Thursday, November 29, 2007
When the insane goes marching in
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Much-needed motivation
Next week is going to be tough, with 4 papers clustered into 3 days. What a way to end exams, starting off with a tapered end and then ending on a high note, literally. Thank God I’m one paper down, and I’ve got some reasonable time to study for the rest of the papers.
My sister’s taking up the role as my accountant, since she’s one month from a new school year and she’s currently out of a job. Although it’s supposed to be plainly altruistic, she’s charging me a session of K Box to make up for her wage-less job.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Laze and dazed
Dining with Jack was meaningful, because I’ve never talked so much to a guy friend over dinner before. We could probably continue to talk through the night if not for the fact that we both have got mugging to do through the night, and I couldn’t risk getting thrown out for occupying the table for such a long time. Well, he did rake up some of my painful (and dumb, no doubt) memories from the past, but I just swept them aside as lessons learnt to help me to grow up. And the pain did me good.
I’ve been escaping from someone these few days, but I still got caught, grilled and quashed. It’s a long story, but I’m just hoping I wouldn’t meet such people in my next semester. Seems like our friendship has become a mere leverage to be lazy.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
So things do come back
Oh, and it’s Norra’s birthday today. I’m not supposed to be concerned, ever since I’ve decided to junk them out of my scope of concern. But it’s of no significant use, since those thoughts keep coming back. I’ve got too much on hand and at heart, and to have discarded emotions finding their way back to me is rendering me overloaded. Anyway, ya, enjoy your 22nd birthday, and try not to break anything again.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Keep that away from me
Friday, November 16, 2007
Finishing touches
Revision schedule's up, and I'm kinda struggling to follow it, LARGELY due to the programming project, and a very volatile sleeping roster. I need to get some good proper coffee and some sleep, or I'll start to suffer from major outbreaks, like what's happening to me now.
Monday, November 12, 2007
Goodie Moodie
And I've skinned my laptop! Nope, I didn't peel off its acrylic casing and try to tear it apart; I made it look prettier with a lovely Garskin I got from Harvey Norman. They're carrying Garskins! I got ol' so jumpy like a groupie when I saw the placard advertisement. Bid goodbye to scratches and stains!
My granduncle was recounting how the arse of his white Honda City got smashed in 3 weeks ago along a road at Bukit Gombak, and I also burst out laughing. That white darlin' was under my 'tender loving care' until it, urm, got disemboweled. Now I've to make do with a light blue Honda City with a slightly crooked steering and a spoilt left mirror. Oh god, and the floor mat of on the driver's side almost got me into an accident, which I shall not elaborate to spare all of my near-death experience.
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Finished business
Our musical wrapped up successfully yesterday, after a month of gruelling timelines and pressing factors. I mean, it's presentable for a month-old production, considering things were pretty last-minute and disagreements have arose in the process undermining the success of this project. The post-musical celebrations were super hyped up, with us wishing our birthday girls and taking photos. Then YH came up with the idea to go K. Haha. I brushed it off initially, since it was already pretty late, and we still haven't got the equipment back to the club room. But thanks to JH and Doey's vehicles and everyone's co-operation, we managed to get those speakers, extension wires, mics, guitars, keyboards, drum set, props and a dozen miscellaneous items back to YIH in a jiffy. Yay!
K-ing was a crazy affair, especially with the presence of 4 overly-tired guys. You know what being really tired can do to you; it's brainless reverse psychology. And we were room-hopping (we had 3 rooms in all), so it was a major social event. Just a pity not everyone could join, or else we would have rocked the entire K-Box. The consequence of our crazy crash: 5 extremely worn-out people, 3 bowls of half-eaten tidbits, 4 glasses of beer and 6 glasses of cocktail, 1 broken cocktail glass, a apple-cocktail washed floor but endless memories.
Thanks to Fay and Jane for taking time out to come all the way to PGP to watch the musical; I heard Jane was pretty laughing through out the musical.
