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Friday, October 29, 2004
::thank goodness::

I almost died just now. Was doing something for project work suddenly the keyboard conked out because water dripped onto it. I was totally freaked out. It was very important. I need to get it printed tomorrow or else I would be dead. My sister started fixing it. Thank goodness we have a couple of keyboards in the house. But she tried many times before getting one of them to work. Thank goodness for her! Or else I would have gone to Challenger by now instead of blogging down here. Am almost done with the file. Only need some stuff to be printed out and some blanks filled. Luckily I have M.Saint, who has graciously allowed me into her house to print the stuff. Went to the dentist this morning again. She stuck some metal rings into my mouth. It wasn't that bad, but the thing is that I kept swallowing the wax she gave me to stick onto the rough metal parts. Next week I will get my whole braces done. Next week is going to be one hectic week. But the good thing is that project work is drawing to a closure soon! WAHAHAHA!!! And holidays have just began. Not forgetting all the holiday homework though. There's quite a significant amount. And I am thinking of doing more or else I will suffer next year. Just take a look at my shitty grades!! Have not played The Sims 2 for so long. Wonder when will I have the time again. Just got my kayaking picture today. My friend said I looked as though I was on the verge of crying. I mean, I can't help it right? I was like trying to stop the kayak and prevent someone to take my picture at the same time. And I was very tired as well. Oh well, excuses and more excuses. Now I have to get my Induction right. I totally suck at it. And it's surprising that my Math tutor actually did not call for extra classes when she couldn't finish her Induction tutorial!! Now I must remember to borrow Permutation & Combination and Phenol notes from my friend. Have to note it down somewhere, lest I forget again.

Wednesday, October 27, 2004
好疼啊!

我的天啊!Now my teeth is hurting quite a bit. I can't eat anything because it is still numb [but I can feel that it hurts]. I took off the gauze already. The dentist who attended to me today is less skillful. It was rather painful when he injected the aneathestic and when I rainsed my mouth, there was blood. But last week it was not painful at all. So I came to this conclusion. How painful the procedure is depends on the dentist you get. But this dentist speaks kinder words. Even asked me if I wanted to keep my teeth. You can see it below. Quite disgusting though. Now even the left side of my nose is numb. Too much anaethestic I suppose.



My teeth! Posted by Hello

Tuesday, October 26, 2004
::2 days work::

An electric lightbulb is marked 120V, 40W. If it is connected to a 240V supply it will work for perhaps an hour as a 160W bulb before it's filament breaks. Suggest a reason why the bulb can operate for such a long time before the filament breaks.
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Didn't blog yesterday because I was too tired and lazy after I reached home yesterday night. So anyway, quite a lot of things happened. Finally I didn't have to go for Economics lessons anymore! I have officially dropped that bloody subject! WAHAHAHAHA! So during that free period, 2 of my friends and I went to the canteen to do our homework. It was raining when we got down and soon the rain got really heavy and the wind blew raindrops at us. My friend took our her honeystars to eat and I was commenting on how much fat and sugar it contains. And there I was chewing on my chocolate. Get it? [No?] The Principal came to talk to the entire cohort during the contact time. Post mortem on the Promos. I did really badly. Well, not that I just realised it, it's just that my poor results are more exaggerated [if you understand] when compared against those who did well. I think most people did well. Except me. Anyway, I suppose my school ranking is 700++ [out of the 847(?) students]. My reckoning is very accurate by the way. It's just so damn pathetic. Our dear Councillor President got all 4As. I feel so embarrassed and guilty about my results. It's the record low in all my years of schooling. There was some talk about scholarships and 'S' papers. I can't even consider them now. I guess my doors to a brighter future is sealed. Just hope that I will ace my 'A' Levels. That's the most I can work for now. Our civics tutor came to our class to give out the result slips. She talked to me a little and that was when I felt really terrible about my shity results. Truth be told, I indeed improved from an aggregate point of 21 to 34 [out of a maximum of 68]. But with this kind of results, which university can I get in? So now, I really need some strong motivation. Enough of grumbling. There was a Chemistry SPA lecture. And I was totally grossed out by what I saw. My gwad, I don't even know if I should write it here. So let me digress. Van Fan Yi Chen and 6 Plus came to my school yesterday for this NKF performance. My friend wanted to watch it so I went with her. Unfortunately, I was quite unable to 'high' with the artistes as I have zero interest in them. I just sat down there like a block of wood. Anyway, the turnout wasn't impressive. It only managed to fill 5/6 of the auditorium. So this 6 Plus has got 6 persons, 2 main singers, 2 guitarists, one playing the drums and another the [what do you call that? Casio sells them, that I know]. So there they were throwing lightsticks and posters at us, some people caught them, some idoits threw the lightsticks back at them. Now that's really rude. Anyway, there was this point of them when a few girls were entering the auditorium. I was looking at them since I only wanted to listen to the music, not look at the artistes performing. And when I turned to my left, I was totally stunned and quite shocked to see one of the lead singer standing 3 seats away from me, mingling with the crowd. I was like, 'when did he get there?'. Anyway, Fan Yi Chen performed after that and he was given a birthday cake since his birthday was 3rd of November. And the regular gimmicks were performed by the MC and stuff like that. So after that, my House [Beta] would be having a barbeque. I thought it to be rather unsuccessful since there were too many people and we had to squeeze to get the food and even had to barbeque it ourselves. I mean, there's only 2 pits for 100++ people!!! So that's all for yesterday.
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I witnessed another repetition of the same gross incident during lecture today. And I was deeply disturbed, by a reason others would not understand unless you know how truly hateful the person involved is. Had another free period today. Managed to do 1 Math question. Now that was really productive, wasn't it? Anyway, the cutlet I ate today almost made me puke. I am not going to eat it in anytime this year anymore. [Besides, I guess today's about my last chance?] The PE elective I went today was Gym Training. It was rather informative, but not very entertaining. Anyway, there's a lot of mirrors in the gym and there's this narcissist who kept looking at himself in the mirror. Not saying he looks awful or what, it's just that you are supposed to keep our eyes on the teacher, not the mirror. Now I learnt how to use the equipment! And I am thinking of going to the gym for training to practise for next year's NAPFA. I don't really intent to fail Broadjump anymore. And the teacher has got this interesting gadget that measures the amount of fat in one's body. I didn't try it though. [Clearly, I am going through a stage of denial.] And there was CO after that. The new percussion instructor came today. I kind of enjoyed training today because he does not scold us. Now that's a positive change and I welcome it. Now one of my friends is talking about quitting. Not that I have not thought of it before [infact, I think of quitting everytime], but what is going to happen to the rest of us? Won't we just die from the amount of work we need to do?
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Because Tungsten, the material that makes the filament of the bulb, has a high melting point!


