and the year is coming to an end :) had japanese lesson today and was in time for the light-up at 7.30pm :D hmm it’s the first time i ‘witnessed’ a  light-up at orchard road! what a special feeling :D somehow it makes me so excited about christmas!

view of ion from my japanese classroom :D having lessons on the 12th floor has its benefits :P

i love the virtual snow concept! damn cool :)

disclaimer: i was not the only noob who stood in the middle of the road just to take photos like this hahaha! but anyway, doesn’t orchard road look awesome?? :D

view of ion and the purple christmas tree from wheelock, on ground level this time. just so happened that there were no cars! btw, the mob there was maaaassive haha! i heard that ppl can go inside the tree (it’s hollow)! i wanna go in there soon :D :D

some cute merry-go-round snowmen thingy outside shaw

orchard road is so pretty pretty :) i’m glad i managed to be there for the light-up :D

anyway! life has been so hectic :\ i hate rushing for deadlines (the only thing i’ve been doing since.. RECESS WEEK) and going to school is becoming quite a chore.. i mean, nanyang drive is really quite far away from sixty chwee chian road! D: but it’s okay, school is ending in one week and then it’s all about mugging for exams! and i’ve been back to acjc kinda often these days so i feel great :) ahh it feels so good to be reconnected with the places i love even though being there won’t feel the same again.. well, who doesn’t miss jc days? haha :D ramble ramble~

so anyway i got back my japanese mock test results today. 298/400! and they gave me a (^o^)V sign next to my mark haha! so cute. hai i need to buck up on my grammarrrr! hmm i really wonder if this language will bring me somewhere someday. who knows i might be a sociologist for Japanese society! hahaha :P at the same time, i intend to take both japanese and korean modules to fill up my UEs :D hmm so maybe i might be a sociologist for Korean society! and unite North and South one day :D HAHA i’m spewing nonsense.

mmm, fleshy grapes taste so odd. hee.

i think i ate 10 dollars of heaven today :D mmmm~ -rubs tummy- yay haha :P

okay, better go sleep now, i have been nodding my head off during bus rides and mrt rides and car rides and even while waiting for my turn at dental HAHAHA can you believe it. SO UNGLAM. haha till next time :D

you’re in my arms
and all the world is calm
the music playing on for only two
so close together
and when i’m with you
so close to feeling alive

a life goes by
romantic dreams must die
so i bid mine goodbye and never knew
so close was waiting, waiting here with you
and now forever i know
all that i want is to hold you
so close

so close to reaching that famous happy ending
almost believing this one’s not pretend
and now you’re beside me and look how far we’ve come
so far, we are, so close

how could i face the faceless days
if i should lose you now

we’re so close to reaching that famous happy ending
almost believing this one’s not pretend
lets go on dreaming for we know we are
so close, so close, and still so far

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH8WAoRL1xo

what a nice song. like alex says, it’s hard to find songs with great music and great lyrics. and i totally don’t recall this song in the movie Enchanted. but yay anyway for the orchestral oomph and awesome lyrics.

anyway, my dad found my long lost O level certificate somewhere in the house today while ransacking and cleaning. this calls for a celebration woohoo hahaha!

come on you need to finish this tutorial and do the essay and finish that assignment and do those two essays. and then start mugging. come on come on. no time to slack and paint nails.

i should do this quick cause my laptop is very heated up for some reason and i need to rest for the night. very badly.

life is weird. things seem so easy one moment, crazy difficult the next. but whatever it is, i’m living it, for 19 years now.

this weekend has been great. i’ve been pampering myself and i’ve been pampered by others. went shopping, ate lots of awesome food, had heaps of  fun, did all the things i enjoy. though i’m not sure what my birthday really means to me, i’m thankful i could enjoy it this year.

ikea meatballs with P, sakae dinner with W and Y. supper and awesome sleepover with C, beef noodles with E, some band lovin’, duets with T, kuishin-bo buffet dinner with P and M. sentosa cycling with S and Y, hongkong lunch and starbucks chillin’ with S Y M S, nydc dinner and cold rock with Y M G R. 3 cakes (increasing in size by the day), gifts that i treasure, memories that i keep in my heart.

thanks for all the wishes via sms and fbook, i felt really special :)

E’s mango cake. that came in a cup.

S’s awfully chocolate cake. that came with a retarded waitress HAHA :D

canteen friends ♥ gerdine, you’re missed!

it was awesome. thanks all :)

(oh just realized it’s my first birthday without any exams looming near. no EOYs, PSLE, O’s, A’s. wow!)

i love reminiscing jc days. laughing about the same jokes over and over, replaying the funniest parts, imitating other people, reliving the dream of swiss trip. ah, i really miss everyone, everything, all of it. when i am rich i will travel to the same parts of japan and swiss and austria i went to on my band trips and relive my memories. i will travel to countries i haven’t been to before and explore the world. gosh can’t wait to graduate from uni and get a job and earn big bucks and travel the world..

okay hello reality, it is currently year 1 sem 1. samho you retard.

