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prison break!

prison break finally started downloading properly and i watched episode 14 this morning ! scofield is backkk. although he was quite useless in this episode.

i have alot of work this weekend i want to die. :( i'm doing AS now. and it's mind bogglingly difficult. it's seriously hard. and i kept arguing with myself for the protagoras v euathlus case. apparantly the court was so puzzled by this case they adjourned for 100 years. which is quite funny.

and i decided to choose this article on a computer algorithm that maps the genetic networks of bacteria for my presentation. it's a short presentation explaining the technology. but i just realized a computer algorithm is just a computer code. in short, there is nothing to explain. but i've already done by 2-page report and discussion questions for this topic so i cant change it !! gahhhh.

i had satay and indian rojak for dinner ! quite nice.

and i shall go back to protagoras and euathlus...

to the left, to the left

some of my classmates ! these are the people who are in virtually all my classes.
i dont know why jiayan's version of looking 'dao' is like that. haha.

i spoke for the first time this term, ironically during twc. my most hated class. but it was planned. because they were all presenting today but me. so i was planted with a question to ask during the Q&A. and the other time was when the prof asked me for an answer. speaking up is such a big deal i have to announce it on my blog. hurhur.

oh my dad just bought a bigger samsung flat screen tv with a home theatre system ! so i suggested that the current flat one should be mounted on my wall. because my room is so small it cant really hold a normal tv, and my sister does not have space on her wall for the a flatscreen tv to be mounted on. my dad actually considered it ! but my mom said i wont study at all. so it's going to be in their room. which is quite silly because the master bedroom is much bigger and they're quite happy with the normal tv in their room. pffpht. anyway, i think i wont study also.

i have a horrible weekend ahead. i have to do my twc presentation, research for my twc project, and econs project. and there's stats too.

okay i should go research for my project meeting tomorrow ! :(

i spy..

argh. i hate twc. but i hope my hatred for this module would translate into me wanting to overcome it more. i could kill my prof, seriously. i am racking my brains thinking of new alternative energy policies for singapore and i cant decide which emerging technology to present on next week !

brrrr. i feel annoyed and restless.

i had two of the most ridiculously inane dreams last night. i dreamt i was a secret agent trying to bomb france but i got caught instead. and in the next, i was selling ben&jerry's ice cream that wouldnt stop melting.

and prison break episode 14 is out !!!! but i cant find it on youtube lehhhh.

till the dawn

i'm feeling fine and dandy after an afternoon nap and a few hours of tv. i'm falling sick though. but american idol cured me temporarily. dont we all love watching first audition rounds. i think the ad for american idol with the 3 kids is really cute. i adore the way the boy spits out the word Pathetic! and the other boy that looks exactly randy jackson.

and i've had surprisingly alot of free time ever since school started. not like i'm complaining. but i'm pretty sure i'll get busier by next week with presentations, projects and more assignments. and since i'm so free, i've been watching quite alot of tv. heroes is starting on 31jan starworld ! i cant wait. i think i need a cca. meanwhile i shall bask in all my free time before i get horribly busy.

school's alright. although i havent started with the speaking up. i really have a problem with that. most of the time i have nothing to add because i'm not exactly paying attention. and when i do have something to say, i get slightly intimidated by the idea of speaking up and i dont do anything about it. i should get over it really. the modules i'm doing are okay. except for twc and bgs, which are rather stupid. and i have to speak up the most for this two silly mods. i kind of like econs because for once i feel like i'm doing something academic at smu. i quite like AS too because classes are only 1.5 hours, the assignments are confusingly fun and my prof's this amusing brit who comes into class like he is drunk. and DUN NEED CLASS PARTICIPATION. at least i think so, unless i'm grossly mistaken.

okay yes i have 14 weeks to the end of april ! and no, i'm not counting down the end of my term because i'll probably have to study during summer. i'm counting down something else !! and i couldnt do the wake up call today. it's been a long time since i did. :(

april ! hurry !

cruisin'

hmmm i was blogging halfway when i decided to move the bed. so i plugged off the power, forgetting that my battery wasnt inserted. anyway, i just had my compulsory auto car lesson. and driving auto makes me feel like i kickass at driving ! no more stalling ! no more changing of gears ! but it's incredibly boring as well. so boring, i drove into the lane where cars were coming out from, and i turned into 11 instead of 12 as my instructor told me to. i think he thinks i'm completely blind or spastic. or both.

but i feel like i'm the best driver in the world driving auto, minus the one-off, retarded things that i do. heehee. oh and now i can book my practical test after subject 2 ! so i should hurry finish up subject 2.

i'm in an incredibly good mood now. after some exercise - some major release of endorphins i say. :) and i'm actually tired. my gosh. whatever little stamina i had left has disappeared. i am damn lousy.

oh, and my cousin threw away my FM notes !!! garhhhh. i am quite annoyed. i want my stats notes. :(

okay i shall go read econs, or smt now..

