Here comes the rain again, falling from the stars

Hi

Spent Sunday afternoon lazing at Wumsy's, playing Neopets. I know only primary school kids do that but it's fun.

Yesterday was Monday and I went to meet Lianne and we swam at Pasir Ris Complex. I hadn't gotten into a pool in literally three years and I couldn't even finish one lap HAHA while the pro completed about 30 (?) with a couple of short breaks (mainly to stop by me catching my breath and encourage me to carry on hahahaha)

Then we had Subway and then dessert at WS foodcourt. Saw an auntie taking a picture of her food hahaha and it triggered off a convo on if we could publish all our blog posts into a book by the time we're 80. Hrmm.

Work as a receptionist has been sometimes tiring but definitely much much less tiring than being a relief teacher ("Double negative, that's tricky." Ten points for whoever gets this movie reference) and I would say it's a great job. I don't hate it and the not-so-nice part is having to wake up at 5.30am every day, but oh well, you give and take a little.

So anyway I think I'll be working for the next 6 weeks, then slacking my butt off for the next 6 weeks after that. Yep, dividing my 3 months into exactly half. It's so weird having soooo much time all to myself, when the past 2 years I've been rushing through the clock- studying, having after-school stuff, having tests and exams blah blah- and now I have more than enough time to rest before uni starts.

Argh uni haha. Mixed feelings man. Thank God I'll have Lianne with me! It's funny how life works. When I first met her in sec1 I don't think I ever thought we would be friends that long hahaha like we actually stayed close all throughout secondary school and JC and now we're both going to the same university and the same faculty and most likely the same course!! Me, her and Tania, we basically grew up together man. (Aww)

Oh and got my congratulatory note from NTU yesterday. Yayyers. Although I'm not going there it still feels shuang hahahaha

Also, does anyone like going to Marketplace? I looove going to Marketplace every Saturday at i12 with my mom. They have all the coolest things there (I actually found basil pesto there!) and their dairy products section is like four times the size of NTUC's. Not even keeding.

K bedtime, good night!

Modern Baseball - Your Graduation

"You weren't the only one who thought of us that way

I spent most nights awake, wide awake

I never thought that I, oh I would see the day

Where I just let you go, let you walk away

Where I let you walk away"



Not really an indie rock person but somehow this is really great. The vocals are fitting, the standard pop punk-ish chords (Ooh pop punk. Might be the reason why I love this song. Even I've written a thing with the same chords haha), the very memorable chorus, the overall polished sound with just the right amount of vocal angst (drummer sounds like Jason Lancaster) to give it a slightly hardcore edge. Yummy piece.

Deadbeat six feet dead underground

TGIF!!! End to another tiring (but sort of fun) week. Can't wait to sleep in on the weekend.

Met up with the band yesterday night again. Shijia tagged along too!

Me: "Guys can my friend come along?"
Drummer: "Pretty or not?"

Hahahaha

Was in the studio playing and thinking, wow if this is happiness, then it's pretty darn simple, ainnit.

But anyway, I lost my favourite pick while playing at home the other day. It was 1.5mm which is really thick and it's great for me because I tend to strike the strings pretty hard (three years of being a punk/hard rock lover has shaped my playing) and the pick noise doesn't bother me.

Went to the music school downstairs and the guy there said their thickest pick was 0.5mm ohmygad.

In other news, I found out uni officially starts in August. Which means three more months of holiday. It's crazy! Which means by the time school starts, I'd have spent nine months just lazing around.

Tried to search on stuff about how the uni system works because I'm completely clueless about it and I found this PDF document online about modular credits and the lengthy formula for calculating your cummulative average point and whatnot omg so confusing.

Anyway, blog quiz again.


1. What's your favourite colour?
Black, green, white, brown, blue.

2. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?
Essaouira, Morocco. I would sit by the ocean every day and watch the seagulls and smell the ocean air and eat fresh fish.
Haha nah. Probably a city somewhere in Europe? I don't know.

3. Who do you love, and why?
My mom and dad and my best friends. Just because.

4. Are you a secretive person? Or are you more of an 'open book'?
Not sure, maybe open book.

5. Do you like to party?
No haha. Parties with a few close friends are cool but not the big, noisy kind of parties. Def not a party person.

6. What grade are you in?
By american standards, I've just graduated from high school. Getting old :(

7. What's your favourite school subject?
English

8. Sexual orientation?
Straight.

9. Single/Taken/Confused/Crushing?
Single. (resists urge to type "and ready to mingle")

10. Got any pets?
Noooo :( I want a doggie. Preferably a labrador or a puppy king shepherd or a golden.

11. What's your favourite animal?
Reptiles and dogs and cats, though cats sometimes scare me a little.

12. Do you prefer having guy friends? Or girl friends? Why?
Both. Can't do without either.

13. Had a bad/rough past?
Nope, thank God.

14. What are you looking forward to the most in your future?
Getting to travel and play more music!

15. What's your dream job?
A fun job. Or a job where I feel I get to make a difference.

16. Got any goals/dreams? What are they?
To be a better person every day, and for myself and the people I love to be happy and healthy.

