I wish I had a typewriter, maybe then I would write.

Not to be egoistic, but I suspect some of the references here will be lost on most people.

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
to hell with coms!

shreya says:
hehehehe

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
i hate that i'm sacrificing so much lit time for it

shreya says:
yes, that's what im not too comfortable with

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
(:

shreya says:
oh well
lit has our love
always

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
YES

shreya says:
comms can try, but WILL NEVER MATCH UPPP

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
not ever
we have so many lit spies in coms

shreya says:
-solemn pact moment-

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
teaching it

shreya says:
YEA

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
-crosses heart-

shreya says:
OLD ENGLISH SOME MORE

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
YEAH HAHAHAHA

shreya says:
i mean, middle eng

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
chaucer

shreya says:
-hopes to die-

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
eliot

shreya says:
WOOT CHAUCER
though i didnt read much of him

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
-hopes to die in the name of lit-
lit martyrs!

shreya says:
-imagines self carrying bright shiny sword-
YEA

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
hahaha

shreya says:
we the martyrs

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
the chivalric notion

shreya says:
we can be gawain or someone

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
gawain may be gay!

shreya says:
oh yeaaaa

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
lol w_____ and his queer theories

shreya says:
green knight?
HAHA

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
everything is queer theory

shreya says:
hmmmm

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
be beowulf!
odysseus!

shreya says:
thennnn we can be DON JUAN HAHAHAHA

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
oedipus!

shreya says:
EH YEA

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
OH OKAY
don juan

shreya says:
noooooooooooooo not oedipus

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
the epitome of manliness

shreya says:
he's not exotic enough, stupid freud made him Common

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
oh yeah!
damn those psycho nuts

shreya says:
HAHA YEA MANLY DON JUAN LOLLLL
yea man

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
HAHAHAHA

shreya says:
making great lit characters common household names
ugh
odysseus is pretty cool too though ^.^
and achilles!

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
now it feels weird when we use "oedipus complex" to talk about some psychological theory in a lit text put in for postmodernist reasons
ODYSSEUS <3
oh yes achilles! arkhilleus hahaha

shreya says:
yea, i know right
hahahahaha yea!
is he <3 because he's the only one you read?
HAH

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
nooooo!
gosh i'm offended
hahaha

shreya says:
HAHA
kiddin, homie

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
i hate aeneas

shreya says:
lol why?

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
really hate

shreya says:
cos of dido?

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
naw it's everything about him
just reading about him makes me seethe
i think partly cuz unlike odysseus he always has god-help
and they always tell him what to do and how and he just does it

shreya says:
(im so putting this convo up on my blog btw)
ooh i see i see
but no what

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
it's not much of his own efforts/abilities

shreya says:
he always has the choice not to listen to them
in fact he does that at one point right
cant rmb where

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
i can't even remember!

shreya says:
hahaha
nvm
odysseussssss

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
stupid aeneas
odysseus is so awesome

shreya says:
not stupid, just misunderstood ^.^

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
he's so awesome that with the intention of skimming through for exam time constraint purposes
i got so hooked that i ignored the time constraint
and sat down in a couch
read the entire day

shreya says:
hhahahaha

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
finished the better half of it in less than a day

shreya says:
time well-spent =D

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
that's how awesome!
YAY

shreya says:
yea, i cant believe how fast i read that either

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
(:
i'm doing crazy citations for the essay btw
stupid APA
what the hell
MLA rules!
crazy com nuts and crazy c_________

shreya says:
ok i havent looked at APA yet but im sure MLA PWNS APA
hahahahaha

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
absolutely

shreya says:
trying to be all cool

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
HAHAHAHA

shreya says:
little do they know how we look down on them from the back row =D
The Lit Cult of the Comms Lecture
LT with the boringest name of ______________

