And I've already got two things to submit next week =O Plus a mountain of readings and books to get. Hullo again, Bras Basah, old friend.
Dr Cherian George is taking COM203!! *goes off to take another look at The Air-Conditioned Nation, which hasn't been touched since IP2.*
Step Up 3D tomorrow though, I think! =D
Felix Cheong, "I Watch the Stars Go Out"
For stars heavier than eight times our sun, the enormous pressure due to gravity will fuse even heavier elements at the core. The star then explodes with tremendous fury. - Marcello Gleiser, "The Dancing Universe".
Perhaps love
is a view of stars
through the telescope of years
now aged,
no longer uncommited
in chosen places,
nor fearful
of that strident moment
when light explodes
into a million shards of heart.
I really shouldn't have borrowed that collection of poetry by Felix Cheong with so much other stuff to read, but this poem is worth it.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Sunday, August 29, 2010
I've got so much left to say but I can't speak well and besides, it's too late.
Because university starts tomorrow and it hardly feels like it - I think I've been too busy to realise we're having holidays. Had a lot of fun though.
And I'm gonna miss those guys so. much.
The PM mentioned an MRT line that will come up in the East soon. I'd rather it didn't, though.. I like the East Coast just the way it is.
Ernest Hemingway said his best story is six words long (For Sale: baby shoes, never worn.). Margaret Atwood's six word story goes like this: Longed for him. Got him. Shit.
Haha! Anyway, the deadline is this Wednesday. Ideasssss?
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Summer Love.
How do I express emotions that are mine in a language that isn't mine?
(VERY loosely quoted from a slide from HKL105 lecture last sem.)
Wed - shopping with the boys. Thursday - PIKNIK at the beach with Geraldine, Hansen, Izzat and Nadiah. Friday - more shopping with the boys, at Queensway.
=]
(VERY loosely quoted from a slide from HKL105 lecture last sem.)
Wed - shopping with the boys. Thursday - PIKNIK at the beach with Geraldine, Hansen, Izzat and Nadiah. Friday - more shopping with the boys, at Queensway.
=]
Monday, August 23, 2010
Volleyball!
Saw my first international volleyball game today, thanks to a good friend. =] The only downside was that I had to be there at 8am, though the matched only started at 10.
It was really great though, both the boys' and the girls' matches. I think I'm hooked.
While waiting for the second match to start, I met Ale and her dad, and we were talking about how good it would be if disagreements could be settled through sport instead of war. And a tiny adorable girl from Nanjing came over to publicise the 2014 YOG in Nanjing.
Came home to a late lunch, almost fell asleep over my plate, and finally started clearing up all the backlog- emails that need answering, books that need to be finished and returned soon, stuff that needs to be recorded, stuff that needs to be put away instead of being left strewn all over the floor, so on.
Tomorrow is another busy day - violin in the morning, YOV in the afternoon, i think, Raffles Place in the evening and dance rehearsal at night. It's a good thing school hasn't started yet. Less than a week left though, eeps! Though I'm excited =]
"But then they danced down the streets like dingledodies, and I shambled after as I've been doing all my life after people who interest me, because the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like the fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!" "
- from On The Road, by Jack Kerouac
It was really great though, both the boys' and the girls' matches. I think I'm hooked.
While waiting for the second match to start, I met Ale and her dad, and we were talking about how good it would be if disagreements could be settled through sport instead of war. And a tiny adorable girl from Nanjing came over to publicise the 2014 YOG in Nanjing.
Came home to a late lunch, almost fell asleep over my plate, and finally started clearing up all the backlog- emails that need answering, books that need to be finished and returned soon, stuff that needs to be recorded, stuff that needs to be put away instead of being left strewn all over the floor, so on.
Tomorrow is another busy day - violin in the morning, YOV in the afternoon, i think, Raffles Place in the evening and dance rehearsal at night. It's a good thing school hasn't started yet. Less than a week left though, eeps! Though I'm excited =]
"But then they danced down the streets like dingledodies, and I shambled after as I've been doing all my life after people who interest me, because the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like the fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!" "
- from On The Road, by Jack Kerouac
Sunday, August 22, 2010
YOG Day 5 - Kallang Cricket Field (plus other things)
Saturday, 21st August.
