Filed under: daily, rambling | Tags: family, funny, grandma, mom, money, shopping
anyway in the weekend i resolved to wake up at 9.30am to do work. buuuuut it never worked out. the earliest i did was like 11am. which is so early omg. that was on saturday because i have math tution at 12.30.
so anyway today i watched terminator 2018. is that what’s it’s called? i mean the one with christian bale in it. hmm i prefered dark knight. he was more buff there HAHA. no i kid. it’s just that i never got the whole paradox time loop thingy…. i just… didn’t. ohoh and i watched charlie’s angels full throttle on channel 5 too. i must’ve watched it at least 3 times cos it always shows on tv. anyway the highlight of the movie was when i saw shia labeouf with his ginger afro ‘do. he looked so young then! heh
anyway i did a bit of cosmetics (not makeup) shopping today. i bought shampoo from asience, balmers’ body butter, some veet cream and facial wash from vichy. oh and i bought the watson’s card and a caramel mocchiatto (is that how you spell it). anyway the total was a whopping $70 dollars. wow. and to think i wanted to buy slippers too.
speaking of slippers, my grandma is damn angry at me because she says i keep buying shoes. she says i have enough shoes to open a shoe shop. well she says that for everything; i have too many bottles (like creams and lotions) so she says i can open a beauty shop, one time she claimed i had too many bras so she said i could open a lingerie shop, then i have too many pens also cannot, must also open stationery shop. so anyway when i left for northpoint i mentioned in passing that i wanted to buy a pair of slippers (because my old black pair broke… and i don’t have any other slippers without heels) and she was like NOOO!!! literally shouting at me:
“SO MANY SHOES STILL WANNA BUY SHOES”
“no but waipuo i don’t have slippers!!”
“you have so many pairs of slippers you still wanna buy slippers huh! i take out and show you all your shoes! can open shoe shop already!”
“yeah yeah ok fine i’ll see when i come back” *leaves house in hurry to avoid further conflict*
so lo and behold when i came back she took out all my shoes and lined them up at the shoe cabinet. ok, i admit i was kinda shocked because i didn’t think she was serious. and also because i saw them all lined up side-by-side for once, and it stretched the whole length of cabinets. buuut well i mean i don’t really have that many pairs of shoes… i counted, it was only 15 pairs (excluding sneakers and trainers) my parents say i’m turing into imelda macros but hey, at least i don’t spend a fortune on ONE pair of shoes. and she has 2000 (or is it 4000) pairs of shoes and all of them are either louboutins or manolo blanik or whatever super extravagant brands!! all of mine are cheap stuff. and they don’t cost that much in total anyway.
when ever i buy clothes or bags or shoes or whatever i have to sneak them into my room and hide them… and lie about their prices. if not my grandma will freak. “$30???(when it’s actually $60) SO EXPENSIVE???? do you know that’s 150 dollars in renmingbi!!! lol i can imagine her voice now.
oh wellos. there’s physics remedial tomorrow so i have to go school. =_= can you see the eyebags under my eyes already.
Filed under: daily, reflective, videos | Tags: brother, dad, exams, family, life, mom, money, music, school
the weekend’s been really productive. hopefully i’ll be able to retain all that info though! seems to be a stretch but hopefully it happens. and my goal for the prelims is to get at least a 6 in all HLs and 7 for chem and 6 for physics. i got 5 for chinese a2 but since we’ve gotten the score for our written papers for ib back already and have already submitted the ias, i hope i get a 7!
suddenly i have this real urge to go study in the uk, just seems like such a great place to be. even though i know it’s selfish because it’s sooo expensive and i should just remain in singapore and go to nus (because well, given the job climate now if i do get into law in the uk i’ll probably stay there after i graduate). well but my long term goal is to buy my parents a house by the seaside (lol mom i know you’re reading this) and then pay for my bro’s uni tuition fees so i guess anywhere’s fine as long as i get a job. cus you know, confucius ranks high on my list of life’s philosophies (after maybe say… uhhh)
haha. i know right? and if i have enough money left i’ll save up for my wedding. HAHA!
but since i’m so bad at saving i’ll prolly be a perpetually poor student even after i graduate. boohoo.
