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Monday, October 29, 2007
I cannot believe this.
Have you ever had a time where everything that you loved became totally boring and you don't feel excited about it anymore?
I love food. There WERE many kinds of food which I WAS crazy about. But now? I don't even feel CRAVINGS for chocolate cake. I don't feel like eating ice-cream. My past favourite food dishes are just totally tasteless now and I don't have that ooh! Lets eat this and that and this and thatfeeling anymore.
That kind of sucks. BIG TIME.
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WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME?!
Oh well. I guess a consolation is that I still love to sleep.
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And since I'm bored. Voila.
Congratulations. You are WHITE.
WHITES are motivated by PEACE.
They seek independence and require kindness. They resist confrontation at all costs. To them, feeling good is more important than being good. They are typically quiet by nature, process things very deeply and objectively with great clarity. Of all the colors, WHITES are the best listeners. They respect people who are direct but recoil from perceived hostility or verbal battle. WHITES need their "alone time" and refuse to be controlled by others. WHITES want to do things their own way and in their own time. They ask little of others and resent others demanding much of them. WHITES are much stronger than people think, but are not often seen for their strength because they don't easily reveal their feelings. WHITES are even-tempered, diplomatic, and the voice of reason; but can also be indecisive, unexpressive, and silently stubborn. When others interact with you, as a WHITE you respond to them best if they are kind, accepting and supporting of your individuality, and if they look for non-verbal clues to understand your feelings.
Surprises and Shocks sure pop out of anywhere. Met my director at starbucks i think (expected) when I went to Plaza Singapura to buy cloth for our banner. Bumped into one of my old friends. Saw my primary school teacher. My cousin (boy. age 13.) super super tall plus he's really thin. Its quite amazing how they have really dramatic growth spurts, although this fascination was dampened with his constant teasing about my height, or lack thereof. I realized that my lovely potatoes were over-roasted in my attempt to cook dinner for my family. While watching Stepford Wives - they were robots?!? My friend told me something I never thought about before. Ponderosity issues The little talk with Mel, Colin, Jiayi, and Rayshio. (hilarious. thought provoking, yet outright gross.) My friend thinks Zac Efron is cute. ?!?!? --
Things that need to be said:
Sorry Tis. I haven't been able to watch the movies that you lent me due to lack of time.
Sorry for those who may suffer from food poisoning due to eating my burnt potatoes.
Sorry if I was a harridan during dance practices.
Sorry to the exco for not being able to come for the past 2 meetings.
argh. there are so many apologies that need to be said!!
Sorry to my sister, for not being around to help you with your music theory.
Sorry to my family and those in butts off, for making you guys worry/stay back in school so late for dance.
Sorry if I've been an absolute jerk.
Thanks for everything guys. Especially my PW members, yihoong, tis, & mel and certain people in dance, who really made my life fun and helped me in various ways.
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HUGS for those people who helped me greatly through Promos! I improved generally. Up 2 grades for Math and History. 1 for Econs. GP and Chem maintained.
My cousin, who's in NYJC, same year as I am, thinks I'm disgusting for Econs is my best subject. I think he's disgusting for his best subject is Chem. Haha.
Oh my tian. I think my chem is utterly horrible, so I've already started revising. Yes I know.. Mugger Mugger Mugger. But if you see my results, TRUST ME. You cannot NOT mug.
AND I think I can keep all my subjects!!! YAYAYAY.
Now all that's left on my mind is DANCE and PW.
PW rocks my socks, and dance...has never been something that is boring to me so.. However, things like the sweater and miscellaneous stuff going on in my life is burning out my energy. I'm just super tired. Mentally and Physically. But really, who cares? I just need to endure this until after the competition and PW oral presentation. What's the song again? We can do it. Yes we can! or something along those lines.
THINK POSITIVE.
THINK OF THE DELICIOUS FOOD THAT YOU CAN HEARTILY EAT AFTER ALL THESE THINGS THAT YOU GOT TO DO.
Its not that difficult afterall. You just need rest and food.
Anyway, talking about rest, it is around 11 and therefore
Dance has been hectic these past few days to the extent that I end only around 1030pm once. Considering after packing up and everything, if my mum didn't fetch me home, I would only eat dinner at midnight. Then yesterday we ended at around 915pm. Therefore, decided that we should set at least a latest time, hence today we ended at 815pm and the latest we can go is till 845-9pm.
On my way back home, I was watching this 'documentary' on TV Mobile called Life Story. It chronicled the life of a leper and it made me wonder about what leprosy is about. You hear many things about it, but do you really know what it is and the misconceptions about it?
This is the picture of a leper.
Things to know about leprosy:
1. Leprosy is NOT confirmed to be passed on through normal contact. However, it is said to be passed through skin or through nasal mucosa, yet there is still no scientific proof on how the bacteria where leprosy is contracted from, gets to the surface area of the skin.
