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Tuesday, December 5th, 2006
12:33 am	Let's test your knowledge of me. :D (2 Points) My first name: (1 Point) My last name: (5 Points) Take a stab at my middle name: (3 Points) How do I take my coffee: (2 Points) Do I have any children: (2 Points) How old are they: (2 Points) What work do I do: (3 Points) What am I afraid of: (2 Points) Do I smoke: (3 Points) Do I drink: (2 Points) Do I have any siblings: (2 Points) How many: (1 Point) Do I like 'em: (4 Points) What's one of my favorite things to do: (2 Points) How many tattoos do I have: (3 Points) How many piercings do I have: (2 Points) What's my favorite TV show: (2 Points) Who is my favorite band/artist: (4 Points) Am I shy or outgoing: (3 Points) Am I a rebel or do I follow the rules: (2 Points) What’s my favourite colour: (3 Points) Name something I hate: (4 Points) Name a talent I have: (4 Points) What are my favourite kind of shoes to wear: (3 Points) Do I have any pets: (2 Points) If so, how many? (2 Points) Who am I dating right now: (5 Points) Name of one of my favourite books: (5 Points) What is my natural hair colour: (5 Points) What is my worst habit: (5 Points on creativity) If I were stranded on a desert island, what would I bring: I'll reply with your score once it's marked. SCORING 80-90 Points: Stalker Extraordinaire 70-79 Points: Hard-Working Stalker 40-69 Points: Decent Stalker 20-39 Points: Stalker-In-Training 00-19 Points: Crappy Stalker or New Stalker (10 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, May 29th, 2006
4:49 am	I've moved! I planned to move to a new blog after the exams, so now that everything's set up and in perfect working order, I now proudly present the link to my new blog: http://www.shiseiten.net/frooperyfroop (alternatively, http://shiseiten.net/frooperyfroop works as well). Finally, I can make my own layouts! (<---- that was the main reason for my moving. :p) Although technically I won't actually be completely abandoning this blog. I'll probably be still using it to post entries, but only private ones which no one will be able to see anyway, so in effect it'd be as if this blog is really abandoned since no new entries will seem to be popping up on it. And since practically everyone on my friends list for this blog can't remember their passwords for their livejournal accounts, I'd probably rarely, if ever, post any friends-locked entries anyway. :p Also, since I sometimes use this account to comment on friends' blogs (though definitely not as much as I should!), I don't think I'll ever really totally delete this blog. (And oh no, it has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that I'm a packrat. No, not at all. :p) So yes, in the future, please head on over to http://shiseiten.net/frooperyfroop please! That is, if I don't end up boring anyone away due to my long-winded rambles and rants. *grin* Current Mood: Satisfied (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, May 20th, 2006
12:09 am	Re: The sudden blogging mania Speaking of which, since everyone keeps mentioning how it seems almost as if the sky is falling down because I've been blogging so much the past couple of days, I think it's not just the fact that blogging's cathartic and that it's exam period now. Though, of course, it's a big factor. :p I think the other reason why is that I previously kept having this idea that I had to blog long big entries of whatever I had done that day, or that I should only blog about stuff that would be interesting or thoughtful or whatever, and the thought of doing that bored me. (In fact, I have so many half-finished entires that I never posted precisely because of this reason. -_-) It's like, I was almost seeing blogging as a chore that should be done, rather than something I did because I liked. But for some reason, I recently re-realised that I should just blog whenever I felt like and about whatever I felt like. Such a simple realisation really, but it's worked. Though I have to wonder whether it's a good thing that it's come at a time when I really should be dilligently preparing for my exams. *laughs* In any case, I DO eventually intend to one day post a couple of massive entries on the stuff that happened ever since I came to study at Nottingham, which I never bothered posting before since I was just too bored and lazy to do so. :p (Yes, I actually have so much to blog about. 0_o) But I'm not going to set any deadlines for myself or whatever, since I think that by adopting the idea that I had to do that, it just put me off the idea of blogging even more. I shall just take it free and easy and maybe even just resort to writing little lists of stuff that's happened if I think the incidences are too small to warrant an entry of their own. And before anyone points out that it seems as if I'm making myself obligated to type out these posts again, I don't think it's really like that - rather, I've always wanted to write about these things, since I definitely want to be able to have these memories to look back on and reminisce about - human memory has so many failings, after all. It's just that instead of making it seem as if I HAVE to write about them, it's going to be more of, I definitely want to write about them sometime or other, but I can do it whenever I feel like it without any sense of assigning myself to a task. It's interesting what a change in mindset can do, isn't it? :p Current Mood: Enlightened (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, May 19th, 2006