Wasn't much to do, once again, because the athletes spoke English, I think. Had biscuits and orange juice with Evgeniya and Alejandra, then watched a bit of archery with Alejandra. My I Speak... badge fell off somehow, somewhere! =( Looked all over for it but couldn't find it, so I took another one. Poor badge =( Collected the Volunteer Appreciation stuff though! Collar pins, Universal Studios ticket and a cert that I've yet to collect. Had lunch with the KTC folks, and talked to Aurelio fom Italy, who's awesome cos he volunteered for the Italian army. Left soon after, and that was my final official day of duty.
It's been a busy week. Finally met Pearlyn, and found a Mr Koh lookalike on Tuesday. Have I already mentioned this in the previous post? I know for sure I mentioned the SIFAS people, whom I met on Wednesday.
Arranged to meet Dhevy on Thursday, at a place that wasn't my house or school, for the first time ever. It felt a bit strange but it was an awesome evening of unloading. And cheesecake. =D It felt like the VJ days when we'd share cheese tarts from the second stall.
Friday morning - puja at home in the morning, trip to YOV in the afternoon to meet a friend, then a frantic rush back home to grab my violin, change, and head for SIFAS rehearsal. Which, as always, ended late. And, because of which, I couldn't go to Yatra. =\ Rushed to meet the girls after that, sipped some cranberry juice, bumped into 2 VJ friends, made a quick stop at Mustafa, and finally reached their house for the sleepover. We were all really tired by then, so we were out flat in minutes.
Had to get up before 7 on Saturday, for my final day of duty that I mentioned at the start of this reader-unfriendly post. Had class after that, and had to hang around after class for rehearsal again. Made another trip to Mustafa in the time between class and rehearsal, thanks to a tip-off from Ale about collarpins sold there that I can trade with other athletes.
Thankfully, didn't have anywhere to go on Sunday morning, but left around 12 for Alumni Dance rehearsal at SIFAS. Discovered Thulasi there, which made going to PA after , with Akhil, a breeze. T'was a really fun car ride =] Took 12 on the way home, because it's much faster than 197, and I like walking along the PCN to Marine Parade.
Wasn't much to do, once again, because the athletes spoke English, I think. Had biscuits and orange juice with Evgeniya and Alejandra, then watched a bit of archery with Alejandra. My I Speak... badge fell off somehow, somewhere! =( Looked all over for it but couldn't find it, so I took another one. Poor badge =( Collected the Volunteer Appreciation stuff though! Collar pins, Universal Studios ticket and a cert that I've yet to collect. Had lunch with the KTC folks, and talked to Aurelio fom Italy, who's awesome cos he volunteered for the Italian army. Left soon after, and that was my final official day of duty.
It's been a busy week. Finally met Pearlyn, and found a Mr Koh lookalike on Tuesday. Have I already mentioned this in the previous post? I know for sure I mentioned the SIFAS people, whom I met on Wednesday.
Arranged to meet Dhevy on Thursday, at a place that wasn't my house or school, for the first time ever. It felt a bit strange but it was an awesome evening of unloading. And cheesecake. =D It felt like the VJ days when we'd share cheese tarts from the second stall.
Friday morning - puja at home in the morning, trip to YOV in the afternoon to meet a friend, then a frantic rush back home to grab my violin, change, and head for SIFAS rehearsal. Which, as always, ended late. And, because of which, I couldn't go to Yatra. =\ Rushed to meet the girls after that, sipped some cranberry juice, bumped into 2 VJ friends, made a quick stop at Mustafa, and finally reached their house for the sleepover. We were all really tired by then, so we were out flat in minutes.
Had to get up before 7 on Saturday, for my final day of duty that I mentioned at the start of this reader-unfriendly post. Had class after that, and had to hang around after class for rehearsal again. Made another trip to Mustafa in the time between class and rehearsal, thanks to a tip-off from Ale about collarpins sold there that I can trade with other athletes.
