Tired tired tired.

And the next week rolls along...

Here it is. Despite my wishes, the week beckons. Triple sigh.

My new year resolutions (well, at least one of them) are trampled upon, squished, torn apart, fed to the dogs, crapped upon, up in flames and smoke... you get the idea. I skipped lecture. It was beyond pointless.

I want someone here. =(

sem2

Reluctance to go for german lecture. Die Lehrerin scares me.

Its going to be one long, long semester.

Haiz. Feeling sad now.



我要开心。



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just spent 20 mins going to lakeside station to get mr bean ice cream and back. Island creamery + onion rings + macdonalds + mrbean ice cream = fats galore. oops.

Not very much happier either, I'm afraid.


Just rediscovered this photo. I completely forgot it exists. piakchu says I look good in this picture, because cannot SEE MY FACE. i agree. =P

co and clubbing and shopping.

Er, I shall try to hit my sales quota.

If you're free on the lovely evening of 11 March, consider coming for nusco concert! Details can be found here: concert website. The early bird thingy still applies and as I mentioned, I have a sales quota, so if you feel like going, BUY FROM MEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

karin go for co pleaseeeeeee I miss playing dizi with you. =(

I have NOT been practicing at all so every time I go for 大组 I feel as though I'm looking at the scores for the first time. I like 兰花花 though. And there was finally suona!! peipei would you like to drop by co prac some time? =P


I actually went clubbing yesterday with s71. My first time, and my last. At least I can now say that I've done that before, and I er, won't do it again in a hurry. I have also confirmed my revulsion towards alcohol unless its in food. And I could feel myself "float off" when I first stepped on the dance floor - not a good sign, because it felt as though I was about to lose consciousness. hc130 has also degenerated into "where's ___ AND ___?" Ha, more "details" are on the class blog.

Though there's this one detail I left out there: some drunk idiot put his hand on my back and didn't realise it (I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt) even when I inched away on the crowded dance floor. Sorry buddy, but WRONG BACK. I DON'T KNOW YOU. Finally got rid of the hand when I took a big step into the small circle of friends which left it in mid air. Even if he was trying to be funny (which I highly doubt, but let's hypothesise), if he wasn't so drunk or confused by the flashing lights he would have realised that I am by no means even mildly attractive, even without wearing a pair of spectacles unlike 99.99% of the female population present. Sheesh. Not that I'm saying it is right to be funny with someone attractive, but at least it would make more sense.

(The rest of the post is likely to degenerate into a bimbotic sounding one - as though my pimple whining isn't enough...)

I have finally scratched the shopping itch. Now its as though I carry a new bag to campus every semester. I also bought the new 五月天 cd!! =) Some of the lyrics just make me smile and some made me kinda sad, for some reason. Might post some if I feel like it but meanwhile I shall continue to enjoy.



I miss 04s71 very badly after each time I meet up with them. =(

A lot of pictures.

On the journey home yesterday I thought that perhaps I should include greater self discipline in my new year resolutions. I haven't done all the things I said I'd do for sem2, such as uh, regular showing up for practices, reading textbooks regularly und so weiter. So maybe I ought to, START doing so.

Right. But before I forget, here are some pictures of some of the better days of 2006 that I was too lazy to put up before the year ended.

First up (a very looong time ago) was gladys' farewell dinner with us co peeps.
Coincidentally, we also ran into piakchu who was on his way to meet some people for dinner before he flew off uk too. -cue its a small world after alllllll-



And then it was s71 halloween party at yisheng's place! yups the prettiest picture of the night (in my humble opinion) has already been uploaded some time back. we love 04s71 wheeeee~

I would dearly love to put a pic of my german1 lecture mates and I doing something really stupid in the middle of lecture but I think at least one of them (who's privacy mad) would kill me. So I guess that will have to wait.


hc130 outing!!! yisheng owed me the pictures from SO damn long ago I've forgotten when exactly was the outing to ms clarity. (his blog says 9 dec)

Our pw colours! I will not forgive ys for taking away my favourite yellow colour (he got it because he says that's his surname and he should have it HMPH) suan's typically pink =P I don't know how swim ended up with orange but I know I got green because that was the only other highlighter colour I had and I refused to get a new one for pw. And of course, there's BLUE for the stuff we agreed on together =)



Of course, what's a hc130 outing without a group shot?



And no outing is complete without sabotage shots like this! We know suan's in the shop too. TOOO BADDDDDD -smirk-



If you were at bugis and saw a bunch of people happily taking pictures at the busy traffic junction, yea, that would be us.



