Saturday, November 26, 2005
episode 8 of season 2 LOST is a real tear-jerker.
never thot I'd cried so much for this show.
LOST is simply brilliant.
11:38 PM
just arrived at the tampines hood,
brian promised some surprise...
and boy, did he deliver.
1st up.
choclates!!!! mmmmm...
packaging is so so... i'd like some godivas next time ya hear!
do u smell it?
ate some while i was in the car. and cos we always tell each other how much we spend...
now i know i have ingested 5 bucks worth of chocolates.. i think. i have another 12 bucks worth to go.
the hazelnuts were delish.
i'm a bit hesitant to taste the liquid ones tho...
my 2nd surprise was 2 pieces of his JIAO3 PI2.
skin from the soles of his feet
as big as 2 50-cent coins joined together.
i decided against taking a photo of them tho.
lunch now.
toodles
9:52 PM
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Banking Law yesterday was HORRID.
4 questions. 2 hypos and 2 essays in 2 hrs.
NO CHOICES AT ALL.
ugh. some professors like to set one sentenced-questions,
and usually on stuff that they didn't really vocalise on during lessons.
oh well,
I watched The Exoricsm of Emily Rose yesterday.
it was pretty good.
and so was my cookie dough Ben & Jerry's.
delish!
only $3.50 for a small tub of heaven at Jurong point...
and then when i got back to brian's,
we watched sixth sense on channel 5,
followed by some will and grace.
whoa.
now, i really need to start on my credit and security.
on a side note, it's come to my attention that there are some law students out there masquerading as political evangelists.
any idea how terribly cliche that is?
7:19 PM
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
My uncle just passed away.
Strangely enough, even though I'm not all that close to him,
just the annual CNY reunion dinner at my place,
I feel rather sad.
My heart goes out to my cousins, especially the one who had to fly back from Australia.
Life's so unpredictable sometimes.
I realise that some things should never be left unsaid,
cos you never know if those words which escaped your mouth, whether meaningless, tactless, hateful, silly or whatever,
would form the last impression that you left on that particular person.
My dad is attending to all the funeral matters.
I had a minor fight with him a few days ago, and even though it was not my fault,
i had this nagging thought of saying sorry,
cos i wanted things to be okay.
I did.. thru sms. and things are fine now.
i'm just amazed at how strong my dad seems to be when handling the death of a brother.
I can never be as strong as him.
7:43 PM
Monday, November 14, 2005
there is a total lack in sense of urgency for this round of exams.
I have barely started.
there, i said it.
I'm such a good for nothing sometimes, it scares me.
Well, this is also no thanks to the sprained neck I had for a week.. and i still have some niggling pain now and then.
also i'm having a COLD.
yup. the kind when all you wanna do is sleep and the mucus keeps on dripping.
I SWEAR I'LL START ON AN EXERCISE REGIME PRONTO after the exams.
and even when I'm in Thailand with the family,
I shall smell out the nearest gym/sauna there.
12:46 AM
Friday, November 11, 2005
Now I understand how people can get addicted to painkillers.
cos i been popping some myself to ease off the pain that my neck sprain has caused me.
it works like a miracle,
but also gives me a queasy stomach and nausea.
that's my body's way of rejecting foreign substances, i call it a natural self-defence mechanism.
like if I drink too much alcohol, i'll start puking, way before I get to the high HIGH.
Brian brought me to the tampines chiro, since after 3 visits with the NEEDLES at Jurong, my neck doesn't seem to get any better.
whoa!
the man cracked my shoulders.
literally.
arms were raised,
fists were clenched,
screams were released,
people around me were temporarily deafened
and joints were cracked.
i feel slightly better,
and tons traumatised.
to cheer me up,
brian brought me to TM for tomato cream smoked salmon pasta.
was pretty gooood.
he gave me a budget of 150 to buy anything i wanted to take my mind off it,
he;s a sweet little button.
pity there wasn't much of a selection in TM,
plus i wasn't in the mood to shop.
only thing i bought was 8 days and some ski double up.
i've forgotten how it feels like to be able to turn my head around.
and despite the exams coming up in less than 2 weeks,
i have not started.
no sirrie.
zilch done,
it's hard enough to study without a sore neck,
u can just imagine the hell i'm gg thru rite now.
2:16 AM
Tuesday, November 08, 2005
and the BOM BOM! ( or as others call it BA GUAN.. the cups with fire inside?)
wahlan.
