I returned a library book (The Odyssey) a few days back, and I left the librarian a message.

I really hope he/she saw it.

Glad to know people share my feelings.

Click on it to enlarge!

This is from THIS GREAT WEBCOMIC.

The Art Gallery

Today, I had my first HL103 tutorial, loved my tutor's style. Love that he reads the poems out.

Arranged to meet Amu for lunch at Can A, it'd been a long time since we'd met. We were arguing about who wasted more food when we were done. Haha. Amu suddenly remembered that she'd always wanted to go to The Art Gallery, at NIE, which we can see from our seats in the canteen cos NIE is right beside NTU. Or inside NTU, rather. And then we decided to go right away, we had 45minutes on hand and we knew we'd never make it if we missed this chance.

So we walked into NIE, found the Gallery deserted, and spent our time trying to make out why each artwork was given the title it had. We failed with almost all those pieces. But we did find a shattered glass pane, and couldn't figure out if it was a piece of art or an accident , since it looked too perfect to be an accident, but was cordoned off, which means it's fragile and dangerous. Have a look.

From top to bottom:

- The whole pane. I thought it was wire mesh for a second.

- Close-up of the glass.

- What things look like through that pane. Looks like some painting with a particular art technique doesn't it.

- The tree as seen from the broken pane as compared to the normal pane.

On the way out, we decided to sign the Guestbook, and under the Comments column, I asked if that pane was an accident or art. Then I wrote, "Either way, it's pretty."

I stopped at Plaza Sing on the way home to collect some of the books I ordered from OpenTrolley.com, to be collected from a shop called Toy Outpost. Haha! My reading pile grows menacingly high.

To add on to yesterday's post:

Thank you MICHEE! She sent me a card through a guy in lit who stays at her hall, whom i've never met, but have heard of from her. He asked me if I'm shreya after lecture, and passed me her card. =] i love getting cards that way, thank you so much my favourite lichee!

Thank you SNEHA! For always sending long messages that make me smile! =]

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I'm a beast for having taken so long to do this.

THANK YOU all you people!

Subra, for wishing me way in advance cos he said he'll be overseas on the day. Family for the Nano, and dinner outside, and for all the love. Shylu & Shalini for the surprise and donuts. Rama, for the pumpkin soup and a great afternoon. Sudarshan, for calling at 12.15am and for talking for a while. Karthick for messaging from India. Ajit and Avinash for surprising me by calling from India at 3.30am (Singapore time) and singing Happy Birthday. Olivia for the wishes in French. Simran for calling me "Sheyer", which actually sounds cool (haha!). Shanti, future doctor, for remembering in the middle of her lecture. Amoudtha, who always gets worried she'll forget. Thiru, for calling before messaging, though I missed your call! Pushpa, for messaging in the afternoon cos that's when I was born. Saranya for the twenty smileys. Dhevy! For the extremely long rhyming message (it was so long it took up two SMSes, about 12 messages in total) and for refusing to post the present cos she was scared the postmen wouldn't handle it with care (haha). Nadia, the one with the pretty pictures. Gokul and Vignesh, for calling from India with their best wishes. Ser En, for telling me to aim for GPA 5.0 this sem (I got 4.1 last sem). Nandita, for messaging with 10 minutes to spare! Balaji, Will Smith/Ne-Yo/ Top Dawg/ Gangsta With A Curfew in-the-making for succeeding in his mission to be the last to wish me (on time)! Audrey! For calling at 6.15am on the 22nd (it was 11.15pm on the 21st for her) from Germany and for talking for 45 minutes (it was an internet call) and for getting her friend Rene to sing the birthday song too! Nivedh, for the belated and extremely apologetic wishes. Sundar, for emailing from the US (it was still the 21st over there when he sent it). Hasinah, for giving me that extremely good news along with her wishes! Yagnya, who remembered on the day though she could only wish me later. Raghav, for the wishes and for finally coming online and proving his internet hadn't crashed or something. =]

People in their teens seem to think that turning 20 is a monumental event. I disagree, I feel just the same. No sudden fear/realisation of my age, no sudden transition of mindset from teenager to a 20-year-old. Books and movies overplay that. I often think Hobbits got it right; their coming-of-age is only at 33. 20 feels just as young as 19, which felt just as young as 18, and so on.

I ordered some of my course books online, can't wait for them to be ready for collection!

I love books. Mum and I went to Borders and Kinokuniya at Orchard this morning, and decided to return soon as a family, with enough time on our hands to take our time looking around!

"I'm just speedin' down this fast lane, stuntin' and they mad cos they can't."

If the video in the previous post doesn't work, watch it HERE.

We are dreamchasers.