And if we don't have a "where's swim" shot, we can always CREATE one. Moral of the story is, don't stay too far away from the person holding the camera.


Countdown to 2007! We were unexpectedly trigger-unhappy then, so there are only a few shots. Dinner at (New York)^2

Gladys where are youuuuuuuuuuuuuu


This shot is evil because ys was stuck at the other end of the table. Aww.


Orientation campfire 2007! Yeah.
Those of us who went. Yup we are GREAT GRAND seniors already. My goodness.

just today

All my reasons got shot down, so I'm still under the programme.

Am still feeling drowsy despite only having 2 hrs worth of lessons today. (Anat prac) It was really fun and I did learn stuff. Both TAs talk really softly. No weird food cravings after lab though, unlike someone I know of. (you know who you are) Maybe that's because I'm always in the mood for pig intestine + liver + pig stomach porridge. Yumm. Or abalone pig stomach soup.

Though I have my doubts as to whether the family's celebrating CNY at all, given the decisively un-festive mood without my grandma around to usher in the new year like she always did by shopping and stocking up on new year delicacies. Well, as long as reunion dinner's NOT KFC home delivery. That would be too painful. (Both on the stomach and on the mind.)

Back to school blues

Its only 10.10pm and I'm feeling reaaaaaally drowsy. Maybe I'm not used to actually having to utilise my brain after the one month break. I should be studying now (Yes, there's WORK to be done damnit &^%$#) but all I feel like doing is to get into bed, pull the blanket over me and drift off to Dreamland. Zzz.

In other news, I've finally laid eyes on the (horrific) co uniform. I am still in shock. 4 years in ny*co and 2 years in hc*co were blissfully horror-uniform free. Unfortunately, I cannot say the same for the co I'm in now. I wonder who designed it. Then again, it could be the perfect excuse to uh, sell tickets to people I know. I could go "Come for the concert and get the chance to photograph me in an attire I would rather NOT get caught dead wearing. You'd never know, you could use that photo to blackmail me if I ever become rich and famous!!" -_-"

Also, I've hit a roadblock for sep applications earlier than I thought. I could save myself the trouble and apply to go in year3. Oh well. I'm off to face the Powers-That-Be wrt the programme tomorrow. I hope things won't be too difficult. -cross fingers-

Pimple update: It isn't getting any better. I NEED A QUICK EFFECTIVE CURE. It's like the new focal point of my face. Now, I'm not excessively vain, but the pimple's really huge (You have to see me to believe it) and it hasn't diminished in size nor colour since the start of the week.

Sidenote: the campfire last week left me wishing that I was j1 all over again =( or just back in hc where the class bench is forever noisy and crowded and gladys snoozes there every morning without fail and hc130 doing stupid stuff ever so often and gag+d talking about the past present and future and alex and his crossing of 2 male plants and gladys' brilliant drawings and our spitting-coffee-on-newspaper scenerios and damian and all his weird impersonations and all the good natured teasing and laughter and stupid alex messing up my hair and all the poking and jabbing and my standard cup of 奶茶 or barley with the toasted bread and rushing tutorials and running to bio lectures so that we won't get chewed up but we still smuggle food in anyway and freezing/sleeping during econs and wondering what kind of memory mr wong actually has and avoiding puddles of water whenever it rained trying not to slip and fall and collecting money from pple -ahem- and ice cream club at island creamery and curry wok and co oh co especially in j1 with all the mad seniors and running into particular seniors all over the school and the wonderful concerts and syf in j2.~~

Actually term isn't all that blue because of the people around. i mean, sure, i'm (still) not in love with what i'm studying, but the people make it better. =)

uhhhh

First german 2 lecture today. Help me.

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The lecturer kept asking "so what have you learnt today?" and all that went through my mind was "i learnt that after 1 mth of non-usage, my german truly sucks now."

Misery Loves Company...

... and so I have TWO more new pimples on my nose, bringing the total count to THREE.

hehe.

happy anniversary =) and to many many many more to come.

再度 回到美丽的城土

AHHHHHHH

1. I have a big fat red pimple at the tip of my nose argh omg omg omg T.T -runs off screaming-

2. I just spent $183.10 on textbooks. -cue heartbreak- I sure do hope they're worth it. (Or rather, that I'd make full use of it since I know that the moment I use textbooks, they won't be worth much on the resale market because nobody wants books that are extensively highlighted on, even if its really nicely wrapped, intact spine and no dog ears.) Not highlighted = Not used = Might as well save the money in the first place for a good meal at crystal jade.

