The Smell of Freedom
I'm done with two-thirds of this mad marathon.
Today's paper: Assurance and Attestation (or more commonly known as Audit).
I knew it was gonna be tough, our tutor warned us about it. True enough, it is.
On to happier and more positive thoughts.
I have got enough people to form a relay team for the upcoming Singapore Triathlon 2005!!
This is very unexpected as it is a well known fact that all my girlies, except for SpunkIce, are all SPs ( Sports Phobic)! So all we need now is a reliable bike and we are off!
Now, there is a goal for me to work towards to and a strong motivation to train. What a good way to kick-start the new phase of my life!
So SpunkIce and Olive.P, we gotta get our butts cracking and start training for the event!!
We can start light, with the upcoming TNP Big Walk. Let's sign up for the competitive category lar....den we can walk bitchily and shake our booties!!
My bonfire essentials are slowly building up. In one corner of my room...they will soon be out of my sight!!!!
I jumped outta bed this morning for the paper. Didn't do up the bed and my room looked ransacked. Anyway, introducing my best companion at night, MR BUTTONS! 
Ok, back to my books. See the title of my exam paper on Wed written on the book? Keep me in your prayers yah. 0930 hrs. 
4 MORE DAYS
DJ Llihc
Song of the MOMENT (cos its not a regular week, nor day nor month that I change my songs!) is Beyond the Sea. Made famous by the movie Finding Nemo. This song was originally a French song called "La Mer" and it has been crooned by the jazz maestro Frank Sinatra and even mummy's ever charming Bobby Darin in the yesteryears.
Energised!
My run this morning was great. Nothing to boast of..just a humble 3km run.
Managed to get Tina the Talking Tummy to do some exercises with me. I did 89 sit ups...Couldn't round it off to 100 cos'....cos'...I simply can't!!
I haven got the discipline to do situps in the longest time...After the harrowing experience the other night running, I laid off doing situps for awhile. Its hard to get the momentum going once you have stopped for awhile.
Ok, early night again today. Will try to make it for my run tmw again.
7 MORE DAYS
Will you Dance with Me?
Its getting harder and harder to focus. I keep thinking of the things I would do after my eggzhams are over.
Why is it during the eggzham period that I will have an unusually copious number of things I want to do, but when its finally over, I'm at a lost as to what I should do!
So many events are happening in the midst of my eggzham period too!!! Its so typical of Murphy to do this to me!! Prior to this horrid period, there is a dearth of decent performances or shows to catch. Zilch.
Now there’s so many lined up...all WITHIN this period.
Examples:
1. Sound of Music
2. Laura Fygi in Concert
3. Skylight
These acts all end their run the same timeI end my long marathon. I just wanna kick myself in the ass man!
Gonna be sleeping ultra early (by my standards) tonight. I'm going for an early morning run tmw.
Meanwhile, entertain yourself with the
8 MORE DAYS
BIG SALE!!!
Well...not exactly lar...
I'm just selling off my trusty camera to get a new one.
Not that I'm bragging, but it really is a great deal! It has served me well all these years...
So why am I selling issit? Cos' I want one with a higher megapixel and my DareD is feeling generous. If I do not have that unexpected funding, I will be sticking with a 3.2 MP camera, which I must say is more than adequate.
Check it out at my auction page here:
I will be adjusting my messed up biological clock back this week. Gotta condition myself to the morning. Thanks to all my morning papers!
Sleeping an hour earlier each night so that the change would not be that drastic. Otherwise I would be counting sheeps to sleep like on the eve of my AB312 paper! 9 MORE DAYS
Any Other Day
Just a short update:
I'm the only one who is still suffering!!!
SpunkIce has finished. Cutesy Pie should be done by now too. The NUS peeps are gonna be done earlier than me!
I really hate my exam schedule this semester. It's a conspiracy by the school to torture us this way!!!
The price of a Mazda 2 is now at rock bottom! And COE prices went down again. But baby thinks its too unprofessional and UN-functional for his work. Oh well...bleah....
Bought him the LOTR Battle of the Middle Earth game. He has been lamenting about how he's bored stiff ever since he completed his Diablo game. Hope this one will last him till my exams are over!
Alright...turning in early today. Church tmw morning.
Guess I won't be seeing the sun-rise from my window.
Brink of Insanity
HamSam came over and made us dinner today. Simple affair but it's the effort and thought that matters.
I'm cracking up under this immense duress from my last exams. I'm fed up with myself...with my UN-productivity, with my laziness, with my ill-disciplined nature and many others.
I call it the Contagion Effect. Much like how the Asian Financial Crisis spread throughout the region from Thailand, my wrath resonates to those around me too.
My foggies got it when I slammed the door in their faces in anger. My brother got it too when I unreasonably refused him access to my computer. Some of my friends get it when I'm overly sarcastic in my conversations with them.
