| Christmas time is here. Unfortunately, Finals time comes first |
[Dec. 3rd, 2009|03:30 pm] |
Hi Friends.
As with all exam periods, here I am prioritising my time badly.
Prior to this post (and the reason for it) I was searching for a lyrics search engine to very conveniently slot my song lyrics into iTunes for me. After a while (ok maybe more like 1.5 hours) of searching, I am back where I started. I found and downloaded numerous programs with the naive hope that they would work, but to no avail. And you know why? Because the stupid music industry has thwarted us again for NO REASON. They have shut down/sued/brought up issue with LyricWiki, a community-powered site where people submit accurate lyrics of their favourite songs. Most lyric search engines use LyricWiki because it's free and reliable.
But the big bad wolves of the bloody music industry can't let this merrymaking slide without them getting a penny for it. SO THEY SHUT LYRICWIKI DOWN AND POOR PEOPLE LIKE ME ARE LEFT LYRICLESS AND ALL I CAN DO IS HUM ALONG STUPIDLY TO NICE SONGS WHERE SINGERS DON'T ENUNCIATE PROPERLY. YOU KNOW HOW STUPID THAT MAKES ME LOOK!!!!!???!!!
Sigh. Curse the manipulative greedy mean conceited asshole-faced music overlords.
As revenge, and also as a way to spread the yuletide cheer, HERE IS A FREE ALBUM FOR YOU shh don't tell anyone.
(disclaimer: by law you have to delete these files within 24 hours if you have not already purchased them blablablablabla. Yes I hate the music overlords but I am also scared of them so here this is a disclaimer and I won't be held responsible if you don't follow it SO READ THIS PROPERLY AH.)
Joy I think you'll like it! You never take my music recommendations seriously so I'm typing this purposely as a shoutout to you in the hopes that you do download this (see disclaimer) and listen to it. OK???
Plus the album title is quite cute: "Let It Snow, Baby... Let It Reindeer"
I hope you get the pun.
I'VE PROCRASTINATED FOR 5 HOURS ALREADY HAHAHAHAHA ok. See you guys in at least 10 days in Seattle time until I go to the airport and 11 days Singapore time from right now until I land. Anything you want me to get from now better faster say!
[edit]This is cool too. :)
[edit x2]I realised you can't listen to the full song more than once.
For subsequent listens, watch this video!:
OK LA OK LA I'LL GET WORKING ON MY PAPER
[edit x3] Ok I just listened to the Relient K album up there and some parts are a bit rockish and quite un-christmas to me so just a warning. Haven't even opened a new word document for my paper yet. ha ha ha |
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[Nov. 19th, 2009|02:48 pm] |
I don't know if I've ever posted this on my blog before, but this is something everyone should read. I read it a long time ago and signed up to be notified when the book is coming out, and I got an email today saying it'll be out in May!
I wish I had the courage like the author to not take things for granted, because we don't all have the luxury of knowing.
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[Nov. 16th, 2009|08:29 pm] |
Stop.
No, really.
Stop.
Breathe in.
Breathe out. Inhale. Exhale.
Now press play
and listen to this
close your eyes
and fly away.
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| Remember, Remember, the 8th of November. Arson, treason and plot.. |
[Nov. 9th, 2009|12:37 am] |
I DREAMT THAT I WAS AN ARSONIST AND BURNT DOWN (but poorly) THE FRONT HALF OF MGS.
I'm so ashamed. I know I have weird dreams once in a while but this one was sad and disturbing.
I BURNT DOWN MY SCHOOL LEH WALAO.
I should go to dream jail. Maybe that will be tonight's episode. Haha.
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| NEW LAYOUT! |
[Sep. 3rd, 2009|11:22 pm] |
I never did really like the old one.
And my dad sent me the pictures of the disgusting fish so here they are!
