what drama.finally something about NJC. not exactly positive, but well as usual, things are seen from a different perspective and blown out of context.

well, this was my view:

" I don't think there's any mean to insult ACS(I) here. Students go to school to learn, and they are: from history. Looking at the context of the activity 'how dictorial regimes should work', isn't the scene which the students are depicting reality? Dictatorial leaders would have their opposing previous rulers killed, and make the opposition suffer. We all know that has happened in the past around the world, and the students are just applying it to classroom learning in a different context, where instead of countries, it is between schools. The use of ACS(I) as the example in their activity was probably just the first school name that popped into their minds, it could have happened to any other school other than ACS(I), with the same scenarios and issues arising anyway. Let's just say that the teacher who posted the photos didn't think of the negative reactions from the public who might look at the pictures and contents from a different perspective."

On to today, finally some mother-daughter bonding in the form of jogging/walking. My mum originally wanted me to run with her at 7am, but i kinda was still asleep, so it shifted to an evening run. We managed to jog all the way to her office area past boat quay, and then stopped at Cavenaugh bridge due to the F1 road blockage (about 2.5k to there).

This wasn't the closest I got to the F1 race though, it was when we walked behind the Asian Civilisations museum, and we walked right beside the (barricaded) road where the cars were driving on. Of course we couldn't see a thing, but the noise was just DEAFENING when it went past. I liked it so much better on TV. But there was that adrenaline rush when you see (or rather hear) something so close to you go so fast. We moved on, made a U-turn towards home. But wanting to buy bread, we ended up grocery shopping at Meidi-ya supermart at Liang Court (after getting a glimpse of Tampopo Deli...surprisingly i wasn't THAT tempted by cake). I spotted an NJ couple buying gelato, but i don't think it'll be nice of me to mention who they were. I've just been seeing them around together a lot lately. And then my mom craved SUBWAY. haha..didn't expect her to, since she already cooked dinner before we left, and so we shared a 6-inch. and then we continued walking home. So, this run-cum-walk with my lasted two and a half hours. Thankfully still shorter than the last time we tried to run.

Next time, I should try to stick to the schedule more...

Oh yes, yesterday was a post-adeline's-birthday celebration! At Settlers' Cafe @ SMU. it was such a laughter-inducing outing (Liu!! how could you miss it!) with Monopoly, Taboo & Ugly Dolls. Four hours just flew by like that. With the right company, a previously thought boring board game can turn very exciting!

More Monopoly?

i had a glimpse of the new perspective on 'cheap' and 'expensive' today.

I know i'm used as a buffer. I don't have to like it, but i know i have to do it anyway.

I know you mean well by ensuring there's food all around, but it doesn't mean that we have to eat overly full and waste it. I can't exactly change my diet when your habits don't.

I know you've brought me up to be independent, but you're not allowing me to be, and still think i'm your little girl.

I know you don't want any of us to leave, but we have to someday, just let us go.

I know you brought me up to care for others as you do, but can't i be selfish?

Life's unexpected. 

What meant to be a morning run with my mom down the river to her office, then me running back alone home to bath then leave the house to study, turned out into something else.

We started off running down the river, then it started pouring (the second time now, the rain doesn't seem to like my running schedule). We stopped at Riverside Point, and then my brother had to come around to pick us up, after picking my dad. You see, my dad was supposed to walk down to a place near my mom's office for breakfast (just to make him exercise) but he left later then us, so all three of us were stuck out in the rain in two different places. Haha. My brother had to rush down for Taekwondo in Henry Park, so the plan evolved into us riding with him in the car to hpps, then my dad took over, and we went Ghim Moh Market for breakfast instead. Now, i thought we could finally go home after breakfast, but no, marketing ensued, with the plan of waiting for my brother to finish then we could all go home together. Since we had a little time after marketing before my brother was out, my parents brought me on a drive around Mt Sinai area, to check up on the house that was once theirs (and sold it the year I was born, so i never got to live in a semi-D :/ ) A little more property research of the area, then on to Hpps, where I was pretty glad I managed to visit. Saw Mr Teo (my old gym teacher) training cute little boys who were complaining about the tough training, haha, and the china coach training 3 girls. I jumped on the tramp a little, tried to do my sommersaults in the sponge pit, then left to find my brother. That gave me the opportunity to explore the new wing, the Indoor sports hall. All I could say is, it's interior's rather plain despite the rainbow colours to perk it up. NOW, really, when I thought we could finally go home and carry on with my plan, we had to drop my mom at the office before home. So, my 45 minute run turned into a 3 hour joy ride with my family (in sweaty dri-fit clothes). wow.