11:46 pm	03A11 tribute :) Been reading through the emails that my classmates have been sending around recently in an attempt to arrange a class outing, and all I have to say is: I really, really love my (ex-)class. :D There are so many reasons why that it's almost impossible to finish listing them all, but there wouldn't be much point to this entry if I didn't try, so here goes: 1) The fact that we're never too occupied with acting all grown-up up and mature to ever jeopardise our sense of fun. Like all the times we did silly things like play Concentration on the MRT/outside the HC Auditorium without caring who would be looking at us, or the times when we would try to drive our GP teacher crazy (all in good fun, of course. *winks*), the numerous (lame) running jokes that we would all come up with (I really need to compile a list sometime soon and post it on the 03A11 blog. :p), and the fact that we're all so eager to go visit the ZOO. (*glares at a certain Nottingham friend who was horrified at the idea of going to the Singapore zoo* [Though she'll probably never see this since she doesn't read this blog anyway. :p]) 2) How everyone in the class has such a distinct personality. And it all shows through our emails/blog entries! 3) Despite the fact that everyone's split up and gone to different schools/the army, everyone's still so willing to meet up for class outings. 4) That we manage to always have so much fun at our class outings - even though we may not have seen each other in ages, it's still so easy to just click with everyone again and chat away to our heart's content. And er, yeah, ok, so 4 doesn't sound like very many reasons... but that's just me being inadequate in being able to think of enough reasons, since I'm sure there are plenty more, I just can't think of them at the moment. :p Speaking of which, I dunno whether it's because I'm so bored out of my mind from exam preparation or just because of the overwhelming-ness of the warm and fuzzy feeling of nostalgia I got when I was reading the emails, but I'm suddenly struck with the crazy idea to make a 03A11 website. 0_o Is that a crazy idea? Right now it doesn't seem so to me, but maybe it's just because I'm in a weird state of mind. I need objective opinions on this matter, people! :p Current Mood: Warm and fuzzy (Comment on this)
Thursday, May 18th, 2006
7:56 pm	*throws confetti* Whoo hoo! The nightmare that is Consti is finally over! And gone for good! (Hopefully... if I don't have to take a re-sit, but that's the worst case scenario which I hope doesn't happen. 0_o) I think I did pretty ok, but I'm never again going to use my "Oh, I thought it was ok..." instincts to ever judge my exams ever again after the disaster last semester. At least this time round I roughly knew what the examiners wanted and didn't end up just describing cases. Though my attempts to pace myself semi-worked, I still ended writing about only one and a half pages worth for the Human Rights question... and one and a half pages is crazily little. -_- And even though I remember my Contract lecturer once saying that the average length he expected people to write was three and a half pages, I think I probably only averaged at least two and a half pages per question. And my handwriting ain't that tiny. >_< But then... who cares! It's over! *dances* Now all that's left for me to do is Contract and Tort... that and pray daily to the exam gods that I manage to pass everyone of my exams and don't have to take a re-sit. *grin* Current Mood: Cheerful (3 Comments |Comment on this)
6:12 am	Exam stress The exam stress is hitting me in waves. Not even waves - veritable tsunamis, they probably are. Now I can totally understand why some people would feel like committing suicide from the pre-exam stress. Rest assured, though, that of course I'm not dumb enough to want to kill myself. Dumb, yes, just not dumb enough to take my own life. I do know that life has so much more to offer. It's just that it certainly doesn't seem like at present, but it'll (hopefully) get better once the dreaded Consti exam is over. Consti = academic death for me, since not only was it not examined last semester (aka I didn't actually revise for it unlike Tort and Contract), it's also the module I find most boring and difficult. Although after tomorrow I'll still have two more exams to go, I'm nearly quite sure it won't be as bad as the stress I'm feeling right now, since I've probably revised more for those two topics. (Though just try asking me how I feel before those two exams - who knows, I may be even more inclined to pull my hair out then than now.) But yes, again, I have no one to blame but myself for wasting so much time procrastinating. >_< Am currently sniffing a cup of Cinnamon and Spiced Apple tea (made from teabags given to me by Ying; I don't have my own) like a crazed glue-sniffer. Hopefully its sweet scent will perk me up, as well as its supposed ability to calm one's nerves as proclaimed on the cover of the green box it came in. (Smart move - green's supposed to be a calming colour). Those of you who know can probably tell how desperate I am; I hardly ever drink tea, let alone coffee, of which I drank a little at dinner in an attempt to get some caffeine into my system despite the fact that I hate the bitter taste of coffee. Also tried to buy a can of red bull, but the hall bar ran out - guess that's how much studying people have been doing, eh? If only I had been as diligent. *shuffles off to do more brain-cramming (Blogging is cathartic)* Current Mood: EXCEEDINGLY stressed (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 16th, 2006