Thankfully, didn't have anywhere to go on Sunday morning, but left around 12 for Alumni Dance rehearsal at SIFAS. Discovered Thulasi there, which made going to PA after , with Akhil, a breeze. T'was a really fun car ride =] Took 12 on the way home, because it's much faster than 197, and I like walking along the PCN to Marine Parade.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
YOG Day 4 - Kallang Cricket Field
We were supposed to watch archery today, but bad weather delayed the games. Managed to catch a glimpse of tennis too =D
Much thanks to a buncha people who made the day fun:
Liza, Yi Xi, Zhou Jin, Zahidah, Calvin, Hui Ling, Jane from Russia (Moscow), Jade (originally from Switzerland) and especially Clarence (from Switzerland). We taught each other languages and had lotsa discussions to while time away till we were needed. =]
SIFAS gang reunion in the evening! Fun, as always, with Nandita, Sudarshan and Raghav. Much laughter =]
I saw some of the team from Congo when I was on the way to where they were! Didn't see my friends though.
Have yet to start on On The Road, oh woe is me.
Much thanks to a buncha people who made the day fun:
Liza, Yi Xi, Zhou Jin, Zahidah, Calvin, Hui Ling, Jane from Russia (Moscow), Jade (originally from Switzerland) and especially Clarence (from Switzerland). We taught each other languages and had lotsa discussions to while time away till we were needed. =]
SIFAS gang reunion in the evening! Fun, as always, with Nandita, Sudarshan and Raghav. Much laughter =]
I saw some of the team from Congo when I was on the way to where they were! Didn't see my friends though.
Have yet to start on On The Road, oh woe is me.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
YOG - Day 3 - Kallang Tennis Centre
In brief. Once again, photos aren't allowed.
No translation at all. Just a bit of French conversation with Clarence, international volunteer.
Watched a girls' singles match, boys' single match and boys' doubles match. Plus a bit of another boys' doubles.
I found the players in the first boys' doubles I saw the most courteous and gracious. They were from Germany, Brazil and Argentina.
I've finally learnt a bit more about tennis and the way the scoring works.
Also, had an hour's conversation with athletes who speak French that night, over the phone! I think I'm finally getting the hang of the way they speak, which is different from the way my French teacher used to speak.
No translation at all. Just a bit of French conversation with Clarence, international volunteer.
Watched a girls' singles match, boys' single match and boys' doubles match. Plus a bit of another boys' doubles.
I found the players in the first boys' doubles I saw the most courteous and gracious. They were from Germany, Brazil and Argentina.
I've finally learnt a bit more about tennis and the way the scoring works.
Also, had an hour's conversation with athletes who speak French that night, over the phone! I think I'm finally getting the hang of the way they speak, which is different from the way my French teacher used to speak.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
YOG - Day 2 - Opening Ceremony!
Mixed feelings about the day, but I'm very very glad I decided to go.
The morning was a bit messed up and disorganised, spent most of the time in a queue, meeting different friends. Several volunteers who were supposed to be present weren't there, which is why we had been called down just the night before. Once we got organised, though, it was pretty fun. They were unable to match us to countries whose langauges we speak, because it was such a last-minute affair, but that was alright. The athletes I was with were very nice, mostly. Their coaches and delegates were harder to manage, but oh well.
I managed to speak in French after all though, to the athletes sitting in front of us! They were extremely nice and friendly. If only I had been attached to their country. They were patient with my hesitant French and frequent "Pardon?"s, and often broke out into cheers and dances from their country =]
Photos aren't allowed.
The ceremony was a blast too, but I could hardly concentrate on it because firstly, two of the athletes separated from the group, and then refused to join us -.- and secondly, the athletes from the French-speaking country kept asking me join them, which I was very tempted to do. (I didn't in the end, though.) Plus, it took a long time for the bus taking us back to YOV to start, cos some of the athletes got separated again! The delegates insisted that I press on though I said we should wait for the group to gather. -.- Finally got them all back to YOV, phew. They gave us taxi vouchers to go home with, after pooling of course.
Finally got home at 2am. Really glad I was able to go, though. =]
Also managed to talk in French to a new Morrocan friend, yay!
