FEARLESS

Moving for the new year

2011-01-04T00:51:00.003+08:00

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2011-01-02T20:27:00.003+08:00

Happy New Year!

Just a quickie about something that has been bugging me. As my friends have slowly switched over to Mac, to which I always say, "STEVE JOBS WILL STEAL YOUR SOUL!!", I should put it out there that I have nothing against Mac. Not that much anyway.

It's not that I dislike the operating system or Apple products per se. I just dislike how the Apple converts then turn around and say YEAH WINDOWS SUCK, after using the Windows OS for more than half their lives.

I'm not a computer expert, but I would hazard a guess and say that every operating system has its problem. I'm reasonably happy with the Windows OS and I'm willing to put up with the occasional problems I have (like right now, Windows Movie Maker is being really obnoxious).

I would like to think that when you purchase a Mac, the reason why you are paying so much more is that it is for the marketing and packaging. And I'll stick to my "crappy" Windows thank you very much.

It's supposed to be happy

2010-12-21T19:30:00.002+08:00

So the season of giving is here. Question is, how do you get a gift for someone who has everything she could possibly want and have? And when you have to get gifts for three of such someones? Help!! I've been to Haji Lane and Ann Siang Hill already ):

I need a new brain

2010-11-20T19:48:00.002+08:00

Dear Professors,

Please do not expect me to remember every little nitty gritty detail that you know because you've had ages to memorize that shit and all I had was 15 weeks and less, plus I had other things to deal with like, oh I don't know, 4 other modules.

I mean, honestly, FBPase and FBPase 2, fructose-1,6-bisphosphate, fructose-2,6-bisphosphate? Or S-(5'-Adenosyl)-3-Methylmercaptopropylamine??? I would very much love to memorize all this, but my brain is no external hard drive with 320GB worth of storage. It's a primitive SD card with 16MB of storage.

So if you'll just be a little lenient with me. I'm trying my best! Pinky swear. Thanks!

O.M.G.

2010-11-13T23:24:00.001+08:00

I'M. SO. BORED. Exams, begone! ):

Wheels on the bus go round and round

2010-11-10T09:41:00.003+08:00

I never understood why people like crowding near the front of the bus...where there are no seats and the rest of the world. When there is lots of space at the back AND you have a chance of getting a seat. Why do you do that to yourself??

Drop everything and meet me in the pouring rain

2010-11-04T23:01:00.003+08:00

I haven't logged into Blogger by the front page for the longest time and I've only realised that it has changed.

Been listening to Taylor Swift's Speak Now album pretty much on repeat now. It's quite sweet. What's your favourite song? Mine's Long Live.

I'm currently writing an essay by hand. Haven't done that in a few years. But I'm still typing it to do the word count because I'm not going to count it manually. It's quite silly to put a word limit on an essay at uni level - who the hell is going to count the number of words in the exam??

I wish I had a life outside of uni right now. I miss my friends. I miss wandering around for no particular reason. But exams are here so study, we must.

Ok, back to decoding my terrible handwriting to improve on my essay!

Penguin of death

2010-10-21T00:26:00.006+08:00

I got this on a box of mints a while back:

I wish that everyone applying for an exchange will mysteriously find better things to do here, so that they wouldn't apply, and I'll have a chance! Yeah, right. -I would snort but that's really unattractive-

Yes ma, I'm doing homework!

2010-10-09T02:00:00.001+08:00

I have the worst attention span. ): Been working on an essay for the last 4 hours but I keep getting sidetracked. Youtube is evilllll. Also, I've failed in my goal of sleeping before 1am today. But then again, I napped for 4 hours before dinner. :D

Hunger Pangs

2010-10-05T23:15:00.002+08:00

Me: Do you want a cookie?

Sister: -mumbles because I was listening to music-

Me: What?? -pull out earphones-

Sister: What?

Me: Do you want a cookie?

Sister: No, I've already brushed my teeth.

Me: Oh. I heard cookie cookie cookie!

Sister: ...

I can count!

2010-10-05T00:33:00.001+08:00

I had 50 posts. And now I have 51 posts. (:

I've been listening to sappy music

2010-10-01T23:38:00.004+08:00

Sort of had a revelation just a few minutes ago. I've realised that I don't tell people how much I appreciate them. It amazes me how I have friends because I'm a very boring person who watches too much tv. It could be a cultural thing that we don't go around telling people "thank you for being in my life" without sounding suicidal. But nevertheless, here goes.

