My OOTM (Obsession Of The Moment):

Boys Before/Over Flowers!!!! (A Korean drama)

Ya'll have probably heard of Meteor Garden, right? Well, that drama was spawned from a Japanese manga called Hana Yori Dango (which I'm also watching right now), and now the Korean version of the dramatised manga is out! And has been for a few weeks now... But the Korean version IMHO is the best by far, because the cast are waaaayyyy better looking than both the Japanese and Taiwanese ones.

Here's a self-written synopsis: Geum JanDi, whose parents own a dry cleaner's, saves this boy from committing suicide at the Shinhwa High School, school for the rich, after he's been ragged and bullied by other students. The school gets bad press, and as a result, JanDi is invited into the school to silence the critics. Unfortunately, she gets on the bad side of the leader of F4, Gu JunPyo, and gets a Red Card from the F4, which was the reason the initial bully-ee was bullied in the first place (since the F4 are like superstars in that school and every word they say is like a pearl dropping from the heavens to the other students). She declares war on them F4-ers, by way of a spinning back kick (way to go!), which strangely enough, sparks JunPyo's interest in her. Did I mention she happens to like another member of F4? JiHoo is the quiet, mysterious guy who always wears something white no matter the occasion, and his hand in saving JanDi's behind a few times makes her fall in love with him. Etc. etc.

(Some background info: Shinhwa Group is fictionally the biggest company in Korea, and Shinhwa High is an elevator school, from kindergarten to university, owned by that company. Guess who's the heir to that company? Right, it's Gu JunPyo. So he's pretty big shit in this fictional Korea. Hence the power and adulation of the nation)

I obviously can't get a job as a synopsiser, if there was ever such a job, but the story is great. Great!

As I said, the Korean F4 floating up up up above the other versions in terms of good looks and pedigree.
Don't believe me? Here's a comparison:

Japanese Hana Yori Dango

Taiwanese Meteor Garden

annndddd...

Korean Kkotboda Namja!! (Boys Before/Ove... you get my drift)

Is there even a comparison?! The Koreans have nicer, more prestigious-looking uniforms, not that the F4 (Flower 4) actually wear them. They guys even seem to have more awe-inspiring credentials - you know, they have richer and more powerful backgrounds than the Taiwanese and Japanese F4. And then there's the matter of looks. Hands down, the best-looking F4 everrr. It amazes me how they managed to get such handsome young men into this show - and four of them at that! And there're more coming, such as the mysterious model HaJe who makes an appearance in the later, not-yet-screened-on-KBS World channel episodes. Plus, they actually look plausibly like high schoolers. Hard to find.

And thus, I conclude that Korean dramas are THE BOMB. Such an empty superficial post, but gosh I am obsessed with the show! Watch it at mysoju.com (;

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p.s. I find it strange that JiHoo is prettier than JanDi.

p.p.s. I found JunPyo's curly hair disturbing at first, but I got used to it.

p.p.p.s. more pictures...

Lee Min Ho as Gu JunPyo

Kim HyunJoong as Yoon JiHoo

Kim Bum as So Yi Jung,
another member of the F4. I didn't include the other guy (WooBin)
cos he's not that cute. Only my mum seems to disagree with me...

Anoop is OUTT!!!!! NooooOOOO!!!!!

only missed by 20000 votes. Which is peanuts compared to the 24000000 votes cast. So wildcard round, here he comes!

And Pat-lookalike didn't do so well in AI. Oh well, she's only 16.

Next week: Adam Lambert and Nick/Norman Gentle. I hope they get in!! And the girls? Bah, who cares about them girls? Haha

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Okay, so my date for yesterday was Pat haha. And no, it does not sound pathetic, because two girls going out together on V-day is definitely way more logical than two guys. Alone. A group - sure, why not?; but a couple, only two guys, reads sad. Okay, I'm just being mean.

Of course, it was fun. When has going out ever not been fun? Chocolate truffle cake, in halves, was divine. Sinful. Devilish! And Pat gave me macaroons before I could give her! (I'm so sorry, Pat, they crumbled in my bag! =( but they taste good all the same (=)

Slumdog Millionaire, which I so want to watch, was only screened at 9.30, which is uber late, so no movie for that night. But that was replaced with a long trip from Wheelock to Plaza Singapura busstop to walk off the non-transfat cake. Mmmm. Haha

I'm so unproductive. It scares me.
):

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Oooh here's something for disturbing news: A 13 year-old boy just became a dad in Britain. Really! And his girlfriend is 15! The link is here:http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2233878.ece And he looks so so young! His girlfriend looks like his nanny, more like.

Yesterday was spent, from 1.30 to 10.30, being a sales assistant, I suppose you could call it. At Causeway Point, John Little was having a sort of sales promotion at the atrium, and I took over Syaz's job for one day taking care of two carts, of Hush Puppies, tees and polo tees, and Levi's and Dockers men's socks and underwear (Eeek! Haha). Actually, it was kinda fun! I liked it when nobody came to shop, but I also didn't mind opening up package after package of shirts because it gave me something to do. The only thing I didn't like was of course standing for hours on end, but my knees aren't sore now anymore. How's that for exercise? Haha

As soon as I came for work yesterday, I look ed through every single box, arranged them according to size and colour, checked how many were in stock, etc. But still got a few things wrong. Oh well. Today I'm semi-unemployed again.

Bad Luck though, came in the form of me forgetting to return my Visitor Pass for my I/C. I'll have to go back today to return it. Darn.

V-day date today! And you'll never guess who with... Hahaha! If you do, I'll give you 10 cents (=

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The girl who looks a bit like Pat on American Idol!


And she made it through to the top 36, which should make you feel good, Pat hahaha.

My favourites this year are Danny, Anoop, Adam and Jamar. This year has the most enjoyable talent so far!

Watch Anoop Desai's Hollywood Week audition here:


and listen to his first here! He looked like a geeky joker, but darn could he sing!:


okay i am so going to sleep now...

Sometimes I think I'm so stupid. Because I won't say anything when the hairdresser cuts my hair with those infuriating "thinning" scissors! I didn't say "thin my hair, please". I said "Trim". But I guess she misheard. Damn! And still I didn't say anything! I just sat and stared wide-eyed as she went ahead and used those infernal scissors on every part of my hair. And now c'est horrible! Meina Haare ist sehr shrecklich! Sehr schlecht! Uuhhhh.... Tying my hair looks terrible cos of all the little shorter hairs coming out and poofing and being all annoyingly untie-able...

On another note, yesterday was another fun day out. Cycling between 12 and 2 in the hot afternoon sun, resulting in a red Pat and a two-toned brown Fina, then The Curious Case of Benjamin Button which was a one-time epic much like Big Fish, shopping at Marina Square where I fell in love with Marc who's my hero now (Price War!!!), a cheap yet good dinner at the food court upstairs, before culminating in an MRT ride back to Marsiling with Pat. Really productive. Yay!