9:45 pm	Background: I found out that I get into petulant moods when the whether is horrible - I basically get really grouchy and complainy and keep having mini-tantrums. And so now we have an extract from a conversation with my friends yesterday, when the weather was absolutely DREADFUL, to illustrate the effects of my bad-weather-bad-mood syndrome - though since I edited it to cut out all the non-bad-mood-related stuff, I realise I totally cut out two of my friends from the conversation so that it seems as if I was really only talking to one person. :p ( RAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRR ) Also, a friend brought this to my attention (Although I noticed it before, I never bothered to make a note about it since I thought it wasn't important) - when reading my entries that are posted when I'm in Nottingham, make sure to minus off 7 hours, since my computer's clock is still on Singapore time. When I'm posting from Singapore, the timing is fine. :) In other news, I dreamt last night of C's dogs - Sasha, Coco and Summer. And there was another beautiful golden retriever as well who looked exactly like Sandi but I knew it wasn't. And when I played with him in my dream, I kept crying since I knew it wasn't him even though I wanted it so much to be. Isn't it odd how I can't (and could never) cry about it in real life, but only in dreams? (Though I remember being relieved in the dream that I could cry, since one of my greatest fears is that I'm a heartless being who won't cry if anyone I love ever dies.) I'm just weird like that. Current Mood: Sad and guilty (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, May 12th, 2006
11:04 pm	Erratic English weather indeed. Within the space of about 3-4 hours, we've had absolutely gorgeous sun, rain, wonderful sun again, and very then heavy rain, in that order. And the rain showers have all lasted like what, 10 minutes each? I think I'm turning into a Britisher... talking about the weather has become a common occurence. :p (And before you start on me, Mary - No, I'm NOT belittling British people, British weather, or even Britain itself; I'm just stating the facts as is. :D) *runs off to escape Mary's wrath and hopefully to do some productive studying* Current Mood: Bemused (1 Comment |Comment on this)
10:51 pm	October Baby One more me thingy before I go off to study... *sighZ* 1. Pick your birth month. 2. Strike out anything that doesn't apply to you. 3. Bold the five-ten that best apply to you. 4. Copy to your own journal, with all intact twelve months following. OCTOBER: Loves to chat. (My mom likes to tell people how my brother used to yell at my sis and I to shut up because he said we talked too much...) Loves those who loves them. Loves to take things at the center. Inner and physical beauty. (I wish.) Lies but doesn't pretend. Gets angry often. Treats friends importantly. (At least I'd like to think I do...) Always making friends. (Not sure if this applies to me - since although I do try to talke to people, I don't necessarily go out of my way to become good friends with them.) Easily hurt but recovers easily. (Although I may not be able to completely forget it [I unfortunately have an elephant's memory when it comes to embarrassing/unpleasant incidences in my life], but at least the sting goes away and I can function properly after a day or two.) Daydreamer. Opinionated. (Although not always if I can't decide which side I want to stand on. But when I chose a side, it's very hard to convince me otherwise. :p) Does not care of what others think. (Although I'm trying! ^_^) Emotional. Decisive. (Hahahahah! Like real.) Strong clairvoyance. (Thank god not.) Loves to travel, the arts and literature. Touchy and easily jealous. Concerned. Loves outdoors. Just and fair. Spendthrift. Easily influenced. (EXCEEDINGLY SO. *cough* Cheryl, remember the grapes thing? :p) Easily loses confidence. (This goes without saying) Loves children. (Although I'm not good with them... I wish I was. *sigh*) JANUARY: Stubborn and hard-hearted. Ambitious and serious. Loves to teach and be taught. Always looking at people's flaws and weaknesses. Likes to criticize nyahahahahar. Hardworking and productive. Smart, neat and organized. Sensitive and has deep thoughts. Knows how to make others happy. Quiet unless excited or tensed. Rather reserved. Highly attentive. Resistant to illnesses but prone to colds. Romantic but has difficulties expressing love. Loves children. Loyal. Has great social abilities yet easily jealous. Very stubborn and money cautious. FEBRUARY: Abstract thoughts. Loves reality and abstract. Intelligent and clever. Changing personality. Attractive. Sexy. Temperamental. Quiet, shy and humble. Honest and loyal. Determined to reach goals. Loves freedom. Rebellious when restricted. Loves aggressiveness. Too sensitive and easily hurt. Gets angry really easily but does not show it. Dislikes unnecessary things. Loves making friends but rarely shows it. Daring and stubborn. Ambitious. Realizes dreams and hopes. Sharp. Loves entertainment and leisure. Romantic on the inside not outside. Superstitious and ludicrous. Spendthrift. Tries to learn to show emotions. MARCH: Attractive personality. Sexy. Affectionate. Shy and reserved. Secretive. Naturally honest, generous and sympathetic. Loves peace and serenity. Sensitive to others. Loves to serve others. Easily angered. Trustworthy. Appreciative and returns kindness. Observant and assesses others. Revengeful. Loves to dream and fantasize. Loves traveling. Loves attention. Hasty decisions in choosing partners. Loves home decors. Musically talented. Loves special things. Moody. APRIL: Active and dynamic. Decisive and hasty but tends to regret. Attractive and affectionate to oneself. Strong mentality. Loves attention. Diplomatic. Consoling, friendly and solves people's problems. Brave and fearless. Adventurous. Loving and caring. Suave and generous. Emotional. Aggressive. Hasty. Good memory. Moving. Motivates oneself and others. Sickness usually of the head and chest. Sexy in a way that only their lover can see. MAY: Stubborn and hard-hearted. Strong-willed and highly motivated. Sharp thoughts. Easily angered. Attracts others and loves attention. Deep feelings. Beautiful physically and mentally. Firm Standpoint. Needs no motivation. Easily consoled. Systematic (left brain). Loves to dream. Strong clairvoyance. Understanding. Sickness usually in the ear and neck. Good imagination. Good physical. Weak breathing. Loves literature and the arts. Loves traveling. Dislike being at home. Restless. Not having many children. Hardworking. High spirited. Spendthrift. JUNE: Thinks far with vision. Easily influenced by kindness. Polite and soft-spoken. Having ideas. Sensitive. Active mind. Hesitating, tends to delay. Choosy and always wants the best. Temperamental. Funny and humorous. Loves to joke. Good debating skills. Talkative. Daydreamer. Friendly. Knows how to make friends. Able to show character. Easily hurt. Prone to getting colds. Loves to dress up. Easily bored. Fussy. Seldom shows emotions. Takes time to recover when hurt. Brand conscious. Executive. Stubborn. JULY: Fun to be with. Secretive. Difficult to fathom and to be understood. Quiet unless excited or tensed. Takes pride in oneself. Has reputation. Easily consoled. Honest. Concerned about people's feelings. Tactful. Friendly. Approachable. Emotional temperamental and unpredictable. Moody and easily hurt. Witty and sparkly. Not revengeful. Forgiving but never forgets. Dislikes nonsensical and unnecessary things. Guides others physically and mentally. Sensitive and forms impressions carefully. Caring and loving. Treats others equally. Strong sense of sympathy. Wary and sharp. Judges people through observations. Hardworking. No difficulties in studying. Loves to be alone. Always broods about the past and the old friends. Likes to be quiet. Homely person. Waits for friends. Never looks for friends. Not aggressive unless provoked. Prone to having stomach and dieting problems. Loves to be loved. Easily hurt but takes long to recover. AUGUST: Loves to joke. Attractive. Suave and caring. Brave and fearless. Firm and has leadership qualities. Knows how to console others. Too generous and egoistic. Takes high pride in oneself. Thirsty for praises. Extraordinary spirit. Easily angered. Angry when provoked. Easily jealous. Observant. Careful and cautious. Thinks quickly. Independent thoughts. Loves to lead and to be led. Loves to dream. Talented in the arts, music and defense. Sensitive but not petty. Poor resistance against illnesses. Learns to relax. Hasty and trusty. Romantic. Loving and caring. Loves to make friends. SEPTEMBER: Suave and compromising. Careful, cautious and organized. Likes to point out people's mistakes. Likes to criticize. Stubborn. Quiet but able to talk well. Calm and cool. Kind and sympathetic. Concerned and detailed. Loyal but not always honest. Does work well. Very confident. Sensitive. Good memory. Clever and knowledgeable. Loves to look for information. Must control oneself when criticizing. Able to motivate oneself. Understanding. Fun to be around. Secretive. Loves leisure and traveling. Hardly shows emotions. Tends to bottle up feelings. Very choosy, especially in relationships. Systematic. OCTOBER: Loves to chat. Loves those who loves them. Loves to take things at the center. Inner and physical beauty. Lies but doesn't pretend. Gets angry often. Treats friends importantly. Always making friends. Easily hurt but recovers easily. Daydreamer. Opinionated. Does not care of what others think. Emotional. Decisive. Strong clairvoyance. Loves to travel, the arts and literature. Touchy and easily jealous. Concerned. Loves outdoors. Just and fair. Spendthrift. Easily influenced. Easily loses confidence. Loves children. NOVEMBER: Has a lot of ideas. Difficult to fathom. Thinks forward. Unique and brilliant. Extraordinary ideas. Sharp thinking. Fine and strong clairvoyance. Can become good doctors. Dynamic in personality. Secretive. Inquisitive. Knows how to dig secrets. Always thinking. Less talkative but amiable. Brave and generous. Patient. Stubborn and hard-hearted. If there is a will, there is a way. Determined. Never give up. Hardly becomes angry unless provoked. Loves to be alone. Thinks differently from others. Sharp-minded. Motivates oneself. Does not appreciate praises. High-spirited. Well-built and tough. Deep love and emotions. Romantic. Uncertain in relationships. Homely. Hardworking. High abilities. Trustworthy. Honest and keeps secrets. Not able to control emotions. Unpredictable. DECEMBER: Loyal and generous. Sexy. Patriotic. Active in games and interactions. Impatient and hasty. Ambitious. Influential in organizations. Fun to be with. Loves to socialize. Loves praises. Loves attention. Loves to be loved. Honest and trustworthy. Not pretending. Short tempered. Changing personality. Not egoistical. Take high pride in oneself. Hates restrictions. Loves to joke. Good sense of humor. Logical. Current Mood: Sian (2 Comments |Comment on this)
