first up, happy easter everyone! today's easter mass went alright i think. hope your lentern sacrifices paid off, that is, if you're the type who does that sort of thing.
next, happy hide (pronounced HEE-dei) memorial day! *prances with chan (who's hollering 'rocket dive' lyrics) around shopping cart with lemons in*
ok, enough with the jap stuff.
computer man came on friday. that's it, my printer has gone totally kaput, from lack of use. it's barely a year old dammit! looks like attempts to print various school assignments were pretty pointless. ack. now have to get new one, *anguished cry* oh will this search for a good printer never stop!?
yes, have also been sick for about a week now. lungs half full of phlegm, sometimes have to stop what i'm doing half way, stare off into the distance and then start trying to hack up my respiratory system. once done being amused by dancing stars, have to do a bit of blinking before repeating process. good thing fever went down.
have chinese prelims tmr. wishing me luck is not going to do any good. going to blindfold self and jump off cliff while desperately trying to miss hitting the ground.
among a few other churches, went to Mary queen of the angels on thursday. aargh! i swear, want to move to that church even though it's in bukit batok, my future house will look like the columbarium there!
to les: wussup with you man? looking at your e-journal (of which i don't understand at least half of because of people/incidents am not familiar with and just plain cheem-ness), feel you surrounded by bad karma, regardless of even if you feel 'all right now'. want to meet up one day for coffee?
to liz: miss you too! especially our slacking at starbucks. might drop by lah, who knows? should catch up one day, take care dear.
to lll: (for full effect, imagine me saying this with all the stresses)*reclines in chair and raises an eyebrow disdainfully* which part of 'all that has been written' do you not understand?
have to go drink milk now. will try to remember not to throw away special offer/free milk/whatever sales gimmick thing.
Tuesday, April 06, 2004
changed layout. haven't time enough to fiddle with a fancy one but simple and plain works too. fixed tag board so now you can pretty much see the whole thing.
by the way, scrapped the links and random stuff 'cos honestly can't be bothered with blog etiquette. don't see why i should add rubbish links just because i'm supposed to. but if you ever need a link that used to be here then just ask, via tag.
comments please? thanks.
by the way, scrapped the links and random stuff 'cos honestly can't be bothered with blog etiquette. don't see why i should add rubbish links just because i'm supposed to. but if you ever need a link that used to be here then just ask, via tag.
comments please? thanks.
Monday, April 05, 2004
yarh larh, ok les, i'll write! *acknowledging nod to the smallness of the tag board, as well as all that has been written*
have been v. busy, during the march hols banders had to go back to school 5 days a week, 'cos of the concert larh. but had a bit of fun during the practices, at least. i'm definitely going to miss those (and the odd things we have to do like try to get the chime to shut up when we're in the bus by having 4 of us grab different sections of it) once us sec 4s are properly out of the band. not the ungodly hours though. but it's not over yet, we still have honours day to play for, ack.
please don't ask how the concert went. i can't exactly answer that question. or anything related to band, for that matter.
now that we've stopped for the exams, i don't feel so crushed anymore, am v. relieved to have more time. but sometimes i think even if there were 36 hours in a day it wouldn't be enough... i would spend alot of it messing around this blog you know. and reading others, of course. i'm sorry to those whose blogs i'm supposed to read, i hardly find time to come online and check my mail larh, wah lau.
am absolutely sick of doing them chinese tests. gave up on friday (also 'cos i was late) and only filled in multiple choice sections, what's the point? we'd have to do another one on monday anyway. but have been studying for prelims larh, getting through the chinese shou che book is like wading through a swamp, without any pants on.
we made a suggestion to mrs nix the other day, that we'd just do our english homework on our blogs ('cos it's some kind of reflection thing) and hey, that's generally what people do on their blogs most of the time anyway... right..? but it got turned down, of course. interesting concept though, i rather thought it would make me write in my blog more.
i want to change my skin, bleah, the computer guy said he'd save my folder for me the last time we reformatted the com but i don't know what happened, crap. had this really nice background, stained parchment looking, with inked designs at the side. ah crap.
i bought the budak pantai album! they are so cool, a local a capella band. if you want, i could lend you the album. they did 'my heart wil go on' (that's right, the celine dion one) with this funky country feel thing combined with... Star Wars..? yeah, it's cool. highly recommended. speaking of albums, am planning to buy the jason mraz (i don't know how to spell his surname, no. but it sounds something like that) one. he drinks, smokes and still sounds like honey, beautiful! and he writes his own songs too.
can't wait for maundy thursday, do so like the visiting churches thing. was just going to mention the churches i'll be visiting but suddenly have mrs Chu's voice in my head,' and they also tell them where they're going!'. hrm. so let's play 'i'm not a stupid teenager' then. in any case, *waves* that was for any teacher who just so happens to be here.
mum screaming at me for throwing the milk carton away. had to cut out portion of it to redeem free extra carton see, you know the type. so now she's banging things around 'cos she's angry. i do wish she'd stop.
alright, i'm off. will blog when something excititng happens i suppose.
have been v. busy, during the march hols banders had to go back to school 5 days a week, 'cos of the concert larh. but had a bit of fun during the practices, at least. i'm definitely going to miss those (and the odd things we have to do like try to get the chime to shut up when we're in the bus by having 4 of us grab different sections of it) once us sec 4s are properly out of the band. not the ungodly hours though. but it's not over yet, we still have honours day to play for, ack.
please don't ask how the concert went. i can't exactly answer that question. or anything related to band, for that matter.
now that we've stopped for the exams, i don't feel so crushed anymore, am v. relieved to have more time. but sometimes i think even if there were 36 hours in a day it wouldn't be enough... i would spend alot of it messing around this blog you know. and reading others, of course. i'm sorry to those whose blogs i'm supposed to read, i hardly find time to come online and check my mail larh, wah lau.
