SunWent to Jade Kitchen at Tampines Mall for lunch. Enjoyed it thoroughly, esp. the seafood soup... *smacking lips* at thought of the asparagus :D a pendant and 3 different coloured 'strings' for necklaces from Pearlini's Silver.
Mon - Invasion of the ants!Spotted ants from one end of the living room to the other. *Shudderssss~* found an ants' nest on the plate of the plant in the living room. Yikes! Taught me something -> not to keep plants indoors...
TodayWent to practise 'Chopsticks' @ AMK with Eve and Kim. It was an extremely hilarious session today coz' when our teacher suggested moving and having fun playing, the 2 at the extremes (I was in the middle) were literally moving, left to right to left. And we had it all recorded down, and we laughed till our sides ached when we watched the recording. Eve even added that should any guys watched that video, we would all be left on the shelf. And when asked how the emcee should introduce us on Sat, Eve (again) proposed calling ourselves 'The 3 siao[2] cha[2] bors[4]'. And Gen is sssssooooo cute! She has lovely, round eyes, a round face and chic hair. Oh, and she tiptoes... and walks like Bam- Bam in Flinstones. You get what I mean? :)
so much to do, so lil' time...
Well, I've managed to take time out to get the cover of the programme booklet done. But my 2 printers decided to go on strike today! :'( No ink cartridges = no ink. How to print?! Haiya. And I'm still not prepared for the trial run tmr!!! *
dreads* Tmr sees me rushing to piano after guitar and a possibly early lunch. Hmmzzzz........ Gotta go do some research, and get a metronome. Need to spend $ again. I hope my dear metronome appears sometime soon....
Alumni...
Went for alumni today, and I was relatively startled to see the miserable 'crowd'...
Aaaannnnddd, RF couldn't make it again due to some 'shoulderaches'... get well soon k?
Oh, and unexpectedly, Alvin turned up instead. Hm... haven't seen him for quite a while. I think we (meaning Steph and I) sorta unanimously agreed that our gd' old senior seemed to have lost some weight, with a fitter bod and good looks. Lolz... Pearlin's still a nice gal and so is Steph...
You know, being with them makes me feel young, and naive.... (not that they are
OLD)
... and I have these brotherly and sisterly feelings...
I think it'd be nice to have an elder brother/sister.... :D
I know it's well past midnight, but I'm still online.
Oops.Big eyebags, visible even though I had my glasses on. My day was still boring and mundane, lest for the time I spent at piano, an hour, to be specific. Seems like I've made some improvement in
Rondo alla Turca, dynamic-wise, but the fact that I just scraped through the semiquavers and pedalling just brought the whole piece back to square one again! I'll have to put in more hours I guess. I don't want people to waste their $ watching a worthless concert...
Sabre Dance's a mind-boggling piece, and I suspect that my fingers might fail me, even though I've got months to prepare.
FreAkY...
Your word is: Confused. You have reached a stage in
life where you have lost yourself completely.
Identity-crisis is only the first name, and
this is really depressing you. All you want is
to be yourself, but how can you, when you know
nothing? Others can not help in this situation,
only you can find yourself again and become
whole once more.
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Your element is Water. You have a calm aura around
you and are in tune with the world around. You
observe it but rarely interfere. Because of
your shy and timid nature you will not have so
many friends in your life. But then again,
large crowds aren't your thing anyway. You are
comfortable on your own and are reserved to
others who you don't know or know very little
of. You know everyone out there does not want
to be your friend, and knowing that is good.
However, people who don't know you that well
thinks that you are cold and distant since you
don't want to talk to them. Although you mean
no harm, you can't always be perfectly
understood in the world. No one can. Life in
general are you quite serene with even if there
are some things you don't like. Your love-life
is not so full of boys/girls, but if you
flirted more with the ones you were interested
in I'm sure something would happen. The hobbies
you choose are calmer ones, you are no party
girl that likes to drink and make-out with
three or more guys/girls in one night. Reading
a book or swimming is more your thing. Rate and
message!
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Are women born bitches? Maybe.
Yesterday's new paper was one interesting read. 3 articles caught my eye in particular:
1. Hmmm, how about a date with my ex?
Plenty of women stay friends with their ex-boyfriends long after their relationships have run their course. I'm not one of them.
The only ex with whom I've maintained some semblance of friendship with is Joe, the first boy I dated when I was 14.
I don't know why I'm not a let's-remain-friends kind of girl. Perhaps it's because some of my "formers" are stark reminders of my ability to make terrible choices. To wit, one ex actually thinks the reason we are not friends is that I still hold a candle for him. I don't have the heart to tell the poor sod that he annoys me every time he so much as opens his mouth. So I smile and nod, and tell him to go away.