anyway, to end off, a photo to tickle your intellect and senses (hahaha chimglish):

amazing feat by ruiheng and justin du at the back of band room. btw, note ruiheng’s rag of a sock -_- everyone please buy him new socks for his birthday!

last 2 weeks of school before major mugging and then exams. okay i love my life, i’m happy, i can do this, go me.

lesson learnt so far:

• choosing the right modules for the semester
• take first week seriously
• choosing the right topics for presentation
• planning time well for exams
• keep mondays free for the rest of my 4 years if possible

sigh.

have i been too naive? immature? downright stupid? need sleep.

happy birthday dr lee :)

abracadabra da irwojyeora

i felt lost today.

not knowing what to do, where to go, my feet led me to the familiar back gate of acjc.

stepping into acjc, i really felt i’ve finally come home.

the band room was open, the kids were hanging around. it was a non-band day, and i spent a few hours there.

no other place feels like home. i’ve come home to you.

bring bring neoreul naege gajyeoda jwo
mworado nan hagesseo deohan geotdo hagesseo
bling bling doneun naui fantasy yeah
modeungeol geolgesseo neol naega naega gatgesseo

Brown Eyed Girls – Abracadabra (Dance version)

*do NOT watch if you have low tolerance for sexually explicit dance moves; the MV is worse btw.

haha this would have been my tune back then.. but anyway, the chorus just sounds so awesome, i had to post it :P i have a thing for the -gesseo stuff heh. ga-in is hot :D and i now have my favourite backup dancer! :D long hair with bangs, lots of mascara and eyeliner! think she’s the best backup heheh. oh and orange lipstick is interesting haha.

the white box is missing the cd and toy.

which reminds me, i have stopped going for japanese lessons for pretty long.. resuming next saturday :D

my major stress week is over.. no more presentations left for the sem! assignments due though, but i’ll manage them :)

i’ve literally been camping out at the computer for the week, and NOT sleeping for 2 nights is pretty crazy ): the presentations were rather disappointing; maybe because i did too much for one and there were technical difficulties due to my carelessness for the other, sigh. essay was another rush case, not done to the best of my ability. i had eye infection, still having ear infection.. there were some moments i felt as though my brain was really being wasted away and stunted in growth when i stayed up so long to do the work. not sure how all that will pay off, but i guess just gotta hope for the best.

and for now, it’s time to relax! assignments are nearly all done with the exceptions of hs101 tutorial and project 2 which i’ll hopefully complete tmr, then there’s hs103 electure that’s just posted up to listen to (done! :D). but above all, the stress level has definitely gone down and i’m feeling much better :) yay!

block5 dinner today made me happy :) i miss dr lee.. and i miss my acband. life goes on..

anyway, here’s an update of my room :P

new magnetic board! even though it covers the decorative stuff on the shelf.. but it’s super useful :D new document and pencil trays below that too :) complete with a new dustbin :D

k so here’s the board without the study lamp so it’s more visible lol :P yay to magnets from vienna and acjc and daiso HAHA :D

stuff below the board! mini vacuum, secret food stash, notepads etc.. think you can spot the bubblegum too haha :P

yay for my study area :D

omg, why is this so uncomfortably familiar?

why am i reliving my PW and MEP DAYS?! i thought they were over for good!

sigmund freud presentations, stravinsky/satie/hindemith essays, composing until the morning was bad enough..

now it’s FEMINISM! SINGAPORE POLICIES! WOMEN AND CHILDREN! presentation, essay, presentation, essay!

welcome back, my long-lost eye infection.. you really hurt quite badly this time!

really, what was i thinking? the sleepless nights are never going to go away.. not with pw, not with mep, not with sociology! it’s back to haunt me ): URGH!!

michelletan, gladysheng, better watch out! our pw and mep days are back ): ): ):

adm building.

i am going to take a jump shot there one day and roll down the carpet grass :) maybe convocation lol, but not like i’m an adm student..

mum’s first attempt at baked rice.. yummy :D

i dug out my entire collection of reeds.. from sec1. what a mess -_- (that’s not all btw)

how messed up can someone get?

i’m sorry.

and so recess week ends D:

gosh it was fast.. and it was good in the non-academic sense LOL :P i went shopping (yay), caught up with cheryl, puaybing, alex, SEAN!! (double yay) and spent a full day with joel (triple yay) :D

(i think i MADE recess week into a proper break with all that slacking HAHA)

looking back, i could have done some (=minimal) work on sunday, monday, tuesday, thursday, sunday… BUT YOU KNOW ME HAHA. and now there’s this horrible inertia that i’m struggling to overcome urgh ): 2 presentations and all the project/essay deadlines are crazy stressful but i can’t seem to study somehow.. i feel very tired when i try to study :\ sigh maybe it’s just my mentality.. gotta jiayou! hopefully things will pick up when band breaks for exams and my 2 presentations are over.. so i’m looking forward to 15 oct, 5.30PM :D and 16 oct will be another happy day ;)

here’s to the next half of the semester.. 6 more weeks of school, lots of mugging, 3 exams to tackle. go me!