I am thankful for all the good people in my life. People who put up with my crankiness when I don't get enough sleep or coffee. People who sit with me at lunch. People who go to lectures with me and suffer through 2 hours of mental torture. People who listen to my rants. People who indulge me with my little celebrity crushes. (heh.) People who are willing to go watch silly movies with me. People whom I could just spend time laughing with. People who are willing to overlook my verbal diarrhea when it's inappropriate. And so much more.

I wouldn't name names, but I'm sure you'll know who you are (not that any of you will read this...) Thank you! (:

Easy come, easy go

2010-09-26T23:57:00.002+08:00

Remember how I said I found my courage yesterday? Unfortunately, self-doubt is a parasite. But I guess I have to finish what I started. Afterall, I did book my SAT retest. Wouldn't want to waste that money. Hopefully it'll go better this time round. Aiming for 770 for the math section. Fingers crossed! (:

Wanderlust

2010-09-25T20:35:00.002+08:00

This time last year, I didn't have the courage to go overseas to study. I think I found my courage again. Round 2 begins now. (:

What the hey

2010-09-24T23:33:00.003+08:00

So I'm pretty addicted to White Collar. But I have a problem - I want to have the episodes on my mp3 player so that I can watch it, say when I'm travelling, but I can't do that because: 1) DVDs are expensive and 2) I can't rip DVDs into my computer.

I really want to get the episodes legally because I think the people involved deserve to be paid for their work. But it's really hard to do that when I can't buy the episodes online. COUGHAmazonCOUGH. Yo dudes, people outside the USA have internet connections and a credit/debit card too. Please let me buy tv shows online ): I cannot bear to wait that long and neither am I willing to pay $80 minimum for a DVD boxset. Please?

24 hours!

2010-09-24T09:00:00.002+08:00

I made it 24 hours! Although most of it was spent watching White Collar. :/ And not studying. ):

Lights and camera

2010-09-16T14:13:00.001+08:00

I bought a new camera. Hehe.

Blast from the past.

2010-09-12T01:21:00.003+08:00

Don't judge, don't hate!

This was the music of my early tween years! I preferred Westlife to BSB, but this is THE icon from the 90s. Random dancing in random places, lots of emotional heart grabbing and walking to nowhere in particular. And Nick Carter's hair! Haha! Best part of all, they are wearing baggy trousers!! Not too much info...unlike a certain band of brothers.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away

2010-09-07T23:30:00.003+08:00

I'm doing research about Health Maintainence Organizations (HMOs) for my uni module. It is incredibly depressing. People are denied proper care and treatment because they cannot afford it/too sick for insurance/SOME PEOPLE ARE GREEDY.

The problem I have with this is that, even if insurance wouldn't pay for the treatment and people are willing to pay out of pocket, they can't. Because it is so expensive! US$400 for a consultation fee?? I grumble about $80 dental checkups but this just puts it into perspective. I know that this is for a specialist, but I have seen a specialist too. A pretty damn good one. And her consultation fee was just $70-100.

It is heartbreaking that so many people are denied medical care, sometimes for no good reason. If someone healthy has cancer, what pre-existing condition are you going to blame it on? I'm watching Sicko and it makes me so angry because people who are supposed to be caring for the sick are denying them treatment! This is the case for the US. And for this, I'm very very glad that we're fortunate here on the sunny island that medical care is not outrageously expensive. Yes, it's expensive - but you don't hear of health care cost debates in the public forums here, do you?

So, why are the medical fees in the US so expensive? Whatever happened to human rights?

You can chew gum, really!

2010-09-03T23:51:00.003+08:00

My sister was reading a certain magazine for her class and commented on a very common misconception about the sunny island. I'm surprised that this magazine even printed that because it's a very reputable one.

You can chew gum. You just can't spit it out anywhere because that's littering which is EVIL. You can't buy gum, but you can bring in gum for personal consumption.

Not that bad, right?

To teachers

2010-08-30T13:19:00.002+08:00

On the bus home today, I passed by a certain primary school and saw the water bottles lined up outside the classroom. It reminded me of how much I hate primary school. And how oppressive it is.

It doesn't make sense to tell a 7-year-old that you have to sit still and behave and follow steps 1, 2 and 3, then 10 years later tell them to use their creativity. It just doesn't work!

And the water bottles outside the classroom is another indication of the stupidity of the institution. How can you prevent anyone, much less a child, the chance to drink water as and when you need to?? It's bad enough that they have to ask for permission to use the toilet, and are sometimes denied. Yo 'cher, they can't control their bladders (don't want to cause kidney stones, now would we?) or their thirst!