and just when i thought i would go out and study, I just finished watching two movie on my laptop consecutively : Make it happen, and Next. Time really does fly....

Man, I really miss those days 6 years ago.

I was so tired both mentally and physically just an hour ago, but now, i'm feeling pretty awake.
I wonder why, all I've done in the past hour was basically sign in to MSN, and talk to various people (for once in like, two months probably?)
But I guess it's good to catch up with people now and then, which i really hope to re-establish some of my distant friendships made over the past years. It's so interesting to see how people change, and how people's views about you change.

Today was one exciting day, although there is a little apprehension that I'm behaving as if exams are just over like in my secondary/IP school days. So, after I handed in that once-again-incomplete-script and was released from the gym, I went up to the canteen to uh, finish my breakfast cum lunch. Ended up hanging around with Chenchel and Nush for awhile, before I decided then that I really didn't want to start studying Biology Applications syllabus yet, hence with Chenchel made the decision to crash our beloved Xiang Yin's house.

We stayed for about 2 hours, using the time to spontaneously bake Chocolate Molten cake, recipe gotten from joyofbaking.com through XY's iphone. It came out rather yummy despite the a little overcooked-ness, as well as the wide range of chocolate we used inside. There was Belgium Dark and Milk Chocolate, Toll's baking chocolate bars, and uh, some other milk chocolate XY ate before. Haha. But still...addictive (:

We left to watch a movie at orchard after that, meeting with the weirdest combination of people you can find in NJ going to watch a movie together. REALLY. There were like, 4 different groups of people together, let's see if you can seperate them. (some do overlap.) Samantha Mok, Avril, Xiang Yin, ChenChel, Norman, Li Qiang, Ting Zhi and I. It was my first trip inside Ion Orchard today(while waiting for physics people to be done), and the place just seems huge with me only visiting the four basements! The number and variety of shops available is just outstanding. Some, you don't even know existed, branded goods shops, Sephora.....I just feel like going another time when it's not so crowded.

The movie: The Ugly truth. Which I think the newspapers are ugly for only giving it a one-star rating. It's worth at least 3 stars! There was tons of laughing, sadness and happy endings. Leads are hot and cute, although there was quite a bit of swearing. Jokes are mostly sexual inundations, and Gerard Butler is just growing on me now...I felt that the movie was really good and worth watching, for the points of view of men and women relationships. I think I'm still suffering from the dreamy feelings I get after watching movies. Oh, and if it's a plus, i think there was a rumour that one of us cried during the movie (the breakup was pretty saddening..) Did i mention that we had front-row seats as well?

In the end, all's well ends well, but reached home without dinner ):

i can't believe i'm looking at the miele guide right now rather than urbanization and globalisation :/

For Hire:
Freelance Thinker - Will think for money.
Flexible, versatile, innovative, creative, will help your company look at new perspectives!

I was just pondering over after A's events again, and the part-time job that I would look for. I would choose a job that I think I'd enjoy, has flexible working hours, allows me to be creative, and utilizes my strengths. Since I like thinking about things, and am pretty interested in problem solving, I came up with this job scope. It fits into almost ALL industries, be it food and beverage, business, marketing, banking, science and tech, yada yada..A person who is not trained in that industry, would give an alternate perspective to an issue as compared to a person who has been trained to think in a certain way to fit the job. Give the thinker a problem, or just the company's product, and it's the thinker's job to offer new perspectives, ideas, solutions, possible problems and set backs or even strengths that can be improved upon. It's somewhat like brainstorming, outside of the company. I guess in the current world, that's what companies call 'focus groups'. But opponents to my argument would be that companies are already paying their money to top graduates to think for the company, so why would they need to hire a freelance thinker who might give ideas that aren't even feasible and probably simplistic because they aren't trained in the field? That's what I call narrow-minded. Haha.