2. Despite numerous research, the results on how leprosy is contracted vary of great degrees when held in different leper colonies in various countries. It is not HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS.
3. Leprosy DOES NOT bring about the decaying of skin. However, the decaying of skin happens when lepers are not aware of rotting skin for they can't feel it, and hence the neglect leads to the decaying of skin.
4. ALSO, it does not cause body parts to fall off.
5. Only few leper colonies remain in the world, most prominently Vietnam and India.
6. Leprosy is NOT Tzaraath, a malady described in Hebrew scriptures and led to the stigmas placed upon lepers in social communities
7. Ways to treat and control leprosy has been invented therefore it is NOT incurable
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On to a better note, dear Mel is setting up an Online Bakery!
Isn't that just fantastic?
Brownies! Cupcakes and MORE!
I have such cool friends... now where does it leave me?
New choreography = New moves Tis and I got 'selected' but a wonderful panel of "judges", making us do this sexy,seducing, super disgusting, irking, hair raising dance. Did I forget to mention super disgusting?!?!
SUPER DISGUSTING.
But the chair dance is quite cool. YAY.
DANCE IS THE COOL-EST, FUN-NEST, BEST-EST, GREAT-EST, (includes all of the good stuff)THING THAT ONE CAN DO.
So, regardless of whether you dance well or not, you'll never regret joining dance. 'Cause its too fun.
Except during times where SUPER DISGUSTING moves appear because *someones* idea. HINT HINT.
Went to ebay for the first time in my life. It was disappointing. The above 2 are the 2 that seem remotely user-friendly. However, on my journey finding a polaroid camera, I realised that THE FILMS ARE REALLY EXPENSIVE.
What's the point of it being cheap if the film is super ex?
F.O.S!
Dad's leaving to Korea, then later to US then Europe.
What's the point of having a birthday if he isn't there?
At least my mum might make it back in time.
Its not about making a fuss on my birthday. Honestly speaking, I think that the celebration of birthdays are often exaggerated by many people. I don't need presents, I just want to be around my friends and family. That's not too much to ask for is it?
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I digress.
I don't get why the word 'maid' has such a bad connotation to it. Personally, I feel that its those class-conscious people who make a big fuss on calling them 'domestic helpers', for I have never once thought that the word was degrading. One perhaps is self-conscious about the fact, and to bridge the gap, came up with the term 'domestic helper'. However, I do acknowledge that some people use the word 'maid' in a degrading manner, and the more sensitive and caring people will then use the word 'domestic helper' to try to lessen the insult or something. I'm not really sure about that. In the past, maids were just maids. Perhaps it was not the best job around, but to the commoners, it was a job to be envied (so I read in books). It is a legitimate job, and that's just a term. Why add hidden connotations?
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All these aside, on to one of my favourite topics...
FOOD.
Ate 2 lunches yesterday. One from the caifan uncle (big portion) then later went to Coronation and ate Tori Katsu Don.
And suprisingly I wasn't that full.
Perhaps the huge buffet I ate the other day expanded my appetite.
Reaction: Should I be jumping with joy or shocked with horror?!
But I think moderation is the key, so I'll just eat healthy amounts and not gorge myself.
Now take a step back at revel in this piece of art:
White chocolate cake with truffles
I was just surfing and I saw this video. Its our IP4 seniors graduating video. This made me really sad, not so much that they're leaving, but that I will be going through the same thing as them next year. The wealth of knowledge and memories, all 4 years of them, both good and bad will only leave their imprints on our mind. So, check out this video, and lets treasure every moment that we can spend together.
1. Woke at 6am 2. Reached health promotion board at 7+ 3. Spent 1/2 hr there waiting for this lady who was on leave!!
On the Train 4. Went from Outram to Boon Lay. 5. Boon lay --> City Hall 6. City Hall --> Dhoby Ghaut 7. Dhoby Ghaut --> Raffles Place 8. Raffles Place --> Bugis 9. Bugis --> NATIONAL LIBRARY (Just to waste my time for the library wouldn't be open till 10)
@ the Library 10. Fiction --> Non-fiction --> Cookery --> Handicraft sections 11. Realized I couldn't borrow with my library card 12. Rayshio lent me his ez-link, which the lady at the counter destroyed so had to use his ez-link
@ Bugis Village 13. Went to Delifrance (I WAS STARVING)-had a croissant 14. Walked aimlessly 15. Went to BHG and went to the children's section 16. Met up with mel 17. THE SEARCH FOR FOOD 18. Sakae? Siam Restaurant? Pastamania? Delifrance? Seoul Garden? 19. Siam Restaurant (thai food buffet) (Ate until my stomach hurt)
THEN IT WAS.... PW PW PW PW PW PW PW PW
20. Bishan--> Yi Hoong's place 21. Toa Payoh --> Binding WR (From 3+ till 6+)
22. HOME
Uneventful wasn't it?
