Got to spill out about this. Just got to. Ok, so I’ve been following Grey’s Anatomy online and I just finished watching the latest season. OMG!!!!!!!!! The last few episodes are freaking SAAAAADDDD!!!!!!! Seriously. Third to last episode I cried. Omg. I never did anything like that before but I freaking cried. First when those patients died and the girl was reciting her graduation speech to Alex. Then again when Alex and Izzy got married and Alex declared that he’s given up his happy-go-lucky ways and becomes accountable to someone else other than himself now. Awwwww… Second last episode wasn’t much. It was just a build up to the finale. Oh my god, the finale! Izzy DIED!!!!! and maybe George too!!! WHY!!!! I’m really upset that they killed George. Like Callie said, he’s just a sweet guy who’d never hurt a fly and he’s gone off to enlist in the army as a doctor. That would have been ok you know. Sending him off to Iraq. But killing him even before he left??!!! That’s too much! And killing him in such a cruel way. Ok, he was kind of a hero but he didn’t need to hero himself to death! And poor Alex. First he had to deal with Izzy’s cancer, then they get married but it’s still not happily ever after and he might have lost her again, just when he thought they’d be ok. Back to George… It’s sad! He was pretty badly smashed up (hit by a bus and dragged when he tried to save someone else from getting hit) and they didn’t even know it was him until he managed to spell out his 007 nickname to Meredith. I was all, shit! That’s George??!!! Noooooo!!!! It was so totally unexpected. I was actually waiting for the Intervention that Bailey and Callie planned to try to stop him from enlisting. Thought that would have been really funny to watch. Bailey was really emotional this episode too. Very different change from when we first saw her. She’s so much more compassionate now. It’s nice that she still has her “I-am-Doctor-Bailey-and-I-know-all” moments though. (It probably says a lot that I haven’t talked about Meredith and Derek getting married. They’re supposed to be the ‘main characters’ but their story is so boring imo.) I hope George doesn’t die. Nor Izzy. They’re both nice people and the show needs nice people that are there for their friends and try to help their friends just because they are nice. Seriously. I thought one of the best moments was when Izzy tried to reinspire the interns despite everyone thinking she’s crazy. And they had to give her cancer and kill her off?! George. I liked him since the first season cos he’s so sweet and caring and he’s there for his friends despite all his friends treating him like a doormat and making fun of him and all. But they had to torture him too with his failed marriage and disastrous attempt to seduce Meredith. Then he gets relagated to being a minor character. *pout* I really hope the characters don’t leave the show altogether but there were rumours about it. Sigh. I’ll have to wait heck of a long time before the next season (if there is one). Don’t think I could stand the anticipation! I’m now reading the discussion about it over on Facebook’s Grey’s Anatomy page and agreeing with all the comments. George really needs to stay! His character hasn’t had an ending. It’ll be too cruel to just kill him!

Been watching the “Anne of Green Gables” movies since Sumi intro-ed it to me the other day. Gilbert and Anne… nice couple. But the third movie sucked in that way. It was all war time and dramatic escapes and all. Boring. But I was seriously cheering them on. I’ve been doing that lately. Weird. Lucky I’m watching at home by myself else people would think I’m nuts. Like when Gilbert and Anne found each other in Germany, I literally went: Yay!!! Oh goodness. I have no life. Buahaha!

I got shortlisted for an interview through NUS JobsConnect. Really nervous and still can’t believe it’s happening and kinda scared too. I’m just a chicken I guess.

Well, my last exam of my life was yesterday. Syntax. It sucked. So I’m feeling a little disappointed. Crossing my fingers that I can get good enough grades so that I can graduate with honours. Still wondering what I’m going to do if Universe pulls my CAP down. Way down. So, yeah, apart from disappointment and worry, I don’t think I feel anything at all that my uni, in fact, my entire educational life, has now come to an end. I don’t feel no different. Anyway, I’m officially unemployed. I think. I still haven’t quite wrapped my head round the need-to-get-a-job thing. Sigh. Life sucks.

Went for dinner after Syntax with my fellow classmates minus the grad students. Went to Holland V and at at some little restaurant place. It was average. Food took freaking long to arrive and we were all HUNGRY!!! Yeah. But the portions were huge. I’m seriously still full from it. Haven’t recovered from that meal. It was alright to begin with but it started to taste a bit tasteless when it cooled down some. Not sure if it was entirely worth it. After that, walked back to Buona Vista. Probably explains why I’m aching all over today cos I was wearing one of my killer heels. Hee! End of exams mah, thought I’d dress up a bit.

Wasted a whole evening’s worth of lifetime going to attend that meeting just now. Not going to bitch about it here, just in case. I have to practice discretion about stuff now that I’m going to enter the working world. Yeah. But basically I guess I feel that the more I’m trying really hard to get out, the more I’m getting sucked in. I mean, I really appreciate that people think that I’m doing a good job at whatever it is I’m supposed (or not supposed) to be doing. But I’ve been here so long already. I’m getting… well, bored isn’t really the right word but I can’t think of another at the moment. I’d like a change. You know.

Went out with some of the EL people today for lunch at Clark Quay. It was not bad. I enjoy hanging around with them though I’m usually just a silent shadow following. Ate moroccan food. It was an interesting experience. The entree reminded me of the strange stuff we ate in Russia. But it wasn’t mystery meat. It was chicken. Haha! But it was interesting. Can’t believe that after this we’re all going our separate ways. Kind of sad to lose friends like that. Hope we’ll all stay in touch somehow. Though I’m not sure cos I tend to find myself out of the loop in a lot of things. :p Oh, and I discovered my face still does that incredibly annoying blushing thing. Damn. I need to get a tan or something so I can hide it.

Oh by the way, in case you happen to see posts here then when you come back they’ve vanished, it’s cos I’ve been… writing stuff then changing my mind and deleting them. Yeah. Reason being, well, sometimes my posts really make no sense, even as I write them. So. Haha!

Oh yeah, I joined Twitter! Anyone else on Twitter? Cos I really don’t know what to do with it. Now I feel like I’m spying on Neil Gaiman cos his is the only Twitter feed that is active out of the few that I subscribed to. And it’s not as if I’m a HUGE fan of Neil Gaiman. Ok, his Sandman rocked and so did Neverwhere. Anyway, point is, let me know if you’re on Twitter cos it’d be nice to have friends on there and not random strangers and celebs.

Ok, I guess that’s all for now. I realy really REALLY wish I could stop time for a while. Slack to my heart’s content then get back to work. Still busy, despite exams being over. Church stuff. Choir stuff. I still haven’t gotten round to really learning the songs for Hangzhou (gasp!). Finding job stuff. Yuck. I’m exhausted. I feel tired and aching like I got beaten up. I miss Clay. Things haven’t been the same since he announced he is gay and Parker was born. Wishing things could always stay the same and not change. Change isn’t always for the better.

