Saturday, September 03, 2005
eek.. i think i'm suffering from some back disorder. when i intend to study i end up in front of the tv in the living room, sitting in soem contorted position which has taken its toll on my back. it's been like that for 3 days. so i've been trying to do my 'twisting my back till it cracks' thing and it hasn't been working.
today was a very unproductive day. but it was kinda nice. i woke up late and headed out to the chinese sinseh's. ate noodle soup at the best meepok stall ever! been eating there since i was like really small, when my sis was still in primary school. it's at river valley. and it's been like at least 13 years. from the time when i couldn't finish half a bowl to today.(actually i still feel really full after eating their noodles) but it doesn't have all the sauces and artificial flavouring and ketchup so it's nice. and i had kaya toast. i love it. with all the butter oozing out. ha.
visited my grandma at her house and they were making 'fanguo' aka soon kueh. but it's the nice kind. i only like my grandma's 'fanguo' coz it has turnips, fishcake, prawns and minced meat. instead of the weird veg varieties they sell outside. ended up sitting there and helping them make the 'fanguo'.
brings back such fond memories. there used to be designated days for making off such foods. my sister, my female cousin and i would spend a whole day making 'fanguo' or 'gokzai'. the latter is the peanut and sugar 'mini curry puffs' the kind you eat at chinese new year and again it's the best. but i don't really like that sort anyway. but i remember how i always made the most misshapen ones coz i couldn't fold those frilly borders. i usually crushed them and made them into lumps, balls or squares. ha. and even today, i was still making giant-sized ones or mini dumplings.
had dinner outside and my momma cooked hashima dessert. went to search online as to what it is that we are eating exactly. it's the fallopian tube or fallopian tube fat of the chinese forest frog. and apparently it has multiple medicinal benefits.
time to disappear and catch OC! buhbye.
Friday, September 02, 2005
haha. it's time to laugh at myself. i take great pleasure in doing that. often people are either laughing at me or with me. and usually i'm laughing at other things and not myself. but once a while, i can laugh at myself and revel in it.
today is a nice day for blogging. one of those days when i don't feel tongue-tied and everything just
flows. can you feel it? it just pours and spills forward and it's all no-holds barred.
to touch briefly, i had GP today. and before it leaves a bitter aftertaste, i shall move on to my next topic.
it really amazes me, the stupid things i do. read mich's entry on the dumb things she said but this one really tops the list. i'm constantly yearning and searching for things just captures my attention in an instant. it's hard these days for anything to sincerely captivate me. even clothes can be so dull and boring. so when i hear a song, hear of a song, or set my eyes on a beautiful or inspiring picture, my hands are all in the dirt, looking for it.
1. the picture on Gilmore Girls. i watched a particular episode and the main character was surfing the net and found this picture. it's a black-and-white-themed picture. of some coated person jumping off a cobblestoned bridge into a river and clasping an umbrella at the same time. it's an old English-feely picture. and somehow it just got me all enraptured. so i tried searching for it. everywhere online(and mind you i suck pretty badly) then i tried playing the video and taking an instant shot and capturing it at the right moment. which failed after many times. then i went back to searching for it. with captions like 'jumping with umbrellas'(how stupid can one get) i wanted to use it so badly for a blog template. so explains the choice of the eiffel tower picture with the UMBRELLA! haha. but it had a beautiful caption. In Omnia Paratus meaning, ready for anything.
2. i watched the news a month back and this girl was reported to have composed and recorded a song in her bedroom entitled 'He Wants to Take Me to Disneyland' or 'A Date with Him in Disney' apparently. no singer's name, no chinese title and better still, no mandarin search engine. tried coming up with different permutations and translations of the title of the song which i've never heard before. (please applaud my enthusiasm)
3. i heard a song on tv. can't really remember the tune. it was sung by a supporting character as a love song for the show. so i automatically assumed that the actress is the real singer. (that's the way it's done here in our talent-short industry) hadn't an idea who the actress was so i tried searching by the english name of the show(which is pretty hopeless coz it's a cantonese drama) and dug up the actress's name. and went through a bunch of music sites again without mandarin search engines and whatever. with luck i stumbled on the disney thingy and maybe i'll be down to go SHOPPING!
i'm quite amused. searching for a needle in a haystack.
anyways, i'm newly resolute. i'm going to be a couch potato for a whole week once A's end. that's hardly difficult to accomplish, so you'd say. but i mean it. i will sit my vegetating butt down on the couch or bed and engage wholeheartedly in tv marathons. and rent a whole bunch of movies which i've missed. napola, downfall and all those chick flicks. but for now, i'll keep myself content with just an hour per day. :(
Thursday, September 01, 2005
happy tchers' day!tomorrow's the GP paper. i don't normally panic about it though i seem to succeed at failing it all the time. to me, it's something of a prelude to the whole entree. but do not mistake me if you think it's trantalising.