10:42 pm	I really should be studying, shouldn't I? Taken from Tiff's blog: Place an X by all the things you’ve done, or remove the X from the ones you have not, and send it to all of your friends, including me! Use copy and paste not forward. ( ) Smoked a cigarette (X) Drank so much you threw up (Ugh, never again, man!) ( ) Crashed a friend's car ( ) Had your car crashed by someone other than yourself. ( ) Stolen a car ( ) Been in love ( ) In love now ( ) Been dumped ( ) Been laid off/fired ( ) Quit your job ( ) Been in a fist fight (1/2X) Snuck out of your parent's house (Not really counted since I got permission from my sis. :p) ( ) Had feelings for someone and confessed ( ) Had feelings for someone and stayed anonymous ( ) Been arrested ( ) Gone on a blind date ( ) Ditch your date cause he/she is crap (X) Lied to a friend (X) Skipped school (Though with the appropriate parent's letter... so maybe that doesn't really count?) ( ) Seen someone die ( ) Been to Paris ( ) Been to Mexico ( ) Been to more than 10 countries (Only 9 so far I can think of: Malaysia , America, UK, Australia, China, Spain, Portugal, Indonesia [Bali], Thailand... dunno if there are any more. :x) (X) Been on a plane (X) Been lost (X) Been on the opposite side of the country (Er, I hail from Singapore... it's not too hard. ^_^;;) (X) Gone to Washington, DC (X) Swam in the ocean (At Sentosa... though does that really count as Ocean? :p) ( ) Cried yourself to sleep ( ) Played cops and robbers ( ) Recently colored with crayons (X) Sang karaoke (X) Paid for a meal with only coins (X) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't (X) Made prank phone calls (X) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose (Milk. And the smell lingered... -_-) ( ) Caught a snowflake on your tongue ( ) Danced in the rain ( ) Written a letter to Santa Claus ( ) Been kissed under the mistletoe ( ) Watched the sun rise with someone you care about (X) Blown bubbles ( ) Made a bonfire on the beach ( ) Slept on a beach ( ) Crashed a party (X) Gone roller-skating (X) Gone ice-skating (X) Played truth or dare ( ) Kissed a stranger ( ) Place a bet on a guy/girl ( ) Cheated on someone you care about (X) Lived by yourself (If living in Uni dorms counts...) ( ) Missed rent ( ) Got evicted Man, I'm really boring, aren't I? 0_o Current Mood: Bored (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 26th, 2006
9:02 pm	Amazon Wow. I'm totally amazed at the customer service at Amazon.co.uk. I was initially quite annoyed with them since there was a really long delay with my order of the Only the Ringer Finger Knows novel - it had been a month or so after the first delivery estimate date and it still hadn't come (it wasn't even dispatched yet), and it was 8 days after their revised delivery date when I finally got annoyed enough to email them about this yesterday. And lo and behold, the very next day I get a really long, very polite letter from them, AND a complimentary 5pd gift certificate for me to use on my next order. Is that cool or is that cool? :p Well, they certainly know how to manipulate their customers properly, because I've definitely been suckered into ordering stuff from them next time. *grin* Not that I was planning on totally shunning them (since there are some other upcoming novels I'd like to buy that I wouldn't be able to buy anywhere except online), but at least they've managed to successfully soothe my ruffled feathers and even make me impressed with them. All this just makes me think - if only customer service in Singapore was ever this good. :x Ying, if you're readng this, thanks so much for advising me to email Amazon to heckle them about my order. :p Current Mood: Impressed (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, April 25th, 2006
4:15 am	Module registration is a pain... Just found out that although my Law school wants me to confirm my list of modules for 2nd year by 5th May (reminder: Mom's birthday!), the Language Centre can't confirm a place for me on their Japanese module until before the beginning of the first term of 2nd year since they want to give priority to returner students who've taken their language classes before. >_< *resists the urge to roll around the ground kicking and screaming* While I can still sign up for the Japanese module, it's still such a bummer since it means there's a possibility that I might not be able to get the place. And I was really counting on getting it since not only do I really want to improve my Japanese (or what little there is of it), I was also hoping that taking it could help pull up my grades so that it might be a little easier for me to get my 2-1. *sigh* And now I need to either (1) try and ask around to see if I can put down other external modules for my reserve module options (which may possibly be a no, since I'm thinking the other offering school may not be willing to offer places for reserve modules only), or (2) Just put myself down for law options for my reserve options. (1) is annoying because I