Some people were feeding them bread and they were just going BESERK. Like slipping sliding slithering all over one another, risking those few seconds with the whole scaly fishy body in the air, clamouring (ok well it wasn't that noisy) all for one tiny piece of bread. Kind of like a metaphor for the Chinese people actually. Overpopulated and all pushing shoving to get to the top of the ladder. Maybe that's why those China-Chinese people liked the fish so much cause they see themselves in it. Haha one more fish photo
And since we're on to photos of animals, here is a picture of a hedgehog my dad found at his office. He brought it home and kept it and wanted to surprise me, but the poor fella died the morning I arrived in Shanghai. :(
So cute right. It's looks like <8##-
What a way to welcome my new layout; with disgustingly greedy fish and a cute hedgehog. Haha
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| fire under water |
[Sep. 3rd, 2009|10:51 am] |
I had a weird dream I must write it down faster
It was a bad day, in general. It snowed in Shanghai. I was back in Singapore already, but just last week it was like freakin hot so that was weird.
I couldn't find my bubble tea. My dad forced me to go buy plastic plates and gave me $50. I walked all around Jurong and couldn't find them. Halfway through my dream, I was like shit today is a bad day, let me make a list of the things that have been bad, and I counted up to 5. So now, in my waking state, I know that there are at least 5 things that were bad so I've got 2 more to go, unless the weather thing doesn't count.
Anyway then what happened?? I thought I saw a tea shop that could possibly have bubble tea, but then it didn't. Oh yeah my dad and rest of family were in a bak kwa shop buying stuff, and when I returned empty handed, I realised there was a bubble tea shop at the back of it. My neice (or maybe just some kid) had bought a cup of bubble tea and my sis made her spit out 3 pearls into a plastic bag to give me.
While out looking for the plastic plates, I saw my neighbour, this uncle from my church. I called out his name "UNCLE WINSTON!" and he turned around, and shook his head! O_O and continued walking away from me. I tried again "UNCLE WINSTON! It's me, Anthea!" and again he shook his head and started walking away even faster. :(
OH OH! OK THENNN I received 3 glass bowls of landscaped plants. Like they all had the gravel and each bowl had maybe 4 types of individual sprouts. I got them as presents or something so I was planning to grow them. I forgot what kind of packaging they were in but it was mega troublesome to 'prepare' the bowl o' plants. There was a lot of washing involved, and something to do with plant bulbs. I think the plant bulbs were wrapped so I had to unwrap it, wash it (probably did), and dig a hole and plant it. Each bowl also had a candle sticking out of it in the middle which I thought was weird so I think I took it out. One of the bowls had a plant that was wrapped up by itself so I had to take that out and TO CUT THE BORING STORY SHORT, in the end I saw a sample and apparently I was supposed to light the candle and fill the bowl up with water to display it properly. In my dreaming state I was like ".. but how?? is that possible?" then I looked into the sample bowl and saw the candle burning brightly under water, and I figured that if the candle had some other kind of lighter fluid, then it was perfectly understandable how it can burn under water because oil is denser than water?!?! OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAHA then I had to like un-wash everything and put it back in the state I received it in to properly fill it up with water and light the candle and display it. I grumbled to myself about always not reading the instructions. The sink was a HUGE metal 4-partition sink.
And someone else was there too. And that someone else's mother. OOH THE MOTHER was one of the church aunties. And.. she was also using the sink to cook some food I think. Then there was a guy.. but he wasn't her husband and he opened the fridge of drinks, said something, took one, and went somewhere else. I DON'T KNOWWWWWWWW <:(
What else what else..ok then the dream became not so bad. I was playing with Katelyn (my neice) and was holding her hands up with her feet on the ground trying to teach her how to walk. (though she's still a bit young la haha) She started walking backwards rapidly and I said "wah wah wah Michael Jackson ah!" haha. It would've been funnier if you were in my dream hearing me say that. Then I made her walk forward and everyone was excited. After that I took her to a pond to look at carp.
Then I heard her real cries and woke up. :\ So that was my weird dream. Plastic Plates and 3 tapioca pearls. Being ignored and snow in Shanghai. And fire under water.
Anyway, speaking of carp, loooook at what we saw at Wu Zhen, this old water town in Shanghai:
( The queasy must exercise caution )
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| STILL in shanghai |
[Aug. 27th, 2009|12:31 pm] |
Yes, I am.