The morning was a bit messed up and disorganised, spent most of the time in a queue, meeting different friends. Several volunteers who were supposed to be present weren't there, which is why we had been called down just the night before. Once we got organised, though, it was pretty fun. They were unable to match us to countries whose langauges we speak, because it was such a last-minute affair, but that was alright. The athletes I was with were very nice, mostly. Their coaches and delegates were harder to manage, but oh well.
I managed to speak in French after all though, to the athletes sitting in front of us! They were extremely nice and friendly. If only I had been attached to their country. They were patient with my hesitant French and frequent "Pardon?"s, and often broke out into cheers and dances from their country =]
Photos aren't allowed.
The ceremony was a blast too, but I could hardly concentrate on it because firstly, two of the athletes separated from the group, and then refused to join us -.- and secondly, the athletes from the French-speaking country kept asking me join them, which I was very tempted to do. (I didn't in the end, though.) Plus, it took a long time for the bus taking us back to YOV to start, cos some of the athletes got separated again! The delegates insisted that I press on though I said we should wait for the group to gather. -.- Finally got them all back to YOV, phew. They gave us taxi vouchers to go home with, after pooling of course.
Finally got home at 2am. Really glad I was able to go, though. =]
Also managed to talk in French to a new Morrocan friend, yay!
Saturday, August 14, 2010
YOG - Day 1 - Jalan Besar Stadium
Didn't do much in the way of translation today.
First match - Vanuatu versus Bolivia
I was supporting Vanuatu 'cos they were the ones I had to translate for. Bolivia won 2-0 though.
Second match - Singapore versus Zimbabwe
This was a much more energetic and less clean game. Singapore scored goals on the 13th second (!), 10th minute and once more. Final score: 3-1 to Singapore. My heart went out to the players from Zimbabwe though I was supporting Singapore. Although the Singaporeans were quicker and hardly lost possession, I feel that they didn't play with as much grace as the other team. Singapore was playing to win and wasn't as courteous, if I may say so, as the players from Zimbabwe. That being said, it was a joy watching Singapore play with that much skill from young boys.
I don't feel that scared anymore about talking in French, though I'll probably start getting nervous again when I'm at the Youth Olympic Village (YOV) with the athletes tomorrow, for the Opening Ceremony! =D It's a pity cameras aren't allowed.
I hope to be able to help out at YOV when I can, and meet the athletes.
Also met Sneha, Lincon, Ganesh, Amu and Reuban (with a camera!) in the afternoon, which was fun of course =]
And Wednesday was spent first at NUS, where Sundar met everyone before leaving, and where I also took the chance to meet Laura and Olivia. Then went to NTU to have a look at my books for the coming semester, then decided to walk from NTU to Pioneer MRT instead of taking the bus. The bus routes have been altered cos of YOG, and initially I'd planned to walk out, then take a bus to the station, but the weather was so awesome that I was compelled to walk to the station.
There aren't many things as exciting as watching a soccer match with a crowd.
First match - Vanuatu versus Bolivia
I was supporting Vanuatu 'cos they were the ones I had to translate for. Bolivia won 2-0 though.
Second match - Singapore versus Zimbabwe
This was a much more energetic and less clean game. Singapore scored goals on the 13th second (!), 10th minute and once more. Final score: 3-1 to Singapore. My heart went out to the players from Zimbabwe though I was supporting Singapore. Although the Singaporeans were quicker and hardly lost possession, I feel that they didn't play with as much grace as the other team. Singapore was playing to win and wasn't as courteous, if I may say so, as the players from Zimbabwe. That being said, it was a joy watching Singapore play with that much skill from young boys.
I don't feel that scared anymore about talking in French, though I'll probably start getting nervous again when I'm at the Youth Olympic Village (YOV) with the athletes tomorrow, for the Opening Ceremony! =D It's a pity cameras aren't allowed.
I hope to be able to help out at YOV when I can, and meet the athletes.
Also met Sneha, Lincon, Ganesh, Amu and Reuban (with a camera!) in the afternoon, which was fun of course =]
And Wednesday was spent first at NUS, where Sundar met everyone before leaving, and where I also took the chance to meet Laura and Olivia. Then went to NTU to have a look at my books for the coming semester, then decided to walk from NTU to Pioneer MRT instead of taking the bus. The bus routes have been altered cos of YOG, and initially I'd planned to walk out, then take a bus to the station, but the weather was so awesome that I was compelled to walk to the station.