Sunday, October 24, 2004
::SWEEP LEFT!!::

My gwad. Kayaking today was totally crazy. I was caught the train that was too early. The train passed Kallang [my stop] but I refused to alight. Took it all the way to City Hall, alighted, walked the first stretch of City Link before going back to take the train to Kallang. In the end I was a few minutes [as in slightly] late. It seems like I got nothing better to do. Once we got on the kayak [I was seated in front, and my friend at the back] , we [me and my partner] started shrieking and screaming away. We were on a colliding path with this little wooden jetty. It took us quite some time and quite some help to get out of that situation. The instructors were all students, like us. But they were good, good enough to get us [the miserable lost sheep] out of whatever crap we got into. We were already like the last kayak when we first set off. Our other friends were like laughing at us. Right from the beginning, we needed help already. And everyone else was like gone. Anyway, we had to move on, and my friend, being inexperienced, didn't really peddle correctly. I was no where better either. We just could not maintain a straight path and always curved to the right or the left. So we had to turn. To turn left, you need to peddle right and vice versa. So we got all confused with the stupid directions and took forever to figure out which side to peddle if we wanted to turn. This was one of our major disabilty. So we finally got under the bridge. And we just kept colliding non-stop with the bridge and other kayaks. And we were literally screaming all the way, making us the source of noise pollution. The instructors kept saying that we were not synchronised and everything and there was almost nothing I could do except shout out commands. My friend was struggling to keep up and we just kept colliding with almost everything. Truly, we were in a state of distress. And the instructors [those that had the camera], kept trying to capture our pathetic state on film. AND we forever have trouble forming the rafts. We almost always was never able to form a raft with the others or were left out of it because we were too slow. And the instructors would have a hard time trying to get us into the right position. More often than not, we would be facing in the opposite direction relative to others. That's not all. There's this capsize drill that we have to practise. Everyone. Naturally I wasn't very enthusiastic about it. I'm not sure about my friend. When it was our turn, we asked this instructor many many questions. "Will we fall out of the kayak?" "What if we don't?" "Why must we hit the hull 3 times?" "Will we drown?" "What if our legs get stuck?" "Why must we hold on to the peddle?" "What if it disappears?" Loads and loads of questions. And in order to capsize, you need to rock the thing quite violently. And we were quite unsuccessful at that. It took us ages [I bet everyone was mocking at us] to finally capsize. And at that instant, I couldn't really bother hitting the hull 3 times or whatever. I just held on to my peddle and tried to push myself out of the cockpit. And my sandals was like falling off, my shorts floating about my legs uneasily, the PFD [personal floatation device] was thrust us and was going to come out any moment and the salt water.. need I elaborate? It was terrible. My friend sort of abandoned her peddle and held onto mine, thinking it was hers. Oops. Anyway, we were screaming away [as usual] and trying to hug the kayak. And the current was like sweeping us off our feet- yes, we could maintain a vertical position and was like floating on our backs. And we screamed again. Anyways it took us forever to get the stupid overturned kayak moving. We were like complaining and groaning away. A hopeless case. After much difficulty, we finally got to shore. We didn't even need to tow a long distance [as compared to my previous experience]. And we couldn't empty the bloody kayak so the instructor had to help us with it. Even with upthrust, it was really difficult to lift. My friend now got into the front position and I the back. I thought this arrangement would be better as I could see her and correct her. But I was wrong. She was rather nervous and hence kept confusing left with right and vice versa. Since we always had to turn and since I was the one shouting commands, I had to repeat myself time after time to SWEEP LEFT/RIGHT before she could finally understand. And before that, she would be peddling in the wrong direction. Anyway, we did improve. And as usual, we rowed towards the Benjamin Sheares Bridge. The water was really choppy [it was going to rain soon and we were near open waters] and so, the waves was rather big. Ok, not as big as those you see in Aussy or Britian, but