland and actually had proper, authentic fondue I only liked the idea of eating fondue because I'd never actually tried it in Singapore. Fondue is not just a big vat of boiling cheese. It also has schnapps, white wine and champagne in it (if you're feeling posh) I got quite drunk just eating it. And we had lemon sorbet with cream afterwards, which is the best dessert for a fondue meal!
You have a big aquarium filled with colorful fish somewhere in your house.
Your mother is strangely obsessed with plants.
White people look at you strangely if you tell them you are Buddhist.
You notice the main topic at family get-togethers is food.
You seldom ever owned new clothes if you were a second child.
Your folks never speak under 10 decibels at family gatherings.
You never made the school football or basketball team.
You have two middle initials instead of one.
You grow your own bean sprouts in the kitchen.
Your mother made you peel water chestnuts and snow peas.
You have an lonely unmarried relative who frequently drops by during dinner time.
You received little red envelopes containing money on special occasions. Duh!? Last I checked that was a good thing
You use the underside of a porcelain bowl to sharpen your knives.
You cut your own hair… or had someone in your family do it. Yeah, when I was younger!
Your grandmother has a lot of gold teeth… especially in front. She has hers at the side.
You keep fresh garlic and ginger in the kitchen at all times. I think we do.
You know what the term "lemon" or a "banana" means. Eh? You mean they're supposed to mean something else?
You only have to shave every other day (maybe).
You wash and reuse ziplock bags.
You know at least three people named Alan Wong.
You never drank milk after eating cherries.
Your parents collect jade jewelry. Check!
You always drink tea after a meal.
Your dad owns at least one bird.
Your parents grow vegetables in a garden.
You use doilies to decorate your furniture.
Your grandmother rapped your knuckles with her chopsticks while reaching food with your fingers.
You're proud to be Chinese - and you pass these jokes on to all your Chinese friends! Haha! Yes I didn't see that coming!

Got this off www.blogthings.com They've got some very amusing things over there...

Victoria,

Dad said you wanted a check on how much The Open Society and Its Enemies: Volume 1: The Spell of Plato by Karl Popper (what an odd surname!) costs over here. So he made me do some searching and this turned up.

Amazon (US): Used, US$14 on average. Freight charges $10.
Amazon (UK): Used, 6 to 9 pounds.
Kino: S$44.12
Borders: S$24.95

The MPH site is useless, it didn't have a search engine. Will go over to the J8 one and ask anyway, can make the trip tmr. Just take a look at this list first larh, I'll post again probably tmr night about MPH.

It's also available at the library. 368 pages, Amazon said. Times 5 cents that's $18.40 and times 3 cents it's $11.04. Depends on how much the place charges what, right?

So, like that lah.

Tonight was pretty fun. Am still in gown and make up with hair up as I type this because I can't bear to take it off. Have never dolled up properly before, quite fun really but slightly stressful.

The grad night itself was... mundane. The most fun bit was looking at all the fashion disasters and bitching. Alright, call me snobbish, you should know that by now! Most people looked good though, Tora, Rosie, Amanda, majority of my classmates, just to name a few. And especially those in trench coats!

The amusing bit was having Rosie and me hanging off each of Tora's arms and walking in like that. She was doing a Toshiya cosplay, so was in a suit. Gosh, the waiters were staring and it was so funny!

Went to sit at coffee club with the two of them after the thing itself, had coffee and conversation. Call me boring but that was perhaps the most enjoyable bit of the evening.

But on the whole it was a good night, I think. Would like to do it more often, the out at night with permission bit.

Am off to RP with Tora now.

Thanks. Am glad for you, dear sister. Shall I expect more blog entries from you as well then?

Yeah Khayce, of course!

Have Schaz over and she's sleeping. Had a pretty good time RP-ing earlier though, she's such an RP whore (actually, we all are...)! Then watched Saiyuki Reload, am at episode 12 now, methinks.

