Saturday, April 29, 2006
my sister's up here now. we had a yummy dinner at Ambrosia and walked over to Paulaner's for some drinks and nice music.
went to the hospital to see the doctor yesterday. my skin's in really bad shape. and the doctor confirmed it to be an allergy. i'm on medication but it's not working fast enough. haven't had such bad rashes in a long while. the itch is something awful. really irritating me.
going to Mao Zedong's residence tomorrow.
the only damper was Man U losing the match to Chelsea. and Rooney's injured on top of that. totally awful. what's England gonna do for World Cup? Michael Owen's injured too.
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
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Tuesday, April 25, 2006
i'm semi-watching this tacky music entertainment show. it plays all sorts of love songs from all periods. and the host attempts to analyse the songs, trying to encourage people with excerpts plucked out from the songs.
sort of like what i sed to do. how music teaches one to feel/love yadda yadda. and now they're playing teresa teng.
i'm kinda hoping my korean show will come on else, i won't be able to catch any tv tonight.
gonna go home soon. shall take the path which i've only travelled once. me wants a change, some fresh air and such.
shouldn't be going back today actually. bu my mom's gonna cook. and after the bout of cooking i tried out today in the hostel, me is not to keen on preparing another meal. i think i semi-melted the ladle in the rice cooker. so till i find new and more durable utensils, i shall hold on the cooking fever.
me thinks me is anaemic. actually, that's not a thought, me is mildly anaemic. and lately i've been getting kinda giddy. just not right somewhere.
had the essay exam yesterday. urgh. i think it's okay so long as you don't treat it as part of the genre of writing that i'm supposed to adopt. thing is, loads of students don't really get what the teacher meant, even though he's explained it several times.
and today i had the oral exam. a refreshing take on oral exams actually. you've got to answer questions correctly as well as read out the answers. and we did it in groups of 3, so whenever someone didn't get the answer, the next person has to answer it. ended up answering most of the questions.
it's intensive reading exam tomorrow. the sort closest to what we usually do in singapore. and there's so many words to learn of which i've not even started.
time to shoo.,
Sunday, April 23, 2006
sigh my cousins have gone back.
i'd love for someone to kill the monotony of the day.
we woke out reasonably early and set out to do some shopping before my cousins left for the airport.
we did quite a bit of shopping. dad got me another coat. and of course, my cousins all bought stuff. so did my mom. we had an early lunch before coming home to give thm some time to do their packing.
and then poof! they were off to the airport. my parents went out after, leaving me to befriend my dusty chinese textbooks and cram some knowledge in to deal with the upcoming mid-terms. but seriously, i dought they're anything like the blockbuster killers whch Hwachong was so fond of giving us. if i had to take another of those Bio block tests, i'd probably fail so miserably.
and so i've been dawdling at home. reading those texts and staying indoors. which probably is good. coz i'm suffering from an allergic reaction to goodness knows what. the redness on my skin which had decided to flit away during my zhengzhou trip has come back with greater ferocity. and it's basically on the apples of my cheeks and my forehead, so i'm looking permanently sunburnt and it ITCHES! driving me completely insane.
thing is, up till yesterday, i had thought that it was due to excessive amounts of chocolate, the wrong cleanser and the weather. i thought it was dry skin which was itching. like heat rash. but then it won't go away and somehow numerous deductions lead to a conclusion that i'm allergic to something in the food. maybe shrimp, or seafood or shellfish. i have no idea. and i can't even experiment now. s i'm keeping to a diet of loads of veggies and fruits and some fish. with as little meat as possible. and certainly no seafood. (my deduction was that the school trip which couldn't afford to give us good food, so we ended up with just veggies and really little meat did the trick to solve my allergic reaction)
also the yellow wine which i have been taking lately and other foods may have combined to produce undesirbale effects.
boohoo. i miss my cousins. didn't think i was goona enjoy having so many people over at once., coz when they reached i was feeling a little apprehensive. 7 people in a very small space. and needing to bring them around and all. and what if they didn't enjoy it?
but i guess my qualms were a little un-called for. as is the case quite often.
the trip to shaoxing was pretty enjoyable coz of the company. coz seriously, seeing somemore temples isn't my kind of fun. we did see some quaint old villages and cultural performances. but there were times when you just walk abotu and wonder why you're seeing just about the same thing everywhere. i'm seriously craving a trip to a big amusement park to get some quick intense fun.
nonetheless this week gave me a chance to get reaccquainted with my cousins. one's 6 years older and another 2 years older. i gues in singapore when everyone's caught us with their own lives, it's hard to just get together and talk and hang out. usually we're at this dinner table with lots of food and by the time we've eaten our way through it all, it's time to leave. travelling and going on a tour gives us opportunities to get to know each other, and to explore new places together and form some common memories(i should know). and so i'm chummy with my 2 cousins again.
hey mich, my cousin took a liking to my watermelon Spotty and he made off with it to sleep. kept hugging it thewhole time the minute he set eye on Spotty. haha.
the house is real quiet now. doesn't help that my dad's having a bad throat so the only noise is from the television set.
t's oddly lonely again. i can deal with loneliness. i mean, once you've resigned yourself to it, it's pretty manageable. but it ain't so fun after you've got company. it's like having tasted meat and suddenly everything else tastes bland(does not apply to vegans). it's back to school now, back to exams. and in another 5-6 days, my sister will be over for a break.
but after that, it'll really be loneliness, enough to drown in anyway. a whole long stretch of it.