I now have 3 ugly red circles on my neck.
i'm officially an old lady.
5:30 AM
Sunday, November 06, 2005
I HAD THE MOST FABULOUS SIRLOIN STEAK IN MY LIFE.
I don't know how, I don't know why.
I suppose maybe cos it's a product of brian's toil and sweat.
that and the fact the steak was marinated in half a bottle of red wine.
DELISH!
with a baked potahto, baby carrots as sides and clam chowder as appetizer... WHAT MORE COULD I ASK FOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I actually took a picture of the food, but wth, the SD card wasn't inside the LUMIX when I did, so nothing to feast ur eyes on.
but oooh man.. beef with a tinge of red wine and black pepper butter sauce.....
I need to marry this guy quick.
5:57 AM
I'm home bound with a sprained neck.
been watching all the DVDs I can get my grimy hands on.
WIll and Grace, Southpark..
am even watching Daredevil for the 2nd time on CHannel 5 now.
i sprained my neck cos against my common sense,
i went ahead to watch Flightplan at the 5th row in the cinema,
despite having a sore neck from tuition and pulling a muscle while bending down to get something in the afternoon.
Siwei says I'm an old woman.
and i have to agree.
it's scary..
but i gotta commence on an exercise regimen after i recover.
i'm like a 70 yr old in a 22 yr old body (or maybe 40 yr old.. taking into account my cellulite)
alright it's back to daredevil for me.
i know.. it's like i have no impending exams.
and I'm waiting for Brian to unlock the kitchen door to show me what exactly he's been concocting for the past hour or so.
i'm hungry! and he's schweet as hell.
4:40 AM
Friday, November 04, 2005
thanks rena for planning the thing.
i should have realised it since MSNing me, calling me up, smsing me first on your own accord is SO uncharacteristic of you.
i mean come on!
when was the last time rena asked me out for 'tea or lunch'?
ha!
but i didn't see thru her sly antics.
i was truly shocked to see a skinny white girl clad in a green tank with considerably shrunken calve muscles which looked strangely familiar.
there was a whole slew of OMGs and slapping of foreheads,
then rena joined us,
our booming laughter resonated throughout the biz ad centeen.
it was such a perfect day.
8:58 AM
Thursday, November 03, 2005
That's a phrase that ANY respectable law student should know.
A cliche it may be,
but logic it posesses.
(in yoda speak anyway)
I'm not particularly pleased with the public outcry in Australia for the captial punishment law for drug traffckers to me lifted for this Vietnamese guy.
I don't care about his sob story.. that he's transporting drugs for the sake of his brother's debts.
I don't care that he's all of 25 years old.. and in answer to an Australian politican who said "...return this silly boy to his mother", bugger off, he's 25, he knows full well what he was doing--- transporting heroin enough for 26,000 junkies.
I also don't care that it's a disaster for public relations.
BECAUSE the laws are there for a purpose.
When Micheal Fay's Yankee counterparts begged for Singapore to dispense with the caning, did we budge?
When the Philippines or Indonesia persuade Singapore to do away with the death sentence for domestic workers who have murdered people here, did we close an eye and sucuumbed to their pleas?
no and no.
and why didn't we? that's cos Singapore ain't no pushover.
If we make exceptions for just one case, we'd have a helluva lot to answer to for prior similar cases, and to understand the full extent of the matter, almost ANY foreigner in the future would regard Singapore as a safe haven for drug related crimes and the like (not unlike Amsterdam).
Because as long as they possess a photogenic mug, support their crimes with a sob story which is broadcasted to their home country and above all, say they're apologetic.... it seems like laws should suddenly disappear and bend over to their every whim and cry.
At risk of sounding like an apologist for a brutually strict legal regime,
I still have to say it.
The laws are there for a reason,
the reason being that the locals can walk around in the wee hours of the morning without having to worry that some druggie will pounce upon them with HIV-infected needles and demand for money to fuel their addictions.
the security and saftey that we enjoy should never be taken for granted.
Also, take a look at p 34 of TODAY to see the hypocrisy that is the Australian government.
They advocate the abolishment of the death sentence for this Viet guy,
and yet ask for the terrorists in Indonesia to be killed via said methods. I'm pretty sure some of the terrorists have some sob stories to tell too, let's hit the media with some pretty-face pictures,
and perhaps pretty soon we'll have people canvassing for their release.
8:34 PM