Note to self: Don't RP before going to sleep, you will have some very strange dreams.

Shan't talk about it here. It involved caramel apples, a pair of glasses and a really hot guy, in that order. And yes, fangirling is off-limits here, I know.

So the worst is over. Going to Totally Slack this weekend, also thinking of holding SPYKBS coffee meeting next week, as am very worried about Electra and Bern.

Speaking of next week, I hear that there'll be this Shishedo (you know, that Japanese cosmetics brand..? Don't know how to spell it.) talk on personal grooming, or something, on Monday. Whole morning taken up by it. I remember my sister telling me about the time when she was in secondary school and people came in to teach them how to apply make-up and what not.

What I would give to see certain people of our school in make-up.

In any case, this is all very odd, I think. Ah well, as long as we don't have to pay then why complain, neh? Not like the $70 we have to cough up for grad night. Not even sure if I'll be going, am thinking of just taking the money and doing something else with it...

Papers yesterday were alright, suprisingly easy for a prelim exam actually. If the O's were like this I'd be very worried.

Mum's getting the house a CD burner!! I love my mum so much, now I can get all my nonsense space consuming music off window's media player. Victoria, bring your CDs back, I'll have to do a lot of burning with those.

Hallo Electra *waves enthusiatically*. Kumquat~

I dunno, Amanda. Probably the rain? And he wrote a poem on it? I hope it's not too depressing, then it would defeat the purpose...

Just realised that I've got 4 journals to upkeep: this one, my LJ account and the 2 RP ones. So I can't do quadruple posting, it won't work and it wouldn't be fair either.

Right, should go now.

Recently, I've been in a state of exhaustion.

Tired because of, well, exams obviously. Need that be said? However, am approaching the end of my prelims soon, which should be a good thing.

The fellow who refused to leave its name. I have very few friends who would refrain from leaving a name and even fewer who have only a loose grasp of English. I am not sure as to what you speak in reference of. Please feel free to drop me a line, if you found your way to my blog then you should also either know me, have my number or e-mail address.

Met up with Chris and Elizabeth today. It was a very educational meeting. Very glad to see that they're doing well, will probably see much of them in December.

They put me in a dilemma, worse than the one I am at the current moment deliberating. Choir, of course. Something that has always left me weary, in more ways than one.

Ever since I... applied for leave, if it can be called that, I feel as if a great weight has been lifted off, since I need not show till January. The singing is missed of course, very much so. But not the endless scoldings, unseen political nonsense and random bullshit flying around.

And for the first time in nearly half my life I will actually have time to go Christmas shopping properly, spend time catching up with friends and paint my room (or various combinations of those).

And ice-cream during the holiday season! What a luxury!

Am getting the feeling that it seems more advantageous for me to leave. I should quit whining and just do it, shouldn't I?

We'll see.

I swear, I've killed about 5 mosquitoes this afternoon, all of them while feeding off me. And no, am not mistaken and killed the same one over and over, I actually wash the dead ones down the sink. Maybe my blood is sweet or something, but I do happen to be the only living thing in the house now. Stupid insects.

In any case, had Tora, Rosie and Sam over at my place on Wednesday. Note to self: group study does not work. On the bright side, Rosie dug up my westlife collection and borrowed the lot and also got her blog altered, courtesy of Tora, Sam got to do a little surfing and I got a load of new songs burned and named, also courtesy of Tora (thanks again!).

I really have to stop listening to these damned tennis musicals, my pitching may have gone down because of it, that and not having gone for choir practice for, how long now? Not even sure if I can carry a proper harmony anymore... and my sister brought all her musical CDs along with her to London. Jeez.

Signed up for the PoT rp thing, hah! Don't believe I did it. Talk about out of character. Roleplaying is all good but paper pencil for me please, I miss D&D!

If you're interested and bo liao, check it out then, hika_bs. Have taken the post of choir master(naturally!) and Literature teacher, which is why I'm at the present moment trying to type with Proper Punctuation.

Am totally screwing up my body clock, slept at 5 yesterday morning, got up at the god-forsaken hour of 10 to go to church. Maybe I should have gone to Holy Spirit with Tora on Saturday... ah, no use thinking about it now.

Just found out that she doesn't like vegetables. You know you shouldn't have told me that, right? *flashes a grin*

I have accounts tmr, shouldn't be posting! Whatever. Won't be sleeping tonight anyway.

Decided to do occasional double posting for my LiveJournal and here. Please note that it's not going to be the same thing, as there will be more nonsense there. My blog is a more accurate reflection of my personality.

Yes Althea!! I swear, they should set up a Centre for People Who Are Disturbed by Drilling. You hang in there too ok?

