Reverse Luck

I'd just resigned myself to the fact that I'll be taking boring Cyber Security this semester by pinning my timetable on my noticeboard (I'd tried to delay it cos I thought it was like jinxing myself; like, if I printed out my timetable with CS in it, it'll be a confirmation that I'm taking the stupid course and I won't be able to swop to another elective), when I happened to log onto my planner and notice a couple of slots available in the elective of my first choice.

So now I'm free!!!!!

My new elective also has a pretty sucky timing but it's slightly better than CS. I'll have to go to school on Friday then, but who cares?

YAY!

HG Alert!!!

Oh. Em. Gee.

Today, someone made my day just by his mere presence and existence. Oh!!!!! Just last week I saw a hot guy from way back, then it hit me that the 1-year-older guys are now freshies! Gosh. I wasn't really excited cos that was just another hot guy. But today's was like, the only motivating factor that made me go to school 3 years ago!!! In year 2 I didn't even want to go to school at all because of his absence!!! Can you believe it?!

Ok I'm getting too old for this. :P It's probably my last sighting anyway. -nostalgic-

Anyway, last Friday I went to The Seafood International Market and Restaurant for dinner. It's at Playground @ Big Splash at East Coast Park. It's very nicely furbished, and the customer service is fantastic! They're mostly from China, but they're very attentive and will pour tea and change your plate promptly. We had drunken prawns, black pepper crabs, a fish-scallop-sticky-soup(geng) thing, and dou miao. And I totally forgot to take pictures cos they're so yummy, you want to eat them right away!

When you enter the restaurant, the entrance has lots of fish tanks and some produce bins. You can pick up a supermarket trolley and pick your own ingredients for the chef to cook, but it works out to be an extra $9 per dish. :P

There was a mini park thing where a girl was playing with a remote-controlled miniature tractor. Kinda cute. I saw a kid hopping around on Kangoo Jumps too! They're strange-looking contraptions that let you bounce and jog around with less impact.
And before I end, let me show you the cute keytopper Jo bought from HK! (I made a copy of my key just to fit this!)
So it's been a pretty good start to the 2nd week of school. (:

RAH RAH RAH

I'm quite pissed right now but I just received an sms from a similarly disgruntled friend which goes like: there's this irritating woman the seat behind her is empty and she refused to sit for more than a stop but when i wanted to sit she sat down.

HAHAHA.

So anyway I'm pissed because someone claims I owe her $$$ but I clearly remember I paid her cos that day I felt very sad about my empty wallet. So now I have no idea what to do, I know I'm gullible and I spend money like water and I don't keep track of my money and I've learnt my lesson. ;_; In future I will write down everything I spend on. (Yea right.)

And I'm pissed off cos I walked around school on this hot afternoon, still running a freaking fever, trying to photocopy a freaking book that everyone else already photocopied. But all the shops are either out to lunch or they're self-copiers which is totally crap cos I'm not gonna waste my time k. I mean, what's so difficult about just calling me and asking, yo, u wanna copy? Tsk.

Please excuse my rudeness. I'm sure when I get well I'll be in a nicer mood. Still, I have learnt some lessons today - the best person to watch my back is myself.

Ok I'm happy again! Tomorrow I have no lessons and I have found people to eat lunch and dinner with. Yay is me! :D For one day maybe, I can forget that I am in dire financial straits and with a crappy elective this semester...

Sickkk

I am down with a bad sore throat, raging headache and runny nose. (& I just realised I could have summarised the previous sentence into a short 'I have the flu'. Or a cold. I have no idea which is which lol.) Think it's cos of fright night. Shouted too many times. And I got groped by this guy, like wth. He's got nothing to grope anyway, haha!

I have decided against getting a single room. Once I put my keyboard in, I'll have no place to split and study on the floor. So I seriously hope I get a nice roomie.

Get well soon, me!

Lala

Went to this concert just now that my sister played for. She'll be playing for Turandot in late August. It's an opera and I've never been to one before, but the storyline sounds good.

Anyway, I really liked the programme notes on the Sibelius symphonies for tonight. They were the most poetic notes I've read thus far. :P I can't remember exactly, but they were made up of such stuff and fluff - 'shimmering strings', 'distant rumble of thunder by the timpani', 'earth, worms and heartache'. Oh, and let's not forget 'the most glorious celebration of C Major ever'. Like, EVER. I love visual descriptions though, they're so pretty.

And I went to Ballet Under the Stars on Friday. There was plenty of contemporary fare, which isn't a very good genre to start with if you're new to dance/ballet, but I really liked the choreography, especially the pendulum thing, where 2 people support this 3rd person who sways between them, held up by the arms.

I'll be away at hall orientation camp till Friday... We'll be spending 2 days at this stupid old Guides camp which I went to in Sec 3... I remember Tzu Wei stepped on a bee in the toilet and got stung... And I remember that camp was the first time I experienced a migraine (while I was being a patrol leader no less)... Happy memories... Please pray for me, I hope I survive it again. :P Good night!

A-string

I broke a violin string 2 days ago. Do you know how expensive violin strings are?! So being the el-cheapo that I am, I replaced it with a string from another old, neglected violin. :P Then I realised it's an A-string! And this is embarrassing but being the mildly OCD person that I am, I like to create my own superstitions and rituals and since it's an A-string, I decided to make it into a bracelet and like wear it to exams. (In the hope of getting an A -rolls eyes-)

And I also realised we have 2 extra shoulder rests at home. Damnnn!!! So I wasted my $$$ in getting a new one!!

Anyway I'm progressing quite well. My lessons are only a half hour each, which means I've only had 2.5 hours' worth of lessons, but I can already play the 5th piece from the Suzuki volume 1, and I only started the Suzuki on my 3rd lesson. My tone is not bad I think (i.e. the sound's not flat, and sounds pretty full), but I'm not sure if my technique is good. I suppose I'll go look for my great-uncle in December to let him check on my bowing technique. (He's really old which is why I didn't go to him for lessons, but he's supposed to be a good teacher; his daughter (my distant aunt) is the 1st-violin soloist type who is currently residing in America.)

Ok I'm going for lunch now -

Whee

This afternoon, I took my first trip on the LRT! It's exactly the same as the skytrain at the airport. -_-U

So we went to Min Li's house to play DDR on Shu Min's dance mat! She bought it from China and it cost only $6! Freaking cheap. Apparently her ex-China-teacher lost 7kg after playing it intensively for a week. WOW.

It was really fun, I got an A score ok!!! Hahaha!!! My mom had been wanting to get DDR since like 10 years ago when it first came out. Now I want it too!! It'll be great if we can play DDR in hall!!!

Speaking of hall, I realised Min Li's also without a roomie. We commiserated over the uncertainties of a future with an as-yet-unknown-roomie. Ah well. It'll be a good experience to live with a total stranger though, you know how they always say your college roomie will be your friend for life because you're in close proximity all the time and will know each other's secrets and stuff like that. Hmm. I think I'll be bringing my dad's travel rice pot along and Soph and ML and I can have a feast in hall sometime!!! (with heatable soup from The Soup Spoon, hahaha)

Anyway, yesterday's class outing was great!!! I had no idea XF would be back. I don't think I'll ever see her in Singapore again though. And I successfully recommended a VERY HOT GUY called MOCOMICHI to Miss Noo!!! Yes I totally get her taste - chao ta tanned skin, tall and ripped, with a nice, guai and obedient-looking face. HAHAHA. Oh and Shumin's totally in love with him as well. Spread the love!!! (gtg, I'm going to watch Pushing Daisies!!!)

Signing off,
Ambassador of the Fanclub for Universally Hot Guys