This mega sucks. My relatives have all gone back and now I'm by myself. And if you know me, it's pretty hard to get me out of the house if I'm perfectly comfortable in it. Heck, it's hard to get me out of my ROOM. Right now, I'm still in my bed in my parents' apartment in Shanghai. Down pillows and fluffy comforter create separation anxiety. It's 1.15pm and I haven't even brushed my teeth yet. HAHA. I'maaaslobbbbbI'maaaweeeeiirrrdoooooooooooo
Interestingly enough (or, well, rationally enough), the same applies on the macro scale. I'm so well nestled into life here in Singapore that a part of me REALLY doesn't want to leave. I've just made two friends via facebook, one Singaporean girl from RJC who will be in UW, the neighbouring university, and the other girl is my roommate, from Hawaii. They sound like nice people through the facebook messages, but how will I know if I can 'click' with them?? I've already found a great group of friends here in Singapore. People I could just sit on some dirty sidewalk with a drink and shoot the breeze with, or just meet up for a random lunch, or spontaneously fish out $8 to go watch a terrible WEEKEND midnight movie. I'm so weary that I won't find a similar bunch of friends there that can do all the same things with me. Of course I'll never be able to 'replace' the bunch of friends in Singapore, but if I could find mini-versions of everyone there, my 4 years would be smooth-sailin' all the way.
I wonder if they'll get my jokes, or make the occasional random comment about some dead singer/author. I wonder if they'll be just as anal as some of you, or as unique as all of you. And as far as literary characters go, I really think that some people really have 2-dimensional characters, while living in our 3-dimensional world. Will they be those 'some people'? Will they be as spontaneous? OR OCCASIONALLY TYPE IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS? Will they miss their own friends as much as I'll miss mine?
AND THE FOOD. American food is disgusting. When I was visiting the Microsoft office cafeteria, the stall with the longest queue was the burger + fries stall. I WANT MY RICE. *I just found out my roommate is also Japanese-American and she's also into rice. Despite me being sad to leave Singapore, this is good news for me. something small to look forward to :) *
:( this is all very sad. And I'm still sitting here in my bed with my unbrushed teeth. But, life has to go on and teeth need to be brushed. One thing's for sure, that after touring and walking around and opening my eyes today, tonight I'll still be returning to the same bed, and in the morning again I won't want to leave.
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| Sick in Shanghai |
[Aug. 20th, 2009|07:37 am] |
So Iäm in China now and GUESS WHAT, the chinese government blocked facebook. Thatäs whz Iäve resorted to tzping here after a month of stagnancz.
As zou must have alreadz noticed, mz kezboard is messed up. It is highlz annozing and I discovered this when trzing to tzpe in mz password. Now I guess zou know one letter of mz password. The yäs are zäs too.The punctuation is messed up as well. Here is what appears when i press Shift and Number
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
+ " * ç % & / ( ) =
So to trz to sign in to msn i couldnät just press Shift + 2. I had to go and find an At sign. the other punctuation marks are spoilt too, like how mz apostrophes are actuallz é. Without pressing Shift, the kez pressed gives this ö
Which is quite a cute shocked emoticon face thing. ö ö ö ö
ü¨¨$'^^öä,.-§
è!£éà;:_?``°
An E.E. Cummings wet dream up there.
Anzwaz, itäs reallz dirtz and looking out mz window it looks like its winter time because the pollution is so thick it gives a cold drearz feel. Then zou step out and feel the humid, stuffz stench of the air and figure out itäs not cold at all. Iäm also kind of sick because of a sore throat, so Iäm stazing home todaz. Got woken up bz mz aunties chit chatting at 630 am and have not gone back to sleep zet. Mazbe later when thez leave. I donät dare to go out with this throat lest I breathe in more polluted air and preserve mz shrivelled up throat with the smog. And someone in china would probablz give me monez for it too haha.
Reading this must be verz annozing for zou. Trust me, I wouldnät do this on purpose. Iäm super tired and canät wait for the fanfare to go to Zu Zuan so I can get some chit'chat'free shut eze.
Gotta fix the kezboard too. Sigh alright. BZE+ |
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| Cool ranting |
[Jul. 31st, 2009|11:00 am] |
For too long have I not updated this blog! So instead of writing about recent happenings in this drab life of mine, I'll show you some cool stuff and bitch about the ION.
