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i was about to remove my makeup and go to sleep after having not slept for almost two days, when i thought i saw a mascara smudge.

oh man, so embarrassing to walk around with a mascara smudge.

after removing the makeup, i realised that wasn’t a mascara smudge, it was bloody dark eye rings! complete with eye bags too. my first time in years. and i looked like a total monster after removing makeup, thanks to the lack of sleep. i think i can start recovering all those lost sleep soon.

on another note, i’m utterly amazed i survived yesterday, the killer day of the semester. i need to reward myself.

and i’m even more glad the term break is here.

before the semester ends, i’m off to the last (hopefully) group meeting for the first half of the semester!

post-edit: i think i am very clever! i scored 90% for the mid-term exam yesterday, despite not having the time to study for it cos i had another case presentation and a 10-page report submission on the same day. there were only 20 questions, but what the hell, i am still very smart!

for the sake of $100, i have downloaded something called a ftp client or dunno what thing. it comes with an uber cute dock icon on ally, the truck you see next to the trash bin. i still haven’t figured out how exactly i can use this thing in future but at least i’ve downloaded what i need for the sake of that $100.

oh yeah, the red duck you see (4th icon from the left) is an instant messaging thingy, adium, which can log into msn, icq (ha!), yahoo messenger and what-not accounts all at the same time. msn pissed me off big-time cos it was mute most of the time while i was using it. there was a period of time i wasn’t such great friends with adium cos they didn’t display the msn emoticons and sometimes, i had a little difficulty communicating with those emoticon-crazy people i know. now that they enable emoticons, i’m enjoying a really great relationship with the adorable little duckie.

adium comes with funky features like auto-replies and customizable statuses, which is what i’m using most of the time. but i really hate it when i’m not logged in or when the internet connection is down, cos the duckie’s eyes would be blank and i’ll feel sorrowful for its blindness.

ok, i’m getting emotional over a duckie.

main point is, i feel high tech, i’ve got that ftp thing!

cuter species than the ones i know

it’s irritating how some of those people who keep late nights expect the rest of the world to follow their time schedules.

they send out urgent emails at 2am in the morning and expect the person to reply the email immediately. they seem shocked when i told them no, i haven’t got the chance to check my mailbox cos i slept before midnight and i had to rush for class this morning. they stared at me like i was some extinct animal placed before their eyes. is it not normal to sleep before midnight?

they cannot comprehend that for most of the world, the day starts before 2pm in the afternoon. therefore they insist that group meetings be held in the late afternoon even though the other group members only have morning classes and nothing else scheduled for the rest of the day.

such people are the classic examples of selfish individuals who think the entire world revolves around their lives and it irritates me like crazy.

mondays are bleak enough for me, with a 8am class that i try to attend as much as possible.

today, it was made worse with two blistering kids.

case 1:
when i was using the computers in school (the bloody internet connection went off again last night!) there was this postgrad who brought her daughter of toddler age along. i have nothing against postgrads bringing kids to school, but make sure they’re not the fidgety type or at least, keep them well entertained if you are gonna take a long time to settle your stuff.

but did that woman have the common sense to do so?

no! so her toddler daughter was left to entertain herself in a room with nothing but relatively elderly people (yes, i’m referring to myself) and computers lined up along the four walls. what the hell is a kid supposed to do in such a situation? whine, of course. and whine she did. that woman pacified the kid so she quietened down for a short while. her mum logged on to the internet so that she could play some silly games on the internet. and the kid started singing kiddy songs at the top of her volume. this time, her mum didn’t do anything to stop her from disturbing the others.

in another 20 minutes, the kid got bored again and started whining and whining and whining and whining. it got so irritating another postgrad went up to the woman and suggested she make other arrangements for her daughter in future instead of bringing her there. after which the woman shamelessly stayed in the room while her daughter continued to whine and whine and whine and whine.

after dinosaur years the mum decided she couldn’t do any work with her daughter whining in the background (what about us innocent victims, woman?!) and packed up.