There aren't many things as exciting as watching a soccer match with a crowd.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Music and Books.
Spent the entire morning on it, but...
GLITCH IN THE PLAN!
Sister will have to wait for mixtape.
YOG duty starts tomorrow. 5pm-11.30pm at JBS, for football. I love that we get to watch the matches! Quite nervous about the translating part though.. Was looking through my French textbooks and just remembered how much I've forgotten.
Reading Pile (that occupies almost half my table):
- Panorama 1 and 2 (French textbooks), and 4 files full of French worksheets.
- Innocent Traitor, by Alison Weir, a novel of Lady Jane Grey. I'm fascinated by the Tudor line.- First Words, a collection of literature from Singapore.
- On The Road, by Jack Kerouac. It's on my booklist for next semester. HL230.
- The Master and Margarita, by Mikhail Bulgakov. Also on the booklist. HL310.
- Ramses, The Son of the Light, by Christian Jacq.
- Pygmy, by Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club. As Dhevy said, it's proving to be a very hard read.. Not sure if I wanna finish it. It's a very rude, in-your-face book. Haha.
-The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch. This one has been on my reading pile for ages. Doesn't mean it's a bad book though. It's great.
- The Boy in the Moon, by Kate O'Riordan. Got it at a BORDERS clearance sale.
- 4 months' worth of Reader's Digest. eeps.
- The Age of Innocence, by Edith Warton.
- A Town Like Alice, by Nevil Shute.
- The Mahabharatham, in Tamil.
- Kindle Life (Dhevy, I believe this is yours).
- Kastoori's copy of The Five People You Meet In Heaven, by Mitch Albom, which I haven't returned to her yet.
- A couple of other things on the pile: My purple notebook. Lalit's arangetram invitation and programme. Postcard from Germany! Card I bought at the bookshop in NTU. Postcard from the UK! The movie My Name is Khan, also Dhevy's. Pencilcase with the FDNY keychain from the USA, the Spain keychain from a bag of chips and the keychain with bells from a cousin in India.
I like how cramped my table is.
Just finished making my sister a mixtape. It was supposed to be for her birthday, which makes it very late. But oh well. It's finally done.
I gives me a twinge of pain to see iTunes warn me about the kind of disc I should use IF I want to play it on a commercial player, APART from my computer. Don't people find players/stereo systems better than playing music from the computer?
But oh yea, people hardly buy CDs anymore. (Meaning they buy online.. I didn't mean that people are pirates. Which is, of course, true too.)
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Excerpt from "Now That She Is Dead" by Evelyn Ng.
"The waves lapped at our ankles, sometimes reaching as high as our knees. We breathed in warm salty air and stared at the masts of the ships in the distance. She complained that they spoilt the view, but I only smiled, and tried to look at the sun."
I think the people on the ship were just trying to get a better view too.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
National Day Weekend
Hiking on Friday kick-started a good weekend.
Saturday:
YOG training in the morning, which involved discussion about Inception! Lisa pointed out something I hadn't noticed - how people in the movie seem to be directing their own movie. Leo is the director, and they've got set designers (Ariadne) and producers (as always, the one with the money..) and so on. Such a layered movie.
Class in the afternoon. Got pulled into Academy Day AGAIN, despite protests. Oh well.
Lalit's arangetram at DBS Auditorium in the evening. Interesting, especially the last bit (with Shiva on the bass guitar!). Saw some of the gang. And Lakshmi too!
Caught the last bit of the movie The Eye once I got back home at around midnight. Cos of the three-day free access to a lot of channels with Starhub.
Sunday:
Lazy start. PA rehearsal in the late afternoon, which is always fun if the right people are around.
Back home to home-made spaghetti, Undercover Brother and You Got Served. I HAVE to watch both those movies again.
Omarion looks really small! And I like the song =D PUMP, PUMP, PUMP IT UP!
Monday:
Finally got to read more of First Words, which is a selection of works by young writers in Singapore. Will be quoting in the next post.