First, cool stuff:
This couple had a KATAMARI DAMACY WEDDING! Even if you don't know what the hell Katamari Damacy is, and are not excited upon reading the words 'katamari damacy wedding', DON'T FRET, you can still appreciate the pictures of the most adorable. In short, Katamari Damacy is this game where you are a little prince and you have this ball called a Katamari. Througout the game your main objective is to roll up things smaller than your katamari. Of course, in time the katamari grows and you can roll up more things. After your time is up, your father, the King, will do to your hard-earned katamari whatever he sees fit (could be turning it into a star, or an island, depending what version you play. if it's not big enough he'll blow it to pieces and insult you.)
SO ANYWAY, take a look at the photos!! Such a simple and carefree wedding too - so loverly :) The couple is VERY adorable. Especially in the last picture (haha now you've to see the whole slideshow to see what I mean).
Oh crap I said 'some cool stuff' but I actually only had that one cool THING to show. OOH OK I KNOW
Second cool thing:
I/You can change your Facebook language to English (Pirate)! For those of you who already know this, I give you some time to scoff at me for being 'slow': ................................................................................................................................ done?
YES! Some quite cool things you can go see on my page under ye swashbucklin' cut:
( Arrrh )
Search = Scour
Wall = Plank
Like = Arrr, This be pleasin' to me eye
Wall-To-Wall = Spy Plank-t'-Plank
Picture = Portrait
Video = BEWITCHED Portrait (hahaha)
See all = Peer into the depths
Event = Grog fest!
and other cool stuff if you are well versed enough in Pirate to navigate around. I like how I 'First Set Sail' on Novembarrrr. hahaha the other months arrrre like Arrrctober and Januarrrrrry. Now be thar month 'o' Jul-aye!
Ok Happy 'splorin!
LASTLY, I HATE THE IONNNNN WITH A PASSION
Maybe I'm just biased cause I didn't even like it when it was in construction. I think its whole outside display is SO GAUDY and a huge waste of energy. But the thing I HATE THE MOST is that it's just trying sooooo hard. I may be forced to eat my virtual words if in the future I do grow to like the damned place, but for now I hate hate hate hate hate it. Did you know that ION is supposed to be/sound like/mean EYE-ON?? Like, EYE-ON Orchard. HOW LAME!!!!!!! Remember when they first announced this new building and everyone thought it had something to do with chemistry? I was doing O levels at that time and I groaned and thought it was such a good way to repel chem students. ha ha.
I very much hate all the advertisements too. Have you been there and seen them? Actually maybe they're not ads. I don't even know. One went something like this:
It takes a thread to make a stitch.
It takes many threads to make a new you.
OR SOMMMMMETHING vague and ambiguous like that. Trying to be deep and 'provoke thought' I'm guessing.
NEXT, the horrible layout. First time I went there, I entered from the MRT station cause I had time and thought I'd check it out. I think it was on B3? Anyway, I was desperately trying to find the escalator up to B2 but it seemed like all the ones I could see were going up and down between B3 abd B4. BUT, I could see this huge one going from B4 to B1, so I took the escalator DOWN to B4, then took the mega one up to B1, walked around B1, then took the escalator down to B2.
In the defense of the ION, maybe there WERE escalators going up and down single floors, but I sure couldn't find them.
Then I eventually went up to the 4th and 5th floors (where there are fewer people. The shops get more up-class as you go higher, so in a way it's like filtering the consumers by disposable income) and got bored quickly so I went down one floor to the 4th again. I stopped, looked around, and immediately saw 3 PAIRS of escalators from the 4th to the 5th floor, all within sight. Like, ok I know we're becoming more affluent and can afford more luxuries and shit, but we still have legs you know. I think it would make quite a bit of difference in terms of energy usage if they shut down at least one pair of escalators. In addition to that, there was one mega escalator from the 3rd floor going THROUGH the 4th and up to the 5th. So from the 5th floor there were at least 7 escalator entrances/exits.
Frickin extravagant.
In short, I hate the ION and do not want to patronise it at all (doesn't mean I won't! If I ever do, please know that it was not done willingly). I hope it burns to the ground.