big enough to scare me to death. Anyway, anxiety almost killed me. I was so afraid that we would just capsize. It seems that our kayak was always parallel to the wave when it should be perpendicular. And we kept drifting out of the boundaries that the instructors set for us. And we were dead tired already. And we kept going out of course. And we had to keep sweeping left and right and doing static turns. But we were stuck in the middle of the river. No choice. We were really the last kayak. The others were far far away from us and had already form a raft near shore. And we were straddling behind. And the worst thing was, we almost collided with the Coast Guards. We could see it coming but we did our turning too slowly. I mean, being as tired as we are, what could you expect? So the instructors were like shouting instructions. And we were getting anxious and confused. Luckily we got ourselves out of the way. It was really after a lot of colliding and bumping before finally reaching the shore. But it was really fun. And there's a lot of eye candy [people from other schools] too!
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Yesterday I went to Qiao Nan for mentoring. I think I really suck being a tutor. And I'm really upset about the fact. And I did not manage to watch White Chicks either. Some other day perhaps.. But I had a fun time with M.Saint. We went to Suntec and went to dine in Olio. That place has a really good atmosphere. The chicken was pretty good. But I sort of feel that some of those waiters looked down on us because we were wearing our school uniform. Not very well dressed. Anyway, I created a new dish with my leftovers.


Does it look nice? Anyway, it's just chicken skin wrapped in fats and skin and some parsley. Actually it could have looked nicer but I accidentally wrecked it. After that, we went to NYDC to have dessert. Frankly, I wasn't particularly amazed by their mudpie that was described to taste and look good. I still prefer Snoopy Place's. But my friend's brownie looked nice. No fair! All the food she ordered looke better and tasted better than mine! Anyways, we were really bloated after that. But I had today.
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My hands are aching like mad now and my skin is kind of painful. My FACE IS PEELING!!!! NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

Thursday, October 21, 2004
::seasoned warriors::

Going to school was a mistake. There were almost no lessons at all. It was boring. Damn. I forgot to take my yearbook from my friend. Better remember tomorrow. And my teeth has been giving me problems. I can't chew very well. Next week I probably can't chew at all. It still feels uncomfortable. Anyway, my friends told me that they are planning to organise a trip to Genting. Asked my mother and she said no. I have no life at all! If my sister asks her she'd probably say yes. My sister get to stay overnight but me, during her age, can't at all. Nevermind. I could try sneaking out one day and disappear for 2 or 3 days before coming back. And they probably will think I'm missing and call the cops. Ok. That's kind of extreme. That will never happen anyway. I don't intend to get chopped up when I reach home. Won't be going anywhere this year. My father refuse to let us go to Switzerland [a place which we could have went last year but some bitch caused us our trip to be cancled]. Now I don't ever need to think of going there anymore. I want to earn a lot when I grow up so I can visit anywhere I want, with whom I like. Why am I treated like some silly, gullible kid? Anyway, went to book the BBQ pit with my friend today. We found the place after a while. And I booked the same pit where the terrible tree incident happen to me. But I guess it's one of the best location. But the BBQ is going to take place only after my OP and Chinese AO Level Exams. That's a long time to wait. And I realised that I actually passed my Economics. Got an AO pass. That's probably the best thing that happened today, even though I am dropping it already. I think Meridien Junior College has the most sick principal around. She's totally shrewd, don't believe in 2nd chances, downright vicious and is willing to do anything [ok, not anything, it's just for the effect] to pull up her school's reputation. [And she always defames my school.] What she is doing now is totally unacceptable! She's forcing many of her students to a dead end! She wasn't like that when she was in TK. Or so I thought. It's ok to be there during 1st 3 months, but after that, you better get your arse out of that place unless you are willing to work very hard. My 1st 3 months there was really very enjoyable, I felt like going back. But luckily I made the right choice not to. And yes, I am now in TJ.