am absolutely sick of doing them chinese tests. gave up on friday (also 'cos i was late) and only filled in multiple choice sections, what's the point? we'd have to do another one on monday anyway. but have been studying for prelims larh, getting through the chinese shou che book is like wading through a swamp, without any pants on.
we made a suggestion to mrs nix the other day, that we'd just do our english homework on our blogs ('cos it's some kind of reflection thing) and hey, that's generally what people do on their blogs most of the time anyway... right..? but it got turned down, of course. interesting concept though, i rather thought it would make me write in my blog more.
i want to change my skin, bleah, the computer guy said he'd save my folder for me the last time we reformatted the com but i don't know what happened, crap. had this really nice background, stained parchment looking, with inked designs at the side. ah crap.
i bought the budak pantai album! they are so cool, a local a capella band. if you want, i could lend you the album. they did 'my heart wil go on' (that's right, the celine dion one) with this funky country feel thing combined with... Star Wars..? yeah, it's cool. highly recommended. speaking of albums, am planning to buy the jason mraz (i don't know how to spell his surname, no. but it sounds something like that) one. he drinks, smokes and still sounds like honey, beautiful! and he writes his own songs too.
can't wait for maundy thursday, do so like the visiting churches thing. was just going to mention the churches i'll be visiting but suddenly have mrs Chu's voice in my head,' and they also tell them where they're going!'. hrm. so let's play 'i'm not a stupid teenager' then. in any case, *waves* that was for any teacher who just so happens to be here.
mum screaming at me for throwing the milk carton away. had to cut out portion of it to redeem free extra carton see, you know the type. so now she's banging things around 'cos she's angry. i do wish she'd stop.
alright, i'm off. will blog when something excititng happens i suppose.
Thursday, March 25, 2004
You are going to Marry orlando Bloom. He will
always treat you right and is very romantic. He
will do anything for you. He is very polite and
has deep brown eyes and is very good looking
(which is another plus!). He can make anything
cheesy look really hot(like sliding down stairs
on a shield shooting arrows or wearing pointy
ears for example). Congrats!!
Which male celebrity are you going to marry? (now 12 (i just added more, and still more to come!)results that have pics!)
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Tuesday, March 23, 2004
This is me, tor.
The Planner
Since work and success are your top priorities, you
can pretty much hold any job you want if you
have the drive for it. You would really like
jobs where you can plan things, like business
executive, teacher, journalist, or lawyer. You
may stay away from jobs that focus on seeing
success in other people (Counselor,
psychologist) because you want a job where YOU
decide the success, not someone else.
You generally do well with authority, which is why
you would like someone who would dominate you.
You dont mind taking orders to please other
people, as long as your soulmate doesnt get in
the way of your goals you will be fine. You
can be very stubborn, and you dont want to deal
with putting time or effort into relationships
you know wont last, so you usually have long
term relationships with possessive and
loyal people. Your dream men would be Ares from
Xena, Indiana Jones, Maximus from Gladiator,
and Jeff Corwin. You dream ladies would be
Faith from Buffy, Buffy, and Xena. You most
likely are an Ares, Capricorn, or Virgo. You
most likely
eat really bland food and like things to be plain
and simple and practical. You would love to
get something like a new computer or
organization file for Christmas. You are
probably considered greedy or miserly and you
can relate to Ebeneezer Scrooge in more ways
then one. You probably are in college or plan
to attend college, have very good grades, and
have received some sort of award of excellency
over the years.
Your best friends would be Dreamers and Creators.
You would do well dating a Villian, Leader, or
King. You would have trouble making
conversation with other Planners, and Social
Butterflies would annoy you!
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So sad. So not true lor.
What Forest Creature Are You?
I'm the wolf god!
The Planner
Since work and success are your top priorities, you
can pretty much hold any job you want if you
have the drive for it. You would really like
jobs where you can plan things, like business
executive, teacher, journalist, or lawyer. You
may stay away from jobs that focus on seeing
success in other people (Counselor,
psychologist) because you want a job where YOU
decide the success, not someone else.
You generally do well with authority, which is why
you would like someone who would dominate you.
You dont mind taking orders to please other
people, as long as your soulmate doesnt get in
the way of your goals you will be fine. You
can be very stubborn, and you dont want to deal
with putting time or effort into relationships
you know wont last, so you usually have long
term relationships with possessive and
loyal people. Your dream men would be Ares from
Xena, Indiana Jones, Maximus from Gladiator,
and Jeff Corwin. You dream ladies would be
Faith from Buffy, Buffy, and Xena. You most
likely are an Ares, Capricorn, or Virgo. You
most likely
eat really bland food and like things to be plain
and simple and practical. You would love to
get something like a new computer or
organization file for Christmas. You are
probably considered greedy or miserly and you
can relate to Ebeneezer Scrooge in more ways
then one. You probably are in college or plan
to attend college, have very good grades, and
have received some sort of award of excellency
over the years.
Your best friends would be Dreamers and Creators.
You would do well dating a Villian, Leader, or
King. You would have trouble making
conversation with other Planners, and Social
Butterflies would annoy you!
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So sad. So not true lor.
What Forest Creature Are You?
I'm the wolf god!
Sunday, March 14, 2004
haven't done one of those amusing/useless string of quizzes in a while...
The Creator
Your Jobs: You need a job where you can put your
creative resources to good use. You can be a
teacher , manager, counselor, spiritual leader,
journalist, or designer.
Love:
You need someone who can accept your moodiness and
learn to deal. You cannot have someone who will
constantly put you down, order you around, or
ignore you. You need a listener who cares about
your rapidly changing feelings. You may set
your standards too high.
Your dream guy= Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Your dream girl= Rinoa from Final Fantasy 8, Alyssa
from Chasing Amy
Most Likely...
You most likely...