I'll post the picture of my kuih lapis arm next time. It's 3.20 in the morning, I am not sleepy, and I'm signing off.
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Cycling in an hour or so. Yay! Yesterday I'd pretty much resigned myself to going to the gym alone this morning, but turns out now I'm going cycling which totally rocks.

I swear, my house is infested with mosquitoes now. Already I've got 16 ++ bites all over my arms and legs. Even after we've sprayed all over the house with mosquito-killer spray! Damn you!

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Yay, Rafa won yesterday's Australian Open finals against Roger Federer! I'm one of those people who shout at the tv to cheer on the athletes, and yesterday was one of my loudest days, maybe because I know how much harder it has to be for Rafa. I mean, he's only had 1 day's rest while Roger got two and his last match was five hours and fourteen minutes long (even yesterday's one was only four hours plus). So imagine how much more tired he must be compared to Federer. Plus Nadal's been known to be better at softer sufaces like clay and grass, and yesteday's match was on a hard surface. So yay for Nadal!

A pumped-up Rafa after winning a point.

Poor Roger cannot control his emotions after being denied a 14th Grand Slam title by Rafa.

Roger was a good sport, though, even though he has all the reason in the world to hate Rafa for standing in his way. He couldn't deliver his speech at first because of his tears ("God, it's killing me"), but came back a little later to congratulate Rafa on his win. Aww... Roger's one of the greatest and nicest stars, it's hard not to feel for him.

Rafa consoling Roger on his loss (and Rafa's win).

Rafa's a good sport too, and the first words he said into the microphone was to say "Sorry for today" to Roger and that Roger will go on to surpass Pete Sampras' record 14 Grand Slam titles. And he seemed really genuine.

Isn't it amazing? Rafa's world number one at the tender age of 22, while Roger's at his prime at 27 years old. Imagine being that age (which isn't that far away) and having achieved that much. It's simply mindboggling. Sometimes I wonder if such people are even real at all, and whether all this could be an elaborate hoax by the media (because that's the only way we know of such things). Sometimes I even wonder if there's really a world beyond Singapore! Haha, how "Truman Show"-esque of my thoughts.

I've got work to do now...
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Pat and I were worried about antiperspirants causing breast cancer, since Pat just bought a Dove antiperspirant (which smells great, by the way). So I rummaged around the net, and found this link which answers most questions: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/risk/ap-deo The bottom line, though, that studies are inconclusive as to whether antiperspirants actually cause breast cancer, even though there is a correlation. So... I guess I'll just keep on using 'em. Until the doctor tells me differently, or I die. Hahah, what a way to end a paragraph.

Shopped with Pat just now round Paragon. Of course unemployed me didn't buy anything besides food (which included very, very scrumptious macaroons from canele), while Pat was the shopper. They took down James' (Cam Gigandet) face from the Gap store! I guess even now Gap's affected by recession, such that they can't afford to hire him and Jennifer Hudson as spokesmodels. Ah such waste!

And now I'm going to sleep. Because I finally have work to do tomorrow, which could have been done at the office, but luckily my boss is kind enough to let me do the work at home. Thank goodness. Because I really don't like sitting in an office unless friends are there. And I get free drinks. Which I highly doubt there'll be at this particular office. And no need for work clothes! Yippee! Hahaha.

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We're all used to seeing Sylar as the bad guy right? I mean, Zachary Quinto seems to portray the evillest sexiest bad guy that I've ever seen on television. And he did play another evil warlock on Charmed ages ago (which is hilarious because he was so totally pwned by a group of cats that swarmed over him). As it turns out though, that's not all that's on Sylar's repertoire. I found out he's played good guys too! This shouldn't have been a surprise considering that Zachary is an actor, i.e. he is supposed to be able to act "good" as well. But I'm so used to Sylar the evil guy that it's amazing when Zachary plays nice!

Take for example, an episode in Crossing Jordan, wherein he plays this guy who finds out his parents weren't his biological ones. He was innocent in that one.

How about that episode of Touched By An Angel where he plays a loving son who's trying to find his missing dad. Cue the "Awwws!" Did I mention that he actually trimmed his eyebrows in this episode?

But the best "good" character he's played has to be that of "God" itself, in Joan Of Arcadia where he was one of the so-called "personas" through which God spoke to Joan. Kinda weird.

Something that's probably totally unexpected is Sylar as a gay director, in Lizzie Maguire. He's so funny! And he gets scolded by LIzzie's younger brother, too.


Good guy Sylar won't be too uncommon though, because Zachary's the new Mr. Spock on the new Star Trek movie! Sure he'll look alien-ugly, but he's still Sylar... right?

Zachary Quinto/ Sylar/ Spock

I did do something today, other than watch/ read up on Sylar. My cousins returned to Melbourne today... in the middle of a heatwave. God bless them. We sent them off at the airport, and decided to get some chow at 10.45 at Popeye's (yum!) before taking #858 back to Woodlands. And now I'm here at 4 am after watching tennis and American Idol and shizz.

Good night ya'll.
And good luck to Borge and Keed who are already in army! Haha.

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did i mention the chalet was super fun?
haha
thought i'd go feeling depressed and all, but turns out my willpower was strong enough to turn my mood around
cycling a few times, karaoke-ing the whole day and night, barbeque food- all great
but the best part was when 6 of us girl cousins went out near midnight to changi airport's swensen's for an ice-cream treat- in a beemer!
haha it wasn't any of ours - my aunt's, in fact, but it felt liberating all the same
i had to contribute $17 to the cause, but waddaheck

got back on monday morning at 2 am
and later that day went out with my sis, mum, aunt and an ustazah (female religious teacher)
to go look for the eclipse
we thought we'd missed it while having lunch after the "esq" "meeting"
but it was there all along
i knew the sun looked little weird... i just didn't guess it was the eclipse
gosh i'm so blur!
(okay, i'm not so certain many will understand what i've just typed, but today's my lazy-post day, so i'm not up to explaining)

and tuesday was exceptionally fun!
my girl cousins and i (this time from my dad's side of the family) went to this cafe called the minds cafe on prinsep street, where you pay to play the hundreds of board games they have
and on tuesdays is happy hour where you pay $5 for games and unlimited free flow of drinks
doesn't apply on public holidays though, unfortunately for us
but it was fun (have i said that already?)!
there's this one game in particular called Quelf, that gets people to do all kinds of crazy fun things
which produced oodles of laughter

Amai, Me, and Diyanah

All six of us: Kak Mas, Nadhirah, Siti, Sabrina, Afiah, Amalina, Me, Diyanah

The only bad thing was the gst, which totalled up to $10 from the $61 we were supposed to pay
(??? so much?!)

And then it was back to our grandmother's place for some family meeting and gathering...

Today was gym day!
Pat and I went around causeway point first to buy some things, even though our bad karma made it harder... and i know who to blame! grr
then we met Dan at lot 1 to go to the cck gym

light-headed and legs trembling just barely, we had a long john's lunch
and went home...

so that was the past few days in a nutshell
end of my lazy-post ;)

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p.s. just fyi last year's a-level results were collected on the 7th of march. will this year be earlier?

