can't say i really see a difference.
highly stressed but satisfied with classes. all women profs this semester, and all really smart. 4/5 of them are sort of crazy (in a medical sense) which makes me KNOW that this semester's going to be interesting.
so far, a pretty exciting time for what hasn't even been 3 weeks.
today was all about gorgeous snow, 3.5 hour brunch with laura, sam & tawni. and too much noise, eating too much for our stomachs to physically hold (no seriously, i have a stitch). and discussing all the people we really shouldn't. anthony/greg/frida kahlo/jesse jackson/ oldyatesguy.... basically a lot of people who aren't even real! or only kinda real =P
and also, we pretty much trashed Duke today, 89-77. obama was courtside, and biden was there too.
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got a package, my earliest birthday present =]
it's only saturday afternoon. am gonna take a fun trudge through the snow. come back later for some hot tea (because i think we've established that liquid is all that can be processed through our systems at this stage), and watch harry potter HAHAHA.
i'm treasuring my movie/reading nights. going to be travelling quite a lot in the coming month.
ew i hear noise. am going out.
later
HOYA SAXA!
[/edit] that was a lie... we went for dinner -_- and ate plenty. clearly keeping warm this winter is not going to be so much of a problem.
also the silence is spreading to this side of the world too. hate. [edit]
so in my last week of being home this semester,
- plenty of family time. dinners, desserts, watching CRIME. "HANGING OUT" which is the best thing since the birth of pierce brosnan.
- FINALLY DID MY EYEBROWS AFTER 7 MONTHS. paul chu, they're no longer unruly
- what was technically just the removal of my two lower wisdom teeth became double dental surgery. on the nerve. which left me, as i told my mother (since i neverrrr exaggerate) "toothless on my deathbed". so the last time i had GA, i came out of it before the procedure was over. this time, the LA stopped working halfway through, and one reapplication WAS INSUFFICIENT. anyway whatever.
- so wednesday i spent reading and doing accounts, mixed with looking at the mirror in sheer horror at my face!!
- lunch with one set of grandparents. and a million stories/jokes. visited the other set the next evening for more weird stories/jokes.
- friday morning with zara and jen. they came over and tried to destroy my life. well, destroy my facebook life and destroy the world's impression of me. mm, but their endless nonsense was good fun. and finally got to see jen, just 1 day before she left =D and then i got to meet my egg and muthu! and our silences punctuated with egg's odd noises and muthu and i exchanging looks. <3
- amms left. which just makes me look forward to seeing her soon and our calls :D truly the best sister you could ever WISH for.
ama and zara came over for lunch. zara and her weird connections left ama and i going "omgggg people are so weird. i am so glad i'm in my little shell/i'm so glad i'm normal". heehee. thanks girls for coming over. anyway, we HAVE TO celebrate ama's bday in the summer, it's the only one we'll all be together for!
then was tea with chups and bzb!! serious talk, gossip, shopping (which was more like hunting), and a new pretty place for us to... take pictures :D HAHAHA thanks, you two <3
and then, holland v NYDC followed by newton local dessert with yeangyeang and liu! i realize i have some of the most wonderful, decent friends. and liu drove us home and we were still alive! =D though yeang had a JOYRIDEZ on the way home
- church with my parents followed by sushi lunch. since i had claimed that i wanted to "feast" when i returned. hard to feast with a jaw like this, but i tried anyway!
met egg and mu after that. as usual, nonsense and laughing intermingled with serious talk and laughing. AND we watched invictus. i finally watched invictus. and REALLY ENJOYED IT. egg was especially amused by the looks the ah lian next to me gave me as i watched the movie in excitement. i also fought with a curtain which somehow wouldn't part and ended in me saying "EH CB!!" it moved after that.
cheangj dropped by to pass me something my puta had bought me. it is kind of the most amazing/retarded thing ever. lastly, second holland v dinner in two days (soup again, sucks to be me). caught up with david's tekan-ing adventures hahaha. and then home to hang out with mis padres.
- useless appointments filled half of my last day in singapore. thankfully, it was followed by an aimless, seanpaul-filled joyride! finally met cao. we went to visit our beloved billch. saw some others too, but we agreed that it was not particularly satisfying. yes, you got it - we didn't bump into alice. in any case, plenty of fun and noise. and then home to start packing.
going to spend time with my parents, and then off to the airport. thankyou family and friends for a wonderful break. =] will call/message when i am settled.
so back to d.c. , which in some ways i am definitely not dreading. some re-decoration is in order but whatevs, right? 'S ALL GOOD as J and i say after bitching about life. i guess the holiday didn't turn out as i expected it, but i had a wonderful time nevertheless. God blessed me with plenty of family time, and seeing the friends that i wanted to =D
so here's to an awesome semester ahead, yes? EXCITEZ to collect stuff i've mailed to my dorm (inc. textbooks...) and to clean my room! hahahaha i can't help it! gotta make myself think of that as home for the next few months.
i love you Singapore, see you soon. and HELLO AGAIN, AME-RI-KERRRR.
Many things about tomorrow
I don’t seem to understand;
But I know who holds tomorrow,
And I know who holds my hand. Amen.
- location:Singapore, Singapore
in a week that was mixed with numerous commitments and even more empty hours:
- myo. yes. myo. let's just say it was... excruciating. and i guess it did do me some good, but during that ; awful.
that was followed by an ang moh dinner (since we don't get enough of THAT :p ) and then visiting some randoms, by which point jetlag+myopain had destroyed me, and i started nodding off in my seat. maybe it was just the conversation =\
- lunch with 1 set of grandparents at a new place, followed by dinner with the other set - treated to ma's cooking. again. eating like it's my bloody calling in life, seriously. but greatgreat fun and conversation, so worth the added 100 pounds, i guess.