Are a Gemini, Cancer, or Taurus
Like arty movies and dramas
Dont play any sports
Have two sides to you
Like movies that make you think
Follow a religion
Best Friends: Dreamers, Social Butterflies
Love Interests:Dreamers and other Creators
Enemies:Villians and Kings
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What Forest Creature Are You?
There's something wrong with you. We're not sure
what it is.
What Kind of Fangirl are You?
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The Creator
Your Jobs: You need a job where you can put your
creative resources to good use. You can be a
teacher , manager, counselor, spiritual leader,
journalist, or designer.
Love:
You need someone who can accept your moodiness and
learn to deal. You cannot have someone who will
constantly put you down, order you around, or
ignore you. You need a listener who cares about
your rapidly changing feelings. You may set
your standards too high.
Your dream guy= Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Your dream girl= Rinoa from Final Fantasy 8, Alyssa
from Chasing Amy
Most Likely...
You most likely...
Are a Gemini, Cancer, or Taurus
Like arty movies and dramas
Dont play any sports
Have two sides to you
Like movies that make you think
Follow a religion
Best Friends: Dreamers, Social Butterflies
Love Interests:Dreamers and other Creators
Enemies:Villians and Kings
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A True Goth Quiz (now with pics)
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What Forest Creature Are You?
There's something wrong with you. We're not sure
what it is.
What Kind of Fangirl are You?
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Wednesday, March 03, 2004
to the 2 classes in charge of the thanksgiving mass on monday:
it may not have been so great today but the effort put in for this is unmatched. rock on! (i don't know why i sound american..?)
to the people who were laughing and rolling their eyes during practice:
you are fleas that nest in the scrotum of a diseased gay camel and it's not worth farting in your general direction. and rememeber, i don't have an attitude problem, you have a perception problem.
it may not have been so great today but the effort put in for this is unmatched. rock on! (i don't know why i sound american..?)
to the people who were laughing and rolling their eyes during practice:
you are fleas that nest in the scrotum of a diseased gay camel and it's not worth farting in your general direction. and rememeber, i don't have an attitude problem, you have a perception problem.
Wednesday, February 18, 2004
cannot for the life of me figure out how to enlarge the text box for my posts. all the conventional things aren't working... oh well. will settle with this for now.
anyway, been busy. can anyone suggest what kind of explainations (why does tha look wrong? am sure it's spelled that right... help lah tor.) i can come up for things chosen for offertory: a box of chocolates (to quote forest gump, 'life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get' so savour every moment), a ring (i dunno yet, but that's pretty symbolic ain't it?!), a picture of a girl with her friends (something about not forgeting the times you had in secondary school) and something else... a book (quite lame, because learning never ends), i think. so just post suggestions on the tag board or tell me straight.
this whole mass thing is crazy. things were flying around, something about not wanting to pair up 4/3 and 4/4... shd have been 4/3 and 4/9 instead or something ridiculous like that. we got paired up in the end though (we fought for it, generally, the 2 classes like each other, methinks) but didn't have a pianist until we begged angie to play. jamie was nice enough to be the back up pianist though, 4/6 has heaps of pianists, can count 3 off the top of my head.
many things going on, concerning the mass thing, tempers flaring mostly. am just praying that we don't screw it up.
Jac yip's furious at 4/3 for several reasons, not too sure of the whole story (generally don't want to know it) but am getting a bit worried for their self-awareness camp because of it. can't predict what'll happen, hope they solve it.
just started the secret pal thing in class today. had a false start (everyone knew who everyone else's secret pals were...) so had to start again. won't say who mine is, in case she reads this. highly doubt that'll happen though, don't think she knows my blog add, we're not close.
got 5.5 upon 25 for my january accounts test, dunno how am going to tell my father, help!
ok, not really organising this blog entry today so random things just coming out yarh? just finished maths tuition, brain a bit scrambled. but do rather enjoy maths and, for that matter, chinese tuition. tuitors are very patient and everything, 'cos it's one on one.
printer got problem! stupid thing, random red button flashing, which is supposed to mean either the thing is jammed (it's not) or the ink's run out (it hasn't). first it was the monitor, then this. the monitor's problem was that it was randomly switching itself off. kinda sounds like the problem my tv had the other time (that was ages ago) but banging didn't help at all. generally speaking, rather like banging electrical appliances (only during malfunctions lah) 'cos get great satisfaction when the thing starts working again, after all that noise.
praticing hard for band concert. by the way, if anyone wants to purchase tickets, they're $10 each, concert itself to be held at VCH, free seating. buy from me lah. been dueting with priscilla after practically every practise, and am obviously the better singer (and am obviously writing that to make self feel better, entertain me). it'll be so strange when we leave band, meaning the sec 4s. have no great love for it or anything but don't get me wrong, don't hate it either. but it's been such a regular part of life here in secondary school, twice a week, every week then all of a sudden it stops...
just realised that i'm going to rather miss band. never thought i'd ever have to say that.
watched moon child the other day, the movie with hyde, gackt and lee hom in it. chan and vanessa have effectively turned me into a gackt fangirl. damn i don't need this, you hear me?! gackt's like this too-strange jap version of lestat (which i think is what's attracting me). so, just for the sake of it:
Which Gackt are you most like?
quiz by
mcvarmazi
i have to go have dinner now. also have to study for accounts test. many (it's MANY, sub-conscious, NOT MANA, damn it. only malice mizer fans will get this, so nevermind.) things have not been written, but that can't be helped.
and oh yes. thanks so much for the Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials set, tor! i love it!
anyway, been busy. can anyone suggest what kind of explainations (why does tha look wrong? am sure it's spelled that right... help lah tor.) i can come up for things chosen for offertory: a box of chocolates (to quote forest gump, 'life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get' so savour every moment), a ring (i dunno yet, but that's pretty symbolic ain't it?!), a picture of a girl with her friends (something about not forgeting the times you had in secondary school) and something else... a book (quite lame, because learning never ends), i think. so just post suggestions on the tag board or tell me straight.
this whole mass thing is crazy. things were flying around, something about not wanting to pair up 4/3 and 4/4... shd have been 4/3 and 4/9 instead or something ridiculous like that. we got paired up in the end though (we fought for it, generally, the 2 classes like each other, methinks) but didn't have a pianist until we begged angie to play. jamie was nice enough to be the back up pianist though, 4/6 has heaps of pianists, can count 3 off the top of my head.
many things going on, concerning the mass thing, tempers flaring mostly. am just praying that we don't screw it up.