I understand that it's disruptive for people to keep getting up and going to the toilet, or having to deal with spills. On the first point, it happens in university. If the lecturers can deal with it, so should you. About spills, it's just water. It does this amazing thing - it EVAPORATES. Banning sweetened drinks is understandable - in fact, a very good decision, but not water!

It's a very minor argument, but primary school is already unnecessarily stressful for young children nowadays. We might as well make it bearable, at the very least.

It's over

2010-08-29T15:28:00.001+08:00

Even the village is gone. And back to uni. I'm buried in a shit-load of work and I can't concentrate.

Things to do this week:
1. Essay by tomorrow. Outline is done but it's quite incoherent.
2. Test on wednesday. D:
3. Research for a project.
4. Various tutorials.

D: D: D:

The Italian Job

2010-08-25T22:31:00.002+08:00

Today, I kind of wished I was younger than 18. Haven't felt that way since I could watch M18 movies.

Two Italian atheletes came to ask about something and I happened to be the person that was at the counter. It involved a pretty long walk and awkward conversation because I was a head shorter than them. Ended with one of them thanking me by my name (name tag) which surprised me because no one ever looks at my name tag, let alone thank me. Yeah, customer service is a thankless job. Kind of made my day. (: Especially when you see the twinkle in their eyes :D

Having too much fun

2010-08-19T23:03:00.002+08:00

Week 2 of YOG is ending. I'm pretty tired from going between the farthest place on Earth (i.e. NTU) and uni, and getting little sleep because I'm trying to keep up with my course work. But I think I may just get a little 'hungover' when YOG is over. D:

Despite all the negative press, I am really honestly having fun. Cross my heart! I'm really glad I made this decision (:

Phrase I want to BAN

2010-08-15T15:04:00.003+08:00

NO WORRIES.

Fuck that wasn't reassuring AT ALL.

Starting the semester right!

2010-08-12T15:12:00.003+08:00

That's my motto for the week. I've been decent so far. Even though it's only my third day of the new semester. I've read the notes of the lectures I've missed because of the Youth Olympic Games. And intending to start on the tutorial once I've read the notes. I'm having the Firstweekoptimism-itis.

My YOG volunteer duties have been pretty uneventful. Some interesting people, but I don't think I'm allowed to blog about it. You see, we're supposed to not post what we are doing on any social networking sites, or basically the internet. I wonder if it's ok to post pictures though. I don't bring my camera into the village because I've been carrying textbooks in instead. But I'm hoping that one day, I feel that that it's worth it to bring my camera.

How to ruin a beautiful weekend

2010-08-08T16:02:00.003+08:00

Tips on how to ruin the last weekend of a uni vacation.

1. Fight with your sister over the toilet even though it was not your fault. Guaranteed to get a scolding from the Parent about how you shouldn't lose your temper just like that. When you just following the fine example set.

2. Watch Criminal Minds marathon on Fox because its the weekend that the cable company is screening ALL channels for free and you want to maximise use of that. And then your sisters insist that they want to watch the taped Coraline and tell you that since you've already watched it, fuck off.

3. Watch The Last Song and hate yourself for crying at the end because you laughed at everyone else who cried when they watched it in the cinema. Then you can think about how laughable Miley Cyrus' "rebellious" teenager portrayal was.

So there. Hope you guys are enjoying the lovely long weekend.

We used to be such good friends

2010-08-01T16:04:00.003+08:00

Just thinking about how people change. And how others don't. I can't apologize for not changing, that I'm not into the whole clubbing scene, or that I'm boring and possibly far too careful. But that's just the way it is. I can open my heart and accept whatever changes people undergo, but if you can't do the same, maybe its better that we not be friends.

Its like a sunset - the changing colours that signify the end of a day and the descend of night and its darkness. But soon, the sun will rise and a new day begins. It hurts, but I like to think that over time, the heart will heal itself. It not necessarily forgets the hurt, but it can make it less painful. More tolerable. There will always be the doubt of whether the right decision has been made and the possibility of the 'what if'.

One of the best shots taken on my cranky J150w. Thinking of changing to a Canon. But split between 3 models.

Why the haste?

2010-07-29T22:18:00.003+08:00

Today was my last day of work. I feel free! But a little sad because uni is starting. And a very annoying reminder came in the form of an email telling me that lecture notes are ready for download. It doesn't even start for another week!!

Didn't your momma teach you?!