case 2:

on my way back home, i boarded this bus half-filled with africans. a group of women and children and again, there was a toddler! he was seated next to where i was standing. for some unknown reason he was biting the seat rest while drooling all over the seat rest and howling. howling, like a bloody car alarm. and because his seat was very much elevated, he was howling right into my ears. he didn’t have to stop to breathe at all, that’s the amazing part. he just went on howling non-stop.

halfway through my short bus journey the mother decided to move him to where she was sitting. along the way when she grabbed the kid from his seat, the kid kicked me and the mother saw it but didn’t even apologize or look apologetic. like i was there for him to kick. then the mother sat down while the kid continued to howl in his mother’s arms. the kid was so irritating he didn’t want to sit in his pram, he didn’t want to sit on the seat next to his mother’s, he didn’t want to sit on his mother’s laps, he just wanted to howl.

thank goodness my bus journey was really short and i didn’t have to endure the damn kid throughout the journey. when i got off the bus, my ears felt so relieved they flapped to and fro. and people wonder why i hate kids in general.

kids should come labeled with health hazard signs, i tell you.

sixth avenue very near esplanade meh?

were the deceased somehow related to the arts scene?

did the fire spread from esplanade to sixth avenue?

the fire department extinguished the fire with water from the bay?

what is it, what is it? the suspense is killing me!

i get very amused when i discover new things about brands i didn’t know before.

just like how i discovered sara lee, you know, the sara lee pound cake brand (i still have fuzzy memories of their tv advertisements from dinosaur years ago) is also the parent company for these:

that’s on top of brands for insecticides and bathroom cleansing detergents. i couldn’t believe it when i saw the sara lee logo on the label of the bathroom detergent my housemate bought. it’s like…food and insecticides and detergents and shoe polish and air fresheners?

a classic example of diversifying into non-related products but definitely weird when any weird customers like me thinks about it.

did i mention that they have a brand ? hen hao xiao.

it’s funny how my brain knocks sense into my biological clock when deadlines are near. even if i sleep late, i’ll automatically sleep for a maximum of 8 hours without setting any alarm clocks. i think it’s a symptom of stress.

therefore i’ve been waking up bright and early (comparatively to the usual 10am or 11am) and rushing through the morning shower and breakfast so that i can start on the day’s work sooner. and strangely, rushing through happily.

i think i’ve gone mad. i like busy days.

my bro was asking me what’s the formula for the surface area of a sphere and i told him i wasn’t too sure, maybe it was 4/3(3.14)r^3?

turned out that was the volume of a sphere.

and the surface area of a sphere is calculated by 4(3.14)r^2.

dunno, but i thought the surface area of a sphere should be more complicated than that.

i think i think in weird manners.

my internet connection has miraculously revived itself. it was no use waiting for technical support to answer my frantic calls cos no one answered them even though i waited for more than 40 minutes. out of determination, vanity and wishful thinking, i reset-ted the modem again and again. the led light which was supposed to be lit finally lit up again and i almost wanted to set some fireworks to celebrate. this means i don’t have to camp overnight in school. i was seriously considering doing that for tomorrow or sunday night, cos there’s an obscene amount of work due next week and i need the internet.

sometimes technology makes me appreciate small little things in life, like lit up led lights.

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a year ago, i’d probably be the last person on earth to know how much a can of tuna or a bottle of shampoo would cost, cos i didn’t have to shop for these things. what are mothers for? if i had to buy some groceries, i had the mentality of “just grab the one which looks the prettiest. they probably cost around the same anyway”.

a year ago, i visited supermarkets on an average frequency of once every few months.

this afternoon when i was doing my groceries, i saw some canned tuna on promotion (again).

oh my god, it’s only 77 cents each! the other supermarket was selling them for 99 cents each during their promotion last month! ok, let’s just grab four cans, one of each flavour.

then i walked by the toiletries aisle.

oh my god! the pantene shampoo and conditioners are going at $4.95 instead of the usual $7.95! oh damn, i only have enough muscle power to buy one of each. damn, damn, damn! i wish i drove, i would be able to buy at least two of each then.