17. Judgemental?
Sometimes, ya.

18. Dramatic?
Most definitely.

19. Loving?
I guess?

20. Caring?
Not really HAHA.

21. What's something you look most for in a girl/guy?
Confidence. But not over-confidence.

22. What kind of a car do you have/want?
Idk.

23. Beach or pool?
Beach.

24. Mall or park?
Depends on the weather.

25. What does your Tumblr URL mean?
It's exactly what it means.



Oh yeah, Hasee Bounce was the featured game today. So double the Neopoints, helyer.
Plus I learned a couple of new cheat codes yesterday ;)

Throw away your television

Yesterday night's jamming was really good. We sounded good and we had fun. Thing about big bands is even though it's hard to meet up, the conversation never runs dry and you feel more like a unit instead of individuals with separate roles.

I can't say how glad I am to have gotten to know them and be a part of them. The talented twins, the drummer who gives the best critique, the guitarist who's hands-down the most knowledgeable musician I've ever met, the great keyboardist who laughs at my jokes when no one else does.

Yesterday we played Basket Case and my song. Drummer kept saying "I really like your song" omg ego boost 20% hahahaha

Nothing much else to blog about.

Should I stop work end of May or end of June or in between? I can't decide gahhh

On one hand it's easy money and I will probably die of boredom since I was already rotting away when I had a one week break, but waking up at 5.30am every day is so :(((

Everybody Loves Wallace Wells

Shit Kieran Culkin, you're killing me.

Glory fades

The fever, the focus
The reasons that I had to believe you weren't too hard to sell
Die young and save yourself
The tickle, the taste of
They used to be the reasons I breathe but now it's choking me up
Die young and save yourself


I am terrible at goodbyes.

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Met Lianne yesterday and we went to a nice place called Cups & Canvas. It's kind of out of the way but I guess that's good because it's always less crowded.

We shared pasta (Pesto Greeno and another one which was the creamy kind, I forgot the name) which was gooood and L got a sweet potato latte and I had a vanilla latte. So we sat there and read our books :) There was a veeeery cute baby at the table next to ours and Lianne went all starry-eyed HAHA (ok I did too)

Then, due to unforeseen circumstances, SJ had to come meet us HAHAHA. It was a leeeetle awkward, but still ok since both of them are more outgoing than me hahaha.

Then L went off to meet her boyfriend and SJ and I met with Dom, Linus and Jinx at bugis junction. Had SongFa for dinner then went to Timbre and met Div.

It was my virgin experience at Timbre, and it was pretty fun.

The live band Common People was really good, and our table was very noisy compared to the others. Bryan and WQ joined us later.

They asked for birthday boys and girls to go up, and the guys forced Jinx to go cause his birthday's next week. And he had to dance in the end and it was frigging funny.

But they thought his name was James so they kept calling us "James' table" hahaha.

I think we were the only table that made so much noise and stayed so long, so by the end they were like "James' table, how are you?" "James' table, any song requests?" "Thanks James' table, you've been here all the way from our first till our last set."

And we also texted a lot of nonsense to the song request number hahaha

Divided ourselves into 3 cabs and went home (It's so easy to get a cab at that hour omg one pulled up right as we hit the curb and all the cabs literally came one right after the other)

Reached home at 1.20am, dead tired. Haha.

Off to play neopets

This story's old but it goes on and on until we disappear

Found this while sifting through lookbook.nu yesterday.

Was like, oooh this guy is from Casablanca, Morocco. Then OHHH I was there OMG I recognise this place!

It was near the hotel we stayed at on our first and last nights, because it wasn't very far from the airport.

Kind of miss Morocco :( It's a great place. If the people there were a little warmer and the food was of Singaporean standard I'd probably want to move there already.

Omg which reminds me, I think I forgot to blog about it, a guy jokingly (I think) told my mom he wanted to marry me and said, "How many camels?" Hahahaha

Ok good night

Hold me closer, tiny dancer

Being extremely hungry and extremely sleepy sucks.

Wolfing down a bowl of soggy cereal now. Laptop battery is depleting at an increasingly rapid rate as we speak (18% right now).

Tripped over a pail and nearly fell in the bathroom just now, and as I was putting my folded clothes in my cupboard, a drawer was dislodged from its place and a pile of clothes came tumbling out.

But nothing's gunna get me down from the top of the world because I finally got my NUS offer package in the mail. I am so so happy!!