Sucky day but the evening’s been alright so far. Let’s go chronologically. First, had to wake up early for 9am exam. First day of the exams for me. Some people have already finished theirs. :p So, me was tired. Then, my contacts refused to stay put. I had to insert them like 5 times at least before they finally stayed. So that was annoying. Left the house at 7. As usual, got to Macpherson road to wait for 151. It came but I didn’t like the first bus. It was crowded, one of those new buses and I hate the driver (he drives freaking slow). So I waited for the next bus and was all yay! cos it was a double decker bus. It was ok until around Bukit Timah area when someone got on and fell asleep next to me and began to encroach on my space and these kind of people always do. So was annoyed. Thank goodness, he got off at the poly. THEN! After the police training centre area, there was this huge jolt and crash. Turns out, the bus crashed with a car. Nothing major. Just a very dented bumper for the car and a cracked windshield for the bus. But we all had to get out and walk to the next stop and wait for the next bus. Which took damn long to arrive. Mean time, the sky was getting darker. The next bus arrived. It was a single deck bus. So all had to squeeze in. And then it started to rain. Like those really annoying heavy rains and all. After the UCC stop, going up the hill, suddenly, this taxi tried to cut in to get to the other side of the road and almost caused yet another accident! The  bus driver was horning at him long after he drove off. Can you imagine? 1.5 accidents in the span of an hour. What a horrible day so far. So, walked over to MPSH through YIH. At least it was covered and dry. I left the house 2 hours before the exam. Usually I can reach in an hour, maybe 1.5 hours. This time, I made it with only 15 minutes to spare. Then, went up to the venue to check my seat number. There was a board for MPSH2A and MPSH2B. I was supposed to be in 2B. Went there and THERE WAS NO LIST! Not for my module at least. Feeling a bit panicky in case I screwed up the date or something and missed the exam. Then I checked over at 2A and there it was. Freaking lecturer.

The exam was alright. I didn’t know what the heck was semiotic reconstruction so I crapped it up. Damn him to have to ask about ELF AGAIN! I had no idea what whatshisname Philipson (?) was supposed to be talking about either. Did we even read him? You know that when you start wondering that in an exam you’re kind of in trouble. So all I did was critique the quotation he gave and pray that’s enough. I got the feeling it wouldn’t go too well. Huishan was saying later that she felt happy that the lecturer didn’t let her down and set really hard questions.*rolls eyes* Had lunch with Vanessa, Siang Yu, Chih Lin and Michelle at Munchy Monkey’s (Monkies?). Yeah. It was not bad. The food was alright. Loved the dessert though. Company was very enjoyable. Gonna miss them. After lunch, went over to the EL room and ‘nua-ed’ for the rest of the afternoon. Ok, I was supposed to be revising Mie’s stuff but I didn’t. Not much anyway. I brought the little teddy bear home. If anyone violently objects, let me know and I’ll bring him back. I think I’ll call him Albert. Cos he’s the EL Bear. Yeah, whatever. He needs washing. Wonder how long he’s been sitting in the EL room. Anyway, was my last time in the EL room. Was nostalgic. We had some good times there.

Anyway, then, walked over to Kent Ridge Hall for the exam and almost got knocked over at least twice on the way. First time, two workers were doing something to the pavement and so I had to walk on the road and yeah well, roads have traffic. Then, I was trying to cross the junction at Heng Mui Keng there. I didn’t know it was a mini-roundabout thing. Almost got knocked down again. Damn. But I made it to KR hall in one piece. Mie’s exam was quite alright. I think I did ok. Hope it’s not graded on a bell curve though. That would suck. Finished in half an hour and spent the next half hour checking through things then decided to leave. One hour early. Took A1 back to the terminal and got on 151e. Traffic jam from school all the way to Jalan Toa Payoh. Even by express bus, it took almost 2 hours to get there and that was only 3/4 of the journey. Waited at Jln TPY for 154 but none appeared. Finally, the next 151 came along and I took that. Went up to Macpherson road and changed to 61. Stopped inside the estate. Now I’m really tired from a long day and so I thought I might wait for the bus instead of walking home. So I waited and waited and waited. The next 61 came along and I couldn’t stand it so I began to walk. Just I crossed the road and was too far to go back, the stupid bus came that I could have taken. I was pissed. But I continued to walk back. And almost got run over yet again by another stupid car. My timing for crossing the road was really sucky today. It was like every road I crossed I almost got knocked over. Dammit.

Was thinking as I walked (not as I was crossing the road) about the Universe module. Now I did really badly for it – not counting the essay portion yet. I’m really worried I’m going to fail it. I need at least a C but this is a 1000 level module, therefore very heavily based on the bell curve. I’m really worried I can’t get a C. If I’m lucky, I could get a D. Now my problem is this: if I get a D, I can S/U it but I’ll get a U which means I failed the module and probably I can’t graduate cos I’m one module short. On the other hand, if I don’t S/U it, my CAP might drop to the point that I can’t graduate with honours. It’s too late to say ‘I told you so’ so don’t. I’m just wondering what I should do if I really find myself in this scenario.

So anyway, got home and checked my emails. Talib sent me the best news I had of the day. I GOT 90% FOR NARRATIVE STRUCTURES ESSAY!!!!!! I was freaking worried about it before but he said he liked how I approached the thing. Phew. That’s one worry off. I’m really going to cram for his module. I really really REALLY want an A for it. I think I can. I hope. *fingers crossed*

Ok, so I guess that’s all for my day. Going to watch “Time Bandits” on youtube. Finished Torchwood already. Sigh. It was an interesting series. I kind of liked the finale. It was sad and touching and nice. Maybe I should try out the other show my online friend was watching. Assuming I can find it. Haha! Me and my watching shows. Bah. I should be studying for narrative and syntax.

Something funny:

A bit annoyed at the moment cos the “Add New Post” page is not appearing properly. I can still see a lot of errors in the layout. But for some inexplicable reason, that’s the best it can do at the moment. Even switched over to Safari but the same problem popped up. :p

Been a while since I blogged something of use. Last Friday was the last day of school in NUS. Woah. So fast!!!! It seems like such a short time ago that I just started my first day. I think it was Monday, but I can’t be sure, but I’m sure that it was a Linear Algebra class. That was my first university class and lecture ever. And now my last one is Narrative Structures. How time flies. The EL-ers had a little gathering thing Friday night in the EL room. Theme was: Childhood Ambition. I wanted to be a vet. Even brought poor little Watson and bandaged him up. Hope the bro doesn’t find out. Hehe! Leonard was the surgeon. He was probably the most dressed up. Sorry Su, flashy as that gold top was, still not as flashy as blue scrubs and shower caps.

A picture says a thousand words so here’s some pics. Mostly taken off the others on FB. English Language class of 2009. Gonna miss these crazy people. Good times.

Moving on. I’m really really REALLY crossing my fingers that I can at least scrape through Universe. Because the results were put up on IVLE and I FAILED!!! by one point. Cos I never went for tutorials. But I can’t accept that I got 5 out of 8 for my latest test. That would mean only 62% and I KNOW I did better than that! *pout* Banking on my essay now for a pass so I can get an S and can graduate.

Mum’s still trying to matchmake some guy with me. I put my foot down. I don’t think we can click AND he’s shorter than me. So, no. Not interested. Turning a deaf ear whenever mum goes on about it.