i can’t believe the changes in my shopping behaviour. i am now an, [gasp] auntie!

that’s me, blogging live from school. was feeling cranky but i can’t help smiling cos the weather today is terrific. cool but sunny and warm enough to stay outside and get some desperately needed fresh air.

here i am in school, seated on an outdoor bench using the internet connection cos the bloody internet connection at home is down again. i thought it could be that i owe them money, but i just checked and my account is clear. can’t get through to the technical support hotline too. so yeah, i’m really pissed with the internet provider for the time being. i had to use my housemate’s laptop to send an email and i realised she’s completely helpless in technology stuff. waaaaaay worse than i am, ok? and i’m already quite a bad case.

she thought i wouldn’t be able to log on to gmail to send emails cos:

her: telstra next g works differently and doesn’t allow sharing of the connection.
me: oh, but you can still surf the net normally, right?
her: yeah, but they told me i wouldn’t be able to share connections and stuff like email services.

sometimes i think i meet some of the weirdest people in the world.

yeah, weird people like my groupmate who worked in singapore last year. his favouritest favourite food from singapore? fried bee hoon for breakfast.

i am sleepy tired sleepy sleepy tired from school. school is inhumane. i had to rush through preparations for today’s schedules and ended up with less than two hour’s sleep.

then i battled through a morning discussion where the tutor, though satisfied with my performance so far, bombarded me with more questions that drove (and will continue to do so for the next two and a half months) me nuts.

after which there was a special edition lecture that took four hours instead of the usual three. throughout the lecture, i, the lonely singaporean in the class had to entertain the questioning lecturer who loves to mention singapore in his lectures and get my verification and comments about the island. it was nerve-wrecking having to pay attention throughout the four hours, in case anyone mentioned anything about singapore (which happens very frequently) and i’d have to be the island expert.

now that i’ve finished the preparations for tomorrow’s schedule, i can finally sleeeeep.

good night, world.

this is my new favourite veggie - the chinese wombok. i don’t understand why it has such a weird name too, but never mind.

it’s hard trying to find yummy veggies here cos the angmohs eat different veggies from us asians. i’m lucky there’s asian veggies like choy sum and kai lan here. the thing is, i’m not exactly crazy about choy sum and kai lan. i just learnt how to eat eggplants last semester. i don’t eat corn or beetroot or silverbeet or sweet potatoes or pumpkin.

which means that all along, i’ve been living on broccoli, cauliflower, potatoes, mushrooms and carrots. the occasional spinach, cos it’s a bitch to totally get rid of the soil and grit before cooking. after four months of broccoli, broccoli and more broccoli, i swore off my favourite veggie when i was back in sg.

welcome to my list of staple veggies, you wombok.

i’m dying of extreme boredom over here. it’s sunday and all i can do is to try clearing my backlog but it’s not exactly conducive working on weekends. my team mates are bugging me for small little things like where to register for this online simulation game, how to register, which state should be used as all the options are double-lettered and none says ACT (Australian Capital Territory), what’s the difference between shipping address and billing address and blah.

i’m like an information counter for the time being.

and i sent an email with attachments of what i’ve done for the group project on thurs and no one has replied. i have a bad feeling what i’ve done is entirely different from the other three IT people in my group and i probably have to redo the damn thing all over again.

there’s two team mates of mine who are extremely pragmatic and selfish and they piss me off big time.

need i say that i’m extremely grumpy now?

i was in the school computer lab working on a project with my team mates when suddenly, a female voice exclaimed in a high pitched whine, “johnny 哥*!!!“. i swear she dragged the “哥” for a minimum of four seconds because it gave me enough time for me to get goose pimples, wonder why the hell someone would whine like that in school and finally, turning back in slow motion (cos i was typing) to see who it was.

it was a fellow erm, countrymate of group mate johnny.

i started laughing to myself silently because i found it so funny then i couldn’t help but chuckle to myself. i imagined calling myself calling that group mate “johnny 哥”, complete with batting eyelids. it’s just….weird! i almost suffered internal injuries from keeping in my laughter.

the other groupmate, who was watching me type noticed my trembling shoulders and looked at me wondering why i was in silent spasms. he asked me why i was laughing to myself while typing something which was totally unfunny. i told him if he knew what i was laughing about, he would die laughing too.

upon saying that, the female stranger bade the groupmate goodbye by “see ya, johnny 哥!”

that was the last straw.

i choked. and it took me a really long time to compose myself.