If only we had those American mailboxes, so I could freak out and run around waving my brown package in the air, like how The Wonders freaked out when they first heard themselves on the radio (Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpmnIpAXpig. Liv Tyler is so gorgeous, ugh.), best freak out scene ever.

Met up with SJ yesterday for dinner, she called me when I was playing Neopets at home and asked if I was free and I got my bum down to Tamp in 15 minutes. I'm such a great friend HAHA. We had curry udon and walked around Tampines1 with a cup of Laoban each, just like old times :) Then we went to the library and borrowed some interesting reads.

Sat down to read at Costa Coffee today after work at City Hall, then met up with Lumster today for dinner at Orchard for sushi, green tea and a slice of earl grey cake (plus a latte for her and Royal pudding for me). I had fun :)

Yay to the upcoming long weekend! Three days to rest. I am so stoked.

Papa was a copper and mama was a hippie

Heeeello. 

Quite a few things to crap about today. 

I had a good weekend, on saturday I woke up at 12pm, definitely the latest I've gotten up at in a while. It was a rainy morning so I kept thinking it was still really early and kept going back to sleep. 

Checked my phone and I had a text from NUS saying there was an update to my application status. I freaked out a little, in a bad way, because the last time I was notified of an application status update, it was a rejection letter from Yale-NUS. 

I was still really groggy too so I blearily thought to myself, shit, I'm not mentally prepared for this, I am not gonna start my morning like this, let's just pretend I didn't see this text for a little while. 

But then curiosity, with a little bit of positivity, won over, and I ended up logging on within five minutes, and found out I was accepted. I think I couldn't really believe it, I checked the website five times that day, just kept reading the paragraph over and over like I was scared it was going to disappear anytime. 

I never expected to get in, I thought my odds were about 25%, especially since I completely left out the essay section and neither did I meet the grade profile. But I did it, and I was just really shocked the whole day. 

I was actually feeling depressed the night before because I started thinking about my A level results all over again and nearly worked myself into crying. It really is a dream come true for me, getting my first choice. It may not be much to some people, it's not Accounting or Business or Medicine, but it's definitely a big deal for me, because it's something I've always wanted. 

It feels like enduring the past two years wasn't in vain after all. All the phases of depression, the crying, the skipping school, travelling to and fro places and getting chased out of places because I couldn't study at home, the various kinds of pressures, the tired eyes, the caffeine... everything was all worth it, finally. 

I told my dad and I thought he'd be really happy but he was just like oh ok. 

Me: -___-

I think one of my main sources of motivation was the desire to make my parents proud. Since I was a kid I've always felt the need to be better- to be good enough for my folks. Consciously or sub-consciously, I felt like my parents' only hope because my only other sibling, my older brother, turned out such a shitty person. So I was quiet, I tried to put in my best at school and I strived to be the exact opposite of him. 

And I will always be thankful to my dad for refusing to let me quit JC in my first year. I thought it was the best decision at that time, but it wasn't, and my dad knew it and did his best to stop me, and for that I'm glad. 

But anyways, I'm digressing hahaha. 

So saturday afternoon I went to my cousin's house to meet my mom. I'm not a baby person but my youngest niece is soooo cute!! Attempted a glissando on the piano for the second time in my life, still did it wrong and again my finger bled. Ha ha. 

Second niece showed me a song she wrote when she was P1. It was very interesting, she entitled it 'Nightmare Forest', which is pretty much what it sounds like. "I wrote it when I was P1 and I added the thunder in when I was P3." Her mom, my cousin, didn't like the piece much though, Fi had to ask her for permission to play it for me, haha. 

I think it's very sweet because it reminds me of myself in my younger days, but as much as I love the music I listen to and am incredibly honoured that she's showing signs of taking after me, I wouldn't want her to start listening to heavier music, even when she's older. 

Dinner was with my parents at a Peranakan place at Katong, it was goooood. 

Then on Sunday, I met with half of the band, so altogether we made up two thirds of it. You do the math. Hahahaha. (Wait I just tried and realised that can't be solved, so never mind) (Wait, or can it?) 

We tried out my song and it was really hard to get it to sound the way I imagined it to be haha but it was interesting trying out an original for the first time. And I don't play much guitar so it was really hard to do those parts. 

Was a little frazzled after that because we separated, but I had no idea how to get to the nearest mrt and I couldn't get a cab. #sundayproblems

Finally managed to find one, then headed to DTE for the class gathering, which was... quite fail. Haha. 

Just had dinner at a separate table from most of them, with my clique, then we walked around aimlessly for about 20min, then my group went home because there was a miscommunication and the other group headed off to have their dinner cause for some reason they didn't eat while we were eating earlier. 

Started work as a receptionist at the school's general office on Monday. It was teeny bit awkward at first because literally everyone was walking past, doing a double take and saying, "Eh?! You moved down here?" 

Haha but ya it's quite a good job I guess, at least I end early and punctually and I have really nice colleagues. 