- ach left, unfortunately. and amms and i slept through (tried to, anyway) a great party at our house later that night. can't say i was at all disappointed.
- also, shopping online like it's my second career. thankfully it's just 'add to cart'-ing, and not yet 'payment mode'-ing. but there's some really cute stuff! =D yeah retail therapy works now and then. as long as i dont have to see people (i.e. crowds)
- new year's with church. and.. family time. and movies. and then to meet the girls. friends marathon.
and pictionary. and middleofthenight walks. and TRAMP, and zara's 12 std marks, and too much sweet junk food.
amazing how we're actually closer now. really enjoyed seeing those 5 crazies.
- ventured in to town again, a place i've been avoiding like the plague.
- church, which reminded me how glad i am that i don't have small children yelling during the service in d.c.
dimsum lunch which was too delicious for words.
and that was it. went out a bit, saw some folks. did nothing plenty. made myself kinda excited to go back to school...because i've had all sorts of stuff delivered there HAHA :D statement wear, yes?
have clearly come down from the firstweekback-high, to a secondweekback-low. i really hope this last week gets better.
4 people i haven't seen at all yet, still to go to the old stomping ground ;) 8
so.. my countdown was a little messed up by the fact that i was stuck due to the snow =\
but i am NOT going to document all the stress that made up those 3 days. the point is, i'm HOME. finally got back on the tuesday late morning. can't even begin to describe how happy i am to be with my whole family (and my shelley!!!) had a nice welcome later that day too =]
- wednesday spent cleaning room =D and dinner with the crazies that represent ach's best friends.
- thursday sushi lunch with ALL the girls. the last time that all 7 of us were together was an entire year ago. that of course was amazing. LOVE LOVE LOVE MY GIRLS. avatar in 3D with raam, which thoroughly surprised me by being good. family dinner on the patio. hahaha and being jin's postal carrier but it was nice to see cheangj, even for 5 mins
- CHRISTMAS was, naturally, awesome. whole family came over, family prayer etc. i think, the best Christmas i've ever had. for no reason other than we were all together and it was brilliant.
- boxing day semi-family lunch. finally cut my hair =D heehee. anddddd then to charlie's house for our council reunion. only one of the best nights ever, seriously. we didn't even go out after. but it was just noisy rock band and games and music and seeing everyoneeeeeee. i cannot cannot cannot describe how happy i was. tired as hell - i had previously nodded off about 30 (no exaggeration) times during my haircut.
- which made waking up for orthodox service+communion not fun. but it felt good to have communion as a family. followed by CHICKEN RICE after. and then some visitors. anddddd... MA'S FOOD for another semi-family dinner.
as you can see, i have spent the past few days eating. along with bad skin, this does not bode well for my appearance. maybe some chocolate will make me feel better....
kidding.
i've missed everything here so much, and i love being back with the family.
watching Man Utd vs. Hull now, with dad and ach. best week ever
- cheMISERY is over! hopefully forever. and everrrrrrrrrr!
- i am done with reading dead European guys' works... since next semester i am reading even more dead European women's works =\
- calculus, hopefully we made BRAD proud. God only knows. lindsay has her usual hilarious commentary of how the exam went for her.
- spanish, and TYPICALLY lauren and i burst out laughing before and after the exam, and giggled for our own reasons during it. i will miss jose! and that entire class, truly. =(
- still was a busy week extracurriculur-wise. will definitely miss some (very few, but some!) people here. glad to know that there are some genuinely good people. <3
- skyped with cheryl :D "I'M TRYING TO FIND THE WORDS TO SAY WITHOUT BEING DISRESPECTFUL"!!!
- spent yesterday doing various tasks - laundry, vacuuming, stripping the bed (yes yes), putting away as much as possible, PACKING, and selling this past semester's books (ka-ching!... yeah i got 5.25 of 400 back.)
- had a last Leo's binge with laura and sam :D they had soup and shared a burger+fries, and then had a cone each. i just had soup...followed by a bowl ice-cream. my mancrush was also there. they are concerned for me. it is also a bit worrying how the three of us call numerous people our boyfriends =\ oh well..
- irene and christina came to say bye, which was really sweet of them =] filled me in on some gossip i'd missed in the past few weeks
it started snowing at 9pm on friday. the last time was a snow shower so the snow didnt stay on the ground much. it really is beautiful. BUT I DON'T WANT IT TO DELAY MY FLIGHT :( or the flights of anyone else going home. i hope we get this kinda snow after we've gotten back from break though, because it's gorgeous. at 3 am, i saw the poor guy driving the snow plow. i'm typing this wrapped in a blanket and Homecoming is playing.
the cold has left me with dry skin, exams have left me with obesity, 4 months without a haircut/eyebrow threading... it's not a pretty sight. my advice is; please enjoy my wonderful company, though for your sake, avoid looking at me directly. medusa ain't got nothin' on me!
fugliness aside, i can't wait to be home, and when amms gets back all of us will be together <3 and the rest of the family, and shelley, and my girls and boyz, =] PRAY THAT I HAVE A SAFE AND UNDELAYED FLIGHT HOME. got my playlist set, and ready to watch some movies.
in a few hours i'm gonna take a last quick walk, enjoy the blanket of snow, go to Copley and then come back to make sure everything's packed and settled. all in all, i'm very grateful for this first semester. and people aside, i don't think it's possible for me to love a physical campus more than i love this one.
anyway i'll save the dramatics for a year-end post =] right now, my roommate is still out, the heater is on, my music is playing, and i'm going to watch the snow,
please tell that boy if you meet him,
that someone's longing to see him.
see you all soon! =]
- 3 days of classes, plenty of work, and review sessions the other two days. boring enough to send Lazarus back to death. but each last class was interesting in its own way.