Wednesday, October 20, 2004
::Robin + Batgirl::

Hello everybody. I am going to announce that Spiderman is no longer my number 1. Ok, you may be thinking about the poster [read archives]. It's still there and will always be my prized possessions. Spiderman is, after all, a great superhero! Who doesn't agree with me?? But still, the world is spinning and he has given way to Robin aka Pixie Boots aka Wonder Boy aka Batman's partner and Batgirl!! WAHAHAHA!! But I like Robin better. Batgirl always complains about him and Batman so I'm kinda upset with her. [Childish I know, but it's all for entertainment.] Look out for a new background! You should be able to guess who's going to be featured. Oh! And Batgirl: Year One and Batman: Black and White is really nice so maybe you could read it too.

::2 down, 2 more to go::

I think I am going to be PROMOTED!! WAHAHA! Although I think I am the worst student in class and in my Percussion section in CO, I'm still very happy. Who cares since I am going to be promoted? I can improve over the holidays, right? [Or so I suppose...] A quick breakdown of the shitty results:
Math - E (up by 20 marks)
Physics - D (up by 15 marks)
Chemistry - AO (down by 11 marks)
Economics - F (Again.. but I'm dropping so I don't care. Up by 6 marks)
General Paper - B4 (up by 7 marks)
Chinese - B4 (down by 2 marks)
A vast improvement, I must say. Ok, so I have low expectations. Can't get into University with this kind of crap.
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Anyway, yesterday's CO was another terrible experience. Got scorned and snapped at repeatedly. Sickening. I am thinking of quiting and joining some slacker PDP but I'm worried that I will regret and that some other miserable wretch will talk behind my back. [Too cynical?] But thank goodness I went to see the dentist today. Skipped CO as a result. I need more time to practise! Extracted 2 teeth. Surprisingly, I wasn't painful at all. Only a slight tingle. But a lot of pressure when the dentist extracted the teeth. I think she shook my whole head just to pull it out. I was given for injections total because I complained that I didn't feel numb enough. Quite a bit of blood. Had this gauze stuck in my mouth for hours. And those dentists and management at NDC and the School Dental Centre is really... It's poor management and ill communication. Caused me and my mother so much trouble. Well, after extraction, I went to see another dentist. She stuck some blue rubber between my molars. Now it feels like food stuck in between my teeth. And when I bite something hard (like Mentos), it kind of hurts. And my 2 holes are feeling kind of funny now too. Not much blood anymore, but there's this squeezing sensation. Had a hard time eating even porridge because I wasn't used to the gaps in between my teeth. I was worried that food would be stuck inside as well. Can't bite my teeth together properly now. And I have to go back next week to extract another 2 teeth. I don't mind that though.
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Did PW the whole day today. Annotated all of my research material and tried to rearrange the PW file. I did it until I got a headache. Plus my mouth felt sick. Couldn't concentrate and ended up blogging. I haven't touched my Sims for so many days already I am beginning to miss them. Even a whole day free from school doesn't mean I have time to play. Anyway, I am planning to drop Economics. Told Fiona to tell the teacher [if she sees her today and she remembers] that I want to drop it. I just hate that subject. And my Chemistry teacher. I don't know what to make of her. She's landed herself in the hospital because of dengue fever. And she caused me my E grade. Thanks to her overly elaborated method of teaching. Maybe I shouldn't be so mean, but that's the case. And she's our Civics/Form teacher and without her, how am I going to drop sicko Economics??? And I still taste blood.

