The first week just zoomed past like that. So un-frig-ging-believ-able.
Anyway today's topic revolves about the test of friendship. The many tribulations of friendships, the ups and downs, yada yada yada, one of them being birthdays.
Birthday: an important event that marks another year in one's age where one hopefully becomes older and wiser. An age-old tradition of celebrating time.
How many times have you had this thought: Crap what should I get for XYZ? What would he/she like? Huh. I don't know.... Can I just share (and save the trouble of racking my brains or have someone to blame when the intended gift doesn't have the desired effect)?
It's only until birthdays and it comes to buying a gift, you realize you don't really know your friend that well. Like, eh I thought I knew him/her better than that.
It's not like we still go along writing our likes/dislikes in diaries like in primary school, ending our short biographies with a quirky poem for your friend to remember you by. Like: roses are red violets are blue and fill in the next lines yourself.
Okay not like I have a bf. ): But I heard that line on the radio and I was like awesomee!!
Anyway. I feel like a stalker on fb. But its not my fault they were/are exhibitionists. 'nuff said man. I shouldn't have sounded so defensive. You know like you follow or (ahem stalk) certain people on fb, and through their photos and all you kinda get to know them but not really know them. Wouldn't it be a joke if one day you all crossed paths and like you said hey, and they're like do I know you. And you go like I saw all your photos on fb! And they go OMG stalker!! And ran off. Or called the police. This is what facebook does man. The 6 degree of separation? We are now all one single click away.
Speaking on the same note, THANK GOD for facebook and awesome honest people in NTU!! Lost or rather left my Coach wallet in lt1A after defence science lecture. I didn't even know I lost it till Lingmei told me on fb. Seriously, until now I can't figure out how it slipped out. I didn't even take it out. All I did was like take and bag and throw it on the ground, several times. Lingmei's friend(s) picked it up. I had all my ID inside so it was easy to find out who the wallet belonged to. The incredible thing was (not only were they honest) they were super uber ultra resourceful!! They facebook-ed me. Lol. And found a mutual friend who did the rest of the job by contacting me and returning it to me afterwards.
I had my IC, several credit cards, ATM, nets card, cash, matric card and various valuable stuffs and I'm really really grateful they found it and returned it to me. (: I wouldn't have know what to do otherwise. Replacing all those cards would be a goddamn chore.
I think I'm not gonna apply for INSTEP this sem. Wrong time wrong place. Need to pull up my gpa, and yr3 sem1 is out because I don't wanna spend my 21st alone in a foreign country no matter how glamorous that may be, and yr3 sem2 is kinda rushed for me cos I have my IA during the semester break, which means I gotta rush back to sg and the applying to companies thing? I wouldn't even be able to concentrate on playing/travelling/chilling/relaxing/doing what I want/enjoying my time in wherever I happened to be. So year 4 sem 1 it is. Meanwhile I'd do my compulsory mods and the ones that really interest me.
Feeling wayy too mellowed out for the second day of the new semester. I spent my morning listening to reminiscing music, playing wheel of fortune, thinking in general.
Whether Statistics was a right choice, whether to apply for INSTEP (ongoing thought), whether I can graduate in time, whether I can handle a workload of 22AUs consisting of 2 non examinable core modules that instead have plenty of projects, whether so many other things and what-ifs.
Oh did I forget to mention I've decided to skip school today? Lol seriously. One 1h lecture?! I spend 3x of that just to travel to and fro so thanks but no thanks.
Back to thinking. Reflecting. Staring into space. Zoning out. Thinking. (and the cycle repeats.)
Lecture-packed monday. Awesome. If I were a glutton for punishment that is. Which I'm not. At least I think I'm not. To be a closet GFP is so scary and just plain sadistic.
I'm pretty sure I'm gonna stick with what I've got though. Biz finance is kinda crucial for the minor, psych is for purely to satisfy interest, entrepreneurship is kinda a torture but a necessary evil being a core module and all. The E lecturer is quite good I suppose, the way he has all the facts about this and that, like wow, really impressed the hell out of me. He must memorize trivia in his spare time.
The Psychology 101 lecturer was surprising to say the least. He didn't speak with a Chinese accent, but I supposed 6 years of Chicago would do that do anybody. He showed this awesome video:
The agony of waiting. The kids version of Eve and the forbidden apple. I thought it was pretty cruel to subject them to the waiting. I for one would have prolly failed the fudge test. Chocolate is my one and only weakness. Lol. Apart from pride that is. Anyway. It kinda explains my low gpa. Because those who waited were reportedly the ones that would excel in their studies in the later stage. Something to do with self-discipline.
Biz finance was interesting enough. A good combi of maths and money. My fave. Hehe
Catching up on Chuck (long awaited) and Rapunzel and playing with the little cuzzies. Okay could have done without the latter to be perfectly honest, but awesome man.
Shopping again tmr. I'm starting to feel the perils of having a credit card. Can't believe I bought like almost hundred bucks of clothes when I went out with C on friday. It's like what he said every shop we/I went in to I bought something from. Love & other drugs is like the best m18 romance movie ever! Jake Gyllenhaal is hawt like crazy hawt. Yowsa. Although I'm sure I'm not the only female to think there was something fishy the way the director kept filming Anne Hathaway's boobs than the awesome hawtness of Jake. I loveeee just absolutely love their love confessions to each other.