Ok bedtime, good night. 

The little things I live by. Although I wouldn't encourage anyone on taking late-night life advice from me ahaha. (But who am I kidding, it's only 12.30am) 

1. Life is too short to care about what everyone else thinks.

2. Love your parents and treat them good because they're the only ones who will always be there. 

3. Don't expect anything to last forever. Treasure everything good but don't cling onto something that's faded. 

4. The above applies for friendships as well. 

5. Don't look out for things you don't want or have to hear. 

6. Don't try to force your opinions onto anyone else. 

7. Let people do whatever they want to unless it's illegal or hurting someone else. 

8. Always put in your best for everything you get a shot at. You won't regret it. 

9. Be proud of who you are, unless 'who you are' is a selfish prick. 

10. You are never alone. 

There's a love that knows the way

1.

Yesterday was goooood :) Met up with Shijia and we ate our usual ramen at Century. Glad our JC tradition of after-school ramen hasn't gotten old :) Then we watched Noah which was great, it was quite thought-provoking and I thought it tackled a few interesting issues. And please tell me I'm not the only one who thought the twin girls (SORRY spoiler) were meant to be wives for Noah's two younger sons since they didn't have brides. Hahaha. 

Then we met Lumster at 313 and we hung around the town area and later had Eighteen Chefs' for dinner. We reminisced about old things and laughed about a lot of super random things on the train ride home and I think we looked high to the people around us. But it was so fun and funny hahahaha sigh I never would have survived JC without them. 

2. 

Weird, but follower count decreased by 3 today though I didn't unfollow anyone. If I seem to have unfollowed you, please tell me! 

3. 

Today was another day spent slacking away. Found a decent movie on cable, it was called Hours and I didn't know it was starring Paul Walker till I googled it, and I was like, oh it's him. Felt so sad. 

Then I ate junk food all day and sat on the couch and watched Asian Food Channel. I guess it's weird that I don't cook (or rather, can't cook) but I really like watching cooking shows. 

Oh then I watched the re-run of the last episode of Asia's Next Top Model. I am so glad that Sheena won!! While I've always liked Jodily, her over-confidence in the last episode was slightly off-putting. I mean, that look on her face after Katarina was booted off Top 3. Sheena really deserves it though. 

4. 

I landed a new job! Surprisingly it's back at my mom's school, but this time I'll be a receptionist at the General Office hahaha. Will probably have to run around doing errands as well. Hope it's not too taxing! The best part is the working hours though. I get let off the same time as the kids, which is 1pm. 

5. 

Band asked for originals and I plucked up the guts to show one of mine to them, and they liked it, I was so touched. We're even gonna try it out next sesh. I guess it sounds lame, but it really means a lot to me. Most girls feel really happy when people compliment their looks or their figures but I get happy when people say nice things about my playing or my writing. 

And it makes me feel like writing again. I haven't written in years. Writing is so very exciting because there's all these things you can do and ways you can write and themes you can explore, and you've got the whole world to take on in front of you with just your pen and paper. Ahh, I feel inspired already. Haha. 

6.

The hot chocolate drink, Swiss Miss is da bomb. It's literally like drinking melted chocolate. Many many love. 

Fly away, oh my Zephyr

SO WHUD IF YOU CAN SEE
THE DARKER SIDE OF ME
NO ONE WILL EVER CHANGE THIS ANIMAL I HAVE BECOME

HELP ME BELIEVE
ITS NOT THE REAL MEH
SOMEBODY HELP ME TAME THIS ANIMAL I HAVE BECOME

DEH DENG DEH DEH DEH DEH DENG DENG

(TRIES TO AIR DRUM) 

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Another quizzy quiz quiz, continued from the one last night.

26. Did you/are you going to prom?
Missed the AHS one because we were in Taiwan. But heard it sucked anyway haha. And didn't go for the TPJ one.

27. What's the most physically painful thing you've ever experienced?
I think there was one time a few years back when I fell on my bum on the wet kitchen floor and nearly cried. Either that or the time I stubbed my toe really bad when I walked too fast and went straight for the wall.

28. What's the most emotionally/mentally painful thing you've ever experienced?
Maybe one time when I fell out with someone I considered a close friend, either that or when MCR broke up. Or the times when I failed tests or exams I studied really hard for in JC.

29. Have you ever legitimately saved a person's life?
Nope.

30. What's your favourite book genre?
I don't know, but I like the boring ones about life, or the funny dry-humour ones, or generally just books that make me think or get me to change my perception of various issues.

31. Did you like "Gigli"? Be honest.
Never seen that movie, heard about it though.

32. Have you ever walked out of a movie at the theatre?
If you mean walking out without coming back, no.

33. Do you peek between your fingers during the scary scenes?
YES.

34. What was your reaction to Tatum getting killed whilst stuck in the pet door in Scream?
I just watched it. Really weird.