Sunday, October 17, 2004
::free & easy II::

Well well. Will be getting back my results tomorrow. Please let me promote!!! ARGH!
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Went back to school in the morning for an extremely boring economics quiz. What can I say? Economics is always boring to me. And I was so tired [because of the openhouse] I had no mood to go to school. Almost everyone was on the verge of dozing off [or had already gone to dreamland]. School ended at around 10am and I went to M.Saint's house. Didn't want to go home because I had tuition later with her and Bixia. Went to Parkway first to buy bread before going to the library. I discovered that the library has quite a lot of comics! There's X-men, Spiderman, Justice League, Daredevil, Batman, Superman..... I borrowed the one about Cable [was always intrigued by him] and the comic adaptation of X2. Finished both of them today, by the way. Ok. So after that I went to her house. Saw her Sims. Can't believe that the guy actually gave birth to an alien child after it was abducted by them. It's really funny. The family tree is even more hilarious. I strongly encourage people to play that game. It just gets smarter. [Is it getting really boring here?] Well, we went for tuition after that. Sya gave me Ayumi's Free and Easy single. She had called me on the 14th of October to ask me which album of hers do I recommend. I told her what I have and what she could buy. I even let her listen to Moments over the phone. Oh boy. So M.Saint was there also and she was laughing at my silly action. They assumed I knew they were buying it for me. But I didn't! Serious! Confusing? Tuition was easy that day since we only did Differenciation. Not that the topic is easy, it's just that we didn't have to do heavy stuff. They brought me to Swensens after that. Actually I was quite embarassed at the fact that we have to eat there since I have no cash-on-demand. I mean, if I paid, I would feel more comfortable. But they were really sweet because they treated me and gave me a slice of the ice cream cake. Now I have never tried it my whole life so imagine my excitement! HAHA! Geez, thanks girls! Anyway, M.Saint gave me this interesting looking dog that can play music (?). Poor description, I know. But I have never seen such an object before so I was rather amazed. Poor use of langauge again. Well, on the 17th, I went to my Grandparents' to help out with their packing. Actually I was rather useless. I just sat there and read my CABLE and X-men. It was only when we went to the new house that I became useful. Cleaned the tiles in the kitchen as well as the area near the stove. It was terrible. The previous owner was a horrid cook and left thick layers of oil [yes, it's yellowish] on the cabinet. I had a bloody hard time cleaning it of. The Harpic [toilet bowl cleaner, I know] and the Kiwi Kleen made my hands so dry. I hate that feeling. It's like the skin is so tight it can't stretch. So I had to endure the dry hands for the rest of the day.

Friday, October 15, 2004
::Van Harte Gefeliciteerd met je verjaardag::

Title look so chim right? My friend helped me to translate it from english to dutch. Try guessing what it means! [Ok, maybe you can try dictionary.com]
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Today was a very busy day. There was OP in the morning and then Openhouse in the afternoon. OP took forever. There were 3 groups and the teacher was very critical about everything. He commented on almost everything [yes, every single thing on the slide]. The first group took approximately 2 hours!!! I think it was kind of irritating listening to him say all those comments. I couldn't really concentrate on the speakers. So when he asked me to give comments, I could only manage some crap. Was going through the parts that I was supposed to present. Surprisingly, I didn't feel very nervous or anything. My palms were still rather warm. Maybe it was because of yesterday. The OP with the parent may have made me more confident and less nervous. So I was wondering if we would have a chance to present at all. My group members have to leave at 10am to prepare for the openhouse. So we were hoping that he let us off on time. But of course that was wishful thinking. He didn't let us off. In fact, he made us present and kept us until 11am. Anyway I was literally crapping all the way. I think I actually spoke up several times today. Maybe the people from other class though I would be able to speak fairly okay. But apparently not. I was too soft. [Or so they said] And I told the teacher it's because I'm having a sore throat. I know that sounds like a lame excuse but it's true. There's phelgm in my throat. He once complained that our slides have pictures that are few and irrelevant. Now we have many relevant pictures but he's still not satisfied. "Too many pictures. Just one will do." So what do you want?
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And there's openhouse after OP. I was late for my CO practise and as a result could only practise with the entire company once. I wasn't very happy with that but I could do nothing since I brought it upon myself. And I was very worried too. What if I screw it up? Anyway, went out to eat with my friends during our break time. We went back to school after lunch and loitered about. There was still time and I suggested going to Parkway and so we did. Finally bought Ayu's CAROLS!! Was surprised that Sembawang actually sold it. I thought since HMV didn't have it, other places shouldn't have it either. What warped thinking. I liked that song. Finally a ballad. Reached school just in time to start promoting our PDP. Openhouse just started and people were streaming in. Was told to go to the main gate to give the phamplets. It wasn't difficult since there were many people, so unlike the miserable IP openhouse. Was quite fun too since I was in company of my 'mom'. Helped her give out her pamplets as well. At first I said 'Join CO' and was rebutted by somebody who said 'I am not in the school yet you ask me join CO for what?' I was rather pissed even though I knew the whole idea of promoting our PDPs to others are not quite right. It should be a showcase of our PDPs instead of trying to recruit people. So in the end I used 'Welcome to TJ' instead. A much better phrase. Saw some people from TK as well. One of my CO friend seemed to look down on my school. She said there's no one from TK that's in CO and when I said I was a TKsian, she gave me that [sickening] shocked look. Anyway, my 'mom' told me not to give them the pamplets since they would surely waste it. So I didn't give it to them. And some of the kids had this arrogant, 'I-am-the-greatest' look on their faces that I feel digusted by the sight of them. Didn't want to give those people my pamplets either. But there were also nice ones who smile and say thank you and everything. And I smiled at them as well. And I feel happy. I mean, if you see good people, won't you feel happy? The other good thing about being posted at the main gate is that I get to do some people watching. Surprisingly a lot of eye candy. We also performed. I thought I did quite well as mistakes were kept to a minimum. 1st time! But one of my friends said the orchestra got faster and faster and it was really messy. Was really tired after the whole thing.
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Now I am reminded of my poor friend. She's so stressed lately by all these openhouse stuff, I think she broke down a couple of times already. When she said things went badly, I felt so bad and sorry for her. And she still managed to get herself to wish me happy birthday. Hopefully she's ok now since openhouse is over.
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Today's my birthday! Thought that my class was really nice to sing the birthday song for me [though not everyone sang, but I'm still touched]. They gave me a bag! Am going to save it for next year. I am happy today because many friends wished me happy birthday. Including those I didn't expect they'd remember. Such kind gestures really made my day. [It brought a smile to my gloomy face every time I see a birthday greeting.] It's really the thought that counts. Thank you so much my friends!~ *Muack* =)