Well if there are any companies out there who do want to try out the mind of an 18-year-old Singaporean girl, feel free to email her, because her resume's right above (:

Ironic. That's the closest word i can think of to describe the situation today.
I was perfectly healthy on the day i couldn't do the pure math paper, and thus perfectly healthy to agonize in sorry when i lost about 70% of marks. Compared to just a few hours ago, when i was brimming with confidence to tackle statistics, i had to suffer from a combination of cramps and stomach ache, spending more time worrying about shitting in the chair rather than the math questions. With the agonizing pains coming and going for at least the first two hours of the paper, i didn't finish a paper which for once this year i thought i had a decent chance of passing well and pulling up my currently miserable overall grade for math. Well i wouldn't have finished it either even if i left the hall to relieve myself in the middle of the paper. Let's just hope all turns out well.

And my almost second blunder for the week was that, i thought tomorrow's paper was econs. In the morning. But it,s geog. In the afternoon. Imagine what would happen if i didn't have such great friends talking about whether to study for chemistry or geog tomorrow. Well, chop chop, i've gotta finish human geog by tonight.

Looks like my self-wishing good luck turned into bad luck today.

Letter to teacher number two:
Dear Teacher(s), 
I am writing you this letter in advance to explain the reasons why it is relatively easy to mark my script for this particular exam. And before you jump to conclusions, it's not your overdue teacher's day present to lighten your workload, nor is it a strategy to grab all your consultation slots for the next two weeks.


Firstly, the pages are mostly blank of answers for the simple reason that I do not know the answers. They are clean not because I haven't attempted to answer the questions, but that I do not know how to start answering the questions. Please do not think the worse of me that I did not study for the test, because I know I did, and many of my friends can bear witness to my attempts at it. So 'why', you ask that I am able to leave my paper blank when I did study? 


It's because there are more interesting things in the world out there I would rather be doing, which includes observing cooking techniques from a chef in a food court, observing differences in parental interactions with children between Asians and Western families, and letting my brain soak up ideas to be turned into money-making-charity-giving ventures of the future. Plus, the words that I tried very hard to burn into the back of my head, were washed away so easily like the tide over writings in the sand. Probably because I unconsciously foresaw the applicability of my current learning content is about 1%, when I try to help my Kid with his or her primary school homework in the future. 


Sincerely yours.


I tried to find my previous before-exam-to-teacher letter, but i couldn't find it in the archives. Instead, I found a rather interesting literary scenario I concocted, which lifted my spirits quite a bit. I should print this out and let my main characters read it again :D

Life:
I think I have officially mastered the Art of Stoning and Wasting Time. I thought I did before, but really, with a tool called Economics notes, it propelled me right into the midst of it. Thankfully that happened after I managed to prepare myself for tomorrow's math paper (which happens to need to be my savior if not i'll just die for math overall). This time my location was Food Junction: Great World City; Kids' Corner. It's quiet most of the time, in isolated corner, looking like a lonesome (bored) student trying to mug. Stayed for 9 hours: 11.30am to 8.30 pm. Breakdown:
Math = 4 hours,
Lunch + dinner = 1 hour
Stoning and doodles = 2 hours
Economics = 1 hour.

I finished two thirds of what I set out to do, which isn't too bad I guess, since I know I'm always over ambitious and thinking that I can complete more than what I can (which has gotten me into trouble more times than not). But i believe my stoning and doodling is not completely counter-productive. It gets me thinking about life, and my future. Ideas. I'll post my narrative on Life's A Road another day when I've got more time to type, and you've got more time to read.