35. Do dogs like you?
I don't think so :(

36. Would you say that you project an air of authority?
I definitely don't. Haha.

37. Do people listen when you speak?
I don't know haha

38. How are your elbows? Are they okay?
No, not at all. The skin there is super dry :(

39. What is one thing that you do exceptionally well? Be honest.
I has good grammar. That's about it.

40. Do you use torrents?
Nope

41. When was the last time you paid for music?
When I bought my Rise Against and Linkin Park albums.

42. Are you addicted to technology?
Nope

43. Pick a person (you don't need to give their name). How do you feel about them? Be as honest as you can get yourself to be.
I wish we could go back to the old days.

44. Do you check your computer's dictionary for the definition of words you'd otherwise feel confident about using during in-person interactions? Just to be sure?
YES I do that hahaha shit I thought I was the only one

45. How heavily do you rely on spellcheck and autocorrect?
Not at all.

46. Have you ever gotten into an argument on the Internet? Did you win?
Nah. Better things to do than get into Internet arguments.

47. Do you pause movies/TV shows if you have to go to the bathroom or the kitchen, or do you just let them keep playing?
Definitely pause. Can't imagine the horror of missing a good part.

48. If you use a regular alarm clock, do you have it set to music or that obnoxious beeping?
Beeping. I always sleep right through the music, or I grow to hate the song.

49. Peter Pan?
If we're talking about the non-animated movie version... Jeremy Sumpterrrr.

50. How often do you fall up the stairs?
Not very.

51. Do you pronounce 'anti' as ant-eye or ant-ee?
Sometimes ant-eye and sometimes ant-ee, depending on my mood.

52. Do you pronounce 'via' as vee-ah or vie-ah?
Vie-ah.

53. How often do you forget to close your parentheses?
Just googled the meaning of that. Haha. Seldom.

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Oh my G, can we just talk about John Frusciante and his sweet voice and sweet guitar playing?
I am in love.

She makes me feel like it's raining outside

In a slightly dreary mood.


1. What do you put on hotdogs?
Ketchup and mayo.

2. Do you say "anticlimatic" or "anticlimactic"?
Anticlimatic.

3. Do you check flyers before grocery shopping?
No haha do people do that?

4. Blue, black or some other colour pen ink?
Blue and maybe brown. I don't like black.

5. Do you use your parking brake?
I might if I drove.

6. Look to your left. How many framed pictures are on the wall?
None.

7. Do you know how to play chess?
Chinese chess, yeah. English, nope.

8. How often do you clean the interior of your car?
Don't have one.

9. Do you ever read the last few pages first?
Never!

10. Ever fallen in the shower?
Yeah :( It hurts more especially since the floor's hard and there's nothing to protect your bare bum.

11. On a scale of 1-10, how likely are you to swear at other drivers?
I have no idea.

12. What's the worst thing you've ever called someone you care about?
Not a fan of name-calling. I think it was just 'bitch' or 'asshole'.

13. Do you have a Snuggie?
No but I want one.

14. Are you allergic to anything?
Nope, yay me

15. Do you have any TV shows on DVD?
I think we have the Chronicles of Narnia stowed away somewhere, and maybe Jesus Christ Superstar (love that movie).

16. How many times do you hit the snooze button before finally getting out of bed?
Haha usually once. Twice if I'm really tired. I think my record was four times.

17. Ever driven away in anger?
Enough with the driving questions.

18. What's your favourite freezie colour?
What is a freezie.

19. Are you a vegetarian?
Almost.

20. Do you have a garbage receptacle beside you? What's on top?
What?

21. Do you cross out your mistakes or erase/whiteout them?
Cross out, always. My mom never let me use correction tape or pen. I remember getting hell from my primary school chinese teacher for 'writing like a boy'.

22. Ever torn something up that you instantly knew was too important for such treatment?
Does plain paper count?

23. Do you think that things will get better?
I hope so.

24. Do you have an unpopular opinion? What is it?
People suck.

25. What's your favourite quote?
"One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching." Cheesy, but true.

This is the place where all the junkies go

1. 
Got my bass amp... It's... AWESOME.

When I turn up the bass I feel like Chris Wolstenholme and like I can do anything and play Hysteria except I don't know the notes hahahaha and when I play I can actually feel the bass and it's greaaaat.

And when I turn up the treble I feel like Tom Delonge and like I can have fun and dance to the higher-frequency notes that for some reason I've always associated with pop punk.

I got up this morning and the first thing I did was look at my new amp and after I was done washing up I just went and plugged it in and had some fun with Rise Against.