3. My last lesson ended at 12pm and the next one which I'm waiting for starts at 6pm. The horror. Tis a good thing I didn't go home because if I did, there's no way I'd come out again for 1 hr of tutorial when its pouring like this.

4. Orientation campfire tomorrow! I wonder who's going. And I sure hope it doesn't rain tomorrow evening because an orientation campfire just isn't an orientation campfire if its not held in the Central Plaza.

5. Its week ONE and people are mugging away in the library. How disgusting. Then again, I guess I better join the Mug Club if I want to be considered at all for transfer into another faculty -coughmedcough- though my sem1 results actually really really suck in the light of everyone else's. Not a good realisation, that.

6. Me welcomes a new reader of this blog. -waves in cons' direction- helloooooooooooooooooooooooooo~

What Happens When I Self-Entertain In Lecture.

Professor: (Placing his transparency pen on the running OHP after an exceedingly long winded explanation and pausing so that he could... go on.) So, what do we have here?

Me: (Looking at the screen) A Pen.


sigh. It's times like this where my desire to just tune out and sleep greatly overwhelms my determination to get the most out of lecture. Which I eventually did, anyway. (tune out, that is.)

Ah, sem2's here.

I am about to scream. First, I post a desperate note on ivle forum hoping that someone would swop German lecture groups with me. No reply. Now that I've resigned myself to NOT doing any literature modules this semester, I get 2 messages asking if I'm still available to swop. Problem is, I read them too late. 2-4 hrs too late. AND so by the time I get back to the kind souls, THEY HAVE ALREADY GIVEN UP THE LECTURE GROUPS I WANT. -bawl-

*&^%$#@!

Its a day later than most people, but its the start of semester two. Last semester I remember writing that I hope I don't have to start another semester here: obviously it didn't happen. In fact, I think it's supremely likely that I'd complete my 3-4 years of study right here in science (apart from 0.5 year of student exchange...?) While I am happier this term because I have better sounding modules like biomolecules and molecular genetics (despite what everyone says about them being killer modules/dead boring) and I successfully bid for basic anatomy! (Cause for celebration hooray! I get to see cadavers on Thursday.) While I am all excited about the practical aspect of anatomy, I am, unfortunately, still nursing my stomach flu (making its exit REAL soon. I hope. My butt aches.), and I don't wish to look like a complete nincompoop by vomitting/fainting/instant diahhrea the moment I set eyes/nose on said cadaver(s).

I have unfortunately also skipped the first 小组 of the semester (which is taking place right now as I type) because while I might have the strength to blow into my darling flute, I don't think I can use my abdomen to sustain anything without suffering sudden stabbing pains in said area or God forbid, instant diahhrea. (Do wonders for my image, that will.) Also, in line with a certain promise I made, as well as for my own good, I have made plans to join sien's (lalala sien your name IS still in ONE WORD) cell group to learn more. (and hope that the parents will be nice and understanding enough NOT to ground me or kick me out of the house should they find out.)

(Sidenote: on the shit update, its less liquid by the day! Though it smells (weirdly) vaguely of durian.) (And you don't really need to know where I'm blogging from.) (You may, however, hazard a guess.)

Of course I would still love to study medicine, but I get this feeling now that perhaps I'm... not meant to. I don't feel like raging against my failure to get accepted anywhere anymore, I just feel a sense of... emptiness? Hollowness? (Is there such a word?) Regret? Tinge of sadness? at the mention of medical studies. Oh well, if I'm really meant to teach instead, then I shall teach my students to fall in love with the wonders of the human body. If I can't be a doctor, I hope influencing students (or my children?) fascinated enough to want to (and get to) pursue careers in medicine will be satisfying enough.

Euphoria.

I finally have solid shit again! woohooooooo~ Even if most of it's still liquid, but at least there are small bits of solid pieces floating around in the toilet bowl. =)

Improvement, if I say so myself, in comparison to the near 100% liquid I've been giving out.

Yes, I was down with stomach flu.

oh. no.

I'm not feeling fantastic. Mild nausea and some abdominal aches. Whatever it is, I sure hope it isn't whatever virus/bacteria that has resided in my brother for the past few days, or stomach flu.

Happy New Year!

To good things to come. =)

New Year Resolutions:
1. Crack an egg without adding loads of teeny egg shells to whatever I'm cooking/eating.
2. CAP 4.5
3. Not forget that I'm supposed to go for driving lessons/test.
4. Travel.