Filed under: daily, memories, videos | Tags: cousin, exams, food, friends, music, random, tired, work
hmm just finished math tuition. BL and i were reliving our memories by listening to certain songs. it’s interesting how memories can be evoked by just one scent, one picture, one video, or in this case, one song. like the song above! haha oh man it was funny how it was my fave song but i had no idea who it was by or where it was from. that and naive too. because they both played on the radio at that time… which was almost 3 years ago? we were like “wow” for a while, like stunned, thinking about the days associated with those songs. ahh miss the sec 2 and 3 days. i was such a carefree and happy girl then. haha. i would take long bus rides home from nanyang everyday on 852, and then there was this once when this song came on, and i was passing the stretch of yiochukang road right before katib mrt; the road was framed with these trees whose canopies spread over on both sides to form a sort-of tunnel over the road, and i remember watching the dappled sunlight, which formed lace-like patterns on the roads, as the bus whizzed past, and with the strains of guitar from the earphones and the nice cozy temperature inside the bus, i thought to myself: all is right and well in the world. :) lol, but that was so long ago. i haven’t felt like that in so long. :/
oh right. where was i before i went down memory lane… i wanted to send the songs to BL’s phone, but then i realised she didn’t bring it. and she told me there’s something wrong with her phone, yet again, so now she’s stuck with one circa 2001, with no camera and bluetooth, only infrared. HAHA don’t worry you’ll get an awesome new phone soon too!
and during lunch band of brothers was on max, so i was trying to explain the concept of paratroopers and radars to my gran. which wasn’t so difficult, except for the fact i was trying to explain in dialect. i was trying to tell her how the us invented this jet that can evade radars, but in the end i gave up. haha. didn’t know the word for radar in shanghainese. then mom joined us and gave us the whole rundown of what happened at normandy beach. ’twas a blast from the past guys. i’m glad we aren’t embroiled in some war now. i rather 10 times of ib torture than singapore getting involved in a war haha. that’s how grateful i am.
hmm yesterday i met kk and omy to study at kap. well the plan was to study at the new starbucks near coro but it was filled with hwach people so, to no avail. study study all the way (which reminds me, ong ming yi is crazy. she mugged until she got a giant blister on her pinkie from too much friction because she wrote too much), and then vernon joined us and then we had dinner at this peranakan place. hmm the food was nice, but i made the mistake of saying that it looked unappetizing in front of the owner. whooooops. got death glares from kk and my. haha oh man. hm ming look slightly down though… cheer up babe it’ll tide over! don’t think so much and just do it, haha
oh yeah i saw A LOT of ac people. well, singapore is too small and there are only a few places the people from elite schools can go to study – i.e. KAP. what else. hmm oh kk insulted my thighs. she said they were fat and wobbling all over the place, WHAT THE. i was sad for a while. :( oh yeah what else… oh right, i went home and i got an upset stomach. guess peranakan food ain’t for me, haha.
Filed under: daily, random, rants, videos | Tags: angry, brother, dad, exams, food, movie, pissed
my weekend was full of spending quality time with my bed, pigging out on cornetto royales, fervently praying that i’ll get a maya angelou extract for ioc (serious!), trying to figure out the gender ambiguity and undertones of the male-actor-dressed-as-a-female-dressed-as-a-man Viola-or-hould-i-say-Cesario in 12th night, enjoying a peaceful night in my hovel- i mean, room while the storm and tempest still outside, apologia pro eating seconds of stir-fried ricecake for dinner, while still having time to catch a tv movie. namely HOT FUZZ!
two words: it. was. epic! probably ranks up there in the list of most ridiculous movies that i’ve ever seen (but still love). somehow brit comedies are so much funnier than american ones. can’t remember the last time i’ve properly laughed (like clutching stomach, tears streaming down face laughed) at an american film. which reminds me, i caught a certain the animal on channel 5 on saturday. it was just… ew. surprisingly dad and bj were in fits over it, but i quickly switched the channel when they went off grocery shopping. i would use “disgusting” and “utterly revolting” to describe it but… well i don’t want to be sued, do i? :)
anw ioc in three days. i really hope i get caged bird!! i really love that book. yes so what if its black-mama-korean-drama, but at least it features female empowerment and not to mention it’s very inspirational! and colour purple too. at least they don’t portray women in a derogatory light, like miss julie (who’s a skank) or hedda gabler (she’s nuts) or medea (cold-blooded child-murderer). who else… mayber lear’s favourite daughters, regan (president with same name was assassinated) or goneril (named after an std… yikes). okay fine, those two i kid. :P
(if you’re male just skip the last bit, sorry. it’s nothing much, really)
Filed under: daily, photo-entry, random, reflective | Tags: food, friends, i sound drunk, life, reflective, school
national day celebs today. was super boring as per usual. then after school lunched at ikea with pam, steph, jun, cher, eddy, astro. i had this uber-deliciouso baked chicken leg with coleslaw, mashed potatoes and boiled baby carrots in gravy, was heaven. O:) then we were discussing this korean drama serial. was cereally entertaining! then guang joined us while astro, cher, pam went back to school. we walked through ikea for a while, and it was funny cos we were like looking at furniture and planning what to get next time. then after that i ate ice-cream and half a hotdawgitty dawg.