The ONLY good thing about it? The underpasses are finally linked and I can walk to Wheelock without having to cross the stupid road. Haha
Typig is sucj a drag. Tha is whu i dont' blof so mich nowsadae. bye!
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[Jun. 13th, 2009|10:56 am] |
It is coincidental that the year the first African-American President is sworn into presidency in the US - with a campaign pushing for Change - is the same year that Change is most prominent in my life. And I'm not too sure I'm alright with it
It's like, I've worked to build myself this little comfy crevice, and just when the temperature is right, the lighting isn't too bright, and it's getting quiet, someone puts his finger into my hole and digs me out.
One of the most significant change is going overseas, of course. Firstly, I'll be leaving everyone behind here in Singapore! My friends at church have talked about this countless times in the past years, anticipating the day we'd all be spread out everywhere. Not only that, is the uncertainty of when we'd get to see each other again. We kept talking about how maybe the next time we're all settled down and when fellowship returns to what it presently is will be when we're old greying aunties aged 50. And this is something that is very palpable because we've seen so many other generations of church friends go through this! My brother, for one, had really close buddies all born in the same year. Now they're all over the world and don't keep in contact much anymore. :( Secondly, THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA! Like I really can't mess up anymore. It's kind of like running a race. I'm about to enter the last leg of it, and how well I choing will affect what kind of medal I get after the finish line. I've always known I wanted to study overseas because of the more holistic education and the fact that the student body won't be mainly comprised of Singaporeans, but now that the day is drawing nearer, the confidence is fading fast. The reality of life is suddenly emerging out of the fog, and it doesn't look pretty.
The other significant change is the birth of my neice. Yeah I understand that it doesn't Really affect me. It's just that.. I can't really imagine my sis and my bro-in-law as parents. In a not-so-good way actually. Won't elaborate on that. haha. Their lives from here on will be TOTALLY different, until their kid(s) graduate uni and live on their own. And I'll have to be like the super cool auntie, but I may not be able to live up to that if I'm away studying! My neice won't get to know my brother and I since by the time I come back (and that's not even definite) she'll be 4 years old. She'll hate me!
And lastly it's the whole order-of-birth thing. I'm the last kid so after I graduate, my parents can retire. Actually they can retire now but since I'm still 'unfinished' they have to keep slogging away. My dad told me of his prophetic dream about opening a curry shop in Shanghai and how he thinks it would work. It's quite cool and I think it could make lots of money. Haha but it's something he'll do only after he retires- which will be after I finish uni.
I guess the thing that makes me uncomfortable is Uncertainty. I've always known that I didn't like uncertainty, but now that I'm so SURE that uncertain things are coming my way, it's scary and confusing. I don't know what the second half of my year will be like at all. I don't know what kind of people I will meet, and I don't know if I could ever be the same around them as I am with you guys.
The things I know are that I am going to Seattle to study, and I will get a bicycle. In winter, I will go snowboarding.
THAT'S IT! :SSSS
Alright so to end off this semi-depressing post, I will conclude with a fact that is: amidst this world of change and uncertainty, we can take immense comfort in knowing that God is the only constant. Actually, that is all that matters. Earth may be brewing a whirlwind and cooking up a storm, but as long as we know that the God we depend on will always be dependable, then we shouldn't worry too much about things on earth. "Commit thy works unto the LORD, and they thoughts shall be established." [Prov. 16:3] |
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| My Chair |
[May. 12th, 2009|07:32 pm] |
I have searched in vain and can bear it no longer.
Anyone, ANYONE, PLEASE, if you know where I can find my PERFECT, DREAM, BEACH/SLING/PATIO/GARDEN/DECK/CANVAS CHAIR, PUT ME OUT OF MY AGONY NOW. I can't believe how damn HARD it is to find what I'm looking for! Especially in materialistic, over-consumerist, sunny + beachy Singapore. HERE IS A PHOTO.
INDEED. Here are a few more photos.
This one with horizontal stripes facing the left:
And this one with vertical stripes facing the right:
Don't tell me to go to IKEA cause I've checked online and while it may seem like it's something they carry, it's not. (of course unless you are like 1000% sure that I'm wrong and you've seen it there for yourself that they sell it, well, WHY ARE YOU STILL READING THIS DIDN'T I TELL YOU TO PUT ME OUT OF MY AGONY ALREADY!?!!)