Finished watching Doctor Who. Oh man, it’s been brilliant! See, I realise that I’ve picked up that word from the Doctor. Or rather, David Tennant’s Doctor. Chris’ Doctor said ‘Fantastic’. Haha! The finale episode(s) were damn wonderful! Loved it at the end when everyone gathered back together and there was crossovers between Doctor Who, Torchwood and Sarah Jane Chronicles all into one HUGE finale. Only thing I didn’t like was the need to create another ‘Doctor’ out of the severed hand. I thought that was a bit much. Even though it seemed to be a necessary plot device. Song of Freedom at the end was brilliant too. I think that’s the best piece of music in Doctor Who. Because I love it, I’m gonna put it here. The context, the Davros had just ’stolen’ the earth and the Doctor has to bring it back to the right place in space. So he’s using the Cardiff Rift to loop around the Tardis and tow the earth back. This one here is the original clip. But to see a nicer clip, the music imposed on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5_4SiiICew

Speaking of Doctor Who, I discovered this concert thing called “Doctor Who at the Proms”. The Proms is some kind of British music festival. Got hold of a recording of the programme and… omg. Brilliant. Absolutely BRILLIANT! I wish it was longer and not just one hour. It felt like only a few minutes. It was showcasing the music from Doctor Who. They even had Cyberman stomping around, the Ood, Sontarans, a Dalek and the Davros. And the Doctor made a VERY special appearance. Loved the ending song (well, the penultimate ending) – Song of Freedom. It was ‘uplifting to the soul’. Seriously. I felt enlightened. Wish they could’ve brought out the Ood for that song though. Oh, I loved the Dalek sequence too. When the Dalek held the conductor ‘hostage’. LoL!!! The whole thing reminded me of that Play event we did a few years back. I’m glad I had the opportunity to do something like that.

Now, since I was procrastinating, I’ve been watching Torchwood also. It’s a spin off from Doctor Who and features Captain Jack Harkness as one of the characters in an ensemble cast. I finally found out what an ensemble cast is. It’s a cast where there’s no obvious main character and each character gets the opportunity for screen time in the limelight. Anyway, Torchwood. It’s definitely different from Doctor Who. Less fantasy adventure like and more gritty and real. And adult. Seriously. If it were ever to be shown here, it would be very very VERY heavily censored. Which makes me wonder if there is sense for me to go looking for the DVD, given that lots of scenes might be cut. For example, there was an episode where an alien came from space and needs to get energy from orgasms. So it took a female body and went around having sex with men, then they turn into little piles of dust. They showed it on screen. Captain Jack cracks a joke: “He came, and he went.” SG censors would probably go blind watching. Haha!! Anyway, enjoying Torchwood. Enjoying oogling at John Barrowman who plays Jack Harkness. Pity he’s gay. Why are the good looking ones either taken or gay??

I should be studying. Went through EWL stuff yesterday and day before. Should be doing Pidgins today but I feel so freaking lazy. Very very tempted to take the day off and spend tomorrow and Friday on Pidgins instead. Shall I? I think I might. Hehe!

Oh, forgot to add. I was blogsurfing and I saw this friend of mine who’s supposedly getting engaged. Or already is. I can’t really gather the distinction in her blog posts. Well… I’m happy for her, even though we’re not close. Lucky girl. The rest of us are still hanging around looking for someone. :p Bit jealous but it’s fine. I’m a bit surprised at the engaged thing but I suppose it’s natural, at our age. I guess. Haiz. Getting old. :p

Was given a set of Baroque music scores the other day. I think they’re for piano. Been trying to play them through. It’s quite simple except for those stylistic variations that I’m not sure what to do about cos I don’t understand the symbols. Bleah. Wish there were no exams. Or that exams didn’t matter so much. Then I can play my piano, write, sew, stone… whatever.

I’m also a bit… I don’t know the right word for it. Annoyed? At my mum. As usual. But this time it’s about my mum and my grandmother. The two of them cannot be in the same house together without there being absolute silence or absolute chaos between them. Now mum’s all like, you should be nicer to Ah Ma cos she’s getting old and all that stuff. But then she turns around and starts a shouting match right in the same breath. And she goes out and does charity work and all that but the minute she comes home it’s like Cold War 2. I can’t stand it! I just have to rant. :p At least, even if I’m not particularly sociable, I don’t pick fights and arguments. You think I like self imposed exile in my room cos I can’t stand being in the rest of the house with either of them?!??! I feel like yelling sometimes. Tell my mum, “You’re a bloody hypocrite you know! Keep telling me charity begins at home and all that shit. Here’s you going out and helping other people whilst at home you got your own mother who wants your company just as much as those other people. You’ve got no right to stand on moral high ground and lecture me about it when you’re doing the same thing.” And to my grandmother, I’d really like to say, “Stop bloody complaining about aches and pains and no strength and all that nonsense. If you did what the doctor told you one year ago and did all the physiotherapy and treatment like you were supposed to, maybe this wouldn’t be a problem now!” I know it’s evil and cruel but that’s the way I feel. I don’t know. I just feel that the past 3 years has been a major turning point in my life and I’m not sure if it turned in a good direction or a bad one.

Alrighty, so I tried out the videos. They aren’t too bad. Well, depends on your point of view I guess. And your dizziness threshold. Haha! They’re a quite a bit shaky. Especially the second video cos it was zoomed in like heck and small movements translated into large ones on screen. The sound’s very soft too but can be heard if you blast your computer volume and ignore the screaming. Hee! Oh well. Just for memory’s sake. There are other videos from other people under the Related section of Youtube. But these are my videos.

Video 1: David entering the building, Touch my Hand, A Little Too Not Over You.

Video 2: A Thousand Miles (on keyboard!), Crush.

Some photos too, taken from the Facebook group. Some from me but not many cos well. The above media explains it all.

Apparently Wanni, Angela and Leonard were there too last night. But they weren’t there on purpose. They were shopping at Iluma then heard stuff going on. I forgot to mention that I saw Charles there too. In the crowd. Makes me feel a whole lot better about being one of the crowd of screaming swooning teenage girls cos Charles is like literally the most mature and zen looking/sounding/acting person I know ever. Of course, I don’t need to defend myself for being in the crowd. Hee!

Alrighty, now for the other stories. Did the last presentation of my student life yesterday for Mie’s class. Yup. It was… well, like that. I didn’t exactly prepare for it but I think it went off quite well. I don’t quite know what I’m supposed to feel now. It’s almost over. All of it. Slavery at the hands of the education system for the past 16 years of my life. Over. Wow. But at the moment, I’m feeling what I always feel at the ending of the semester – lost cos the deadlines are done, I don’t know what to do with myself.