Jac yip's furious at 4/3 for several reasons, not too sure of the whole story (generally don't want to know it) but am getting a bit worried for their self-awareness camp because of it. can't predict what'll happen, hope they solve it.
just started the secret pal thing in class today. had a false start (everyone knew who everyone else's secret pals were...) so had to start again. won't say who mine is, in case she reads this. highly doubt that'll happen though, don't think she knows my blog add, we're not close.
got 5.5 upon 25 for my january accounts test, dunno how am going to tell my father, help!
ok, not really organising this blog entry today so random things just coming out yarh? just finished maths tuition, brain a bit scrambled. but do rather enjoy maths and, for that matter, chinese tuition. tuitors are very patient and everything, 'cos it's one on one.
printer got problem! stupid thing, random red button flashing, which is supposed to mean either the thing is jammed (it's not) or the ink's run out (it hasn't). first it was the monitor, then this. the monitor's problem was that it was randomly switching itself off. kinda sounds like the problem my tv had the other time (that was ages ago) but banging didn't help at all. generally speaking, rather like banging electrical appliances (only during malfunctions lah) 'cos get great satisfaction when the thing starts working again, after all that noise.
praticing hard for band concert. by the way, if anyone wants to purchase tickets, they're $10 each, concert itself to be held at VCH, free seating. buy from me lah. been dueting with priscilla after practically every practise, and am obviously the better singer (and am obviously writing that to make self feel better, entertain me). it'll be so strange when we leave band, meaning the sec 4s. have no great love for it or anything but don't get me wrong, don't hate it either. but it's been such a regular part of life here in secondary school, twice a week, every week then all of a sudden it stops...
just realised that i'm going to rather miss band. never thought i'd ever have to say that.
watched moon child the other day, the movie with hyde, gackt and lee hom in it. chan and vanessa have effectively turned me into a gackt fangirl. damn i don't need this, you hear me?! gackt's like this too-strange jap version of lestat (which i think is what's attracting me). so, just for the sake of it:
Which Gackt are you most like?
quiz by
mcvarmazii have to go have dinner now. also have to study for accounts test. many (it's MANY, sub-conscious, NOT MANA, damn it. only malice mizer fans will get this, so nevermind.) things have not been written, but that can't be helped.
and oh yes. thanks so much for the Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials set, tor! i love it!
Monday, January 26, 2004
Friday, January 16, 2004
hello again! how are you? and how are you? terribly sorry as have not been blogging for these past few weeks, school's been just up in my face, screaming at me to wake up. hell, am in sec 4 this year and can't believe it. like sean said (met him today at the bus interchange), he can't get used to the idea that we're all in sec 4. then said that when we get to j1 (or whatever who's going where) we'll still think we're 16.
recently, my com went all whack and now have lost all bookmarks and everything, again. am so tired of this. everytime i build up a list that vaguely resembles the last one the thing crashes in due time. it's not like i download rubbish or anything. bloody hell.
many things have happened since the last time i blogged. of course, many things seemed to have happened all at once since christmas. eldred's gone to toronto, my sis has gone back to london, am getting chinese remedial from my cousin/aunt/both, christmas was nice although quiet (and my grandma makes wicked rendang) and the christmas mass was... think i should shut up now.
if you haven't noticed, this is my blog so i get to be self absorbed (shut up sam, you are so lame!) ok? got alot of nice things for christmas. very nice, i should say. money (how can that not be a good thing for me right now?), the odd photoframe and bedsheet, a piece of wire bent to form my name that's supposed to be used as a bookmark (always wanted one of those), an lotr postcard from NZ (thanks mum!), a set of PotC postcards (thanks chan!), black feather earrings (thanks mavis!), parchment paper (thanks steph!), a stuffed jack skellington (love you jenny!), a HMV voucher that i need help spending (any volunteers?), the quotable sandman (thank you amanda and rosie!!!)and... Stardust, the illustrated one Gaiman did with Charles Vess. autographed by the man himself. you see, my sister was in london and he was touring so... thank you so much tor! i love you!
and so we move on from christmas. i hear from jenny that her cousin saanthiya (and the whole of that bit of the family) is moving to houston at the end of this year. daaaammnn, wish she could stay. she's a fantastic person, always willing to help and the sort you should meet a least once in your life. here's her blog add: www.boredom-ville.blogspot.com. take care saanthiya, promise us you'll visit...
am thinking about not writing again, till after my 'o's or at least for a few months. have just enough time to squeeze in all my work, let alone posting on my blog.
and oh yes. merry (belated) christmas, happy (belated) new year and of course, happy (be-earlied) birthday to all.
recently, my com went all whack and now have lost all bookmarks and everything, again. am so tired of this. everytime i build up a list that vaguely resembles the last one the thing crashes in due time. it's not like i download rubbish or anything. bloody hell.
many things have happened since the last time i blogged. of course, many things seemed to have happened all at once since christmas. eldred's gone to toronto, my sis has gone back to london, am getting chinese remedial from my cousin/aunt/both, christmas was nice although quiet (and my grandma makes wicked rendang) and the christmas mass was... think i should shut up now.