2010-07-15T23:13:00.005+08:00

I know I know. I've whined to various people about how people at work are so rude. I wonder whether they have forgotten the manners their parents must have inculcated in them. I refuse to believe that no parent teaches their children offspring. I'm not being prissy. I think being polite makes life so much more pleasant for everyone.

For example, when you need to pass that impossibly narrow aisle, you should say "Excuse me" and smile, and then say "Thank you" when you've passed. Not glare at the person blocking you and expect that very busy person to read your fucking mind. And yes I'm that person blocking you. And its always the same bitch. I always feel like telling her "You could say excuse me". But karma dictates that I shouldn't do that. And that I should blog about this and make fun of her...Damn, I'm going to hell )):

The good and the bad

2010-07-11T00:38:00.003+08:00

Had "movie night" with my sister today! One of the pros of pushing our beds together. Curled up in bed to watch New Moon on our laptop. Took us about 30 minutes to install the right programmes to play the DVD though. It's weird because the DVD plays on her computer, but not mine, even though we have the same model. D: Apparently there's some copy protection issue on mine.

Of course with the good, there's the bad. Almost got slapped last night when the sister rolled in her bed with her arms stretched out. Luckily, she's not an ape, so her arms aren't that long!

Because I like it

2010-07-08T23:43:00.002+08:00

I'm convinced my sister secretly hates me. She asked incredulously why I was listening to the music of August Rush without even watching the movie yet, and I emphasize yet. Friend, you can listen to songs, right? If we were not sisters, I think she would hate my guts. ):

Not Asian enough

2010-06-28T21:01:00.003+08:00

Remember Dragonball Evolution? They're doing it again. The characters in Avatar: The Last Airbender (not those big blue Na'vi) are ASIAN. Visit www.racebending.com. I have to say I'm pretty disappointed with the movie, without watching it. There are so many Asian actors out there, and many more Asians willing to become actors, and yet they cast Caucasians in the role. I'm a huge fan of the cartoon series, but I will not be watching this movie. Because (a) it looks like crap from the trailers. The magic of the cartoon is gone. And (b) I'm Asian, and I protest.

Excuses

2010-06-27T00:57:00.003+08:00

Hello. It's been a while. But nothing nice has been happening. So I can't really blog about it. Work has been draining so I have no exciting thoughts either. I'll try harder, pinky promise! Re-reading Harry Potter for the n-th time. Still have the same sense of wonderment as 11 years ago when I first read it. So, lumos (:

Zooooom!

2010-06-13T23:35:00.002+08:00

Best looking in-my-dreams car. Aston Martin DB9.

One of those lights, slightly brighter than the rest

2010-06-09T22:51:00.004+08:00

I watched Up In The Air last night. Highly enjoyable. Although I wish George Clooney will mumble less. My favourite line is the closing line: "The stars will wheel forth from their daytime hiding places; and one of those lights, slightly brighter than the rest, will be my wingtip passing over." It's kind of bleak for something about stars.

For once in my life, I actually thought about what this meant, and what the movie meant. I scribbled down some notes at work because I don't have internet on the desktop there. Probably for good reason...

Anyway, the movie's focus was not what Ryan's (George Clooney) job was, but more of the toll of his job on his personal life. I felt that the character of Alex was kind of a distraction and cliche (can't be arsed to do the little thing over the letter).

I wrote down more stuff, but that's just my own thoughts. I've decided today that I will carry a notebook around that I can scribble down random thoughts that I have throughout the day. Like, HIPPOGRIFF!

Because its Saturday

2010-06-06T00:05:00.004+08:00

I shall do a rambly non-coherent post. In fact, I'll just have a word diarrhea for the next five minutes and type whatever comes into my mind. Ready set go.

I would love to see a stand-up act. If Jimmy Carr would come, I would so go for his show.

I hate hatchbacks. They are very girl-like cars.

Yes I know I'm a girl.

The Cold Storage Specialty at 313 is a fraud. There's nothing special about it.

Ever wondered how language evolved from grunts to whatever it is we speak today?

Speaking of which, I would like someone to write a Hokkien swear word dictionary for me. Because I can't, for the life of me, understand any of them.

I was driven in a Peugeot 307 today. The driving scared me a little.

I wonder what people think of my driving.

Which is better - ability to fly, walk through solid objects or hearing people's thoughts?

X-men are the coolest superheroes, don't you think?

Star Wars is cool too and sometimes I'm annoyed that people don't watch it.

I might go buy the Top Gear magazine if I'm feeling flush.