2.
Jobless.

Being jobless is amazing and bad all at the same time, because on one hand I get to do whatever I like and go wherever I like. No responsibilities, no deadlines to meet, no timings, no worries. But on the other hand, I feel too free :( And it's only been 4 days. Feels like I'm back to square one, hunting for a job and willing to take whatever comes my way, at the cost of future regrets... -shudders at the memory of working at NTUC-

So, anyone has a job to offer me??

3.
Today was fun, Wums came over and we watched my Big Bang DVD that Lynchua gave me for my 14th birthday. Hard to think that was almost 5 years ago! :(

Then I tried to teach her some guitar... FOC lesson ok because she's showing mild interest in learning and asked me to teach her. We made some progress, she sort of got the C chord. Good job today Wums, I know you're reading this, I'm proud of you.

Then we walked to Tampines through the park connector for dinner. I never knew it was such a walkable distance! Definitely gonna walk there from now on if I ever need something from there. Save my $1.60 :))

4.
Tomorrow I'm gonna go out and get me some air... (like there isn't any around here ahaha)

It's nice knowing I could go anywhere. I could go to a cafe if I wanted, or City Hall, or Parkway Parade, or the airport, or just walk to Tampines. Yayzza.



Anyway, quizzzz again.

1. Would you kiss the last person you kissed again?
Never kissed anyone.

2. What's the closest thing to you that's red?
A box of Forest Berries-flavoured Extra mints.

3. Tell me about the last dream you remember having?
I don't remember my last dream.

4. Did you meet anybody new today?
Nope.

5. What are you craving right now?
Sushi or a salad. I'm hungry :(

6. What comes to mind when I say cabbage?
Yummy.

7. What does your last text say?
"Have you watched barking water?"

8. Do you bite into your ice-cream or just lick it?
Lick. I think I have sensitive teeth.

9. Do you like your hair?
Yes, though I've never done anything with it.

10. Do you like yourself?
That's kind of a deep question. I do, most of the time.

11. Have you ever met a celebrity?
No :( I had a chance to meet Mayday Parade and I was initially really stoked to, but then their concert put me off cause it was a little lackluster so I didn't go in the end.

12. Do you like cottage cheese?
Never tried it. But I like most cheeses.

13. What are you listening to right now?
Play Crack The Sky by Brand New.

14. How many countries have you visited?
No idea. Favourite countries were Australia, Taiwan, South Korea and Morocco though. I really want to travel a lot more when I'm older.

15. Are your parents strict?
Sometimes, but I'm fine with it cause I believe they know what's best for me.

16. Would you go sky diving?
I have no idea hahaha

17. Is there anything sparkly in the room you're in?
Not really.

18. Who sits in behind you in your math class?
Not schooling now, but in upper sec it was Zhenying (whom I haven't seen in forever) and in JC we didn't have fixed seats.

19. Do you own something from Hot Topic?
No. We don't have Hot Topic in Singapore but I'm glad because otherwise there would be a lot of posers.

20. Have you ever slapped someone?
Nope.

21. Are you sarcastic?
Oh no, not at all.

22. Do you have any tattoos?
No. Wums says I 'shouldn't get any' and that I should just 'try to stick to this look', whatever 'this look' means.

23. Where was your default picture taken at?
What's a default picture?

24. Have you ever crawled through a window?
Nope.

25. Have you made a prank phone call?
HAHAH yes. Prank calls, if performed sucessfully, are very fun.


Alright good night!

Quiz

Quizzzz. 

1. Your boy side

[x] You love hoodies.
[x] You love jeans.
[x] Dogs are better than cats.
[x] It’s hilarious when people get hurt. (well, sometimes)
[] Shopping is torture
[] Sad movies suck
[] You own a car racing game.
[] You played with hot wheels cars as a kid.
[] At some point in time you wanted to be a firefighter.
[] You owned a ds, ps2, n64, or sega.
[] You used to be obsessed with power rangers.
[] You have watched sports on tv.
[] Gory movies are cool.
[x] You go to your dad for advice.
[] You own like a trillion baseball caps.
[] You used to collect hockey cards.
[] Baggy sweats are cool to wear.
[] It’s kinda weird to have sleepovers with a bunch of people.
[x] Green, black, red, blue, or silver are one of your favorite colors.
[x] You love to go crazy and not care what people think.
[x] Sports are fun.
[x] You talk with food in your mouth.
[] You sleep with your socks on at night.
[] You have fished at least once.

2. Your girl side

[] You love to shop.
[] You wear eyeliner.
[] You wear the color pink.
[x] You go to your mom to talk.
[] You consider cheerleading a sport.
[] You hate wearing the color black.
[] You like going to the mall.
[] You like getting manicures and/or pedicures.
[] You like wearing jewelry.
[] You cried watching the notebook
[] Dresses are a big part of your wardrobe.
[] Shopping is one of your favorite hobbies.
[] You don’t like the movie star wars.
[] You are/were in gymnastics.
[] It takes you around one hour to shower, get dressed, and make-up.
[x] You smile a lot more than you should.
[] You have more than 10 pairs of shoes.
[] You care about what you look like.
[x] You like wearing dresses when you can.
[] You like wearing high heel shoes.
[] You used to play with dolls as little kid.
[] You like putting make-up on others.
[] You like being the star of everything.