I feel such huge disappointment in a few of the people in my life. I'd thought we were past that age to be acting petty and jealous and all, but looks like they were not.

Well, I'm off to my family's chalet. Hopefully by the time this is over I'll have stopped feeling betrayed and disillusioned, and can forgive them. Hopefully.

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Deliberate omission. How obvious can it get?

One last thing:

I can't believe Sylar dies in the last episode of Heroes Season 3!!!
He's by far my most favourite character!!!



One of the reasons is that he is an evil not-bad-looking guy with a complex personality.
The other reason? He resembles Cesc Fabregas! (Or the other way round)

Cesc and Sylar (Played by Zachary Quinto)

Cesc in a black suit...

...looks like Sylar in a black suit!

Now do you see the resemblance? And Sylar speaks English better than Fabregas, too. Though he's not as nice or cute. Hmm.

R.I.P. Sylar

I don't think they'll just end his story like that, though. Mark my words, he'll be back!

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I haven't really been online in what seems like a very very very long time. I've been rather preoccupied with other more interesting things. Why don't I start with last Thursday?

== Thursday ==

Thursday was the day two of my cousins who are visiting from Ozzieland stayed over at my place, as well as the day Pat and I went cycling at East Coast (again, I know haha). I'm sure I don't have to reiterate which sport is the world's greatest, so I'll just skip that part. It was fun as usual, and we cycled uphill that time, so we got more of a work-out.

Then I got a lift from Pat to Eunos Station in her cab as she was heading to Paragon, so I could get to my grandparents' place. I hung out with my two cousins Siti and Amalina while waiting for my parents to fetch us, and together got hooked on the sci-fi series Kyle XY. I swear, this is the funniest sci-fi show I've watched in a long time, only because Kyle, this inexperienced super-human, has no memory even though he's really smart, and his learning journey in the outside world reveals so much humour in the little things we take so seriously everyday. I used to think the show was silly, only because I thought Kyle looked weird. But he seems acceptable now that I know why he's weird. Haha.

We had dinner at PIzzahut, shopped at Cold Storage for a while, amd watched American Idol and a movie or two into the night. Then it was bedtime.

== Friday ==

My sister took an MC on this day. How coincidental and fortuitous (I remember how much the K loved using this word on us) that she became free to hang out with us on this day! We just lazed around in the morning: watched a movie (Yes, another one! You'd be surprised how many movies we watched before the end of their stay!), lunch at the KFC across the road, and then accompanying the sick invalid to the polyclinic for an MC. We spent the rest of the afternoon doing god-knows-what (really, I don't remember), and then it was off to the Singapore Night Safari at 7.30! Finally! 18 years in Singapore, and only now do I get to experience this tourist trap! At $32 per pop, it's expensive, but still fun. We took a tram ride, and waved at passing employees, before ending our visit at the animal show which was a bagful of laughter. You gotta love them otters! Dinner was at Woodlands Old Town, before another round of movies and then sleepytime.

== Saturday ==

Another lazy morning, watching American Mall in the morning before even showering, and by the time we did, it was lunchtime. We had spaghetti, yumm, and then we went to Plaza Singapura to watch the Haunting of Molly Hartley. It was an okay horror film, with cheap tricks to shock people, like a crow flying by suddenly, but I did scream once. A low, barely audible scream, but a scream nonetheless. Time waiting for my parents to pick us up was spent exploring Spotlight and "Made with love", that scrapbooking store, where we bought knitting materials and buttons and ribbons and stamps. It's so much fun to waste money! Hahaha. The rest of the night was spent teaching Siti how to knit and watching yet another movie (8 Mile, this time).

Shite, I fell asleep before my Arsenal match began! And they won 3-1 this time round, too! Shite luck...

== Sunday ==

Yup, you guessed it, a lazy morning. We watched episodes of Kyle XY online at projectfree.tv, which is a superbly simple website to use, I wonder how I never found it before Amai introduced it to me. My cousins had to return to my grandparents' house though, and the whole extended family congregated there just because. No reason.

== Monday ==

My first real free morning, which seemed nonexistent to me because I woke up at the ungodly hour of 1 pm only because I had nothing else to do. I spent the rest of the day doing nothing productive, and instead watched Kyle XY on the internet. That's all worth typing.

== Tuesday ==
I went with Pat to East Coast again, for a nice walk on the literally abandoned beachfront. The sky was blue, sun blazing, sea gently lapping a turqouise memory on the dazzlingly pearl white sand... (my bad attempt at poetic words) It really looked like we were on a beach in Bali or some other beach paradise, considering ow clean and perfect the beach looked. We walked all the way to the East Coast Food Centre, where there were sandcastles built nearby. Not all were finished, but the ones already in existence made for beautiful shots.


We had a roam around PP (Parkway Parade, for the uninitiated), trying to decide what to eat, before settling on Burger King. Pat left for work not long after, while I went back home to iron clothes for money, being the money-grubbing bum I am.

== Wednesday ==

Bugis-trawling with my two cousins again, while everyone else is at school. We reached Bugis around 11, so not all stalls at Bugis Street were open. But the lack of a crowd meant that we were okay with that. We walked to OG, mainly for the air-conditioning, and excitedly went up to the toys section. We spent about half an hour, all of us in our teens (although they look young, my cousins) sitting at this tiny table fiddling with Lego pieces. I built a house! Yess! Pwnage! And it would look exactly like the picture on the box if not for the lack of blue pieces. Darn.

Playing silly games at the arcade while everyone else is in school is mega fun! We played the basketball game, and car racing, and Super Mario racing, and failed at something like Guitar Hero because the machine was wonky. Lunch was my parents treat, when they picked us up at Bugis Junction and drove us over to Mustafa Centre where we had Indian cuisine and a romp around the department store. Then they drove us back to Bugis so we could catch my fourth viewing of Twilight. My cousin offered to pay for my ticket, which was why I went. I swear! Four times is more than enough, let me tell you. I felt restless because I knew the lines and what was going to happen. The fun was only at laughing at the acting and the music (by R.Pat, of course) and the cheesy lines. Best of all was spotting the goofs, like Emmett chewing! That is so funny!

We were having dessert at Macdonald's, when I spotted two familiar heads across the square at Starbucks. Lo and behold it was Rachel and Jeremy! I had a little chat with them before returning to my cousins, but they remind me of the one reason I miss SAJC: the people (some anyways).

== Thursday == /Today

I had to wake up early again today, because my cousins' family nicely invited me along to Johor. Again, the reiteration that doing anything outdoors on a school morning is fun because nobody's around! Three shopping malls in one day, Baskin' Robbins ice-cream treat, and we watched Inkheart which was a nice family fantasy movie. Lunch was Nando's Chicken, which was super mega tasty because I ordered the Extra Hot flavours. But I didn't sweat. How disappointing.
We came back to my place bearing doughnuts and Secret Recipe cakes, and then they went home. (I got myself a Maybelline smooth shadow pencil in gold, which looks cool! Now, if only I could find white eye liner...)