- our chem TA baked us cupcakes, which was really nice of her. but well, it's chem. and i don't like her anyway...
- calculus was random, we made as many comments as possible about how delicious our serial killer/sex offender prof. is.
- spanish class was out-of-this-world. i LOVE that class, okay. i bloody LOVE IT. and i think none of us is in the same section next semester =( it was the only class i gave a crap about. and the people too. best gang ever. and we gave jose outstanding evaluations. <3 him forever. we informed him that we will be going with him to Honduras. he was... surprised, to say the least.
- and honestly, i was not sad to leave anyone in theology. hahahahahaha.
- while most of my beloved floormates celebrated the last day of classes by going to some lame party somewhere, sam, laura and i had a pizza/burger/ice-cream/cookie dinner (not all; some combination of that!). [we also proceeded to have burgers+salad the next day, so there]
- decided to do some Christmas shopping in the afternoon. i have to shop alone when i do this kind of stuff, being with other people just stresses me out. if you all hate your presents, too bad. i did it instead of studying and spent my parents' money... think of it that way. if you're reading this and didn't get a present. um. either... i had to make some v quick decisions due to limited suitcase space+weight, or i don't like you that much. (kidding! sort of) you decide. =]
- our floor did a secret santa thing. i happened to be sick as hell, so thankfully missed the um... party, with jello shots and SPECIAL eggnog. in a freshman dry dorm..right. my santa was someone whom i was very friendly with at the beginning, and then she started cold-shouldering me completely (i KNOW right, how dare she), and then she gave me 'tha carter III' for a gift. which i thought was amazingly thoughtful, considering halloween. life is funny. it also shows that not being a complete and total bitch for no reason pays off. anyway, being unwell before finals on a cold night was no fun but that CD certainly made me smile :D
- another lessons and carols service. on the same day that i HEARD, but couldn't find, the mouse in my room.
ordered my books for next semester. pretty much the only thing that makes me have any inclination to return... the fact that i've spent the money already. HAHA JUST KIDDING (not really).
( this deserves to be trademarked )
so i've finished my paper, which leaves 4 finals, and 6 days that separate me from being on the way home.
please pray for me, everyone.
oh and, 2 days ago was 5. at least i'll be there for 6
- dinner with francis, zuo, christina, jessie. catching up post-thanksgiving, i suppose. zuo spent it with gabe's family, and brought back an INSANE amount of singapore food FOR ME! prata. and mee pok. and chicken rice. amazing,
- last chem lab, the 'A team' was sufficiently sad, aww. and cara's "NO?! AND WHAT ABOUT CALC II? NO?!" that girl is adorable, i swear.
- Fr. Constantine came back safely, with stories of south africa.
- our RA made brownies and went door-to-door at 11pm on a tuesday. oh, wow.
- christina's birthday surprise! as usual it was some Chinatown invasion. but it was pretty fun. got her cupcakes, and made a hugeass card for her filled somewhat with sweet messages and mostly with quotes of nonsense she's said.
- skipped the prata+curry dinner with zuo and gabe. </3 oh well...
- went to watch alex sing! my first carols service of the season. ended up meeting francis, christina and amanda there. we took a watered-down hot chocolate-y walk back.
- WE HAD OUR FIRST SNOWFALL ON SATURDAY!!! ran out of my room and yelled down the hall at catie and sammyM who had the misfortune of being there. unfortunately the cold made sam, laura and i too lazy to go for dimsum. =( spent the night in with tortellini that tasted like crap and was thus thrown away.
- sunday was a productive work day with some smooothhhhhh music from the moment i woke up. and plus church...that was it =\
2 tests, 1 paper, 1 project, 1 exam left. considering there are only 3 school days remaining, that doesn't thrill me, at all (and having just completed 1 formal report, 1 paper, 1 exam and 2 tests this week). AND THEN 4 finals =( it's not altogether promising to be tired of studying in your first semester of your first year.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE CAN'T COVER THEIR MOUTHS WHEN THEY COUGH!!!!!!
as maritess said, "i need to cober! i hab to cober myself!" knnbccb, COVER YOUR MOUTH, ANG MOH SAI. oh, perhaps you are too homesick to cover your mouth?
*i wrote that midweek. i am of course, lucky enough that by now there are even more things to be baffled/disgusted by. as i mentioned, i never knew that hell was -2 deg C.
Para mi corazón basta tu pecho,
para tu libertad bastan mis alas.
Desde mi boca llegará hasta el cielo
lo que estaba dormido sobre tu alma.
do what i gotta, trying to get through to you, right here right now. i've survived 106. please help me last the remaining 14, God.
and then there were:
- tests and exams, with near empty classes
- movie nights (nick & norah was a waste of time) and cookie nights and movie+cookie nights.
- MAJOR clean-up. tiring, therapeutic, and has temporarily put my neatfreak mind at rest. i've survived 3 months, this will tide me over for the last one .