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
hahahaha

shreya says:
that's the name, right

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
think so

shreya says:
BLACK BOX RULES

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
wow i just realised that they hold lectures telling them what the ___family does to rulebreakers in the ___________ theatre

shreya says:
wow

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
black box ftw

shreya says:
the environment adds up huh

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
hahahahaha

shreya says:
eh that required capitals

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
insane

shreya says:
BLACK BOX FTW

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
HAHAHA
this is litotes
understatement for effect
queen v "we are not amused." HAHAHAHAHA

shreya says:
wait im lost
what?
(sorry =S )
sounds so familiarrrrrrr
grah

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
hahaha

shreya says:
OH

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
y______ imitated queen victoria and taught us litotes

shreya says:
YEA
WAIT
HAHAHAHAHA
Y___________SSSS

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
kickasssssss
hahaha

shreya says:
IM SORRY THAT EVER SLIPPED MY MIND
TOTALLY
WOOHOO
ok ok, ill catch up with you tmr
go finish your essay

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
sure sure
be encouraging looking

shreya says:
ill try to get started on mine =D

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
very encouraging

shreya says:
WILL DO
WILL DO VERY MUCH

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
hold us cues

shreya says:
HAHAHA
at the back of the class

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
& bilboards saying "JAZZY BLUES RULES"

shreya says:
behind y____s' head
HAHA

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
YEAH

shreya says:
IF ONLY I COULD

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
hahahahaha

shreya says:
hold a pic of dylan
for inspiration to be totally crazy

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
i want kinbote!
the great beaver
hahahaha

shreya says:
HAHAHA
unfortunately, i dont think that will be possible

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
aw man
lol
paint it on the back wall
go sleep
good night!

shreya says:
the zemblan might sue me
haha cant sleep yet
too much workkk

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
whatcha gonna do?
the zemblan killed himself anyways!

shreya says:
imma tryna decide what tah do
haha true, that
but since the book is full of ghosts
...

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
*shiver*
close your eyes & point & do whatever you've pointed at!
(point at the bed)

shreya says:
(sudden surge and unexplainable desire to retire for the night)
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO
fights against the mind heist!
i invoke you, brave Odysseus!
help me rid myself of this strange lethargy!
when dawn with her rosy fingers rises, i shall still be awake!

Hitsugaya Jasmine says:
HAHAHAHAHA

shreya says:
hahahahahahaa

"Everyone wanted to play Han Solo" - Carrie Fisher

see more Failbook.

I didn't realise Blogger has stats on every blog!

I wonder how I missed that huge tab right up there with Posting, Settings, Design and so on. So now I know how many people visit each day. The number surprised me at first, then I realised it isn't actually that big a number..

Bumped into Ms Farah at the busstop today! She remembers my name, and was filling me in on the changes to come out of the Cedar and VS through-train programme.

Ah those days of bio classes and note-taking and the myelin (spelling?) sheath, which is how Ms Farah still remembers Eileen =D

Went to the post office, now I know that a postcard to her just costs 50c.

Then went to the Information Counter to buy a ticket for The Chess Player, showing tomorrow, which I'll be watching with Hui Fang, and hopefully doing my essay on.

Two interviews to conduct tomorrow, looking forward to it =]

Taking a break from 6 essays to go get some smiles!

Sheela's Reception!

I'm really not that short, it's an illusion? Or maybe all the other girls were wearing heels? Haha!

After ICS Nite 09. I think I'm trying to look RnB. I dunno how well it worked but ahh those baggy oversized jeans are really comfortable.

I was bored and free enough some months back

And found this about the sign Aquarius:

Ailments:

Injuries to lower legs, ankle problems, poor circulation, varicose veins, blood disorders, nervous disorders, sheer lack of sleep.


Haha! It seems pretty interesting.

Injuries to lower legs: I dunno, maybe I can count all those scars from the numerous times I've grazed/bruised/cut my legs.

Ankle problems: nahh.

Poor circulation: They might have a point. Somehow, iron never has trouble reaching my feet. They cramp sometimes, especially in cold weather.

Varicose veins: I think this just might be handed down to me through genes.

Blood disorders: don't think so.

Nervous disorders: definitely not.

Sheer lack of sleep: okay they got me. =D


If you wanna check yours:

HERE.

Oh and another reason I like this site is that it gave me a list of people I might know, and they include:

The Tin Man from the yellow brick road,
Charles Darwin,
Lewis Carroll,
Wolfgang Mozart,
the Loch Ness Monster,
Mother Goose,
the Mad Hatter,
Yoko Ono,
Princess Caroline of Monaco,
Jules Verne,
Robbie Williams.