HATE writing official type letters, even if it's just an email, AND I also have to find out who in the first place I have to ask (since I have no idea), plue the fact that I'll need to look for what other modules I can possibly apply for, which means looking through a list of possible modules to find one I find interesting. (2) Is the easier option, but since law modules are so much work and are generally much harder to score in, it means I can't put my "pull up my grades" plan into action. *sigh* Decisions, decisions... I guess the only thing to do to reassure myself is remember the fact that I had a law senior who was able to take Japanese... although since intakes may vary from year to year (i.e. there may be more students this year who want to do Japanese), it's not much comfort. I can only hope that this turns out to be one of those situations where it turns out I'd have been worrying for nothing and everything works out in the end. Since I'd rather waste the time worrying now and get what I want in the future. >_ Current Mood: Annoyed (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, April 24th, 2006
11:07 am	Back in Nottingham! Just got back in the UK yesterday around 6am, and reached Nottingham around 11am or so... surprisingly I don't feel very jetlagged! Granted, I was feeling rather sleepy yesterday so I went to bed at 9.45pm (0_o!), then woke up at 8am (FOR A LECTURE THAT WAS CANCELLED!!!!! *sniffles*), so maybe that helps since it's started me on the path to a rather "regular" sleeping schedule. More regular than my usual/ideal one, anyway, which would have me sleeping at like 2-4am and then waking up at like 12 noon. :p In any case, am using the time period now between that cancelled lecture and the next one which is at 12pm to do my usual gargantuan task of commenting on my friends' blogs, since as usual I've been neglecting them terribly and have tons of entries to update myself on my friends' lives. That I've probably been at this for close to 2 hours (or perhaps even more!) is testament to the fact that I have a LOT of catching up to do. :p As for the status of my own blog... *laughs nervously* I've given up on ever promising to update sometime soon since I'm always a big fact LIAR when it comes to that (though not on purpose, let me assure you... just a even bigger and fatter LAZY BUM. :p), and I have yet to finish that really humongous entry on Hwa Chong Night (which was like, more than 2 months ago? -_-) since I got bored from all the typing. :p Maybe that's my problem with blogging - I always want to have these huge long entries, especially since I ramble on so much, but then after a point the rambling gets to me and I get bored of writing any further. :p So maybe I shall try to change my tactic and just post short little entries as and when I feel like, rather than seeing it as a "chore" to have to chronicle my daily exploits. In any case, I'm sure not that many people are THAT interested in every single itsy-bitsy detail as to what happens in my life. :p But er, no promises on that either, ok? Since I know if I formally make a promise, it's bound to get broken sooner or later by the lazy bum that I am. :p p/s Lovely spring weather! p/p/s I don't want to studyyyyyyyyyyyy......... *weeps* Current Mood: Accomplished (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 19th, 2006
11:38 pm	Parents really should learn to close the door to the room they're in when talking about their children at the top of their voices. (Though come to think of it, sometimes it wouldn't really help since they talk so loudly their voices can be heard through the door anyway.) Current Mood: Ambivalent (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, January 30th, 2006
8:31 pm	Dear Darling DYDCT (Look! Alliteration! :p) Oh, my dear darling DYDCT... I was just looking at our silly Swenson's spoons-on-noses videos and it made me laugh SO hard... and it also made me realise how much I miss you guys. *sigh* I love how we're all not afraid to act silly and have fun without caring what other people thiink of us. Let's hope we never, ever grow too old and jaded. Anyway, if you guys want the files, tell me and I'll send it to you via msn since they're really huge. Or if msn doesn't work, I can always try uploading it to yousendit for you guys to download. Give me a buzz - this is also a ploy to see whether you guys have been keeping up with my blog. :p Since if you don't read this entry, you don't get the videos. *cackles evilly* Current Mood: Nostalgic (7 Comments |Comment on this)
3:15 pm	Back to School Lessons have finally resumed! *sigh* Well, at least exams are over... we just learnt today that we'll be getting our exam results back on 9th Feb, so that's a day to mark on my calender (which has the most adorable pictures of golden retriever puppies on it, by the way), as well as a day to dread. *shudders in fear* Speaking of exams, though, I just have to say this - although I'm not a particularly superstitious person, it was amusing to note that I had some pretty bad omens even before the exams started. :p First off, for my first exam which was Tort, my seat my number was 444. Which in Chinese sounds a lot like "Die die die". >_<;; And if that weren't enough, my seat number for my second and final exam, contract, was 499. But why, you say? Isn't 499 better than good ol' "Die die die" at least? Uh uh, no way, because 499 sounds like something that goes along the