Yes it's blanco and I happen to think it's very important do you have a problem with that Victoria? The listing is in no particular order. And they are not mysterious, you'll get to meet them when you come back. For the moment, you can check out their blogs/LJs: Tora, Bern, Schaz, Rosie and though I'm not sure if she's in it too, Electra.

Hallo Adam! Am drowning in exams but am ok. You take care too.

I don't like it and you can't do anything about it, Sarah! I know you like it but... ah, whatever :P

Going to have dinner soon. Bags, I'm hungry.

THIS IS TOR. NOT GLORIA. I am doing this because Gloria said I was least likely to do this quiz. But you know what, I am bohliao enough. And also I am a sucker for dumb quizzes.

1. WHAT IS YOUR FULL NAME?
I refuse to answer on the grounds that it may incriminate me. Not Ho Limin Gloria Sarah

2. WHAT kind of PANTS ARE YOU WEARING NOW?
A dark grey assymetrical skirt with dark red stripes from Jesiree and a red psuedo-cheongsam style top from random shop in far east plaza. Why does the author of this quiz assume everyone wears pants all the tims? I've just come back from a law firm do and had to don corporate dress for the afternoon. I don't usually wear skirts though.

3. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
Literally, the usual library noses, keyboard clicking, electronic beeping, footsteps, and people talking and surreptitiously eating. In general, Stacey Kent a jazz singer my friend introduced me to (err not in person although we saw a gig of hers).

4. WHAT ARE THE LAST 4 DIGITS OF YOUR PHONE NUMBer?
I don't have a landline. Part of my cost saving drive. Other initiatives include not getting broadband. (i hear disbelieving exclamations) It is very ex here.

5. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE?
Glass of white wine- at the corporate thing

6. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?
yellow. The colour of sunflowers, a nice warm day, and bolbol.

7. HOW IS THE WEATHER RIGHT NOW?
yully. normal london weather. about 23 degrees even in summer. i think it is spitting with rain a bit.

8. LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
Florian (my flatmate's) mother, who I had to collect from the tube station last night as she and his sister is staying in his room in london while he travels in Malaysia and Singapore with his girlfriend (my other flatmate, CAt).

9. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX?
How goofy/nerdy they look and how likely it is that he will be interesting to talk to.

10. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT YOU THIS?
Most of the time. Well, actually yes. Gloria is an interesting and strange girl I would be happy to be friends with if she were not my sister. However, when we were growing up, I always thought I was the main point and she was just around to keep me company. Haha! I think I may be very very lucky that she does not hate me. (Right?)

.11. HOW ARE YOU TODAY?
Very happy since I've got 2 job offers with big firms here. Through sheer bloodymindedness and working very very hard. As you can see I am not a modest person.

12. FAVORITE DRINK?
I drink a lot of water. I like tea also. Absolutely hate any soft drink. Caffeine makes me jumpy.

13. WHATS YOUR FAVORITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK?
A cocktail called the HAkka at Hakkasan-- its got lychee liquer and a whole crushed passion fruit in it. Obviously with all the skins and stuff removed. I like Pimms and lemonade also.

.14. FAVORITE SPORTS?
Err, pool? Definitely not horseriding. Sex?

15. HAIR COLOR?
highlighted brown streaks and black. A chinese girl from China I met also said I don't look very Chinese... but she may just have been confused by the hair. which is cut by a jap hairstylist.

16. REAL EYE COLOR?
black.

17. DO U WEAR CONTACTS?
yes

18. SIBLINGS AND THEIR AGES?
Gloria, 12 in my mind, 16 in real life, and prolly ageless in her own mind.

19. FAVORITE MONTH?
July. Holiday time!

20. FAVORITE FOOD?
laksa from s11, sambal stingray, hokkien fried noodle, or loa (oyster omlette), beef hor fun from novena, chicken curry from dhoby ghaut kopitiam, chendol, AJ ice kacang, chilli kangkong, indian rojak, and running a distant second- spaghetti al vongole (clams) DAMN I MISS SG FOOD 2 years ago when I did a quiz like this i didnt list any sg food at all!

21. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?
Supersize me!! Watch it!!

.22. FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR?
don't have a specific favourite day. First day of my first holiday of the year seems like the closest bet.

23. ARE YOU TOO SHY TO ASK SOMEONE OUT?
Haha, yeah right.

24. DO YOU LIKE SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY?
Both! I liked Before Sunset a lot... and The Village and The Devil's Backbone, and Ju On 2 which freaked me out so much I couldn't sleep... but i also like studio ghibli and interesting shows like futurama and sex and the city. ok slightly out of point.

.25. SUMMER OR WINTER?
definitely summer. i used to say winter but that was before i discovered its actually NOT romantic at all-- it just looks it in books and movies.