Wednesday, October 13, 2004
::some info::

Ok, I've changed the layout to suit most of your screens. I realised that the image server had some problems serving my background. It was supposed to be a 800x600 image but it scaled it down. So it looked kind of weird. [But the funny thing is that it looked ok on my computer]. If you screen size is greater than 800x600, be prepared to see the background repeating itself. I think the layout sucks. It would look perfect [to me] if the server had done a good job. But I don't blame it. It's a free service after all. Which reminds me. My dentist had been postponing my dental appointment for countless times already, causing me great inconveniences. I bet the dentist at the other side hates me now. I failed to tell them that I had to cancle my extraction appointment with them today. All thanks to the other dentist. Just because I pay lesser doesn't mean I am not paying!! What's all the fuss about service to the public then?? Just some bloody bullshit? Thank goodness that my last appointment with them does not clash with my PW Oral Presentation. Or else. Damn. There's CO later. Or else I would be at home playing The Sims 2 right now. It starts at 5pm. I am really thinking that perhaps I have chosen the wrong CCA. Hopefully the conductor doesn't scold/grumble at me again. I can't stand it. I just don't understand what is he trying to conduct!! Call me stupid. That's just me anyway. There's oral presentation exercise tomorrow. And I have lost my script. And the guys have not sent me the updated Powerpoint Slides. I tried to get them to listen to send it to my Yahoo! mail, but some how it didn't get through them. And by the time I reach home it would be really late already. Anyway, I hope that the new layout is more pleasant to look at. [I suppose there's a lot of spelling mistakes. Just ignore them.]

Tuesday, October 12, 2004
::shopping therapy::

Enough of worrying whether I get retained or not. Went out with my sister to Orchard Road yesterday for a session of shopping therapy. Here's my shopping list:
-Ayu's Inspire and Carols Single
-The Sims 2 Strategy Guild
-Xi's birthday present
I withdrew $40 to buy the singles and the other paraphernalia. Searched high and low in HMV for the singles but only found Inspire. But why?? According to reliable sources, Carols is slated to be released on 29/9/04. And I can't even find it in HMV. What is this??? Anyways, I bought Inspire and Quill- the movie about the life of a dog.

My sister got Something's Gotta Give and she was grumbling away about having to pay and why her friend's disc wasn't working properly. So after spending an hour or so in HMV, we left.
Went to Wallet Shop, Converse, 37 Degrees, Surf and Splash before finally leaving Heerens. My sister wanted to get me a wallet for my birthday!! [Frankly speaking, I feel embarassed carrying that dirty pink OP wallet around.] Was also deciding if I should get a bag instead of the wallet.
So while we were in Surf and Splash [or whatever it is called] we took a glimsp at the bags there. Saw this one that I thought was quite nice looking. So my sister [or was it me?] took it off the shelf [or the hanger, whatever] and fiddled with the zips and whatnot. Maybe the bag was too fragile [meaning poor quality] or was my sister too violent, the zipper thingy [you know, the part where you pull the zip?] fell off. Now's the funny part. My sister panicked and throw the zipper into the bag and tried to pretend nothing happened. Well, righteous as I always have been, I told my sister to take the zipper out and fix it that instant. And she refused. So I had to rampage through the bag myself to look for that tiny piece of metal and after much difficulty, found it. But I couldn't put it back on!! So now my sister finally volunteered and clipped it back on. And we hurriedly left the place.
Went to Takashimaya, Kinokuniya to get The Sims 2 Strategy Guild.