Reflections:
My loss in interest for the subject of Economics.My attention to the subject it like water sliding of a Teflon-covered pan. Actually, let me correct that to water droplets sliding off a Teflon pan. It doesn't stay for more than a few seconds, which is making my life very difficult to pass economics. I've said it before, I've got reasons behind every subject that I'm currently taking, to produce such a queer subject combination. For econs, it was due to my previous  drive to do business. Enter the big dangerous, exhilarating world of Business. My focus has shifted since then, so has the interest for the subject. Hence, no interest equals, very little possibility of me staying on task.I should trick myself into liking economics for another new reason. Other than getting good grades [this oft isn't enough].



Musings:
If Crocs came up with a decent looking pair of heels, I think it'll be a hot seller (I'm already assuming that it's comfortable).

Last words before math paper.
Good luck to me. Someone apparently thinks i need to keep more of it for myself than others. So yea, good luck to me.


Nush: haha, too bad you didn't want to enjoy the company of me, Denise, Mr. Muffin, and Mr & Mrs Belgium Waffle (:

I'm probably torturing myself all this while, pleasurable torture. No, i'm not a masochist, but i think my actions come close to mental torture. Some of you my blame me for torturing you with pictures of food on my blog, but I'm the one who's been scouring through the web looking at professionally-taken pictures of food from great restaurants and amateur ones alike. For a few hours each day, usually after dinner, i'll be checking for updates from my usual source of food blogs, then extending on whatever catches my interest. Sigh, it's both heaven and hell to be able to witness such heavenly food that exist on Earth, to the point where your mouth waters and stomach grumbles just by looking  at the photos. It's not exactly a very healthy habit, since i'm going to sleep hungry, very hungry, and very late.

And something REALLY tempting popped up on my rounds:

Posted on DavidLebovitz's blog (some famous food blogger living it up in Paris), it's a holiday of workshops, seminars, food and tips on food blogging, by some of the most famous food photographers, bloggers and stylists. What's more? It's at Club Med.[Think sun, sand, surf, GREAT food, great company] Sigh. Thing is, I wouldn't consider myself a food blogger, and I probably won't be getting serious about it anytime soon (if i want to keep my waistline; and despite the possibility of free meals). I guess it's just the prestige and idea of being in a nice place, with good food and famous people for a period of time that's the attraction.

Today was the ultimate non-productivity i faced in a week. 4 math questions that whole day? That's just what happens when I stay at home, no matter how much I tell myself that I'm going to make the effort and discipline to stay home to study. Remember Pam, it's just IMPOSSIBLE to do so. 

And this is why i really can't wait for A's to be over. There's just so many other things that can be done in a short time!

i can't seem to get enough of blogging these few hours. it's just the prospect of returning to reality is a little daunting.
Anyway, just a little good luck to people taking the Prelims Chemistry Paper in 8 hours' time. I just know that I'm in no position to comment on the subject, except that i'm glad I'm not taking it. there's just no chemistry with me & chemistry.

Photo Roll:

I introduce.....Cafe Pralet 

Ice Chocolate

Pralet

Mango Mambo

Tiramisu

Seafood Baked Rice

Grilled Fish with Spaghetti in Lemon Butter Sauce

Introducing...Pam's Bakes.

Meringue with Homemade Grape jelly and Cream Frosting

Apple Trifle Crumble

Vegetated Aglio Olio with Sausages

And here are.....randoms:

I spent about an hour and a half doodling during study time, and created a pattern for the kimono i probably am going to make in the future.

Jillian's stress relievers for us. "Squeeze me PAM!"

I'm considering moving to tumblr, another blog hosting website. The features seem pretty slick and user friendly, except it seems so familiar to twitter though. Ah, and it seems suenn beat me to it at migrating her blog over to tumblr. I'be got nothing much against twitter, except for that it's evident of the social phenomenon - 'herd mentality'. Plus, this blog seems to hold a sentimental value to me, like a photo album into my life progressions. It'll be hard to move on to a new phase, as I'm not a big fan of Change either. It'll take a little bit of time before i move on from here.

Is there an excessive blogging syndrome?

Craving: to read another one of Judith MacNaught's books or Trudi Canavan's prequel/sequel to Black Magicians' Trilogy. Badly.

Norman: same standard??
Nush: HI YOU FINALLY TAGGED. i thought it was chocolate souffle!
Denise: HI. glad you amused yourself with my dreams.
Chris: YES. When can we start?