- a magical almost-empty dorm/CAMPUS. which i have to say. was....amazing. HAHAHAHA but actually, it was a ghost town. in any case, it was an interesting experience i suppose, but topped by the fact that :
- it was Thanksgiving weekend! spent partially in the woods, partially in the city. 3 days filled with laughing, wildlife (literal and metaphorical), shopping, cupcakes x 2 (o.m.g.), burgers, shopping, thai+jap food, shopping, ice-cream, forcing myself attempt the pile of work i had for every single class, and the best best best company i could wish for - my siblings! especially mi hermana who stayed with me. definitely the best roommate i've had so far HAHA. absolutely cannot wait to be home with my family. it was sheer bliss, truly.
watched one of the best tv episodes of my life. iegjifjweifjew. </333333 a little too intense to watch alone at 2 am, though...ugh.
things i've heard in the past week:
- " ' ladies is pimps too, gon' brush yo' shoulders off.' " .... "yeah, i know" ...."yeah, cos thas' you"
- " so much of what is best in us is bound up in our love of family, that it remains the measure of our stability, because it measures our sense of loyalty"
- "I have loved to the point of madness; that which is called madness, that which to me, is the only sensible way to love."
i'd just like to go home and be around my family and hug my dog and fall asleep lying on the floor in front of the TV every night. originally, seeing these people party insanely thrice a week made me crave partying with people back home. i don't really care anymore. i HATE crowds so i don't want to go out, i think. knowing me i will probably still end up going out - but not because i want to.
k. time for dinner. i'm already sick of having these folks around =X oh well, 21
- meeting new people and learning things and making new decisions and waiting in new lines . getting the H1N1 shot, if i get sick i will kill someone, fo' realz.
- more OCF bonding, when vespers was followed by a CU talk+discussion on faith and wealth. which was interesting, though i was too tired to speak after a while =X
- more new discoveries and good times. lunch with zuo and christina, after literally MONTHS since the last time i ate lunch with any of them. wednesday movie night with the girls - princess bride! and me sleeping on their floor.
"good morning, sunshine."
"i wasn't asleep. shh"
"um,okay, you were awake"
"but i slept for a while"
"uh..yes"
... hehe they answer well.
- two nights in a row of unwanted/unnecessary drama with..living arrangements. but, handled remarkably well i believe.
- two exams + 1 test in two days. spanish class is just awesome. literally not a single class goes by without me laughing, and emerging happy. unlike...all the other classes HAHA. and our too-cool-for-GU gang. with lauren's caring "yo bitch" everytime she contacts me.
- pretty much turning into silent spokesperson for UO. literally top-to-toe. or as tyra might sickeningly say, H2T - head2toe.
- but the changing weather pisses me off. from torrential rain+lightning to BRIGHT, BRIGHT -CANKILLYOUWITHUVRAYS- kinda sunshine.
- first actual movie watched (ie. in a theatre) ...freaking NEW MOON. hahahahaha. i am not a twilight fan unlike the two of them, so they were "YAY" and i was pretty much, "okay wake me when it's over let's go get ice-cream or smth". well, we had ice-cream before that.. and i bloody loved it. YES. YES. i admit it. dear God, please forgive me. and none of my opinions have changed since the first movie. hehehe. (which has, by the way, nothing to do with RPat.)
and finally, finally, hung out with the old gang again. though it was nothing to write home about. =\
san diego's baby panda finally has a name - Yun Zi (cos his mother was Bai Yun). i would like a panda please.
am SO over these living arrangements. mice roaches bugs (literal) and snakes (not quite literal, yet). this disgusts me. and bitch please, grow the hell up, honestly. i know, i feel like a self-righteous joke. but at the very, very, very least. i have human decency. i am so...angry.
anyway, seriously my mandarin is improving. oh yes, my yan jing tang. who is oh-so-tian. hahaha the one of like...5 things/people i'd miss about this place if anything. just kidding. tang would be ... number 6. HAHA.
to sleep, perchance to dream of werewolves playing football topless wearing grass skirts.
- 3 POG essays due, chem test, spanish test
- small group on thursday
- TBTN vigil on friday
- and stayed in after that to watch movies and eat junk food (oh Lord)
- rained for about 90 hours non-stop (with a drizzle as the minimum)
well, i hate you a lot now , so i spent saturday doing work. and then got bored so i watched ANTM. and got more bored. so i rolled around in boredom (literally) till i decided i hate you even more. (har har) so i tried something new. in fbt jersey and shorts, i went to the 'secret' study spot to do yoga HAHA. i don't know other people who do yoga to the zen melodies of 50 cent. it was...chilly(read:cold) and refreshing. and pretty damn awesome. am so glad i have my BOA speakers! hahahaha now i have more use for them!
then had SUSHI dinner with julia, sam, laura. (i'm really going to run home to sushi tei and feast, i swear. i know, all talk no action but SERIOUSLY. sushi pigz, i choose you! gather some folks then let's go eat manzxzxzxz.) anyway it was very yummyyy. then i was bored and still in a bad mood.
almost kinda died between dinner and sunday lunch. considering i stayed in, that's not too good. anyway, sunday was church and then brunch pt. 1 with the gang who scolded me again for skipping last night (sigh) and pt. 2 with the girls. and i felt much, much better with some food in my system. then was an afternoon of Pandora, German theology, VSEPR, cold yoga (BECAUSE SUNDAY WAS BEAUTIFUL WEATHERRRRRRRRR :D :D :D)
tonight will be the sounds of RLes and hopefully nothing but blissful sleep. 35
- due to a recent spate of hate crimes, a vigil was held on monday night organized by the LGBTQ folks. sang with the orthodox kids for a while, though i have no clue what their tones/tunes are. whatevs.
- 2 exams, 1 test, 2 papers, 1 report done this week alongside other random homework.
- the usual weekly chores and afternoon engagements
- on thursday, took fake model-esque photos purely to laugh at how fugly
- friday was SingSoc dinner, had surprisingly tasty BEEF basil rice - which of course everyone stole. but they're obviously a fun bunch to hang out with. perhaps more of that in the future, who knows.
- saturday was BEAUTIFUL weather. did plenty of work, enjoyed the outdoors, and added something new to my daily routine. am positive it will be good for me =] and saturday night was a chill night. watched stardust w sam and laura and then relaxeddddd...before doing a lab report =( but anyway, it's also g'daddy's birthday =] thank You, God for that.