More pictures:
This one being quite considerate to your arms and head. But I would forsake this for the previous two if this cost (ironically) an arm and a head more. I just want one to lepak outside on my roof/balcony thing. Why Oh Why does it not want to find meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee?? And I thought this'd be something so cheap and common I'd be sure to find one, but it turns out that they're like all made in China and I've to order in bulk; not that I'd even pay to get one (or two) individually shipped to Singapore anyway. I found some on eBay and got excited upon seeing the thumbnail picture, but turns out they're either made for Dolls or Kids, and in the UK. :(
I wouldn't even mind PINK polka dots:
Sighz. I bet the day after I finally find one, they'll be sold Everywhere.
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[May. 4th, 2009|11:22 pm] |
I think
Girls are generally evil
and Boys are generally stupid
maybe that's why God created animals!!
( ... )
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| insomia! |
[Apr. 25th, 2009|05:48 am] |
oh mannnn
so i went swimming again today (yesterday) and got back at about 4. I was so shagged i just went to sleep and woke up at about 10.30-11, and haven't felt particularly tired since. NOW it's 5.50am and I just realised the birds outside my window are awake. haha.
ooh i just heard some cutlery clinking so i guess my neighbour's up too.
i got accepted to Butler U. Not happy nor sad about it. It's like super low profile and I've been searching online for information about Butler but all the info I can find are blogs posted by 'official' butler bloggers. It's a private liberal arts college, which is good I guess, cause class sizes are small and so is the community. I only applied cause the name sounded cool haha. But I still REALLY want Michigan. I don't even know if i'm waitlisted or deferred or rejected or... ??? They have this Wolverine Access thing where I can check my application status online, but there's nothing! So as long as I'm not rejected I guess there's still a little hope.
My only problems with Butler are:
1. Their mascot is a bulldog
2. If I tell people I'm from BU they will think "Oh! Wow, Boston University?" and I'd have to explain that no, i'm not. Malu much!
3. Its in Indianapolis, the capital city of Indiana. I'm not sure I want to go live in a city AGAIN. I need a change of setting! I want quaint. QUAINT, DAMMIT! I'm not ready for a -polis!!
That's about it for now. I think if I can get into Indiana in Bloomington I'll choose it over Butler! It's cheap and Bloomington is a nice town where rabbits and chipmunks roam freely on the sidewalks. I'm not kidding. Plus the name Bloomington sounds so pleasant! And they have a good Business and Journalism school. Whereas.. Butler.. is not strong.. in.. anything? Haha at least not anything google found for me.
Sighz. And I was previously considering what I would do if I didn't get accepted anywhere, and that was to go work on a ship. But i'm thinking about whether I should do that anyway, regardless of where I get accepted. Like, travel, expand my world view that kind of thing. Plus getting work experience for half a year (or more) is always good for the resumes and that also means more money for me to spend (be in in a -polis, -ton, or Arbor)
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[Apr. 23rd, 2009|07:03 pm] |
So well I broke the chip that was inside my orange ez link card and it didn't work, so i got a new one (again) today. the maroon one! i have since calmed down and am going to be nice to the new new one.
I guess i've learnt my lesson? I lost about $9 in my orange card. haha. but actually i think if the same thing happened to me again i would do exactly the same thing. when i was furiously venting all my teenage angst on the orange one yesterday i was quite aware of the consequences, so it spoiling is not a big surprise. ah well NOW i really want to go get my drivers license (and a car to drive around) so i don't have to rely on that card.
BTW the new card system kinda sucks too. The old cards tricked you into thinking you have $X amount of money when you actually have $(X + 3) , which is why your card value can go into negative value (and we all thought it was a way to swindle transitlink!). So this way you can board the bus with like $0.01 on your card. The new one shows you flat out $(X + 3), so if you board at a station and the bus fare from where you boarded until THE END of the line costs more than $ (X + 3), it won't let you board. So you'd have to always think about whether your remaining value left on your card is enough to even board the stupid bus, disregarding the refund back when you tap out. Stupid huh. I'd rather have enough money hidden under the $0.01 value on my card which is at least enough to board the bus before I go top it up. I think i'm making this more confusing. aiyah point is i don't really like the new card system.