if you haven't noticed, this is my blog so i get to be self absorbed (shut up sam, you are so lame!) ok? got alot of nice things for christmas. very nice, i should say. money (how can that not be a good thing for me right now?), the odd photoframe and bedsheet, a piece of wire bent to form my name that's supposed to be used as a bookmark (always wanted one of those), an lotr postcard from NZ (thanks mum!), a set of PotC postcards (thanks chan!), black feather earrings (thanks mavis!), parchment paper (thanks steph!), a stuffed jack skellington (love you jenny!), a HMV voucher that i need help spending (any volunteers?), the quotable sandman (thank you amanda and rosie!!!)and... Stardust, the illustrated one Gaiman did with Charles Vess. autographed by the man himself. you see, my sister was in london and he was touring so... thank you so much tor! i love you!
and so we move on from christmas. i hear from jenny that her cousin saanthiya (and the whole of that bit of the family) is moving to houston at the end of this year. daaaammnn, wish she could stay. she's a fantastic person, always willing to help and the sort you should meet a least once in your life. here's her blog add: www.boredom-ville.blogspot.com. take care saanthiya, promise us you'll visit...
am thinking about not writing again, till after my 'o's or at least for a few months. have just enough time to squeeze in all my work, let alone posting on my blog.
and oh yes. merry (belated) christmas, happy (belated) new year and of course, happy (be-earlied) birthday to all.
Sunday, December 21, 2003
bought a lollipop from ntuc today, the giant type about the size of my palm. went around licking it in an attemp to finish it in one day. cannot lah, it's damn big. got up to the point where my tongue started to bleed. when my cousin saw it she thought it was the dye from the lolly itself because my whole touge was red. ouch. it's a good thing i rather like the taste of blood. so had a hard time trying to eat dinner, especially the curry.
lesson learned today: never eat curry when your tongue is bleeding. or put curry on any open wound for that matter.
lesson learned today: never eat curry when your tongue is bleeding. or put curry on any open wound for that matter.
Saturday, December 20, 2003
am blogging on my sister's lap top. yes, my home computer's down, (again!) but at least i'm not one of those who're dependent on the com, sure i can live without it. gets a bit piss-offing at some times but is ok.
as you have gathered, my sister's home, yay! she only comes back about once a year, think my parents so rich is it? can send her back and forth? she hasn't changed very much, of which i am happy to say. she does weird things sometimes though, like sticking her hand out the window before going out, to check the temperature because she's so used to having to do things like that in london. there sure is odd weather over there.
yay! have just watched return of the king! actually was supposed to see it with eldred but he went for the freaking GALA PREMIER so i brought my sister instead. damn, the movie is good! the trilogy is something everyone should watch at least once. am going to borrow eldred's FotR and TT when he gets them back. anyone up for a marathon? have to say though, i am very sad it's all over. an epic adventure to end all adventures has been made by the genius who goes by the name of peter jackson. somebody, give this guy an oscar!
i've had so many things to blog down, especially since with the crazy computer that's gone down (again!). but i can't seem to remember it all now. oh yes, nearly forgot to mention. steph came up with the brilliant idea of doing CIP hours this month for next year, so that we don't have to squeze them in during our practicals. so now i'm rushing through 36 hours of kettling down at orchard mrt. if you don't know what that is, it's the salvation army ringing bell thing. can get damn boring after 2, maybe 3 hours or so but it's rather fun people watching lah, it's a good spot for it after all. there're also the random few people one of us know who stop by (well duh, it's orchard mrt after all...) who want to ring the bell and just talk to us for a few minutes. i reckon we see someone we know or an ij girl and average of every hour or so.
oh yes. was supposed to say something about clay aiken's album? got it when mum got her david tao cd. he (aiken, not tao) can sing fantastically well. but he has really odd songwriters. i don't know why they don't want to write something that can show the extent of his talent, i mean how far can ballads go? by the way, he's working with the same people who work with westlife...
am having a very bad sore throat. couldn't sing for carolling today, sometimes had to switch down to the alto part (the bits that i know lah, in any case) because got a lot of notes i cannot reach. so it's a good thing i'm standing at the extreme side of my section, right next to an alto. for the past couple of days people can only hear 3 words out of a sentence that i say, it's that bad. on the phone it's worse. and erm, i seem to have passed it on to my sister. opps.
on a more serious note, everyone please pray for amelia's mother, who passed away recently. let us hope that she may find peace. you know, i once read somewhere that there's this legend about death. death is a person so heartbreakingly beautiful that once you see death, you fall in love so hard that your soul is pulled out through your eyes. that's an interesting way to go, to say the least.
as you have gathered, my sister's home, yay! she only comes back about once a year, think my parents so rich is it? can send her back and forth? she hasn't changed very much, of which i am happy to say. she does weird things sometimes though, like sticking her hand out the window before going out, to check the temperature because she's so used to having to do things like that in london. there sure is odd weather over there.
yay! have just watched return of the king! actually was supposed to see it with eldred but he went for the freaking GALA PREMIER so i brought my sister instead. damn, the movie is good! the trilogy is something everyone should watch at least once. am going to borrow eldred's FotR and TT when he gets them back. anyone up for a marathon? have to say though, i am very sad it's all over. an epic adventure to end all adventures has been made by the genius who goes by the name of peter jackson. somebody, give this guy an oscar!
i've had so many things to blog down, especially since with the crazy computer that's gone down (again!). but i can't seem to remember it all now. oh yes, nearly forgot to mention. steph came up with the brilliant idea of doing CIP hours this month for next year, so that we don't have to squeze them in during our practicals. so now i'm rushing through 36 hours of kettling down at orchard mrt. if you don't know what that is, it's the salvation army ringing bell thing. can get damn boring after 2, maybe 3 hours or so but it's rather fun people watching lah, it's a good spot for it after all. there're also the random few people one of us know who stop by (well duh, it's orchard mrt after all...) who want to ring the bell and just talk to us for a few minutes. i reckon we see someone we know or an ij girl and average of every hour or so.