3. Appearance 

[] I am shorter than 5′5″.
[] I have many scars.
[x] I tan easily.
[] I wish my hair was a different color.
[] I have friends who have never seen my natural hair color.
[] I have a tattoo.
[] I am self-conscious about my appearance.
[] I’ve had/have braces.
[x] I’ve been told i’m attractive by a complete stranger.
[x] I have more than two piercings.
[] I have/had piercings in places besides my ears.

4. Experiences

[x] I’ve gotten lost in my city.
[] I’ve seen a shooting star.
[] I’ve wished on a shooting star.
[] I’ve seen a meteor shower.
[x] I’ve gone out in public in my pajamas.
[x] I’ve pushed all the buttons on an elevator.
[x] I’ve kicked a guy where it hurts.
[] I’ve been to a casino.
[] I’ve been skydiving.
[] I’ve gone skinny-dipping.
[] I’ve drank a whole gallon of milk in one hour.
[] I’ve crashed a car.
[] I’ve been skiing.
[] I’ve been in a musical.
[] I’ve caught a snowflake or snow on my tongue.
[] I’ve seen the northern lights.
[] I’ve sat on a rooftop at night.
[x] I’ve played a prank on someone.
[x] I’ve ridden in a taxi.
[] I’ve seen the rocky horror picture show.
[x] I’ve eaten sushi.
[] I’ve been snowboarding.

5. Relationships

[x] I’m single.
[] I’m in a relationship.
[] I’m engaged.
[] I’m married.
[x] I miss someone right now.
[] I’ve gotten divorced.
[] I’ve told someone I loved them when I didn’t.
[x] I’ve told someone I didn’t love them when I did. (zoey: I assume the joking way counts)

6. Honesty/Crime

[x] I’ve done something I promised someone else I wouldn’t.
[x] I’ve done something I promised myself I wouldn’t.
[x] I’ve snuck out
[x] I’ve lied to my parents about where I am.
[x] I’ve cheated while playing a game.
[] I’ve ran a red light.
[x] I’ve witnessed a crime.
[] I’ve been in a fist fight.
[] I’ve been arrested.

7. Death and suicide

[x] I’m afraid of dying.
[x] I hate funerals.
[] I’ve seen someone/something dying.
[] Someone close to me has attempted/committed suicide.
[] I’ve planned my own suicide before.
[] I’ve written a eulogy for myself.

8. Random

[] I can sing well
[] Stolen a tray from a fast food restaurant.
[x] I open up to others easily.
[x] I watch the news.
[] I don’t kill bugs.
[x] I sing in the shower.
[x] I am a morning person.
[] I paid for a cell phone ring tone.
[] I am a sports fanatic.
[] I twirl my hair.
[x] I care about grammar.
[] I have “?”’s in my screen name.
[] I’ve copied more than 30 cd’s in a day.
[] I bake well.
[x] My favorite color is either white, yellow, pink, red, blue, black, purple, or orange.
[x] I would wear pajamas to school.
[] I like martha stewart.
[] I know how to shoot a gun.
[xxx] I laugh at my own jokes. cause they’re funny
[] I eat fast food weekly.
[] I’ve not turned anything in and still got an a in a certain class.
[x] I can’t sleep if there is a spider/cockroach in the room.
[x] I am ticklish.
[] I love white chocolate.
[x] I bite my nails.
[] I’m good at remembering faces.
[x] I’m good at remembering names.
[x] I’m good at remembering dates.
[x] I honestly have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life.

[x] All my answers were totally honest.

Scott Pilgrim

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: Best Clips.





Great movie, though it felt kind of weird and trippy so I didn't finish watching it. But they had a lot of great lines.



And, Kieran Culkin (who plays Wallace, Scott's gay roommate) might not be straight in the movie but holy shit, he was s-e-x-y.



I was wondering why in the world he was so familiar and at first I thought he was Michael Pitt (I was ready to freak out once I found out he was Michael Pitt, but then he really wasn't) and so I did my research and he's the brother of the guy who played the kid in Home Alone. Mystery solved.



Today was a good day, I finally found What's Eating Gilbert Grape? the full movie online, and watched it. It was really great and I thought Becky was a really relatable character. Johnny Depp and Leo DiCaprio, of course, amazing as always. Leo's portrayal of Arnie Grape, a mentally disabled 18-year-old, was flawless.



And I loved everything about it: the way they filmed it, the way they created the whole setting for Endora, a 'small, quiet town where nothing ever happens', and there were all these sort of stereotypical characters but they added dimensions to their personalities.