So, I’ve been watching quite a lot of shows online. Saw this really really REALLY awesome and scary Doctor Who episode called “Blink” (Part 1, Part 2). It’s one of those like the previous season’s “Love and Monsters” that the producers call Doctor-lite episodes. That is, the main characters are not the Doctor and his companion. They’re just marginal. But “Love and Monsters” was blah compared to this. “Blink” is… like I said, it’s creepy and cool. It’s about this girl Sally who goes to this abandoned house one night to take pictures (she’s a photographer who loves old, sad things) and finds a warning under the wallpaper addressed to her from the Doctor, saying to beware the Weeping Angel. She looks around and sees a statue of an angel outside with its hands covering its face. Then a TV starts playing in another room and it’s the Doctor on the TV recording telling her not to blink and not to turn around. Anyway, she leaves the place and returns the next day with her friend. Someone rings at the door and Sally goes to answer it, curious cos technically, no one rings at the door of an abandoned house. It’s someone who claims to be delivering a package from her friend in the next room. Meanwhile, cut to images of her friend who’s seen the angel statue but it seems that everytime she turns round, it changes position. Sally runs in to tell her friend to cut the joke already but finds her friend has disappeared. Opening the package, she finds old photos from the 1920s (or something like that), suggesting that her friend somehow ended up in the past. Anyway, Sally searches the house and finds an upstairs room with more angel statues, one of them holding a key on a string. Sally takes it. Anyway, I’m not going to relate the whole story here. It’d take far too long. Basically, these weeping angels transport people back to the past by touch. We discover that the Doctor was a victim and is now trapped in 1969, away from the Tardis which got left behind. The weeping angels are actually an alien race that feeds off potential energy – the lives their victims could have led, had they not been sent back to the past. But their weakness is that they freeze into statues when people look at them. Sally discovered various DVD easter eggs left for her by the Doctor that’s a message for her. She and another friend manages to send the Tardis back in time to the Doctor and manages to trick the weeping angels to look at each other, thereby freezing into statues forever. Now, the cool bit about this is the whole time travel bit. It’s really a paradox. The message that the Doctor reads to her is actually a transcript of the event that was given to him at a later date. It’s hard to explain. It’s kind of cyclical. Anyway, the creepy part – seriously creepy, I was spooked when I woke up in the middle of the night in the dark and all – was the weeping angels. Cos they look like perfectly ordinary statues but they move when you’re not looking. There was this scene that was really tense. Sally and her friend were cornered by one of the angels so her friend had to have a staring match with it whilst Sally desperately tried to find a way out. Seriously, when the friend moved, the angel moved also and there were times when it froze in ‘attack’ position. Monster face, btw. And how later on, the angel tried to switch off the light so that Sally and her friend couldn’t see them any more. *shivers* Go watch it if you have time. It’s really worth it. I think it’s one of the best Doctor Who episodes yet. Haven’t decided which is the best one but this is definitely good.

Something else I was watching that was cool is “The Last Templar” that they’re showing on TV. It’s a four part mini series based on the book by Raymond Khoury. They aired the first part last night. It’s one of those Da Vinci Code-esque things but I think it covered the book pretty well. Of course, not exactly like the book but I think it’s satisfactory thus far. Very interesting. I plan to continue watching it. I was thinking that they should’ve shown it on these 4 consecutive nights. It’d be so appropriate for this weekend. Kind of. A quasi-religious thingy. Anyway.

So, I think I’d better try and get some work done tomorrow. Got to study for the Universe test. :p At least I kind of understand what happens when stars die and I got that from a documentary I watched on Youtube, rather than from the lecturer. Haha!

Haha! Omg! I’m so glad Cba gave me the little nudge to get my butt down to go see David Archuleta when he made an appearance tonight. In case you’re wondering, she commented this: “It’s free? And you’re wondering if you should go? It’s free. Free!” Hehe! It was a cd promotional event (maybe you could call it a showcase?) down at that new place in Bugis, Iluma. Big place. Never been there before. Blur me wasn’t even aware that they were building something there. My defence is that I barely go down to Bugis and when I do, it’s not to that area of Bugis. Haha! Anyway, I’m glad I went! It was FUN!!! Really cool to see David Archuleta – a figure that before now has existed only on youtube and TV – live and as close I could possibly get. Which was not very close. I got as close as maybe 2 or 3 metres? But I’m jumping ahead of myself and getting confused. Let’s go chronologically.

Me was looking foward to it all of yesterday and I think I sounded pathetic enough that the parents decided to come with me. It’s easy to sound pathetic when your mother asks, “Who’s going with you?” and the answer being, “Myself.” Buahaha! So anyway, I’m not exactly a die hard Archie fan. I liked him on American Idol and that’s basically it. Didn’t stop me from continuing my bus journey instead of alighting at my usual stop so that I could watch his interview on Channel News Asia, simulcast on TV Mobile this morning. (Times like this I’m glad of TV Mobile) When I got home from school just now in the afternoon, I went onto youtube and had a listen to his music. I probably would’ve looked like a total schmuck if I went down there amids all the fans and didn’t know anything. Anyway, the music was alright. Different from his AI fare but still alright. The thing was supposed to start at 7pm so me and mum went down at 5.3o to meet dad and have dinner. There was already a sizeable crowd there. Not huge yet. Just sizeable. Iluma was pretty nice. Kind of a wanna be Cineleisure I think. There was already a queue for autographs. I bought a cd and mum was like, you wanna go queue for autograph? And I’m like, no way! I’m not that huge a fan and I don’t want to be queueing all night. Anyway I’m hungry! We went to look for dinner and got on this escalator that went up and up and UP. Ended up on the 5th floor I think. Had dinner at Thai Express. It was ok. My honey sauce chicken wasn’t all that great. Heard a lot of screaming going on downstairs in the atrium. The parents were all like, “Quick! Go see!!” But I’m like, “It’s not even 6.30 yet! He’s supposed to appear at 7. He’s got a Meet and Greet at 6.30. Relax! Anyway, that’s a woman’s voice we’re hearing. Not David!”

Then I finished my dinner and went downstairs, leaving the parents to enjoy their Thai desserts – some kind of Thai chendol and tapioca with coconut sauce – not very nice imo but they seemed to enjoy it. I just realised, I paid for dinner. I treated my parents dinner for the first time without it being a special occasion. Wow! Haha! Anyway, back to my story. I finished up and went downstairs. It was tricky getting downstairs cos they closed off certain areas and escalators. Eventually I ended up in the 2nd floor lift to go down. Lucky me, I ended up in a crowd that was standing close to an entrance! Stood there and eventually, A WHITE VAN DROVE UP! Omg! David Archuleta is inside! But there were a lot of false alarms. Everyone’d start screaming the minute the doors opened but it’d be just Sony’s rep or David’s people or security. We had to move back like a lot. :p I was about 3 people in from the barrier. Then David finally came in, literally surrounded by his security entourage. Through the throng of people, I caught a glimpse of him! First thought: Nice smile. Second thought: He looks kinda short. HAHAHAHA!!! He was smiling really broadly, like he was really glad to be there and really happy to see us, and waving as he rushed/was rushed in. I think he went into one of the unopened shops to do his M&G. This was about 6.45-ish so things were running late.