Watched Men In Black II, and now I wanna watch the first one too.
Watched the fireworks from my balcony as usual in the evening. And saw Mr Koh on TV!
=]
Playing music while I work sometimes gives me an indication of how fast/slow I'm going.
And speaking of music, Fan Of A Fan is pretty darn good.
"Aviator shades, I ain't lookin' at you."
Tracing the old Malayan Railway tracks.
Friday, 6th August 2010. Hardcore trek.
We took:
- Big bottle of H2O
- Big bottle of 100PLUS
- Water
- Orange juice
- Plasters and antiseptic, which we didn't need
- Energy bars and Michelle's sandwich
- Mosquito repellent and sunblock
- Change of clothes and slippers
We took a wrong turning into King Albert Park, which had all the expensive huge houses. Tried to bash our way through an overgrown valley, hoping we'd meet the old rail, but it was too steep and too dangerous. Plus, the lady in the last house was spying on us, I bet she thought we were illegal immigrants. Herrick was in army uniform, though!
Aha! Finally. The sign to the station.
Inception moment!
Right after Tunnel 1. Tracks submerged in the kinda mud that pulls your feet in.
Tunnel 1.
Rickety Bridge 1.
Rickety Bridge 2. We saw a guy trying to cycle over this.
It was a long bridge.
With nice scenery.
Resting on the tracks after we got near the Park Connector, under a flyover.
On a slope, under the flyover.
Graffiti near Tunnel 2 (the dangerous tunnel). Sad to see people living there. They had vegetable plants though! Chilli, brinjal, papaya, other stuff.
Phew, done at last.
At long last, changed out of muddy clothes and shoes. Waiting for a bus.
We're gonna go back! And take our time to look at everything. Plants and stuff. I'm gonna take videos of the trip, photos really don't do justice, plus we didn't take photos of the more interesting things.
Thursday, August 05, 2010
January 21st 2010
1. Hat Day.
2. National Hugging Day.
3. Squirrel Appreciation Day.
How awesome is that.
Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Collected my YOG accreditation pass and uniform and other paraphernalia yesterday evening, meeting Halim there at the same time. They gave us a little tube of sunblock too! =D
Seeing all that stuff is really exciting. Especially the VISA card.
Went to Tampines this noon, along that 31 route that I like, to watch StreetDance! With Vaishu, Simran and Saranya. I haven't watched Step Up or Step Up 2, but I'm sure this is just as good as those were. Was particularly excited because Flawless and Diversity, from Britain's Got Talent, were performing too! The other dancers were just as good as the people from those two groups though. And the music was great too. I would watch this again if I could.
And I needa watch Step Up and Step Up 2 The Streets too.. Before STEP UP 3D!
Code Word: ROACH! =D
"Swear to shake it up if you swear to listen."
Tuesday, August 03, 2010
At Niagara Falls
A pine cone I found on the floor, which made me feel all Enid Blyton-ish.
This is the Bridal Veil, so named because it's a single stream, like a veil. You can climb up to certain height (next photo).
Hurricane Deck! The highest point you can get to. It was painful. But fun.
The American Falls.
The Horseshoe Falls (On the Canadian side. We approached this on a boat - the Maid of the Mist.)
Okay the rock was much bigger than the picture suggests.
Monday, August 02, 2010
After I'm done studying.
When I was young, I seriously considered the following jobs:
- Road sweeper. The kind with the rakes, who sweep up all the crunchy brown leaves.
- English teacher. I used to think this only involved correcting homework. (Homework in P1 and P2 was fun.)
- Poet. I used to write 'poems' when I was in Kindergarten. Dunno where that book is now.
- Storyteller. I used to spin some fantastic tales. I use 'fantastic' in the sense that no one ever believed my stories. In fact, no one ever believes my theories and explanations now either.
- Bus driver. Preferably school bus driver.
- Skyscraper window cleaner.
- Housewife. Why have a job at all?
- Construction worker. I like manual work.
- Gardener.
Professions I've considered in more recent years:
- Farm owner. Most farms have horses right!
- Counsellor at a place like The Bronx. Home to some of the coolest people on Earth.