- sunday was church. great weather. a bunch of pain. the day just kinda slipped by.
i guess my posts are pretty pointless since i no longer do anything but list what i did in the course of the week. perhaps i shall share some thoughts i've had randomly -
there was a new baby panda born in the san diego zoo. makes me happy.
yankees won the world series - pisses me off. especially you-know-who's reaction. ccb, hope the plantation of STDs growing on her teaches her a lesson.
i think it's PATHETIC when people have nothing better to do than criticize singapore/schools/the government on their facebook statuses.
it's very simple. not happy? get out.
this comes from taking things for granted. i can't pretend that i know our political system inside out, and i myself love to complain about increases in transport fares, GST, singtel etc. but these people clearly have no appreciation for everything else that we DO have that other countries don't. don't get me wrong, there are plenty of legitimate things to be fixed. but why do you complain just for the sake of it? to appear to be one of those anti-establishment 'intellectuals'? in any case, keep it on your blogs or whatever, don't flood my damn facebook feed with your pointless bitching.
hahaha i wrote that midweek!
just 42 days left. am bored with lessons, unfortunately. probably just tired.
a bunch of girls here have a countdown on someone's whiteboard till they get to see their boyfriends again -_- "mattttttttyyyyyy", "joe" etc. etc.
"OMG it's been like...25 days since i've seen himmmmm"
shaddap la, 25 days.
-studying for and taking 5 tests/exams from tuesday-friday. surviving the boredom by studying on the grass at my secret spot, which is not secret but no one else uses.
- the...joy of 36 hours of continuous rain/drizzle.
- talked to and prayed with Father Constantine on tuesday after vespers, Bible study on wednesday was a strange small meeting with Fr. C and Fr. Oskvig, the Protestant pastor. the two of them were asking each other questions, it was pretty amusing.
- once again, this week was less than Wright, though this was my fault. have got to learn to be less extreme.
- receiving everything that i ordered last thurs on mon and wed respectively definitely made me happy. and definitely good timing in the midst of stress.
- and then, once again unnecessary stress. mirroring my uh... celeb look-a-like- more than i expected to.
- watched the original Exorcist for the first time; it's kinda creepy to know that so many of those scenes were filmed here. it's like..um yeah i had a lesson in that building this morning. heh. i guess it's true what they say, that audiences are more sophisticated than before, so i didn't find it particularly frightening. though the language was definitely shocking for a movie made in the '70s!
- skipped all the Friday parties i was supposed to attend...in favour of doing work ( :D:D) and watching the aforementioned movie. and since laura was off visiting evan (2 yr anniversary wah), and sam had to study... sam and i watched eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. hehe =] good night i think
- studied like a dog saturday. 5 hours studying, 2 hours working out. and then it was time for THE costume. i literally had to trim the wig, cos it was originally a Rasta wig. oh dear God. i am going to wear the bling on a regular basis. daily, even. apparently the costume was...rather a success HAHA.
and the best thing some of the drunkards said?
"OMG LIL WAYNE. YOU'RE MY HERO. I LOVE YOU. DON'T GO TO JAIL. STAY HERE IN DARNALL. YOU CAN LIVE WITH REKHA"
please give them a prize.
the week ahead looks stressful again. have to do a 6-paged lab report today. please pray i stay alive.
only 49 days till i'm home.
" i don't wanna get into anything this semester, but in the future....i mean, i'd date you, you know."
yeah but i wouldn't date you in any semester.
"doesn't he know you're spoken for?"
eggzackly.
received a pretty amusing, amazing surprise. cao visited billch, and billch recorded a message for me! ahhhhhh definitely one to visit over christmas break =] heeheeheehee a warm and fuzzy feeling to hear that familiar voice.
wright was less than right for a while. i was pretty hardcore, what can i say. oh reks. you and your complexities =P
it has been pretty warm this week. have been embracing the sunshine by walking around in slippers, shorts, dresses, open-toed shoes. brilliant. leaves were literally falling today. not surprising, since... it's Fall. i have been taking longer and longer walks daily with different routes. and it calms my soul. it sounds so pretentiously zen, i know, but it is one of my few, precious escapes here.
i am still sick, literally 4 weeks after first coming down with the flu. this is muy, muy mal. have missed lessons, but too tired to worry right now. i do, however, have 5 exams next week. and many more + papers to write coming up after. 56 days are not nearly fast enough.
thursday was one of the days i stayed home. i made myself very happy that day, despite feeling relatively crappy. i :
- printed out 18 more pictures to put up in my room. lots of family, even shelley, and of some others i hadn't had at first, like YEANGYEANG and my girls. hehe and a few more sickly sweet ones ;)
- i shopped online. as usual, i am amazed with my taste in clothes and caution for not wasting my parents' money. i love it. it'll arrive this coming week. i am beyond thrilled.
- had to go to M street to mail a letter to dad (yea, in school you can print pictures on campus but no post office -_- ) and it was nice to get out during the week.
- I HAVE DECIDED ON MY HALLOWEEN OUTFIT. please ask me to tell you the longer version of this story personally. in any case, i am reserving my initial idea for next year to avoid mixing with the sluts here. and i have come up with an outfit that will literally, pardon my language, kick the SHIT out of any girl's costumes here. bskdskfh i was so proud of myself. i hope i pull it off next week ;) stay tuned for next week's post to see if i do or not.
- zuo yi had enough of my disappearing act and i had dinner with them finally after like 2 weeks. GLAD THAT I WAS MISSED, MUAHAHA.