lines of "Die for a very very long time". -_- So yes, I'm sure I'll be eagerly awaiting my exam results, hm? *grin* Anyway, today's schedule was kind of annoying - I had lectures at 9am, 12pm, and then I'm going to have one later at 5pm. >_< I'd much rather have a schedule where the lectures are all over and done with earlier than have one where all the lectures are so spread out that I have to keep shuttling back and forth between my room and my lectures. *sigh* But well, at least the 5pm lectures will only last for the first couple of weeks - they're just meant to help speed up what we're learning so that we can go on to tutorials soon. As for the rest of my timetable, the lessons are all pretty spread out as well... I much, MUCH prefer last semester's timetable than this semester's. -_- So far I've met two of my new lecturers - think I still have one or two more new lecturers upcoming. I've also got two new tutors, since two of my tutors left after the christmas hols (one will be dearly missed [he actually wrote a Donoghue v Stevenson song and sang it to us during lecture! :p], while the other was more of the "good riddance!" type. *grin*), but I don't know who they'll be yet. Tutorials don't start until a couple of weeks later so they haven't informed us yet. An interesting incident happened during our first Tort lecture for this semester too. Our Tort lecturer's basically this guy who's the amusing type who seems to be deadly serious all the time even when he's joking so that sometimes you can't tell whether he's telling a joke or not. :p So anyway, halfway through our Tort lecture, we suddenly hear some random guy mumbling over the intercom, and suddenly this song starts playing. Everyone's really amused, of course, and then the lecturer goes, "Does anyone know who that guy is?" Normally, one would think that he wanted to know who the prankster was, but instead he continued, "Do you know who's the guy singing the song?" *grin* And to top it all off, after a coupld of seconds of the song, when the guy mumbled something else over the intercom, probably something like, "And now to continue", the lecturer called out to the speaker, "No thanks please." *grin* And then went on to switch off the intercom with a flourish and ramble on about how he thought the singer was pretty good but the song wasn't to quote him, his "cup of tea". *grin* Guess he belies his stiff upper lip appearance after all. :p In any case, let me end of this entry with a quote from that oddball lecturer: "And so the claimant developed pneumoconiosis, where pneumoconiosis is spelt 'deadly.lung.disease'." (Trust me, it's much funnier when he says it. :p) Current Mood: Tired (Comment on this)
2:32 pm	Am I that untrustworthy? Is it because I've failed so many times before? I know I've always been a disappointment; I was hoping that this time could prove to be a fresh start. I was hoping I could change, and step out of those shadows. I was hoping I could be a new me and learn to stop hating the person I am. The intensity of hatred I have for myself terrifies me sometimes; I was hoping I could learn to overcome that. I was hoping I could come to like myself somewhat. But why is it that my resolutions to change never seem to work out? It seems almost as if before the resolution is left to stand on its own two feet, it's already been carelessly stepped on and kicked aside. I'm still that caterpillar caught in a cocoon of impernetrable silk. I can't fight my way out - or rather, I'm not good enough to fight my way out. There'll be no butterfly this time, nor the next, nor ever. Why is it that everything I've ever done, or tried to do, I've done wrong? I guess I'm not good enough. Current Mood: Cried out (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, January 22nd, 2006
12:22 am	*feels accomplished* Just came back from the library with Ying (and Petra whom we met in the library and who joined us) - we booked a group study room for about three hours to study in. And I'm glad we did! It was really conducive for studying since it was so quiet... as compared to yesterday when Ying and I tried to go to the Sherwood Hall library to study but there was a bunch of extremely NOISY and INCONSIDERATE boys who kept making tons of noise - ranging from talking loudly to singing to watching videos on their handphones with the volume turned up really loud. -_- Really felt like screaming at them to shut up. But oh well, at least I had my trusty iPod with me to block out the sound. (More like my sister's iPod, but whatever. :p) Although some noise still filtered in even when I was using the iPod; THAT'S how loud they were being. *sigh* But anyway! I finally understand what Promissory Estoppel is! *dances* It's this law thing that has been giving me SO much trouble ever since it was first introduced to us - when the lecturer lectured on it, I didn't understand. When my tutor tutored on it, I didn't understand. When I read the notes, I STILL didn't understand. (Since they weren't very comprehensive) But finally after reading the textbook, I understood. And technically I only got it on the second time reading the textbook since the first time round I tried reading it to understand it so that I could see if it would come in useful for that ungraded contract essay I did awhile back before the hols, but it was so confusing I gave up. So at least this time round, after many hurdles, I've finally got it. *feels proud of herself* But then again, when I look at how much more stuff I have to cram in today and tomorrow before the exam on Monday, I feel somewhat discouraged. >_< Well, at least I'm STUDYING a few days before the exam as compared to only studying the day before. :p 2 more days to freedom! (At least for one week until lectures start... but just let me delude myself awhile longer. *grin*) Current Mood: Accomplished (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, January 19th, 2006