hmmmmmmm don’t really feel like typing much these few days. i expect people don’t want to read lengthy posts about philosophy (words sucked dry writing ioc scripts) either so i guess i’ll let the picture do the talking…. although this pic in particular makes no sense really. but there’s just some kind of innate beauty in the vague ambiguity of ideas, especially in the way the ideas somehow link up.
though i’ll hate to be an astronaut though. watching high up in that putrid blackness but never involved, disconnected from it all. that’s a mighty sad thing, doncha fink?
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: lists, rambling, random | Tags: dreams, exams, food, music, random
I WANT TO SEE LADY GAGA!!!!!! but the tix are f expensive, like almost a hundred bucks. oh well, i’ve pretty much missed all the concerts that i’ve wanted to go to since forever due to a lack of cash/clash in time/lack of credit card etc. SIGH THE CONFINES OF STUDENT-HOOD.
anyway not much. haven’t posted in a week cos this week is really killer!! there’s like both world lits AND EE. dieeeeee. i’m relying heavily for my brain to work so i can be super efficient and not write crap for either essay. PLUS we’re getting back papers on tuesday. so far, it’s not looking too good. apparently someone failed the ibdp chinese a2 exam!!! the probability that it’s me is like slightly less than 10%, since there’re only eleven of us anyway. can you imagine!! if i fail a subject that i’ve put so much effort in i’ll prolly jump off a building. nahh i kid. sigh and chem too. studied so much and i’m prolly getting a 4. which sucks big time. why am i so stupid, study so hard still cannot get above 40 points. *grumbles*
hmm anyway today i went to kap on a study date with the babes. i am so shocked that ming is taking h3 math!!!!!!! and she’s prolly getting A for it, while i am here failing easy-peasy (as compared to h3 math) ib math hl. if she comes to ib she’ll probably own that gerald seah guy from intact. and kk too!! she’s a slacker but she still gets by great. and now on hindsight i realised that i am like the lousiest out of the three of us! oh no no no no no.
conclusion: gotta work harder. i shall focus until the prelims, at least.
anyway i came up with a stuff-i-would-like-to-purchase-but-have-no-money-(as is typical of me, and it’s barely past half of the month)-or-is-out-of-my-budget-range-but-would-be-nice-to-think-about-having-anyway list, which is as follows:
- kerastase anti-frizz hair serum (again, this one was recommended in cleo’s hall of fame 2009)
- the phillips ceramic 10-in-1 hair curling iron/straightening tongs/this and that (the heads are changeable for different styling needs)
- canmake liquid eye liner pen (recommended in cleo hall of fame too)
- some form of concealer to hide my unsightly pimples, humongously monstrous eyebags and overtly-ruddy complexion
- miracle potion that will keep me awake in the morning and sleep well at night (recently i keep having nightmares. the other day i dreamt that i failed the ib math exam =_=) that doesn’t taste yucky i.e. not chicken essence
- delicious yet unfattening foodstuff for me to occupy myself with while mugging/doing work so i don’t start biting my nails because i have nothing to eat
- yet more delicious and unfattening foods for me to consume when i am hungry (hooboy am i hungry as i type this)
- lady gaga concert tickets
bah i am becoming more and more incoherent. i do realise my list gets quite rubbish as you go down because you can’t ever get some of the stuff anyway… like world peace. why are there so many riots and bombings and plane crashes recently?? can’t the world be in equilibrium for a days. anyway that’s a topic for another day. the weight of my eyelids are starting to increase so maybe it’s a sign that i should go to bed. toodley poodles guys. seeya soon.
p.s. i am so tired it’s not even funny :( so much work to do tomorrow plus there’s tuition :(((((((