NOTHING and i stress absolutely nothing, about this distasteful exams is appealing.
tomorrow marks the official start. it worries me somewhat, staring at the timetable and wondering why do i take so few papers. and then i start getting paranoid that i missed out a paper.
currently, i am tormented by the fact that the GP paper is tomorrow. i've always advocated lots of rest and a clear mind for English papers. that hasn't changed over the past year. t be honest, i've never bothered with preparing for these sort of papers, they were the 'either you get it, or you don't' sort. unfortunately, i've never 'gotten' it. and it's obviously too late to start being upset.
so following this, i'll grasp my yellowed-school-printed GP essay booklet and pray that those skills stated in there will miraculously diffuse through the pages right into the deep recesses of my retarding brain. i'm also hoping something nice will come out so i can write about it. i can't do those politics and boring 'knowledge is power' stuff. it's like trying to package and sell dry turkey as if it were succulent ham.(but come to think of it, i think i can do that better than writing the essay..)
and the Bl**dy AQ. i've never passed it before! when it's something unrelated to my existence, i write badly coz i don't really relate yes? but when it's something of concern to me, i end up launching into some free response monologue.
oh well. shan't compromise my sleep any further.
i shall prove my worth with my pen tomorrow.
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
sigh. i'm trying to move away from angsty and sad entries. can't help it that life now is far from satisfactory. but at least i can attempt to leave my grumpiness and mood swings behind. there's just a year and 9 months to the end of my teens yeah? those health education booklets used to highlight mood swings and behavioural changes as part and parcel of the teenage years and growing up. but then, when the whole phase is nearer the end and beginning, what other excuse is there left to use?
| Your Summer Ride is a Beetle Convertible |
Fun, funky, and a little bit euro.
You love your summers to be full of style and sun! |
so cute. that was the very first car which i wanted to get. and i did 'get' it in the quiz. i wanted metallic blue then. but i think yellow is cuter now. it toally goes with the identity of the car. i just can't make myself buy a saloon or some corolla thingy. that ain't fun. i did see this alfa romeo hatchback on the road yesterday. it had a nice butt.
i deleted the previous entry that i blogged. all about how math was driving me insane. it is still. but hasn't it always?
"Wishin on a shootin star
But dreams alone wont get you far
Can't deny your feelings anymore
The world is waiting right outside your door
What are you waiting for?
C'mon here's your chance
Don't let it slip right through your hands
Are you ready for the ride of your life?
Your dreams are riding on the wind
Just reach out and pull them in
Get ready for the ride of your life
The ride of your life
In your heart
You know what you must do
You only got yourself to answer to
Don't let fear of falling hold you down
Your spirits flying high above the clouds
You're glory bound..."
-- john gregory,
ride of your life --
anyways, i was crapping yesterday. i had had my dinner at some restaurant and i had a sudden inspiration for my future occupation. to open an American-style diner. and if i do, i was joking with junjia about hiring her for baking. ha. and if i was to be successful, then i'll do a bunch of themed restaurants and preserve the identity of the restaurant through its culture.
currently on my list of occupations considered: gynae, doc, shrink, restaurant owner, nurse, wedding gown design, wedding planner, hotel management, farmer, farmer's wife(this one is impossible. it actually involves a relationship), vineyard owner. i'm quite FOS these days. it's the studying for exams thing. it totally cranks you up and makes you think of nonsensical things. will never forget the stupid story i thought of while studying for O's.
that's all for now.
Monday, August 29, 2005
today is a blog worthy day. anybody who comes here must go and see the picture i copped of yisheng's blog. ths class picture is nice! i must go find last year's one and put them side by side.
anyways. i went to school today to mug with junjia and yuenmei and like almost all the J2s came back to study. huilin, ailin, anthon and mao were back too. stayed in the library till reading room opened.
then gave ourselves a long break for lunch. started craving Kellogg's Frosties after lunch so i ended up buying a small box and a butter croissant. such a glutton. but i figured that i really couldn't tolerate the sugar high. kellogg's frosties are only meant to be taken in like a few bits max. not a whole pack.
went to swim around 6. so proud of myself. we were fully utilising the school facilities by swimming at TCHS swimming complex. the pool had quite a number of people. the canoeists were training but it cleared later and we were trying to swim as much as we could before dark to avoid the seventh month stuff. did 20 one-direction laps = 1km. quite happy with my achievement since i haven't exercised in ages. junjia did like 30 laps. haix.
i'm gonna get muscle ache tomorrow! yay! it feels good having muscle aches. the feeling that you're aching after pushing your limits. used to get them every week from NP trainings. but after morphing into couch potato me, it has become some rare luxury.
shall go shower again. it's time for my tv weepie!