And of course baby would have got it too.
He got a lot of sh*t from me. I just took it out all on him. I know its mean of me to be saying all those stuff to him, to be taking him for granted, to be doing so many hurtful things to him.
I know it alright! Its not like I'm ignorant of it all.
But...I do not know why....I just can't help it. What RUBBISH you might think...how can I not KNOW why I'm doing all these and control myself!!??
I'm equally puzzled. Am I suffering from some kindda psychological disorder? Perhaps I'm bordering on that fine line. The thin line that separates the geniuses from the screwballs. Granted I might not be a genius to start with, but I think I could be threading dangerously along that line...
Tonight, I hollered at baby in the phone. I must have lost it then.
He doesn't need it nor deserve this crap from me. I asked him why he is putting up with all my nonsense.
No great theologies nor rationalizations were offered. Just a simple reply: Cos' I love you.
Unlike most girls, I'm not a sucker for those 3 words. I always thought of "them" as a pacifiers. Just to shut us up. No sincerity or serious thought would be put into it when blurting out those words.
But baby's reply reached the deep abyss of my unfeeling heart. It wasn't blurted out without thought nor was it used as a last resort for the lack of a better answer, but it was from the heart.
I have no tangible proof for that claim of mine.
I just knew it.
Mr KZ
Baby's fallen ill cos' he caught the virus from me!!
Now he's no longer in the animated "MSN-wink" mode.
No more Silly Face and no more Dancer moves....
I want my Mr HamSam KZ back!!!
Corcovado
I wanna watch Laura in concert!!!
Felt bumped when I missed the Diana K. one the other time...
But this is 2 days before my final paper...How now brown cow?
Havana Nights
Watched Dirty Dancing 2 with baby today.
Its pretty entertaining. The lead actor is soooo cute!!! He looks somewhat like Edison Chen. In the show especially. The bad-boy-babyish look.
Diego Luna
Not my type though. I prefer machosexuals. But nevertheless, he's a definite eyecandy for girls.
The show fueled our passion to take up ballroom dancing even more!
Perhaps after the exams....we'll find a dance school and strut our stuff. Learn a routine and take part in a ballroom dancing competition together.
Then in the later years, Baby would be like Richard Gere with his charming grey strands of crowning glory and I'll be like...hmmm...I can't think of a "elderly" dancer...perhaps Susan Sarandon(?!?), dancing together as we age, enjoying our blissful retirement.
SNAP!
Back to reality, paper today sucked. I thought it was a 3 hr paper. Turns out it is supposed to be only 2.5 hrs.
Go figure the consequences of that blunder of mine.
I'M THE UNDISPUTED BLUR PRINCESS!
I'm having a severe headache again. Brain tumour or yet another earthquake?
Beezee as a Bumble Bee
Monday is my first paper. Political Economics. Pls keep me in your prayers!
No pictures of late cos' my digi is with GI Joe. Lent it to him on a condition that he must take some pictures of the hot-bodied ruggers at the Singapore 7s.
It helped boost the attractiveness of the game alot (to both guys and esp GIRLS!) now that the ruggers wear tighter shirts!!!
NOT! I'm such an altruistic big bro's gf...of cos I lent it to him unconditionally! Well...not exactly UNconditionally. He mustn't get it damaged for one!
I'm thinking of selling it ...So he better take good care of it so I can fetch a better price!
I gotta get back to my revision. Its an open book exam.
Love-hate relationship.
Love: I do not lose out because of my poor memory
Hate: The answers usually are not found in the texts!
Its Cell-Sunday in church tomorrow. I'll better remember to get my Cell Sunday badge from Raymond in the morning, otherwise I would be swamped with cell-members roping me into their celly!
DJ Llihc
New song uploaded.
From David Benoit's Right Here, Right Now album
Suits the weather lately. Breezy.
Some trees where uprooted at my precinct even.
This is one of my favourite tunes to study to anyway. Not only because its easy listening, but because it motivates me to press on as I look forward to my beach vacation with a Tropical Breeze.
Food for the Sick
HamSam brought me dinner today. Complete with the tiffin carrier in a typical food delivery-service fashion!
Nothing beats home-cooked food with love..
Thanks Mother HamSam!
Falling into Temptation
My cartridge of Choco Baby is completely devoured in less than 2 days.
Then Baby bought me an equally sinful chocolate from the same manufacturer, Meiji.
Its very nice!
Its akin to having mouthfuls of Choco Baby pellets all at once. Very satisfying I must say.
Of course, it makes me feel more guilty since I'm made more aware of the amount of fats I'm feeding myself.
So, thanks to my untimely chocolate craving, I've fallen sick.