- we played some ping pong at Yates. at night. hahaha
- Thirsty Thursday at harbin 908. and plenty, plenty, of ensuing madness. heh
wore pink on friday because it was 'wear pink day' in support of breast cancer research etc. was sick during the afternoon. the night was a waste of time. absolutely hated it. saturday i studied. watched my favourite movie that i think no one knows that i love. almost died because it gets me every, single, time. ughhhh </3 went for a walk, went to the gym, went for a swim. zuo cooked dinner for us! a ton of food, so sweet of him. but after that, a weird night, too much. sunday dunno what la, nonsense. even more plus/minus-ing of friends.
lil wayne is going to jail. i hope next week's post will be awesome. it's a secret i can't wait to share.
( because i always get mad because things are so difficult, but what i'd really like to say is: )
good things included:
- tuesday church, which i really can't do without anymore.
- wednesday Wright days. which honestly get me by. what a gift.
- wednesday night movie in laura & sam's room with julia. watched phantom of the opera. unfortunately, i'm not the biggest fan of musicals. after a while i just decided to nap on their carpet. after it was over they were like...."er, rekha?" to which i responded, "SH. i was asleep!". what a cheerful friend i am.
and then on thursday morning, i woke up feeling literally (i'm guessing) like hell. like i did on saturday, but even worse. the most i could move was to roll of my bed, and stagger out to puke. (pretty picture i'm painting for you, right). seeing as i was showingsome symptoms, i called the H1N1 hotline many times - no answer. called the student health center - no answer. i skipped class that day, so no one was really around. i buay tahan, and called GERMS (emergency response medical service), and they took me to the university hospital (conveniently located right opposite my hall). so there i was in the ER, it was cold and i honestly felt like i was about to die. i ended up waiting between 4.5 - 5 hours for someone to see me. during this time, there was a crazy lady holding a crackpipe (yes) who moved close to me, and started yelling at me when i moved away. honestly not the best of experiences =P and after all that, i was told to 'get lots of rest and drink plenty of water'. HEALTHCARE, AWESOME.
before the ambulance came to get me, i was wearing FBTs and a big t-shirt. when they arrived, i put on my slippers, grabbed my coat, and a blanket. so i was sufficiently warm on the way there. unfortunately...when i was discharged, i sort of had to find out how to get back to my dorm (because i was at a different exit). and it was raining. and 5 deg celsius. so bravely in my slippers, clutching my blanket. I FOUND MY WAY BACK! mariah's "i can make it through the rain" would have been appropriate.
in any case, i spent friday studying and trying to rest. it was, in general, a pointless day. i made myself happy by doing laundry and vacuuming.
since this was parents' weekend... my dear sweet brother came to visit instead. and yours truly finally actually met his truly! (hehehe) had a good chicago-style lunch followed by vietnamese dinner. as a bonus, he had a conference here till tuesday, so i got to see him again for dinner on monday. we had an INDIAN dinner. accompanied with about a million jokes, and me disturbing people we walk by.
ahhh sibling time is the sweetest time here. so two good weekends in a row with my precious siblings, to make up for endless weekdays of hell. at this point i'm sort of beyond complaining. this is merely re-iterating, for your information.
couldn't be bothered to go for casting call.
mum put the phone to my shelley baby's ear and i of course went mad squealing my 'i-love-you's'. apparently her reaction was rather priceless.
have been exploring more of the town on foot, since that's when i'm with the best company around here. mm there's a change coming. i prefer it, i just wish it would be completed quicker.
oh yes, i forgot to say long ago that the sox were out. soxtober came and went hehe. that's okay. i invest my disappoint elsewhere.
and i forgot to remind you,
finally found a girl that you couldn't impress,
last man on earth still couldn't get this.
an amazing meeting with father maher. and me looking forward to my future semesters, and as usual overplanning all the way to AFTER grad school. so am forcing myself to calm the hell down and focus on the here and now. but i truly am looking forward to my future classes. was teased about my kanchiongness AGAIN.
i clearly have found the Wright person for me, hehe. his "are you feeling better? :( " at the end was just too hilarious and i had no choice but to laughingly reply, "yeah yeah yeah". other memorable quotes include talk about Bread/T.I. and "you ain't spose to say that! thas too old!!"
i have a feeling he'll ask all the questions i've ever wished someone would ask, in time. hoho
thursday was a terrible day mood and conversation (or lack thereof?) - wise. but after a call with cao that involved lots of swearing (on my part) and singing (on both our parts) and spanish (where, for some reason, i always end up laughing like crazy in that class), i felt much better. nerded the rest of my ENTIRE day away.
i wanted to finish all my homework for next week because i'd be busy this weekend (more about that later)....AS WELL AS THE WEEK AFTER, because i'll be busy NEXT weekend too (more about that in the next post). and so like a mad dog, i have successfully done all that. i'm sure that bits and pieces of homework will creep up but oh well. ;)
on friday after class... i took the train to philly TO VISIT MY SISTER. i cannot even begin to describe how happy i was this weekend. i love, love, LOVE spending time with her =] friday night was chill, watching TV in her apartment, because we were both tired. for literally ALL of saturday till like 12.30 pm i was sick with a crazy fever, headache, nausea, and absolute worst pain i've had since being here. sigh. was not fun. BUT THEN. we went shopping, amms ran some errands. happiness. and saturday night, her friends threw a dinner party for me! went to ari's house for some chocolate cake heehee. and sunday morning we went to amms' church here, really beautiful. poor thing had so much work to be done with her team, so while that was going on, i met VANESSA FOO! whom i haven't seen in forever. and we went...shopping. oh Lord. thankfully, i am still using my budgeting skills. but. heeheehee. and it was so nice to see her.
so THANK THE LORD for this great, great, great weekend with my beloved sister <3 will definitely do this more often if possible.
and then it's the bus back to d.c. had the room to myself for the afternoon, CLEANED it nicely. hehe, put away my new purchases :D
have been making zero effort to spend time with my friends here, even the nice ones. and i couldn't care less at this point. hehe. that being said, not like i really speak to my friends back home either. in any case, am going to have dinner with the friends tonight (monday night), and friends back home, haha. i don't know...seems like just cao with sprinklings of zara, chups, bzb and the girls. and that's about it.