Yippee!

I'm too inspired by HL310, I find it increasingly hard to take the same route all the time.

So I dropped off at Eunos today, instead of Paya Lebar, and decide to walk home from there. I enjoy walking, so I took my time. Took me about an hour to walk home, loved every minute of it.

Stopped halfway, to buy a Peach Ice Blend, and to pet a very friendly black cat.

Reflection. (cheesy as this title sounds, I don't think I've used it before.)

Why can't I write?

I can't think of anything else I want to spend my whole life doing. (Okay, social work is an exception.)

Good writing takes a genius. Or maybe some hard practice. So I'll try. It's such a bummer that I have to choose between a second major in Communications and a minor in Creative Writing.. Would gladly go for the latter but my thinking was that I can pursue creative writing independently, or at another place, but I can't do that for comms. Even if that isn't true, I know I would have chosen comms anyway, because I wouldn't be able to walk away from the challenge of 24AUs (academic units) per semester.

I carry around a book for jotting down stuff to write about while travelling to school and back home, but nothing's been jotted down yet because I'm either reading stuff for lessons, or I've fallen asleep.

Yes I'll keep trying, but maybe I should start thinking of what I should do if it turns out I can't write after all.

Funny people on Failbook =D

see more Failbook !

I hear whispers of the VIP gathering in December and I really really can't wait!

Cool stuff (that you might consider sadly random)

1) I get a kick out of typing stuff into YouTube/Google and finding that autocomplete (you know what I mean right) is baffled, cos it means I'm searching for something different =D

2) Shafie gave me a brilliant strategy to use the next time I found strangers giving me unwanted attention (that is to say, when certain people stare as I walk along a certain area). He says to look at their hair and give a wth look. They'll get all self-conscious cos they can't see their hair. (And it was really funny when he said it but I doubt I'll ever actually do that.)

3) Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse 5 is fantastic.

"We went to the New York's World Fair, saw what the past had been like, according to the Ford Motor Car Company and Walt Disney, saw what the future would be like, according to General Motors. And I asked myself about the present: how wide it was, how deep it was, how much was mine to keep."

"The most important thing I learned on Tralfamadore was that when a person dies he only appears to die. He is still very much alive in the past, so it is very silly for people to cry at his funeral. All moments, past, present an future, always have existed, always will exist. The Tralfamadorians can look at all the different moments just the way we can look at a stretch of the Rocky Mountains, for instance. They can see how permanent all the moments are, and they can look at any moment that interests them. It is just as illusion we have here on Earth that one moment follows another one, like beads on a string, and that once a moment is gone it is gone forever."

We listened to Bob Dylan this week for HL230!






He looks so cool. And the pastor isn't a real pastor. I can't remember exactly who (was it Allen Ginsberg?) it is but it's someone dressed up like a pastor for fun. =D

Oh America.

And I know I'm mixing time periods up really bad with the following quote but oh well. It's from HL310, European Lit. (Besides, maybe this technique would make me part of the Surrealist gang we studied today in Film Theory, HL301. =D )

"This fire burns our brains so fiercely, we wish to plunge
To the abyss' depths, Heaven or Hell, does it matter?
To the depths of the Unknown to find something new!"

-Charles Baudelaire

Good Days Involve:

1) Good friends who save seats for lecture
2) Good friends I bump into when getting down from the bus
3) Remembering to take my waterbottle to school
4) Plans for Shafie (congrats bro!) for tomorrow, with homie and carms (I'm gonna be translating for them tomorrow at Caldecott).
5) Meeting an IP classmate at the busstop
6) Looong train ride to Tanah Merah and the trip to Simmer's pretty house from there
7) Walking to East Coast to the 13/43/48 busstop instead of taking a bus there, 'cos I couldn't resist the winding road =D
8) Late lunch, then to Parkway for the bro and the usual bubble tea, and the ride back home!
9) Concert at the temple by a disciple of a singer I like, and talking to the music school friends after that! Plans for farewells are on the horizon.
10) Late nights on the laptop and off it, pretending to be busy, and realising that I really am...

Okay bye.