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[Apr. 22nd, 2009|04:40 pm] |
Let me introduce you to the latest, newest addition to the Museum of Modern Art.
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you a first class specimen of the new EZ Link card*.
"Amazing!! What was your muse?", you ask, making the obvious guess that I was the artist.
Quite a short and simple story actually. Let me tell you!
See, so I mail my parents' mail to them about once every week since they're in Shanghai. Today, while at the post office, I decided to replace my old EZ Link card for a new one as well. After all it shouldn't take very long, it's free, and I get to keep my old card which expires at the end of this month. Or so I thought. After clicking the mouse a few times and printing out some stuff and stapleing them together, the guy gives me my new card BUT keeps my old one. MY OLD ONE! WITH MY PICTURE, AND BARCODE, AND IC NUMBER, AND BIRTHDATE!!! I thought it was a mistake and asked if I could have it back. He said no they keep all the old ones and even showed me someone else's card to show he wasn't making it up or something. I was confused because I thought the last time I inquired at another post office the lady told me that I could keep my card. Well, apparantly not.
I feel like I've just been raped. Raped of the only proof of my youth! No longer can I trick bus drivers into letting me pay 55 cents cash on weekends, nor will I have the privilege of ordering student meals from McDonalds, Pepper Lunch, Subway, Seoul Garden etc. :( My reasons for feeling angry and sad aren't just limited to the lost benefits that go with my old card. I like to keep stuff for their sentimental value, and now this big bad monster has snatched away a part of my past FOREVER. Do you know what that card has been through!! Facing Isaac Lim for me because I was late, anxiously waiting in Michael Tan's office for me to collect it, sitting in the library being so dearly patient while I photocopy things, storing my McDonald's points, letting me take my choice of two types of public transport, the list goes on and on!
So I vented all my anger on my stupid new card by bending it in every way I could. I would have burnt it or cut it but I still have about $9 left so I'll leave it in one piece for now. It's been bitten, stepped on, bent, clenched-in-fist, and fumed-at. Peeled out the holes in the numbers punched at the back too.
 <- I have 6 zeroes. Still working on that last one there.
I was mega pissed just now but I've calmed down a bit. I still hate my 'new' cold, uncaring, orange piece of plastic. All you people who are sentimental beings just like me who want to keep your student EZ Link card, just buy a new one! The maroon is nicer than this shitty orange anyway.
And boycott Singapore Post!!!! RARH!
*persons interested in taking a closer look at the art piece kindly approach me for assistance.
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[Apr. 21st, 2009|07:47 pm] |
Sometimes I really wonder if those SK-II/Dove/skin moisturising/face cleansing commercials are purposely filmed with the dialogue obviously not matching the mouth movements of the actresses. Almost as if they instruct the actresses to randomly open and close their mouths, then later dub over with whatever audio recording.
And if everyone who used their products got results as advertised, i.e. "crystal clear skin", they'd all look something like this:
( ... )
Well anyway today's been slightly more interesting than the days before, but still boring enough. Been reading This Side Of Paradise by F.Scott Fitzgerald. Was compelled to read it since it was mentioned in Perks Of Being A Wallflower (among others), and if I don't restrain myself from submitting to this force of obligation, I'll have a never-ending list of books to read.
Watch Fighting Spiders! It's not bad! Almost as good as Growing Up. I wish they'd re-air Growing Up though, I remember it as being the ultimate family tv-time series. Now shows are so trashy and full of shit (i.e. Lipstick Jungle on the TV now), main themes revolving about so-and-so's husband/wife having an affair with so-and-so's sister/brother/friend/enemy/collegue. SO PASSE. Please bring back the old shows so we can all pretend we're living in our past when things were better and life was unburdened with all of today's melodramatic shit.
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[Apr. 15th, 2009|08:19 pm] |
THIS
IS MOTHER ADORABLE! i want a cattttt! a long haired one so i can stroke it all day and have evil thoughts of world domination
i think the fat grey one second from the right is just so nom-nom-able!