Hence, I was a tad surprised last week, when my friend Jean announced that she was setting up her ex-boyfriend, Gerald, with her colleague, Anne.
What a horribly dangerous idea, I thought.
But Jean was optimistic. After all, in the last eight months, she had successfully set up two other "formers" with women she thought would be perfect for them.
If someone had asked me a few months ago, I would have said that pimping your exes to friends and strangers is, at best, questionable, and, at worst, like secretly lacing their morning coffee with rat poison.
But a few days after his date, Gerald told me Anne was almost perfect for him.
It turns out that Anne, like Gerald, is a Star Trek fan; she hates small dogs, and love weekends in with her X-box. In other words, Gerald found in Jean a female version of himself.
I suppose I have to concede that what makes our erstwhile partners such natural matchmakers is that they know us in a way no-one else does.
And given that the oft-sung song among single women today is that there are simply no good men left in this country, I suppose recycling is a resonable way to expand the supply of proverbial fish in our very small sea.
Like ex-girlfriends, our ex-boyfriends are flawed, but at least they are road-tested.
More importantly, by recommending our Mr Almost Right as Mr Could Be Right to friends we hold dear, we are unwittingly admitting that our old boyfriends are more than the sum of our problems.
And so I decided to look Joe up to see if I could get in on the ex-pimping-ex action. Joe seemed pleased to hear my voice. We talked about our work and what our old friends were up to, and when I finally plucked up the courage, I cut to the chase: " So Joe, you seeing anyone lately?"
"Funny you should ask," he replied. "I recently hooked up with Trish."
Trish, incidentally, was one of my best pals in secondary school. We agreed on everything except Joe. According to Trish, Joe was a "no good punk who will break you heart."
"Just you watch," she used to say, "that boy's nothing but bad news."
I jested with Joe about Trish's one-time disdain for him. And he laughed, agreeing that they are the most unlikely of partners.
"So how did it happen?" I eventually asked.
"One of my ex-girlfriends set us up," he replied. "Do you remember Jean?"
-Annette Tan-
Interesting, don't you think? People hooking up their exes with their pals. And, what a small world this is...2. Katie Leung, 17, will be playing Cho Chang, Harry's first girlfriend. Few have met her, yet 'I Hate Katie Leung' websites have sprung up all over the Internet.
It must be cool playing beside Daniel Radcliffe. Imagine looking into those deep blue eyes... getting kinda envious don't you girls? :D Some people have all the luck, but let's all hope we don't see eggs and what-nots splattered against the big screen when the fourth instalment of Harry Potter comes into town!3. The New Paper went on a manhunt to track down Singapore's Mr Fixits. (Think Jesse Metcalfe, THE GARDENER, and James Denton, THE PLUMBER, of Desperate Housewives.)
Unfortunately, if any standards were to go by it, I'd say none of our Mr Fixits make the cut. Yeah, only Gabrielle (Eva Longoria) and Susan ( Teri Hatcher) get to live out every woman's fantasies in reel life. So, stay tuned to Desperate if you can't get enough of the 2 Js.... :)
Growing up
When can I ever grow up? When will I be given leeway to independence...?
At times, I feel as if I'm still a kid. I feel uncomfortable having people fuss around me. I dislike having people worry about me. It just ain't nice, to have to trouble people to take me around, take me home from somewhere, etc... How can I ever grow up this way?
I fear this reliance will subject me to getting used to living in my comfort zone. Hmmm...
On the contrary, Steph, who's barely 19, is troubled about growing
old. Lolx. Baffling. Maybe, maybe 2 years down the road, I'll feel that way too.
Meanwhile, can I just grow up, maybe a little more?
The problems with GUYS:
If you TREAT him nicely, he says you are IN LOVE with him;
If you Don't, he says you are PROUD.
If you DRESS nicely, he says you are trying to LURE him;
If you Don't, he says you are from KAMPUNG.
If you ARGUE with him, he says you are STUBBORN;
If you keep QUIET, he says you have no BRAINS.
If you are SMARTER than him, he'll lose FACE;
If he's Smarter than you, he is GREAT.
If you don't Love him, he tries to POSSESS you;
If you Love him, he will try to LEAVE you.
If you don't make love with him., he says you don't Love him;
If you do! he says you are CHEAP.
If you tell him your PROBLEM, he says you are TROUBLESOME;
If you don't, he says that you don't TRUST him.
If u SCOLD him, u are like a NANNY to him;
If he SCOLDS u, it is because he CARES for u.
