go with the flow.

Saturday, September 30, 2006

Study Buddy

It's the weekends once again, and I've been out studying for the whole of saturday as usual! I went to bedok library when it opened with Hidayah, my study buddy. Haha.. we've been studying together outside for many weekends on end already. Today's progress was quite alright for me.. Considering that I've actually got 20 over pieces of homework to complete by the start of next week. The teachers have been bombarding us with countless worksheets and papers and it's seriously ~~owerwhelming~~ overwhelming. The workload is tough, but we must press on!

So after about 8 hours in the freezing arctic climate of bedok library, Hidayah and I went to long john's, where we munched away and did a bit more of work. More papers to be completed tomorrow, more to come tomorrow, and we're heading to the national library first thing in the morning!

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Updation

The sidebar with the interesting photo sites has been restored and republished. Edwin - thanks for telling me its not working well. And I realised that a certain link, rion.nu, was hidden due to the html fault.

And while you're at it, check out rion.nu, the latest entry on the art installation at the Pantheon in Paris is waaaaay cool. And by the way, this website is my most favourite photoblog. Its just in a league of its own.
We've gotten a new fridge at home, and the jinx - of appliances spoiling one by one - in the tenth year we're staying here, has just cast its evil spell on the fridge. Whats next?
The new fridge is taller than me. It has an automatic ice-maker, purely to satisfy the curosity of ignorant me.
We've got lotsa mooncakes at home. Mum claims that shes popular, so she gets to enjoy all the free mooncakes from hotels, restaurants and bakeries that are sent to her office.
Have you heard of snowskin mooncakes with a chocolate truffle within it?

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Mugger Me Monday

I've just spent the entire weekend away from home, well at least for the most part of my weekend. Had intensive studying sessions with Hidayah over at bedok and esplanade libraries on saturday and sunday. It has been quite fruitful, only because I've managed to stay away from the noise pollution at home, plus the distractions I've to face. I think going out to study is an extremely great idea and something I should do much much much more often.

Well, exam fever is approaching once again. I mean like, its THE exam you cannot fool around with anymore. Been facing lotsa pressure from everywhere, and I'm only hoping its healthy pressure.

Received a well-wishing card from my choir juniors this afternoon. Awww.. how sweet right? Thanks guys, I definitely miss you all like hell. Can't wait to be able to sing with you guys once again (?) But I'm kinda sceptical about that though.. We shall see then...

And lo! and! behold! My final prelim score is 15 (: and 16 or 17 Me is very glad, although me has gone thru lotsa ups and downs, including being ~~cheated~~ disappointed by a very good teacher and being discouraged by things happening at home. I just hope it pays off at the end of the day I guess.. No huge expectations whatsoever...

And then there's the constant reminder of which jc I can enter with that score... Any suggestions? It's pretty much not confirmed yet right now... but I'm hoping that I'd be somewhere that I have at least someone I know better with me.. And also not someplace where dunmanites all go to... That would be quite... sad...

Alrighteys. Hady has won, but I've supported Jonathan all along. But I think they are both equally deserving.

Thats kinda random, but yeah, I have NO school tomorrow, so I guess I'd be heading down to the national library to mug in the morning so that I can meet the rest for our little Biennale walk in the afternoon? I'm quite looking forward... as in to mug alone... I like that kinda freedom to do something I don't exactly like (thats studying), by myself. And yeah, I also like the idea of going to see the Biennale exhibits 'cos I've been wanting to see them since awhile ago.

Oh, dad just came back and talked to me. He actually came and talked to me - first thing when he stepped into the house. Maybe things are turning for the better?

Pardon me for the varying changes in thought okay... I've been kinda lost in my own world recently... It's like I'm becoming more emositical. Whatever, that is.

Ok! Goodnight people. If you've actually read till this part of this pathetic entry, then good for you, 'cos you might not have noticed the new links I've put up on the sidebar... And yes! I'm finally becoming less selfish, ever-willing to share my treasure trove of cool websites (photopages, photoblogs, galleries, etc.) with YOU!

Feeling lucky?

Sunday, September 24, 2006

Sigh

What a bad end to my weekend.

Screw the world, I'm going to sleep now.

Friday, September 22, 2006

Taariq's Birthday Celebration!

We had our last paper last thursday, and after lunch and lotsa dizzy fun ( see previous entry), we headed home. Taariq wasn't supposed to know what time we were going over to his place, so we went home and washed up and came out again to meet at Karen's place. Once everybody was there, we made our way to his house, and contacted his mum to tell her that we were going to his room to surprise him. She was so hilarious over the phone, 'cos she was telling us that Taariq was taking a nap, and she didn't know if he was naked or not. Well he wasn't lah. So we poked the candles into the cake and made our way up into his room on the second level.