Study session at Starbucks: Tanglin Mall today. I expected to meet Nush, since she did say that she'll be there, but Denise turned up in her place, both of us expecting to find Nush around the corner. But no, she didn't turn up. it was a pretty productive 4 hours i spent there, now that i've acknowledge that math and geog just takes that much time to revise. One hour was spent chatting and laughing with Denise, over belgium waffles and her hazelnut choc-chip muffin (sorry, but i think mine are still nicer :P). Our conversation topics went around friends (or rather a friend), and teachers. It was a really interesting theory, which she thinks isn't appropriate to post here in case the object of discussion happens to pass by and read my blog. it went along the lines of, subject teachers, marriage status, age, and weirdness level. Doesn't seem to apply to the females though. And then threw around the idea of the mass IP video to remember ourselves by. But it wouldn't be possible before A levels, and there's really no point in making it AFTER A's (with all the guys being shipped off to another island, some others flying around the Earth, and no one really wants to go back to NJ when there's not much reason to ain't it.)

Now, i just feel so old. it's really all going to be over soon. Four years of preparation (or maybe 2 months worth) is all going to be over in two month's time. I really can't wait to get compulsory education over with, and then finally get a move on Life.




You know the phrase that goes, once you taste a little of luxury, you can't go back to the simple life? Well, that's how i think my tastebuds evolved. For bread at least. I've probably mentioned before on how i've switched to eating Country loaves and Walnut loaves for breakfast instead of white sliced breads. Now, I've finally reacquainted myself with the taste of Foccacia, and it's just heavenly. I'm craving it all the time now, after that delish breakfast of Apple baked ham (it was on sale at Cold Storage) with lettuce and cheese in Foccacia I made myself this morning. I feel like making my on breads now, it's so much more convenient and inexpensive.

Now that i think about it, the reason i like baking and cooking. It's in my nature, to make things, create things, to use my hands and shape something from the Earth. Cooking and Baking allows me to do just that, projecting my imaginations and ideas into physical forms, pleasuring the senses be it sight, smell or taste. The Beauty of creations make people happy, and that's the emotion the world needs rather badly. Then it extends to almost all crafts and aspects of life. Fashion, music, food, architecture, furniture, dance......it just pleases me to be able to use my hands to create something, even if i may not be good at it at all.

tonight, i have lost my reason to learn driving. more like the cons overpower the pros. i was so keen just a few months, or even years ago, on the prestige of getting a driver's licence. but now, no more.

1) personal reasons: my dad's driving just annoys me to hell. and my parents want me to learn driving asap so that i can drive them around. with me getting in such a bad mood whenever i'm in the car with my parents (especially with my dad driving), i'd rather not be in the car.

2) my brother has been getting into a few accidents of late (and a few close shaves while i was IN the car), it seem like a really expensive affair. Fines(for driving a van in the wrong lane), scrapes with another taxi, repair costs to car damage, and the nagging from my parents that come together with each event that occurs. it doesn't seem worth it.

3) the cost of learning to drive is really high. opportunity cost is greater, since i don't think driving classes has more benefits than joining a culinary class or language class.

4) There's only one family car. And already three out of five people in my family can drive, so why need another driver? Demand for the car will outweigh the supply.

5)Fear. Of speed. When i'm not in control of it, it's not too bad. But evidence is already showing itself when i'm in the passenger seat and the car's cruising on the road at 70km/h. Relatively, it's not speeding, but at times i feel like it's going TOO fast already. and my brother will go 'it's only 70, still under the speed limit'. Another fear i might add, would be of mistakes. it links to reason number two, when mistakes happen, accidents do too. That's probably why sometimes when the roads are crowded, or at narrow turnings, my mind will go 'isn't the space a little too small??!!/ it's going to scrape!/ what if the car in front starts rolling back?!!' scenarios like that. In short, i need my space. (Maybe that's why since young i was so keen on having the world travel on flying skateboards, in the air, there's so much more room for mistakes to occur without the accidents)