Now I look ghastly. Tissues perpetually stucked into my nostrils, coupled with the dark eye rings from my late nights, I do not think I want to see anybody right now!!
My throat is hurting real bad too. Swallowing my own saliva hurts so much. I almost succumbed to the thought of wearing a bib and just drooling away. Less pain that way.
Because of this, I couldn't go for my runs!!!
Had to postpone my week of runs with Spunkie.
I need my endorphins!!!
Miss-ter Singapore
"They-Say" the viewership for this year's Miss Singapore Universe (MSU) is bad. I didn't catch it either. Except at 9.15pm where I originally had turned on the TV for the news, I managed to watch the ending of MSU.
I have said enough about the standard of MSU and I would not repeat myself.
Lets be fair to both genders. Turning our attention to
. It clearly reflects the same about the standard of guys in S'pore.
Check out Mr Yishun-Transvestite, Mr Ang Mo Kio-Ah Chek and Mr CMI-Hougang!!
Some forgivable ones: Mr Bedok(I bump into him at the gym all the time!!) and Mr Babyfaced-Pasir ris. *slurps*
Its funny how they try to imitate the US or some other BIGGER nations in getting representatives from each state.
They have it here in Sunny Island Singapore too! Look out for your neighbourhood hunk the next time you go downstairs to the provision shop or when you are out for a run in the estate.
The guy representing Punggol...Hmm...he does look familiar. Haven't I seen him at the Econ minimart? Or was it that night while I was admiring his strong shoulders from behind while running! :P
Sleepy Sunday
I do not know what came over me but I had a disgustingly copious amount of sleep the whole day. So not much work was done today.
I do not even know why I bothered planning a timetable. I can never seem to keep up with it.
I vaguely remembered making a mental note to myself last semester that I should do away with planning a study timetable because it only adds unnecessary stress!
Happy 22nd Birthday Verlyna!!
I had a wonderful time catching up with the girls yesterday.
It was FULL attendance. All the Secret Seven of us were present.
So apart from all the photo frenzy, we had serious talks. About working life and job hunts, about monogamy (or more specifically marriage), savings and investment options, traveling blah blah black sheep.
Noticeably missing are talks about school work, latest shopping buys, sales, infatuations, and any other pubescent teenage topics.
DareVurls expressed her views on relationships and marriage. She's the only one working amongst us. She's been working for about 2 yrs. So she would be the one with the wealth of working experience.
That would also mean she's the most jaded amongst us. To her, out of 10 guys, 11 guys are bad. She brought up a lot of issues that got some of us rather disturbed. We listened wide-eyed, with disbelieving amazement. I would not be mentioning specifically what she said.
But my point of view is: if there is God in us, with us, and at the centre of the relationship, things would work out. Call me naïve or simplistic, but I call it Faith.
So Spunkie, don't lose hope yah. Hope to see you in church with Fudgey soon!
Onto a lighter note. The as-promised food review. I’m no food connoisseur, so do not take my words too seriously.
The prices are rather reasonable. The set lunch is really worth it. The pastas are scrumptious and the serving is generous too. I could not finish my portion and Vanilla was saying the portion has got to be really big then. I am the benchmark and that's sad.
I had Fettuccine with some kindda special cream sauce. I could not remember what is it called exactly. But its nice. Unlike some cabonara which tends to be too heavy and makes you want to puke after one too many mouthfuls, this fettuccine has just the right amount of richness.
The downside is that there aren't many choices of main courses. Mainly pastas and some risottos. About less than 10 types. Surprisingly, they do not have pizzas too. So, much of the menu offered pastries, coffees, tea, wine and gelatos.
The pastries we ordered. They are simply delectable!
I would go back there again...probably just to chill out with good company over wine.
DareVurls zipped us to town to check out some lingerie. We were acting silly in the jungle of expensive inner wear at Tangs' Dressing Room. The mannequins are so life-like! Me and Cutesy Pie decided to play Mannequin too!
The Simmone Triplets
Material Gurl
That is what I'm not.
But I would not deny that I'm rapturous about the arrival of my plastic!!!
Ya yah yah...big deal right? Its not like I qualify for it with my income and its also not like the money in it is mine either.
So shoot me then you sour puss!
My latest addiction:
I was introduced to it by Cutesy Pie while doing our FYP. Besides Spunkie's cranberries, Choco Baby was the only other provision we had to tide us tru' the difficult times.
The best thing about it is...its so bite-sized! You will never feel guilty eating these mini pellets of chocolate.
Besides, there are star and smiley imprints on the chocs. Its gives me an element of surprise when I get the rare-er smileys.
Wee! I got one with a face imprint! *Pops it into mouth*
My miami was looking through my blog the other day. Particularly the entry on my last day of school with all the photos.
I must say I have a very hilarious, not to mention corny, mum!