( a little too badass for you )
and so it goes.
what i spent the majority of my time this week doing was studying (no, not just my usual nerding) for 5 exams. yes. theology, chem, chem quiz, spanish quiz, and spanish. some better than others, but most importantly...all COMPLETED. am nervous for the results tomorrow onwards, but. whatever, right? i can literally only try my best and then the rest is up to God. (aren't you all impressed at my amazingly positive attitude? i'm trying it out, it works on occasion =D )
my dearest darling mother was in hospital all this week, but through His healing and my melodious voice over the phone to disturb her regularly, she is now back home. spoke to all the grandparents this week, and of course my siblings regularly. it's not easy, to make about 15 calls in a week to various family members. but, definitely worth it.
am getting more involved in the orthodox fellowship, potentially beginning a Bible study - I KNOW RIGHT.....something about the Nest of Sin is making me march forward as God's warrior saying "NO!!!!" to satan's soldiers. ahahahaha . in other news, dr. wright is the best thing since sliced bread. i think this will end up being extremely informative. i also went for the 'R U Ready' talk+discussion. tara brewster, a woman who was raped by her boyfriend during her freshman year, is a survivor and goes around giving talks and helping other victims.
essentially this is to help prevent on (and if possible, off)-campus sexual abuse. am trying to get involved in that too.
well anyway, because i was sick, i had to stay in pretty much all weekend - even skipping hilary's birthday dinner =( which i feel a lil bad about. but WUTEVA. hehehe. andddd laura (who is really awesome and just beyond cute) and i walked in the sunshine to M street to get BEN AND JERRY'S SHAKES. calories be damned, that shit wuz gooddddd. ahahahahah =DD happy icecream face with double-chin as a result of the ice-cream hehe. satisfying way to end the weekend. with a NICE person doing NORMAL things.
seriously thank God for routine. i love cleaning my room. did laundry (oh man, stuff fresh out of the dryer is heavenly), changed the sheets (early this morning), vacuumed the whole room (instead of partying last night) . nerdy and clean. i love it, i don't care.
oh, i am absolutely in love with some of drake's songs. i had no idea i'd love him this much.
some relatively badass lyrics by lil' wayne like "i'll erase you like i drew you, bitch". mm but drake is GOOD. =]
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one thing i am glad of, is that no matter how upset i have been here (for whatever reason, in whatever way) i have not yet lost my ability to laugh. GRANTED, it is usually AT PEOPLE (which is not very nice)...but still. hehehe :D some grown man running across campus with his lab goggles still on, the girl who looked like an owl and went "WHO!?" on the phone to her friend, this girl with AWFUL, AWFUL clothes who was bitching abt someone with "pathetic fashion style". ahh. i am always smiling here, sometimes because i am just that polite and sweet, sometimes because i am laughing and bitchy =D
to my dear, REAL, singapore friends, whenever i talk to you, things seem a little brighter (unless you irritate me :D )
bzb, let's skype soon okay!
and cao THANK YOU FOR THE AWESOME, AWESOME surprise present. =] very sweet of you.
and all the emails/msn-ing, really get me through the week. hasn't been an easy one, but it's ended well. and that's enough.
please pray for my week ahead, am getting anxious. =(
love you all <3
tonight's a 12-deg C night. i am done with all work and am feeling sick again. am going to burrow under the covers with my ipod and the 224-playlist.
we're running, keep holding my hand. so we don't, get separated.
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this week was not too bad. some awesome days, and some alright days, with some bad points thrown in. but i guess, good enough.
am really loving some of the people in my classes. starting to form (and own) the cliques already ;) HAHAHA . with the exception of theology, most of the people in my other classes are sophomores and above, so maybe that's why i like them better! got brains, one. hehehe
my spanish class is GREAT. really hilarious people, i speak in spanish all the time there (SORPRESA!!!) and our teacher is cool too. chemistry's alright, too much work but again people there are nice enough.calc teacher looks like a rapist/serial killer (i've said that already) but i have some fun friends there too. theology.....er. we'll see how that goes.
work has been insane insane intense. =( BUT, BUT i just have to say. so far God has been amazing in the grades i've been getting so thank You for that =] i know i've been studying very hard but you know, this has been very rewarding thus far.
i have FIVE tests next week. theology might kill me so er... dear God =D this is one course i really need Your help in hehe.
but, i am still enjoying studying this hard, though i wish i got more sleep. in any case, i am still surviving.
LOW JEN MAE CAME TO VISIT ME ON TUESDAY, AND IT WAS A BRILLIANT, BRILLIANT DAY!!!! went to georgetown cupcakes (yummm), brought one back for julia, and showed jen around campus a little bit. THEN WE WENT SIGHTSEEING! jen's far more confident on the metro than i am =( i suck. then we went to the white house =D sat in the park and had a mini picnic, walked a lil more...and then she had to go =( but it was so, so much fun. i haven't laughed like that since coming here. she made me take so many stupid pictures and i am SURE she will put them on facebook. it's all part of my asian nerdiness, i took a TON of kawaii asian pictures. so, wait for that =X
after my crazyfriday, amanda and i went shoppinggggg =] for necessary stuff but. STILL. hehehe. i prefer to shop by myself so after a bit, I DID! =D very proud of my purchases too. mm stayed in friday night to SLEEP, and read, and am so, so very glad i did. as usual this NEST OF SINNERS (hahahahahahahahahaha) returned with shouts of "why don't you ever come out with usss!!!!!" . hm, let's think about that...