12:05 am	One exam down, another one to go! First, as an aside: Eurgh, there seriously must be someone on my block's level who has the ability to produce the stinkiest poop smell EVER. And I say poop smell, since it's really weird - the cubicle which still had a pile of poop resting in the bottom (don't people FLUSH!?) didn't smell as bad as this other cubicle which smelt SO bad I nearly keeled over from the stink. Thankfully I managed to escaped to the third cubicle which, while still having that faint icky smile the toilets on my level always seem to have, at least doesn't stink to high heavens. (I bet you it's a guy, it just HAS to be. *makes a face*) And now on to the real purpose of this entry: Had my first Law exam today (Tort)! Or maybe not with the exclamation mark, since it wasn't that great... it wasn't exactly bad, just not that great. So I'm actually trying to figure out whether it could be considered good or bad... maybe I should just stick with saying it was ok. :p But for interest's sake, and because I currently have lots of free time since I'm taking a break from studying (my brain has short-circuited from all that cramming I did yesterday), I thought I might as well write out a short list of pros and cons to see if I can consider it good, bad, or ok... Pros 1) I actually knew what to write. A rarity when it comes to me since I never seem to retain information in my brain unless I read it the day before. (Which I guess is the case this time round since I seriously crammed like no tomorrow yesterday. Brain breakage! >_<) 2) I actually managed to write out workable essay plans in about 10 minutes. Which is good since I usually spend too much time on essay plans and not enough time on writing. 3) I managed to remember some relevant cases - was afraid I might forget those, especially since I have tons of case names swimming around my head and may have mixed them up! 4) I managed to write almost non-stop. As compared to in previous exams where I sometimes blank out or take too long to think of how to phrase something. Cons 1) Essay plans or not, I still had no time to finish writing. 2) I may have wasted too much time writing a couple of unrelated paragraphs and which caused me to have less time to write what I really wanted to write. 3) I think I waffled too much. 4) I'm not sure if I gave too little detail regarding the cases. It also seemed like I was writing a lot without enough cases to back up my points. Hm, so it seems like a tie? And trust me, that wasn't intentional. :p So maybe I should just cross my fingers and hope all goes well... I'm hoping for at least a 2-2 for this paper, though of course I'd really rather have a 2-1... (And no way it'll be a 1st. I know my own abilities, thank you very much. :p) Oh well, at least it's over. Now I only have Contract to worry about... and worry about it I will indeed, since I think my contract's actually not as good as my tort. But for now... BREAK! Think I'll use this time to reply emails and comment on friends' blogs - I have a ton of catching up to do. >_< (p/s It may sound really weird saying this NOW after one whole TERM of doing law, but while studying yesterday I actually had an epiphany - I actually DO quite like law. I'm not so sure I like it as much as I do Lit, but at least I don't hate it either... I like reading about it, at least, since it's quite interesting to see that law can't totally be isolated by itself and sometimes a lot of political and economic concepts make their way in deciding the outcome of cases. Although I'll admit those stirrings of dislike do get aroused in me whenever I'm forced to read all those long-winded cases. >_<) Current Mood: Short-circuited Brain (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, January 13th, 2006
4:15 am	Received an email from my mom informing me that Sandi passed away yesterday. Again, as with my grandma's death a few years ago, I'm not quite sure what I feel. What do people normally feel when they receive the news of a death that concerns them? Am I abnormal to be feeling so emotionally frozen right now? I don't even know whether what I'm feeling is sadness, or resignation, or just nothing. Ironically, just this afternoon I was talking to one of my friends about how much I regretted spending so little time with Sandi and was hoping that he'd still be there when I went back in June so that I could make up for lost time. On hindsight, I think I actually knew deep down inside that that wouldn't be possible, but was trying to convince myself it was since I felt guilty for neglecting him so much. Why is it that every time a death affects me, the one thing I come to realise is that I have nothing but regret that I never spent enough time with that person/pet? Why am I so self-centred that I never bother to pay attention to those so close to me? It seems the older I get, the more and more I unearth parts of me that I hate. Current Mood: Unknown (5 Comments |Comment on this)