James May is my favourite Top Gear presenter. But I want to cut his hair. I liked it better when it was short, like when he first started.

I'm reading Clockwork Orange now. A bit sad that the back page got slightly bent in my bag.

Shopping on weekends is nightmarish because there are crowds and the fitting rooms are always full.

Ok five minutes up. Hope everyone's having a great weekend (:

And we all fall down

2010-05-31T19:26:00.004+08:00

Uni results ): B-, B-, B, B+ and A-. Brought my CAP/GPA down even lower. Damn. But still can't justify a change in course. The thing that concerns me the most though, is that all my friends in the course are considering a change in course. Who's going to keep me awake in lectures now?

Sorry. Normal happy posts shall resume as soon as possible.

Huzzah!

2010-05-28T00:30:00.003+08:00

I am employed! Starting work on Monday, which coincidentally is also D-Day because my exam results are released then! Hopefully work will distract me from that. And I can come home in the evening and totally spoil the entire week by checking how I did. Awesome.

Things I learnt this week: I am a terrible painter and a fish murderer.

My goldfishes have died within 24 hours. I can't come up with a good reason. So my feeble excuse is that they are not accustomed to the temperature fluctuations in my bedroom and that the oxygen crystals I dumped in aren't giving them enough oxygen.

I had to painted my wall with two coats of paint, and even then, you can still see patches if you squint hard enough, so don't. To make matters worse, the spots from my roller came off and are now marks on my beautiful orange wall. And I forgot to sand down the plastering. Yeah...But at least I got that done.

Paint, lights and dark wood!

2010-05-20T23:52:00.008+08:00

Hmm. The last few posts have been depressing, eh? OK. Attempt at positivity. Let's go!

I've been looking at the Ikea catalog to get some ideas to decorate my imaginary room. I can make minor changes to my current room - paint. I'm going to be doing vermilion (which has a wiki page. Amused.) if I can drag the parents out to buy the paint.

If I had a room to myself that I can do whatever I liked to it, the ceiling will be painted vermilion and the walls a cream colour. I would have a dark wood floor. Like this!

My bed will be a dark wood day bed. Something like this but darker.

The windows will have Christmas lights and Chinese paper lanterns strung throughout.

The walls will have lots of picture frames and photos. Kind of like this wall. It's so cool! But obviously, being me, the frames will be the same type even if they are different sizes. I hate mismatched frames.

Many thick dark wood shelves like those will line one wall. Ok maybe not such thick shelves, but this was the best picture I could find.

I can see it so clearly in my head! Sigh. But its a kind of hope that I will hang on to. If I had an ability to draw, I would put it on paper for future use. Haha, unfortunately I wasn't given that talent. So. Maybe a bad colour pencil drawing will do...

Jobless blues

2010-05-19T15:11:00.005+08:00

To date, I have sent out almost 20 resumes in the span of 3 days, and more over the past 2 weeks. I've stopped counting. And gotten back a handful of calls and missed 2 calls. I hate how recruitment agencies expect that people hang around their phones all day waiting for the call. And when I try to call back, I never know who called because they share like a dozen lines. I need a job! ):

Oh shoot your own fucking foot, won't you?

2010-05-17T21:36:00.003+08:00

I wanted to watch the new Kesha video. But when I clicked on the link on youtube, I got this delightful message:

This video contains content from Vevo, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds.

Am I right to be annoyed? Yo, if you block content from me, what makes you think I can't find it elsewhere ILLEGALLY?! Which is precisely what you're afraid of, isn't it?

Sleep monster

2010-05-16T23:52:00.001+08:00

I have been up for a grand total of 10 hours and I'm heading back to bed. I love the holidays! Its Monday tomorrow - time to start looking for jobs again. Still, its the holidays. I'm in a jolly good mood. :D

Selamat Datang di Malaysia

2010-05-14T17:33:00.002+08:00

I want to thank whoever invented the MP3 player because its 8GB of sanity. Like when I'm stuck in the back of the car with 4 aunties who yell because they're going deaf and think they know best. But I discreetly pull out Ted (my music player) and plug in. Ah, bliss.

My relatives in Malaysia like to proclaim how Malaysian street food is better than Singapore. Actually, any Malaysian food is better than Singaporean food. Malaysia Boleh. Personally, I think that they think that way because they've been tricked into going to Newton Circus. Oh, but there's so much more. As you can tell, I am part of the Majulah Singapura camp. But I was getting fed three meals a day so I just shut up and smile and eat.