26. HUGS OR KISSES
I like giving both and having both too! Eee.. I sound like some crazy sailor moon type character.

.28. CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA?
Mango sorbet

29. DO YOU WANT YOUR FRIENDS TO WRITE BACK?
Friends? What friends? They're all too busy looking for jobs at the moment.

30. WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
No one since only glor and me write here.

.31. WHO IS LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
Glor as she's already done it

32. WHAT BOOK(S)ARE YOU READING?
Tears of the Giraffe-- Alexander McCall Smith, Croatia guidebook.

33. WHAT'S ON YOUR SCREEN SAVER?
Some wierd fish screen-- fish swim around like in an aquarium... sometimes there are sharks.

.34. FAVORITE BOARD GAME?
I like cluedo too.

35. WHAT DID YOU DO LAST NIGHT?
Cleaned the house, fetched Florian's mum. Cooked fried beehoon that went all sticky and clumpy (does anyone know how to get the bee hoon to not stick together?) with prawns and vege and egg and tom yam paste. it tasted quite nice but I didn't have msg so it didnt taste like proper bee hoon. did some washing, ironed some clothes and looked at some paperwork for the job. yes i am sad.

36. FAVORITE SMELLS?
Bolbol smell, which smells like me. Gloria's bolster smell, which smells like Glor. Nice food smells but only when I am hungry, disinfectant smell when I have just finished cleaning the floor. It makes me feel happy when my floor is very clean.

37. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING? Where's bolbol?

.38. WHAT DAY IS TODAY? friday.

39.WAD ARE YOU THINKING OF NOW? I have to go meet my boyfriend for dinner oops I am late. I am quite thirsty. Also, should I go home and change my shoes because they are quite pointy and hard to walk in.

40.WHO ARE YOUR BESTFRENS?
In SG, Sheena, Eldred tho he's in CAnada now, Bunn (in HK), Grace from IJ, Terrence and Janet from AJ. Here, Kenny, Cat, Florian, JD, Carmel (in NY now), Liane (my ex supervisor... funny how we became friends) and Charles and William (who are a couple).

41. WHO IS YOUR SOUL MATE?
Bolbol.

.42.WHO DO YOU RESPECT THE MOST?
Neil Gaiman. He is a genius.

.43.WHO DID YOU LAST CHAT WITH ONLINE?
I absolutely do not remember. It may have been terrence.

.44.WHO IS THE LAMEST PERSON YOU KNOW?
my father

45.DO YOU HAVE A CRUSH ON ANYONE NOW?
no

.46.WHO ALWAYS CHEERS YOU UP WHEN YOU ARE DOWN?
James, Glor when I talk to her cos she is so preoccupied with the small things that I wish I were so carefree, Kenny, Carmel-- she is so optimistic its crazy. her motto is: nothing bad ever happens! Mummy- she is really funny. Cecely- She is always so gloomy I feel that my life is actually not so bad after all.

.48.WHICH IS YOUR WORST SUBJECT? haha! chinese also. maths maybe. at uni, LAw and Institutions of the EU which is actually as boring as it sounds.

GOOD LUCK FOR EXAMS EVERYONE ESPECIALLY GLOR!

so blogger finally decides to let me post. bah, technology.(oh no! starting to sound like electra!)

had to migrate out of the house to junction 8 today, to study. stupid town council wasting money on upgrading (again!). seriously, how many times do you want to re-do the parking lot? i swear, add anguished screams to the drilling and you've got what hell sounds like.

not only that, it left a layer of dust all over the house, even if the windows were closed. mum had a fit when she got back.

by the way victoria, her package arrived today. eh, how much did it cost arh? in any case, am getting her one of those chinese CDs that you see on tv, she always like those.

mum: wah! real one ah?! nice ah? so sweet!

is what she said. so basically that's a thank you larh.(now she's complaining about the cost of postage...)

hallo nora. my, you seem to be on a tagging spree neh?

i think tora's alright with you going over on monday rosie, but i'm having accounts tuition so maybe i'll pop by later. cheh, thought you talking abt having a marathon... one episode only...

oh yarh. got an account on livejournal, http://www.livejournal.com/users/gloreo/

haven't had dinner yet. am hungry. *potters off to help with dinner*

1. WHAT IS YOUR FULL NAME? Ho Limin Gloria Sarah (i know it means princess. i don't like it either.)

2. WHAT kind of PANTS ARE YOU WEARING NOW? khaki coloured berms. just came back from accounts tuition lah.

3. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? the devil in the wishing well- five for fighting.

4. WHAT ARE THE LAST 4 DIGITS OF YOUR PHONE NUMBer? 5658. this is a pointless question, what're going to do with just 4 figures, buy 4D?

5. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? what, ate or ingested? i drank some damned strong lime juice after tuition but had lunch of char siew rice. with butabara~!

6. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? multi-coloured. i've got several of those, very convenient.