She was asking me what does NBS means. NBS is the acronym for Nanyang Business School.
Corni Miami joked saying that it should stand for "No Business" School instead! *Lamed-Silence*
Menotti
Heading there for dunch with the girlies. Will do a food review of sorts tomorrow.
The exams are finally round the corner. YEAH!! I LURVE EXAMS!!
I'm psyche! Bring it on!
Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD,
And whose hope is the LORD.
Jeremiah 17:7
Bionic Woman
I have not slept since yesterday.
And I'm still wide awake.
Best of Both Worlds
What's next?
Its a ballistic synergy we are talking about here!
Disclaimer:
There no such email provider. Its just a Photoshop-ed image created by yours truely.
Sorry to dissappoint!
Adieu Nun Tarr
Some memorable pictures of Island Ntu.
I snapped them on Monday while doing things for the LAST TIME. But above all, frankly speaking, I won't miss the place. I mean...who will?!?!
In fact, I doubt I'll be joining the alumni even.
So its mixed feelings for me. On one hand I'm jumping with joy that I'm finally leaving the horrid island, but on the other, as with leaving something after a long time, there are bound to be feelings.
Bizarre Blizzards Cell meeting today was good. Today's passage for study is taken from James 2:1-13.
It got me thinking about certain issues which I'm too tired to type now!
Hahaha
It has been a long day for me. Cell meeting ended at 10.30pm...I was in school since 8.30am. All this with just 4 hours of sleep from the night before.
I need my rest now. More tomorrow.
Romans 10:14
At Long LastLast day of school for me tomorrow. I have finally come to the end of my academic route.
It has been 15 long years.
Coming thus far is no piece of cake. Had I given up on myself back then when I was in the EM3 stream, I would probably be working as a sales assistant at some shop (full time!!) or I'll be trimming someone's tresses in a salon.
Yah yah...I'm mean for stereotyping but that is how society looks at them anyway. Don't pin it all on me man!
On a different note ALTOGETHER. I lost $250 yesterday. Sighhhh...
I had wanted to buy 1133 (4D) with permutations. Chose that number because it is the total cost of our accommodations for the Thailand trip, minus 1000. The additional number 1 is added to make 4 digits because $111 is the "magical" number for our trip.
So I happily queued up at 6.30pm with the throngs of aunties and uncles at the booth. THE NUMBER WAS SOLD OUT.
To my horror, 1313 came out as Starters. There goes my all accommodation and food expenses for the trip.
Why do mosquitoes and bugs get attracted to my room just cos I have warm lightings!!?!?!
Bugs are ok. They freak me out but they are visible and easily annihilated.
Mosquitoes simply IRRITATE the hell outta me!!!!!! They are so illusive. The moment you lose concentration, you lose sight of them.
Now I have THREE damn bites on my legs!!!!
I have cell meeting tomorrow evening. Why must cell meetings be on Mondays? I have severe Monday Blues.
Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.
James 1:12
Endorphin-ed
The jog last night was great. I went alone. SpunkIce could not make it as she was engaged with work.
I love late night jogs. The air is clean, the roads are quiet, there are fewer pedestrians, and the sky is dark (DUH!). It is not common to find likeminded runners (runners who like running in the night) in the estate, unlike in hall where it is the norm to be heading out for a jog after 12am. SpunkIce and me do it all the time, with our "Sista". Scaling the hilly terrains of NanTah at 2am is one memory I can never forget.
Its 'a record for me last night. I covered about 2.5km. It has been a long time since I ran so much. Bear in mind I do not walk. I never walk in my runs. Not that I'm boasting but seriously, walking in a run (without a valid reason and fatigue is not a reason.) is akin to being ill-disciplined. I know many will beg to differ..so shoot me.
The only time I walked was during the 12km Army Half Marathon. My legs failed me then. I had no choice. But we were proud that we completed the WHOLE marathon..right SpunkIce???
Last night's timing was good...taking into account my age! Haaha...I clocked 18mins. This would have been ATROCIOUS back then when I was 14. I managed my 2.4km runs under 12mins then. See how creaky I have become!??
Perhaps I should get the two screws outta my knee. Maybe then I can be more lubricated flexible and shave off some minutes in my run.
It's been the second alternate day I have been running. I'm beginning to get addicted to running. Funny as it might sound, yes...I believe I'm.
I cannot study well if I do not go for my jogs. I know I have to put on my running shoes when I start to feel lethargic and irritated (especially with myself!). Irritated with how I'm so slow with my progress and how I'm eating so much (I'm in a foul mood when I feel fat. You are forewarned.)!!! ARGH...!!!
Its close to 12am now...and my legs are itching for a jog...Should I risk getting raped or kidnapped by the Banglas just for that dose of endorphin? But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. James 3:17
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