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[Apr. 15th, 2009|07:26 pm] |
i think the phrase 'carpe diem' was invented for people like me who slob and loll around all day doing absolutely nothing productive. unless you count killing montitis and kacheeks on desert paradise plain with my yumipons, but i'm guessing you don't.
I'M SO BORED BORED BORED BORED and lazy too, so that's an unfortunately boring combination. I want to do something exciting, but i've to be forced. otherwise there's no inertia! and i'll just lay around and get fat.
i was hungry for lunch today so i was thinking i'd go cook some rice and whip up something. i washed about 1.5 cups of rice in the rice cooker bowl, and then found out there was porridge in the fridge. so since the rice was washed and wet already i cooked it, and now i've got rice to eat.
and that was the peak of my day.
ooh i went swimming yesterday. my freestyle sucks though, so maybe i'll go swim again tomorrow.
sighzzzzzzzxzxzxzxzxzxzxz or maybe i should go buy Sims 2 and officially have no life. or play more patapon |
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[Apr. 8th, 2009|10:12 am] |
OMG I AM DAMN PISSED AT THE SMU APPLICATION SHITTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!
IT KEEPS RELOADING WHENEVER I PRESS TAB AND START TYPING.
IT'S STUPID ESSAY PROMPT IS SO VAGUE:
 | *List and describe the highlights of your three most valuable achievements, contributions and experience in context of three activities. (Max 300 words) |
WTH RIGHT? SO ONE ACTIVITY FOR EACH 'HIGHLIGHT'?? OR THREE HIGHLIGHTS FOR EACH OF THE THREE ACTIVITIES?!?!
AND SURELY 300 WORDS IS INSUFFICIENT TO GET A GOOD GAUGE OF THE STUDENTS' INVOLVEMENTS, MIGHT AS WELL NOT EVEN WRITE RIGHT?
AND IF 'ACHIEVEMENTS' AND 'CONTRIBUTIONS' IS IN PLURAL FORM, WHY IS IT NOT 'EXPERIENCES' THEN??
AND THE THING THAT MADE ME SPAWN THIS ENTRY OF HATE,
I WAS SQUEEZING PULPY BRAIN JUICES THINKING OF HOW TO PHRASE SENTENCES AS MINIMALLY AS I COULD,
150+ WORDS IN
AND THE FREAKING PAGE
RELOADS
AND TELLS ME
THAT
I
HAVE
BEEN
INACTIVE
FOR
20 MINUTES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WTF!!!! I WAS LIKE, TYPING!!!?!
SO OF COURSE, IT HAS NO AUTOSAVE (primitive as they are) EVEN THOUGH IT DOES THAT STUPID ANNOYING RELOAD THING FOR EVERY NEW TEXT BOX AND I LOST WHATEVER I TYPED.
*fumes*
if I did like SUPER well for my A's I would purposely not apply to SMU just to teach them a lesson. Sadly, that is not the case and I promised myself last night to finish the application before brushing my teeth or eating anything. So I have to do it before I starve to death here in my chair. Deadline is today harharhar.
alright alright. cool as a cucumber.
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WTFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF HOT LIKE POTATO AH!!!
SO I'VE FINISHED MY STUPID MINI ESSAY, AND I'M AT STEP 7 BUT I CAN'T PROCEED TO THE LAST STEP BECAUSE OF:
GAH! THE COMMAND PROMPT IS LIKE IN ENGINEER-SPEAK, HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO SOLVE IT?!?!?!?! here i'll type it out for you cause it's blurred here.
First operand of . is NULL, so cannot access member Find. (180,236) SIS_ADM_STAGE.ADM_NEXT_BTN.FieldChange PCPC:5179 Statement:113
The first operand of the dot operator is the NULL value, indicating the lack of any object value. As a consequence, the given method or property cannot be used.
WHAT THE HELL, RIGHT?
OMGZ
OPERAND??!? DOT OPERATOR?? WHAT IS MY OBJECT VALUE????
SERIOUSLY. I BET ACTUALLY STUDYING AT SMU IS LESS STRESSFUL THAN APPLYING FOR IT.
*&^@!*#%*!@#(@&#
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