7. HOW IS THE WEATHER RIGHT NOW? er, as i can't see the sky from this room (damn sheltered walkway) can't really tell. regular balmy evening, i guess.

8. LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? mum, telling her what time i'd be back.

9. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX? what language he speaks. if english then how fluent he is.

10. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT YOU THIS? er, kind of stole it off bern. in any case, i like her alot. i'm her... 13th wife.

11. HOW ARE YOU TODAY? fine. slightly panicky, with the prelims and all. and how are you?

12. FAVORITE DRINK? bailey's irish cream, with vanilla ice-cream. pure ambrosia!

13. WHATS YOUR FAVORITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK? refer to above answer.

14. FAVORITE SPORTS? don't really like sports in general, hand eye coordination shot to shit. was rather good at long jump though.

15. HAIR COLOR? seriously? brown. i'm not all chinese you know.

16. REAL EYE COLOR? black.

17. DO U WEAR CONTACTS? yes but not often. most of the time can't put in effort to be vain.

18. SIBLINGS AND THEIR AGES? Victoria, 21 (yes, you are. did you notice?)

19. FAVORITE MONTH? december. generally, there's no homework to be done.

20. FAVORITE FOOD? oh hell. general stuff. er, most fruit (dried or otherwise), practically anything that's sweet, got cinnamon or garlic in it... just not dodgy things like... cockroaches or worms, i suppose.

21. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? good question. i don't remember, haven't watched one for ages. the prince and me maybe? lousy movie, by the way. makes you feel like grabbing any random cute guy off the street and snogging him.

22. FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR? haven't got one. i would say my birthday but i've had some horrible ones...

23. ARE YOU TOO SHY TO ASK SOMEONE OUT? i've never had the reason to.

24. DO YOU LIKE SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY? depends what mood i'm in. happy movies are usually stupid so maybe scary? i like comedy best, or whatever studio ghibli has done.

25. SUMMER OR WINTER? we've got a monsoon climate here so can't really say. winter, i suppose. can't stand getting fried everytime i step out.

26. HUGS OR KISSES? hugs, 'cos everyone can give them.

28. CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA? tempted to quote gackt but honestly, am more of a chocolate person.

29. DO YOU WANT YOUR FRIENDS TO WRITE BACK? eh? if they're really bored lah.

30. WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? very bored people like me who haven't done a random quiz for ages.

31. WHO IS LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? my sister, since she's decided to stop blogging (you ass...)

32. WHAT BOOK(S)ARE YOU READING? none, if textbooks are not counted.

33. WHAT'S ON YOUR SCREEN SAVER? haven't got one, at this point.

34. FAVORITE BOARD GAME? cluedo!

35. WHAT DID YOU DO LAST NIGHT? spent 4 hours talking to Jenny then finished up notes for factors for malaysia's population density and distribution.

36. FAVORITE SMELLS? whatever my mum happens to use, the air after rain, roses, my grandmother's spiced mushroom soup, fresh bed sheets, old books, etc.

37. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING? 'damn it. damn (school/whatever i have to wake up for)'.

38. WHAT DAY IS TODAY? wednesday.

39.WAD ARE YOU THINKING OF NOW? why am i doing this? i have to go and do my accounts tuition homework... stupid trial balance...

40.WHO ARE YOUR BESTFRENS? isn't that irony? best usually implies only one. Jenny. but to answer the question, her, the Super Pocky Yandao Kinky Bondage Sex (SPYKBS) and pretty much the people who give a shit about me.

41. WHO IS YOUR SOUL MATE? i don't believe in that concept (no, i'll not say sota, you idiots).

42.WHO DO YOU RESPECT THE MOST? whoever came up with blanco. it's saved my work more times than i can count.

43.WHO DID YOU LAST CHAT WITH ONLINE? a few people, i think paul, brian, tora? don't remember. don't chat too often.

44.WHO IS THE LAMEST PERSON YOU KNOW? my father.

45.THE MOST FUN PEOPLE YOU KNOW? the SPYKBS people, the gaming people...

46.DO YOU HAVE A CRUSH ON ANYONE NOW? don't think so.

47.WHO ALWAYS CHEERS YOU UP WHEN YOU ARE DOWN? the SPYKBS people, Jenny, Nick, Eldred, Victoria, Mavis, my mum (sometimes. she's got this knack of being very practical).

48.WHICH IS YOUR WORST SUBJECT? hrm. used to be chinese but since i dropped to CLB... if it counts, the only thing i failed at the mid-years was [ss/lit]. bleah, structured!

whew. i spent how long doing that? talk about random.