Having caught a firsthand glimpse already, me went back into the crowd to find a nice spot. Not very much choice but I’m glad I thought ahead and wore my killer wedges. Helps that I’m naturally taller than the rest of the crowd (shoes notwithstanding), majority of which were 14+ year old school girls. Lot of false starts again but finally! David came up on the stage and sang! Omg! He sounds good in person. Better I think. Maybe it’s the sound system. I couldn’t quite hear when he was talking but his voice sounded good! Not airy like usual. He was a ball of energy, jumping around the stage, looking genuinely hyped up. He sang about 4 songs I think. Not quite sure the titles. I know there was “A little too not over you” (I could sing a few words of that one), “Crush”. Another was the cover “A Thousand Miles” ON KEYBOARD! Seriously! He played a portable keyboard whilst he sang. Screaming fans all round. Hard not to get caught up in the feeling. Was a bit hard to see cos of the billion cameras sticking up and even once, an annoying placard held up by someone in the front few rows, completely blocking David btw. Lucky that person put it down real quick. Fans were singing along and I had a great time. A lot of teenage schoolgirls there. A surprising number of Malays too. Didn’t expect that.

Yeah, so he sang like 4 songs then it was over. I suppose he started with the autograph session, which I didn’t stay for. There had to be a gazillion people. The entire Iluma complex was crowded full of people from ground floor to 5th floor. It was just… an Experience. Like I said, I’m really glad I went. Like the title says, this is my first time close encounter with a real celebrity. Not just any random SG 明星 or SG idol. This is American Idol. This guy’s an International Star. Anyway, I found him to be really sweet looking in person. He smiled a LOT and his smile was really really REALLY nice. Easy to see how so many people fell in love with him and all. Ok, I’m still feeling a little speechless. And my arms are aching so it’s a bit hard to type. My arms are aching cos I was one of those fighting for a good view for my camera and I ended up holding my camera at arms length above my head for about 15 minutes straight. Hurts! I’m upload videos tomorrow. Need to sift through and see which were the false starts. Hope they turned out nice. *fingers crossed* Unfortunately, I think it’ll be pretty obvious when I was getting into the music and not paying attention to the camera. The image drifts. Can see when my arms started to hurt too, the picture starts to tremble. But, being there was great even if the camera thing didn’t work out too well. I’m of the opinion that one should look at the event live rather than through the camera lens, unless really can’t be helped. So that’s why I sometimes didn’t pay attention to the camera. My eyes are better resolution than the camera anyway, especially with the zoom in. My camera’s not a video recorder. Hope it did worked ok though. I’d like to let Daryl’s mum watch it. She likes David Archuleta too but unfortunately she was busy and couldn’t come down with me just now.

Anyway, I’m gonna go and listen to the cd I bought. Am playing it as I type this post. Very nice background music, I’m afraid to say. I’m kind of interested to hear what kind of music he’ll put out in a few years, after he’s got a bit more experience in the industry and is a bit more free from the label. His dad’s still his manager. Hope he’s treating the kid properly. Still remember the incidents on AI when his dad was freaking controlling. Anyway, it’ll be interesting to see what the next few years bring to him. David’s going up to KL for a concert tomorrow, or, if I guessed right, later tonight. Poor kid can’t catch a break. He’s still new to the business however. Not yet jaded, still incredibly jazzed up by the fans. It’s a good thing. Anyway, from tonight, I can’t help wishing Clay Aiken would just give in and come to SG already. If David Archuleta, some upstart runner up from AI, could fill a building with fans just to catch a glimpse of him and hear him sing four songs, surely Clay can do the same. Oh well, doesn’t hurt to hope.

See ya! Videos’ll be up soon, hopefully. In Part 2. ;D

So, I’m supposed to be incredibly busy at this time of the semester. And I am but I figured out that the reason I feel so swamped is cos I keep procrastinating and doing stuff I’m not supposed to do. This weekend was… well, I suppose it could be considered productive from a certain point of view. Saturday I did Mie’s readings. I don’t think I remember any more what I read. Lol! Last set of readings for the semester. Yay! That took half the afternoon. In the morning I was fooling around online. I think I was playing on Facebook. Got this new application called Typing Race. Well, the title says it all. You type and you win ‘money’ that you can use to buy cars to race with. Haha! I’ve got a pretty maroon Volkswagen Golf now. Racing to save up for a Ferrari. Lol! See how much an addictive time waster it can be? Anyway, after Mie’s readings, I had this itch to watch Dr Who. I think it’s cos Cba’s been using her Dr Who signature on the board and I keep comparing David Tennant with Christopher Eccleston. Ok, technically they’re supposed to be the same character but I think each actor gives different aspects to the character. I prefer the Eccleston cos I think he’s cuter and seems more fun.

But then again, I haven’t watched Tennant’s Dr Who yet so I can’t really say. But I think Eccleston is funny. And cos the bro’s DVD set is Eccleston’s season so… Yeah. Watched like 4 episodes of Dr Who that I haven’t watched already with the bro. Pretty cool. And unusual that I had the itch for sci-fi. Love the British accents. And then the cousin came over for dinner and we watched Star Wars: Return of the Jedi in the evening.

Anyway, talking about watched a lot of shows, I did quite a lot of that last week. It’s amazing that I got ANYTHING done at all. Thursday I was watching Charlie Chaplin’s “The Circus” for Narrative project. It was pretty interesting actually. Usually silent films are exhausting (thank god I missed the class when they were showing Battleship Potemkin) but this was quite fun. Never watched a Chaplin film before. Friday I got out “The Lion King”. It was good except that Mum was sitting alongside and giving a running commentary on things totally unrelated to the film. Like hello?? Watching here! Anyway, remind me not to invite mum to watch movie with me next time. It totally spoiled my enjoyment of the film. Then like I already said, Saturday was sci-fi day.

Sunday was much more productive I think. Church in the morning. Fr Joseph had a darn long homily. Not entirely sure what he was talking about but it sounded like it made sense. Cliff played the “Because of Jesus” freaking high. Luckily Andrea cut it off after verse 1. We were like struggling. I couldn’t get the key. I think only Daryl managed it and even then, he jumped an octave lower in the second chorus. Then in the afternoon, I finally decided to get down to some serious work and did my write up on the Hubble Space Telescope. It was pretty fascinating. I always thought the Hubble was up there like forever but apparently it’s only been there since 1990. And it’s orbiting the earth really fast. I was wondering why but no where could I find the answer. Anyway, I crapped up my 600 words for my part. Maybe I’ll continue my topic of the Hubble for the individual essay. Like I said, it’s fascinating.

Then watched an episode of Ugly Betty online. Yes, I follow Ugly Betty when I can. The storyline’s interesting and of course, helps that there’s a new cute guy on the scene:

Betty’s new boyfriend Matt. They’ve been suggesting that he resembles Josh Groban. Maybe a little. But he’s cute and nice and endearingly awkward and rich. Haha! Oh well, time to stop gushing over him. Hehe!

Evening was productive too, as I hoped. I finished my Narrative essay! Yay! Hope it made sense. It’s entirely possible that it wouldn’t make sense. You know, I’m pretty sure that my getting an F in that film studies module essay has doomed me to abject insecurity every time I write an essay. I can never be sure that what I’m writing is correct or that it won’t earn me another F. Damn you. Made me neurotic!