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Yesterday, I realized that I want something. So I'll go HUNT for it.
Polaroid Camera!!!
Then I can take pictures with all my friends and have the hard copy!
Oh, glorious Wonderful, Food. You make people, go google eyed, weak in the knees, salivate...
Um. I think that's quite enough. Anyone wants to continue?
Things to know:
1. FAM = Food Aligned Movement!!!! 2. Founders of FAM = Bryan, Jerrick, Shihui, Mel and I 3. Honourary FAM-ers = Sophia and Victor 4. Formed during out short time in SMUN (Singapore Mock/Model United Nations) 5. Our common goal = FOOD RULES 6. Upon reuniting, we had... Sugar cane drinks (those uber huge cups), Coconuts, BBQ Chicken Wings, Satay (Beef, Chicken, Pork), Oyster Omelette, Hokkien Mee, Carrot Cake, Stingray, Satay Bee Hoon, and Ice-cream (I hope I didn't forget anything)
On the topic of food, my relatives just returned from a trip to Japan today. There are loads of chocolate and biscuits and sweet treats in my house right now.
D-E-L-C-I-O-U-S
Who needs the world when you have friends like this?
Why is that when one is angry, the anger will be vented on someone else? Then the cycle continues until no one is happy. My mum asked why when I'm angry I'll blast the ear phones and not talk. Thinking about it now, I think its to avoid venting my anger on someone else, and wait till the anger is gone. Perhaps I should find a better way to release my anger. Sadly though, I realize that I'm cursing. For a person who doesn't use the much vulgarities except maybe, stupid idiot, this is saying something. It would be really fun to do a research on emotions and how people control and portray them.
Woke up early for rollerblading, yet being totally ignored by tan jo lynn. She promised to come with us yet she slept in and could not be awoken. Mel baked lovely fat-free muffins for our little 'picnic' and shi hui had sandwiches and the lovely lovely cucumbers. After, we went to thegreen cafe and had smoothies. Mine was blue rush, with blueberries apple and banana. Mel had avocado cream [forgot the actual name] and shihui had mango blast. On the menu beside the name of the drink, was what the drink helped. Mine apparently is an anti-oxidant, shihui's to 'pump up the energy' and mel's is to be healthy or something. I think my memory is quite bad.
Anyway, Jo lynn went with us to J8 and we watched Lust, Caution. I think I'll have nightmares tonight. There were some things which I was quite, repulsed by. Oh well. What to do? I was unceremoniously roped into this situation.
Why does a person like a particular thing over another?
"hello" "hi" "never see you online often" "yeah" "how's school?" "ok" "must study hard" "I know" "feeling stressed lately?" "no."
...and this goes on and on and on, and people wonder why I always appear offline. I don't go online to waste my time on awkward conversations which is one-sided mainly, and honestly, I have nothing to say to the other person.
Nanny diaries was alright, but 15mins into the show, I realized I read the bloody book before. Although its bad to stereotype, but most show that are from a storybook is never quite as good. And this show is one example. Perhaps because I knew what was going on, I didn't even shed a tear during the sad scene. Sad. I think I would've enjoyed the show much more if I didn't knew the plot. There was one funny thing though, I thought the guy chasing Scarlett said "... to grow live fish" and started laughing to myself, then Lou (who was sitting beside me) was sort of squealing with joy, and said she wanted that too. This led to me=confused and after a while, I realized that what he said was to grill live fish. (wow. what an improvement) I don't really know about grilling live fish, for even though I'm not vegetarian and all, but dumping a fish (live one mind you) on top of a barbeque pit is not something I fancy doing. Those poor tai tai's, tou fu ice-cream?!?! Oohh, they're missing out on a hell lot of good stuff. All in all though, it was quite fun, the company was great too (mel, lou, rayshio) but now that I'm back home, I'm quite bored which is why I'm wasting my time here.
After spending time (esp. with mel) I realized how MIA I've been. Why is it that when new friendships are formed, the old ones are left behind? Is it terribly selfish of me to want both? Too much on sad stuff, I guess I can't really help what's going on in my life (how ironic) but... on to better stuff.
2 days to end of THE DREADED. THE DISGUSTING. PROMOS!!!!!
Am I happy or what.
Even though my promos ended last week, I still have Chem SPA...but lets not spoil the mood.
promos are ending. promos are ending. promos are ending.
as we sat by the roadside, under the tree laughing with close friends pearly white teeth, sparkling eyes a sense of humour and modesty you once brought me laughter yet now you brought me tears I can't forget the laughter, nor I the tears Perhaps in the future I am able to think of you without dealing with this ache then maybe i'll forget about the tears and only remember the laughter
Sunday, October 28, 2007
White chocolate cake with truffles