oh yes. was supposed to say something about clay aiken's album? got it when mum got her david tao cd. he (aiken, not tao) can sing fantastically well. but he has really odd songwriters. i don't know why they don't want to write something that can show the extent of his talent, i mean how far can ballads go? by the way, he's working with the same people who work with westlife...
am having a very bad sore throat. couldn't sing for carolling today, sometimes had to switch down to the alto part (the bits that i know lah, in any case) because got a lot of notes i cannot reach. so it's a good thing i'm standing at the extreme side of my section, right next to an alto. for the past couple of days people can only hear 3 words out of a sentence that i say, it's that bad. on the phone it's worse. and erm, i seem to have passed it on to my sister. opps.
on a more serious note, everyone please pray for amelia's mother, who passed away recently. let us hope that she may find peace. you know, i once read somewhere that there's this legend about death. death is a person so heartbreakingly beautiful that once you see death, you fall in love so hard that your soul is pulled out through your eyes. that's an interesting way to go, to say the least.
Monday, December 08, 2003
Travelling in London is like a game of russian roulette. You never know what you're in for when you step out the door. You might die on the subway, get your pocket picked, or meet a famous person. Drunk and homeless people assault you with their fragrant personality, very tall black models puff on suspicious smelling sticks, rats run up your leg.
Maybe I am speaking as a Sanitized Singaporean, but sometimes, I just wanna be home.
One encounter of note:
'Happy Belated birthday!'
*nods dumbly*
'Could you make this out to Victoria?'
'How do you spell that?'
' I wasn't aware there was an alternative way to spell Victoria'
'You'd be surprised, the Jennifers spelt J-E-N-I-F-F-E-R, the Daves spelt D-A-E-V, the Amys with an E..'
'I suppose it takes all sorts...'
'Yes... where are you from?'
'Singapore, you were meant to be there but didn't go?'
'Yes, Dave McKean and I had an important meeting for MirrorMask.. but I really want to go there... I hear the food is amazing'
'Yes! My sister was so disappointed'
'I'll be sure to go when I have a chance'
*hands my endless nights back*
'Thank you!'
Now that kinda makes it all worth it.
Maybe I am speaking as a Sanitized Singaporean, but sometimes, I just wanna be home.
One encounter of note:
'Happy Belated birthday!'
*nods dumbly*
'Could you make this out to Victoria?'
'How do you spell that?'
' I wasn't aware there was an alternative way to spell Victoria'
'You'd be surprised, the Jennifers spelt J-E-N-I-F-F-E-R, the Daves spelt D-A-E-V, the Amys with an E..'
'I suppose it takes all sorts...'
'Yes... where are you from?'
'Singapore, you were meant to be there but didn't go?'
'Yes, Dave McKean and I had an important meeting for MirrorMask.. but I really want to go there... I hear the food is amazing'
'Yes! My sister was so disappointed'
'I'll be sure to go when I have a chance'
*hands my endless nights back*
'Thank you!'
Now that kinda makes it all worth it.
Monday, December 01, 2003
couldn't go for band today. was too painful, as woke up with period cramps. yarh, the cramps actually woke me up a couple of times during the night/morning. got up to get warm drink and that funky herbal pillow that you microwave and can stay hot for hours but couldn't find it. gave up and wet a towel with warm water and put it in a plastic bag then went to sleep again, hugging that.
when i got up, i realised that the stupid forfeit i had to do yesterday at choir camp (write 'christus laudatur voce' with my arse) really took a toll on my thigh muscles, now they ache. it feels like i ran 2.4km without warming up. when i walk or climb the stairs i've got to re-distribute my weight between both feet so now am looking as if i'm a bit drunk 'cos it results in a rather unsteady gait.
the camp itself was fun though. had good company, nice house (except for the mosquitoes) and great food. kudos to stephanie's mum, auntie maria, who cooked food for us. her spiced ribs brought the house down!
wish i could stay for the whole thing, but either way couldn't have because of cramps and band. really wanted to go for band today too but that's a bit difficult since i couldn't come down the stairs properly in the morning.
ok, have to go now. yay! my sister's coming back next week :)
when i got up, i realised that the stupid forfeit i had to do yesterday at choir camp (write 'christus laudatur voce' with my arse) really took a toll on my thigh muscles, now they ache. it feels like i ran 2.4km without warming up. when i walk or climb the stairs i've got to re-distribute my weight between both feet so now am looking as if i'm a bit drunk 'cos it results in a rather unsteady gait.
the camp itself was fun though. had good company, nice house (except for the mosquitoes) and great food. kudos to stephanie's mum, auntie maria, who cooked food for us. her spiced ribs brought the house down!
wish i could stay for the whole thing, but either way couldn't have because of cramps and band. really wanted to go for band today too but that's a bit difficult since i couldn't come down the stairs properly in the morning.
ok, have to go now. yay! my sister's coming back next week :)
Friday, November 28, 2003
darn it. just called my choir mistress, trying to get out of this week's choir camp. she didn't let me, saying that gerard might be able to fetch me home on sunday. ack, hate it when pple do stuff for me, feel like i'm inconveniencing them. which is why i'm not asking denise to give me a lift, her dad is really nice.
truth be told, i don't like going for things just half-way. if i go for the camp i want to go for the whole thing, not leave on the night of the first day and come back at dusk on the second. what's the point, if im going to be missing half the thing anyway. there're obviously going to be things done on the day that i missed and, how do it put it... i'll be out of sync with everyone else. i'll start feeling like i'm part of an interactive audience or something. get my drift?
don't get me wrong, am really wanting to go for this camp. there's going to be praise and worship and everything. but i'd rather not travel back and forth from sembawang and thompson/bishan or worse, have someone do it for me.
urgh. how did i get myself into this... and so sorry for sounding american, was watching tv before this.
truth be told, i don't like going for things just half-way. if i go for the camp i want to go for the whole thing, not leave on the night of the first day and come back at dusk on the second. what's the point, if im going to be missing half the thing anyway. there're obviously going to be things done on the day that i missed and, how do it put it... i'll be out of sync with everyone else. i'll start feeling like i'm part of an interactive audience or something. get my drift?
don't get me wrong, am really wanting to go for this camp. there's going to be praise and worship and everything. but i'd rather not travel back and forth from sembawang and thompson/bishan or worse, have someone do it for me.
urgh. how did i get myself into this... and so sorry for sounding american, was watching tv before this.