I can't see how people who read this blog think Glor and I are the same person! There are no homeless bums in Singapore and you all know Gloria never went to Wales. It is actually TOR. Me, TOR! Is our writing so similar that people can't tell us apart? I won't post anymore then.... no more blog entries from TOR. (indifferent shrugs) Ok, am hungry now so I'm, gonna eat some chicken katsu curry.

got up at 2-ish today. felt hungry so went off to j8, craving for chicken, not sure why. after my meal i got chocolate from the ntuc downstairs. yeah, carbo to help me get through the day/night. anyway, took the bus home. even though it was nice and wet and walking would have been nice, i was lazy.

there was this girl. on the bus, with her mother.

you know the conventional portrayal of little girls, skipping along, wearing pink, pigtails (think Roald Dahl's Matilda), finger in mouth going 'lah lah lah'?

well, it actually happens. except she was sitting down.

if i hadn't been nicely sated and sleepy, i would have bitten her head off. but i have always found something deeply scary and disturbing about empty-eyed, off-tune, cheerful children.

we got off at the same stop. and then she started skipping.

you're welcome tanya. thank you as well, for being my massage guinea pig.

are you scared of the dark althea? it's not dark in school, the street lamps cast marvelous shadows. you work hard too yeah? i'll see you in school then...

don't be an idiot toria, i'm not going to get anyone cthulhu plush slippers! that's ridiculous! honestly, who comes up with these things?! am probably getting mum a david tao cd, by the way.

panadol is your new best friend then, lixx? just don't let tora see you, tennis really sets her off...

don't be so negative amanda. i'm sure you'll look back and laugh about it later... right? fun-kay indeed, it was something of an accident really. what say you we squeeze in KKnM after prelims and oh, everyday in december? :P

have i mentioned? my accounts tuition teacher came down with pneumonia, doesn't know how he got it either. jeez, poor paul.

ok, should go now. expect me to post often during prelims, blogging very good form of de-stressing.

new layout! got rather tired of the old one. nice right? took me longer than usual to get it modified, but it paid off. yeah, and i'm not the type to use pictures, can't be bothered to upload and whatnot.

ok, so i've altered the tagboard, added archives too. haven't seen those in a while. also, links will be in bold. neither my sister nor i usually type in bold anyway, so there shouldn't be any confusion.

doesn't everybody like the new blogger toolbar above? lots better than the stupid adverts really.

so that's that then. will probably make a proper post next week, seeing as how i haven't got school.

There was a homeless bum on my street when I got home today. He was shouting, 'I'll be honest with you! I need money to buy cannabis! I won't lie, I want to get high! I want cash, to buy some hash!'

I didn't give him any money.

Neither did I give him any drugs, although there was a man selling magic mushrooms on Neal Street. It's funny how big, black Rastafarians come up to me in Picadilly Circus and ask me if I want a spliff. I imagine how I must look to them, cute little Jap girl (usually presumed) amused by their sleazy overtures.

Last night there was a fire in front of my flat. The fire brigade came and quickly put it out, so luckily no one was hurt. Apparently some idiot deposited a load of furniture in front of out flat and tried to set it on fire. I don't think anyone hates me that much, do they? It's a scary thought but it's occurred to me that it may have been one of Kenny's spurned potential sugar daddys. Well not much about this city really surprises me anymore. It could have been a random drunk person.

Checking back in after the Wales horse-riding experience...

It has been painfully brought home to me that to enjoy horse-riding you've actually got to really like horses, not just be indifferent or ambivalent about them. It's not that I don't like the blasted things, I do feel a kind of objective respect for them-- after all they can run, jump and shit better than I ever could-- it's just that I don't have the necessary tenderness and sensitivity to animals in order to ride them well.

Riding is a very psychological exercise. You must like the horse and the horse must like you. This means maintaining a continuous stream of encouragement like 'Good boy, Snowball', 'C'mon boy' and 'Very good, Snowball!' I cannot bring myself to talk to a horse. The most I can say is, 'please please stop eating grass and let's move!' You must pat it, stroke it, yet keep a tight rein and your heels around the thing to show it who's master. You must dig your heels into its ribs repeatedly, and learn to tell when it is peeing or shitting so you can stand clear.

Something I wasn't very good at.

It is surprisingly difficult to tell if a horse is resting, stopping to shit, or just plain being stubborn because, being mounted, you obviously cannot see the bottom of the horse. The sudden blast of country fragrance following the pause is the only way to tell. If I seem to be overemphasising a certain bodily function let me assure that the one thing horse movies/books don't mention is how bloody often they do it. And how much of it there is.

The countryside was very pretty, but more P.G.Wodehouse than J.R.R. Tolkien. No waterfalls this time round, but we did 'ford' some babbling brooks and rushing streams. It was a rugged trail and the horse (Snowball) spent more time picking its way past the stone-littered climbing paths (somewhat reluctantly I thought, but then I'm no horse psychologist) than cantering past magnificent views. We did see some rolling hills and dales and fields and pretty stone churches and many many sheep. I did more trotting than cantering and no galloping at all (what do you think I am, Liv Tyler?) and after 5 hours, I'm happy I didn't go any faster-- as it is I could barely sit the next day.