saturday, during the day was a piece of crap. went out for dinner in the pouring rain. hung out in Harbin for a while, and then back to my room. a rather nondescript, empty weekend
nothing but tests to look forward to next week, ha ha. that's all folks, enjoy your week ahead.
this has been not only the best weekend so far, but the best days of college thus far.
prior to these days i had been, shall we say, a little less than happy. and not even in very much contact/on particularly good terms with friends back home. i spent my wednesday and thursday studying like a dog, yes EVEN HARDER than normal here! for example on thursday i completed this: a calc problem set, calc extra credit questions, and entire chapter of my spanish workbook, studied for a spanish test the next day, chem post-lab questions, chem lab report, chem pre-lab questions, chem lab outline, a chem problem set, and reading for theology.
yes. YES! ASIAN POWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so that was my sole source of happiness till thursday. thursday night/early friday involved far more drama than i would have liked and was probably the lowest of lows (oh yeah, believe it) in college so far, but ended extremely well i think. despite not having sleep, i approached friday (the day where i magically have all my classes) positively. KEPT AWAKE AND ALERT THROUGHOUT ALL MY CLASSES. spoke to eggy for one of the most hilarious msn convos ever, jowshercao as usual, source of ....wisdom. met neil for coffee, after not seeing him for 11 years and now we're in the same school. came back, rested, laughed and danced and sang with julia, my roommate ( !!!! I KNOW RIGHT, I AM SO DAMN SOCIABLE IT'S AMAZING), watched some Bones online. spoke to my mommy and my sister and my brother.
then off for a singapore...'gathering' at one of the seniors' houses. um. yeah. oh well. i went with zuo, who's an awesome person. party-hopped while stone cold sober, yes i am the designated Adult In The Situation here. works for me. yes, it's difficult often...but i get to laugh at people, so i think it has SOME perks at the very least. so, i spent my night laughing (which i fear might lose it's appeal soon but i'll enjoy while it lasts)
and so this new group of friends were the ones i went with on saturday too, to one party and one deep discussion. another memorable day, i'd say. though not in a sarcastic way, as it usually tends to be with me. i am very curious to see how this tapering of friends i have turns out. this whole addition subtraction thing takes place so quickly you don't realize it.
didn't go for our sunday 'family' dinner =( felt a little sick. and anyway now i feel like there are only maybe 3 of them that i want to remain this close to.
i also did more work (heeheehee) which technically has me covered till THIS COMING FRIDAY, though naturally throughout the week they will do their best to add more and kill us. but I WILL SURVIVE, YOU BITCHEZ.
man utd won the derby, the all blacks crushed australia (heehee), and the sox are pretty much most definitely on the road to SOXTOBER!!!!!!!
i have not written to/heard frm marcia in a while. nor i have spoken to paul in realtime for a few days. nor raam for 3 days. so don't get me wrong, THANK YOU GOD FOR THIS WONDERFUL WEEKEND AFTER WEEKS OF HELL and the very recent days of despair,
but there's a little hole in my heart from missing those people though. i am much, much happier this weekend. but. i'd still rather be home =(
thank You God for the people i have gotten to speak to, and my family, and some...interesting times. and please bless this week ahead, Amen.
( and i will try )
there's something about being far away, with actually quite a few friends, but none you really care about that much, that makes you really, really, really crave a hug. =(
thank God i know some nice people, some GOOD people.
thank God i have my family
thank God i have my precious people back home.
zara thanks for skyping =D
lover please get well so we can take more skype snapshots and film Victoria, age 15.
xue qian you are missing, kindly reappear.
my dear dog, stop trying to action and getting yourself hurt.
classes done for the day, got an appointment soon (sigh). my headache is STILL here.
don't want to do anymore workkkkkkk just want to resttttttt.
and on the real side of the world, good 2 am morning to you all. =]
can't believe it's only been 4 days since that last post? the days just drag on here.
classes are tough. but am studying very hard. throwing myself into work, with the exception of today - which was a holiday (Labour Labor Day), and i watched a ton of TV online.
calling various family members all the time, which i look forward to.
no i feel no differently about the people around me. even more strongly, if you know what i mean. sigh. truly, sigh
the only exception are the rugby girls. who are awesome, truly. (but all upperclassmen so it's not like i ever see them) then i thought i should be responsible about my health and maybbbe not join rugby....then my knee cracked 6 times consec. all by itself and i can't walk, so the decision's been made for me. =\
i love my room, or at least my half of it. this is what i always do. whether it was when we moved to the rental house, or moved back to our real place, i would always finish unpacking by that night itself. and i mean REALLY unpack, down to the very last knick-knack. and that's what i wanted to do here. i pretty much just SPAMMED all sorts of things that say 'reks'. not literally of course. pandas everywhere, a singapore flag across my wall, red sox stuff, enough religious stuff to make my roommate's friend ask if it was some sort of shrine -_-, and pictures of my family/babies (i.e. friends)
considering i still feel how i feel about people here, i actually look forward to the weekdays, rather than the weekend =(
and their parties? this cheapbeerdrunkensex shit? not at all interested. will wait till i get home then we can party like it's SUPPOSED to be done. with people i give a damn about, not these ..... folks.
ANYWAY, will not get started.
talk about emotional turmoil. sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. come get me from here please, one-way ticket home. i miss mi familia, mi casa, mi perro, mis amigos. and this is not on purpose. have made great effort.
i need a hug and a kiss and another hug that won't let go..... and sure as hell ain't gonna find it in this Town. </3
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