Ok Daughtry moment! "I'm coming home!" Cheeze-fest over. :D

PARTYYY!

2010-05-05T23:32:00.001+08:00

I'm alive!! Freshmen year is over. Thank goodness.

My idea of a party is spending the afternoon on Singapore's resort island (yes, that included a trip to Resorts World - I want a dinosaur cup) and coming home to watch Criminal Minds. There's CSI, CSI Miami and House too. And 14 brilliant seasons of Top Gear. :D :D

Right. Back to celebrations!

Thank you, Taylor Swift (:

2010-04-22T15:21:00.003+08:00

Taylor Swift's Fearless album pretty much sums up 2009 for me. It was the album I listened to when I was dealing with shit like getting rejected by universities and the album I celebrated with. It brings back pleasant memories of driving lessons. Used to listen to it on my way home. Fearless isn't my favourite song, but it reminds me to not crawl into a corner and die. Its like my courage song, if there's such a thing.

But I'm bored of my own music. I have terrible taste in music. Haha. I enjoy boybands and cheesy love songs. :D Yeah so I probably wouldn't ever do those tags like 20 random songs of iTunes...Would be far too embarrassing.

Right now, I'm quite liking Airplanes by B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams. Only like the non-rap bits. And Timbaland featuring Katy Perry's If We Ever Meet Again is ridiculously infectious.

Anyone wants to educate my taste in music?

Stranded

2010-04-20T14:12:00.002+08:00

Reading about what people are doing to get around the travel problem caused by the ash from the Icelandic volcano on the BBC website. Pretty entertaining - how people describe their situation, but not their situation. This is my favourite.

MARK ANDERSON, EN ROUTE TO AUSTRIA

I am currently driving to pick my stranded son and friends from Austria who were all there taking a ski instructor course.
My son rang up sounding stressed as his flight was cancelled and he doesn't have a lot of money on him. He has to be at college on Monday and his friends have to go to work so I decided to book the Eurotunnel and go and pick them up.
I set off at half eight this morning and my sat nav says I'll get there at about 11pm tonight - a distance of over 800 miles. I don't mind driving - although I'd rather not be driving 12 hours a day. Driving through Germany at the moment and the view is quite nice.
My son said he'd have a nice pint of beer waiting for me but as I'm driving back tomorrow, I can only have one so I'm looking forward to a nice bottle of red wine on Monday night - and he can pay for it.

I forgot that the BBC website has lots of good stuff.

Studying ):

2010-04-20T10:40:00.002+08:00

I'm reading my notes and highlighting and annotating it using the first writing instrument I pick up. Now normally this bothers me. I've used the same highlighter from secondary school up till now because I like seeing the same colour when I flip through my files. But not this time. This is a one-time module so I'm going recycle my notes at the end of the semester. So I'll use up the bits and pieces of stationery I somehow convinced myself was necessary for my studying.

Its late at night/early in the morning.

2010-04-17T01:42:00.004+08:00

My final lessons as a Freshmen took place today. I'm glad that I'm almost 1/4 way through my uni life. Except I have to study for exams now. Not fun.

Its pretty comfortable now. Its dark, cool and thundering outside. Makes for a good sleeping environment when my caffeine high finally wears off. Had about 3 shots today. Hopefully I can get up in time to watch Top Gear tomorrow morning. I've given up Criminal Minds, CSI and House for the time being.

What am I doing now? I'm watching my math webcast. Its my third today. So proud of myself. (: The lecturer is pretty humorous. Certainly more entertaining than my lecturer. Oh and this was was on the frontpage of wikipedia when he pulled it up during the lecture. Kind of made me smile a little.
I'm learning about mathematical modelling. The lecturer hates rabbits. (:

If I had a little money

2010-04-13T13:25:00.003+08:00

I'm bored. (Hehe. Guess what I'm doing?) Let's play "what would you buy if you had money to buy what you want to buy". Ok, this is not one of those interview questions whereby they ask you what 3 things will you do if you won a million dollars. That's a trick question - you are supposed to say donate to charity. Yeah, I fell for that ): But this is wholly frivolous fun.

1. A car. Its terrible because I want to be a treehugger but sometimes buses aggravate me and they make me nauseous. This is the car I'd buy. Its not terribly fast nor a cute hatchback. Its the Honda Civic Coupe. Its the car I wanted since getting my licence. Isn't it pretty? (:

2. Probably a new laptop. My old one works fine...except a few keys are malfunctioning now. I'll fix it, but I can dream now, right? Not sure which one I'd like but definitely not a Mac. Two reasons: a. I can't use it for uni. b. I'm not cool enough.