Just visited Gaiman's journal, from which I quote, '...was beaten by the young lady from Singapore in the who-came-furthest stakes." regarding this year's Fiddler's Green thing that they had in the states. I know this is a tad far-fetched, but does anyone, by any chance know who this person is? Singapore is so small that everyone knows everyone else anyway, so I thought that I'd give it a go...

Can you feel it? Can you taste it? That's freedom, that is! And I can't stop grinning. Remedy 89, here I come!!

Damn Jenny, the thing was down for a few days without warning. And you know how particular I can be about my blog...

Tora~ yesh oh so high. Care for another nicely dodgy RP with me?

Bloody bio paper, make me study till my brains leak out my ears. Digestion, reproduction in plants, manufacture of yogurt/cheese, the eye, the heart and countless other topics didn't bloody come out. I kill myself studying and the paper is like that?!

But oh, it's done, it's all done! I'm so high now, aargh~!

My last paper is in 3.5 hours.

Oh shit.

Papers are going nicely. I'm quite happy really, even if everyone else finishes today. Probably because I went and bought the $50 shirt I've been thinking about since last week. Shopping is good therapy. Fine, it counts even if I was stuck in Kino for a few hours. Do you know how much the price of Lord of the Rings has gone up? My dad got his for $10, now you can't find it below $30! Sheesh.

I am going to buy Priest from KKNM, because I'll get $8 off each book. That is, after I finish the Sandman, of course. *ahemcoughkinovouchersforchristmaspleasehacksputterchokedie*

TagBoard seems to have gone... somewhere. It's a broken link now, so I've no idea what's happening. Will change to another board when I find time, probably... sometime end of next week. Any recommendations? Since you can't here, then leave a note on my LJ (<-yes, that's a link).

Will be awfully busy. Also will be sitting in airport in the afternoon of Victoria's arrival, can probably get some of HA edited. It's such a nice place, you know? Will also probably one of the few moments of relaxation.

I think I may need to do an edit of the list that I created earlier as well...

Tor's List:

1 hour ago: Jessups meeting (5:30pm Wednesday)
1 day ago: having public international law lecture (5:30pm Tuesday)
1 week ago: having public international law lecture (5:30pm Tuesday)
1 lifetime ago: kicking pong pong fruit around in garden and berating little sister for negligently leaving favourite Cinderella Barbie doll outside house, resulting in traumatic loss of said property

01. I hurt: little animals and children when no one is looking
02. I love: bol bol, an inanimate soft squishy object infested with dust mite corpses and shit (see now-defunct blog for details)
03. I hate: cockroaches and yukky things
04. I cry: loudly and pathetically
05. I fear: JU ON!
06. I hope: that after I die I can still see what happens to the world
07. I sadden: see 01.
08. I feel alone: when the voices in my head stop talking
09. I kill: bacteria
10. I talk: about many interesting things (that too many other people are not interested in)
23. I read: too much
25. I breathe: bol fumes
27. I miss: my sister and parents and grandma and nice food and not having to put on a lot of clothes just to go outside
30. I feel: bol bol
31. I know: how to cook vaguely edible stuff and how to say 'I know' in Spanish. Yay!
32. I said: bol bol
34. I have: to relax my brain by doing bohliao lists like these
36. I fall: over myself all the time
38. I need: nice food

Am tired of Geography. Gacked off Bern.

1 hour ago: Studying Human Geography. Do you know how to process palm oil? I do.
1 day ago: Still studying Geography.
1 week ago: Studying/spotting for maths paper 2.
1 month ago: Studying.
1 year ago: Messing around without a care in the world.
1 lifetime ago: Please refer to above.