*哥: the chinese manner of addressing an older brother

i can never watch wartime movies because of the cruelty and hardships shown. just like how i went though half of the rape of nanking and i have never been able to finish it.

i bought schindler’s list a million years ago and to date, i’ve never even finished watching half the show. i got my hands on the pianist and it was painful watching the first half an hour. people getting shot for asking harmless questions, being hunted down on the streets and shot down by soldiers as a game and an invalid getting thrown out of his wheelchair from a balcony.

i know it’s just a movie but i also know stuff like that happen in wars. it’s ridiculous what happens during wars, it’s like people lose their humanity and senses while trying to survive.

i don’t think i’ll even try watching wartime movies anymore, it’s not as if i’ll ever finish one.

while exploring all those absolutely cool and fun downloadable things for ally, i stumbled upon bonecho, which is a faster version of firefox for ally. usually i can’t tell the difference between these speed thingys but this bonecho is really noticeably faster than firefox.

it’s 99.9% similar to firefox too, except for small little things which you wouldn’t even notice if you’re not observant enough.

i think these people who write these codes are complete geniuses. yeah they may be geeky and nerdy from time to time but they’re modern einsteins!

now i can explore the world more efficiently. for instance, my search for a offline blogging tool can be made faster.

ok trial 3.

from the last post to now, i’ve explored yet another two options. both of which allows just blogging using simple text and non of those editing, image uploadings or linkings. unless i do them manually, i think.

sheesh, life sucks.

i wanted to download a programme which would allow me to blog even without starting my internet browser. there were a few to choose from so i just chose randomly.

i didn’t know how to configure my wordpress account with bleezer, the first programme i tried.

now i’m blogging on flock, which also works as an internet browser. the configuration is absolutely idiot-proof. but it defeats the purpose: if i am going to blog with an internet browser, i’d just stick to firefox.

ok now lemme try some other programmes.

Blogged with Flock

due to the spare-no-cents campaign and the resolution to be a model student (see previous post), i think i’ll stay in canberra for the two-week term break. this is my second semester here and i haven’t been to anywhere in canberra except for two shopping malls, one of which is my usual groceries mall, the city strip and another small little suburban strip.

i shall start on my itinerary once i catch up with my work.

i hope there’s good places to explore.

it’s time to instill some badly-needed self discipline in the life of the notoriously slack (at least, among the circle of engine friends weiwei has) business student.

for the past month school has been like a holiday. the excuse i had for the first two weeks was that i had no textbooks and the library copies were on loan. i can’t think of any good excuses for having been lazy for week 3 and 4.

now that stale readings and incomplete tutorials are piling up at an incredible rate, while deadlines are less than a month away, i need to do some serious work catching up with the rest of the school population.

and i have, yet again, a tight budget this semester because of the stupid cost of the textbooks. the only thing i am capable of doing at this stage is to create a spreadsheet noting each and every daily expense. yeah, i’m on a spare-no-cents campaign again.

i will live according to schedule.
i will live according to schedule.
i will live according to schedule.
i will live according to schedule.
i will live according to schedule.

i was cooking dinner when the housemate returned from shopping.

me: oh, hello!
she: hi, had dinner yet?
me: uh…nah, i’m cooking my dinner now. (duh.)
she: hmm…smells good!
me: ……..

i wasn’t trying to be rude or antisocial but i was left speechless.

because.

i was only boiling pasta.

