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big changes coming up.

just a moment, please.

:) :) :) :) :)

vale.

today’s spanish test went quite well. it’s the first time i enjoyed doing a test soooo much i actually sat till the very end. *thumbs up*

after school, i finally went to return my three library books and to my surprise, i felt quite relieved. they are such dread, my god.

i hate to say this but the kind of books i read affect my mood to a great extent. if i have a good book with me, i can read 24/7, with no need for any food or social activities (read: super low maintenance).

on the other hand, if the book i’m reading turns out to be horrible, my whole day or even week would be RUINED. if i choose to stop immediately, i will just be very restless during my free time; but if i choose to bulldoze through, i will just be very grumpy anyway.

so right, i have this list of recommended books that i would always look out for at the library and a few weeks ago, i borrowed lie down in darkness and a hundred years of solitude. the third one was checked out on a separate trip and was something random i picked off the shelf (been eons since i last did something like that). sorry i cannot remember what the name is (that’s how random it was, i didnt even take note of the name) but it’s a comic book and it’s something about erm…aliens. i’ve always been very fascinated by aliens, you see. 

so anyway, i started off with lie down in darkness, which was recommended to me by…ok i cannot remember how i got to know about the book but it was in my list. i’ve never had so much difficulty finishing a book. 

basically, it’s about this dysfunctional southern family in virginia with an alcoholic father, milton; a mother who brought money to the family from an inheritance, helen; and their two daughters - mauldie, a mentally-impaired cripple who died when she was only about 20; and peyton, a beautiful and intelligent girl who suffered from her mother’s powerful loathing (from jealousy, perhaps?).

so anyway, the parents’ marriage was an unhappy one, and the father sought solace from the bottle and his mistress, dolly. he also had a rather hmm…disturbingly loving relationship with peyton. the latter said it was some sort of freudian attachment, which i kinda agree with.

hmm…so anyway, the whole novel is about how the family members struggled with the hurt, betrayal, hatred and jealousy they inflicted on one another. and erm…peyton eventually committed suicide. dont worry, this is not a spoiler because her death is revealed right at the start and everything else is a flashback.

somehow, i feel there is a deeper meaning to everything in this story; a twist or a climax lurking behind the very next page that i turn. and that is why i just kept on going at it, though most of the time i found the whole story rather slow. it’s like “can you please just GET TO THE POINT?!?!?!?!” sort of feeling, you know what i mean?

but apparently, this author is very famous and the book has received much criticism and created much controversy, so i must be missing something AGAIN. 

unfortunately, my book loan is due today and i couldnt finish the book in time. i played cheat a little and flipped all the way to the back and read like the last chapter. doesnt seem like i’ll miss much, if you know what i mean, HAHAHA.

but the bad news is, i have no time for one hundred years of solitude, which i think does have the “potential”, haha. i had noted it down because the original work was done in spanish and it was recommended by my spanish teacher. as for the alien comic book, yes i managed to finish it but it was more like a…time-filler?! something i would bring out when i travel because the other book is too heavy and not good enough to justify my effort, hahaha.

ANYWAY ANYWAY, i’m digressing. the whole point of this entry is to share my joy with you, because three new books that i reserved had arrived at my designated library (the jurong west one near my school) and i’m feeling VERY VERY EXCITED!!!!

suddenly, the moody feeling that has been pressing on me for the last few weeks has been lifted and i feel quite relieved, and i’m soooo looking forward to a good read!!! hahaha…nerd or what!!! :) :) :)

oh and then there is this ONE other piece of news that i’m very, very happy about, but i shall not reveal it till everything is confirmed. i dont want to jinx it, you see. *fingers crossed* something to look forward to upon graduation, finalmente, woot!

so even when i reached home and encountered a few less-than-happy incidents, i refused to be overcome by them. i still feel rather buoyant by the new-found enthusiasm for what’s about to happen in the near future. so yes, let’s keep that up.

SEOUL!

when boyfriend is still sleeping when you reach his place, there is only one thing that you can do.

:) :) :)

spent the morning catching up with the latest episodes of family guy and glee!!!!

and then…

por supuesto.

mi tiempo favorito - tiempo para estudiar. soy un alumno muy trabajador.

on the other hand, look at that slacker, still glued to his games.

and here comes lunch!!!

energy booster! 

can never get sick of junk food!!!

omnomnom. 

i love mugging days.

:) :) :)

this is supposed to be the comfortable part.

the outdoor shoot after that was increible! the singapore sun at noon is NO JOKE, i tell you. my shoulders were burnt and that is when i already received the best treatment, with people helping me get ready my shoes and clothes and holding my umbrella for me.

hate to think how painful it would be for yingning, who had to do so many things and whose face had already turned all red by the end of the day.

here i am, looking humongous beside petite yingning, hahaha.

the late lunch at xing wang hong kong cafe was a GREAT relief, not really because of the food (do i have to repeat how i always order the worst option possible?) but because of the thirst quenching lychee iced tea!!!! phew.

feel quite happy meeting weiliang too. i didnt know him very well when we were all in school but i still enjoyed myself talking about the good old days with him.

both yingning and weiliang have really done good for themselves, our lecturers would be so proud of them! 

and now, back to work. two days to take a breather before we get feedback from our supervisors. just the right time too, for i need to spend some time to study for my spanish test on thursday.