The moment we went in, we began to laugh and we were trying so hard to hide our giggles, afraid of awakening him too early. But he didn't stir at all! Then we tried to wake him up by using the super bright flash from the cam, and yet he was still fast asleep. So then we decided that we had to wake him up before the candles melted on the cake, and that we'd sing him a birthday song to wake him up. And Karen had this birthday song she was gonna play on her handphone to get us started. So we were waiting for her cue, and when she pressed the play button, it wasn't happy birthday! It was buttons by the pcd instead! And it was the gong thing right at the start, which made the whole lot of us laugh out loud. And that woke the heavy sleeper Taariq up finally!

He was shocked, and like when you just wake up, you're in that daze. After that, we ate the cake and we watched High School Musical, and we had kfc and pizza. And then we played twister! I think this is the best twister game I've ever played. I've never gotten myself into so many knots before, and not to mention, the positions! Such tough poses to hold and compromising positions to deal with. Some pictures!

Notice that Taariq's ass was in the air (and in our faces) for one part of the game. And Annabelle was so lucky that she wasn't tangled up with all of us. Karen did some come sex me pose. And in the last shot, I was hugging Edwin's thigh like a bolster! =/

After that game, we watched Take the Lead, and more people went home, leaving behind only Taariq, Mel, Karen and myself. After the movie, we played dai di till like the wee hours of the morning. Mel couldn't take it and she went to sleep, while the rest of us watched an episode of top model on youtube. And then at 6am, Karen and I fell asleep. We slept till like 9am plus, and then we went home, 'cos later that day, we were going to go ice-skating!

Quips, Quotes and Quibbles # 007

When super odd equations come into mind... And Karen provides some inspiration...

Menses = Mood

No menses = Lunch at Subway tmr

Good mood = Lunch at Subway tmr

No menses / Good mood = I get to eat Subway tmr

Menses = Mood

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Lazy List

Things to blog about before the weekend, and before I forget all about them.

Taariq's Birthday stayover last Thursday
Ice-skating last Friday
A capella concert last Saturday
Retail therapy with mum last Sunday
~~Retail therapy (again)~~ Hunt for Taariq's belated birthday present on Tuesday

I'm seriously getting lazier and lazier and lazier and lazier. Lazier.

Results

My prelim results haven't exactly been fantastic but my score's improved quite a bit since mid years. I've been forever stuck in the 20 range but I'm glad its not there anymore. ~~I have arrived.~~

There were lotsa crying people in school today. And also a hell lot of begging for marks. Squeezing the teachers dry, and scraping till the bottom of the pit. Many of us have marks that are like a point or one percent away from the next grade. And you know, it does make a whole lot of difference to your entire aggregate.

I think I'm gonna be a 16, and I'm beginning to wonder where the hell I can go with that. Tampines jc? Sigh. I've been thinking 'bout whether I've really put in my best or not. The subjects which I've been trying to push up have not moved at all, namely e maths, chemistry, humanities and chinese. Whats more, my physics has dipped from a 4 to a 5.. I went from doing well in paper 2 mid years to failing paper 2 in prelims. But lucky biology saved the day. It went from a 6 to a 2!

Okay. I've been moping about it, and I've not told my parents anything, neither have they asked. I hope they won't be too upset though. Anyways, the relationship with my dad has been kinda rocky nowadays. Its seriously changed... not as good as before... and I find myself not even greeting him when he steps into the house. He no longer checks on me, and instead, he chooses to vent his anger on me and all.

Oh, nevermind. I just want the o levels to be quick. Its like only 2 months, and it'll all be over!

A Modelistic Attempt

This was on Taariq's birthday last thursday after the last paper in school and a yoshinoya lunch with lotsa people. We started having fun at the open plaza, taking shots. And we were also spinning each other around on the playground rides, getting all dizzy and wobbly. This was the day when we could finally let our hair down and have fun!

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

iFrustrated

iTunes is getting on my nerves.

It cannot locate many music files that I've moved to other folders in my attempt at re-organising my song folders. And whenever I wanna play that particular song, it tells me to go and search for it myself. What initiative. Maybe I shouldn't blame iTunes?! Maybe it really can't cope with 710 songs?!

So now I'm terrorising it by asking it to Shuffle. Hahahahahah. Evvvvvil me.

And Karen's calling me names on messenger now. I'm feeling sad. I now know whats discrimination. =/ She's so hilarious! Go read her blog right here.
A must-read is the entry on Singapore's Next Top Model: 4th last episode. My shot is the best. Thankyouverymuch, I should be the winner.

And also check out the ugly shot of Rene on her birthday. Blink and you'll miss it. Not. Karen's mean enough to go and post up an ugly shot of da birthday girl. When all the other pics of us look rather nice.

Yayness. Think I'm going towning with Karen ~~sexay~~ mama tomorrow! But of course, that depends on her mood, our laziness, and her *ahem*.

Till then!

Friday, September 15, 2006

Over and Out

The exams are so! totally! over!

I'm taking a (short) hiatus from my books. No more staring at brightly highlighted neon alphabets jumping along the countless pages. No more flipping through any notes last minute, hoping that they'd cross their fingers for me in times of emergency. No more, no more!

The last paper was a maths that day. And I'm proud to say that I think this is the first major a maths paper that I think I'd finally be able to pass! The first one was terrible though, and I'm not expecting to really pass the overall grade actually.