now, does boiled pasta smell good to anyone here? i suppose she was trying hard to make conversation but that’s pushing it a little too far, eh?

tsk. i hate it when i can’t watch the movies i want to watch. there’s so many i’ve missed (or going to miss): pirates of the caribbeans III, 881, poltergay, ratatouille and dunno what else.

i don’t watch movies over here cos uh, i don’t have any friends here?

and this time, 881 seems really good. i don’t remember watching any local movies because as we know, the movie industry here is a bit uh, underdeveloped. but i watched the trailers for 881 and i was laughing. it managed to capture my attention and curiosity too. i quite like mindee ong, yeo yann yann and qi yuwu. the reviews for the movie seem pretty good too.

i wonder if it’ll be on crunchyroll anytime soon.

these days the fridge has been a little empty because i have been a bum who is too lazy to shop for groceries. there’s still lots of frozen meats but what’s the use of frozen meats when the supply of noodles and rice are running low? when there’s almost no veggies to go along with those proteins? no fruits, no milk to go with cereal, no salad ingredients, no butter, no jam and almost zero sandwich ingredients despite the many slices of bread i have left.

fortunately i have enough ham and cheese to last me till monday. and surprise, surprise, i have an unopened can of tuna which i bought in abundant supply when the supermarket sold them at a discounted price of 99 cents each. i’m glad i was a kiasu auntie when i bought those canned tunas.

oh, i have one last packet of instant noodles too!

p.s: i have been blogging excessively, i know. at least it keeps me from destructive crunchyroll actitivies.

campaign launched to promote S’pore as weekend getaway destination.

STB is the model of creativity, always coming up with fresh ideas that you would never think of.

i was just wondering, that wouldn’t people, especially city dwellers who “after a week’s hard work, (on impulse) they (would) call up a few friends and just come over” want to go to a serene place for a weekend getaway? or maybe they’re actually targeting the kampung dwellers who would look forward for some wild partying, a break from their mundane lives?

of course there’s people who might want to party their entire weekends away, but flying to singapore just to party? STB gotta be kidding. yeah, i know people can be that rich to fly here and there like nobody’s business, but in reality, how many people do that? especially when they are exhausted from a week’s work and their peers are probably as tired as they are. besides, i’m sure a good proportion of these HMI (highly mobile individuals, we just gotta abbreviate everything) work on weekends too. otherwise, how to be that rich to fly at the same frequency which commoners take buses?

apparently there’s a supporter from a certain era who thinks this campaign is a good idea:

“I think I’m a party animal. I enjoy going out at night, especially (during) weekends. Discotheque is a place I like a lot and Singapore has a lot of new discotheques… so this place is complete.”

hurhurhur, discotheques. it sure reminds me of someone i know.

it’s been very windy the entire day and i guess it’s really cold out there now. i wouldn’t know, as i’m safe within the four walls warmed by a heater and a nice comfy bed while being entertained by ally. but i know i’d hate it if i’m out there walking in the howling wind. and all of a sudden, i’m thinking of the homeless people who might be huddling against the cold, hard walls of strange buildings trying to keep warm.

i wish there’s something i can do.

both my team leaders for different projects this semester are incredibly serious.

the first guy, who was in the same group as i was last semester, sent an email to all group members welcoming a new member on our team.

this second team leader, has this thing for taking minutes during meetings.

i am so dead this time. i miss my favourite project kakis from those good old smelly undergrad days.

i have been browsing so many online stores, i think i can become a consultant in this area soon.

the stores set up by teenage (or slightly older) ah-lians are the worst. tiny text, horrendous navigation, difficult ordering processes, ugly websites, outdated products, poorly-taken photographs of products, lousy grammar, spelling mistakes and sometimes, treating the customers as criminals.

i think it’ll be fun to run an online store but sure as hell, i don’t have anything to sell

even though i have this urge to spend and buy some new clothes or bags (maybe i can start my cny shopping a little earlier this year, eh?) i haven’t spent a single penny on apparel yet cos so many of those sg online stores are taking orders from taiwan and korea and they are all “free-size”. which simply means i probably can’t fit in those things meant for the typical skinny singaporean lady.