If u BREAK your PROMISE, u Cannot be TRUSTED;
If he BREAKS his, he is FORCED to do so.
If u SMOKE, u are BAD girl;
If he SMOKES, he is COOL.
If u do WELL in your exams, he says it's LUCK;
If he does WELL, it's BRAINS.
If u HURT him, u are CRUEL;
If he HURTS u, u are too SENSITIVE
I can't help but think this contains a whole lot of truth.
Special thanks to Si Hui for letting me 'cope' this from her blog. :D
Sometimes, teenie-winnie things like forgetting to ask a parent to initiate on the application form pisses me off, especially when you know that you have to specially make a trip down all the way from Hougang to NP at Clementi. Haiz.
Oh, and I saw Joachim. He's still not very tall. Lolz...
Signed up for the bA freshman camp. Overnight camp. Hope to know more peeps and pray that these relations come in handy for project work when term starts. It freaks me out to realise that I feel intimidated, that I might not be able to handle everything that comes my way once school starts. Did I even make the right choice?
Darn, I shouldn't even be questioning, I was the one who made the decision. Oh well...
After matriculation, my father drove to Shun Fu road to buy muffins. There was a long queue there, and innocent us joined the queue, thinking that 3 pm was way to early a time to close shop. Damnz, I feel something boiling inside just recounting what happened. Why did they choose such an impeccable timing to finish the muffins just when our turn came?! She didn't even sound apologetic. What arrogance!
So, no muffins and I've just earned myself another trip back to Clementi.
ARGH...
I've changed the whole template to black. Guess it just suits me better. Somehow, people just view yz as this sunny sunny girl (gathered from autographs people wrote for me), and ya, no doubt that's what my blog add is, it ISN'T true. People find me staring into space at times, that's when I'm really thinking. My mind always wanders. I make mental notes to do stuff, but usually don't get them done. Things I want so badly to tell some people, but I just can't find the words. Unexpressive, that's what I am, so is my music. ZERO showmanship! I just detest that! Why can't I play like I play when no one's watching...?
I'm really drained today. Practically out for the whole day before today, and today, toured around the blocks of AMK giving out flyers. Dogs, met a couple of them, behind closed doors (thankfully!). Started from the top level and took a flight of stairs to each level thereafter. But eventually, we both got tired, perspiring profusely, and decided on the lift instead. We've got curious stares when someone else was in the life besides us. Well, in my context, they'd have rolled eyes upon seeing girls getting off at the level just a few steps down from the one where they got in. Lolx...
Must have finished about half the stack prepared. Am glad that I'm in a way, contributing. :D
Those flyers actually work. :) :) :) Heard that someone actually went to patronise the stall, with the flyer in her hand, and added that two 'paiseh' girls gave it to her. Lolx.
Oh, and I couldn't help correcting SB that it's not the coffeeshop that's new, but the stall at that coffeeshop. :x
Will be continuing with LR on sat. I hope he'd be more of a help than a hindrance. Brothers can be quite a bother sometimes, don't you agree? ;)
SYF 2005
My heart really ached when I saw the tears. You came over for a hug and I actually gave you one. I actually gave a hug! Ya, I supposed nothing I say can provide much of a solace and comfort, so I decided to go along with a hug. I know the fact still hasn't sink in just yet, but it will, you just need time. I think that you already are a winner, your victorious win most evident in how perc has rose in standards, and how perc has once again formed its own identity, a family too, I might add.
So Carol, try to dry up the tears quick ya? Bless y'all...
yz
April showers ain't really showers... they're, in fact, heavy bouts of water droplets that fall, unmercifully, onto the brown earth 'neath our feet. And the showers often bring about a sense of longing and nostalgia...
If you've been observant enough, you'd noticed that there had been a downpour for 2 days consecutively following the Pope's death. It was as if those up there were mourning, don't you think?
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The Pope has passed on. Pls say a little prayer for the man who had always been the one saying his prayers for the others....
The difference we see in each other after so many years. Was browsing through friendster accounts when I chanced upon so many others', people whom I didn't have the chance to say a simple 'hello' too... it'd be far too awakward to even manage a 2-letter word like 'hi'. I guess you just can't afford to have everyone you've met or befriend beside you, to be there when you do need someone to talk to. I should learn to be content, and thankful that I once had you as a friend...
Laa dee dum! am so exhilarated that You actually fell for my April fool's joke! Yay! Had I not have the courage to send you that, I'd have missed out on the kick. Thank you for being my first victim ever. Success at my first attempt in 16 long years! Hip hip hooray! Happy first April everyone!Revenge is sweet~ :D