A friend of mine says she’s been accepted for SEP next year. Omg! So lucky! You know, I thought I’d be over it by now but apparently I’m not. I’m still feeling very very sore that everyone else seems to be going/gone for exchange and I never was able to. I was doing stuff with my friend list on Facebook and I’m amazed to see the number of people who have overseas universities listed in their networks. It frustrates me. I have yet to meet someone like me, who applied numerous times but was never successful. Everyone else I know either got it or didn’t want to go in the first place. And they all say, oh the rest of my friends also got what they applied for. I’m jealous cos I know that now I’ll never have the chance to do it. Ever. It’s gone. Over. The family’s not helping either. They’re all, you wanna go exchange, should go somewhere better than NUS. And I’m like, the point of exchange is not to chalk up points for resume – although it might help, having overseas experience. Like I said, the point is to have experience of life overseas. Do you think a three month stint in exchange is really going to help? In any case, NUS’ partner universities, majority of them are ranked lower. Who decides ranking anyway??! It’s so arbitrary and subjective.

And since I’m on the topic of frustration, I think I figured out why that new ad on TV mobile about no smoking is pissing me off. For one, it’s freaking unrealistic. You think smokers are going to care? You’d be lucky they don’t punch you in the face when you tell them to stop smoking if they want to. They’d just walk somewhere else and smoke there. Or punch you in the face. Two, Singaporeans are so don’t-care types, you think they’d really go up to a smoker and remind them that smoking is prohibited in such and such a place? They’d be more worried about being labelled kaypoh, or punched in the face. Third, that little girl in the last scene is soooooooooo much a bad actress. Ok, the English version is slightly better. But the way she placed her word stress and all is just so FAKE! She’s like, “Uncle, you can’t smoke here now.” You can hear the stress on the “can’t” and the “now”. Which I think is very fake. What would make it sound more natural is if she stressed on “smoke” instead. So instead of “You CAN’T smoke here NOW.” make it “You can’t SMOKE here now.” And then there’s the Mandarin version which is really really REALLY fake! She says, “叔叔， 您不能在这里吸烟.” And the other sentence, “谢谢您不在这里吸烟.” The unnaturalness is the entire sentence. First, like I said, a kid that age will NOT under any circumstances go up to a complete stranger and say stop smoking. The guy’d ignore her or punch her. Then, no one says “叔叔” when they use Mandarin. It’s always “Uncle”. I’ll demonstrate when I bitch about another commercial later. And the “您”. *shudder* she overemphasises it, pronouncing “niNG”. It’s freaking unnatural because it breaks up the sentence so much. And who uses “您” anyway? And lastly, who says “吸烟” these days? It’s always “抽烟” isn’t it? It sounds more natural. So anyway, point is, that commercial is forced and painfully fake and artificial and I highly doubt it’s going to have ANY effect on people trying to enforce the no-smoking areas in SG.

And I was saying I have another commercial to bitch about. This one I have issues with the content, not with the acting. The acting’s quite natural. It’s Macdonald’s new ad for their sausage mcmuffin breakfast. I haven’t heard an English version yet, not sure if there is one cos the Mandarin version has English subtitles, unlike the above example. It’s a professional looking guy in a car going to a drive through window. This is the interaction:

Server: Mr Lim, 早！(Morning!)

Mr Lim:  早！(Morning!)

Server: 你的早餐。(Your breakfast) Hands over a Macdonald paper bag and coffee cup.

Mr Lim: 谢谢你 Auntie! (Thank you Auntie)

Server: 明天见, bye bye! (see you tomorrow, bye bye!)

Like I mentioned above, the codeswitching is what makes it so much more natural. Like the auntie doesn’t say “林先生” nor does the guy say “阿姨”. They use the English terms for the addressing. Anyway, that’s not the point. I was going to bitch about it. My issue with this is the implication that this guy eats Macdonald’s EVERYDAY for breakfast and… well, with all the hype going round about health and whatnot, is this the kind of message Mac wants to portray of themselves? Do they need another Super Size Me documentary? This time it’s very obvious that they’re pushing for the ‘eat Macdonald’s every day!’ message.

Um… oh my. I lost track of my train of thought. Anyway, you get the picture. These two ads are pissing me off everyday when I sit in the bus and see it all the time. I just had to bitch about it.

Alrighty. I should get back to work. But knowing me, I doubt I’ll get anything done until after lunch. But I think I’m in good shape now, assignments-wise. Just need to keep doing them and not let them pile up. Yup yup.

And it’s Monday yet again. Not a very productive weekend. I got seduced by Anne Rice’s vampires and couldn’t put down the books over the weekend. Bad me. It’s just, I’ve not always been a fan of vampire novels until Twilight came along and made me want to go looking for better vampire material. I refuse to go read Dracula again. It scared me. Seriously. Especially when I read it properly and not just skimmed through the pages. Anyway, Anne Rice’s novels. I’ve been reading them out of order, I realised. As in, her Vampire Chronicles series, I was reading from the last book first then working my way downwards to Interview with the Vampire. Of course, that was because I didn’t have access to the earlier books. Found a really really great PDF someone put up online which was almost the entire Vampire Chronicles starting from Book 1. So I’m reading that now. I finished reading Merrick on Saturday. Was sad when Louis tried to kill himself. I kinda liked Louis. He was a humane vampire, not the kind of cocky show off like Lestat. Interview had Louis as the main character and I found that interesting. It painted a different side of Claudia too than was shown in the film. Claudia was really like the devil’s child in the book. I liked the part in Interview when Armand was telling Louis how their kind dies. Oh and I liked that Louis and Claudia went to Transylvania to look for vampires and didn’t find Count Dracula but instead found mindless reanimated corpses. Wonder how that happened. It wasn’t explained. Anyway, back to how the vampire dies. It’s quite sad. Armand was saying it’s because they can’t cope with the changes in the world. I think that’s very true. The world changes but the vampire does not. So the things he loves and is used to get phased out and dies out but he still clings on to them, unable to fully embrace and belong to the new era. They go mad or die. By die, Armand didn’t exactly specify. He just said they vanish and are never seen again. But anyway, it brought to mind stuff like… well, you know how some old people sometimes just can’t seem to get over their ‘glory days’ and keep talking about the past and don’t seem to live in the present? Yeah, it reminded me of that. Even for me, I keep thinking back to my childhood days, when things were easier and simpler and just not as hard as now. I can understand what Armand was saying. It was sad that in the end, Armand vanished too. He was a decent vampire.

Ok, what else? I’m not the world’s greatest environmentalist. Heck, I’m hardly what you’d call an environmentalist at all. I kill trees on a regular basis printing sheets and sheets of useless readings and I waste electricity all the time with my computer, fan and lights on. But, I think I’ve been more aware about environmental issues (even if I do nothing about it) ever since writing that Al Gore paper for Sunita’s class last semester. So this year, I decided I want to take part in Earth Hour. For those who don’t know, Earth Hour is a symbolic standing up for the environment by turning off all unnecessary lights and electric appliances for one hour on 28th March.