the usual sites where i buy my earrings from have closed down / no new stock.

forever21 requires an address in the u.s.

gah.

happy public holiday national day, people.

may we all grow to love singapore more.

and to immerse myself in the singaporean-ly mood, i’m having leftover chicken rice for dinner. it isn’t as good as what’s in the picture, of course. but better than nothing lah.

i’m sure glad i don’t have to be in the homeland this month, bombarded by patriotic songs and red-and-white banners and residents committees all over the island vying to hang the most national flags in their area and national day rallies and the ndp parade monopolizing tv channels.

i like this template. i mean, compared to the other (few) options available. downside is, the old images look bad cos of the borders and stuff lah.

sigh, i just have to live with the past ugliness and think of something new from now on.

i didn’t want to change the blog title from “blabbering blob of blogging blogger”. after all, that’s been the title of my blog since i started, i think. but wordpress is too anal to let me change the template and the original title wouldn’t fit in the header nicely. so there.

a change is always refreshing!

is for wordpress to limit the non-paying users to standard templates.

i am freaking tempted to switch back to blogger just so that i can customize my blog designs, but that’s too much of a hassle. besides, i don’t like (and is unfamiliar with) the widgets thingy blogger is using anyway.

it irritates the hell out of me that there’s so few templates to choose from over here and that those i like didn’t display pictures nicely.

worst thing is, i can’t even choose my font size?!  sheeesh!

i’m sure if singapore were personified (or website service-fied), she’ll be wordpress.

i had this super mega craving for blackforest cake. a huge slice of rich, chocolatey goodness.

so i decided to check out this seemingly famous cakeshop which was located at a very ulu place. nevertheless, it was an insatiable craving i had and i would do anything to satisfy it. it wasn’t too bad, the quest took me only one and a half hours, including travel time and the darn upslope trek.

so i was all excited when i reached home. never mind the cheesy-looking cakebox that featured the mascot baker and coloured balloons and confetti.

the cake wasn’t exactly aesthetically pleasing and some of the cherries were a little mutated.

never mind if it didn’t look pretty, it should at least taste yummy, right? but it was a little too dry and crumbly and far from the rich and chocolatey experience i was expecting. the sour cherries they used were too mashed up and too sour for my liking too.

so in short, it was a bad way to satisfy a craving. still, i promised myself to get work done after getting my hands on a blackforest cake. well, i’ve got it and now i have no other excuses.

p.s: yes, i bought an entire cake but it’s meant to be shared with my friends lah. 

pp.s: i can’t find my camera usb data cable. i hope it’s safe in singapore. 

Latest News
NO BUSES 10:00am to 2:00pm FRIDAY 10 AUGUST 2007
ACTION wishes to advise that no buses will be running between 10:00am and 2:00pm on Friday 10 August 2007. This is to enable drivers to attend a planned meeting. Please plan ahead and make other travel arrangements between 10:00am and 2:00pm on Friday 10 August 2007. School services will not be affected.
ACTION apologises for the inconvenience this may cause.

dun have bus how to attend class? oh well, the class isn’t compulsory after all. hmmm……….of course i can try and leave for school a little earlier, but, the class isn’t compulsory mah!

i wouldn’t even have known there’ll be no buses during this period, if not for my quest for blackforest cake.

planned meeting cannot split into a few batches meh? they cannot have better methods of informing people ah? they think everyone’s such a freak like me logging on to their website to check out places?

this bus company very strange one lah.

when i visited sydney i stayed at my bro’s and was wondering how the heck he survived in a bathroom without a heater. very cold one leh. so i considered my place to be quite luxurious after all, with two heater bulbs keeping me warm in the bathroom.

until.

one of the heater bulbs went off with a ‘pop’ over the weekend towards the end of my bathroom activities. which tripped the power supply to the electrical appliances in my room (the fridge! the fridge!).