6) I'm a geographer. I am VERY Pro-Earth. We need to consume less, produce less, thus waste less. I think that the world has too many cars and more car producers should just go bankrupt and close down so that car production will be reduced. Cars produce negative externalities such as pollution in the form of carbon monoxide and traffic congestion, which brings down the standard of living of a city. I'm pretty happy with the public transport system we have, the costs of travelling is still MUCH cheaper than owning a car(pay COE, pay ERP, pay fines, all pay money). Plus, not having a car makes you walk. walking is beneficial to your health, both mentally and physically. More times than not, affluence brings more harm than benefit.

it's all in the economics and geography.


next issue.
dinner at Zion Road food centre tonight. I don't think that place has much great food to offer, but it seems as though many people think it's a place with great food. There's only the famous Char Kway Teow stall that i know of, parkings' a menace, plus you've gotta pay to use the toilet. The only thing i like about it, is that it's next to the river.
Back to the point. Many people go there, and tonight i saw two couples(wouldn't exactly call the latter that, but, small details). one graduated NJCian whose name i can't remember but was in council and i suppose his girlfriend, and Mr Kevin Sim (in his Stanford tee) with another guy who looked like a student. Interesting, where you meet different people at different places.

and then i feel the need to reply to tags here, because some people just don't have tagboards anymore. haha.

suenli- i'm giving you interesting stuff to read other than your chem notes, the longer my dream is, the longer the time before you start on your chem ain't it? haha. And like you, i'm much more interested in blogging than my notes. haha.

i dreamed again.
Of myself getting my hair trimmed, but the style was still left long. I don't know why, but i think i'm partially afraid of cutting my hair because i like it long. But the other part of me wants to be adventurous and snip everything off.hmm. Any good stylists you would recommend to me?

Second dream was that i completed compiling the maldives photos that i was started last year. A long overdue project, which i must ensure myself to complete by the end of this year. No more excuses!

HI NUSH.
well, i just found out today there's one more additional reader to my blog. everyone, let's HI another one of my ghost blog readers (:

i have been doing my best to study, to the extent of travelling all the way to school to mug in the library, then at the oasis today. finally managed to finish population for geog, and nothing much else. haiz. it's been my (& kris') future cafe that has lately been constantly bugging me. my mind has latched on to this project so tightly that i can't seem to let go of it for a second. ideas for the ideal book cafe just keeps running through my head. the decor, the menu, the themes, the chairs, the wallpapers, the mannequins, the beanbags, the cooking, the serving, the laughing, the spiral stairs....everything! sigh. and i know i won't get to start on it for at least another few years...which is the sad part.

i had another dream this morning. which caused me to wake an hour later than i should have. it was probably because i was looking forward too much to going to school to study that i dreamed about it. somehow i was with this big study group on the way to school, and this 'study group' of mine wasn't NJcians. i had the sense that they were people i met in Pre-U sem. but uh, they weren't them. The next thing i knew, i was either calling ms tay (or she called me), and that the school gate was closing already. So i'm assuming here that we're all running late, and we're in transit to take the second bus to school.(I always have to change buses to get to and from school). So, my conversation with ms tay went along the lines of her telling me the uncle was closing the gate, and me asking her if she could ask the uncle to keep the gate open for another half hour. she said she'll try her best, then an almost accusing question came out: 'do you have to study in that study group/are you studying in school with a study group?' and i said yes. and she hung up. i got the feeling that i should be studying alone, or just not study with this particular group of almost strangers. the bus came almost as soon as i got off the phone, and we all boarded the bus. i sat right at the back of the bus, in the center seat, and there were three other people on my left(which made it seem like a big bus that can hold 7 people in the back row).the guy next to me is also part of my study group. he felt like only an acquaintance, but somehow i felt really comfortable with him. he was cute and charming, but i don't even remember his face (haha..boyfriend of the future?). he knew Andrew..and it took me awhile to realize it was andrew SEOW...the funny guy in my promary school class. Cute guy knew andrew as the DIVER.(which in real life he isn't- or not that i know of, but i accepted it in the dream anyway).and then i whipped out this really cool phone! a white slide phone with touch screen, and A LOT of buttons. i'll draw it out soon, if i can remember the details, but i was really cool. the next thing i surprised myself with was, i shifted onto cute guy's lap as the bus got more crowded, so that someone else could sit down. (in reality, there isn't enough space for such a thing to happen on the bus, ever.) then i was reading my messages on my phone, from some people i'm not sure i knew, and cute guy was helping me figure out my phone. and then second revelation: person whom i didn't know messaged me was actually the cute guy whose lap i was sitting on, and his name is REI. short for Yu Hong Rei or something like that. but the important thing is! not the full name, but REI. that's the name i wanted to give to my future son (: (inspired from a manga : MARS) funny thing. i didn't know his name at the start of the dream, and it gradually unfolded for me to find out..what a nice surprise(: the bus ride ended there, and when we were at the nj sidegate bus stop, some girl went: 'let's go da-bao some dessert/ice kacang!'. and i said no, that we were already late. and i WOKE UP. an hour late. haha.