But big as the place is, we couldn't find it!!! We spent so long searching for that miserable book my leg ached after that. Anyways, we were rather hungry already so we went to hunt for food. My sister wanted to eat that Japanese Satay thingy [I don't know what is the actual name for it] but I wanted Mos Burger. But we went to look at the satay first [I gave a choice to decide what she wanted to eat]. We stopped at the donut bar for quite a long time. Couldn't decide what to get. There was this woman standing beside us and she reached towards the donuts and gave one of the a slight pinch. My goodness. I thought that was really disgusting. I pity the poor soul who bought that piece. We loitered around the area for a while before finally deciding on Mos. My sister said we had never been to mos before! [She said she only bought drinks twice from there] I had a hard time placing orders. The cashier [I don't know what you call them] didn't quite get me.
Was eating and squeezing out the ketchup on the tray whenXi called, asking me where I was, She said she wanted me to accompany her. She sounded quite moody or something. Actually she was going to watch this Jacky Chan film with her friends but she decided to leave them instead. =( I suddenly remembered the plastic saucers that was provided. Told her about the Mountain, Ocean and Sun thingy that was printed on the wrappers and cups. There is a meaning to it and I tried to explain it to her. And my sister started to marvel at how thoughtful the Japanese were and blah blah blah. Left the place feeling bloated and we continued on our search for my present and my friend's present.
Was in Isetan when I finally found the wallet I liked. There are 2 colours, beige and pink. I dismissed the pink immediately. Was admiring the beige one closely when my sister suddenly told me that there were 3 colours. 3 colours? I thought there were only two? It was only when I observed closely that I saw the 3rd on- it was dark brown [like dark chocolate]. I decided I wanted that instead but my sister was strongly against it. She said it looked like shit. Ok, ok. But now I was thinking perhaps it's good that I didn't buy it. I would look like a tree if I carried it around with my school uniform. The sales person was quite nice. She thought we wanted to buy it for a friend and even calculated how much each of us had to pay it it was shared among 6 persons. I kind of appreciated it. Here's how it looks like:


So my present was finally settled after much delibration [searched online for the meaning of this word and I was surprised! \Del`i*bra"tion\, n.The act of stripping off the bark]. I didn't want to get a wallet that looked like the one that my classmates have for fear that they might say I copy them. Childish? But hey, there's a lot of childish people in this world. My sister said I was too picky. Now it's time to worry about Xi's present.
I didn't know what to get for her. Never seen her for ages already and I have no idea what she wants now. But I have always thought that she like special, out of the world stuff. Once she said she wanted a kimono. Actually I wanted to get her a soft toy. The one with long legs and a small body. But I couldn't find it anywhere in Wisma Atria. So I had to change my mind. We went to TOPSHOP [it's in caps because that's how it's written on the signboard]. There are many interesting looking stuff there. I suggested buying panties for her. They were quite colouful and one kind of a present. But too expensive!!!! $9 for a bloody piece of cloth?? No way!!! So we went out of TOPSHOP to Surf Babes. Wanted to buy slippers for her [quite expensive ok] but I didn't know her shoe size. Tried calling her phone and her house but no one answered. So I gave up. Went back to TOPSHOP and my sister suggested buying a cowboy hat for her. There was one that looked like a cowboy hat in TOPSHOP. I was asking my sister to model it for me and I thought it looked like the perfect present. But I was momentarily stunned when I saw the price tag. $66. Oh my goodness!!!! WHY?! The perfect present!!! I was moaning and groaning away as we left TOPSHOP. How was I going to find one that is cheaper? I was practically mopping away as we left. Went to Sportslink hoping to find a replacement. I told my sister that my friend like basketball and she said I could buy those small little basketballs for her. I thought that was another good idea [2nd to the cowboy hat] and started to search for it. We saw the soccer balls but no basketballs. [I mean those small, cute ones].

In the end, we went back to TOPSHOP where I saw those sunglasses. Pink and cool. Ok, I have decided on what to get. Asked the sales person if it came with a box. NO. No??? Then wouldn't it get scratched? Nevermind.