and i’m spamming a lot of indie music in my itunes recently. idk the stuff they sing about’s catchy and laid-back at the same time. and it’s cute how a lot of indie bands name themselves with the article “the” at the start of their names:the red jumpsuit apparatus (hmm is that an indie band?), the crib, the pigeon detectives, the ramones, the scientists… aaaaand this band called the kooks whose music i really like recently!
this song’s pretty good, and i used to be really crazy over their song ‘naive’, except then i didn’t really know which band played it. except half the time i can’t understand the lyrics, hm. maybe sometimes things are made to be appreciated, not to be understood.
p.s. this is random, but i’m suddenly craving that sweet, white and thick chinese hot dessert. rahhh
Filed under: daily, photo-entry, random | Tags: family, food, fun, mom, scary
this picture is damn funny. haha it makes me lol everytime i see it. maybe i should start blogging like i next time; 80% picture 20% words. hmm well yesterday dad’s friend’s family came from shanghai and everyone (including grandma! oohlala) trooped over to sentosa. went on the 4D magic/extreme log ride thing, into underwater world (and touched a pufferfish… ick) and had this tepan beef set at sakae izakuya (is that how you spell it) and it sucked btw, the beef was horrible (but i still ate it because… it was beef) but the lobster soup+chicken+salmon salad combo mum and grandma had was pretty good. then today bl’s family came over for dinner and we had the usual fare PLUS xiaolongbao for post-dinner/supper. yum.
and recently i keep having nightmares of failing IB and sleep paralysis. and yesterday was the worst! i dreamt someone was choking me in my sleep! i woke up and my throat was hurting like someone really did. but then again, maybe it’s just the polar bear suffocating me in my sleep haha.
national day celebs tomorrow! ta ta mi amigos muchos gracias ay caramba!
Filed under: convos, daily, rambling | Tags: brother, dad, family, funny, mom, weird
the below conversation is transcribed from a mix of chinese, dialect and english:
at 9pm today
me: *on receiving smses* omg earth hour was half an hour ago!!! switch off the lights ppl!!
bj: *switches off all the lights*
grandma: OI
mom: don’t be crazy la none of the neighbours have switched off their lights
me: we must be eco-friendly global citizens
mom: fine whatever
5 minutes later
mom: eh switch on the lights la， 很黑!!
me: lol mom it has only been 5 minutes
another 5 minutes later
dad: *returns home*
me: hi dad!! welcome to earth hour! cannot switch on light for another half an hour k
dad: for what ???
grandma: why you don’t read newspapers one
dad: you know my eyesight is bad in the darkness what if i have an accident
me: use torchlight
dad walks around grumbling
5 min later
dad: eh i have to fix your mom’s com so i have to turn on the lights
me: nooooooooo!
bj: eh walao don’t la i’m doing homework by torchlight
dad: no one is switching off the lights! where’s the evidence? show me show me
mom: show me show me
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earth (half an) hour in my house is so fail! well first of all all the lights are off but we’re still watching tv/ using computers in the dark and ruining our eyes. hypocrisy much. second of everyone in the house is just switching on and off the lights cos they can’t see what they’re doing. third of all i am mediating a domestic squabble in the dark, which makes me lol and wtf at the same time. well. BUTTT in other news I UNDERSTAND MATH!! whoopeeee!! *pops confetti and dances around shrine of math tuition teacher* haha and i’m quite eco-friendly kay. i did half of ws 1 in the dark with light from my com screen.
hmm just got off then phone with bl, who got her results back today. anw from the way she smsed me i almost got a heart attack got i thought she couldn’t get into JC. but SHE DID WELL she’s going to AJC. uh huh. IT’S A GOOD THING! cos now my uncle’s warped mentality that she should get into IB is shattered. haha. please, IB sucks away your life like vacumn cleaner. i urge the people who are masochistic to join IB, but not the rest. cos the process is not only mentally, but physically tiring as well. also, sometimes the guy(s) up there has plans for everyone of us, so if at first there are things that you cannot achieve, other good things will come your way too! :D i guess it’s the process that justifies everything.
aaaaand she said i should be a psychiatrist, cos i listen to her problems well, haha. actually i’m really interested in pursuing psychology in standford! i’ve always wanted to study psychology/anthropology, but that’s such a faraway dream cos of so many obstacles (my mom, money, danger of psychoanalysing yourself later in life etc.) so now i think i’ll just be good and be an accountant, or something. :/
kay anyway back to having a staring match with my tok op outline. 8l