So that has been the week in the longest brief recap I've ever typed. I feel awfully guilty for not working, and pledge to find a night-shift part-time job starting next week. This week, though, belongs to family, cos I'll be spending time almost everyday with them until Monday.

I hope I'll see my other friends soon though! Good night!
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p.s. long overdue pictures of Pat and I when we watched Twilight for what was supposed to be my third and last time.

Edward and me!

to reflect the state of structureless-ness of my life nowadays, i shall revert back to type
and type without proper paragraphing or punctuation
yeah

i even keep forgetting what day today is!
because i don't know what day tomorrow is
or what yesterday was
or even the day before that
so is today wednesday or tuesday ?

today - whatever it may be - i woke up at an ungodly hour of 8 am
seriously
i hardly ever do that except to go cycling (the world's greatest sport!)
went to hdb hub with my apparently very free parents to sign some form
so the house is bedok will be ours in 4 weeks!

lunch at delifrance
and then it was off to the contractors' office to view showrooms and discuss the renovations to be done
not much; budget constraints y'know

then off to the bedok house to look things over with the contractors
(which included the very nice lady boss who's actually very young
imagine being a boss at only 20 - 30 years!
and she wants to retire by the time she's 45!)
it was so much fun!
only because i like listening to people plan things and discuss design and stuff
sadly enough, my room won't be having any a/c
and i still have to share a room with my bro
oh, self-sacrificial lamb that i am!

at 7: twilight-ing for the final time ever... at least at the cinema
with pat
i can't promise we won't buy the dvd and then watch it everyday
but not for the usual reasons
really, we found the movie funnier and funnier with every view!

"say it - out loud" "vampire" "are you afraid?" *shudders* "no"
"ask the most basic question: what do we eat?"
"you're beautiful" "this is the skin of a killer!"
"i am the world's most dangerous predator. everything is designed to draw you in - my voice, my face, even my smell"
"as if you could outrun me! as if you could fight me off!"
"i've killed people before" "i don't care"
"so the lion fell in love with the lamb"
"is she even italian?" "her name's bella"
"you brought a snaaaacccckkk!"
"you are my life now"
"tell him to avenge you. tell him!"

okay, so maybe not all the lines are exactly the same as in the movie
but they're all so hilarious!
and mostly very lame and hyperbolic

i've always thought that taylor laudner a.k.a. jacob black couldn't act
but i just truly realised that robert pattionson is an awkward actor too
especially in the reveal scene
and the car scene
and just about every other scene in which he isn't smiling cheekily or dazzlingly
i guess there's just no such thing as perfect, huh?

but i really like charlie's character
and his acting is perfecto, totally apt for this character
love him!

i really really really can't wait to see what the next director has to contribute to this series
can't wait!
really!

good night!
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I went cycling again today! This time with Pat and Dan, the fellow 966-ers. It is and forever will be rated in the tops of my favourite-things-to-do list. Cycling cycling cycling... again on Thursday!

I'm only worried that at the end of all this my butt will be bigger than the rest of my body since I'm working my thighs while resting my fat bottom. Please let that not happen!

Dan and I went Art Friend afterwards so that she could get her shrink paper... which I decided to get too! Just to try. I haven't dared to yet, though. It all sounds so terribly complicated to bake at 180 degrees, until it stops moving, and then putting it against a smooth object so it doesn't become rough... Soon, though. Soon! Because I'm jobless anyway, so I've got nothing better to do.

Speaking of having nothing to do, I decided to search the lyrics to the R.Patz song "Let me sign", and found out that RPattz adapted the first part of the song from somebody else's song. The original lyrics are below:

Let me Sign written by Marcus Foster and Bobby Long

She was standing there by the broken tree
Her hands were all twisted she was pointing at me
I was ****ed by the light coming out of her eyes
She spoke with a voice that disrupted the sky
She said ' Come on over to the bitter shade,
I will wrap you in my arms and you'll know you've been saved'
Let me sign, let me sign, can't fight the devil so just let me sign.

I was out for a drink in a soho bar
The air was smoked out liked a cheap cigar
She rose out of her seat like a painted ghost
She was the woman that I wanted the most
As she reached for my arm I gave her my hand
I said 'Lay me down easy let me understand'
Let me sign, let sign, can't fight the devil so just let me sign.

As I walked through the door she was still in my head
As I entered the room she was laid there in bed
She reached out for me all twisted in black
I was on my way down, never coming back
let me sign, let me sign, can't fight the devil so just let me sign.
let me sign, let me sign, can't fight the devil so just let me sign.

*****

But I do love R.Patz's version when he sings "I will wrap you in my arms..." It's one of the few discernible parts of the song lol.

I'm thinking of watching a movie alone this week... but which one? Pat and I are watching Twilight again soon! One LAST time (=

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p.s. London is such an exciting prospect! I'm praying for it to materialize for all of us!

I learned two things today: 1. I'm not not cut out for cashiering. 2. Yes Man is a fabulous movie.

I helped out at my grand-daddy's bookstore today, while the men went out for Friday prayers. I got darned nervous everytime anyone asks me where something is, because I don't freaking know! There doesn't seem to be a discernible system of book organisation in the store, and religious authors' names don't strike a chord with me at all. So for 3 hours, I had to keep apologising to customers and telling them that the shopkeeper wasn't back yet. It was an okay experience, I guess, considering that I gave nobody the wrong change or bill (although I almost charged $1390 for a $13.90 item. The horror!). But all this was useful in crossing off another potential occupation: cashiering.

I left at 4 to head to Orchard on bus 7 (yay for buses!) to buy the tickets first for the Yes Man 7.10 show, before going up to Kinokuniya to browse through Arsenal mag and buy a book to make me happy. I'd thought of buying The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, but I realised that I could read it online since it wasn't too long at all. (The link is here!) Then I thought of buying The Kissing Gates, which seemed to be an interesting wartime romance. In the end though, I ended up buying The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance, if only because I managed to coerce my sister into paying for the whole book so (ha!) I'm reading it for free.

Really, Stephenie Meyer managed to incite me and my sister into a vampire romance frenzy. First I buy two volumes of L. J. Smith's Night World Series (which I just absolutely love!), and now this? What next? Buffy The Vampire Slayer (even though the only likeable character was Spike)?!

Pat and I did make it into the theater before the movie started, even despite pausing at Mac's to buy us some meals. I got curly fries!! Yes Man totally rocks! It had good actors, and had deep, meaningful lessons interweaved into the main storyline. But who cares about that? All that matters is that it was funny! Even (or especially) with Jim Carrey's trademark over-the-top humour. I agree with Pat in that it was a good way to start weaning ourselves off watching Twilight again and again. But we're going to watch it (for the last time, I feel obliged to add!) next week. A sort of... farewell gathering, if you will. Hahaha.