Yesterday, we pretended we were pioneers, and went on our bikes in search of the end of the beach. On the way, we explored unchartered terrain (unchartered by us, haha) and felt extremely Famous Five-ish once more. Went up to Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal, and realised there might be a way beyond it too, but we had to rush back because it was getting late and the rainclouds were looming. We managed to race the rain till Bedok Jetty, where the first few clouds caught up with us, but either the clouds slowed down or we sped up cos the rain didn't last long. Our legs wouldn't have lasted much longer either.

It's been 40 minutes since I typed the last sentence, because my house just got invaded (It's 11pm)! By two friends who came in with donuts and two candles =] 13 years of friendship and still running stronger than ever! We got cream-smeared as usual, and my mum insisted it wasn't enough and added her own touches as well! =D

So back to the main thread. We managed to outrace the rain after all, and made it back, and except for the slight mishap of my bike's chain getting disengaged and my hands getting greasy putting it back on, we reached home without collapsing. And we didn't even get scolded for being out so long with rain at our heels!

We were shown this video during HW111 lecture. Have a look.

"I'm feeling like I can't lose."

I feel accomplished.

(I'm gonna be arrogant now. But you see, this is mainly for me to read when I'm older.)

Today, I decided to go for a run, after a long long while. So I took the normal cross-country route, up the overhead bridge, and decided to go for a longer run than usual, up to Bedok Jetty if possible.

The cool part is that I made it to Bedok Jetty and back without stopping, and went past the underpass (which leads to my house) cos I wanted to go on the ovehead bridge again.

Of course, I was really slow, it took me an hour to get home and I was almost brisk-walking instead of jogging, but oh well. I've gotta start somewhere right. Not bad for a first attempt I think.


And I finally have Graffiti in my hands! (The new Chris Brown album.)

Today was a great day...

...because, firstly, my sister's bike was finally repaired, and we went for a long ride at ECP. Unfortunately, we couldn't cross the Fords of Bruinen, but we did manage to see the White Tree of Gondor. (We're really into The Lord of the Rings, and we name places/things we see after places/things in LOTR, if they remind us of the books/movies.) And we also felt slightly Famous Five-ish/Secret Seven-ish with our rubber-soled slippers and when we saw trees with huge tall roots one could hide in. All that was missing was the tinned peaches =D

Secondly, after getting home and taking a quick bath, we rushed to meet our parents for dinner outside, after which, they surprised us with tickets to the movie 3 Idiots! It was a great film with a different storyline, loved it. Just the right amounts of every emotion, and amazing acting.

Thirdly, I've got an email to reply to =]

BUT. I miss playing God of War on the brother's PS2 (Mortal level, the easiest. haha).


"Aaall izz vell."

A bit of what I did during the holidays.

Left for India the Friday after my last exam.


At Citi Centre (a mall), before watching Avatar. You don't have to seek my blessings, bro. Haha. Everyone looks funny in this picture.

Behold our cake-smeared faces. We were celebrating a birthday (the relevant person isn't even in the photo) and naturally, we all got involved. I seem to be the least scathed. We're all wearing the T-shirts our grandmother bought for us when she went to Dubai.

A dog watches with interest as we pose among the waves.

I took this photo. Strange strange poses.

Mum's side. We're sharing an ice-cream at a restaurant called Eden. The ice-cream was called The Last Time Ever I Saw My Waist. HAHA!

This was right after watching Avatar in 3-D, the night show. We took this right after the movie ended, I guess it was past bed-time for my youngest cousin sister =D And my oldest cousin sis didn't wear her 3-D specs either, for some reason.

At VGP (an amusement park). I'm wearing my sister's spare pair of shades (I DO have a pair but I'd never have wanted to take it with me to India, and even if I had, I wouldn't have brought it to the amusement park, and even if I had, I wouldn't have wanted to wear them).

Back in Singapore, old friends finally managed to meet up for cycling at ECP. We think this photo is postcard-worthy.

We did lots of other things, went for a wedding, burst crackers, had a sleepover, went to a temple in the mountains, celebrated Sundar's birthday, went for the Sherlock Holmes movie (I almost typed 'Shakespeare' by mistake), dad's birthday dinner and lots of other things, but Blogger makes uploading photos pretty tough. So I'll leave those for next time.

Got Sem 1 grades back, did better than I thought I would, and I can't wait to get back next week. The booklist looks challenging =]

I've never been much of a blogger, and I think I'll be updating even less frequently from now on. I started this in 2006 on a whim, and I'm surprised I've lasted this long. I don't want to give up on this, so I guess I'll blog only when there's an irresistable urge.

And I just realised that two people Follow this blog, and I have no idea who they are. If you're reading this, hello!

"I chronicled the days you make me want to live."