:) :) :) 

i should be doing fyp now, but i thought i should give myself a half-an-hour break for working so hard at my first outdoor video shoot today. the singapore sun, my god. totally ruthless.

anyway, shall blog about hmm…friday? yes, seems so long ago…

wanted to go on a traditional date in town (you dont know how precious such a simple thing is to us) but gladys and keryeong were very eager to meet kingsley baby.

actually no, that’s just a PR thing to say (because kingsley is rarely home); the truth is they just couldnt bear to let him have me all to himself for the whole weekend.

so we met up for dinner at the secret restaurant at clarke quay, which archie insisted that we could not reveal, for fear of crowds and increased price next time.

but to be honest, the food there is mediocre at best. it’s strange how the place was really crowded when we were there, and there was even a queue outside. i guess it’s because it’s much cheaper as compared to other italian restaurants, and of course, the free-flow drinks play a HUGE role in pulling people too, hahaha!

for lack of better things to do after dinner, we decided to walk to the nearby funan IT mall to check out some new cameras. you look at the photo below and you know why.

love the mica building, but no thanks to my bimbotic camera, there we are looking all blurred again.

most of the shops at funan and the almost adjacent penisular plaza were already closed by the time we arrived, so we decided to chill out at chijmes.

stumbled upon a spanish bar, la viva. pues claro, estuve muy me entusiasme!

but the desserts and drinks were rather awful. at least mine were, as usual.

looking so eager to get started, only to end up feeling disappointed.

looking good together.

and us, of course we look perfect. ♥ ♥ ♥

on a totally random note, the ♥ symbol has recently been included in the oxford dictionary as an official english word - the first graphical symbol to signify a word, woot!

so back to us at la viva, the spanish bar. we spent a little time chatting, though i thought kingsley might find it hard to catch up with us. our frequency might be quite erratic sometimes, hahaha! and then before i knew it, i was dead tired so we quickly wrapped up our discussions and went home.

keryeong took some of my favourite candid photos of the night, which i shall share now. you would also see them as my profile pictures on facebook very soon.

i need a new camera (yes i know i’m saying this for like the nth time) and more importantly, i need better photography skills.

haha.

so we are now in our last lap for our beloved fyp, which i think should mean forever your project, YIKES. it’s also crunch time for my spanish class soon.

so i would be spending most of my time being extremely nerdy, like my nerdy boyfriend who studies like almost 24/7. ok make that 22/7 because he reserves at least two hours for gym everyday.

does anyone know any other couple more boring than us? hahaha.

toodles, people.

regret…

is the hardest feeling to live with.

i watch it eat you from inside out; i see it chip away at your confidence and zest for life bit by bit; i see your smile slip off your face; i feel you fading out.

worse than dying, regret is.

ouch.

if there is one thing i like about ntu, it’s their regular pasar malams which always include a japanese tidbits stall that sells one of my favourite snacks.

banana chocolate 小熊饼干.

so cute.

and so overpriced.

$2.40 for like…five pathetic pieces.

yes, i like stating the obvious.

yes, just in case you dont know.

maybe i’m just way unlucky or something, all my biscuits were badly mashed up when i opened my packet today. the chocolate was all melted and i couldnt even properly count the number of biscuits i got.

but guess what, i think i’m a member of the japanese tidbits stall. i dont remember how or why i signed up for it but yes i have its card somewhere and i vaguely remember being entitled to some members’ privilege to erm…warehouse sales? or is there some kind of discount? hmm…if only i remember to bring my card with me ALL THE TIME.

this is such a trivial entry.

my blog has totally NO nutritious content nowadays.

zzz.

oh and just in case you are wondering why my face looks kinda weird in photos nowadays, that’s because i did eyelash extension. 

for the fun of it, can?

like that time when i did my hair extension.

never in my life have i grown my hair to this length, i tell you. and to be honest, i doubt i ever will. i’m just not patient enough lah. so i spent a few hundred dollars, sat in the salon for about two hours and viola! one little problem fixed. 

most of my friends thought i was crazy, and that i looked like a porn star with all that fake hair. really meh?

i think quite pretty what.

and i look so freaking young, damn it.

oh yes 亲爱的 used to have long hair too. oh the good ol’ days.

ok ok, i know all these are old photos that i got from my own facebook album, so not much 看头, but you know me, i dont keep photos. so these are all that i have of me with el pelo largo. so yes, bear with me.

like i said, my blog has totally NO nutritious content nowadays.

hahaha.

oh yes, i was talking about my eyelash extension. i guess you can do it when you have like nothing better to do and wanna try something totally vain and young and foolish.

and when you have like extra cash because it’s going to cost a bit, and wont last long enough to justify the cost.

but oh well…once-in-a-lifetime experience and all that.

my mom said i look like those freaky china dolls. and for that, i think it’s totally worth it, hahahaha.

zzz.