Pat and I each took a picture with Edward's huge poster at the cinema afterwards, making a fool of ourselves in the process. But who cares? For just one second, it was just me and Edward alone, isolated in our own sweet lullaby-infused cocoon, a moment which was immortalised in 2-D by way of a camera-phone... hahaha. And then we made bigger fools of ourselves when we took five minutes to snap a timed picture in Orchard MRT station, in order to capture us against a backdrop of electronically-produced image of trees. The picture came out nicely though (: yayness!

I should go to sleep soon. I don't feel like doing that, though. Oh yeah, I'm going cycling again on Sunday! Cycling is the world's most fantastic sport!

fin*

Today, at 1.30 a.m. in the morning, I shall ponder two of life's greatest mysteries.

Runner-up to MYSTERY OF OUR EXISTENCE: PMS. I know that chemicals in our brain incite certain emotions and stuff, and PMS is supposed to be (if I'm not mistaken) one such chemical reaction that makes women emotional and irrational. My mystery is: why??! As in, why us? Why women? Is there some natural survivalist reason that God made us women irrational at certain times of the month? Does this supposedly equip us with tools to survive better?

I'm imagining (since women that do not PMS do not ovulate) that PMS allows us to take better care of our eggs and all, because we go crazy when we PMS, and so dastardly males and other females who may have been planning to attack us become frightened into staying far, far away from us crazy people. They know we'll do something unpredictable in response to any disturbance to our lives, which must make our perceived dangerousness increase (at least) a hundred-fold. Thus to make a long story short: PMS = crazy ovulating women = attackers scared = eggs safe = reproduction and survival of the species.

Now, don't you start with scientific explanations of what PMS is, and what it has to do with ovulating, and what it does psychologically to other people. I am perfectly content with my imagined explanation which was a result of quiet contemplation while taping up boxes in preparation to move. Haha.

Finally, I'm getting to the number one MYSTERY OF OUR EXISTENCE: Tennis World Number 1 Rafael Nadal's continuous and continual wedgie. Since the ATP World Tour started this week in Doha (as well as the Abu Dhabi event), I've returned to watching tennis again. This re-ignited my absurd fascination with Rafael Nadal's wedgie. Now please, before I get teased about this, let me clarify - his wedgie is too long survived and too prominently featured in many impersonations by World Number 3 Novak Djokovic, that it is impossible not to notice his deal with wedgies and his digging into his butt to fix them before every serve. And I seriously mean, every serve.

He's changed outfits this season, deviating from the usual sporty sleeveless gear to a college shirt and shorter shorts that end just above the knee. But although he looks better now, he still has that wedgie! I don't know, perhaps it could that his shorts are a bit snug? (Still? after all this time?) Or his underwear's not the right type? (But shouldn't he have started looking for new underwear a long time ago?) Maybe his butt is just too tight that the underwear just can't help getting caught in there...

Whatever the reason is, I wasn't sure how to illustrate it to people who haven't seen his wedgie before. I thought surely not even youtube will have a video of just wedgies. But my lack of faith was shamed, for youtube does have footage! Lesson: youtube has videos of everything. So below's the video. (And i really did seriously truly mean it when I said he fixes his wegies before every serve. Maybe that's the secret to being World Number 1...)



(I am a Nadal fan. No offence was meant by the preceding paragraphs.)

I shall go to bed and ponder some more. Goodnight!
fin*

EDIT: The Time Traveler's Wife really isn't like The Curious Case of Benjamin Button at all. It's about a man who time travels unintentionally when he experiences stress. According to feedback from my cousin (and online book reviewers), it's a good book. A movie adaptation of it will be released soon (=.

All the pictures to be posted were from perezhilton.com, but I just couldn't bear not posting about these Twilight people!

First up is Kellan Lutz, who acts as Emmett Cullen. Apparently he's dating the bitch-character from the current 90210 series, what's-her-name. He kissed another girl on New Year's Day and pissed her off, but grovelling and begging got him her forgiveness. Hmm, sounds like seriously petty gossip...


Now this is the most interesting part: Robert Pattinson as an actual teenager! A warning though: it isn't pretty to look at... not in the slightest bit. He seems to be at prom, but that's no excuse to still look like a bum, I think. That, and the fact that he smokes and drinks (hmm, sounds surprisingly like Jeremimi! Haha) really puts me off. Now I just like Edward Cullen, not R.Patz. Not to mention his drunken singing on "Never Think" lol.


Only the picture below portrays a more acceptable-looking Rpatz. Why can he not look like that all the time? Wouldn't it be less stressful for him to see a cleaner-looking him in the mirror everyday, than to be assaulted by an image of a drunk all the time. Or perhaps he avoids the mirror altogether...

OR from now on, all his scenes and pictures have to be taken of his side profile only, so that movie-goers don't have to face the unberable front portion of his head. (I'm so mean! Hahaha)

Okay, that's it for today's post. Until next post,
fin*

The last post was typed out in actual sentences and paragraphs, and it felt so good! I did notice all the typos though, and I suppose that is one drawback that I'll have to live with as long as I'm writing my posts on my brother's laptop.

Today was spent having lunch with Pat again. It was Nasi Ayam Penyet the last time, so today we decided to try the Lucky Prata! ... which unfortunately was not available until 7 p.m. So we had to try the Dum Briyani (which was so dum it forgot the "b" at the end of "dumb"! Okay, that was extremely lame and uncalled for...). It was way nicer than the school's, which isn't that unusual, considering the standard of the Indian food there.

After I'd left Pat to her job, I did some birthday present-shopping at Border's, for my cousin who's coming back from Australia this very second. I thought of buying The Tales of Beedle The Bard by J.K. Rowling, but realised my huge Harry-Potter-fan cousin may have already read it. So instead, I looked for this book called The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger, which is quite similar to The Curious Case of Benjamin Button in the sense that the man keeps getting younger. It took two Borders employees half an hour to locate the last of this book left in Borders. The last one! So I was considering myself extremely lucky even though the cover was a little bit spoiled. And now it's all wrapped up and ready to be gifted.

I'm leaving for the airport from my cousin's house in Kembangan soon, even though I'm already late by now.

Till next time,
fin*

p.s. Typing in prose reminds me of being in school and writing essays!

I hereby proclaim that cycling is the best form of exercise ever!!

Swimming may undoubtedly work out your whole body, but your hair gets wet and drowned in chlorine, and everybody at the pool gets a free pass to ogle at your less than perfect body shape (at least, for people like me they do).

Basketball, volleyball and netball may be a fun type of working out, but you need at least 3 other people to play with for there to be any sort of action going on. And you need the space, a net/basket and a ball. Too many props.

Kayaking... well, I'd like to try it again one day, but having no idea on how to rent a kayak, or where to do so, or even how much it'll set me back means that this is really not a practical option for me.