time after time

i just came back from lunch and i bought a whole outfit from G2000 ! they were having this massive sale and it was really crowded. i actually found some stuff of my size ! so now i have a whole new set of spiffy corporate attire. for only $46. plus my faux leather pumps from bangkok. now i actually i cannot wait for a presentation so i can wear my new clothes, and look so sharp, nobody will know my entire outfit costs less than $60 ! i feel so proud of myself. :)

this season's survivor is really very nice ! i know i'm the only person who still watches it. survivor is the pioneer of all reality shows and i still think it makes the nicest reality tv. i hope yul wins. the stanford-yale intelligent, calm-in-the-storm, body-quite-good korean guy. adam is quite good looking but he is like this moron that doesnt stop grinning and he cannot spell jonathan. he spells it as jonathen. he is quite dumb, as you can see.

and meanwhile, i have tons of readings to complete this weekend. and an article on sustainable development to do. i should start.

hole in the heart.

night out with synyi and jaya. we talked and talked. no, actually i listened more, to alot very entertaining anecdotes. haha. but it was really nice meeting up.

omg the arena is quite funny. it's this new debate show. and it was RI v Loyang. one of the speakers from loyang was damn amusing. she was really aggresive and she was put against this tiny sec1 ri boy. her debate tickled us quite abit.

meanwhile, school's alright. how good can it get, really.

and you know that feeling when u're hanging on, barely, to a thread of hope. i guess that's how it is now.

starlight

and it's one of those nights, i feel resigned and tired.

i'm not much of a writer. it's hard for me to pen down this whole whirl of emotions.

i dont even like the word emotions. it looks funny.

i wish it wasnt so hard. and after pretending all's dandy, i feel exhausted occasionally. so it's one of those angsty nights again. like a vicious cycle.

But I'll never let you go
If you promise not to fade away
Never fade away

Our hopes and expectations
Black holes and revelations
Our hopes and expectations
Black holes and revelations

and we're all fading away. are we not?

runaway train

school's been okay so far. i made new friends. i am pathetic, i know. haha. i hung out with other people today. i'm quite glad that i have a bunch of people that i know in my classes. although i dont quite know them very well yet.

i watched night at the museum, with elena, mindy, jiayan and matilda today. these are the people in my classes. the show is really dumb, but highly entertaining. the hans were funny. and the little roman warriers and cowboys too. hoho. i want to watch borat actually, but it's r21 i think.

oh yes, i had my first lesson on technoloy&world change. i honestly think that it's quite interesting, partly because i dont know anything about it. but my prof is insane. i have two projects for this module . two !?! 2 papers to submit. a mini assignment every week, due 3 days after class. i must also read and comment other people's assignments for class participation. and an individual presentation on any emerging technology. and of course, an exam. my prof is seriously mad. i also know next to nothing about technology.

and i nearly lost my handphone today !!! i left it at the table at kopitiam. thank goodness the cleaners passed it to the office. and my handphone was safe. i am quite lucky. i remember leaving my wallet at KFC last time but the staff kept it with them. although it wouldnt have been a complete tragedy if i lost it because my handphone is dying. and i can only change it when the contract ends, in august.

i think i should read my old unread copies of newsweek to brush up on my non-existent knowledge on technology and world news.

bangkok

my pictures are completely not in order. but this is my mom, in mbk i think.
bangkok street
me and my dad at this huge christmas tree at central world. the bombs were just outside !
my purchases. excluding the bags and shoes, earrings, necklaces.

flight to bangkok.
at suanlum.
what's thailand without some tom-yum ? :)
ferris wheel we sat at suanlum night market
shoes ! i thought these shoes were quite cute. but i didnt buy them. and they're all only 8 bucks per pair !

bangkok is good stuff ! bombs aside. i strongly recommend everybody stay at grand diamond. the service is great. except i have no idea why i was so damn exhausted from shopping. i wasnt even that tired in taipei, and i walked alot more there. platinum mall is the best, in my opinion. siam paragon, central world are all huge malls. but they're a little more upmarket. i'll probably like those when i have more money. platinum and the shopping centres opposite are like 25 times fareast and bugis ! and of course about half the price.

and yes the it's 2007. i have never really counted down before or anything. most of the time i'm in malaysia or like this time, sleeping away in bangkok. 2006 was a horrible year. i dont like it at all. i sure hope 2007 will be better.

i'm not big on making new year resolutions. but if i had to, this year i would study harder, and stop making excuses for myself and for other people.

school starts tomorrow. i'm not ready to go to school...

back !

from bangkok :)

i am totally knackered and i have a tummyache now. i bought quite alot of stuff. and i also feel bloated and queasy. i think i ate way too much good food. i feel like this useless blob of flesh now. everything there is so cheap it's obscene. my most expensive purchase was my sloggi bra.

there were bombs in bangkok ! and er, we didnt even know until the next day. thank goodness we were exhausted and left early, otherwise we would have been there ! bombs or not, we should all go to bangkok ! the driver told us to tell our friends to still bangkok. people there are polite and nice. and the whole place is teeming with foreigners, or farangs, as they call it.

okayokay i'm so tired. i shall go sleep.