Two hours in the hot tub at the cottage soon cured that (maybe the jugs of Pimms helped too), and here I am in London, £155 lighter, and all country-ed out. The company was pleasant overall, and the food fantastic. The guy who runs the place is a former chef. All in all, a moderately enjoyable weekend. But I'm not a big fan of horseriding-- I probably wouldn't do it again unless I bring Gloria next time.

Oh yes, and I did fall off once. But it didn't hurt. I landed with a soft squelch.

i share your sentiments amanda, am freaking tired. came home from CLB today and slept as if dead, for a few hours. which means i can stay up late tonight to do my studying. it's a light day tmr anyway.

you know everytime i fall asleep in the afternoon, i scare myself when i wake up, 'cos my first reaction to sunlight when i wake is 'ohshitamilate?!!' and it takes me a bit to realise it's evening still. most times i laugh and go back to sleep.

so, been going to school for night study since monday. good stuff, am very productive. kudos to whoever came up with the scheme. but sometimes get carried away, we spent abt 15mins of last night talking crap with Ms Tan. am enlightened now, about the whole canteen problem thing.

have i ever mentioned that singing in a dark carpark brings a rush of blood to my head?

am not eating well, studying at irregular hours... on the whole is quite enjoyable, though not terribly healthy. but i love being a student, being this age. not too old to be resentful but still young enough to get away with most things, if you take my meaning. there is always truth in cliches, which brings to mind:

'youth is wasted on the young
before you know it's come and gone
too soon'

robbie williams, eternity, i believe. haven't been listening to him for ages. need toria to bring back her albums so i can burn them...

just got new glasses. black, square frames that make me look 'severe', to quote mrs kunna. they make me feel intelligent actually. it's also fun to punctuate my sentences while making a slight adjustment to them, such that they glint in the light. ok, so some people can tell i am obviously fangirling. but seriously, they're a little slanted so it doesn't sit in my face properly.

haven't been answering tags, sorry abt that.

thanks adam, will do. you take care too?

even the word 'prelims' scare the crap outta me cass, dunno how i'm going to sit for them!! am not planning to drop by choir anytime soon but thanks, see you around?

thanks mel, you doing the dancemania thing in school? what's it abt anyway, posters up all over the place...

hallo electra!!! have a feeling you and my sister will get along just fine...

althea, thanks for dropping by. you shd come for night study, very fun, very productive. and i like my glasses too!

toria,
you've got to be joking, bol?!! hell, anything's possible i suppose. you know, i hear that there's a place actually called hell. and it also happens to be very warm over there too.
okok, stop with the fruits basket thing. i'll just have to bring you to kknm and you can bloody choose something for yourself.
you got the stuff that uncle morris brought over? rent has stopped skipping, due to my sudden fascination with cd cleaner. will have edwin bring the sausages over.

rather have to go. does anyone want to borrow my kazoo?

Was researching the viability of a trip to Croatia a few minutes ago; cost, activities, temperature, destinations... Whatever happens though, I am most definitely staying on the island of Bol in Croatia.

chinese o level reults came out today. my school has a very nice 100% pass. good thing people like us CLB girls didn't take the paper, or it would have been something like 95%... so obviously didn't sit for it lah. you've no idea how liberating it feels to be somewhere else on the morning of your chinese exam.

went to the dental yesterday. now have extra braket on the inside of my back tooth, thus new spot for rubber band. have i ever mentioned my hatred for those damned things? now mouth feeling very cramped. have had braces on for so long i've lost count, erm, 3 years?

decided to go for night study, though i remember that it wasn't terribly popular last year, they closed it down half-way through. still, studying by myself in the school library til 9 in the night is a nice thought for this nocturnal animal.

did something extremely stupid on saturday. made a trip down to kknm in the late afternoon, right before mass to catch up on some reading. am a bloody moron! reading before mass is one thing, reading, of all things, priest, is something so stupid i amaze myself. not that it's lousy, quite the contrary. in fact, one of the reasons i read it is because i like the art. don't want to elaborate. for information on this korean comic, click here.

i think i had lots more to say but can't remember it all, now. oh well.

From Neil Gaiman's blog:



Amongst many other things, in Dave Sim's Cerebus (which is a story that took Dave and his partner-in-art Gerhard 300 issues to tell) he did, in the Women storyline, easily the best parody of Sandman anyone's ever done, as various members of the Cerebus cast of characters become Snuff, Swoon and the rest of the Clueless. It was wickedly funny, and had the author of Sandman curling his toes when he read it.