Jogging has always been the bane of my life, and as long as there are any other alternatives through which I may endeavour to keep fit, I would definitely keep far, far away from jogging.

Going to the gym is fine, and cheaper than renting a bike, but the scenery's static, and there's no wind blowing into your face to make you feel good!

Therefore, I conclude again that cycling is the best form of working out ever! Even with the $7/2 hour cost that it incurs.

Of course, one loophole around this $7 is to ride my own bike around nearby parks, but as my bike is currently (and always has been) quite spoilt and un-ride-able, this option is a no-go for me.

Today marks the third time I've cycled at East Coast Park within a week. This time it was with Pat, whilst the last two occasions were with my cousins. I'm sure the shopkeepers there must be sick of spotting a girl in a black Reebok cap and jeans cycling round there and being a hazard to other beach-goers. But it's so be-lardy fun!

Lalala~ "It's undertable..." (Inside joke; you have to have been there to understand)

Pat and I were planning where to go when we've finished working for 5-6 months while the rest (Jere-Mimi, Bong and Eilania; Shauna went home earlier) were pool-ing. So far, we've been returning again and again to the choice of England, just because of Rob Pattinson and the cute guy posse, and the cool flea market vibe of the place. We thought it'd be too expensive, so of course we began considering New Zealand (to see sheep), Paris (omg beautiful), Hawaii (too hot though), Germany and Russia (well, only I considered this for the history factor), Spain and Italy (grand old buildings and possible Volterra filming location for New Moon), Oregon (for New Moon filming), L.A. (because that's where Rob Pattinson lives now. lol!), Turkey (amazing bazaars but scary), etc. etc.

But now I've got good news! The Australian dollar now costs less than the SingDollar (or has it always been that way?) while the Sterling is now only twice the value of the SingDollar, instead of thrice. The cheapest is of course the Rupiah, with one Rupiah being 0.0001 percent of our dollar, but Indonesia's scary... The Euro is also about twice our value, which is normal, so that's also an option.

The whole world's a stage, and Pat and Fina are scouts looking for the best actors to entertain us! What a funny analogy!

The time for me to retreat into slumber has come. Good night all!

fin*

ahhh football fever is raging, without me having to be apologetic
no more obligations to school, or schoolwork
so now i'm free to get caught up in the whirlwind that is the changing face of football
yay! ecstasy!!

i was being all fan-girly today, and decided to go rummaging round the net for pictures and information and all
i have decided that liverpool is still one of the most good-looking teams in the bpl
especially with xabi and fernando and daniel agger
daniel agger is so cute in the oh-i'm-a-hopeless-bad-boy kind of way

but arsenal is hot on liverpool's heels
(though not in the way that most fans would have hoped, i.e. on the premier league table)
due to arsenal's healthy supply of youngsters
one of the most recent and prolific (in my books at least) of which is aaron ramsey!
and i found his e-mail online, aaron_ramsey_8@hotmail.co.uk, which he actually displayed on his own bebo.com profile page
i'm a tad too cowardly to go and add him on msn or anything, unlike what he's requested on said page
but the page did give me a glimpse into what he's like
which is... not too different from any other 17 year-old
his use of dodgy spelling, and even a profile pic taken by the man himself in an ac/dc shirt, reveals the typical teenager's mind that gurgles beneath the atypical super-promising athletic exterior

gosh how dashing is he?!
maybe it's just my taste, though...

what sparked all this boy craziness?
could it have started with the onslaught of all the charming UK boys in the box office?
like alex pettyfer from wildchild, or aaron johnson from angus, thongs and perfect snogging,
and robert pattinson from twilight, who isn't really that handsome but grows on you with every twilight re-visit?
or have i always been this way? (this answer, i believe, seems most plausible)

but i'm having so much fun!
and i currently have pat's twilight pictorial book in my possession
so i'm drooling all over the house still!

anyways
i'm done being a fan girl for the moment
but if anybody's brave enough to add aaron ramsey, please do
and tell me all about it!!!

fin*

p.s. DO YOU WISH TO CRUISE THE EXPRESSWAY LIKE YOU'RE SOMETHING SPECIAL?
EVER HAD A DREAM OF BEING TRAVEL-INDEPENDENT?
WANNA TAKE A STEP TOWARDS DRIVING YOUR OWN CAR?
(the first step is of course, learning how to drive first)
THEN FINA WANTS YOU TO TAKE DRIVING LESSONS WITH HER!
yep
my brother's gonna drive me to the center next week to sign me up
and i'm always afraid of doing things on my own
so give me a buzz if you wanna be driving school classmates!

huh second post of the day
i guess i set the ball rolling with that one

so arsenal played another match today, against portsmouth
and finally won!!!
weee!!!!
1-0, not a big margin, but still relieving

bendtner was flailing his arms and giving the ball away so frequently throught the match, i just have no idea what he's doing there
it's been so long, or so it seems, since an actual striker scored a goal for arsenal in the bpl
really
in the last match, it was midfielder dennilson and diaby that scored goals
and just now, it was gallas- a bleeding defender!
when's arsene going to buy a phenomenal striker? like a christiano ronaldo, or a fernando torres, or a past-era ronaldo!

so word's out that arsene's looking to buy xabi alonso
which i know will be such a blow to dan
believe me, if i supported liverpool, i would never let loose my grip on xabi
the last time round, arsene didn't want to pay the 17 million pounds that liverpool wanted
they offered 14 million instead
hopefully this time round an actual deal will be drawn out

you know what i think arsenal needs?
two sagnas and two clichys in the back
at least one fabrgeas in the center
and at least one henry out front
and someone decent for goalkeeper
haha
fina's fantasy team
why not throw in an aaron ramsey to keep the team looking pretty?

did you see the save sagna made last friday during the villa game?
phenomenal!
sagna's really indispensible nowadays; the only one who seems to know what to do in the back four
almunia the keeper was already beaten at the goalpost- meaning he was in one area in front of the goal, while the ball was heading another and had passed him already
and just at the line, the all-important line that determines a goal, sagna does this amazingly acrobatic kick backwards into the air to clear the ball
supersaver it was
he's an angel

arsenal, buy someone soon! please!

fin*

midnight walks... the last to leave the bar... counterfeit arsenal jersey... fabregas pin-up...