Monday, November 24, 2003
hah. ok, shd have a few good hours on the com. and tor, eldred said he never got anything from you.
so. camp was really funky. everyday we'd end at abt, roughly 12 in the morning and by the time we were finished with supper , washing up and whatnot it would be abt 1 something so everyone would get an average of 9 hours of sleep for both nights togther. but that's for the pple who actually slept at all lah... heard abt alot of strange things going on in the other dorms... spin the bottle and all. which dorm? if you're familiar with the pple in my church then you shd know.
was hanging out with either my group members or kat and ara (both pple who were in the same dorm as i was in) at any given time. they're all pretty decnt pple, except for ara and kat who stole my towel while i was bathing. screamed at the same time a facil was nearby so they had to give it back. when asked why i screamed they responded by saying that the water was cold. sheesh.
if i ate like how i did during the camp, i'd be hell a lot fatter than i am now. 3 square meals a day, plus supper. boxes of oreos were present all the time, unlimited supply of milo and the occasional bag of chips. oh yes, and nutella that saved me because i badly needed a sugar high. i mean, the meals were so healthy.
had mass on the last day. was surprised that my parents turned up. thought only my godma would 'cos my parents are so blur, i had to call my dad the previous day to tell him that there was mass at all. it was pretty cool, especially since it was on a sunday. was sorry i had to have lunch them though, there was funky stuff happening at my group table...
ok, aside from all that, i really learnt a lot. about myself, my faith and my parents. it may sound cliche (but hey, look on the bright side, they sorta become cliches because they're true...) but somehow after the camp i was feeling maybe a little closer to God.
and that was last week. the most recent weekend was my confirmation itself. the rehersal was on saturday so had to miss half of band because of it. but i think mebe it was mainly because of the recruitment drive. sang in a small group to promote choir. and screwed it up. oh well. and not forgetting elizabeth who baked brownies for everyone as christmas presents. she's unbalanced larh.
bought a dress, shawl and did a manicure for my confirmation itself. manicure being a colour french (black). i really like it but is now odd to eat with fingers. anyway, was sitting at the back of the church and everytime i turned around, it seemed as if there was another ij girl strolling in. i say, we don't need a chapel, we'll just use risen christ.
been preparing for sunday for all my cathecism life. now it's all over and i feel just weird. it's like i've become the church equivelent of an adult. im going to miss class and of course my cathecists, especially lester and lai probably 'cos they've been the closest to my own age compared to all the other cathecists. easier to connect and all that.
honestly, i've never given much thought to cat classes. but now am feeling grateful, for all those lessons concerning my faith, the classes on saturday afternoons that became such a chore to attend but now when i look back, rather enjoyable really. they were an integral part of my life.
enough reminiscing. am going to change skin, am tired of this one.
so. camp was really funky. everyday we'd end at abt, roughly 12 in the morning and by the time we were finished with supper , washing up and whatnot it would be abt 1 something so everyone would get an average of 9 hours of sleep for both nights togther. but that's for the pple who actually slept at all lah... heard abt alot of strange things going on in the other dorms... spin the bottle and all. which dorm? if you're familiar with the pple in my church then you shd know.
was hanging out with either my group members or kat and ara (both pple who were in the same dorm as i was in) at any given time. they're all pretty decnt pple, except for ara and kat who stole my towel while i was bathing. screamed at the same time a facil was nearby so they had to give it back. when asked why i screamed they responded by saying that the water was cold. sheesh.
if i ate like how i did during the camp, i'd be hell a lot fatter than i am now. 3 square meals a day, plus supper. boxes of oreos were present all the time, unlimited supply of milo and the occasional bag of chips. oh yes, and nutella that saved me because i badly needed a sugar high. i mean, the meals were so healthy.
had mass on the last day. was surprised that my parents turned up. thought only my godma would 'cos my parents are so blur, i had to call my dad the previous day to tell him that there was mass at all. it was pretty cool, especially since it was on a sunday. was sorry i had to have lunch them though, there was funky stuff happening at my group table...
ok, aside from all that, i really learnt a lot. about myself, my faith and my parents. it may sound cliche (but hey, look on the bright side, they sorta become cliches because they're true...) but somehow after the camp i was feeling maybe a little closer to God.
and that was last week. the most recent weekend was my confirmation itself. the rehersal was on saturday so had to miss half of band because of it. but i think mebe it was mainly because of the recruitment drive. sang in a small group to promote choir. and screwed it up. oh well. and not forgetting elizabeth who baked brownies for everyone as christmas presents. she's unbalanced larh.
bought a dress, shawl and did a manicure for my confirmation itself. manicure being a colour french (black). i really like it but is now odd to eat with fingers. anyway, was sitting at the back of the church and everytime i turned around, it seemed as if there was another ij girl strolling in. i say, we don't need a chapel, we'll just use risen christ.
been preparing for sunday for all my cathecism life. now it's all over and i feel just weird. it's like i've become the church equivelent of an adult. im going to miss class and of course my cathecists, especially lester and lai probably 'cos they've been the closest to my own age compared to all the other cathecists. easier to connect and all that.
honestly, i've never given much thought to cat classes. but now am feeling grateful, for all those lessons concerning my faith, the classes on saturday afternoons that became such a chore to attend but now when i look back, rather enjoyable really. they were an integral part of my life.
enough reminiscing. am going to change skin, am tired of this one.