Thanks to the many seniors who put in so much effort, as well as all those involved in the musical; you all rock my socks off! Oh and to Jack who has been so-ever-active in giving me comments, kudos to you!
Thanks to all who came to watch this production; it wasn't as grand as other musicals, but considering the 1-month timeline, it's something.
And for that extra bout of motivation, it really did me good.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Unfinished business
Do I have time to blog? Yes I guess so, since I'm already late (anyway), and my printer vomits my Biology lecture notes at an antagonizingly slow pace.
I could have went bonkers yesterday trying to dig myself out of the situation I landed myself in yesterday: I had driving lessons AND late rehearsals, but *gasps* realised on the bus trip to school that I've forgotten my purse! I almost swore out loud on the bus. My IC, my loose change, my cash, my matric card, my ATM card... So I made a frantic call home, only to realise that I've callously left it lying around in my very untidy room. Phew. At least I didn't lose it; I didn't want to risk creating more buzz in my hectic life. BUT I STILL DIDN'T HAVE CASH! Thank God, my habit of leaving things around actually paid off, because I found enough money in my bag to pay for both my driving lesson and my lunch. Imagine having so much money in your bag and not know about it...
(to be continued... I still have to go to school, you know.) Continued at 10.38pm... Did the drive-in-reverse-out thingy, and got a few yellings from my granduncle, but it was pretty fun. My S-course and crank course's getting better, so I hope it won't be the thing that's going to hinder my license acquisition. Rehearsal was fun as well, and we had a few good laughs about it all. My vocals are stil very tight, and I still feel really emotionless singing the song. I mean, I don't suffer the ill fate of a broken-hearted woman, so it's a tad difficult for me to grasp the idea of the song. Oh well, wish me all the luck in the world. P.S: Thanks to YY for waiting for the bus with me. I guess you're right. I'm just too inexperienced with failed relationships to be able to understand the lyrics of the song.
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Unbreakable
As I run my fingers through each and every piece of their past albums, I recalled those memories; I got the first 2 albums relatively late, in 2002, after they've released their 4th one. The mad wait beside the radio, waiting for the cue to call, those magical numbers 35 and 53, and me breaking the decibels after hanging up the call.
Millenium came late as well, when I got it from someone who didn't want it. I still treasure it, together with another identical piece.
Black & Blue was probably the CD I was most emotionally attached to; it helped me through the most difficult moments in secondary school, when I was pretty down and out. I remembered crying almost every night, but their voices would be there to comfort me whenever I hit the PLAY button. It was a depressing period, but I learnt to overcome it with the music I love most.
The hiatus was long and weary, and I got restless. The world caught on as well, citing trash that there'll be no music from them anymore. Then B-Rok stood up for them, promising another album.
Never Gone offered a fresh alternative to their old style, and I loved them even more. But as we celebrated, we had to hold back those tears when Kev wanted out. It was a difficult period for most of us. I remembered choking on those tears when the notice came up. But we knew we had to be strong.
The wait was tormenting, but it was worth the wait. They're still the goofy yet serious bunch I know, and I'll never be able to cast them aside and ignore them, even for just a moment.
I love the Boys, and I'm loving every second of it.
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Fish is cold-blooded. BLOODED.
Looking on the brighter side, I'm actually pretty glad my instrumentalists and I got our act together for the first time after one week, so it upped my mood by leaps and bounds. Dinner with fellow Geyaorians was enjoyable, especially with our dear president's quirky words. Well, so JiaHui's vegetarian as well (kudos to all the vegetarians out there!), and I'm extremely impressed by the fact that she manages to stay in shape despite her anti-vegetable-but-nevertheless-vegetarian diet. Super impressed, I shall add. Oh, and we found out that our dear pres has been harbouring the thought that fishes do not have blood.
Oh. My. God.
P.S: Happy belated birthday to Sub, congrats on passing your driving test, you know what to do next (*wink wink*). Haha.