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words to describe my holiday?
i only need one: eventful
although i didn't get to go to the themepark, cos i was the only one game enough, i still had fun

there's always shopping to be done
i bought a few things, mainly the cheaper items
like the jersey! this season's jersey!
and i've worn it out once already!
and a few bags, a few pairs of shoes, mascara, mac blusher...
just the normal stuff

there's one thing different about shopping in malaysia compared to singapore
it's so fun pretending you have loads of money in your bank account (read: i have none haha)
and going into guess and braun buffel and all that as if you really intend to buy something
i can't really do that in singapore; i'm not brave enough on home turf
but there -ahaha!- it's a blank slate
anything goes!

so it appears i have been a little (or a lot) lazy these past few days to post anything
i had to contend with fever and flu for the first two and last two nights of the trip
but that's okay; i didn't prevent any major outings from taking place

i watched spirited away with pat and dan at dan's house the day after i got back
her mum bought us fabulous tasting chicken rice

and yesterday was spent cycling (and teaching my sis how to do so) at east coast park
so fun
and we're doing it again on january first!

i really haven't enjoyed enough of my holidays to start work yet
but i have to earn some money somehow
so i sent in my application for my old job yesterday
hope i really get it! the deadline's on 1st jan

twilighting with pat soon
can't wait! i so want to dissect the story again...

tomorrow's gym and movie day with sis
hope we wake up on time...
i've been going to sleep at 4.30 am these last few days
and waking up at the appalling time of 1 pm...

my dad wants me to sign up for driving lessons only after we've moved!
that's so far away!...
i want a license ASAP just so i can start cruising around singapore
and not have to worry about missing the last bus and all that!

ah well. every umbrella's got a different handle. (really? i could have sworn my umbrella has sister umbrellas all with the same handle)

fin*

p.s. call me out anytime for anything!
i want to spend my last moments of freedom doing fun stuff

okay, final post before i'm off
i don't know why i've been blogging sooo much lately
maybe to make up for not blogging again till next thursday

so i managed to make through the night without sleeping
changed the blogskin and song
(i thought it was just another christmas song, until i realised that the singer understood me:
what the heck is a partridge, and i do think it's a "terrible [gift] to get" haha)
woke up the whole family on time
got to eat my first and final mega mcgriddles breakfast
and soon i'll be on my way, with a headache, runny nose and heavy eyelids
yup

totally holiday mood
haha
but i've brought five books with me
so all will be well

till next time
and -only read this on the 25th- merry christmas!

fin*

on a rare spontaneous whim, my parents have decided to leave for vacation one day early
yup
just today

so now i'm on a scramble to wash all the clothes i'd meant to bring with me but hadn't packed
and we don't have a room to stay in as of yet
just gonna leave it up to fate (haha) if there're any hotel rooms available in kl
if not, well, there's always my mother's many malaysian relatives

i guess i'd better change my blogskin to the christmas one by tonight
probably after i've finished packing and all
cos i usually never go to sleep anyways, before travelling
just so that i can be the one to wake everyone up on time
i can always sleep during the car ride

so i'll see ya'll after christmas then
!!!! (= !!!!

fin*

my brother got second in the 110m hurdles at the asean university games
against a freakin' 25 year old
yay
i never even knew there was such a competition...
the article was in today newspaper: http://www.todayonline.com/articles/292951.asp
and he's got another race soon

good luck bro (=

watch this fabulous dude
just because (=

fin*

i couldn't resist!

yesterday was super fun!
with a great many many many thanks to syaz and diana and the former's cousin and the latter's sister
=)

the day started with me heading out for a birthday surprise thing
i had no clue where i was going
(the only clues came in the form of "sun", "green", and "weather")

i was in the dark about the whole thing
until we reached the destination: west coast park
picnic!!!
and the rain had stopped pouring by then

a super duper satisfying lunch, and then a roll around the playground
which gave me rope burns
but exercise much needed!


and yes, i brought along my famous straw hat
but it is very useful, you know!

thanks, ya'll!

and today i got the hair fixed for free
yay!
it isn't exactly like the ones before, because of the dye-induced dryness, i think
but it's a lot more manageable and straighter

and guess what?
money has fallen into my spendthrift-y hands
$200!
from a good progress progress from mp hawazi daipi!
i have no idea what i progressed in during jc
but -hey- thanks so much!
hahaha
so i'm not as broke as i think!

anyways, anybody wanting to take driving lessons with me?
i'm a wuss, i know, for not wanting to go alone
haven't totally decided yet, though, on what vehicle i'd like to steer
my dad offered me his car if i decide to learn how to drive one
said he'd take a straight bus to work from bedok next year
i hope so!
then i'd have a car
how cool would that be?!

i watched twilight today!
i loved the fact that i was watching someone else's interpretation of twilight
but i seriously was grousing over the flow of the movie throughout the whole thing
it's directed by catherine hardwicke
and i don't think i like her shaky directing much... (i'm sorry!)
some parts were just so awkwardly placed
and the succession of scenes sometimes seemed too disconnected
and... some parts weren't fully developed
i guess as a fan and a movie-goer, twilight didn't live up to my originally very high expectations

one good point, though, were the glimpses into the private moments of bella and edward
them just talking and spending time together.
even though you don't really know what they're talking about,
you can still feel that at that moment, they're each other's most precious thing in the world

now i still can't wait for new moon!!!

robert pattinson redeemed himself in my eyes
i thought he was too ugly from the start
but his crazy chemistry with kristen stewart made him look hot
(even though i still maintain that his face is oh-so-weird)
(and his singing in "bella's lullaby" is undecipherable; he sounds stoned or drunk!)

i like kristen stewart
i like the fact that she understood bella's outwardly awkwardness
in the novel, bella was never the most social of people
nor was she supposed to be a phenomenal beauty
definitely not the bouncy chirpy kind of person that more people seem to have expected...
and again, the chemistry! sizzling!
haha

let's see, who else is left out...

rosalie: i still believe that nikki reed is not flawless enough to pull that character off

emmett: is darn hot! and totally fits the character in the novel!

jasper: jackson rathbone seemed... zombie-ish. i didn't understand it, until i realised that even being around humans in school must be hard for him

alice: is so adorable! i like her!

carlisle: he looks a bit weird; not model-ish enough? but still believable in his role

esme: really proved me wrong. i thought she wasn't motherly enough, but i now know she is

james: is pure evil hotness. too bad cam gigandet will only be in this movie

laurent: not much impression of him

victoria: wasn't evil- or powerful-looking enough. she looks so tame! and where's he flaming red hair?!

jacob black: i'm in team jacob! but i agree that taylor lautner won't be able to pull him off for new moon... not enough raw power

embry: is so freakin' cute! wayyyy cuter than jacob in this movie, at least

billy black: was born to play this role

charlie swan: is likable

eric: is... asian. typical weird dude.

mike: has beautiful eyes!

jessica: is so freaking annoying!

angela: seems nice...

tyler: barely knew who he was throughout the movie; i kept wondering who that kid who nearly hit bella was...

and that's all i can think of

hahaha

so tomorrow is rest day
thursday, i hope, will be gym day
and friday is holi-day!

happy holidays, people!
i'll be making a special occasion christmas blog skin
just because i have the perfect song for this season
(=

fin*

p.s. edward's sparkling kinda sucked!
i thought the rays would bounce off him, like a truckload of diamonds and rainbows
but he just glittered
so bleh

the past few days have been crazy!

