YRandom Things
1. I kan speke Chaucerian. I am effectively trilingual.
2. They've gone electronic with the exam timetables so I don't have a hard copy where I can cross out the exams I've just taken with a big fat permanent black marker. They're killing all the fun.
3. If you go to Billy Bomber's and happen to order the milkshake, make sure you're sharing it with someone else; it's enough for two. And make sure you exercised before or after that, it's like pure ice cream. Together, Cristl and I probably ate/drank up one tub of ice cream.
4. If I beg hard enough I may be able to go out tonight to watch the Germany-Argentina match with Sam Toh and Shengli.
Addendum: Shoot, I just realised the title of this post was horribly grammatically incorrect. How embarrassing. So I've removed it. Haha :)
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6/30/2006 06:01:00 pm
Yhelp!
No one ever accused me of being a procrastinator.
Anyway, the boyfriend's birthday is in a month's time and I need present ideas so I can knock his socks off with my brilliance and ingenuity. Something cheap, something kooky and preferably not mushy or whatever. The good thing is that I don't think he reads my blog because I'm already way too lor sor and depressing in real life so just post your suggestions by clicking on the comments link (the one that currently says '0 letters home', for the really un-tech-savvy). You will get full credit if I decide to use your idea and...er...a prize! Yeah! You'll get lunch with me? :) And free tuition if you're younger than me (and if you trust me)? Sound good?
jac was here with you
6/21/2006 12:36:00 pm
Ybreakdown
It feels so deliciously naughty to break out from the structure. On Sunday I watched Garden State and since then I've been prowling the net in search of anything remotely Garden State-related. Let Go is the most lovely piece of music I have heard, and it has become my ringtone. My homework has been relegated to "another day", when I'm feeling better and more studious. Ahhh...how nice life is when you have the luxury not to worry about the breakdown.
jac was here with you
6/20/2006 03:57:00 pm
Yout into space and time
So it rained today, putting to rest all my plans for a run.
So I went online today, and checked out my future, and swallowed down the fear I felt, looking right through it as if it had never been there.
Just that it was, and it is, and the fear I have of failure will never really go away, it seems, unless I take hold of something and let myself hang freely, trusting that if I fall I will land in green pastures.
Some days the fear is stripped away and I look out into space and time and see there the hope that was always meant to be. Then the air rushes past and everything gets too bright and my heart throbs in anticipation of this new world I will come to experience and see.
jac was here with you
6/16/2006 10:26:00 am
YMy Picture! Where's my picture!
Maybe it's a sign that I should change my blogskin.
It's raininggggg! :P I had this grand plan to wake up at 7:30 and go running but the rain came and destroyed everything. And I'm really supposed to be studying (as usual) but as usual I'm not.
Yesterday I got fed up with my boredom and decided to go out to study. Ended up in Zhen's place, which is not the most exciting study place but is rather entertaining. And I did get some work done, so I was quite pleased. Came back happier :)
Today I'm going to go to the Paragon Starbucks to study all by myself cos everyone else either has tuition or doesn't have blocks to study for (stupid AC people :P) and Dan's only booking out later today (which is probably a good thing).
I have decided that after A'levels I'm going to embark on my plan to dance my life away.
jac was here with you
6/09/2006 10:21:00 am
Yprocrastination
Ahhh! I have 10 pages of size 8 print about Malaya during the Occupation to make notes on and I spent the last 1 hour doing 2 pages! This is CRAZY!
This is the paradox of Jac the (according to practically everyone) insane mugger-tode-nerd: She hates studying (especially econs) but likes knowing tonnes and tonnes of incredibly useless bits of information like truffles are a chocolate and a mushroom, and Cleopatra was one happening woman. So despite the fact that it is ten pages, and my brain seems to have atrophied (is that possible?), it's quite interesting, learning about the Japanese Occupation, and that sort of makes up for the torture I have to put myself through.
Of course, if this were econs, it would be another story.
Anyway, what I have done for the past week, apart from studied:
1. Went to Bintan over the weekend! Excuse me for the incredible swakoo-ness, but you can see the stars at night! And the beach IS NOT MAN-MADE! It's CLEAN! And PRETTY!
When we first reached Bintan it was 9 pm at night and the rest were at a kelong eating their hearts out. So Andy took Lifeng and me down to the beach, and it was the most amazing thing I'd ever seen. The sea spreads itself across the horizon, as far as you can see, and sheets of water crash against the shore, froth spreading out in long white lines like a string of tiny, tiny pearls. Look up, and the night sky looms over you, like a giant canvas of connect-the-dots puzzles, stars brilliant sequins scattered across dark cloth.
In the day, the water is clear and green, and in the shallower areas you can wade through the water searching for seashells. You rarely get a glimpse of the unfettered expanse of sky, with its gently floating clouds, in Singapore. On Sunday evening, while the guys were playing soccer, the rest of us waded out in the waters to catch the waves and watch the sunset bathe the sky in brilliant magenta hues. Nature just knocked me off my feet--concrete and tar have nothing on sand, sky and seashells.
Apart from admiring the wonderful scenery in Bintan I also discovered that while I am horrible at pool, I can pay a decent game with Jerald, so that's all right. I am, however, disastrous as bridge, and I get such a headache trying to figure out what everyone else is trying to do that it's just not worth it. The first time I played I managed to win without even knowing who was my partner because the rest didn't know I was so lousy and got confused when I just beat anyone whenever I could. That was pretty funny. But after that they figured out I didn't really know what I was doing and then I started getting a headache because that meant I had to really play properly. After a long while I decided to save them the agony of playing with me and go off to watch some mindless ESPN with the rest.
Oh, and I crashed into a bush while driving the buggy, but enough said. Everything was okay in the end :)
Had such a fun time that when I got back, I didn't feel like studying anymore :P
jac was here with you
6/07/2006 12:35:00 pm