3. The Top Gear DVDs. They are not as expensive as the Discovery DVDs (about $30 on Amazon), but there are 14 seasons so that kind of adds up. Top Gear is one of my new favourite shows!

4. Round-the-world tickets for a family holiday. There are so many places I want to visit! Like Brazil, Chile, all of Europe and Asia etc etc. (:

5. ?

Huh. I can't think of 5. That's nice. (: Oh right. Onward with math!

Holiday Plans

2010-04-10T15:50:00.004+08:00

I wish I could still do things like this video I did 2 years ago. I can't believe I could have thought of something like this, two months before my A levels. And now I just think of jokes relating to flow rates. :/

Next week is my last week as a Freshmen before I go on my reading week and two weeks of exams. I am extremely excited for my three months break. Already made my plans! They include exciting spring cleaning, painting of rooms, some scrapbooking, going to tourist sites, YOG volunteering, working and generally enjoying myself before sophomore year starts.

Freedom is coming! I can taste it! (:

I'm sorry but I have to

2010-04-07T22:59:00.004+08:00

New Year's Resolution #1: Reduce ranting.

Poof. Gone. Because it starts NOW.

Ok so I've been trying to apply for a university programme to do something awesome and make life there less awful than it already is. And I really dislike applying for uni programmes because the website information is delightfully vague and confusing, and results in me having to call the coordinator. But sometimes, the coordinator is away from the telephone and its kind of urgent so I email them. Fuck. I hate emailing coordinators. Its almost like they're sick and tired of being stuck in their dead-end job and they take out their frustration on anybody who dare ask them a "stupid question". Dear woman. I can read. If I could have found what I wanted, I WOULDN'T BE FUCKING ASKING YOU. She even quoted her original email. Yes, I read it correctly the first 3 times. The problem was her original email didn't tell me that I had to fill up the form first before I could see the list. It implied that I would see the list immediately upon logging into the system. LIES. I would so write a scathing email back to her but I can't because she might influence the decision and I really really want to do this thing. RAWR.

Ok done. She ruined my semi-good week. ):

What I like

2010-04-03T19:29:00.005+08:00

Yeah so as part of New Year's resolutions to be more positive this year, I decided a "what I like" post is needed to counter the previous songs I hate post. I'm a youtube addict. Videos I like:

Clothes! - charlieiscoolike

This guy decides to put on all the clothes he owns for a challenge. Its amusing. I would consider doing that too but its summer all year round here and even with the air conditioning on at full blast, it wouldn't be able to stop the sweat-fest. Not to mention my clothes consist of the same cut in different colours.

Brushing Teeth with Jack?!? - WongFuProductions

Ke$ha's Tik Tok inspires some creative dental practices. :D Haha I laughed so hard the first time I watched this.

Dealing with Dead Insects - communitychannel

Actually I do like many of her videos so it was hard to pick one. When I watch her videos, my internal thoughts take on an Australian accent.

Yeah. A lot of the stuff I watch there are music videos and stuff I can't get here in Asia because I don't have the channel and I can't be arsed to wait for it to be shown in Asia. Yeah yeah you big media companies, please don't sue me. If you do, I can't afford to buy music legally. ):

P.S. I am still buying music legally. Online from the Nokia Music Store and from brick-and-mortar CD shops.

Fasosola

2010-04-01T17:21:00.002+08:00

I hate:

"Beautiful Girl" - Sean Kingston. For no other reason that it was one of those songs that get stuck in your head and I hate that. Meh. Made worse because I had to play this song for a performance. I kind of want to hate "Eenie Meenie" too because of the same reason. But its...ridiculously catchy. Damn.

"Live Like You're Dying" - Kris Allen. My sister hates me for hating this. But it was constantly played on radio when I was studying. Aggravates me because I'm stuck at home doing impossible calculus and he's telling me to go out to live my life. Fuck you. Haha. I kid. I dislike the melody.

"For Your Entertainment" - Adam Lambert. I'm not an AI fan. Same reason as above. I think radio spoils many songs. But its also a good source of picking up new favourites.

"Milkshake" - Kelis. WHAT. A. STUPID. SONG. And not to mention disgusting. You keep your "milkshake" to yourself.

"When I Grow Up" - Pussycat Dolls. Another stupid song. Why are you teaching your children to aspire to be a slutty celebrity?! It further disturbs me to see my 13-year-old niece dancing to this song, with the same moves as in the video. THAT SHOULD BE BANNED. Come to think of it, every Pussycat Dolls song should be banned.