i thought it would be fine after the landlord reset the power switch.

until.

my room plunged into an unnatural silence, while my housemate was taking a steamy hot shower in the bathroom. the whirring of the heater and the purring of ally dead.

the landlord and family weren’t at home so there i was, pacing up and down in my room, hoping they would not stay out overnight - what would happen to all the food in my fridge?!

thank god the landlord’s daughter came home less than an hour after that and with a few phonecalls to her dad, we managed to reset the power switch.

but until the heater bulbs are fixed (which will happen dunno-when), i have to shower in the freezing cold mornings/evenings. it sucks because it’s freaking cold in the mornings and my morning hair can only be tamed with a shower.

four months.

it took me four months to stop thinking. to let go of the ‘what-ifs’. to know that i can go on without any awkward or hard feelings.

no point holding on to painful thoughts right? especially if it doesn’t deserve that much of my brain cells. besides, i know i have no regrets.

it’s a great feeling to know that i’ve moved on happily. it’s scary how i managed to survive this all alone without telling a single soul anything. but thanks to everyone who didn’t press me for more information, i appreciate the concern and the respect for my privacy.

am i back to the boing boing boing days or what?

welcome me back, people!

i need more friends and fun in my life!

i’m 23 years old but living like a middle-aged spinster. when i’m over here in australia i overdose on personal time. i have no social life except for quick chats with classmates in school. beyond the handful of classmates i chat with, i know no one i can talk to over here.

other than those featured in the above picture, that is.

yeah, i know i’m supposed to get out and start talking to people. if i don’t talk, i’ll never make friends right? i dunno if it’s just me, but most of the people here are of totally different chemistries. besides, most of the classmates are here to study and get their degrees, not to make more friends.

sigh.

crunchyroll is gonna cause my downfall.

since last semester i have been watching a number of dramas on the site. this semester, i discovered the titles of more hong kong dramas and stumbled upon one channel 8 drama (hometown entertainment works well sometimes!). i’m now watching 2 serials simultaneously and i’ve got another 8 on the to-watch list. i love the internet!

but i’ve got the deadly article critique due on tuesday and another assignment which requires some reading and intelligence due on wednesday.

ok i swear i won’t watch another episode after this one. or at least till i finish the article critique.

or i suspect my entertainment providers in the form of seah-yiyi and mf wouldn’t help me out in future.

so, now they’ve become smarter. even before they talk about raising bus fares, they talk about improving services.

do i need shiny new buses? no, although it did give me a kick to travel in one in my 1 month’s holiday. but generally i’m fine with older buses as long as they increase the bloody frequency.

“Buses will now have to arrive every 10 minutes, at least during weekday peak hours, 80% of the time.”

as a country with a “state-of-the-art transportation system” it’s a shame if this condition isn’t already in place.

and that’s like the only standard mentioned! sheesh! and to be met in two years?! what is the world coming to!

skarly they finish building the casinos le and i’ll still be trapped in the bowels of the west waiting for the bus to arrive, goodness knows when.

the textbooks have arrived and the internet’s up and running! i’ll figure out how to turn it into a wireless connection when i feel like it. meanwhile, it’s an excuse for staying away from the desk and not doing work.

school’s pretty okay for the time being, i haven’t skipped any classes at all and it’s a miracle cos i have 3 morning classes. i didn’t even attend 11am classes last semester! i guess it’s because the lecturers count. not knowing anything about the subject counts too. and nothing beats having a housemate wakes up at 7.30am and rush up and down the stairs audibly to get ready for work, or forcing myself to wake up even earlier on mondays so that i won’t affect her routine while getting ready for my 8am class.

now i have a 5 day week instead of the official 4 because i have to attend these weekly seminars where academics present their papers. yes, that means an utterly boring and painful 2 hour session on a weekly basis. and i’ve glanced at the topics.

it’s. gonna be. painful.

post-edit: i just realised the wireless IS working, but it seems to be unprotected by passwords. and i have no idea how to go about correcting the problem. gah.