I've been out since after the last paper ended on thursday morning. Lunch at the mall and a birthday celebration for Taariq that evening plus a stayover at his place till friday morning. And ice-skating on friday. Whee!

I'd really really blog when I get the pictures. For now, I'd really have to catch some shut-eye 'cos the 3 hours this morning (6am-9am) was seriously not enough for me. Add on strained muscles and sore feet from my virginial attempt at ~~graceful~~ ice-skating.

That spells fatigue for you. G'nite!

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Entry Number Hundred and Fifty-Two

This month of September pretty much marks the very last term of secondary school life. I'm still grappling with the fact that maybe I should begin counting down the days and cherishing every single day.But school has been tough recently, with the prelims and all. So maybe I'd leave that for another day.

I guess I'm just going through a phase in my life, like how everyone else also has to suck it all in and face this arduous period of time. But has this entire ~~ordeal~~ experience done me any good? Looking back (to like just eight months ago), I don't really think its been much difference for me. Days are routine-like and besides the constant need to rush from place to place to keep up, there's really nothing else besides getting all tired and cranky.

Maybe I've grown.. but then again, who am I to judge for myself if this has been true or not? Sure thing is, I've put on some weight, like 6kg (not that it matters or anything) but I ~~feel~~ am heavier now. Right, and I guess I've become more anal. And more banal too. Haha! Sounds so funny.. anal and banal... But really, I think I've become more picky in things that I do, and yet also more bland as a person.

I don't know why I'm bloggin 'bout this kind of reflection thing. But I think I'm in need of some therapy or something. This kind of lifestyle is really getting at me.

Sunday, September 10, 2006

Cobblestone Streets, Sheer Excitement and Bone-chilling Temperatures

*Tsui San and I along one of the shopping streets of Prague.
**The excited us in the auditorium, anticipating our results for the competition.
***Hidayah, Jia Yu and Inez brimming with joy after the award ceremony. And it started to snow just then!
****Next morning, acting cold with Shing Chun and Yanni. And with Janet before the supermarket opened.

Saturday, September 09, 2006

Seventh Heaven

How appropriate was this for Eirene's 16th Birthday present? We planned to get a baby's bib for her (to wipe up all that drool she secretes when she naps) but we found something even better! It was a Monday to Sunday one, and whats more! We could personalise every single one of em with our names, choosing the teddy bear picture that resembles us the most. Sweet, right?

So we were sitting at Cartel, awaiting her arrival, so that we could surprise her.. She wasn't aware that we'd be there to celebrate her birthday with her.

Alas, she came, and lucky we hid the presents well. We ordered our food and started munching away, oh and we also had a few rounds of dai di thereafter.

We were having an enjoyable time, and Edwin was playing with his food, as usual.

And we continued with cam-slutting. After a big break without cameras and flashing our pearly-whites!

We then decided to unleash the surprises one by one. The first surprise was a cake that Karen ~~made~~ decorated with icing. Haha.. it was really sweet and there were Playboy bunnies and flowers ontop which looked like carrots.

Yay.. Eirene seems pretty elated already at this point. Wait till she sees the surprises we have in store for her! We presented surprise number two, the Bib Set to her next, and I think it'd really be useful for her!

Surprise number three was a light purple running jersey! And then number four was a purple leather bag, something Eirene has been needing! She was so touched, and happy, she cried. Awww.

We were fooling around with the timer of the camera, trying to take a proper group shot (: And after many failures and ugly shots, we finally got a decent one.

Yup, and after that it was off to Edwina's place for more dai di. Its addictive!
Happy Birthday, Eirene!
We love you. <3

library@esplanade

Hidayah and I went down to the Esplanade to study together last weds, and we sat at the Singapore Art Cafe for the entire afternoon. They've got incredibly good banana milkshakes (:

Tell me

I feel cheated. Like I was led on by someone whom I thought would never. I marked your words and was surprised that you actually said that it was a factor that you bothered about! And to brandish your words openly before telling me something that meant a lot to you apparently? And I was not supposed to fall under that category, at all?

Maybe this would really explain the change towards you, if you really want an explanantion as to what I want. You should now be able to realise that maybe what you typed was something that was actually concerning me. Tell me about it, will you?

Friday, September 08, 2006

Friday Discovery!

Today is Friday. And I actually forgot that it was a Friday. Until Karen reminded me. Its quite a bad day today for me I guess, because I've done some evaluation and I'm not making any progress in my revision, at all. I've got two more days, and it sucks lah.

Well. Some interesting thing I just found out - Karen doesn't know how to spell 'tantrum'. She's so cute. And she makes me smile during the weirdest times. And yeah, Fridays without Karen are not Fridays at all!

Competition Day in Prague

And so we were all decked out in our traditional garb, looking good in front of the mirror and getting ready for our performance later that afternoon. We took the subway there and thats Yan Ping and I. After the performance it was lunch at Macs 'cos we hadn't exchanged our euros for the prague currency yet! Yep, and that was group 3, my group.