01. I hurt: in my brain. Ow, too much Geog.
02. I love: not having to study.
03. I hate: narrow-minded people.
04. I cry: when I need to.
05. I fear: the dark. Or rather, what you can't see in the dark.
06. I hope: to get 20 points for the O's. Then to buy myself 2 years, get in to CJ. (2 points bonus, 2 points affiliation. They have to bloody take me in I don't care.)
07. I sadden: because I'm the only idiot around with 8 more papers to go. (Geog(1), A/cs(2), Science mcq, sub Bio, CLB(3).)
08. I feel alone: when I close my eyes.
09. I kill: mosquitoes, especially in this monsoon season. DIE SUCKERS!
10. I talk: too loudly and when I shouldn't.
11. I listen: to people who need it.
12. I break: nails.
13. I see: the end of the bloody exams on the horizon.
14. I smell: technology. Yey for the internet!
15. I taste: mango flavoured milk.
16. I work: because I have to.
17. I remember: the stages of planting and harvesting wet rice. I do so hope that it comes out.
18. I hold: wet things because of my palms.
19. I hide: dead bodies.
20. I pray: when I remember to pray.
21. I walk: and not complain. It's good exercise, really. I don't get much.
22. I drive: when I'm old enough to. In the meantime, I'll just get chauffered around...
23. I read: not as much as I'd like to.
24. I burn: anything. Fire fascinates me.
25. I breathe: Music and books.
26. I play: the recorder and the saxophone.
27. I miss: my sister.
28. I touch: like a soggy towel. Honestly, the palm situation is really quite bad at puberty.
29. I learn: slowly. Am damned lucky to have patient tutors.
30. I feel: tired.
31. I know: I'll fall asleep after my last paper.
32. I said: aargh.
33. I dream: of smoke and mirrors.
34. I have: to do exams for the next week or so.
35. I want: to sleep for the next week or so.
36. I fall: with a blaze of glory.
37. I wait: for the bloody O's to be over.
38. I need: a massage (Oh Electra dear!), an RP, a game, a trip to KKNM, to go Christmas shopping, to edit HA and to shake someone to his senses. There are too many to list really.
39. I live: because I want to see what happens next.

The Homunculus problem: is the theory not worthless if it explains the behaviour of a person by introducing in the person homunculi, little people to bring about the behaviour?

No, I am coming home on time after all, because my team-mates are fine with me being away for a month and I don't really want to spend £200 on a date change...

This is what my moot problem is about-- it's on international law. (Oh, this is Tor, by the way, in case you haven't realised.)

Appollonia is a small technologically advanced coastal state. Raglan is an archipelago not far off the coast of Appollonia. Magmuffin (no I am not making the names up) is a country across the strait from Appollonia. A regularly ships nuclear waste to M, taking a route across the Raglan archipelago. Raglan has a pirate problem. (You can guess what happens) However, the Raglan has started this new anti-piracy programme where naval pilots from the Raglan navy can be requested by foreign ships to pilot them safely across the pirate-infested archipelago. Appollonia does this and the pilot from Raglan turns out to be a pirate! He steals all the valuable stuff and lets the ship, full of toxic waste, drift around without power. Obviously it crashes onto a sandbar and spills its guts out onto random Raglan fishermen, obliterating the region's thriving tourism and fishing industry in the process.

Now they are suing each other.

Isn't it interesting? And this is for the Jessup International Law Moot. There's a regional round for the UK, then the winners go on to compete in Washington DC with the international teams. The Singapore team won last year (they win alot actually) and there're 3 Singaporeans in the LSE team (of 5) this year so we think there might be a reason behind our tutors choosing us to be in the team! How wierd would it be if we really do make it through to the final round and are up against Singaporeans! They will probably throw eggs at us and call us treacherous.

I really really really need to eat oh loa, char kway teoh and laksa. I cannot stand it anymore. I try and try but cannot seem to make chicken rice that tastes like how it should taste. Aargh. I hope my psyche is not irretrievably damaged. I am seriously considering not taking up my £30,000 a year job offer because I may end up deranged at the end of 3 years. Well, at least I have Bolbol.