Dave Sim has made an extremely generous offer to readers of this journal (and indeed, to readers not of this journal, but just people who simply hear about his offer elsewhere on the Internet. Memes propagate, after all), which is the kind of offer that I found as interesting as he did. It's this:

If you'd like to read one of the Sandman parody issues of Cerebus, Dave will send you one. He'll send it to you very happily, free of charge. He will sign it for you, too. And he won't charge you a thing. Not even postage.

And if you're wondering what the catch is, it's this: Dave wants to know (as, I have to admit, do I) how many of the people out there in internet-land will actually go and do things that don't involve passively clicking on a link and going somewhere interesting. So what you have to do is write Dave a letter (not an e-mail. Dave doesn't have e-mail) telling him that you read that he'll send you a signed Cerebus, and telling him why you'd like him to send you a copy. It's as easy as that. And, quite possibly as difficult.

The address to write to is:

Aardvark Vanaheim, Inc
P.O. Box 1674 Station C
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada N2G 4R2

Dave, I suspect, thinks he'll get a handful of requests. In my more pessimistic moments, I think he's right, although I'd love it if he got deluged with letters, like those kids in hospitals who don't exist but are still collecting postcards...

We have a second-part of the plan too, which involves doing good things for the CBLDF. But that's for later. For now, if you're even mildly curious, write Dave a letter. Tell him you're curious...

(And for those of you who aren't sure if they want to risk having to go and find a stamp, you could go and look at http://www.cerebusfangirl.com/ -- and at http://www.cerebusfangirl.com/stories/stories.html you can even read several Cerebus short stories from Epic Illustrated, or the four pager from Alan Moore and partners' AARGH anthology.)

(But once you've read them, write Dave the letter. Don't forget to put your address on it, or to say why you'd like him to send you a signed Cerebus comic. And feel very very free to pass the word on to the comics news-sites or groups, or just to anywhere that people who might be interested congregate.)

it's been such a nice, relaxed week, despite the proximity to the prelims. probably because it's only a 4 day week too, seeing as how the band girls will be leaving class at sodding 8am tmr to load the percussion instruments into the moving vans.

i can hear it now, loud and clear. the End of band, calling... and hey, i'm not an anti-band sort of person. just the anti-waking-up-at-godforsaken-hours-on-a-saturday sort.

am going to rather miss it, collectively (except the early hours, duh?) and not used to popping in and out of a group so fast, 3 years playing for the band proper is a very short time. and i wish we could play mononoke one last time before my batch leaves. playing it was the thing that first got me started on Ghibli actually.

i'm glad i joined the band. if given another choice, i'd still be here. i've learnt so much, from Mr Chan, Mr Sim, the tutors and some seniors... many thanks, from the bottom of my heart. i'll carry band memories for a long time to come.

to any band person reading this (though i doubt any are): the most important thing is to have fun and feel the music. don't let bad practices get you down. and if you're leaving too; we sure had some fun times huh?

enough reminiscing.

am inexplicably feeling a tad fed up now. i had a really good day though. successful physics test, except for one forgotten formula. odd sort of conversation with yen yi. lame jokes flying at me left right centre, i was actually in the middle of the corridor at one point, with my head between my knees; nii-san, can i keep him? / cooo..! rosie, chan, i can hear you howling from here...

also had coffee with that bunch, the usual: bern, chan, electra, rosie and vanessa. now have plans to meet every month or so, we always have such a good time at these gatherings. and someone else will have to buy coffee the next time, money does not grow on trees, you know?

just for the fun of it, i'll add bern's famous Confucius saying: a man, with hand in pocket is feeling a little cocky.

do wish you could have come though, jenny. it would be nice for you and electra to meet. have i mentioned how much i like that girl? and i'm very sorry for making you wait today!! oh yarh, and how was hanuman (i dunno how to spell it)?

hey adam! not leaving, just disappearing for a bit. thanks for the concern and the offer yeah? anyway, i'll still be around the place and am probably coming for whatever christmas thing ya'll are having in church. erm, not doing midnight mass this year right?

nice of you to drop by electra. would you mind when i -eventually- find my way to your blog?

Tor,
Damn. You. To. The. Abyss. Coincidentally, i was actually talking to my friend abt you today, said you're in london. she said,'she must be having alot of fun?' and i stupidly said,'no lah, study where got fun?' and now this. even with 5 packets of raw sugar coursing though my system now i'm not going to waste any effort screaming because of you. you know mum doesn't want to you go right (duh, it's mum)? yarh, like that matters!

can you not list precise things out like that? it's very distracting and i don't even know if i'll be flying there or not. you think money drop from sky?

it's the red shirt we got, i think 2 years back. the long sleeved one that fits well. i wouldn't be caught dead in your purple/pink top. what the hell possessed you to buy that thing anyway? and how can you miss bolbol when you're with it..?

by the way, i have a character in mind whom you could possibly cosplay... fruits basket anyone?

bah. since am having no lessons tmr think i'll go finish the Naked Empire. and nick is right, i really want to slap jenssen... or for that matter, the idiot owen...