The fact that they started off with just sex on the table but ended up with sooo much more. It's so envious. Also, the fact that Maggie was diagnosed with Parkinson's made it more real on top of Jamie's bone-deep yearning to not want to disappoint his parents and his eventual return to medical school. The last bit shown through the black and white film was the perfect touch.
Oh! Tried BFF (best fries forever) located at B1 of cine cathay for the first time and wooo it lived up to its name! Anyway.
Rapunzel is like one of the best ever romance-comedy animation film made! The songs not that great (The princess and the frog had better songs) but I just loveee Mandy Moore and Zachery Levi (who plays Chuck in Chuck)!! Their characters namely Rapunzel and Eugene were beautifully drawn and the lantern scene was simply awww.
Chuck s4e11 is like one of the best ever Chuck-epi to be written. Sarah and Chuck, finally getting ready for the next step, but of course something has to get it the way. Ah the things they do for love. That's why we love teevee of course, because we get vicarious thrills from watching.
Now I'm ready for school to start. To hit me with a dose of reality. From watching and reading too many happy endings for the past weeks. Timely.
You lift me up and knock me down. I'm never sure what to feel when you're around. I speak my heart but don't know why. Cause you don't never really say what's on your mind. It's like I'm walking on broken glass, I wanna know but I don't wanna ask. So say you love me or say you'll leave me, don't let the silence do the talking. So say you love me or you don't need me, don't let the silence do the talkingg. It's killing me.
GPA fell. Astronomy totally ruined me. wtf a frigging B-?!
Verra please with prob & stats I and biz law though. I aced the latter of course.
I'm so not apologizing for gloating. I need to gloat! To negate the sucky sinking disappointment for astrology. OMG I can't get over it. What the hell happened/.
This makes so much difference in my application for INSTEP. !@#$%
I wonder how the rest are doing though. Would I be a very bad person if. Better not finish the thought. I'm sure everyone has thought the same thing before. So nope not feeling guilty over thinking.
Crap. I'm so angst right now I don't feel like using the computer. That has never happened before.
Sucks to be sick, but I kinda figure it was about time. You know like the one or two times you get sick sick in a year. This is it for me.
So many decisions to make. Exchange - who when what and where.
I got reminded of the big four showdown in GG s4e8.
Nate Archibald, Charles Bass, Blair Waldorf, Serena Van der Woodsen v Juliet Sharp
Awesome. The way they stood up and covered for each other. Upper East Side belongs to them, bitches! Juliet Jenny and Vanessa, you're so going down. Little J should have learnt from her Lonelyboy brother and bury the hatchet. V you're just such a vindicative bitch.
Serena's situation is ever confusing ever since the start of Season 4. They should just have a 6some. Monogamy so doesn't suit them, well maybe except for Blair and Chuck. So a 4some btw Vanessa Serena Dan Nate. Since they all exchange partners and every now and then anyway. Lol I like how Blair and Chuck came back to each other, hate love passion sex grudges revenge but full circle at the end nevertheless. Love and hate being one line apart and etc.
She was walking around with a loaded shotgun Ready to fire me a hot one It went bang bang bang straight through my heart Although I could have walked away I stood my ground and let her spray She shot me she shot me bang bang she shot me She shot me she shot me bang bang she shot me She shot me she shot me bang bang she shot me She shot me she shot me Bang bang
Time is too slow for those who wait, Too swift for those who fear, Too long for those who grieve, Too short for those who rejoice. But for those who love, Time is eternity.
Eternity is often symbolized by the image of a snake or a dragon swallowing its own tail, known as Ouroboros (or Uroboros), though the symbol can also carry a number of other connotations.
The annual countdown party keeps getting later and later. Seriously, we shld just make it a tradition thang. Fireworks optional. Drinking compulsory.
ACM countdown was unexpectedly disappointing. Quickx2 Danger mmmm needs more than publicity. The human traffic afterwards was suffocating. Seriously dudes, squeezing in sooooo not cool.
Played the most tense donkey/old maid game ever just just. Stakes were just so frigging high and thankfully, I drew the last pair. I know gloating is bad and all but still... Hungry............
When are you supposed to make new year resolutions? Like before the new year arrives or ...? Anyway they're kind of pointless since I never make an extra effort to keep to it. It's like when Feb comes, everybody goes huh what new year resolutions. So instead of reflecting on 2010's accomplishments and regrets, I've decided to go with the wind. The wind goes where it wants to go it knows no boundaries and all...
There was this comic strip from some time ago. That really you know, gives comic release.
Val: "What is it about this time of the year, Phil?" Phil: "What do you mean?" V: "What about January makes me rethink my life?" P: "It's a new year, Val." V: "But... That's so artificial! What's so different about now, versus a month ago?The calendar gives our lives structure, it's purely psychological..." P: "But observing a new year gives us a sense of fresh start." V: "Right!!" P: "A huge, clean state." V: "But it's so intimidating!" P: "So... What are you going to do?" V: "Mess it up in a hurry so the pressure is off."
In retrospect, this year countdown partay was more like a slumber party than like a countdown party. We pretty much got home at 2AM and mac delivery came at abt 230, and everybody chilled in front of the SCV. Watched Taboo: Sex on Nat Geo; flipped channels during ads, MTV-ed, CSI-ed for a bit. Commenced game at abt 4-ish. Dudes, we totally only played for like 2h or so before everyone started leaving.
Breakfast then bed. Wake up, dinner and bed again. Happy 2011!