- Writer. The kind who writes from home.
- Explorer. Discovering the world on foot.
- LIGHTHOUSE OPERATOR. I really really wanna do this.
- Dreamer. I don't really know what this means either.
- Joining a hermitage. Going to live in a forest after renouncing the world. And I mean it! Not saying this as a joke. My sister has expressed very very strong objections to this already. But oh well. You never know.
I don't even remember what I talked about the last time I came here.
So here are some random things I've been doing:
Last Saturday was crazy - YOG Venue training in the morning (met Alejandra again! who hates being associated with Lady Gaga). Had class at SIFAS in the afternoon. Rushed home after that, then rushed again to Parkway to pick up a cookie cake I'd ordered the previous night, then rushed as much as the traffic would allow (t'was the night of the NDP Preview) to Ion, for Mike's and the twins' birthdays. Couldn't stay long there either, fun though it was, cos I had to rush off again for a crazy sleepover! At Shy's and Shal's house, after ages.
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PA rehearsal as usual the next day, yesterday, then went to see the gang again cos Simran's back! Watched My Name is Khan at home after that. Really good movie.
Okay I gotta go email some profs.
- Road sweeper. The kind with the rakes, who sweep up all the crunchy brown leaves.
- English teacher. I used to think this only involved correcting homework. (Homework in P1 and P2 was fun.)
- Poet. I used to write 'poems' when I was in Kindergarten. Dunno where that book is now.
- Storyteller. I used to spin some fantastic tales. I use 'fantastic' in the sense that no one ever believed my stories. In fact, no one ever believes my theories and explanations now either.
- Bus driver. Preferably school bus driver.
- Skyscraper window cleaner.
- Housewife. Why have a job at all?
- Construction worker. I like manual work.
- Gardener.
Professions I've considered in more recent years:
- Farm owner. Most farms have horses right!
- Counsellor at a place like The Bronx. Home to some of the coolest people on Earth.
- Writer. The kind who writes from home.
- Explorer. Discovering the world on foot.
- LIGHTHOUSE OPERATOR. I really really wanna do this.
- Dreamer. I don't really know what this means either.
- Joining a hermitage. Going to live in a forest after renouncing the world. And I mean it! Not saying this as a joke. My sister has expressed very very strong objections to this already. But oh well. You never know.
I don't even remember what I talked about the last time I came here.
So here are some random things I've been doing:
Going for கலை கதம்பம். It finally had interesting stuff about architecture. And idiotic emcees.
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Going for Ronnie's play with You Ying, meeting Lester there and catching 7 other mini-plays too; that was one cool night.
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Watching விண்ணைத் தாண்டி வருவாயா with Dhevy at home.
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Meeting Shiva, Reuban and Sharrvesh with Dhevy, after ages.
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Meeting Sundar and watching Inception with some of the gang. Cool stuff..
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Going for Sheela's reception and meeting school friends and family friends. There were so many people to talk to that my friend complained that he talked more to my mum than to me. -_-
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Hiking from Macritchie to Bukit Timah with Fadilah, Herrick and Michelle. That was fun! I told Fad that I really like Ne-Yo's song Miss Independent (it's my message ringtone when the phone's on General). Soon after, her phone's music player accidentally starts playing the same song! MLIA.
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Meeting RnB with Dev and Dhevy and Jared (for a bit), I'm still amazed at how it all worked out on the first attempt. Good day. And I finally learned what those things that hang from escalators are for, thanks to Dev =]
*Last Saturday was crazy - YOG Venue training in the morning (met Alejandra again! who hates being associated with Lady Gaga). Had class at SIFAS in the afternoon. Rushed home after that, then rushed again to Parkway to pick up a cookie cake I'd ordered the previous night, then rushed as much as the traffic would allow (t'was the night of the NDP Preview) to Ion, for Mike's and the twins' birthdays. Couldn't stay long there either, fun though it was, cos I had to rush off again for a crazy sleepover! At Shy's and Shal's house, after ages.
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PA rehearsal as usual the next day, yesterday, then went to see the gang again cos Simran's back! Watched My Name is Khan at home after that. Really good movie.
Okay I gotta go email some profs.
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