wheeeeee!!! my com has been fixed!! the thing kind of died while i was away for con camp. my parents told me that my mum had overloaded the washing machine so there was a blackout. next thing they knew, the cpu couldn't be switched on.
have a lot of stuff to say.
already mentioned, confirmation camp. met some really nice pple there, the type you don't want to lose contact with. adrian, amelia, angelina (two of 'em), daphne, elizabeth, ester, gabriel, kenneth, matthew, sean and vanessa. typically known as the st paulians as our group was (duh?!) st paul. we had the best time there, and i want to go back!! learnt many things abt myself, did a lot of reflecting and bonding. though one thing i hated was that there was no starbucks nearby. nearest one was at compassvale mall, 10 min drive away. our facillitators were (and still are, actually) really nice. they got stuff for us from 7-11. man i had the best time.
ah crap. need to make long entry abt week but need to wake up for band tmr. at this rate, i'll get mebe abt 5 hrs of sleep. will have to make post tmr as don't need to get up on tues.
have a lot of stuff to say.
already mentioned, confirmation camp. met some really nice pple there, the type you don't want to lose contact with. adrian, amelia, angelina (two of 'em), daphne, elizabeth, ester, gabriel, kenneth, matthew, sean and vanessa. typically known as the st paulians as our group was (duh?!) st paul. we had the best time there, and i want to go back!! learnt many things abt myself, did a lot of reflecting and bonding. though one thing i hated was that there was no starbucks nearby. nearest one was at compassvale mall, 10 min drive away. our facillitators were (and still are, actually) really nice. they got stuff for us from 7-11. man i had the best time.
ah crap. need to make long entry abt week but need to wake up for band tmr. at this rate, i'll get mebe abt 5 hrs of sleep. will have to make post tmr as don't need to get up on tues.
Tuesday, November 11, 2003
am freaking out right now. haven't the foggiest idea what i want to do in the future. at least steph has her whole lawyer thing and all that, even knows what jc and stuff she wants to take, so i rather envy her on that bit.
people always say do what you think you'll be happy doing, what you could see yourself doing for the rest of your life. the problem is, i don't think i'm good at anything. i did used to think perhaps geography, but i was wrong. i suck at that, even. i can't draw, write, act, debate or even play an instrument properly. oh shut up, the sax doesn't count, i suck at that too. i did though, once really enjoy this class we had in sec 1 and 2, design and technology. was rather good at it too. pity my school doesn't offer it o level. perhaps i should have gone out of school to persue it instead, is it too late for my aspiration as a carpenter(ress)?
hang on, i'm cheering up now. i'm going to go into spa therapy which is something i like and am remotely good at. my cousin makes me massage her everytime i see her and apparently says that it's as good as the funky thai massage she went for the other time.
ok. am quite cheered up now. typing to myself on a blog can be very theraputic you know. and oi tor, when are you going to next call? mum's been bothering me with her paranoia.
and another thing. in response to denise's post, i might be taking off the links to the other blogs. i don't see a point, practically everyone who comes here already has those addresses or aren't interested in them. it's the whole blog network thing, if you get what i mean.
have to go have dinner now, am having claypot rice. and speaking of clay, i need to make an entry about that clay aiken album that's just come out. another time then.
people always say do what you think you'll be happy doing, what you could see yourself doing for the rest of your life. the problem is, i don't think i'm good at anything. i did used to think perhaps geography, but i was wrong. i suck at that, even. i can't draw, write, act, debate or even play an instrument properly. oh shut up, the sax doesn't count, i suck at that too. i did though, once really enjoy this class we had in sec 1 and 2, design and technology. was rather good at it too. pity my school doesn't offer it o level. perhaps i should have gone out of school to persue it instead, is it too late for my aspiration as a carpenter(ress)?
hang on, i'm cheering up now. i'm going to go into spa therapy which is something i like and am remotely good at. my cousin makes me massage her everytime i see her and apparently says that it's as good as the funky thai massage she went for the other time.
ok. am quite cheered up now. typing to myself on a blog can be very theraputic you know. and oi tor, when are you going to next call? mum's been bothering me with her paranoia.
and another thing. in response to denise's post, i might be taking off the links to the other blogs. i don't see a point, practically everyone who comes here already has those addresses or aren't interested in them. it's the whole blog network thing, if you get what i mean.
have to go have dinner now, am having claypot rice. and speaking of clay, i need to make an entry about that clay aiken album that's just come out. another time then.
Tuesday, November 04, 2003
rosie and chan came over today to make good use of the 6 disc set from studio ghibli that i've got on loan. saw mononoke, some racoon thing i don't know the title of and totoro! aargh, that was one hell of a cute movie! i recommend that everyone watch it. why can't disney produce stuff like this?
am getting results tmr. so scared, im numb. am confused as to why they always moderate english but not chinese... and have done much better for end year as compared to mid year. so obviously that's going to pull me down, ack! also have to go to school earlier 'cos gail siow (i can't for the life of me remember how to spell her surname) wants to go through the answers for social studies with us, which is nuts 'cos no one's gonna want to come early.
tor, stop with the friendster thing, i think it hates me. i can't get in, said something about cookies. oh well.
ok. have to go draw up giant planner to stick on wall because of my horrible holidays plans. need to have parents know what time i come home and all that, ack.
am getting results tmr. so scared, im numb. am confused as to why they always moderate english but not chinese... and have done much better for end year as compared to mid year. so obviously that's going to pull me down, ack! also have to go to school earlier 'cos gail siow (i can't for the life of me remember how to spell her surname) wants to go through the answers for social studies with us, which is nuts 'cos no one's gonna want to come early.
tor, stop with the friendster thing, i think it hates me. i can't get in, said something about cookies. oh well.
ok. have to go draw up giant planner to stick on wall because of my horrible holidays plans. need to have parents know what time i come home and all that, ack.