Yeah, that's all I can think of off the top of my head. What songs do you hate?

P.S. Dear Record Companies, please don't sue me for this ): But I really hate these songs. Nothing against you. Really! (:

When I grow up

2010-03-30T16:20:00.002+08:00

I signed up to be a YOG volunteer today. I'll be the information helpdesk person. Yay. New thing that I'll never do outside of school.

You know as a kid, we go through many phases of what we want to be when we grow up. They are mostly nonsensical and idealistic, but that's all part of being a kid.

When I was five, I wanted to be a policewoman. Then at eight, I wanted to be cabin crew. When I found out that the SQ flight had an accident in Taiwan, I decided that being a cabin crew was way too dangerous and decided to be ground staff.

When I was 14, I wanted to be a psychologist. And set up a practice with my fellow aspiring psychologist friend. Haha. Funnily, neither of us are studying psychology in uni. So I guess that is a lost dream.

Between 15 and 17, I decided that I wanted to be doctor, in between at 16, I wanted to be CSI. At the height of my CSI obsession, I thought it would be cool to be a forensic pathologist. Then again, there isn't much happening here on the sunny island, which is good safety wise, but not so good for the forensic pathologist thing.

At 18, dentistry was the thing. I was convinced that it was THE ONE. But obviously, others didn't think so since no university offered it to me, and here I am bitterly blogging about that. Nah, I kid. I'm no longer bitter about it. Just a twinge of regret at the 'what if'.

So now, at 19 going on to 20, I'm at uni studying engineering, not quite sure of what I want to be when I grow up. So much for the earlier dreams...

Ugh New Year's Resolution

2010-03-19T23:19:00.003+08:00

What's this? Two posts in a day! Monica, aren't you proud? (:

Anyway, one of my New Year's resolution this year was not to shop online because honestly, I spent a lot of money last year shopping online. But today, I kind of "broke" that promise to myself.

Ok, in true engineer style, logic in a flow chart.

Threadless had a $10 sale --> I saw a t-shirt that I was going to get for my friend's birthday in September --> thought it was an excellent idea to get it early during the sale --> browsed more --> saw one that I liked --> ended up with 2 t-shirts in total.

Next year's resolutions should include better self-control.

I should be paying attention to the lecturer

2010-03-19T09:44:00.004+08:00

For friends in university, have you ever looked at what is on other people's desktops? I find it fascinating to look around the lecture hall and see what people put on as their wallpapers.

For girls, its the expected photos of cute things/family and friends/twilight etc etc. Stuff you would expect.

On the other hand, guys have the weirdest ones. They range from the expected cars and manga characters (i.e. girls with long flowing purple hair and big boobs), to the unexpected flowers, pokemon, Jesus Christ and friends.

I usually look at what they surf on the internet too. Unfortunately, I got a rude shock this morning because the guy in front of me in this morning's math lecture was looking at...manga porn. And I sadly caught a glimpse of naked girls. :/

Moral of the story: concentrate on the lecturer's slide.

Yeah, like that's going to happen.

I really should be doing homework

2010-03-15T21:54:00.005+08:00

Hi. I'm a youtube addict. I cannot concentrate when I do my homework because I get distracted by youtube. I can't bear to disconnect from the internet because...what if I need to ask someone about homework? Or google something really quickly? Help!

): Reading about the Cambodian genocide is extremely depressing. Makes me wonder what the hell possessed them to think it was okay to kill their own countrymen.

OK, back to work. ONWARD!

They made Youtube un-fun

2010-03-08T22:32:00.004+08:00

So my mid-term tests are over. I'm a Youtube addict (and my sisters will confirm that with a very loud yes). I'm spending my post mid-terms night watching my friend's business project videos. :/ I can only imagine what the lecturers were thinking when they set this piece of assignment:

AH HAH! Brilliance! If I grade this project based on the views and comments that their video gets, I DON'T HAVE TO DO ANY REAL MARKING! That is utter brilliance and gives me more time to perfect my technique of cheating the house at the casino at poker! I'm a bloody genius.

Idiots. And here I am, wondering why I pay thousands of dollars in school fees for this.

Now I'm thinking of nice ways to comment, even if I really disliked the video, because, hey, my friend's grade depends on it, right?

On a side note, one of my friends is a genius. She made me smile at her video, even though she used the Visa's advertisement concept, which I hate with passion. Show her some love? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNRW4LDIzm8