Like I said, I’m not an environmentalist. Hardly. But I guess I should at least make a symbolic effort to save the environment. Yes, I found Al Gore’s argument (flawed and theatric and limited as it was sometimes) convincing.

Other stuff. Ok. I think I’m getting rashes. Not the usual kind of rashes where red splotches appear on my body. Had those before. Annoying like hell. This is the kind where nothing appears except a really annoying itch. And it doesn’t turn red till I scratch it. I thought it was a mosquito bite(s) the past few days but when no swelling appeared, I concluded it’s a rash. It’s really annoying. I’m feeling itchy all over but there’s no bloody thing I can do about it. I tried applying Mopiko, but apparently it doesn’t work. Only feels more itchy. *sad*

And the bro has got fever so he’s on MC for a few days. Don’t know to be happy for him cos he don’t need to go back camp, which is something he always hopes for, or to be sad cos he’s sick. :p Oh well. At least it’s not me. Yet. Can’t afford to fall sick and miss class. It’s like every class is important at this stage. Sigh. Can’t skip class even if I wanted to. Oh well. I decided to forgo my resolution to be good and attend my universe tutorials. Know why? Cos I’m a freaking lazy coward. I looked at the tutorial sheet and I couldn’t understand a single word. Are they still speaking English?? Physics is a whole different language. I would’ve been better off taking another Maths module. At least those tutorials still made sense to me. Too late to regret now though. Syntax is being difficult again. Guess our love affair is over. (cf Alvin) It’s back to on-again-off-again relationship there.

Been watching Blackadder on Youtube for Narrative project. Omg! I can’t stand it! The character Rowan Atkinson plays is just so replusive and unpleasant and downright slimy (as the narration describes him). However, the humour in the series is unmistakable, despite a horrible main character. There are loads of people I’m sure, who like the series. But I can’t decide if I like or hate it.

Alrighty. Think that’s all. I should go and woo Syntax again. :p It’s a tiring and relentless task that doesn’t seem to bear fruit. Oh well, it’s a marriage of convenience where Syntax is concerned. After May 7, I’m breaking up with Syntax. No looking back, muahahahaha! Oh yeah, talking about syntax… I think Sr Enrica indirectly offered me a  job as… *drumroll* … English teacher at CSHI. I was like thanks, but no thanks. I refuse to go into teaching unless I’m starving to death. I mean, come on. Teach English at the kindergarten or at the hearing impaired school? What does Sr think I am?? People are constantly pushing me towards NIE . WHY??!!! Haven’t I made it clear time and again that I have NO interest in teaching?? No teacher has ever made a lasting impression on me in a good way (lots of teachers made lasting impressions on me in very bad ways). What incentive have I to go into that field (except to earn money so I don’t starve)?

Oh well. Life sucks. Wish I could do a vampire and disappear.

Well, Saturday, I had an industrious fit come over me and I did my Narrative Structures essay. Yes, I know the deadline’s at the end of the month and I’ve still got a lot of time. Didn’t say my industrious fit was supposed to be relevant. :p Which means what I’m actually supposed to be doing – like my readings for next week – are still undone but I’ve got a large portion of the Narrative essay done. Probably it’s all rubbish. I’m dreading rereading and editing. Haha!

Went for Daryl’s choir concert Saturday night. “The Beat Goes On” – Cantemus by NTU CAC Choir. It was fun being on the other side of the stage for the first time in a long time at a choir concert. VCH was like full house. Well done to them for managing to sell so many tickets. They had the NTU Choir alumni singing as a guest choir too. NTU choir wasn’t all that bad. They were smaller than the NUS choir and they sang very very very softly. They got better nearer the intermission. Maybe they warmed up by then. To my unsensitive ears, they sounded quite alright, except for the volume. They’re very good at soft passages but the loud ones give them problems. Maybe their voices aren’t developed enough or something. Not much power. But I liked their song selection. They did Eric Whitacre too. Animal Crackers was interesting. Mr Yong took The Panther slower than we did. Never realised how short and abrupt those songs seem to be. I like their Seal Lullaby. It was sweet and, like I said, they’re good at the soft passages. It was this song that their loud passages started to come out a bit more and that was certainly nice. Pity intermission had to come and interrupt that development. The alumni choir sang pretty well, considering their numbers. They did Verano Porteno like we did last year. I like our version better. But I think they did well for Lux Aurumque. Whitacre’s songs are tough, even his easy ones. But I think they did really well (considering I don’t know how it’s supposed to sound like). Then intermission. After that the singing kind of went down the drain but it was highly entertaining. The whole second half was dancing galore. All the 60s Hairspray-esque music. They used prerecorded music which kind of drowned out their voices. I liked Defying Gravity. After all this time of avoiding that song (for some strange preference reason), I find that it’s really a nice song. Like it. Anyway, like I said, the dancing was uber entertaining. Choirs don’t do that usually. Nelson would probably kill himself than let us do it, especially at the expense of our singing. Pity. It would have been so fun! Their medley portion was cool. Daryl danced pretty well.

Overall, I think that the venue hurt the choir more than it helped. VCH has high ceilings and is big with a significant portion of the audience being covered by the second level seats. So the sound just sucked. I kind of thought that the choir would have sounded a lot better in a smaller hall. Cos they did sound good to me. Just that their sound got lost in the hall. Of course, sucky hall or not is not an excuse for a uni choir. Maybe next year, their current batch has been with them longer, their voices will change. I know NUS choir’s sound has definitely changed over the years. NTU choir is still young. There’s time.

Wanted to comment on the audience. Lots of secondary school kids in the audience. Hope I wasn’t like that when I was in secondary school. Freaking irritating and annoying bunch of kids acting like it’s their first time out in town. At least there wasn’t whispering or talking (that I could notice) during the performance. They’re all choristers anyway (most likely) so guess they know how to behave. But there were some people – looks like JC age – who were sashaying in all late! The concert started on time at 7.30pm. 8pm still got people walking in. One song before intermission still got people coming in!!!!!! What the fuck!!!! They’re that late, missed half the concert, why bother showing up in the first place?! I was really pissed by that. And, because they were late and it’s free seating, there was no seats for them except the very front few rows. So the entire hall could see them taking their own sweet time to come in whilst the choir is in the middle of a song. And, you’d expect them to be apologetic and maybe a bit embarrassed, quickly go to a seat and quit distracting everyone. NO!!!! They STAND there in the aisle and DISCUSSED which seat to take!! OhMyGod! I feel pissed off just thinking about it. Have some respect for the performers, if you don’t respect your fellow audience members.

Moving on. Sunday. Went around church trying to get people to do my questionnaire for 3211. It was freaking hard to get people to do it. Especially when we had to fulfil the quota for people above 60. No problem with the young ones. They were all curious and quite willing to help out by filling one out. Wish I could do more of the younger age group but I’m only allowed 2. :p

Oh yeah, used Clifford’s iPhone during choir sectionals cos he’s got this cool application that lets you use a digital keyboard on your phone. *dreams* Loved it! I want iPhone just for this app. But, getting the chance to ‘fiddle’ with the iphone, particularly the touchscreen, it seems to be alright. Quite sensitive (at times a little too sensitive) but not like the HTC that Wanni let me try. This one’s built to let people poke it with their fingers to do stuff. I’m really really really leaning towards an iPhone now.