went gym-ing with pat on thursday, which was fun
we ventured only momentarily into the male-infested weights side of the gym, but eventually wandered back into the more female-friendly bike area
i lost my legs that night
really really sore, so much that it felt like i had somebody else's legs with me

i went to rebond my hair friday afternoon
didn't work so well; the lousy just-arrived-from-china assistant didn't put the chemical thing on my hair properly
so two-thirds (right and back) of my hair is still kinda frizzy-ish
darn
but tomorrow or tuesday, i'll go fix it with the hairdresser
i hope.

and that night, we went out!
didn't have to pay for my dinner (thanks pat!!!)
which was probably what gave me a stomachache for two days after

and joel came, even if only for a while
and gave me a balloon that i named roel

keed gave me a radiohead album, of all things
i still haven't mustered up the will to listen to it
but soon; just give me time
hahaha

so after dinner keed, dan, steph, pat and me went out,
me with the radiohead thing and steph's sunflower,
while roel was handled by keed and pat
and an incident happened which shall be kept a five-way secret forEVER!
although i did manage to do something i never thought i'd do...
but nobody else shall know of it.
nobody.
no.

anyways, dan and i slept over at pat's place
so fun
my parents should allow me to do this more often!
breakfast was a traditional coffeeshop one, with both me and pat leaving the uncooked soft-boiled eggs mostly untouched

we re-met for yiqi's birthday class surprise at holland v
(even though yiqi wasn't all that surprised, haha)
i feel really, really, sorry that a few classmates couldn't make it there
it would have been that much more fun!
and cold rock ice creamery sells rocking ice-cream!!

then dan, pat and i were off to ikea!
to shop for more room stuff by taking photos of things we like
seriously, i would happily move into any ikea store, as long as it has running water and food
seriously!
or at least, hire an ikea designer to change the designs of all my rooms every four months

lunch at outlet-galore mall, anchorpoint, where we had kfc
and then back home

and now here i am, too lazy to do anything else at home
or even change my (and even my sister's) blog skin

till next time
fin* who is officially, in more ways than one, 18 years old

p.s. do all of us really look 18 already?
cos i swear now nobody asks for our ICs anymore except at the arena on prom night
i don't think we look any different than usual
strange...

I LOVE AARON RAMSEY!

bad news #1: arsenal lost 2-0 to porto
(but they fielded a team of mostly teenagers!
aaron's 17, jack wilshere's 16, kieran gibbs is 19, mark randall is 19, i think, etcetera)

bad news #2: fabregas wants to leave arsenal
(not right now- only when his contract ends in 2014
then he wants to move back to spain and play for his barcelona)

but among all the bad news, i still love arsenal!
the youngsters may not have been cohesive together today
(and i stayed up till 5.40 just for them!)
but i caught the whiff of potential in their air

like aaron, who attempted two shots, one of which was a scissor kick, and showed some fancy footwork to retain possesion

and jack, who's not afraid to tackle, and is so fearless and confident on the pitch

belief!

fin*

i will try almost anything at least once
(unless it has something to do with eating;
then, i'm not so adventurous)

so now, the latest crazy idea that i have for post "A" levels
is skydiving!!!
yea!!!
and the perfect time and place to attempt this
is in melbourne next year
i've researched where, and how to do it there
and the price (around SGD350) is quite reasonable
i'm so excited!!

might as well put all my plans in a list:

#1- get a job paying at least $1000 monthly
#2- apply for a motorcycle license, or a double motorcycle and car license
#3- shop at ikea for all my furniture and stuff
#4- save up money to buy a dslr camera
#5- visit my cousins in melbourne for a whole month (or at least two weeks)
#6- maybe travel the rest of australia while i'm there?
#7- skydiving!!!!
#8- bungee jumping! something else i've so wanted to try since young

wow, that is a lot!
and very expensive, hence the desire for a 1k paycheck every monthly
obviously, i'm working not for the future, but for me to spend on myself
pretty hedonistic a lifestyle
but i'm still young!
i should skydive while i've still got all my teeth and gumption!

live for the day!

fin*

hmm the last post seemed very very mysterious
but it's nothing controversial at all
just the fact that i wanted more independence in the choice of furniture being used for my new bedok room
the result of which is me offering to pay for everything except for the wardrobe.

yup

no worries!

today has been filled with activities
and began with me waking up at 8 am, to pick up my new passport at ica
i waited an hour, before deciding to take a little trip to bedok
to explore, pick up three library books and have a happy meal and choc mcflurry brunch
yum!
then i rushed back down to ica (thank goodness i missed my queue number by just a few people)

the next phase of the day:
project ben and jerry's
((=
met pat at dhoby ghaut, and then accidentally met jeremy and rachel ds
and off to fort canning in the blazing heat to line up for an hour, during which it rained, and got nine scoops of the american flavours

surprisingly enough, we got sick of ice cream

watched a quartet of crazy rugby-built guys finish off twenty scoops of ice-cream in like 15 seconds
disgusting it was, watching them dig in with their hands
but hey, whatever works, right?

and now, phase three is me ooff to my uncle's house to partake in a feast in celebration of one of the most beautiful ceremonies of all time: circumcision
haha

uggh
i think i'll fall sick from food and rain...

fin*

i just gave my parents a scare, by making them think that i blogged about something they don't want the whole world to know.

i don't feel guilty.

SAJC Prom 2008 is officially over.
Not all pics are here.

Words to describe prom:
stiff cardboard hair
complaint-fraught (I'm sorry I was quite critical yesterday!)
Keed's shoulder pads
sexy, (probably) expensive gowns (Diana and Monique)

The Halal food, served separately, was unimpressive.
(Everyday food that my mum cooks better).

(Why do I sound so bitter?!!)
I did have fun! So much fun!
Because I was surrounded by friends,
and we were all dressed to the nines!
And there were a lot of funny moments!
Gosh, I'm such a complaint monger!
I'm sorry!


Steph, Dan, Pat and Fina


Four-inch heels?
(Haha) We could barely walk to where the Post-Prom Party was at the Arena.
(About that... we took off our heels and walked!)
Not that I could get in, being 12 days short of my 18th birthday.
Dang!
And those mega-huge bouncers were damn scary!
(And funny, the way they take ten million years to scrutinise every card)

Mok tried his hardest to work out the kinks, being organiser and all,
because both Nadrah and I were stuck outside.
(In the end I gave my ticket to Jaime)
It's okay Mok; we appreciate it!
So after Dan, Steph and Pat had drinks inside, they came back out to hang around the 17 year old.
Thanks guys, now I feel so bad!

Nothing else was open at 1 am
besides this pub with dirty jokes on a screen.
One drink for everyone
(Pat's and mine were mocktails- of course)
and we were chased out because the bar closed at 2.

A walk across the bridge,
a fruitless roam around the mini-7/11
a 4 dollar taxi ride,
and soon we were back at Furama.
(Home Sweet Home)


Our room



More pictures in Dan's camera!

Is it weird that I had more fun in the hotel room than at prom or post-prom?
Hahah
Just me, I guess.

We should have sleepovers more often!

Fin*