dear me, i dreamt of being late, only to be late in real life. should have woken up when ms tay called. haha.perhaps then i wouldn't have to walk in through the main gate.

two days of sweet desserts....i shouldn't crave anymore.

ugh. just when i want to upload my photos because i thought blogger was alright again. UGH.

well i can't say much about productive studying, but singapore idol and naruto on cartoon network was amusing enough. seriously, CN just spoils naruto with the english dubs. they try to add americanised slangs into japanese ART...it just sounds wrong. singapore idol..i thought a few were good, but i think gurmit's unrehearsed hosting and the judges' comments just pale in comparison to other shows. they sound...like they're trying too hard to please the audience at times.

hockey hockey tomorrow!yay!

3 days. 3 books. one trilogy. The Black Magicians'.

and the day i attempt to start on a more relevant book...it's impossible.

and i just remembered that i've got to get to school in 7 hours time -_-

i was groaning and groveling, well, that's the closest i can describe my actions after the math paper today. on the verge of tears, my body limp.my voice became hoarse from the incoherent words i threw out from my throat. but lucky they were there to help me forget, or at least mask the torturous feeling of knowing that i'm just going to fail so badly this time. we jogged, we sprinted, we tried yelling our hearts out(as loud as we could go without seeming mad on the track) to remove any poisonous feeling pierced into my body from Math. it helped, with a little dose of hockey, physical exertion is still an effective remedy. sprinkle a little acrobatics on and i'll feel much better. just don't mention the word 'maths paper' for the next week or so to me. i think 'econs paper' and 'geog paper' are in the list of banned words too.

yesterday~
" Study day 2 in cafe pralet. A little boring, but i ordered iced chocolate again. And this time- cake is mango mambo(the name's rather cheesy), but it's quite nice although plain. Reminds me of my favourite mango pudding.

A little interesting but annoying at the same time, was the two people sitting at the table next to me. One i know, a primary school acquaintance, but we haven't acknowledged each other yet. They've been talking for a few hours now, and i've been trying to block them out, but being next to me, it's rather loud. But the topics are rather interesting(don't mean to be eavesdropping), it's uh, public 'good'. So far, i've found out the other person is a psychology student in...NUS i think. There was talk about relationships and compatibility, then universities, and career and courses. The second time i'm hearing that business degrees are a waste of money. Psychology sounds interesting, but a little limited in career choices. Working still sounds the best.haha.


Physical geog hydro processes is getting really dry, and i've got no choice as i left my gc at home-_-
It forces me to do geog i guess, no matter how much i want/need to do math instead.

Seafood baked rice. Pretty good, since it's their specialty. It has fresh salad on the side. It,s butter herbed rice with peas and carrots, mushrooms, fish and prawn, topped with a generous amount of mozzarella cheese. Yum. " - 3rd September 2009, 7.30pm

just came on to report how disastrous the paper that ended 2 hours ago was. well well, 2 hours, 3 essays. can't they just round it up and make it even? 3 hours for 3 essays sounds so much better don't you think? we even get one and a half hours for ONE GP essay!oh wells, so i did 2 essays that took me 2 hours, um, maybe 10 mins of planning, and thus five minutes for my last essay. use your own imagination to think how much i could write (and mind you under PRESSURE) in FIVE minutes.

yep. and then i came straight home to an empty house, intending to cook myself something healthy. i did, and it probably was the healthiest lunch i've had (although not the most delicious). it's uh, aglio olio- spaghetti la caprese- inspired. haha. the guy on tv...david rocco if i'm not wrong, made it look so easy. and so...