This is Tor:

For some reason, after my solo scuba trip to Malta (one coconut-oil-scented week of white sands, aquamarine waters and surreal underwater sea-grass scenes) I've suddenly developed the backpacking-on-my-own urge.

I'm going to Wales two weekends from now for a horseriding/canoeing weekend! It's not that I've become Miss Active-outdoorsy-person all of a sudden but Horse-riding in Wales! Doesn't that sound romantic? Galloping through the Forests with the Wind in your Hair, with the LOTR soundtrack in the background. Guiding your horse to the Waterfall and Gracefully fording it ala Liv Tyler. NOT! I'm sure I'll fall off more than a few times, and be a hunched-up, bedraggled thing in the saddle, in the rain, lost, with a very very sore bum. But still! Everything at least once, right?

I'm sure Gloria is screaming in envy now. Particularly since I don't happen to like horses all that much, I just like the idea of trying horse riding in LOTR country (the book! not the movie) and paddling around in babbling brooks. Makes a change from my usual weekend routine (shop for groceries in Chinatown, make a token attempt at jogging if the sun's out, breathe carbon monoxide from cars, visit favourite second hand bookshop, maybe see a movie with significant other, maybe visit posh club that costs £25 to get in).

When you come next summer, I promise to bring you! I've got your itinery here all planned out in my mind!

1st day: Covent Garden, Leicester Sq, etc and all tourist attractions.

2nd day: Bath; you'll love the little tea houses (and Stonehenge, if you insist, but it's not worth it)

3rd day: Leave mummy and auntie G in London to explore Oxford St and antique markets and go horseriding in Wales!

5th day: Paris.

And so on. I'll report back on the trip when I get back.

just sent an e-mail to my choir master, saying that i'll be leaving the choir scene, til january probably.

i hope he'll give me the grenn light 'cos that'll mean that i'll have absolutely no distractions or other nonsense activities till next year. which leaves me masses of time to study of the o's and in december can do whatever the hell i want, for the first time in, erm, about 7 years or so.

feels good.

and jac yip thinks i'm depressed. she told me so, a week after vanessa/bern (can't remember which) tells me orion thinks i'm overly cheerful. tsk, whatever. will just go on my solo merry journey of moodswings.

speaking of bern, it has come to my attention that people seem to like telling me their problems. she said i've got nice ears to pour problems into or something. actually, in recent weeks have had random people tell me, erm, things.

so perhaps her theory might have some truth. some people do like angsting to me. hrm.

sorry if my writing's gone down the drain, am rather rushing this post. will really have to drop off the face of this earth soon.

nothing much has happened in school, except for how mrs kunna's made us all sit in this strange formation in class. it's hard to describe, the tables are all angled and in groups. says she saw it for a gifted program at some school. am sitting next to jo, who prevents everyone at the table from dozing off during class. 's all good.

went for dance and drama night a few days ago. good stuff! compliments to all the girls who worked on it!

ok, have to rush, rush!

linette: er, hey..?

don't be an idiot lah rosie. having no 'internet or virtual life' could actually be a good thing lah.

i like the shirt too, althea. it's my multi-purpose, all-events shirt that i wear for christmas, new year, national day, weddings etc...

tor,
stop ripping off my 'aargh'larh you. your results were ok, i think. kenny msged, asking if you were coming back for the summer holidays. he sounds rather depressed. i think you should drop him a note or something.
about the year-end cosplay. i could have you do Death then i'll just do some other character. but i need to know if you've grown any (wheather vertically or horizontally) and if you're bringing home any interesting clothes ( boots, gloves, nonsense) and how long you hair is. and what colour it is, for that matter. if you do Death you might need to dye it back to black.

okok, have to go.

just a note this time. the last entry was written by my sister, not a thing from me to chan, whom i sometimes refer to as tora. tor is what the family calls her you see. don't know why we never used the usual 'vicky' or anything like that, doesn't suit her perhaps?

i suppose am to stop refering to chan as tora then.

please note that our writing styles are rather different and that my sister is probably going to start all her entries like that.

adeline... tan? choir? why have you choir people been dropping by lately? not that i'm complaining lah. hallo to you too! see you saturday?

nandayo, rosie! you never tag me so why should i write notes to you?! and i see you everyday in school, hallo..?

tor,
hallo right back at you. thanks for the post, as i foresee that am not going to be posting much in the future, till after the o's.
if you have to make an effort to dig up something to post then it's ok, no pressure just because i asked you!
can't wait for you to come home. by the way, are you coming to the year-end cosplay with me?