Then in the afternoon I went out and got my bass amp -insert starry-eyed emoji here- Sadly I didn't realise I forgot to buy a new cable so I'll have to wait till tomorrow to try it out at home, but still :)))



I'm hungry.

Saosin - I can tell

"If you keep asking me, I'll melt away in the summer air

It won't hurt half as much and I'll beg for you to stop it now"





Been obsessing over this song for some time now.



The awesome intro, the way Anthony Green just chokes out the words in the chorus, like gahh my gut. And usually stuff sounds better to me after some studio work but I love how it just sounds all raw and untouched, like a demo.



Great song.

I'm the rainbow in your jail cell

Nihao.

1. 
Today was fun, Lianne and I were supposed to job-hunt at the airport but it wasn't very productive hahaha then we lepaked at CBTL. Spent yesterday with her as well, because she had the SMU interview too but at an earlier timing, so we met for dinner which was at Nando's, then had dessert at Ji De Chi (Literally 'Remember to eat', and I would type it in chinese but I didn't dl the chinese keyboard on my laptop, oh no, I am a disappointment to my people).

It was all fun and we laughed at weird things (like she silently made fun of a sleeping guy on the train, poorthing, and I laughed till my non-existent abs hurt). Thank you Lianne, I love you many many. #bffs

AND we love you too Tania, don't worry!!! -insert emojis here-

2.
I am going to buy my new bass amp tomorrow and I am so so so stoked for it!!!

3.
On a completely random note, I think my writing skills have gotten from bad to worse. I used to be able to write really fast. (One time in Econs, I managed to vomit 14 pages of writing in 2h 15min. Best part? Our teacher didn't mark it.)

But I find that I'm writing so slowly now :( Which makes me think of uni. I think I'm the only one not excited for it at all. I mean, what's there to be excited about haha

4.
And yes, my last day of work was yesterday! I always thought it'd be kind of weird to work with my mom, especially with her desk coincidentally being right next to the teacher I was relieving for the past 7 weeks. But it turned out pretty great because she gave me lots of good advice and I honestly think I learnt a lot from the past 10 or 11 weeks. While it was stressful and I definitely wouldn't do it again, I don't regret doing it. Does that make sense? Haha.

Although I don't think I'll miss the little monsters, one thing I'll miss for sure is the really good pai gu mian (pork ribs noodle) from the coffee shop next to the school. The gravy is thick and just right, the meat is cooked till it just falls off the bone and the noodles are so savoury... yum yum I want some right now. Back then, I ate it almost every day in school hahaha.

Ok time to play some Neopets before I turn in.

Good night!

Welp. 

Early for my SMU interview. 

(Ooh nice girl opposite me just offered everyone mints) 

This is so awkward I feel like laughing ha ha ha we're all just sitting in a semi-circle waiting. 

Listening to the most brutal metalcore in my library to calm me down. 

This is the most LOL thing ever I swear hahaha (another girl just joined us and awkwardly smiled hello) 

A nice warm campfire in the middle of our little circle may just help break the ice (punny HAHA) 

Ok sorry. I'll just stop phone-blogging now and pretend to be cool like everyone else. 

Byebye 

(Edit: The only guy here just started stretching intensely like he was gonna run a damn marathon oh my god I think I'm going to cry) 

Don't forget me

Sickass song. So damn psychedelic.

Definitely my favourite RHCP song so far, aside from maybe By The Way.

I'm at City Hall now, just finished marking this pile of worksheets that took one and a half hours, and it was only one assignment! So glad it's all gonna be over tomorrow haha. Everyone was coming up and saying, "Wow, so tomorrow's your last day."

It's been a very trying six weeks teaching English, Math, Science and SS to this class, not mentioning carrying out basic form teacher duties. Had to mark and mark and chase students for their Edusave forms and occasionally yell at some of them. I have never had violent tendencies, but 15 hours a week with 34 pupils... well, you try and tell me.

By now. I can even take one look at their handwriting and tell you who wrote the assignment. I know who can't write their 'g's properly, who can't form proper sentences, who are the ones good at Math and who are the ones who stubbornly refuse to write their '4's and '5's the way I tell them to.

I swear in 10 years I'm going to Google the bums out of them and see what they've been up to. Gotta write their names down somewhere man...

Aneeways, got a couple more things to do before I'll go find dinner. Happy hump day to all! We're halfway through the week.

Oh, and yesterday was probably my first April Fools' not getting to prank anyone. I remember all the naughty things we did in secondary school ahaha. A couple of years, L and T stuffed wasabi in Colon biscuits and offered them to their friends (I might've had a small part in that). Then in sec4, the girls in my class wore our hair in two high ponytails and went round school like that for the rest of the day. Prolly got judged but it was fun, we all looked like cocker spaniels.

Ok bbye