Spaghetti with
-sausages
-olive oil
-tomatoes
-broccoli
-celery
-carrots
-lettuce
-garlic
-herbs
-mozzarella
-parmesan
-salt

yep. and uh, some of it was raw. haha. i would post a picture and scare away the veggie haters, but sadly BLOGGER IS STILL SCREWED IN MY BROWSER. yep.

oh right right, and another one! a dream i mean (it's so rare nowadays.) I WAS PLAYING CS - counterstrike! AND I WAS THE PLAYER. like literally in the game, holding a gun, running around trying to avoid getting shot. and uh, somehow i really sucked at the game. (ironic since i came in champion for paintball haha!) apparently i met saket (an old gym acquaintance) and a friend of his who was in the game too..Lehait/Lemait/Hemait or some weird name like that. haha. and so, he tried to lend me his gun (because i was too poor to afford better equipment and thus had sucky guns), and another one of those bazooka missile things i talked about in one of my previous dreams. the thing was, the missile was pink -_-. but yea, i missed the shot, the missile didn't explode, but started inflating. so Saket went over, picked up the inflating missile, attached it to a pail (???!!), and put it back onto his gun. and shot the target (a car). uh..the last part didn't make any sense, but i've got a feeling the dream stems from me reading books with Virtual Reality plots.

and then this morning i saw a lady riding a red Harley Davidson with a black leather jacket! so cool :D

geog time!

RAWR. this is the umpteenth time that i just want to slap myself silly right now! or rather for being silly. yes, today's two papers down already, so i came home to relax awhile, and in the end ENDED UP READING ANOTHER MANGA AND SQUEALING TO MYSELF. haiz. seriously, manga reading is really an addictive thing. but i just can't help it. the prospect of having to study econs...makes me want to put as much distance away from it as i can...so i avert myself to manga. a much MUCH more pleasurable way to pass time. Faster than a kiss - another shojo manga i'm dying to know the continuation.

From yesterday~
" Rawr. I seriously can't concentrate. It's one day to go and i'm trying to spam bio into my head.

I'm located at cafe pralet, a cafe run in conjunction with a culinary school i've been wanting to take classes from for quite awhile. The atmosphere's good, good music, nice staff and good food. AND IT'S A FIVE MINUTE WALK AWAY FROM MY HOUSE. Haha. It,s relatively quiet when it's not lunch hour, so it's much better than ikea with the screaming babies and artic airconditioning. The only downside i can think of is the wonderful array of cakes and pastries they have here, at a rather reasonable price of 3 to 4 bucks.= i'm really gonna get fat studying here.haha.

So far i've ordered a ice chocolate and Pralet- their signature chocolate praline cake. Starting with the drink, it was normal, nothing special. The cake it's like normal praline cake too. A good balance of chocolate mousse and chocolate cake, plus the chocolates isn't overpowering, so you don't really get sick of it fast, unlike some other richer cakes. Now, i just love the service. There's a small cup of warm water that came with the order, and when that finished, she automatically replenished it even though i didn't order anything else. This is what i call good service. The staff is friendly, albeit both sounded filipino, they're so much friendlier than some others. It's like they're just able to cheer you up with a smile:) ok maybe because i'm located near the kitchen door that i smell all the cooking and oil, but it's not too bad that i can't tolerate it, and it's my choice that i'm staying here for hours on ends.

Did i mention the cafe itself inspires me to hop right into the kitchen and whip up some delish items..i can't wait for december to come :D

Oh and right before i go back to bio, the staff at cotton on was top notch i would say- cheerful, the ultimate at being helpful and outgoing. Haha.

I'm all motivated now:) " - 2.15pm,1st September 2009