Had dinner at SingPost. Went to a second hand book stall that was set up in the basement. Was actually thinking to buy LOTR paperback and I’ve noticed that secondhand books are usually cheaper and the quality isn’t all that bad. But this stall only had LOTR chopped up into the three books. Which I wasn’t too keen on getting. Pity. ROTK had Aragorn’s gorgeous face plastered over the front cover. Hee! But I DID get Interview with the Vampire! That was a really good find! Been trying to get that from the library for ages but it’s all out. And here I find it for just $5. Isn’t that great or what? The stallkeeper was saying that she has had customers like me lately. Another guy was trying to get Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code from the library but, like me, he found her stall and bought the book from her. I think it’s amazing how these popular books find their way to secondhand stores and people like me find them there. Cheap and available. Excited to read it. After I finish reading my other 2 Anne Rice books that I got from the library the other day (Blackwood Farm and Merrick). I know. Where do I find my time to read and all? I don’t know the answer to that either. Haha!

Finally managed to get the family to watch Touched by an Angel: I Will Walk With You. I’ve had that for ages and never managed to get them to watch it. TY recorded it for me years ago. The parents were initially all talking piracy with me but strangely enough, the minute I told them the title, they just shut up about it. Subjective are they? I would buy the DVDs and all, but I don’t want the entire series. I only wanted this particular episode. I liked it and I think they liked it too. It’s the finale episode. But I talked about it before – HERE and HERE- so I won’t go into it now. Good series. They don’t make shows like that anymore and lord knows, the world needs more shows like that these days. Themes of faith, hope, love, trust… they just aren’t shown on TV anymore. Maybe they don’t make the ratings as much as violence, betrayal, drama, comedy, sex… do. A show about angels who help people in the world to regain their faith, their hope, to remind them that they’re not alone and that god loves them… what place does it have in today’s society? It’s a pity and a shame that the series has ended and nothing seems to be able to adequately replace it.

Oh well. That was my weekend. I should get to sleep. It’s 12.30am. Not really sleepy at the moment though. That’s my problem. I think I’m becoming a little of an insomniac. My internal clock’s a little out of whack about shutting down time, though it doesn’t seem to have a problem with getting up time. I find myself waking up at the same time even when I don’t need to.

Ok, so it’s Wednesday! Midweek! So freaking fast!!!!!

Monday was the choir post VV gathering and presidential elections. It was fun. Norma was cam whoring a lot. Khairul and Joel Yeo are the new P and VP. It was cute that the Pookas were giving Nad and Harris ‘retirement’ boxes with toys and stuff in it. Very funny.

Some guy from NTU stabbed his prof on Monday then jumped to his death. I suppose we should be somber about it but there are a few jokes going round about sadistic profs making their students snap. Mie started her class by telling us that she’s always available for us to talk to in case we need help, be it academic or personal matters. Somehow, it seems pretty sweet, coming from her. She’s so much like a student. DJ was saying we should go to her and start threatening to jump out her 5th floor window until she cuts out the weekly quizzes. I heard someone else say they’ve got a penknife in their pencil case. Lol! The guy was a final year student too. Such a waste. Not doing well for FYP isn’t the end of the world I think.

Universe test on Tues was not too good. Prof went through the answers today. I got at least 14 wrong. :p Oh well. I didn’t study that hard anyway. Well prepared to do badly for it.

Today’s Syntax test went better than I had imagined. At least I could do the questions. Of course, in the first five seconds I blanked and stared at the paper, panicking that I can’t finish it in time. Then I blanked again half way through cos I forgot what were complementizers and what were adjuncts. But overall, I think (hope) I’ll pass. *fingers crossed* I can’t S/U it the way I can for Universe.

Tomorrow I’ve got the day off cos Lionel’s going to be away so tonight I’m going to break for a while. Going to go watch Return of the King. Tomorrow I plan to work on Narrative Structures – the essay and the IVLE stuff. Haven’t touched that for weeks and my library book’s going to expire soon.

Anyway, I’ve been looking at handphones again. Still ambivalent about the iPhone. I mean, it’s nice and pretty and it’s got cool applications but it can’t do everything. I’ve been looking at the Samsung Omnia. It looks pretty good. It’s got a 5MP camera (instead of iPhone’s 2MP) and a radio AND Microsoft Office Mobile. But, I heard it’s not too good with a Mac and it’s Samsung. My previous experience with a Samsung phone was… not as good as with my Nokia or Motorola. Not to say that I condemned Samsung. It’s just not the same. There’s been good and bad reviews. Mostly good, but then I’m biased so maybe I didn’t notice too much on the bad ones. What do you think? Which phone should I aim to get? The price seems almost the same, if I’m not wrong.

TV Mobile has been irritating me with their latest self praising ads. They said, that X number of people are watching TV Mobile, making it the fastest growing outdoor media in Singapore. I’m standing there rolling my eyes because TV Mobile is somewhat of an inevitable thing. It’s on the buses, which means that anyone who’s in the bus, whether he wants to or not, is exposed to TV Mobile. It’s not necessarily the fastest growing because consumers are not making the choice to watch it. The only reason why more people may be ‘watching’ it is because more people are taking buses and I highly doubt people who could otherwise drive would take the bus just because of TV Mobile. So it’s a flawed claim.

Talking about other suspicious claims, today in the universe lecture, the prof was talking about the cores of the outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn etc). She said the cores are made of water ice and metals or something like that. And here’s me thinking, ok, so how did they know what’s in the cores?? No spacecraft has ever landed on these planets. Did the astronomers suddenly develop x-ray vision? I can accept her contracting cloud theory about the formation of the solar system and the formation of the planets by the gathering together of the planetisimals but I cannot figure out how they know what’s the composition of the cores. Maybe I’ll go do some reading up if I feel like it.

Oh, and funny thing today. Wonder if all the astronomy department talk funny like our prof. Cos today, a member of the astronomy society came to promote their star gazing get away thing. And she meant to say that we could see Saturn. But the way she pronounced it was “Satan”. So she was happily saying saying stuff like oh, we can see Sagitarius and Virgo and Jupiter and Satan. The LT stunned for a second then burst into laughter! I doubt a lot of people will be going if they are going to see Satan. Omg!

Can’t believe I’ms haring this but I had a nice dream last night. One of those random stuff with me and some celebrity crush of mine. It happens at times but this is the first time in a long time that it’s happened. It was with Josh Groban, surprisingly. He was like my boyfriend or something. Like I said, a nice dream. The Tower of London featured quite a bit too, giving a bit of a scary touch. Anyway, it was surprisingly cos this is probably the first time I’ve dreamt of him and I’ve dreamt of funny random people before, like Eminem and the Tiger from the breakfast cereal. Haha! Wonder why.

Ok, I guess that’s it.