As I was paying for my purchases, there was this lady in front of me who was paying for the cowboy hat!! And my sister said so there are really people who would spend so much on that kind of thing! I was really envious but nevermind. Paid for the stuff and left.
Now I had other things to bother about. I had to package it properly. So we went to Citylink [there's this shop that sells boxes]. We were really tired already. Our legs were aching and our heads were aching. But quite unfortunately, this shop that we thought sold boxes turned out to sell stationary and wrapping papers. They only sell those boxes that were too big for the sunglasses. SIGH. The NEW ipod was on display somewhere near the information counter. Was really upset when I saw it. Why didn't I wait longer before buying???! We played with the gadget for a while [It had a surprising lot of songs inside] and I had to tear my sister away from it. She tried to console me by saying we're better off than others since we knew how to use it. I tired to get her to buy the ipod mini. But she would never spend such money. SIGH!! On our way out of Citylink, we saw this shop that sold some really pretty and cool stuff. Drinking glasses and other cool looking things. My sister said she would give her friend that as a present. True. Many gift ideas, but not cheap. Can't remember what's the name of the shop. I think it's in Swedish [please pardon me if it isn't meant to be spelt this way] or something.
Went to Suntec to look for the boxes but couldn't find the ones we wanted. I didn't know if I should mail it to her or give it to her personally. But when will I see her? So in the end I didn't get any boxes for her. I'll think about what to do to her present. Took the *free* shuttlebus to Cityhall Interchange after visiting Carrefour [we bought cereal- Honey Nut Shredded Wheat, spoonsize! and Yakult] and went home. So thats all about my shopping yesterday. I spent 2 hours writing this. PHEW. 1,666 words!!! This is record breaking for me. [Hopefully I didn't make you feel that I am a total nut. Thanks for reading anyway =)]

::let fate decide::

Exams are over but I can't relax. What if I get retained???????????
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Somewhere something is calling for you
Trust your heart
Let fate decide
To guide these lives we see
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Friday, October 08, 2004
::it's up::

Ok, now my new layout is finally up. Maybe not exactly the layout cos the layout is still the same as before. The background's changed. The tagboard is still missing from view because I didn't want to cover the beautiful ballerina. I got it from this site : Visions in Black and White. [Kindly hover your mouse pointer over those words.] Very, very talented artist I must say. It's truly worth a look.

::histrionic::

This is a new word I learnt today. I am changing my layout pretty soon. Got the background out already. But I am not very satisfied with it. Using it as my wallpaper now though. Now I live in constant fear that I will be retained and not be promoted. I was cringing in the bus this afternoon. Spent some time with myself in the supermarket today. It's kind of fun to just stand around looking at the foods and their nutrition values. And no one would bother you. Indeed, I did not have time to finish studying my Economics, hence the paper today was a complete failure. I have decided to drop the subject after I get back my results. It's not that I really hate the subject to the core. It's just that I don't like to study for it. And if I don't study for it, I can't live with my conscience pricking at me. Anyway, I did not even give myself a chance to do well for a single economics class test. If I had bothered to study, I could probably fare well.
Had a chat with my friend today. I think we both live in the fear of our results [or so that's what I think]. Why must we bother ourselves with such things? Why is education so important? Why is the educational system so rigid? Those who earn big money when they grow up are school dropouts, not university graduates!!!! Darn. My brother brought The Sims 2 today. He's obessed with his sims bearing children and he just got twins!! It's a boy and a girl. [I was given the privilege to name them.] Never knew there was such thing as twins in The Sims. The game have truly evolved.
There's chemistry on Monday. I got to study really hard for it if I want to pass. And I must pass it!!! My goodness. STRESSED!!!!

Tuesday, October 05, 2004
::exams and whatnot::

I may not be blogging for the next few days. Exams start tomorrow and I should be mugging away instead of blogging. I am kind of sick, literally, sick. Headaches, flu and cough is plummeting my body and it's kind of hard to concentrate. Thankfully I have finished so critical revision of certain subjects.
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Sometimes I wonder if we give ourselves a chance to prove our worth.
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Now I only hope that I will pass my Math, Physics, Chemistry and GP. I don't think I have time to study for Economics again.
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My sister just me what's the volume of a sphere when it is supposed to be a cylinder.
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Went for tuition last Saturday and found out from my friends that my blog actually looked weird on their screens. It's justified to the right but from my own computer, it looks perfectly fine, the way I want it to look like. Maybe it's high time to change the skin and html. Now that my tagboard it missing, I don't know what people think about my blog. Should I fix it back again?
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Sometimes it's good to be observant; you'd notice things others don't!

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Was listening to Black Eye Peas' Where is the Love yesterday. I was amused by the lyrics. Have never listened so closely to it before. I would say that it was well written. I don't know about you, but I think that the world is truly all messed up and the song describes it pretty well. I wonder if we get to go overseas this year. Oh well, probably not.

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